Tao Min and Tao Gong received the news that Nei Ying had sent from Yulin Bay.

"Brother, Wang Zhaoxing has returned to Yulin Bay."

"Yes." Tao Min nodded, "It's time for us to withdraw our troops." Wang Zhaoxing's return to Yulin Bay can only show one problem, they have reached a new agreement with the Westerners in Singapore. ”

"So they won in Singapore?"

"It should be. They dragged No. 777 away, and I knew that the Westerners couldn't win this battle, and no one could win No. 777. In fact, my purpose is to let the Westerners drag the warships in Yulin Bay to ensure that we can successfully land in Tianjin. But now, we can't negotiate with Chongzhen, and Lushun and Nanpu are empty, so we can only withdraw our troops. ”

Tao Gong was a little decadent: "How can such a good plan come up like this." ”

"There's no way." "Sometimes the development of history is really not something we can control. You prepare, I'll go find Dorgon, I won't be able to withdraw my troops. ”

"But what about Yue Tuo?" Tao Gong asked, "Can you not find Yueto Dolgon now that he can withdraw his troops?" ”

"Yue Tuo can slowly get in touch again, he must be hiding now. But if we are still entangled in Beijing, then Lushun and Nanpu will be in danger. ”

In late June, the Manchu Eight Banners and the Mongol Tatars withdrew, and the combined fleet returned to Yulin Bay, and the only one who had not yet been resolved was Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng has besieged Xi'an for more than a month, and has been in a tug-of-war with Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng.

After more than a month of fierce fighting, the independent 1st Division of the Yulin Army lost about 1,000 people, which was a large casualty rate, and Lin Zhaolong and Xu Lang were both thinking about what to do next.

Jiang Beiming returned to Beijing, Wu Sangui and Abatai stalemate for more than a month, and finally Abatai's withdrawal ended, with the artillery of Ningyuan City, Wu Sangui was relatively simple to hold Ningyuan.

The Beijing crossers held a meeting, and Jiang Beiming first talked about his opinion: "This battle is over, but the result is not so satisfactory. First, our casualties are very large, and second, judging from this war, we still can't fully mobilize or affect the Ming army. Wu Sangui had no intention of attacking Shengjing at all. ”

"I feel that way, too." Xu Lang said, "I originally planned to recover Lushun after the United Fleet ended the matter in Singapore, but now it seems unlikely, so I think our next strategy should be a big adjustment." ”

"How do you want to adjust?" Lin Zhaolong asked, "I think it's already very good that we can fight like this, our Yulin Bay has so much strength, it's not easy to be able to fight the enemy separately." ”

"It is precisely because the strength of our Yulin Bay is too small that we can't do everything." Xu Lang took out a document, "This is something I've been thinking about these days, and I'm going to have a crossover conference soon, and I want to submit it." ”

"What's your idea again?" Zhang Hai took Xu Lang's documents over and looked at them.

"Consolidate the South, step by step." Xu Lang explained, "We have basically controlled the whole of Hainan now, and with the displaced people we have recruited, the population of the entire Hainan should be about four or five hundred thousand. This is a very good foundation, Han Wantao is recruiting the 2nd Independent Division, and my idea is to expand the army in Hainan to the scale of 30,000 people, fully control Vietnam, use the Vietnamese population as the basis, and then expand the Yulin army to more than 50,000, and then fully fight the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If we continue to fight like this once a year or two like now, we will not be able to destroy the Manchus. ”

Jiang Beiming took Xu Lang's document from Zhang Hai's hand and looked at it: "There are two problems with your plan, first, you said that you want to give up Datong and Xuanfu, and all the troops in these two places will be withdrawn to Yulin Bay, will Chongzhen's side agree, what if the Manchu Qing Dynasty breaks through again, can Datong and Xuanfu's own troops be able to stop it?" Second, you said that you would use the Combined Fleet to take Tsushima Island and prevent Tao Min from advancing into Japan, but can you do it without an army and only a navy? We marched to Tsushima Island, what should Zheng Zhilong and the Westerners do, this plan has been shelved for a long time. ”

"Beiming." Xu Lang asked rhetorically, "When do you think the next breakthrough of the Manchu Qing will be, and how long can we have a preparation period?" ”

"That's not good." Lin Zhaolong replied first, "The Manchu Qing's losses this time are not too big, Tao Min's Korean New Army has lost more than 3,000 people, but Dolgon's Eight Banners have only lost more than 1,000, it is difficult to say what Huang Taiji will think." ”

"I don't think it's useful to talk about it now." Zhou Lei said, "Don't forget that there is also Li Zicheng's side, and it is difficult for us to predict whether Tao Min will help Li Zicheng again." ”

Jiang Beiming suddenly asked, "What is Chongzhen's reaction now?" ”

"Not yet." Zhang Hai replied, "Wang Pu and Yang Guozhu have already gone back, and the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin from all walks of life have almost gone, but the holy decree of rewards and punishments has not yet come down. I heard Wang Chengen say that Chongzhen is still investigating Yue Tuo's affairs. ”

"Or else." Jiang Beiming said, "Everyone makes their own arrangements, and the independent 1st Division is withdrawn to Yulin Bay; Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang, don't go back to Datong and Xuanfu yet, let's collectively come up with a proposal, and everyone who can go back to Yulin Bay for a meeting will go back, and let the family get ideas. ”

"What do Chongzhen want to say?" Wang Qianxiang asked, "If we want to go back to Yulin Bay together, will he have any ideas?" ”

"I think he'll have an idea if we don't go back." Xu Lang said with a smile, "Gao Qiqian should not be favored now, let Wang Chengen beat the side drum, Chongzhen should agree." ”

"That's it." Lin Zhaolong finally said, "Just like last time, let's go back in batches, and strive to return to Yulin Bay to participate in the crossing conference before the end of July." ”

The affairs of Beijing were handed over to Jiang Beiming and Zhang Hai, and Xu Lang and Andreas led the cavalry regiment to return to Yulin Bay first.

Xu Lang was taken aback as soon as he came back, and in less than half a year, the construction of Yulin Bay has reached a new level. The entire Yulin Bay has been covered with concrete pavement, and street lights have been installed in the commercial and residential areas. Although it is still under martial law, the streets are much more prosperous than half a year ago, and the business hours have been relaxed to 9 p.m.

What surprised Xu Lang even more was that the first private carriage rental company was established in Yulin Bay. The uniform style of carriage shuttles through the streets and alleys, and even the price is the same, Yulin Bay is five cents of silver, and Yulin Bay is one penny of silver. And the owner of this rental company is Zhang Laowu, who drove the donkey cart back then.