After Chen Qice left, Chen Wen's department was also divided into two parts, one part went south with mortars, Chen Qice's sailors could carry these big guys forward, and Chen Wen led the main force to Guangzhou at the speed of training on weekdays. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The cavalry went around, probing everything around them. The army went all the way to the west, and the defenders of Huizhou had already withdrawn, and the Ming army was like entering a no-man's land. As a guide, Sun Yunxuan is a native of Huizhou, although he has been away from Huizhou for two years, but after all, he has lived in his hometown for many years, and the road is still familiar.

For Huizhou, the only impression Chen Wen has is plum cabbage and pork, and the rest is much worse. However, along the way, you can always see the Hakka people's walled houses, which can be regarded as a scene.

The so-called Hakka people are actually Han people, as they are rightly called, they are the descendants of the Han people who migrated south. Huizhou and Meizhou in the north of Chaozhou, Ganzhou in Jiangxi, and Tingzhou in Fujian are collectively known as the four Hakka states, and the latter three have fallen into the hands of Chen Wen.

However, the army passed, but the gates of the surrounding houses everywhere were still closed, and at most people were sent to send some grain and grass, which was called Xiangzan military quartermasters, but in fact, it was to express the attitude of gifting, nothing more.

This kind of treatment, Chen Wen has not been for many years, I remember that the last time it seemed to be when he attacked Jinhua five years ago, what he didn't expect was that he was already a prince, and he had more than 100,000 armor under his command, especially in the last two years, it is often the people who eat pot pulp to welcome the king, and now there will be this, but it is enough to be speechless.

"Your Highness......"

Sun Yunxuan is a local, and he has a higher understanding of folk customs, and seeing that Chen Wen's subordinates are becoming more and more dissatisfied, they all stared at the villager who led the team with tiger eyes, and swallowed their saliva and wanted to say something for him.

"Sun Guerrilla, this king can understand their minds."

This kind of walled house itself has a defensive effect, and the Hakka people have gone through a lot of hardships when they moved south, and the harsh living environment of the year can be vividly expressed from this point. In the final analysis, ordinary people still look forward to a peaceful and stable life, relying on their own efforts to improve their living conditions so that their families can live a better life. But in this world, there are a few days of real peace and prosperity, especially in this war year.

"Tell the old man that this king is Chen Wen, the king of the Ming Dynasty, and this time he is passing through here to crusade against the traitors who have abused the people of Guangdong for many years, and tell them to wait for good news at home."

Full of confidence, Chen Wen led the army to continue to advance. The capital city of Huizhou is located in the southwest of Huizhou, and like Chaozhou, it is the downstream of a river that flows into the sea, and the transportation is very convenient.

Huang Yingjie, the chief soldier of Huizhou, had already evacuated, and Chen Wen's army entered the city without blood. According to the plan, Chen Qice escorted artillery to land at Daya Bay, and then traveled north to the Xizhi River by land to join Chen Wen in Huizhou. The cavalry had arrived long before the army arrived in the capital of Huizhou, and it stands to reason that Chen Qice was taking the waterway, and he would only be faster than Chen Wen, not slower than Chen Wen, but he still hadn't arrived yet, which really made people feel a little worried.

"King, will there be something wrong with General Ling Hai?"

This question can be internal or external, after all, it is the Ming army in Guangdong, and the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang knows only about them to the intelligence from various channels, even if Chen Wen has only seen Chen Qice once, some things are really not easy to say.

"It's okay, General Ling Hai only escorted those siege cannons, and Hou Guoyuan and An Youfu also carried a temporary siege artillery team there, less is less, but we can't delay any longer."

On the eve of arriving at the capital of Huizhou, Hou Guoyuan's heralds sent a piece of information that the two divisions of Hou Guoyuan and An Youfu had recovered the northern part of Huizhou, and the army would soon arrive in Changning County, northwest of Huizhou. Changning County is not too far from Fucheng in a straight line, but there is a mountain road in the middle, and it may take a few days to arrive.

Originally, Chen Wen could use the time of the convergence to continue waiting for Chen Qice's sailors, but another content in the report sent by Hou Guoyuan forced him to continue to march into the army.

"Zhang Wei has fallen?"

Chen Wen nodded, and then said: "A Shaozhou deputy general, it doesn't matter if he surrenders or not, he doesn't have the ability to influence the situation of the battle. However, the half-moon angel that Shang Kexi claimed could rush to Guangdong, and the king still had to give face. ”

Shang Kexi received the news of Chen Wen's entry into Fujian in Guangxi, and then rushed back to Guangzhou with a large army, knowing that he was invincible, and at the same time he persuaded Ma Xiong in Wuzhou, he had already sent envoys to Yunnan and Guizhou.

