Liang Biaoxiang, the general of the Guangdong Navy, was born as a great enemy at sea. Because he liked to hang red flags on the ship, he was called the "Red Flag Navy" by the Guangdong authorities of the Ming Dynasty. In the fourth year of Yongli (the seventh year of Shunzhi in the pseudo-Shunzhi), the Qing court ordered Shang Kexi, and Geng Jimao's two vassals to attack Guangdong. Liang Biaoxiang and his brother Liu Longsheng were surrendered by the Qing army to make a fortune. Xu Guolong accepted the surrender of the Qing army and led 125 warships of his troops to participate in the attack on Guangzhou. He severely damaged the naval ships of the Guangdong Governor Du Yonghe's troops in the Pearl River Estuary. He also cooperated with Xu Erxian, the general of the Shangfan Division, and built 109 naval warships in the central army. With these two contributions, Liang Biaoxiang was appointed as the general of the Guangdong Navy by the Qing court, and led the navy to station in the east and west states outside Guangzhou.

After becoming the general officer of the Guangdong Navy, Liang Biaoxiang changed his age-long habit of pirates. He not only adapted all the more than 2,000 pirates under his command into a navy, but also recruited more than 1,000 overseas pirates. In addition, the Ming Navy, who later surrendered with the governor of Guangdong Du Yonghe of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Liang Biaoxiang had more than 7,000 troops and more than 300 warships of all sizes. Such a natural and spectacular military appearance. In order to make the navy clear, the two vassals attached importance to it so that his status could be improved to a higher level. Liang Biao practiced the navy on the Pearl River three or five different distances. The war drums were roaring and the red flags were very powerful, so that Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao both submitted the Qing court in an agreement and posted the title book to the Qing court. "The Guangdong Navy was grateful for Liang, and his army was both in line and in a uniform manner, and his combat power was also strong. With this navy, our soldiers could also cross the river and not be afraid of the Southern Navy."

However, the good times did not last long. Liang Biaoxiang's prestige only lasted for a long time. However, he was severely injured by the Southern Ming army in the tenth year of Shunzhi. In order to prevent the rest of the Southern Ming troops in Guangdong, Shang Kexi ordered Liang Biaoxiang to lead the navy to sweep the coastal Ming army. However, he was severely injured by Deng Yao's troops on Qinzhou Island, losing more than 100 warships and more than 2,000 soldiers. Later, he was severely injured by Chen Qice, the general of the Jinghai of Nanming who rushed into the river from the outer sea to the river mouth during the Xinhui Battle. This time the loss was several times that of the battle in Qinzhou. There were only more than ten large and small warships left in the Guangdong Navy. Seven out of ten soldiers were left. Liang Biaoxiang's two brothers Liu Longsheng and Xu Guolong were both killed in this battle.

When he learned the bad news of the navy's defeat, Shang Kexi was so angry that he scolded Liang Biaoxiang for being incompetent. He was so scared that Liang Biaoxiang had been hiding on the warships on the river for several days. Once the wind was wrong, he would pull the flag to go out to sea and become his long-lasting pirate.

Fortunately, Shang Kexi was still angry, but he knew that his subordinates were all northerners, and no one knew about water wars. If Liang was killed in one go, or forced him away, there would be no one in charge of the navy. No matter how bad the navy was, he was better than the navy, and no matter how bad the navy was, he was stronger than the infantry general. Shang Kexi did not pursue Liang Biaoxiang's defeat, but since then, his investment in the navy has also decreased significantly, and no silver was allocated to add new warships to the navy for several months.

Liang Biaoxiang, who escaped the furious thunder of Pingnan, was also very tactful. He stayed in his naval camp all day long and didn't go out. If there were any matters in the camp that needed to communicate with the outside world, he only sent the deputy general to discuss. Even if Shang Kexi summoned him, he would find various excuses to shirk it. Over time, Shang Kexi also knew that Liang was afraid that he would turn against him, so he was too lazy to pay attention to him and let him stay in Jiangzhou. As long as he did not pull the naval army to the Ming Dynasty, he would let him go. The existence of the naval army could not change the situation. At best, he just decorated the storefront. After all, he praised the naval army to the court. This would say that the naval army was not good and was beaten up by the naval army in the South Ming Dynasty. Isn't that slap himself in the mouth?

