Fifty-eight gunners
Fang Guoan, with his deputy general Zheng Hongkui, Zhang Pengji, and guerrilla tycoon Liu, surrounded by more than a dozen personal soldiers, passed through the square formation composed of Yingtian Guard soldiers and came straight under the commander's flag.
"Governor, haven't I sent someone to report to you?"
Fang Guoan hugged Lin Yu perfunctorily, with a rebellious look on his face, "I discussed with Admiral Yang and his generals. We will take a boat to Guabu and then head north along Chuhe River. This is the best marching route..."
Lin Yu looked murderous and was invincible: "Which Admiral Yang? There is no admiral named Yang under my command!"
"you……"
Fang Guoan was about to have an attack when he saw the Shangfang sword on Lin Yu's waist, and he suppressed his anger, "Admiral Yang is Yang Zhenzong, our admiral of the Jiang army is the second rank."
Lin Yu's eyes were stern: "As far as this goes, your Admiral Yang is going to go north to rescue Fengyang? Then we will go back to Nanjing, Commander Wei, and order to withdraw the troops..."
“Hey hey…”
Fang Guoan was suddenly a little anxious and said in a tone of being neither south nor north, "Governor Lin, what are you beating up? You are the head coach, the head coach is you, Admiral Yang is just giving a suggestion!"
Lin Yu snorted coldly: "Since you know that the Lord is me, you still resist the order and refuse to obey it, and turn a blind eye to our military order... Where are you?"
"exist!"
A dozen soldiers who had been waiting for a long time agreed and rushed forward to surround Fang Guoan.
"What are you going to do?"
Fang Guoan was furious, his burly figure was nearly one head taller than the soldiers around him, and glared at Lin Yu, "Do you still want to hit me? Don't be shameless!"
Fang Guoan's ancestral home is Zhejiang, and he is 43 years old this year. He has been commanding troops in Sichuan, Hubei and other places since the Chongzhen period. At the earliest, he followed Zuo Liangyu, wiped out Li Zicheng, and fought fiercely with Zhang Xianzhong. He had a strong team of 20,000 people, which was the strongest in the various brigades in Nanjing, so he was unruly and domineering.
"Fang Guoan disobeyed military orders and was not in absent from military discipline. He blamed me for twenty rods!"
Lin Yu Shangfang's sword was unsheathed and shouted angrily.
Zhang Pengji, Liu Daheng and more than a dozen followers drew their swords in their hands and confronted Lin Yu, "Who dares to touch our General Fang, don't blame us for being polite!"
With a "clang", Zhang Chenglin drew his sword and protected Lin Yu, "Put down the sword, who dares to be rude to the governor?"
Wei Guangdong hugged his arms in front of his chest to watch the fun, wanting Cao Jiangjun to go ashore, but he doesn't want to offend Fang Guoan, a powerful general.
At the critical moment, Zhu Youliang unsheathed his sword and pointed his sword at Fang Guoan's entourage: "What's wrong? In your Caojiang Army camp, you are arrogant and arrogant. When you arrive at the territory of my Yingtianwei, you are still arrogant. Whoever dares to be rude to the governor, I will dare to cut off his dog's head!"
Xu Gongji also held a knife in his hand: "It's so arrogant. In the face of a great enemy, you don't put the court and the country first, and the life and death of the people of Fengyang first. You are selfish and despised the commander. Who dares to be ruthless? You are ruthless under the sword!"
Seeing this, Fang Guoan knew that he could not get a good deal, so he waved his hand angrily: "Put the sword away and let him beat him."
"Battle me!" Lin Yu put his sword back into the sheath and shouted fiercely.
"Abide by the order!"
The soldiers of Yingtianwei's camp were often bullied by Cao Jiang army on weekdays, and they all held their anger in their hearts. They held Fang Guoan and held them with a scepter, and they beat him up and made a "crackling" sound.
Fang Guoan gritted his teeth and said nothing, his eyes radiating the light of hatred, and he silently vowed in his heart that he would kill this guy one day!
Fang Guoan was in a strong body. After getting the military stick, he got up and didn't mention his pants: "I'm done with the fight? Can I leave, right? I hope you don't ask me for help in the future."
Lin Yu snorted coldly: "You can only come to Wumadu for one hour to join our governor and rush the army northward. If you do not comply with the military orders, national laws will be dealt with."
"I obey...I obey..."
Fang Guoan lifted his pants and left, and did not scold him in the last sentence, "I'll follow your grandma's legs, ** boy, I won't serve you anymore."
Lin Yu finally saw the arrogant general today. Liu Zhaoji and Wei Guangdong were fine. After all, they were all commanding the imperial army. Warlords like Fang Guoan who had private soldiers not only did not take themselves as the governor seriously, nor did they take the Southern Ming court seriously.
Surrounded by his followers, Fang Guoan said to Zheng Hongkui as he walked: "Brother Zheng, we will not serve this ** boy, nor will we serve Zhu Yousheng! Let's set off immediately, raft into the sea, and go to Fujian to join Nan'anbo."
Zheng Hongkui is the younger brother of Fujian general and Nan'anbo Zheng Zhilong. He is the fourth child in his family. He passed the Wu Jinshi exam in the 13th year of Chongzhen and was appointed as the commander of the Jinyiwei by Chongzhen.
