With the strength of the Southern Ming army, it is not possible to fight hard with the Wei army.

In history, Zheng Chenggong once attacked Nanjing with more than 100,000 people, but finally failed.

Now the Zheng army is only 40,000 people, and the Wei army is going to be stronger than the Qing army, and the Ming army has nothing to call for, so Zheng Sen does not plan to fight the Wei army, but is ready to attack the Wei army to defend the empty place first, mobilize the Wei army to fight the fire everywhere, and wait for the Wei army to be exhausted, or can't help but send a sailor, and then attack the final target.

Guangdong Chaozhou Mansion is located in the east of Guangdong, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, bordering Zhangzhou and Tingzhou in Fujian Province in the east, and Huizhou in Guangdong Province in the west, and is on the border of the two provinces.

The Hanjiang River, Lianjiang River, Beixi, Nanxi and other water systems pass through Chaozhou, the whole area is densely populated, rich in tea and rice, the Wei State opens the sea, and there are more fisheries, and the people's life is acceptable.

In the past two years, the situation has changed greatly, and the city has changed its royal flag, but for ordinary people, there is not much difference, and life is better.

Before the world was divided, the Southern Ming Dynasty wanted to fight, and some taxes had to be levied for a showdown, but now that the Great Wei Dynasty has unified the world and the military spending has been reduced, the Wei court has appropriately reduced and reduced taxes, which has made the people more relaxed.

Therefore, the people don't have much feeling about Wei Ming's competition, but the old Zhu family is replaced by the old Gao family.

Since the defeat of the Ming army and the withdrawal from the sea, the southeast coast has been peaceful for nearly two years, and the people cannot feel the atmosphere of war, but the Wei army cannot be unguarded.

Although Chaozhou was at the junction of the two provinces, and Guangdong had to guard against the Zhou army in the southwest, as well as the Ming army on Qiongzhou Island, they did not attach much importance to the defense of Chaozhou, but they still sent a battalion of 3,000 soldiers to garrison here.

Chenghai County is located in the south of the capital city of Chaozhou, the entrance of the Hanjiang River, choke the sea along the Hanjiang River to reach the main road under the city of Chaozhou, the geographical location is very important, plus the opposite of Chenghai is the Nanao Island controlled by the Ming army, so the Wei army stationed three divisions of troops here, and built a fort.

At the beginning of November, the sea outside Chenghai County was sparkling, and the waves crashed on the reef by the sea, making a roaring sound.

On the coast, on the east side of the estuary of the Han River, the Wei army built a fort out of stones, and several soldiers wearing placket armor and saucer helmets carried muskets and watched the sea.

The sea breeze was howling, the torch was blowing, and a soldier came up from below, carrying a box of bread and hard-boiled eggs, and said, "Brothers, it's time to eat!" ”

In recent years, the Wei army recruited some southern soldiers, trained them, and prepared to use them against Sun Kewang, but those southern soldiers were mainly stationed in Guangxi and Yunnan, and Guangzhou and Fujian were mainly stationed in northern soldiers, so they ate large cakes and rarely ate rice.

The sergeant on duty immediately became happy when he heard the sound, and the day on duty was very boring, and the happiest moment of the day was to eat, change the guard, and sleep.

Several people immediately gathered around, taking cakes and boiled eggs and eating them in large gulps, complaining about the lack of garlic as they ate.

At this time, several people were eating, but a soldier suddenly raised his head and exclaimed, "There is light!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and immediately dropped their things, stood up and looked at the sea, and sure enough, they saw a light flashing on the sea.

The lights were connected together, some stacked into several layers, as if a city appeared out of thin air, like a mirage, and the Wei military sentry led by him always only glanced at it, and then shouted, "It's not good, it's the fleet!" Tell the Captain! ”

Before the sentinel had finished speaking, he saw the side of the ship at sea, and suddenly the flames flickered, followed by a loud "boom, boom, boom", and one after another shells whistled towards the fort.