But there are not no variables in this, such as the reaction of the Yongli court, whether Li Dingguo will support it; For example, Sun Kewang's reaction, especially when Yongli followed Li Dingguo to play a "dove occupies a magpie's nest", and also considered the mobilization time of the Qin army; Even the delay of the messenger on the way will affect the actual result.

However, assuming that Sun Kewang really attacked Jiangxi as Shang Kexi said, and assuming that the Yongli Imperial Court really sent an angel to order Chen Wen to withdraw his troops at the first time, whether he would really tear his face with the Yongli Imperial Court for this at that time, Chen Wen had not yet thought about it, let alone prepared. In this case, the so-called anticipation of the enemy's leniency, and the capture of Guangzhou as quickly as possible is the key.

After a short rest, Chen Wen's army continued to advance westward, but it was a pity that Huang Yingjie took almost all the ships with him when he left Huizhou, otherwise it would have taken a day or two to arrive in Guangzhou from the Dongjiang River.

However, not long after Chen Wen left Huizhou, Chen Qice's department rushed to Daya Bay. The unloading of the artillery was escorted to the Ming-controlled crossing on the Xizhi River.

"This general, our department was intercepted by Xu Long's traitor on the road, and it was delayed, and I hope that the general will speak well for the last general in front of the king."

Chen Qice was also unlucky, the rebels in western Guangdong were already mixed, and his fleet received the news not long after leaving Shangxiachuan Island, so Xu Long took the sailors out of Guangzhou Bay and chased them all the way to the east, in case Chen Wen got the advice of Chen Qice's sailors.

There was a time difference between the time when the two sent troops, and as a result, Xu Long did not catch up, but Chen Qice encountered him in the area of Pinghai when he returned. If you want to say that Pinghai is not far from Daya Bay, it can even be said to be very close, but Xu Long blocked it there in order to take advantage of Chen Qice's lonely army to fight with him, and prevent Chen Wen from joining forces with Chen Qice, Li Changrong and other sailors to enter Guangzhou Bay and control the sea after Chen Wen arrived in Guangzhou.

Chen Qice was in a hurry, Xu Long was unhurried, and as soon as he encountered it, although it was a tie, Chen Cice still suffered some losses. This is a helpless thing, in Xinhui, Xinning and other places his sea ships have not suffered much losses, but the non-commissioned officers and generals have still suffered a lot of damage, and now it is the time of weakness, and he is eager to complete the task assigned by Chen Wen, and the command is also a little impatient, since he has not been able to find anything cheap in Xu Long's hands.

In the first encounter, Chen Qice had to temporarily avoid the edge, and then fight with Xu Long after reorganization. This time, he drove Xu Long back, but the agreed time had passed, so he had to say two good words in front of this rider.

"Chen Shuai, the last general is soft-spoken, you can't be like this." After waiting here for three more days, the displeased rider replied to Chen Qice coldly, and then handed a letter to Chen Qice: "This is the latest order of the king of my family, you can follow it after reading it." ”

The first time he fought under Chen Wen, Chen Qice delayed the time, which was different from when he was under Li Dingguo. Chen Wenzhijun is extremely strict, Chen Qice has heard of it, although he may not be able to control him, but he still can't help but tremble in his heart. Here he took the envelope with both hands, bowed in the direction of Huizhou, and then opened the envelope.

In the letters, Chen Wen did not have any sense of blame, and it was difficult to avoid that things at sea would be delayed for several days in the event of wind and waves. Besides, Chen Qice was only a friendly soldier who came to cooperate with the battle, and he was not Chen Wen's direct subordinate, so too much harsh criticism was not necessary, but he needed to be comforted.

“…… The king also knows that the weather at sea can change rapidly, and even if you encounter wind and waves, you may delay time, so you don't need to worry about it. When you received this letter, the king had already set out for Guangzhou, and the artillery you escorted was for the siege of the city, and most of the ships in Huizhou were plundered by the yellow thief Yingjie, and the ships were unloaded here and went to the Xizhi River, or went straight to Weiyuan Island, and the king granted you full authority. ”

Savoring the meaning of the words, Chen Qice immediately regarded it as Chen Wen giving him a chance to make meritorious contributions, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to stop unloading the ship, and quickly loaded the door that had been unloaded back.

"The daring general reported to His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and the last general defeated Xu Long in Pinghai, and now Guangzhou Bay has been a place for our army's naval division. The last general will rush to Weiyuan Island, and he will never delay His Highness's affairs again. ”

Weiyuan Island has penetrated deep into Guangzhou Bay, and Dongguan County is to the north. Chen Qice boarded the ship and set off in a hurry, and the cavalry general also led the team to leave the landing site and rushed to Huizhou to catch up with the main force of the Ming army. However, Chen Qice had a more heart, and had already sent people back to Shangxiachuan Island to ask Li Changrong to wait for him in Daxi Mountain, so that the two armies could join forces to enter Guangzhou Bay.

