Only then did Zhu Linmiao remember that the "leading" businessman was Mu Jing's guard, and his name seemed to be Yale.

He hurriedly probed his hands and dragged his hands, "No need to be polite. He asked Mu Jing again, "Didn't Mu Tongzhi and Ling Mei go back to Yunnan, why are they still in Guangdong?" ”

Mu Jing arched his hand and said: "Back to His Royal Highness, Xia Guan and his entourage wanted to leave Guangdong and enter Guidi last month, but suddenly got the news that Ding Kuichu sent troops to martial law the entire territory of Guangxi, and they were allowed to enter but not leave.

"Xia Guan was worried about being taken hostage by the Ding family, so he has been circling in Zhaoqing Mansion."

Zhu Linmiao nodded, and said in her heart, judging from this, Ding Kuichu had begun to plan a rebellion at least half a month ago.

He only thought that the Mu brothers and sisters were coming to avoid the war in Guangdong, and he was about to ask, when he heard Mu Jing answer: "Your Highness, the official is here to tell you in an emergency." ”

"Oh? Mu Tongzhi, please speak. ”

Mu Jing took a step forward and lowered his voice, "Your Highness, the lower officials have received reliable news that Ding Kuichu intends to support King Gui to rebel......"

Zhu Linmiao was very surprised when he heard this, Jin Yiwei got his "prophecy", and it took a lot of effort to find the clue of Ding Kuichu's rebellion, and the Mu family would know so quickly!

"Where did Mu Tongzhi get the news?"

Mu Jing lowered his voice, "Back to His Highness, Ding Kui Chu plucked Sha Dingzhou to serve the Gui Domain with him." And Sha Dingzhou previously said that the Mu family rebelled against him, but his father did not allow it, so he revealed the matter, saying that he would gather a large army to overthrow the court in the near future, and allowed Gao Jue to lure his father. ”

These scourges! Zhu Linmiao secretly said angrily, he couldn't see them when he resisted the captives, and civil strife was a top trick. If you're not careful, you'll be shattered by them.

He suddenly remembered something, and wondered Mu Jing: "Since Guangxi is no longer able to enter and exit at will, how did this news come to you from Yunnan?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the Mu family has been in the southwest for hundreds of years, and Guidi has some friends." Mu Jing said, "If it weren't for my father's worry that the lower officials would be recognized, they would have been able to take the lower officials through Jiangxi or be able to do it." ”

"Oh." Zhu Linmiao nodded, "Then do you have a way to bring people into King Gui's Mansion?" ”

"This ......," Mu Jing thought for a moment and said, "My father has some old friends with the deputy envoy of Jiangxi, and this person is now one of Ding Kuichu's henchmen, so you can try it." ”

Zhu Linmiao was overjoyed in her heart, and said to Mu Jing: "If you can do it, the Mu family will make a great contribution to the imperial court!" ”

He also instructed Shi Lin, "Quickly send someone to contact Xu Feihu of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and ask him to discuss with Mu Tongzhi about sneaking into King Gui's mansion." ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that the auxiliary king was so solemn, Mu Jing hurriedly said: "Your Highness, then the lower official will personally send Xu Qianhu to meet with Deputy Envoy Lu, and he will try his best to help." ”

"It's okay, then it's hard for you."

"For major national affairs, the lower officials should do their best."

Mu Jing looked at his sister again, as if he was a little uneasy.

Seeing this, Zhu Linmiao said: "Sister Ling will follow the army first, and there will be no difference." He turned his head again and said, "Shi Lin, divided into thirty personal soldiers, carefully protect the wooden girl." ”

"Yes!"

Mu Jing hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for taking care of you." Without further ado, Xia Guan went to contact Xu Qianhu. ”

……

Three days later, the Longwei army went to the north of Humen, and was already across the river from Guangzhou.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Shichao was facing the sand table and introduced to the generals the deployment of the Guangdong army just reported by the hussars.

