"No mercy!"

When Li Dingguo's voice of "no forgiveness" came out, it only made everyone's hearts tremble, and they immediately realized that King Jin was not talking, so that the atmosphere in this room suddenly became tense, and even the temperature dropped by several degrees.

Just when everyone's faces were shocked, Li Dingguo, who had already made up his mind, looked at everyone and continued.

"As for the future of my Xiying, this king has his own opinion!"

Then Li Dingguo's voice calmed down, and he looked at everyone and comforted.

"Don't just look at the benefits of this little bit of chicken feathers in front of you, this Huai King controls Jianghuai, what is Jianghuai? Although it can't catch up with the south of the Yangtze River, it is also the richest place in the world, just two Huai salt fields, more than millions of taels every year, and the command of the Huai King is even stronger and stronger, this estuary of the army ships dozens, Hongyi cannons are more than a thousand, the water division is still like this, not to mention the land division? If we have a bad relationship with King Huai, even if we get a temporary benefit, what will happen to King Huai's revenge in the future? ”

Looking at everyone, Li Dingguo tried to tell them with reality that King Huai was different from others, his strength was too strong, and such a "powerful faction" must not be easily offended, not only could not be offended, but should also try to make friends, seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Li Dingguo continued to reassure.

"And look at my Xiying, not to mention that today is no longer the prosperity of yesterday, and the salary and weapons are insufficient, if you can make good friends with the King of Huai, then with the righteousness of the King of Huai, do not hesitate to welcome the driver, in order to protect my Ming court. If I have a need in Xiying, I will not hesitate to come to King Huai. ”

Such words to appease everyone, not to mention the generals in the room, even Li Dingguo himself does not believe it, maybe King Huai is rich, but how can he receive other people's salaries. What's more, it is thousands of miles apart, which is obviously unrealistic, but now, in order to appease everyone, it is only so.

But a few hours later, when Li Dingguo met with that Dingnan acquaintance again, the words that came out of Ding Yujie's mouth completely subverted Li Dingguo's original thoughts.

"You mean, King Huai is willing to help the army of this domain with salaries and weapons?"

looked at Ding Yujie in surprise, Li Dingguo's words were full of surprise, and his eyes were even more suspicious. If what he said to his subordinates before was just to appease everyone so as not to offend King Huai, then now the news revealed in Ding Yujie's words made him a little difficult to adapt for a while.

"Back to the King of Jin, when he came, the prince had a advice, the King of Jin is the mainstay of my Ming Dynasty's resistance to the Qing Dynasty, if there is no King Jin in the southwest to support these years, my Ming court may have already fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can have today's situation, the King of Jin can be described as a hard worker. This southwest has always been barren, and the equipment of the Xiying brothers is often damaged, so if possible, be sure to give as many weapons as possible to help the Xiying brothers resist the Qing Dynasty. At this time, there are seven bird ships in the expeditionary fleet, and each bird ship has a red cannon with as little as 10 and more than 14, and the king of Jin can send someone to receive these seven bird ships at any time, in addition, the gunpowder, cannons and more than 1,000 spontaneous firearms on the ship are left to the king of Jin to help the king of Jin sweep away the captives! ”

Ding Yujie, who was sitting opposite Li Dingguo, was not a little Wupin Dingnan at this time, he was a Jingluo, no, a representative of King Huai.

The success of this welcome is a good thing for Daming, and it is also a good thing for Jiangbei. Originally, Zheng Chenggong's general was named "King Huai" by the emperor, although the holy decree is still in Pingnan, but as a subordinate of Jingluo, Ding Yujie has already said that he must be called "King Huai", and is no longer Jingluo.

