In May of the eighth year of Yongli, Zheng Tai's fleet returned to Zhongzuo and sent to Japan. The goods sold by North Korea and Ryukyu had been loaded in Wenzhou. Those who returned directly to Fujian were either for use by the Ming army in Fujian, or for resale with local merchants from Fujian, Nanyang Chinese merchants and Thai merchants. [】

The resale was only temporary docking, while the goods used for their own use had already begun to be transported and disembarked. Among them, the last batch of armor and weapons transported from Zhejiang were the top priority. Zheng Chenggong specially sent a large group of personal soldiers to supervise them to prevent losses and damage.

Just as the dock was busy, a team of green camp soldiers got off the sea boat under the supervision of Zhou Quanbin's Houchong Town and headed for the camp assigned to them.

"...I specially ordered you to manage Xuanyi's former town and the iron cavalry, and give the famous ministers to Xing."

This Qing army was the previous Zhoushan Green Camp. Chen Wen killed the surrendered soldiers of the Tibiao Camp and gave birth to a great heart to sacrifice to the soldiers of Siming Lake to sacrifice to the country. He caused great panic among Ba Chenggong and his subordinates. He was even afraid that Chen Wen would break the contract, so he set off without even cleaning up many of his belongings. After leaving Zhejiang, they took a boat south and soon arrived at the Zhongzuo Instrument. When the Zhoushan deputy general Ba Chenggong fell to Zheng Chenggong and accepted the appointment and title, the Mongolian man and the green camp soldiers under his command also officially became members of the Fujian Ming Army.

Ba Chenggong, and now Ba Chengxing is taken down by Zheng Chenggong's aides to collect military uniforms and other items. Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Tai, the cousins, talked about this trip to Zhejiang.

"Brother, Chen Wen really defeated the Eight Banners Army with less? "

"This is true, it's in Siming Lake. Now, I think about it, it was the tens of thousands of unjust souls four years ago that really responded to the old saying, it's not that the time has not come."

After getting this answer, Zheng Chenggong was silent for a moment before turning to Zheng Tai and asked: "It is unimaginable that the soldiers in Zhejiang are so powerful. But now, it is because of the limitations of the terrain that the Tatars' cavalry advantage is not able to be exerted.

"That's true. Brother Yu has seen Chen Wen's sand table and heard him say that the hundreds of miles around Siming Lake are either plains with water nets or large areas of mountains and forests. Although Siming Lake is a lake, it is not big, with flat terrain and very few rivers. The Tatars chose to declare war on Chen Wen, which was also a scheming plan. However, Chen Wen's infantry was too fierce, and Na Dasu was not unfair to be defeated."

"So that's it." Zheng Chenggong nodded. "Now Chen Wen has no military pressure on the northern line. Should he be the decisive battle between Hangzhou, Jiahu and Hu and Jiangnan, or to go west to Jiangxi and tie the score with Hong Hengjiu? Did he mention it?"

Hearing Zheng Chenggong's question, Zheng Tai shook his head and said, "No, I don't have the nerve to ask him again when the Zhoushan incident happened."

It is a great thing for the Fujian Ming army to force such a cavalry to surrender, but the matter of robbing food from the tiger's mouth is indeed not conducive to the relationship between the Chen-Zheng alliance. After last year's large-scale purchases and the receipts in the first half of this year, just selling goods back and forth, this year should be able to make a profit of nearly one million taels, which is also the reason why Zheng Tai had to give Zhoushan to Chen Wen.

Zhoushan is the gateway to the sea for the Ming army in Zhejiang. If you dominate other people's doors, you won't be able to do business seriously.

"These weapons and equipment made in Zhejiang are all the best, and they are indeed much better than those purchased from Japan."

"That's true." When Zheng Tai said this, he suddenly remembered something. "Brother Yu went there and saw huge water trucks on the banks of Dongyang River. I heard Chen Wen say that it was a hydraulic workshop, the rough processing of weapons and armor was done there, which was much faster than manual labor."

"oh?"

