It was a matter of the safety of Marfa's friends, and Shunzhi returned to the palace from Xiyuan on the same day, and asked Suke Saha to immediately send an edict to Guangdong, asking Guangdong to immediately send troops to encircle and suppress the Taiping army.

The will to send troops to Guangzhou was sent to Guangzhou in a hurry of 800 miles, and the decree was divided into four parts, one was for Li Shutai, the governor of Guangdong, one was for Ha Hamu, the general of Jingnan, and the other two were for Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, and Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan.

In the will to Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, Shunzhi's tone was quite lenient, but the will to Li Shutai and Ha Ha Mu was harsh, so that Li Shu Tai and Ha Ha Mu went to the Pingnan palace immediately after receiving the order. When the two of them arrived, Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan, was also there, and he thought that he was also looking for Shang Kexi to discuss the matter of sending troops.

Li Shutai got straight to the point, didn't go around in circles, and asked directly: "Two princes, the emperor's will is for us to immediately send troops to exterminate the Taiping Kou, but I don't know when the two princes will send troops and how many troops will be sent?" ”

Before Shang Kexi could speak, Geng Jimao glanced at Li Shutai coldly, and said with a sigh of nostrils: "Your Excellency the Governor said lightly, send troops and send troops, where does this soldier come from?" ”

"King Jingnan, now is not the time to be angry, the emperor's will can be clearly stated, this time it is for the four of us to send troops together, not to suppress the Taiping Kou, the emperor is not dealing with me Li Shutai alone!"

Geng Jimao's attitude made Li Shutai also annoyed, it is true that the other party is a Han pro-vassal, but he is also a royal relative, and the eight families of the Han army have his Li family, but there is no Geng family! This kid really thought he was afraid that he wouldn't make it!

Li Shutai was angry, but Geng Jimao was not afraid, he was young and vigorous, and he didn't know how to behave. This is far worse than the treacherous and slippery Shang Kexi.

Geng Jimao sneered and sneered: "Yes, the emperor wants the four of us to send troops together." However, as far as this king knows, I am afraid that there are no soldiers under the command of the governor, right? ”

"There are more than 1,000 brave men in this official supervision, and if you draw some from the neighboring prefectures and counties, you can always get together 3,000 or 5,000 soldiers and horses, why are there no soldiers to come out?"

When he said this, Li Shutai was a little lacking in confidence, and his superintendent originally had more than 2,000 people. Later, the horse team and artillery team were also equipped, but in the first battle of Lutouhe, the horse team and the artillery team were called Taiping Kou to be eliminated. The horse team is just going back. The dozens of guns that the artillery team lost and bought from Macao at a large amount of money really hurt him.

After Hu Qili was defeated, he did not dare to return to Guangzhou, and went to Shunde to fight a lawsuit with Manbaqi. So he took the remnants of the superintendent he brought back to hide in Shunde and refused to come back. Li Shutai sent people over several times to tell him clearly that the governor would not hold him responsible for the defeat, but Hu Qili just didn't dare to come back.

Later, Zuo Qing, who participated in politics, privately told Li Shutai that the reason why Hu Qili did not dare to come back was not because he was afraid that the governor would punish him, but because he was afraid that the Manchurians would make trouble for him, after all, he was the first Han official who dared to say that the Manchus fled without a fight since the Qing army entered the customs. After hearing this, Li Shutai had to sigh and no longer urge Hu Qili to return to Guangzhou.

The Guangzhou Green Battalion is a soldier and horse that Li Shutai, the governor, can directly grasp in his hands. To this end, he invested a lot of money and a lot of effort in Guangzhou Green Camp. It's a pity that with the death of Lin Jinzhong in battle, the Guangzhou Green Battalion is completely out of vitality, and now it is only relying on the hundreds of battalions who escaped back and the newly recruited 2,000 recruits to build a shelf, and it can be done to defend the city, but it is impossible to pull it out for a field battle, so Geng Jimao ridiculed him so much.

