"King Tang, are you going to let Zheng Zhilong go?" Seeing Li Xiao shaking his head in opposition, Jiang Yueguang looked puzzled.

Li Xiao stared at the bleak night sky outside the window, and replied in a deep voice: "Two, don't forget, Zheng Zhilong's guy, but there are extremely powerful relatives and sailors who are not weaker than our army, and this is where Gu is most afraid of him now." If we only care about revenge and only think about punishing him immediately, so as to easily break the current equilibrium, then the next consequences are actually unpredictable. ”

Li Xiao sighed lightly and replied: "If, according to what the two said, our army gathers forces and launches a fierce attack on Zheng Zhilong, then on land, our army can indeed take advantage of it, and the prefectures and towns and land in Fujian and Guangdong can also gain a lot. But have you ever thought about it, Zheng Zhilong will suffer losses on land, but there will definitely be a way to inflict heavy losses on our army in other places. ”

"What the Tang King said, but if our army completely turns its face against it, then Zheng Zhilong is invincible to our army on land, but will he send his powerful naval division to comprehensively attack and harass our army's merchant ships, completely block our army's trade routes, and even go further, cut off the maritime connection between our army's overseas territories and the homeland of China?" Chen Zilong said tentatively.

Li Xiao nodded, and said to the two: "The lonely worry is here." If you completely turn your face with Zheng Zhilong now, although you can enjoy it for a while, it will definitely bring unpredictable disasters to our army. After all, the sailors under his command are extremely powerful, and once they are launched in full force, they will definitely cause great losses to our army's maritime trade with various places, and greatly reduce the trade income of our army. And if it even sends sailors to attack the waterways that our overseas territories transport to the land of China, the consequences will be even more serious. As a result, it will be difficult for our army's grain, cloth, utensils, and other items produced overseas to be transported back to China, and the momentum of our army's development will certainly be dealt a big blow as a result, and the morale of the army will be seriously affected. What's more, in the middle of the country now, our army has a large number of new strongholds, and the people there have just been stabilized, and they all need to rely on our army's overseas production in order to survive. If this overseas transportation route is blocked and attacked, the livelihood of the people under our army's rule will be even more seriously affected, and in this case, these new strongholds will certainly fall into chaos again, and if anyone takes advantage of the situation to make trouble, it will certainly cause our army to worry about a fire in the backyard, and this is a situation that we absolutely do not want to see. ”

"That's what King Tang said. If it comes to such a situation, then our Tang Army Navy can only fight with it with all its might, and finally fight and sell smuggling at sea, and end up losing both. And such an ending will only cheapen Daxi Dashun Manchu Qing and other countries in vain, so that they can get more opportunities to recuperate. And the Netherlands, Britain, Spain and other maritime powers will also take advantage of the decline of our army's naval division to rise again and once again seek to seize the South Seas of our army. Such an outcome is indeed not what our army wants to see. Chen Zilong took over the words, and his face showed a layer of sadness: "From the student's point of view, now Zheng Zhilong's department, in fact, he also understands that if he does not understand the current affairs and forcibly fights with our army, he will only end up losing both." Therefore, although he will use deceit to make our monarchs and ministers fight each other, and cause chaos within our Tang army, he is absolutely unwilling to fight against our army to fight to the death. It can even be said that now he is indeed willing to continue to maintain a state of tacit understanding and peace with our army. As long as our army does not take the initiative to attack him, then he will definitely continue to maintain the status quo and will not fight with our army. ”

"Mr. Wozi's words are very true." Jiang Yueguang also nodded again and again: "Zheng Zhilong occupies two provinces, the sea route is large, and there is also a large amount of maritime trade, this is the foundation of his fortune and army occupation, how can he be willing to give up the countless white flowers and silver that flow into his pocket every day and not make money, but fight with our army to the death and lose both, and finally let others benefit in vain?" In the final analysis, Zheng Zhilong is still an extremely shrewd businessman, and he will never let go of a lot of money without making money, and do such a stupid thing that harms his own interests. ”

Seeing that the two praisers began to agree with their own views, Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said: "In my opinion, if our army wants to retaliate now, it is appropriate to temporarily let go of its mastermind Zheng Zhilong, and turn to the Hongguang Prison Guoda." Therefore, our army still needs to exercise restraint in the direction of Guangdong and Fujian for the time being. But the next step is to launch an all-out attack on Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan. Strive to take these three provinces in the shortest possible time and make them the territory under the rule of our Tang Army. Let that Hongguang puppet dynasty, only the two provinces of Guangdong and Fujian under the rule of Zheng Zhilong remain. In this case, Zhu Yousong, the Hongguang Supervisor, will become more and more small as a puppet, and even in Zheng Zhilong's opinion, this person will be a stumbling block. If at that time, I am afraid that our army has not yet moved, and they themselves will first commit suicide and destroy themselves, but at that time, it will be just right for our army to watch a good show of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. ”

Li Xiao paused, and then said: "From the point of view of Gu, now the enemies of Daxi, Dashun, Manchu, and Zheng Zhilong's troops, in the final analysis, the one with the most war ability and potential is still Zheng Zhilong's guy. Therefore, in the future, Gu will use troops, he must first eliminate the weak, and then attack the strong, and after sweeping away the above three fangs, he will finally have a showdown with Zheng Zhilong, which is the most reasonable measure. ”

As soon as Tang King Li Xiao said this, Jiang Yueguang and Chen Zilong also nodded frequently and agreed.

