Huizhou Mansion, the gateway to Guangzhou.

Ming officials knelt on both sides of the road, and Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia rode past them.

Tong Yangjia politely consulted Li Chengdong, "Tingzhen, how do you think you will fight later?" ”

Li Chengdong grabbed the horse's head, and his expression was very arrogant, "Controlling the army, the southern soldiers are fragile and unbearable." We have selected elite cavalry and will attack Guangzhou now, and we will definitely be able to catch them by surprise. ”

Tong Yangjia said with a smile, "Just do what you want, Tingzhen." ”

A hint of a secret sigh flashed from the bottom of Li Chengdong's heart. Bo Luo hurriedly took the class and handed over Guangdong to Tong and Li. Tong Yangjia is a native of Liaodong and comes from the Tong family in Liaoyang. When the Tong family fell to the old slave, Tong Yangjia was very unlucky in the Guannei, and was forced to change his name with a different surname, and mixed with the Admiral Lianghuai Salt Law in the Ming army. In the first year of Hongguang, many Duo soldiers entered Yangzhou, and Tong Yangjia surrendered almost at the same time as Li Chengdong, and then restored his original surname.

Manchuria now has a large number of people of its own nationality, and the Han army of Liaodong is the key target of promotion. As a new general, Tong Yangjia actually has no foundation in the upper echelons of Jianzhou, but because he is a Liao native and surnamed Tong, he immediately won the trust of Beijing. In just over a year, Tong Yangjia, who had no military exploits, was already the acting governor of Liangguang, while Li Chengdong, who was the first in the green camp for his military exploits, was only the acting governor of Guangdong.

Li Chengdong was very helpless, no matter how much he could fight, he still had to succumb to the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Liaodong Han Army.

"Lin Yongmao."

Suppressing that bit of loneliness and melancholy, Li Chengdong began to order.

One of the riders will come out of the ranks.

Li Chengdong raised his horsewhip and waved it westward, "Take Guangzhou and catch Shao Wu." ”

"Admiral, rest assured." Lin Yongmao immediately saluted.

The 300 cavalrymen marched out en masse, took out the braid that covered their heads with a cloth pad, and whipped their horses and whips, kicking up a puff of dust.

Cheng Dong looked at the back of the cavalry with satisfaction, the armor of the Ming army and the Jianzhou army was in the same vein, put away the banner and wrapped his head, and it was almost impossible to distinguish the two armies from a distance.

"Controlling the army", Cheng Dong used a horsewhip to point at the Ming Dynasty officials who had been kneeling on the ground, "let these people report safety to Guangzhou and confuse the defenders there." ”

Tong Yangjia stroked his beard lightly and nodded frequently. "Good idea, it is really a great fortune for the country to have a wise and brave general like Tingzhen."

In fact, it is Tong Yangjia's luck.

The Eight Banners were too tired all the way to fight, and many people were reduced by the battle and march, and Bolo was really a last resort when he took up the Fujian division.

Bolo handed over Guangdong to Tong and Li, but he didn't expect them to conquer Guangdong Province immediately. There are still many numbers of the Liangguang Ming Army, and there are quite a few cutting-edge forces that have not been consumed in battle. Guangdong is also a place where wealth and talents gather, and Bolo's plan is to let Tong and Li gain a foothold in the Chaoshan area of southern Fujian and wait for the next year.

Cheng Dong keenly seized the opportunity of the struggle between the two Southern Ming regimes in Guangzhou Shaowu and Zhaoqing Yongli to march westward, and there was little resistance along the way. Guangdong Province, which is adjacent to Fujian, is Chaozhou Mansion, Jieshi and other places are Zheng Fan's soldiers, and they are almost bloodless to take Zheng Zhilong's orders. By the way, he recruited Chen Yao, a Chaozhou thief who had been a headache for many years in the Ming Dynasty, and Jianzhou was really a gold signboard at this time, which was very useful. Then came Huizhou, where Li Shilian's troops fled without a fight, and they didn't even have time to report to Guangzhou.

Tong Yangjia followed Li Chengdong, almost lying down to collect military merits, and the word acting on the top of his head was about to be removed soon. This official is really comfortable.

