Chapter 17 Pearl River Estuary
Under the clear sky, the blue sea and blue sky, a fleet of Ming army ships is heading in the direction of Qiongzhou.
The strong crosswind blew the sails loudly, and the huge Spanish galleon split the waves and galloped westward, sailing on the route from Nanao Island to Qiongzhou Island with a huge fleet of Ming troops.
Wang Xinyu had just recruited troops on Nanao Island, and took the fleet to Qiongzhou Island to see the construction of Qiongzhou Mansion and the training of recruits just recruited in Qiongzhou. In addition, there is another very important thing: next month will attack Dongfan Island, Wang Xinyu will conduct intensive training for the naval special combat team trained in Qiongzhou, ready to be used to attack the Dutch fleet.
In addition, Wang Xinyu has another very important thing: he is preparing to launch an attack on the Qing army's Guangdong naval division. It was a plan that had been prepared since before the attack on Qiongzhou, and it was first necessary for the Heaven and Earth Association to explore the water depth of the Pearl River, find out the route, and then use special combat teams to occupy the forts, and then let the fleet enter the Pearl River, shell the Qing warships anchored on the shore, and send them all to the bottom of the river.
The plan to completely annihilate the Qing army's Guangdong naval division was very important, because Zheng Jia's army was about to launch a battle against the Netherlands and seize Dongfan Island. And Wang Xinyu also plans to open up Singapore, and the defense of Qiongzhou Island has not yet been perfected, in order to solve the worries once and for all, it is necessary to annihilate the Qing army's Guangdong naval division in one fell swoop.
In order to annihilate the Qing army's Guangdong naval division, Wang Xinyu had two plans: the first was to lure the Qing army out and fight at the mouth of the Pearl River; The second is to go in and destroy them.
But Qiongzhou was defeated, but Shang Kexi and Wu Liuqi became turtles with shrunken heads and refused to come out to fight to the death.
Since Shang Kexi and Wu Liuqi refuse to come out, then go in and destroy them!
The convoy passed through the waters of the Pearl River estuary, and Wang Xinyu ordered to slow down.
Standing at the bow of the boat, Wang Xinyu picked up a monocular and scanned the Pearl River Estuary back and forth.
The first fort was the Fo Tong Mun Fort, located in present-day Hong Kong, which was set up during the Ming Dynasty. According to the information provided by the Heaven and Earth Society, there were eight cannons on this fort, with a firing range of 300 to 500 meters, and two commanders were stationed in the fort. In real history, this fort was later ceded to the British along with Hong Kong.
The second is the Jiyi Kok Fort, which was also built in the Ming Dynasty, located on Lantau Island at the mouth of the Pearl River, and the fort is located on a three-meter-high city wall, with six cannons and a firing range of 500 meters.
The third fort is the Tung Chung Fort, established in the Ming Dynasty, stationed with a Qing army thousand, with 600 soldiers, under the jurisdiction of two forts, each fort has a range of 1,000 meters of giant cannons, a number of small cannons.
The fourth fort is the Dahushan Fort, located in today's Humen, established in the Ming Dynasty, stationed with two Qing army commanders, and six cannons with a firing range of 500 meters.
The above four are the forts located at the mouth of the Pearl River, and in the Pearl River, there are also Phoenix Fort, Yongning Fort, Guanyinshan Fort, Dongshui Fort, Hongshui Fort, Changzhou Fort and other forts, and the artillery equipped with various specifications of artillery from 500 catties of small cannons to 6,000 catties of giant cannons and so on.
The forts in the Pearl River Estuary are all sent by the Heaven and Earth Society.
In the aft cabin, the veteran Fang Chonggong held a little girl about four or five years old in his arms, who looked like a pink carving. The little girl's face is flushed, a pair of black eyes are looking left and right with microwaves, thin black eyebrows like curved crescents, and a small and delicate nose looks particularly delicate.
Before Fang Chonggong went from Xiamen to Tongshan, from Tongshan to Nanao, he didn't take a boat with Wang Xinyu, Wang Xinyu didn't expect him to go out with a cute little girl. This time, because they wanted to discuss the matter of attacking the Qing army's sailors, Fang Chonggong got on Wang Xinyu's ship.
"Uncle Fang! Here you go. Wang Xinyu came over and greeted.
"Qi Niang, you go play by yourself for a while, remember, don't be naughty!" Fang Chonggong put the little girl down and followed Wang Xinyu into his cabin.