This incident attracted Zheng Chenggong's attention, especially Chen Wen's order was completed so quickly, and he got the answer. He also began to think about getting these things in Fujian. But then he thought that he only had half of the territory of Zhangzhou Prefecture, and the hydraulic resources were completely impossible to compare with Chen Wen, who dominated the eight prefectures in eastern Zhejiang. What's more, there was a problem of raw materials.

"When we recover some lost land, we can do this."

"Brother Yu also thinks so."

"Since that's the case, the Iron Man Army must hurry up and train. At the end of the previous year, we lost a lot of veterans, and the Geng family's puppy was still stuck in Quanzhou and not leaving, which is really abominable."

Zheng Chenggong's disgust of Geng Jimao, in addition to the traitor and the Battle of Tong'an at the end of the previous year, the peace talks between him and the Qing Dynasty last year and this year were originally intended to take this opportunity to enter the Qing Dynasty occupied areas to loot more resources to enhance his strength.

This was what he did in history, but Geng Jimao was not in Fujian. Now the vassal king of the Jingnan vassal has regarded Fujian as his own territory. Even though the mobile troops of the Qing army in Fujian had been beaten to pieces by Chen Wen, the Geng family's army repeatedly interfered with Zheng Chenggong's plundering plan, making his gains so low that it was really unreasonable. It can even be said that if it were not for the maritime trade with Zhejiang, peace negotiations could open up some markets in Fujian, this peace negotiation would be a complete loss-making transaction.

"Damu, is this Iron Man Army sure it is useful? I don't think there is a saber to kill the horse in Zhejiang."

His cousin is proficient in everything in business, but he is really not good at training and using troops.

"Don't worry, this is the case with the Modao formation in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. I specially reduced the blade by one foot to facilitate practice. When facing the cavalry of the Geng family, it must be like chopping melons and vegetables."

Zheng Chenggong's confidence soon infected Zheng Tai. The latter thought carefully that the general tactics of the Ming and Qing armies were the same. Now the Daxi Army had War Elephants and Luoluo, while the Zhuang Duck Formation and Spear Formation in Zhejiang. The vine armored soldiers in their hands also shone brightly in the fifth year of Yongli and the sixth year of Yongli, beating Fujian Green Camp. These iron army were elite troops with thousands of choices, so naturally they would not be bad.

"So, how should I reply from the King of Xining?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, especially since we are still discussing peace with the Tartars, it's hard to leak the news. Let's talk about it later. Besides, without Qin's vassal to assist military supplies, perhaps, the in-laws planned this siege of Xinhui, may be as siege as the siege of Zhaoqing last year."

"Damu, what you said is reasonable. If you travel for a waste of time, you will not mention the consumption on the road. Just to draw merchant ships to transport troops, you will have to transport less cargo. I really can't afford it."

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At the same time, Gaozhou Prefecture, this land located in east and south of Guangdong, the Qing army no longer exists, and some are only the southwest Ming army under the command of Li Dingguo, the King of Xining.

After half a year of preparation, Li Dingguo led a large army from Liuzhou, Guangxi in February this year, equipped with elephants and guns, went south to Hengzhou, and attacked Lianzhou Prefecture through Lingshan, Guangdong. Guo Hu, the general of Qinglianzhou, fled after hearing the wind.

Immediately afterwards, the army went to Gaozhou. The commander of Gaozhou in Qingzhou, Zhang Yue, and Chen Wu, the deputy general of the Pingnan King's franchise, Li Zhizhen supervised the troops to guard Qingtou Camp in Shicheng. He was defeated by the Ming army. Li Zhizhen fled to Dianbai County in the southeast of Gaozhou. Zhang Yue sent envoys to surrender, and Chen Wu was hacked to death. Gaozhou was then occupied by the Ming army. As Gaozhou fell into the hands of the Ming army, Leizhou Prefecture, located on the Leizhou Peninsula, became an enclave. Under the power of Li Dingguo's military, the general of Leizhou in Qing Dynasty, had no choice but to surrender with the city.

Gao and Lei were determined, and Li Dingguo personally arrived in Gaozhou on the third day of the March, and all the righteous troops in Guangdong responded. The manchus' mobile troops in Guangdong - Shang Kexi, the vassal soldiers of King Pingnan, and the vassal soldiers of Guangdong, were afraid to respond, for fear that the vassal kings would be killed again, and the province would be defeated in a decay. They were forced to concentrate their forces to defend the core occupied areas centered on Guangzhou, and asked the Qing court for help.

