At the head of Huizhou City, a man wearing a military official uniform from the first rank stood at the head of the city, looking at the river with a depressed face. This person is Wu Liuqi, the commander of the Guangdong Navy Division.

The river, once full of warships, was empty, with only a few broken planks floating, and a few battered boats half-sunk on the shore. The Dongjiang Naval Division, which originally had hundreds of large and small warships, is now gone, and the naval battalion on the shore has also been fired, and only the pitch-black wooden stakes are left and green smoke is still emitting.

Wu Liuqi, originally from a wealthy family, also studied, because he was lazy and hobby, gambled, and lost all his belongings, he once joined Liu Xiang's pirate group, and after Liu Xiang's group was destroyed by Zheng Zhilong, Wu Liuqi wandered around the coast. Because of his strong martial arts, he was valued by the Zhejiang Cha family and persuaded to enlist in the army. Later, after exterminating some local armed forces in eastern Guangdong, he became a warlord. After the Qing Dynasty, because he was good at water warfare, he was appointed by the Qing court as the commander of the Guangdong Navy.

Just when Wu Liuqi was heartbroken about the destruction of the Dongjiang Water Division, there was suddenly a quick horse report.

"Report to your lordship!" The messenger turned over and dismounted, knelt in front of Wu Liuqi, and bowed his head in frustration, "Haikou has attacked our army's naval divisions all over the Pearl River, and the five battalions of Biaodu stationed in Guangzhou have been wiped out!" The greenhouse camp at the mouth of the Pearl River has also been wiped out! Xiangshan, Xinhui, Shunde and other places also sent wolf smoke signals, they are being attacked by Haikou and suffer heavy losses! ”

"Ahh Wu Liuqi suddenly screamed, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted in the city.

"Your Excellency!" The surrounding soldiers surrounded one after another, pinching people and patting their backs, and after a while, Wu Liuqi slowly opened his eyes.

Wu Liuqi roared: "Thieves are so rampant, this official must go to the imperial court and build a more powerful sailor!" If I can't break Zheng Rei's body into ten thousand pieces, it will be difficult to solve the hatred in my heart! ”

The Ming army in the Xijiang area retreated smoothly. With more than 3,000 people, he returned safely to the sea. The Ming army, which was operating in the area of Dahushan and the Dongjiang River, also began to withdraw from the mouth of the Pearl River.

The fishing boats of the Tiandihui picked up the Ming special combat team scattered on the forts, and the big ship led the fleet down the river. Along the way, there was no interception by the Qing army, and the Qing army's naval divisions in the Pearl River had been swept away by the Ming army, and there was no obstruction at all. A large mixed fleet took advantage of the receding tide and headed all the way to the sea.

The fleet arrived at Shazai Island, where more than 4,000 people and family members of the Heaven and Earth Society had been waiting all day. These people and their families were sent by the people of the Heaven and Earth Society last night, and they waited on the island for more than ten hours, and finally waited for the evacuation fleet.

The men of the Heaven and Earth Society drove fishing boats, small sampans, and captured Qing ships. Leaned to the shore and picked up his relatives and the people of the same village.

The special combat personnel who attacked the four batteries at the mouth of the Pearl River blew up the artillery of the Qing army and gave a signal when they heard the sound of artillery in the Pearl River. Subsequently, the Ming army remaining on Shangchuan Island sent a fleet to pick them up.

The main flotilla continued down the river and reached the mouth of the Pearl River.

At this time, Wu Haodong's Zheng Jiajun fleet had already defeated the Xiangshan battalion of the Qing army's Guangdong naval division. The remaining Qing boats fled in a panic, and as a result, some Qing boats that were swimming against the current just collided with the retreating Ming fleet.

After being sunk by the Ming giant ships, the rest of the Qing ships cut off their masts. Surrender to the Ming army.

Before dark, the huge fleet safely withdrew from the mouth of the Pearl River and sailed for Shangchuan Island.

This time, the Ming army attacked and went deep into the Pearl River to extract teeth. Almost all of the Qing army's Guangdong naval divisions were annihilated, a total of sunk, burned, and more than 2,000 Qing ships of all sizes were captured. Of course, most of them are small sampans; Ten forts were destroyed, more than 7,000 Qing troops were killed and wounded, and more than 1,000 were captured. Brought back more than 8,000 ordinary people. The losses of the Ming army themselves were almost negligible, with only a dozen men killed and five ships slightly damaged.

The losses of the Tiandihui were slightly larger, with the loss of more than 100 fishing boats and sampans, and more than 300 casualties.

Such a record can definitely be called a big victory. After Wang Xinyu arrived at Shangchuan Island, he rested for a night, and the next day he led the fleet and retreated to Qiongzhou Island with the people and the members of the Tiandihui who participated in this operation.

