I will be the prince at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 48
"Report, Mr. Zhifu, there is an urgent military report from Guangxi." A Tartar came in from outside the house holding a military report in both hands.

Long Keduo, the prefect of Zhaoqing, took the military newspaper and hurriedly opened it for a closer look. Suddenly his face was pale, his eyes showed horror, and Guilin fell.

On May 150th, Zhu Cixuan, Prince of the Puppet Ming Dynasty, and Li Dingguo, King of Jin, led the Ming army to advance to Guilin. Ertu, the capital commander, led 200 cavalry out of the city to meet the enemy for [-] miles.Today is May [-]th. Doesn’t that mean that the Ming army is less than a thousand miles away from Zhaoqing? With the speed of the Ming army traveling [-] to [-] miles a day during this period, the fastest five days, and the slowest seven days may be soldiers Under the city of Lin Zhaoqing.

Now four days have passed since May [-]th, Long Kedo's head is buzzing, his hands and feet are cold, what should I do?
There are only 2000 soldiers in Zhaoqing City, of which 1000 are Green Battalion soldiers, and 2000 are full of the Eight Banners. If the Ming army comes to attack Zhaoqing, the combat power of the 1000 Green Battalion soldiers will be low, and they may turn against them at any time. How could he stop the 1000 Ming army, Long Kedo's eyes turned black.

"Swipe" Long Keduo's hand was empty, and when he looked up, he saw Suksaha glaring at him with a gloomy face, which showed that he was extremely dissatisfied with him in his heart. As the chief executive of a government, he was at a loss when he received a military report , It's a big loss of style, if it weren't for the Ming army's aggressiveness now, I would be upset to see if I don't beat you to the end.

Sukesaha snatched the military newspaper, and the corner of his mouth slightly twitched, I wanted to see what happened, which made the ruler of the whole family behave in a bewilderment and lost his dignity.Take him to see that on May [-], Guilin fell.Eyes wide open, how is it possible, how did Guilin fall so quickly, it's fake.

He rubbed his eyes, read the military newspaper at a glance, and then stared at the words Guilin fell, shaking his body twice.It was finally confirmed that Guilin was captured by the Ming army on the [-]th, and he shivered. Zhaoqing in May was already very hot, but Suksaha felt his whole body was cold, the kind that felt cold through the heart, but it was not refreshing. Cool, but frightened cool.

When I first came out of Beijing, although I expected that the situation in the southwest was not optimistic, it must be very bad, but I didn’t expect it to be ten times worse than I expected. Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Sichuan can no longer count on it. At present, I only have one Guangdong is still intact, with few soldiers and few generals. What can I use to defend Guangdong and restore order in the southwest.

No, I can't just sit and wait for death, I have to save myself, or I'm afraid my old life will be lost here, thinking of this, Sukesaha calmed down, and said calmly:

"My lords, the puppet army has captured Guilin, and they will launch an attack on Guangdong soon. Pass my order to let all the states and capitals in Guangdong mobilize their troops and gather in Zhaoqing as soon as possible. Guangzhou, Shaozhou and Shaozhou , The soldiers and horses of the three prefectures of Luoding Prefecture must arrive before the 22nd, and the soldiers and horses of the other states must arrive at Zhaoqing before the 25th.

"Cha." After receiving the order, Long Keduo and Fuqing exited the hall as if fleeing.

At this time, Zhu Cixuan, Li Dingguo, and Chen Gong were in the hands of the Pingle Mansion Yamen to scout the urgently received military information.

"Ha! This Sukesaha is running quite fast, he has already entered Zhaoqing." Zhu Cixuan laughed.

Li Dingguo also showed a smile on his face and said: "I am afraid that Suksaha is in a state of distress now. He must not have thought that our army's attack speed will be so fast. With our army's marching speed, we will arrive in Zhaoqing in three days. He was caught off guard."

"That's right! We must fight fast, and don't give Sukesaha time to gather troops from various provinces in Guangdong." Chen Gong stroked the beard under his forehead, his eyes were shining golden.

