In the 26th year of Yongli, the first day of the fifth month, early in the morning.

With a thunder, the summer rainstorm came as scheduled and came down. The rain was brought by a typhoon from the southern sea and came violently. Almost in an instant, the mountains and rivers around Guangzhou Prefecture were covered with rain curtains. Looking from afar, it was vast, and it was impossible to see the figure clearly outside twenty or thirty steps. Everything seemed to be covered in a river of heaven that flowed from the sky to the ground and then rushed into the vast ocean. Only white and foggy chaos were left. Only the sound of water and rain could be heard in my ears. There was nothing else between heaven and earth except the pouring rain. People completely forgot that a war that determines the future and destiny of the entire nation was happening on this land, and it was at the most critical moment!

In this heavy rain that came as scheduled, teams of Qing soldiers were carrying flags and weapons, passing through the official road leading from the west bank of Zengjiang River to Guangzhou. This official road has been around for decades, and there are bumps everywhere. In addition, the sun was exposed for many days before, and the sun was covered with dust everywhere. Once the heavy rain poured into a mud road.

But no matter how bad the road is, it cannot stop the Qing army under Shang Kexi from moving forward in the rain. Because of the rushing marches that had come and go before, many Shang army soldiers had already lost their extra salutes, including rain gear. Now they are naturally wet all over, and when the strong wind blows, they are trembling with coldness. In other cases, when encountering this kind of ghost weather, the Qing soldiers will definitely refuse to leave the team to march.

Even if the team is barely driven out, the officers leading the team must be worried and afraid of coming to a bombing camp! Unless there are a large number of Manchu heavenly soldiers escorting them, why should the Manchu heavenly soldiers suffer this?

But the situation today is so special. Guangzhou City, the old nest of these Qing Dynasty soldiers, is already under the attack of Zhu San Taisun! Moreover, Zhu San Taisun also seems to have a magic trick to attack the city and pull out the village. If they cannot rush back in time, once Guangzhou is broken, their wives, children, and their young will be dead under the sword.

This is really not exaggeration!

Following Shang Kexi, the flag army and green camp soldiers were covered with blood of the Guangdong people! There are millions of enemies in Guangdong! After leaving Guangzhou City, in addition to the Xinhui people, Qiongzhou people, and the poor and arrogant Hakka people in northern Guangdong, the other Guangdong people are their enemies. If they follow Zhu San Taisun into the inner city of Guangzhou, they will not be able to slaughter them completely?

For the family's parents, wives and children, these soldiers of the Shang family did not care about the heavy rain and the muddy roads. From officials to soldiers, they all walked through the mud and water, walked through the rain curtain, dragging general's cannons and other miscellaneous military supplies, and ran to Longtou Mountain and Matou Mountain battlefield, which were only dozens of miles away from Guangzhou Dongguan.

They must arrive at their destination before the rainstorm is completely over, and then launch a fierce attack in the gaps of the rainstorm or when the rainstorm becomes smaller.

This Longtou Mountain is almost the same as Matou Mountain. The east barrier of Guangzhou City is in the west and Matou Mountain is in the east. Both mountains are heading north and south, just like the gates of the two mountains blocking the east of Guangzhou.

The two mountains are seven or eight miles apart, and there is a relatively flat area in the middle. Although there are several small hills, several small woods, two or three villages and some rice fields, it is still a very ideal battlefield for the two armies to fight.

According to Shang Kexi's estimate, if Zhu Heying wanted to stop his army from entering Guangzhou City, he had to set up defenses in Longtou Mountain or Matou Mountain, and most likely he would choose Longtou Mountain.

Because Longtou Mountain is close to the Zhujiang River, it is more beneficial to Zhuhezhi, which has the benefits of the navy.

Moreover, on the south side of Longtou Mountain, close to the north bank of the Pearl River, there is a Sea God Temple called the South Sea Temple.

This is a national temple where the South China Sea Gods worshipped the South China Sea. It has a long history and covers a large area. It was just rebuilt by Shang Kexi for his own money a few years ago. Because it was newly built, the building of this Temple of the Sea Gods is very sturdy and is very suitable for use as a large stronghold on the battlefield.

In addition, the main road from Huizhou to Guangzhou is also passed between Nanhai Temple and Longtou Mountain. As long as the Nanhai Temple is occupied, the main road will be cut off.

If Shang Kexi does not want to attack Nanhai Temple, then he will only pass through the path through Longtou Mountain without any accident, and the two sides will have a bloody battle at the intersection of Longtou Mountain!