Jiang Yueguang said with a smile: "King Tang, this plan will make Hongguang pseudo-dynasty go to the end of the country, cramped in the southeast corner, and there is nothing to be done." If these seemingly barren three remote provinces can be brought under the rule of our army as soon as possible, although a lot of money will have to be spent in the early stage to rescue the local people's livelihood and people, in the long run, these places may not have any room and potential for development. At least, for now, they can provide our Tang Army with a large amount of civilian power and soldiers, and it is desirable to have these two points as the basis. ”

Chen Zilong also interjected: "Yes, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the coast of the land, the king's ministers, the three provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan, although they are remote and barren, but they are all my Ming land, and the people of its land are also my Ming children." How can our army not help them when they have the opportunity to succeed, so as to save them from the fire? What's more, it was because our army was going to attack Xichuan that we had to put aside the task of taking these three provinces for the time being, but now that the situation has changed and the enemy is already prepared, it is not easy to continue to attack Xichuan, so it is also a wise move for our army to change its line in time and turn all its efforts to take these three southwestern provinces. If these three provinces are subordinated, they will definitely deal an extremely serious blow to the Hongguang puppet dynasty, so that they will have no way to confront our army except for the southeastern corner of peace. ”

Li Xiao nodded approvingly at the two: "What the two of you said in praise of the painting is very lonely. Therefore, next, our army will place Haoge's troops in the north to go to Fuzhou to fight against the Manchus. In the south, troops need to be sent south as soon as possible to take the three southwestern provinces. To do these two things is not only to punish the Manchu Qing and the Hongguang puppet dynasty for sowing discord between our monarchs and ministers, but also to take advantage of this opportunity to expand the territory and influence of our army as much as possible. Such an opportunity must naturally be grasped and never missed. ”

Li Xiao paused, glanced at the two of them, and said: "Since both of you agree with Gu Zhi's opinion, then let's take a look at how to use troops against these three southwestern provinces." ”

Therefore, after the unification of opinions, Li Xiao, Chen Zilong, and Jiang Yueguang immediately began to discuss for a long time how to use troops against the three southwestern provinces, and finally made a resolution.

That is, the soldiers and horses of the second town of the Tang Army, which had now swept away the southern part of Huguang, were led by the monk Chang'an, from southern Hunan, to Guangxi, and cut off the connection between Guangxi and Guangdong, which belonged to Zheng Zhilong's department, as soon as possible, and strive to take the eastern part of the province in the shortest possible time.

Subsequently, the second town was temporarily stationed in Guangxi, cutting off the connection between Zheng Zhilong's troops and the other two southwestern provinces, and ensuring that the Tang army's attack on the other two provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan could be carried out smoothly.

In Guizhou, the soldiers and horses of the ninth town of the Tang army were ordered to move south as soon as possible from the north of Huguang, and attacked this province by one way, striving to take this province within two months.

After taking Guizhou, the soldiers and horses of the Ninth Town immediately went south again and attacked Yunnan directly, striving to wipe out the remnants of the Hongguang puppet dynasty in Yunnan within three months. Subsequently, the soldiers and horses of the ninth town marched eastward with all their might, and the soldiers and horses of the second town of Monk An attacked from east to west, and took over the entire Guangxi in one fell swoop.

After these three provinces were all taken, the soldiers and horses of the two towns were stationed in the three provinces, and continued to sweep away the remnants of the local Hongguang puppet dynasty and the Tusi forces that did not obey the control in various places, so that these three provinces were completely subordinate to the rule of the Tang army, and there was no possibility of abnormal changes.

As for the remnants of Zuo Mengeng, who are now hiding in the southwest of Hunan and surviving, Li Xiao ordered the soldiers and horses of the newly established Eleventh Town to send a battalion to besiege them. And they did not need to go up the mountain to attack, but only need to firmly enclose the passage into the mountain and cut off their contact with the outside world, so that the remnants of the left army could sit and wait for them to sit and eat the mountain, and their morale would collapse. As a result of such a siege, the remnants of Zuo Mengeng either went down the mountain and surrendered, or they could only flee in all directions.

The entire Southwest Campaign was scheduled to be completed within half a year, and at the latest it should not exceed ten months, and all three provinces should be occupied and made to become a stable territory under the rule of the Tang Army.

