Just as the Ming army on Hainan was unstoppable and colorfully approached Qiongshan.

Guangzhou City

Guangdong Governor Li Shizhen finished listening to a Huangmei opera in his mansion. At this moment, he was tasting tea and eating pastries at home.

I saw a servant hurriedly report that it was the Guangdong Governor who paid a visit.

When Li Shizhen heard this, he didn't care about the pastries in his hand and stood up to greet him.

I saw an official over 50 years old outside the mansion rushing to the courtyard with a hurried expression.

"Brother Yike, something big is bad, something big is bad."

"Mr. Wu, why are you so panicked?" Governor Li Shizhen hurriedly met him.

"Hainan has changed." Wu Xingzuo blushed and said in a suffocation.

When the governor Li Shizhen heard this, he laughed and waved his hand.

"I knew this half a month ago, but it was just a group of pirates."

"It happened to catch up with the local Li people rebelling again and was taken away by a Yazhou County."

Li Shizhen slowly took out a fold from his sleeve.

"Look, the prefect of Qiongzhou has also said that he is ordering General Wu to lead the army south to suppress the rebels. Don't we also know the Left Camp in Leizhou? Let them cooperate closely." Governor Li Shizhen said.

When Wu Xingzuo heard this, he was so angry that he was so angry.

"Brother Yike, this is all about Hainan half a month ago. Now the thieves have defeated General Wu, and the troops have surpassed Lingao." Wu Xingzuo shouted.

"What?" Li Shizhen was struck by lightning as soon as he heard this.

In what direction does Linggao know?

"How did this pirate fight to the northern part of Hainan?"

"What do the five or six thousand green camp soldiers on the island eat?"

Governor Li Shizhen immediately cursed.

"According to the gentry fleeing from north to south of Hainan, several green camps in Hainan have been wiped out by pirates, and even the general has been defeated and killed." Speaking of this, the voice of the governor was getting weaker and weaker.

After all, even when he got the news from the gentry, he was very surprised.

After all, the Qing Dynasty has been established for decades, and I have never heard of pirates who can capture several counties and annihilate thousands of Qing army green camp soldiers.

The Governor's words also made Li Shizhen stunned.

Not only did the pirates occupy several counties in Qiongzhou, but they even annihilated thousands of Green Camp soldiers.

"Has the green camp in Hainan been completely wiped out?" Governor Li Shizhen's face was full of horror.

Only half a month after the prefect reported the news, the war in Qiongzhou was so bad that even the green camp had been destroyed.

Who are these pirates? They are so fierce.

Suddenly, the governor's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly grabbed Wu Xingzuo, "If the pirates can occupy several counties in Qiongzhou within one month, all the green camps on the island will be destroyed, I'm afraid the pirate soldiers will be heading straight to Guangdong."

Hearing the governor's words, Wu Xingzuo nodded quickly.

"That's what I mean. These pirates came too suddenly, and Guangdong and Guangxi were unaware of it."

"I have ordered all battalions of coastal defense in Guangdong and Guangxi to strengthen their vigilance, especially the flood camps of Gaolian Lei Prefecture to strengthen their vigilance. However, whether it is to mobilize troops or strengthen their vigilance, they must inform General Dali." Wu Xingzuo said.

Now, Li Shizhen finally understood why the governor came to his mansion in vain.

"Okay, let's go together." Governor Li Shizhen said.

At this time, Guangzhou had only been quelling the Three Feudal Rebellion for nearly ten years.

Since the coastal defense is important, the Qing court still deployed 60,000 to 70,000 green camp soldiers in Guangdong.

However, the Qing court was afraid that Guangdong would change again, so it specially established the position of Guangzhou General.

He specially transferred 3,000 elite Eight Banners from the capital to garrison in Guangdong.

Of course, these 3,000 so-called Eight Banners are just the Eight Banners of Han, not the Eight Banners of Manchu in the true sense.

But it is still the strongest trump card of the Qing court in Guangdong.

Governor Li Shizhen also understood why the Governor came to find him in a hurry.

Although this governor has the military power of the Guangdong Green Camp, the problem is that his military power is granted the restraint of the Guangdong general.

