Wanli 1592

Chapter 802 The pie in the sky

Liu Ting and Ma Wei led troops to attack Sichuan and Shu, Deng Zilong and Sun Li led troops to sweep Yunnan. After Xiao Ruxun arranged things in Yunnan and Sichuan, he only took his personal guards and quickly returned to Myanmar to prepare for the next thing to do.

On July [-]rd, at the same time that Xiao Ruxun led his troops to go north to Yunnan, the Xuanwu Battalion of the Zhennan Army, led by the chief general Li Wenyuan, boarded the navy's troop carrier and launched the first joint battle with the navy led by Jiang Dahai. fight.

The target of this operation is Guangzhou. Together with Chen Lin, they entered Lingdingyang and landed along the Pearl River Estuary, and then went straight to Guangzhou.

Xiao Ruxun asked her elder brother Xiao Ruzhi to go with her as her representative, with the purpose of restraining Chen Lin and preventing him from relying on his elders.

Chen Lin can fight, but he likes to rely on the old to sell the old, and he has a lot of bad things. Jiang Dahai and Li Wenyuan are young and have no reputation in the mainland.

The huge fleet of [-] navy and [-] infantry set off at the same time as Xiao Ruxun, and arrived in the coastal area of ​​Guangdong after six days of sea voyage. Here they met the liaison ship sent by Chen Lin and learned that Chen Lin had sent overseas The cruise mission was terminated. Although there were still many merchant ships and civilian ships on the sea, there was not a single military ship.

So the merchants and sailors who were working and doing business along the coast at that time witnessed with their own eyes an extremely large fleet slowly sailing into Lingdingyang, entering the inland sea, and then heading north all the way. Didn't see anything special.

To say that it is really special, that is, the number of fleets is too large, and the style of the ships is not very common. It doesn't feel like a merchant ship, but I can't say that feeling.

The advance of this fleet is fast and orderly.

Then, on the same day that Xiao Ruxun led his troops to Yaoguan, the Marine Corps of the Zhennan Army and the whole Xuanwu Battalion landed in Lubu, and led by Chen Lin's thousands of naval officers and soldiers, they drove directly to Guangzhou City.

Prior to this, Chen Lin had secretly arranged for his personal guards to enter Guangzhou City in batches to ambush. When the time came, the ambush guards took action directly and took down the south gate of Guangzhou City, catching them by surprise.

Guangzhou City was too late to take precautions. As soon as the south gate was breached, Chen Lin and Li Wenyuan immediately led troops into Guangzhou City. Guangzhou City was captured without any resistance. Only a few hundred soldiers died in the battle. They were beaten and surrendered directly. There are thousands of them.

After the Zhennan Army entered Guangzhou, it first stabilized the order, declared that Guangzhou had entered a state of martial law, and all residents were not allowed to leave their homes.

Dai Yao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, fled in panic in the direction of Guangxi under the protection of his cronies. Chen Lin and Li Wenyuan's deputy Zheng Ying chased him all the way. A city, surrendered hundreds of soldiers and horses and brought them back to Guangzhou.

Dai Yao's escape made the battle situation more variable, but this is not important. The important thing is that Guangzhou was taken, and the command center of the entire Guangdong has been paralyzed. They can only fight on their own, and the end is to be defeated one by one.

Chen Lin felt very embarrassed about this, so he took the initiative to lead troops to attack the city and occupy the territory. Xiao Ruzhi assigned the task according to Xiao Ruxun's method, leaving the main force of the Xuanwu Battalion under the leadership of the general Li Wenyuan to cooperate with Chen Lin to attack the city and occupy the territory.

The rest of the troops returned to the battleship non-stop under the leadership of Lieutenant General Zheng Ying. Jiang Dahai led the navy and immediately continued northward, aiming at Shen Yiguan's hometown in Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.

After sweeping Yin County with Zheng Ying's 5000 men, Jiang Dahai needs to continue to lead the navy northward into the Yangtze River waterway, and then reach the Grand Canal waterway, capture Zhenjiang Prefecture, cut off the Grand Canal waterway, and complete the strategic goal of the first phase of the operation.

So on July [-]th, the Zhennan Army navy was dispatched again, heading north toward Zhejiang.

Of course, at this time, people in the Pearl River Estuary basically knew that there was a war, and they should run and hide. People who didn't know how the war happened soon knew the reason.

As the Zhennan Army gradually conquered the cities and counties around Guangzhou, the propaganda of the Zhennan Army also kept up.

Contrary to what they knew about Xiao Ruxun's rebellion and the rebellion of Burma Town a month ago, it was the Zhennan Army under Xiao Ruxun's command who occupied Guangzhou. Imprisoning the emperor and killing Zhongliang, Xiao Ruxun risked his life and escaped from Fengtian, the capital of the capital, to fight against the Northern Expedition.

Fengtian against the Northern Expedition...

The news came so suddenly that people were unprepared.

One came very suddenly, and the content confuses most people, leading to various speculations.

The other directly explained the reason for this confusion, but the content was too terrifying, which shocked people's hearts greatly.

Two sudden and completely opposite announcements made it difficult for people to adapt.

But whether they adapt or not, the war is on.

Next is the performance of the main force of the Zhennan Army led by Xiao Ruxun after entering the mainland of Ming Dynasty from Guangxi.

The plan at this stage has been perfectly realized, and it is impossible to imagine a more perfect start than this.

On July 8th, after Xiao Ruxun returned to Nan'an City, regardless of the battle report, he directly led his troops and led the main force of [-] people from two infantry battalions and two cavalry battalions to march eastward.

At the same time, the Navy of the Zhennan Army, led by Jiang Dahai, arrived at the unsuspecting Zhoushan Island. Under the dumbfounded gaze of some fishermen, Jiang Dahai organized [-] marines and [-] elite soldiers from the Xuanwu Battalion to let Zheng The eagle took the landing.

The whole coast did not see the defense of the Zhejiang Ming army at all. They landed smoothly and prepared for battle. The fishermen ran faster than anyone else, but it was useless. Zhoushan was blown down.

After obtaining Zhoushan as a springboard for a short rest, the Zhennan Army attacked Dinghai non-stop. Dinghai was not able to resist for a long time before being beaten down by the Zhennan Army's elite. The deserters did not run as fast as the Zhennan Army's attack. The Southern Army, under the leadership of Zheng Ying, galloped all the way to Yin County to attack before they even had time to catch the prisoners.

On July 22, Zheng Ying led an army of [-] to capture the county seat of Yin County.

Afterwards, under the leadership of a beggar official from the county government, Zheng Ying followed Xiao Ruxun's orders and led troops to surround Shen's old house, and wiped out all of Shen's relatives and family members.

Before they could escape, they were all captured alive by the Zhennan army. Several young and strong men tried to resist, but were beheaded by Zheng Ying on the spot. Insurance.

Afterwards, Zheng Ying searched the old house of the Shen family and confiscated all the properties of the Shen family. It is simply a huge treasure trove, once it is copied out, it is enough to cover the expenses of the whole of Myanmar for several years.

Zheng Ying faithfully fulfilled Xiao Ruxun's order, confiscated all these items, and shipped them back to the ship in boxes to be used as military supplies.

At the same time, ten Burmese officials brought by the fleet entered Yinxian County and began to distribute the property of the Shen family. The first batch of targets were the tenants of the Shen family. They divided the land of the Shen family into hundreds of shares. It was given to the tenants of the Shen family, and the land became the property of these tenants.

These tenants were stunned by the pie falling from the sky.

(End of this chapter)