Fujian, Fuzhou Prefecture.

"What, Tong'an has fallen?" Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, shouted.

"Yes, Lord Governor......" said the kneeling spy in a trembling voice.

"How can this be, there are still more than 8,000 troops in Tong'an City, and they can easily be captured by Zheng Chenggong in one day. What does Zhang Xiaoling eat? Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, turned pale and said sharply.

"Alright, Tianzhang is angry. Now that the matter has happened, anger is useless, let's first ask about Tong'an's affairs before making plans? Jingnan General Chen Tai said in a deep voice.

I heard the spies tell me about the fall of Tong'an.

"Zhang Xiaoling misunderstood me!"

Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, scolded fiercely, "In order to strengthen the defense line of Tong'an, I specially applied to Guangdong to send additional personnel over. He also specially told him that now the army is encircling and suppressing the rebels in northern Fujian, and let him strictly guard the city and not act rashly. I didn't expect him to dare to disobey my order, and dare to abandon the city and flee, come here, pass on my order, arrest Zhang Xiaoling and escort him to Beijing for questioning! ”

As for how to deal with Zhang Xiaoling, the magistrate, Jingnan General Chen Tai was not interested.

However, Zheng Chenggong's strategy in this Tong'an Battle attracted his great attention. Send people to spread rumors and disrupt the opponent's audio-visual. At the same time, it is really difficult to prevent such a series of tricks to sneak attack.

And he was also intrigued by the new weapons that exploded on the battlefield and made loud noises.

However, he suppressed all these in his heart, and was ready to inquire carefully in the future, and the top priority was to recapture Tong'an.

Chen Tai said: "Now that Tong'an has fallen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou may be in danger. We must send troops to recover Tong'an as soon as possible. ”

"What Brother Tai said is extremely true, we must send troops to recapture Tong'an as soon as possible." Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, agreed.

……

The study of the Governor's Mansion in Liangguang, Guangdong.

Li Chengdong looked at the person in front of him and said coldly: "He Wuyu, you still dare to come, do you really think I don't dare to kill you?" ”

He Wuyu raised his head and said, "Don't you know that the general is now the leader of the great disaster!" “

When Li Chengdong heard this, he immediately laughed sarcastically, "It turned out that I was a lobbyist, I fought in the south of the Yangtze River, swept the two Guangzhous, the Son of Heaven valued it, and won the support of the soldiers, what is the disaster, and what is the danger?" ”

He Wuyu smiled and said, "The general should know the news of Jiangxi Jin Shengheng anyway." ”

Li Chengdong heard it and asked, "What if you know, what if you don't know?" ”

"And what should the general do about it?"

"Of course, we will send troops to eradicate this gang of rebellious ministers and thieves and serve the Qing Dynasty!"

"Then after bulldozing Jin Shengheng, how will the Tartars reward the general? Governor of Liangguang? Crowned king? ”

Hearing this, Li Chengdong was silent.

Seeing Li Chengdong's appearance, He Wuyu knew that there was a play, and hurriedly said: "The general was ordered to lead his troops to attack along the front line of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi, and collected a large area of territory for the Qing side, making immortal contributions. But how did the Tartars treat you, the general? You want to seek the position of governor of Liangguang, but the Tartars refuse, but instead appoint a merchant Tong Yangjia as the governor, above you, the general does not feel ashamed and unfair? “

When he heard He Wuyu say that the Tartars appointed the merchant Tong Yangjia as the governor and overrode him, Li Chengdong's eyes were full of cold light.

"Presumably General Li also knows that the Tartars will not rest assured that you, a Han Chinese, will be in charge of the military and political power of a province. Otherwise, he would not have regretted it and held Zheng Zhilong under house arrest. What if you could serve with such dedication? In the end, you're just a slave in the eyes of the Tartars! And as the saying goes, the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. The greater General Li's credit, the more uneasy the Manchu Qing will be, and sooner or later he will end up with Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin. General Li should make plans as soon as possible, and he must not make mistakes! ”

Li Chengdong closed his eyes and thought deeply, and tapped his index finger on the table.

He Wufu did not continue to persuade, he knew that it was too much. At this time, it is better to let Li Chengdong think about it for himself.

After He Wuyu drank a cup of tea, Li Chengdong suddenly opened his eyes and said, "If I return to Yongli, how will Daming treat me." ”

He Wuyu said without hesitation, "A marquis is indispensable, if General Li can lead the troops to help the Ming Dynasty and turn the tide." Daming will follow the example of Mu Wangfu and seal you as Wang Yongzhen Guangxi. ”

Li Chengdong heard and drank: "Okay, I'm willing to return to Daming anyway." ”

He Wuyu bowed down excitedly and said: "The Duke of Governor has this intention, it is actually the spirit of my Taizu Emperor Gao, and the blessing of the Zongmiao Society!" ”

……

In the government of Tong'an Mansion in Fujian, from time to time, soldiers and officials in the army came in and out, all of them in a hurry, and their expressions were nervous and a little excited.

