For Guangdong, Li Dingguo is obsessed. This is not only because of the defeat of Zhaoqing, but more importantly, because Sun Kewang's strength is too strong, and his more than 40,000 soldiers and horses are completely insufficient. In order to form a containment of Sun Kewang and prevent Sun Kewang's ambition from swelling and threatening the safety of the Son of Yongli, with Li Dingguo's current opinion, it is necessary to connect Zheng Chenggong to the east and realize the alliance of the two feudatories, so that Sun Kewang can be jealous.

In the battle of Zhaoqing not long ago, Li Dingguo went with the intention of winning, and whether Zheng Chenggong could come or not actually made no difference to the battle situation. But if Zheng Chenggong comes, Li Dingguo doesn't mind taking a piece of Zheng Chenggong's pie, as long as there is cooperation, the rest of the matter will be much easier.

Li Dingguo wrote a reply to the Yongli Emperor and Wu Zhenyu, the first assistant minister of the cabinet, and handed it to Zhou Guan, who also hurriedly set off to return, not daring to delay for a moment.

With the return of the Zhou officials, soon, the Yongli court sent Cheng Bangjun, a member of the Ministry of War, to meet Li Dingguo with an edict.

"Under the order of the Son of Heaven, the lower officials will go to Guangdong to contact the kings and righteous divisions of the various departments, and when His Royal Highness's army is pointing eastward, they can respond in groups!"

Because Kong Youde divided his troops to various key points in Guangxi that year, he was unable to rescue in time when Li Dingguo stormed Guilin. Therefore, the Shang and Geng feudal domains learned their lesson and concentrated the troops of the two feudal domains in Guangzhou, while the other prefectures and counties were only garrisoned by green battalions. In this way, the Ming army and the anti-Qing rebel army were given breathing space on islands, harbors, and mountainous areas.

In the western part of Guangdong, there is the sailor of Deng Yao, the general of Jingxiang, on Longmen Island in Qinzhou Prefecture, where "the eastern boundary is Hepu, the western boundary is Jiaoluan, which is the gateway to Qin and Lian, and the mountains are scattered and scattered in seventy and two, and the waters of the Qinjiang River turn with the mountains, communicate with each other, and also seventy-two paths and are injected into the sea", the situation is extremely dangerous. Therefore, Zhu Tong, the general of the Zhenguo of the Ning Domain, Zhou Tengfeng of Haibei Province, and Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of Gao, Lei, Lian, and Qiong, also came to the Lianzhou area to echo Deng Yao.

Exceptions, there is Li Guangen in the northwest of Zhaoqing, Guo Dengdi in Gaozhou Prefecture, and Zhangping Bozhou Jintang in Shicheng County. In addition, there are Li Changrong, the general of Hailing Island, Wang Xing, the general of Huben of Wencun, and Chen Qice of Shangxiachuan Island, and the list goes on. Although the strength of these anti-Qing armed forces was not strong and the region was relatively scattered, they were generally under the control of Guo Zhiqi, a scholar of the Governor University, and Lian Chengbi, the governor of Liangguang, who were familiar with the local situation, and some even had boat divisions, which were a force to be reckoned with in the battle with the army.

In this year's battle of Zhaoqing, the righteous army in western Guangdong also sent troops to respond when they heard the news. However, on the one hand, Li Dingguo was defeated too quickly, and the sailors organized by Deng Yao, Zhou Jintang and others had to return the same way before they arrived; On the other hand, because this matter did not receive the strong support of Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi, such as Chen Qice, Wang Xing, Li Changrong and other departments did not send troops to help, otherwise only with the geographical location of these three departments, it would be impossible to be slower than Deng Yao and Zhou Jintang.

This time Cheng Bangjun arrived, it was the Yongli Imperial Court that ordered Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi to cooperate with Li Dingguo's military operations to advance eastward. This was not only a cooperation between the Ming army in Guangxi and the Ming army in Guangdong, but also a cooperation between the king of Xining and the Yongli court in the Xiying system.

In this regard, Li Dingguo is quite expectant. However, in comparison, he still has greater expectations for Zheng Chenggong, because Zheng Chenggong's strength is far better than these Ming and righteous armies in western Guangdong, and even these troops in western Guangdong together are not as strong as Zheng Chenggong.