"Although it is the dry season, the water surface of the Pearl River is still one and a half miles wide. According to the reconnaissance horses, there are a large number of sentinel boats cruising on the river, and some people have found white-bottomed war boats. ”

"If you send boats to cross the river upstream, you will be shelled by the thieves' warships." He pointed to a narrow river on the south side of the Pearl River, "However, according to the general's survey, the Pearl River is only less than 200 paces wide, and if people and horses are concentrated to cross it at the speed of boats, it may be possible to force it to cross." ”

He paused, and turned his finger to the west bank of the Pearl River, "It's just that the thieves have built an earthen barrier here more than a mile wide, only twenty or thirty steps away from the river, but they are choking the ferry." ”

Zhu Linmiao frowned slightly, 200 steps, that is, more than 300 meters wide of the river, if you want to cross the river with more than 3,000 enemy firepower, I am afraid you will pay a lot of casualties.

"Oh, that's right," Zhao Shichao said again, "This morning, a hussar looked at the other side with a telescope, and saw that there seemed to be a red fan looming in the thief army. ”

Yiren? Zhu Lin said in her heart, is it a mercenary? At the end of the Ming Dynasty, mercenaries were quite common, but these people were more difficult to deal with than Ding Kuichu's Cantonese army.

He immediately remembered that Gu Yanwu had said that the Cantonese army defending the Pearl River seemed to have heavy artillery.

If there were Portuguese mercenaries and artillery defenses, he couldn't help but shake his head, "It's not advisable to force a crossing from here." ”

Chen Xiongfei said on the side: "My lord, maybe you can transfer forty or fifty heavy artillery pieces from Fujing, stand in the weak place of the thief army upstream, and disperse the thief ships with cannons, and our army will take the opportunity to cross the river." ”

Fukyo did have dozens of captured Azig cannons, but they were all equipped with old gun mounts, and their movement speed was worrying.

Zhu Linmiao still shook her head, "It's been at least twenty days since the cannon arrived." Wuzhou may change at any time, and it is not advisable to delay it for a long time. ”

The generals talked a lot for a while, but they suffered from the lack of warships and could not come up with a good solution for a long time.

Crossing...... Zhu Linmiao stared at the sand table in front of him, and suddenly remembered that Boluo was blocked on the north bank of the Qiantang River by King Lu a few months ago, which was quite similar to his own situation at this time.

No, the Qiantang Sailor is much more powerful than the dozens of sentinel boats on the Pearl River at the moment, but he was still smuggled across the Qiantang River by Bolo from the shallow water, so there was the disaster of Jianyu Nan Fujing.

When he thought of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "If you can do it, I can do it too!" ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at Zhu Linmiao's side, and listened to his instructions: "Zhao Shichao and Zhu Jiadi, immediately requisition civilian ships nearby, and gather on the other side of the Guangdong army's defense line." ”

The two of them decided to force the crossing when they were only the auxiliary kings, and immediately stood up and said: "Yes!" ”

Zhu Linmiao looked at Zhang Jiayu again, "You will lead the first infantry battalion, plus two companies of the second battalion, as well as the huntsman company and the engineer company, change into people's clothes, and go to the upper reaches of the Pearl River overnight."

"Remember, march only at night and rest during the day."

"Yes!"

Zhu Linmiao thought for a while, but still felt uneasy, and instructed Li Ying: "Find another eight or nine hundred people, tell them to change into the uniforms of the Dragon Guard, and only stand next to the camp, and they can get a penny of silver every day." ”

"Yes! But, my lord, why is that? ”

"You just have to do it."

"Yes!"

Zhu Linmiao continued to let everyone gather around the sand table, arranged the combat deployment in detail, discussed several sets of plans, and did not dismiss until noon.

The Dragon Guards are extremely efficient in doing things. At lunch the next day, sixty or seventy fishing boats, flat-bottomed sand boats, and the like had gathered on the south side of the Pearl River.

According to the policy agreed upon yesterday, the Zhu family had the boats tied together with iron cables and piled on the bow of the boats with planks and sandbags.

It's just that the boat is still resting on the beach, and the sound of cannons on the opposite shore has been heard, and for a time sawdust flies wildly, and several boats have sunk to the bottom of the river in response.