"Since the southern barrier of Japan, Xu Wen, Hepu ship line can be May, the capital of Yuanguo. The ship can travel in April, and there is no country in Yilu. The ship can travel for more than 20 days, and there is a departure from the country. Walking for more than ten days, there is a country of Fu Gandulu. Since the husband of Gandu Lu country, the ship can be more than two months, and there is Huang Zhiguo. —Hanshu. Geography》

(The kingdom of Duyuan is in Sumatra, the kingdom of Yi Lu is in Bago, Myanmar, the country of Chenli is in Bagan, Myanmar, and the country of Fugandulu is 92 kilometers southwest of Madras on the Coromandel coast of India.) ）

After the war, the smoke in the air has dissipated. The flames on the towers in the distance had been extinguished, and the embers were gone, except for the charred wreckage of the battle that had not been seen before.

Hepu, the capital county of Lianzhou, was once the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road of the Han Dynasty, and was the largest seaport in East Asia at that time. After arriving in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the mouth of the Nanliu River moved southward for more than ten miles, and the original port gradually silted up. Coupled with advances in shipbuilding technology, voyage times have become shorter. The sailors who returned from the South Seas no longer couldn't wait to find the nearest port to disembark, and Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Ningbo, etc. followed, and Hepu slowly faded out of the historical stage.

By the Haijiao Pavilion, the green mountains and green waters, the blue sea and blue sky, the waves crash on the reef on the shore, and the sound of the waves is still the same for thousands of years.

"Thousands of miles to the sky", four vigorous characters lie on the plaque of the Haijiao Pavilion. Su Dongpo's handwriting was drunk and profligate, and he forgot his work.

Shou ordered to go out of his mind under the pavilion.

It has been almost 2,000 years since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Xiou and opened up Hepu Port. General Fubo Ma Yuan led 20,000 Han troops to sail from Hepu to conquer Jiaozhi. Again and again, the Han expeditionary force set out from Hepu and rushed to the battlefield in Vietnam.

The wheel of history rolls forward, Luoyang - Grand Canal - Yangtze River - Xiangjiang - Lingqu - Guijiang - Wuzhou - Beiliujiang - Nanliujiang - Hepu Port - South China Sea, how many past events have been sealed in this transportation artery. The heroes of the Han nation fought the sea in primitive wooden boats, sailed the Indian Ocean, and spread the prestige of the Han Dynasty to India, to Persia, and to Rome. Their deeds are no longer known, and their glory endures forever.

Now, the ancient city of Hepu is witnessing a war between the Han and the foreigners. Only this time, the Han army in Hepu Harbor was no longer an invader to conquer other countries, and now it was the turn of the Han army to defend their country.

The Ming army of Qiongzhou carried out an invasion of Haibei Province that lasted for a month, and fed back a lot of valuable information.

Judging from the course of the battle, the main force of the Green Battalion Yan Keyi was stationed in Leizhou Mansion, and the response was very fast, even if a night attack captured a certain camp fort, the enemy reinforcements could arrive on the battlefield within a day.

Gaozhou Zhang Daoying reacted a little slowly, landing near Wuchuan at the mouth of the Jianjiang River, and the reinforcements from Gaozhou Mansion could also arrive in one day. However, far away from the inland river, the Ming army landed on the coast near the same city of Dianbai County, and the enemy army reacted very slowly. The green battalion soldiers transformed into the Shendian Guard Army are not strong, and they don't have much enthusiasm to attack.

Compared with Lian and Gao's second mansions, Lianzhou's defensive power is simply a joke. Zhang Pengfei originally thought that the Lianzhou Mansion garrisoned by Li Chengdong's subordinate Zhang Yue, a famous general, must be a hard bone, and sent 200 people to land cautiously. As a result, after three days of sightseeing in the area of Beihai Harbor, the enemy did not move. Zhang Pengfei then intensified his tentative efforts and occupied the two coastal port towns, but the defenders of Lianzhou still did not move. Zhang Pengfei's interest in Lianzhou immediately became strong. Since the Tan people threw themselves into Jianzhou, Zhang Pengfei didn't have to worry too much, he continued to harass Leizhou with 1,000 people from Zhang Shijie's department and the pirate Wang Zhihan, and personally led the main force of 3,000 sailors to Weizhou Island as a base and swept the coast of Qinlian. They are good at sea guerrilla warfare that comes and goes without a trace, and they can't do anything like defending fortified strongholds. Zhang Pengfei easily swept the 8 major pearl pools in Lianzhou, seized a large number of pearls, and made a lot of money. The enemy's commander-in-chief, Yan Keyi, maintained an eerie silence during the process.

