After Ren Minyu was transferred to the provisional government as the Minister of Industry and Commerce, the post of Yangzhou Futai has been vacant, and Luo Jian has always had a lot of thought about who to serve.

Yangzhou is the base camp of the provisional government, it can be said that the foundation of everything is in Yangzhou, how to develop Yangzhou, is not only the confidence of the entire Nanming region, but also for the whole region to play an exemplary and exemplary role, so the selection of this government and Taiwan is extremely important.

In the past, although it was not bad for a few colleagues in Yangzhou to follow Ren Minyu to do things, it was still not enough to let them stand alone.

In the past few days, he finally had some free time, Luo Jian sat alone in the hall with the list of officials from various places sent by the Organization Department, and was thinking alone, Zhang Cheng was standing next to him.

"Zhang Cheng, what are you doing standing? Sit down! Luo Jian glanced up at Zhang Cheng.

When the Qing soldiers captured the Nanming Palace, because the time was very urgent, they did not deal with the eunuchs in the palace, so Zhang Cheng also escaped, and stayed in the palace until the Yangzhou army entered Nanjing, while Tian Cheng and Zhang Zhizhong, the two great eunuchs, escaped with Lu Jiude.

Now that Nanjing has established a provisional government, there is no emperor anymore, but Zhang Cheng, who is a eunuch, is unemployed, Zhang Cheng has no choice but to run to Luo Jian, hoping that the governor can make arrangements for hundreds of eunuchs in the palace.

"How can there be a small seat in front of the Grand Governor?" Zhang Cheng bowed and said, since the death of Emperor Hongguang, almost no one shouted Luo Jian's "Duke Weiguo", but the title of the Metropolitan Governor has continued because of the provisional government.

"Zhang Cheng, what do you say? I don't like this here, let you sit and you can sit. Luo Jian said with a smile.

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he carefully sat on the chair with half of his buttocks.

"Zhang Cheng, did you come to me today for something?" Luo Jian put down the roster in his hand, and then asked Zhang Cheng.

"The Metropolitan Governor, the provisional government has been established, how to settle these small people, please ask the Metropolitan Governor to give instructions!" Zhang Cheng said.

"Oh, Zhang Cheng, do you mean the eunuchs in the palace?"

"Yes, after the palace maids in the palace were killed by the Qing soldiers, they died, they ran, and the rest were sent home, and now there are only more than 200 eunuchs left in the palace, how to settle these people, please be the master of the capital!"

"Oh, I've forgotten about these people in this hurry." Luo Jian asked people to call Wang Xiuchu over.

"You go and report to the superintendent, if the eunuchs in the palace have families, they will be given a certain amount of severance pay, and let them go back to live with their families, and if they don't have families, the provisional government will take care of them." Luo Jian instructed Wang Xiuchu.

"Zhang Cheng, what are your own plans?" After Luo Jian finished speaking, he asked Zhang Cheng again.

"The Governor, the little one has no family, and the little one doesn't know what to do." Zhang Cheng lowered his head and said helplessly.

"Or else? Steward Luo is really too busy in my house now, why don't I ask you to come over and help him? Luo Jian didn't think too much about it, he just thought that Zhang Cheng was a good person.

"Is it appropriate for the little one to be a disabled person?" Zhang Cheng said hesitantly.

"What's out of place? That's it, I'll talk to Liu Lan and Steward Luo when I go back. ”

Luo Jian casually settled this matter, but he didn't expect that this matter would cause him a lot of trouble later.

The Third Division and the First Brigade of the National Defense Force entered the city of Guangzhou, completely reassuring the military and people of Yangzhou, and Gu Yuanjing, the political envoy of Guangdong, personally took Liu Zhaoji, Li Chengdong and others to the house.

In the midst of the cold noise, Liu Zhaoji, Li Chengdong and others heard about the "Shaozhou Massacre", and the generals of the National Defense Forces, who had been deeply affected by Luo Jian's idea of putting the people first, heard about it, and their eyes were red with anger.

"Anyone with these Qing soldiers can surrender, but the 'Heavenly Aid Army' can't!" Liu Zhaoji made a direct decision.

"Lao Liu, my old Li has taken care of this matter of destroying the 'Heavenly Helping Army', no one should rob me!" Li Chengdong also gritted his teeth and said.

