Chapter 170: Survival (2)
After a while, they left the camp with Wu Wenwen, and the two directly found Yin Zhirong, another chief officer of the Guangzhou Naval Division. explained the intention, and with the help of Wu Wenwen, Yin Zhirong was a little hesitant, but he still chose to cooperate with Chen Kai.
"Leading an army alone, replenishing ships, soldiers and weapons is treated equally, and there are also the benefits of sea trade, Governor Chen should not deceive us and others."
Relying on the wealth of the Zheng family, what Chen Kai can give, even Du Yong and the governor of Liangguang can't give it, not to mention that this governor is still a commodity that will be lost even to the governor's yamen immediately. It's just that compared to Wu Wenwen, Yin Zhirong obviously discussed it, but he still couldn't forget to make up a few words, as if Chen Kai would forget it if he didn't say these few words.
"Don't worry, I, Chen Kai, have always been kind to my partners."
This is really not convincing. Think about it at the beginning, Che Renzhong and Huang Menglin believed Chen Kai's nonsense, but one lost his head, and the other was driven back to his hometown in Fujian; Next, Chen Kai made a deal with Zheng Cai, but Zheng Chenggong dug out Zheng Cai's lair, and even Zheng Lian's life was not spared; Thinking about it now, it seems that Zheng Hongkui has fallen, so he is still willing to give his baby girl to this big bad wolf, otherwise Wu Wenwen and Yin Zhirong estimate that Zheng Hongkui will also be calculated by Chen Kai.
"Perhaps, this Chen Governor's Mansion will let his future father-in-law go if he falls in love with the daughter-in-law of Dingguo Gong."
Thinking like this in their minds, Wu Wenwen and Yin Zhirong glanced at each other, and clearly saw that the other party also thought the same. But in front of Chen Kai, they didn't dare to say anything, for fear of making Chen Kai unhappy, and even they would be counted together when the time came.
"That, Governor Chen, our brother and Yan Pingbo and Shi Dashuai, there may be some misunderstanding."
This is something that Wu Wenwen didn't think of just now, and it is very important. As soon as Yin Zhirong mentioned it, Wu Wenwen's attention immediately turned around, and a pair of eyes stared at Chen Kai. However, hearing this, Chen Kai's face immediately sank, and then, he spat frost in his mouth: "I don't need to care about those bastards of the Shi family." ”
did not say the word killing, but this killing intent was clearly presented in front of the eyes of the two. couldn't help swallowing saliva, the two glanced at each other, recalling Shi Lang's temperament when he was under Li Chengdong, and estimated that Chen Kai was also offended, so he simply bowed to Chen Kai and said: "The two of us must take the prefect of Chen's mansion as the leader." ”
"Very well, let's start now."
The deployment began, and the Guangzhou Navy Division began to move according to Chen Kai's orders. Under the command of Wu Wenwen and Yin Zhirong, the ship slowly sailed out of the dock and down the Pearl River to Changzhou Island downstream of Guangzhou, where it made a temporary dock and waited for its fate.
The task they received was to patrol the area around the mouth of the Dongjiang River, guard against Qing warships, not participate in rescue affairs, and be relatively free, and more importantly, Chen Kai couldn't trust them at all. After their ships sailed out of the port, Lin Cha dispatched a large number of sailors and soldiers to begin to control the more than 1,000 large and small merchant ships and fishing boats at the southern wharf of Guangzhou, all of which were replaced with the flag of the Zheng group.
These large and small ships in Guangzhou are the real killer features in Chen Kai's original plan!
The southern city wall of the old city of Guangzhou was originally guarded by the left guard of Guangzhou, and the hereditary commander Zhang Qixian and the hereditary commander Yu Fengqi were all accomplices of Chen Kai, and they closed the four gates of the old city, including Guide, Zhengnan, Wenming, and Xiaonan, and the movements of the wharf and the sailor, and the movements of the wharf and the sailor, even Du Yonghe, Zhang Yue, and Li Jianjie They could only be kept in the dark.