Shang Kexi, so Geng Jimao naturally followed suit. Both of them felt like they were cheated by Liang. When he attacked Guangzhou, Liang led his troops to fight fiercely with Du Yonghe's navy in the Southern Ming Dynasty on Jiangshang. He fought very easily, but now he has become such a coward. He loses one battle!

It's a trick, he's a fool!

The two vassal kings did not know that Du Yonghe was Li Chengdong's subordinate, and he was afraid of death. When Li Chengdong led his troops north to Jiangxi to attack Ganzhou, Du Yonghe actually bribed his colleagues to find a left-behind duty in order not to let him go to the front line. As a result, Li Chengdong fell into the water and drowned. However, he returned to Guangzhou without any damage. Then he went directly to the yamen to take the seal of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Southern Ming Dynasty. In the end, the Yongli court still pinched his nose and recognized the self-proclaimed governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

After the fall of Guangzhou, Du Yonghe fled to Qiongzhou (Hainan), and soon led his troops to the Qing Dynasty. The upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked. What kind of soldiers could such a person bring? It was normal for Liang Biaoxiang to defeat his navy. Deng Yao and Chen Qice were both famous generals who insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty. Although they were hereditary military officers of the Ming Dynasty, they were both skilled in water battles and were all brave. In terms of water combat skills, they were much better than Liang Biaoxiang, who was a pirate. If they could not defeat him, they would have ghosts!

Liang Biaoxiang was the general of the siege, and had no integrity and had no backbone. He only knew how to be profitable. By chance, Du Yonghe's troops, who were more inferior than him, became arrogant and arrogant. He was not inferior to anyone!

Liang Biaoxiang, who lost only the best, knew that he was working hard to strengthen his grandmother when he didn't love her grandmother, but his "every battle and every defeat" really made Shang Kexi not optimistic. Without the support of King Pingnan, he wanted to restore his former glory. This difficulty can be imagined.

Liang Biaoxiang, who did not receive support, found a way to restore the navy. He ordered his subordinates to collect civilian merchant ships on the Pearl River to fill the navy, and even the larger fishing boats were not spared. He even reported the number of more than 300 large and small warships. Shang Kexi's eyes were about to fall out. After investigation, he found that it was just a scammer. He was so angry that he scolded Liang as a bastard. After scolding, he ignored it as before.

Just like Liang Biaoxiang, the navy of more than 300 "warships" of his size continued to be on the Jiujiang River. Fortunately, although his navy could not defeat the Nanming Navy, the Qing army on the Land defeated the Ming army. Without the cooperation of the Ming army on the Land, no matter how strong the navy was, it would not be able to change the situation in Guangdong. Deng Yao, Chen Qice and others of the Nanming Navy also retreated from the Jiangkou one after another after Li Dingguo withdrew troops. For a moment, the river became the world of the Guangdong Navy.

Liang Biaoxiang was originally a foreign pirate. After becoming the general of the navy, he was determined to do something big, but God did not fulfill him. After several consecutive defeats, his former ambitions were instantly wiped out. Without his goal, he naturally returned to his original nature and took his subordinates to rely on the mountains to eat, water to eat, smuggle goods, collect protection fees and other means.

If the Taiping Army had not appeared, Liang Biaoxiang's happy days might have been working until his death, but the Taiping Army had to interrupt his happy days. Given the serious lack of military strength in the Qing army and the fear that the Nanming Navy would support the Taiping Army, Shang Kexi ordered the Guangdong Navy to drive to the river near Xinhui to take on the task of blocking the Nanming Navy, and at the same time transporting food and grass for the besieged army. Compared with the previous requirement, Shang Kexi attaches more importance to the latter task. He does not expect Liang Biaoxiang to defeat the Nanming Navy, but only hopes that he can transport the food and grass in time. After all, compared with land transportation, surface transportation is more convenient and can save a lot of manpower and material resources.

