Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

"What?" Shang Kexi asked nervously, "Humen was taken down by Zhu Heqi?"

"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, "Macao is held by the Portuguese, and it has been brought down by Zhu Heqi. According to reports, Zhu Heqi He first hijacked the Hongyi British East India Company's armed merchant ship, entered the Macau Haojiang inner harbor under the banner of the Hongyi people, and then used the magic method to create smoke to coax the Portuguese to fight the fire, but it all fell into his way. Later, he bombarded the city of St. Paul's in Macau for one night with a very powerful explosive bomb, causing heavy casualties to the civilians, officers and soldiers in the city..."

"Wait," Shang Kexi felt something was wrong when he heard it, and quickly interrupted, "When did this happen? How did you inquire so clearly?"

"Reporting to the lord," Li Tianzhi said, "the military newspaper said that what happened on February 25th and 26th... The reason why it is so clear is that the Portuguese leader Rotoni and the bishop Sanpaolo fled the city. The Portuguese clippers arrived at Humenkou, reported the fall of Macau, and said that they had made up their minds to join the Qing Dynasty as a bannerman.”

As he said that, Li Tianzhi handed Shang Kexi the letter of submission submitted by Zeng Qizhao of Xietai, Humenkou, which had been transferred through the Pingnan Palace.

Shang Kexi took the letter and read it again and again. After reading it, his palms were trembling slightly, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat!

He is distressed and impatient now!

Macau—Xiangshan’s smuggling trade is the cash cow of Prince Pingnan’s mansion, so this little bastard, Zhu Heqi, will be cut down!Can Shang Kexi not feel bad?

Moreover, Zhu and Qi ran so far, they did not hesitate to offend Yingyi and Puyi to their hometown in Western countries, and they also wanted to raid and take down Macau. It could not be just to cut down the cash cow of Nanwangfu, right?

He is going to fight Guangzhou!

Macau can be regarded as a strong city. There are hundreds of cannons defending the city alone, including 36 red cannons produced by the Macau Bucarao Factory.Such a city defense was broken by Zhu Heqi in one night.

He is going to the city of Guangzhou, can the city of Guangzhou be defended?In such a situation, can Shang Kexi not be in a hurry?

"Ama...Guangzhou Mansion is our foundation, we must not make mistakes, retreat quickly!"

Shang Zhixin, who was shouting to be beaten and killed just now, and who wanted to compete with his brother Shang Zhixiao to be the vanguard, was already intimidated at this moment.

"Ama, there are two uncles in Guangzhou and they are watching. The hypocritical rebels can't be defeated at all! Now the elite soldiers of the hypocritical rebels must be in Macau... In this way, Jieyang County will be empty and unprepared! We might as well drive forward and go straight Smash the thief's nest and capture the third prince Zhu in one fell swoop!"

Of course, Monk Zhixin's good brother Shang Zhixiao was the one who sang the opposite... These two brothers are now deadly enemies!Therefore, Shang Zhixiao must oppose Shang Zhixin's suggestion.

As for Shang Zhixiao's opinion, Shang Zhixin of course had to resolutely oppose it. He immediately said to the old man: "Ama, there are a group of old men guarding Guangzhou now. How much better can they be than the Portuguese guarding Macau? If we take down Jieyang, Zhu and Qi conquered Guangzhou... Isn’t this a change of home? Let’s trade Guangzhou for Jieyang County, isn’t it too bad?”

"How could Guangzhou be lost? Erbo and the others are not comparable to those profiteers from Portugal!" Shang Zhixiao was not to be outdone.

Seeing that the two sons insisted on their own opinions, Shang Kexi lost his mind for a while, so he had to turn his head to seek advice from the military advisor Jin Guang.

Of course, the old man Jin supported Shang Zhixiao, so he said to Shang Kexi: "My lord, if Zhu Heqi can really conquer Guangzhou... then it may be too late to return to the army now! Mianhu village is more than 600 miles away from Guangzhou. No matter how fast they go, it will take seven or eight days. If Zhu Heqi's army can't take Guangzhou for so long, then he won't be able to break into Guangzhou city at all.

And Mianhu Village is only sixty miles away from Jieyang County, so hurry up, you will be there in one day!So now we must come up with the determination to break the boat and move the whole army eastward, heading straight for Jieyang! "

Chapter 134 Shang Kexi is still a bit powerful!

Shang Kexi looked back at Mi Sihan, "Master Mi, look at this..."

Now Mi Sihan is the imperial envoy who presides over the military affairs of Guangdong and Fujian provinces to suppress bandits!Shang Kexi, this King Pingnan just has more soldiers in his hands.

