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The hundreds of gunfire soldiers under his command first hid and lit the matchlocks.

The matchlock of the matchlock gun can burn for half an hour to an hour according to the specific situation.

The melee infantry under Shi Wangzheng took the lead, covering the archers and firecrackers in the rear, and planned to attack the col after a simple formation.

Zuo Shan saw the firecracker from a long distance, and he was not a fool, so he immediately ordered to retreat.

Even if the officers and soldiers didn't have guns, Zuo Shan couldn't fight recklessly. More than 2000 elite officers and soldiers ran all the way into the mountains without being defeated. They are obviously strong soldiers raised by spending money.

In the whole of Guangdong, there are more than 2000 elites here, and Lu Qian, the general soldier, has another 3500.There are only about [-] people, and the rest are all mobs. Even veterans who have suppressed bandits for three years are also mobs.

Seeing Zuo Shan fleeing with his troops, Shen Youlong and Shi Wangzheng lost their temper.

They could only continue to climb mountains and ridges, while evacuating on the road, while choosing a more suitable ambush point.

After walking like this for another day, Fei Ruhe led 1500 people and finally came along the mark left by Zuo Shan.

"Where's the enemy army?" Fei Ruhe asked.

"It's on the mountain col ahead, I've been following." Zuo Shan said with a smile.

It is impossible to lose track of them. More than 2000 officers and soldiers marched, leaving traces along the way.Zuo Shan sent 20 men to pursue in front, and the rest of the soldiers chased after half a mile. Even if they encountered an ambush, they would only lose 20 men.

Seeing Fei Ruhe chasing more than 1000 people, Shen Youlong began to line up on the col.

He was about to be driven crazy. At this moment, he just wanted to have a good fight.

Fei Ruhe was not in a hurry, he was exhausted after chasing him all the way, so he recovered his strength first.

The two sides just waited for each other as if they had made an agreement, waiting for Fei Ruhe's soldiers to recover their strength.Shen Youlong occupies a favorable terrain, and it is impossible to take the initiative to go down the mountain.

Until an hour later, the battle was about to break out.

Very fair, both sides have [-] firearms, this is a contest of hot weapons.

After they lit the matchlocks, the rest of the troops moved out of the way, and the firecrackers were the first to decide the winner.

Datong's firecrackers were at a disadvantage. They were feinting to attack the mountain.

"Fire arrows!"

Shi Wangzheng didn't talk about martial arts, but even ordered the archers to stand on the mountain and shoot down.

Brush brush!

Many arrows were blocked by the canopy, and a few arrows fell down. A total of four Datong firecrackers were hit by arrows.However, they wear bamboo hats and cotton armor, and are not afraid of bows and arrows.

Shen Youlong shouted: "Don't let go of the gun at will, listen to my order, and shoot when you get closer!"

The Datong firecrackers continued to walk up the mountain, and the official army's firecrackers began to get nervous.

Shen Youlong's firecrackers were all trained three years ago, and they are invincible every time they fight.Ordinary thieves, as long as they were shot by them, they would immediately collapse and flee in fright.

But also because of this, they are well aware of the power of firecrackers, and are very afraid of shooting at enemy firecrackers.

"boom!"

The firecrackers of Datong got closer and closer, and finally some of the firecrackers on the officer's side couldn't help but shoot.

"Bang bang bang!"

When one person shoots, the whole army is immediately led to shoot.

They still fired in three rounds. Except for the third row, the first two rows fired all the ammunition.

This is barely within the range, and the accuracy and power are greatly reduced.

A Datong firearms soldier was shot and fell down suddenly. Unfortunately, he was hit in the face.There were still a few firecrackers who were shot, but they were blocked by the cotton armor. If they advanced ten steps further, the cotton armor would definitely be pierced.

"Quickly fill the medicine!"

Shen Youlong didn't bother to reprimand the shooter in advance, and urged the soldiers to reload quickly.

The officers and soldiers suddenly panicked, most of them started to scratch, and some even forgot the correct steps to reload the bomb.

Brush brush!

