At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 176 Guilin City Breakdown
"Command all armies to attack!"

On the top of the mountain, seeing that the Qing army was showing signs of weakness, Sun Kewang quickly issued an order.

In an instant, flags danced and smoke erupted.

The four guard towns of Longxiang, Huben, Yingyang, and Baotao swarmed forward with siege equipment.

Guilin City has a circumference of more than [-] meters. There are ladders rising from almost every place, and soldiers from the front army can climb up.

Under the fierce attack of nearly 10 people, the Qing troops on the city wall were blocked from left to right, and there was no way out.

A sound sounded.

At the gap, dozens of war elephants, controlled by elephant hands, arrived at the gap where the fire had gradually extinguished.

As the call to charge sounded, dozens of war elephants roared.

Stepping on the broken masonry and corpses, they launched a fierce attack on Guilin City.

"Shoot!" Xian Guoan roared.

Sparse gunfire sounded, and a large number of arrows swarmed in.

A war elephant was hit by several bullets, its body was full of arrows, and it fell in the gap.

The elephant soldiers on the war elephant died here together.

But around it, more war elephants rushed into the city of Guilin despite the firepower of the Qing army.

Gunpowder and kerosene were almost exhausted.

Facing the charge of the front army's war elephants, the Qing army was unable to stop them. After shooting several war elephants, they watched helplessly as a large number of war elephants rushed into the city of Guilin.

"Admiral! A large number of barbarians have forced their way into the city from both the south and north of the city. We don't have enough troops to block it!" A Qing army general came to the gap in panic and reported the situation to the front line national security.

"What!" Xian Guoan was shocked and quickly raised his binoculars.

He suddenly discovered that many battle flags of the Qianqian Army had been raised in the south and north of the city.

"hateful!"

At this moment, Guoan's face was ashen, he clenched his fist and hit the city wall hard.

"Admiral, let's break out of the encirclement quickly. Guilin City can't be defended!" the deputy general next to him said quickly.

"Breaking through, where to break out?" Xian Guoan said with a bitter smile: "Sun Kewang's troops are ten times more than mine, and there are many cavalry. The several gates of Guilin City are all under attack. How can we break out?"

"Admiral, let's quickly retreat into the palace and take one step at a time!" the deputy general said again.

"Up to now, this is the only way to go!"

Xian Guoan gritted his teeth and quickly led his own soldiers to wrap up a large number of soldiers. He gave up blocking the gap and quickly descended the city wall.

In other parts of Guilin City, the Qing army's defense of the city wall has been completely relaxed.

"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, our soldiers have captured Guilin City."

Seeing a large number of soldiers ascending the city wall and raising the flag, Zhang Hu laughed.

"In the past in Chenzhou, I led the front army to defeat the city in one day. Today's Guilin is the Chenzhou of six years ago. The other frontline Guoan will also become the second Xu Yong!" Sun Guozhu was in a good mood and said with high spirits.

I remember that when Xiying counterattacked, Xu Yong led his troops to temporarily block Feng Shuangli and Li Dingguo in Chenzhou.

At that time, Xu Yong had about [-] elite soldiers under his command, and together with the green battalion security forces who were holding him hostage, the Chenzhou garrison numbered about [-].

But even so, Xu Yong was able to stop Li Guo and Gao Yigong with [-] troops in Changsha, and he was able to stop Li Dingguo and Feng Shuangli's [-] troops in Chenzhou with [-] people.

But in the face of more than [-] advanced troops carrying a large number of red-coated artillery and sufficient logistics, Chenzhou City simply could not survive until the next day.

Now, Xian Guoan is stronger than Xu Yong, but Sun Kewang's 10,000+ army is superior to the original tens of thousands in terms of artillery and logistics.

As the provincial capital, Guilin City is larger than Chenzhou City. Guilin's defense strength may not be much better than that of Chenzhou.

Therefore, the outcome of this siege battle has been determined from the beginning.

"What the king is saying is that the frontier Guoan only has [-] troops, but they are trying to rely on Guilin to resist the king's power. This situation is exactly the same as that of Xu Yong who didn't know what to do!"

"Your Majesty, please take a rest. I will use Guoan's head to claim victory!" Zhang Hu complimented.

"I am not worried about this matter. With the same artillery fire suppression and the same elephant breakthrough, the Battle of Guilin is the second Battle of Chenzhou where I lead the front army."

Sun Kewang sighed and said: "It's just that after Chenzhou there is a fork in the road. After Guilin is captured this time, there will be no soldiers and horses in Hunan that can stop Gu's hundred thousand elite troops."

"And after the Tatars get the news, their main Manchu and Mongolian forces are bound to return eastward. Before summer, the decisive battle between my front army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely begin!"

"Zhang Hu, this time, we can no longer be afraid of spending all our capital!"

