Xu Long decided to move with nostalgia, but in the past few years, their families have attacked each other, and there are many grievances, and it is still unknown whether they can succeed. However, his own family is only one or two thousand people, and when he encounters an opponent of Zheng Chenggong's level, he really seems a little weak.

"Patriarch, do you want to send someone to contact Huang Hairu, how can he say that he is also from our Chaozhou, wouldn't it be better if he could come?"

"Okay, fuck you!"

The clansmen admonished, but when they heard Huang Hairu's name, Xu Long immediately scolded him. To say that the feud between Xu Long and Huang Hairu is actually not too big, at least not as big as the "neighbors" of him and Yang Hu, but Huang Hai is such a person, he was a small official in his early years, and he was the most slippery, and later joined the army, and he also worked under the Zheng family and did the work of pirates. Since Jiashen, he has done things that are against the Ming, attached to the Ming, and reduced to the Qing, and he is the most capricious villain. To put it mildly, this person can't even give him a piece of toilet paper for safekeeping, let alone relying on Austrian aid.

"Huang Hairu is here, if he doesn't sell our Xu family, I will have your surname!"

Xu Long was also confused, his surname was Xu, and his nephew had the same surname Xu, they were all the same ancestor, but there was not much difference. It's just that Huang Hairu is like this person's temperament, and he also has an old relationship with the Zheng family, so it is normal to sell Xu Long and their Chaozhou bandits at a good price.

After making a plan, the elders and leaders of the clan retreated in a huff, it was already late at night today, and even if they set off, they would not be able to enter Chenghai County. In this case, I have to let the lobbyist set off tomorrow.

Early the next morning, the lobbyist hurriedly set off. The county seat of Chenghai guarded by Yang Hu is on the other side of Nanyang Village across the North Stream, and the lobbyists set off early in the morning and rushed back at noon, but the result of bringing it back really made Xu Long unable to say anything else.

"Patriarch, Yang Hu said that he would rather believe the words of the Fujian Yanes than believe us."

These words have been specially filtered by lobbyists, and Yang Hu's original words are many times more difficult to listen to than this. Xu Long probably knows this, but the truth of this cold lips and teeth is here, but Yang Hu is even more eye-catching than he imagined. Of course, he probably hated him very much, after all, the two sides had been fighting for many years, and some clansmen had died at the hands of the other party, so I really believed him.

"It seems that the Zheng family has already sent someone to woo him earlier."

It is said that it is the word earlier, but it is not necessarily true. The lobbyist sent by Zheng Chenggong and Xu Long's people are actually the relationship between the front and back feet, originally taken when the Ming army raided Chaozhou City, Yang Hu already had the intention of attaching, but he was still short of this kick. It's good now, Xu Long sent someone to say this, but it just pushed Yang Hu into Zheng Chenggong's arms.

"Now the only people who can count on are Zhu Yao and Chen Junge. Chen Junge's house is still bad, and with Zhu Yao's temperament, he should be moved. ”

These two, one is near the left side of Xixi, and the other is the carp village of Haishan Island in the north of Nanao Island, unlike Yang Hu and his two along the Dongxi and Beixi of the Hanjiang waterway that Zheng Chenggong must go, and they are bound to lack a layer of cold feelings. But now that Yang Hu is like this, it is possible for the two of them to come to help, so it can only be like this for the time being.

The lobbyist set off with Chenghai earlier, and now he is still on the way, Xu Long has to arrange for the clansmen to strengthen the fortress, and at the same time let the women in the clan clean up the softness, in case it really can't be defeated, at least the loss when running away can be slightly smaller.

After waiting for two days with trepidation, Xu Long waited for two results that were similar to Yang Hu's. In the words of the lobbyist, Chen Junge can't trust Xu Long, plus Ou Ting Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, he has this barrier himself, and he is not afraid of the Zheng family's people. Zhu Yao, on the other hand, affirmed his own position, he originally raised troops because of the oppression of excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and he had only been stationed in Liyu Village to repel the encirclement and suppression of the government and maintain the safety and interests of the villagers on Haishan Island, and he was really not interested in getting involved in the dispute between the Ming army and the Qing army.

They are all fellow villagers, but whether it is a gentleman or a villain, or a local tyrant, a showman and a townsman, they are all unwilling to help him. It was only at this time that Xu Long remembered how he had been self-sustaining and strong over the years, bullying the surrounding clans and villages. Now, it's just a lonely person.

