"Jiashen changed its surname and fought for slaughter for seven years. Why did you live in the people again? You were hit by the six poles. Blood splashed on the sky street, and ants gathered to eat. Hungry birds pecked at the intestines and flew to the north of the city. The north wind was bulls and piled up skulls. Some were like pagodas or mountain and mountain trees. The five elements were all gone, and there was no wisdom or foolishness, no noble or lowly, and they were the same area."

What Chen Wen saw was the snow-like hill outside the East City. It is said that this was the monk left by the Qing army after the Guangzhou Massacre, which transported the bodies of the city out of the hill piled up by burning. The white ones were not gray soil, but were actually the ashes of 700,000 unjust souls in Guangzhou!

The so-called common tomb is the name of this ashes mountain by Guangzhou people. According to records, as long as the pedestrians who came to Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty passed by the east gate, they could see this small hill made of ashes two or three miles away, looking like snow. Chen Wen was still clearly visible from a distance with his telescope at this moment, and he could even see the blood from six years ago through this snow-white area.

"If you go back to Your Highness, it's the Communist Tomb."

In the fourth year of Yongli, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao besieged the city of Guangzhou in October. Grand Secretary He Wuzuo organized Chen Qice, who was still the general at the time, to lead his army to restrain him. As a result, he was defeated by the Qing army in Sanshui. Sun Yunxuan had been in Chen Qice's army for two years, and he had heard of this.

On the first day of November of that year, the Qing army concentrated artillery to bombard the city wall in the northwest corner. The next day, the city wall had been collapsed thirty feet. Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao personally visited the front line to supervise the battle and directed the Qing army to attack the city from Quekou.

"The Holocaust went from November 24th to December 5th. They killed them cruelly, regardless of gender, age, and age. They said nothing else, but only: Kill! Kill these rebellious barbarians."

A missionary at that time wrote the above text, which also records the Qing army drove the people who escaped from the city by chance to drown them.

The tragic situation of the Guangzhou Massacre is no less than that of Yangzhou. When recording the tragic situation of the "Gengyin Calamity", the Qing Cultivator mentioned that after the murder of the Panyu Ding Youyi and his wife were killed: "On the day after the abandoned son crawled beside the corpse, and they still sucked his breasts, and all those who passed by were crying." The tragic situation of the dying baby looking for his dead mother and sucking his body was unbearable.

"Six years."

Chen Wen sighed. At the same time as the Gengyin disaster six years ago, it was the Qing army's massive attack on Siming Mountain that he achieved an unimaginable victory in a crushing defeat. At that time, his strength was weak, and he could only save more than 10,000 people in Siming Mountain. Perhaps more people could escape from the sky because of this, just like Chen Guobao and others, but he could not stop more people from dying from the Qing army's butcher knife. Guangzhou was even more out of reach for him. Even if he was really in Guangzhou, it would be difficult for him to stop this tragedy.

"I can't revive the dead, but at least, I can still avenge these dead."

After looking away for a moment, Chen Wen led his team back to the camp. This time he brought a cavalry battalion to see clearly the defense of Shang Kexi's troops on the periphery of Guangzhou. There were thousands of cavalry cavalry in a cavalry battalion, and Chen Wen did not take the banner of King Yue. The other camps under Shang Kexi's troops were insufficient and dared not provoke them easily. However, Guangzhou was not clear and dared not to move easily. Instead, Chen Wen bypassed the outermost village and vaguely peeked at the East Gate of Guangzhou through a telescope.

"According to the information from the Guangzhou Station of the Military Information Department, the Guangzhou City is 3,796 zhang in circumference and 2,8 zhang high. The north of the city is Yuexiu Mountain, which is relatively high, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. The south of the city is adjacent to the Pearl River and can be based on the river water. The west and east of the city have a moat. Whether it is the urn city, the city gate tower, or the defense fortifications, it is not accidental that Du Yonghe was able to hold on to October again."

The current Guangzhou City was built in the Ming Dynasty. It not only combined the three cities of Guangzhou in the Song Dynasty, but also built the southern city and extended the northern city. The urban area was more than half of the original three cities. This most important important town in southern China was not only called the Nanku of the Emperor during the Ming Dynasty, but also very strong.

During the Southern Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou fell twice. The first time was Shaowu and Yongli fought for the throne. The Shaowu general's army was sent to fight against the Yongli army. It was not the fault of the city, but all of them were human-made. The second time was Shang Kexi's attack on Guangzhou, besieged the city in October, and finally collapsed the city wall in the northwest by artillery.