Based on the reaction of the enemy forces in Haibuk-do, it was determined that the enemy's strength had definitely changed. In order to figure out what really happened, the raid escalated into a siege war. Zhang Pengfei has swept the coast of Lianzhou, and half of the fog of war has been broken. Relying on the seaport, you can fight and go, as long as you don't go deep inland, you don't have to worry about the mobile field forces that the enemy may hide.

Hainan dispatched 1,500 troops to land in Hepu County, Lianzhou Prefecture, with the naval division. There were only 500 defenders in the city, and the Ming army had an overwhelming advantage, breaking the city in two days.

There was no trace of the enemy's Zhang Yue's troops, and the interrogation of the prisoners and combined with the previously unconfirmed information, it was determined that the enemy's Zhang Yue's troops, Yang Dafu's troops, and Luo Chengyao's troops had all withdrawn.

Lingnan Sanzhong Chen Bangyan, Chen Zizhuang, and Zhang Jiayu gathered the righteous army, the Pearl River Delta was in flames, and Tong Yangjia, the governor of Liangguang, demolished the east wall to make up the west wall, and sent reinforcements everywhere, and most of the enemy troops in Haibei went to aid Guangzhou.

Shou Xu got the exact news, handed over the defense of Hainan to Zeng Ying, and rushed to Hepu on the frigate Excellence. The Haijiao Pavilion outside the city is the main landmark of the Nanliu River, and Shou orderly disembarked nearby and boarded the territory of Guangdong Province.

"If the lord likes it, we will take this plaque down and take it away."

Zhang Pengfei's voice woke up the order from his memory.

Shou Xuan smiled, "No need, just let it stay there." ”

Turning to leave the Cape Pavilion, Shou Xian asked as he walked.

"Have you counted all the supplies, prisoners, and civilians in the city?"

Zhang Pengfei: "It's all counted, and the supplies and prisoners are being loaded onto the ship." The previous retreat of the Zeng Pavilion was very clean, and most of the people in the city had recently moved to the city from the western suburbs. ”

"What's going on with Yan Keyi?"

"Not found yet."

"Good. Have you investigated the navigation conditions between Lianzhou Port and Nanliu River? ”

Zhang Pengfei frowned, "It's just the beginning." The bays in Hepu are tortuous and there are many ports. The requirements of the Federation are high, and they cannot be figured out in a short time. ”

Shou Xuan nodded, "I understand, I am asking about the basic situation of the section of the Nanliu River estuary. ”

"The general situation is clear. The Nanliu River passes through Hepu County, comes out from the Zhou River, has four tributaries into the sea, and the easternmost tributary has the intersection of the river and the sea in the Qianti Port, which is the gateway of Lian County. Not far to the southwest, there is Guantouling in the North Sea as a barrier to block typhoons, which is a good harbor. ”

"The conditions of the dry port are okay, but the water of the Xijiang estuary entering the sea is too shallow for big ships to enter." The orderly entry into Lianzhou is the Qianti Port, and the Excellence Brig cannot enter the Nanliu River, so it can only transfer to the flat-bottomed junk ship outside the Qianti Port. If you want to avoid a typhoon and stop a large ship, you can only go to the North Sea Port a little south, and the connection distance between the sea ship and the river ship will be longer.

"Lianzhou Nine Port, Daguan Port has a vast water surface, which is the main navigation route of Qinlian and Qinzhou, and the port is good. Yong'an Port (now Tieshan Port) is located in the East China Sea, and the water depth can accommodate giant ships. Yingluo Port east to Shicheng County, south of the South China Sea, choking the throat of the Lei Lian Sea Road, is the east gateway of Hepu. We judged that the value of the other ports was not large, and we did not pay much attention to it. ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Shou Order's mouth, "Well, the military value is not great, and smuggling may be used." ”

The ports of Qinzhou and Hepu are intricate, and the coastline is very tortuous. There are more than 80 inland rivers in Hepu alone, and with such a complex coast, there are only two possibilities for anti-smuggling: either to reach the level of surveillance in New China, or to move the border, remove all the people, and then build a road along the coastline to completely separate the coastline.

