After discussing with Ruan Youjin and others, Ruan Youyi, on behalf of these former South Vietnamese ministers, agreed to Li Fuqiang's request to cooperate with Yulin Bay and recruit a South Vietnamese army. But Ruan Youyi also made a request, hoping that Yulin Bay could continue to look for Ruan Fulan. For this request, Li Fuqiang agreed with his mouth.

Li Fuqiang and Lin Zhaolong signed a new treaty with Ruan Youyi on behalf of Yulin Bay. Hoi An will only garrison more than 2,000 people in one regiment of the Yulin Army, and the rest of the army will all be withdrawn to Pliango. At the same time, all the defense and government offices of the former South Vietnamese territory of Hoan Hoa were handed over to Nguyen Youyi, who rebuilt the South Vietnamese army and formed an army of no less than 20,000 people by the end of the year to counter Nguyen Qi of Phu Xuan.

The news from the Vietnamese side quickly spread back to Yulin Bay, and Li Fuqiang will gather 10,000 Yulin troops in Priango to advance to Cambodia, striving to take Phnom Penh this time.

Xu Lang had returned to Yulin Bay from Guangzhou, Xu Lang and Wang Kezong went to the Liangguang Governor's Mansion in Zhaoqing together, and after giving a generous gift, they met Zhang Jingxin, the Governor of Liangguang. Zhang Jingxin was not interested in the Canton Fair, but greatly praised Wang Kezong, and repeatedly praised Wang Kezong's tax in Qiongzhou Mansion as something that even the emperor was satisfied with, which made Wang Kezong very excited. Xu Lang took this opportunity to have a detailed discussion with Wang Kezong, and put forward a proposal to set up chambers of commerce in various parts of Qiongzhou Prefecture. Originally, each state and county already had a chamber of commerce, but it has not been very justifiable, and Wang Kezong also understood what was going on in his heart, so he never had a clear attitude. This time, after thinking about it, Wang Kezong agreed to Xu Lang's request, and the chambers of commerce, federations, and even patrol houses in various places can be listed justifiably. Because Wang Kezong heard a meaning from Zhang Jingxin's words, it is likely that the imperial court will transfer himself out of Qiongzhou Mansion for further promotion in the next step. His promotion in the past few years has all relied on Yulin Bay, and even if something happens to Yulin Bay after he leaves, it has nothing to do with him.

The news of Jiang Beiming also came back from Beijing, and Jiang Beiming listened to his family's advice and gave up his plan to let Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou attack Daling River. However, Jiang Beiming went to Wang Chengen again, hoping that the Ming Dynasty government could allow him to go to Dengzhou with the fast gun team and the Shenji Battalion to recover Lushun from Dengzhou.

Wang Chengen transferred Jiang Beiming's idea to Chongzhen, and Chongzhen agreed with the plan. Chongzhen also has his own plans in his heart, Yulin Bay and Zheng Zhilong have gathered a total of nearly thirty warships this time, I heard that there are iron ships without sail oars, and Chongzhen has also heard about Yulin Bay in South Vietnam. At present, Zheng Zhilong's power is also slowly expanding with the help of Yulin Bay, and the entire southeast coast is basically the Zheng family's sphere of influence. Chongzhen is also jealous of the cooperation between Yulinwan and Zheng Zhilong.

Therefore, as soon as Wang Chengen put forward Jiang Beiming's idea, Chongzhen moved his mind, it would be better if he could recover Lushun, after all, Huang Taiji was also a big threat to the Ming Dynasty. Even if Lushun can't be recovered, it will consume the strength of Yulinwan and Zheng Zhilong. Besides, now that Zheng Zhilong has been appointed to the general army of Fujian, Jiang Beiming is still the deputy general, and this action was proposed by Jiang Beiming, so can Zheng Zhilong be willing to succumb to Jiang Beiming.

Chongzhen soon issued a holy decree, and a total of 15,000 people from Jiang Beiming's handsome fast gun team and Shenji battalion were stationed in Dengzhou; Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai, sent troops and horses from all over the country to gather in Dengzhou; Yulinjun and Zheng Zhilong must arrive in Dengzhou by November. There were a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses in various places, with Yang Wenyue as the commander, and they began to attack Lushun before the end of the year.