"A bunch of fools, sooner or later you will have to die in the hands of that Zhu Chenggong!"

Angry and angry, angry and angry, in the end, Xu Long still had to hurry up and prepare everything.

In the past few days, the news of the Ming army's capture of the capital city of Chaozhou began to spread completely in the land of Chaozhou. With the news continues to come, more and more people in Nanyang Village are panicking, this said that Zheng Chenggong commanded an army of 100,000 people, fierce generals like clouds, that Yan Chen Kai held the Qinglong Yanyue knife, a person from the east bank of the Han River killed through the Guangji Bridge, but also into the city to rush into the town of the town, the heavy task of killing the car, what kind of exaggeration is there, in short, it is a sentence, since this group of Ming troops did not even spend much effort in Chaozhou City, Nanyang Village is even more in vain.

In such an atmosphere, Ding Zhuang in the clan had already vented his courage, and the women and children were even more panicked. But at this time, Zheng Chenggong's lobbyist also arrived in Nanyang Village and persuaded Xu Long to join the Ming army, but was sternly rejected by Xu Long.

"Patriarch, the situation is stronger than people, and now no one on the ground in Chaozhou dares to provoke this group of Ming troops, why should we be this bird."

said that it could not be lowered, and the lobbyist took his leave. The elders of the clan did not dare to admonish in front of the lobbyists, and they did not even dare to keep them secretly, so they had to try to persuade Xu Long again after the lobbyists left.

"What do you know, now the Ming army on the ground in Chaozhou is the most majestic, but in the whole of Guangdong, are you sure that he Zhu Chenggong, and that Chen Kai can be Admiral Li's opponent? Even Admiral Li can't do it, the Eight Banners Army of the imperial court is invincible in the world, and sooner or later it will have to go south to suppress it. Let's throw it over now, and when the imperial army goes south, will it be possible to throw it back? ”

"But now ......"

"If you want to endure this time now, our Xu family will have a future at all. If you think about it carefully, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Dynasty are gone, and the two Kyotos in the north and south are lost, so with one Zhu Chenggong and one Chen Kai, they can't defeat the Eight Banners Army at all. For the sake of the long run, this mouth must not be loosened! ”

Xu Long had made up his mind, and everyone had no choice but to hurry up and prepare. The next day, Zheng Chenggong personally led the soldiers and horses of the four towns of Ding Town, Zhongchong Town, Zuochong Town, and Youchong Town down the Hanjiang River.

The Nanyang Walled City is one zhang eight feet high, the enclosure is two hundred and fifty-six zhang, and the east and west doors are opened. Zheng Chenggong's department arrived at the city, everywhere he saw, the city was surrounded by water, directly to the open sea, ships could be moored, the surrounding four townships were densely populated, and it was really a place where he could attack and retreat.

This is one of the four major fortresses in Chenghai County, even earlier than the time when Chenghai was established. Qi Jiguang of the Jiajing Dynasty once practiced military exercises here to fight against the Japanese invaders. However, now, it has become a nest of civil armed forces of coastal bandits with Xu Long as the leader and the township covenant and the system of protecting the armor of the township.

The surrounding area has been fortified, but the population of the city has increased dramatically. The Ming army was stationed outside the city, but they were not in a hurry to attack the city, but as the vanguard, the general with the general Ke of Zhongchong Town, the chief soldier of Zhongchong Town, was pointing at the Nanyang Walled City with a man with a tiger's back, and he didn't know what to say.

"Clan, patriarch, that person, that person isn't a big slap?"

When the Ming army arrived near the city, Xu Long looked into the distance, the vanguard of the Ming army had fewer troops, but it was better because of the complete weapons, and even everyone wore a rattan helmet on the top of their heads. If you look closely at the posture of the soldiers in formation and standing, they should also be well-trained soldiers. It's just that the military uniforms on his body are not complete, probably because the speed of army expansion is too fast.

Xu Long was looking at this, and one of the most useful clan nephews beside him said these words with trembling voices. Following the direction pointed by his nephew, Xu Long looked carefully, and when he saw it clearly, his heart only felt that it was a pang.

The so-called big slap is just a nickname, compared to Wu Liuqi's nickname Wu Hook and Wang Jin's nickname Tiger, the big slap sounds far less tall than the former, but if you say this person, he is also a well-known No. 1 fierce man in the south of Chaozhou.

