In the eleventh year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, on the first day of March, there was a camp in Mianhu Village, Chaozhou.
This place is now a sea of Qing soldiers!
The original Mianhu Walled City had long been overcrowded, and the Chaozhou people in the city had long been coaxed out by Shang Zhixiao to free up houses for the green camp soldiers who came from the north. Although they were from the green camp, they were theoretically low-income people. The flag soldiers of Nanwangfu and Xushungongfu are first-rate, but they are the escorts of Mi Sihan, the imperial minister, and they were personally drawn by Emperor Kangxi from Zhili, Henan, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi and other provinces for Mi Sihan. Green camp soldiers.
Therefore, Shang Zhixiao did not dare to neglect them and had to treat them as "green uncles". The Pingnan Prince's Banner Army and the vassal green battalion soldiers who came from Guangzhou naturally became the "second-class soldiers" of Guangdong. They set up a circle of camps outside the Mianhu Walled City to protect the "green uncles" from the north. On the periphery of the "second-class soldiers" of Pingnan Palace, there are the "third-class soldiers" of Guangdong Green Camp led by Yan Ziming, Miao Zhixiu, Zhang Guoxun, Wang Guodong and others, as well as the Chaozhou Tongzhi Fengmingshan who was dismissed and retained for meritorious service. He led two thousand Chaozhou minzhuang and tuanding.
These fourth-class Qing soldiers gathered in layers around Mianhu Village, forming a heavy military group with as many as 50,000 people!
In addition to the 50,000 troops here, Liu Jinzhong's army is also stationed in Haiyang County, the capital of Chaozhou, to prevent the troops of Zhu San and his son from running eastward to Fujian. At Yanling Pass, an important pass at the junction of Chaozhou and Jiaying Prefecture, the Xushun Gongfu Banner Army led by Deng Guangming and Zhang Mengji was stationed. They blocked the northward passage of Zhu San and his son.
With no way to go east or north, Zhu San and his son theoretically had no choice but to stay in Jieyang County and wait to be crushed to death by the 50,000 Qing troops gathered in Mianhu Village.
Although he is sure of winning, Shang Kexi, King Pingnan of the Qing Dynasty, is still very cautious at this time!
He did not want to be like Yang Hao, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, who divided his troops and advanced rashly, only to be defeated by Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty who concentrated his forces.
Moreover, Shang Kexi didn't dare to concentrate his troops and advance rashly... He just wanted to "win with more troops than speed"!
"It's only sixty or seventy miles from Mianhu Village to Jieyang City. You can climb several miles in a day and even climb there in a month! I have fifty thousand troops and so many red barbarian cannons. As long as I reach the foot of Jieyang City, I can build Raise the fort and bombard it day and night... Even if Jieyang City is made of iron, I can break it!"
Shang Kexi was proudly walking in the Mianhu Walled City at this time, chatting with the Imperial Envoy Mi Sihan, Guangdong Governor Liu Bingquan, Shang Kexi's military advisor Jin Guang, and a group of admirals, generals, and deputy generals talking about their plans. A set of strategies for defeating thieves in all aspects.
Mi Sihan, Liu Bingquan, and Yan Ziming all nodded their heads when they heard this, as if they were all strategists who were familiar with the Three Kingdoms, no, they were familiar with the art of war.
Shang Kexi's two sons, Anda Gong Shang Zhixin and second son Shang Zhixiao, were also standing in the hall, but they didn't listen much to Shang Kexi's words, but competed with each other with their eyes.
As soon as Shang Kexi finished speaking, the two Mr. Shang came out of the queue at the same time to ask for their seats.
"Amma, Zhixin is willing to be the vanguard, lead an elite brigade, and open the way for the army!"
"Amma, I am willing to be a vanguard, lead my elite troops, and open the way for the army!"
Seeing his two sons jumping out at once, Shang Kexi couldn't help but frown, and said to himself: "You two little bastards are arguing over each other! Should Miao Zhixiu, Zhang Guoxun, and Wang Guodong go to the pioneer errand?" That’s it?”
Just when Shang Kexi wanted to teach his two hot-headed sons a few words, and then leave the task of sending him to death to others to do, he suddenly heard someone outside the hall shouting: "Your Majesty, my slave Li Tianzhi needs to report urgent military affairs again!"
Shang Kexi was stunned. Li Tianzhi was Shang Kexi's confidant, and he was appointed as the chief official of Pingnan Palace.
Today, Li Tianzhi was on duty with the Chinese army at the Mianhuzhai camp and did not come to attend the military meeting. If something big hadn't happened, he wouldn't have come to interrupt the military discussion!
"Tell him to come in!"
Shang Kexi quickly asked his assistants to invite Li Da Changshi in. Before Li Tianzhi could give him a thousand gifts, Shang Kexi could already see something was wrong from his face.
