When the emperor abandoned the country and fled, the Taiping Army generals and officials who had learned the news were shocked. On the official road from Guizhou to Guangxi, more than 4,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry rushed towards the east, and the cavalry followed closely by an infantry army that could not be seen at a glance. It was roughly estimated that there were no less than 10,000 people.

This army was in a hurry to go, and after receiving an urgent request from the line Guoan for help, the Qing army commander Doni was urgently transferred from Yunnan to reinforce the Qing army on the battlefield in Guangxi. The commander was Gushan Ezhen, Ningnanjing General Roto, and Gushan Ezhen Yild, Aljin and other Manchu generals followed the army. The Han army generals included Li Benshen, the left admiral who was originally commanded by Hong Chengchou, the right admiral Zhang Yong, the general Liu Fangming, Gao Di, Bai Guangen and other generals.

Doni originally wanted to transfer Wu Sangui's troops to the north to reinforce the Prince Luo Keduo of Ping in order to open up the Guizhou channel, but Wu Sangui refused in every way and made excuse his troops to make too much loss in the Battle of Mopanshan, and almost all the elite troops of the direct line were lost. Now his subordinates are all surrendered soldiers who have not been integrated, so it is difficult to use them with confidence. If he rashly leads these surrendered troops to the north, there may be a risk of another mutiny.

Doni was young and energetic. He knew that this was Wu Sangui's excuse. In a rage, he wanted to seize his military power from Wu Sangui's army, but was persuaded by Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, and said that Wu Sangui's subordinates suffered too much loss, and it might not be an excuse. Furthermore, Wu Sangui's new generals, including Ma Bao, Gao Qilong, Ma Weixing, etc., had more surrendered troops than their main troops. At this time, there was nothing to do. The Ming generals were all ready to do their own life and also accepted their own fate. But if they really drove these surrendered generals north, they would call him.

We knew that the Taiping Army had been blocked in the north, and Guangxi and Hunan were also occupied by the Taiping Army, so we might immediately have the risk of reconciliation. In addition, there are still activities of the Ming army in western Yunnan, such as Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, and Yuanjiang and other places were also newly pacified, so Wu Sangui must be kept guarding. Otherwise, after Wu Sangui went north, Li Dingguo and others would lead their troops to come again. Then the Yunnan territory that was finally captured would change hands again. If it was not done well, Zhu Youlang, who fled to Myanmar, would come back.

Hong Chengchou's words were reasonable, and Doni had no choice but to listen to his advice and dispatched the troops of Roto and the left Biao admiral Li Benshen, the right Biao admiral Zhang Yong and other Han generals to lead the troops north to reinforce the King of Ping County Luo Keduo.

After receiving the order, Roto was dissatisfied with Doni's unstoppable Han soldiers to the north, but the Manchu and Mongolian children to the north. However, the military order was as high as a mountain. Roto did not dare to violate the order, so he had to lead more than 4,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry and Li Benshen and Zhang Yong's Green Camp troops to the north. When he arrived in Guiyang, the defeat of Guo'an and Liuzhou came.

The defeat of the Line Guoan made Doni, who thought that Guangxi was in a stable victory, messed up the situation. After discussing with Hong Chengchou, Doni believed that Luo Keduo could temporarily suspend reinforcements. Instead, the Line Guoan, which had already opened the Guangxi gap, must reinforce immediately, otherwise the Guangxi gap will be blocked by the Taiping Army again. By then, the Guangxi Taiping Army is likely to build a fearsome line of defense at the junction of the two provinces, just like the Hunan Taiping Army, to build a fearsome line of defense at the junction of the two provinces. That means that if the Qing army wants to open up the Northbound Pass.

It is said that whether in Guizhou or Guangxi, they have to pay much more casualties than they are now. This price is obviously unbearable for the Qing army. If they don’t want to pay the price, they can only go to Sichuan and Shaanxi. But if they really have to choose to take that path, it also means hundreds of thousands of troops, several years of preparation, countless money, grain and resources investment, and the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, which were acquired by the Ming army again, was also unbearable for the Qing court, and it was not something that Duni, a young and energetic prince, could bear.

