In the back hall of the Chaozhou Mansion, Li Xi was wrapped in a military felt blanket and tossed and turned on a large bed where Manchu civil and military officials such as the Chaozhou Governor, the Fujian Governor and the Guangdong Governor had slept, and it was difficult to sleep peacefully.

Wu Ya led the generals of the Yingyang Army to successfully complete the task he assigned, and captured the capital city of Chaozhou in only three days. On the first day, the outer defense line was cleared, and on the second day, artillery was erected, and at the same time, the Qing soldiers who withdrew from the city's shock artillery positions were beaten, and then the city was bombarded overnight, and in the early morning of the third day, the Chaozhou Mansion was already empty.

Zhang Wenhuan, the governor of Guangdong, was also a single, and fled to Raoping County in the north with the remnants of his army, he judged that Li Xi wanted to enter Fujian, and he no longer wanted to block Li Shi's way, anyway, as long as he stayed in Guangdong, it would not be a dereliction of duty. Fujian land governor Mu Tingtong entered Guangdong to fight for power, but could not fight for power, seeing that Shi Shibiao ran away, he also pulled his legs and left, since he was unkind, Zhang Wenhuan had to be unjust.

After winning the Chaozhou Mansion, Li Xian wanted to immediately withdraw and rush to the Wuzhou battlefield in the west, although the Yulin Army and the Longxiang Army joined forces, with tens of thousands of soldiers, and the Qing soldiers were only 50,000 or 60,000 at most, which were still gathered together in bits and pieces. But Jia Hao and Zhang Hanwan are too young and have no experience in commanding an army of 10,000 people, so they are a little worried after all.

But the news he received next gave Li Xi a headache, and he had to stay and arrange countermeasures.

Two pieces of news, one good and one bad, the good news is that the Qing court sent the military department Manshangshu Yin Tebu as the minister of the Qincha to control the two governors of Fujian and Zhejiang, plus the Jiangxi that was reassigned to the control of the governor of Liangjiang, Yin Tebu was in charge of the resources of the five provinces, and wanted to launch an encirclement and suppression from the east road.

How is this good news?

Combined with the situation that Guangxi returned to the control of the governor of Liangguang and Yang Lin was in charge of the west, Li Xi could see that Kangxi was still hesitating, still waiting, and wanted to fight a limited war with him, unwilling to mobilize the strength of the whole country. Although Yin Tebu is a man of the military department, he is not a person who can lead the army to fight, and the resources of the five provinces are scary at first glance, there are more than 200,000 in the green battalion alone, but less than 100,000 can actually be drawn, and Yin Tebu does not have the rank of general, he can only be responsible for the rear planning, and the front soldiers and generals are still fighting separately, and there is no unified system.

From this, it can be judged that in the next half a year, he only needs to play against Fujian, Zhejiang and Liangjiang Green Camp all the way to the east, which is of course good news.

The bad news is that Taiwan is unstable, and the Heaven and Earth Association will report to Taiwan's internal line that at most, Taiwan will be in chaos in half a month.

How is this bad news?

Li Shi had already planted chess pieces in Taiwan, and the development of the Heaven and Earth Society in Taiwan was Shang Jun's key work, and promoting Taiwan's uprising would be able to share the burden of containing the Qing soldiers in Fujian and Zhejiang, and sharing the pressure on the East Road. From the history of the previous life, it is known that in the 60th year of Kangxi, Taiwan's Zhu Yigui uprising, although the cause was the harsh government of Taiwan's prefect Wang Zhen, there was no Ming Zheng Yu who was familiar with the military to follow, and Zhu Yigui's reckless gang was difficult to capture Taiwan's capital and once occupied the whole of Taiwan.

At present, it is only 54 years of Kangxi, and Taiwan's government is still relatively calm, and it is naturally difficult for Li Shi to start with the ordinary people, but these Ming and Zheng remnants are the targets of the struggle. Earlier, Li Shi did not ask the Heaven and Earth Society to find Zhu Yigui, who was estimated to be still a servant in the Fengshan County Ya, let alone find the Hakka tyrant Du Junying, but asked Zheng Yong to contact the acquaintances in the Ming and Zheng Yu departments to pull the line for the Heaven and Earth Society.

Isn't it a good thing that the rest of Taiwan's Ming and Zheng Ministries are now preparing to raise righteousness?

Of course, it's not a good thing, and for Li Shi, the time is not right.

Originally, Zhu Yigui's uprising in history, from Zhu Yigui's official raising of the flag to his capture, but in just two months, from the perspective of the Qing court, it was as easy as destroying this rebellion. The civil strife between the Fujian people gathered by the Hakka people in Guangdong, Du Junying and Zhu Yigui, was certainly a major cause of defeat, but the lack of military experience of the rebel army was the most critical reason, after all, those Ming and Zheng remnants were only grassroots officers and soldiers.

