Yang Lin really risked his life to shake things out, just like Governor Zhao Hongcan and the new Guangdong Governor Zhang Wenhuan, Li Shi killed officials in Guangdong to legislate, and they had to cover it up again, which was a joke with their own lives. But the content of the fold has not been fully considered, and this mind has changed direction again.

The war started, one inside and one outside.

The nephew of the Dzungar Mongol elder Galdan, the leader of the Erut tribe, instigated Alabutan to attack Hami, and there seemed to be signs of a major eastward advance.

The imperial court was very nervous, and Kangxi hurriedly transferred troops. First sent the official Shangshu Fu Ning'an, Xi'an general Xi Zhu to lead the troops to help, and at the same time let the Khalkha and other Mongolian departments prepare troops, and then recruited Heilongjiang, Da Niu, Suoren, Dahu'er, Karaqin soldiers gathered in Guihua City, in short, in the northwest and northeast, the soldiers who can fight are pulled out, and the posture is sufficient.

Arabutan may have been frightened by Kangxi's movements, or perhaps felt that the time was not ripe, and was unwilling to fight a head-on battle with the Qing army, and retreated at the end of April.

When the news reached the south, the governor of Guangdong had to first put on a posture of asking for war to show his loyalty, as in other places, but Kangxi did not have the ambition to directly attack the hinterland of Alabutan.

In Kangxi's view, this Dzungar Mongolia is full of people earlier. As long as he is not chaotic in the Qing Dynasty, these barbarians will be invulnerable and can guard the border.

In May, Kangxi moved to the Rehe Palace, and Kangxi was still constantly deploying troops to strengthen the garrison of Hami. At the same time, he was also busy with diplomatic means, including sending an edict to Arabutan to ask him to give an explanation, and at the same time issuing an edict to Russia to try to join forces to attack the Dzungar Mongols.

Kangxi's attention was drawn to the west, and Zhao Hongcan, Yang Lin and other people who were old in the officialdom understood that if the lid of Guangdong was lifted at this time, most of the holy monarchs would be very impatient to ask the guilt first, and they would not have so much effort to ponder and weigh and appreciate their painstaking efforts, so they decided to hold off.

And the war in Guangdong also stopped them from telling the truth.

Meng Kui, a bandit in Jieyang, captured Yong'an County, killed Yong'an County, and raised the banner of "General Tiansheng", and sent a message to Huizhou Chaozhou, saying that he wanted to "kill Hu'er and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty".

Together, the officialdom of the entire Guangdong is like a frightened bird, they are not looking at Yong'an, but Yingde, the Li Shi, who is already known as "Li Tianwang", is he the mastermind behind this matter, is he going to take advantage of this incident to sweep Guangdong?

Yong'an is in Huizhou, and Guangdong was originally able to send troops to suppress bandits. But he was broken by Li Xi before, and now he is stumped by Li Shi's pension, and he is no longer an army that can fight. The new governor of Guangdong, Zhang Wenhuan, had just been transferred from Guizhou, and he was carefully sorting out the promotions, unable to suppress the bandits alone.

Originally, it could still rely on Dongguan's Zuoyi Town and Chaozhou Town, but Zuoyi Town did not dare to dispatch, in case Li Xian changed, what should Guangzhou do? The town of Chaozhou was frightened by the tragic situation of the previous bidding, and under the pretext that the local situation in Chaozhou was also tense, it waited and watched at the junction of Huichao.

Zhao Hongcan, Yang Lin and others urgently reported to the imperial court, while looking at the north with bitter mouths, waiting for Li Xian's reaction, Guan Yuanzhong even drove the military standard flag soldiers to start rectifying the city defense of Guangzhou.

"Your dad is really being held hostage!?"

In the military camp outside Fogang City, Li Shi asked Meng Songjiang this, and he was very angry. Meng Kui is a chess piece he threw outside, and in the past two years, he has gathered in the Chaozhou area to gather the Jieyang bandits in case of trouble. When attacking and raising the bid before, he also contacted Meng Kui to make a noise. I never thought that I would let Meng Kuixing raise an army and erode Guangdong.

Meng Songjiang had contacted his father, and when he heard about this, he reported to Li Xian that Meng Kui must have been coerced by the local bandit leader in Jieyang. Seeing the changes in Guangzhou, he wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob.

"Yao Zhen, who claims to be the general of the Earth Saint, and Zhang Wu, the general of the Human Saint, are the old thieves of Jieyang. When my father first gathered people, he relied on them to echo around. They must have held my dad hostage and did this. ”

Meng Songjiang had met his father and understood these basic information.

"After settling them down, they should be able to live, and they were told not to act rashly, it seems that the thief's surname has not changed."

Li Xian sighed helplessly that he had helped these Jieyang thieves live in the mountains through Yu Hanyi's secret organization. The expectation for them is to help build momentum, and they don't think that they will spoil the situation in Guangdong.

"The people's hearts are insufficient, and I feel that the current situation in Guangdong can be fished in troubled waters."

Fan Jin sneered, he naturally didn't have a good impression of this kind of bandit.

