"Uncle, little nephew heard that the king of Dingnan seems to be interested in the four mansions of Gao Lian Lei Qiong and wants to include them in Guangxi."

"The king of Dingnan is arrogant and has never been in his eyes. He also knows that if he really takes the first step to take the four mansions of Gaolian Leiqiong, or even just the nearest Lianzhou Mansion to Guangxi, then the goods through Wuzhou such as Guangdong will be completely cut off, and our profits in Guangzhou's maritime trade will inevitably be damaged. ”

This conversation took place in February and March, when Xu Erxian seized Zhaoqing Prefecture and Luoding Prefecture, but received an astonishing rumor from the direction of Wuzhou, which had been abandoned by the Ming court, that Kong Youde intended to go south to the four prefectures of Gaolian Leiqiong, and to clear the Qing court, and put these four prefectures into Guangxi, so as to seek an outlet to the sea for Guangxi Province.

Not to mention when he was in Dongjiang back then, after Mao Wenlong's death, Shang Kexi was in Dongjiang, and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were in Dengzhou, both of whom were in the interest chain of Liaohai Maritime Trade, and they were well aware of the huge profits of Maritime Trade.

Moreover, Kong Youde is indeed as arrogant as Shang Kexi said. Last year, the Qing court sent them, the king of Sanshun, to the south, and at the beginning was to conquer Fujian with Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming to take Guangdong, and Shang Kexi to attack Guangxi. Because among the Sanshun kings, the strength of the Dingnan Domain was as high as 20,000, and the Pingnan and Jingnan domains were only 10,000 soldiers and horses each, Shang Kexi suggested that the Qing court increase troops and shorten the battle line, but Kong Youde ridiculed him for being cowardly, so there was the status quo of the Dingnan Domain's attack on Guangxi and the two domains of Pingnan and Jingnan to seize Guangdong.

I remember that five or six months ago, Geng Jimao, who Shang Kexi answered like this, decided to concentrate their forces to seize the four mansions of Gaolian Leiqiong, and for the time being, they only let Su Li and Hao Shangjiu attack on their own. When sending Geng Jimao away, Shang Kexi summoned the letter of the mastermind Jin Guang and his eldest son Shang Zhixin, and also said that this matter was Chen Kai's ploy to "lead the water to the west", in order to let them ignore the threat of Chaozhou for the time being, and buy time for the development of the Fujian Ming army.

In this regard, Jin Guang was silent, but Shang Zhixin strongly advocated attacking Chaozhou first. As a result, he was reprimanded by Shang Kexi.

"Because the enemy encourages us to oppose it, this line of thinking is itself wrong! It is not difficult for the army to seize Chaozhou to the east, but without a water division, what is the use of driving Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai into the sea, and when the army returns to the division, they can kill it again, and the problem of Chaozhou will never be solved. ”

"On the other hand, the problem of the four mansions of Gao Lian Lei Qiong is not in the Ming army, but in the king of Dingnan. Whether this rumor was made up by Chen Kai or not, it had already given King Nan a wake-up call. Our army, at the very least, must rush ahead of the king of Dingnan and take down the three mansions of Gao Lianlei and put an end to the possibility of the king of Dingnan obtaining access to the sea for Guangxi, so that the huge profits of sea trade will not slip away from his hands. ”

"As for Chaozhou, let outsiders such as Hao Shangjiu and Su Li first take Fujian's green battalion soldiers to consume their strength. When Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai become tired soldiers, wouldn't it be better for us to solve the problem in one breath than to delay it in Chaozhou for a long time, so that Guangxi can get access to the sea? ”

Five or six months ago, Shang Kexi said so and did so. He and Geng Jimao jointly wrote a letter, asking the Fujian Qing army to cooperate with the Guangdong Qing army to encircle and suppress the Fujian Ming army in eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian.

However, such a back and forth, not to mention the time delayed on the road, just the next change in the situation, also directly made the two provincial capitals stillborn.

