On March 23, the third year of Yongli, Xinfeng City Mansion was in the Ya.

Wang Zhongxiao arched his hand and said: "The lower officials see Huiguo Gong!" ”

Li Chengdong hurriedly helped him up and said, "Wang Shaoqing doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

"Xie Huiguogong!"

Wang Zhongxiao sat down, and the subordinates hurriedly served the tea.

Li Chengdong said: "Li didn't notice it for a while, fell into the tricks of the Tartars, and fell into danger, but fortunately he was rescued by Zhang Guogong, otherwise I am afraid that something will happen." Thank you again for saving your life! ”

After speaking, Li Chengdong stood up and bowed.

Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly avoided it and said: "Huiguo Gong is serious, the two alliances should help each other." Hui Guogong doesn't have to care! In fact, Xia Guan came this time to discuss with Huiguo Gong on important matters! ”

Li Chengdong looked sufficient, got up and sat back on the seat according to Wang Zhongxiao's meaning, and said, "Oh, what's the matter? ”

Wang Zhongxiao arched his hand and said: "Huiguo Gong, my family master knows that Ganzhou is very important to you, and intends to entrust the responsibility of guarding Ganzhou to you. But now my lord has only two kingdoms, and there are many soldiers and few lands, and there is a lack of food and grass. It has been said that Chaozhou is a fertile land, and our lord implores Huiguo to temporarily lend our army to Chaozhou for the purpose of garrisoning troops. ”

As soon as Li Chengdong heard it, he immediately understood what Zheng Chenggong's idea was, it turned out that he wanted to exchange Ganzhou for Chaozhou.

Li Chengdong thought for a while and said, "Presumably Wang Shaoqing is tired from running back and forth, let's go rest first!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile: "Thank you Huiguogong!" ”

Under the guidance of his subordinates, Wang Zhongxiao went to the side room to rest.

As soon as Wang Zhongxiao left, Li Chengdong hurriedly sent people to gather all his subordinates.

After Li Chengdong told them what Wang Zhongxiao said, he asked: "What do you think of what Zhang Guogong means?"

Hao Shangjiu was indignant and said angrily, "Then Zheng Chenggong was able to defeat the Qing army so smoothly." The capture of Ganzhou was all due to the bloody battle between our army and the Tartars, dragging down the main elite of the Qing army. He was able to sneak attack the Qing army. But now, he doesn't want to repay, and he wants to use Ganzhou to exchange Chaozhou with us. My lord, this matter must not be agreed! ”

Du Yonghe said in a deep voice: "My lord." Ganzhou borders on the territory of our army, and is hundreds of miles away from Zheng Chenggong's territory, even if he wants to hold Ganzhou, he may not be able to hold it. That's why he used Ganzhou to exchange with our army. Hasn't Zheng Chenggong always flaunted loyalty? It's better to let Yongli issue an order for him to hand over Ganzhou to the management of adults! ”

Li Yuanyin shook his head and said: "To seize Ganzhou, although Zheng Chenggong is suspected of borrowing the strength of our army, but this is all relied on people's bloody battles with knives and guns, how can you be sure that it will be easily conceded?" Moreover, Ganzhou is the northern gate of Guangdong, and it is a matter of great importance to our army. So Ganzhou must be in the hands of our army. Peace of mind! Father-in-law, I agree to exchange Chaozhou for Ganzhou. ”

After the end of the Xinfeng War, Li Yuanyin did not need to stay in Guangdong to prepare military rations, so he returned to Xinfeng.

Yan Keyi said unwillingly, "Our army has fought bloody battles one after another, with countless casualties, but nothing has been gained. Zheng Chenggong's kid captured Ganzhou with the help of our army, and now he wants to exchange Ganzhou with our army in vain. How can it be calm? It's better to simply send troops to force him to hand over Ganzhou! ”

Although Yan Keyi became a deserter this time, Xinfeng was broken by the Qing army. The defenders suffered heavy casualties. But after all, the war ended in victory, and the Ming army's soldiers and soldiers suffered huge casualties, Li Chengdong did not punish Yan Keyi too much, but just demoted him by one level.

As soon as these words came out, in the conference hall, not only Du Yonghe, Hao Shangjiu and others changed their faces slightly. Even Li Chengdong, the Duke of Huiguo, who had been sitting on the main seat and was silent, couldn't help frowning.

