At the end of June, Chen Kai received the news that Li Dingguo's army had arrived near the capital of Wuzhou. The specific situation and results of the battle are still not clear, only that the army is besieging the city, and Li Dingguo intends to use the siege artillery team he borrowed to break the city. However, Chen Kai is still willing to be optimistic about the final result, because it is said that Ma Xiong has taken the lead in moving into Guilin to strengthen the defense there.

"Fujun, it seems that for the Tartars, the center of gravity of Guangxi's defense is still in the city of Guilin. Although Wuzhou can play the role of separating the two wide, it is not necessarily ensured. ”

After determining the control of Guangzhou, Chen Kai ordered that the Yamen team of the governor of Chaozhou be transferred directly to Guangzhou. In this way, whether it is Huizhou Mansion and Chaozhou Mansion in the east, Qiongzhou Mansion in the west, or the frontier of Shaozhou Mansion in the north, he can better respond to these four words in the middle.

Officials from the governor's yamen, including officials at the prefectural and provincial levels, including Wang Jiang of Tuntian Province, also rushed to attend this meeting and set the tone for the next development.

The letter was publicized, and Zhou Quanbin expressed his thoughts at the meeting, and the generals also agreed with it. As for those civil officials, they don't care too much about this - they know, knowing that Li Dingguo sent troops, Chen Kai and the civil official group in western Guangdong all wanted to provide some grain and grass as supplies, which was all due to be right; I don't know, it's just a joke, that's all.

The current war situation, in fact, from the beginning of the great counteroffensive in the sixth year of Yongli, the Ming and Qing dynasties have entered the stage of strategic confrontation - in the Huguang battlefield, before the battle of Zhoujiapu, the Ming army even maintained a certain offensive posture, but after the defeat of that battle, it can only temporarily ensure the gateway of Guizhou and encroach on the territory of the Qing army.

Next, naturally, Li Dingguo's two expeditions to Guangdong, thanks to Chen Kai's cheapness, the Battle of Xinhui had a new ending. In the eighth year of Yongli, in this seemingly unremarkable year, the Ming army achieved greater gains than the great counteroffensive of the six years of Yongli, swept away the decline of the Battle of Zhoujiapu and the Battle of Zhaoqing, and even the just-concluded Battle of Changde failed to save too much for the Qing army, which was nothing more than a reduction in certain losses.

The status quo of strategic confrontation has been formed, and the Qing court does not have much strength to attack the Ming army for the time being, and the Ming army also needs to breathe a sigh of relief. Therefore, the main theme of the moment is the word recovery for both sides, just like two wounded beasts licking their wounds while looking at each other, and when the wounds are healed, they pounce on them again and bite them.

"Huguang is like this, Nanjiang and Jiangxi are the same, as well as Zhejiang, Tatar lost two provinces in one go, and you have to breathe a sigh of relief. Now, the key is to see which side will ease this breath first. ”

From the point of view of strength, it is undoubtedly the Qing court that is better - controlling most of China, and the richest places such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang are all in the bag, and its own organization and control are still at their peak. Compared to their opponents, the Ming court only controlled the territory of five provinces, and the two that had just been recovered were still dilapidated, and the most important thing was that the Ming court was now in the hands of one of the strongest feudal towns, and there were other feudal towns on the side, so there was no way to make a fist.

Chen Kai's efforts in Guangdong have proved to the world that two fingers are far more destructive to the Qing court than one. However, this is far from enough, because with the current strong strength of the Qing court, and because of the pig teammates, the good situation will always be a mess.

"Take the law from above, and get it from it; Take the law in the middle, and get it below. We must make more efforts and have stronger strength in order to really turn the tide and help the building to collapse. ”

After several years of accumulation, Chen Kai has never felt that there is anything wrong with his choice, because the current situation has been caused by the balance of forces between the enemy and us over the years, and he is based on the general trend, looking for opportunities for survival and development from the cracks, step by step until he has the strength to change the balance of power locally. This will undoubtedly take time.

At this level, there is no need to be the same as before, but there is still a big gap between the strength of the enemy and us, and if you want to have a greater chance of winning, you need more strength.

"Our ministry now controls the territory of four and a half provinces in Guangdong Province, and the national surname has basically completed the recovery of Fujian. The territory, just that big, on the side of the allies, can cooperate, but cannot be counted on. In the final analysis, there is nothing wrong with striking iron and its own hardness. ”

Chen Kai's words are clear, and the civil and military forces present are basically characters who have been under Chen Kai for many years, and they are very admirable for Chen Kai's overall situation.

