Huang Yingjie's troops, like Hao Shangjiu's, originated from Li Chengdong's army that once swept through Guangdong. Hao Shangjiu's troops defeated Zhang Jin in Chengxiang and took advantage of the situation to seize the county seat. Huang Yingjie's troops would not be inferior to that.

What's more, apart from Huang Yingjie, if the situation escalates further, Zhang Daocheng in Dongguan and even the vassal soldiers in Guangzhou will not just watch. At that time, the most they can do is cut off their flesh, which is better than being completely swallowed up by the Ming army.

Su Li calculated clearly, but he also knew that compared to Huang Yingjie, the only one who really had a chance to arrive before the Ming army launched a formal siege on him was Chen Bin. Although Chen Bin's troops were small, his commander Wu Yong was the best in Chaozhou and his generals

In order to be brave as an army, his subordinates were all trained by Zheng Chenggong back then, and they were actually a strong reinforcement.

Chen Kai suddenly came back at this time. Su Li's worry became more and more serious as the Ming army continued to approach. It was not that he had not thought about withdrawing Jieshi Guards, but once Huilai was captured by the Ming army, he would defend Jieshi

The guards may not be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive. Especially since the Ming army controls the sea, reinforcements can only come along the land route, which will only waste more time on the road. When the reinforcements arrive, they may not even be able to collect his body.

The chances are gone.

As time goes by, there are more and more flags of the Ming army. Zhongchong Town, Qianchong Town, Houchong Town, Guard Back Town, Guard Right Town, Nan'ao Town, Assistance and Suppression Hou Town, Tieqi Town, and Chaohui Guard Road.

Biaoying, Guangdong's general Biaoying, there are many kinds of them, no matter how you look at them, they all have a size of nearly ten thousand troops. This is obviously something Suli can't contend with alone. Fortunately, after receiving the request for help, Chen Bin understood the truth of the death of lips and teeth, and

Even though the Qing army from Chaoyang came for reinforcements, they finally managed to catch up with him before the Ming army encircled him.

"Brother Su, how are you?"

"The situation is very bad, very bad."

These days, it is not that Su Li has not sent troops to contact the Ming army, but the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is indeed stronger than that of his local bandits. Several confrontations, with roughly the same scale, all ended in his defeat, and he concentrated on his advantage.

When the troops were reduced, the Ming army did not fight him at all. They fought and retreated with the advantage of the number of cavalry, which was like a piece of candy.

It is ridiculous to say that the Qing army was led by the superior cavalry of the Ming army. But the problem is that Su Li was just a local bandit, not an economical army sent by the Qing court, even in terms of the distribution of war horses.

, of course they won’t take care of him.

In addition to the two standard battalions, each town of the Ming army had a small number of cavalry, and these together were much more than him. And the cavalry town was a cavalry unit composed entirely of cavalry, with war horses on three sides.

To respond back and forth from all directions, in terms of maneuverability, even for a surprise attack from inside the city, these two legs are no match for four legs. What's even more terrible is that the Ming army's cavalry has an overwhelming advantage when they leave the city gate.

, they immediately became blinded, and the military situation was blocked from sight at the top of the city, and he absolutely did not dare to attack easily.

"What about Mr. Huang?"

"Brother Chen, don't worry. I have met General Huang. He is a man who knows the general situation and will not sit idly by. As long as we hold on until reinforcements arrive, it will be a great achievement!"

Encouragement is a must. Fortunately, this rhetoric seems to be acceptable to Chen Bin. In other words, Huang Yingjie is the last life-saving straw in their hands. Even if they are worried, they have to force them to believe that Huang Yingjie will definitely do it.

Came to help.

The day after Chen Bin arrived, the Ming army completed the encirclement of Huilai County. They surrounded three areas but only one was missing, and opened up the westward route. It was clear that they did not want to force the Qing army to a desperate situation and leave them with a way to retreat to Jieshiwei.

When you reach the road, use the cavalry to slowly kill them.

Afterwards, Su Li was still hurriedly reinforcing the city defense, and the banner of Chen Kai, the instigator of the conspiracy, soon appeared in the Ming army, guarded by the Chaohui Branch Daobiao Battalion and the Guangdong General Standard Battalion.

Located among the army.