In the conference hall, not only the soldiers of Zheng Jiajun, but also the main civil officials of Zheng Chenggong headed by Lu Ruoteng were also summoned.

"I just got the information that Li Chengdong of Guangdong Province launched a mutiny in Guangzhou on 15 April, cut his braids and changed his clothes, and issued a notice with the name of Yongli year, announcing that he would oppose the Qing Dynasty and return to the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that Jiangxi and Guangdong have succeeded each other anyway, and the Tartars will inevitably need to transfer the main force of the army to encircle and suppress them, and now we should take the opportunity to expand our territory as soon as possible and enhance the strength of our army. ”

Zheng Chenggong looked at his subordinates and said excitedly.

"Great......" The generals and officials in the conference hall all looked happy and talked in low voices.

"General, where are you going to attack?" Gan Hui hurriedly asked.

Zheng Chenggong inspected his subordinates and asked, "Where do you think our army should attack?" ”

Shi Lang stepped forward and said, "Ming Yan, I still say that." When we attack Zhangzhou first, and then capture Longyan, and connect with Jiangxi and Guangdong, so that our army will no longer have to worry about the future, and can attack northern Fujian with peace of mind. ”

Lu Ruoteng stepped forward and objected, "I don't agree, now is a rare opportunity, we should attack Quanzhou first." Quanzhou is an important town in Fujian, Quanzhou. Our army is coerced by the general situation, and the counties in southern Fujian can go down without a fight. ”

Shi Lang retorted angrily: "Ridiculous! Quanzhou is an important town, the city is high and the walls are thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack. When you first capture Zhangzhou and Longyan, and then gather a large army to besiege Quanzhou, you can fight down. ”

Lin Xishan also stood up at this time and said: "Now that Jiangxi and Guangdong are in order, if our army attacks Zhangzhou, the Manchus will inevitably think that we will join forces with Jin Shengheng and Li Chengdong to oppose the Qing." At that time, in order not to unite us, the Tartars will first send a large army against us. Our army is now weak and simply cannot resist the Tartar army alone. Therefore, I agree with Mr. Lu's remark and attack Quanzhou first. ”

Huang Ting shook his head and said: "Now that Jin Shengheng in Jiangxi and Geng Xianzhong in Guangxi are anyway, Li Chengdong's way out to the north and west has been blocked, and if Li Chengdong wants to send troops to attack Tartar, he can only attack Zhangzhou in the east." If Zhangzhou is captured by Li Chengdong, our army will attack again, which will provoke internal provocation and damage the reputation of the general. Therefore, before Li Chengdong sent troops, it was the best policy to attack Zhangzhou first. ”

……

For a time, Zheng Chenggong's subordinates divided into two groups in order to send troops to attack Zhangzhou or Quanzhou, and refuted each other, but no one could convince anyone.

Listening to their quarrel, Zheng Chenggong was irritable in his heart, and he couldn't wait to get out of this noisy study and hide in a quiet silence.

However, as their lord, they could not do this, so they could only sit down and think about the gains and losses alone.

For the first time since the start of the army, Zheng Chenggong has fallen into such an indecisive predicament.

"General, I'm afraid it's too early to talk about sending troops at this time. Our army was weak and could not resist the main forces of the Tartar army. Whether it is to attack Zhangzhou or Quanzhou, we must wait for the Tartars to send troops to encircle and suppress Jiangxi before our army can attack. ”

Huang Wu, who had not spoken, saw the contradiction in Zheng Chenggong's heart at this time, so he postponed the problem in front of him with the current actual situation.

Zheng Chenggong heard it and said, "Junxuan is reasonable, the generals will go back and prepare first." After the Qing army sends troops, our army can send troops. ”

Watching the soldiers walk out of the door, Zheng Chenggong sighed in his heart: There is still a lack of a military advisor with a comprehensive plan under his command.

Now these people under his command, Gan Hui is extremely brave and brave, and he is good at cutting generals and winning the commandery.

Shi Lang is good at leading troops and fighting between two formations.

Lu Ruteng is good at political strategy and can see the harm of political interests.

Lin Xishan is good at water warfare, crisscrossing rivers and seas.

These people can be said to be the best among people, but they are only good at one aspect, and their grasp of the overall situation is still a little worse.

For the first time, Zheng Chenggong was desperate to have a top military advisor to guide him on how to make trade-offs.

My son's room, where is my Kong Ming now?