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"Crane Weng (referring to Saishan'a), the monk king, the rebels have gathered 20,000 people on Lantau Island! threatened to crusade against my Qing Dynasty, and a swearing-in ceremony has been held! I'm going to invade the mainland in the north soon! ”

In the Yuehai camp outside the city of Guangzhou, Bai Siwen trotted in from the outside in a hurry, and forgot to do anything, so he shouted at Saishana and Monk Lingqin standing in front of the map.

Saishana and Monk Grinqin were obviously mentally prepared, and did not panic, but just glanced at each other.

"Is the news true?"

Sezanne turned back and asked Bai Swen.

"It's true, it's from HSBC...... Crane Weng, are you going to step up the attack on Baiyun Mountain? If Baiyun Mountain can be taken down within two days, there may still be time to reorganize the army to face Zhu Yi. ”

"What are you doing in Baiyun Mountain?" Monk Greenqin didn't look back, and waved his hand, "There are less than 8,000 green battalions outside Guangzhou, and there are 12,000 Eight Banner soldiers...... How many people are there in Zhu Jishi? ”

"There are 20,000 ......"

"More than 20,000 of us beat him and didn't win for thousands, so what hope is there to beat him for 20,000?" Monk Greenqin said lightly.

"Monk King, are you going to ......" Bai Siwen's face changed slightly, he looked at Monk Greenqin, and then looked at Saishan. The two of them, but the territory is sealed! Is this to abandon Guangzhou and leave?

"When will the military standard and the Fubiao arrive in Guangzhou? Is the appointment of the 7 town markers down? "Monk Lingqin's words were asked to the governor of Guangdong, Xianglin. Although he did not fight well, he was not punished in any way, and he was still in charge of the Guangdong Green Battalion.

"The order for the military standard and the Fu standard was issued three days ago. The day after tomorrow at the latest. They will be able to return to Guangzhou. The appointment of the seven town markers has also been issued. However, the distance between these seven towns and Guangzhou varies, so the arrival time will also be in order, and it will take at least ten days to concentrate all of them. ”

This is to concentrate forces to fight a decisive battle with Zhu Ming! Bai Siwen calculated in his heart, there are five or six thousand people in Fubiao and Junbiao, and there are at least 18,000 in seven town standards, plus 20,000 here in Guangzhou, but it is 50,000 small!

Monk Lingqin seemed to be talking to himself: "50,000 fights 20,000, if you don't win." Is it useful to occupy a Baiyun Mountain? Moreover, the battlefield should not be placed under the city of Guangzhou, but should be placed on the north bank of the Dongjiang River, where it will fight with bandits, and our 50,000 troops will be used there. ”

Baiyun Mountain and Guangzhou City are each other's horns, and if they want to defend it, they should occupy it. However, after a few days of fighting, everyone knows that the bandits on Baiyun Mountain are not very easy to deal with. If you use the 20,000 Eight Banners Green Battalion on hand to storm it, you may be able to win, but after the battle, these soldiers are also half-disabled, and they can't fight again without a few months of rest and replenishment.

And Zhu Jishi's 20,000 people will arrive within ten days. What will you take to fight with Zhu Jishi when the time comes? Can less than 30,000 people rely on 7 town standards plus Fu standards and military standards? Just look at the performance of these green battalion soldiers in the battle of Baiyun Mountain! And who doesn't know that the Yongrui of the town standard is definitely not as good as the four standards of governor, fu, mention and army? Even the treatment is much inferior! Those general soldiers don't have as many ways to get money as the governor, so they point to drinking the blood of the soldiers to live! As for the flood guards below the town. Monk Lingqin didn't bother to mobilize, and let them fend for themselves......

"Enming. You brought money to Guangzhou this time? Monk Greenqin asked Bai Siwen again.

"About 350,000 silver dollars." Bai Siwen replied, "The foreign affairs yamen originally had 4.35 million taels of silver ingots, which were deposited in the French HSBC bank in order to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy, and Mu Weng also ordered more than 100,000 foreign guns and hundreds of cannons from the HSBC bank, which will be shipped to Shanghai at the end of July next year (lunar calendar)." ”

"That's ......" Sai Shang'a frowned when he heard this, Lin Zexu bought so many weapons in one breath It only shows one problem, he doesn't believe that the official army can defeat Zhu Jishi in Guangdong! In this troubled world, it's just getting up!

"How much silver is there in the Guangdong Domain?" Monk Greenqin silently calculated, and asked Saishang Adao.

"About two million." Originally, Guangdong Province's annual tax revenue was more than 4 million taels, but last year, the coastal defense donation was opened, and a lot of money was collected, so there was a lot more silver in the treasury.