From a military point of view, the Zheng group's forces in Guangdong have already controlled the central and southern areas of Shaozhou Prefecture and confronted the Qing army at Meiling. However, the problem of military defense still exists, some time ago, news came from Lianzhou, saying that the local anti-Qing armed forces fell to the Qing court, and the troops of Ma Bao, the general of the Ming army who was originally sitting there, were squeezed out by the local armed forces and could not gain a foothold, so just some time ago, Ma Bao's troops and horses went south to Qingyuan, and now they are resting in Qingyuan. However, he rushed to Guangzhou, and Chen Kai did not lack his encouragement, and even arranged for him to participate in this meeting.

Pointing to the map, Chen Kai explained the current military defense situation. mentioned Ma Bao, he naturally looked at Li Jianjie, because in history, Ma Bao led his troops westward after being squeezed out of the Lianshan area by Hong Chengchou's staff Liao Wenying, and voted for Sun Kewang. However, this time Ma Bao went south, in addition to the fact that it is not as safe to go west as it is to go south, it is also indispensable to watch Li Jianjie mix well beside him, so he will have such a thought. Because Ma Bao sent people to Guangzhou to find Li Jianjie after being expelled from the Lianshan area, he officially talked to Chen Kai through Li Jianjie's relationship.

"An Dingbo, you know the situation in the Lianshan region best, talk to you here."

"The last will obey."

Roll call, sniff and get up. Vulgar and unliterate, this is the first impression of people, but look at the respectful attitude, it is obviously an existence with a certain understanding of strength, from the first time he met Chen Kai, this rogue military general has never shown even the slightest contempt for civilian officials.

Through history, Chen Kai knows very well that the military general in front of him will become the number one fierce general in Wu Sangui's camp during the rebellion of the three feudatories in the future, brave and strategic, and very difficult. It's hard to say how good it is now, but it's at least a potential stock worth looking forward to.

During this period, Chen Kai asked, and Ma Bao explained and analyzed the current situation in Lianzhou. According to him, when the Qing army entered Guangdong, many armed forces in western Guangdong fell apart, including his situation was also very bad. But two years later, in the sixth year of Yongli, he took advantage of Li Dingguo's east wind to sweep Guangxi, and through long-term operation, he joined forces with the Yao people in Lianzhou, Lianshan, and Yangshan areas, defeated the local Qing army, captured alive Mao Shenghui, the deputy general of Lianyang, the guerrilla Ma Si Khan, and the garrison Bai Shoufu, and led his troops into Huguang. Until Li Dingguo was squeezed out of Guangxi by Sun Kewang, he returned to the Lianshan area again, until this time the Changsha shogunate completed the co-optation of the local Yao people's armed forces.

After saying that, it was very organized, Ma Bao had obviously been prepared, but if he didn't really understand, he might not be able to do this.

Chen Kai nodded at this, and the civil and military personnel present also understood that in this Lianzhou area, in addition to the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a third-party force, that is, the local Yao people's armed forces.

The Yao people are one of the Jiuli, the native ethnic minorities in China, and have always been known for their fierce folk customs since ancient times. Raise troops to resist at every turn, not to mention no matter how far away, in the more than 90 years since the founding of the country, there have been more than 40 uprisings of the Yao people; The Yao people uprising in Datengxia, Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty began in the Hongwu period, and there was a disturbance every few decades, and the establishment of the governor of Liangguang was related to them, and even Mr. Wang Shouren of Yangming was also sent to suppress it; When it came to the Qing Dynasty, it was even more lively, not to mention the independent resistance to the Qing Dynasty, but also successively cooperated with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Alliance, not only against the Qing court, but also with the Western colonizers, there was no time to stop.

In the current situation, most of the Yao people were anti-Qing, but in the Lianzhou area, the Changsha shogunate succeeded in plotting a rebellion. As for the reason is very simple, the Yao people resisted the Qing Dynasty, and the reasons for the fierce resistance of the Han people and Li people are actually similar, first of all, it is a shaving of hair and easy to obey that cannot be accepted. On Hong Chengchou's side, he did not force the shaving of the hair of ethnic minorities, and even exempted the Qing court. With this as a foundation, cooperation is not entirely impossible.

"I knew that this old dog was difficult to deal with, but it seems that it is still too general."

Regarding the question of the fall of the Lianzhou region, Chen Kai had already received such an answer from Ma Bao's mouth when he arrived, and it was nothing more than to say it to others. During this time, Ma Bao talked eloquently, and in the end, he said with a big grin that although the surname there was re-cleared, the threat to Guangdong was far inferior to that of other regions, and there was no need to worry too much about Yunyun.

This is not an explanation for taking care of one's own face, most of the people present are human spirits, and they can't understand it - there is a third-party force, not the actual control of the Qing court, not to mention whether Hong Chengchou has the spare strength to go to the Guangdong battlefield to fight with him, even if he wants to cross the border from there, I am afraid that those local snakes may not be able to agree.