The Qing army suffered a crushing defeat, in order to be able to explain to the imperial court, Zhang Guoxun and other Qing generals ordered to cut off some of the dead Qing soldiers' heads, and some of the corpses of Qing soldiers who died in the water were also salvaged, cut off the heads, preserved with lime, and handed over to the imperial court as beheaded bandits.

In Pingnan Palace, Shang Kexi's eyes were closed, lying unconscious on the sickbed. In front of the sickbed, Shang Kexi's children knelt in front of them, bowing their heads and weeping. Shang Zhixiao stood in front of the sickbed, rubbing his hands anxiously, watching Master Shugui sit next to Shang Kexi and give him a pulse. After a moment, Master Shugui turned his head.

"Master, how is the situation of my father?" Shang Zhixiao, who was standing on the side, asked anxiously.

Master Yugui sighed: "Alas! The prince's left leg is completely useless, and his left eye is also not protected. Now he still has a high fever, and the poor monk can only prescribe some medicine first, whether the prince can escape this catastrophe depends on his own creation. You all should go out, don't affect the prince's rest. ”

Shang Zhixiao was furious when he heard this, and lifted the collar of Master Shugui: "You demon monk, you will only confuse the public with demonic words on weekdays!" At the critical moment, but there is no ability at all! Hurry up and find a way for Master Ben to save my father! If you can't save my father, I want you, a bald donkey, to bury my father! ”

"Stop!" The military advisor Jin Guang drank Shang Zhixiao, "The master is a friend of the prince, if you offend the master, the prince will definitely not be able to spare you when he wakes up!" ”

"Humph!" Shang Zhixiao let go of his hand in a daze and exited the room.

Although Shang Zhixiao is domineering, he is still afraid of his father's number one staff, and this golden light is not only Shang Kexi's military advisor, but also has an official position in the imperial court.

Seeing his most frightened brother walking out, the thirteen county lords stood up and walked in front of Master Shugui, Yingying was blessed: "Master, how is the situation of my father?" ”

"Amitabha!" Master Yugui clasped his hands together, "The prince has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his body is strong, so he can survive this catastrophe." It's just that the prince's left leg was comminuted, and even if it was good, his left leg was useless. The left eye was hit by a brick, and dust entered, and the left eye was already in danger. Wait for the poor monk to prescribe some medicine to the prince first. ”

"Thank you, Master!" The thirteen county lords hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Master Tanggui, "If you can save your father, even if you want the little girl to fall into a place of no return, the little girl is willing!" ”

"Gege, hurry up!" Master Dao. "Whether the prince can survive this catastrophe depends on his own creation."

At this time, Wang Xinyu didn't know that Shang Kexi had been beaten into a waste by an artillery bombardment, and he didn't know that the shelling of Dinghaimen had killed a pot of high-ranking officials of the Qing army in Guangzhou, and he didn't know that this shelling greatly moved history, making Shang Zhixin come to Guangzhou in advance and become the new king of Pingnan.

I don't know how long I was in a coma. Shang Kexi finally woke up. He slowly opened his eyes, and saw a yew woman sitting in front of his bed, seemingly crying.

Shang Kexi wanted to open his eyes and see clearly, but he found that his left eye was completely invisible, only one eye was left, and his left leg was still aching, which could be clearly felt, and the leg was tied with bandages and splints. He tried to sit up, but the woman persuaded her, "Father, don't move. ”

"It turned out to be Ru'er. What about your older brothers and sisters? Shang Kexi asked.

The thirteenth county lord bowed his head and wept and said: "The second brother and the third brother are arresting people everywhere in the city, and they have killed a lot of innocent people in the past few days, what a crime!" ”

Shang Kexi said angrily: "You kid, you really don't look like my daughter at all!" It has to be a big thing. How can there be a woman's kindness? Do you know which of those people outside have hooked up with the bandits? This matter is so big, how can it calm the anger of the court without a few heads handed over? ”

The thirteen county lords said a blessing: "Father." The daughter wants to cut her hair to become a nun, promise herself to be a Buddha, and atone for her father's sins back then. May the Buddha bless my father with a speedy recovery. ”

Although Shang Kexi doted on this daughter very much, when he heard that his daughter wanted to become a nun, his face suddenly sank, and he said angrily: "Become a nun? No way! How can you have such an idea! As he spoke, Shang Kexi coughed violently.

"Dad" saw that his father was coughing badly, and the thirteen county lords screamed anxiously and supported his father.

Shang Kexi sat up, stroked his daughter's hair lovingly, and blamed: "Dad is angry with you!" As long as Ru'er doesn't think about it, Dad will be fine! ”

"My daughter won't be cranky! The daughter promised her father! The thirteen county lords were so anxious that they hurriedly reassured.

Shang Kexi showed another smile on his face: "This is my good daughter!" ”

"My daughter is not going anywhere, she is here with her father." The thirteen county lords stood up and arrived at a thousand blessings.