Li Yuanyin forcibly held back his disdain for Yan Keyi, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Wu wants to put us all to death? You know that our army has suffered a great loss of strength, and the threat of the Tartars in the north is still there, but you still want to provoke Zheng Chenggong, you want to make the adults suffer from the enemy on both sides! ”

Didn't pay any more attention to Yan Keyi. Li Yuanyin turned to Li Chengdong and said, "Father-in-law, now that our army has suffered heavy casualties, we are really powerless to resist the Tartars alone. It is inevitable to rely on Zheng Chenggong to compete with the Tartars. So the child thinks that Zheng Chenggong's attention can be promised. After the vitality of our army recovered, my father-in-law also took this opportunity to send troops from Ganzhou to seize Jiangxi. ”

If you want to say that Zheng Jiajun is worthy of arriving at it, Li Chengdong will not believe it. It can only be that Zheng Chenggong was ready to use himself as bait at the beginning to tempt the Qing army to smash our army to the death, and he was so good at sneak attack.

But in any case, after all, they still arrived at the most dangerous moment and pulled themselves who were about to collapse. And the most important thing is that his own power is not as good as his Zheng Chenggong now, and now he has to rely on him.

After pondering for a moment, Li Chengdong nodded and said, "Uncle Yuan, go and ask Wang Shaoqing to come over and talk about it!" ”

"Yes!" Li Yuanyin said with the order.

Soon, Wang Zhongxiao followed Li Yuanyin back to the mansion hall.

Seeing him coming, Li Chengdong said with a smile: "Since the land of Zhangguo Gong's young soldiers, I will immediately play Emperor Yongli and ask the Holy Admiral to plan Chaozhou under the jurisdiction of Zhangguo Gong." ”

Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly bowed down and said: "Duke Huiguo understands the righteousness, and the official has thanked him on behalf of Duke Zhangguo!" ”

Li Chengdong waved his hand and said: "I and Zhang Guogong are both ministers, and we are both doing our best to help the Ming Dynasty, so why bother to divide each other!" ”

Wang Zhongxiao hurriedly replied: "What Hui Guogong said is true! ”

Li Chengdong turned his head to Li Yuanyin and said, "Uncle Yuan, you accompanied Wang Shaoqing to Ganzhou to congratulate your father on the victory of Duke Zhangguo." At the same time, arrange the delivery of Chaozhou,

"Yes, the boy understands!" Li Yuanyin bowed and said.

……

Two days later, Li Yuanyin accompanied Wang Zhongxiao back to Ganzhou.

Seeing Li Yuanyin coming, Zheng Chenggong said apologetically: "Uncle Yuan, I have offended a lot before, I hope you will forgive me!" ”

Li Yuanyin hurriedly replied: "Don't dare, the Duke of Zhangguo is cautious in supporting the army, and the officials admire!" “

It seems that there is a lot of resentment!

Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to hide the embarrassing atmosphere with hehe.

Li Yuanyin also knew that he was coming with a mission to be good friends with Zheng Chenggong, so he made a sarcastic sentence and didn't continue.

Li Yuanyin arched his hand to Zheng Chenggong and said: "On behalf of my father-in-law, Uncle Yuan congratulated Zhang Guogong on the joy of victory. Xinfeng and Ganzhou won two great victories, the Manchu regime was shaken, and people from all walks of life were excited to hear it, which is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty and the blessing of the people of the world! ”

After congratulating, without waiting for Zheng Chenggong to speak, Li Yuanyin continued: "My father-in-law heard that the Duke of Zhangguo lacked a place to garrison troops, and he has asked Emperor Yongli to allocate Chaozhou to you for jurisdiction. Please also ask the Duke of Zhangguo to abide by the alliance oath for the sake of the same ministers! ”

Zheng Chenggong promised Li Yuanyin without hesitation: "Ming Yan will definitely fulfill the contract, don't worry about Yuanbo!" ”

"That's good, Uncle Yuan is a little tired, please allow the subordinate to retire first!" Li Yuanyin said.

Zheng Chenggong was busy drinking, "Someone! Take Li Dudu down to rest, so that he can serve his life! ”

"Yes!" The servant hurriedly responded.

……

Accompanied by Li Yuanyin, Wang Zhongxiao, Yang Cai and others went to Chaozhou to handle the delivery matters.

A week passed, in the Ganzhou Mansion, Zheng Chenggong asked Yao Qisheng: "Xizhi, how is the completion of the handover of Chaozhou?" ”

"General Qiqi, the handover is still smooth. According to the latest news from Chaozhou, Li Chengdong's army has all returned to Huizhou and is preparing to go north to Ganzhou. At the current rate, in three days at most, Chaozhou will be under the rule of the general! Yao Qisheng quickly replied, "But there is a large shortage of official history in Chaozhou......"

After thinking for a while, Zheng Chenggong said, "The missing subordinate officials can be transferred from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and the candidates will be discussed by Changru and the two of you!" ”

"Yes!" Yao Qisheng and Wang Zhongxiao came out to receive the order. (To be continued.) )