The ear of the country, listening to Zhou Chenglin's ears, only made him feel that the heartbeat was accelerating, from the army sailed through the Lingding Ocean, all the way into the Pearl River, and arrived in Guangzhou against the current, along the way there were constantly rowing boats to join the army, those who took the boat as a house, fishing as a business, or made a tent and lived near the water, the reason why they were willing to join the army, probably to change their status as untouchables, for their surrender, the king of Jin did not refuse, but more were ordinary people along the river, they just heard that the army entered the Pearl River, Although more than ten years have passed, the crimes committed by the Qing army in Guangdong can be described as innumerable, and the people's hearts are naturally clear. Naturally, people continue to come to join the army, and when others sigh that the people's hearts are available, for Zhou Chenglin, this ear-catching hometown sound always makes him immersed in the joy of returning to his hometown.

"Little Lao'er led the villagers to welcome the ...... of Master Wang"

When riding a horse through the town on the edge of the city, I saw an old man wearing a Ming-style Confucian robe leading dozens of people to stand at the corner of the street, and his expression was very excited, there was the slightest intention to avoid soldiers.

Seeing that the leader was an elder, Zhou Chenglin hurriedly jumped off his horse and replied in Cantonese dialect.

"How dare the boy accept the old man's gift."

I didn't think that this "general" was speaking Cantonese dialect, so the old man asked even more excitedly.

"The general is also from Guangfu,"

After receiving an affirmative answer, the old man, who was still a little restrained, suddenly relaxed a lot, and when he looked at Zhou Chenglin's sideburns, he said in a somewhat trembling voice.

"General, general, the little old man has an uninvited request, but can you please ask the general to take off his helmet and let me see my Han hair bun again......

Looking at the old man with an excited expression, Zhou Chenglin would refuse, and when he took off his helmet, he said to the soldiers behind him.

"Everyone took off their helmets."

When dozens of horsemen took off their helmets, the people of the street saw it, and saw that these soldiers were all curling their hair in a bun on the top of their heads, and it could be seen from the bun that they had not shaved their hair. Looking at the hairstyle left by the ancestor, looking at these soldiers of different ages, the old man suddenly burst into tears, and he said while crying.

"We are willing to be obedient to the Tartars, and we are accustomed to the Tartars, what face do we have to see the king now......

While crying, he removed the so-called cloth on his head, and exposed the money rat tail, since the Qing prisoner entered the customs, the Han family children, if they want to live, they are forced to shave off the hair of the former "parents dare not destroy" in humiliation, leaving only the copper coin is a little bigger, combed into a small braid, shaped like a rat's tail. It's called the "money rat tail" formula. Moreover, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was extremely strict in prohibiting hairstyles, not only did tax collectors inspect the customs customs, but also invited the children of the gentry and the prisoners to banquets under the pretext of courtesy. In addition to drinking, he will get up and say, "When you shave your hair again, the style should be like money, please take off your hat and check it." "If they only have their sideburns omitted and their crowns are as they were, they shall be immediately imprisoned and beheaded, and those who are like them shall be released. For more than ten years like this, how dare this people disobey their lives for the sake of survival.

Now seeing these soldiers who still had the hair of their parents, the old man suddenly became ashamed of himself, so that he was so excited for a while that he couldn't help himself, he touched his bare head with tears in his eyes, and cried loudly, and even beat his chest and cried.

"The parents who received it, all of them were destroyed, all of them were destroyed, and they had no shame to see their ancestors and ancestors! Seeing the ancestors without a face......"

Weeping silently here, the old man who was so excited that he couldn't restrain himself slammed into the archway pillar at the entrance of the street, and even the people around him didn't react, and the blood flowed in an instant, and the brains flew sideways.

And those who couldn't cry because they saw the long-lost bun, when they saw this scene, they were all stunned, the crimson blood, the white brains, and the shaved head like an open scoop, all this was so shocking, the air instantly became more and more solemn, people's expressions became sad, and even a little ashamed.

Holding the reins of the horse, Zhou Chenglin didn't know what to do for a while, his eyes stared at the old man who should have been happy but had died, and in addition to the astonishment in his eyes, there was a burst of excitement.

, The middle-aged man who was standing next to the old man looked at the old man who died on the archway with a sad expression, and the tears suddenly rained down.

"Daddy......"

This cry let Zhou Chenglin know the identity of the middle-aged man, and just when he wanted to say comfort, the middle-aged man knelt in front of him and kowtowed.

"General, I'm waiting for the grass people, I just hope that Wang Shi can recover Guangdong as soon as possible, so that my people can be Han'er ...... as soon as possible."

Knock, knock...... When the heavy sound of kowtowing came into his ears, Zhou Chenglin only felt that his eyes were hot, he looked at the people who were kneeling together and kowtowing to them, bowed their heads with both hands and bowed deeply to their knees,

"Please rest assured, as long as I have a breath of air, I will definitely recover my Daming rivers and mountains!"

