Chapter 167: Under the City of Zhaoqing

"What?" Ding Chukui almost couldn't believe his ears, got up suddenly, and then knocked down the desk in front of him, the four treasures of the study, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and other messy furnishings, fell to the ground in an uproar.

But at this moment, Ding Chukui didn't have the energy to care about this.

"Master, the little one doesn't dare to speak. The home has been seized by Xia Jun and all of them have been confiscated, but the small one is to see that they are not tightly guarded, so he escaped. The servant said.

After Ding Chukui confirmed the news, he quickly calmed down. It's just that no matter how calm he is, he feels a slight pain in his heart.

When he arrived in the south, his home in Yongcheng was lost to the rebels. Ding Chukui didn't think about going back, he felt that the form was not allowed.

Therefore, he made up his mind to re-press his family in Guangzhou.

Only then did he work hard to scrape such a large family foundation in the city of Guangzhou, not to mention more than one million taels. At this time, all of a sudden, all of a sudden, Zhang Xuan was cheap, it can be said that Zhang Xuan received Ding Chukui's family property, even if he did not collect other taxes, it was enough to fight in Guangdong for more than a year.

Ding Chukui pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife and said, "Except for you, how many people else know?" ”

The servant said, "Many people have run out, but the small ones have borrowed the boats from the house, and they have come faster. ”

Ding Chukui's hand on the handle of the knife loosened slightly, and said, "You go down and rest." Whoever comes, reward him with a hundred taels of silver. ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Unbeknownst to the servant, he had actually gone through a life-or-death situation. If he had just returned, only he would know that Ding Chukui would have killed him and blocked the news. And there are many people who know that Ding Chukui knows that this news can't be hidden. I had to let him go.

Ding Chukui was stunned for a moment and said, "Please Lord Chen, General Li come over." ”

Even if this news is blocked, it won't last long, and Ding Chukui doesn't want him to spread so quickly. You can only consult with a few people.

After Chen Jitai and Li came over, Ding Chukui told him about the situation.

The two were taken aback. It's just that the two of them think differently. The three of them were silent for a while, and Chen Jitai said, "Lord Ding, what are you going to do?" ”

Ding Chukui sighed and said: "I was focused on attacking Zhaoqing City, where the sky fell, I didn't pay attention for a while, and I asked Lord Chen to teach me." ”

Chen Jitai didn't know if Ding Chukui really didn't pay attention, or if he didn't have the main thing, he said: "It's like this, Your Majesty is still in the hands of thieves, we might as well vote for King Gui." If you want to hold an army of 100,000 and defect to King Gui, you can also be reused. ”

Ding Chukui frowned slightly, he was not very satisfied with Chen Jitai's suggestion, but Chen Jitai recruited many pirates, such as Lin Cha and others, who had an affair with Chen Jitai, so Ding Chukui also had to give Chen Jitai some face.

Ding Chukui's eyes turned and saw Li Guo. But seeing that there seemed to be something in Li Guo's eyes, he asked, "What does General Li decide?" ”

Chen Jitai saw Ding Chukui go to ask Li Guo, and his heart was slightly dissatisfied, originally when they were civil officials and bigwigs discussing major matters, there was no position for a general like Li Guo, but thinking of the current special situation, as well as Li Guo's last military exploits, he just moved his lips slightly, but he didn't speak.

At this moment, Li Guo's mood is also very complicated.

On the one hand, under his careful scrutiny, I have to say that Li Guo has done a beautiful job. Running thousands of miles to hit in one fell swoop is easier said than done. Li Guo was not sure that he could do it. On the other hand, from the most rational thoughts, Li Guo agreed with Chen Jitai's idea, and since Shaowu was gone, he defected to Yongli.

There must always be an emperor in the Ming Dynasty.

This is not only the opinion of Chen Jitai and Li Guo, but also the common opinion of many soldiers.

Whether they are ignorant or servile, anyway, many times there is no emperor here, which will make the people below at a loss.

But Li Guo also saw an opportunity, that is, an opportunity to kill Li Guo.