However, during this period, the Jinyiwei had long lost the ability to call for the wind and rain. He was suppressed by the Donglin Party and was constantly dismissed, reduced the organizational system, reduced the right to detectives and prisons, and became guards who guarded the emperor's house and guarded the hospital.
After Li Zicheng captured Beijing, Zheng Hongkui came to Nanjing to join the new imperial court. He was appointed as the general of Zhenjiang by Ma Shiying and the deputy general of Cao Jiang army, assisting Yang Zhenzong and Fang Guoan to train the recruited new army together.
"Go to Fujian? Wouldn't that be a traitor?" Zheng Hongkui shook his head like a rattle. "After all, the emperor inherited the Grand Principal and was the legitimate emperor of the Ming Dynasty. My brother is also a minister of the Ming Dynasty. If we go to join us rashly, he may not be able to take him in."
Fang Guoan patted Zheng Hongkui's shoulder heavily and said with contempt: "Zhu Yousong is a sacred emperor. Look at Zuo Liangyu, who will buy his face? It's just a fool! Your elder brother is ambitious. We go to join him and welcome him, so why don't you take him in?"
Lin Yu's eyes were always staring at Fang Guoan and others who were gradually moving away, and found that Zheng Hongkui kept a distance from him from beginning to end. When Fang Guoan's subordinates drew their swords just now, he was also watching coldly, unlike Fang Guoan's direct lineage.
"Where did this Zheng Hongkui come from?" Lin Yu asked with his hands pressing the hilt of the sword.
Wei Guangdong touched his chin and replied, "The original commander of the Jinyiwei, the younger brother of Nan'anbo Zheng Zhilong, is ranked fourth."
"Zheng Zhilong's younger brother?" Lin Yu couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
Who is Zheng Zhilong? He is the leader of a pirate traversing the southeast coast. He has the most powerful navy in the East today. He has more than 700 warships of all sizes and sizes and more than 80,000 naval and land soldiers. Even Western powers such as the Netherlands and Spain were also attracted by it.
Zheng Zhilong's son was Zheng Chenggong, who was famous in later generations and was known as the hero of the Chinese race. After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he led his troops to retreat to Taiwan, drove away Dutch pirates, and dominated Taiwan for decades.
"Fang Guoan has 20,000 private soldiers. Will he go to Zheng Zhilong to preserve his strength? They are all birds of a feather."
Lin Yu thought of this and decided to warn Fang Guoan again. Although this guy had eaten military sticks just now, he didn't seem to be convinced.
This guy is different from Yang Zhenzong and Wei Guangdong. He has his own private soldiers. As long as he is unhappy, he can give up and leave.
The reason why Ma Shiying pointed to Fang Guoan instead of sending Yang Zhenzong to the expedition may also mean to weaken Fang Guoan's strength. This time he rushed to Fengyang to face a large army of 300,000, and even if he won the battle, casualties were inevitable.
I just beat Fang Guoan again. If this guy was too anxious, I would directly lead the troops to sail into the sea and go south to Fujian to join Zheng Zhilong.
Lin Yu immediately entered the cockpit of Mekava, ignited the fire, quickly crossed the Ming army formation, and caught up with Fang Guoan and his party who were walking to the riverside at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour.
The huge tank roared loudly, and Fang Guoan and his followers could hardly open their eyes when the snow-white lights shone on them. They all subconsciously raised the musket in their hands, "What do Governor Lin want to do?"
Fang Guoan pressed the hilt of the sword in his hand, and was shocked and frightened: "What do you want to do in Talin Zhenjiang? Do you want to crush us to death?"
The huge armored car came to Fang Guoan and others and stopped, and suddenly fired a shot at the big ship on the river.
A shell flew out of the air with flames, whistling past Fang Guoan and others, hitting the mast on the big ship, and suddenly cut off all three side-by-side masts and crashed into the river with a bang.
The soldiers who stayed behind the warship were so scared that they ran away, screaming and fled around, either hid in the cabin, or lie down on the spot, and even more, jumped into the river to escape directly.
One shell was enough to kill and injure nearly a hundred Qing troops. Lin Yu naturally didn't want to waste it, but if Fang Guoan could be tamed and let him go north to rescue Fengyang honestly, it would be worth it.
"A man surnamed Lin, are you crazy?" Fang Guoan took a sword and took a step back for more than ten steps, yelling at the top of his voice.
Lin Yu opened the cockpit and crawled out, whispering loudly: "Fang Guoan, listen to me! You are the admiral of the Ming Dynasty, and you eat the food and salary of the court. The people of the Ming Dynasty support your army. If you dare to lead your troops to escape, I will drive an armored car to chase you to the ends of the world!"
Fang Guoan saw the power of Mekava's advance at full speed and the power of artillery shells. Even more than 100,000 Qing troops were killed and lost more than 10,000 people. The few people under his command were probably not enough to be stuck in the gap!
"Who told you that I was going to run away?" Fang Guoan refused to admit it. "I will go back and lead my troops to the ashore to fight the Tartars! You blow up my boat, and I want to write a letter to impeach you, and I must compensate me for a new boat."
Fortunately, Lin Yu just gave a little punishment, but only blew off the mast of the big ship, which did not damage the warship more than 40 meters long, nor did he hurt the soldiers on the ship.
Fang Guoan swears and jumps onto the ship with his entourage, orders to turn the rudder back to the Caojiang Army Navy Camp, and then makes a decision after meeting the Admiral Yang Zhenzong.
Chapter completed!