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May 23, Guangzhou

As the governor of the Qing court and Guangzhou, Tong Yangjia has been in a bad mood recently, and the high-spirited and ambitious attitude when he first entered Guangzhou has long been replaced by a sad face. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 A few days ago, Li Chengdong, the governor of Liangguang, was raided by the Ming army reinforcements when he encircled and suppressed Chen Bangyan in Qingyuan, and the troops suffered heavy losses, many generals were killed or captured, and Shi Fu, the chief general of the Fujian army, did not know where to go, and Li Chengdong himself only led more than 3,000 remnants to flee back to Guangzhou in embarrassment.

When he first learned the news, Tong Yangjia almost fell to the ground on the spot, but after gradually recovering, he still sighed for a long time, and did not close his eyes or eat for a whole day and night. The outcome of the Battle of Qingyuan was really a heavy blow to him as the governor of Liangguang. Originally, the strength of the Qing army in Guangdong was not very abundant, and after this fiasco, it was even more demoralized. At present, the available troops in Guangzhou City, including the defeated troops of Li Chengdong's troops, are only more than 5,000 people. With only such a little capital left, and he had to face the surging anti-Qing righteous divisions outside the city and the Huguang Ming army that entered Guangdong to support, Tong Yangjia felt a headache when he thought of it.

As early as the day before yesterday, Tong Yangjia sent an urgent letter to the Beijing Division, explaining the critical situation in Guangdong after the arrival of the Ming army reinforcements, requesting that reinforcements be sent quickly, and sending urgent letters for help to Jin Shengheng, the governor of Jiangxi, and Zhang Cunren, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, respectively, begging them to stretch out their hands to help them for the sake of serving the Qing Dynasty. Watching the moment the messenger leaves. Tong Yangjia couldn't help but sigh in his heart with emotions such as "the world is unpredictable and unpredictable". As early as a few months ago, how energetic were you? Together with Lee Sung-dong. With more than 10,000 troops, he swept almost the entire Guangdong, and in less than two months, this land was included in the rule of "my Great Qing Dynasty", which did not disappoint the high hopes of his master in the slightest. Unexpectedly, just a few months later, with the arrival of the Huguang Ming Army, the situation took such a big reversal, and it really responded to the sentence "Thirty years in Hedong." Thirty years in Hexi".

"My lord, Li Junmen is here!" Just as Tong Yangjia was in a complicated mood and was reviewing the official documents in the study, Biaoying would come to report.

learned that Li Chengdong had come to the governor's yamen. Tong Yangjia didn't feel anything strange, all kinds of affairs in the city were complicated and abnormal these days, and it was not the first time that Li Chengdong had discussed with him.

"Please Li Junmen come here directly!" Tong Yangjia replied without raising his head.

"Huh!"

After a while, Li Chengdong walked into the study in a hurry. Clasp your fists and salute: "Lord Governor!" ”

"Oh. It turned out that Li Junmen was here, please take a seat! Tong Yangjia greeted in a normal tone, "Come on, serve tea!" ”

Li Chengdong didn't have much of a taste of tea, and after sitting down, he asked bluntly: "I heard that Lord Duxian accepted thousands of bandits from Huashan who came to join him yesterday, and asked them to help guard the east gate, but is there such a thing?" ”

Listening to Li Chengdong's obvious questioning tone, Tong Yangjia frowned slightly. This Li Chengdong has always relied on his hard work and achievements, and does not take him, the governor of Liangguang, in his eyes. It would have been better if it had been put in the past. But the Qingyuan fiasco a few days ago failed to restrain Li Chengdong's arrogance a little, which was really unbearable.

However, at the moment of the great enemy, Tong Yangjia didn't want to fall out with Li Chengdong because of these trivial things, so he forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and nodded: "That's right." This group of bandits, led by Yu Jinhu and others, has been entrenched in the Huashan area for many years. The Governor had gone to the Governor several times to solicit surrenders, but they had all replied immediately. The day before yesterday, Yu Jinhu sent his henchmen into the city to send a letter to the governor, saying that the grain and grass in their village could no longer be sustained, and as long as the governor could provide them with enough food, they would be willing to join our Qing dynasty. Considering that it was the time to employ men, and that the food and grass hoarded in the city was still sufficient, the Governor agreed, and yesterday officially accepted them into the city, in order to increase the city's defenses. What, does Li Junmen think there is anything wrong? ”

Li Chengdong snorted disapprovingly, and asked again: "How does Lord Duxian know whether this group of bandits is really taking refuge or being assigned to act as an internal response?" Is it safe to admit thousands of living people into the city so casually? Don't listen to biased beliefs, lest you miss a big thing! ”

"Li Junmen's kind reminder, this governor has it! But if the Governor can be trusted by the Emperor and the Governor is both wide, how can he be the one who acts recklessly? Tong Yangjia sneered and said, "Those bandits, as early as the former Ming Dynasty, formed a village against the government, robbed houses, and became notorious, they are nothing more than some profit-seeking villains, if they say that their hearts are towards the puppet Ming and they are willing to work for the puppet Ming court, it is really a big joke!" You know, there is no morality in their eyes, they only focus on gold and silver treasures, and they can do anything for gold and silver. At present, since the governor can provide them with food and wages, he can naturally subdue them and use them to resist the Ming army. As for the rest, it's not too late to talk about it after the Ming army is repulsed. ”

