Before Zhou Shixiang set off for Zhaoqing, the Jinxia Yanping Domain sent an envoy to Guangzhou, and the person who came was Chen Yonghua, who joined the army under the Yanping Domain.

"If you don't know Chen Jinnan in life, it is in vain to call yourself a hero!"

Chen Yonghua's name is unknown to anyone in the world, Zhou Shixiang met with this famous hero in his previous life, but he was not bored enough to ask Chen Yonghua if there was another "Chen Jinnan" name. When talking to this young man who was two years younger than himself, he was more concerned about the purpose of the other party's visit to Guangzhou, or what the Guo surnamed Ye wanted to do when he sent his most trusted military advisor to Guangzhou.

Chen Yonghua first congratulated the Taiping army on its defeat, and then told Zhou Shixiang that the king of Yanping had decided to move north to the Yangtze River in July to take the southern capital.

Zhou Shixiang had known about the battle of the Yangtze River for a long time, so he was not surprised, but he just tactfully reminded Chen Yonghua that after he went back, he had to tell the country surnamed Ye that he should pay attention to military discipline and fight quickly. If you take the mouth of the river and attack it with all your might, you must not imagine that the Qing army in the southern capital will surrender, let alone give the Qing army a chance to delay the opportunity to make its reinforcements enter the city.

"Thank you Xingping for your kindness, the student will definitely tell the feudal lord when he goes back."

Before Chen Yonghua came, the Yanping Domain had several military discussions, and both the feudal lord and the general were full of confidence in the battle into the river, and the feudal lord was even more ambitious, preparing to worship Emperor Taizu in Xiaoling. The soldiers of the feudal clan are also all gearing up, and they want to give the Qing court a heavy blow, but I don't know how Xingping would think that the feudal lord would fantasize that the Qing army in Jiangnan would compromise, and really want to come to the city of Nanjing, whether it is the feudal lord or the soldiers, who is not looking forward to attacking the city immediately, how can he not retract his strength and give the Qing army a chance to delay.

Chen Yonghua didn't think so, but Zhou Shixiang explained so solemnly, he could only politely thank him on behalf of his lord, and then said the purpose of coming.

"The lord of my family wants to ask Xingping to lead his troops into Fujian, so that the lord of my family will go straight into the Yangtze River at sea, and the Xingping army will contain the Qing army of Zhejiang and Fujian on land, and the Qing army will not be able to be attacked by land and water. If the southern capital is down, the lord of my family will be rewarded with the whole province of Fujian! ”

Zheng Chenggong's bottom line is that the whole province of Fujian (except Jinxia) can be divided into Zhejiang along the Qiantang River with the Taiping Army, but this bottom line is naturally impossible to talk about, and the two sides must fight for it.

Chen Yonghua thought that Zhou Shixiang would accept this condition and send troops north, because as soon as the Jidu army was wiped out, the Qing army in the southeast was empty, and although Dasu in Fujian was a roadblock on the way north of the Taiping army, his strength was heavily damaged by the Zheng army during the Battle of Jinxia, so he had no strength to fight the Taiping army at all. Zheng's army was about to go north, and if Dasu and the Qing army in Zhejiang heard that there were police in Nanjing, they would definitely mobilize not many troops and horses to aid Nanjing, causing trouble for Zheng's army in Nanjing. However, if the Taiping army pressed the border from the land, the Qing troops in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces would no longer be able to reinforce Nanjing, and the purpose of containing the Qing troops in the two provinces would be achieved.

Before the Battle of Chaohui, the Zheng army was generally not optimistic about the Taiping army, but now, they have no doubt about the combat strength of the Taiping army. Let's ask, wouldn't it be a joke if a soldier and horse that can completely annihilate the Qing army in Guangdong and the Jidu army can no longer fight the two provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian defended by the green battalion.

The southern capital cannot be allowed, and the Zheng family's preparations in recent years are all for the purpose of shocking the world in a war, and taking the southern capital is not only of great political significance, but also greatly beneficial to the Yanping Domain militarily and economically. The land endowed by Jiangnan alone can support the Zheng family's army of more than 100,000 people, and it is the Yanping Domain that makes great efforts to make such important land, Chen Yonghua believes that Zhou Shixiang will not open his mouth widely, and it is an unexpected joy to be able to get the territory of Fujian Province.

