On the seventeenth day of the eighth year of Yongli, Nansha Tianfei Temple. The dock was still in full swing, and Chen Kai took a group of attachés to the Tianfei Temple to pay homage to Tianfei Niangniang.

In the main hall, Chen Kai was the leader, and then a group of generals and staff bowed to the god who guarded the coastal people. Prostrate, pray, and all of them sincerely prayed to the concubine. It's just that the individual circumstances are different, and the content of the prayer will inevitably be different, that's all.

Chen Kai just arrived in Nansha today, speaking of which, the Ming army's naval division occupies Henan Island, and the muzzle of the cannon has reached under the nose of the Qing army, and the small actions of the Qing army in Guangzhou may still be able to hide him, but the feudal soldiers are exhausted, it is 14,000 troops, not less than this number of auxiliary soldiers and tens of thousands of livestock, carts, such movements, Shang Kexi has just left the city, although he didn't see it, but the Ming army on Henan Island quickly got the news, and it was not much slower than the feudal soldiers going out of the city.

The news was sent to Dongguan at the fastest speed, but a few days earlier, the Ming army outside the city had just completed an unsuccessful blasting operation - gunpowder was buried without digging a place, and the result was naturally that the Qing army in the city was startled and scared to death I don't know how many cells. Inflicting such heavy casualties on the Qing army, the guilty Ming army simply dug new tunnels again, just as they had done in the previous nearly a month.

The excavation tunnels are still being done with great fanfare, and the towns outside the city are sneaking out in batches, and by the time the news is delivered to Chen Kai, most of the troops have already withdrawn from the Dongguan front line and went to Nansha to assemble. The reason why this is the case is because Chen Kai's memory should be these days, the decisive battle in history broke out. Although I don't know exactly what day it is, when the news of the feudal soldiers leaving the city arrives, many things can be estimated.

Outside the city of Dongguan, the siege of the Ming army was carried out in an orderly manner. This was just a small force to paralyze the Qing army in Dongguan and create the illusion that Guangzhou was still under the city with Chen Kai. The Ming army outside the city is like this, after the first round of blasting of the city wall collapsed, the Qing army defending the city has not dared to move lightly, these days is just to defend the city, according to the people who escaped from the city, the defenders even except the north gate of the other three city gates are blocked with big stones, lest they be bombarded by Chen Kai's heavy artillery, it is estimated that even if they find that the Ming army camp outside the city is different, they may not be able to come out to test.

"Xinnan Chen Kai, please ask Tianfei Niangniang to protect Wang Shi, and when Guangzhou is recovered, Xinnan should ask the Son of Heaven to add the title of Tianfei Niangniang to highlight the merits of Tianfei Niangniang." bowed down and made a loud noise. Then Chen Kai slowly got up, put on incense, and instructed the temple to congratulate him, and then retreated respectfully.

Arriving in Nansha and just getting off the boat, Chen Kai received news from Hong Kong that the reinforcements of Zhou Hezhi and Ke Chenshu had arrived, just waiting for Chen Kai's order. In fact, this news had already been sent as early as the 15th day of the lunar month, but the Hong Kong side did not know that Chen Kai had already set off for Nansha, and the messenger hurried to Dongguan, and then hurried to this point, so that the time was delayed. However, now that the order has been sent back to Hong Kong, it is believed that soon the supporting fleet will be able to come and join it.

"The appointment is not coming, I thought I was going to take this army of less than 10,000 to a decisive battle with the captive. Now, it's finally here. ”

Chen Kai rushed to Nansha because the Qing army went south from Foshan. Since the Qing army went south from Foshan, there were only two destinations, either Shunde or Xinhui, as for why they chose the latter, this is actually self-evident.

Foshan is on the bank of the Beijiang River, and Chen Kai can't be hidden at all. Chen Kai believes that Shang Kexi and Zhu Mala are also very clear about this, it is nothing more than a time difference between the Qing army and Chen Kai, who is far away in Dongguan. It's a pity that Chen Kai was prepared, not only did he estimate the approximate time, but he had already set a plan with Li Dingguo before setting off - Li Dingguo would send a partial division, that is, Jin Tongwu's army to Sanshui to the north to lure the main force of the Qing army to the south, just like the victory in Hengyang. Now, there have indeed been some changes, but Chen Kai doesn't plan to stop there, what should be done, naturally still has to be done!

One of Chen Qice's lieutenants arrived first, and the fleet was used to assist Chen Kai in transporting the army. This is something that Chen Kai and Chen Qice had agreed on earlier, and as for Chen Qice himself, he took the fleet to cruise the Xijiang River, just in case.

The order was sent down the river and quickly to Hong Kong. This transfer station is where the Ming army has been operating for several years, the relevant facilities are complete, the storage is abundant, and the army has finally breathed a sigh of relief after two days of rest on the fifteenth and sixteenth days of the lunar month. Once they received the order, Zhou Hezhi and Ke Chenshu hurriedly ordered the army to board the ship and set off, never delaying the slightest time.

