After leaving Zhenhai Tower on Yuexiu Mountain in the north of Guangzhou, Chen Kai leaned on the carriage of the carriage and swayed towards the south pier.

In the early morning, the wheels rolled up the mist, and at the same time, it inevitably rolled up Chen Kai's thoughts. Last night's changing of cups and cups, even though he had been through battle for a long time, he couldn't bear the hassle of staying up all night.

At the rhythm of the show, those guys were very considerate and did not use the excuse of drunkenness to drag in a maid, a dancer, or something else to show off in a different place, but Chen Kai didn't like this kind of face, because it made him almost drink.

one night.

The carriage was slowly moving forward on the bluestone road, and Chen Kai was drowsy. Outside the carriage window, in the alleys, there were many men, women, old and young huddled in the humid air. Maybe they had their eyes closed, but they were still waiting for them to open.

Just worry about food.

In the groggy state, it seemed that even time could not be quantified. I don’t know how much time had passed. When I arrived at the dock, the boat was ready. Chen Kai got out of the carriage after feeling the smell of alcohol emanating from his sleep.

, sailing towards the lucky ship that came from it.

"Chen Canjun."

"Lin Hou."

The fleet set sail and sailed out slowly along the flow of the Pearl River. Chen Kai took a nap on the carriage for a while. The river breeze blew and he became more energetic. After entering the cabin and retreating from others, he started communicating with Lin Cha.

"How is the situation in the city?"

"It's okay. This time the Tatars are not so much sieging the city as they are approaching the city. The order in the city is in good order. Even for the people of Guangzhou City, life is not as good as it used to be. As you mentioned when you came here, all men, women and children in Guangzhou City are in good order.

There are winds of hairpin flowers, but they are less common. I think it is not only the people who are pouring in from outside the city who are having a hard time, but those in the city are probably not much better either."

"It's better than dying."

There are large flower fields and gardens outside the city of Guangzhou. Every morning, flower farmers come to the dock to sell or transport flowers to flower markets and flower shops in the city. It is precisely because of the prosperity of Guangzhou that the custom of Guangzhou people's love for beauty and hairpins was formed. For Lin Cha's

Chen Kai nodded, then asked: "Marquis Lin, what is the situation in the surrounding counties?"

"It's very bad." Lin Cha sighed and pulled Chen Kai out of the hustle and bustle of Guangzhou.

According to Lin Cha's investigations on various old relationships in the past few days, the Qing army had already set off from Shaozhou Prefecture and headed south as early as the end of the first month. By the beginning of March, it had captured Qingyuan and Conghua counties. Qingyuan General

Li Wenlong, Ji Yisheng, the magistrate of Conghua County, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. On the sixth day of March, the Qing army arrived at the outskirts of Guangzhou. Du Yonghe sternly refused to persuade him to surrender. As a result, he launched an siege on the city in the early morning of the ninth day of the lunar month, resulting in over a thousand casualties and a disastrous defeat.

However, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao did not give up because of this. Instead, they slowly dug trenches on the north, west and east sides of Guangzhou to isolate traffic. At the same time, they cleaned up the surrounding counties and recruited surrenders and rebels.

For example, Huizhou General Fenghua Bo Huang Yingjie, Chaohui Branch Guard Li Shilian, Chaohui Patrol Patrol Shen Shiqi, Dongguan General Soldier Zhen Anbo Zhang Daoying, Dongguan General Zhang Shan and others successively surrendered under such circumstances. It is even more gratifying.

Kill the eight princes of Ziyang, Tongling, Xinghua and Yongping to please the Qing court.

With their surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the large area of ​​land east of Guangzhou and up to Chaozhou was no longer owned by the Ming court. Qingyuan, which Shang Kexi had captured earlier, became the Qing army's forward position to guard against the Ming army in Zhaoqing, while Conghua

It became a gratifying base camp, and cannons were cast there in preparation for siege.

Next, they simply recruited and surrendered the Red Flag pirates, used Liang Biaoqiang and others to defeat the Guangzhou Navy, gained control of the sea in the middle and lower reaches of the Pearl River, and formed a relatively loose encirclement of Guangzhou City on all sides.

