Guangzhou Mansion: the capital of the southern country, the mouth of the Pearl River, and the place where the Han culture in the north and south is the strongest.

The city of Guangzhou in the Ming Dynasty had a circumference of six or seven kilometers and about thirty or forty square kilometers. With a permanent population of more than 300,000, there are many deep mansion compounds in the city, but more of them are two- or three-story brick and wood tile buildings. The history of the city of Guangzhou can be traced back to the late Qin period, and Guangzhou has begun to highlight its status as the center of Guangfu in BC.

Guangzhou, which was prosperous in commerce, was very heavy these days, and after the Han cavalry approached, Guangzhou, which had been peaceful for many years, was closed to martial law again.

In the Liangguang Governor's Palace, Shen Youlong, an old man who had not been in office for a few years, was furious.

The governor was headed by Wang Huacheng, the governor of Guangdong, and Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong, and the three Lingnan ministers were all seniors. But now the three ministers who have achieved good energy all look angrily at Li Chengdong, the Shaoguan Governor who is kneeling on the ground.

As soon as the injured Li Chengdong woke up, he was arrested. The three elders, who had already been unable to hold back their anger, were eager to scold this waste to death.

"Lord Governor, the lower officials boosted their morale at the head of Shaoguan City, and after being injured by the explosion, everything was handed over to General Lin Bing, and the next thing is really unknown to the lower officials." As soon as Lin Chengdong was injured, after simple treatment, he asked his subordinates to carry him out of the city. He hurried all the way back to Guangzhou, and immediately fainted after being injured. Fortunately, the doctors in the city are highly skilled, otherwise Inspector Li would not have woken up now.

Governor Shen sighed deeply: "200,000 taels of elite soldiers in Guangzhou, they can't hold it for two days. Do you know that with this defeat, the entire Lingnan army no longer has the will to fight. ”

"Governor's atonement~" Inspector Li was in a hurry and vomited blood and fainted.

Wang Xunfu shook his head and waved his hand, and asked people to carry Inspector Li next time.

"Lord Wang, Admiral Ding, the soldiers of the king of Annan are coming to the city, how should we deal with it? Can it be held? And for how long? The old governor was in a decadent mood, and finally climbed to a high position, and before he could fully enjoy it, the Han army lord was about to take away the fruits of his decades of ups and downs in the official sea.

Governor Wang smiled bitterly: If you can hold it, the Han army will not return to Lingnan.

"Governor, let's negotiate! Chen Xiong was a native of Lingnan, and the soldiers and civilians in the city did not resent King Annan's entry into Guangzhou. ”

Admiral Ding also nodded: "Governor Humen Sailor has come to report, the Han army has tens of thousands of sailors, and the warships have been approaching the mouth of the river for days. ”

"What Han army sailors have also arrived! Zheng Zhilong, a rat-eyed waste, the first one to finish when Chen Xiong is stable in Lingnan is the Zheng family. The governor scolded that if the Han army did not have a water division, they would still be able to rely on the river for supplies. But now the Humen sailor must not be able to last long.

This is not to blame Zheng Zhilong, he also wants to eliminate the Han Army's sailors, but he is really powerless.

There were originally only more than 30,000 sailors out of the river, but the three fleets recruited troops and horses all the way to attack the small pirates, and even coerced the Daming Haiwei Water Village to join them. Under pressure, or because they no longer wanted to stay in Haiwei, a large number of sailors joined the Han army.

When the three fleets came to the waters of Fujian, there were already more than 50,000 people, and it was difficult for Zheng Zhilong to eliminate the Han army's sailors. Unless Zheng Zhilong is willing to gamble all his belongings, he will not be able to stop the three fleets at all. What's more, even if Zheng Zhilong is willing, the pirate leaders will not fight hard.

When the three fleets arrived at the mouth of Guangzhou, there were 60,000 sailors. As a result, there are less than half of the pirates in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. The most pitiful is the Ming Dynasty Haiwei, many small and medium-sized water villages have almost been abandoned.

After thinking about it for a while, the governor looked at Ding Kuichu: "What are the plans of the soldiers in the city of Admiral Ding?" ”

The southern soldiers all like to get together, so they are all united. But their unity also gives the generals a headache, if it doesn't suit their minds, even the generals must guard against cold arrows.