After a while, Shang Kexi fell asleep again. For several days in a row, Shang Kexi only woke up for a while, drank some porridge, drank some medicine, and fell asleep groggily. After three days in a row, someone came to visit the house.

The guards at the door saw the man hugging back and forth, wearing a first-class official uniform, and then looked at the famous thorn handed over, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The villain is going to report to the prince, and see if the prince has woken up." ”

"No need!" The man shook his hand, "Just go in and take a look at the prince, don't disturb the prince's rest." ”

The guard at the door let him go, and the man kept the personal guard he brought outside the house and walked into the house alone.

Someone had already greeted him, led the guest to the door of Shang Kexi's room, and said to him: "Lord Hong, please go in, our prince is resting inside, and the prince has just woken up." ”

Shang Kexi had just woken up, but he felt as if someone was sitting next to him, so he opened his eyes slightly and his body moved.

"Lord Wang, are you okay!" The man said slowly.

Shang Kexi opened his right eye in a daze and barely glanced at it, but the figure in front of him was very blurry, and he couldn't see what this person's facial features looked like, so he could only vaguely see that this person had a white beard, and the official uniform was a complement to the first-class official uniform.

"Xiaguan Hong Chengchou has seen the prince!" The man bowed his hand to Shang Kexi.

"It turned out to be Lord Hong!" Shang Kexi struggled to sit up. Only then did he see clearly the facial features of the person who came, and it was indeed Hong Chengchou.

Seeing that Shang Kexi was about to sit up, Hong Chengchou hurriedly stopped: "The prince is not in good health, so lie down and don't move." ”

"Lord Hong came to Guangzhou, what happened in Guangzhou a few days ago, presumably Lord Hong knows about it, right?" Shang Kexi asked.

Hong Chengchou replied: "This official heard halfway through that Haikou landed in Guangzhou on a large scale, destroyed the Guangdong Navy Division, and destroyed several of our forts. Such a bold thief is really rampant, it is really hateful! ”

"This sea coward, with the strength of the ship and the artillery, as well as the anti-thieves and rebels, entered my Pearl River unscrupulously! It's just a pity that the giant ship of the sea is very huge, and our Guangdong sailors are not opponents at all! Although the officers and men of the Navy Division rose up to resist, they were unable to defeat the enemy's huge ships, and most of the officers and men of the Navy Division were martyred. Shang Kexi sighed.

Hong Chengchou said: "Before this official came to Guangzhou, he first went to Huizhou and met Lord Wu, the commander of the navy. This Guangdong sailor was jointly created by you and Lord Wu, and it took a lot of effort from the two of you, but it was ruined in one day, which is really regrettable! However, this official got good news from Lord Wu! ”

"What's the good news?" Shang Kexi asked impatiently.

Hong Chengchou replied: "When Lord Wu was originally under Liu Xiang's command, he had a very good relationship with the red-haired people. Lord Wu said that the giant ship of the red-haired man can fight with the giant ship of the sea bandit! As long as Lord Wu comes forward to find the red-haired people, they will be willing to help us! ”

Shang Kexi snorted coldly: "That red-haired man would be so kind to help us?" I'm afraid it's a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to the chicken! ”

"The red-haired people will definitely have conditions, as long as the conditions are not very harsh, we can all agree to it. As long as we can destroy the pirates, we might as well cooperate with the red-haired people. Hong Chengchou said.

Shang Kexi said expressionlessly: "What if the red-haired people want to learn from the Buddha Lang Jiren and take an island in Guangdong?" We also let them out? ”

Hong Chengchou said with a solemn face: "If only a small island is fine, the official is only worried that their conditions are too harsh, then the imperial court may not agree." ”

"That's all in the future, now the king is already a wasted person, I only hope that the court can let the king's son return to Guangdong, the throne of the king of Pingnan, it seems that the old man has to pass it to the prince in advance! It's just that the old man doesn't know if the court will agree to let the prince come back early to succeed to the throne. Shang Kexi sighed.

Hong Chengchou said: "During the national funeral, I'm afraid the court will not agree to this." The prince can hand over the affairs to the most reliable person to Dali during this time, and wait until next year, when the new emperor succeeds to the throne and amnesties the world, the prince will raise this matter again, and the queen mother will definitely agree to the prince to return to Guangdong. ”

"Okay, this king will listen to Lord Hong, and the matter of the son of the world will be decided. As for the matter of rebuilding the Guangdong Naval Division, I hope that Lord Hong and Lord Wu will discuss it, this king is not in good health, and there is nothing he can do about the reconstruction of the Naval Division. Shang Ke said happily.

Hong Chengchou arched his hand: "Please rest assured!" When this official is here, he will naturally do his best to do things for the imperial court! When I rebuild the Guangdong Navy, it will be the day when the Haikou is conferred! (To be continued......)