Li Xiao believes that if these three provinces are a little bit of a problem, the Hongguang puppet dynasty will no longer be a problem, and then in the future, whether it is dealing with Daxi, Dashun, or the Manchu Qing in the north, there will be no worries.

Soon, Li Xiao's order was immediately transmitted to the mayors of various military towns in the form of flying pigeon messages, and they immediately began to lead the troops according to Li Xiao's request.

Monk Chang'an, the second town of the Tang Army, who had completed the sweep in the southern Hunan area, originally planned to take advantage of the victory to attack the Zuomengeng Department hiding in the mountainous area of southwest Hunan, but after seeing Li Xiao's military order, he immediately waved his army south, from Yongzhou into the boundary of Quanzhou, Guangxi, and then the three battalions of A, B and C in the whole town, divided into three routes, went south separately, and went straight to the junction of Guangxi and Guangdong.

Among them, the first battalion went east along the Guijiang River and attacked Huaiji directly; Battalion B first attacked Lefu and then took Wuzhou; The C battalion went south to the farthest place and attacked Yulin Prefecture directly.

In doing so, Monk An hoped that before Zheng Zhilong's troops could react, he would completely cut off the connection between Guangxi and Guangdong, so that the Hongguang puppet dynasty in Guangxi Province would no longer receive any foreign aid, so that the morale would drop to the bottom and would be extinguished.

When Monk An led his troops south and entered Guangxi, the soldiers and horses of the Ninth Town of the Tang Army, which had completed the work of attacking and suppressing western Hubei, also entered eastern Sichuan from western Hubei under the leadership of Huang Degong, the mayor of the town, and then in the land of eastern Sichuan, the troops were divided into three routes, with Battalion A attacking Sinan Mansion in eastern Guizhou, Battalion B attacking Pingyuewei in central Guizhou, and Battalion C attacking Shuixi Xuanwei Division in western Guizhou.

Huang Degong asked his subordinates to concentrate their forces and attack the main towns of Guizhou with all their might, and as for the remote villages and Tusi, they should be spared for the time being. In the end, the three battalions of the whole army were combined in one place and attacked Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, with all their might.

After Guiyang is captured, the troops will be divided to attack Liping Mansion, Duyun Mansion, Annanwei and other places in southern Guizhou, and the entire Guizhou will be completely taken as soon as possible.

After taking Guizhou, the whole army marched into Yunnan and strived to recapture the entire territory of Yunnan from the Hongguang puppet dynasty within two or three months. Then, the soldiers and horses of the ninth town rested for a while, and then immediately waved their division to the east, and returned to the soldiers and horses of the second town of the Tang Army stationed at the junction of Guangxi and Guangdong, and attacked together from east to west, taking the entire Guangxi in one fell swoop.

When the soldiers and horses of the 9th Town of the Tang Army began to move, the soldiers and horses of the 11th Town of the Tang Army, which had begun to take shape in Wuchang City, also followed Li Xiao's instructions and divided Battalion A to go south and go to the southwest of Hunan to besiege the remnants of Zuomengeng, while the rest of the B Battalion and the C Battalion were stationed in western and eastern Hubei to defend the northern part of Huguang.

When the southern soldiers and horses of the Tang Army began to move one after another, Hao Ge, the Manchurian commander at Shanhaiguan, also received a letter from Li Xiao.

He was bored in Shanhaiguan, but after reading Li Xiao's letter in a hurry, he was so excited that he almost wanted to punch him.

The emperor lives up to his hard work!

Grandma's, the long-awaited good opportunity, finally appeared!

He immediately ordered two of his relatives to come to his room for urgent deliberations.

What Haoge didn't expect was that his subordinates quickly replied, saying that the two generals had left Shanhaiguan City to hunt outside the Saiwai and could not be found for a while.

Hauge was furious and said sharply: "Bastard! You quickly lead people out of the jam urgently, go and find these two undisciplined guys for me, if you can't find them, you don't want to go back again! ”

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The soldiers did not dare to slack off, and immediately took nearly ten guards and roared out of the city from Shanhaiguan and went out of the plug.

They searched for nearly two hours, until it was about to dark, and only on the mountain road back to the city, they found Ao Bai and Yang Shan, who were returning from the wilderness.

At this time, the two of them hunted abundantly, and each hunted a lot of wild deer, hares, pheasants and other prey, and returned with a proud face.

The entourage immediately stepped forward and urgently reported Haoge's order to Ao Bai and Yang Shaner.

The two of them had a look of surprise on their faces, and they did not dare to delay, so they immediately followed Hauge and followed the soldiers and hurriedly returned to the city.

Soon, the two of them carried a bunch of hunts and quickly came to Hauge's room. After throwing down the hunt, he was about to salute, but was immediately stopped by Hauge.

"Two, you wait to see King Tang's letter!" Hauge was so excited that his face turned red, and his voice was a little out of tune.