"Panic, what kind of system!"

Seeing the sentinel rider who came to him, looking out of breath with untidy armor, Kong Youde frowned, and was very dissatisfied in his heart.

Ten paces away from him, two sentry riders rolled their saddles and dismounted, and then said in a loud voice: "Gongshun Wang, it's not good, Hauge Na sent troops to attack, and our army lost more than 1,000 soldiers and horses......"

After listening to the trembling voices of the two people, Kong Youde was so angry that his face was distorted.

Grandma's! Hauge's hateful wretch!

I really didn't expect that Hauge would send troops to attack him before he was ready, but he was caught off guard. Fortunately, the logistics force of more than 700 people and more than 300 cavalry died in the field worthlessly, like wild dogs.

Although the Nahaoge division also lost more than 100 Manchurian cavalry, the losses of its own soldiers were too heavy in comparison.

However, fortunately, these Hauge troops and horses were finally repulsed by themselves, and the baggage vehicles were not damaged. And Hauge has limited soldiers and horses, and the loss of more than 100 elite cavalry is estimated to make him feel very distressed. Then they shouldn't be harassing again until they're settled.

It seems that today's sudden battle should be over here. In this way, this battle can be regarded as an unpleasant episode of coming to Liaoning to settle in this time.

And he can finally settle in the area of the Zhuang River before this night comes.

Thinking of this, Kong Youde sighed inexplicably.

Now since the surrender, after more than ten years, I finally have my own territory. Thinking about it for more than ten years, although he has won a nominal and obedient king, in front of those Manchurians, his real status is simply a lowly wild dog, where is there still any dignity at all!

But from now on, he can bury his head in the area of this Zhuang River, develop obscenely, vigorously cultivate his own private power, and become an invisible feudal town. And when his own strength grows to a very considerable extent, Hugh said that he will fight with Haoge, and even the Qing court's Dolgon and the Empress Dowager Bumu Butai will be impressed by themselves!

Although the area around the Zhuang River is now sparsely populated and ruined because of the captivity of the Haoge Department, as long as it can isolate the harassment and plundering of the Haoge, it can protect the territory and the people and develop again. The area around the Zhuang River, with its vast land and fertile land, has considerable potential for development, and will be a solid capital for itself to dominate one side in the future.

From this point of view, I can be where I am today, but I really have to thank the troublesome Hauge.

Thinking of this, Kong Youde couldn't help but have a wry smile on his face, and his irritable mood was originally relieved by the harassment of the Haoge Department.

So, after slowly growing the power from the self, how to eliminate the Haoge entrenched in Fuzhou?

Regarding this problem, Kong Youde has already considered it a lot along the way.

Kong Youde thought very clearly, if he wanted to subdue Haoge, he wanted to join forces with Shang Kexi, the king of Zhishun, and Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, and try to avoid confrontation with the Haoge tribe before the power was growing, but first stick to its boundary, and then wait for the power to gradually grow, and then adopt the policy of slow advancement and gradual encroachment, and gradually advance to Fuzhou City in the way of fortification, so that the Haoge tribe finally has no place to stand, and can only obediently leave southern Liaoning.

Due to the slow push strategy, this time will of course be very long, and it may even take years. However, there is such a justifiable development time, which is what Kong Youde cannot ask for. He believes that he definitely has this patience, and the two of them will definitely cooperate so tacitly.

Three days later, Hauge's flying pigeon delivered a message and arrived on Li Xiao's desk.

Li Xiao read it quickly, and couldn't help but fall into a deep groan.

Unexpectedly, Dolgon would use such a trick to deal with Haoge with the traitor Sanshun King, and Haoge was frustrated in the first battle, which was regarded as a blow to the head.

In this way, the king of Sanshun, who had more than 60,000 people, was difficult to eliminate against a Haoge with only 3,000 soldiers and horses, but it was enough to maintain a balanced situation.

In the long run, when these Sanshun kings are in their station, they will slowly develop and grow, and they will exert more and more pressure on Haoge in the future, and even in the future, they will slowly squeeze out of southern Liaoning, which is also possible.

So, now that Hauge asks for help from himself, how should he deal with it?

Li Xiao thought about it for a while, and then asked Chen Zilong and Jiang Yueguang to meet in the Qianqing Palace.

Chen Zilong and Jiang Yueguang entered the palace, and Li Xiao immediately handed Haoge's letter to the two of them to read.

