The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 509 Sweeping across the South China Sea, Shi Dakai Arrives
"Report to the general that Zhang Xian's troops of the Qi army have passed through Nanping County, and now their front has arrived at Longevity Mountain."

"It's only tens of miles away from our army, and our army is surrounded by the Qi army!"

At this time, the scouts of the Taiping Army hurriedly reported the news of the investigation to Peng Yue.

Hearing this, Peng Yue didn't react for a while, mainly because Peng Yue didn't expect that the Qi army would come so fast.

I thought that after the Nanman was wiped out, the Qi army would stick to their ground and first appease the situation in Qianzhou.

However, it was obvious that Peng Yue had miscalculated, but Zhang Xian led the troops galloping non-stop, outflanking the Taiping Army.

Now, Peng Yue is also in a dilemma, and the Qi army from the rear flank comes outflanking.

In front of Xue Dingshan, Sun Kewang was also trying his best to command the soldiers to attack.

It is not difficult to imagine that as long as the Taiping army retreats at this time, the main force of the Qi army will definitely press up in one fell swoop, and the battle situation will be more passive.

Next, Peng Yue thought hard and came to a conclusion, that is to lead the main force first to destroy the outflanking enemy troops.

The reason why he didn't choose to directly destroy Xue Dingshan's troops in the field was also because Peng Yue was overwhelmed by many fierce generals in the Qi army.

Peng Yue believed that with his current strength, he would have no chance of victory in a field battle with the main force of the Qi army.

Therefore, at this moment, Peng Yue set his target on Zhang Xian's subordinates.

He thought that as long as he could arouse his own momentum, defeat the enemy and break the encirclement trend, it would be no problem.

As for Xue Dingshan's troops at this time, Peng Yue left a battalion of more than [-] troops to continue to defend the line.

It's just that anyone with a discerning eye can see that Peng Yue is cutting off his tail to survive, and the left-behind battalion is nothing more than an abandoned son.

As the saying goes: Righteousness does not control soldiers, compassion does not control wealth!
At this stage, Peng Yue has been forced to such a stage, and this is the only life left.

Otherwise, once the Qi army's siege is formed, even if Peng Yue has the ability to reach the sky, the entire army will be wiped out!

It is conceivable how discouraged Peng Yue is now. Originally, according to his plan, as long as there are no mistakes in the link.

This time, the southern part of Xiangzhou will be lost, and then it is not impossible to unite with Hong Xiuquan in Jiangdong to take the entire Xiangzhou, and then point the sword at Bashu.

But the facts are often as expected. Peng Yue not only underestimated the combat power of Qi's army, but also underestimated the cohesion of Qi's officials.

He even overestimated the strength of the Southern Barbarian Army, which led to the current difficult situation.

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A few days later, a news came that Peng Yue met Zhang Xianjun's troops in the Yellow River area, and then the two sides fought.

However, the Qi army was originally an elite group, and Jia Xu had already calculated that Peng Yue would jump over the wall and take the initiative to lead the army.

Therefore, the Qi army had already tampered with in the Yellow River area, and then ordered Yang Yanzhao to feign defeat and flee, luring the enemy to go deep.

Peng Yue didn't notice for a while, and led the army in pursuit, but in the middle of the crossing, the embankment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River was suddenly opened by the Qi army.

A raging flood submerged the Taiping army in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the Qi army who had been ambushing all around rushed out one after another. The Taiping army who had escaped by chance dared to face him directly.

In this move, Jia Xu offered the plan of flooding and wiped out the Taiping Army in one fell swoop.

In fact, Peng Yue is a famous general. Normally speaking, Peng Yue would not be fooled easily for this ordinary breach of the embankment.

But this is war, Jia Xu figured out Peng Yue's eagerness to fight, and designed this plan.

However, at the end of the battle, Peng Yue, the chief general of the Taiping Army, slipped through the net and disappeared!
At this time, the two thousand abandoned sons left behind by Peng Yue did not resist the onslaught of the Qi army, and within a short while, the defense line of Luanshigang was broken.

However, the Taiping army seemed to have been brainwashed, and they were so fanatical that they fought to the last man, and no one surrendered to the Qi army.

This move can be regarded as adding a lot of casualties to the Qi army, but it also made Xue Dingshan realize a problem.

That is, this battle is not easy to fight!

However, with the pacification of Qianzhou, Peng Yue's troops were wiped out, and the grain road to the south was opened up.

Gao Qi also immediately ordered Zhang Xian and Xue Dingshan to join forces, with Zhang Xian as the main general and Xue Dingshan as the deputy, continue to go deep into Lingnan and support Wang Xuance's southern expedition.

In view of the fact that Qianzhou has just been pacified, and considering that the current people's hearts are scattered and the political situation is unstable, Gao Qi ordered Sun Kewang to lead the people under his command to return to Qianzhou.

Guarding Qianzhou would inevitably lead to chaos in Qianzhou, and in order to commend his achievements, he was specially awarded the title of governor of Qianzhou.

He is fully in charge of the military in the territory, and Gao Qi also secretly issued an order to garrison troops in the west of Qianzhou to support the people, build military bunkers, and garrison troops.

In fact, this is Gao Qi's real thinking. Gao Qi is very clear that there are still many countries outside the Qianzhou border.

In the later generations, it is these seemingly insignificant small countries that have repeatedly challenged the authority of China, which can be described as arrogant and extremely rampant.