Li Chengdong almost scoffed at Tong Yangjia's statement, although he did not express it directly, but there was also a bit of obvious ridicule in his tone: "In this world, Lord Duxian is not the only one who has gold and silver, how can you ensure that these bandits deliberately entered the city to join after receiving other people's gold and silver?" ”

"They didn't come empty-handed, they also brought a few heads when they entered the city, and it was the messenger sent by the thief leader Chen Zizhuang to persuade them to obey the hypocrite. The governor also specially asked one of Chen Zizhuang's staff members and several other subordinates who had come to join him before to identify them, and confirmed that the beheaded people were indeed Chen Zizhuang's cronies and guards, and one of them was still the head of the family who had followed Chen Zizhuang for many years. After Tong Yangjia said this, seeing that Li Chengdong seemed to have something to say, he continued, "Okay, this governor knows what Li Junmen is going to say." In any case, Li Junmen can always find a reason to refute. But Ben Dou is not willing to do this, and he is willing to avoid all risks like Li Junmen. If the forces under Li Junmen's command were still as sufficient as before, how could the Governor recruit those rabble to help defend the city? ”

Listening to Tong Yangjia insinuating his scars, Li Chengdong couldn't help but feel a cloud of anger in his heart, but when he thought that he should indeed be mainly responsible for the defeat of Qingyuan, his confidence fell a little more, so he had to suppress his anger and said: "The last general is also thinking about the safety of the city." Now that the Governor has made up his mind, he will no longer force the Lord to change his mind. But this matter is very important, and we should be careful. If the adults agree, they will hand over the 3,000 newly attached Huashan thieves to the final general to personally govern them, so that even if they really have two hearts, the last general can lead the headquarters standard camp to quickly pacify. ”

Tong Yangjia didn't have any opinion on this proposal, after all, the army in the city would eventually be coordinated and commanded by Li Chengdong, who was the governor of Liangguang, so he quickly nodded: "Okay, these people are personally supervised by Li Junmen, and this governor can also be more assured." ”

Seeing that Tong Yangjia agreed so happily, Li Chengdong's face softened a little, and then he was ready to ask Tong Yangjia for some more food and grass. But before he could speak, Tong Yangjia's standard camp general hurriedly walked in and came to Tong Yangjia's side to whisper.

"Really?" After listening to the general's words, Tong Yangjia stood up with a look of shock.

The pro-general nodded: "It's true, people are in the side hall." ”

Seeing Tong Yangjia's reaction like this, Li Chengdong suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

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The southern suburbs of Guangzhou, Wuyangyi

Chen Zizhuang finally waited for someone from the city. After listening to the report, Chen Zizhuang was very satisfied, and it seemed that things were still developing quite smoothly. Subsequently, Chen Zizhuang explained a few more words to the visitor and asked him to return to the city quickly.

After the explanation, Chen Zizhuang looked in the direction of Guangzhou City, and a kind of pride appeared in his eyes, he had been waiting for this day for a long time. At present, the 20,000 righteous teachers he organized are hidden in the valley ten miles away, and things in the city are also going extremely smoothly, and the entire plan can be said to have been completed for the most part. If nothing happens next, the big thing can be decided. However, at this time, his younger brother Chen Zisheng seemed to have some concerns, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Qiao Sheng, if you have something to say, just say it. There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to worry so much. Chen Zizhuang, who was in a good mood, smiled.

Chen Zisheng sighed lightly, and finally spoke: "Brother, didn't Brother Ling Bin (Chen Bangyan) already suggest in the letter that we should not act rashly for the time being and wait for the arrival of the imperial army?" Now that we are acting in advance, will we really startle the snake as Brother Ling Bin said? After all, there are still thousands of Qing captives in the city of Guangzhou! ”

"Qiao Sheng, you're too worried!" Chen Zizhuang said disapprenously: "Ling Bin wrote a letter to remind me, which is naturally a good intention. But regarding this act, Brother Wei has already planned quite carefully, and there is nothing wrong with him. At present, after the defeat of Qingyuan City, the Qing captives have been greatly injured, although there are still thousands of people, they have become frightened birds. How can we let go of such a good opportunity? Wouldn't it be better to take this city first and wait for the arrival of the king? ”

Chen Zisheng said again: "As soon as the elder brother said this, the younger brother was relieved. But the younger brother felt that what Brother Ling Bin's letter conveyed was the meaning of the new governor of Liangguang, Lord Yang Tinglin, and the generals who led the troops into Guangdong. Perhaps, it was because they didn't want to see us take Guangzhou first, so that they would lose this great achievement, so they asked Brother Ling Bin to remind them politely in the letter. If we ignore it and insist on taking the lead, will it cause Lord Yang and them to be unhappy? ”

"We are dedicated to the country, and we have no shame in our hearts, how can we be bound by these little things?" Chen Zizhuang still disagrees with his younger brother's point of view, "What's more, Yang Boxiang (Yang Tinglin) is by no means the kind of narrow-minded person, so Qiao Sheng shouldn't think about it." The current situation is urgent and urgent, since everything in the city has been taken care of, we should hurry back and make arrangements as soon as possible, so as not to let Lord Zhu and Lord Mai wait too long. ”

"Yes." Chen Zisheng promised that no matter if there was any doubt, as long as it was a decision made by his brother, he would always follow it. (To be continued.) )