Admiral Ding smiled bitterly: "The governor is a barbarian, and he doesn't want to defend or fight!" ”

Governor Shen sighed depressedly: "Hey! When are these guys still dead stubborn! The governor of the king is willing to meet the king of Annam, and the departments of the governor's palace are willing to surrender, but the army in the city will let the Han army have a headache! ”

"Good governor, I'll be out of town tomorrow morning." Governor Wang sighed and breathed a sigh of relief! At this point, there is no point in persevering! There are many southern soldiers, and there are many people with various ethnic groups and surnames, and the king of Annam will not embarrass the stubborn southern soldiers. But if these foreign officers and soldiers really dare to rebel against the king of Annan, not to mention that the Han army can't spare them, even the southern soldiers in the city will take them to negotiate peace with the Han army lord in the future. The Han army is dominated by Guangxi people, this is the battle of their Lingnan people, and these officers and soldiers from other places dare to do a lot of things, and in the end they can only be people inside and outside.

In the past, the southern soldiers would still be afraid of the imperial court, but the current imperial court is a waste in the eyes of the southern soldiers.

The southern soldiers at the head of the city also had a heated discussion.

"Go to Shaoguan for those wastes, 200,000 people will let this Beiyan army fight in a few days."

"What kind of Beiyan army, that's the army of the king of Guangxi."

"Hmph, you don't know, those Guangxi Yankees are waiting for the Han army to enter the city!"

Guangzhou is the pearl of the southern country, and the southern soldiers guarding Guangzhou are naturally arrogant. Let them surrender to the king of Guangxi who came out of the mountains, they are somewhat unwilling.

"So what do you mean? Really fighting? ”

Zhong Nanbing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Look at the artillery outside the city, and the boundless men and horses, what to fight." ”

Someone couldn't help but ask: "If you don't want to fight, then don't surrender?" ”

"Get out, what do you think of us Guangzhou people, he will surrender as soon as the king of Guangxi comes!"

"That is, we surrender without firing a shot, but we don't give Guangxi the old watch a joke to death."

The thousand leaders at the head of the city are also depressed, it is nothing if these soldiers do not surrender, but they are afraid that when the city is finally broken, the Han army lord will be angry with them.

The Guangzhou soldiers at the head of the city leaned lazily against the wall, chatting with each other.

Chen Xiong outside the city smiled, and he felt that these Guangzhou soldiers did not have the intention of fighting to the death. In this way, he was relieved, he would rather trap Guangzhou for a year than make a killing.

"You don't have to pay attention to them, even if they go out of the city. I first went to Humen Water Village to deal with the Guangdong water division. ”

"It's the lord." The army commanders nodded, they knew that they could no longer use their knives when they came to Guangzhou City.

"By the way, let people shout to promote the Han Army. He also told the soldiers and civilians of Guangzhou: The Han army will not attack the city, but will start digging ditches outside Guangzhou tomorrow to trap them for a year and a half. ”

"Haha, okay, let's see what they do for a year." Blackball couldn't help but laugh.

Wu Li also laughed: "Hehe~ That's it." ”

Chen Xiong left with the grass and wood soldiers, and the internal guard army and 30,000 cavalry of the Fifth Army of the Han Dynasty also began to besiege Sanmen in Guangzhou. There is also a city gate in Guangzhou that is attached to the Pearl River, and there is no way for them to be left without the sailors.

"What are they going to do?" Seeing that the Han army outside the city began to dig a groove, the Guangzhou soldiers at the head of the city were puzzled. There was not much artillery in Canton, because the artillery of Canton: most of it was in the acropolis on the coast. In the past two or three decades, most of Guangdong's tax silver has been used in the South China Sea. Pirate groups and Hongyi pirates often raided Guangdong, forcing the Governor of Liangguang to deploy troops and forts all over the coast.

Bell bell bell ~

The gong bearers of the Han army began to work again.

"Hey, Guangzhou guys, listen up, our Annan Wang is benevolent and righteous, and he doesn't want to kill Lingnan people. Therefore, the Han army will never attack the city. ”

"Never take the city?" The soldiers at the head of the city looked at the gong hand like fools.

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