Chapter XXVI
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The rough voice sounded outside the city of Guangzhou, and under the blessing of the amplification effect of the iron horn, it swept the heartstrings of the city's top and ordinary guards.
After saying a word, repeatedly, repeatedly, the loud-voiced Ming army seemed to be afraid that Shang Kexi would not hear it, and shouted three times in a row before putting away the tin horn. Subsequently, the Qing prisoners who were still wailing in pain were abandoned, and the Ming army re-boarded the ship without fear. Immediately, the fleet swaggered on, circumnavigating around Henan Island, and following the course from which it came, on its way back to Hong Kong.
The Ming army unhurriedly ended this deterrent war, and the wanton laughter gradually spread on both sides of the Pearl River as the fleet went away.
In Guangzhou, the wharf was bombarded by the Ming army, and the city wall was hit by the Ming army's artillery. On the scarred city wall, the cracked bricks are just the appearance, the news that the Qing army failed to win the surprise attack on Hong Kong Island not long ago was originally tightly sealed, but now, I am afraid that there is no need to say more, even the most ordinary people will know all this. What is even more humiliating is that the Ming army dared to drive the fleet outside the city, bombarded the city wall and dock for a long time, and even used words such as "dog paws" and "chopping hands" to humiliate Yu Shang Kexi, but the Qing army did not dare to resist at all.
It is to be expected that soon, and even these two vast lands, will be filled with ridicule of the Pingnan and Jingnan domains, as well as the Qing army in Guangdong, and the further collapse of the maritime prestige that the Qing army is trying to re-establish!
Shang Kexi stood on the head of the city, he was on the south wall of the old city, not on the wall of the new city, and he didn't hear it very well. It wasn't until Ming Jun shouted three times that he barely understood Chen Kai's shouting, and even one was furious. It's just that by the time his order was delivered, the Ming army had already boarded the ship, pulled anchor and set sail, and sailed away, leaving only the wounded prisoners all over the ground, and that's it.
Such humiliation was really the only one he had ever seen in his life, and Chen Kai's arrogance made him even more angry. However, the strength of the land division of the Ming army is not strong, but the water division really has an overwhelming advantage. He couldn't let the war horse learn the stunt of "horseshoe water floating", and relied on the advantage of cavalry to pursue the Ming army on the Pearl River and launch the necessary counterattack, so he could only sit back and watch the Ming army march away.
The green tendons burst out, and the joints of the clenched Shuangquan were no longer half bloody, such a shame was really difficult for Shang Kexi to swallow. But no matter what he says, he is also a veteran general who has been fighting for many years, and he knows that he doesn't even have the capital to make a counterattack gesture now, so he can only be angry here.
Shang Kexi was like this, and the officials and generals around him didn't dare to make any noise one by one, especially Na Gai Yipeng, who didn't even dare to make a sound of breathing, and at this moment he was even more eager to find a crack to get into, lest he be seen by Shang Kexi.
I don't know how long it took for such an atmosphere before Shang Kexi spoke again, and his hoarse voice seemed to come from a throat that had been shriveled and withered by anger, which made people break out in a cold sweat.
"Send those wounded officers and soldiers to the infirmary for treatment."
As soon as these words came out, everyone seemed to have been amnestied, from the officials and generals to the officials and soldiers below, a large group of people went straight to the dock and left as if they were fleeing. Judging by the size of the number, it seemed to be a few points more than the wounded prisoners outside.
For these guys, when Shang Kexi is angry, he will directly kill the one who vents his anger. But rich experience told him that this was just Chen Kai's means. If he killed all these guys, it would indeed be a relief for a while, but the order to drag the Ming army to the death was given to Gai Yipeng, and those prisoners were captured because of strict implementation of the order. In this way, the officers and men in the army, especially those green battalion soldiers, will no longer use their lives as hard as they did in the last war. But if you don't kill them, the existence of these people is a proof of humiliation, telling him and everyone all the time how Chen Kai humiliated him under the city of Guangzhou!
"If it is cured, it will be sent to Wang Zhuang for good students to be settled."
Wangzhuang is a feudal manor established by the two feudal lords in Guangdong by encroaching on land, don't look at their control of Guangdong for only two or three years, but the encirclement of land is quite a lot, otherwise in a few years there will be no Guangdong province "unbearable two kings" said.
said that it was a good student placement, but in fact, everyone present knew that Shang Kexi's implication was "Don't let this prince see them again, and don't let them go out and embarrass this prince." As for whether it is really settled, or it is directly slaughtered after being sent to the place, there is no rush for the time being, and it is always necessary to understand Shang Kexi's mind before doing things.
Leaving this sentence, Shang Kexi returned directly to the palace. Sheng Anger has been forcibly suppressed, but every time he thinks of something related to Chen Kai, this anger seems to be ignited at one point, and it suddenly burns. But every time his anger burned, just like just now, he had to force himself to recall the current situation of the Guangdong Navy Division - there were only two boats left, even if Gai Yipeng turned into Spider-Man, he couldn't go to the Kowloon Strait, let alone completely destroy the Ming Army's Navy Division.