Once Taiwan raises the uprising, Shi Shibiu will definitely abandon Fujian in order to protect his own backyard, and go straight to Taiwan, even if the rebel army gathers 100,000, but it is a rabble, Shi Shibiao can completely extinguish the righteous army with his controlled sailor headquarters. And he, Li Shi, is still only maintaining the situation on the East Road, and he wants to aid the Taiwanese rebels, and some whips are beyond his reach. If the Taiwanese rebels were destroyed, their idea of containing the East Road would be completely shattered.

Of course, Li Shi hopes that Taiwan will raise his mind, but not now, and only when he is stronger and can have the spare strength to stretch out his hand will Taiwan have the strength to become a pawn in the overall situation of his opposition to the Qing Dynasty.

But Li Xian could only sigh that the situation could not be controlled by one person after all, he captured Guangzhou, attacked from three directions, and shook the south, and the rest of the Ming and Zheng troops on the Taiwan side also became active and felt that there was an opportunity.

At this point, the Heaven and Earth Society only had the power to contact and spy on intelligence in Taiwan, and was powerless to influence the other party's decision-making, so Li Shi had no choice but to urgently summon Zheng Yong to Taiwan to persuade and appease him, and on the other hand, he asked Tian Dayou to step up the collection of ordnance, and if he could not stop the other party's actions, then try his best to help them, as much as he could.

The two pieces of news were grinding against Li Shi, and the situation in Wuzhou made him sleepless all night, and he felt that it was difficult to grasp the future for a while.

Thousands of miles away in the north, the candles were lit in the study of Yanjing Yongwang's Mansion, Yin Zhen was pacing back and forth anxiously, his eyes were bloodshot, and his heart was also in a violent torment.

"Huang Ama just restored the throne to the fourth brother, this policy has been refuted once, and if you want to restart it, I am afraid that it will cool Huang Amma's heart for the fourth brother who has just turned hot......"

Another person stood aside and gently persuaded Yinzhen, this person was less than thirty years old, although his eyebrows were still a little heroic, but it seemed to have been rolled over under the grinding plate, and the whole person had a strange vicissitudes of life.

"Thirteen, seeing that Huang Ama hasn't cheered up yet, I'm anxious, how can I still hide these words in my heart!?"

Yin Zhen shook his head, and a trace of tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.

That young man is the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang, who has had a deep brotherly relationship with Yinzhen since he was a child. A few years ago, he was implicated in the abolition of the prince case, and was left at home by Kangxi, and almost faded out of everyone's sight. Then the prince was abolished, and the southern incident started, and the father-son relationship between the eighth elder brother Yinzhen and Kangxi almost broke off, thinking that this son had never failed him after all, Kangxi released him and gave him Beizi, and Yinzhen also got a big help.

Yinxiang said in a deep voice: "If the fourth brother is interested in the future, he should endure it even more!" ”

Yin Zhen stopped his steps and looked at the map of Guangdong hanging high on the wall, as if he was in pain, "How dare I be intentional!?" How could I be intentional!? That position, you see how bitter Huang Ama is!? ”

Yinxiang was unmoved: "It's just that the position is bitter, only the fourth brother deserves to sit on it!" ”

Yinzhen's body flickered, unwilling to face Yinxiang's fiery and resolute gaze: "Thirteen...... It's a fire pit, you really can't bear to let the fourth brother and me jump into it!? ”

Yinxiang nodded vigorously: "Fourth brother, there is no one!" A good man must be responsible! ”

After being silent for a long time, Yinzhen turned his head suddenly, his eyes glistening with tears, as if he had finally realized: "You are right!" I am suffering like this, that is, I want to serve the country, but I don't want to bear the country, it seems that I am too naïve......"

He stepped forward to hold Yinxiang's hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Thirteen, are you willing to help me?" ”

Yinxiang smiled slightly: "Aren't I helping the fourth brother?" ”

The brothers looked at each other for a long time and suddenly burst into laughter.

The laughter fell, and a shrill voice sounded outside the study, it was Yinzhen's close attendant Su Peisheng, who informed that the emperor was urgently summoned.

Yin Zhen was puzzled: "It's so late......"

Yinxiang frowned: "I'm afraid it's a matter in the south, and there has been another change!" ”

Yin Zhen looked at Su Peisheng, and the eunuch hurriedly added: "The slave heard that it was Shi Shibiu who lost the water battle and lost another general soldier." ”

The two brothers opened their mouths to gasp, of course, what they cared about was not the loss of any general soldiers, Guangdong Yutu and Li Shi's military situation had been pondered by them countless times, knowing that Shi Shibiu's defeat meant that Nanao was not guaranteed, Nanao was lost, not only Guangdong Haimen was held by Li Shi, but Fujian would also be under threat, this is no longer a provincial rebellion!

