Chapter 123: Tacit Understanding (Part II)
The Qing army's statement that it would go to one Ming army for trouble and beg another Ming army to let it go, such a situation sounds incredible. However, in the history of the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, it was not uncommon for the Ming army to pit each other and lead to the victory of the Qing army. And those who came after continued to pit each other, as if the previous example had never happened.
The root of all this is related to the word interests, and the Ming army in western Guangdong and Chen Kai and Lin Cha on Hong Kong Island are not the same faction of the Ming army, and even if it is the Ming army of the same faction, it is inevitable that they will compete for power and profit internally.
The plan was agreed, especially with the arrival of some news from Guangxi, they seized the time, while sending people overnight to spread the news in a small area in the direction of Wencun, and at the same time flying pigeons to send orders in the direction of Gaozhou Mansion.
On the side of Gaozhou Mansion, Gaolian Leiqiong Four Mansions, there, the Qing army through nearly a year of hard fighting, as well as Du Yonghe and others surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and wiped out a large number of Ming troops, including Li Yuanyin, Nanyang Bo of the Imperial Camp, Hai Kangbo Li Mingzhong of the Governor Gao Leiqiong's Three Mansions, Zhenping Bo Zhou Chao, and the chief military officer Yuan Sheng were captured and killed by the Qing army; The chief military officer Shangguan Xinggong and the new attack on the King of Yiyang were beheaded by the Qing army; Chief military officer Cai Kui and others surrendered.
Among them, Li Mingzhong was once subordinate to Dongjiang Town, and the king of Sanshun descended to the Qing Dynasty, and his people entered the customs alone. By the time of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of Xunwu, Guangxi, commanding 3,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers, and was promoted repeatedly. At one time, he was cleared by Li Chengdong's soldiers, and then he followed Li Chengdong anyway. When the city of Guangzhou was broken and the Qing army swept through western Guangdong, Geng Jimao once persuaded him to surrender with his father's friendship with him, but was rejected by his murderous envoy. Deng Yao of Qinzhou, mentioned by Li Jianjie and Chen Kai earlier, was Li Mingzhong's general, but at that time Li Mingzhong was already dead, and most of the remnants belonged to Deng Yao.
However, the Qing army's attack on the Ming army did not end with the fall of Qiongzhou. Du Yonghe, Zhang Yue, Wu Wenwen and others were appointed as the governors of the Sui expedition to assist the Qing army in suppressing the Ming army in various provinces, although it was not officially sent, but it was still very busy, especially after the news that Li Dingguo forced Kong Youde to death came from Guangxi, the Qing army in western Guangdong was even more crazy to attack the Ming army, lest once Li Dingguo started a war in Guangdong, more people would jump out to respond.
This side is busy with the suppression, and Shang Kexi over there has added some new jobs to them. Zhang Yue was very glad that there was no him among the recruits, after all, the Qing army still had to maintain the same situation of attacking and suppressing in the four mansions of Gaolian Leiqiong, but since the news of Kong Youde's death came, Zhang Yue would come up from time to time with some thoughts about whether it was too hasty to reduce the Qing.
The tremors in Guangxi were too huge, and Guangdong, especially the Ming and Qing armies in western Guangdong, were affected to varying degrees. However, Du Yonghe was not included among the people who repented, he was originally the governor of Liangguang, although the means to get this position were not very good, but the Ming court also pinched his nose and recognized it, but when he lost the city of Guangzhou, the Ming court immediately sent a Lian Chengbi, who was also the governor of Liangguang, and did not take him seriously at all. Let's ask, even if such a court is transferred back, I am afraid that it will not be good, so why regret it?
After the Qing Dynasty, the work of suppression was also conscientious, and Du Yonghe only started from scratch, striving to gain a firm foothold in the Qing court, and then slowly climbed up. However, when this paper order was conveyed to Gaozhou Mansion, others may not be able to understand it, but how can he not know that this call is not because Chen Kai blocked the mouth of the Pearl River and prevented Shang Kexi from doing sea trade.
"Brother Du, what's wrong with us?"
"What else can I do, the old prince and the little prince transfer us over, can we not go over?"
The huge profits of sea trade were originally Du Yong and them, but now they want to help Shang Kexi dredge the sea trade routes, and they estimate that they will not be able to get a penny. Once he remembered the huge profits, how could Du Yonghe not feel distressed.
"What's more, it's still that Chen Kai who is blocked at the mouth of the Pearl River, isn't this the time to take revenge and revenge?"