The two walked into Wang Xinyu's cabin, Wang Xinyu first beckoned Fang Chonggong to sit down, and then asked, "Uncle Fang, have you brought the route map and fort distribution map in the Pearl River Estuary?" ”
Fang Chonggong hurriedly turned his head and called an agent of the Heaven and Earth Society: "Go to my cabin and bring the box containing the map." ”
In a few moments, two agents of the Heaven and Earth Society brought a large box.
"That big box?" Wang Xinyu was very puzzled.
The box opens, and it's full of maps! There is a map of the water depth route of the Pearl River, a map of the distribution of batteries at the mouth of the Pearl River, a detailed map of each battery, a map of the distribution of the Qing army's naval divisions, and a detailed map of each naval division.
"It's detailed! In just half a year, your Heaven and Earth Association has achieved such an achievement, which is really not simple! Wang Xinyu looked at the map and praised endlessly.
Fang Chonggong replied: "There are many fishermen who have joined our Heaven and Earth Society, they were originally fishermen who went to the sea to fish, because of the ban on the Tatar Sea, they could no longer go out to sea, and they could only fish in the Pearl River Estuary, and as a result, the harvest was reduced a lot, and the fishermen complained. When we went to develop them, a lot of people joined us. This map of the water depth in the Pearl River Estuary is provided by the fishermen. Those Tartar forts and maps of the sailors were all drawn by the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society with great effort. ”
"Heaven and earth will be able to develop so fast, it's not easy!" Wang Xinyu exclaimed.
"In fact, Lord Qiongzhou Fang's contribution is not small! Before he returned to the mountains and forests, he had a very good foundation in Guangdong and Guangxi! Now that Lord Fang has reappeared, many of his old subordinates have come out to help us do things. Fang Chonggong replied.
"Lord Qiongzhou Fang? That pedantic scholar? There are many people who are willing to go to the trouble for him? Wang Xinyu was stunned. He didn't expect Fang Yizhi to have so much energy, no wonder Zheng Chenggong would let Fang Yizhi go to Qiongzhou.
Fang Chonggong smiled: "Lord Fang is not a pedantic scholar, he often refers to himself as a contemporary Wen Tianxiang. To be honest, many people admired Lord Fang, and they all meant that Lord Fang was born and died. ”
Wang Xinyu laid out the map one by one and studied it carefully.
"The Fort of Fotangmen is far away from the Pearl River Estuary waterway, which can be ignored. Our focus is on dealing with the Dahushan Fort, as well as the fort in the Pearl River Estuary. Wang Xinyu said as he gestured to the map.
Fang Chonggong said: "General soldier Wang, our brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society have already been prepared, and all the candidates are absolutely reliable candidates, just waiting for the day to start." ”
"Our initial plan is to start on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and it should be said that the plan will not change. When the time comes, we need you to cooperate with us inside and outside, and while the Tartars are celebrating the Lantern Festival, we will kill them by surprise! Wang Xinyu said with a smile. It's just that he doesn't know at all that the Qing Dynasty has not been able to celebrate the Lantern Festival in 1661, because Shunzhi is dead, who dares to celebrate the Lantern Festival with great fanfare? It's just that the news hasn't reached Wang Xinyu yet.
The agents of the Heaven and Earth Society on the shore had already received the news of Shunzhi's death, but the communication back then was extremely inconvenient, and the Qing court's sea ban made it difficult to send messengers, so Zheng Jiajun had not yet received the news.
Fang Chonggong nodded and said, "Start on the fifteenth day of the first month, this method is good!" At that time, the Tartars were at their most lightly guarded, and we just happened to kill them by surprise! ”
"Let's study the plan of action first, set a specific plan of action, and wait until it gets dark, send a small boat over and send a brother to contact them." Wang Xinyu said as he gestured to the map.
How many troops, how many artillery, how many people guarded each fort, how many soldiers and auxiliaries there were, and the specific location of the fort could not be hidden from the people of the Heaven and Earth Society, because the members of the Heaven and Earth Society, composed of tea farmers, fishermen and small vendors, dealt with the Green Battalion soldiers almost every day, and the food eaten by the Qing soldiers on the fort was purchased from the members of the Heaven and Earth Society.
The initial plan was for tea farmers, fishermen, and hawkers from the Heaven and Earth Society to approach the fort on the day of the operation, under the pretext of selling something, and then suddenly enter the fort. At the same time, the fishermen on the river drove the fishing boats, cut the barrage locks, and put the giant ship of the Daming Nanyang Company cruising at the mouth of the river into the Pearl River!