Mi Sihan frowned, nodded and said: "Second Young Master and Jin Junshi are right... The emperor also said in the court post to me that we must take down the third prince Zhu! Even if we kill the chicken with a sledgehammer, As long as we can win, we have made a great contribution!"

Kangxi didn't say that he could exchange Guangzhou city for the third prince Zhu, the price is too high no matter how you look at it!

But Shang Kexi still heaved a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty is truly a saint!"

Mi Sihan said again: "And the emperor also said in the court letter that the subordinate officials are to supervise the military affairs of Guangdong and Fujian provinces. They not only control the soldiers in Guangdong, but also control the soldiers in Fujian! If there are not enough soldiers in Guangdong, there are also those in Fujian. Soldiers can be used!"

"But Fujian..." Shang Kexi frowned deeply, he didn't understand what Mi Sihan meant, this Mi Sihan wanted to get away and run away!

Can't let him go, otherwise if Guangzhou is really lost, the responsibility is all his alone!

Mi Sihan didn't know what Shang Kexi was thinking, so he patted his chest and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will go to Fujian to supervise the soldiers in person! I won't believe it anymore. I, an imperial envoy, came to Zhangzhou. Geng Jingzhong, Zhao Desheng, Huang Wu and the others dare not to send troops!

In addition, Xiaguan can also join forces with the red-haired ghost! "

"Join forces with the red-haired ghost?" Shang Kexi was taken aback, "Is this really feasible? The court will not..."

"No, absolutely not!" Mi Sihan waved his hand, "The emperor is wise, he knows who is my confidant in the Qing Dynasty! Besides, what the red-haired ghost wants is only trade in Hong Kong, so there is nothing he can't agree to." ? In the worst case, let’s learn from Japan and build a Nagasaki port.”

Hearing what he said, Shang Kexi already understood—Kangxi had given instructions to unite the Dutch Red Maoyi in the court post to Mi Sihan.Otherwise, Mi Sihan wouldn't dare to do this even if he had the guts of a bear.

Shang Kexi then asked Mi Sihan again: "Then Guangdong..."

Hearing his question, Mi Sihan immediately stood up, with an extremely serious expression on his face, and at the same time took out a yellow envelope from the inner pocket of his sleeve, and said loudly: "Pingnan King It is still a pleasure to accept the order!"

Shang Kexi was stunned for a moment, but he still reacted quickly, got up and walked to Mi Sihan, lifted his robe and knelt down, and said loudly: "Slave Shang Kexi welcomes the imperial edict!"

Mi Sihan did not read the imperial decree aloud in front of everyone, but handed the notebook directly to Shang Kexi to read it by himself.

The reason why he did this is because this decree is a court post, also called a letter post or letter post, which is a secret decree.Only specified people can watch it, others are not qualified to watch it.

Shang Kexi received the decree, knelt on the ground and read it respectfully, then exhaled, his old face finally showed joy, and then he was supported by his two sons, then turned around, smiled and said to everyone: "Blessed by the emperor's grace!" Having said that, he bowed his hands at the void again very respectfully, "This king will be in charge of the military affairs of Guangdong Province after Mr. Mi goes to Fujian to supervise the army... Of course, Mr. Mi will restrain him from going up. !"

This gratifying attitude really does not mean that even if Emperor Kangxi let him control the military affairs of a province in Guangdong, he still has to highlight Mi Sihan's status... If the third prince Zhu is really killed, this is the biggest one. The credit, of course, still belongs to Mi Sihan.

Of course, Mi Sihan was very satisfied with Shang Kexi's attitude, so he smiled and said to Shang Kexi: "My lord, I need a light vehicle to go to Fujian this time, so my imperial envoy and the military guard association can't take them all away. It's gone. Wu Zhuangyuan!"

Wu Sanwei, who looked like a fierce Zhang Fei, jumped out when Mi Sihan called him, and shouted: "The last general is here!"

Mi Sihan gave this guy who likes to be shocked again, this guy is really not likable!He is ugly, has a loud voice, and doesn't know how to flatter. He always stares at you with big eyes.

But Mi Sihan had nothing to do with him.He is the "Sai Zhang Fei" personally sealed by Yukou, isn't Zhang Fei like this?If Mi Sihan wants to have an opinion, he is questioning the emperor's words!

But he didn't want to keep this vulgar man by his side, and it was impossible for him to take thousands of "Master Green" soldiers from the north to Fujian.It's too slow to take them, so why don't you just take three or four hundred riders, and go lightly, go to Yanling Pass to meet Deng Zhong who is digging the corner of Duke Xushun's mansion there, and then rush into Fujian.