Li Shutai was annoyed, but he couldn't refute it, and he was sulking.

Seeing Li Shutai's face turned blue, Geng Jimao smiled, proud in his heart, and still sneered: "Three or five thousand people listen to a lot, what can they do?" What can those brought in masters do, the Governor is too much to deal with the emperor's orders. ”

"You!"

Li Shutai was so angry that he wanted to stomp his feet, the bastard boy of the Geng family is too disagreeable, scolding people and not revealing their shortcomings, you are good, directly tear off the old man's face, and there is no end!

Li Shutai was so angry that he wanted to stomp his feet, but Ha Ha Mu's expression became grim, and he stared at Li Shutai and said: "The soldiers of the green battalion in Guangdong are all dispatched by your governor's yamen, why do you have to use some masters to make up the numbers now?" ”

Li Shutai said angrily: "This is to ask King Pingnan." ”

"Why do you ask about this king?"

Hearing that Li Shutai's tone was not good, Shang Kexi stroked his beard, laughed, got up and said, "When did this king offend the governor, and you want to spread this anger on my head?" ”

The words have already been said about this, and Li Shutai simply did not continue to be hypocritical with Shang Kexi, and blurted out: "Xu Erxian of Zhaoqing, Wu Liuqi of Chaozhou, I can't move." ”

Shang Kexi didn't think that Li Shutai would directly tear his face in front of Hahamu, pointing out that Zhaoqing and Chaozhou were the only ones who were the king of Pingnan, his eyebrows instantly darkened, and he said in a muffled voice: "That's right, my lord is the governor, and he is responsible for controlling the green camp, how can he not move them." ”

Li Shutai didn't take this stubble, and said directly: "King Pingnan, don't tell me it's useless, I only ask you, whether you can send troops or not!" ”

Li Shutai is also really anxious now, if the Council of Ministers of the Council of Ministers passes the proposal to transfer Mongolian troops to the south, why should he be a monk and tear his face. Now it's good, the emperor did not increase troops to Guangdong, but issued an order to urge Guangdong to immediately exterminate the Taiping Kou, and he Li led Tai to have no soldiers, so he did not force Shang Kexi to send troops to take him to pacify the Taiping Kou.

"Out!"

Li Shutai's aggressiveness made Shang Kexi's face sink, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The emperor ordered this king to send troops, how dare this king not send troops, if he really wants not to send troops, this king is not disobeying the order!" After speaking, he thought that he was also angry, and said with a little anger: "Zhaoqing Xu Erxian has thousands of soldiers, and Chaozhou Wu Liuqi also has thousands of soldiers. Chaozhou doesn't want it, Zhaoqing doesn't want it, they all come to Guangzhou, this king doesn't believe it, so many soldiers and horses can't kill him to show his talent! ”

"Why did King Pingnan say such angry words!"

Li Shutai calmed down, knowing that Shang Kexi was angry with himself, he waved his hand, his momentum weakened a lot, and he said softly: "The prince only needs the two of them to transfer some soldiers and horses to come, so why do you need the whole army to come." ”

Shang Kexi snorted and didn't speak, he was also angry, he really wanted to transfer the soldiers from Chaozhou and Zhaoqing. Then Guangzhou City will not be guaranteed.

Geng Jimao pursed his lips, and he was quite envious in his heart, Wu Liuqi of Chaozhou and Xu Erxian of Zhaoqing each had thousands of elite soldiers. If these two people are willing to listen to him King Jingnan, why should he nest in the city of Guangzhou and be angry with Shang Kexi and Li Shutai.

Hahamu has been in Guangzhou for so long, of course he knows that Li Shutai, the governor, is at odds with the two Han domains, and he intends to reconcile, after all, the current major event is to work together to exterminate the Taiping Army, not to make any dispute here.

