The southerly wind is stable over the South China Sea, and it takes time for the expeditionary force to mobilize and marshall.

Escorted aboard the cruiser USS Burrenshire, accompanied by two frigates, he was accompanied by members of the headquarters in charge of preliminary preparations.

Before Operation Infinite Justice began, Guard Order needed to resolve the nominal issue of joint operations with the Ming army.

The Ming Dynasty is a must, otherwise for China it will be an invasion of a group of Nanyang barbarians with brush heads, no different from the Tatars.

In the aft compartment of the Burrenshire, Zhu Youliang asked Shou Xiang anxiously: "Teacher, do I still have a chance to refuse?" ”

Shou Xuan shook his head slightly, "Under the tide of history, everyone has his place, and no one has the possibility of getting out." ”

Two lines of tears flowed down Zhu Youliang's face, "Over the years, I have focused all my energy on the study of naturalism, and I don't think I am a threat to anyone, I just want to live the rest of my life safely with my wife and children." ”

"I'm sorry."

Zhu Youliang wiped away his tears, "Teacher, you don't have to apologize, I can't get rid of fate, I just hope that you will let my child go after you achieve your goal." ”

"Don't get me wrong, times are different now, you and your family are not in danger of life, and you can look forward to a much better life than you have now." ”

Zhu Youliang smiled with tears in his eyes, and said bitterly: "Teacher, I can only trust you." ”

"I won't let you down."

The Burrenshire took the order and His Royal Highness the Ming Dynasty all the way north to the port of Haikou.

"Minister, Zhou Luqing, meet His Royal Highness the Prison State."

After the 21st salute, Zhou Luqing, the governor of Guangdong, led the way, and hundreds of civil and military officials of Hainan Island bowed down at the pier.

Zhu Youliang hurriedly picked up Zhou Luqing.

It was windy on the beach, and a team of chasers quickly escorted His Highness away.

Shou Xuan's face was a little unpleasant, and he asked as he walked, "Defu, why didn't the Zeng Pavilion Department come?" ”

Zeng Ying is 82 years old this year, and since last year, his health has become worse and worse, and he will come even if someone carries him to such an important occasion as the prison country.

Zhou Luqing was half a step behind the order, "Cabinet Department...... Passed away. ”

Shou Order's heart tightened, "When is it?" ”

Zhou Luqing's face turned miserable, "One month ago, before the cabinet died, I regretted not being able to see you for the last time. ”

Shou Xuan was silent for a long time, "Where is the Zeng Pavilion Department buried?" ”

"It's not far from here."

"Take me there."

Zeng Ying's tomb is under the city of Haikou, the cemetery is very simple, there is no thick burial, the tombstone faces north, as if it is a sentinel watching the strait.

The old man has been working hard in Hainan for 16 years, and without Zeng Ying, there would be no base today.

The sea breeze blows the flags, and the order stands in front of the Shinto monument for a long time.

The inscription describing Zeng Ying's life is not signed as an official position, but only about the remnants of the sea. The experience before Jiashen is brushed aside, and the deeds of serving as the governor of western Guangdong have been recounted so far.

The words engraved on the inscription were transformed into scenes since they met in Shou Order's mind. In the past 19 years, he has also been a teacher and a friend, and the old man's voice and smile have appeared in front of Shou Order.

"Did the cabinet have any instructions before he died?"

"Zeng Cabinet thanked the Führer for preserving the last pure land for Huaxia and allowing him to die a well-deserved death. He said he had no regrets, only hope. ”

"Hope for what?"

Zhou Luqing knelt on the ground, "The cabinet said that only you can carry the burden, and I hope that the head of state will accept China's official position." ”

"You know my usual attitude."

Holding the official position of two countries is not a matter of principle, there are many examples in Europe, and there are other reasons why the order is not accepted.

Zhou Luqing shook his head to the ground.