This Li Tianzhi used to have a red face, but now he looks pale! What's the big deal?
"Li, Li Changshi, what happened?" Shang Kexi knew something was wrong and asked quickly.
"My lord, my lord, I just received an urgent report from the Guangzhou palace... saying that Macau was attacked and occupied by the puppet Prince Mingding and his troops!"
"What?" Shang Kexi asked nervously, "Humen was captured by Zhu Heji?"
"It's not Humen, it's Macau!" Li Tianzhi was afraid that Shang Kexi would be confused and couldn't understand, so he emphasized again, "It's Macau held by the Portuguese, and it has been captured by Zhu Heji. According to reports, Zhu Heji First, he hijacked an armed merchant ship of the British East India Company of the Red Barbarians and entered the Haojiang Inner Harbor of Macau under the banner of the Red Barbarians. Then he used magic to create smoke and coaxed the Portuguese to put out the fire, but he was fooled. Later, he used a very powerful explosive bomb to bombard the city of St. Paul in Macau for one night, causing heavy casualties to the civilians, officers and soldiers in the city..."
"Wait a minute," Shang Kexi felt something was wrong, and quickly interrupted, "When did this happen? How do you find out so clearly?"
"Reporting to the prince," Li Tianzhi said, "the military newspaper said that what happened on February 25th and 26th... The reason why it is so clear is because the Portuguese soldier in Macau, Bishop Luo Dongni, Sampaolo abandoned the city and fled, took a Portuguese speedboat to Humenkou, reported the fall of Macau, and said that he had made up his mind to join the bannermen of the Qing Dynasty."
With that said, Li Tianzhi handed the invitation submitted by Zeng Qizhao of the Humen Gate Association to Shang Kexi with both hands.
Shang Kexi took the invitation and read it again and again. After reading it, his palms were trembling slightly and there were beads of sweat on his forehead!
He is feeling distressed and anxious now!
The smuggling trade in Macau-Xiangshan was a cash cow for Prince Pingnan, so this little brat like Zhu Heji was able to chop it down with a click! Can Shang Kexi not feel distressed?
Moreover, Zhu Heji traveled so far, not only offending the British and Portuguese barbarians to his hometown in the West, but also raiding and conquering Macau. It couldn't be just to chop down the cash cow of Prince Pingnan's palace, right?
He is going to attack Guangzhou!
Macau can be considered a fortified city. There are hundreds of cannons guarding the city alone, including thirty-six red cannons produced by the Macau Bogarao Factory. Such a city defense was broken by Zhu Heji in one night.
He is about to reach Guangzhou City. Can Guangzhou City be defended? Is this a good situation and why we should not be anxious?
"Ama... Guangzhou Prefecture is our foundation. We must not make any mistakes. Retreat immediately!"
Shang Zhixin, who had been shouting to fight and kill just now, and was competing with his brother Shang Zhixiao to be the vanguard, was already intimidated by this moment.
"Amma, there are two uncles in Guangzhou who are watching, and the fake Ming rebels can't be defeated at all! Now the elite soldiers of the fake Ming rebels must be in Macau... In this way, Jieyang County will definitely be empty and unprepared! Let's go long distance Make a big advance, go straight to the thief's nest, and capture the Third Prince Zhu in one fell swoop!"
Of course, it was his good brother Shang Zhixiao who was the naysayer of Monk Zhixin...the two brothers are now mortal enemies! Therefore, Shang Zhixiao must oppose Shang Zhixin's suggestion.
Of course, Shang Zhixin had to resolutely oppose Shang Zhixiao's opinion. He immediately said to the old man: "Amma, the people guarding Guangzhou now are a group of old men. How much better can they be than the Portuguese guarding Macau? If we capture Jieyang, Zhu Heji captured Guangzhou...isn't this a change of ownership? It would be a big loss if we exchange Guangzhou for Jieyang County, right?"
"How could Guangzhou be lost? The second uncle and the others are not comparable to those Portuguese profiteers!" Shang Zhixiao was not to be outdone.
Seeing his two sons insisting on their own opinions, Shang Kexi had no idea for a moment, so he had to turn around and ask for advice from military advisor Jin Guang.
Of course, Old Man Jin supported Shang Zhixiao, so he said happily to Shang Ke: "Your Majesty, if Zhu Heji can really capture Guangzhou... then it will be too late to return to the army now! There are six days left before Mianhu Village can go to Guangzhou. For more than a hundred miles, no matter how fast the army moved, it would still take seven or eight days. If Zhu Heji's army could not conquer Guangzhou for that long, then he would not be able to invade the city of Guangzhou at all.
Mianhu Village is only 60 miles away from Jieyang County. Walk quickly and you can get there in one day! So now we must show the determination to break the boat and march eastward with the whole army and attack Jieyang! "
