On the third day after Hahamu's death, Geng Jimao, who was excited to lead his troops to Xiangshan, saw the heads of Hahamu and Galaidaoga hanging from the Xiangshan city gate tower.

The heads of more than a thousand Manzhou soldiers frightened Geng Jimao. He ignored the dissuasion of his generals and ignored the right-wing army led by Shang Zhixin, which was less than ten miles away from Xiangshan. He insisted on leading his troops to withdraw back to Guangzhou immediately. As soon as he retreated to Liangzi Township, news came that Guangzhou was captured by the Taiping Army.

Suddenly, Geng Jimao's left army was in a dilemma. What's even more terrible is that when the left army set out from Guangzhou that day, they only brought food for ten days. They thought they would get food from Hahamu, the middle road after marching to Xiangshan City. However, they had never expected that the middle road army would be wiped out. In addition, they were delayed for a few days due to the typhoon and failed to meet with the right road army. As a result, Geng Jimao's army had only one day left in his army.

The occupation of Guangzhou left thousands of Qing troops trapped in Liangzi Township and could not advance or retreat. Geng Jimao had never encountered such a situation. He was panicked and at a loss. He heard that Xiang Rong, the second manager of the royal palace, came to see him from Guangzhou and immediately summoned him.

The news brought by Xiang Rong stunned Geng Jimao!

King Shang Zhixin of Pingnan burned himself to death, and thousands of people in the palace were slaughtered!

Li Rutai, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was captured alive, and his wife E Enzhe was captured by the Taiping Army as a prostitute!

Guangzhou magistrate Zhu Guorong was killed!

The whole city was captured overnight, and the thief scholars slaughtered the whole city!

This series of news scared Geng Jimao to the point of being pale. Fortunately, Xiang Rong told him that although the Jingnan Prince's Mansion was surrounded by the Taiping Army, the Grand Concubine Jin negotiated with the Taiping Army Commander Zhou Shi alone and won the other party's promise not to break the Jingnan Prince's Mansion, but the premise was that Geng Jimao had to change his flag immediately anyway.

Xiang Rong brought two letters, one was from Shi Yuanling, the great concubine, who said in the letter was basically the same as the news brought by Xiang Rong. The other was written by Zhou Shixiang, the commander of the Taiping Army. The letter clearly told Geng Jimao that he would change his flag immediately within three days, otherwise he would be forced to loot the Jingnan Prince's Mansion and send large troops to attack him. If Geng Jimao was willing to change his flag, he would not be infringed on the Jingnan Prince's Mansion. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty court would also entrust the King of Jingnan Prince to reuse it. The letter implied that once Geng Jimao changed his flag, he would be the king in the Qing Dynasty and also the king in the Ming Dynasty.

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After reading two letters, Geng Jimao lost his reaction. He succeeded his father's title at a young age and had not received much temper before. Nanzhang Guangdong followed Shang Kexi and never stood alone, so he didn't know how to decide.

The next generals of Jingnan Fan arrived after hearing the news. Most of them were held hostage by Taiping's arms control because their families were small. They all said that since the situation was already like this, it would be better to change their flags and return to the clarity anyway. There were also a few generals who were unwilling to return to the clarity anyway. These people were headed by the commander Guan Dong.

Geng Jimao was undecided and asked all the generals to retreat. He allowed him to think a lot, leaving only his uncle Geng Zhongde to discuss.

"What should my uncle do if he thinks he should do?" Geng Jimao was unsure of his mind and could only ask the uncle who had been with his father for many years.

Geng Zhongde shook his head: "The situation is even more sinister than when your father was in the sea to cross gold. I can't make up my mind, you can decide for yourself."