Everything began to enter the final stage of preparation, Chen Kai watched the large and small ships on the city wall reorganize according to their size, and nodded to Zhang Qixian beside him.
The latter nodded in response, and hurriedly sent a few cronies Ding Zema out of the Guide Gate. After a long time, the Guide Gate and the Little South Gate were opened, and the subordinates of the Guangzhou Fourth Guards of the Brigade entered the south city in an orderly manner under the command of the officers of the guard station, and rushed to the south wharf of the city at the same speed.
"Organize the military families of the guard to board the ship, this is what this official has promised them."
After all, the guard is a military unit, but it is just walking around the city, not marching, nor fighting, under the leadership of those officers of small flags and general flags, there is always an order, and the speed of march is not slow. It's just that many of these people can't help but look back, but none of them left the group and returned to the old city.
Father and son are in the army, and the father leaves the son behind; The brothers are all in the army, and the brothers leave the younger brothers; The only son in the family and no heirs are gone. Guangzhou four guards, after such a round of screening, the original more than 5,000 people, now there are about 3,000 people left, and they are also divided into four guards. But these people are dead soldiers, not only to testify for their ancestors and ancestors who once guarded this place, but also to fight for their families who can leave this dead land.
"They will remember this hatred, and sooner or later they will come back to avenge their father and brother!"
Chen Kai watched all this silently, and soon, a new report came from the south city wall, saying that the streets and alleys opposite the city gate had begun to have people rushing towards the city gate in an organized manner, and Zhang Qixian and Yu Fengqi asked Chen Kai if he opened the door and let him go.
"Open the door, Nancheng covers a small area and there are few people, so it's not bad for a little time."
The family members of the guard station passed by Nancheng, and although it was orderly, it also alarmed the people of Nancheng who were organizing. The military family of the guard was the first to enter the dock and began to slowly board the docked Ming military ships.
"Lin Hou, send this batch of military households directly to Hong Kong Island."
"Chen joins the army, please rest assured, Benhou will send them safely, and the blood of the robes of the four guards in Guangzhou will not be shed in vain."
The real sense of the Zheng Group's naval fleet, the types of ships, can basically be divided into eight types: large boats, water ships, plough ships, sand ships, birdtail ships, blacktail ships, guns and fast whistles.
Among them, the large boat and the water boat are the largest, generally 5.3 meters wide, 21 to 24 meters high, with a draft of about 4 meters, the hull is wrapped in iron leaves, equipped with artillery, and can carry 500 soldiers, while the plow boat and sand boat are slightly smaller, with a draft of about 2.6 meters, and can accommodate 100 soldiers. All four ships are equipped with long-range guns, which have strong endurance and attack power. The last four types of ships are very small, most of them can only hold fifty or sixty soldiers, and are generally used for coastal combat. Among them, the speed post is the smallest, but it is also the most mobile, and is mostly used for communication and reconnaissance.
The hundred ships under the command of Lin Cha are no different from other sailors, and there are all eight types of ships. Among them, there are three ships on the water, as the flagship of Lin Cha and the seat of his two lieutenants, and the rest are mostly plough boats and sand boats, which can better carry out the task of this trip, but there are also many small boats, especially the fast whistle, when Chen Kai persuaded Yin Zhirong at the same time, several ships sailed out of the Pearl River at a high speed, heading for the Mazu Temple in Nansha - Zhou Rui and Hong Xu's fleet was there waiting for Chen Kai's news.
The military dependents of the guard station boarded the Lincha ship one after another, and the military dependents of 20,000 or 30,000 people not only filled the Lincha fleet, but even some large Fu ships and Guangzhou ships on the wharf south of Guangzhou were also occupied by them.
The guards of the middle and late Ming Dynasty have always been criticized, but they are always better organized than ordinary people. Gradually, when the people in the south of the city began to organize out of the city gates in the south of the new city, the boarding work was completely completed.
"This is the first batch, and the easiest."