Lotus Pass Gate.

After the Portuguese occupied the Macau Peninsula, the Ming Dynasty allowed the Portuguese to trade in Macau on the one hand, and sent troops to monitor it on the other hand. Not only did it set up the General's Mansion in Qianshan (Zhuhai), sending a navy, 2,000 troops of 6 troops, and 50 ships of all sizes stationed around Macau, but it also set up a gate in the Lotus area. It opened every five days to restrict the Portuguese's exchanges with the mainland. The Lotus Pass has a three-story city tower, backed by the inland river, and curbs the passages of 6 places. The General of Qianshan Shang sent people to garrison, with about 100 troops, and the main general was one thousand generals.

At the end of June, the last gate opening of this month is tomorrow. At night, the moon illuminates the stone road from Xiangshan to Macau. A torch lights up in the distance, illuminating the road. You can see more than 30 people walking out of a dilapidated temple. Then, the woods, ponds, and docks gathered in a few groups. When they arrived at the gate, there were more than 300 people.

Chen Bangyan walked down the Guanzha Tower and looked at the group of people who were approaching. Most of them were porters and hawkers dressed in short dresses. Many people were carrying shoulder poles while eating, but everyone had thick hands and feet and their eyes were fierce. At a glance, they knew that they were strong people who were used to killing people. A tall man came out of the crowd and asked, "Mr. Chen, where are the things from our club?"

"Mr. Li, you actually came here in person?" Chen Bangyan asked in surprise when he saw that face clearly.

Lee Mingxun smiled and said, "You have come in person, how can I sleep in Hong Kong?"

It was not that Li Mingxun was worried about his subordinates. What he was really worried about was Chen Bangyan. Although this guy, together with the former Shanshan Ginseng General and the Xiangshan County Magistrate, received the military order from the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi, Li Mingxun was afraid that this guy would make trouble, so he had to come and contact him in person.

Chen Bangyan was originally a little scheming, but when he saw Li Mingxun coming in person, he felt helpless and waved his hand and carried out more than 20 large boxes from the gate warehouse. After opening it, it was full of weapons, light leather armor, sharp steel knives, neatly placed mesh guns, and even military supplies such as boots.

Li Mingxun nodded, more than 300 people stepped forward, and they changed into equipment one after another. In an instant, it was a murderous army of wars. Li Mingxun asked: "Does the Governor have any regulations?"

Chen Bangyan waved his hand and four people stepped forward. Three of the four were military officers dressed up as if they were three generals. The other was wearing a long gown, dressed up as the staff officers of the Maritime Office who were taxing taxes in Hong Kong. Chen Bangyan introduced: "There are still subordinates of our Ming officials in Macau, among which the officials guarding Macau have made adjustments, prepared Japanese and patrols. In addition, there is also the Maritime Office near Mazu Temple. These four people have worked in several government offices and are familiar with their officials. Mr. Li took them with him to avoid misunderstandings with the court."

Li Mingxun smiled and thought to himself that Chen Bangyan was thinking in a comprehensive way. He thanked him repeatedly, entered the gate and headed towards Macau City. Macau City had a Sanba Gate in the north to communicate inside and outside, and in the center it was the most important turret in Macau, and there was no artillery guarding in the north. Today, the gate was in the gate. The gate was in the new gate, and the Sanba Gate was extremely relaxed. Li Mingxun led his people to sneak to a location about half a mile away from the gate, and then hid and waited for Li Beiji and others to open the door.

Small courtyard in the city.

Half of the yard was filled with goods, and the other half had more than forty men standing, all of whom were the pulpmen who rowed for Li Beiji. They came in the afternoon. When they saw the goods in the yard, they thought they were going to be transported to the dock, but they never thought they would be left in the wing room. They said they would move it tomorrow and had a meal. Although there was no wine, they had plenty of meat, which really made them have a good meal. However, in the middle of the night, they were bombarded and came to the yard.

Lao Qi looked at Li Beiji who was paying money strangely. He had never seen a boss who would pay first if he didn't work. He collected his wages and asked, "Master of the Li family, what are you doing? Are you still not transporting the goods yet?"

Li Beiji smiled and said, "The goods don't need to be moved. This time I'll call everyone to come here and actually don't have to work. There is a big thing for you to do. I'll put my words here first. This big thing has the risk of beheading, but after doing it, I've got thirty taels of silver. If I don't want to do it, I'll stay in this yard today and I'm not allowed to go there. How about it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed. Lao Qi looked around and asked, "I think the boss wanted to do this beheading business when he first recruited our group."

