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Chapter 697 One capture of Liu Guoxuan
Liu Guoxuan defeated Liu Zhaoji with a trick to lure the enemy, and won a lot of spoils. This time, all the generals under him were convinced of this young general who was only [-] years old. When the news spread to Siming Prefecture, Zheng Zhiwan was overjoyed, and immediately sent an order to repeat it. Liu Guoxuan was rewarded, and he was promoted as a general, and a large amount of wine, meat and silver rewards were sent to the front line.

Liu Guoxuan distributed all the wine, meat and reward silver to the soldiers, and he didn't blame the general manager of the supply camp. Instead, he commended and rewarded him. However, instead of killing him, Liu Guoxuan rewarded him, for which Qian was very grateful.

It was when they rewarded the three armies and celebrated their victory.Someone came to report that the Ming army retreated 15 miles and set up camp.

Liu Guoxuan smiled, but did not speak.For the next few days, the Ming army did not go to battle, and later someone came to report that the army was raising food and grass everywhere.

When Liu Guoxuan heard that the Ming army was unable to provide food and grass, God helped me, but he was careful and took people to inspect the defense situation of the Ming camp. After reading it, he found that the defense of the Ming camp was lax. The morale of the soldiers of the Ming army was low and they complained quite a bit. They had no fighting spirit at all. Gao Guoxuan was happy after finding out the situation. The food and grass in the army were short. The camp of the Ming army will capture Zhu Yousong tonight.

After he made up his mind, he prepared 3000 elite troops. At the second watch, all 3000 men and horses rose up. After the battle meal, when the third watch was approaching, Liu Guoxuan quietly brought [-] men and horses to the Ming army camp.

It was a dark and windy night, and 3000 people lined up in a long queue. People unknowingly touched the vicinity of the Ming camp, and saw a dead wind lamp hanging high at the gate of the Ming camp. The Ming camp was dead silent, and the guards were holding swords and guns Dozed off there, and there were no patrolling soldiers.

Liu Guoxuan pointed at the halberd in his hand, "Kill!"

The 3000 men and horses rushed towards the Ming army camp like a tide, and the shouts broke the silent night sky. The Ming army was caught off guard. The sentries on guard were awakened and ran away.

They killed anyone they saw. The Ming army woke up from the dream army and fled in all directions. Liu Guoxuan had inquired clearly beforehand and directed the troops to the imperial camp to kill.Almost without encountering any obstacles, he rushed into the imperial camp with ease.

At this time, the lights in the imperial camp were still on, and this was Zhu Yousong's large tent in the imperial camp. Liu Guoxuan commanded his troops to rush into the imperial camp. At this time, there was a man sitting in the tent, dressed in a dragon robe, reading a book by the desk. With a relaxed expression and a concentrated appearance, he regarded Liu Guoxuan and others as nothing, but it was Zhu Yousong.

"Mr. Hun, why don't you just arrest him?" Liu Guoxuan immediately pointed at him with his halberd.

Seeing Liu Guoxuan rushing in with someone, Zhu Yousong put down the scroll and laughed: "Liu Guoxuan, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Zhu Yousong hadn't finished speaking, outside the sky was full of cannons, under the torches of countless years, the surrounding area was full of Ming troops, and Liu Guoxuan's troops had already been surrounded by the imperial camp.

Only then did Liu Guoxuan realize that he had been duped. It turned out that everything was a false image, but now he was willing to go all out, and took Zhu Yousong directly with his halberd.

Zhu Yousong sat in front of the case and didn't move. The horse rushed in, and the halberd pierced through the air and pierced Zhu Yousong's face.

Zhu Yousong shook his head, let the edge of the halberd pass, and reached out to grab the shaft of the halberd, "Come down!"

Zhu Yousong pulled back, Liu Guoxuan couldn't sit still on the horse, turned over and fell off the horse. Before he got up, he was forced by the three female generals who rushed over, "Don't move!" It was Ma Jinhua, He Xuanjiao, and Huimei.Under the three swords, Liu Guoxuan had no choice but to catch him without a fight.

Of Liu Guoxuan's 3000 troops, except for a few who were determined to be beheaded, most of them chose to surrender to save their lives. None of the [-] stealing enemies slipped through the net, and the battle ended soon.

Zhu Yousong was still sitting by the case, and said to Liu Guoxuan who was tied in front of him: "I cherish you as a talented person, surrender, I can let the past go, and restore the official to his original post."

Liu Guoxuan stood up without kneeling, and vowed not to surrender to the death.

"You are not convinced, well, come here, let him go."

After finally catching him, just let him go?The soldiers of the Ming army were puzzled, but they dared not say anything. The rope was loosened, and the horse and the halberd were given to him. Liu Guoxuan mounted the horse with the halberd and galloped away.

"Your Majesty, why didn't you kill him?" Xiao Liu asked.

"It's a pity to kill him, I want to surrender him."

"But he didn't surrender at all."

"That's not yet reached the fire. This general is a plastic material. My Ming Dynasty needs such a person."

"Your Majesty is thirsty for talent, and Liu admires it."

Zhu Yousong laughed and ordered someone to clean up the camp.

Liu Guoxuan left the Ming army camp and returned to his own camp. It was almost dawn, and he was the only commander left with 3000 troops.Now there are more than 1000 people left in his big camp including the logistics camp.

Liu Guoxuan tied him up and came to apologize to Zheng Zhiwan. Zheng Zhiwan sighed and didn't blame him. He untied the rope himself, comforted him, and asked him to go back to the camp to rest.

Two days later, tens of thousands of Ming troops approached the city.

Zheng Zhiwan insisted not to fight, and asked Liu Guoxuan for advice.

Liu Guoxuan thought: "My lord, Zhu Yousong is full of tricks, our army is newly defeated, morale is low, and there are few soldiers. If the Ming army attacks the city with cannons, the city may not be able to hold it. We might as well give up Siming Prefecture. Retreat to Xiamen Island. Our advantage lies in the sea, and we will deal with them at sea."

Zheng Zhiwan nodded, but still worried, "The general is right, but we abandoned the city and fled. If the prince punishes us for fleeing without fighting, what should we do?"

"My lord, victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. Besides, we don't want to fight or flee. This is a policy of retreat. Retreat is only a stopgap measure. If you defend the city, the whole army will inevitably be wiped out, and the city will not be safe. Retreat to Xiamen to preserve strength. , as long as the naval battle can be won, we still have a chance to regain Siming State."

"How to fight at sea? The navy of the Ming army has captured Wuyu Reef and Beas Island."

"My lord, it's easy to handle. We set up a fort on Gulangyu Island, and then build a blocking net in the narrowest shallow water area around it, which can break the Ming army's navy."

"Okay, just follow the general's advice." Zheng Zhiwan was happy, and immediately followed Liu Guoxuan's plan to abandon Siming Prefecture and evacuate the troops to Xiamen Island.

The Ming army occupied Siming Prefecture, and Zhu Yousong issued an order to leave 1 people to guard the city to deal with the post-war affairs in the city. Then, without stopping, the supervisor led the Ming army's brigade to the seaside and set up camp.

The narrowest point here is less than ten miles away from Xiamen Island. Zhu Yousong led people to climb up and look around, and he could clearly see the fortifications, forts and warships on the opposite bank, which were heavily guarded.

If the navy is transferred here, under the cover of powerful firepower, it is not difficult to grab the island and land from here. Going around from the shore, but the warships can't fly over, the temporary construction of the ship will cost a lot of money and take too long.

At this time, the Ming army and the troops guarding the island were engaged in a fierce naval battle.

(End of this chapter)