Mu Tianyan and the others patiently explained the reason: the thieves approached within 300 steps of the wall at night, which was the blind spot of the Hongyi cannon, and the bow and arrow could not shoot so far. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info In short, you can only be beaten and can't fight back. As for the attack out of the city, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers and nearly half of the people were killed, and the fire attack on the water was also wiped out by the opponent's warships.

"Moreover, the former commander-in-chief He Rubin was defeated in Qiongzhou, and the vitality of the entire Guangdong battalion was greatly damaged, and if the thieves committed it again, there would be no soldiers available......"

After listening, Xiong Wencan was silent.

Before taking office, he only knew that the thieves invaded Guangzhou, defeated the official army and retreated, and his predecessor Wang Zunde was deposed because of this, but he didn't know that it was such a one-sided situation. Speaking of which, if the other party repeats his old tricks, then I am afraid that his position as governor will be repeated before he is hot. Although the dignified governor has his own self-esteem and does not want to be manipulated by thieves, compared to the black gauze hat, everything is a floating cloud.

After a long time, he finally spit out a sentence: "The matter of appeasement, the conditions can be discussed again." ”

In the end, Xia Nan's conditions were all agreed: he was appointed as a general of Qiongzhou, prepared to build the Qiongzhou battalion, responsible for the defense of Qiongzhou, stationed in Lingao, and the general position under his command was reported by himself. In any military action in Guangdong, its troops cannot be arbitrarily transferred.

As for his fleet, it was selectively ignored: the military system of the Ming Dynasty, the land division and the naval division were separated, although Zheng Zhilong also had a certain land force, but it was mainly based on sea power, and his official position was also coastal defense guerrilla, like Xia Nan, who had both and had very strong combat effectiveness, it was very rare, Xiong Wencan and others didn't know how to deal with it, so they couldn't let him be a coastal defense general? Daming has never had this rule, so he simply turned a blind eye and let him go.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, although the summer south was appeased, although it alarmed the entire Liangguang, it did not make much waves in the Ming Dynasty, because at this time the situation in the north was changing, attracting the attention of most of the government and the opposition: after Hong Chengchou took over as the governor of the three sides, he gradually exterminated the forces of the exile army in Shaanxi, and Li Zicheng was forced to defect to his uncle Gao Yingxiang, the "king of Chuang", calling himself "Chuangjiang"; Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde in Shandong attacked the city and conquered the city, and launched a protracted tug-of-war with the official army; The Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty digested the wealth and population plundered by Chongzhen in the interior in the second year, and planned to enter the customs again. From the Ming court to the Later Jin regime, no one noticed that in Lingao County, the capital of Qiongzhou, far away at the end of the world, an armed group that supported the army with merchants grew rapidly, and began to gently flap the wings of butterflies, which was about to change the fate of all of them.

After the conditions for the appeasement were negotiated, the Governor's Mansion dispensed with those red tapes, and after reporting Xia Nan's name and official position to the Ministry of War, he directly sent someone to send the general's sigils, waist cards, and armor to Lingao.

After Xia Nan took over these things, he became the military attache of the Ming Dynasty. As a rule, the number of soldiers must be counted, but Xia Nan did not mention it, and the envoy did not dare to mention it, and the set of military generals who were filial to civil officials in the past naturally did not dare to use it on Xia Nan, and he got a piece of tea and silver, and the messenger went back to his life.

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Xia Nan gathered everyone, put the waist card and other things on the table, picked up the armor and gestured it to his body, and said with emotion: "I have fought several vicious battles big and small, and finally mixed this skin, it is not easy to come by!" ”

Lin Weiye grinned and grabbed the armor, "Give me a try, it seems that I wear it more well." ”

Sima De said: "Congratulations to the lord for getting what he wanted. With this layer of identity, you will be able to settle down and accumulate strength, and over time, you will definitely soar into the sky! ”

Everyone said, "Congratulations, master! ”

Xia Nan looked at Huang Hansheng and the others and asked: "This time, the new governor is very generous, and no one has been placed in the city, this so-called Qiongzhou battalion is prepared by me, and I will report to me with the rank of commander below." Naturally, a few of you are indispensable for the title of a thousand presidents. In fact, it's not that Xiong Wencan is generous, but he doesn't dare to mix sand into this "thief" team at all, as long as he doesn't rebel and make trouble.

Huang Hansheng said without hesitation: "I am the master's person, and I am not uncommon in the official title of the imperial court." ”

"I'm not interested in leading troops to fight, I just want to be able to guard the master's side and protect the master's safety." Yang Youji also expressed his position.

Wei Lianheng hesitated slightly. Unlike henchmen like Huang Hansheng and Yang Youji, he voted under Xia Nan to gain a future, Huang and Yang can express their loyalty in this way, but he can't be so simple.

While he was hesitating, Xia Nan's gaze turned to him. Swept away by Xia Nan's eyes, Wei Lianheng suddenly woke up: The official positions of the imperial court are all empty, and his future will fall on Xia Nan anyway, even if he rebels in the future, he has no choice, maybe he can still be a minister of the dragon, and he no longer hesitates at the moment: "I am the master's subordinate, and whatever title the lord rewards me with, it is whatever title it is." ”

Huang Mengjia was thick on the outside and thin on the inside, knowing what to say at this moment, he patted his chest and said: "Lao Tzu is not rare in the title of the Imperial Court, he only knows how to follow the master, and I will beat whoever the master tells me to beat." ”

The demeanor of several people, Xia Nan has a panoramic view. Huang Hansheng and Yang Youji are completely trustworthy, Wei Lianheng has room for words, and he doesn't mind, after all, he is a military attache of the guard who came halfway, and it is normal for him to have a thirst for fame and fortune. Huang Mengjia has always had prejudices against the government, so he doesn't have to worry.

As long as these people have a clear attitude, he doesn't have to worry about his troops being divided and disintegrated by the official positions of the imperial court.

Everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with their statements, only Sun Yuanhua was particularly harsh in his ears. However, Xia Nan promised to be appeased and no longer be an enemy of the imperial court, in his opinion, he had taken the first step towards success, and he could be guided slowly in the future.

"Hehe, I just know your thoughts, since the court is so generous, why don't you do it. I will report your official title, and I will not take this salary for nothing. Xia Nan said with a smile: "Also, since they are all military generals of the imperial court, don't be a master and a master, I am not a landlord and an old man, so I will be called a general in the future, which sounds more majestic." ”

"Yes, General." Several people answered in unison.

"I might as well open the skylight and say something bright, whether it is a Qiongzhou general or a Qiongzhou battalion, it's just a skin, although your official rank is reported, our escort team will expand its scale, and it will be self-contained, not according to the set of the imperial court."

Lin Weiye said: "Is the military system inherited from the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Naturally, no. The Ming army's set is too old to suit a firearms unit like ours. (To be continued.) )