"Alright, don't argue. For the past two months, I have been trying to send troops to exterminate the Taiping. The thief Xiucai avenged Tayinbu, but it was hot, and the Manchurian sons couldn't move. Now if it cools down today, the emperor also wants us to kill the Taiping Kou first, then all the Manchurian sons under my command will go. This time, I brought all four Niu Lu with me, and I personally led the troops. Let's see how capable that thief is. ”

As soon as I heard that Hahamu was going to lead the army in person. Li Shutai was overjoyed and said: "With General Jingnan personally out of the horse, the fall of Taiping Kou is just around the corner!" ”

"Since General Jingnan has to personally lead the army, then the king has nothing to say, this king has 2,000 banner soldiers, and then transferred troops from Zhaoqing and Chaozhou, how can he get together 5,000 soldiers, lest anyone think that this king has a self-respecting army. refused to contribute to the imperial court. ”

In fact, after receiving the holy decree, Shang Kexi knew that he was definitely going to send troops. Even if there is no holy decree in Beijing, he must send troops to exterminate the Taiping army in Xiangshan, otherwise his hands and feet will be completely tied, and he will not be able to free up his strength to move west.

The great achievement of destroying the country is a once-in-a-lifetime achievement!

Originally, Shang Kexi wanted to express his position later, but now he can't help but express it immediately, otherwise it will really make Hahamu wonder if he really supports the army and is unwilling to contribute to the court.

"However, there are still soldiers and horses to support the Sanjiangkou, so this king has to keep some soldiers and horses, so as not to lose the Sanjiangkou." Shang Kexi glanced at Li Shutai, saw that the other party's face was a little loose, and knew that his statement had an effect.

"That's nature."

Li Shutai nodded, his anger towards Shang Kexi had indeed dissipated. The soldiers and horses at the mouth of the three rivers had to guard against the Ming army in Xinhui, of course, they couldn't move, otherwise Chen Qice and Zhu Tong of the new society would occupy the mouth of the three rivers, and what Guangzhou would have to do was not to transfer troops to fight the Taiping army, but to stay in the city and hold on.

Hahamu personally led the army, dispatched all Manchurian Niulu, Shang Kexi also sent out 2000 soldiers from his own family, and he also had to transfer troops from Zhaoqing and Chaozhou, the posture must have been sufficient, no one can say anything about him Pingnan Wang, now it depends on Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan.

Hahamu looked at Geng Jimao with a solemn face, Shang Kexi just looked at him as usual, Li Shutai was still with a complexion, he was not angry with Shang Kexi, but he couldn't swallow Geng Jimao's breath, this kid was too bastard just now.

Being watched by the three of them, Geng Jimao couldn't sit still, he got up and came to Hahamu, glanced at Shang Kexi, and then looked at Li Shutai, hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "King Pingnan is old, and this matter of sending troops to fight has to come to us juniors, so this king decided to personally lead the army this time." ”

Li Shutai let out an "ah" and looked at Geng Jimao in disbelief: "King Jingnan also wants to lead the army himself?" ”

"This king has been here since he became a vassal and has never had military merits, so if it continues like this, won't it make outsiders laugh at our Geng family? This time, I went to the Han army of several Niu Lu. ”

Li Shutai's surprise made Geng Jimao very satisfied, and this is what he wanted.

Li Shutai was silent, Shang Kexi also looked at this nephew with a gaze that he had never seen before, and Hahamu laughed: "Taiping Kou is like a thief, mostly coercing the people to strengthen themselves, this kind of thief army is fierce, but once it is frustrated, it has no strength to fight again." This time, my army was pressing, and the thief Xiucai couldn't run away even if he really had three heads and six arms. ”

Shang Kexi ordered someone to take the map, motioned for the three of them to come up and look, he said: "This king has just discussed with the king of Jingnan, if the army is enough, the army will be divided into three roads, the middle road will take Shunde and go straight to Xiangshan County Zhiren Houdu, the left road will take Panyu and go straight to the good word to meet with the middle road, and the right road will be along the dragon eye to enter the front cottage, so that the Taiping Kou is difficult to take care of, and the middle loses the other." After the middle and left roads took the governance of Xiangshan County, they marched together to the front cottage, so that the Taiping Kou could not escape. ”