This promise is not only a promise made by Zhou Chenglin to the people, but also when he left Zhancheng, Li Dingguo also made such a promise to the emperor when he bid farewell to the emperor, and now, in the camp, his eyes are staring at the flag hanging high on the flagpole, the word "Ming" on the flag is very eye-catching, and his expression is also very excited.

It's finally back!

Finally set foot on the land of Daming again!

Guangzhou!

Again, he thought of six years ago, before and after he led 200,000 troops to attack Xinhui, when he tried to capture Xinhui first, and then Guangzhou, but it was the long-term siege of Xinhui, so that more than half of the 200,000 troops were killed and injured due to the plague, but Zheng Chenggong's army was still hopeless. The Qing court reinforcements took the opportunity to kill, and the Qing soldiers of the Eight Banners attacked the front and rear with the armies of the Ping and Jing Domains, and used cannons to disrupt his most powerful elephant formation. After four days of fierce fighting, the army was all killed at the foot of Guifeng Mountain outside the north gate of Xinhui, and only a few thousand of the 200,000 troops finally fled back to Yunnan. After the battle of Xinhui, his elite was lost, and he no longer had the strength to enter Guangdong, and even the hope of Ming Zhongxing came to naught.

At that time, he never thought that one day he would once again lead his troops to the city of Guangzhou, but compared to the 200,000 army of the year, now he led only 24,000 people, 24,000 people are all the strength under his command, and they are also where the elite is.

Soldiers are expensive but not much more expensive!

Although there were 40,000 Qing troops in the city of Guangzhou at this time, Li Dingguo was still full of confidence in the siege, the reason why he was full of confidence was not because of the trust in the 24,000 elite soldiers under his command, but more because of the trust in the allies.

"There are thousands of cannons fired by the water division, I think that in a few days, the Guangzhou city wall will definitely collapse for the water division, once the city collapses, I have to see what Shang Kexi still has to rely on......"

Again, Bai Wenxuan stared at Guangzhou City with hatred and hatred, and said in a resentful tone.

In that year, the Qing soldiers of the Eight Banners of Xinhui attacked the armies of the Ping and Jing Domains before and after, which made them hate Xinhui and finally defeated the southwest, which also had a very close relationship with the loss of Li Dingguo's elite in the battle of Xinhui.

"It's better to be cautious, although it can be broken by 10,000 cannons, but there are still 40,000 elite Qing troops in this city,"

Li Dingguo's eyes stared at Guangzhou City in the distance, now he is not like six years ago, he has 200,000 troops under his command, even if he has 200,000 troops under his command back then, but he is embattled, he still feels that his strength is declining, so he is very cautious at every step, not to mention that there are only more than 20,000 people under his command now, and his character is already cautious and even strict, so he naturally becomes more cautious.

The reason why he is so cautious is because Li Dingguo knows very well that he can't afford to lose, and even Daming can't afford to lose.

"Six years ago in Xinhui, the lone soldier besieged Xinhui in order to besiege the city to help, to attract the Qing army to help, so as to be able to take Guangzhou, now I think about it, that day was too conceited, if not, how could it be for the Qing army to attack before and after, although there is a loyal army fleet to help today, but our army is limited, if you want to attack the city, I am afraid you have to spend a lot of effort to ......"

When mentioning the defeat of Xinhui, Li Dingguo did not even mention the slightest old incident of Zheng Chenggong's reinforcements, but only took the responsibility on himself, and the generals around him did not know that the reason why the Qing army was able to send a large army to attack Xinhui was precisely because Zheng Chenggong did not send reinforcements. Of course, it is also because of the drag of the group of Wuhe people of the Guangdong righteous teachers.

But since King Jin didn't say it, they naturally couldn't say it, but they understood many things in their hearts, and they just echoed King Jin's words. As for the thoughts of his subordinates, how could Li Dingguo not know that the battle of Xinhui was a scar for them, and it was also a threshold that could not be crossed.

They can't get through, but as the king of Jin of the Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo knows that he must cross this threshold no matter what, after all, in the future, he will have to go on a northern expedition, and he will cooperate with Zheng Chenggong, and the two will be ministers in the same dynasty in the future, and they will jointly rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty.

Xinhui's threshold, no matter what, you have to cross it!

After letting out a sigh in his heart, Li Dingguo took a step forward, his eyes staring at Guangzhou City, and said to everyone.

"Do you know why Lone was defeated in Xinhui City last time, in Xinhui?"

Li Dingguo, who was already determined to cross the threshold of Xinhui, stared at Guangzhou City and asked. After hearing this question, almost all the generals around him instinctively thought of Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Chenggong's appointment.

"The defeat of Xinhui is not because of others, the defeat of Xinhui is all in this king, and he has not expected the enemy's heart! So as to be taken advantage of by the enemy, so that there was the defeat of Xinhui! ”

After saying this, Li Dingguo suddenly laughed heartily.

"This time, Lone is will never let Qing Yu be satisfied again!"