Li Guo said: "Dare to ask the elder pavilion, how many days has Zhang Xuan captured Guangzhou?" ”

Ding Chukui pinched his fingers and said, "It's been three days." ”

Li Guo said: "How many people were there when Zhang Xuan entered the city? ”

Ding Chukui shook his head and said, "I don't know about this." ”

Li Guo said: "I think there must not be much, otherwise he would never have come to the city of Guangzhou so quietly." ”

Ding Chukui's heart was also moved when he heard this. He is also a man who has fought. For Zhang Xuan, he suddenly assaulted the city of Guangzhou. His first reaction was impossible, and it can be seen from this that he was surprised by this event.

But after careful analysis at this moment, I immediately felt that what Li Guo said was right, and there must not be many people in Zhang Xuan.

"What does General Lee mean?" Ding Chukui said.

Li Guo said: "At this moment, Zhang Xuan is marching thousands of miles, the army will be tired, and the army will be tired of marching secretly, and there will not be many troops. We have 100,000 people, why wait for Zhang Xuan to attack, why not counterattack Guangzhou. ”

"If you can save Your Majesty, it will not be in vain, if you can't save Your Majesty. It is also used to dedicate the city of Guangzhou to King Gui, and ask King Gui to move the capital to Guangzhou, and we also have a foundation for our lives. ”

Ding Chukui's heart lit up, and he said secretly: "Good way." ”

Ding Chukui also had a faint worry in his heart. This fear is nothing else, after going to Guilin, he will lose power. But Li Guo's method is a good way, let King Gui move the capital to Guangzhou, and Guilin can't be compared with Guangzhou in any way. With Ding Chukui's connections in Guangzhou, it is mainly said that he can not oppose customers, and he controls King Gui in his hands.

Although he was moved, he immediately looked at Chen Jitai and said, "What does Lord Chen think?" ”

Chen Jitai said: "This strategy is good, and the major affairs of the country and the dynasty are important. ”

Although Chen Jitai agreed, what he thought was different from what Ding Chukui thought. In his opinion, both Shaowu and Yongli are Ming. And whether Shaowu is captured or not, he is unbearable at the moment. Yongli's inheritance was determined.

The city of Guangzhou is of great significance to Lingnan, and even in a sense, Lingnan is just a Guangzhou.

Guangzhou is in the hands of the Xia army, Guangdong will definitely not be guaranteed, and since there is an opportunity at this moment, Guangzhou City must be taken back. The Daming River has drifted to this point. The time has come when no more cities and places will fall.

The trio made a decision.

Chen Bangyan from the head of Zhaoqing City immediately felt that the situation was not quite right. Then he watched Ding Chukui's team retreat slowly.

In the past few days, Ding Chukui attacked day and night, not only onslaught, but also the gentry in the traffic city, many people were shaken. After all, for many gentry, this battle was simply a disaster. Whoever wins or loses can do it. Only Chen Bangyan insisted that reinforcements were coming, and refused to close his eyes day and night.

One is worried about attacking the city outside the city, and the other is worried about the surrender of the city inside.

But when Chen Bangyan felt that he couldn't hold on, Ding Chukui actually withdrew. He was puzzled and immediately sent someone to find out the news. In a matter of moments, he got the news, but when he heard the news, his face changed dramatically. said: "Xia Jun is like Guangzhou City? ”

"My lord, the rumor goes like this. Ding Chukui wanted to return to the division to attack Guangzhou. The scout said.

Chen Bangyan couldn't hear his words anymore, he just had deep regrets, but he didn't know where to regret them? Shaowu competed with Yongli Crane Clam and was profited by Zhang Xuan, a fisherman. He felt stupid no matter how he thought about it.

But it is also the situation. In many cases, there is no choice.

Chen Bangyan said: "The order goes down, no one is allowed to pursue, let them go." ”

"Yes." The side agreed.

Chen Bangyan also hurriedly wrote a letter to report the situation here to Guilin. Let's see how Qu Shiyun will solve it.

After doing this, although he was the enemy just now, Chen Bangyan sincerely hoped that Ding Chukui would be able to win this time and recapture the city of Guangzhou. It's just that he doesn't know what to think, and there is an inexplicable worry in his heart that lingers.

But I don't know where it came from.

At this time, Hu Tang's people also worked hard to find the Zheng family's sailor. This is also the fact that Cheng's sailors did not swim in the sea at all, and just temporarily anchored on Hong Kong Island. Otherwise, it will take a few days.