On the twentieth day of the first month, Wang Xinyu and his entourage have been squatting on Shangchuan Island at the mouth of the Pearl River for six days.

In the past six days, the Ming army has gone ashore many times in Haifeng, Xiangshan, Gaozhou, Chaoyang and other places, taking more than 5,000 people from the coast and annihilating more than 700 Qing troops in the green camp. Eight large warships of the Ming army, with more than 10 small boats, attacked the Chaozhou naval division battalion, destroyed two forts, and burned more than 200 large and small ships of the Qing army.

Shang Kexi, Yang Yuming, Wu Liuqi and others in Guangzhou were overwhelmed by the frequent attacks of the Ming army, because of the shortcomings in the strength of the naval division, the Qing army could be said to know nothing about the activities and navigation routes of the Ming fleet on the sea, so they had to send more troops to various intersections, and the strength of the Qing army in Guangzhou was reduced a lot.

Even if additional troops were sent to the various intersections, it was still impossible to prevent the Ming army from going ashore and taking away the people. The Qing army was at a loss, and Wu Liuqi offered a strategy: "The puppet Ming Haikou captive the population because they are underpopulated!" The Haikou have just taken Qiongzhou, which is large but sparsely populated, and they need more people. We'll move thirty to fifty miles to the sea! As long as we move the people for more than thirty miles, if the pirates want to plunder the population deeply, they will have to walk a longer way, and they will have to walk longer to retreat to the seaside! So that they land, and we'll have enough time to move our forces around them! ”

"Now that the people have been moved by us for fifteen to thirty-five miles, and if we move another fifteen to thirty-five miles, won't we have less territory along the coast?" Shang Kexi only felt that his chest was stuffy.

Yang Yuming was promoted to the governor of Guangdong and took away a part of the military power that was still gratifying; Hong Chengchou came to Guangdong again to add to Shang Kexi's blockage. Another large-scale border relocation, Shang Kexi only felt that his power and territory had shrunk a lot, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Wu Liuqi said: "The sea ban order was originally an order of the imperial court!" Humble thoughts. The imperial court must have approved Huang Wu's recital. According to the humble estimate, this time Lord Hong came to Guangdong, it is likely that there is this article in the holy decree! ”

"You speculate on the holy will without authorization, this is a great rebellion!" Shang Kexi snorted.

Wu Liuqi said with a smile: "Lord Wang, if you speculate on the meaning of the saint without permission, if you guess wrong, your lowly position is naturally a capital crime." But the lowly office felt that there was no mistake in speculation. In this way, we are one step ahead, and when the time comes, Lord Hong comes, and he sees our actions. I will feel that we really think about the court, think about everything in front of the court, and are loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty! ”

When the Qing court had just begun to promulgate the ban on the sea, Wu Liuqi's approach was much more ruthless than that of the Qing court. The Qing court stipulated that the boundary should be demarcated by fifteen miles. And Wu Liuqi has already demarcated twenty miles, or even thirty miles, in many places! For the fishermen who crossed the border, Wu Liuqi ordered to kill them without mercy. On the coast of Guangdong, because of the ban on the sea, I don't know how many people died under the Qing saber.

The attention of the Qing army was drawn to the seashores of Guangdong, and Wang Xinyu estimated that the time was almost ripe.

On Shangchuan Island, Wang Xinyu convened all the backbone forces to hold a military meeting.

"Fang Chonggong!" Wang Xinyu drank.

"Humble duty!" Fang Chonggong stepped forward and arched his hand.

"The action began on the night of the 23rd! The specific action plan and the schedule plan remain the same! Just change the original plan for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month! Immediately inform the rudders and halls of the Heaven and Earth Society of this matter. Let them go and prepare, and act on the evening of the 23rd! ”

"No! Send someone to contact them right away! Fang Chonggong arched his hand and retreated.

"Hong Xiguan!"

"Humble duty!"

"Prepare for that, too. The 300 special combat teams and 200 agents were divided into ten teams according to the number of Qing troops stationed in the forts. against the four outer forts, on the night of the 23rd; To deal with the six forts in the Pearl River Estuary, on the morning of the 24th, with the cooperation of the Heaven and Earth Society! ”

"No!" Hong Xiguan knelt on one knee and clenched his fists.

Wang Xinyu explained to Wang Defeng, Gong Xiaoda, Wu Zhudan, Luo Xiang and others: "I will hand over five thousand elite Lu Shi to you!" On the evening of the 23rd, you will set up a formation along the river between Xiangshan and Xinhui! Cut off the connection between the two places! If there is a Xinhui Qing army going to Xiangshan, annihilate them on the way! On the evening of the 24th, we will take you back! ”

"No!" Wang Defeng, Gong Xiaoda, Wu Zhudan, Luo Xiang and others knelt on one knee and bowed.

Wang Xinyu explained to Wu Haodong: "You lead your Daming Navy Fleet with eight Dafu ships and eleven Haicang ships to monitor outside the camp of the Qing Army Navy Division in Xiangshan!" If the Tartar fleet rushes out, stop them! Don't let a Tartar boat go! The other ships were allocated to the Nanyang Navy, and Admiral Ben himself commanded them! ”

"No!"

In the end, Wang Xinyu said to Albert and Zhang Yukun: "You call all the ships back, I will work with you to personally command our Nanyang Navy fleet, in addition, there are ten transport ships of the Nanyang Company and sixteen Cangshan ships and twelve clippers of the Daming Naval Division, and we will start to sweep inside from the mouth of the Pearl River!" Sweep the Tartar sailors at the mouth of the Fengpu, Dongjiang and Xijiang rivers in Guangzhou! The specific command, after all, you are experts in water warfare, much stronger than me, it's up to you! ”

Zhang Yukun arched his hand and said, "No! ”

Albert also imitated the Ming general and said: "Please rest assured, boss!" I'm your employee and I'll get things done! ”

After everything is arranged, we are waiting to contact the people of the Heaven and Earth Society.

