In the second year of Yongli, Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi, Li Chengdong in Guangdong, and Jiang Pai in Shanxi successively raised troops, and the Qing court felt that Manchurian troops alone were not enough to suppress this wave of resistance to the Qing Dynasty, and immediately decided to recruit the king of Sanshun in Liaodong to enter the customs.

In April of the following year, the trio arrived in Beijing. By May 19, the Qing court issued an edict to change the title of Gongshun King Kong Youde as the king of Dingnan, Huaishun king Geng Zhongming as the king of Jingnan, and Zhishun king Shang Kexi as the king of Pingnan. On the same day, "Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan, led 3,100 old soldiers and 16,900 new soldiers, a total of 20,000, to suppress Guangxi and garrison his family. Geng Zhongming, the king of Jingnan, led 2,500 old soldiers and 7,500 new soldiers; King Shang Kexi of Pingnan led 2,300 old soldiers and 7,600 new soldiers, a total of 20,000, to suppress Guangdong, garrison his family, and his governors, governors, provinces, prefectures, and county officials and sent letters and orders to carry them to"

Sanwang, who was born in Dongjiang Town, led his army south, Kong Youde went to Huguang and attacked Guangxi, and Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming went to Jiangxi to attack Guangdong. Originally, according to the plan, Dongyue was stationed in Jiangxi, and at the beginning of the month, he went south, but when Shang Geng's second domain went south, the case of taking in fugitives, Geng Zhongming was afraid of the fierceness of the "fugitive law" and committed suicide, and the Qing court had to be Shang Kexi as the commander of the capture of Guangdong, and Geng Jimao, the son of Geng Zhongming, led the Jingnan Domain as Shang Kexi's deputy as the official position of Asihahafan.

Since Li Chengdong's army was defeated and died, Li Chengdong's generals only Wu Shebo Yan Keyi defended Meiling, and once went north to attack Nan'an Fu in the Southern Jiangxi region, but the Qing army was soon repulsed, and died of illness soon after.

The gateway to Guangdong needs to be garrisoned by heavy troops, Li Yuanyin and Du Yonghe deliberately sent Baofeng Boluo Chengyao to lead his troops north to block the way of the Qing army, but Luo Chengyao said that "you wait for peace and enjoy it, and I am evil!" And the prince of the country has come out repeatedly, but he has not succeeded, so what can I do now? It was not until the end that Du Yonghe and others repeatedly persuaded and gave heavy bribes that Luo Chengyao reluctantly went to his post and was stationed in Shaozhou Mansion. Yu Nanxiong only sent the Chinese army Jiang Qilong to garrison.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the Qing army arrived near Nanxiong Mansion, and the city should be broken within it, the Ming army was defeated, more than ten generals such as Yang Jie, the chief soldier and Xiao Qi, the deputy general, were killed, and the general Dong Yuanxin was captured alive. More than 200 horsemen and more than 6,000 infantry of the defending army were killed in battle, and "the inhabitants of the city were slaughtered."

On the sixth day of the first month of the fourth year of Yongli, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao arrived at Shaozhou Mansion, Luo Chengyao had led his troops to flee south in advance, and the Qing army went down to Shaozhou without a fight. As a result, the imperial court moved west again under the leadership of the emperor.

When Zheng Chenggong got the news, it was already mid-April, and it was still due to the fact that Fenghua Bo Huang Yingjie, Chaohui Branch Guarding Road, Chaohui Branch Guarding Road, Shen Shiqi and others who guarded Huizhou Mansion, and Shen Shiqi of Chaohui Branch Patrol Road were cleared, and Huizhou's news shielding was ineffective. At the same time, the news was received that Shang Kexi's army had arrived in the city of Guangzhou.

Since the end of the Battle of Pantuoling last year, Chen Kai has traveled to Nanao and Zhao'an County, and rarely met with Zheng Chenggong. On Zheng Chenggong's side, he went to Zhao'an to assist in defense and inspection from time to time, but he rarely met Chen Kai, but he spent more time with Shi Lang.

At the beginning of February, Chen Kai received a letter from Ye Yiyun, saying that Shi Lang had set up a banquet for Pan Gengzhong and Feng Chengshi in the first month, but the two of them shirked it on the grounds of physical discomfort and busy with official business, and there was no follow-up.

Shi Lang's thoughts, Chen Kai could also see between the lines of Ye Yiyun's words. However, Shi Lang had already moved the cake of the civil officials when he fought with Chen Kai, especially the rattan helmet, on the surface it was just a military need, but in fact it had touched the bottom line of the civilian officials, they had no grievances with Chen Kai, and they did not have the ability and mind to challenge Chen Kai's status under Zheng Chenggong, so they couldn't accept Shi Lang's pull from a military general who didn't know the importance and might interfere in the power and responsibility of the civilian government.

This kind of thing is actually just an episode, even Chen Kai just watched it and threw it aside. This is just a trivial matter, and even Yang Cai's death last month, Zheng Chenggong's appointment of Lin Yong, the head of Rongqi Town, to take over the right pioneer town has no impact on the overall situation. However, the Qing army went south, and the army of Pingnan and Jingnan besieged Guangzhou, which was a major event, and once he received Zheng Chenggong's letter, Chen Kai immediately left all his official duties and hurried to the capital of Chaozhou for a consultation.

At first glance, everything looks the same as before, but if you look closely, you can also notice that the number of business travelers has decreased, and many people have a more or less melancholy color between their eyebrows.

Chen Kai hurried over, but seeing that from Zheng Chenggong downwards, the generals and staff members also looked worried, Rao was he had expected this, and his heart still sank.

The content of the military discussion is still to deal with this great change, just like Li Chengdong anyway and Li Chengdong when he died. Zheng Chenggong's department has greatly increased in strength in the past two years, but in the face of such great changes, the pressure on it has not decreased much, and as a weak party, it is still in a passive position. It's just that unlike before, now maybe there is some strength to resist, and at that time it was a matter of resignation.

Li Chengdong died, and Du Yonghe took over the seal of the governor of Liangguang, but all the generals were not controlled by him, and they went their own way, like scattered sand. Last year, Yan Keyi attacked Nanxiong Mansion, was defeated, and died of illness; Yang Dafu plundered the boats, killed the military envoys to and from the countryside to rob the tributes, and colluded with the loyal battalion rebels Liu Xiliang and Liu Xiyao of the same township to plot to surrender and kill Li Yuanyin; This year, Luo Chengyao replaced Yan Keyi in Shaozhou Mansion, fled without a fight, and plotted to surrender, and was also assassinated by Li Yuanyin; Now that Huang Yingjie has lowered the tartar, the situation on Hao Shangjiu's side is unknown, but it will not be much better. In this way, there are only four generals left under Li Chengdong's command: Du Yonghe, Zhang Yue, Zhang Daoying and Dong Fangce. ”

In the past few days, the news has come like a storm, not only making people panic, but also the middle and high-level commanders and staff members of Zheng Chenggong's army, who have a certain understanding and understanding of the Ming army in Guangdong, have left behind the thoughts that they were glad that the generals under Li Chengdong's command would not pose a threat to them, and the only thing left is to worry about how long Guangzhou can hold out, because Guangzhou is about to fall, and it is likely that they will be the next to suffer from the main force of the Qing army.

The behemoth that once weighed on the head collapsed with a bang. The rest is not a long sigh of relief, but a loss of knowledge and greater fear.

After the summary of the information, the generals were silent, Chen Kai stood up, and said: "The lower officials think that our army should play the banner of King Qin, and do its best to relieve the siege of Guangzhou!" ”