Zhang Hu's expression changed when he heard this, and he quickly said: "Please rest assured, Lord, this time I will lead more than ten troops, and the generals are sincerely convinced by the Lord. We will kill all the Tartars for the Lord in this battle!" All based on Huguang!"

"That's good!" Sun Kewang felt relieved.

Although the Ming and Qing Dynasties had similar casualties in the Battle of the Fork Road, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties even had two Maile Zhangjings killed by the Jiaqian Army, but no named generals of the Jiaqian Army themselves were killed.

From a tactical point of view, Sun Guozhu still made a profit. The front army first defeated the Qing army's formation, then cleaned the battlefield, and then faced the Qing army's counterattack, instead of fighting to the death, it withdrew from the battlefield.

In terms of the process, our Qing Dynasty estimated that the casualties were greater than that of Sun Guozhu. In terms of tactics, Sun Guozhu did not suffer at all.

But no matter what, if you lose, you lose.

Strategically, the fork in the road completely became a fork in the national destiny of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Now the second battle at the fork in the road is about to begin, but this time without many teammates, Sun Guozhu feels that the second fork in the road will be easier to fight.

After all, in the first battle at the fork in the road, Sun Guozhu was afraid that he would spend all his capital and be unable to restrain Li Dingguo, Bai Wenxuan and others.

Now Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan are probably going to western Yunnan.

Although they no longer have teammates, the overall mentality of both Sun Guozhu and Jia Qianjun is better.

It was like Wu Sangui no longer cared about and calculated after all his teammates were gone.

After proclaiming himself emperor in Hengyang inspired people's hearts, Wu Fan's soldiers beat us until the Qing Dynasty had a bruised nose and a swollen face.

Sun Guozhu's current teammates are basically on the verge of losing their jobs.

Therefore, the generals in the Qianqian army can fight boldly because they have no teammates to pick their own peaches.

In Guilin City, nearly [-] soldiers and horses swarmed in.

Dozens of war elephants gallop through the streets, invincible.

Seeing that the four walls were covered with flags of the Qianqian Army, the morale of the Qing army completely collapsed.

Not only Ding Zhuang and the Green Camp soldiers were panicked, but even the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners fled in panic.

In this case, countless veterans of Dingnan Fan who had fought with Kong Youde and Xian Guoan for many years.

Some were shot to death from behind with muskets, some were overtaken and chopped with a knife, or some were trampled to death by war elephants. They died in pieces in the chaos.

What's more, they were trampled to death by the Qing army themselves, and died in a confused rout.

"Don't mess up!" in front of the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion in Guilin City.

The originally very spacious gate was filled to the brim by the defeated Qing troops.

Under the threat of death, the organization of the Qing army collapsed completely.

Everyone in the Green Camp soldiers and Eight Banners soldiers, as well as their families, wanted to survive.

So in front of the city gate, everyone refused to give up the chance of survival.

They squeezed together one by one and moved forward desperately.

Some people have even started fighting, constantly killing people around them, trying to get into the palace faster so they can survive.Xian Guoan came quickly with hundreds of troops. When he saw the scene in front of the palace gate, he was shocked.

"Fire the arrow!" He had killed countless people at this moment without hesitation.

He immediately ordered the defeated soldiers under his command to shoot and fire arrows at the defeated soldiers and their families of the Qing army.

bang bang bang-

shhhhh--

After a series of shootings, large numbers of corpses appeared in front of the palace gate.

Under the iron-blooded measures of Xiangguoan, the traffic in the city gate was rapidly improved.

"Get the body away quickly!"

He gave an order, and the defeated Qing troops began to move forward to clean up the crowd, move corpses, and completely clear the passage.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden rumbling vibration on the ground.

Xian Guoan looked up and was shocked to find a large number of war elephants and driving troops coming quickly.

"The barbarians are coming! The barbarians are coming!"

Several exclamations rang out. Looking at the murderous soldiers and horses of the Western Camp, the city gate where order had begun to be established fell into chaos again.

"Don't be chaotic, clear the city gate quickly!" Xian Guoan shouted hysterically, trying to organize the Qing army's order.

However, when Li Dingguo attacked Guangxi, he led the soldiers and horses of the Western Camp to kill the Qing troops on sight.

Not only the Green Camp troops, but also the elite soldiers of Dingnan Fan were shocked by the piles of corpses under the hands of the Xiying soldiers.

At this moment, facing the barbarians in their hearts, the Qing army, whose psychological trauma had never been repaired, completely exploded under the overwhelming defeat.

"Run!"

I don't know who was the first to shout out, and some of the hundreds of defeated soldiers from the frontline national security organization quickly rushed to the city gate.