However, at this time, these small countries were still in the period of primitive tribes.

Therefore, this is the key to Gao Qi letting Sun Kewang station an army in Qianzhou. His purpose is to use China's current strength to crush these tribal systems.

All the land outside Qianzhou was included in the territory, and it was classified as a part of Huaxia.

For a while, as the Qi army marched southward, the troops of the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing no longer had the so-called superiority in military strength.

Immediately, Eastern King Yang Xiuqing sent troops to suspend the attack on Wang Xuance's defense line, and retreated back to Rongcheng, using this as a stronghold, with Duanshui as a barrier, and launched a defense.

Afterwards, Eastern King Yang Xiuqing sent an urgent letter to Hong Xiuquan of Jiangdong, informing him of the emergency battle situation here, asking him to lead the army to support.

As for Yang Miaozhen's troops who were divided into raids, Yang Xiuqing also ordered him to lead the troops back quickly because they had not broken through the line of defense for a long time.

This order can be regarded as right in Yang Miaozhen's arms. In fact, she secretly went to Xiangzhou in disguise after some observation.

Knowing that Wang Teng did not deceive her, so after returning, he stood still every day and confronted the Qi army.

Now that we have received the order to retreat, why not do it?

For a while, the battle of Lingnan was hindered by the development of the situation, but the Taiping Army, which was on the offensive, reversed the situation and fell into a full-scale defense.

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Nanhai County, located in the eastern part of Lingnan, is the main passageway north to Jiangdong, connecting Nankang and Jian'an counties.

Its strategic location is very superior. As long as the connection to the South China Sea is broken, Hong Xiuquan will be like a rootless duckweed, and it will be easy to break!

Similarly, Yang Xiuqing's troops will also become a trap, and the Qi army can attack at will and annihilate them at any time.

However, Lingnan is the place where the Taiping Army started, and it is the real foundation.

It is conceivable that once Lingnan is occupied, the demise of Hong Xiuquan who is entrenched in Jiangdong is doomed.

Therefore, after learning about what happened to Eastern King Yang Xiuqing at this time, Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan immediately recalled Shi Dakai.

Leading an army of [-] troops, the most capable and skilled general in the kingdom of heaven, he hurried south to help the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing.

After Hong Xiuquan gained a firm foothold in the land of Jiangdong, he followed Feng Yunshan's will and wantonly implemented the heavenly land mu system in the territory.

Wantonly suppressed the landowners and gentry in the territory, as well as the aristocratic families, and distributed the land to the people.

Although this move made the Taiping Army completely opposed to the aristocratic families and landlords, the Taiping Army also successfully gained support.

During this time, the people of Jiangdong responded to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's recruitment and joined in one after another.

In a short period of time, Hong Xiuquan engulfed nearly 20 troops.

That's why Hong Xiuquan had no fear, and directly exploded [-] troops, and asked Yi Wang Shi Dakai to go to support.

Moreover, just to be on the safe side, Hong Xiuquan also ordered the Heavenly Kingdom General Chen Youliang to send troops south to Nankang to support Shi Dakai.

It can be seen from this that the importance of the Lingnan land is self-evident, but it made Hong Xiuquan really move.

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At this moment, a Qi army suddenly rushed into the territory of the South China Sea, because the defenders from all over the South China Sea did not expect the Qi army to kill them.

Therefore, in just half a month, the Qi army swept across the important towns of Qingyuan and Zhengbin in the South China Sea, and then continued northward, sweeping all over the place.

It is only said that the Qi army was finally in the Yinshan area of ​​Qujiang, and its offensive was contained.

Because, at this time, Shi Dakai had already led a hundred thousand people galloping forward, because the Taiping Army was too aggressive.

How dare the Qi army continue to resist, and quickly retreated to Qingyang City under the leadership of the chief general Liu Rengui, and went all out to resist the Taiping army.

For a while, the various places that had been lost in Nanhai County returned to the Taiping Army's return one after another.

Immediately afterwards, Shi Dakai led the army to approach Qingyang, besieged the city, and launched a fierce attack day and night.

However, although there are many Taiping soldiers, Liu Rengui is worthy of being a famous general, and he arranges them layer by layer without any chaos.

The Taiping Army was firmly blocked here, but they were unable to march into Lingnan and join Yang Xiuqing.

A few days later, Chen Youliang also complied with Hong Xiuquan's order and dispatched his general Fu Youde to lead an army of [-] to the south to support Shi Dakai.

For a while, the Battle of Lingnan started again, but its scale was even bigger than before!

As for the life and death battle of the Taiping Army, how will it go?

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At the Xishui defense line, Wang Tian had also returned to the team at this time, and together with Wang Xuance, attacked the enemy army retreating to Rongcheng.

As for Zhang Xian's troops who were united, they did not go south for a long time. Instead, they marched westward from Xiping, went straight to Shi'an County, and attacked Yulin and Yongping directly.

The eastern part of Lingnan is mainly the gathering place of Baiyue and other ethnic groups. At this time, Zhang Xian decided to attack here. From a military point of view, this move was considered a risky move.

After all, due to the harsh environment and dangerous terrain here, the Baiyue people here have also developed a sturdy folk custom.

If Zhang Xian's troops can't break through, I'm afraid the situation of this battle will change completely.

Time is slowly passing by. As for the operation of Zhang Xian's department, can it be successful?

All this is still unknown!

(End of this chapter)