"To destroy the 'Heavenly Aid Army', it depends on who runs fast." Lou Ting's qualifications are shallower than the two, and he didn't dare to snatch this task openly, so he just said lightly, and Liu Zhaoji and Li Chengdong glared at him.

Gu Yuanjing, the political envoy of Guangdong, and many officials and generals of the Ming army looked at the generals of the national defense army with some surprise, they had also heard that the Yangzhou army had won successive battles in the past, but the specific course of the battle was unknown, and now they saw that the generals of the national defense army were so confident, so that they also had confidence in defeating the Qing soldiers outside the city.

In the big tent of the Qing army, seven or eight miles away from Guangzhou City, Hong Chengchou and the generals of the Qing army were also discussing the military situation.

There are two familiar figures among the Qing generals, Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu, who left Yangzhou at the beginning. These two people left Yangzhou with troops and went to Hunan, recruiting troops all the way, and even gathered five or six thousand people, when Hong Chengchou marched into Hunan, the two did not fight, directly surrendered to the Qing soldiers, and this time they were also brought over by Hong Chengchou.

"Reinforcements have arrived in Guangzhou City, and now it seems that Guangzhou City is in a hurry, where to go, everyone can talk about it?" Hong Chengchou already had a retreat in his heart, but he didn't want to say it himself.

Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, everyone below immediately talked about it, saying everything, but most of them thought about withdrawing the army.

"According to the last general, there are not many people from the Yangzhou army, and our army is several times larger than them, not to mention that the weather is already clear, our red-clothed artillery will arrive tomorrow, and we can capture Guangzhou in one go, if we withdraw the army, we will be chased and beaten by the Yangzhou army, we will be passive."

Although Shang Kexi was also very afraid of the Yangzhou army, he knew that once the army was withdrawn, as the unit with the most firearms in the Qing army, the task after the break was none other than his "Heavenly Aid Army", and he would face the most direct blow from the Yangzhou army.

"The Yangzhou army has arrived, does King Zhishun think he can still capture Guangzhou City?" Tong Yangjia, another commander of the Qing soldiers with heavy troops, disagreed with Shang Kexi's statement.

Tong Yangjia is a very influential figure in real history, the Tong family was a famous merchant in Fushun, and his cousin Tong Yangxing was arrested by the Ming court for trading with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and later the whole family took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty after the Tong family robbed the prison.

When the Qing soldiers entered the pass, the Tong family "entered the pass from the dragon", Tong Yangjia also entered the army, repeatedly made military exploits, and the official became the commander, if it were not for Luo Jian and others to change history, Tong Yangjia would become the first governor of Guangdong, in real history, Tong Yangjia adopted an extremely bloody policy towards Guangdong, and countless anti-Qing people fell under his butcher's knife.

There were basically no Manchus and Mongols in Hong Chengchou's army, and they were basically Han Chinese like Tong Yangjia and Shang Kexi, who had thrown themselves into the arms of the Manchus very early, and this kind of traitor was sometimes more brutal to his compatriots than the Qing soldiers in order to please his master.

While Hong Chengchou was discussing with the generals, his own soldiers came in to report that a letter had been sent from the city of Guangzhou.

Hong Chengchou opened the letter and looked at it, and his face instantly became extremely ugly.

"Marshal, what did the Ming army say in the letter?" The generals asked.

This letter was written by Liu Zhaoji, and the main meaning was that as long as the Qing soldiers handed over Shang Kexi and the "Heavenly Aid Army", everyone else could surrender.

"King Zhishun, take a look!" Hong Chengchou handed the letter to Shang Kexi.

Shang Kexi took the letter, opened it, and his face turned from red to green, and then from green to red after a while.

"It's too much of a deception! I am glad that I will not share heaven with them! Shang Kexi gritted his teeth and said.

"Will King Zhishun dare to fight them?" Hong Chengchou knew that the Yangzhou army was powerful, but he did not directly confront them, and he also wanted to know where the Yangzhou army was powerful, so he handed over the letter from the National Defense Army to Shang Kexi, and also wanted to provoke him to fight.

"Marshal, in a battle tomorrow, I'm willing to be the main force of the 'Heavenly Helping Army', not to destroy the Yangzhou Army, and not to withdraw the army!"

Shang Kexi was stimulated to lose his mind and shouted loudly.