In fact, before Chen Yonghua came, someone under the Yanping Domain put forward another suggestion, that is, to ask the Taiping Army to let out Chaozhou for the resettlement of soldiers and civilians under the Yanping Domain. When Hao Shangjiu was attacked by the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong fought again with the intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and the fisherman profited, and the final outcome was that Hao Shangjiu was defeated and Chaozhou was slaughtered, but Zheng Jun still couldn't get his hands on Chaozhou.

Chaozhou is the land of fish and rice, if Chaozhou is taken to settle hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jinxia, Zheng Chenggong will no longer have to worry about grain and grass.

Before deciding to enter the Yangtze River to seize Nanjing, Zheng Jun was making a fuss about Chaozhou for several years, but now whether to take Chaozhou is secondary, after all, if the battle of the Yangtze River goes well, with Nanjing and the land south of the Yangtze River, Chaozhou, the king of Yanping County is also not interested. Naturally, this suggestion was not adopted.

"How about peace?"

Chen Yonghua looked at this man who was only two years older than himself with a smile, thinking of what the other party had done in Guangdong in the past two years, he couldn't help but feel some emotion and admiration in his heart. Just a student, in just two or three years, he has become the head of the army with tens of thousands of soldiers, entrenched in a province, and has successively inflicted heavy losses on the Qing army, beheading a Manchurian prince and a Han domain in the puppet Qing Dynasty, and reducing a Han domain.

In terms of age, King Jin is 39 years old, Yanping is 37 years old, and Zhou Shixiang is only 27 years old, one is younger than the other, and one is more capable than the other. In terms of prestige alone, the 27-year-old Xingping Bo Zhou Shixiang is now in full swing, and his own feudal lord can only overpower these two people in one fell swoop after seizing Nanjing, otherwise, with Xingping's merits, it will be a matter of time before he becomes the king. The King of Jin has the Son of Heaven and the court in hand, although the vassal lord does not value this Son of Heaven and the court, but after all, the name of righteousness is there, and the prince of Jin has always suppressed his vassal lord in name. If you want to overshadow these two people, you can only take Nanjing to worship the tomb of filial piety!

The feudal lord only invited Xingping to enter Fujian to contain the Qing army, and did not specify what record Xingping would take, as long as Nanjing went down, it was the Taiping army that could not take Zhejiang and Fujian, and the feudal lord would also send troops to help, no matter how it was calculated, Xingping would not refuse such a good thing. I didn't want Zhou Shixiang to refuse, just like when Yanping Fan refused to join forces with the Taiping Army to attack Jidu, he refused without any hesitation. He told Chen Yonghua that the Taiping army was about to march westward and was unable to fight on two fronts, but because the king of Yanping County contained Dasu in Fujian during the Battle of Chaohui, in return, he ordered the Taiping army stationed in Chaozhou to enter Fujian to contain Dasu's soldiers.

When Chen Yonghua came, he went to Chaozhou, and it was clear all the way that the fifth town of the Taiping Army in Chaozhou was composed of troops and generals, not the four main towns of the Taiping Army.

Chen Yonghua was a little disappointed, persuaded again and again, Zhou Shixiang was unmoved, and repeatedly emphasized that he would immediately lead the main force into King Qin, Guangxi, at this moment the court is in danger, how can a courtier not save the Son of Heaven. Between the words, there was some blame for the king of Yanping County, who didn't care about the life and death of the court.

Chen Yonghua was silent and had to leave. When he got up, he heard Zhou Shixiang suddenly say: "I wonder if Mr. Chen has any plans to prepare for the Heaven and Earth Society?" ”

"Heaven and Earth Society?" Chen Yonghua looked puzzled, what kind of organization is this, unheard of.

Zhou Shixiang smiled, crossed the matter, and ordered Gui Yongzhi to send Chen Yonghua out of the house. Just as he was about to arrange something with Song Xianggong, Zhaoqing sent urgent news, but it was Linghai's general Chen Qice who was seriously ill and asked him to come to Zhaoqing immediately. (To be continued.) )