Chapter 153: The Second Domain
Three days ago, Zheng Guodong sent people to Guangzhou to express his urgency, which surprised the governor at that time, but this surprise was not because the thieves were approaching Xinhui, but because of the death of Wu Jinzhong, the commander-in-chief of the right wing of the Pingnan Domain.
Although the Governor General had many objections and even dissatisfaction with the two feudal domains of Pingnan and Jingnan, he clearly knew that the two kings were the key to the Qing court's control of Guangdong, and once a war broke out in Guangdong, limited to geographical factors, the Qing court could not send the Manchu and Han Eight Banners to Guangdong at the first time, so it could only rely on the two feudal domains, and the two feudal domains relied on thousands of Han army banner soldiers under their command. If the two feudatories could not stabilize the situation in Guangdong, it would mean that Guangdong would no longer be owned by the Qing Dynasty, and if they wanted to take Guangdong again, they would have to pay greater casualties, which the Qing court could never accept. At the beginning, Li Chengdong's actions made several southern provinces change color anyway, and the Qing court was silent.
To be honest, the Governor is both happy and hateful to the two feudal domains, and he is happy that there are two feudal domains, and there are thousands of Han military flags under the two feudal domains, so that Guangdong will not be in danger of being lost, and he, the governor, will not be afraid of losing his head; At present, the Southern Ming Dynasty has not been extinguished, and the imperial court is very dependent on the two feudatories, and needs to borrow their strength to fight against the Ming army, so it is impossible to have too many restrictions on the two feudatories, weakening their military power, and they have the idea of establishing a feudal domain earlier, once Yongzhen becomes a reality, Guangdong will not have anything to do with his governor.
Although Li Shutai continued to make suggestions to the Qing court, but the Qing court still did not take action in the big aspects except for the subsections, and he did a nominal job, except for the supervised camp under the standard, most of the green camp in Guangdong listened to the two feudal clans instead of listening to his governor-general, and most of the taxes in various places were transferred to the two feudal domains as military salaries. and not owned by his governor, the Yamen Domain. There is no military power, no financial power, and even the appointment of officials cannot be done to their own devices. can imagine how much Li Shutai hates the two feudatories.
Hate is hate, but Li Shutai is not a second ancestor. It is true that his wife is a clan, but he does not rely on his wife, but really relies on his own ability, so he is 10,000 dissatisfied with the status quo, before Nanming has not completely eliminated, he also knows that the current affairs are important, try not to directly conflict with the two feudatories, and the requirements of the two feudatories are also more satisfied. Militarily, they fully supported the two feudatories. The Governor's Office did not point fingers, nor did it secretly drag its feet, so that the Guangdong Bureau changed in a direction favorable to the Qing court. At the beginning of the year, the encirclement and suppression of the soldiers and horses of the Southern Ming Dynasty in Xiangshan by the Green Battalion under the jurisdiction of the Guangzhou Prefecture was supported by the Second Domain, thus pulling out the nail under the nose and making Xiangshan County completely owned by the Qing army, further narrowing the scope of activities of the Southern Ming army.
Eastern Guangdong. Since the successful capture of Chaozhou, the situation has become more and more stable, and the Zheng clan in Fujian has wavered between surrender and war. missed the opportunity to cooperate with Li Dingguo to march into Guangdong, Li Dingguo was defeated, and Zheng's family
It was even more unable to march into Guangdong alone, and although there were still moves in the Chaoshan region, it could no longer affect the overall situation, and the letters of the important officials in Beijing even said that the Zheng clan was negotiating peace with the imperial court, and if the peace talks were successful, the Zheng issue would be solved.
In western Guangdong, Li Dingguo retreated to Gaozhou. The fiasco of the two attacks on Guangdong made it difficult for him to re-attack Guangzhou in a short period of time, although Lei and Lian Shuzhou still had Ming troops. However, most of them are miscellaneous armies cobbled together by the rest of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and most of them are sailors. There was no real threat to the Qing army. Although Chen Qice, the general of Linghai of the Southern Ming Dynasty, led his troops to attack in Leizhou last month, killing and injuring many garrison green battalions, Chen did not dare to stay on the shore for a long time, and was even more unable to capture the capital city.
The situation is very good, just waiting for a breakthrough on the battlefield in Hunan, but Xinhui, who doesn't want to be close at hand, actually came out with a thief soldier and killed Wu Jinzhong, the chief officer of the right wing of the Pingnan Domain!
Wu Jinzhong as Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi under the command of the right wing of the commander-in-chief, although not the banner people, but in Pingnan is also a general, south to Guangdong this person has been the vanguard of the army, the attack on Guangzhou has him, the attack on Chaozhou has him, Shouxinhui also has him, it can be said that for the Qing Dynasty has made great achievements, last year's battle of Xinhui was clearly born in the banner by Yunlong command, in fact, the biggest contribution is Wu Jinzhong, this Governor has to admit in private. It is precisely because of this that Shang Kexi recommended him to the imperial court as the governor of Guangdong, although the edict has not yet come down, but there is a lesson from Li Chengdong's past, and the imperial court will probably not oppose it again this time, so as not to rebel against a Li Chengdong again.
Unexpectedly, before the appointment of the admiral, Wu Jinzhong died in battle first, and he did not die under Li Dingguo's soldiers and horses, but he was killed by an unheard of Ming army.
Which force of the Taiping Army was the soldiers and horses of the Southern Ming Dynasty, who led the army, and how many soldiers and horses were there?
After receiving the urgent report, Li Shutai repeatedly echoed these three questions in his mind, and the staff of the Governor's Office looked through all the official correspondence related to the Nanming army in the past two years, but no one found a word about the Taiping army.
Wu Jinzhong is dead, and Xinhui is in danger!
What is Xinhui, that is the southern gate of Guangzhou, it is a strategic place that Li Dingguo tried his best but could not seize, if Xinhui is lost, the Ming army can directly approach Guangzhou; If Xinhui is lost, the Ming army in western Guangdong will be able to be united!
Damn, damn it, Wu Jinzhong damn it!
The angry governor immediately visited the two feudal clans of Pingnan and Jingnan, the military situation is urgent, no matter whether this Taiping army is a thief or a Ming army, as long as he appears under Xinhui City, he must be eliminated!
The two feudal domains of Pingnan and Jingnan received an urgent report almost at the same time as the Governor's Palace, and when Li Shutai was still wondering what the Taiping Army was in the Governor's Palace, the king of Pingnan, who had been in the army for decades, had already sent his eldest son, Shang Zhixin, to lead the army to reinforce Xinhuicheng
In the hospital, my wife did the operation at half past four yesterday afternoon, uterine curettage and laparoscopic surgery, the operation lasted two and a half hours, and I couldn't sleep for six hours, because of anesthetic, I called her once in dozens of seconds, and then hung up the water, urinal catheterization, I stayed up all night, and my mother-in-law came seven days in the morning, and I took time to change the section. Please don't blame me, I'm really bad this year, mother and wife, do I have to take care of it, do I want to take care of it! I'm also depressed, but I can't help it. I can only guarantee that "Han'er Is Not a Slave" will not be a eunuch, and will never be a eunuch, because if I am a eunuch again, I will no longer be able to write online articles, and no readers will buy my account again! (To be continued)