Lu Qing was brave. The Führer used to say that history has given people responsibilities and that everyone has something that must be sacrificed. Now the only link that can connect the two countries is you, Lu Qing pleaded with the head of state to reconsider on behalf of millions of soldiers and civilians. ”

Observe order and be silent for a long time.

"Get up, I see."

Zhou Luqing trembled and got up.

"Convening a military-political meeting, we have no time to waste."

"Yes, it's all ready."

The meeting was arranged in Haikou nearby.

Dian Jing collapsed, and the Son of Heaven hunted Burma far away. Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, has insufficient appeal, and neither Zheng Fan nor Hainan will listen to him.

Zheng Fan supervised the country with Zhu Shugui, the king of Ningjing, and Hainan supervised the country with Hui Domain.

Among all the remnants of the Ming army, the territory is the largest, the most powerful, the most complete official structure, the most abundant people, property and property, and the most like the central court.

The mainland is accustomed to the monarchy, and having a highness is good for stabilizing the morale of the army and the people.

First of all, Hainan has its own Liangguang battlefield.

After decades of war on the mainland, there are many veterans with combat experience, and the factor that determines the upper limit of the Tatar force is not people for the time being, but money. The size of the Tatar army was not measured by the strength of the army, but by the financial resources.

In the seventeenth year of Shunzhi (1660), the Tatar household department invested 9,033,000 taels of silver in Yunnan, and the national military expenditure was about 38 million taels.

The amount of military expenditure this year is roughly the same as last year, and the figure set at the beginning of the year is 33.42 million taels, of which about one-third is still spent in Yunnan, and the Tatars have a certain amount of spare strength.

Under the condition of maintaining the tilt towards the Yunnan battlefield, the Tatars increased their investment in Liangguang.

What made the Tatars feel a little relieved was that after Zheng Chenggong's fiasco in Nanjing, he retreated to Xiamen, his strength was not as good as before, and the pressure on Fujian's military spending was not so great.

But the current increase in the Tatars' input in Liangguang is not enough to cause a qualitative change.

Hainan transferred the Qiongxi Brigade to the Guangxi battlefield where the pressure was greatest, and the battle line remained stable at the watershed between the Pearl River and the coastal rivers.

The Cantonese Tatars pushed the front from the Xinhui front back to the Moyang River. Lu Zhan's Dianbai Battalion was reequipped with flintlock pistols and expanded into the Dianbai Regiment to stabilize the front line of the Moyang River.

Shang Kexi's counteroffensive was very cautious, he did not even try to encircle Yangchun or Yangjiang County in Moyangjiang, but only built a large camp in Enping, used the Tanjiang River to transport water to the front line, and then used cavalry to control the guerrilla area.

Shang Fan was not confident enough to continue the attack.

Southwest Battlefield:

Not to mention Hainan, including Fujian and Zhejiang, the general situation of the Ming army in the southwest is very clear.

The Tatar court withdrew most of the troops of the Eight Banners of Yunnan, and Beijing had little interest in Yongli, but at the strong request of Wu Sangui, it still sent another forbidden army of the Eight Banners to join forces with Wu Sangui and invade Burma.

The Federation withdrew most of the garrison in Chiang Rai Province, and ceded all the weapons and territory to the Ming army in the south, and Cai Yuanding led 100 troops to liaise in the center.

These Ming troops were not weak in combat effectiveness, and they were restored to recuperation, and if they had suitable generals to lead them, they would firmly contain Wu Sangui's main force.

Wu Sangui had opened the domain of Yunnan, and there was a threat from the Ming army south of the Mekong River, and it was unlikely that the Tatars would transfer the main forces of the Wu domain to other battlefields.

Northern Battlefield:

The attack on Dongjiang Town continues, and the problem in the north is that the wind and waves are too strong during the northerly wind period of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, and there are many winds of level 8 and 9, and the troops that can support it are limited.

After the Tatars banned the sea in Shandong, there was not much room for activity in Dongjiang Town. The several thousand soldiers along the way were mainly to maintain a presence in the north, serving as a diversion, forcing the Tatars to invest resources on the northern coast.