"The Lianzhou area still needs to be monitored, and this official has decided to adjust the defense deployment in the northern part of Guangdong. Ordered, Zuo Admiral Ke Chenshu led his troops into Qingyuan County, thinking that Shaozhou Mansion was stamina. Shaozhou Mansion is still headed by Xiao Gongchen, the head of the town, and is responsible for the command of the former enemy. As for the Anding Bo Division, it will go south to Guangzhou from now on for reorganization. ”

Chen Kai wanted to control Ma Bao's troops like Li Jianjie's department, and Ma Bao also made an unconditional acceptance statement neatly. Whether it is really unconditional or not, this can be left aside for the time being, because Ma Bao's current attitude is obviously that this fierce general under Li Chengdong has reached a tacit understanding with Chen Kai. For others, it is natural to laugh it off.

"Li Jianjie, Hao Shangjiu, Ma Bao, half of the legacy left by Li Chengdong has now fallen into my hands. The rest, Zhang Yue, Guo Dengdi, Li Guangen, it seems that there are still some, maybe you can also send someone to talk about it. ”

Since his family knows his own affairs, Chen Kai knows very well that Ma Bao's contribution still lies in Li Jianjie and Hao Shangjiu, and when he came to Chen Kai's side, he could keep warm with these two through his old relationship, which was far better than taking a small number of troops to Sun Kewang, who didn't know what he was thinking. As for Ma Bao, Chen Kai also said that he would expand his department, a 2,000-person soldier town is not to be mentioned, and the relevant benefits of the Zheng Group are also indispensable.

In the Zheng Group, Chen Kai knows very well that his current status has long been recognized by everyone as the No. 2 person. However, the leader of the Zheng Group has always been surnamed Zheng, and Zheng Chenggong has the eldest son, and it is always unknown that he will succeed Zheng Chenggong as the leader of the Zheng Group in the future. Especially when Zheng Jing's kid is afraid of him, he needs some characters who are more willing to obey him than the Zheng group in order to be successful.

Political struggle has never been warm-hearted, and Chen Kai does not intend to create infighting, but it is never easy to bully. Even, if someone really stood in front of him, he would not hesitate to run it under the wheels. Zheng Zhiguan and Shi Lang of that year were all the same.

"In terms of military defense, northern Guangdong is headed by Ke Shuai and Xiao Shuai, and this official is in the middle. In other places, Chen Houye, Hao Houye, Zhang Boye, Du Zongbing, Deputy General Cai, Vice General Nie, etc., are responsible for land defense; Marquis Lin, Marquis Zhou, General Jiang and General Hong were responsible for maritime defense. These have already been arranged. It is just that the army is scattered when there is no food, and the bigger problem now is the supply of military grain and grass, the collection of taxes, and the restoration of people's livelihood. ”

As soon as these words came out, there should be a whispering in the lobby of the governor's yamen. Except for Ma Bao, a newly attached person, the civil and military forces present have been under the Zheng Group for a long time, and they are very familiar with the Zheng Group's own situation.

At present, Zheng Chenggong, the leader of the Zheng Group, and Chen Kai, the number two person, are in charge of the territory in Fujian and Guangdong respectively. Fujian aside, let's just say that the four and a half prefectures in Guangdong, Chaozhou and Qiongzhou, have a relatively good foundation, and Huizhou and the eastern part of Guangzhou are not too bad and can be seen to be passable, but the western part of Guangzhou was completely destroyed last year, and the economy is a burden.

In addition, the Zheng Group levied a royalty in Guangdong, which was set by Chen Kai when he blockaded Shang Geng's two feudal domains, which is the same as that of Minhai. Hong Kong is indeed under his control, and the Ming army and local officials of the navy and land are also looking at him, but the silver of the license is to be handed over to the group.

In this way, in terms of income and expenditure, Chen Kai can be counted on in terms of field tax, Ding Yin, enslavement, salt tax, fishery tax, commercial tax, etc., but the license fee is actually the sea tax collected by the Zheng Group. And the aspect he needs to spend, the largest head of the military salary and military rations, the last time they met in South Australia, Zheng Chenggong said that he could bear the towns, but the local garrison had to be solved by Chen Kai himself, and in terms of military rations, Guangdong wanted to subsidize Fujian - not to mention that it was not a grain-producing province, it has always been a problem to buy from the surrounding provinces, only to say that Chen Kai tossed Fujian like that last year, and grain subsidies are also indispensable.

In addition, various government-owned enterprises in Chaozhou and Qiongzhou, such as manufacturing bureaus, iron mines, smelters, etc., all cost a lot. The officials of various prefectures and counties are also indispensable in this regard. With the supply and assistance of Li Dingguo's ministry and Guangzhou, Chen Kai will definitely have more than the civil official group in western Guangdong. And some other expenses, such as the toss that Chen Kai is doing or preparing to start, calculate it, it seems that the final result is a deficit, and the amount is not very small.

"Fortunately, it is impossible to be a normal civil official, not in this life!"

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