For this reason, some time ago, Li Dingguo wrote a letter to Zheng Chenggong. It is estimated that it should have been sent to Zheng Chenggong's case by now.

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"Under the command of the general with the surname of the country: the heroes of the world have always been given what they can do: those who have the resources to do it must rely on their potential. In today's world, the two are only public. Since 300 years of deep benevolence and benevolence, the husband and the wife, no son and grandson to inherit it. As for its expansive and strange glory, the tin of Yuan Xun stops at the thatched soil, and there is no one who goes up to heaven with subjects. When it comes to encounters, the final outline will never be counted for thousands of years. If the husband is heavy, he will be called Bihong, and if he is petted, he will be more and more serious. It is difficult to walk in the country, and the lonely woman still hurts the decline of the surrounding room; Sympathetic to this person's heart, the father still admires the old Han officials. I know that there will be those who are in great trouble. Wait for the day, what is the time? ”

"I am not ashamed of my talents, I am ashamed of my huge responsibility, and I am ordered to ask for capture, and the brief book is contained in the special expedition. Those who are entangled with the Quartet Town are also the spirits of the Son of Heaven. The Confucian chief of the Hakka West Yue is the traitor, and the Hengyang owl is the true captive of the midwinter. Since the nine years of turbidity, he has only served twice for the imperial court. However, the current emperor should be transported to shelter Fu, and he did not dare to say that he had the permission to plan, and he wanted to see that there was no difficulty in extinguishing his ears. ”

"I hereby miss the two chiefs, snoring in the southeast, and once planned to drive the construction industry for a long time, and there is no doubt that there is no doubt about the elbows, and its strength is not the same day as Guilin and Hunan. It is used to thin the end of the city of Mengxia and trap its remnants. It is the ring of the cunning car, the legacy of the infant city, and the rain around the river, so that it takes less time for me to attack. ”

"Adjust the hunger, and the sailor brigade is praised with the same mouth, saying that the Yellow Dragon of Gongqing Province, such as flying like Han, when it comes by nothing, it is very cold. The rhyme of the tooth is only between the tide and the favor. I don't hear it, I don't feel like I dance. Knowing the past sorrowful period, if there is a small selection of the present, it is to be waited for. Entrusted to a Hong, we are invited to drive together. Sincerity and sincerity of Jun De Konghou, father's hatred is deep, then the five sheep Chihai, see the sail, half of the Great Wall, the center is Zhen. Otherwise, Zhongxing is successful, Jingguan Shengji, and Yuntai Xiangyu, thousands of years of circulation, the national surname is unpredictable, why should it be comforted by the special family of the deputy for the time? Give the sun to look forward to, and hurry to say lucky! ”

Li Dingguo's letter had been sent to Zheng Chenggong's case as early as June, and the content was nothing more than urging him to join forces to attack Guangdong.

Zheng Chenggong did intend to move on this matter, but thinking of the current situation, he did not immediately agree. However, regarding Li Dingguo's proposal to Zheng Chenggong's daughter for his eldest son Li Puxing, Zheng Chenggong agreed. It's just that Zheng Chenggong's eldest son, Zheng Jing, is only eleven years old now, and he really has no daughters of the right age, so he can only marry his cousin's daughter.

In the same month, Wan Nianying, the head of the military department who came to canonize Zheng Chenggong as the Duke of the State last time, went to the Zhongzuo Institute to canonize Zheng Chenggong as the king of Yanping County.

In July, the Qing court's peace negotiations became bigger and bigger, Zheng Chenggong and the Qing court on the one hand, on the one hand, sent away his niece who was married far away in Guangxi in the middle left of the front foot, and prepared the grain, grass and military equipment for the long-term battle for Zhang Mingzhen's department of the former army of the Navy Division, and was very busy.

"This time I went north to the south and Zhili, and I relied on the means of Dingxihou."

"The last general will be fortunate not to be dishonored!"