Southeast Battlefield:

Zheng Chenggong's operation on the Yangtze River was an unnecessary military adventure.

Zheng Chenggong used Jiangnan Yong as a domain to boost morale, and the soldiers hoped to get land in Jiangnan, so they brought their families to the war.

Without a reliable army, the Grand Fleet, even the Junk fleet, would have made a terrible decision to enter the Yangtze River.

The Tatars were well aware of the poor navigation conditions of the reefs and sands in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, so their main forces were stationed in the coastal areas, and the hinterland of Nanjing was relatively empty.

Zheng Chenggong had had had entered the Yangtze River in 1658 as planned, and he had the slightest chance of capturing Nanjing, but in 1658 his fleet encountered a storm at Yangshan and suffered heavy losses.

By 1659, when he re-entered the Yangtze River, Zheng Chenggong had no chance of success.

First of all, in the small county town of Chongming at the mouth of the Yangtze River, there are only a few thousand defenders in the city, and the 40,000 or 50,000 troops of Zheng Fan and hundreds of Hongyi cannons cannot be quickly overcome.

Zheng Chenggong could only abandon the key points of Chongming and rush beyond Nanjing.

However, in Jiaoshanmen and other places, the channel is narrow, the water is turbulent, and there are shallow reefs and whirlpools all over the place, making it difficult for sea ships to pass.

Zheng Fan could only spend 10 days to pull the warships one by one.

Gan Hui suggested that Zheng Chenggong divide the army to attack Nanjing lightly, but this was just wishful thinking, with Zheng Fan's land combat effectiveness, it was too far away from the fleet and heavy artillery, and it was more than good luck to deal with the Eight Banners.

As early as when Zheng Chenggong entered the Yangtze River, the Southwest Battlefield had returned to Beijing in advance, and the Eight Banners of the Eight Banners of Marsai arrived in Nanjing on 40 ships.

The Governor of the Two Rivers of Tatar, Lang Tingzo, intercepted his troops and re-armed the field force with equipment from the Nanjing arsenal and collected war horses.

The strong troops returning from the southwest battlefield then launched several powerful counterattacks against Zheng Fan, which further slowed down the already slow deployment of Zheng Chenggong's troops.

Then Tatar reinforcements arrived one after another, and the Tatar Chongming County garrison arrived in Nanjing by land within 16 days, much faster than the ship, and the rest of the reinforcements were the same.

After the fiasco of Zheng Fan, he attacked Chongming County again when he went to sea, but this time he really fought, but he still couldn't beat it, so he had to withdraw to Xiamen to lick his wounds.

During Zheng Fan's brief Jiangnan adventures, tens of thousands of residents were slaughtered around the city of Ningbo alone, and it was a hell of a bandit that the people really welcomed him.

Hainan sent a batch of grain to Xiamen, pulled Zheng Chenggong, and rescued him, but also to prevent him from continuing to take risks.

After Zheng Chenggong reorganized in Xiamen, there were currently about 15,000 officers and soldiers and more than 200 warships, and these soldiers did not have much problem defending Xiamen.

Most of the 5,6000 Zhejiang soldiers under Zheng Fan broke away from Zheng Chenggong and returned to Zhoushan under Zhang Huangyan.

Zhang Huangyan did not participate in Zheng Chenggong's adventure, Zhoushan and Guangdong reinforcements were fully engaged in the coastal battlefield, from the south of the Dinghai Artillery City to Wenzhou, the Ming army occupied 6 coastal cities with dangerous terrain, and took advantage of the time gained by Zheng Chenggong to enter the Yangtze River, the Ming army in Zhejiang built strong fortifications, and the Tatars needed to pay a considerable price to defeat them.

On the whole, after the defeat of Zheng Fan in Nanjing, the momentum of the Ming army did suffer a considerable blow, but the overall layout was still clear, and it could still make a difference and play a certain auxiliary role.