Overnight, the news of the rebellion of the officials was everywhere, and the world was full of beacon fires, and the Manchu court hurriedly sent troops to put out the fire, intending to extinguish the flames before the fire became bigger.

And Li Chao led the army to take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, sneaked out of the Qiongzhou industrial base, and landed in Guangdong by boat.

Guangdong as an important outlet to the sea, to the Qing Dynasty is of little significance, but to Li Chao, the significance is very great, after the control of Guangdong, he is equivalent to a huge access to the sea, into Guangdong can be used as a springboard to attack the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty, retreat can use Guangdong as a barrier to the Qiongzhou industrial base.

If the Qing Dynasty navy wanted to land in the Qiongzhou industrial base, it first had to break the barrier of Guangdong.

Bone ......

A soldier carried a musket on his back and pushed a cannon on his back, advancing on the road, pressing through where there was a road, and opening a road and pressing over if there was no road.

They quickly advanced, and quickly rushed to the city of Guangzhou.

At this time, the city of Guangzhou had already been under martial law, and the Manchu soldiers in military uniforms patrolled everywhere with serious faces, carrying knives and guns in their hands, and when they saw suspicious people, they grabbed and threw them into the prison for interrogation.

All of them, the commanders, the soldiers, the civil and military officials, all have a straight face, as if they are facing a great enemy.

In fact, they were also facing the enemy, because their scouts spotted a rebellious army coming towards Canton.

"Traitor."

Lord Yang, the prefect of Guangzhou City, stood on the city wall, holding a telescope in his hand, looking at the soldiers who gradually appeared in the distance, green military uniforms, he was very sure that the Qing Dynasty did not have this kind of military uniform, since it was not the army of the Qing Dynasty, it could only be a rebellious army, "There have been more and more traitors recently." ”

"As soon as the 'Kill Hu Order' came out, all kinds of demons and monsters ran out, especially those chaotic parties, one by one with the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, but I don't know how much better my Qing Dynasty is better than the former Ming Dynasty."

An official wearing royal blue and embroidered with a peacock robe heard the prefect's words, and nodded slowly, "Since the Holy Emperor Kangzu in the Qing Dynasty, the wind and rain have been smooth, and the people have a bumper harvest every year, and I don't know where to go compared to the former Ming, but these traitors are nostalgic for the former Ming, but I don't know if it weren't for the mediocrity of the former Ming Emperor, the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the common people, and the continuous uprisings in various places, my Qing Dynasty would not uphold the mandate of heaven and enter the Central Plains." ”

"The rebellion of the former Ming Dynasty was rebelled, and now I miss the former Ming, a group of untouchables."

"Yes, they are untouchables." Governor Yang immediately agreed, this person in front of him was a member of the imperial court, and his status was high, and he didn't dare to say the opposite to him at all, "That group of untouchables will be exterminated by the army of the imperial court sooner or later, no, they will be exterminated by the imperial court immediately." ”

Listening to this, the dark clouds in his heart dissipated a little, and he smiled and nodded, "Yes, those untouchables will be wiped out by the army of the imperial court." ”

"The rebellion of the three feudatories and the Zheng clan were so powerful that they were all extinguished by the imperial court, and now the small chaos can be extinguished by the imperial court in less than a month."

"And those thieves, all of them will be killed, and even their relatives and friends will not be able to escape."

Yang Zhifu's heart was cold, his head shrank slightly, relatives and friends couldn't escape, this is the treatment of the Yi Nine Clans, although there have been rebels since ancient times, but after several dynasties, there are really not many people who really Yi Jiu, because the imperial court wants to reflect its own magnanimity and kill less.

But now, according to the envoy, this time the imperial court will not show its magnanimity and want to kill the nine clans of the rebels, but he doesn't feel strange when he thinks about who is the emperor now.

That's Yongzheng, it's Yongzheng.

When Yongzheng was still a prince, he liked to cut off the heads of officials, and to treat corrupt officials was to cut off their heads, and after he became the emperor, the life of the officials was even more difficult.

Thinking about it, Governor Yang is a little nostalgic for the 'ruling the world with scholars' in the former Ming Dynasty, that was the real golden age, and I have never heard of anyone who was beheaded for corruption.

'Tell the soldiers, if you can destroy the rebels this time, I will definitely play the emperor and ask for credit for you." ”

Please credit? If you don't take the credit, it's good, Governor Yang, who knew the character of this envoy according to the character of the inspector, smiled reluctantly, and went down to tell the soldiers the 'good news', which soon attracted cheers from the soldiers and boosted their morale.

At the same time, Li Chao's army came all the way to a little further away from the moat of Canton to make sure that the archers in the city could not shoot arrows in this direction.

"Scouts, you separate to spy on the enemy and monitor their every move."

"Artillery, draw the artillery in a line, ready to attack at any time."

"Musketeers, hurry up and line up, if the enemy goes out of the city, we will shoot."

Li Chao gave an unhurried order to let the whole army move, originally he planned to send someone to sneak into the city, seize the city gate and then drive straight in, but now that the enemy is prepared, his idea is in vain.

"Since you can't sneak attack, then be tough head-on."

Soon, a puff of smoke of artillery was lined up, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the city gates.

"We're going to bang now?" Ma Jun held the telescope and gestured with his fingers, "The distance seems to be a little far." ”

"No, it's too far away now." Li Chao glanced at the direction of Guangzhou City and shook his head, "If you fire a cannon at such a distance, the cannonballs will not hit the city gate." ”

"Then we can build the walls." Ma Jun put down the binoculars and looked at Li Chao, "Our cannon is very powerful, there's no reason why we can't blast open the city gate." ”

Li Chao still shook his head, "Our cannons are powerful, but the gates of Guangzhou City are not vegetarians, and the ancient people built the city walls very thickly, just to prevent all kinds of trebuchets." ”

"Theoretically, we can knock down the city wall by continuously hitting one point, but in practice, we can't bombard the same point continuously, no matter how powerful the sharpshooter is."

"So I'm aiming for the city gates." Li Chao said: "Compared with the outrageously thick city wall, the city gate is very weak, as long as it hits, it can be opened immediately, and then our army can still drive straight in." ”

"Pass my orders, and all the gunners will begin to advance...... We're going to push to a suitable distance and then blast their gates. ”