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While Liu Sheng was in charge of internal affairs in Nanjing, the army's military operations in Guangxi and Guizhou were overwhelming.

The Guangxi side is led by Pingnan General Yongxing Marquis Li Dingguo, and the Guizhou side is led by the Western Conquest General Wuling County Gong Helianyue - Helianyue's previous title was Wulinghou, and he captured Sichuan last year and was promoted to a county. male.

As for Yang Heqing and Li Dingguo, although they also contributed a lot to the victory of Fujian and Guangdong respectively, because these two provinces were almost completely surrendered by Yi Zhi, their contributions did not reach the level of promotion, but they were each rewarded.

At the same time, many of the generals who participated in the Northern Expedition last year, including Peng Youyi, were awarded or promoted.

For example, Peng Youyi was promoted to Duke of Andong County; Shen Wandeng was promoted to Marquis of Xiangyang (County Marquis); Yuan Shizhong was promoted to Deshenghou (Rural Marquis)...

Guangxi, Lingui City.

This city is not only governed by the Guilin Prefecture, but also the governor's office and the official office of Guangxi's chief envoys.

It was also the location of the fiefdom of King Jingjiang - because he had been operating in Guilin for many years and took a preemptive strike, King Jingjiang was able to occupy Guilin Mansion after he became the supervisor of the small court of the Can Ming Dynasty.

However, King Jingjiang was passed down from Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Zhu Shouqian, and was actually a branch of Zhu Ming's clan.

Therefore, even in the eyes of those who were ignorant and loyal to the Ming Dynasty, King Jingjiang's decision to appoint himself as supervisor of the country and to steal the throne of the Ming Dynasty was unpopular.

When some people supported King Zhu Youlang of Gui to ascend the throne as the emperor, most people in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places who were still in the Ming Dynasty regarded Hongguang Emperor Zhu Youlang as the orthodox Ming Dynasty, and regarded Zhu Hengjia as a traitor who stole the country.

Therefore, although Zhu Hengjia occupied Guilin early, his power was never able to leave Guilin. It even continued to shrink under the attack of the Hongguang court and was limited to several cities such as Lingui.

If there was no external intervention, perhaps in another year and a half, Zhu Hengjia's power to supervise the country would be destroyed by the Hongguang court.

But how can it be without external interference?

Not to mention that the Yi army sent troops to Guangxi this autumn, even before that, many chieftains and even Han people in Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan raised flags to rebel, and there were also some military generals or local officials who only nominally respected the Hongguang court but actually carried out separatist rule. A matter of self-reliance.

Therefore, the small court of Hongguang had to confront and fight against the supervising forces of King Jingjiang on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also sent troops to destroy the chieftains and Nongming troops who threatened it.

Under this circumstance, the territory actually controlled by the Hongguang Court in Guangxi was quite limited, mainly including Liuzhou Prefecture, Qingyuan Prefecture, and most of Si'en Prefecture, Nanning Prefecture, and Xunzhou Prefecture.

As for the states and counties of Pingle Prefecture and Wuzhou Prefecture farther east, they have either surrendered to Wei and been occupied by the Wei army, or they have been separated and established by ambitious people.

As for the three prefectures of Zhen'an, Taiping, Siming and the Zhili prefectures in the southwest, they are mostly controlled and occupied by chieftains. It would be good if they did not attack the Hongguang court, but how could they obey their orders?

Under such circumstances, Li Dingguo led an army of 70,000 to 80,000 troops to attack Guangxi, which was naturally unstoppable and overwhelming.

The small court of Hongguang performed well when attacking the forces of the King of Jingjiang, but they were vulnerable to the Yi army. Many local civil servants and military generals fled or surrendered.

In just half a month, the Wei army captured Wuzhou, Pingle and the southern part of Liuzhou Prefecture. Now they are sending their troops north to attack Guilin with a partial division of the Wei army moving south from Hunan.

After the troops of Hongguang's small court in Guilin either surrendered or fled, the Yi army quickly invaded the territory of King Jingjiang.

The performance of King Jingjiang's troops was even worse than that of Hongguang's small court, so within a few days, a Yi army attacked Lingui City.

After hearing the news, Zhu Hengjia did not want to resist at all, but hurriedly packed up the gold and silver treasures and wanted to escape. It was not that he had not considered it, but he heard that the Ming Dynasty vassal king in Jiangei could not save his life even if he could. Wealthy, almost reduced to prisoner or hard labor.

Zhu Hengjia didn't want to lose his wealth, let alone work as a hard laborer. In addition, Guangxi was adjacent to Annan. He felt that as long as he could escape with his gold and silver treasures and some of his direct soldiers and horses, becoming a minor Annan noble would not be a problem.

In that case, wouldn't it be much better than being deprived of property by the Da'ei court and being forced into hard labor?

As for how to get to Annan, he hasn't decided yet. In short, he will escape from the city first.

He thought well, but his actual actions were really messed up. If nothing else, the Yi army was about to approach the city, and he only thought of running away. In the eyes of many people, it was really stupid.

