No one has ever been so smart when dealing with outsiders, but history books and wild histories say that only those who harm themselves are experts.

It's always like this, in the face of alien defeats, in the face of their own people, they always fight back and forth, so they are not mighty.

They were so clever that they extended the time for the Chinese army to unify the world and hindered the progress of the Chinese army.

From the time the Huaxia army discovered that the loyal battalion had escaped, the war began, and when the loyal battalion was found to have fled overnight, Xiao Fei began to order all the troops to attack the capital of Jingzhou.

The various units of the encircled Huaxia Army captured all the county towns of Jingzhou Prefecture from all directions.

The whole army of the Huaxia Army was dispatched, and even the garrison troops were busy fighting.

The Guards Brigade was also sent out, following the Seventh Field Brigade from Xuancheng to attack He Tengjiao's Yongli Ming Army.

There is constantly news coming back, Qianjiang County has been taken, the ferry port of Wangchang Town has also been taken, the loyal battalion has become a turtle in the urn, and the generals of the Dashun army who have not escaped have fled back to various county towns to fight to the death with the siege troops of the Huaxia Army.

One day, two days, Jingzhou Fufu City was finally surrounded by regiments on the third day, the county towns and towns on all sides fell, the fleeing Dashun army spread all over the mountains, and there were 70,000 or 80,000 Dashun who fled back to Jingzhou Fucheng.

Xiao Fei ran into the camp of Xiaogan County with passion and reported the good news to Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang couldn't feel any joy about it.

He is no longer the chick he was at the beginning, not a low-level traverser, maybe he is still very low-level in terms of ability in all aspects, but he has been in this world for more than ten years, he has seen the deceit of officialdom, he has seen life and death, with the development and growth of the Huaxia Army, his status is getting higher and higher, and his vision is getting wider and wider, and he no longer considers problems from the bottom.

He carefully reviewed this battle, and found that Li Guo had never thought of fighting a dignified battle with him from beginning to end, and they had already arranged the final outcome of retreat, so it could be said that he expected the enemy to take the lead, and he began to be a little dazed by his guerrilla warfare, and his temper was short-tempered, so he arranged a battle of encirclement and suppression, thinking that he could win Li Guo as a celebrity in one fell swoop, but in the end, he fell short and let Li Guo run away.

Li Guo is a person, that is a rogue, if he is allowed to run to a zone where there is no threat, or where the threat to him is weak, it will soon develop again, this has always been a big trouble for the Huaxia Army, he has now experienced the mood of Lao Jiang at that time, for our party is as slippery as a loach, like a small strong who can't be killed, creating trouble everywhere, weakening and hitting himself everywhere, and he can't catch them, his heart is itchy, the more he can't catch it, the more he wants to catch it, and finally he is taken advantage of by other forces, such as Little Japan, It would not be good to weaken your own strength.

Now that nothing can solve them, what to do now is to take Hubei Prefecture, drive away or annihilate He Tengjiao's department, and then close the door and honestly manage the territory of Hubei Prefecture.

Now the Huaxia Army has thoroughly penetrated into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, the center, and the power has reached the south bank of the Yangtze River, the southwest of Huaishui, and the middle of the upper reaches of the northwest.

The next thing to consider is to continue to go north and implement the original strategic plan, or to recuperate for a while, digest the territory that has been annexed, and lay a solid foundation?

It's a headache.

"Governor, why are you upset to hear such news?" Xiao Fei asked?

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "Go ahead, hurry up and bring Hubei Prefecture down to me, I authorize you to mobilize all the troops except the First Guards Brigade, you must take Hubei Prefecture as soon as possible, take Hubei Prefecture, we will achieve the strategic goal of the second stage, then, you can be promoted to Admiral." ”

"Ah, ha, yes, yes, the Grand Governor, the last general will definitely go all out and live up to the Governor's trust." Xiao Fei is happy, he can also become a commander, and the official will be promoted to one level.

Get promoted and get rich, who doesn't want to.

Seeing Zhang Qiang in deep thought, he immediately said goodbye with interest.

Zhang Qiang thought for a while and decided to stop the pace of conquest and digest the territory he occupied.

Jiangxi Prefecture conquered only a year, Huguang just took only two months, Hubei Prefecture has not been completely taken, although there is Hong Chengchou next to him, although the strength of the Qing army is still huge, but now they are all taking care of themselves, which gives themselves time to rest and recuperate.

These three newly conquered states need a period of time to digest, these three states need the Huaxia army to subsidize from other places, greedy and chewy, the third strategy, take Henan Mansion, go straight to Shandong Mansion, cut off Hong Chengchou and the Qing army from behind, it seems that the time is not yet ripe.

There are also many newly formed units, and their combat effectiveness is not as high as they previously thought, so they need a period of reorganization and training to improve their combat effectiveness.

If you can't play it, then you will send advanced weapons to the enemy in vain.

He casually flipped through the information sent by the Ministry of Military Intelligence from all over the country, Zheng Chenggong now shrank back, concentrating on doing business with the Japanese, according to the intelligence of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, where is Baozhong Mansion, the two sides can go to each other's territory from the honeymoon period, to now they are guarding against each other, there are more and more light cards, and the communication between the two sides is becoming less and less, it has become a military confrontation, on the surface, everyone is an ally, but in fact, everyone is beware of the opponent eating themselves.

Moreover, Zheng Chenggong has now heard that he is obsessed with finding the Australian continent he mentioned, and has sent three waves of fleets out to find that continent.

The Australian continent is not far from the Ming Dynasty of China, and it is very close in a straight line, if it weren't for the fact that the current navigation skills still exist and cannot directly sail on the sea without land, then it is likely that he has found a place.

Now he may have set up trading depots and supply depots in the Philippines, India, Malay and other places, and while conducting commercial trade, he may explore further afield, maybe he will become a navigator, maybe he will not be able to discover Australia, but his economic power will definitely increase.

Maritime trade is the most profitable business in this era.

There is a resurgence of piracy at sea, and there have been many shipwrecks among the merchants who sail here, and some have fled to report that they have spotted pirates.

There is information that the Southern Ming Kingdom has once again started trade with the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and even British, and I heard that the French have also found here, so it can be said that the sea has not been too calm in recent years, and the Chinese army is still facing many enemies.

Constrained by the war between those foreigners and the Huaxia Army, the Huaxia Army's trade with them was now almost reduced to zero, and it could only transit trade with them through some sporadic small ship owners.

On the contrary, because of the expansion of the territory, the commercial trade inside has prospered, and it can be self-sufficient, and many things can be realized by themselves, and turnover, even if some things are not, they can also be obtained through the smuggling trade with the Qing army, or the trade with the Southern Ming Kingdom and the Yongli Ming Dynasty.

"Jump," there was a knock on the door, and Zhang Qiang looked up.

A personal guard reported loudly, "Qiyu Metropolitan Governor, Liu Liangzuo, Admiral Liu brought Gao Zhixiang and General Gao to visit the Metropolitan Governor." ”

(End of chapter)