The fleet arrived at Nansha as fast as it could, and when the ship arrived, it was already early the next morning. Qianchong Town, Houchong Town, Zhongquan Town, Houjin Town, Tieqi Town, Hussar Town, and Fubiao Seven Divisions have boarded the ship, and the fleet has arrived, Zhou Hezhi, Ke Chenshu and other generals hurriedly disembarked to see Chen Kai and confess that the appointment will not come.

Chen Kai set off on the first day of October and arrived in Hong Kong on October 12, and in just 11 days, the fleet had already crossed the eastern coast of Guangdong, which could not be described as unpleasant. Arriving in Hong Kong, Chen Kai asked Zhou Hezhi to immediately return to pick up the support army led by Ke Chenshu, but Zhou Hezhi went back very smoothly, it only took thirteen days, but when he came back, he encountered wind and waves on the road, and the convergence fleet and the direction was unknown, it took too much time, and when they appeared on the coast of Guangdong again, it was already the fourteenth day of the lunar month, and the fleet was determined to be near Dapeng, so he immediately turned the bow of the ship and went straight to Hong Kong.

Looking at the generals who confessed in front of him, the commander of the sailor leveled Hou Zhou Hezhi, the left commander Ke Chenshu, the chief military officer of Houzhen Lan Deng, the chief military officer of the former town Shen Ming, the chief military officer of the rear town Chen Kui, the chief military officer of the guarding left town Xiao Gongchen, the chief military officer of the right town Shen Qi, and the chief military officer of the middle town Chen Yaoce, most of these generals have old relations with him, especially Ke Chenshu and Lan Deng, who have lived and died together, and will never deliberately delay the trip.

Looking back, none of the generals who were ordered to come to the aid in history, Lin Cha, Zhou Rui, Wang Xiuqi, Su Mao, Lin Wencan, Huang Yuan, Chen Xun, Du Hui, Yang Zheng, and Chen Ze, did not come to this point this time. Not deliberately, because these generals now have equally important work to do, such as Lin Cha and Du Hui, who are now sitting in Qiongzhou; For example, generals such as Zhou Rui and Wang Xiuqi are fighting in Fujian; There is only one exception, that is, Su Mao, because Shi Lang was sent out of the historical stage by Chen Kai in advance, even Shi Lang's cronies and deputy generals also went where they were cool, and it is estimated that they were all reincarnated at this time.

Ten days of travel and two months of walking, it sounds sensational, but in fact, similar things are not uncommon.

Don't mention it far away, only talk about the last few years, and only say what happened to Zheng Chenggong's department. In the third year of Yongli, Zheng Chenggong transferred the tiger away from the mountain and attacked the clouds from Haicheng, which took no more than a day's effort, but in the battle of Tong'an the year before, he went from Dongshan Island to rescue Tong'an, and it took five days to arrive at Kinmen - five times as long, and he didn't finish the previous day's trip. What's even more exaggerated is that Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan and set off from Xiamen to Penghu, nearly 400 miles, which took only one day, but from Penghu to Tainan, the distance was less than double, but it took seven days to arrive, which is 14 times the time!

In the era of sail warships, the speed of sailing on the sea has been far better than that of land, and it is impossible to say that it is a thousand miles a day, and if it is smooth sailing, it is also the speed that can only be caught up by 800 miles of urgency. However, such a swiftness is like walking on a high speed, fast is fast, but in case of a traffic jam, it is not possible to eat and drink for a few days on the highway to solve, but it is not as smooth as driving slowly on the ordinary road.

If you think about it, he also traveled back and forth between Guangzhou and South Australia many times during the four years of Yongli, and the time spent was different each time. This time, if it is according to the original historical point in time, the winner is about to be determined at this time, and even if it is to set off immediately, it will definitely be too late. But this time Xinhui City was broken, and the Qing army had to start from Sanshui first, and then turned around and went south, delaying for a few days, and these few days are now the last chance of life.

"Originally, I had made a plan with the king of Xining to lure the Tartars south, so that it would take them more time. But this time I underestimated the Tartars, and instead of following the script I designed, they went straight to Xinhui. ”

The generals knelt down on one knee in front of Chen Kai and claimed that they were guilty of capital crimes, but Chen Kai stood up, helped them up one by one, and then said to them: "The soldier is like water, and it is impermanent. This time, I miscalculated something as well. However, the success of the Wang Shi in the early stage bought us limited time, and now we set off as soon as possible to hunt with the king of Xining under the city of Xinhui. I have already ordered the loot, that is, the dog head that is still gratifying, please help me! ”

"The last general will fight to the death, and never let a captive escape!"

The generals were ordered to board the ships one after another, and the fleet was led by Chen Qice's lieutenant general, who was most familiar with the hydrogeography here. The endless fleet set off from the Nansha Tianfei Temple Wharf, went westward mightily, entered the waterway, and then passed through the water and land transportation network crisscrossing the alluvial plain of the Pearl River Delta, such as the Tanzhou Waterway, the Guizhou Waterway, and the East China Sea Channel.