When the troops entered Huizhou Mansion, the first arrangement was to arm and set up camp.

Li Chengdong called the Fujian Provincial Inspector who was with the army, "Yuan Pengnian." ”

"Humble duty."

"Take my own soldiers and make rounds around the city. If an officer or soldier offends the people, he will be immediately beheaded. ”

"Yes." Yuan Pengnian took the order.

In the Ming Dynasty, the actual status of the military preparation road in various places was above the general army. Now it's different, the Prison Army Dao is just a subordinate in the Chengdong Army.

Cheng Dong was abducted for the last time in Jiangnan and was fined half a year's salary by the Jianzhou court, which reminded him that Jianzhou would also settle accounts after the autumn. In this southern expedition, Chengdong also has the heart to do something big. I tried my best to restrain military discipline, and I didn't do anything like slaughtering the city. On the way, several Ming Dynasty ministers who were bent on death were captured, and Cheng Dong treated them with courtesy, and sent them back to Fujian to be dealt with by local officials, and never touched the blood of celebrities and scholars on their hands.

The rearguard troops rushed to the city of Huizhou one after another, and it became a very troublesome thing for the soldiers to camp together.

There are 4,131 people in the headquarters of Chengdong, and Bolo has made up 5,000 in Fujian. Yan Keyi, Luo Chengyao, and Hao Shangjiu were added to the account. Tong Yangjia brought 3,000 pacesetters, of which in addition to 300 Eight Banners, the rest were also under the command of Chengdong. In addition, more than 5,000 people after the reorganization of Shi Fu and Shi Lang were also under the command of Chengdong, and the total number of people in the whole army was about 15,000.

After receiving the second prefecture of Chaohui, the number of troops further expanded to nearly 20,000. Shi Fu and Shi Lang's more than 5,000 people have no establishment, and they have been carrying the former Ming officials with the expedition, this is a cannon fodder miscellaneous army, Cheng Dong can't look down on it at all, he relies on the 300 elite horses that set off just now.

……

Zengcheng County, Guangzhou Prefecture is close at hand.

The cavalry got off their horses and took them to the Zengjiang River to drink water and feed some beans by the way.

Li Yongmao smiled and introduced himself to the onlookers, "I am the vanguard of the army that came to Guangzhou Qinwang. ”

Passers-by and merchants gave a thumbs up, "A good horse led by the general is something I have only seen in my life." ”

Li Yongmao said a few words modestly and asked, "Sir, what is the situation in Guangzhou now?" ”

"The Emperor of Shaowu has just won a great victory in Sanshui and completely annihilated the soldiers of the Son of Heaven. Those soldiers from Zhaoqing and Nanxiong encountered four pirates in Sanshui, and were killed, and the soldiers who escaped were all killed in the mud. ”

"Sir, how many soldiers are there in Guangzhou now?"

"Alas, most of the soldiers are on the other side of Sanshui, and the city is very empty."

Lin Yongmao suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, "Thank you, sir, there will be a period later." ”

Back in the ranks, Lin Yongmao named the 10 most capable cavalry.

"Brothers, the credit for pouring heaven has been sent to the door!"

Looking at the cavalry who couldn't wait and left in the dust, the merchant shook his head, "What's the situation, it's still so active in fighting the civil war." ”

……

On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, evening.

Guangdong political secretary crape myrtle archway.

Ten people dressed as sailors of the Franco plywood boat formed a circle under the torii, took off their hats, and slowly untied the green pass, including the head. The citizens of Guangzhou looked at these strangely dressed people in amazement, wondering what they were going to do in front of the Yamen of the Chief Minister.

The shaved scalp and the rat's tail were exposed, and the 10 men pulled out the lancets hidden in the salute.

"The Qing soldiers have arrived!"

In the troubled times, the first wisps of blood of the citizens of Guangzhou flowed on the stone paved roads of red sandstone in Guangzhou.

"Here comes the Tartars!" The citizens trampled on each other, and the whole city collapsed.