Zhu Cixuan blinked his eyelids, pondered for a moment and said, "Prince Jin, what do you think of this?"

Li Dingguo and Chen Gong set their sights on Zhu Cixuan.

"According to our scouts, there are only [-] Tartar soldiers in Zhaoqing, of which there are only [-] soldiers from the Eight Banners and [-] soldiers from the Green Battalion. The crown prince led the [-] Eastern Palace guards, all of whom put on horses. They can march to Zhaoqing in two days. With the equipment of the army, we will definitely be able to take down Zhaoqing in one battle, capture Suksaha alive, and don't give him time to gather troops."

"His Royal Highness, this plan is very clever. As long as we take Zhaoqing quickly, the rest of the provinces in Guangdong will be nothing to worry about. However, our army currently has a large number of horses. I can send Wang Xi, the general soldier, to lead [-] cavalry to fight with him." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is accompanying me, and I will command [-] soldiers and horses to follow. We will strive to recover Guangdong as soon as possible, so that the entire five southwestern provinces will return to our Ming Dynasty and deal a heavy blow to the Tartars." Li Dingguo said with piercing eyes.

"Okay, let's do it like this." Zhu Cixuan made a final decision.

Next, the Ming army who occupied Pingyue Mansion immediately got busy, preparing war horses, ordnance, and dry food.An hour later, [-] cavalrymen of the Ming army left Pingle City and rested at Baixiazhai that night.

The next day after breakfast, the army passed through Diandengzhai and arrived at He County at 500:[-] noon. The Tartars in He County learned that the Ming army had invaded and fled in panic. Zhu Cixuan led the army to stop in He County for a short time and simply ate dry food. , The war horses had eaten fodder and drank enough water, leaving [-] men and horses to maintain order in the city, and the army passed through.

Arriving at Huaiji in the evening, Liu Qing, the prefect of Huaiji, opened the city gate and led three classes of government servants to dedicate the city. Anyway, Liu Qing, the prefect of Huaiji, saw Zhu Cixuan kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly, "The sinner Liu Qing was late to welcome the master Wang, please also please His Royal Highness Forgive me."

Zhu Cixuan snorted coldly: "Liu Qing, you should be convicted."

"Liu Qing is guilty." Liu Qing kowtowed like garlic.

"Then, what crime do you know you committed?" Zhu Cixuan asked with a cold face.

"Sinners should not join the Tartars when the Tartars come, cut off their hair and wear them easily."

"You still know that you shouldn't join the Tartars. I thought you didn't."

"Criminals deserve death. When the Tartar army comes, there will be no soldiers or generals in the city. It is really hard to resist. Besides, the Tartars are cruel. As long as we resist, the Tartars will massacre the city. The criminals don't want the people in the city to suffer like Jiading and Yangzhou. The Tartars massacred the people in the city, so that the criminals had no choice but to join the Tartars, please His Highness the Crown Prince, please enlighten me!" Liu Qing knelt on the ground and kowtowed incessantly.

"Your Highness, Liu Qing, I know that although he is not a great talent, he was also a clean and honest government official and treated the people well during his tenure as the magistrate. He is a qualified official who is diligent in civil affairs. Please forgive him this time and let him Take the crime and make meritorious service." Chen Gongjian said at the side.

Zhu Cixuan didn't know that many officials of the Ming Dynasty had to surrender to the Tartars in order to reduce the casualties of the people, but they were inevitably afraid of death. This is also the tragedy of this era. Tartar invasion.

In addition, Emperor Yongli is also the father of his own body. As soon as the Tartar army came, he immediately abandoned the city and fled, and the hearts of the people underneath dispersed. The Ming Dynasty gathered together to fight against the Tartars. Now that he has come, he should hold up this banner and gather people with lofty ideals to resist the invasion of the Tartars.

Zhu Cixuan saw that the fire was almost ready, so he said calmly: "Since you are for the people in the city, then the prince will spare your life, get up! Take the prince into the city."

(End of this chapter)