However, from Guangdong to Beijing from Tiannan, Beijing, and then from Beijing to order the closest reinforcements, it takes a lot of time and is often too slow to be in a hurry.

In the Battle of Zhaoqing in history, Shang and Geng urgently called for help. The Ming army came to attack in March and was defeated in April. However, in May, the Qing court ordered Jiangning to guard the Manchu army to go to aid. When they arrived in Guangdong, they only caught up with the mess and wiped out Chaozhou Hao Jiushang. As Chen Wen's threat to the core occupied areas in the southeast became increasingly powerful, in the Battle of Zhaoqing last year, the Qing Dynasty did not dare to even dispatch the four left-wing banners of Jiangning. If it were not for Li Dingguo underestimating the enemy and Shang Kexi fought for his life to rescue, the Eight Banners Army would not even have the chance to catch the body.

Since Li Dingguo entered Gaozhou, the Ming army has mobilized vigorously in the four prefectures of Gao Lei Lianqiong and the half of Guangxi occupied by Li Dingguo to prepare for the next siege. Last year, Li Dingguo looked down on Shang Kexi, who was not as good as Kong Youde's military methods. He thought that Guangdong could also be destroyed like Guangxi two years ago, so he was not prepared. This time he prepared for half a year in advance, and now he took advantage of the opportunity of Zheng Chenggong's reinforcements to carry out another round of mobilization, in order to recover the entire Guangdong in one battle.

"Your Highness, this is the number of door panels collected from all over the country so far. Please check it out."

Food, iron, lead, and military shoes are all within the collection range, and the door panel can also serve as a shield, so naturally they cannot be missed. Especially this time, Li Dingguo was determined to do his best to achieve his goals in one battle, and he must be prepared until he is foolproof.

The speaker was a student from Huguang, named Peng Xuanfei, a native of Yongzhou Prefecture. He was a scholar who came to serve after Li Dingguo won the Hengyang Victory. Now he is a small official in the army to handle logistics. This time, he ordered the task of collecting door panels in Gaozhou.

"Ahem, it's Mr. Peng."

Li Dingguo arrived in Gaozhou in March and fell ill in April. It has been a month since then. Many famous doctors have been hired for this disease, but it has not been cured. Perhaps, there are also reasons why Li Dingguo has always worked hard on the pre-war preparations and cannot get a good rest. However, according to the current situation, God knows that he can't catch up with the plan to send troops in June.

After receiving the summary delivered by Peng Xuanfei, the number of door panels collected by several counties in Gaozhou had reached Li Dingguo's goal, and the only difference was the nearby prefectures. However, after reading this summary, Li Dingguo was a little relieved. Based on this number, collect Leizhou, Lianzhou and prefectures along the way. The army should be sufficient to support and support some of the rebels coming to join Guangdong.

"Mr. Peng is here."

"I dare not, this is what the student should do, Your Highness is over-reputable."

As a bandit, Li Dingguo was full of loyalty and righteousness and respected them very much. In Peng Xuanfei's eyes, he even firmly believed that the civil servants and staff in Li Dingguo's court had privately evaluated - although the King of Xining was the adopted son of the traitor Zhang Xianzhong, he must have been forced to follow the thief back then, and he would definitely be a good general of the Ming Dynasty's revival in the future. Therefore, they worked harder to raise military supplies for Li Dingguo and contact local gentry, so that this army of 40,000 to 50,000 people could cut off food and grass from the rear base, and supported it for only half of Guangxi.

"Your Highness, for the sake of state affairs, you should cherish your body."

"Mr. Peng's words are reasonable. After seeing these newly sent military information, I went to rest, cough cough."

Accompanied by Li Dingguo's cough, Peng Xuanfei respectfully bowed and left the simple headquarters and returned to the place where the officials in charge of military supplies worked on weekdays. Before leaving, he even looked for the doctor in charge of the headquarters and asked for some questions.

"Zhenhua, how is Your Highness's illness?"

