Du Yonghe didn't expect the Zhaoqing Ming army to relieve the siege of Guangzhou, all his deployments were to hold the city, and he didn't care outside of Guangzhou.

The city was well defended, but no one knew how long it would last. The recent Nanchang tragedy reminded Du Yonghe of the importance of food, and now only the order can provide him with sufficient food. Although Foshan is good, Du Yonghe can only be regarded as an advance payment for the order.

The battle developed rapidly, and Yingde and Qingyuan, north of Guangzhou, were lost one after another.

Li Shilian, the chief soldier of Huizhou, deceived more than ten kings of the Ming Dynasty, slaughtered them all when they were about to get on the ship, and presented the heads of the princes to Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao as a meeting gift, and obtained the position of Guangdong Patrol Channel.

Lord Wei's eldest brother, Wu Liuqi, the general soldier of Raoping, and Su Li, the general soldier of Jieshi, shaved their hair and surrendered to the captives. Jieshi Town is a large naval town in Guangdong, and Shang Kexi has a not weak maritime force overnight.

Hao Shangjiu, the general soldier of Chaozhou, was surrounded by Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui in Fucheng. Zheng Fan, Shi Fu and Shi Lang allied more than 10,000 people, occupying an absolute advantage. Zheng Fan broke the city, and there have always been no chickens and dogs, which is similar to the difference between the Tatars. The Ming army in Guangzhou was unable to rescue Chaozhou, Hao Shangjiu had no choice but to shave his hair again, leading the green battalion of Zhangzhou in Fujian Province into Chaozhou, and the combined army broke Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Fan suffered heavy losses. Unlike other Ming generals who surrendered on their own initiative, Hao Shangjiu was purely forced by Zheng Chenggong.

The east of Guangzhou is full of Tartars, and the siege is imminent.

Shou Xiang told Du Yonghe to build forts on two large reefs, Haizhu Stone and Haiyin Stone, to ensure the lifeline of Guangzhou on the water. If there are enough troops, the guards want to occupy the two reef islands themselves.

At peacetime, the population of Guangzhou exceeded 500,000, and a considerable number of people lived outside the city, and countless others lived on ships. War was coming, and many people fled.

There were more than 200,000 people left in the city, and Du Yonghe had the conditions to open the south gate, and the first batch of people who retreated from Guangzhou were all wealthy households. Only the wealthy could afford to pay the tax to leave the city and buy a ferry ticket.

People are always lucky when they are not in a desperate situation, and there are not many people who are willing to pay a large sum of money to go to Nanyang, only more than 10,000 people in total. Shou Xiang returned to Xiangshan with this part of the people.

With Du Yonghe's acquiescence, the time is ripe to harvest the spoils.

2,000 Nanyang sailors were dispatched from various merchant ships and armed with arquebuses, knives, light Franc cannons, and the weapons that Xiangshan could use.

Wang Huizhi sent 2,000 people, recruited another 2,000 Guangdong pirates, a total of 6,000 people, and set off from Xiangshan on 400 ships and entered the delta along various waterways.

There are two main targets, Shunde County and Foshan Town on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary.

Foshan is the target of Order's greatest concern, and he personally leads this route.

Foshan is the most developed region in China, with two major industries, iron smelting and ceramics. The so-called iron-producing area in the world is Mo Liang in Guangdong, and the iron smelting work is Mo Liang in Foshan.

Foshan has convenient transportation, ceramics through Hainan Qiongshan Port to take the Western route, through the South China Sea to Manila, or directly sold to Macao, underwritten by the Portuguese.

The most popular ironware is iron pot and iron farming tools, and ships going out to sea will order hundreds of times in Foshan.

After the outbreak of the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Foshan was one of the most important ordnance manufacturing centers in China, and the shipbuilding of the Guangdong Navy Division relied entirely on iron nails produced in Guangdong.