Deng Zhong followed Kangxi's will to Chaozhou to recruit some Xushun Gongfu Banner Army who could understand Hokkien and Chaozhou dialect, and went to Fujian to help Shi Lang.Before he left Beijing, he also got an oral order from Emperor Kangxi, asking him to obey Mi Sihan's restraint.And this matter, Kangxi also told Mi Sihan in the court post.

So Mi Sihan just took this opportunity to leave Sai Zhangfei in Guangdong to "make meritorious service".

"Wu Zhuangyuan," Mi Sihan said to Wu Sanwei with a smile, "you have been nagging me to do meritorious service for the court, and now the opportunity has come! You will stay on the front line of Chaozhou and lead all the guilds I left behind. Guards, follow King Pingnan to suppress bandits and make meritorious service!"

Wu Sanwei was born as the number one scholar in martial arts. After high school, he got a first-class bodyguard at the same level as Kong Sizhen.

So now he not only doesn't want to stay with the leader, but he doesn't even have the attitude of being reluctant to part with him, so he politely said: "The last general obeys the order!" Then he bowed his hands to Shang Kexi, and said with a foolish smile: "My lord , Give the last general a head start!"

Seeing his attitude, Shang Kexi was a little dumbfounded. Why did the two hundred and five look a bit like the Manchurian Heavenly Soldiers two or thirty years ago?

But Shang Kexi still wants to encourage this number two hundred and five, nodded and said: "Good job, you must be in the front line of this battle!"

Wu Sanwei was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, my lord, for using it again!"

Shang Kexi then turned his attention to his second son, Shang Zhixiao: "Second son, since you insist on going all out, you must be the leader of the front team!"

"Ama, my child is willing to be a former soldier!" Shang Zhixiao also accepted the order loudly.

"My lord," Jin Guang, Shang Kexi's military advisor, also stood up at this time, "The Zhuge demon is full of tricks, and the second prince is still young, so he might be deceived by him. The veteran is willing to send troops with the second prince."

"That couldn't be better!" Shang Kexi nodded, "Second brother, Wu Zhuangyuan, military advisor, this king will gather [-] elite soldiers for you, and go ahead as the front team of the three armies!"

Shang Kexi's previous plan was to move forward step by step - this is the strategy Hong Chengchou used at the beginning of the Songjin battle, to build the camp first and then remove people.Every day, people were sent out of the Mianhuzhai camp to repair the camp ten miles away. After ten and a half months, the new camp was repaired, and then the whole army moved, moved there together, and then repaired the next camp.From Mianhuzhai to Jieyang County, it is a total of sixty or seventy miles, and only six camps will be built.Even if it takes half a month to repair one camp, it will take three months for six camps.

Three months later, the army was forced to the city of Jieyang!

At that time, it is gratifying that even if you don't take the initiative to attack the city, you can send a small cavalry team to destroy around Jieyang Island every day, and you can destroy the outside of Jieyang Island into white land.

Can a small isolated island of Jieyang survive?

As for the Third Prince Zhu and the Third Grandson of Zhu who sent troops to attack fiercely, Shang Kexi was not worried, they were just retreating steadily.He advances step by step, so he can resist step by step even when he retreats.Even if each camp can only consume 500 opponents, six camps can consume 3000 opponents.

How many 3000 people can there be on Jieyang Island now?

If it weren't for Zhu Heqi not practicing martial arts and not adhering to the international rules based on strength, and taking Macau by surprise attack and opening the door to Guangzhou, this strategy would be gratifying, even if Zhu Hechi had sweet gunpowder and Molotov cocktails, It's hard to win.

But even if this steady game is broken by Zhu Heqi, Shang Kexi is not so easy to deal with!

He said to Shang Zhixiao, Wu Sanwei, and Jin Guang in a calm voice: "Although this time the old man marches into the front, middle, and rear three teams, the distance between the three teams should not exceed five miles. In fact, it is still all the way. The reason why Dividing into three teams is just for the convenience of marching and deploying when encountering the enemy. Therefore, the three of you must not rush forward or be lured by the enemy. If you encounter the enemy's small team, drive them away. If you encounter a large team, set up a stronghold Disembark, hold on to the spot, and wait for the whole army to arrive!"

Chapter 135 What is the plan of breaking the bridge?Does anyone understand?

Jieyang County, the lobby of Jian Guo Mansion.

Zhu Tianwang, who has been in charge of the country for several months, finally has a little bit of fun during this period of time.

Because his bad boy who is the prime minister of military and state affairs is not at home, Zhuge Sanhe, the Zuofu Zhengjun who can pinch and count as a goblin, is also not there, and even Da Boling, the wife of Fengguo who doesn't know whether to call her sister-in-law or daughter-in-law, is also there. Not in Jieyang.

