Chapter 85 Inspection
In the early morning, the mist near the coast of Guangcheng had not yet dissipated, and the city was already in full swing.
The pirates caused significant losses to property in the suburbs of Guangcheng, but the officials didn't care about these things. As long as they didn't enter Guangzhou City, everything would be fine.
The thieves came and left, and the lives of ordinary people still had to be passed. After the people who came to take refuge in Xin'an were sleeping in the streets in the city for three days, the prefect of Guangcheng opened a porridge shed outside the city, using labor-for-relief means to let the refugees join the construction of the city gate and the commercial cities outside the city.
There was no other way to deal with the chaos in Guangcheng. The Guangzhou Zuowei did not make any contributions in this battle and was not favored by officials. Even the camps in the city were given to Shao Tingda, the governor Zhang Han, the Jinkou, and the Qianhu family of Shunde, to station wounded soldiers from Xiangshan. As for the original Guangzhou Zuowei Banner Army, they were sent to dig a large hole in the mountains outside the city.
The corpses of the Japanese pirates are not treasures. The merits of the night battle outside the city were investigated after dawn. The boss of the governor watched them all night, and no one dared to be a little vague... Therefore, the thousands of households in Shunde were not far away, and no one dared to emerge at this time.
Even so, there are many and broken things in the city and outside the city, and both the people and officials are so busy that they are dizzy.
Besides, he had to keep his mind on guard. Wang Rulong and Hu Liangpeng were directly sent by the Governor to camp outside the city, and the whistle cavalry was released for thirty miles before he could feel at ease.
Tang Kekuan, who was halfway through the walk, was rushing to help Guangzhou Prefecture. Halfway through the road, the Governor sent a message to him and asked him to continue guarding the east and west sides of the Guangxi area. Guo Cheng of Huizhou Prefecture entered Guangzhou Prefecture, and was scolded by Zhang Han in the Governor's Office and sent him to lead the troops back.
Only Yu Dayou, who was guarding Chaozhou, was recalled.
It’s not that Zhang Han likes General Yu Dayou, but because Yiben wrote a poem on the wall of Chenghuang Temple in Xin'an County before leaving.
It was because of the incident in Fujian that I had once been to YiBen. Before the Chenghai burned down, the Chenghai court sent Yu Dayou to deal with Zeng YiBen. Yu Dayou used his old tricks again and sued Zeng YiBen, but he was deceived.
That time, Yibao snatched away 60 lucky ships in Fujian.
Chen Mu didn't know that this time he was in the limelight and was treated as a gun by the boss of the Guangdong Dusi to shout at the generals of the Guangdong Dusi, intending to shock these famous and arrogant soldiers and generals - if they don't lead the troops to fight, they will fight again!
Who will fight? Chen Mu, a thousand households in Xiangshan, beats.
The mist gradually dissipated, and several cavalry and horses rushed straight to the city. The alarm bell on the top of the city was ringing again. In an instant, the entire city started to move. The battalions set up defenses on the shore as if they were facing a great enemy. The four guards of Guangcheng gathered more than a thousand flag troops to prepare for the battle. The governor and the prefect came to the city to supervise the battle.
They had no ships, and the last warships were stolen by Zeng Yipeng. There was no defensive force at sea, so they could only hope to resist the enemy on land.
The riders from Nanhai County who rode their horses into the capital city were sent to the police. The sentry on the mountain saw a large number of fleets moving rapidly in the distant river mouth, with chaotic flags, and it looked like Japanese pirates were coming again.
But the governor, who had been showing off his power for several days, was shocked and had just driven the two generals back. Now the Japanese pirates are coming again, "Are Chen Erlang defeated?"
The old governor murmured on the city wall, his dry fingers pressed against the battlements, and his eyes were straight at the river. He asked someone to take out his armor and hang a jade-equipped battle sword around his waist.
Be prepared to live and die with the city.
The river wind dispels the mist, and the masts at the end of their eyes are extremely high. The huge sails are driving around. Over time, the white sails are light yellow, but the huge red cross is even more conspicuous. There are many naval troops on the huge hull, which is terrifying.