After the Battle of Zhoushan in the fifth year of Yongli, the Lu Jianguo Dynasty went south to attach itself to Zheng Chenggong, among which such as the Pingyi Hou Zhou Hezhi, and even the Marquis Zhou Rui of Min'an, who had been transferred earlier, and other marshals of the feudal towns had already been integrated into the Fujian Ming Army and became Zheng Chenggong's generals. However, such as Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, although the number one general of the Lu Jian Dynasty was divided into the former army of the water division and ate the grain and grass of the Zheng group, but unlike others, Zhang Mingzhen has always tried his best to control the army and not let Zheng Chenggong mix in the sand, so that the troops brought by Zhang Mingzhen are still in the hands of this Dingxi Marquis and his cronies.

This can be regarded as an outlier in Zheng Chenggong's department, even like Chen Kai's Fubiao, the chief military officer Lin Dezhong is Chen Kai's hardcore cronies, but he also accepted Zheng Chenggong's appointment as the chief soldier of this Fubiao.

Speaking of which, the reason why this Zhang Mingzhen is like this, Zheng Chenggong certainly understands that he is leaving a glimmer of life for Lu Jianguo. This loyalty made him feel sorry for him, but the vassal king to whom his loyalty was directed really made him uncomfortable.

However, Zheng Chenggong had already decided to play a peace game with the Qing court, so as to recover his strength faster. But on the other hand, Qian Qianyi sent someone to Xiangzan not long ago, and at the same time mentioned the conduct of the three bureaus of the catalpa, which also made him have to respond.

"Zhang Hou and Zhang Shilang, the two of you are going to Nanzhili, according to the plan, you can play the banner of the imperial court, but don't say that I sent the two of you, don't, don't."

"Please rest assured, the Hou Ye and the lower officials know the proportions."

"Then there are two Lao."

The fleet of the former army of the naval division set sail from the center and left, and Zheng Chenggong looked out from the wharf, and among the four or five hundred large and small ships, Zhang Mingzhen brought them from Zhejiang, and some of them added this time, and the military situation was not spectacular. However, in terms of grain and grass, he did not let Zhang Mingzhen take it all away, but agreed to send a ship to supply it.

"As long as the Dingxi Marquis is stuck in the grain and grass, King Lu will not be able to turn over the waves."

Zheng Chenggong thought so, and so did his cronies and staff, such as Pan Gengzhong and Feng Xifan. Even in this regard, Zhang Mingzhen, the marquis of Dingxi, who was canonized by Lu Jianguo, and Zhang Huangyan, the squire of the military department, also understood it, and it was nothing more than tacit understanding.

The fleet set off for the north, and the inside story of this matter was not made public, only Zheng Chenggong and some of Zheng Chenggong's cronies knew the specifics. However, for Zhang Mingzhen's fleet to set sail, the people on the island also plan not to care, such as the children of the Zheng family, who are most concerned about their niece-in-law, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, and uncle who are governors in Guangdong, staring blankly at which unlucky person Chen Kai is going to attack again.

"I heard that Damu originally planned to transfer the provincial Ying to Quanzhou to be the same governor, but now it's good, and he has become the prefect of Qiongzhou."

"No matter what he Chen Jingcheng says, he still has to use our Zheng family's people."

"Hey, maybe it's still a pity that the girl is blowing the pillow wind. Besides, Xingying has been an official in Chaozhou for many years, and he has become a general judge of Chaozhou Mansion step by step from the position of Cheng in Haicheng County, and he is also the old subordinate of his cousin-in-law. ”

“……”

In the first half of the year, Li Dingguo attacked Guangdong from the west and was invincible, while Zheng Chenggong held on to southern Fujian and held on to Jin Li's army. Chen Kai, between these two places, suddenly launched an attack on Qiongzhou Mansion in western Guangdong, and won the battle, and he was the one who benefited the most in the entire South China region in the first half of the year.

The territory is occupied, and a large number of officials are needed to fill the vacancies in the three prefectures and ten counties of Qiongzhou Prefecture. Chen Kai transferred a large number of officials from southern Fujian, Chaozhou, and Guangzhou from Chaozhou to Qiongzhou, and when he returned from Qiongzhou, he brought many local scholars from Qiongzhou to fill some vacancies in Chaozhou. After tossing and turning, most of the gentry and officials in the two governments and four places were satisfied, and the appointment of Zheng Chenggong's brother Zheng Xingying as the prefect of Qiongzhou was recognized by the Zheng family as a symbol of the easing of relations between the two sides.

"You say, where is my brother-in-law going to fight next?"

