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In two days, the Chaozhou Mansion was drummed down. Shang Zhixiao was captured alive, and Liu Jinzhong was beaten into a sieve. A total of 2,000 garrisons in the counties of Chaozhou Prefecture plus 5,000 soldiers and horses of Shang Zhixiao were killed, and more than 1,200 wounded were removed, leaving a total of 3,800 people. Of course, these people will not waste the horsetail army, this can be described as a critical period, although the combat power of these people is not good, but it does not mean that there are no elites among them. Eliminating the old and weak and leaving the elite for reorganization is also an important means to quickly become an army.

At this moment, the two prefectures of Meizhou and Chaozhou in northern Guangdong are basically all under control, and only Puning, Huilai, Chengxiang, Pingyuan, and Zhenping counties of the seventeen counties have not been taken, and these five counties are relatively remote and the roads are not easy to walk, so they have to be delayed for a while.

The 44 warships of the 3rd and 7th fleets, plus the 16 troop transports that followed behind, carried tens of thousands of soldiers and headed straight for Guangzhou Bay. At the mouth of the Pearl River, the Guangdong Sailor founded by Shang Zhixin was set up in Qianhai Bay, Xin'an County. It's not famous at all now, but it's famous in later generations. Shenzhen, the name is afraid that few people do not know, and it is a famous first-tier city in the 21st century. But now, it's just an ordinary small county that is not famous. Qianhai Bay covers an area of about 30 square kilometers, and the Guangdong Navy has a large enough place to flicker and move here.

There are now 3,000 Guangdong naval divisions, and the warships are mainly two third-class warships, six fifth-class warships that were traded from Geng Jingzhong two years ago, and a total of 22 Cangshan ships and other small clippers built in cooperation with the Guangdong Chuanliao. As for the fireships. Being too small does not count. In accordance with the standards. Each of the third-class warships had a capacity of 600 people, and the fifth-class battleships had a capacity of 250 people, and the main battleship had 2,500 people, and the total number of other warships was less than 500. But these five hundred people are very envious of the soldiers on those large warships, looking at the position of others, and then looking at their own position, there is a big difference in height alone, not to mention the power of the warship!

Shang Zhixin did not trade many cannons from the Mawei Army. When he first drove the battleship back, it was just an empty shell, and after negotiations, Geng Jingzhong agreed to ration 200 guns of various types, but it was enough to equip two third-class warships. There were still no other warships, but there was no artillery on the Guangdong side, and they had many contacts with the Portuguese and the Dutch, and in the past two years, they have also purchased more than 100 Hongyi cannons of various calibers from both sides at a high price. But on the whole, whether it was Geng Jingzhong who sold him or Western Maozi who sold him were defective goods, not only the power was not satisfactory. And the service life is also problematic. What's more, Geng Jingzhong didn't sell him a single flowering bomb.

Guangzhou is still in a state of combat readiness at the moment. At first, it was not to prepare for the arrival of the Ponytail Army. Guangxi Sun Yanling raised the flag in response to Wu Sangui, and Shang Kexi ordered the whole province to be on alert, and heavily guarded the key points of communication at the border with Guangxi to prevent Sun Yanling from sneaking attack. Guangzhou's side is also urgently mobilized and ready to reinforce at any time. Shang Kexi's current situation is also very difficult, if Sun Yanling attacks Guangdong regardless of it, Taiwan's Zheng Jing also comes to join in the fun, or Geng Jingzhong attacks from the north, he will be attacked from three sides, but fortunately, no one has come to fight him now.

But his dream was instantly shattered when he received a letter asking for help last night, and in just two days, Meizhou and Chaozhou, the northernmost parts of Guangdong, were taken down by the Mawei army. Geng Jingzhong's strength is not inferior to his army of King Pingnan, which is still very clear, he has seen Geng Jingzhong himself, and the two entered Beijing together, so they also know Geng Jingzhong along the way, and the soldiers and horses under his command are all elite, and they are only stronger than his army.

Now that the Mawei Army has responded to Wu Sangui and started to attack Guangdong, then it is likely that Sun Yanling is also preparing to start from the west, and his own troops are a little insufficient for self-protection! But at this time, he couldn't think much about it, except for guarding a few traffic passes in the west, the rest was to defend Guangzhou City. As for the two prefectures and twenty counties in the north, they can't manage so much.

On the Pearl River, Shang Kexi ordered the urgent establishment of three rows of wooden platoons with 100 zhang of large iron chains, the purpose of which was to prevent the Mawei Navy from rushing into the inland river and shelling the city of Guangzhou. The Guangdong naval division remained outside the mouth of the Pearl River at the moment and was used to block the enemy army. Presumably, with the cooperation of the newly built batteries on the shore, more than 20 warships could block the Mawei Navy at the mouth of the Pearl River.

If you want to build a fort, Shang Zhixin also learned from Geng Jingzhong, Geng Jingzhong set up a slip of fort in Mawei, he specially sent people to investigate, no matter whether the Mawei army is guarding the Mawei military port or not, as long as there are those forts, any fleet will want to go deep into the Minjiang River to attack Fuzhou City. Although there was a lack of artillery on his side, he still forced out thirty guns to set up these batteries. Coincidentally, if Geng Jingzhong is again, he will definitely be able to recognize the location where the fort was set up, isn't it the location of the Humen fort that fought against the British army?