After the two finished reading, Chen Zilong took the lead in speaking: "King Tang, in my opinion, although Haoge is eager to ask for help, we must be sober-minded, and we don't need to rush to give him a lot of aid at this time to fight with the king of Sanshun." ”

"Oh, why did Wozi say that?"

"King Tang, you see, although there are 60,000 soldiers and horses of King Sanshun now, the combat strength of the Han army under these Manchu Qing Dynasty is still too different from the original Manchurian elite under Haoge. The two are at war, and it is very likely that they will form a long-term stalemate, at least for a long time, and you can't eat me, and I can't eat you. And such a state of affairs is actually the most beneficial for our army if viewed on the whole. Chen Zilong smiled.

"Really? Please tell me in detail. ”

"King Tang, the focus of our army's operations now is in the south, which is to take Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces as soon as possible, which is the top priority of our army's operation. In contrast, in the north, the main focus is on seeking stability, whether it is the capture of the Haoge Department in southern Liaoning, or the attack and sweep of the soldiers and horses of Jintangcheng on the Xuanfu North Road, its importance is limited. It should only be a side battle, and if you can form a stalemate, you will have achieved your goal. ”

After Chen Zilong finished speaking, Jiang Yueguang also interjected: "Yes, now our army needs to go all out to Tunan and take these three provinces in one fell swoop, which is the most important goal." In contrast, Haoge's expansion in southern Liaoning, and even the eastward expansion of the communication line to Shanhaiguan after Jintangcheng swept the Xuanfu North Road, were only secondary tasks, mainly to contain the Manchus and Dashun, so that they could not easily divide their troops to the south when our army was going south. Therefore, when Haoge can form a stalemate with the Sanshun King, it is also a good deal to maintain such a situation for the time being. ”

After listening to the words of the two, Li Xiao nodded slightly, but said again: "What the two of them said is very reasonable. It's just that when the south is attacking the three provinces with all its might, if the Haoge department is allowed to do nothing in southern Liaoning for a long time, I am afraid that it will also hit the confidence of Haoge and his subordinates, and there is a danger of letting the king of Sanshun squeeze slowly. ”

As soon as Li Xiao finished speaking, Chen Zilong smiled and said: "King Tang, don't be in a hurry to fight with that Sanshun King." From the student's point of view, now that the cold winter is approaching, the waters of Liaodong are about to freeze, and our Tang Army Navy will have difficulty moving. Therefore, let the soldiers and horses of the Haoge Department temporarily hold in Fuzhou City for a period of time, and do not fight rashly. When the ice melts and the snow melts in the spring, the Hauge Department also has a great opportunity to show its skills. ”

"Wozi, you can be more detailed."

"King Tang, from the student's point of view, the Haoge Department does not need to confront the Sanshun King head-on, but with the powerful sailors of our army, they can give them a surprise attack. This is the biggest killer weapon of our army. Chen Zilong smiled, paused slightly, and continued: "King Tang, when the spring thaws and our army's sailors can move freely in the waters of Liaodong, they can order the Hao troops to secretly take our army's ships and strike a surprise blow to the Sanshun King from the sea. ”

"Judging from the intelligence of Haoge and the Security Division, these three Shun kings are now stationed in Gaizhou, Xiuyan and Zhuanghe. Among them, Xiuyan is located inland, it is still difficult to figure it, and Gaizhou and Zhuanghe, both coastal, are making good use of our army's sneak attack, as long as after the beginning of spring, can carry out a sudden attack on these two places, will be able to catch these two troops by surprise, inflicting a major blow on them. ”

As soon as Chen Zilong finished speaking, Jiang Yueguang interjected: "Wozi's plan is very good. As long as they can give Shang Kexi, who is stationed in Gaizhou, and Kong Youde, who is stationed in Zhuanghe, a very sudden and violent attack will definitely make them chaotic, and they should not be taken care of. In this way, after a sudden setback, they will not dare to act rashly, and our army's defensive position in Fuzhou City will become more and more stable. ”

