Chapter 174: Struggle (1)
Chen Kai has already gotten the news, saying that Zhou Rui and Hong Xu's fleet has also arrived as scheduled, and even the ten large sea ships he rented from Macao have also come with Hong Xu, but it is a pity that there are no Galen ships among them, nine of them are "domestic junk ships", and only one is an armed merchant ship from Europe, but it is indeed not small.
At this moment, these sea ships are still seizing all the time to load and ship the people on Henan Island, but it seems that some people have managed to escape on their own after arriving on the island, rather than waiting for the fleet organized by Chen Kai to transfer them.
"No matter what, if you escape, you will have hope of living, and the twisted melon is not sweet."
The flow of people is still rolling south, and the dock is also doing its best to carry it. With such a transfer work, Chen Kai didn't know how many people had passed, and how many people were still in the city, which could not be counted at all. Even the first batch of military households to leave, he only knew an approximate number, and he also didn't know anything about the specifics.
However, the painstaking squeezing out of more than two hours can be said to be the limit, but this little time is still far from enough. At this moment, a large number of people gathered outside the southern city wall of the old city and slowly entered the new city. And behind them, there are troops of Li Yuantai, Li Jianjie, Zhang Yue and others who are preparing to flee from Guangzhou from here.
Under the city, I don't know who shouted "The Tartars are coming", even if the city was in chaos, the people, men, women and children, all poured into the city like crazy.
Just like that at the south gate, the other gates are no better. Chen Kai simply issued an order, so that the officials of Guide, Zhengnan, Wenming and Xiaonan no longer had to care about any order and packages, and seized all the time to let the people enter the new city. If there is anything, let's talk about it when we enter the city.
Chen Kai has never organized such a large-scale personnel transfer, even if he has planned early, repeatedly revised and planned, but when it is time to carry out the operation, there will still be some slight deficiencies in many places. The experience will be accumulated, but now it is up to the people to get through the area as quickly as possible.
The people are rushing through the city gates, and even if there is a shield on the city wall, at least it will be a little more psychologically stable. The crowd near the south gate became more and more intense, and the situation became even more intense as Zhang Yue and Li Jianjie's troops approached the rear of the crowd.
"Let's go, let's go down and greet Hou Ye Zhang and Uncle Li."
This time, Chen Kai called Yu Fengqi. After leaving the city, he came to the left side of the city gate with a group of guards. After waiting for a while, Zhang Yue and Li Jianjie had already rushed through the city gate with their soldiers and family members. But as soon as the two sides met, even the tension blocked the entire south gate.
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The sky is bright, the confrontation at the south gate is still continuing, and in the southwest corner of Guangzhou City, the banners of Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao have entered the gap.
In the fang lane near the left of the west city wall, the resistance of the Ming army's Guangzhou avant-garde and Fan Chengen's troops was quickly extinguished, Shi Huiran, the hereditary commander of the Guangzhou avant-garde, was killed, and Yang Chunbo Fan Chengen was captured in battle. (Note)
Shi Huiran's corpse and Fan Chengen, who was tied up strongly, were carried over by the Qing army, Shi Huiran couldn't open his eyes anymore, but Fan Chengen glanced at it, Shang Kexi was listening to the report seriously, and Geng Jimao sat there quite arrogantly, glancing at the Ming army officers who had shaved their hair not far in front of him, revealing their money rat tails one by one.
"The surname is Song, I'll fuck your grandma!"
Seeing that Song Yukun and other generals who entered the city as reinforcements surrendered the Qing army, Fan Chengen scolded angrily. However, at this point, all he can do is this senseless spit, and nothing else can be changed.
"Tell the prince, as far as the criminal general knows, the fleet of Chen Kai, the prefect of the puppet Zhangzhou Prefecture sent by the traitor Zheng Ci, and the puppet Fuming Hou Lincha are stationed at the dock in the south of Guangzhou, and the one surnamed Chen has been doing business with the traitor Du Yonghe recently, and I heard that a batch of goods of no less than 100,000 taels of silver will be delivered soon."