In the Qing Dynasty, where the relationship between Manchu and Han was delicate.

Any matter of dispatching troops and generals in the province must be reported to the Guangzhou General.

It was already noon when the two saw the worship of Yinda.

At this time, the Guangzhou general was training in the field.

I was also shocked to see the Governor and the Governor visiting each other.

"Sir, why are you here together?" Bai Yindali, wearing armor, hurriedly got off the horse's back.

"General, the general situation is not good, Hainan is changing." Wu Xingzuo said.

"Oh, Qiongzhou was invaded by pirates, and there were Li people rebelling in it. Now several counties in Qiongzhou have been occupied by the thief army." Governor Li Shizhen said hurriedly.

Hearing this, the Guangzhou general's face changed slightly.

"I have indeed heard of the news that Qiongzhou encountered pirates."

"Didn't Tong Xiangnian say that the green camp soldiers in the prefecture were enough to suppress the rebellion of the Li people and the invasion of pirates?"

"Five or six days ago, he wrote to me, saying that General Wu was leading thousands of Green Camp officers and soldiers to conquer the Lis and the pirates, and won a great victory." Baiyindali's face became even more gloomy.

Hearing this, the Governor and the Governor smiled bitterly.

"Tong Xiangnian is so confused. He obviously lost Yazhou half a month ago, but he knew that he would not report it, so he had such a disaster." Governor Li Shizhen cursed angrily.

"Even if he knows that he doesn't report it, how could Qiongzhou worsen like this in just half a month?"

"There are obviously Wanzhou Camp, Yazhou Camp, and the three towns of Zhenbiao and Qiongzhou Navy on the island, with a total of five or six thousand people on the water and land."

"Even if the pirates invade the local Le people and rebel, the scale is only hundreds of people. How could a few counties fall?" Bai Yindali felt something was wrong.

He has seen Wu Qijue, but he has been through the battlefield for a long time, but he is familiar with military tactics.

The most important thing is that the Qing army has suppressed dozens of local rebellions in the past.

Logically, since the Three Feudal Affairs Office, there have been no more than a thousand pirates on the sea surface of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The island rebelled, and there were only dozens or hundreds of people every time.

Not to mention the green camp on the island, even the flood troops in various places should be able to suppress them.

"Who are the pirates on Hainan? How big is the thief army?" Baiyindali asked hurriedly.

After thinking about it, Wu Xingzuo said: "If the local gentry who fled north to Guangzhou said the truth, it should be Yang Yandi, the giant sea gangster at that time, and there may be thousands of people."

Hearing this, Baiyindali frowned.

"I also know Yang Yandi. Didn't he go to Guangnan, Nantou? And most importantly, it was because he had thousands of people on Longmen Island and had never captured Qiongzhou's prefecture and county."

Baiyindali always felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell it.

"General, now we should immediately send navy boats to Qiongzhou for investigation. Second, strengthen the coastal defense of various places and the flood season. At the same time, we will immediately recruit green camp soldiers from all prefectures to prepare to go south to Qiongzhou." Wu Xingzuo said.

Hearing this, Baiyindali nodded and agreed.

"Then the memorial to the capital?"

"Old ministers come and write." Governor Li Shizhen said.

Since the Ming army captured Lingao and Chengmai, they rushed to Qiongshan County without stopping.

If most of the local gentry have already heard the news, they have fled north.

However, with the arrival of the Ming Navy, a large number of sea ships were intercepted by the Ming Navy.

I am not polite about these local wealthy businessmen, gentry, and Ming army navy in Qiongzhou who attempted to cross the Qiongzhou Strait to escape to Guangdong and Guangxi.

In just a few days, more than 20 sea ships were seized.

A total of more than 50,000 taels of silver were confiscated along with the gold, silver and fines on the ship.

The Qiongzhou gentlemen who fled north suddenly cried and cried loudly.

For a moment, the people of Qiongshan County were in panic. After the prefect learned about it, he hurriedly ordered people to build a city wall and sent troops to station in Haikou, fearing that these thieves would land in Haikou.
Chapter completed!