The people of Guangzhou have never seen this kind of formation, and among these second- and third-grade officials, only Han Duan often walks around outside and knows many people.

Being watched by the "untouchables", and because he was too fat, he kept wiping his sweat and was pointed at, Zeng Fan, the political envoy of Zuobu, had a very ugly face, and said angrily at Han Duan: "Lord Han, you let these people go in and out normally, and when the time comes, you will disturb King Guiduan, and the prince will blame it, don't blame us for not interceding for you!" ”

Han Duan smiled and didn't answer, he was deeply influenced by Han Lin, this time he resolutely didn't have to avoid it, plus he had soldiers in his hands, and Zhou Hong and the others didn't want to have any conflict with him, so they could only grieve this fat man.

After a quarter of an hour or two, Han Lin rode his horse to the greeter first, followed by the royal convoy.

Han Lin dismounted, and directly skipped the rest of the people to introduce the few people who came out of the carriage to Han Duan: "Dad, this is King Guiduan, this is the King of Yongming County, and this is the King of Anren County......"

Han Duan and other officials didn't care about Han Lin's "rudeness" at this time, and they all saluted King Guiduan and the others with smiles.

Han Lin has always disdained these false scenes, and when they finished performing, Han Lin directly took the palace personnel into the city and lived in the newly built palace.

In an inconspicuous courtyard, Governor Yuan Yang and others gathered together, and Zeng Fan, the political envoy of Zuobu, asked, "Is there anything Lord Yuan looking for us?" ”

"Hehe," Yuan Yang lowered his head and played with the wrench in his hand, "Didn't Lord Zeng ask knowingly?" ”

"I don't know what you're talking about," Zeng Fan sneered and stood up, "This envoy is busy, so if it's okay, I'll leave first." ”

"Wait." Governor Wang Zhengli hurriedly stayed, "Lord Yuan sells Guanzi, then I'll tell you, the latest news, after Li Zicheng became the emperor, he has captured Datong, Beijing is in danger, His Majesty appointed Wu Sangui as Ping Xibo, and Fei Wei Wu Sangui entered the Weijing Division." ”

Zeng Fan's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it: "Has it reached this point?" Isn't that King Guiduan ......?"

"That's right, once Your Majesty encounters an accident, those of us who are officials must swear to defend the Ming Dynasty!" Yuan Yang said awe-inspiringly, "The first step, we should work together to get rid of these national thieves of the Han family!" ”

Everyone present was silent when they heard this, although they had passed the qi before, but when it came to the matter, they still couldn't make up their minds.

In the end, Wei Wuyi, the envoy, slapped the table: "When you continue to suffer from the chaos, General Zhou Bing, if you are sure, what reason do we have not to do it?" ”

"Grasp the nature," Zhou Hong laughed, "This Han Lin's self-improvement army is tens of thousands, divided into three divisions, the division commander is Han Lin, Han Duan and a man named Zhang Jiayu, but they are distributed in various prefectures, and now this Guangzhou city does not count Deng Zhizhou's officials and the like, the defenders are about 8,000 people, of which the Han family only has more than 1,000 people, and the rest are the men and horses of the two battalions under my command, as long as the first strike, the Han family is just a turtle in the urn!" ”

Speaking of this Zhang Jiayu, this person is one of the three loyalists of Lingnan who resisted the Qing Dynasty in history, a native of Dongguan, and has been practicing martial arts since childhood. However, he was encountered by Han Lin during the township examination, and as a result, he was successfully brainwashed and joined the self-improvement army, and since then he has been insulated from the imperial examination.

Then Yuan Yang took out a piece of silk, asked his subordinates to send pen and ink, and left his name on the silk, "Since it has been decided, sign it here, and do it in three days, no one will want to stay out of it when the time comes!" ”

Three days later, in the palace, Zhu Changying, the king of Guiduan, was weak and sick, so he had to rest early.

"Lord Wang, Commander Han is visiting."

Zhu Changying's face sank, when he entered the city that day, all the Hengzhou troops who followed him were left outside the city, I heard that they were scattered and randomly incorporated into Han Lin's self-improvement army, and his own guards were also assigned to I don't know which mansion, and now the guards inside and outside the palace are all Han Lin's people, I don't know what Han Lin's intention is to come this time.

"Please come in, General Han." Zhu Changying replied.

"I've seen the prince, are you okay?" Han Lin said with a smile.

"General Tohan's blessing is no longer a big deal." Zhu Changying greeted him with a smile, "I don't know what General Han is looking for me?" ”

"Naturally, it's a good thing, I want to invite the prince to watch a good show, but this play won't be staged until later, no, I even brought chess." Han Lin set the Go in his hand on the table, "Let's have a game?" ”

"Okay."

The time is approaching, and Han Lin's chess skills are not very good, so he keeps losing. Seeing that Zhu Changying's face was a little pale, Han Lin said: "The show will start immediately, if the prince can't hold on, rest now." ”

"It's okay," Zhu Changying waved his hand, "This king wants to go out for a walk." ”

"That's right."

Soon, Zhu Changying, who had walked to the edge of the palace, heard faint footsteps outside, "Commander Han, what is this good show?" ”

"Yuan Yang and other rebellious ministers and thieves tried in vain to murder the prince, but fortunately, I got the report in advance, so I sent someone to protect the palace, the prince doesn't have to worry, it doesn't hurt to go out of the palace to see. Oh, by the way, the prince should first prepare to appease the people in the mansion. After Han Lin finished speaking, he walked out of the palace directly.