Foshan's water transport is very developed, and the Guangzhou government has divided Foshan and the surrounding 15 villages into Foshan Fort. The fort is surrounded by Foshanchong and Xinchong, and boats can be parked all around the island. The most favorable thing is that there are several tributaries of Foshan Chung flowing into the fort. Among them, three are the most important, the first is the southern section of San Chung, which is vented to the sea at the Temple of Long Mu and Tai Tong respectively. The second is located on the west side of Foshan Fort and finally Pan Chung in the north, which is a tributary of Fenshui from the north into the town.

Shou orderly spread out the map, and the official kiln was gradually silted up in the Ming Dynasty, making it difficult for large ships to pass. Foshan Chung is Foshan's most important access to the sea. Foshan does not produce iron locally, and relies on iron materials transported from all over Guangdong. The waterways in the town are vertical and horizontal, and the subway materials can be directly transported to the iron-smelting workshops everywhere, and the logistics cost is reduced to a minimum.

Foshan's annual iron business tax is 5,814 taels, and 3 taels are levied per 10,000 catties of iron, which shows that Foshan produces nearly 20 million catties of iron every year, about 10,000 tons of wrought iron. This is only an official figure, and the actual output is more than 10,000 tons. There are tens of thousands of blacksmiths and ceramicists in the town, and to the Federation, Foshan is even more valuable than Guangzhou.

Foshan's economy is controlled by non-governmental trade associations. The private economy developed rapidly in the Ming Dynasty, while the private economy and commerce in China in successive dynasties relied on imperial power and the gentry. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Foshan successively emerged as the top figures in the imperial examination and the famous eunuchs who leaned towards the government and the opposition, forming a bureaucratic group based on the township. They integrated the clan organization and formulated the clan rules. A powerful social force has been formed in Foshan.

In the past, when the federation bought things in Foshan, it was indispensable to deal with the association bigwigs and local gentry. As you can imagine, this kind of interaction can sometimes be quite laborious. Now Foshan is open in front of the order, like a naked girl, at the mercy of the king.

Foshan is very large, although it is known as Foshan Fort, but there is no defensive city wall. Only in the north of the town there is a Wudoukou inspection city.

The order rate of 500 Hainan Ming troops and 2,500 sailors arrived outside Foshan Town by boat, and the warship sampan quickly blocked the town.

Thanks to the developed water transportation, it was too easy for the army to invade Foshan.

The Ming army landed with the Francophone plane, expelled the militia of the Inspection Division, and took over the defense. The sailors paddled their sampans and occupied the town's key points one after another.

The sailors with loud voices roared around, "The Tartars are going south to slaughter Guangzhou, and if you don't want to die, pack up your things and go with us." ”

Shou Xiang didn't have time to negotiate with the big gentry, and the Francos fired a series of cannons to shock the whole town.

There are 20,000 blacksmiths, more than 10,000 potters, and more than 50,000 other craftsmen. Crowded in a square mile town. Sailors who had retired from the Navy drove blacksmiths out of their workshops with the butts and backs of their knives, taking with them important tools of production.

Foshan is very rich, otherwise there would not be so many successful people in the imperial examination. This part of the people was handed over to their own guards in order, and the precious metals, silks, and jewels were all packed, and the Nanyang Bank issued vouchers according to the price. Of course, the price of the seizure will not be high, that is, it is a little better than a direct robbery.

Calligraphy and paintings, antiques, books, etc. are not interested in order, and each family can keep it by themselves. There are so many things and people that it took half a month to move them.

Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao's rangers appeared in the north of the town, and the conspicuous Tatar military flag caused a commotion.

Shou ordered to put down the binoculars and gently spit out a word, "Burn." ”

"Archon?"

"It's all burned, and not a single workshop is left."

Hundreds of sailors scattered, kicking down the fuel for ironmaking and kilns, spilling oil.

He lit a rope, leaned over and lit his pipe, and took two deep breaths.

With a flick, the fire rope flew into the charcoal pile, and the first fire was ignited.

Sailors are lighting fires everywhere.

It is always easier to destroy than to build. It took hundreds of years since the Song Dynasty to transform Foshan from a fishing village into an industrial center, and now in just a few days, the town of Foshan will be a charred wasteland.

