"What did you say?!"

When the news of the defeat of Baiyun Mountain came, Guangzhou General Guan Yuanzhong was shocked. Didn’t he say that everything went well before? Why did he suddenly lose?

"Guan...Guan Shuai, I really don't know. I only know that our army was defeated in Baiyun Mountain, and even General Liu was caught in the defeated army. As for what happened, I don't know at all..."

Goshha, who came to report the news, kowtowed and said. Guan Yuan stepped forward and kicked him out, cursing: "Go and find out how he lost, and quickly find out whereabouts of General Liu Zhen!"

“Ah…”

Goshha replied repeatedly, and his hands and feet ran out in a hurry.

Guan Yuanzhong was extremely frightened at this time. Why did Baiyun Mountain suddenly lose? And even Liu Xing didn't know whether he was dead or alive now. It shouldn't be true. This plan was good, and no matter how bad it was, it wouldn't be so.

Thinking of this, Guan Yuanzhong could not sit still at this time. He quickly got up and ran to the Governor's Office. At this time, he needed to find Zhao Hongcan to discuss countermeasures urgently.

After a while, Guan Yuanzhong rushed to the Governor's Office, but who would have thought that when he asked Zhao Hongcan, he learned that Zhao Hongcan was not in the Governor's Office at all. As for where he went, the people who stayed behind only said that Zhao Hongcan went to the Beihai Town army to comfort the soldiers who went to the expedition early this morning. As for where he was now and when he came back, he didn't know.

"Did Zhao Hongcan go to my general's mansion? Or to the governor's yamen?"

Guan Yuanzhong thought of this and immediately turned his head to his general's mansion. However, when he returned to the general's mansion, he asked that Governor Zhao Hongcan had gone there. Then he immediately went to the Governor's yamen and had never seen Zhao Hongcan there. Not only that, even Governor Fan Shichong was looking for him.

Then Guan Yuanzhong rushed to the governor's office again, but there was no trace of Zhao Hongcan. At this time, Guan Yuanzhong felt something was wrong, but he did not dare to think about the worst. He came to the governor's office again without stopping, but he still couldn't find Zhao Hongcan here, but he met the governor Fan Shichong, who was looking for Zhao Hongcan like him, and Zou Henian, the governor who was looking for Zhao Hongcan, and Zou Henian.

The three of them met and looked at each other. The Baiyun Mountain failed to fight back, not only did they lose Baiyun Mountain, but they even didn't know how to live or die in the city lord Liu Xing. What's even more, Zhao Hongcan, the governor of Guangdong, disappeared inexplicably. What's going on?

The three of them could not judge for a moment, but they could see something very bad from their eyes, but no one dared to speak out.

Helplessly, the three of them could only wait in the Governor's Office. On the one hand, they sent someone to find out the whereabouts of Zhao Hongcan and Liu Xing, and on the other hand, they went to find out how Baiyun Mountain was lost. Until it was dark and when the news came, the three of them could no longer sit still after learning the news. After discussing, they hurried to Lan Li's mansion and talked about the matter with great illness and being unable to afford it.

Lan Li, who was half lying on the bed, had no previous sharpness. Now he was so thin that he had become a bone, his face was sallow, the blue veins on the back of his hands were visible, and his words were faint, and it seemed that he had not had enough time.

However, Lan Li's mind was still clear. After listening to their story, a cold light appeared in Lan Li's turbid eyes. He looked at the three people in front of him, but Xu Xu didn't say anything.

Baiyun Mountain's counterattack failed. The planned Beihai Town went to send troops and disappeared after leaving. At the same time, Zhao Hongcan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, disappeared for no reason. What's more important is that he had been to Beihai Town before he disappeared, and the answer was obvious.

"Ship Lan, this coach is gone, how... how... how can this happen...?" Guan Yuanzhong said at a loss.

Lan Li did not take care of Yuanzhong, but turned his attention to Governor Fan Shichong and Governor Zou Henian. It took a long time to ask in a hoarse voice: "Where do you think this Zhao Dashen will go?"