"Brother Chen, what was your relationship with Chen Kai before?"

Seeing Chen Kai's flag, Su Li couldn't help but have some associations. When asked immediately, Chen Bin was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "I did speak for him, but it was also because Shi Lang was bullying others too much. Even saying a few words

What shouldn’t be said is that if there hadn’t been Shi Lang, I might not have been so eager to join the imperial court.”

There was a conflict between Chen Bin and Shi Lang, and Su Li had heard about it. When he heard the answer, he did not respond, but the strange look on his face still made Chen Bin feel suspicious.

"My little brother has a straight temper, and it is inevitable to offend others. To put it bluntly, if Brother Su is suspicious of my little brother, then my little brother will leave the city immediately, set up another stronghold, and defend the city with Brother Su..."

"I have absolutely no such intention. Brother Yu has absolutely no such intention."

Su Li knew that Chen Bin was indeed a straight man who said whatever he thought. He had seen a lot of people like this, and it was difficult to hide his inner thoughts. At this moment, Chen Bin had a rather angry look on his face, but Su Li was no longer suspicious.

After appeasing him, he continued to organize defense and waited for the day when reinforcements arrived.

The development of the situation did not go beyond Su Li's expectation. Huang Yingjie received the request for help and quickly sent a messenger, who rushed over quickly to inform him of the departure of the reinforcements.

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Huang Yingjie, the commander-in-chief of Huizhou, was granted the title of Fenghuabo during the Yongli Dynasty. As soon as Shang Kexi entered the territory of Guangzhou Prefecture, Huang Yingjie, Li Shilian of Chaohui Road, and Huizhou Prefect Lin Zongjing hurriedly surrendered to the Qing army and even killed them.

The clan members who had voted for the Ming court came to flatter the Qing court.

The government of Huizhou Prefecture is located in the southwest of the whole prefecture, close to Guangzhou. From Huilai County to Huizhou Fucheng, if you calculate the distance, it can be said that it spans the west and east. Su Li's messenger is his brother-in-law, knowing that it is a matter of life and death, so he rushes to

On the way, they unreasonably occupied the stagecoach, almost changing horses without changing people, and rushed to ask for help from Huang Yingjie as if they were rushing for eight hundred miles.

Huang Yingjie read the letter asking for help, and without any hesitation, he quickly mobilized troops and sent people back to Huilai County to inform Su Li. At the same time, he even wrote a letter to Shang Kexi, conveying on his behalf that Su Li had been attacked by the Ming army.

The information about the attack only had some doubts about the tens of thousands of pirates mentioned by Su Li and the command of the bandit leader Chen Kai, so he did not explain any more.

When Guangzhou received the news, Shang Kexi didn't pay too much attention. Huang Yingjie's doubts also emerged in Shang Kexi's mind after reading the request for help document.

Exaggerating, and even bringing out Chen Kai to wash away his guilt. Shang Kexi joined the army at the age of eighteen. Such methods have long been commonplace. What's more, the soldiers of the two vassals are not resting in Guangzhou city now.

Even in the encirclement and suppression of the small-scale Ming army in western Guangdong, they really couldn't spare any effort, so they simply left Huang Yingjie to do his own thing.

From Guangzhou to Huizhou, the military order was conveyed, and Huang Yingjie, who had been prepared for a long time, swore to go out for the battle. Just as Suli predicted, due to the strong strength of the Ming army at sea, he would never dare to go to sea to rescue, so he had to take the land route.

Head all the way east, cross the Lianhua Mountains, then pass through Haifeng County, Jieshiwei and arrive at Huilai County. The whole journey is more than 400 miles. Calculating the time, we should still be able to make it before the New Year's Eve of the sixth year of Yongli.

"Commander, if there is less content in Suli's request for help than expected, if it is true that the bandit leader Chen Kai has assembled heavy troops to encircle Suli, and our army rushes deep, is it..."

The trusted general raised questions, but Huang Yingjie just smiled, and then waved on his horse, asking the general to come over, and then he whispered in a low voice: "Who told you that I was going to save Su Li?

"

As soon as these words came out, the general was stunned. With his rich experience accumulated over many years in the military, he immediately figured out Huang Yingjie's response after receiving this request for help.
Chapter completed!