"...the horses all turned upside down when they heard the roar of the elephants, and all the virtuous people ran away, covering up the massacre and defeat."

The Qing army's final counterattack on the banks of the Darong River came to an end. At this time, it started to rain heavily, and the road quickly became muddy. The Qing army's escape became increasingly difficult in the slippery conditions under their feet. Until the end, Kong Youde only used his own body to escape.

It would be an exaggeration, but Li Xiantou, a trusted general, was shot dead by the Ming army. The corpses of the army he led were strewn across the field, and the dead were countless.

These Qing troops were all soldiers of Dingnan Fan, and among them were the real Eight Banners of the Han Army. At this moment, the flags were scattered on the ground, and the dead corpses were spread from the battlefield south of Yanguan to the banks of the Darong River.

His illustrious reputation has been trampled into the mud by the Ming army!

Kong Youde took the road and fled. With his understanding of the terrain and the desperate fighting of his soldiers, he finally escaped back to Guilin City. However, the losses of the army were too huge. While closing all the gates, he forced the people in the city to go to the city to help defend.

I was already in shock and it was hard to calm down.

"Order, line national security, throughout the festival, Ma Xiong immediately abandons the area under his jurisdiction and leads the troops back to defend Guilin at full speed!"

There were not many defenders in Guilin, and they could not withstand the fierce offensive of the Ming army. Kong Youde quickly mobilized his army to return reinforcements, but the cavalry of the Ming army followed and soon entered the task of intercepting and killing the messenger.

The city of Guilin is surrounded by dozens of miles and has as many as thirteen city gates. It is very strong. This is an important town in southern Xinjiang. The Ming Dynasty used this city to control Guangxi Province. It was already enfeoffed in the early days of the Republic of China.

This is evident from the fact that the vassal king is guarding it.

It's a pity that no matter how strong the city is, it must have staunch defenders. Kong Youde and his remnants have always committed heinous crimes. They don't dare to entrust their fate to the mercy of the Ming army. They are the staunchest defenders. They are nothing more than classics.

In this defeat, the number was too small. Even with the help of the people who defended it, it was really stretched.

The next day, in the afternoon of June 30th, Li Dingguo personally led the army to the city of Guilin. The armor of the soldiers shone in the sunlight, the fields were filled with army flags, and the sound of military drums shook the heaven and earth.

, the neatness of the military appearance is even rarer. Such a scene really shocked Kong Youde greatly.

On the same day, the army completed the iron barrel-like siege of Guilin City. After a day's rest, on the second day of July, Li Dingguo failed to persuade him to surrender, so he led his troops to attack Guilin City.

Under the command of Li Dingguo, the Ming army "attacked from all sides, either storming the city or driving the elephants away." The soldiers on the front line braved raindrops of arrows, struggled to climb the ladder, and rushed to the top of the city. The Eight Banners participated in the leadership

Ruicheng Gong and the Cavalry School Zhou Zhiyuan were killed by the Ming army in the city defense battle, and once defeated the Qing army defending the wall.

The battle situation was critical, and Kong Youde personally went to the city to supervise the battle. The flag of King Dingnan was raised high on the city wall. The morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted. After several fierce battles, the fierce attack of the Ming army was finally repelled.

However, the fierceness of the Ming army's offensive really exhausted the Qing army. The people who were cooperating with the defenders took advantage of the exhaustion of the Qing army to abandon the city defense. Even if Kong Youde personally visited the front line, it was difficult to restore the situation where the city defense collapsed.

On the third day of July, two consecutive days of fierce attacks made the Qing army exhausted. Once the Ming army retreated, the city was immediately filled with exhausted Qing troops, lying on the wall together with the war dead. At first glance,

I can't tell which one is alive and which one is dead.

When the Ming army retreated, a sharp arrow shot out. The Ming army who found it saw a letter tied to it and quickly handed it over. When Li Dingguo got it in his hands, he looked at it carefully and quickly sent for his generals.

Ma Jinzhong.

Ma Jinzhong, a native of Yan'an, Shaanxi, was a rogue bandit, nicknamed "Hun Shiwan". Although this man was from the peasant army, he was not a direct descendant of the Daxi Army. Instead, he was once the greatest enemy of the Daxi Army, Zuo Liangyu of Chu Town.

Later, Zuo Liangyu died and Zuo Mengeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. He and a Zuo Liangyu general named Wang Yuncheng did not participate. They stayed in Huguang and turned to the Ming army in Huguang. The two had a close relationship and had always known each other.

The common name of "King Horse".

The person who sent the letter was none other than Wang Yuncheng. During the battle in Huguang, Wang Yuncheng surrendered to the Qing army and served under Kong Youde. Now that the Ming army's offensive is so fierce, the city of Guilin is in a state of turmoil. He must use Ma Jinzhong's relationship

Start doing whatever you want.

"Wang Yuncheng is not very firm in temperament, but since he has found the general, he is willing to lead his troops and act according to his plan."

"Then I'll bother Ma Shuai."