Wu Wenwen knew that Du Yonghe hated Chen Kai very much. Not to mention, the goose plucked the feathers in one hand, swallowed him more than 100,000 taels of silver at once, and even forced him to grant Chen Kai full power to endorse Chen Kai's actions, so that Du Yonghe couldn't even find a reason for impeachment afterwards.
In contrast, Wu Wenwen didn't have any hatred for Chen Kai, and even Chen Kai went into his camp alone to persuade him to switch to the past, and persuaded Li Jianjie to fight again in the city, which required great courage. However, since Du Yonghe is unhappy with Chen Kai, they are fellow countrymen, and they have always hugged each other tightly, so naturally there is no reason to contradict them.
"Na Lian Chengbi, Chen Qice, those people ......"
"The old prince said that there is a way, but let's not get too close to them, so as not to spoil the big thing."
Shang Kexi's order was urgent, and Du Yong and them had to set off at full speed. From Gaozhou to the mouth of the Pearl River, you have to cross more than 600 miles of sea route, and the land route needs to walk for a long time, but as long as the sea boat is smooth, you can quickly reach it.
The sea ship cleaves the waves, the blue water is endless, and the limit of the line of sight is only the line connecting the sea and the sky, but it can always be consistent with the sailing of the sea boat. At first, they sailed along the coastline, so that they could easily discern where they had sailed, but when they got out of the coast of Gaozhoufu, they immediately turned south and then east, because Gaozhou was close to Zhaoqingfu, and the southernmost point of Zhaoqingfu was Hailing Island, where Li Changrong's garrison was located.
A Li Changrong is not a big deal, but once he fights with Li Changrong, it will inevitably mean a chain reaction between Chen Qice and Wang Xing, which will ruin the purpose of this trip.
At a later distance, you can't see the coastline anymore, and you have to rely on experience and instruments such as a compass to make out the direction and bearing.
The boat sailed all the way to the east, and if it turned north, it could go straight to the sea area of Hailing Island, and there was no shadow of Hailing Island when it looked north. However, a few ships of the Ming army once discovered their whereabouts, came up, looked at the banner of Du Yonghe, and only stayed away for a while, estimating that after leaving Li Changrong's defense area, they ignored them and turned the bow of the ship to return to Hailing Island.
The attitude of the Ming army made Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen breathe a sigh of relief, and it seemed that the gratifying method was effective. In this way, as long as they crossed the waters of Shangxiachuan Island and entered the Pearl River waterway from Xinhui and Jiangmen, the Ming army sailors who wanted to come to the base on Hong Kong Island would not have a chance to react.
is so careful, this is not only Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen think so, but also where Shang Keg's will lies - converge first, attack later, and play the harassment card, so that the Ming army's cruise can't continue, so the route will naturally be dredged.
Having gotten rid of contact with Li Changrong's sailors, the fleet continued to move eastward, still not daring to find the coastline. They were trying to avoid Chen Qice's sailors, for the same reason as Li Changrong, and it didn't take long for them to encounter Chen Qice's sailors soon after entering the waters south of Guangzhou Province, just like they had done in the waters south of Zhaoqing Mansion, and the ships also did not attack, but only followed. The only difference was that one of the clippers broke away from the fleet and seemed to have returned to Shimokawashima to report the news.
"Chen Qice is worthy of being a famous general of the Guangdong Navy, and his subordinates are far more secure than Li Changrong's subordinates."
Regarding Du Yonghe's evaluation, the ministry general naturally nodded yes. However, after a period of time, there seemed to be more black spots in the sea and sky in the northwest, and as time went by, these stars became more and more.
"Something is wrong."
Frowning, Du Yonghe thought about it, and sent a small boat over to contact the following ships. shows Du Yonghe's identity, the old friendship and the position that they are just going to trouble Chen Kai, if there is anything, it must be clearly explained to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
The boat sailed slowly, and after a long time, the few ships that the Ming army followed converged with the fleet that followed, and Du Yonghe knew that it was not something that his fleet could compete with, even if he looked at the past. For now, one is to avoid contact as much as possible, and the other is to rely on the lobbyists of the small boat. But a moment later, the boat returned, and the lobbyist who had been sent had just climbed aboard the boat, and brought him the worst news he wanted to hear.
"Ben Shuai only knows that he is a thief, and he wants me Chen Qice to sit back and watch the attack on friendly troops, dreaming!"
With the truthful answer of the lobbyist, the guns in the bow of the Ming fleet in the distance roared on the flagship of the Ming fleet......