Geng Zhongde actually wanted to persuade his nephew Gui Ming. After all, they had no way out and had no food and supplies. If they delayed, they would have to collapse without the Taiping Army. But after all, he had been in the Qing Dynasty for more than 20 years. The situation in the Nanming was bad now. The Qing Dynasty had too much advantage. He was worried that even if Guangzhou was occupied by the Taiping Army, the Geng family would change their flags and vote for Ming, but they would still not be able to hold on to the Nanming. The Geng family would face the disaster of extermination by the family. So he did not dare to persuade his nephew to change his flags, and he was very entangled.

Geng Jimao was a little disappointed and vaguely understood his uncle's concern. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Maybe he found food?"

Geng Zhongde smiled bitterly: "The land within dozens of miles is called Taiping Kou Jianbi to clear the fields. There is no grain in the town and no grain in the countryside. When I came, I brought people to find it. Not to mention food, I can't even see a living person. Alas."

Upon hearing this, Geng Jimao's heart immediately became cold. He gritted his teeth and asked, "How long can the army last?"

"I can't hold on." Geng Zhongde hesitated for a while, and the long-term threat was still worse than before. He abandoned his concerns and whispered: "Are you considering the matter of changing flags?"

Geng Jimao stood up silently, without saying a word, as if he had not made up his mind. Seeing this, Geng Zhongde moved his mouth and wanted to speak but stopped. Finally, he sighed and retreated.

That night, he was stationed in the Foshan Green Camp military camp outside Liangzi Township.

"Sir, the people of Manzhou are all over. Why should we work hard for Geng Jimao? The Han army does not regard our green camp as humans on weekdays, and they have all the only food they eat. If this continues, there is no need for the Taiping Army to fight. The brothers will starve to death! Sir, brothers have been with you for many years, and you have to give your brothers a way out!"

In the tent of Wang Zhaoxing, the garrison of the Foshan Green Camp, seven or eight Green Camp officers looked at the hesitant Wang Zhaoxing anxiously. From time to time, some people raised the curtains and looked out with fear.

"Geng Jimao's wife was arrested by the Taiping Army. The Han army's family members were arrested by the young people, so they would definitely not be able to hold on. We are unable to advance or retreat now. Geng Jimao was also scared to death. Otherwise, why would he run from Xiangshan here? Sir, don't hesitate, there will be no reinforcements coming at all. If we come early, how could we not even see a shadow after so many days!"

"We are now birds in cages, and we can't fly anywhere. Shang Zhixin on the right can still run to Zhaoqing. Where can we run? The road to Huizhou is called Taiping Army and Hu Mingyi and other bastards, so we can't get through at all! Sir, you can't hesitate anymore. If you hesitate, wait until the Taiping Army comes to the door, but it's too late!"

"The Taiping Army is a Han Chinese, and we are also Han Chinese. The one who slaughtered Guangzhou and Chaozhou is the Han army, not us. The Taiping Army cannot make up for the accounts with us. Sir, if there is a little solution, my brothers will not advise you, but now, what other way can we take besides this road!"

"Okay, stop talking about it."

Wang Zhaoxing, who had been wandering for a long time, still couldn't make up his mind, finally made up his mind after his subordinates' persuasion. He slowly glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Have you contacted the Taiping Army?"

Upon hearing this, all the officers were excited and said, "The Taiping Army people promised us that as long as the adults took us there, they would give the adults a thousand households, and the brothers would all be promoted to the next level, and the money and food from Foshan would be returned to us."

"It is a trivial matter to be an official, but the important thing is that the brothers can survive."

Wang Zhaoxing did not hesitate anymore. Since the Taiping Army had promised and the conditions given were not bad, the people were at this point, could they really be loyal to the Qing Dynasty? He immediately ordered his subordinates and said, "You all go back and prepare, and you must not miss any news. Once the hour of Hai, we will go out to the camp and run north. If the South China Sea soldiers dare to stop us, they will disperse them!"

"Don't worry, the South China Sea soldiers are afraid of being the same as us. The Zhao man doesn't plan to join the Taiping Army, and he doesn't dare to stop us!"

Wang Zhaoxing's subordinates looked happy and were ready to go on their own. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!