Han’s Son is Not a Slave

When Wu Sangui's troops entered Yongchang, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army and King Doni of Xinjun also led the Manchu and Han troops to Kunming and set up camp outside the city. The National Security Department of the Zuolu Qing Army Line also broke through Guangxi Fucheng, and is scheduled to join forces in Kunming on the 26th.

After arriving in Kunming, Dhoni felt a headache. What gave him a headache was the problem with the transportation of grain and grass to various ministries in Yunnan.

After the Qing army entered Yunnan, Li Dingguo ordered the Ming army of various ministries to enforce the strong walls and clear fields, which made it impossible for the Qing army to replenish food and grass on the spot in Yunnan. In addition, the Ming army suddenly retreated, and the Qing army drove straight in without resistance. In this area, the money and grain obtained were limited, and the logistical supply line also had problems with the advance of the Qing army.

In addition, although the main force of the Ming army has retreated, there are still many Ming army and Tusi armed against the Qing army in Yunnan and Guizhou. Their existence directly threatens the food route of the Qing army, which has caused Doni to have to order the king of Ping County, Luo Keyi to lead the troops. Return north to ensure food security.

The fire in Kunming caught Duny by surprise. The fire not only destroyed the millions of stone grains that Li Dingguo had in the city, but also destroyed the grain reserves of the people in the city, making it impossible for the Qing army to search for grain from the people.

If the Yongli court was destroyed along with Kunming City, then the food and forage problem of the Qing army would not be too big, but now the Yongli court has gone to western Yunnan, and the main forces of the Ming army such as Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan have also retreated to the southwest of Yunnan to block the Qing army. If the Yongli court does not die for a day, this war will not end in a day. The war could not end in one day, and the money and grain needed by the army was a bottomless pit. Relying on the transportation of grain and grass from Guiyang alone would obviously not be able to support the Qing army entering Yunnan to confront the Ming army for a long time.

On the one hand, Duny placed the hope of a quick solution on Wu Sangui, who had entered Yongchang; on the other hand, he asked Hong Chengchou to bring Gushan Ezhen Yide, Hubu Zhangjing Zhuoluo, and Admiral Zhang Yong to the occupied areas. Fuzhou County inspected, hoping to solve the problem of insufficient food and grass for the army by scavenging food in these places.

The result disappointed Duny. Hong Chengchou came back and reported that he had asked the officials of the prefectures, prefectures, and counties to take a detailed inventory of the money and grain, but even if all the money and grain from these places were transported to Kunming, it would not be enough for the army to spend half a month. At present, only Yiliang County, where General Zhao Butai was stationed in the south of Yunnan Province, has a little income from grain and rice.

Doni was young and it was the first time he had served as the commander of the army. He lacked experience in dealing with it. He asked Hong Chengchou if there was any way to alleviate the shortage of food and grass, but Hong Chengchou shook his head and said no. It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Hong Chengchou actually wanted to tell Duny that the current situation was actually caused by the Qing army itself. If the Qing army had not been burning, killing and looting in Yunnan, the people of Yunnan would not regard the Qing soldiers as enemies, those chieftains. Nor will it still stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty and refuse to help the Qing Dynasty. If the Qing army had implemented a strategy of both suppression and appeasement in Yunnan from the very beginning, and had drawn up those local powerful factions and chieftains, they would not have ended up struggling today.

Duny was a little disappointed, but Hong Chengchou clearly told him that if he wanted to continue to support the war, Guizhou's food was the lifeline of the Qing army. And Guizhou's grain is the Cao rice transferred from the southeast by the Qing court, so if the war in the southwest is not over, the southeast Cao rice cannot be transferred to the capital for a day. After a long time, the capital will definitely have complaints.

Hong Chengchou's reminder made Duny a little alert. In addition to congratulating the general on the smooth progress, the envoy sent by the emperor six days ago also mentioned that the emperor hoped that the general would end the war in the southwest as soon as possible, so that he could draw troops and horses to deal with the Taiping army in Guangdong, and the southeast. The side also needs to return troops. Intelligence shows that the Zheng family of Jinxia sent troops north in August not to attack Zhejiang, but to drive directly to Nanjing from the Yangtze River. Although Zheng's fleet suffered heavy losses from the hurricane on the sea surface of Yangshan, Zheng's father and son have been in business for decades, and they are very rich. . Therefore, just in case, the emperor hoped that the general could end the southwest war as soon as possible.

Donny didn't want to hurry up and return to Beijing, but the Yongli court has not been overthrown, and he can't even think about it. The only hope now is that Wu Sangui lives up to his expectations and can capture Zhu Youlang in Yongchang.

When he was depressed, there was an emergency report of eight hundred miles from Guiyang.

The urgent report was sent by Chen Weixin, the governor of Guangxi, through the military post in Guiyang. He said that the Guangdong Taiping Army had entered Guangxi, and Wuzhou, Xunzhou, Liuzhou and other important towns were all occupied by the Taiping Army. In view of the strong forces of the Taiping Army and the difficulty of defending the isolated city of Guilin, Chen Weixin led his troops to retreat to Duyun, Guizhou in order to preserve the strength of the officers and soldiers. In the letter, Chen Weixin said that the Taiping army that entered Guizhou had more than 100,000 troops, not only sailors, but also cavalry. Kou Shou Zhou Shixiang also had an iron-clad soldier who killed people and horses when they met people. Brave.

In fact, Chen Weixin didn't want to retreat to Guizhou at first, but wanted to retreat directly from Nandan to Yunnan and join the line Guoan, but the Fifth Town of the Taiping Army, which had captured Guilin, kept biting him. If he retreated according to the original plan. After entering Yunnan and meeting with Xian Guoan, Chen Weixin worried that he might not be able to last, so under the persuasion of the chief soldier Xu Tianyou and others, he led the remnants to retreat to Guizhou. The pursuing Taiping army found that Chen Weixin had retreated into Guizhou, but for some reason they did not pursue him. Chen Weixin's judgment on this is that the Taiping Army's purpose is to enter Yunnan Qin Wang~www.NovelMTL.com~, so they are not willing to enter Guizhou to delay time.

"Guangdong Manzi is progressing too fast, right?"

There was a hint of surprise on Donny's young face. There was a good lesson. He naturally did not doubt the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in Guangdong, and he would not despise it, but the opponent's advancing speed was still beyond his imagination.

Half a month ago, Duny received a report from Zhao Butai saying that the Taiping Army had entered Guangxi and occupied Wuzhou. Governor Chen Weixin sent a 800-mile emergency report to request the front line Guoan to lead the troops back for help, but Zhao Butai thought that Guangxi was not comparable. In Yunnan, the purpose of the Taiping army's attack on Guangxi was to go to Yunnan to save their court, so it was clear who was in charge and who was second. The direction of the Qing army’s use of troops can only be the Yongli court in Yunnan. Although Wuzhou has been lost in Guangxi, there are still big cities such as Liuzhou, Xunzhou, Guilin, and Nanning on the road of the Taiping army into Yunnan, which can make the defense of these places. The army insisted on delaying the footsteps of the Taiping army, so that when they took Guangxi and opened up the channel with Yunnan, the overall situation on the Yunnan side had already been determined. Without the imperial court and righteousness, the Taiping army will eventually fall apart no matter how much it can fight.

Duny accepted Zhao Butai's suggestion. The result of his discussion with Hong Chengchou was that no matter how fast the Taiping army progressed, it would take at least three months to occupy Guangxi, but now, the Taiping army only took a month to occupy it. There are several important towns in Guangxi, and the speed is so fast that Donny is very shocked. (To be continued.)