These civil servants are responsible for summarizing the collected military supplies. In two months, what they can collect in Gaozhou has almost been collected. The rest is waiting for the materials from Leizhou and Lianzhou to be delivered, but now they are free.

"It's still the same as before. The doctor said that he was not good at all. He also said that his highness still worked hard on state affairs every day and had too little rest."

"Then I'll go and persuade me later."

As he said that, several civil servants stood up and wanted to leave, but were stopped by Peng Xuanfei.

"I have already persuaded you today. Your Highness said that you will go to rest after seeing the newly arrived military information. Finally, it has achieved some results. If you persuade you again, it will only make your Highness unhappy."

"Zhenhua said so much, let's see what the situation is."

Although he was a martial artist, Li Dingguo, who was a famous king and could treat scholars well, was a rare hero in the eyes of these young civil officials. After hearing the advice of Li Dingguo, everyone was more or less contented. After all, the war was about to begin soon. Without Li Dingguo commanding on the front line, the chances of victory would be much worse. Recovering Guangdong in one fell swoop, and the success rate of opening up the situation would be a little smaller.

"I heard that Duke Xiu of Zhejiang also wrote a letter to His Highness the next year, and strongly invited His Highness to attack Jiangxi together."

The civil servant who spoke was a scholar from Yunnan. He entered the Li Ding Kingdom's peninsula earlier, while other civil servants basically entered the peninsula before and after the two famous kings. Most of the people who had won the Hengyang victory like Peng Xuanfei accounted for the majority.

"There is still this?"

The civil servant pointed and then said, "I remember that Duke Xiu's messenger seemed to be close to the Hengyang victory and sent the letter. If he calculated the distance, it seemed that he had already predicted His Highness would win."

"How is this possible?"

The predecessor was immediately scorned by everyone, but then he thought that even a figure like Hong Chengchou, who was full of tricks, did not succeed in the calculations last year. Perhaps the Ming army commander who was far away in Zhejiang really had such a method.

"Thinking about it now, it seemed good to attack Jiangxi back then. Your Highness two famous kings were the best in the world in terms of military use. And that Duke Xiu was not weak, and he had been entrenched in Zhejiang for many years, and the Tartars could not do anything about it several times. If the two strong forces joined forces, one Jiangxi would not be able to capture it. And the lower reaches of Jiangxi would be Nanzhili, and the land of Emperor Gao's dragon rise was restored. What reason would the King of Qin have to let the emperor live in the broken place of Anlong Qianhushou?"

"That's right, the Jiangnan is rich and Zhejiang is not bad. If you recover it in one fell swoop, your highness and Duke Xiu, one of Zhongshan and the other of Kaiping, follow the route of Emperor Gao's northern expedition to the Yuan Dynasty, and you will surely drive the Tartars back to the outside of the pass."

"The ancestors of Duke Xiuguo were the generals of King Qiyang."

"King Qiyang is not bad either. He is also a famous founding general of our Ming Dynasty. The Tartars are definitely not their opponents."

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Guangdong has been in ruins after wars, especially in the eastern and western regions of Guangdong. The Ming and Qing armies have been here for many years, and the local governments really can't bear to look at them. Since their breakup with Sun Kewang, the latter has cut off the food and grass support from Yunnan and Guizhou to Li Dingguo's troops, and it is really difficult to rely on half of Guangxi.

In comparison, Nanzhili and Zhejiang are the richest places in the world. With money and food, soldiers can be recruited. In addition, the two famous generals cooperate, it is better than attacking Guangdong no matter how you look at it.

Several civil servants started chattering and pointed out the country, as if the world was in their hands. The more they spoke, the more they became, the more excited they became. It was not until a moment later that a civil servant realized that this plan had been rejected by Li Dingguo.

"Your Highness should not be mistaken. It may be safer to attack Guangdong."

Hearing this, Peng Xuanfei thought about it, nodded solemnly, and said, "Guangdong is Jiangxi, and it can also be connected with the Duke of Zhang in Fujian. At that time, he will recover Jiangxi and Nanzhili, and take the opportunity to fight the north. It will be the King of Zhongshan, the King of Qiyang and the King of Dong'ou, and the chance of victory should be greater."
Chapter completed!