So, Doni changed his military order and ordered the Roto army to head to Guangxi. At this time, the Roto army had already set off from Guiyang for several days. After receiving the order to change the military order, he had to turn back again, and it took a lot of time. In addition, the food route was cut off and the Qing army had difficulty replenishing supplies, so he had to collect grain along the way. The progress of the journey was naturally slow.

The straight Guoan was in Qingyuan for a long time and was so anxious that he sent a number of quick horses to Yunnan for help. Doni had no choice but to urge Roto to speed up the march. After the Taiping Army launched the offensive again, the straight Guoan had to hold on for several days, feeling that Qingyuan would be lost at any time, so he wrote a letter to send people to Roto's army, asking Roto to arrive within seven days no matter what.

Seeing the letter of help from Xing Guoan, I just said that if you don’t come again, I will finish my request for help. Roto knew that he could not delay any further, otherwise, if Xing Guoan was defeated, it would be useless even if he arrived in Guangxi.

Under Roto's strict orders, the Qing army was moving lightly and rushed towards Guangxi with fire and fire. The Guangxi Governor Chen Weixin, who retreated to Duyun, spent a lot of effort to raise food and grass for Roto's troops. When the Qing army finally arrived from Guizhou to Nandanzhou, another defeat came, but the line Guoan had already given up Qingyuan Prefecture and retreated to Hechizhou.

It has only been five days since receiving the letter from Shi Guoan. Shi Guoan has lost Qingyuan City and retreated all the way. Roto subconsciously felt that the situation was not good and hurriedly sent troops to Hechizhou to lead a horse. For Shi Guoan, he must defend Hechizhou City and must not take a step back. However, when Arjin arrived at Hechizhou City, he saw a large group of Qing army defeated soldiers. Whether the Han army or the Green Camp, they were running south without looking back. Fires were everywhere in Hechizhou City not far away.

Arjin was startled by what he saw, and pulled over a fleeing Han flag officer and asked him where the front Guoan was. The officer saw that he was a general in Manzhou, so he hurriedly led Arjin to find the front Guoan.

When Alzin found the line Guoan, Xing Guoan was leading a group of subordinates to gather the defeated troops. Seeing Alzin coming, Xing Guoan was happy at first, but then he looked sad and could not be happy at all. Alzin only said that Hechizhou City had been called to occupy the Taiping Army, so he stepped forward to comfort Xing Guoan without worry. Roto was coming with a brigade of reinforcements. Unexpectedly, Xing Guoan shook his head and said that Hechizhou City was not called to occupy the Taiping Army, but the defeated troops robbed and set fire in the city.

Aljin was stunned and asked Xian Guoan where Taiping An is now. Xian Guoan smiled bitterly and said that he didn't know either.

He didn't even see the shadow of the enemy soldiers, and fled all the way. His defeated soldiers set fire to the city. Aljin was not angry and shouted at the front Guoan and said, "How did you lead the troops? How did you get into chaos!"

The security of the country was in a state of poverty and was calm and silent. All the Qing generals dared not speak out.

Aljin pointed at the smoke-filled Hechizhou City and said, "You go back and put out the fire in the city immediately. Roto's army will arrive soon. No matter where the Taiping Army is, Hechizhou City cannot be lost. If the Taiping Army comes to attack, we can annihilate the enemy at the city."

If Aljin's words were in the past, the straight Guoan would be really moved, but he really had no confidence or confidence now. Whether it was the battle outside the northern city of Liuzhou or the siege of Qingyuan, the performance of the Taiping Army shocked him. His confidence, which had a high self-esteem, was greatly hit by the Taiping Army, especially when Qingyuan City collapsed by the Taiping Army's medicine, he almost collapsed on the spot.
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