"Well, it's just to take advantage of this incident to make it clear to Guangdong officials and the people of Guangdong, what do I, Li Shi, and our Qingtian Company, want to do."

Li Xian sighed, it seemed that he had to be the bloody executioner of the suppression of the people's uprising again. As soon as he gave the order, the brigade of men and horses rushed towards Yong'an.

"Li Xi is going to suppress bandits!?"

Zhao Hongcan, Yang Lin and others were very surprised, Li Shi led a thousand-strong brigade and went straight to Yong'an, and also sent a war request document to the governor in the name of Yingde Lianyong, claiming to be righteous and brave to settle the people.

Guangdong officials were puzzled at first, but after the news of the establishment of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce spread, it was generally understood that what Li Shi wanted was to do business in peace. The officials stretched out their hands, and he wanted to chop them, and the thieves and bandits disturbed the people, and he also wanted to cut them down. All of a sudden, the Guangdong officialdom was silent, and they only felt that Li Xian's actions were really indistinguishable from friend and foe.

Li Shi took the left and right flanks of Qingtian, the Foshan wing, the Guangzhou wing and the artillery wing, a total of 1,600 people, and marched all the way, and three days later, rushed from Fogang to the outside of Yong'an County.

Two large flags fluttered in the wind, one was a concentric circle tic-tac-toe flag on a black background, and the other was a black flag on a white background, which read "Yingde Lian Yong, Li". Two or three miles away, looking at these two big flags, Qu Wansheng, the general of the middle battalion, had red eyes, it was these "Yingde Lianyong" who pretended to be the town mark of Shaozhou and slaughtered them like pigs and dogs. But for the sake of the overall situation, the governor Zhao Hongcan specially summoned them, the surviving officials, to Zhaoqing, and explained that they were in a unified voice, but they only said that they were mistakenly attacked by the Shaozhou town standard.

"Marked over?"

His own soldiers asked for instructions, Qu Wansheng nodded helplessly, hating and hating, but he didn't dare to make a move. Yong'an City fell, how could Admiral Zhang Wenhuan react, and sent Qu Wansheng to monitor the bandits with a fairly complete middle camp in front of the camp, waiting for reinforcements, but he didn't want to wait for Li Shi's men and horses.

Li Xi came to suppress the bandits, at least nominally, and Qu Wansheng had to send someone to contact him to make sure that he would not be treated as an enemy by Li Shi. Now there are more than 1,000 people in these two battalions under him, and Li Xi can send a few sentries over to treat him like a duck.

This will Li Xian is negotiating with the bandits who occupy the county seat of Yong'an, he is not an official soldier, these bandits are still allies at a certain level, so he hopes to find a way to solve the problem peacefully.

"If you are interested in rebellion, I will accept it, and I will only ask for it, and my industry is also short of people, so I will arrange a way to live, and guarantee in the name of my Li Shi and Qingtian Company that I will not blame the past. As long as you disperse the banner, withdraw from the county seat, and hand over some people who wantonly do evil, you can give an explanation to the Guangdong officialdom. ”

Li Xi said this to the envoy of the "Three Holy Army", and he felt that this condition was quite generous.

"Our general said that he hopes to conspire with General Secretary Li! Now it seems that Mr. Li is still going to have a nest with Tartar snakes and rats!? ”

The envoy was obviously not Meng Kui's person, and his attitude was very arrogant, which was no wonder. Li Shi's conditions are very domineering. For those of them who want to do a "career", it's a joke at all.

Li Shi didn't have much patience, "Then I don't have to talk to you, let your Heavenly Sage General come to see me." ”

The envoy shook his head: "If General Secretary Li insists on being our enemy, General Tiansheng will not see you." ”

Meng Songjiang finally couldn't help it: "What did you do to my father!?" ”

The messenger grimaced, dodging the question.

Letting go of the messenger, Li Shi used a telescope to look at Yong'an County, the city gate was closed, and the figures at the head of the city were longing, obviously ready for war. This Yong'an county town is played by the old military village in ancient times, not only the outer city is strong, the inner city is also built on the mountain, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The bandits must have been taken down lightly by the inside and outside, which is also where their confidence in defending the county seat lies.

Li Xi is watching the bandits, and the bandits are also watching Li Shi's team.

"Meng Kui is really shallow, so he has to follow a businessman. How can we be so happy as setting up a name. ”

At the head of the city, Yao Zhenzheng, the "Earth Saint General", was exhaling a long breath, tying his trouser belt, and his body was still full of the refreshing taste brought by the crying of those deep ladies, and he didn't care about the more than 1,000 people outside the city. It's not that he heard that Li Xian's shotspearmen are powerful, and he wants to take his brothers out of the city to cover up. This person wants to argue with him and make some jokes.

"The standard was also done by this person, so it's better to be careful. Isn't Li Xian a businessman? Give him some money and women, and talk to him about working together. ”

"Human Saint General" Zhang Wu was still a little worried, Meng Kui, who was locked up by them, respected this Li Shi very much, and seemed to have great magical powers, he didn't dare to take it lightly.

