When Wang Yan was running Guangdong, he forced Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang, to Guilin, so that he and Qu Shiyun, the governor of Guangxi, who supported Guangxi, would divide power between the north and the south.

In August of the second year of Longwu, the news of the great changes in Fujian and China reached Liangguang, especially the scholar He Wusu, who was separated from the emperor after the first battle in Tingzhou, and returned to Guangdong with even more unfavorable news.

In the land of Liangguang, it caused a great shock, rumors spread everywhere, and many people said that the Son of Heaven had fallen into the hands of the Qing army like Emperor Anzong, and the issue of imperial succession was once again put on the urgent agenda.

Out of the consideration of blood closeness, among the Ming domains, King Rui was killed by Li Zicheng, Emperor Anzong and King Hui of the Fu Fan were killed by the Qing court successively, and the descendants of Emperor Shenzong, Fu, Rui, Hui, and Gui, only the Gui domain remained.

In the minds of most of the gentry, Zhu Youlang of the Gui Domain became the best candidate to inherit the unification, and with the Qing troops occupying Zhejiang and Fujian, the anti-Qing forces moved to the southwest, and the two Guangxi generals directly faced the Qing soldiers.

The exact news of Emperor Longwu has not yet been obtained, but Qu Shiyun, the governor of Guangxi, has already supported King Gui to supervise the country in Zhaoqing, and after getting the exact news of Longwu, he will ascend the throne and become emperor.

Outside the city of Guangzhou, the sky was drizzling, the university scholar Su Guansheng and a group of officials stood outside the city, the people and gentry of the brigade, carrying burdens, donkey carts, helping the old and the young rolled from the east, and the crowd was full of official roads.

A group of cavalrymen with small flags on their backs flew through the crowd, shouting again and again: "Get out of the way~100,000 urgent, urgent military report~"

The horses galloped past, and the fleeing people were so frightened that they dodged again and again, and the children cried.

The knight galloped in front of Su Guansheng, then hurriedly turned over and dismounted, ran over and knelt on one knee, and said in a panting voice: "Qiyu Pavilion, Chaozhou has fallen, the Qing generals Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia are going to Guangzhou to kill!" ”

At the beginning, the imperial court gave Wang Yan 30,000 soldiers, and when he left Guangdong, he took with him 17,500 elite soldiers, leaving Liu Shun with only more than 10,000 recruits.

This is because Guangdong was in the hinterland of the Southern Ming Dynasty at that time, so there was no need for too many soldiers and horses, but Fujian suddenly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing troops advanced from the coast of Fujian, but Guangdong immediately became empty.

Although Wang Yan claimed to have trained 80,000 government soldiers in various provinces in Guangnan, in fact, he did not meet the requirements at all, the key was the lack of money and land, and the armor and weapons were not complete, and there were only more than 20,000 people who were actually trained in place, and the combat strength was definitely not able to match the Qing soldiers.

The cavalry's report made Su Guansheng frown, but at this time, another cavalry with an urgent flag in the distance rushed over, and saluted again: "Cabinet Department, Jieyang has fallen, General Chen Wenbao has been killed in battle, General Liu is outnumbered, and he has retreated to Guangzhou~"

When the Guangzhou officials heard this, their faces turned pale, and Chen Bangyan saw this, so he immediately said to Su Guansheng: "Cabinet! It is better to abandon the prefectures and counties along the way, let the Qing troops drive directly to the city of Guangzhou, and we concentrate our forces on Guangzhou, and then ask for help from Guangxi and Hunan. The Qing soldiers can't attack for a long time, and when my reinforcements arrive, they will retreat~"

Su Guansheng frowned, "The Qing soldiers drove straight in, shouldn't all the states and counties along the way be broken." Moreover, the people in Guangzhou are now unstable, and the Qing soldiers directly killed the city, I am afraid that although there is a strong city, it will not be able to defend it for a long time. ”

"The lower officials have also considered this, first of all, General Liu is now in two formations in a row, and 10,000 horses will definitely not be able to stop tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, and the prefectures and counties along the way will still be destroyed by the Qing soldiers. In this case, it is better to send an order to the prefectures and let the people take refuge in the mountains as soon as possible. Chen Bangyan explained: "Besides, hasn't the cabinet already sent Lord He to invite His Royal Highness King Gui to come to Guangzhou to take charge? With the presence of the prison state, Guangzhou will surely be able to unite the army and the people. The more than 20,000 soldiers from Quang Nam can also be transferred into the city. Then let the sailors block the Pearl River, so that the Qing soldiers could not enter the many state capitals on the west bank of the Pearl River! ”

"What Iwano means is to abandon the small city, protect the big city, abandon the east of Guangdong, and protect the west of Guangdong!" Su Guansheng quickly understood Chen Bangyan's strategy.

