In April of the fourth year of Yongli, on the ocean surface along the coast of Guangdong, the storm was as usual and the weather was still the same. Between the blue sea and the blue sky, there is only an additional fleet of more than 100 large and small sea ships, which are following the sea breeze, all the way to the west, cleaving the waves.

From a bird's-eye view of the sky, on the surface of the sea, the huge ships are nothing more than one dead leaf after another, which seems to be insignificant. But these dead leaves, under the banner and guidance of the main ship of the fleet, are like chess pieces on a chessboard, arranged in a sparse but neat formation, and with the efforts of the captains, helmsmen, and sailors, they can only move forward in this vast sea, and there is only half a sense of drifting with the tide.

Since the 15th, Chen Kai set off from Nanao Island on the fleet of Fuming Hou Lincha, and ten days have passed until now. The wind is not smooth, but it is not a headwind. Walking slowly, even if it is only a few knots, this long time is enough to cover most of the distance.

"Chen Senjun, please look, that island over there, if I remember correctly, it should be Puti Mountain."

At sea, this famous sailor finally has a bit of the atmosphere of a sea hero. Here, he pointed out the coordinates along the way to Chen Kai with arrogance, and he knew the coastal areas of Guangdong well.

However, what kind of Pu Fetus Mountain, Chen Kai was completely confused when he heard it. Not to mention, when he passed Jieshiwei and Dapeng Institute earlier, Chen Kai also knew that one was to enter the coastal area of Huizhou Prefecture, and the other was to cross Daya Bay, at least in this life and previous life, he still had some impressions of these two places, but today he pointed to the geographical bulge in the distance that seemed to be not much different from the islands along the way at first glance, and said a place name that he couldn't remember for a while, which really made him feel a little confused.

"I saw Putu Mountain, passed the Buddha Hall Gate and Daxi Mountain to the west, and to the north was Lingdingyang."

Zero Ding Yang, I finally heard a place name with some impressions. At the end of the Song Dynasty, Prime Minister Wen had a poem "Crossing the Zero Ding Yang" that has been passed down through the ages, and when he arrives here, he will be regarded as entering the boundary of the Pearl River Estuary, and the destination of Chen Kai's trip, Guangzhou, is in the core area of the Pearl River Delta.

Approaching the destination, Chen Kai was excited, it was not yet May, there was still plenty of time, and many things were still promising. However, it has been more than a month since the Qing army arrived in the city of Guangzhou, including Huang Yingjie, many Ming troops have already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and now it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy in the Pearl River Delta region, especially for the Fujian Ming army, which may not be able to get along even if they are really local Ming troops, it is even more dangerous.

"Chen joined the army, according to Ben Shuai's desire to come, into Ling Ding Yang, let's not rush to Guangzhou first, Ben Shuai sent people to Nansha, there is a Tianfei Temple, there are many people who go to the sea, there is always some news to come out."

"Tianfei Temple? Sacrifice to Mazu Niangniang? ”

"Exactly."

Mazu Niangniang, surnamed Lin Mingmo, also known as Lin Mo Niang, was a native of Meizhou, Putian, Fujian during the Song Dynasty. It is said that his people could predict good and bad fortunes, and often went to sea to save people who were shipwrecked, so it has been widely believed by the people in the China Sea and surrounding areas for thousands of years.

When it came to Mazu Niangniang, Lin Cha's expression was very respectful. Before leaving, Chen Kai was arranging the work, Lin Cha had already worshiped Mazu Niangniang, and then set off, and it was often said that the wind and waves were calm along the way, and they were not intercepted by the Tartar sailor Mazu Niangniang blessed them in the dark. In this regard, Chen Kai also agreed.

This time, Lin Cha said that he would send someone to Tianfei Temple to inquire about the news, and Chen Kai also nodded. The Tianfei Temple in Nansha is said to be full of incense, and the flow of people is weaving, and in such a place, it is estimated that even the Han army banner and green battalion soldiers in the Qing army do not dare to be presumptuous, after all, they have to bear the risk of angering the gods, and it is a good place to find out the news.

"Now that the investigation is clear, let's go and worship."

"Chen joins the army, which is exactly what Ben Hou wants."

Hearing this, Lin Cha stroked his palms and smiled. The fleet slowly sailed into the Lingding Ocean the next day, but within a few days, the subordinates sent out by Lin Cha brought back a surprising news.

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On the day that Chen Kai and Lin Cha sailed into Lingdingyang, on April 26 of the fourth year of Yongli, in the port south of Guangzhou, the Ming army's sailors were doing their usual things as usual, camping, maintaining and even hiding in places where the officers could not see to steal half a day's leisure.

The main force of the Qing army led by Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao had arrived at the city of Guangzhou as early as the beginning of March, and launched an unsuccessful offensive against the city.

Guangzhou Tiannan important town, the circumference of 3,796 zhang, high two zhang eight feet, the north of the city to collect Yuexiu Mountain, the terrain is higher, easy to defend and difficult to attack; The south of the city is adjacent to the Pearl River, which can be based on the river water; The west and east of the city have a moat. Regardless of the urn city, the city gate tower, the fortifications should be complete. Such a majestic city, with the 20,000 people brought by Shang Kexi, spread out evenly at a distance of one meter, even if only two soldiers are standing, it may not be possible, and it is really a fool's dream to encircle Guangzhou.