"This..." Fan Shichong and Zou Henian looked at each other, and finally Fan Shichong spoke: "It's really hard to say. Maybe Zhao Dashen... He led Beihai Town to surrender to the enemy..."

"fart!"

Before Fan Shichong could finish his words, Lan Li scolded directly. Perhaps because of his anger and excessive force in his heart, Lan Li immediately coughed violently. Guan Yuanzhong hurriedly stroked his back and took water. It took a while for Lan Li to relieve himself.

"What did you...have you done?" Lan Li, who was angry, pointed at Fan Shichong and Zou Henian with a trembling finger and shouted.

"I...we didn't do anything... Lan Shuai, you won't be confused, right? Now I'm looking for the whereabouts of Dashuai Zhao, how do you ask me about waiting?" Zou Henian's face changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal, showing a very aggrieved look. As for Fan Shichong, he also looked confused, as if he didn't know anything.

"Is it still necessary to hide it from me?" Lan Li scolded: "My eyes are not blind yet, and her mind is not as confused as ever! If Zhao Hongcan surrendered to the enemy, he would have opened the city gate and let the thieves enter the city. Could it be that he would have made such a golden plan to escape? Today's incident is clearly that he, Zhao Hongcan, used the siege of Baiyun Mountain to rescue Beihai Town and left Guangzhou directly. If I guessed correctly, Zhao Hongcan went directly to Guangxi after leaving the city, and did not go to Baiyun Mountain at all."

"No!" Guan Yuanzhong said in a daze: "Why is this Marshal Zhao like this? If he thinks Guangzhou cannot be defended, he can summon everyone to discuss it. Even if he breaks through the west and turns to Guangxi, there is no need to make such a bad move, right?"

"Haha, Guan Shuai, why Zhao Hongcan is like this? Then you have to ask these two adults. If I guess correctly, it is these two adults who force us, Zhao Dashang, to take this bad plan."

Hearing Lan Li say this, Fan Shichong and Zou Henian's faces suddenly turned pale and could not speak for a long time. Under Guan Yuanzhong's questioning, they had no choice but to tell Kangxi about the secret letter. When they learned that Fan Shichong and Zou Henian had told Kangxi privately about the agreement between Zhao Hongcan and the Macau Portuguese in a secret letter to shirk responsibility, Guan Yuanzhong suddenly felt like thunder, and his whole face changed drastically. He shook his body and could no longer stand, and sat on the edge of Lan Li's bed.

"You...you..." He stretched out his trembling hand, Guan Yuanzhong pointed at Fan Shichong and Zou Henian for a long time and couldn't speak. He never expected that such a thing would happen. No wonder Zhao Hongcan did this. With his understanding of Kangxi, Kangxi would never spare Zhao Hongcan. There were only three ways in front of Zhao Hongcan, one was to surrender to the enemy, the second was to die in Guangzhou in battle, and the third was to leave.

Zhao Hongcan did not choose this way when surrendering to the enemy. As for the death of Guangzhou in battle, he did not choose, but chose the third way. If it were in the past, Zhao Hongcan felt that there was no third way to go. All the world was the king's land, and all the king's ministers were the king's ministers. This sentence is not just a saying. But today the situation has changed drastically, Zhao Hongcan could take this opportunity to escape from Guangxi, and use the military strength of Zhongbeihai Town and his identity as the governor to implement separatist rule in Guangxi to protect himself.

As for Guangzhou, Zhao Hongcan no longer cares about it. As long as he leaves like this and takes away the main force of Beihai Town, Guangzhou will soon fall after Baiyun Mountain is captured by the Ming army. At that time, all the officials of Guangzhou, big and small will not be able to escape. The Qing court lost Guangdong. If he did not want to force Zhao Hongcan to directly surrender to Nanjing, he could only acknowledge Zhao Hongcan's power in Guangxi. Besides, the news came to Beijing after the Battle of Guangdong, and it would take several months to make a decision after Kangxi learned about it. This time was enough for Zhao Hongcan to arrange everything in Guangxi.
Chapter completed!