In March, Zhang Xuesheng, the governor of Fujian, received news that Zheng rebelled to the westward march of the army and intended to join the puppet emperor in Qiongzhou Mansion. After getting the news, Zhang Xuesheng sent Ma Degong on the right side of Fujian, Feng Junrui, a general of Fubiao in Fujian, and Huang Shu of Xingquan Road to attack the Zhongzuo Station, and once succeeded, but failed to capture the city. In this matter, it is worth mentioning that Zheng Zhiguan, the defender of the center and left, had abandoned the city and fled, and was killed by Chen Kai, and it was Chen Kai who defended the city next, and it was Chen Kai who intercepted and killed Ma Degong, this person is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp ......"

"In May, after Zheng returned to his division for a month, he sent troops to capture the Yongning Acropolis and Chongwu Qianhusuo City; At the end of the month, he set up an ambush at a place called Cizao and defeated Wang Jin, the commander of Zhangzhou; In July, Zhang Xuesheng bribed pirates to attack and harass, and was defeated by Zheng Zhi, and even the defenders of Tong'an County were also defeated......"

The situation in Fujian has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the Qing army has fallen into passivity, and now it is not said to be cooperating with the capture of Chaozhou, even if it is to defend the local area, it is quite stretched. At the same time, in the past five or six months, Shang Geng's two feudal lords have wantonly occupied land in the city of Guangzhou and built a royal palace. The two palaces, "facing each other from east to west, are extremely majestic". The area is huge, the internal layout is gorgeous, and the encroachment abounds.

Now, less than a year after the capture of Guangzhou, these luxuries are far from taking shape. What's more, Guangdong Province has not yet been completely pacified, and the focus of Shang Geng's two feudal domains is more on the situation than on outright self-enrichment.

In April and May, Zhang Xuesheng set up a divisive plan, causing Zheng Zhiguan's mother and Zheng Zhi's grandmother to force Zheng Zhi to withdraw from the marriage, Chen Kai and Zheng's conflict intensified, refused to do anything, and was soon placed under house arrest. Later, some said that Chen Kai left and entered the puppet dynasty to be the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and some said that he was the governor of the four mansions of Gao Lian Lei Qiong, and some said that he had been killed by Zheng Rui, which was not enough. Now it seems that the puppet dynasty has appointed Zhang Xiaoqi as the governor of the four prefectures of Gao Lian Leiqiong, and Chen Kai as the governor is fake, and it is unlikely that he will enter the court as a waiter, and it is very likely that the contradictions between the two sides have intensified and he was ......killed by Zheng Shun."

"It's like that military general called Shi, what kind of military general is Shi?"

"It's Shi Lang, Lord Wang. In fact, if it weren't for the Wu Yibo Shifu who originally followed Li Chengdong to Fuzhou to return to the imperial court in June, who knows what that Shi Lang did. ”

Jin Guang said casually, and then turned to mention the officialdom of Fujian and Guangdong, and even some whispers in the court, such as Zheng Chenggong's strength is strong now, but without Chen Kai, I am afraid that it will also be a grasshopper after the autumn, and it will not be able to jump for a few days. It's just that Jin Guang always has a big doubt about this optimism, a doubt that is enough to overturn all this.

"Lord Wang, if Chen Kai hadn't died, this would just be a scene he sang with Zheng Ying, so what?"

"Who is it for, Zhang Xuesheng, or is it for Zhang Xuesheng to sing to the court, it won't be for this king, right?"

In August, the heat in Guangdong was unbearable, but there was good news in the west of Guangzhou, saying that the troops of the two feudal domains of Pingnan and Jingnan had successively captured Gaozhou Mansion, Leizhou Mansion and Lianzhou Mansion, and drove Li Yuanyin, Zhang Yue and others out of the sea.

There is no land connection with Guangxi, and Kong Youde's problem can be put aside for the time being. It's just that it seems that Zheng Chenggong's department has intersected with Li Yuanyin, Zhang Yue and others, and recently sold a lot of weapons to the latter, which has made the progress of the Qing army's encirclement and suppression slow, which is a problem that has to be taken seriously.

"Then let Hao Shangjiu, Su Li, and Huang Yingjie sell their strength to that Chen Bin. In addition, some of the feudal soldiers have been transferred back, and it has been more than half a year since they went on the expedition, so it is time for the sons and daughters to come back to rest and recuperate. When the rest is over, if those few wastes still can't solve the problem of Chaozhou, it's time for us to play in person, it's not good to raise tigers. ”