"That's good! Take them all out! Monk Grinqin laughed.

"Take it all out? Monk, what do you want to ......?"

"We can't let the Han people die in vain!" Monk Greenqin twisted his beard and said, "Although the lives of the Han people are not valuable, if you want to inspire the fighting spirit, you have to throw a lot of silver!" Before the start of the war, both officers and soldiers were issued 5 taels of silver, and 10 taels of silver were given to the first level of thieves, and 10 taels were also given for the reward number of the selected front! ”

"Hey, monk, you're not small!" Sezanne took a breath.

"That's it! If it is defeated, Guangzhou is all owned by others, and more than 2 million taels of silver can still be taken away? ”

"Not really, right? Guangzhou's urban defense ......"

"It's useless." Monk Lingqin waved his hand, "The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people!" Although the city of Guangzhou is solid, the hearts of the people of Guangzhou are not on our side! ”

This is really good, Guangdong has been the base camp of the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years, and the people's hearts have never been on the side of the Manchu Qing Dynasty! If he couldn't win the battle, Seng Lingqin would rather retreat to Hunan than defend the city of Guangzhou.

"Monk King, you and I are the ministers of the territory!" Seishan's face was a little ugly.

Monk Greenqin smiled, lowered his voice and said: "The emperor will understand your and my hardships, for the sake of this doomed and undefended Guangzhou, the lives of 14,000 heroes of the Eight Banners are really not worth it!" ”

……

At this moment, Kowloon Pier.

Nestled next to the tranquil bay of Victoria Bay, known to the British as Victoria Bay, it is a natural deep-water harbour. Although the port has only been opened for a short time, it is full of sails and is very busy. There are hundreds of Chinese sailing boats moored in Victoria Bay, and hundreds of thousands of catties of cargo enter and leave the Kowloon Pier every day.

However, the market in Kowloon is not yet fully developed, and beyond the pier, there are two long streets that intersect. There are commercial houses on these two streets, most of which are brand new houses that have just been completed. There are also many tall Western-style buildings, which are the offices of various foreign companies in Kowloon.

In addition, two factories with chimneys erected at the end of the street are almost completed. But the gate of the factory is more like a yamen, with signs of "Kowloon Manufacturing Bureau" and "Kowloon Official Money Bureau" hanging on it, and the words are written beautifully, I don't know if it was written by Lin Zexu or Wei Yuan? Liang Bai Swen does not have such pen power. There is also a school that has just been completed next to the Kowloon Manufacturing Bureau, called "Kowloon Western-style School". Now the gates of these two factories and one school are closed, and I don't know if there is anyone inside?

An infantry battalion of the Jishi Army flying the banner of the sun and the moon drove over from the direction of the dock, and 480 stick boys, all with brown bass guns with bayonets on their shoulders, and their tweed uniforms were straight, lined up in three columns, following the officer's orders, taking neat steps, and marching forward in a mighty manner. Not a single person turned to each other, no one looked around, and no other sound came from the sound of passwords and footsteps.

Although most of the buildings on both sides of the street have not been completed, they have already been settled by shopkeepers to do business. Recently, the news is not right, and many people have withdrawn to Guangzhou, but they have not all left. So at this moment, behind every closed door, there are several pairs of curious and nervous eyes looking at this passing company.

This is the Ming army of the legendary overseas emperor!

In the end, this is Guangdong Province, where there will be many heaven and earth, and who doesn't know the slogan of "H flag fluttering, heroes doing their best, overseas emperors, coming to the Ming Dynasty"? Not to mention that Zhu Jishi also distributed his "Ta Kung Pao" everywhere through Hongmen disciples, propagating "Jiading Three Massacres", "Yangzhou Ten Days", and "Guangzhou Gengyin Catastrophe" all day long. As long as the Cantonese people who have a little knowledge, they all know that our Zhu Daming Gong is coming to counterattack the mainland and restore the Ming Dynasty!

"It's really elite!"

When they saw this battalion of Ming soldiers, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. Compared with the Ming army in front of them, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty in the Kowloon Walled City are simply a piece of!

"It's a pity it's a little less!"

Then someone thought about it. The Qing Dynasty has millions of heavenly soldiers! How many people can there be in the Ming army?

One battalion passed quickly, followed by a second, a third, and a fourth, until the twenty-fourth battalion passed, and then a fancy-dressed cavalry, with eight horse-drawn cannons and four-drawn carriages, rumbling through the streets. All of them were the same elite, nearly 20,000 men and horses, just marching neatly according to the officer's orders. Countless foreign guns with bayonets on them glowed with dazzling brilliance in the sun.

All the Chinese who witnessed this scene thought in unison: "This Ming Dynasty is back after all!" (To be continued......)