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In Dongguan County, Guangdong Province, Zhu Jishi calmly rode his horse and stood on the south bank of the Dongjiang River, surrounded by officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the Jinyi Guards. A few days ago, he had just signed a "Ming and British Secret Treaty" with Sir Davis, which stipulated the territorial scope of the future Ming Dynasty - that is, the British Empire recognized that the Ming Kingdom owned Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan, and Gannan Yunyun. With the support of the British Empire, uh, in fact, there is nothing to support, just no objection. In short, now Zhu Jishi can let go of his hands and feet and take all the territories stipulated in the "Mingying Secret Covenant". However, the premise is that the army deployed by Seng Lingqin on the north bank of the Dongjiang River must be defeated.

On the field about five miles away on the north bank of the Dongjiang River, more than 10 groups of hundreds of Qing army horses galloped back and forth, looking at their armor and banners, they knew that it was the so-called Eight Banners Force, and a little farther away was a phalanx of thousands of foreign spearmen, and dozens of artillery pieces were placed in front of the formation, all of which looked like 12-pound foreign cannons!

Behind the infantry phalanx was a huge construction site, where countless Qing soldiers and civilians were working on a town on the north bank of the Dongjiang River to transform it into a large battalion. Obviously, the purpose of the cavalry and infantry phalanx on the opposite bank was to stabilize the battle line and cover the Qing troops behind to build fortifications. Monk Greenqin seemed unwilling to cross the Dongjiang River and descend to the south to take the initiative to attack, he hoped that the Jishi army would take the initiative to attack, so he left Zhu Jishi a battlefield about five miles wide on the north bank of the Dongjiang River, and it may also be that he wanted to attack the Jishi army when he crossed the river.

Will who served as Chief of Staff of the First Army of the Jishi Army. Haiming came to Zhu Jishi's side and whispered: "After a rough reconnaissance, we found that the number of people was about 30,000 to 40,000, and at least 8,000 of them were armed with foreign guns. There were about 80 cannons. The cavalry was more than a thousand people. It seems that there is a certain combat effectiveness. ”

Zhu Jishi nodded and asked, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

"Our weakness is that our cavalry is too few and outnumbered, so it is very disadvantageous to engage an opponent who is superior in numbers and has a large number of cavalry in open terrain. Moreover, the Manchus were in a defensive position, and I suspect that they might take advantage of our crossing of the river to launch an attack, and if they did not succeed they would retreat to Canton and hold out, and since we had no cavalry, it would be impossible to annihilate them in pursuit. Therefore, the difficulty we are facing now is not to defeat the enemy, but to inflict heavy losses on the enemy. It no longer dared to stick to the city of Guangzhou, and even withdrew directly from Guangdong Province. ”

Zhu Jishi raised his binoculars and looked north, and could already see the outline of a large camp in the distance, countless bright flags were fluttering in the wind, and patches of camp tents had been set up. Looking at a very tall flagpole at the gate of the camp, a big banner with the word monk was fluttering, and the name of Monk Greenqin appeared in Zhu Jishi's mind. It seems that among these banner people, there is still no shortage of generals!

"If the enemy is holding the camp and our main attack, how much will it cost to inflict heavy damage on them?" Zhu Jishi asked with a frown.

"The key is how their artillery is?" Will. Hemming frowned. "As far as I know, there are French instructors in the New Army of the Eight Banners in Guangzhou, and I suspect that their artillery will most likely be skilled in the use of shotguns. Dozens of shotgun-firing cannons are not very easy to deal with......"

Shotguns fired from 12-pounder guns pose a great threat to enemy infantry up to 500 yards (450 meters) away, and if the Jishi Army were to attack, they would be strewn in front of the dozens of 12-pounder guns.

"Don't worry, don't worry......" Zhu Jishi smiled slightly, "Will, during this time, we will first confront the Qing soldiers, and at the same time seize the time to train the troops, we have expanded the army too fast before, and there are too many recruits on the team, so we have to step up the drill." After the cooking of Dongguan and Bao'an counties is finished, there should be a big battle. ”

So saying, he put away his binoculars, turned his horse's head, and went back to his camp.

At this moment, the general of Guangzhou and the governor of the Yuehai battalion, the monk Horqin Wang Monk Greenqin, had arrived at Shitan Town on the front line of the Dongjiang River, which was the place where the Qing army brigade was camping. The inhabitants of this large town on the north bank of the Dongjiang River have been dispersed, and it is now a stronghold of a large army. The Qing army and the forcibly recruited people dug a circle of trenches outside the town, demolished a lot of houses and built a low wall with the obtained building materials, and built a two-zhang high lookout in the south position.

When Ulantai, the left wing of the New Army of the Eight Banners in Guangzhou, heard of the arrival of Monk Greenqin, he hurriedly rushed back from the front line and stepped on the wooden ladder to climb the lookout. Monk Lingqin glanced back and asked, "Are the main forces of the rebels all here?" ”

"According to the report of the outpost, with the cooperation of the anti-thieves of the Heaven and Earth Society, the rebels broke through the two counties of Bao'an and Dongguan, and also laid down the two forts of Weiyuan and Shajiao in Humen. A small group of soldiers and horses were left there, and the rest were gathered here, totaling about 10,000 people. ”

"Where is their camp?"