So there are no tigers in the city, and monkeys can be called kings!

When Shang Kexi's whole army marched towards Jieyang County aggressively, Zhu Tianwang was leading a group of courtiers in civilian clothes to meet Chen Yonghua, a monk, a Taoist priest, and a Confucian who came from afar in the lobby of his house.

Chen Yonghua came from Xiamen Island, and Zheng Jing secretly landed on the island at the end of February.Before and after Zheng Jing landed on the island, three distinguished guests came to Xiamen Island.

It is this monk, one Taoism, and one Confucianism!

A monk named Jinzhong, layman surname Qu, surname Dajun, word Yiling, is in his early 40s this year, looks a little thin, with high cheekbones and piercing eyes.This person is a famous scholar in Lingnan, one of the three great masters in Lingnan. Because he was determined to resist the Qing Dynasty, he shaved his hair and became a monk so that he could travel around.Before Zhu San and his son founded the Ming court, he was hiding in Tonglu, Zhejiang because he was wanted by the Qing court, but he still kept in touch with Yanping Palace.

And that one is even more powerful!He is the founder of Nanchang Qingyunpu Taoist Temple. He is about 40 years old. He looks very thin and inconspicuous, but he has a very powerful Taoist name - Bada Shanren!

His secular surname is Zhu, his first name is Da, and he also has a family name of Tongquan (Shanglinxiajin). He is the ninth grandson of Zhu Quan, Ningxian King of the Ming Dynasty.

Although he has become a monk, he has not forgotten to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. He secretly kept in touch with the Yanping Palace, and also had contacts with Qu Dajun.

And that Confucian scholar is the oldest in this lobby today, with white beard and hair, and looks like he must be 70 years old.His surname is also Zhu, but he is not from the Zhu Ming clan.His name is Zhu Zhiyu, and his name is Shunshui. In his early years, he was also the No. [-] figure who resisted the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty. teacher.However, he kept in touch with Zheng Chenggong's younger brother Tagawa Qizaemon, and also had correspondence with Zheng Jing.

Qu Dajun, Bada Shanren, and Zhu Shunshui were all former Confucian scholars recommended by Zheng Jing—Zheng Jing was much more serious about selecting former Confucian scholars than Zhu Heqi, and did not choose a few from his team. The bearded macho takes care of things.

He only promoted Qiu Rong, the "Scarred Confucian", and the other five were Confucians who were really proficient in Confucian principles, including Zhu Shunshui, a great Confucian.

At this moment, Zhu Shunshui and the others are looking carefully at the three former Confucian scholars who are on the side of the third prince Zhu!

There are five former Confucian scholars on the side of the third prince Zhu, one for the third prince Zhu, one for the grandson of the third Zhuge, one for Zhuge's military adviser, one for the brave Su Suyong, and one for the old man Yu.At the moment Zhu Heqi and Zhuge Junshi are not there.So there are Zhu Tianwang, Yongmeng Su, and Mr. Yu left.These three just looked a bit "Confucian" to the old man, and the other two looked like they were staring at people, and they had swords and pistols in their waists, and two weapons that were said to be able to blow up a large piece. Grenade hammer - is this safe?Won't it blow up by itself?

In addition, what does this kind of original Confucianism teach when teaching people?Is it to teach people to draw swords and cut people?Or teach people to shoot people?Or teach people to blow people up with a grenade hammer?

Zhu Shunshui is the most knowledgeable person in the room, and he is also the most familiar with the three original Confucian styles in front of him - his disciples in Japan all go out with two knives in their hands.

So he wanted to ask, did the Yuan Confucian here do the same thing?

He was thinking about how to ask a question, when he saw a "little scholar" rushing in from outside the lobby.

Zhu Tianwang frowned when he saw this "little Confucian" with dark skin, short and fat body, not much hair on his mouth, and dressed in commoner clothes, corner scarf and long sword.

This "little Confucianism" is Zhuge Zhengyang, the son of Zhuge's military adviser and the governor of Nanchang.In addition to managing the daily affairs of Nanchang, this kid also works part-time in the military division's office, so he came here in such a hurry, it must be because the military situation has changed.

In fact, the South Factory that produces ordnance, the Inner Factory that produces gunpowder, the artillery leaders of Jinyiwei, the military division mansion managed by Zhuge Sanhe, and the "Taipan" in the Children's Hall of Tianwang Palace (older teenagers go to the Taipan) , are actually "pass".In addition to a small number of "teachers" in the South Factory and the Inner Factory, there are also Confucian teachers from the top class of the Youth Hall, and a small number of a dozen old artillerymen. Trainees, etc., are all a group of teenagers working in shifts there.