It took a lot of time to navigate those twists and turns, during which he faced accidents such as adverse currents, headwinds, and even the grounding of a small number of ships, and relied on a guide to lead the way, and finally found an exit in that labyrinthine area. However, at this time, it was already early in the morning of the 22nd day of the lunar month, and the fleet turned into the Xijiang waterway, and then it could go down the river. Seeing that it was not far from the mouth of the river, Chen Kai gave an order, and the fleet began to adjust its formation there so as to facilitate the landing and the combat mission of the water battle. Subsequently, it sailed down and appeared directly on the river east of Zhoujun Village.

"The land division landed along the river, and the troops that landed in advance formed a formation on the spot to prevent the land division from raiding, and the cavalry went out to investigate the situation!" Orders were given loudly, flagbearers on the ship's mast waved their flags, and the ships responded as quickly as possible.

"As for the affairs on the river, it depends on the governor of Jiangdu."

"Please rest assured that the last general will not be dishonored!"

The Ming army began to land in the vicinity of Zhoujun Village, and a fleet led by Jiang Meiao was split from the subsequent fleet. This fleet had just turned into the Xijiang River and was heading downstream, but they did not sail directly to the vicinity of Zhoujun Village in the north of Chaolian Island to land with the Ming army on board, but turned into the Haizhou Waterway at the next turn.

It turned out that the Qing army lacked fleet support, and when passing through the Xijiang River, it relied on those Jiangxinzhou east of Jiangmen, and relied on Jiangxinzhou as a springboard to build a pontoon bridge, so that the army could achieve rapid passage. Jiangxinzhou to the east of Jiangmen, the most important is Chaolian Island, but the east of Chaolian Island is not directly connected to the land, but separated by a Haizhou waterway. The Qing army built a pontoon bridge on the Haizhou waterway like the Chaolian Island connecting the two places, and Jiang Meiao's fleet sailed into the unguarded Haizhou waterway, and then propped up the sails and galloped down!

The sails were blown up by the wind, and the ships accelerated under the drive of the sails, heading straight for the five pontoon bridges in front and behind the Haizhou waterway.

The battleship was flying like a fly, and there were Qing army messengers coming from the north on the pontoon bridge to report the news. The Ming army once occupied Shunde, and the ruling order of the Qing court south of Foshan had completely collapsed.

Without those supporters of the local snake, the Qing court came over, but there was no eyes behind them, and where could the Ming army enter the waterway from the south of Shunde be discovered in time. Even this messenger was sent by the Green Battalion, which stayed halfway to guard the grain route, but by the time they discovered the Ming army, Chen Kai's fleet had already entered the Xijiang River.

The messenger pulled the war horse, walked on the pontoon bridge, and dragged it stiffly, but did not pull the war horse over for a while. In the distance, the warships of the Ming army came at a rapid speed, constantly magnifying at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the messenger's eyes widened, watching those battleships rush over in a daze, his ears were already filled with the neighing of war horses and the screams of the Qing army responsible for defending the pontoon bridge.

There was a blank in his mind, and the messenger stood there, tugging at the reins of his horse, as he watched the ship come at a rapid pace, motionless.

In an instant, the battleship came into contact with the pontoon, and the heavy bow of the ship was slightly blocked, and the suspension rope of the pontoon was torn, and the drawbridge immediately fell apart the moment the warship sailed by, and the messenger and the horse disappeared on the collapsed river.

The first collision was over, followed by the second, third, and fourth collisions, and the pontoon bridge did not show the slightest stubbornness in front of the battleship that was smooth sailing, and was easily smashed by the battleship. Immediately afterwards, the last pontoon bridge, on which had escaped empty, only to see the battleship and the pontoon bridge touch again, the main force of the Qing army in Jiangmen and the land transportation in the north were completely cut off, and the river was no longer a thoroughfare, but became a sea of swords and fires between the Qing army and the way back!

Jiang Meiao's fleet went down the river and easily cleared the pontoon bridge on the Haizhou waterway. This was the first step, and at the same time, Zhou Hezhi's fleet also sailed north of Chaolian Island and began shelling the Qing army camp that protected the barrage. The shells crackled in the three places located on Chaolian Island and the small villages on both sides of the river, the simple wooden village fell apart, the Ming army took a small boat directly in the shelling at the same time quickly narrowed the distance between the two sides, just to get closer, the shelling stopped, the Ming army swarmed up, quickly subdued the Qing army of the small village, dug out the barrage iron cable at the fastest speed, and threw it into the river.

The battleships began to sweep the pontoon bridge connecting the island of Chaolian, also in the most barbaric way. At this time, the troops of the Ming army were also rapidly landing, and the first batch of troops were already lined up south of Zhoujun Village. Under the banner of Fubiao, Chen Kai was located in the center of the army, and with just a wave of his hand, the towns where the whole team had completed began to roll southward with firm steps.

Late, not unattended. In other words, as long as the dust does not settle, it does not matter whether it is too late or not!