The annihilation of the Qing army in the Northern Front caught the front Guoan off guard, and it was as painful as eating a yellow lotus. After posting to the map in the tent for a long time, the front Guoan resolutely ordered the entire army to immediately give up Xiaobeishan and retreat to Qingyuan Prefecture.

As soon as the news spread, the entire Qing army battalion was in an uproar, and the retreat was very disorderly. Guoan ordered the retreat in time. The fifth town of Taiping Army in the north had just fought, and the soldiers suffered great losses. The soldiers were extremely tired and needed rest. In addition, there were many surrendered troops, and the fifth town could not digest it for a while, so there was no power to fight in the short term. The Ming army in Liuzhou had not received the report on the northern front for the time being, and it was unexpected that the Qing army that had just occupied Xiaobeishan suddenly retreated. When there was no time to react, Guoan had already led more than 4,000 Han troops and more than 10,000 surrendered troops in the green camp, abandoned the camp and retreated directly to Qingyuan Prefecture City.

The straight Guoan retreated very quickly and wanted nothing. He even threw dozens of cannons that had just been pulled up to Xiaobei Mountain by him. Except for the other women who were possessed by the generals, the other women who were outstandingly beautiful were thrown at the foot of Xiaobei Mountain. Because of the rush to leave, many tents in the Qing army camp were not too late to be removed.

At the same time, the navy sent the battle report of the fifth town, and the provost who left the city also sent back the news of the Qing army's withdrawal. Shao Jiugong was both surprised and happy, and hurriedly took people out of the city to observe. Sure enough, there was no soldiers or soldiers in the Qing army camp in front of Xiaobei Mountain. The sudden reversal of the battle situation made Shao Jiugong very excited, but he did not send troops to pursue the Qing army, but sent people to contact the fifth town first.

After receiving the news from Liuzhou, Zhao Ziqiang was also surprised. He didn't understand why Xing Guoan retreated like this. He took a lot of effort to take down Xiaobeishan. He just wanted to do it in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Ziqiang was determined to bring Quanjie to ask why Shi Guoan suddenly retreated. Quanjie was very strong, and he bit his teeth tightly and refused to say a word.

Zhao Ziqiang laughed, it was not difficult for Quanjie to be the first to ask Lu Guangzu to lead the people to persuade him. Quanjie was the second-ranked general of the Qing army in Guangxi and second only to the Xing Guoan under the Dingnan vassal. In his early years, he was a general under Kong Youde. Later, Kong Youde was the king and went south. He followed the expeditions and made many contributions to the Qing court. Before Xing Guoan led his army into Guizhou, he wanted Quanjie to stay in Wuzhou. Later, after repeated consideration, Ma Xiong was allowed to take charge of Wuzhou.

Such an important figure, Zhao Ziqiang certainly wanted to persuade the surrender. First, many people in the Xingguoan army were brought out by Quanjie. If Quanjie was willing to come forward to persuade them to surrender, these people would definitely be moved. If they surrender, it would definitely not be a good thing for Xingguoan. If they were not done well, it would be the consequence of a large army's collapse. Second, Zhao Ziqiang himself was a surrendered general, so he had some old feelings for these Qing generals. He would not kill anyone unless he had to.

Of course, the most important reason why Zhao Ziqiang did not kill Quanjie was his selfishness. Now the Qing army captured by the fifth town and the surrendered soldiers were more than 6,000. If Zhao Ziqiang wanted to eat all of these surrendered soldiers, he had to rely on Quanjie's prestige among these surrendered soldiers. If he could get the help of Quanjie, not only would the strength of the fifth town be instantly restored, but it would be far beyond the past. More importantly, Zhao Ziqiang would also gain the strength to compete with Shao Jiugong again.

Lu Guangzu knew Zhao Ziqiang's calculations clearly. He was also a surrendered general and had old feelings with Quanjie and others, so he also went with the flow to help persuade Quanjie to surrender. Lu Guangzu did this not to help Zhao Ziqiang compete with Shao Jiugong, the governor of Guangxi, but to consider dividing the interests of the Taiping Army.

