In the distance, a bright and dazzling red flag finally appeared on the horizon, with a red background and black flame patterns on the edge, with a big "king" on it. Three large flags appeared at the same time, all red, fluttering in the river wind blowing from the Pearl River. These three red flags are also embroidered with words in black thread. The first one is "Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi", the second is "Suppress Tiannan", and the third is "General Manager of Nanyang".
If Mingzhu was outside Dongguan City in Guangzhou right now and saw the two big flags embroidered with "Suppressing Tiannan" and "General Manager Nanyang", he would definitely be confused. Because "Tiannan" refers to the south of the Celestial Dynasty, and "Nanyang" refers to the oceans and islands south of the Celestial Dynasty.
When will the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi be able to take charge of affairs in the south of China and the oceans and islands in the south? The emperor doesn’t seem to agree, right? Why is Wang Fuchen talking to himself and getting himself appointed and assigned errands?
Nowadays, officials in the Qing Dynasty are becoming more and more active.
But if this continues, what will the court do?
However, Shang Zhixin and Wang Shirong did not care about Wang Fuchen adding some errands and official positions to themselves. They only cared about one thing now. How many men did Wang Fuchen, a living Lu Bu, bring to Guangzhou?
It only requires a few hundred cavalry. If we also bring a large group of infantry, then today's peace talks will turn into a siege!
Soon, after the flying red flag, what appeared was a field of jumping red tassels on the iron helmets, and then hundreds of armored knights were seen, surrounded by them, Wang Fuchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, appeared in everyone's sight.
These hundreds of knights were all grown-up men from the northwest. They wore uniform iron helmets on their heads, half-length Western-style plate armor on their bodies, and armbands on their arms. What a combination of Chinese and Western armor!
All helmets, plate armor, and arm guards were burned black with fire to fade away the luster. When these hundreds of soldiers gathered together in one place, they were surrounded by a surging black sky, which was very dark and imposing.
Anyone familiar with Wang Fuchen knows that this "Living Lu Bu"'s real ability lies on horseback. He himself is one of the best knights in the world, and he is also very good at training cavalry. Although there was a shortage of horses in Lingnan, his new army came from the north and had a lot of cavalry. Among them, a battalion of personal soldiers and cavalry is the strongest! The whole battalion, more than 800 riders, were all men from Shaanxi and Gansu in the northwest. They were all good men recruited by Wang Fuchen from Gansu and Shaanxi by several of his old friends who were transferred from the northwest army.
After this team of cavalry followed Wang Fuchen to Guangdong, they were treated as treasures again, and they were equipped with good armor and weapons. After Wang Zhongxiao captured Macau, Wang Fuchen even asked his son for a batch of Western plate armor stored in the Macau warehouse to put on this group of cavalry, and also took away the "Ocean Horses" of the Macau Portuguese. We also set up a "foreign horse farm" in Zhaoqing, specializing in raising long-legged Western horses.
However, Western long-legged horses have not yet been raised, so these royal cavalry are still riding Mongolian horses. Because the Mongolian horses were too small to carry fully armored cavalry, Wang Fuchen improved the Western plate armor by dismantling the full armor into half armor. In fact, it is just a breastplate, then two pieces of cloth skirt armor, and arm guards made of wrought iron.
Wearing such a piece of armor on the body, it can always block the arrow clusters shot in the direction when charging. If the distance is farther, it may also be able to withstand lead bullets. But when escaping, it's nothing more than a cavalry trained by Wang Fuchen. There is no need to think about escaping here in Guangdong, just rush!
Although this living Lu Bu is capricious, his military qualities are very reliable. In the original San Francisco Rebellion, his army was small in number and was surrounded by enemies on all sides, but he still captured more than ninety named Eight Banners officers (including the results of joint operations with Wu Zhimao and Wang Pingfan), which was much higher than that of Geng Jingzhong, Zhengjing, and Shangzhi all have many letters! Among the generals at his level (he is an admiral), he is definitely ranked first!
Shang Zhixin saw hundreds of cavalry rushing towards him. He was so nervous that his fingers holding the riding whip turned white and he couldn't say a word. His men who were waiting in formation behind also held their breath and just looked in front of him. scene. They were beaten so hard by Wang Zhongxiao's Guangdong soldiers that they couldn't hold their heads up, but now they have the real elite cavalry of the old Wang family!