Now outside the city of Guangzhou, the Qing army is slowly digging moats around the city, just to maintain a sense of existence. Du Yonghe, the governor of Liangguang in the city, led his troops to sit in the town, and there were also Ma Jixiang, Li Yuanyin, Zhang Yue, Dong Fangce, Ma Weixing, Ma Bao, Guo Dengdi, Chen Qice, etc.

Of course, Shang Kexi's arrival is not without any other impact on this majestic city. The Nanxiong Mansion and Shaozhou Mansion in the north of Guangdong were all in the hands of the Qing army, and even Qingyuan County and Conghua County were lost, and there was no barrier to the north of Guangzhou. To the east, Huang Yingjie, the chief soldier of Huizhou, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the east is no longer connected with the Fujian Ming army in Chaozhou, not to mention that Shang Kexi has been recruiting rebels recently, and the hearts of the people are separated from the belly, who knows who Huang Yingjie will be next.

Fortunately, the Qing army came from the north, and there was no naval division on the Pearl River in the south, so it did not pose any threat to them. Now outside the city of Guangzhou, the naval division is divided into two divisions, one is the headquarters of the naval division led by the general Wu Wenwen, Yin Zhirong and other generals and the Red Flag pirates recruited by Li Yuanyin earlier, there is a brush in the naval battle, not to mention that Shang Kexi brought those land divisions that do not even have ships, it is estimated that even if the Qing army naval division comes, it may not be able to please well.

Early in the morning, the yamen of the governor of Liangguang gathered to discuss matters as usual. This is a common practice, but it is limited to these generals who can be managed by Du Yonghe, as for those generals who have been on an equal footing with Du Yonghe under Li Chengdong, even in the city of Guangzhou, they do not pay much attention to the orders of the governor.

Routine military discussions, since they are routine, then there is nothing to say. It's nothing more than the governor boss's instilling in them some great principles of sticking to the city, reporting to the Son of Heaven, and reassuring the people, and asking the generals to remain vigilant, and there are really no new words. When the military discussion is over, the generals will return to the letter place, such as Wu Wenwen and Liang Biaoxiang, who do not belong to the same system, can also walk side by side and talk about the warblers and warblers in Guangzhou City, one to pass the time, and the other to enhance friendship, so that when they really fight side by side in the future, they can have some friendship.

Compared with Wu Wenwen, Liang Biaoxiang was born as a pirate, and together with him, Liu Longsheng, Xu Guolong and others were recruited, with one hundred and twenty-five warships and more than 1,000 pirates, all under the supervision of Li Yuanyin's Chinese army.

Liang Biaoxiang returned to the camp, and all the generals gathered, and when they heard that it was still those clichés, they all wandered out of the world one by one, even Wang Jie. When the time comes, the crowd will disperse and everything will return to its original state. It wasn't until after nightfall that Wang Jie patrolled the camp and had fallen asleep, but he was suddenly disturbed by Liang Biaoxiang's urgent tasks.

"Liang Shuai, what's wrong?"

In the camp, everything was as usual, but when they arrived at Liang Biaoxiang's ship, all the generals gathered, and they all looked quite nervous, as if something terrible had happened.

Liang Biaoxiang pursed his lips and motioned for the generals' entourage to retreat, and only Liang Biaoxiang, Liu Longsheng, Xu Guolong and Wang Jie were left in the room. Now that the Qing Dynasty has swept Guangdong, our brothers want to make a living, what do you think? ”

Since this statement came out, Wang Jie was originally a supervisor sent by Li Yuanyin, but he still didn't understand the meaning of this. However, he came in a hurry just now, and he didn't even bring his sword, and his right hand subconsciously pulled out to the left abdomen, but he grabbed it empty. And at this moment, Liu Longsheng and Xu Guolong had already made a move and directly beat him to the ground.

"Someone, tie this guy up!"

The hatch opened, as far as Wang Jie's eyes could see, and the soldiers outside the door had already fallen in a pool of blood, and they were already dead before they could even scream, all of which was obviously premeditated.

At the same time that Wang Jie was bound, the ships of the Red Flag Pirates also set sail one after another. However, they did not leave in a hurry, but drove the sea boat to the area where the sailors of the Ming army headquarters docked, and then the fire hammers, fire bricks and a cannon soon set the sailor camp on fire.

The fire was reflected in the rolling waves of the Pearl River, the Ming army was suddenly attacked, and immediately became a mess, Rao is Wu Wenwen, Yin Zhirong and other generals will strive to organize personnel to fight the fire, but the red flag pirates are still constantly attacking, the fire is getting more and more fierce, especially when the gunpowder is ignited, the huge explosion will spray more flames into the surrounding area, and the skyrocketing fire will soon alarm the entire city of Guangzhou.

In the distance was the raging fire on the wharf in the south of Guangzhou, and on Liang Biaoxiang's ship, Wang Jie, who was tied to the mast, was already full of holes, and it was nothing more than that these pirates had to continue to torture this prison soldier who had been staring them to death for some hours, so that he did not suffer a pain.

The blood was still dripping down the limbs, down the masts and ropes, and even directly from the mouth, from the wounds. In the eyes of Liang Biaoxiang and others, it is an extra relief. But in the midst of the wild laughter of Liang Biaoxiang and others, Wang Jie puffed up his last breath, spit the blood in his mouth on the ground, and then poured out his hatred word by word.

"Heaven is good, if you betray the court today, sooner or later someone will clean up you disloyals!"