On the fourth day of July, the siege battle resumed. It was noon, and Kong Youde was injured on the forehead and went down to bandage it. The Qing army was at the end of its offensive, and Wang Yuncheng took this opportunity to open the Wusheng Gate in the southwest of Guilin City. Next, Ma Jinzhong personally led the army

From then on, from Wang Yuncheng down, deputy commander Zheng Yuanxun, guerrilla Cai Bin, garrison Wang Jingshi, Liang Yinglong, Li Yuelong and others immediately led their troops to welcome the surrender.

When the Ming army entered the city, Kong Youde received the news and knew that there was no room for change, so he quickly fled back to the Dingnan Palace. After killing Aiji with his own hands, he immediately returned to the back hall where a large amount of treasures were stored.

Looking at the boxes of dazzling gold, silver, jewelry, jade and antiques, Kong Youde couldn't help but think of the Ming army that was besieging Dengzhou after the Wuqiao Mutiny. At that time, he had accumulated a large amount of treasures through successive massacres, but it was not like today.

The whole heart is filled with the desolation of the end, and there is no hope at all.

He was a member of the Gaizhou Guards in Liaodong, and his family was a Tieling miner. After Nurhachi captured Tieling, his family fled to Liaodong after failing to organize a miner uprising. He once made great contributions to the Guangning Army guerrillas. In the second year of Tianqi, Shaling was defeated and the Guangning Army was annihilated.

After the war with Xiong Tingbi, the governor Wang Huazhen abandoned his territory, and Kong Youde fled to Lushun, where he began to serve as a general under Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang River.

However, the good times did not last long. In the first year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, was good at killing the military general Mao Wenlong, and Mao Wenlong's successor Chen Jisheng soon died at the hands of general Liu Xingzhi. The chaos in Dongjiang Town became day by day. Kong Youde and others

The people were dissatisfied with the new commander-in-chief Huang Long, who was a general in western Liaoning, so he led his troops to defect to Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and became a new army trained by Sun Yuanhua with European artillery.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Qing army besieged the Daling River. Kong Youde was ordered to rush to help and marched to Wuqiao. However, there was insufficient military supplies, and the soldiers looted, triggering a mutiny, and the Dengzhou Rebellion broke out. The next year, the Ming court failed to recruit troops, and the Guanning Army was ordered to quell the rebellion. Kong Youde

When the rebels were defeated, they were forced to abandon Dengzhou and surrendered to their previous life-and-death enemy, the Manchu Qing. Since then, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties have fought many battles.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs. Kong Youde followed Duoduo to suppress the anti-Qing movement in Jiangnan. Later, he obtained the general Pingnan and was ordered to attack Guangxi. In the fourth year of Yongli, Guilin was captured. During this battle, Zhu Hengxuan, king of Jingjiang, and the supervising bachelor

Qu Shishu and Zhang Tongchang, the governor of Guangxi, were both killed by Kong Youde after the war because they refused to surrender.

Since the capture of Guilin at the end of the fourth year of Yongli and the capture of the entire Guangxi, Kong Youde sent his generals to guard various places. In Guilin, he relied on extortion and expropriation to become a wealthy prince. Now, on the fourth day of July in the sixth year of Yongli, the Ming army has already

It only took more than a year to enter the provincial capital, and he had already fallen into such a dead end.

"Dad, Mao Shuai..."

Mao Wenlong was kind to Kong Youde, and he was the flag for the Ming army in the Tianqi Dynasty to counterattack Liaodong. Kong Youde also highly praised Mao Wenlong throughout his life. Even after he later became the prince of the Qing Dynasty, he still "talked about current affairs as a general, and was always obsessed with sex."

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Such a situation is not only limited to Kong Youde, which is gratifying, but also Geng Zhongming and others. For example, when Mao Wenlong's son Mao Chengdou went south, he sent someone to invite him. Not only was he extremely respectful, but he also recommended him as a high-ranking official to the Qing court.

Lu came out. However, Mao Chengdou refused on the grounds that he was "too stupid to take up official duties and was afraid of violating the will of the former general".

Mao Wenlong adopted countless adopted sons and grandsons in his life, most of whom died on the battlefield in Liaodong. However, in the end, Kong Youde was born, which is very gratifying. A traitor and scum like Geng Zhongming was born. Kong Youde and others respected Mao Wenlong, so

It's a personal favor, but if Mao Wen Longquan knew about it, he would probably be so angry that he would strangle him alive in his hometown in Liaodong!

Dingnan Prince's Mansion is magnificent and covers a huge area, but at this moment, when Kong Youde looked at the gold, silver and jewelry in this room, what he heard in his ears were the faint shouts of killing from the Ming army.

"Kill the Tartars!"

It's funny to say that such a voice was shouted out of his mouth back then, but now it has become the target of the Ming army.

Thinking of this, Kong Youde smiled miserably, clearly realizing that even if he died, he probably wouldn't have the face to see his father or his Marshal Mao. He immediately threw the torch in his hand among the flammable brocade.
Chapter completed!