Shi Wangzheng's archers fired another volley.

Datong firearms are still advancing.

"Fire the gun!"

Shen Youlong gave an order, and the firecrackers in the third row of officers and soldiers immediately fired a decent volley.

In an instant, six Datong soldiers fell to the ground, and the cotton armor couldn't stop them at such a close distance.

However, the remaining Datong firearms soldiers continued to advance.

"Mother!"

The officers' firecrackers in the first two rows, after failing to reload their own bombs, saw the enemy approaching, and finally couldn't bear the pressure in their hearts, dropped their firecrackers, turned around and ran away.

"Raise the gun!"

"First row, shoot!"

"boom!"

More than 100 firecrackers fired at close range, instantly blasting the formation of officers and soldiers.

Even without the second row firing, all the officers and soldiers fled.

"Blow the horn!"

Fei Ruhe shouted.

"Doo doo doo doo doo doo~~~~~~"

The charge sounded, and the whole army rushed out, and more than 2000 elite officers and soldiers finally collapsed.

Chapter 254 [The Discredited Datong Army]

Fei Ruhe looked at the corpse on the ground with complicated emotions.

Shen Youlong, who blocked him for two months in Longchuan County, committed suicide very simply.On the contrary, Shi Wangzheng, the deputy commander in chief, fled quickly after being defeated, and fled into the mountains and forests, making it difficult to search for him.

"Look around again, don't miss a firecracker!"

Fei Ruhe went back to clean the battlefield, his eyes were shining when he saw those firecrackers.

They are all good guns made in Foshan. Shen Youlong paid out his own money to order them. It is not a trick issued by the court.

Shen Youlong's main force was destroyed, and there was no suspense in East Guangdong.

Fei Ruhe returned to Heyuan County, threw Shen Youlong's body at the gate of the city, frightened the guards and ran away with his servants that night.

Huizhou Prefecture, one state and ten counties.

Chaozhou Prefecture, eleven counties.

Of these 22 cities, except Huizhou Fucheng which is still resisting, the rest are all waiting for Fei Ruhe to occupy.The magistrates, prefectures, county magistrates, and defenders all ran away, and local officials could not even recruit township bravery to defend the city.

Because of two consecutive years of disasters in Guangdong and another three years of military disasters, even the gentry and wealthy families were unwilling to fight again.

Fei Ruhe didn't open for two months, and when he opened, he was in the whole of eastern Guangdong.

Especially in Chaozhou Prefecture, Fei Ruhe didn't even bother to occupy it. Not only was it time-consuming, but he also had to divide troops to garrison, and there were not so many officials to dispatch.This guy directly led troops to Huizhou and surrounded the city tightly.

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Guangzhou Prefecture, Nanhai County.

Many merchants gathered together, the Guan family, the Huang family, the Deng family, the Feng family, the Xie family...there was no Li family!

Except for the Li family, everyone arrived three quarters of an hour earlier.

"Are you ready?" Guan Jialun asked.

Huang Xuanshen said: "Foshan is ready, we will do it tonight."

"Nanhai County, my Guan family is in charge," Guan Jialun asked, "Where is the Guangzhou city?"

Feng Yucheng said: "Several companies have joined forces, and more than 600 people have entered the city one after another. Including the domestic slaves in the city, and the Xiangyong who guard the city, it must be enough to take Guangzhou!"

Feng Yucheng's younger brother is Feng Yushun, who is the aide of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

At the critical moment, they don't care about the life and death of their relatives.

Deng Yunqiu held the tea bowl and said, "I, the Deng family and the Xie family, promise to take Xiangshan County. The lackeys of the Li family in Xiangshan County, if they can't escape this time, none of them will survive!"

These Cantonese gentry and aristocrats want to resume trade as soon as possible, which is only one of the reasons.

They also have a common enemy: the Li family!

Today's Hubu Shangshu is called Li Daiwen, a native of Foshan, Guangdong.

The Li family originally belonged to ordinary merchants, mixed among a group of rich merchants, it can be said to be inconspicuous.But in the Wanli Dynasty, Li Daiwen became the doctor of Wenxuan Division, and the Li clan quickly became arrogant.