At present, the Taiping Army has been divided into several factions. The old four towns are one. Zhao Ziqiang, Suna, Hu Qili and others who came from surrendered generals are one. The new system of the Ming army adapted from Guangdong is also one. As the Taiping Army occupied more and more territory, the generals are becoming more and more optimistic about their future future, and they will inevitably not consider their future development in the Taiping Army. People like to join groups. The Taiping Army is a large group as a whole, and the generals below will form a small group. The premise for joining each other is the other's origin. No matter how the military commander's office suppresses or guards, generals of the same background will inevitably become close, and they will also think about making their own camp stronger. How to grow?

Naturally, it is to absorb more new members. Quanjie, the second-ranked figure in Guangxi, and several thousand surrendered soldiers, naturally became the target of Zhao Ziqiang's enlistment. He would not mind how many war crimes the Quanjie committed in Guangxi that Zhou Shixiang said and how many innocent people he killed. He only cared about whether the other party was willing to surrender, and whether he was willing to get close to him, Zhao Ziqiang, in the future, and help him.

People's hearts always have a process of adapting. If the whole festival is defeated, Zhao Ziqiang certainly has to give him time to understand reality and make choices.

If you don’t talk about the whole festival, others will talk about it.

The surrendered generals Zhou Guoding and Lu Sanxiang have both stripped off the braids on the back of their heads. They knelt in front of Zhao Ziqiang and showed that they were confused before. What was the last resort? In short, they both pushed the responsibility for surrendering to Sun Kewang. Seeing that Zhao Ziqiang looked pretty good, the two of them immediately expressed their loyalty and vowed to return to the Ming Dynasty from then on, to work hard for the Taiping Army and to work hard for the Zhou Zheng. If there were no other people in the account, these two guys would have even said the words to work hard for Zhao Ziqiang.

How many of Zhou Guoding and Lu Sanxiang’s words are true and false? Zhao Ziqiang ignored them and pretended to be confused. All the things in the past have passed, and it’s not interesting to chase them now. Since these two people are so sensible, you might as well support them.

After saying good things, Zhou Guoding and Lu Sanxiang told him why the straight Guoan retreated in a hurry like a bamboo tube.

The reason why Xing Guoan retreated was very simple. He didn't have many soldiers and food. Zhou and Lu and the others told Zhao Ziqiang that Xing Guoan was not going to attack Liuzhou. The purpose of capturing Xiaobeishan was just to lock the Ming army in Liuzhou and not let them come out. His real intention was to seize Guilin, and then go north to Hunan Heping County Prince Luo Keduo to attack the Taiping army in Hunan together. Now the Qing army in the northern line was destroyed, and it was sold for more than 10,000 at once. In addition, the previous half-month siege of Xiaobeishan lost four or five thousand troops. Xing Guoan now has less than 20,000 troops under his command. This number of troops is no longer enough to support Xing Guoan's strategy, so he can only retreat, and the earlier the retreat, the better. It is too late. When the Ming army came to his senses, he would run away without wanting to run.

After hearing what the two said, Zhao Ziqiang was stunned and secretly scolded Shi Guoan as a rabbit and running very quickly.

Knowing why Guoan in the line ran away, and after he did, Zhao Ziqiang felt relieved, but he didn't want to pay attention to Shao Jiugong. While sending people to bypass Shao Jiugong and directly report victory to Hunan, he appointed Zhou Guoding, and Lu Sanxiang and other surrendered generals to start reorganizing the surrendered troops.

After knowing that Zhao Ziqiang bypassed him and reported the victory directly to the general, Shao Jiu came to the scene without fighting. At the reminder of deputy general Wang Xi, someone was sent to investigate why Zhao Ziqiang, the turtle grandson, suddenly turned around. As a result, this investigation made him very happy. Soon, the secret letter from the governor of Guangxi impeached the fifth town general was quickly sent to Yuanzhou, Hunan.
Chapter completed!