Song Yukun and others surrendered the Qing army, in order to save their lives and to gain a firm foothold in the Qing court, they knew everything and said everything.
One hundred thousand taels of silver, this figure even attracted the attention of Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao. Especially the former, when he was in Dongjiang Town, as the deputy general of Guangludao, he was very deeply involved in the Liaohai trade. In the Qing court, if he only ranked second, then no one could deserve the title of first.
At this moment, Song Yukun and others were busy telling everything they knew, from Chen Kaichu to Guangzhou, with Liang Biaoxiang's head as a meeting gift, won the trust of Du Yonghe and other generals, and negotiated the deal. Then the goods were sent again and again, and even the specific goods were, and a few generals also said a word. In the end, Chen Kai stayed in Guangzhou and waited for the arrival of the follow-up big deals, and even the most detailed time was told to Shang Geng and the others.
"Uncle, it seems that we have no chance of that batch of goods worth 100,000 taels of silver."
Geng Jimao said so, but he did not show the slightest regret. Speaking of which, he knows very little about this sea trade, and he is far from being able to compare with Shang Kexi. Besides, he didn't have to take action in person to slaughter the city in Guangzhou, and the silver offered by the soldiers under his command would also be recorded in units of one million taels, just one hundred thousand taels of silver, what a few words.
However, hearing this, Shang Kexi's sorrowful brows remained unfolded, until a moment later, he actually revealed a look of sympathy. It's just that this look is not right for Geng Jimao.
"There are no goods of 100,000 taels of silver at all, and the goods earlier were just used by the surnamed Chen to hang Du Yonghe, so that he could anchor in Guangzhou. He told Du Yonghe from the beginning that he wanted people, but unfortunately Du Yonghe was blinded by lard, just looking at the silver and weapons, it was time to make wedding clothes for others. ”
Speaking of this, Shang Kexi actually stood up, clapped his hands and praised: "Virtuous nephew, the old man has not seen such a bold person for many years. Especially in the Ming army, the last time, probably when he was in the Dongjiang River, Mao Dashuai floated 3,000 miles to Liaodong, or in those years, Mao Dashuai took Ling Zun, with the king of Dingnan, with me, with Chen Jisheng, Zhang Pan, Mao Chenglu, Shen Shikui, Zhang Pan, Chen Zhong, with hundreds of thousands of Liaodong Han people to the imperial court again and again to hit the iron horse......"
The years in Dongjiang Town are the indelible memories of Shang Kexi's life. Mao Wenlong, at that time, was the symbol and hope of the counterattack on Liaodong, he led the Liaodong Han people, as well as those Jurchens who were unwilling to succumb to the Eight Banners, to attack the hinterland of Liaodong again and again, as if the light that tore through the darkness, and even his father Shang Xueli died on the front line of Liaodong as an officer in Dongjiang Town, so he had his hereditary military position.
However, Mao Wenlong died, died in the hands of the Ming court, the superintendent was good at cutting the generals, and the emperor refused to speak for them, but endorsed the dog official who finally fell into a thousand cuts, and the hearts of the people in Dongjiang Town fell apart because of this, and finally came out of him, Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde and Shen Zhixiang Dog traitors, and the faces of those Dongjiang Town robes who fought bloodily until they were martyred were defeated.
However, since he had already followed the Qing court, Shang Kexi didn't think about going back anyway. At this moment, as if he had met an opponent worthy of fighting him, he walked a few laps in the big tent excitedly, and Shang Kexi gave the order.
"Let Guo Hu, Xian Qiyu and Gao Jinku lead people to the south of the city, since that kid surnamed Chen wants to take advantage of the fire, this prince will just kill all the people in Guangzhou City in front of him!"
Note: "The Record of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty" contains: "Yichou Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi and other negligent reports, officers and soldiers conquered the provincial capital of Guangzhou, beheaded more than 6,000 thieves, and the drowning people were not counted. The thieves captured Fan Chengen and others, captured a large number of people, and the Zhaoqing Mansion thieves led Song Yukun and others to surrender. It can be seen that in Shang Kexi's recital to the Qing court, Fan Chengen is a prisoner of war, which is obviously different from Song Yukun.