"Good! Ben Shuai personally led a large army to suppress the battle for King Zhishun. Hong Chengchou planned to let Shang Kexi resist in front for a while, and if he was not defeated, he would lead the army to withdraw immediately.

"The last general has another request, please give the red-clothed cannon to the last general."

After Shang Kexi calmed down, he felt that he was a little impulsive, but he couldn't take back his words, and then he remembered that more than forty red-coated cannons would arrive tomorrow, if they were equipped with these cannons, they would definitely be bigger, and no matter how bad they were, they could use these cannons to stop the pursuit of the Wehrmacht.

"In this way, Ben Shuai will equip you with twenty red-clothed cannons to help King Zhishun break the Yangzhou army."

Hong Chengchou was reluctant to hand over all the red-coated cannons to Shang Kexi, he knew that the artillery of the Yangzhou Army was powerful, and if these cannons were damaged as quickly as possible, it would be difficult to fight in the future.

The decision of the Qing army has been decided, Hong Chengchou ordered the generals to hurry back to prepare, and Shang Kexi, who regretted it, returned to his tent with anxiety and hurriedly set it up.

On the tower of Guangzhou City, Liu Zhaoji and several generals of the National Defense Army, accompanied by Gu Yuanjing, were observing the Qing army camp.

"Liheng, show me your binoculars?" Liu Zhaoji said to Yan Yingyuan.

Luo Jian did not take back the telescope after handing it over to Yan Yingyuan, and there are not many opportunities for him to personally lead troops to fight in the future, and handing it over to Yan Yingyuan will definitely play a more role.

Li Chengdong, Lou Ting and others looked at the telescope in Yan Yingyuan's hand with envy, although they also have Yangzhou's own production, but the quality cannot be compared with this one.

Liu Zhaoji watched it for a long time, then turned around and said happily to everyone:

"It seems that the Qing soldiers are preparing for war, and there is no sign of withdrawing, it seems that our letter has played a role, you go back and hurry up to prepare, tomorrow's battle must be completely annihilated by the 'Tianzhu Army'."

After the rain, the sky was sunny and the visibility was excellent, Liu Zhaoji saw the Qing army camp very clearly, and he was very happy to see that the Qing soldiers had not withdrawn.

"Good! Tomorrow I will lead 30,000 men and horses to fight for the Wehrmacht. Gu Yuanjing also said happily.

Liu Zhaoji thought about it carefully, there were more than 100,000 Qing soldiers, and the more people and horses were stronger, which could also cause psychological pressure on the Qing soldiers, so he agreed.

"Let's go, let's go back and discuss how to fight this battle."

After reading the Qing army camp, Liu Zhaoji greeted everyone.

The next day was still a sunny day, the officers and men of the national defense had already taken off their jackets and changed into single clothes, and the weather in Guangzhou in May had already begun to get a little hot.

As soon as the day dawned, the Wehrmacht had already had breakfast and were ready to go out of the city to fight the Qing soldiers.

Liu Zhaoji came to the city tower early, and he wanted to see the layout of the Qing soldiers again.

The Qing soldiers also got up very early, and Liu Zhaoji had already seen a group of Qing soldiers coming out of the camp tent in the direction of Guangzhou City, and stopped about five miles away from Guangzhou City, Liu Zhaoji noticed the red-coated cannons dragged by the Qing soldiers' mules and horses.

"Hehe, you still want to fight against the Wehrmacht artillery with this thing?" Liu Zhaoji was very dismissive of the Qing soldiers' red-coated cannons.

"Order the troops to go out of the city to meet the enemy!" Liu Zhaoji turned around and went down the city tower and gave orders to the troops.

With Liu Zhaoji's order, several gates of Guangzhou City were opened, and teams of national defense troops walked out of the city gates with neat steps, and the city walls were already full of Ming soldiers and onlookers.

"You see that the Yangzhou army is different, I heard that they entered the city yesterday, but they didn't see a single soldier of the Yangzhou army in the city, their military discipline is really strict!"

"Why is the military uniform worn by the Yangzhou army different from our army?"

"Look! Look! Oh, my God! How can there be so many cannons, I think the Tartars will definitely suffer! ”

Seeing the Wehrmacht wearing green uniforms walking out of the city gate with neat steps, the people on the city wall and the Ming army were all talking about it, and they were fascinated one by one, and when the artillery was pulled out of the city, it caused an exclamation.