"Since the enemy can't defeat the Qing soldiers, it's better for the strong man to break his wrist and protect Guangzhou!" Chen Bangyan nodded.

Su Guansheng looked at the people fleeing west on the official road, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, can Guangnan, which has been peaceful for many years, resist the attack of the Qing soldiers? After nearly a year of operation, Canton, which has just improved a little, may immediately be dilapidated after some ravage.

"Just do what Iwano says!" Su Guansheng straightened up slightly, making his back look calm, and then ordered in a solemn voice: "Pass on the order of the main hall, one of them, order the patrol according to Lord He, and welcome King Gui to move to Guangzhou at speed, so as to calm the hearts of the people of Guangzhou." Second, the prefectures of western Guangdong were ordered to prepare for the resettlement of refugees from eastern Guangdong. Third, urgently transfer troops from Gaozhou, Leizhou, Luodingzhou, and Zhaoqing to aid Guangzhou, and fourth, 800 miles to ask for help from Guilin and Changsha! ”

Seeing that Su Guansheng had a countermeasure, many officials suddenly lifted their spirits, and the scribes behind them worked hard to write down Su Guansheng's orders, and then wrote them into documents and sent them everywhere.

At this time, the city of Guangzhou, because the war was approaching, commercial activities basically stopped, the originally busy wharf, empty, the ships of the maritime merchants were mostly requisitioned by the sailors, and the remaining ships were also ordered to sail to the west bank of the Pearl River to prevent the Qing soldiers from looting, and nearly 10,000 wharf coolies were transferred to the city to strengthen the city wall.

When Su Guansheng and his entourage returned to Guangzhou, countless people on the moat were setting up small boats, inserting sharpened wooden piles into the river, and craftsmen at the city gate were also reinforcing the city gate.

Su Guansheng has been operating here for a year, every grass and tree in the city, he has poured a lot of effort, he and the city's officials and gentry, maritime giants, get along day and night, he already has a deep feeling, he saw the busy people, he couldn't help but feel it, turned back to many officials and said: "Now to guard Guangzhou, it is all up to the princes and the hall to help each other!" ”

"Don't worry, we will definitely defend the city with all our might!"

Guangzhou is a big city, with a population of hundreds of thousands, abundant materials, rice and grain bought from the Khmer and Champa can hold on for five months, a large number of dried fish are also stored in the city, grain and grass are very sufficient, and all kinds of armor, bows, arrows, firearms, and rolling wood and stones are piled up in the warehouse. \u000bThanks to trade with the Portuguese, there were 40 large Franc machines, 180 small Franc machines, and 100 Tiger Cannons and Wankou Systems.

In this era, the damage rate of firearms is very high, often after several major battles, the army's firearms will be reimbursed half, Wang Yan has gone through the war, the original car battalion has been basically scrapped, so he wrote to Su Guansheng, asking him to purchase another batch of artillery, these cannons did not have time to replenish Wang Yan, but now they are all placed on the city wall, undoubtedly strengthened the defense of Guangzhou, and enhanced Su Guansheng's confidence.

Looking at the people who were busy reinforcing the city wall, Su Guansheng's heart was a little settled, although he was a civil servant, he could also see the solidity of Guangzhou, and he believed that as long as he followed Chen Bangyan's strategy, he would definitely be able to hold Guangzhou.

Immediately, he led a group of officials back to the government office, but there was an official at the door, pacing back and forth, it was He Gang, the inspector of the imperial history.

In ancient China, at the local level, they were good at using small officials to form big officials, and although the rank of the imperial history was not high, even the governor did not dare to offend, and he had the power of supervision and authority.

When He Gang saw Su Guansheng coming back, he immediately strode to meet him, and before Su Guansheng opened his mouth to ask, he hurriedly said: "Elder Ge, the big thing is not good, King Gui went to Guangxi." ”

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