At the same time as the sea attack, a group of land divisions landed at the mouth of the Pearl River, responded to the attack on the fort, and quickly destroyed the Qing artillery on the fort to ensure the safety of the navy's retreat.
The fishing boats of the fishermen cooperated with the navy and attacked the camps of the Qing army's sailors everywhere. A group of fishing boats were converted into fire attack ships, coming down from the upstream, and after the navy's naval guns bombarded the gate of the water village, the fire attack ships rushed into the water division and set fire to the Qing army's warships.
If there is a chance, if you can capture a number of Qing warships, you will seize them as much as possible, and use the stolen ships to send away the heaven and earth.
As for the vicinity of the city of Guangzhou, the Ming army did not land. Originally, Wang Xinyu also wanted to take the opportunity to land and destroy the Pingnan Mansion and kill Shang Kexi, but this plan was too risky, so he gave up the plan to kill Shang Kexi.
With such a big plan of action, only a few core figures know about it, and the Heaven and Earth Society will keep this matter strictly secret, if someone leaks the secret, then the Heaven and Earth Society will not hesitate to kill that person's entire family!
"Uncle Fang, why do you still have a child? Is this your granddaughter or granddaughter? When he was at leisure, Wang Xinyu finally couldn't hold back the question in his heart and asked.
Fang Chonggong smiled: "It's a little girl, she was obsessed with martial arts training when she was young, but she couldn't even take care of farming, her family was poor, and she didn't marry a daughter-in-law until she was in her forties." It was not until he was fifty years old that he had this daughter. The child's life was miserable, and her mother died soon after giving birth to her, and the old man and his daughter depended on each other. ”
Seeing that this little girl looked very cute, Wang Xinyu opened the box, took out a box of butterscotch candy brought back from Manila, and saw that there were only a dozen candies left, and the rest had been distributed to the child, so he grabbed the remaining candy in his hand, and turned around and asked Fang Chonggong to call his daughter in.
"Here, it's candy, delicious." Wang Xinyu spread out his hand, revealing a handful of candy in his hand.
The little girl looked at the colorful candy in Wang Xinyu's hand, felt very beautiful, and wanted to reach out to get it, but turned her head to look at her father in fear.
"Uncle Fang, this is for the child." Wang Xinyu said with a smile.
Fang Chonggong said to the little girl: "Qi Niang, this is given to you by Mr. Wang, hurry up and thank Mr. Wang!" ”
The little girl took the candy and said in a milky voice: "Thank you, Mr. Wang!" As he spoke, he opened his mouth and revealed a mouthful of snow-white teeth, but several teeth were missing in the middle, which made him look very cute.
Wang Xinyu reached out and touched the little girl's little head, and said with a smile: "It's all for you." After speaking, he said to the other father: "The old man is running around with the child alone, and the child is suffering!" ”
"There's no one to take care of her! The old man had no choice but to run around with Qi Niang. Fang Chonggong smiled awkwardly.
"Uncle Fang, if you can trust General Ben, put this child in my house, and let my mother take her."
"Thank you, Lord Wang, for your kindness! But Qi Niang wants to practice martial arts, and she can only teach her martial arts in person if she is old and decayed. There is only this one woman, and I don't want my ancestral martial arts to be lost! Fang Chonggong politely rejected Wang Xinyu's kindness.
Wang Xinyu suddenly felt as if he had become a big bad wolf who wanted to raise Lori, why did others think he had bad intentions? What a wrong! But he didn't know at all that this Fang Qi Niang was the top master of the famous name in real history, the ancestor of Yim Wing Chun, and the ancestor of Ip Man! Fang Chonggong purely didn't want his martial arts to be lost, so he took his daughter with him when he went there, just because he wanted to teach his daughter martial arts by hand.
Fang Qi Niang peeled off a butterscotch candy, put it in her mouth, and tasted it carefully, a milky fragrance with sweetness swirled on the tip of her tongue and slowly melted into her throat. She felt that it was the best thing she had ever tasted.
"Little sister, is it delicious?" Wang Xinyu asked with a smile.
"Delicious!" The little girl nodded vigorously. She looked at the person in front of her and felt very kind.
When Wang Xinyu turned around and left, Fang Qiniang asked her father: "Dad, who is this General Wang?" ”
Fang Chonggong replied, "He's a big hero!" A great hero who has never lost a battle! He is the hope of our Han people! ”
"Big Hero!" A majestic figure remained in the little girl's mind, but the most important thing was that this uncle still had something to eat, and it would be nice to see this uncle every day. Since then, Fang Qiniang has never forgotten the sweet butterscotch candy for the rest of her life.
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