Only Zhu and Ji's magic cannot be used in heavy rain, that is, they will win in a narrow road!

Wearing a straw raincoat and riding a large ocean horse given by the Portuguese Macau, Shang Kexi, who was walking among the army, became more confident the more he walked!

Shang Kexi, who had fought a lifelong battle, had already felt the increasingly high fighting spirit of the Qing soldiers.

Marching in such a strong storm, and preparing for a "water battle in the rain", this momentum is almost as fast as when I just entered the pass!

Moreover, there are many veteran soldiers in the army led by Shang Kexi, who have fought the battles in Guangzhou, Wencun, and Jieshiwei. They have enough experience and martial arts. They have become afraid of death and hardship after a long time. If it weren’t for their peace and family, they wouldn’t have fought like they are now!

Now they are "not afraid of hardship". As long as they are "not afraid of death" again, they will definitely win!

Shang Kexi was right about it. Zhu Heying was immediately on the hillside near the intersection of Longtou Mountain. Dozens of "bearded scholars" riding ocean horses surrounded him. The people and horses were silent, like gods. They just watched more than 10,000 soldiers wearing straw raincoats working in the rain and built defense lines based on the mountains on both sides of the intersection.

Of course, he also knew that the mountain pass in front of him would be the key "victory point" for the two sides to compete.

The Temple of the South China Sea is also a "victory point", but that temple is very difficult to fight. First of all, the exterior walls of the temple are very strong, and the buildings inside the walls are also strong. There are also gatehouses and tall shelves that can be used to arrange artillery and musketeers.

In addition, there are many buildings in the South China Sea Temple that can shelter from wind and rain. They can be used to set up a sugar medicine workshop in front of the battlefield to make sugar medicine before the battle, so that you will not be afraid of the sugar medicine getting damp.

Therefore, in Zhu Hetian's view, the South China Sea Temple is very easy to guard, so it will not become the focus of Shang Kexi's attack.

Shang Kexi’s focus of attack must be the intersection of Longtoushan!

Therefore, he divided the work with Zhuge Military Advisor, and Zhuge Military Advisor personally led a town's elite troops to guard the South China Sea Temple, while he himself led the new recruits from the three towns to set up defenses at the intersection of Longhushan.

His defense strategy is that who has not read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the Daozhai? Who doesn't know the lesson of losing Jieting?

Even if I really don’t know, Zhu Heying would not arrange his troops into the mountains and forests in the heavy rain. Now, the sugar medicine is too easy to get damp and difficult to preserve. Therefore, the sugar medicine grenade hammer and the flowering hammer cannot be used at the intersection of Longtoushan Road. These two weapons cannot be used, so the scattered tactics that are matched with them will naturally be useless.

Therefore, Zhu Hezang could only arrange the Jinyi personal army of the three towns at the intersection and at the foot of Longtou Mountain, and backed to the east slope of Longtou Mountain, and cut down trees, set up horse-resisting and deer villages, and set up a cannon and fence for the arrangement of artillery.

Twenty-four six-pound iron cannons wrapped in waterproof tart cloth were transported up by a horse, and they were all hidden behind the fence. Of course, the number of canopies and fences under the canopy are far more than twenty-four, and the number reaches seventy-two. In this way, the people who are quite happy must guess what is behind the fences?

From the early morning of the first day of May, when Zhu Hetian led the troops from the left and right, and relatives of the three towns arrived at the mountain pass, everyone has performed their duties conscientiously, braved the heavy rain, and was busy with the work at hand. No one complained or wasted, everyone was full of high morale, and the entire construction site was filled with a lively atmosphere.

Looking at the rainy curtain, the horse-resisted horses, the deer villages, the fences, and the canopy were constantly built and placed. A line of defense that stretched out seven or eight miles along the mountain had gradually taken shape. Zhu Hetian's mouth finally showed a smile looking forward to victory.

Although the army under his command was first established and had insufficient training and equipment, they had a firm belief, united from top to bottom, and knew who to fight for and why!

Is it still a happy army like this? Is Emperor Kangxi?

When he was really proud, a few crisp gunshots suddenly rang out on the open flat ground to the east.

The gunshot penetrated the sound of rain and fog and water, and it was very clear when it reached Zhu Heying's ears. He knew that it was the sentry he arranged in the village ahead who fired the turtledove-footed musket they used to warn!
Chapter completed!