As for the bird boats in his mouth, they are the ships of the captured Qing army, and the reason why these bird boats were incorporated into the fleet is to make up for the lack of ships, and now, with the end of all things in Burma, these bird ships that do not meet the standards of the fleet naturally lose their role, and the original fleet is ready to sell these bird boats, after all, even the newspaper in Dingnan does not need bird boats, not to mention that the fleet left several warships in Dingnan, as well as several newly built multi-oared gunboats, is to rely on the rich forests in Dingnan, you can also build a batch of warships at any time, There is no need to leave the bird boats at all, but who these bird boats are for sale, you need to think carefully, after all, there are not many Chinese businessmen in Dingnan now, in this case, after some consideration, Ding Yujie decided to hand over these bird boats to Xiying, so as to improve the combat effectiveness of Xiying. After all, this is also the advice of King Huai when he came. Of course, it also solved the problem for the fleet, so that these bird ships had a place to go.

"Huai Wang Gaoyi!"

Although he and Zhu Mingzhong had never known each other in his life, the generosity shown by the other party was still beyond his expectations, and without even waiting for him to take the initiative to mention it, he gave so many weapons, nearly 100 Hongyi cannons, more than 1,000 spontaneous firearms, and such a number of firearms, which were given to him so easily, how could this not make Li Dingguo sigh. Thinking that the generals under his command had actually intended to kill people and seize weapons, he only felt that his face was hot, and he even fidgeted a little. After a while, he said with a bit of shame.

"It's really embarrassing for this domain, please Ding Tongzhi must tell King Huai, but as long as this domain survives, he will never betray the Ming Dynasty, and he will definitely kill the captives bravely and restore my Ming! I will never live up to the generous gift of King Huai today! ”

For Li Dingguo, now maybe only such an oath can express his feelings, of course he knows the reason for King Huai's gift, so he will make such an oath.

And Li Dingguo's oath made Ding Yujie look at the famous King of Jin seriously, even when he was in Jiangbei, he also knew that this King of Jin, who was a famous king of two times, shook the world, and the King of Jin was indeed a situation of the Ming Dynasty supported by his own strength over the years. Thinking of the advice of the prince when he came, he first praised it before he asked tentatively.

"Then I don't know, what is the prince's next step?"

Before coming to Myanmar, Ding Yujie had been with Jing Luo all night, and naturally talked about Li Dingguo and Xiying in the conversation, and talked about Xiying, at that time, for Li Dingguo and Xiying, King Huai had several considerations, and these considerations are different according to the different situations, now, since Myanmar has returned to the Ming Dynasty, for the Dingnan of the Ming Dynasty, as Dingnan Tongzhi, he must consider Li Dingguo and Xiying, after all, their existence, for Dingnan, is an unavoidable problem.

knew that the other party was testing Li Dingguo, but at this time, he did not have the slightest intention of concealing it. He understood that the reason why the Dingnan Tongzhi in front of him asked this was because since he was a Dingnan Tongzhi, he couldn't help but care about Dingnan's Xiying army.

"I'm not afraid of Ding Tongzhi's jokes, after the battle of Mopanshan, the command of this domain can be said to have suffered heavy losses, although now it is claimed to be 80,000 under the command of King Gongyi, but most of them are old and weak women and children, and there are less than 20,000 people who can fight, so they have tried to rescue Jinshang several times, but they have failed to achieve their wishes due to lack of strength. Now that the city has safely escaped from the hands of the Burmese, it is just around the corner to return to the southern capital. Therefore, this king intends to lead the troops back to the north, and set the mountains and forests between the south and the north to recuperate, and train the soldiers, so that he can crusade against the Wu thieves in the future. ”

Since Ding Yujie Ren Dingnan knew about it, he knew that King Huai had already regarded Myanmar as a imprisoned Li Dingguo, how could he be bored and brazen to stay here, not to mention that he had already gained so many benefits, so naturally he couldn't stay in other people's territory. So leaving Dingnan is the best choice, but he can't leave Dingnan, after all, Yunnan has been occupied by the Qing army, and the northern Tusi is also the territory of Dingnan, all he can do is stay away from Dingnan City. As in the past, they set up camp in the mountains and forests.

Li Dingguo's answer made Ding Yujie, who knew that he had no other better choice, nodded first, and then said.