Shou ordered the staff officer to open the map, and the commander's scepter went up the Nanliu River, and tapped lightly in Yulin Prefecture, "I asked the old boat owners on the Nanliu River on land when I came, according to their description, the 50-ton wooden boat can reach the Baisha River Port in Bobai County, and the 30-ton wooden boat can be traced back to the Chuanbu Town of Yulin Prefecture, and the Chuanbu Town is under the Tianmen Pass. This waterway is deep in the spring and summer high water period, and it takes 15 days from Hepu Qianti Port to the ship port against the current, and 30 days in the autumn and winter dry season. Brother Yaoyu, you are a general, you should know very well what the volume of the Nanliu River means. ”

Zhang Pengfei is a 30-ton wooden ship with a load of 10 tons, and it takes 15 to 30 days to transfer it, and only 150 of these large sampans are needed, and 50-100 tons of materials can be transported every day. The Tianmen Pass between the Beiliu River and the Nanliu River obviously does not have this kind of transportation volume.

"This means that as long as we have a firm defender holding out in Yulin, supplemented by a reliable field force, to compress the range of enemy forces passing through the road, and prolong the war, we will be able to hold Yulin."

"Yes," Shou Xuan stretched out his scepter and waved it around Hepu County, "There are 300,000 acres of cultivated land in the Nanliujiang Impact Plain, which has not been intensively cultivated in the past, and if there is an army of immigrants stationed here, it may only need a small number of reinforcements to achieve the goal you just mentioned." ”

Zhang Pengfei suddenly said, "The terrain of Qinzhou is similar, and it seems that it can be handled in the same way." ”

Order: "Qinzhou is farther away from Hainan, and there is not as much arable land as Hepu, and at the same time, it is necessary to defend Hengzhou in the upper reaches of the Qinjiang River and Nanning in the upper reaches of the Yuhong River. That side is to be occupied, but only a secondary goal. ”

The three major ports of Lianzhou, Hepu, Qinzhou, and Fangcheng.

Fangcheng has a city but no port, and the Fangchenggang District in later generations is now a Vietnamese enclave of Vinh An State.

There are many good harbors in Qinzhou Bay, but the radiation effect is not as good as that of Hepu.

The problem in Hepu is the siltation of the river port, which is located at the foot of Guantouling Mountain in the Beihai Sea, and the connection distance is slightly longer.

Even so, Hepu is the first choice.

Zhang Pengfei silently calculated in his heart, "Lord, that means that if you want to maintain a standing army of more than 5,000 people in Qinlian and have the potential to mobilize 10,000 people, this investment is too great." I think our strategy should be to rely on Qiongzhou Island, protect the strait with sailors, and save resources and accumulate strength. ”

"It's certainly not cost-effective for us to do it ourselves. It would be too expensive to train an army capable of fighting from recruits, and if there was such a force, I would not have let the Zeng Cabinet give up Haibuk Province and withdraw the army. ”

"What does the lord mean?"

"Maybe we can find some allies to achieve our goal of holding Chinliem."

Zhang Pengfei showed a thoughtful expression, "Speaking of allies, many people have contacted us recently. ”

"Oh, who are they?"

"Cai Shicheng, who claimed to be the imperial history, Zhu Tongjian, who claimed to be the general of Shicheng Wangfu Zhenguo, Gongsheng Shangguan Xinggong raised troops in Hengzhou, and Chen Jin in Langzhong raised troops in Nanning, they recovered Hengzhou City, and asked me to attack the rest of the prefectures and counties in Lianzhou Prefecture."

Order: "What do you think of their strength?" ”

"There were hundreds of people each, and they were poorly equipped."

"In cooperation with them, all the captured weapons of the Green Battalion were given to them. As long as the entire territory of Lianzhou is recovered, Yan Keyi can only protect himself, and the crisis in Qiongzhou can be temporarily lifted. The double robbery is coming, and we can also ask the soldiers to help the farmers harvest and grab the seeds. ”

"I'll do it right away, but I don't think they're strong enough to achieve their goal of securing the position of Chinlian."

"Brother Yaoyu, I have said many times that we can only provide limited assistance to our allies, and we rely more on themselves. Only the territory they have laid down will they cherish. Whether it succeeds or fails, you will only know when you try it. ”

Shou ordered to be temporarily stationed in Hepu County, and Zhang Pengfei withdrew half of the sailors to return to Qiongzhou with pearls and other trophies. There was no loot worth plundering in the inland areas of Qinlian Prefecture, and if there were, Zeng Ying would have brought it to Qiongzhou long ago. The army continued to be stationed in Lianzhou for horses.

