Guangdong, off the coast of the Pearl River Estuary, near Longxue Island between Humen and Jiaomen.

On the left of this place is the later Shenzhen, on the right is Zhongshan and other places, and in front of it is Hong Kong, which is the only way to enter the Pearl River Estuary.

As soon as the smoke of gunpowder cleared, the small number of Manchu soldiers stationed on various islands outside the mouth of the Pearl River had been cleared up, and the 100 large and small ships of the entire Guangdong Navy Division were also blocked in various ports near the Pearl River by the sudden appearance of the Fuxing Navy.

Speaking of which, the strength of the Guangdong Navy Division of the Qing Dynasty is not small, and the green battalion is even more than the Guangdong land green battalion.

It has more than 30 battalions, a book strength of 17,800 people, and more than 400 large and small warships.

But now, I don't know how many Ye Kai are left, but the current Guangdong Navy Division is not to mention against the Fuxing Navy, they are even Zheng Qi, who is attached to the Fuxing Navy, and Cai Lian, who has just taken refuge, they are likely to not be able to beat them!

Ye Kai stood on the flagship Zhenhai, feeling full of emotion, and finally took this step.

The Zhenhae, which was originally the deep-sea shark, was the first captain of the Revival Navy. During Wilson's rebellion, the Deep Sea Shark was badly damaged by the Renaissance Navy's own coastal defense guns on the horse harbor, and it was only repaired last year.

And behind the Zhenhae, there were more than a dozen sail battleships built according to European standards.

Including the third-class battleships Zhenhai, Zhentao, and Zhenbo.

The three-masted fast battleship is loyal, loyal, loyal, and loyal.

There were three fourth-class battleships, nine fifth-class battleships, and thirty-five converted armed merchant ships, the smallest of which also had a displacement of more than a hundred tons.

In addition to these, the fleet has more than 100 armed troop carriers and 13,000 army troops.

At the same time, the transformation has been basically completed, and there are 100 pirate warships of various kinds and 1,200 semi-cold weapon pirates that have been incorporated into the battle sequence of the Renaissance Navy.

Feng Liangui, Mai Youjin, Fan Wencai, and other former South China pirates who had completed the rectification totaled 250 warships and 4,000 pirates.

Cai, a great pirate from Fujian who had just taken refuge, had 80 warships and 900 pirates.

Such a strong strength is the peak of the Manchu Qing Dynasty Guangdong Naval Division, and it can't be beaten, so it can't be said now.

There were more than 400 warships in the Manchu Dynasty and Guangdong, but the largest ship was only more than 200 tons, and the tonnage was not much different from these pirate ships under Ye Kai's, but their training was even worse than that of the pirates.

In Ye Kai's view, the entire Manchu Guangdong Navy Division did not exist to defend the country's maritime frontiers, and their most enthusiastic thing was to collect protection money.

Today, China is the world's trade center, and there are at least a few thousand ships from various countries coming and going from the sea of Guangdong every year.

As the army of my Qing Dynasty, the Guangdong sailors casually accept some bribes, knock some bamboo poles, and they can eat with fat brains, who still has the heart to spend on fighting and training?

What's more, those positions that can go to sea to make money all year round are bought from Shangguan at a great price, and they have to go to great lengths to make money to protect their capital and fight wars on the first day of their tenure? After the war is fought, can Qianlong recover the capital for him?

Humen Fortress, Guangdong Governor Shen Xuan is sitting in danger, this native of Ningbo, Zhejiang is a martial arts student, and he has only been in office for four months.

Originally, when he was familiar with the environment, he would be able to do something, but no one expected that he would encounter such a big disaster as soon as he took office as the governor of Guangdong!

And what is even more troublesome is that at this time there was no naval commander in Guangdong, and it was not until about the fifteenth year of Jiaqing in history that the naval commander was reinstated to separate the water and land.

And now, both sides of the land and water are grasped by Shen Xuan, and now that he is trapped in the Humen fortress and can't get out, what should he do if this Jiaozhi Army invades from Lianzhou Mansion?

As soon as he thought of this, Shen Xuan and Shen Junmen regretted it very much, he had nothing to do to inspect the defense of the sailors? Can't you stay in Huizhou Mansion well? Jiaozhi Sailor is so powerful, this time, he will be loyal to himself.

"Gold sun and moon on blue background, gold sun and moon flag on blue background! It's really Jiaozhi people are here, and King Ming is here! ”

Outside the fortress, there was an exclamation, on the sea in the distance, there were many sails, and more than a dozen warships slowly appeared in the sea outside Humen, which was undoubtedly extremely powerful for them, the Guangdong sailors who had been absent from the battle array for a long time.