The person standing next to Ke Chenshu was named Chen Bin, who was ten years old and lifted thousands of catties, and was originally a general of Huang Hairu. Huang Hairu relied on this person to seize Chenghai County for a time, but was soon beaten out by Yang Hu. On that day, Huang Hairu was defeated and fled, Chen Bin carried his three-year-old son on his back and carried a big axe to fight around the county, and when he reached the city gate, the gate was closed. This person was not discouraged, under the siege of the soldiers under Yang Hu, Chen Bin turned back to kill people, while cutting down the city gate, and finally took his son away.

Such a fierce man is also a good man in the whole Chaozhou, and many people of his generation are in awe of him, which naturally includes the children of the Xu family in Nanyang Village.

Chen Bin was beside Ke Chenshu, making it clear that he had already voted for the Ming army, Xu Long looked back and looked back, those children who were brave and ruthless on weekdays, and no one refused to be convinced, but one by one they were like frosted eggplants, you look at me, I look at you, no one dared to take a step forward, let alone say more.

Personal martial arts to this point really makes people have to think about it more. In fact, on the battlefield, it should not be the individual martial arts, but other things about the whole or the collective. Xu Long has long understood this truth, and he also knows that not all of these nephews behind him are brave husbands, but this momentum has been discharged, and it is not so easy to encourage him.

"I haven't let you go to war yet, but you are cowering one by one, which really disgraces the faces of our ancestors and ancestors of the Xu family."

Although Xu Long didn't plan to fight, but when he saw the appearance of his disciples, he was even more angry. Seeing this, the most useful nephew on weekdays simply said to Xu Long: "Patriarch, we all listen to you, and we will never surrender these Ming troops, but we don't need to work too hard for the sake of the Tartars, uh, for the court." Not to mention anything else, we are working hard here, and the court can't see it, and in the end, it's not our Xu family who suffers. ”

This man didn't say anything about being afraid of war, but Xu Long felt awkward about how he listened. However, what this person said was indeed his original consideration, if he could fight, he would fight, and if he couldn't fight, he would withdraw, and he would leave Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, he still understood this truth, but at this moment, he always felt a little depressed.

"I have my own measure in this matter."

Of course, Xu Long has it, he sent a boat and his cronies and nephews to Nanao to investigate. Because if it is a siege, Nanyang Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is not impossible to defend, but if the Ming army dispatches sailors, especially the Zheng family's sailors, who are the best in the China Sea, it is better to walk away than to be blocked in the stockade, besieged and trapped.

Xu Long didn't know how much strength Zheng Chenggong had, all he could see was the sea ships coming and going on Nanao Island, and even the sailors who practiced every day in Lieyu Bay couldn't really see it. But in any case, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and most of Zheng Chenggong's ships were bigger than his ships, and the sailors and sailors who had fought against the Ming army, pirates, and the Dutch were certainly much better than his sons and nephews who were better at robbing houses than in war, or in the left near river.

Saying that, there are more preparations in the stockade, Xu Long looked at it for a long time, this Ming army vanguard seems to have no intention of retreating and camping, but the more later, more and more Ming troops will come from the limit of their field of vision. Looking at that posture, it seems that he is going to fight to the death with Xu Long here today.

"Oh no, no, patriarch."

"What kind of system is it in a panic!"

A cronie and nephew came running quickly, and he came up with a slap in the face, but this angry rebuke only made him pause for a moment, and after a moment, he still had the courage to say what he was going to say to Xu Long.

"Patriarch, it's really not good, there are a lot of big ships coming from Nanao, many of them are either lucky ships or Guangzhou ships, and they are coming to us."

Hearing this, Xu Long was immediately stunned. The Ming army captured the capital city of Chaozhou with lightning speed, which made him have a relatively high estimate of the combat effectiveness of Zheng Chenggong's department, and he just saw that even a warrior like Chen Bin could devote himself to it, so he was even more convinced of this.

Of course, even so, in his opinion, Zheng Chenggong's strength against the Qing court will only be an egg touching a stone, but if you look closely at his Nanyang Village, isn't it another egg touching Zheng Chenggong's stone?

With this trade-off, at this moment, seeing the Ming army constantly moving south from the direction of Chaozhou, and the sailors of the Ming army in the south are heading here, Xu Long calmed down and quickly made a decision in recent years, even the most important decision in this life.

"Let all the men, women, and children of the clan get on the boat, and let's go to Guangzhou to seek refuge with Governor Tong and Admiral Li. Let Zhu Chenggong clean up these rat-eyed people here, and when the time comes, we will come back with the army of the imperial court, and this Nanyang village is still our Xu family! ”