In the early morning of the 23rd, a fast boat approached the pier of Shangchuan Island, and a messenger from the Heaven and Earth Society came, telling Wang Xinyu that all the rudders and halls had been prepared. This matter was kept strictly secret, and except for the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society, no one else knew what they were going to do, and they would only be notified when the action began in the evening.

Wang Xinyu asked: "Most of these Tiandihui personnel who participated in the operation will be exposed, and they will not be able to stay in Guangdong in the future, and they must go to Qiongzhou with us, but what about their families?" ”

"Please rest assured! We've got that already arranged! We will arrange for the families of the members involved in the operation to go to the riverside, and when the operation is over, we will take them away. The messenger replied.

"Good! In that case, I'm relieved! Everything went according to plan, and the action started tonight! ”

After dawn, all those who were ready to participate in the operation were strictly ordered to get a good night's sleep, and from this evening onwards, they would have no time to sleep for a day or two and need to get plenty of rest.

In the evening, the soldiers who had been well slept got up to wash, the leaders made a fire to cook, and the smell of stewed meat wafted from the barracks. The dinner was very rich, and the soldiers who were about to go on the expedition had fish and meat to eat, as well as chicken soup to drink. After dinner, everyone nervously began to make preparations before the attack.

Inside the camp, lanterns were hung and bonfires were lit.

Wang Xinyu stood on the platform of the generals, dispatched troops, and made the final arrangements before the operation. After everything was arranged, Wang Xinyu said to Zheng Jian: "Zheng Jiajun, you are here to watch the house!" Good news awaits us! ”

"My lord, I want to kill the enemy too!" Zheng Jian pleaded.

"General Zheng, defending the army is just as important as going to the front! I'm leaving you here to prevent the Tartars from sneaking up! Someone has to guard this place too. In fact, General Zheng doesn't need to worry, you are guarding the Pearl River estuary, and there will be more battles in the future! The Tartars may attack at any time, and you will be killed when the time comes! Wang Xinyu said.

As the sky gradually darkened, all the soldiers involved in the operation boarded the ship and waited on the ship for the order to leave.

At that time, Wang Xinyu took out his pocket watch and glanced at the time, the pointer was pointed at nine o'clock, and he asked Li Rui to give the order: "Pull out the anchor and set sail!" The fleet is off! ”

The ship's bells rang, the gongs and drums sounded on the docks, and ships large and small untied their cables, retracted their anchor chains, and hoisted their sails. The ship gradually left the dock and sailed quietly on the moonlit sea, heading for the dark Pearl River estuary ahead.

In the Pearl River Estuary, the fishing boats of the Heaven and Earth Society quietly sailed out of the inland river at night and arrived at the Pearl River Estuary.

Cai Jiuyi and Zhang Dakui, two masters who went ashore in advance, led a group of Tiandihui personnel to act on both sides of the Pearl River Estuary. Because both sides of the barrage are tied to the stone pillars, the stone pillars that tie the barrage lock are located in two Qing army barracks, and each barracks is guarded by a team of 100 people. If the Qing soldiers in the barracks are not cleared, the fishing boats of the Tiandihui will cut the barrage and will be discovered by the Qing soldiers on both sides of the river, and the fleet's operation of entering the Pearl River overnight will be exposed.

Zhang Dakui, with twenty agents of the Heaven and Earth Society, quietly approached the Qing army barracks on the east bank.

The 100-man team of the Qing army said that there were 100 people, but in fact there were only 50 to 60 people, and the rest were all paid nothing. It is not difficult to sneak attack a barracks with twenty masters and kill fifty or sixty Qing soldiers.

In those days, there were no electric lights, let alone televisions and computers, and people went to bed early at night. At that moment, most of the Qing soldiers had already fallen asleep, and only two Qing soldiers were left standing guard at the door.

Zhang Dakui, with a master, emerged from the bushes and quietly approached the Qing soldiers who were on guard. The rest of the masters hid in the bushes, waiting for the signal to succeed.

The two Qing soldiers were sitting at the gate of the camp chatting, unprepared for the footsteps of the Grim Reaper quietly approaching them.

Zhang Dakui and his companion emerged from behind the Qing soldiers almost at the same time, covered the Qing soldiers' mouths, twisted slightly, and only heard the sound of bones breaking, and the two Qing soldiers were twisted by their necks. Then Zhang Dakui turned around and learned two long and one short three night owl calls, and issued a code.

The masters of the Heaven and Earth Society hiding in the bushes jumped out one after another, shouting in their mouths, and killed the Qing army barracks.

After all, these masters of the Heaven and Earth Society are folk figures, not strictly trained special combat members, nor are they trained Heaven and Earth Society secret service organizations, they are just ordinary folk masters, and when they launch a sneak attack, they must bite the title in their mouths, so as not to expose themselves prematurely by shouting when they rush over with their knives.

Twenty masters rushed into the Qing barracks, entered the tent, brandished knives, axes, guns and sticks, slashed and stabbed, and sent all the Qing soldiers in their sleep to meet Lord Yama.

Zhang Dakui broke into the big tent of the Qing army, and the Qing soldier was also a strong martial arts figure, and he was still a little alert when he slept at night. Zhang Dakui broke in, and the Qing soldiers vaguely heard the movement, woke up from their sleep, and felt the danger, so they shouted and drew their swords. (To be continued......)