"Guangzhou's city is strong, and Shang Kexi also specially divided troops and camps within a few miles outside the city, either based on the mountain or the water flow, and directly built them in villages and towns outside the city. The purpose is obvious, and it is nothing more than using this to delay the speed of our army's advance."

The General Staff Office had analyzed that Chen Wen had a total of four divisions to march into Guangzhou. Without mentioning combat effectiveness, the troops alone had already gained the upper hand. Besides, the cavalry of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were at a disadvantage in previous battles before defeating Jiergalang. Even now, it was impossible to compare with the Qing Dynasty, which was loyal to the north, Liaodong, the southern and northern and northern Mongolians, but it still had an advantage over the warlords in the south. Geng Jimao was like this, and Shang Kexi was no exception.

"The total amount of cavalry in Shang Kexi's troops cannot be compared with our army. When our army recovers Dongguan and Zengcheng counties and has the safety of the rear route, the means he can use will be even more lackluster. After all, it depends on the attack and defense of the city. Our army has large mortars specially made for siege, which is beneficial, but this battle also has two points that are not conducive to our army, one is time and the other is temperature."

Time is obvious that all the generals present have already obtained the military information that Shang Kexi has asked for help from the Yongli court and Sun Kewang. After all, the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is still the Ming army, with Yongli as the main force. The emperor's imperial edict arrives. Whether to attack or not will indeed cause some moral chaos.

As for the temperature, everyone here knows that Guangzhou is actually hotter than Zhejiang, and now it is late April, and the soldiers have already put on thin summer uniforms. In this kind of weather, don’t think about wearing armor. Just say that in the hot summer season, it’s enough to make people scratch their heads in a few months.

"We don't have so much time to take care of the surname Shang. We will start tomorrow and capture Guangzhou within three days!"

"The last general will obey the order!"

Three days have actually passed the half month that Shang Kexi said. According to Chen Wen's estimate, the letter from Shang Kexi to Shaozhou Deputy General Zhang Wei shows that the day after tomorrow was actually the last day of the half month that Shang Kexi said. From Chaozhou to Guangzhou, the two places were more than 700 miles apart. If it weren't for the few cavalry of Shang Kexi's troops and the main force was still on the way back to Guangzhou, and Chen Wen dragged Chen Qice to escort those heavy artillery that would slow down the marching speed of the troops. The two hatchbacks were intertwined, Chen Wen would never have arrived in Guangzhou so quickly.

Arrival is one thing, and breaking the city is another thing. But if you want to attack the city, you must first pull out the other camps outside the city, and remove these nails and the army before you can approach the city.

"The key to tomorrow is this Honghuagang."

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Honghuagang is located in the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou. There are six villages outside the city under Shang Kexi's headquarters. This is the last village that Chen Wen planned to attack, but it is also the most important one and the most solid one built.

Before the next day, Zhang Zisheng recovered Dongguan and Zengcheng and the military information came one after another. The key points to recover the side were the same, but the main forces of the Luling Division, Yuhang Division and the Minzhong Division had not arrived yet. No matter Chen Wen did not continue to wait, he led the cavalry battalion of the three divisions to cooperate with the Siming Division, which was the main force, to march towards the first village outside the city.

The army approached this outer village, and the defenders in the village had already discovered it early in the morning. However, the Ming army had too many cavalry, so they had no choice but to continue to trap in the lonely village.

The officer in charge was Shang Kexi's personal army and was not released for a long time, less than two years. It can be said that he was a trusted general among the trusted generals. With the historical record of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the possibility of this village being able to hold on for a day is not very high, but the officer still volunteered and led his subordinates to stick to this place.

"Brothers all know that I am the prince's personal soldier. In Liaodong, the prince gave me some food to eat before he did not starve to death. Even my mother, who entrusted the prince's blessing and care to be able to live a safe life in this chaotic world. The prince's life was given by me, and I will die here today to repay the prince's great kindness and virtue!"

The Ming army outside the village was still lined up. The officers drank the wine in the bowl and then smashed the thick porcelain bowl on the ground. This was the case with the officers, and the officers and their personal soldiers. The soldiers who were clamored were told before the war that the Ming army outside the city had no habit of keeping prisoners, and they simply threw the pot and gave up. For a moment, the morale was also high.

After a while, the Ming army outside the village was ready. The officer climbed up the wall of the village seriously. The village where he was was a mixture of civil, wood, bricks and stones. It was impossible to say how strong it was. Since the defense center in Shang Kexi was Guangzhou, there were quite a few guards in this village, but the artillery was far from comparable to the Ming army outside. There were only a few cannons transported from other counties. However, the defense matter was still based on the organization and morale. He was still a little confident in these two points.