"Well, if the King of Jin plans to do so, then the lower officials can't stop it, but before the King of Jin sets off, please send someone to fetch the ship first, you can remove the guns on the ship, as for the ship, you can sell it to the Admiral of Pingnan at a price, and he will naturally offer a good price......"

What the?

Take away all the guns and guns from the ship, and then sell the ship to them again?

Li Dingguo looked at Ding Yujie in surprise, he naturally knew that this was the other party's help in disguise, and the reason why he proposed to let him sell the boat was just to give him more help in disguise, as for those ships...... For the time being, Admiral Pingnan was in charge of Ding Yujie and continued.

"However, in the north and south of Ding, although there are mountains and forests to block it, but after all, it is too close to the Qing Dynasty, if the Xiying camp is camped there, Wu Sangui will definitely invade from time to time, so it will not be conducive to the recuperation of the Xiying brothers, and it is not conducive to the training of the Jin kings, in the opinion of the following officials, if the Jin king is determined to stay in the southwest, he may as well temporarily enter the Laos Xuanwei Division, if Wu Sangui wants to invade the south, he must first cross the deep mountains and rainforests, so that the Xiying brothers can naturally recuperate there......"

Joining the Lao Propaganda Division?

Ding Yujie's suggestion made Li Dingguo slightly stunned at first, and then understood that the other party was thinking about him, this Lao Xuanwei Division is different from other Tusi, it has not betrayed Ming, even a few decades ago, it also paid tribute to Kunming, and the letter was destroyed in the fire, please give it back. Moreover, Laos Xuanwei Si is sparsely populated, and if the army avoids there, it will definitely not dare to rebound. It is a place to settle Xiying, and there will be no conflict with Dingnan here. In this way, it is also a good choice, after all, what the brothers in Xiying need now is to rest and recuperate, instead of staying on guard against Wu Sangui's attacks all day long.

"It's okay to go to Laos to preach the Comfort Division!"

After thinking about the pros and cons, Li Dingguo did not refuse to go to Laos to Xuanwei Division, after all, it was a good choice.

Just when Li Dingguo agreed, he heard Ding Yujie say again.

"It's just that I don't know if the King of Jin has thought that no matter whether it is here or Laos, it is a poor place, and after tens of thousands of brothers in Xiying enter, they will inevitably rely on local supplies, and if they supply tens of thousands of troops in that kind of poor place, there will be disasters in the future,"

Ding Yujie's reminder made Li Dingguo's brows frown slightly, he was reluctant to avoid Myanmar at the beginning, and it was also for this reason that Myanmar was poor, and Laos was even poorer! Trying to rely on them to feed the army is simply a fool's dream.

But if you don't go to Laos, you can still go there?

"Ding Tongzhi knows that the current situation is like this, how can this domain force it, if he goes to Laos, I am afraid that he can only recruit Antou people, cultivate grain, and implement counties, and moreover, ...... It is still possible to carry out cantonment there, which will also prevent the army from being completely dependent on the locality, and it will be possible to solve some needs in the future. ”

At this time, Li Dingguo didn't even mention that he hoped to get support from Ding Yujie, he knew that the other party was generous enough, and if he wanted to ask for other things, it would only make the other party unhappy. Just when he thought so, he only heard Ding Yujie say.

"This place is all Tusi land, the people are very poor, naturally they can't support the army, if it is to implement the reclamation, it is not a day's work, I don't know if the king of Jin has ever thought about leaving this place and going elsewhere?"

Leaving here and going somewhere else?

Go there?

Li Dingguo looked at Ding Yujie in surprise, and there was no expression of understanding in those eyes.

Where else can he go but Laos?

Could it be that Ding Yujie doesn't want him to stay here?

Don't you want this king to avoid Laos?

Besides, didn't you also bring up Laos? This king has already agreed, and you are still going back on your ears? Just when Li Dingguo was unhappy, he only heard Ding Yujie say there.

"I don't know the King of Jin, have you ever considered entering Guangdong!"

Enter Guangdong!

Li Dingguo looked at Ding Yujie in astonishment, he was so stunned that he couldn't even adapt to Ding Yujie's change, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Guangdong!