This is an established plan, not only Chen Qice, but Li Changrong also wants to leave a good impression on Chen Wen. The fleet pulled anchor and set sail to Guangzhou Bay, and Chen Wen's receiving troops soon arrived at Weiyuan Island.

This time, it was Chen Qice who arrived first, and the receiving troops were the same as the front and rear feet. But this time, without waiting for the artillery to unload the ship, Chen Wen's new order forced Chen Qice to load the ship again.

This time, it was no longer loaded back into the big boat, but on a sand boat that could travel in the river. According to Chen Wen's order, after leaving Weiyuan Island, the sand boat rushed all the way to Dongguan, where a Qing army was stationed, Chen Wen did not intend to spend troops, so he planned to bombard it directly with artillery.

This is to assist in the siege of the city, it is a credit, Chen Qice and Li Changrong are both happy, and hurriedly command their subordinates to act according to Chen Wen's orders.

The mortar cannon and Hongyi cannon escorted by Chen Qice were quickly transferred to the sand boat, and the sand boat slowly went upstream, fortunately it was not too far, but when it came to the south of Dongguan City, I learned that the original person in charge of the battle here was Zhang Zisheng, the commander of the Gongmin Middle Division of the Gan State, and Chen Wen rushed to Guangzhou with the vanguard of the Four Ming Divisions and the Luling Division and the Yuhang Division.

There was no accident in the attack on Dongguan County, and the Dongguan city wall was built in the early Ming Dynasty, which can prevent Japanese invaders and prevent floods, and is very strong. However, the morale of the defenders in the city was really not very good, and the white flag was raised before the city wall was blasted, and Zhang Zisheng, who had been preparing under the city for a long time, had made several contingency plans in vain.

"I surrendered after firing two shots, so why are you still pretending to be there?"

Zhang Zisheng was very dissatisfied with this, he stayed in Fujian for two years, although Chen Wen never treated him badly in his official position, but he missed the great achievement of becoming a famous king and recovering Nanjing, but he missed it for a lifetime, and there was no place to regret. As a martial artist, being able to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions is something that he would dream of, this time Chen Wen handed over the task of leading the troops to attack the city independently, Zhang Zisheng just planned to play a role, and also let those guys who were jealous of his status see, but the defenders were as strong as this, which really disappointed him.

"Grandpa Guo spare his life, Shang Kexi's old dog arranged the elite in Guangzhou, those of us who guard the outer counties are not his cronies, everyone has long wanted to return to His Royal Highness the King of Shunyue, and return to the Grandpa of the Kingdom, it is really Shang Kexi's cronies who supervise the war in the city are too strict, if it weren't for the Grandpa Guo fired a few shots to scare him, I really can't make a noise."

Zhang Zisheng was not very satisfied with the process, but the information provided by the defenders was very useful. Dongguan is like this, and there is Zengcheng County in the north, which is also the area he is responsible for attacking. Now that there are Dongguan defenders, there is probably no need to waste much strength there.

"A few of you follow your father-in-law to Zengcheng County and persuade the defenders of Zengcheng County to surrender in Kaicheng, which will have your own benefits."

In the midst of the defenders' gratitude, Zhang Zisheng prepared to set off to cross the Dongjiang River. However, on the bank of the Dongjiang River, on the side of the fleet that was reloading, Zhang Zisheng got closer but clearly saw Li Changrong gently stroking one of the mortars, revealing an envious look.

"Well, this person can try to fight for the king."

Zhang Zisheng stroked his beard and boarded the ferry with a smile. He is the highest-ranking officer, and he knows that there is not much time left for the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang, and now it is necessary to pull out the stronghold that threatens the side of the grain road as soon as possible, and launch a siege operation as soon as possible to better avoid the interference of external forces.

Time was pressing, and Zhang Zisheng quickly swept the flank and threatened, establishing a stronghold to serve as cover for the main force. At the same time, Chen Wen had already handed over the army to Ma Xin, who would march normally with his troops and set up camp at the established location, while Chen Wen rushed to Guangzhou with a cavalry in advance to know what to do.

It's just that outside the east city of Guangzhou, Shang Kexi has already set up another village in several key places, and it is not easy for Chen Wen to get a glimpse of Guangzhou. And he had no intention of attacking this time, relying on the telescope to look from afar, he couldn't see the specifics, but he could barely know the general situation. It was just a white flower outside the East City, but it really made him frown, and it wasn't until a moment later that he withdrew his gaze, and then let out a long breath.

"Guerrilla Sun, there, it's the common mound."