As for the people at the top, such as Zhu Heqi, Zhuge Sanhe, Pang Siming, and this Zhuge Zhengyang, as well as the four artillery chiefs, they are all one person and several juniors, and they are still in the South Factory and the Inner Factory. The yamen, Jinyiwei artillery, juvenile hall, and military division's mansion are also working as messengers.

Really busy to fly!

But there is only one share of the money, and there is no overtime pay... They are all original Confucianists with high morals.

And Zhuge Zhengyang is also a good original Confucian who does not care about gains and losses, and is dedicated to the country.Although he only has a salary of 15 taels of silver a month, he is doing important work related to the survival of the country, and at the same time he has to study and study the old and new art of war. Apart from eating, drinking, and sleeping, he is busy with work and study... That's it. Momentum, in the future when Daming is restored to the world, he and his father's family have to be the iron hat kings!

"Little Zhuge, come here quickly, what's the matter?" Zhu Tianwang, a former Confucian, didn't talk about red tape, and before Zhuge Zhengyang saluted, he called him by his nickname and called him to come forward to ask questions.

"Your Majesty..." Little Zhuge hesitated to speak, and looked towards Chen Yonghua, Qu Dajun, Bada Shanren and Zhu Shunshui.

Zhu Tianwang smiled and said, "Say it, tell it, we are all from our own family!"

Little Zhuge nodded, and immediately handed a piece of folded letter paper to Zhu Tianwang with both hands, and reported at the same time: "My lord, I just received a report from the spies in front. It is gratifying that the tens of thousands of troops have left Mianhu Lake yesterday morning. The whole army is divided into three teams, the front, the middle and the back, and the distance between each team is no more than five miles. The soldiers of the three teams are marching eastward along the official road on the north bank of the Beixi River...the front team will arrive at Jieyang County as soon as tomorrow morning West."

"What? Arrive tomorrow? So fast!" Zhu Tianwang was a little panicked when he heard this. The boy and the Taoist are not at home!Moreover, they also took away the [-] main forces of Jinyi's pro-army, and borrowed [-] elite soldiers from Qiu Hui with nine out of ten and thirteen out of high profits.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked the two generals Su Yong and Zhao Zhongyi sitting in the hall, "Brave Su, Zhongyi Zhao, how many generals do we have?"

"Boss," said Zhao Zhongyi, the admiral of Jieyang's four sects, "I have six elite soldiers in my hands, a total of 360 heroes!"

Su Yong said: "Your Majesty, most of the Jinyi troops led by your ministers have gone to fight Macau with the prince, and there are only three recruits and one artillery soldier left, totaling only 240 people."

240 plus 360 is [-], and Shang Kexi has [-] to [-] troops, almost one enemy with [-]!

It seems that I can't beat it!

Seeing that the red face of Tianwang Zhu turned pale, little Zhuge hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid, my lord. There are still 33 township capitals under the imperial court, and there are no less than [-] township soldiers registered. Only half of them need to be summoned, and Jieyang City can have Three thousand six hundred troops!"

Three thousand six hundred against forty fifty thousand... It seems that he still can't beat it, Zhu Tianwang is so impatient!

Just when Zhu Tianwang was at a loss, little Zhuge took out a trick bag like a conjuring, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, I still have a trick bag left by my father here!"

There is another way!

Zhu Tianwang quickly took the kit and took a look, there was still a word tattooed on it - open when the enemy soldiers make a big move!

Now is the time.

Zhu Tianwang hurriedly opened the kit, took out the letter paper folded into the shape of dried tofu, and opened it. There were six words on it: Xiushuixi, Broken Bridge!

Zhu Tianwang was confused, oh, it's not that he doesn't understand at all, he knows where the Xiushui River is, but what does the broken bridge plan mean?This Zhuge military adviser is also true, can't he write in more detail if he comes up with a trick?Can't you just write a few more words?

Thinking of this, he looked up at the people in the hall, and asked stupidly: "What kind of bridge-breaking plan did the military commander say to use in Xiushui River, twenty miles west of Jieyang County, who of you know what is going on with this bridge-breaking plan?"

Chapter 136 How can you bully Third Prince Zhu like this?

The meaning of Xiushuixi and the broken bridge plan is actually very simple. It is to ask Zhu Tianwang to send troops to set up an ambush on the east side of the only wooden arch bridge on Xiushuixi, and at the same time place mines on the bridge piers.When Shang Ke's front team crosses the bridge, blow up the bridge and let the ambush attack.