It's really thanks to him that Ding Yujie can say it, doesn't he know what kind of place this is?

"Yes, it is to enter Guangdong, compared to the land of the domain, Guangdong is the land of my Han people, although it was slaughtered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but there is still vitality after all, and the king of Jin is quite prestigious in Guangdong, if the king of Jin enters Guangdong, he can take advantage of Guangdong's land and people, so that he can threaten Huguang to the north, and he can also point to the southwest ......"

When Ding Yujie talked about the benefits of Guangdong, Li Dingguo just looked at him in dismay, his eyes were full of doubts, what did he mean?

Doesn't he know where Guangdong is?

Li Dingguo is no stranger to Guangdong, as early as the eighth year of Yongli, he wanted to seize Guangdong, at that time he was ready to ask Zheng Chenggong to attack Guangzhou, pacify the whole Guangzhou, and then expand to the whole country. But in the end, the defeat of Xinhui made him have to defeat Nanning.

How can it be so easy to take Guangdong?

What's more, where are Guangdong's, and where are they now, doesn't Ding Yujie know?

"Into Guangdong? Is it thousands of miles from Dingnan to Guangdong? And there are Qing captives blocking along the way, how can the army enter Guangdong? ”

Isn't that a dead end? Now Xiying needs to recuperate, and Ding Yujie's suggestion is undoubtedly to force Xiying to death, when he said this, Li Dingguo suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and anger.

"I'm afraid that before the army arrives in Guangdong, it has been surrounded by the Qing Dynasty! What will happen to my brother Xiying? ”

Li Dingguo's rhetorical question made Ding Yujie stunned at first, and he realized that he had not made it clear, so he hurriedly said.

"King Jin is not strange, it is a mistake of the lower officials, in fact, Guangdong is not far away from here!"

Then Ding Yujie dipped his fingers in the tea and drew a simple map on the table, this map is the map of Dingnan, the reason why he remembered this map was drawn to him by King Huai, so he probably remembered the location of Dingnan on the map, he said while drawing.

"King Jin, please look, this is Laos, if the King of Jin goes to Laos, and then go east, it will enter Annam within hundreds of miles, this place is the commander of the capital of Annam, although the two ends of the Annam people and rats cannot be trusted, but if the army borrows the way, it will not dare to stop it, and its territory is falling into the Zheng Ruan dispute, and the two sides will not dare to summon the army at all, so as not to become the other party's help......"

It is precisely because Annan is now in the midst of the civil war between the Zheng and Ruan families, so if the army borrows the road, they naturally dare not stop it, but Ding Yujie does not intend to suggest that Li Dingguo take this road. Originally, King Huai's suggestion was to borrow from Annan, but now he has a better choice.

"However, despite this, but still did not go to the safety of the city of Zhancheng, on the way to the voyage, when passing through the city, the king of the city has asked to submit, and the land register and household registration of the city of Zhancheng are dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, so the city of Zhancheng has been my Ming territory, and the king of Jin can directly enter the city of Zhancheng......"

Champa has asked to return to the Ming Dynasty, this is one of the biggest gains of this voyage, the reason why there is this harvest is also simple, because Nguyen Phuc Phuoc has set the goal on the southern Champa city, so as to expand its own strength, compared to Annam, the national strength of Champa is weak, and it is not the opponent of the Nguyen clan at all, and the king of Champa was originally just struggling to maintain the situation, but because of the difference in strength between the two, the Champa country will be annexed by the Nguyen clan sooner or later. At this time, the Ming Dynasty's fleet arrived at the city, and the appearance of the Ming fleet naturally made the King of Champa, who was originally facing a precarious situation and was unable to resist, breathe a sigh of relief, and the arrival of the Ming fleet made him see the opportunity to protect himself.

Borrow troops to protect yourself!