"The rebel bandit camp is outside Gaobu Town, and it is camping, and the bandits have also sent small infantry teams to plunder."

"Plagiarism?" Monk Lingqin was stunned for a moment, and asked Bai Siwen beside him, "Enming, didn't you say that Zhu was rich and rich?" Why are you still plundering? ”

"Plagiarism? Not really, right? Zhu Wei is indeed rich and rivals the country. Bai Siwen muttered.

……

"Ladies and gentlemen! Using this method to invite you over, it is really not Lu's, Lu Mou apologized to you first. ”

Above the hall of the Dongguan County Ya, Lu Peifang, the acting Dongguan County Magistrate, was arching his hands to compensate a man who looked like a squire. These people are all the landlords and gentry who were "invited" from the four townships of Dongguan by the disciples of the Heaven and Earth Society in Dongguan County, led by the infantry squad of the Jishi Army - of course, there are also those who refuse to come no matter how they are invited, and there are also stunned goods who want to resist the rebels and protect the society with their families. The former is naturally punished by confiscation of land, while the latter is most likely to be martyred to death!

"Now that my Ming Dynasty has returned, you are all Han Chinese, and many of you are still full of poetry and books, when you know that my great tomorrow is Zhengshuo, and the so-called Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty is simply the Yidi Puppet Emperor. Feng Han family Zhengshuo, abandon Yi Di hypocrisy, is really the duty of my Han family to read. I think you all know this truth, right? ”

"Nonsense!"

Lu Peifang's words fell, and an elderly master in the hall pointed at Lu Peifang's nose and scolded.

"The surname is Lu, you are also a scholar, and you have been promoted, why don't you even know the truth of Zhongjun? Where have you read the books of your sages? ”

"Lu Juren, right?" Lu Peifang recognized the old man, named Lu Chongwen, who was the number one big landlord in Dongguan, an old man in Jiaqingnian, who failed to pass the Jinshi exam all his life. However, he has a son named Lu Zhaoqi who is more competitive, and at the age of twenty-seven, he was admitted to the Jinshi, the second class twelve, and released Hanlin, and his future is bright. For the sake of his son's career, this Lu Lao'er can't surrender to Daming.

"All the fields of the Lu family have been confiscated! Lu Chongwen has made a name for himself and removed! Imprisoned! Lu Peifang didn't talk nonsense, and with a stroke of the pen, he confiscated all the industries accumulated by the Lu family for hundreds of years.

"Lu Peifang, you traitor, you villain, you can't die well...... the old man jumped to his feet and scolded, and the official in the hall who had taken refuge in the Qing Dynasty stepped forward to gag him, and then tied it up and dragged him away.

Lu Peifang pointed to Lu Juren, who was being dragged out, and said with a smile: "As you all know, his son is a Manchu Hanlin and has climbed Mu Zhang'a. He exchanged his life for his son's brilliant future, and he also pity the hearts of parents all over the world. Keer and the others don't have a liner like Lu Zhaoqi, so they have to be clearer! This net worth is all handed down from the ancestors, but it can't be defeated in your hands! ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" Someone in the hall immediately responded to the harmony, he was the landlord of Gaobu Town, Dongguan, tall and thin, fair-skinned, and very elegant. This person's surname is Yinglong, he is a famous talent, and he has not won the son of Jinshi. "Our Ming soldiers have set up a big camp in Gaobu Town, which is really majestic and mighty! Where did the Manchu Eight Banners Green Battalion fight? I think the world is going to be clear! I, Gao Yinglong, am willing to take the lead in serving the Han family and abandoning Yidi hypocrisy! ”

Lu Peifang looked at Gao Yinglong with a smile - this person is his son and daughter-in-law, and Lu Siyuan's father-in-law is also! Today is a childcare.

"Surrendering to my Ming Dynasty is not empty words, you must cut your braids to show your loyalty, and send your son to protect the Lord." Lu Peifang twisted his beard and said with a smile, "That means that the men of your Gao family have to cut the braids on the back of their heads, and they can't vote for the Manchu Qing anymore - because the rule of the Manchu Qing is to keep braids without heads!" In addition, I must also send a son to join the army or apply for the Hong Kong Jishi University and Jishi College, and if he has military exploits or academic achievements in the future, he will be a hero of my Ming Dynasty's restoration of the country. ”

Gao Yinglong smiled and said, "How can it be enough to send a son to serve in the army?" There are 18 men in the four rooms of my Gao family, except for the four people who stay at home, the rest are willing to follow the dragon! I, Gao Yinglong, also want to follow the overseas Son of Heaven, and I will be a great hero in the future, wouldn't I be honoring my ancestors? (To be continued......)