"It may be hard to work one day, and I have been holding on for half a day. The six villages will have three days, and the angels should be able to arrive."

The officer made up his mind secretly, and shouted loudly to encourage the morale of the soldiers guarding the village. The Ming army outside the village did not ask him to wait for long, and soon launched an attack on the village.

The sound of cannons rang one after another, and the shells rushed over and bombarded heavily on the village wall. In an instant, the officer standing on the village wall felt that the earth was shaking, and then the center of gravity was unstable and fell on the village wall.

In the first round of artillery attacks, several holes were blasted out of the village. At the same time as the second shelling, the Ming army's battle formation began to form a formation and kill other villages...

After a while, the troops guarding the village either died or surrendered, and the only one left was this officer, covering his cut belly with one hand and holding a sword with the other pointed at the Ming army in front of him.

"I will be..."

Before he finished speaking, a spear pierced his throat, twisted and pulled out, and the action was completed in one go. The officer fell to the ground immediately. There was an order on it, and the fire soldiers did not have to participate in the work of cleaning up the battlefield, and they directly handed it over to the auxiliary soldiers of the army. The soldiers of the brigade retreated from the village in an orderly manner, and the fire soldiers slashed each body behind. A new recruit from Huainan tampered with the bullet and cut off the officer's head. The disgusting feeling began to ease a lot, and then he spat at the officer.

"Bah, I thought I was a hero when I was a dog for Shang Kexi."

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The first village only used two rounds of artillery fire, and the infantry took it down with almost one charge, which was really not a big deal. Chen Wen silently looked at the village with a telescope, then stuffed the telescope back into the leather case, and boarded the war horse.

At this time, Ma Xin, who was in charge of command, said to the officers of the Staff Office: "The plan you have formulated is too conservative. One division besieged a village with hundreds of people. Now there is no use of mortar cannons and red artillery cannons. These copper fires alone have made a breaking village in the past ten days. One battalion attacks the village and two battalions to attack, there is no need for this. Now we re-form the plan, and the next three villages, Nantang camp, the front camp and the back camp, we don't have that much time to waste with Shang Kexi."

"What if Shang Kexi sent troops to help?"

The staff officer was still doing his best to consider the battle, but Ma Xin shook his head and then said: "From this village, the first five villages are all used to delay time, whether from the structure or the location of the village, it is possible that the only one who sends troops to rescue is the last Honghuagang. Don't forget that we have many cavalry now, and Shang Kexi can't afford to save them, and we don't have the courage to do so."

The work of the staff is to make plans based on the will of the commander. Since Ma Xin had this confidence, they had to formulate the plan as quickly as possible and use the messenger to reflect the changed tactics.

Without the expectation of the Ma Xin, the next three villages were not exhausted. Even after conquering the established target, Nantangying still had the strength to take down another village that was not far away.

The first of the first five villages had the most intense resistance. Two of the next four villages were guarded by Wu Liuqi and Huang Yingjie. The remaining two did not fight hand-to-hand combat like the first village after the village was bombarded. After the village was bombarded, they did not fight for a short while in hand-to-hand combat. Calculated carefully, it seemed that the time of the Ming army was delayed, but instead they were arranged and marched.

The rapid attack of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was beyond the expectations of all the defenders. Shang Kexi was watching from the top of the city. News of the fall of other villages outside the city came one after another. The five villages only lasted for half a day, and now the last Honghuagang was left.

"Prince, as long as the last village lasts until night, the enemy may not really dare to fight at night. As the generals see it, it's better to send troops to rescue him."

At the east city gate, all the generals in the city were there, and Xu Erxian made generous speeches, but foreign generals like Ma Xiong, Wu Liuqi, and Huang Yingjie were all eager to shrank their heads. The attacks of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming troops outside the city were too fierce, which really made them dumbfounded. It was okay to defend the city, but they might not have the courage to go out to rescue them. Now they just look at Shang Kexi, and Shang Kexi said it was OK, so let Shang Kexi's people go to save them, but they had no such plan.

Unexpectedly, when he heard this, Shang Kexi shook his head and then remained silent. Not long after, the evening had not yet arrived, and the other villages in Honghuagang were also declared lost, but the officers who were observing the city and the Qing army officers who had escaped from Honghuagang also brought the information that Shang Kexi needed.

"It turns out that the range of the enemy's red artillery and the kind of stone mortar-like artillery is just like that."
Chapter completed!