If they really get angry later, can they be defeated?
This Hongmen Banquet seems to be arranged a bit wrong!
Xiang Yu should have arranged the Hongmen Banquet to slaughter Liu Bang, but now he is using it to slaughter Lu Bu
Wang Shirong let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, these knights do not carry bows or long swords. It seems that Wang Zhijun is sincere enough."
yes! The cavalry doesn’t carry a bow or a spear, so what’s the point?
Shang Zhixin also laughed and said to himself in his heart: Without bows and arrows and spears, no matter how powerful the elite cavalry is, it is useless. Besides, this is not a place for cavalry. This is under the city of Guangzhou. The cavalry can still get wings and fly up to the city. ? When we ambush together later, they will all be targets for the shotgun soldiers!
Just when he was thinking of something good, a long suona sound suddenly came from the cavalry team led by Wang Fuchen. The knights carrying flags in front reined in their horses with one hand. Some of them looked taller than the other horses. The leg horse let out a long neigh, raised its two front legs high, and then dropped them heavily, sending clods of earth flying around, but stopped ten or twenty steps away from Shang Zhixin and others.
The large group of armored knights behind did not pass over these flag-bearing cavalry, but spread out to their left and right, forming two fairly dense four-row lines.
After all the more than 800 cavalrymen came to a halt, they saw Wang Fuchen's tall figure. He was also dressed like the big man from the northwest below. It was not easy to recognize him when he was charging into battle. But at this time, surrounded by more than a dozen personal guards, he immediately stood in the middle of two fairly dense four-row formations composed of four hundred cavalry each, and waved to Shang Zhixin and Wang Shirong with a smile.
Shang Zhixin and his trusted generals at the other end were relieved!
Wang Fuchen's cavalry did not carry long-handled guys, and there was nothing behind them, and there was no Wang Jiajun following them. The nearest Wang Jiajun fortress was more than ten miles away from the Dongguan Tower!
However, there is still a problem with Wang Fuchen's position. He is still a little far away from the city wall where the shotgun soldiers are ambushed beside the Dongguan Tower, and the shotguns cannot hit him!
Also, what does it mean that he immediately stopped entering after being so far away? Did you smell murderous intent?
What should I do?
When Shang Zhixin was trying to trick Wang Fuchen into coming over some more, he saw Wang Fuchen waving at him.
Of course it's impossible for him to pass. That's a living Lu Bu!
However, Wang Shirong didn't know that Shang Zhixin had already held a Hongmen Banquet to deal with Wang Fuchen. He thought that he could convince Wang Fuchen and Shang Zhixin to join Wu Sangui this time by relying on his integrity!
In addition, yesterday he also received a secret message from Wu Sangui, asking him to inquire with Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao about the whereabouts of the third prince Zhu - now there is a job for Emperor Xian of the Ming Dynasty to be given to the third prince Zhu, and the third prince Zhu Most likely in Guangdong!
So when Wang Shirong saw Wang Fuchen waving to him, he whipped his horse and rode forward with a smile.
When Wang Fuchen saw Wang Shirong riding over on horseback and Shang Zhixin still motionless, he could only smile bitterly and said to Wang Shirong: "Bern, come here quickly. Come here."
Just as Wang Fuchen finished speaking, Wang Shirong had already arrived in front of Wang Fuchen and stopped the horse. Just as he was about to say hello to Wang Fuchen, he suddenly saw Wang Fuchen pull out a flintlock from a holster hanging on the saddle of the war horse. He fired the pistol, opened the flint clip of the pistol with his other hand, and then raised the pistol at some target behind Wang Shirong!
Wang Shirong subconsciously looked back and found that it was Shang Zhixin who Wang Fuchen was pointing his gun at!
This stupid Lu Bu actually wants to shoot Shang Zhixin!
Isn't this too shameless?
When Wang Shirong was so shocked that he couldn't even say anything to accuse Wang Fuchen, Shang Zhixin was so frightened that his face turned pale!