And as the defeated troops who reestablished order collapsed, the city gate once again became a mess, and everyone crowded together, once again squeezing the city gate to the limit.

bang bang bang-

A burst of gunfire rang out, and the front army, with war elephants as the forerunner, had arrived at the gate of Jingjiang Prince's Mansion.

"Heaven will kill me!" Looking at this situation, Xian Guoan felt sad in his heart.

He held his own saber to his neck and looked at the Qing army that had completely collapsed in front of him. Feeling that he was helpless, his heart became cruel and he suddenly exerted force in his hands.

The first general under Dingnan Fan, Guangxi Admiral Xian Guoan died at the gate of Jingjiang Prince's Mansion.

A sound sounded.

War elephants crashed into the disorganized Qing army.

"Use the spear, use the spear quickly!" Xian Guoan's deputy general was heartbroken and wanted to organize the Qing army to form a formation and use the spear to force the war elephants back.

But now, the morale of the Qing army has completely collapsed, and it is no longer the elite demeanor it once was.

A huge elephant's foot trampled over him, and the lieutenant fell heavily to the ground.

Blood flowed from his mouth, and his face was filled with fear.

"Kill the Tartars! Kill the Tartars!"

Following the assault of the war elephants, a large number of front-line troops arrived, using spears, sabers, muskets, bows and arrows to slaughter the defeated Qing troops wantonly.

On the city wall, the Qing defenders of the palace immediately gave up their defense and fled in panic.

As the sun sets, night gradually falls.

The [-]-strong Qianqian army had completely taken control of Guilin City and initially cleared away the defeated Qing troops.

"To inform the Lord, Guilin City has been fully controlled, and troops have been sent to guard the gold and silver in Prince Jingjiang's Mansion..."

On the Guilin city wall, Zhang Hu reported on the situation in the city.

"Where are the three people from Xian Guoan?" Sun Kewang asked.

"Reporting to the Lord, Xian Guoan committed suicide in front of the palace gate, Ma Xiong surrendered, and the whole party has disappeared."

"Cut off Xian Guoan's head and hang it on the city gate."

"As for Ma Xiong..." Sun Kewang pondered.

"Let him live first so as to give some thought to the Han people who have no ancestors."

Ma Xiong is not easy to kill. Now the overall situation of the world is uncertain. Sun Kewang also has to fight for the Han generals all over the world.

It's just that Ma Xiong didn't come to surrender on his own initiative, so it was enough to save his life.

"What the king said is that we cannot kill them all, no matter whether it is the Green Camp or the Eight Banners Han people." Zhang Hu cupped his hands and said.

"It's not that we can't kill them all, but we have to settle accounts later." Sun Kewang sneered.

In fact, among the Han generals, Sun Kewang also had many people worthy of his high regard.

Although several generals under Wu Sangui have shaved their heads, they still have some moral integrity.

Although in this era, they don't want their ancestors.

But whether they were loyal to Wu Sangui to the end, or the Eight Banners heads in their hands.

They are all worthy of Sun Kewang's high look.

After all, loyal ministers cannot be too absolute.

Wu Fan's record against the Qing Dynasty was better than that of Xiying and Chuangying.

It can only be said that people like Hu Guozhu are more loyal to Wu Sangui than to the nation.

But people like Hu Guozhu are still much better than the real lackeys of the Qing court.

After all, many people within Wu Fan have been urging Wu Sangui to rebel against the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years.

After Wu Sangui truly rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, most people within Wu Fan refused to surrender.

The record far exceeded that of Xiying and Chuangying.

Even after the Qing army entered the pass, the Nanming official army, the rebel army, Xiying, Chuangying, Yanping Fan, Dingnan Fan, and Jingnan Fan combined together destroyed as many Eight Banners generals as Wu Fan and his family.

During the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Han people wiped out a total of 320 generals and generals of the Eight Banners.

But during the San Francisco Revolution, the Han people wiped out a total of 650 eight Eight Banners generals from the Qing Dynasty.

Among these 650 eight people, Wu Fan accounted for more than 500.

Compared with Wu Fan's record, not to mention the current Sun Kewang, even Li Dingguo, who had 66 generals and subordinates, was so infuriating.

So sometimes things are so absurd, Wu Sangui is the number one hero in the fight against the Qing Dynasty!

Where are the more than 500 Eight Banner heads? Who dares to say that Li Dingguo killed more Eight Banners than Wu Sangui?

With Wu Fan having such a record, Lord Sun naturally had to take a high look at them.

It's just that although Lord Sun's division of loyalty is not so absolute, there is still a difference between a traitor and a traitor.

Compared with Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong, Hu Guozhu and Wang Pingfan are fundamentally different.

Some people can be let go, but there are some people whom Lord Sun has already prepared to execute Ling Chi and annihilate the nine tribes.

(End of this chapter)