Li Beiji smiled and said, "That's that's that."

This group of people was not recruited at will, but carefully selected them at various docks in Guangzhou. They were all fierce and aggressive, and they also came to Macau many times. Many of them were even more Portuguese. They had a banquet with these people in the afternoon. Lao Qi realized this and asked this question.

Li Beiji took out a flag from his arms and spread it out, and asked, "Do you recognize this flag?"

Lao Qi said: "This is the banner of Tenglong Trading Company. Could it be that Master Dong is the nobleman of Tenglong Trading Company?"

Li Beiji praised and said, "You are right. I am from Tenglong Trading Company. I sneaked into the Macau city under the order of my boss. I will pick up a group of people coming from the gate to the city in the second half of the night tonight."

"Guanzha? Do you dare to ask if it is the imperial court?" Lao Qi asked. Since Guanzha came, he must have come from Xiangshan, and the imperial court must have known it.

Li Beiji said: "There are both royal troops from the court and elite soldiers from the community. Everyone was ordered to punish the Portuguese illegal people in Macau."

"Then what do we do?" someone asked immediately.

Li Beiji said: "You are familiar with Macau City. You must lead the way for the soldiers and not participate in the fight. If you are captured during the war, it is your own luck. As long as you dare to go, you will be given thirty taels and one hundred taels will be paid if you die."

"Who pays for so much money?" Lao Qi asked.

"Of course it's a community." Li Beiji said.

Everyone was ready to beat their hands, and a man said, "If you say the court has come out, I can't believe it. Those Qiu Ba will not give it to us poor men. But if you say Tenglong Trading Company, I believe it. I heard that even the bricklayers working in Hong Kong will give it a half tael of silver. Hehe, everyone knows that Tenglong Trading Company has a mountain of gold and silver overseas, and it is the most luxurious."

"So, are you willing to go?" Li Beiji asked.

At that moment, someone was yelling to go. Lao Qi thought for a while, and when he thought of his mother and four children, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Master, I'll go too. I've been in and out of the gates in recent years, and I'm familiar with it and Sanbamen."

A group of more than forty people disguised as porters and headed towards Sanba Gate, avoided the patrol team of the Macau Council in the alley, and then quickly went north. Li Beiji had investigated Sanba Gate in the past few days. Seeing that there were only three figures at the bonfire behind the city gate, he said strangely: "Why are there only three people? There were still five people the day before yesterday."

Lao Qi whispered: "The switch of the gate is very busy at dawn, and there will be nearly twenty widows. They are all sleeping in the house over there."

Li Beiji looked in the direction of Lao Qi's finger. Sure enough, there was a house under the city wall, but it was hidden in the woods. He came to investigate twice and didn't realize it, just because the person who came to change shifts came from the turret.

Li Beiji left most of the people and picked twelve of them. Except for Lao Qi, they were all elite soldiers in the club. The group of people carried their shoulder poles and headed towards Sanba Gate. Lao Qi said, "Don't speak out, the Widows ask, I'll support you, Guan Bao approaches the city gate."

The group started torches, which attracted the attention of the Portuguese from afar. After the other party asked, Lao Qi said loudly: "Sir, don't shoot. We are the caravans preparing to leave the gate. We want to line up earlier, so we can leave the city gate early and go to close the gate tomorrow."

As he said that, Lao Qi winked at Li Beiji. Lao Qi carried the shoulder pole, Li Beiji carried the cloth bag, ran over, and threw his pocket on the ground. When a soldier was looking at the things inside, Li Beiji suddenly took out a short knife from his arms and stabbed the soldier's neck. Then he fitted and rushed to another soldier, stabbing his chest fiercely. However, he never thought that the Portuguese soldier was wearing armor behind his clothes, and did not stab him. The two fought together. Finally, the soldier picked up the short spear and stabbed Li Beiji. Lao Qi picked up the shoulder pole and smashed it open the short spear, suddenly rushed over, strangled the soldier's neck with the shoulder pole, and fell directly to the ground.

Li Beiji had already pierced the opponent's heart from the gap in the armor leaves. When he stood up, his subordinates had already rushed into the city house, with screams and the sound of swords and axes slashing his bones. Li Beiji looked down and saw that the soldier who was strangled by Lao Qi was already angry and was still strangled by Lao Qi. He patted Lao Qi on the shoulder and said, "Brother Lao Qi, this person is dead, let go."