Because the person he saw pulling out a gun was not Wang Fuchen alone, but more than two hundred people - all the royal cavalry in the front row pulled out pistols or long-barreled flintlocks (those with straight grooves). rifled gun)!
This is really unexpected!
The armored cavalry no longer use lances for assault but instead use muskets for shooting!
Isn’t this too disrespectful of martial ethics?
Before Shang Zhixin could recover, he was pushed hard by an unknown person. Before he could sit firmly, he fell out of the saddle and fell heavily to the ground. Before he could react, he saw a row of large and small fires suddenly flashing in the hands of the cavalry lined up on the opposite side!
Then, Shang Zhixin heard a dense crackling sound, and then the screams of people and the neighing of war horses came from both his left and right, making a loud noise!
Along with the screams, there was the sound of a human body falling to the ground!
Since this round of shooting was fired by more than 100 flintlock pistols and more than 20 straight groove rifle guns, it was quite lethal. The accuracy of the flintlock pistol is not high, and it does not have high hitting accuracy at a distance of ten or twenty steps. But those twenty-odd straight-groove rifled guns are very powerful. At this distance, they can hit almost 100 times!
Just one round of shooting had already brought down forty or fifty of Shang Zhixin's officers and soldiers!
It can be said that there were heavy casualties!
All his men were dead and wounded. Of course Shang Zhixin knew that he had been plotted by Wang Fuchen, a cunning and unruly Lu Bu. If someone hadn't pushed him in time, he might have been killed by Wang Fuchen's people. Randomly shot and killed!
Thinking that he almost died, Shang Zhixin broke into a cold sweat. Just when he was about to shout loudly for the ambushes who were hiding in the secret passage behind the sheep and horse wall and the hidden soldier cave, he suddenly saw through the thin layer of gunpowder smoke in front of him. Those Wang cavalrymen who had just emptied a flintlock pistol pulled out another pistol from somewhere and raised it!
How can I still change my gun?
Using a pistol to plot against an opponent when negotiating with an opponent is already very unethical. Why do you still use a different gun to fight? That is doubly disrespectful of martial ethics!
Shang Zhixin was speechless. Wang Fuchen, this living Lu Bu, was so shameless!
By this time, Shang Zhixin's men who had survived the enemy's first round of gunfire had reacted and started shouting, accompanied by the dissatisfied neighing of the whipped horses.
"Being plotted against, despicable"
"Damn, the guy named Wang still has a gun!"
"They are going to shoot again, hide now."
"Bang bang bang"
Gunfire rang out again!
The generals of the Shang family who were in chaos were killed and wounded by pistol bullets fired from ten or twenty steps away. This round of shooting did not involve the straight-groove flintlock gun, so the number of casualties was The power was reduced, but the chaos caused was even greater.
Because when those members of the Shang family were "shot for the first time", they still had the intention of jumping on them and fighting hand-to-hand, and some even rode forward. As a result, before they could charge forward, the enemy changed their guns and "killed" them again.
And when Wang Fuchen's men changed their guns again and prepared to "shoot" them for the third time, Shang Zhixin's men could no longer hold back and started shooting them, but it wasn't over yet!
"Run!"
"They still have guns!"
With a few desperate shouts, the generals and soldiers of the Shang Family Army outside the Wengcheng in Dongguan, Guangzhou turned around and ran towards the gates on both sides of the Wengcheng!
At this time, Xiang Zhixin was also scrambling to escape to Wengcheng. The Hongmen Banquet had failed!
It's important to escape now!
"Bang bang bang"
Another round of fatal gunshots!
Shang Zhixin didn't care how many of his men were killed in this round of shooting. All he could think about now was to run away! He had to survive if he escaped into the urn city, so he spread out his two long legs and ran as fast as he could. The speed of his two legs was almost as fast as his four legs.
At this moment, the cry of killing with a northwest accent, the neighing of war horses, and the intensive sound of horse hoofs sounded together. Needless to say, it was definitely Wang Fuchen's cavalry who launched the attack.
Shang Zhixin escaped quite quickly. When Wang Fuchen's cavalry rushed up, he had already run ahead of the hundreds of soldiers under his command. This allowed him to escape disaster temporarily!