"According to the news from Zengcheng and Dongguan, the Tatars seem to be still building ships in an attempt to further establish actual control over the Pearl River. But with what we have experienced, I am afraid that they will not cause any harm to Guangzhou for a while.

What's such a big threat?" When it came to this, Lin Cha was not a little complacent, and was completely talking about the matter. From Chen Kai's point of view, it was more of a disdain for Liang Biao and others, a kind of regular army's attitude towards miscellaneous pirates.

despise.

"We return to Chaozhou. If the navy of Chief Chen Qice is transferred from Sanshui to advance eastward, the Tatars may not even be able to build ships. In Guangzhou, the Tatars may have to mobilize more troops to have a chance to win.

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"There's no need to think about Sanshui. Du Yonghe won't want Chen Qice to come over."

"Why?"

"He Wuzuo."

"I see."

Lin Cha can tell the truth, but compared to Chen Kai, he still has a lot of confidence in Guangzhou's city defense. This is actually more due to his own experience - you must know that even Li Chengdong led Shaowu under his leadership.

During the decisive battle between the main force of the imperial court and the army of the Yongli Dynasty, Guangzhou City was defrauded. He could only understand how strong this city was.

"This city of Guangzhou, if nothing unexpected happens, will be conquered by the Tatars by the end of this year at the latest."

Hearing Chen Kai's assertion, Lin Cha was stunned for a moment, but before he could ask, he suddenly thought of something and immediately agreed with Chen Kai's point of view.

Speaking of which, Du Yonghe is pitiful. As the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, looking around, Zhaoqing Prefecture has Ma Jixiang, the Marquis of Wen'an, Cao Ye, the Minister of War, and Li Yuanyin, the admiral of the imperial camp. There is also a great scholar He Wuzou in nearby Sanshui County.

, all he can command are the generals and defenders in the city. Together, the entire Guangzhou battlefield is actually just a piece of loose sand, waiting for Shang Kexi to surrender one by one and smash it into pieces.

This situation is also common in Guangxi. Qing Guo Gong Chen Bangfu is a local military general in Guangxi, as well as Xuan Guo Gong Jiao Lian, Wei Guo Gong Hu Yiqing, Founding Duke Zhao Yinxuan, Yong Guo Gong Cao Zhijian and a large number of outsiders. Now more

With the addition of the Loyalty Battalion and the warlords who had retreated from Huguang, there was no possibility of getting along well with each other, let alone unified command.

Like Guangdong and Guangxi, Sichuan and Guizhou, warlords are fighting in a melee, and Yunnan is already owned by the Great Western Army. Turning to Fujian in the east, Zheng Chenggong successively absorbed Chen Bao, Lin Cha, Shi Lang, Shi Fu and other troops. Under Chen Kai's

After capturing Chaozhou with his help, the strength improved to a higher level, but the Zheng Group and the Fujian Ming Army were still under the command of the three commanders.

For Yu Nanming, the overall situation is still deteriorating as it has been in history. This is inertia and cannot be easily shaken. From Yu Chenkai's point of view, the only thing worth celebrating now is that Zheng Chenggong is stronger.

And this man is also one of the few military commanders in this era who can create miracles.

"I don't know what's going on over there with Guo Xing. They are attacked from both sides. Lu Ting is very wealthy and spends a lot of money."

"I don't think what will happen. Wang Zhigang, Xu Long, and Su Li are just a bunch of chickens and dogs. It's nothing more than time."

"I hope so, otherwise wouldn't my efforts over the past three years have been in vain?"

Chen Kai would not say this. In fact, he also had great confidence in Zheng Chenggong. However, in his impression, Zheng Chenggong seemed to be very good at fighting land battles. He could win many battles that were sure to lose.

But he could also lose many battles that were sure to win. They were not as steady as in naval battles, and some worries inevitably arose here.

Thinking of this, Chen Kai suddenly realized that, being on the Pearl River, he could not help Zheng Chenggong no matter how clever he was. In the end, it still depended on the on-the-spot response of the national surnamed master. In this case, there is no need to worry about it, just

Once he figured this out, Chen Kai suddenly remembered that from the time he got on the ship to now, Lin Cha didn't seem to have asked him about the outcome of what he had done.

"Is Marquis Lin so confident in his subordinates?"
Chapter completed!