For the king of Champa, who was accustomed to dealing with the Ming dynasty, he almost immediately made a decision to dedicate the land register and household registration of the city to the Ming as a dependency of the Ming dynasty, so as to prevent the city from being annexed by the Nguyen clan. As we all know, the Ming Dynasty almost ignored the Tusi territory, just like Annan also entered the town of Nanguan to ask the Ming Dynasty officials to surrender, and the Ming Dynasty reduced it to the Commander of Annan, although it was changed to the thirteen Xuanfu Division, but its official appointment, it is still the Annan people themselves, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty's rule over Annam, but only nominal.

It is precisely because of the example of Annam that the king of Champa willingly wants to become a dependency of the Ming Dynasty, so as to maintain his rule over the Champa state, for the king of Champang, whether it is the king or the commander, it is just a title, the most important thing is to prevent the Champa from being annexed by the Ruan clan, if the Champa country is annexed by the Nguyen clan, not to mention his rule over the Champa state, it is even difficult to save his life, after all, the Ruan clan wants to annex the Champa in order to expand its strength and defeat the Zheng clan in the north. Therefore, the king of Champa decisively surrendered his land register and household registration, returned to the Ming Dynasty and became an official of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Ding Yujie did not refuse the submission of the king of Champang, and after accepting the land register and household registration of Champang, he even specially met with Ruan Fuwei in person, telling him that Champa was already a Ming dependency, and then mediated the conflict between the two families, and even deliberately left a squadron of soldiers with Champa, and appointed officials to ensure the management of the Champa Propaganda Division. In this case, Ding Yujie naturally suggested that Li Dingguo go to Zhancheng, and then return to Guangdong by water through Zhancheng. After all, this route is safer, and when Brother Xiying arrives in Champa, he will be able to replenish and recuperate there.

“…… Then return to Guangdong by water, when the time comes, the fleet can cooperate with the King of Jin to capture Guangzhou, and when the time comes, the King of Jin can take Guangdong as the foundation, so that the land south of the Yangtze River can belong to my Ming Dynasty! ”

Ding Yujie's words made Li Dingguo's whole person fall into silence, he sat there and did not give an answer immediately, on the surface, he did not have the slightest wave. There were already waves of turmoil in his heart, so that he couldn't calm down for a while.

Go to Guangdong!

If Ding Yujie hadn't said this. Li Dingguo would never have such a thought coming up now. For him, at least until then, all he said was to recuperate, train his army, and then wait until the time was right for the Northern Expedition.

But now Ding Yujie's suggestion. But Li Dingguo's whole person couldn't settle down for a while, compared to remote and exotic places such as Myanmar or Laos. Guangdong is undoubtedly the best choice, there are enough people, finances and taxes, enough to support it to carry out the Northern Expedition in the future.

And more importantly, it is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and returning there is equivalent to returning to the home that has been absent for a long time.

For those veterans who have been away from home for a long time in Xiying, they are eager to return to Daming and return to their long-lost home. Instead of living in a foreign land as it is now,

Elsewhere.

Whether it is Dingnan or Laos, it is still a foreign country.

Although he was extremely moved by Ding Yujie's suggestion, Li Dingguo still couldn't make a choice. At least not immediately make a choice. After marching and fighting for so many years, he was naturally very aware of the risks behind this matter.

The stakes are just too great!

Let's not talk about the risk of attacking Guangzhou. Even if there is a sailor sent by King Huai to help at that time, even if Guangzhou is conquered at that time. drove out the Qing army in Canton.

But at that time, he will definitely have to face the counterattack of the Qing army, and at that time, once the army is defeated, where will he retreat?

In addition, there are other risks, this road over the mountains, when the time comes, how many risks will be on the road. How many brothers will be buried deep in the mountains and forests?

Thinking of the difficulties and obstacles encountered on the way south, Li Dingguo couldn't help but hesitate.

There are so many risks!

However, the rewards are also abundant, if Guangdong can be recaptured, then the army can be rested in Guangdong, and it can recover quickly, but the risk is too great!

Li Dingguo pondered for another moment, then he looked directly at Ding Yujie and asked in a deep voice.

"Ding Tongzhi, but I don't know if this matter is what King Huai meant?"