The shells smashed the masonry and rubble, and the rubble flew fast, and immediately one of the soldiers was smashed to the head and bleeding, and fell to the ground in wailing.

In an instant, there was no need for the soldiers to report, the alarm bell in the fort was loud, and the Wei soldiers rushed out of the barracks in the shelling and hurriedly boarded the fort, and at this time, the cannons on the sea bombarded, and countless small boats rushed through the waves.

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In the early morning, the city of Chang'an was very lively, and the people and caravans entering and leaving the city gate had long lined up.

At this time, on the official road outside the city, a group of cavalry galloped forward, startling the people to dodge and talk about it.

The cavalry with an urgent flag on their backs, raised the yellow dust, galloped to the city gate, dropped the customs clearance papers, galloped directly into the city, came to the yamen of the military department, restrained the reins of the horse, and then flew off the horse, walked quickly in front of the doorway, and reported loudly: "Eight hundred miles of urgency, Guangdong beat the report." ”

Recently, the Yamen of the Ministry of War was preparing for an attack on the DPRK, and the officials in the Yamen appeared to be very busy coming in and out.

At this time, Liu Xiangke, the squire of the military department, picked up a military newspaper, hurriedly walked into a public room, and said to Chen Mingxia, who was immersed in government affairs: "Ge Lao, something happened in the southeast!" ”

Chen Mingxia frowned slightly, put down the brush, "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Xiangke said in a deep voice: "The Ming army suddenly attacked the coast, and several counties in Chaozhou Prefecture in Guangdong fell!" ”

Chen Mingxia's face was gloomy, last time he planned to attack North Korea, but Tsarist Russia made trouble in the Western Regions, so that the plan to attack North Korea was shelved, this time the emperor spoke to attack North Korea, he just prepared almost, the materials have been prepared, but Nanming came to add to the chaos.

Chen Mingxia was very unhappy in his heart, and after being silent for a while, he nodded, "Put down the military report, this pavilion knows!" ”

Liu Xiangke was shocked, "Pavilion Elder, don't you tell Your Majesty immediately?" ”

Chen Mingxia said coldly: "Fujian, Guangdong, the imperial court is heavily armed, it is expected that the two governors of Jin Shenghuan and Zhao Daxian will soon be able to recapture Chaozhou, this matter should not be overly alarmed!" ”

Liu Xiangke said worriedly: "The Ming army of the cabinet suddenly attacked, and the court must react, and it is a big crime not to report it!" ”

Chen Mingxia glanced at him, "When did this pavilion say that it would not be reported?" You just don't have to report it right away! When the Ming army went ashore, the pavilion expected that the two governors would be able to deal with it, and the Ming army was at sea, even if the pavilion reported to His Majesty, His Majesty had no choice, but it might break the original deployment and be led by the nose by Nanming. ”

When Liu Xiangke heard this, he immediately understood what Chen Mingxia meant, and his face was entangled, "What does Elder Ge mean to wait until His Majesty orders to go to North Korea and report back?" ”

Chen Mingxia bowed slightly, "Yes, it can't affect the expedition to North Korea." The Ming army was at sea, Hauge was on land, and Great Wei could not annihilate the Ming army now, so it was better to destroy Korea first, and then concentrate on dealing with the Southern Ming. ”

Liu Xiangke said gloomily: "It's just that the military report is sent to the military department, and there are many people who know about it, in case it reaches the ears of His Majesty~"

Chen Mingxia pondered for a while, "The matter of attacking North Korea has long been prepared, you ask the people of Qin Tianjian to write immediately, saying that the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day to go on the expedition, and tomorrow morning the dynasty will let His Majesty issue an order to go on the expedition." Only in this military report, this cabinet will be placed under many notes, with His Majesty's temperament, it will not be able to read it in a day. At that time, His Majesty will make an order first, and then see each other, it will be difficult to change the holy decree, and it will not matter. ”