Hahamu looked at it carefully, nodded for a moment and said: "Just according to the king of Pingnan, I will lead Manchurian Erlang as the middle road." ”

Geng Jimao felt that this road was easier to take, so he said: "Since the general led the Manchurian soldiers to take the middle road, then the king of Ben will lead the soldiers and horses of the domain to take the left road." ”

In this way, the remaining right side is naturally Gui Shang Kexi, he smiled and had no objections. Li Shuotai's subordinate battalion was not strong, and after discussion, he was dispatched to Hahamu in the middle road.

After deciding on a three-way army, Li Shutai, Ha Ha Mu, and Geng Jimao bid farewell to Shang Kexi and went to prepare for the dispatch of troops. After the three of them left, Shang Kexi called Ban Zhifu, who was outside, and instructed him: "You go to Zhaoqing immediately and ask Xu Erxian to transfer 2,000 troops to Guangzhou." ”

Ban Zhifu asked, "Do you want Xu Erxian to come too?" ”

Shang Kexi shook his head and said, "No, there must be a general in Zhaoqing, and there must be no accidents." After thinking about it, he said: "Let that Tang Sanshui bring his troops here, this person has fought with Taiping Kou, and he has also recaptured Luoding City from them, and he will not be far behind." ”

Ban Zhifu nodded and agreed, and was about to leave for Zhaoqing, but Shang Kexi stopped him again: "Send someone to Chaozhou again." ”

Ban Zhifu was puzzled: "The soldiers of Chaozhou also need to be transferred?" ”

"Chaozhou can't be adjusted, Xiamen Zheng has always been eyeing the Chaoshan area, and he can't be allowed to take advantage of it."

"Then what does the prince want Wu Liuqi to do?"

"Let him transfer all his boat divisions to Guangzhou, and the Sanjiangkou side can't be pressed by the sailors of the Ming army."

"Okay, I'll send someone to do it."

Shang Kexi nodded, and Ban Zhifu left immediately. After he left, Shang Kexi was hesitating whether to send the letter of the prince to lead the troops this time

"The prince is back!"

Jingnan Palace, as soon as Geng Jimao came back, the second steward Xiang Rong hurriedly led people forward to serve.

"Hmm." Geng Jimao responded casually and ordered: "Go and eat some food, this king is hungry." ”

"Hey!"

Xiang Rong hurriedly ordered his subordinates to get food, here Geng Jimao sat down a little tired, glanced at Xiang Rong, and said to him: "You go and talk to Fujin, this king will lead the army to fight Taiping Kou in a few days, and let him prepare some clothes for this king to change clothes." In addition, the king has not stayed in the house for the past few days, and the king is going to live in the barracks. ”

"Fight the Taiping?"

Xiang Rong was stunned, and said with some surprise: "Just leave the matter of the war to the generals of the domain, why does the prince want to lead the army in person?" ”

"Hmph, to whom? Do you want this king to lose another cow? ”

Thinking of the incompetence of his brother-in-law Wang Shude caused a Niu Lu 400 fire gun soldiers to be folded in the hands of the Taiping Army, Geng Jimao is a burst of fire, this time he wants to personally lead the army to go out, not only to prove his ability to outsiders, but more importantly, he can't trust the people under the domain, if he folds one or two Niu Lu, he Jingnan Wang can't sleep, he is not as big as Shang Kexi's family, Lao Tzu left him not much belongings, and he can't afford to lose.

Raising his eyes and seeing that Xiang Rong was still standing there, Geng Jimao urged: "Why are you still standing here, go quickly." ”

"Hey, the minion is going."

Xiang Rong agreed, and hurriedly retreated to find Fujin, but his thoughts were very complicated on the way. (To be continued.) )