Li Chongwen, his younger brother, not only sold ironware to foreigners, but also sold Guangzhou rice to disaster-stricken Fujian.

At that time, there was also a small disaster in Guangzhou, and there was not enough food.In order to make huge profits, Li Chongwen forcibly collected rice and shipped it to Fujian by sea, regardless of the life and death of the people in Guangzhou.This move sparked a civil uprising, and the citizens of Guangzhou killed Liang Guolun and three others, all of whom were lackeys of Li Chongwen.

The case was handled by Yan Junyan, a minor official with a big reputation.

Yan Junyan dealt with a large number of smugglers when he was a pusher in Guangzhou.It's a pity that the Li family is too powerful, so he can only arrest Li Chongwen and punish him with a stick. At the same time, he requests to deprive Li Chongwen of his fame (Guozi Jiansheng).

In desperation, Li Chongwen promoted Yan Junyan to Fujian through his clan brother Li Daiwen.

As a result, Yan Junyan offended Xiong Wencan again in Fujian, and was sent by Xiong Wencan to appease Zheng Zhilong.This move was not well-intentioned, hoping that Zheng Zhilong would kill Yan Junyan, but Yan Junyan succeeded in recruiting.

Xiong Wencan was overjoyed immediately, and no longer hated Yan Junyan for offending him, and immediately put the credit on himself to report to the court.

After Yan Junyan was transferred from Guangzhou, no one could control Li Chongwen, and he had to intervene in any product, which was tantamount to causing public outrage.Because which one smuggled which product was agreed with each other, the Li family did not follow the rules at all.

Not only did Li Chongwen not follow the rules, but he also wanted to set his own rules. He colluded with the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and almost monopolized the export of ironware in Foshan Town.Who dares to bypass Li's family to sell ironware, there is Li Daiwen in the court, and the governor in Guangdong, with the cooperation of internal and external, he will directly be convicted of treason.

The ironware and grain trade has been completely controlled by the Li family, and a large number of merchants can only rely on the Li family.

Today, it is still planning to control the export of porcelain and silk!

Everyone waited and waited, but Li Chongwen just didn't show up, probably because he didn't dare to come to the appointment.

"If this person doesn't come, the strategy of capturing the thief first is no longer feasible. Don't wait any longer, Foshan Town will do it immediately!" Guan Jialun ordered.

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foshan.

"Master, it's too bad, all the big families in the town have been killed!" The servant ran into the house in horror.

Li Chongwen held a firecracker, and said grimly, "What are you shouting about? Come and kill as many as you want!"

In the Li family's mansion, there were unexpectedly two hundred firecrackers, hundreds of guards with knives, and more than ten sets of armors were even forged.This guy felt that something was wrong, so he gathered all his personal armed forces at home, and they were usually scattered all over the place.

The forces attacking the Li family also had firecrackers, and even brought in six Franc cannons.

Is this weird?

It is not surprising, because Foshan is the center of iron smelting in Lingnan, and it is also the firearms casting base in the south. The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi had to come to Foshan to buy firearms.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gunshots rang out, killing sounds everywhere.

"Boom boom boom!"

The six Frang machine guns blasted wildly at the wall of Li's courtyard.

Most of these attackers are merchants attached to the Li family, and they have long been looking forward to the day when they leave the Li family.It's a pity that Li Daiwen's official position is getting higher and higher, and now he is the secretary of the household department. They can only rely on Zhao Han to turn things around.

If Zhao Han doesn't send troops to attack Guangdong, these people won't dare to resist the Li family!

Once they rebel against the Li family, they will completely offend the Minister of the Household Department, and they can only loyally support Zhao Han from now on.

After a bombardment, the courtyard wall finally collapsed.

"kill!"

There are not only armed forces of various ethnic groups, but also many gangsters rushing in with all kinds of weapons.

"boom!"

The twenty or so people who ran in the front rushed into the courtyard and were directly blown up. The Li family used barrels to pack ten thousand enemies.

"Run!"