The 10 cavalrymen first disrupted the central axis of the city at the Yamen of the Governor's Office, and then retreated to the city gate. The counterattack of the Ming army was belated, and Lin Yongmao's 300 cavalry soon came up with reinforcements.

There is not a single soldier in the city of Guangzhou. Su Guansheng, the chief scholar of the Shaowu Imperial Court, was accompanying the emperor to celebrate the victory of Sanshui in Wuxue, and received a letter that the Jianzhou soldiers had been established, but he did not believe it at all. Misleading the public with false words, he killed three signal soldiers in a row, and lost precious time.

Guangzhou is the first male city in the south of the sky, the city wall is as high as 11 meters, all the rammed earth is solid, and the red strip stone is built one person high. Including the castle tower and the corner tower, there are 90 watchtowers around the city wall. Each city gate is made of hardwood clad iron sheet, and is equipped with a jack gate. There is still a low wall of sheep and horses built outside the city gate, which is within the fire range of the city wall.

At midnight, Li Chengdong's vanguard cavalry relied on these existing fortifications to fight the half-hearted Ming army.

In the city, Sipailou Street, there are arches that Europeans regard as triumphal arches. In a way, the Europeans are partly right. This is the triumphal arch of the imperial examination room.

In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, there were seven Jinshi in Guangdong, Cai Yuanding, Shen Yan and his former Jinyi Wei brothers met under the Yichou Jinshi archway, and the gunfire at the city gate 1 km away to the north sounded so close.

Cai Yuanding: "The 16 vassal kings who sailed from Fuzhou were scattered in the Inspectorate, the Fuxue and the Salt Division. ”

Shen Yan: "Which is the target?" ”

Cai Yuanding: "Zhu Youliang." ”

"How many guards?"

"Nobody."

Shen Yan nodded at the four subordinates, "Clean your hands and feet, don't kill." ”

"Understood."

The fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and it is very rare for the once high-ranking Zhu Ming clan to have something to eat now, and no one takes them seriously. The five veterans of Jinyi Wei were familiar with stealing people, and Zhu Youliang, who was in his teens, was knocked unconscious and taken away in shock.

Su Guansheng closed the city gate and couldn't go out at night. In a pre-arranged mansion, Shen Yan and the others lurked. Watching the sky brighten, watching the city change flags, watching Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia enter the city of Guangzhou as conquerors, watching the 16 vassal kings and their families who fled to Guangzhou from Fujian to be beheaded in a building, and hearing that Emperor Shao Wu and Su Guansheng hanged themselves.

Zhu Youliang had completely stopped struggling, and with tears in his eyes, he quietly watched everything that happened in front of him.

……

At the same time, Fuzhou Prefecture.

Langqi Island divides the Minjiang River estuary into two channels, north and south, and seagoing ships usually take the north channel to enter the Minjiang River.

On the left bank of the North Channel is Lianjiang County, where the Ming army originally set up a small water village. The entrance to the North Channel, the Golden Gate, has a river width of less than 400 meters. The two mountains of Changmen and Jinpai on the left bank face each other, and if a strong fort is built on each of the two mountains of Changmen and Jinpai, the mouth of the Minjiang River will become a strong fortress.

Battleship Raphael.

Harris retracted his binoculars, "Your Excellency, there is nothing on both sides of the strait, and if they build a few strong batteries, we will only be able to land and attack from the ground." ”

It is also inaccurate for the chief of staff to say this, and there are still hundreds of green battalion soldiers and more than 20 warships who have just been transferred from the Ming army in Xiaodashui Village in the distance. In the morning, the fleet sent two frigates to approach, and with a volley, the green battalion, which had no determination to resist, disappeared, and the enemy was gone, so that Harris's carefully prepared attack plan was broken from the start.

The fleet was moderately humid in the waterway between Kulu Island and Langqi Island. From sea to land, all attack schedules are controlled by the tides.

At half past one o'clock in the afternoon, the tide rose, and the fleet entered the Minjiang River in turn with the notification ship Lingjiang as the lead ship.

On the starboard side of the fleet, the left bank of the Min River is already the birthplace of the modern Chinese Navy, Mawei. Under the Luo Xing Tower, the Junk boat full of rivers.