"General Situ, this has already entered the Pearl River estuary, why haven't you seen the sailors of Guangdong yet? Did they run away? Zeng Yangxing is still the commander-in-chief of the Marine Army, and the 8,000 soldiers who came to attack Guangzhou Mansion this time are still under his command. The commander of the second division and the commander of the artillery division were just here to mix up experience, and without them, they only sent the brigade commanders below to come. But how can you let go of such a big war! Although that is the case, Geng Jingzhong still has an idea in sending them all out, Guangdong is a vast territory, it is not enough to take Guangzhou, all other prefectures must be taken quickly, and the world must not be delayed, and after concentrating on taking Guangzhou, each army will attack in different directions, and at this time it is necessary to command their own direct commanders.

"General Zeng, don't worry, judging from the map, we have come here and have not found the enemy ship, so the result can only be one, they retreated into the depths of the Pearl River, which should be on the side of the Humen Haikou. Hehe, a dozen forts were just built there at the beginning of last year, and thirty Hongyi cannons were erected, and they should be cooperating with the forts to deal with us. Situ Gui smiled and pointed to the map spread out on the table.

"Turret? Is their fort our Fujian's general's cannon used? Hey, I said a long time ago that I shouldn't sell artillery to Shang Zhixin and Wu Sangui, but at that time, the prince didn't listen at all, and this caused himself a lot of trouble. Zeng Yangxing said with a frown.

"Hahaha, don't worry, general, when we set off, Chief of General Staff Li had already told us that the artillery here would be easier to handle if it was our batch, because all the goods sold to the Shang family were defective, and the range was only more than half of our artillery. And the quality of these guns is not reliable, if they have already tested firing more than ten or twenty times, it is estimated that a few more times now, then the artillery will be scrapped! Situ Gui laughed loudly, and his relaxed words infected the people around him.

"However, from this map, it seems that the two forts of Shajiao Mountain and Dajiao Mountain just happened to hold the mouth of the Pearl River, and the location was really well chosen! It seems that Shang Jiajun is not all pustules, and there are also people who understand! Situ Gui continued after laughing. In fact, the fort here can be said to be the first line of defense of Humen Haikou, and in later generations, it was known as the first gateway of the Guangdong Sea. The place was really well chosen. But fortunately, the artillery on the battery is not good, the range is not far enough, even if it is condescending, it is only comparable to the general cannon of the Mawei Army. However, the total number of the two batteries was only thirty Hongyi cannons, which was far less than one battleship of the Mawei Army. Fourth, the base air detachment only needs to deal with one side, and at the same time divide a part of the warships to deal with the Guangdong naval division.

"Do you have to attack from the water? If we land from here, we can also quickly reach the city of Guangzhou, and when the time comes, ten thousand artillery will be bombarded, or in less than an hour, we can break through the city gate of Guangzhou. Zeng Yangxing looked at the map and pondered, in fact, he just wanted to say so, but this was already getting closer and closer to Guangzhou City, and he was reluctant to go down and run.

"Old general, have you forgotten that there are more rivers in Guangzhou than in our Fuzhou Prefecture, if you land from the dock here, the artillery of the artillery division will not be able to pull under the city of Guangzhou, the waters here are as dense as fishing nets, how do you go! Let's drive to the city of Guangzhou together and then land! After finishing speaking, he stopped talking, and Zeng Yangxing no longer asked questions, and when he mentioned Situ Gui like this, he also remembered the situation in Guangzhou back then. The terrain here is indeed very complicated, and the artillery division of the Marine Corps led by him is standing for most of the time, and a total of 360 artillery pieces are not easy to walk in this section of the water network.

The position from the mouth of the Pearl River to the mouth of the Humen Sea was 30 kilometers, and the fleet was still swimming against the current at this time, and the speed of the ships was relatively slow, and it took two hours to sail from morning to noon before seeing that it had arrived here. In fact, since Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi received the report of Kuaima Fei last night, the Pearl River Estuary has been ready to defend. The supply of ammunition, the allocation of personnel, and the ambush of the fireships were all prepared before sunrise in the morning, waiting for the arrival of the Mawei navy.

According to Shang Zhixin's combat strategy, they are not passive in engagement, and they will not wait for the Mawei battleship to come up and shoot. When the Mawei Navy warships approach, the first will let the fireships that have been prepared for a long time attack, the location of the Humen Haikou water flow is also good, plus the water here is relatively narrow, only two kilometers wide, when nearly two hundred fireships are burning with a raging fire and approaching quickly, even if the Mawei Navy is full of sail warships and the steering is relatively flexible, it will be avoided, and it will eventually be swallowed by the sea of fire. In this way, even if they can't annihilate all the Mawei battleships at once, they will almost be able to suffer heavy damage, and as for the rest, their sailors will attack.

If the Mawei Navy is too strong and still has strength after heavy losses, then they will stick to the Humen Haikou and hold here with the cooperation of the fort. However, this qiē is only Shang Zhixin's assumption, as for the real naval battle, they have not personally experienced it, so the specific situation still has time to adapt to the situation! (To be continued......)

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