After receiving the order, Liang Biao scratched his head straight. He was really scared by the Nanming Navy. But if he didn't go, King Pingnan could not pass the pass. This time he could not be called sick and refused to go. In helplessness, Liang Biao brought the Navy to Tan Jiang near Xinhui, and was so unlucky that he really encountered the Nanming Navy!

However, this time, God felt sorry for Liang Biaoxiang's loss and his pants were almost gone. The Navy of the Southern Ming Dynasty was not Deng Yao's army who had defeated Liang Biaoxiang, nor Chen Qice's army, but Zhou Beifeng's army in Haibei Road, the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Strictly speaking, Zhou Beifeng's troops were not naval troops, and his subordinates were not regular troops in the Southern Ming Dynasty like Deng Yao's troops or Chen Qice's troops, but Yishi's troops. The ships they brought were not warships, but some merchant ships.

Zhou Beifeng himself was quite nationally righteous. After the Qing army invaded Guangdong, he surrendered to him, but he refused to surrender. Instead, he dispersed all the money, grain and family wealth in the warehouse to recruit people and bravely insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, he was a civil servant who was not the material for leading the army to fight. Like Liang Biao, he was defeated every battle, but after every failure, he was not discouraged and continued to recruit troops to fight the Qing Dynasty. This became a great reputation, which made the Guangdong authorities very troubled by his righteous army, and offered a reward of 1,000 taels of silver to buy other people's heads.

Zhou Beifeng accidentally learned about the major changes in Xinhui City from a merchant ship. Before he could confirm what happened, Zhou Beifeng resolutely led his troops into the river from the sea entrance. However, he was one step late and was blocked by Liang Biaoxiang's Guangdong Navy on the river surface, which was only more than 30 miles away from Xinhui.

When the two sides contacted each other on the first day of the first day, Liang Biaoxiang judged that it was a weaker opponent than his Guangdong Navy. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​escaping and tried every mental effort to wipe out the opponent. Fortunately, he was cleared of his name in front of King Pingnan.

After Zhou Beifeng found that the Qing navy was blocking the road, he knew that it was difficult to break through the Qing army's blockade with his own strength, so he had no intention of responding to the battle and hurriedly ordered the retreat. As soon as the Ming army retreated, Liang Biao stood up and urgently ordered the entire army to pursue him, which left him speechless. The navy, who used merchant ships and fishing boats to charge, could not catch up with the opponent who was also a merchant ship. As a result, he only caught up with a few small boats and watched the opponent disappear in front of him.

Several small boats are also ships!

Liang Biao reported the victory to King Shang Kexi, who was not red and his heart was not beating. After Shang Kexi received the victory from Liang, he did not believe it at all, but he still praised it kindly, and was so happy that Liang Biao was drunk at night.

After this battle to sink only a few small boats on the other side, there was no more Nanming Navy on the river. Over time, Liang Biaoxiang also relaxed and asked people to bring Jiangzhou's good friends into the army. As the general relaxed, the people below were naturally even more relaxed. There were all the things in the navy, and even sailors drove out the "warships" to fish. Anyway, these "warships" were fishing boats. Naturally, the ones who fished were the lowest soldiers. Some officers had financial resources. For a while, merchants in the navy camp appeared among them, prostitutes and women grabbed each other, shouting and swearing, and there was no such thing as a navy.

At first, Liang Biaoxiang couldn't stand it anymore. After teaching a few subordinates a lesson, he did not improve. Later, he was too lazy to care. Anyway, the Ming army navy did not dare to come, so he had to go and make trouble, so as not to say that his elder brother would be happy and miserable.
Chapter completed!