Since Shang Zhixin had already set up defenses outside the Wengcheng in Dongguan, Guangzhou, most of the originally open roads had been blocked by horse-guns, leaving only a very narrow passage. If Shang Zhixin had run slower, he would have squeezed into the narrow passage with the hundreds of soldiers.
Whether it can be squeezed out is hard to say.
But now, he had already run through the narrow road before everyone else, and the soldiers who were lagging behind blocked the path for Wang Fuchen's cavalry to attack.
Shang Zhixin, who had escaped the disaster, looked back before entering the small left gate of Dongguan. He only saw hundreds of soldiers crowded in front of the narrow passage, forming a wall of people. Wang Fuchen's cavalry could not stand it. No matter what, there is no way to break through for a while.
There were shouts of death, curses, cries, and the sound of flintlock pistols being fired.
The soldiers who were originally hiding in the secret passage at the base of the city wall and the hidden caves within the city wall have already rushed out with shotguns and bows and arrows. As soon as they are in position, they can rely on the sheep and horse wall to resist.
The defenses on the city wall should have already started.
Shang Zhixin breathed a sigh of relief and strode into the Wengcheng. Just as he was about to call his men to deliver orders, he suddenly found that the Wengcheng was quiet. The knights who entered the city before him were pulled off their horses by who knew who, and knelt in a row inside the urn city!
Shang Zhixin immediately realized something was wrong, and just when he was about to turn around and leave, there was a "crash" sound, and a fence gate (a thousand-jin gate) fell down, blocking the exit of the left small door.
Now Shang Zhixin couldn't get out, so he had to open his throat and shout: "What's going on? Shuying! Mr. Liu Zhen"
"I'm sorry! Just stop yelling. Your sister is here!"
Kong Sizhen's voice suddenly sounded.
Shang Zhixin quickly turned around and saw that his pretty and plump girl was also tied up with a rope. She was kneeling on the ground. The rope was still tight and her mouth was blocked with a piece of cloth. , still sobbing there, with tears in her big eyes.
There were two people standing next to Shang Shuying, it was Kong Sizhen and Liu Jinzhong. Both of them had evil smiles on their faces. They looked like they had adultery!
"Liu Jinzhong, you, you" Shang Zhixin got angry immediately, pointed at Liu Jinzhong and yelled, "You shameless person, you are not satisfied with my sister, you actually betrayed me and Shuying for a girl named Kong!"
"What are you talking about?" Liu Jinzhong glared at Shang Zhixin, "Shang Zhixin, I made it clear to you that I was ordered to capture you, a rebel!"
"By order?" Shang Zhixin was stunned, "Whose order are you following?"
We need to ask this clearly. Kangxi's decree should not affect Guangdong now, right? But Wu Sangui’s purpose should not be achieved!
Liu Jinzhong actually took out a small yellow scroll from his arms, raised it high, opened his throat and shouted: "According to the order of Prince Ding of the Ming Dynasty, we are apprehending the traitor Shang Kexi and the whole family!"
"What?" Shang Zhixin couldn't believe his ears, "King Ding of the Ming Dynasty? Zhu, the third prince Zhu? Liu, are you kidding me? You said you arrested me on the order of the third prince Zhu?"
"Woooo." The gagged Shang Shuying also struggled and cried out.
"Don't move! I'll deal with you severely when I come back." Liu Jinzhong didn't know how to show mercy, so he raised his foot and kicked Shang Shuying, and then said plausibly, "I just obeyed the decree of King Ding!"
"Nonsense, the third prince Zhu is dead long ago. Where can you get his order?" Shang Zhixin still didn't buy it, and while arguing with Liu Jinzhong, he still had his people waiting for reinforcements on the walls of Guangzhou City and outside Dongguan.
If you delay for a while, maybe his people can come to save him.
Liu Jinzhong laughed loudly and said: "Shang Zhixin, have you forgotten my origin? I am from the Yongwei camp of Emperor Yizong of Ming Dynasty. I am a personal soldier of Emperor Yizong of Ming Dynasty. I have met Emperor Yizong. And the young man decides to become the king!
Although I haven’t seen the young master for more than 20 years, I have a very good memory and can still recognize him instantly! You, why don't you just surrender? Someone, get it for me! "
"yes!"
(End of chapter)