On the sampan of Fenshui in the north of the town, a Ming archer pulled out a 2-stone hard bow and shot an arrow at the Shang cavalry. The end of the arrow was tied to a letter for Shang Kexi.

Geng Zhongming was a coward, because his subordinates hid hundreds of fugitives, and when he heard that Dolgon was going to reopen the case, he hanged himself in Jiangxi on the way to the army. More than ten years of great military exploits at this time, Mao was not used, and his son Geng Jimao was directly forbidden to attack the knight, so he led his father's old department with the title of Jingqi Nihafan.

Shang Kexi is more profound. Beijing sentenced him to death by hanging, which of course was pardoned by Dolgon. Dolgon's IQ was really low sometimes, Shang Geng's southern expedition army was on the way, and they were all forced to die, Shang Geng's two feudal domains defected to the Ming army, and the Tatars were really going to collapse the whole situation. Dolgon's clumsy methods can only be a joke, and Shang Kexi should not have such a thing.

Of course, the order should take advantage of this incident.

Geng Zhongming is the best propaganda material, and Dolgon used Geng Zhongming to teach the people of the world a lesson, how untrustworthy the Tatars were, and how harsh and harsh the Han soldiers and generals were.

Shang Kexi is an old fox, and Shang Kexi's performance in the rebellion of the three feudatories is very weird. After the pacification of the three feudatories, the governors and other officials who disposed of the surplus wealth of the Shang clan were all executed by Kang Mazi, which was obviously murderous. Shang Kexi was by no means as loyal to the Tatars as he appeared. The seeds of some things had been buried deep in Shang Kexi's heart when Geng Zhongming died.

Shang Kexi fought Guangzhou for himself and for the people of the vassal to create a hereditary territory, which would not be able to give birth to two hearts, but keeping the order could allow the seeds of some thoughts to take root and sprout as soon as possible.

The flotilla returned to Xiangshan.

Wang Huizhi led pirates to sweep Shunde County, and finally gathered a population of 100,000 in Xiangshan. The Federation had 300 sea vessels, and the Ming army and pirates collected more than 200 ships that could go to sea in Xiangshan and other places.

Under the resolute order of the order, 100,000 people and more than 20,000 residents of Xiangshan County were all loaded onto the ship.

Zhang Pengfei dissuaded: "Under the general system, sea ships are just that, and it is difficult for more than 100 ships to go far." ”

"I can't care so much, if I can go, hurry up and transport it away."

"But the north wind is harsh, and I'm afraid this way will be ......"

Shou Xuan's eyes flashed with a chilling light, "It's nothing, there is still a glimmer of life in the South Seas, stay here and wait for death." ”

The miserable life of the coastal people in Fujian and Guangdong has just begun, and a more cruel fate awaits them in the future.

Linghai General Chen Qice broke into the office of the guard order and slapped his hands heavily on the table.

"What are your people doing in Shunde?"

It was Wang Huizhi who was in charge of Shunde, and the discipline of the pirates was certainly not as good as that of the regular army and federal sailors. Rape, robbery, and murder are inevitable, and it is important to immigrate now that order is important, and I don't care about dealing with Shunde's affairs, so I let it go gently.

"General Chen Qice, I'm sorry, but there are some things I have to do."

"I've never seen a pirate sweep the county like you."

"General Chen, I think you should understand that leaving the population will only enrich the enemy."

"But you're going too far!"

Shou Order's tone was very flat, "General Chen, I don't want to explain anything. I will give Guangdong an explanation, but not now. ”

Chen Qice sat down with a blank look.

"General Chen, you don't sit in Hutoumen, what are you doing in Xiangshan?"

"Go to the Tanjiang River and enter the Sanshui."

Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao established two fronts, one was the encirclement of Guangzhou, which was in the process of forming, and the other was the outer front of Sanshui County against Zhaoqing, so as to protect the lifeline connecting Beijiang and Jiangxi.

"You're a sailor, how do you hit Sanshui?"

"Do your best, know the destiny of heaven."

Shou Xuan stretched out his hand, "General, I can only wish you good luck." ”