"Gather the soldiers and stick to the forts everywhere, the Lord of the Taiwan should already know about the rebellion of the Jiaozhi people, and there may be a way to live if you and I can keep it, if you can't hold it, then be a companion on the Huangquan Road!"

Shen Xuan and Shen Junmen are very calm, but all the generals, guerrillas, and capitals under him are like dead parents.

It is said that the Guangdong naval division has more than 10,000 soldiers, but in fact it is divided into more than a dozen battalions, and each battalion is stationed in various parts of Guangdong, which is extremely difficult to assemble.

Moreover, due to the sparse training, the most important forts of Humen Fortress, such as Shajiao, Dajiao, and Jingyuan, as well as the adjacent Weiyuan Fort, all the soldiers added up to only more than 2,000 people.

There are more than 100 artillery pieces, but all of them are old-fashioned artillery, and there are even some left over from the pre-Ming era.

If you really want to hold it, I'm afraid everyone will have to fight to the death, but.... Is it possible to let the green battalion soldiers of the Guangdong Navy Division fight to the death?

Shen Xuan also wanted to say a few more words to stabilize the morale of the army, and with a bang, thunderous loud noises sounded one after another, this is the fleet of Jiaozhi calibrating the trajectory and test firing!

didn't have time to say anything, Shen Xuan could only drive the generals under his command and rush to their respective batteries to prepare for defense.

In Guangzhou City, the Governor of Liangguang and Guangzhou, Zhu Jue, who is already sixty-six years old, looks calm and relaxed on the surface, but he is already flustered inside.

As an old Beijinger who moved to Daxing County, Shuntianfu, Beijing at the age of three or four, and was still the teacher of Emperor Jiaqing, there is no doubt about his loyalty to the Manchu Dynasty.

He had also prepared for the unreliability of Jiaozhi for a long time, but unfortunately, the time he had come to Liangguang was still too short, if he could have come two or three years earlier, Ye Kai would never have been so easy.

But now, Ye Kai has full fledgling, and Zhu Jue even has a feeling of being powerless.

Seeing that Zhu Jue was silent, the political envoy Dar Jishan, who was sitting on the left and right sides of Zhu Jue, and the two bannermen of Detai couldn't help it.

This Guangdong is an extremely important territory of the imperial court, and the annual contribution of taxes accounts for at least more than 10% of the imperial court's income, not to mention the huge amount of silver money that is secretly reported every year.

"Lord Zhangtai, Jiaozhi Song rebelled suddenly, you are the governor of Liangguang and the teacher of the crown prince, you should have an idea!"

If it weren't for Zhu Jue growing up in the capital since he was a child, he would have been sprayed by Uncle Man!

"Alas!" Zhu Jue sighed, "The old man has long said that this Jiaozhi Song has bad intentions and bad intentions, but the whole province is greedy for the benefits of Jiaozhi mining and iron training, so he pretends not to know."

That steel is the weapon of the country, as early as in Guangdong Province, not only did not stop Jiaozhi steelmaking and cast iron, but let him suck a large amount of silver from Guangzhou City to open mines. ”

Dar Jishan and Detai next to him were choked up, before Ye Kai raised his army, these two were Ye Kai's strong supporters.

The two high-ranking Manchurians went in and out with their left hands and out with their right hands, and they didn't take a penny, and they made a lot of money just as brokers who threw money into Jiaozhi.

Zhu Jue came to try his best to crack down on the trend of throwing money into Jiaozhi to set up a factory, but these two were extremely dissatisfied, and Yang Fengyin went against it.

"The Lord of Taiwan is angry, we are all deceived by the Song Rebellion, and we still need to plan for the Lord of Taiwan, and we will obey the words of the Lord of Taiwan in the future!"

The two knew that Zhu Jue was beating them, because they were Uncle Man, even if Zhu Jue was a high-powered governor of Liangguang, it was impossible to really treat the two of them to the same thing, just beat and beat.

"That's good! If you really want the old man to say, there are two important places now, the Humen fortress group that pierces the nose ocean on the sea, and Zhaoqing on the land.

Now Shen Junmen is in Humen Fortress, but there is a lack of troops, and I want to personally lead the third battalion of the superintendent to defend.

But the defense of Zhaoqing, I'm afraid which of the two will go to the town, and at the same time, the banner people in Guangzhou City will also be dispatched one or two, and they can't hold Zhaoqing, and when the time comes, Song will attack against the sea and land, and Guangzhou will definitely not be able to hold it!

There are also many parties in this city, those who should be caught, those who should be killed, and someone must come to guard them, the two are nationals, who will go to Zhaoqing, who will guard the provincial city, you should decide quickly! ”