"Commander." As soon as Han Lin came out of the palace, a person greeted him, it was Li Wo, the commander of the first battalion of the Guards Regiment, "There are two battalions under Zhou Hong in the city, each with a garrison and a soldier to join us, we are in the dark, and the enemy's combat effectiveness is far inferior to ours, so it is absolutely foolproof." ”

The first and second battalions of the Guards Regiment were originally in the city, and they left their posts to defend the city at this time, the former was in charge of the Guiduan Palace, and the latter was in charge of the Han family, waiting for the opportunity to move. The third battalion had also secretly entered the city, divided into two parts, and ambushed on the way to the battalion sentry movement.

At this time, going to a sentry camp in the Guiduan Palace, the streets were crowded in the dark, and the garrison Sun Ting looked left and right, chased to the side of the general Zhou Guangtai and said cautiously: "General, how can I have a bad premonition?" ”

"Less nonsense, do you want to disturb the morale of the army?" Zhou Guangtai scolded.

"No, General, what do you think this is?"

Sun Ting fumbled around himself for a while, and Zhou Guangtai was impatiently leaning over to take a look, but saw a bright dagger piercing directly at him, "You..."

Before the words fell, the dagger had already pierced into Zhou Guangtai's heart, and the blade flashed with a seeping white light. Zhou Guangtai covered the wound with one hand, pointed at Sun Ting with the other, and fell down unwillingly.

"Bold Sun Ting, do you want to rebel?" Zhou Guangtai's cronies immediately surrounded him, and Sun Ting's subordinates also protected him. The former helped Zhou Guangtai up, but unfortunately he only had the breath out but not the in.

There was tension on both sides, and the movement here quickly spread to the back, and riots inevitably broke out.

"Colleagues, Zhou Hong's wolf ambition, Zhou Guangtai aided in abuse, I received a secret order from the prince, I had to get rid of Zhou Guangtai, if you want to make a contribution, follow me, don't blame Sun for being ruthless!" Sun Ting shouted loudly, "Zhou Hong employs nepotism, Zhou Guangtai usually beats and scolds his subordinates, their uncles and nephews deduct military salaries, forcibly occupy other people's wives and daughters, and how many brothers' families are ruined, they are simply evil, do you still have to work for them?" ”

The low-ranking military attachés and ordinary soldiers only knew that they were required to control the Guiduan Palace, and they did not know the deep-seated matter, originally Sun Ting had committed the crime of killing Zhou Guangtai so that Sun Ting's subordinates had put him in the position of the enemy, but now Sun Tingyi instigated, and many of the remaining two thousand people thought of Zhou Hong's uncle and nephew's evil deeds over the years, and began to waver.

"The surname Sun is full of nonsense, everyone is million..." One of Zhou Guangtai's cronies saw that the situation was out of control, and gradually panicked, and immediately wanted to stabilize the army's heart, but before he finished speaking, a feather arrow shot from a distance, hit accurately, and pierced through the skull, leaving his hideous face.

Everyone was taken aback, and before they could react, more arrows flew from all directions, shooting many people loyal to Zhou Guangtai.

However, due to the dense position, the enemy and the enemy were not so clear, so the bow and arrow were only consumed, and the people of the guard battalion appeared around, and an officer shouted: "Except for the people who are guarding Sun, those who don't want to be enemies with the palace and Lord Han, put down their weapons, and squat down with their heads in place, otherwise they will be killed!" ”

A garrison who usually uses Zhou Guangtai as a prestige knows that even if he surrenders, it will not be easy, so he pulled out his saber and hacked to death a general of Sun Ting's subordinates next to him, "Kill!" ”

He was originally greedy for life and afraid of death, but at this time, he was stimulated to fight and took the lead, and the chaotic war began.

Sun Ting's 1,000 men and horses were on the left side of the street according to the pre-arrangement, so the soldiers of the guards battalion here took out swords and spears and mixed in to join the battle. On the right side of the street and in front of and behind the entire outpost camp, two or three companies of the Guards Battalion erected strong shields.

Zhou Guangtai's people saw that the total number of people in the guard battalion was far less than a thousand, and they wanted to pick soft persimmons and pinch them, but before they could hit the shield defense line, the dense black muzzles behind them were already aimed at them.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang......

The latest trigger-fire smoothbore flint muskets in the hands of the Guards Battalion fired deadly bullets, the armor of the battalion sentries was pierced like clay papier-mâché, and those who rushed up were mercilessly harvested as if they were cutting wheat.

This musket has been improved and developed under Han Lin's key care, not only is it convenient to charge, but also more adaptable to harsh environments, and the most important thing is that it can already fire four or five shots in a row, but Han Lin still stipulates that under normal circumstances, three rows of shots will shoot in turns, and after three shots, they will temporarily retreat in case of accidents.

Even if Zhou Guangtai's men relied on crowd tactics to rush to the front, there were spear teams that pierced their bodies fiercely.

Despite the lack of superiority in numbers, the balance of victory quickly fell to the side of the Guards Battalion, and Zhou Guangtai's men fell one by one, and the screams filled the entire battlefield.

"I surrender!" Another garrison, who had no contradiction with Sun Ting, saw that the general situation was gone, and reluctantly gave up resistance, and his men and most of the men of the garrison who took the lead in the battle then lowered their weapons one after another, and a large area of the battlefield was squatted.