The person who connected between the Ming army in Hainan and the rebel army in Guangxi was called Huang Heming, a native of Nanhai, Guangzhou, who started by buying and selling horses in the Tusi of Guangxi. Shou Xu agreed to give up the capital city of Lianzhou on the condition that Huang Heming buy 2,000 horses from the Tusi of Guangxi.

Huang Heming brought a somewhat special guest to Shou Order.

"Lu Zhan, the word Konghai, the commander of the Shendian Guard. Dianbai's brothers all call me a village! ”

This is the first time I've heard of this nickname, "Okay, Muraza." How can I help you? ”

"I have long heard that Nanyang Bank has a very good reputation, and the customer's money is deposited into the safe."

Shou Xuan laughed, "That's right, it does. Malaysia will use cannons to protect the credibility of Nanyang Bank. ”

"My brothers and I want to buy Nanyang Bank bonds, but I don't know how much the interest is now?"

The customer came to the door and said with a smile, "We have many varieties of bonds, and the interest is related to the maturity of the bond and the investment target." I wonder how much Muraza wants to buy? ”

"4200 taels of gold, this is just the first transaction."

Keep your smile away, high roller!

"Commander Lu, rest assured, your funds are absolutely safe in our bank!"

"I have one condition before the follow-up silver is in place."

"Commander Lu, please speak."

"Help me recover the Divine Guard!"

Shou Orderly got up and took a few steps back and forth.

"Within a year, the Divine Guardian will be yours."

……

Hepu County has access to more timely information than Qiongzhou, and the situation is changing in a favorable direction. Chen Bangyan raised troops in Gaoming County, Zhaoqing Prefecture in February, Zhang Jiayu raised troops in Dongguan, Chen Zizhuang raised troops in Nanhai County, and Wang Xing rushed out of Xinning Mountain. The three loyalists of Lingnan all embraced the idea of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and desperately attacked the prefectures and counties to which Guangzhou Prefecture belonged. Chen Bangyan attacked Sanshui and cut off the Xijiang River, Zhang Jiayu conquered Dongguan and besieged Xin'an. Chen Zizhuang directly touched Guangzhou. Chaozhou Prefecture and other places have people to raise troops accordingly.

The entire Pearl River Delta was in chaos, Li Chengdong abandoned Wuzhou and retreated eastward, and Shi Fu, Shi Lang and Du Yonghe and other troops were all concentrated near Guangzhou.

The Ming army in Guangxi began to counterattack, and Chen Bangfu reoccupied Wuzhou.

Zhang Pengfei sent his nephew Zhang Guojing to join forces with Deng Yao and Long Qixin on Longmen Island in Qinzhou to reoccupy Qinzhou City.

Qin Lian's victory encouraged the Ming army in Guangxi. With the support of the Ming army in Hainan, in early April, Zhu Tongjian, Shangguan Xinggong, and Chen Jin conquered Lingshan County, and they were only the vanguard troops. Chen Bangfu's regular army of the Southern Ming Dynasty then moved south from Wuzhou, crossed the Yunkai Mountain, and conquered Xinyi with the cooperation of the local rebel Gao Xiang, and forced the capital of Gaozhou to Huazhou City.

The Hainan Ming army attacked the entire Leizhou Peninsula, and Yan Keyi was unable to support the enemy, so he set fire to Leizhou City and retreated to Maoming County, the capital of Gaozhou.

The Ming army reoccupied Xuwen County and the three independent cities of Hai'an, Haikang, and Jinnan, and stopped at the capital city of Leizhou, which was burned to the ground, and no longer marched north.

On April 11, 1647, on May 15, 1647, Shou Xu and Chen Shangchuan boarded the notification ship Lianjiang, left the mainland, and sailed to Houjiang Province. Shou Xuan exchanged 10 cannons and 1,000 rounds of ammunition for Chen Shangchuan, and the small army he left behind was placed in Qiongzhou Mansion and placed under the management of his brother Chen Tingchuan.

This hero, who laid a foundation for the Chinese in history in the Mekong Delta, was still a personable young man. As a 15-year-old middle school student, Chen Shangchuan's talent will naturally not be bad. Signed a special order in an orderly manner to send Chen Shangchuan to the local naval academy as an over-age cadet.