After Chen Jiacun left Mao Wenlong, under the leadership of Chen Haiying, he began to prepare for the war in an all-round way. blocked the port, and then recalled all the Chen family members outside, leaving only a few prime of people outside, acting as spies, always keeping an eye on any movements of the Japanese robbers.

The Chen clan has been persecuted by the Japanese for a long time, and this time they were finally able to rely on the big ship of the Dongjiang Army, so that the children of the whole clan could see the hope of fighting against the Japanese invaders. The greater the pressure, the stronger the rebound, the Chen clan is ambitious at the moment, they would rather die in battle than suffer from the anger of the Japanese Invaders.

After fighting to the death, they can return to the provincial capital, where they can continue the glory of the Chen family. If you lose, you'd rather die than live in a nest, and it's okay to die!

Mao Wenlong of Foshan was also actively preparing for the war, and promised Chen Haiying's promise, and he ordered Chengzuo to do it as soon as he returned. And Zhu Yihai is also quite cooperative, as long as Mao Wenlong needs it, he has it, and he will give it one by one without saying a word.

For example, Mao Wenlong needed cannons, and Zhu Yihai didn't have much, only ten artillery pieces in the city, but he directly asked Qing Huaiwu to remove them from the city tower. Seeing Zhu Yihai so bold, Mao Wenlong couldn't help but express it, and he told Zhu Yihai that he would return it tenfold in the future.

Zhu Yihai politely shirked it, but he was happy in his heart. Zhu Yihai has coveted the artillery of the Dongjiang Army for a long time, and if he can get artillery from Mao Wenlong in the future, he will not have to worry about the siege of the city in the future.

After the artillery ammunition and fire system were loaded on the ship, Cheng Zuo personally escorted them to Chen's port and delivered them to the Chen family for use. Cheng Zuo also stayed in Chenjia Village to assist and ensure that nothing went wrong.

This side is actively preparing, and the navy in the north is also coming, and this time he will fight with the Japanese in the southern seas, and Mao Wenlong does not dare to be careless. He knew that this time it was likely to turn into a battle that would never last to the death.

A few days later, Mao Wenlong was already ready in Foshan, and the only thing he lacked was the arrival of the navy from the north.

Just after the afternoon, Mao Wenlong and Zhu Yihai were chatting and laughing in the lobby, and the two were still quite confident in this fight, so they were not overly worried.

"General soldier, after this battle with the Japanese invaders, the provincial capital will be handed over to the king, if nothing else, the king will be able to take the provincial capital within three days. Then the widows will be left homeless. Zhu Yihai's face was full of confidence and heroism.

"The prince must not be careless, the Japanese have been operating here for many years, although we will divert their main force at sea, but those who stay behind cannot be underestimated." Mao Wenlong saw Zhu Yihai's contempt and hurriedly persuaded him.

Zhu Yihai's face was full of indifference, and he didn't listen to Mao Wenlong's words at all. In his opinion, the Japanese can indeed dominate at sea, but they have nothing to do on land, and they are not the opponents of the Ming soldiers at all.

In Guangdong, the Japanese were able to firmly occupy this place, not because the sea routes here were all occupied by them, and the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to it at all, which led to the rampant of the Japanese invaders.

Zhu Yihai just opened his mouth to say something, but at this time, there was a guard outside the door to report, saying that there was an urgent report from a scout in the provincial capital. Zhu Yihai frowned, and immediately asked the guards to submit the emergency report.

After opening it to watch, Zhu Yihai's face changed suddenly, and then he yelled angrily: "Damn businessman, he actually entangled the officers and soldiers of the provincial capital and the Japanese robbers, and formed an alliance army to kill Foshan." ”

"Businessman ......" Hearing Zhu Yihai's words, Mao Wenlong didn't react for a while.

"When he occupied Foshan before, this king drove out the Zhejiang merchants and Hui merchants here, and now they are unwilling to return to the provincial capital, and they have gathered a large army to retaliate." Zhu Yihai snorted coldly and explained.

Mao Wenlong suddenly came over, but he was very dissatisfied with Zhu Yihai's rough method of solving the problem. I want to say something, but it has already been done, and it is obviously useless to talk about Zhu Yihai's no.

After pondering for a moment, Mao Wenlong opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Wang, how many soldiers and horses have they come this time?" ”

Zhu Yihai paused for a moment before he spoke: "According to the intelligence, the enemy army should be no less than 40,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Mao Wenlong didn't know much about the combat power of the soldiers in the south, but the other party had 40,000 soldiers and horses, and he must not be underestimated. After some deep thought, Mao Wenlong asked Zhu Yihai: "Does the prince have a way to deal with it?" ”

Zhu Yihai said nonchalantly: "There is no need to deal with it, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, if they dare to come, the king will let them come and have no return." Anyway, they have to go to attack the provincial capital in the future, and they just take this opportunity to weaken their strength. ”

Self-confidence is sometimes a good thing, but sometimes it can become fatal, Mao Wenlong felt that Zhu Yihai did not take these merchant gangs in his eyes at all, and it was likely to cause irreparable losses.

With a little worry, Mao Wenlong said to Zhu Yihai: "Lord Wang, why don't you let Haoda lead a battalion of troops to test the reality of the enemy army halfway?" ”

Knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, Mao Wenlong never fights uncertain battles, and before he really starts a battle with the enemy, in order to be safe, he still feels the need to let the Dongjiang army go to spy on it.

Zhu Yihai could see Mao Wenlong's resoluteness, and there was no need for him to argue with Mao Wenlong on such a matter. Then he agreed to Mao Wenlong's request and let Mao Wenlong toss.

When the army attacked, Zhu Yihai could no longer be idle, and after saying goodbye, he went to the barracks in person to prepare for the battle. And Mao Wenlong also ordered Haoda to transfer the 1,000 sailors on the warship to the shore, and then went to spy on the enemy's reality.

After receiving the order, without a moment's delay, he led the army to leave Foshan on the same day.

The shadow of war looms over the city of Foshan, and although the local people do not know that war is coming, they still feel a little uneasy in the tense atmosphere.

Zhu Yihai's army of 50,000 had already sent 20,000 to assist the Chen clan in defending. Now there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses left in Foshan, 30,000 against 40,000, and Zhu Yihai has lagged behind the enemy on the surface.

Fortunately, there are also the original 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and under the leadership of the county commander, they have already boarded the city to assist in the defense. And Zhu Yihai has a city to defend on his side, and the strength between his side and the enemy army is also comparable, and there is not much gap between the two sides.

The only thing that made Zhu Yihai feel pity was that the firearms in the city had been sent to the Chen family, and without the assistance of firearms, the strength of the army's defense would be discounted.

The city of Foshan began to be under martial law, the city gate was closed, and the equipment to defend the city was already in place, just waiting for the arrival of the enemy army to start fighting. Zhu Yihai didn't have any worries, but he was looking forward to the arrival of the enemy army, and he had secretly sworn in his heart to give these merchants a little color.