But Zhu Hengjia didn't feel it himself. While he sent people to defend the city, he directed his servants to collect gold, silver, jewelry and some valuables in the palace.

"Carry that purple coral tree onto the carriage, and be careful not to drop it. If a piece falls off, I will break your legs!"

"Who is that? What are you doing? How dare you steal the gold of the lonely king? Come, capture him and behead him in public!"

"Hurry up, why are you taking so long without eating?!"

"···"

Because of the rush and poor organization and scheduling, various emergencies frequently occurred in the Jingjiang Palace. Some people even hid gold and silver in front of Zhu Hengjia, which made Zhu Hengjia angry and angry. At this moment, Jiao Lian, the deputy commander of the pro-army forces who was promoted after he became the supervisor of the country, came in with a group of pro-army troops.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report at the end!"

"What's important? Didn't you see that Gu was busy packing things?!"

Although Zhu Hengjia was impatient, he still walked out of the hall and came to the eaves - not because he was very polite to Jiao Lian, but simply because he didn't want Jiao Lian and others to go in, for fear that these Qiu Ba might have dirty hands and feet and steal his gold and silver.

He stood under the eaves of the corridor, looking condescendingly at Jiao Lian with his nostrils turned to the sky, and asked: "Tell me quickly, what's the matter?"

Jiao Lian stepped forward, cupped his fists and said, "I would like to borrow something from the king."

"Borrow something from Gu?"

Zhu Hengjia was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered the plot of some dramas he had seen in daily life - when a subordinate wanted to rebel and surrender to the enemy, he asked his master to borrow his head as a token of surrender.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hengjia's face changed drastically, he turned around and ran away, shouting at the same time: "Help!"

Although Zhu Hengjia was tall, he was also fat. Even if he could react, he wouldn't be as fast as Jiao Lian? It should be noted that the reason why Zhu Hengjia favored Jiao Lian in the first place was because of his superb skills and courage.

Just when Zhu Hengjia turned around, Jiao Lian stalked after him, grabbed his collar, pulled him back, and put a knife to his neck.

At the same time, a group of pro-army soldiers who came with Jiao Lian also drew their swords from their sheaths and looked around with a solemn expression.

Since he was in the palace, there were naturally many guards and soldiers there.

When these people heard Zhu Hengjia shouting "Help", they were about to rush over, but when they saw Zhu Hengjia being held hostage in an instant, they immediately stopped.

But they did not disperse in one fell swoop, but slowly gathered around him. Although Zhu Hengjia was stupid and unwise, he had the ambition to become emperor and still raised a group of loyal guards.

Seeing this, Jiao Lian shouted, "Stop all of you! If you dare to take a step forward again, I will kill him!"

Zhu Hengjia also shouted tremblingly: "Don't come over here!"

Immediately he said, "Jiao Lian, I'm not treating you poorly? Why are you holding me hostage? Aren't you afraid of being scolded for doing such unfaithful and unjust things?!"

Jiao Lian said: "The Wei army is approaching the city. Even if I don't do this, does the king really think he can escape?

It doesn't matter if the king can't escape. If we don't do anything, won't we also become prisoners when the time comes? "

Then he shouted to the surrounding palace guards and soldiers: "Brothers, the Wei army is about to attack the city, and no one can escape by then. Why don't you join me in kidnapping Zhu Hengjia and surrendering to Wei, and win a fortune!" "

After hearing Jiao Lian's words, many people around him suddenly showed signs of excitement.

Zhu Hengjia trembled and shouted excitedly, "Don't listen to him..."

But just as he spoke these words, he stopped abruptly like a duck being strangled by the neck, because the force on Jiao Lian's cold blade became even stronger, cutting his skin.

Compared with losing his wealth, Zhu Hengjia was more afraid of death, so naturally he didn't dare to howl anymore.

Immediately, Jiao Lian was surrounded by a large group of pro-army soldiers who were preparing to surrender to Wei. He held Zhu Hengjia hostage and opened the north city gate to welcome the Wei army into the city.

The main general guarding the city in Lingui was Yang Guowei, the former deputy commander-in-chief of Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hengjia initially appointed himself as the supervisor of the country, which was mostly due to this person's instigation, so Yang Guowei was relatively "loyal" to Zhu Hengjia.

However, when the Yi army approached the city, Yang Guowei had intended to escape. When he learned that Zhu Hengjia had been kidnapped and the Yi army had entered the city, he simply fled through the south gate with hundreds of servants.

That is to say, the first batch of Wei troops who came to Lingui only had one regiment. There were not many people and it was difficult to besiege the city. Otherwise, Yang Guowei would probably surrender immediately instead of running away.

As soon as Yang Guowei ran away, there was no longer a decent resistance force in Lingui City, and the Guilin government was easily captured by the Yi army...

Liuzhou Prefectural Government, Ma Ping.

A fierce quarrel was taking place in the "Da Ming Palace", which was converted from a large house, but it was a group of civil and military ministers from the Hongguang Court who disagreed on where to flee. (End of chapter)