"Huizhou Mansion, Haifeng County in Huizhou Prefecture is now Wang Shi's."

"I don't think it's very likely, what you need to know is Guangzhou after Huizhou, unless Damu leads troops westward, and the Tartar soldiers may not be easy to mess with."

"I don't think the Tartar soldiers are anything remarkable, didn't they defeat Geng Jimao twice?"

"You also know that it's Geng Jimao's child, and it's still good to be happy in the back, it's a ruthless man who defeated the King of Xining alone!"

“……”

Zhongzuo Institute and Anping Town, there has never been a shortage of whispers like this, but it is Zheng Chenggong's side, many people know that although Zheng Chenggong won the battle in Yongchun, the damage to the soldiers is not small. Since he did not take advantage of the victory to seize Xinghua Mansion or even Fuzhou Mansion at that time, it is estimated that there will not be much movement for the time being.

As they expected, there was indeed no big movement in southern Fujian for the time being, but the Chaozhou side seemed to have stopped because the weather was too hot, and all that could be heard was the jokes of earthworm farms and chicken farms, and then there was the Guangdong genius Kuang Lu who was appointed as the editor-in-chief of the Guangdong People's Daily, and probably something was going to be seen in winter.

However, on the southern Fujian side, there have been no big moves, and there have always been many small, or secret moves. After Zheng Chenggong's reply was sent to the capital, the Qing court immediately gave instructions and issued an edict, which was sent to Zheng Chenggong's case by Liu Qingtai, who was sent by the main faction.

"There are many soldiers in Zhennianer, it is difficult to place, and it is difficult to pay the money and grain committee, but it is still beneficial to be stationed in Xinghua, Huizhou and Zhang, Quan, Chao, and Qiong, that is, the salaries of the soldiers of the six prefectures are allocated to the officers and soldiers of Er's subordinates, and the shortage is not supplemented. The main class money and food are still in the department. The civil and civil officials in charge of the people are selected by the ministry, and the military attachés under the jurisdiction of Eryuan listen to the selection and commission, and still send their names and titles to the ministry. Open the seagoing ship, you have to inspect, collect taxes, and send it to the Department of Political Solution. ”

"Special order Haicheng Gong to hang the seal of General Jinghai and control the generals under his command......"

"Order, the Pingnan general Gushan Ezhen Jin Li led the army to retreat to Hangzhou, the Jingnan general Ang Bangzhang Jing Ka Kamu led the army to withdraw to Jiangning, and the soldiers under the command of Pingnan King Shang Kexi and Jingnan King Geng Jimao were not allowed to attack without authorization......"

In June, Jin Li had already begun to withdraw his troops. By now, it was August, and the news I got showed that all the troops of the Jinli Institute had been withdrawn to the territory of Zhejiang.

After receiving the letter, Zheng Chenggong carefully read it, and the Qing court almost accepted all the hole cards he hinted at through Li De. In particular, with regard to the military threat to southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong, they were even more busy withdrawing. This kind of hospitality, if it sounds good, it is called sincerity, and if it is bad, it is burning the butt.

Such a disposal can be said to be in the heart of Zheng Chenggong. Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong immediately sent a fleet to Xinghua, Fuzhou, and Funing, two prefectures and one state, to hold the Qing court's edict and levy grain and wages. As for the standard, it is 100,000 taels for large counties and 50,000 taels for small counties. In the next step, Zheng Chenggong plans to expand the scope of grain collection to Tingzhou Mansion and Yanping Mansion, which are adjacent to Zhangquan and Quanzhou.

The fleet set off in batches, and Zheng Chenggong could already foresee a large number of food, salaries, and personnel converging at the Zhongzuo Institute by sea. In this way, the damage of the army can be recovered quickly, and it is possible to take the opportunity to even better than before.

Expectations are not imaginary, but the result of the information accumulated over the years and accurate calculations. Zheng Chenggong was full of confidence in this, until the reply letter he wrote to Chen Kai about explaining Zheng Yihe in the Qing Dynasty arrived, and after reading the letter, he did not speak for a long time, and finally couldn't help but sigh the sentence "When it comes to playing tricks with the Tartars, it is still a fancy play", and he hurriedly sent people to chase the fleets that had set off in advance.