Behind the big black ship, there were countless lucky ships, wide ships, black-tailed white ships, as well as smaller horse ships, grain ships, and fast ships connected together in the country. It was not until the big ship stopped on the Jiangxin Island that people saw that the big black ship was dragging four or five broken lucky ships with ropes behind it, and some of them had huge gaps that had not been repaired. If it weren't for the watertightness of the compartment, they would have been sinking to the bottom long ago.
Not only black ships, but also many other lucky ships need to be dragged by each other to advance, especially those warships whose masts are broken.
The boss, who was wearing helmets and armor, raised his hand to point to Jiangxin Island and asked left and right: "That's a Guangdong ship, right?"
Shao Tingda was lucky. Whenever there was a war, he was summoned by the Governor to take troops to protect him. He heard the Governor ask questions, and after a few closer glances, he said uncertainly: "Go back to the Governor, that big ship seems to be from the merchant of Haojing. The ship behind is ours. Maybe it is me, Chen Qianhu is back!"
"Hi!"
The governor narrowed his eyes in anger, raised his hand and pointed at Jiangxin Island, turned around and turned back, pointed at Jiangxin Island, burst out laughing, shook his head and ordered: "Give me a visit to me, and send someone to the defenders under the city to see if it is Chen Qianhu, and if so, send someone to help!"
"Tingda, when you go back, tell your brother, inform him, inform him! There are so many river defenses along the way, so don't you know how to send someone to ride a horse to inform him?"
Shao Tingda could see that Zhang Han was helpless and was not angry. She responded lightly and called the left and right to take the armor for the boss. Then she clasped her fists and smiled with a charming smile: "Governor, Brother Mu has taken back the ship!"
Zhang Han nodded heavily, not only with the anxiety of the warship being taken away, but also with the worry of Xiangshan's defeat and death. Many emotions gathered in a mood and sighed, but he spoke but said, "There are so many ships."
Too many.
Chen Qianhu saw the soldiers waiting for the battle by the Guangcheng River from afar, which made him laugh. The consequences of not sending anyone to report the news came out, and the Guangcheng police officers were forced to do so.
It’s not that he didn’t want to inform him. Even if he didn’t know, Chen Lin and Bai Yuanjie knew about it, and they really couldn’t pass the report.
The road was all within the boundary of Xin'an County. The officials and most of the people in Xin'an County fled to Guangcheng. Who did he ask for to report it? Even the corpse thrown in Tuen Mun was not buried. If the people who hid in the mountains later had the courage to come over, they would have been busy digging pits and burying the corpses.
But the people have no horses, and they go faster than the people who send messages.
Chen Mu's flag army could not hold on to the marching again, so he could only sail directly into Guangzhou.
The Franzer was asked to leave the gunship and go down to Jiangxin Island to wait. Most of the flag soldiers also rested on Jiangxin Island. Chen Mu, Chen Lin, Bai Yuanjie and several generals transferred to the fast ship and walked straight to the shore of Guangcheng. When they got off the ship, the soldiers looked at him with swords and spears. Then they showed Hu Liangpeng's burly figure. They shouted at the camp soldiers and said with a sip of Fujian slogans: "Chen Qianhu is back!"
Without him reporting, the Governor Zhang Han and others were already running towards this under the protection of Wang Rulong and Shao Tingda. When they walked out of the camp, the Governor was also retracted and walked quickly.
"Chen Qianhu, are you taking back the ship?"
Chen Mu nodded, saluted with his hanging arms with some difficulty, and said, "Go back to the military gate, be humble, and be worthy of his mission. Shi Baihu!"
Shiqi took out the notes and saluted several senior officials in Cantonese before holding the notes and reported: "We have been pursuing for three days, fighting against the enemy at Xin'an sea, and then launched a war in Tuen Mun. During the battle, Chen Qianhu drove a ship to the Japanese pirate flagship and killed the thief head Zeng Yiben with a hand gun; Chen Jian, Bai Qianhu and Haojing led Shang Li Dan and others to lead the army to encircle, and wiped out more than 1,800 Japanese pirates, more than 1,200 bodies in Xin'an County, and hundreds of others jumped into the sea to drown them."
"There are thirty-seven lucky ships, twelve of which are damaged; the twenty-two wide ships were sunk three during the battle; there were other small boats, and the wealth and money on the ships had not moved, and they had all docked in the river."
After Shiqi said that, Chen Mu saluted Zhang Han again and showed his hand to Jiangxin Island: "Please check the Governor!"
Chapter completed!