The famous sailor of Dongjiang Town back then, but now he is humiliated at the door of the house by little people like Chen Kai and Jiang Meiao, who he had never heard of back then. Back at the palace, Shang Kexi directly passed on his confidant Jin Guang. Jin Guang already knew about the things outside the city, and seeing that Shang Kexi was angry, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly said to Shang Kexi, "The reinforcements of the imperial court should be on the way", which made Shang Kexi directly free from the angry state.
At this moment, the reinforcements in Jinguang's mouth naturally will not be sent because of the loss of Qiongzhou Mansion or the failure of the raid on Hong Kong Island. In the battle of Zhaoqing in late March, Li Dingguo was menacing, but he went too fast, and the messenger who was still happy to report the urgency was sent, and it was estimated that Li Dingguo had already returned to Guangxi before crossing the Yangtze River. However, while reporting to the Qing court, Shang Kexi also expressed the hope that the Qing court would continue to send the Eight Banners Army to assist him in exterminating other anti-Qing forces in Guangdong. To put it bluntly, the first to bear the brunt is Chen Kai, who twice let the Jingnan Domain return.
"Then when the Eight Banners Army arrives, Qiongzhou Mansion and Hong Kong Island are shielded by sailors, but Chen Kai's old nest Chaozhou Mansion does not. This time, I must have a good look with him! ”
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When Shang Kexi was still gritting his teeth in the Pingnan Palace, he went down the river, and the Ming fleet returned directly to Hong Kong Island. When the fleet returned, Chen Kai was not in a hurry to leave, and simply stationed in the official office.
In the following days, the Ming fleet shelled the city of Guangzhou, Chen Kai humiliated Shang Kexi outside the city, and Shang Kexi's deeds of "not even daring to speak" quickly spread throughout the Guangzhou Prefecture, especially those counties and towns along the Pearl River.
The arrogance of the Ming army was in stark contrast to the cowering of the Qing army, even if the Ming army still did not seize any city on land in Guangzhou, but the arrogance of both sides gave many people the illusion that the Ming army was stronger than the Qing army.
For a time, all over the city, in the countryside, in the yamen, and in the barracks, there were whispers everywhere about such sensational and strange talks. At the same time, the news of the fall of the Qiongzhou Mansion earlier, as well as the news of the Qing army's failed raid on Hong Kong Island, accompanied by these anecdotes, was accompanied by the shocking custom that Chen Kai appointed a woman to guard Hong Kong Island.
"Nie Yiniang? Oh, don't be the daughter-in-law of the old Liang family, I've heard that she survived that year and assassinated a Tartar officer. ”
"Brother, the person you are talking about is our fellow villager in Guangzhou?"
"Isn't it, brother, Master Wang is going to kill back, Master Chen is really going to take Master Wang to kill back!"
“……”
In the Guangzhou Massacre in the fourth year of Yongli, Chen Kai opened the opening and let too many people go. Only about a third of those who returned to Chaozhou with him, and the rest were still on the border of Guangzhou Prefecture, losing the homeland that their ancestors had relied on for generations.
When the news came, two yeoman farmers who had become tenants were whispering in the fields. Such scenes abound on the riverside, by the stream, in the tea shop, in the workshop, and in the mine. Even those people who had not received Chen Kai's life-saving grace were all looking forward to this day, just because the two vassal kings of Pingnan and Jingnan were really overwhelmed.
The news spread wildly on land and quickly spread to the sea, Hong Kong Island was raided, and indeed many maritime merchants and ship owners left the island, but they left in a hurry, and the water for returning to the South China Sea was basically not ready, and they had to figure out the current situation, so they could only continue to wander around.
The slap in the face of the Ming army came as scheduled with the arrival of Chen Kai, and it was very loud, these people begged for a living at sea all the year round, and their sense of smell was the keenest. Seeing that the Ming army was not only not affected, but had nowhere to survive than the Qing army sailors were forced to survive before, they immediately returned to Hong Kong Island one after another to congratulate Chen Kai on this great victory.
"Chen Fujun's move is really a big show of my Ming king's spirit, let's just say that a few days ago, a few more merchants and gentry gave money and grain to the last general, which is all thanks to Chen Fujun's blessing."
It was not only the maritime merchants and ship owners who came, Chen Qice had sent people to come early, and some time later, Li Changrong, the general of Hailing Island, also came to congratulate Chen Kai in person, and there was a great opportunity to take advantage of this to bring the relationship between them closer.
Hailing Island is west of Shangxiachuan Island and enters the boundary of Zhaoqing Prefecture. Whether it was the time when Li Changrong received the news or the time he arrived here, he was slower than Chen Qice's people, and it was indeed not surprising. This time on the island, seeing Chen Kai's face, even if it was a strong compliment, it really made Chen Kai a little funny. Not to mention, last year, Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen were ordered to move to Guangzhou, but Li Changrong did not intercept them like Chen Qice, but just watched them leave. However, Chen Kai is not going to study it deeply, and being able to come at this moment is the basis for future cooperation.