The seventh brother let out his hands and saw the Portuguese soldier's face full of pain, murmured: "This is my first time killing someone."

Li Beiji laughed and said, "Brother Seven, you don't tremble your hands and your heart is not confused for the first time. It's the material for doing this job. Why not follow me and join the club to ensure the prosperity of your family's work. How about it?"

Lao Qi looked at Li Beiji in a daze and nodded. At this time, a man came over, covered in blood, and whispered: "Sir, the enemy in the room has been killed completely, and no one is left."

Li Beiji said: "It's great. I didn't wake up the enemy from the turret. I immediately opened the city gate and sent a signal. The Portuguese patrol was about to arrive in half an hour."

Soon, the Sanba gate opened, and Li Mingxun rushed in with more than 300 elite soldiers. He said to Li Beiji: "Beijing, first take Shalitou and Shalanzai Fortress to occupy the Xicheng Gate. In addition, the Western Camp of the Fortress, the Grand Sanba Church, and the Portuguese gathering area of ​​the Portuguese must set fire and harass you. Can the guide be prepared?"

Li Beiji immediately called the porter behind and called more than 20 names. Li Mingxun also arranged four or five soldiers and guides to join forces toward the target. In the end, there were only nearly 200 people left, divided into three teams. Li Beiji and Li Mingxun each led a team and rushed straight to the two forts in the west of the city. As long as they controlled these two forts, they would control the Portuguese and Spanish ships in the port.

Three teams bypassed the main street and went south along the city wall. From a distance, they saw flames on the Shalitou Fort. The Shalitou Fort was originally a large turret with more than 40 artillery pieces, and built a city platform and a fence. However, because its artillery threatened the Ming territory on the other side, it was ordered to be demolished. In the fifth year of Tianqi, the city wall and high platform were demolished. By the 13th year of Chongzhen, even the turret was demolished and rebuilt. However, in the end, it was only integrated with the Shalitou Small Gate and became a small turret protecting the small gate.

Seeing that there were not many soldiers and the terrain was not steep, Li Mingxun kept Li Beiji and gave him fifty people, saying, "You lead the team to capture the fort, block the city gate, and isolate the 6th army in and out of the sea in and outside Portugal. Do not attack the port ships, this is handed over to you."

Li Mingxun led his team to attack another fort, Wangyangshan Fort, which has five bronze cannons, located at the top of Wangyangshan. Its shooting boundary covers most of the Macau cities, but it can also attack the inner port and block the exit of the inner port. There is only a steep and rugged path leading to the Wangyangshan Fort, many of which were dug from stones. You can see the fort overlooking the top of the mountain from afar, but the sky is gradually getting brighter, and the possibility of a large army entering the city is getting greater and greater. Li Mingxun couldn't help but feel a little impatient.

"Sir, look at it!" Duoya suddenly pointed to the direction of Sanba Gate, and saw a fire rising there. The person who stayed behind burned the city gate after being seen, which meant that the action was exposed. Soon, the sound of cannons came from the Shali Tou Fort, and the soldiers who were harassing and setting fires began to act, and the city of Macau fell into chaos.

Li Mingxun was impatient, but his face was as normal. He said to Duoya: "Time is too urgent. I will give you sixty people to attack this mountaintop fort."

Doya asked, "Sir, where are you going, what else can be more important than the fort?"

Li Mingxun pointed to a place with more and more lights on the northwest of Wangyang Mountain and said, "It is a small village, but it is located in the best artillery factory in the East, the Bujialao artillery factory. Everyone there is important to the community. They cannot let them escape into the fortress, let alone let them die in the war. I will handle the affairs there in person."

Duoya naturally knew the importance of casting cannons, and he quickly said, "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely capture this cannon!"

Soon, Duoya led his soldiers to the west Wangyang Mountain fortress, and the fire rope guns kept ringing. It was already dawn. When Duoya heard the gunshot, he felt that there were only more than 30 people. While ordering the soldiers to attack, he led the warriors from the Huweilong Club into the forest, chopped branches, vines and weaved rope ladders. The fierce warrior climbed the cliff to the west and set up the rope ladder. Duoya led a dozen people to rush in. He was caught off guard by the attackers and was chopped to the ground by the warriors. In half a quarter of an hour, except for the seven or eight black people and Indians who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, the rest died on the fort.
Chapter completed!