After Li Shi raised the flag, Yinzhen has become an important member of the Senate for Kangxi to deal with the Guangdong Rebellion, which should be because Kangxi has just received the news, and the situation is serious, so he will be summoned to the palace overnight.

Seeing that Yinzhen's eyes were rolling, obviously he hadn't decided on a response yet, Yinxiang said resolutely: "Fourth brother, this is a good opportunity!" While Emperor Ama has been fully immersed in this matter tonight, the fourth brother can mention your strategy a little, the situation is as we expected, Li Xianfei is a province of rebellion! It's just an ordinary response, and it's definitely hard to clean up! Even if Huang Ama does not adopt the fourth brother's strategy, it can be regarded as a word in advance, and when the situation is erosive, the fourth brother can finally take on the big responsibility! ”

This was exactly what Yin Zhen wanted, he nodded heavily, and then asked: "This is a distant hope, what can you fight for tonight?" ”

Yinxiang pointed to the west and said three words: "Nian Qianyao!" ”

In the imperial study room of the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi was also red-eyed, he was angry, Guangzhou was lost, Guangzhou General Guan Yuan was loyal to the country, and Li Shi occupied the hinterland of Guangdong, in his opinion, it was not an earth-shattering event, and it was self-deception to say that the problem of scabies was self-deception, but it was too far away to say that he was terminally ill.

Li Shi attacked from three sides, which really messed up his hands and feet, forcing him to temporarily activate Yin Tebu, and at the same time let Yang Lin paste the wall in the west. He didn't have too high expectations for them, but just bought time to temporarily block the spread of Li Shi, so that he could select a powerful general, command the elite army, and then enter Guangdong to conquer Li Shi.

But at dusk, he received a report from Fujian 800 Litang, the Fujian Guangdong Naval Division was defeated in Sanpeng, the general army of Jieshi Town, Guangdong fell to the enemy, the Fujian Naval Division Admiral Shi Shibiao retreated to Penghu, and Nanao Island, an important town in Guangdong, was occupied.

In addition to scolding Shi Shibiao and the Guangdong sailors for their incompetence, Kangxi also had to painfully admit that Li Shibiu's thief was no longer a provincial disaster, and what made him even more worried was that along with the Tang newspaper came Shi Shibiu's hurried twists and turns, reporting that Li Thief had a foreigner giant ship to help, speculating that most of them were colluding with foreigners, which made him even more frightened, foreigners!?

The foreigner he is most familiar with is Russia, although he has earned a lot of benefits in face, and there is even a Russian leader squatting in Yanjing, who comes out to show off his martial arts during the New Year's holidays, showing off his martial arts of Emperor Kangxi, but Kangxi knows very well that foreigners are great enemies! The firearms are sharp and cunning, and he knows how many headaches the battle of Yaksa was fought back then, and then Galdan relied on the Russian musket, which also made him suffer a lot.

But Russia is only one of the most coarse countries in Europe, and the missionaries could not have told him more clearly about the affairs of Europe. England, France, the Netherlands, and Spain are no less powerful than Russia, and the guns and guns are even stronger, and the strength of the giant ships is far superior to Russia.

Fortunately, the European continents can only pick up his land by sea, and it is only for business, and it seems that there is no great harm in a hundred years.

He had been speculating about the forces behind Li Shi before, and now Shi Shibi's report finally clarified this doubt, which made him angry and shocked. The angry thing is that those Europeans are so wolfish and ambitious, and they actually collude with the people under his rule to make trouble! Surprised, the foreigner is really coming, how should he deal with it!?

From dusk until late at night, Kangxi finally settled down and asked the military department to send an order to the customs in Fujian and Zhejiang, asking them to urgently contact the Europeans through the merchants to ask which country was colluding with Li Shi behind the scenes, and then turned his attention to Li Xi himself. In the final analysis, foreigners only have boats and no people, even if there are foreigners to support them, it is fundamental to solve Li Xian.

"These are the strategies again? Don't have what you can use right now? ”

Listening to Yinzhen talking about him again, Kangxi at this time was not too angry, Li Xi was really a headache, Yinzhen regarded him as a great enemy of life and death, and he was not too cowardly.

"There are priorities, how can you be messed up with the foundation of national politics by a clown!?"

Kangxi seemed to be reprimanding Yinzhen, more like comforting himself.

"The Emperor ...... Ama"

Although he had expected it, seeing that Kangxi was so determined, Yinzhen was still blowing a cold wind in his heart, but thinking of Yinxiang's words before, he also felt that this was the limit, and he didn't dare to mention his strategies.

"Sure enough, I can't let you sit in this position, I really have to use your strategies, in the future, in this world, I love Xinjue Luo's family sooner or later I have to change my Han surname!"

Kangxi muttered to himself.

(To be continued)