At this time, the envoy returned, and after listening to Li Shi's words, both of them were furious.

"Just let him hit his head and break the blood!"

Zhang Wu spitted, this is not Shaoguang, Chaohui is another world, for hundreds of years, the government has nothing to do with Chaohui bandits, how old are you!?

"Gather the elite, wait for them to attack weakly, and kill all the brains! I heard that Li Xi's shotgun was very good, and the officers and soldiers were all killed to cry and cry for their mothers, and we will use them if they are handed over, and there will be no opponents in the whole of Guangdong. ”

Yao Zhen said with a smile.

Outside the county seat, Li Shi dealt with Qu Wansheng's personal soldiers, and said to Meng Songjiang: "You take the Foshan wing to monitor and raise the standard." ”

Meng Songjiang replied with a hint of reluctance, it seems that this battle has nothing to do with him.

"There are only more than 1,000 bandits, and after stealing the city gate and occupying the county seat, bandits from all over the world have gathered, and there are already four or five thousand people.

There is another person by Li Xian's side, which is the classic history of Yongan County who escaped after the fall of the city. Determined to follow the officers and soldiers to subdue the county, he touched a nose of dust at Qu Wansheng before, and now he saw that Li Xian had raised the banner of Yingde and practiced bravery, and he was a volunteer soldier, so he came to him again. It can be seen that Li Shi only has a thousand people, and he still has no score in his heart.

"This is not up to you, just think about how to appease the people after the city is broken."

Li Xian said lightly, and then turned to Wang Tanghe: "Do it!" ”

Wang Tanghe rubbed his palms excitedly and shouted loudly: "Prepare the cannon wings!" ”

The four cannons were pulled by the carriage and advanced to a high place one and a half miles away from the county city wall, and began to set up equipment to attack. Fang Tangheng personally commanded the Guangzhou wing to advance with the artillery and guard the artillery position.

This is a rare battle to tackle tough problems, and it is also a rare opportunity to test artillery. In the previous Battle of Fogang, the power of those eight-pound cannons was obviously insufficient. The Iron and Steel Institute began to develop more powerful artillery, so there are now four twelve-pound guns, which are organized into a separate gun post.

According to the promotion of pig iron smelting technology by Guan Tian and others, the newly built 12-catty cannon was made of high-quality gray cast iron, the length of the cannon was 16 times the caliber, the weight was 1,500 catties, and the charge was one-third of the weight of the bullet. In addition to the gear high and low machine, the improved field artillery carriage also has a steel spring shock absorber, although it is still a retracted gun, but the recoil and reset speed are already much better than the red-coat cannon.

The effective range of the newly built twelve-pound cannon with a full charge is about three miles, and there is no accuracy at two miles away, but if the target is the city wall, it should not be missed.

"The Red Cannon!?"

On the city wall, looking at the four cannons set up in the distance, Yao Zhen and Zhang Wu stared.

"Even if it's a red-coated cannon, it can't hit so far, right......"

The two of them were still thinking about it, when they saw four clouds of white smoke rising up, and then they heard a loud bang, like thunder in the clear sky.

I could vaguely hear the hissing sound of the air, but other than that, everything was as before, the sun was shining, the breeze was blowing, and the woman's flesh color and gold and silver brilliance that remained in Yao Zhen and Zhang Wu's minds were still churning.

But then the world seemed to be turned upside down, and the battlements not far away suddenly turned into rubble, splashing around with a few human bodies, and the gatehouse behind him burst into a big hole, and the tiles fell like raindrops. Almost at the same time, there was a sudden shake under his feet, and an oscillation spread horizontally, as if the giant spirit god had smashed his fist on the wall, or two knocks in succession.

Yao Zhen and Zhang Wu held the battlements, subconsciously looked under the side city wall, and almost didn't bare their eyes out, they saw that two cracks that were almost stacked together were spreading on the wall, and the city bricks were falling one by one, revealing the gray and yellow rammed earth inside.

"That's ...... It's not going to work......"

Zhang Wu shouted with sweat on his head, sure enough, it was a red-clothed cannon, and the power was so terrifying!

"It's really not going to work......"

Yao Zhen shrank behind the battlements, his eyes rolling rapidly.

There was also a burst of exclamation from the far side of the battlefield, followed by a panic, most of whom had experienced the Battle of Fogang and were frightened by the sound of the more powerful cannons. Thousands of guerrillas restrained them vigorously, and this did not break up.

"I'm glad I didn't hit us ......"

Qu Wansheng's face was also pale, and he originally had a little strange thoughts, but he also disappeared without a trace in front of this cannon sound.

"Hit it hard! Smash the entire city wall and save yourself the effort later! ”

On the artillery position, Wang Tanghe shouted loudly.

Li Xian's Yongan County canonical history saw the first round of bombardment, the city wall was in the dust, and his heart was rippling, hearing this shout, he swallowed his saliva with difficulty, thinking that the scene in front of him should actually be a big thief fighting a small thief.

(To be continued)