"Li Shuai is serious, but he is just a sailor who bullies and bullies Shang Kexi's old thief, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning."
Chen Kai said modestly, but Li Changrong still praised the importance of controlling the "Jiang" power, and claimed that Chen Kai's strategy and tactics opened a new era of Guangdong's resistance to the Qing Dynasty. As for the so-called new era, to put it bluntly, it is to use islands to lock the possibility of the Qing army developing to the sea, and then realize the possibility of being undefeated.
"As long as the island is not lost, only the king will go ashore to fight the Tartars. Don't look at the Tartars' momentum, but if there is really a great opportunity, it is not difficult to sweep Guangdong Province. Therefore, Chen Fujun's method is really good! ”
This is a smart man, and he seems to have opened the idea of using the sea as a gully in his thinking. Similar to Chen Qice, Chen Kai chatted with others earlier, Chen Qice's understanding of sea control is obviously better than this Li Changrong.
It is undeniable that this is a good thing, and there is a cooperative relationship between Chen Kai and Chen Qice. Every month, some of Hong Kong Island's income is sent to Shangxiachuan Island as a subsidy for the blockade of the western route of the Pearl River Waterway. As a long-term partner, Chen Qice has long been in a situation of disobedience to Lianchengbi, at least in the matter of making trouble for Chen Kai, what the governor said is in vain.
Li Changrong stayed on the island for three days, looking at the endless sea ships, he was very emotional. Regarding cooperation, Chen Kai said that he was running a big project, and he would definitely send someone to invite him when the time came. And Li Changrong, while leaving satisfied, never mentioned Lian Chengbi from beginning to end, as if the governor no longer existed.
"It seems that the discord between me and Lianchengbi is already known in Yuehai."
The governor and the governor couldn't get along, and the serious thing was that Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were in discord on the battlefield of Liaodong in the Apocalypse Dynasty, which led to the fiasco of Guangning.
However, everything cannot be generalized, the current situation is different, on the battlefield in Guangdong, Chen Kai led the Zheng group in Guangdong to win the defensive battle for a while, regain the lost ground for a while, and block the gate for a while, on the other hand, the governor can't do anything, and the strength in his hands is too weak, even if he wants to make trouble, it is not enough to see at this stage.
After staying for more than ten days, the people who had sent people to South Australia earlier also arrived. Cai Cheng, the former director of the military uniform manufacturing workshop under the Ordnance Bureau, that is, the rat beard, rushed over as soon as he received Chen Kai's order, and the anxious mood, in the words of the sailors on the ship, if it weren't for such a big ship that couldn't be rowed by hand, it was estimated that the former director would have to help row.
"Where joining the army is useful to get the villain, just give orders, the villain will go to the soup and fire, and he will not hesitate!"
He was dismissed and investigated by Zheng Chenggong, if it weren't for the amount of corruption that had really disgraced the faces of the corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that Zheng Chenggong would have been hung at the door of the yamen to show the public. But even so, Zheng Chenggong doesn't plan to use this "old man" on Nanao Island anymore, and now if he wants to continue to develop in his career, he can only rely on his old relationship with Chen Kai.
"Hehe, it's not necessary to go to the soup and go to the fire, as long as you can fix that problem, it's fine."
"Please join the army rest assured, the villain has already learned from the pain, and he will never dare to do it again!"
The rat beard made a strong statement, lest Chen Kai would question his sincerity. After chatting a few words, Chen Kai didn't plan to continue wasting time, and simply directly explained what the mouse beard needed him to do.
"You buy storefronts and warehouses in the town, and I will send some personnel from Chaozhou. Work is to buy and sell, for the purpose of making a profit. Put the stall up first, and we'll talk about it later. ”
The work of a shopkeeper, the mouse beard is a little unclear, but if he doesn't understand, he doesn't understand, since Chen Kai said it, he agreed without hesitation, and repeatedly told Chen Kai that he would do things well and never let down Chen Kai's trust in him.
"Then, join the army, what's the name of this shop?"
"Four words, Guangdong trade."
"Ugh."
Some are too simple, and some are nondescript, unlike ordinary shops that always have some auspicious names, just a concise description of the creation area and the type of business, and that's it. But even so, the mouse beard didn't say much, quickly wrote down his name, and asked Chen Kai for some related matters, before leaving the official office happily.
Watching the mouse whisker leave, Chen Kai thought back to what he talked about with the rat whisker this time, and it seemed that nothing had fallen, let alone anything out of the circle, so he just left it at that. Then he copied two letters, one of these two letters was sent to Qiongzhou Mansion earlier, and then he chased him to send them, and the other one came with the mouse whiskers, and it was said that it arrived in the hands of Chen Kai on the same day.
After reading the letter, Chen Kai circled around in the official room a few times, and immediately called the relevant people and others to order the next stage of work. Because, he now needs to return to Chaozhou as soon as possible to make sure things happen.
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