The news from all aspects was placed in front of Zheng Jiang and others, and Zheng Jiang first said to the three high-ranking officials in the room: "The news from all over the country has basically come back, and I have also filed with Xia Yang." Now there are only three of you high-ranking officials at home, if there are any other problems, we will bring them up again and discuss them. ”

"It's not too much of a problem." Xu Lang said, "But when Han Wantao and the others left, the instructions given to them by the family were to improvise, whether to attack Nanpu or Tsushima, and ask them to go to Dengzhou." Looking at Beiming now, it means that Lushun must be attacked. ”

"We have already sent this news to Wang Zhaoxing in Dengzhou." Wang Hua said, "It is already early October, and according to the news sent back from Taiwan last month, the United Fleet and Zheng Zhilong have already departed from Taiwan in early September, and should arrive in Dengzhou soon." Wang Zhaoxing will tell Han Wantao the news. ”

"That's not what I'm talking about." Xu Lang smiled, "I'm worried about Zheng Zhilong. The purpose of the trip we told him was to Japan, and now it has been changed to recover Lushun, I'm afraid he will have any ideas? ”

"This shouldn't be, because this change is a holy decree under Chongzhen, and Zheng Zhilong can't resist the decree no matter how much he has an idea." After Wang Hua finished speaking, he asked, "Is there any news that Keiji Yokoji went to Japan?" ”

"Not yet." Xu Lang replied, "Yokoji Keiji and Han Wantao walked with them, I estimate that he may have just arrived in Japan now, and it will take a while to send back the news." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen." Zhang Guodong spoke, "There are only less than three months left before the end of the year, and there are only two of our tasks left this year, one is Vietnam and the other is Lushun." Regarding going to the Philippines next year, we should also plan in advance, of course, this is not in a hurry, Qiu Peng is currently rushing to build two warships, even if the United Fleet can't come back next year, we will have ships to the Philippines. ”

"Chairman Zhang." Zheng Jiang asked, "The affairs of Vietnam and Dengzhou have been almost arranged now, there should be no problem, do you have any other considerations?" ”

"I have some ideas." Zhang Guodong said with a smile, "Even if these two places are fine, there is still a big problem, what should Li Zicheng do?" ”

Zheng Jiang blinked: "Chairman Zhang, isn't Li Zicheng still confronting Yang Sichang in Shaanxi now, let's not interfere, let them fight first." ”

"Even if we don't interfere now, we will interfere in the future, and Li Zicheng's problem can't be bypassed." Xu Lang somewhat understood what Zhang Guodong meant, "Chairman Zhang, what are your plans?" ”

"I can't talk about it, I have some ideas." Zhang Guodong's expression became a little serious, "Everyone, don't you think that we have taken too big steps in the past few years, and we want to take care of all aspects." As a result, it has not settled down in any way so far. ”

Wang Hua said with a smile: "Chairman Zhang, if you have any ideas, just say it, we will all listen." ”

Zhang Guodong said: "I think so, we had better go step by step in the future." According to Vietnamese sources, Nguyen Youyi and his others have already cooperated with us, and Zheng Jie's plan to unify Vietnam will definitely be postponed in the future. Therefore, I think that the Vietnamese side will also pause, as long as Li Fuqiang launches a winter offensive and controls Cambodia, and continues to cooperate with Nguyen Youyi to stabilize South Vietnam. The north only needs to recover Lushun, let Jiang Beiming with his fast gun team and Shenji battalion be stationed in Lushun, and our Yulin Army can put one or two regiments in Lushun, as long as it can contain Huang Taiji and Tao Min. With regard to the Philippines next year, we only need to send a fleet to visit the Philippines and guarantee that there will be no massacre, and we will not have to turn against the Spaniards, let alone occupy the Philippines. ”

"Chairman Zhang, what is our goal for next year?" Zheng Jiang couldn't help but ask, "Could it be Li Zicheng?" ”

"Yes, it's Li Zicheng." Zhang Guodong said with a smile, "Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are too involved in their energy, not only our energy, but also the energy of the Ming Dynasty." After Li Fuqiang takes Cambodia, we will reorganize an army of 20,000 to 30,000 and cooperate with Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou to exterminate Li Zicheng next year. Wait until the year after tomorrow, that is, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and let's take Vietnam in one go. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, we cooperated with Zheng Zhilong to win Japan. When these places are stable, we can organize another Songjin War. ”

Xu Lang and the others didn't expect Zhang Guodong to think so far, Zheng Jiang asked again: "Chairman Zhang, let's go fight Li Zicheng, I'm worried that some people will be psychologically unable to get by, no matter how you say it, he is also a peasant army." ”

"This problem is easy to solve." Xu Lang said, "The extermination of Li Zicheng is one thing, and we can also recruit the peasant army and send it to Vietnam to prepare for the unification of Vietnam in the following year." But Chairman Zhang, do you think there will be no movement between Huang Taiji and Tao Min in the past few years, what if the Manchu Qing Dynasty re-enters the customs? ”

"Xu Lang." Zhang Guodong replied, "This is just my personal thoughts, whether to do this or not, and what problems will need to be made through the conference to make a final decision, which is a question of the general direction." I am just saying hello to you today with this idea, and you all have to think about it comprehensively, and wait for the results of the North and Vietnam affairs at the end of the year to be submitted to the crossing meeting for a vote. ”

Since Zhang Guodong said so, the rest of the people didn't have any opinions, and everyone went back to their own affairs. Xu Lang went to Xu Tianbin, and at present, Xu Tianbin and the remaining regiment are hurrying up the matter of conscription.