In this frozen season, the Qing court because the soldiers and horses of the King of Sanshun had been sent to southern Liaoning, the lack of troops in the country, and the bad weather, so it was powerless to open up the communication line for our army to the east. Then, after completing the sweep of Xuanfu North Road, my soldiers and horses in Jintangcheng just used the time of the past few months to go eastward with all their might, open up the passage from Shanhaiguan to Jintangcheng, load all kinds of ordnance, artillery and armor to Jintangcheng as soon as possible, and quickly set up the soldiers and horses of the twelfth town as soon as possible. Students think that such an opportunity is not missing, and it is better to seize it. Jiang Yueguang said solemnly.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said to the two: "Okay! Just act according to the plan of the two praisers. Next, the focus of our army's actions will be mainly to attack the three southwestern provinces, supplemented by the expansion of Jintangcheng to the east and the opening of transportation lines outside the Sais. As for the Haoge troops, let them be patient for the time being, and wait for the spring to thaw, and then act together with our sea ships to catch the Sanshun king off guard! ”

So, under Li Xiao's planning, the Haoge troops in the north stayed in the Fuzhou area for the time being to recuperate, and prepared to send troops to act after the beginning of spring.

And the Jintang City, after it took about half a month to sweep the Xuanfu North Road, the newly formed Twelfth Town soldiers and horses were stationed on the Xuanfu North Road. The soldiers and horses of the fourth town, the mayor of the town, led all the soldiers and horses under him, except for the artillery units that were difficult to move, and marched eastward in the wind and snow.

According to Li Xiao's request, they should lead the army to open up the passage from Jintangcheng to Shanhaiguan, so that a large number of ordnance, armor, artillery, and other items temporarily placed at Shanhaiguan can be smoothly transported to Jintangcheng.

Because Li Xiao's plan was very meticulous, the battle for the reunification of the three southwestern provinces went very smoothly.

The soldiers and horses of the second town of the Tang Army, which had swept away the southern part of Huguang, were led by the monk Chang'an, from the southern Hunan border, all the way south, Yongzhou entered the whole state of Guangxi, and went straight into the territory of Guangxi.

They worked day and night and acted very quickly, in order to cut off the connection between Guangxi Province and Guangdong, which belonged to Zheng Zhilong's department, as soon as possible, and strive to take the eastern part of Guangxi in the shortest possible time.

The army came suddenly, the momentum was magnificent, and the defenders of the whole state were only more than 1,000 people, and their morale was low, and they had no food, so they quickly surrendered without resistance. And after Monk An took Quanzhou, he began to divide his troops from here.

He ordered the three battalions of A, B and C in the whole town to divide into three routes and go south separately to attack the border between 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.

And when the soldiers and horses of Monk An rolled southward and rushed straight to the border between Guangxi and Guangdong, 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 smoothly from western Hubei under the leadership of the town mayor Huang Degong.

After Huang Degong's troops arrived in eastern Sichuan, they also divided their troops 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.

These three divisions of troops, as previously planned, attacked in three directions in order to take Guizhou as soon as possible. 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 the three-way army entered Guizhou from Sichuan, it was simply overwhelming, and the defenders and Tusi from all over Guizhou were all defeated when they heard the wind. These three routes of soldiers and horses passed through the mountains and mountains of Guizhou very smoothly and arrived at the city of Guiyang.

The commander of Guiyang City, that is, Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo who was in charge of the military affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou, saw that the Tang army was so powerful and knew that Guiyang was already difficult to defend, so he had to work with Yang Tianzhang, the prefect of Guizhou, to quietly withdraw his troops while the Tang army had not yet besieged the city, and went back to Yunnan.

As soon as the puppet Ming army withdrew, the Tang army took Guiyang without blood.

Immediately, Huang Degong did not stop, and ordered the whole army to be divided into three divisions, respectively attacking Liping Mansion, Duyun Mansion, Annanwei and other places in southern Guizhou, and demanded that the soldiers and horses of the ninth town must completely take the entire Guizhou as soon as possible.

He knew that time was precious, so if he didn't take advantage of the fact that the enemy army was still defenseless, he would take Yungui in one fell swoop, and when they recovered and the steep terrain in Yunnan began to defend on the spot, then it would be troublesome to take it again.

Therefore, in his plan, after taking the whole of Guizhou, the whole army must not rest, go straight to Yunnan, and strive to recapture the entire territory of Yunnan from the hands of the Hongguang puppet dynasty within two months.

As soon as Yunnan is over, the soldiers and horses of the ninth town can rest for a while, and then immediately move eastward, and return to the troops and horses of the second town of the Tang Army stationed at the junction of Guangxi and Guangdong, and attack the east and west, and take the whole of Guangxi in one fell swoop.

In this way, the entire battle plan of the three southwestern provinces can be regarded as a smooth completion.

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