Su Li, Su Li, and Zhu Yongxing touched their chins, searching for useful information in their minds. It's a pity that he didn't get anything useful in his memory, except for the information at hand at hand.

This guy from the pirate is indeed a bit arrogant, or rather stupid. If he was already as close to the Qing army, he would naturally have to ask for help from the Ming army. But this guy opened his mouth widely, which is really unreasonable.

Why? Relying on the danger of the Jieshi Mountains and the Sea, and the Jieshi Acropolis, Longya Camp and Shidi Mountain Camp that have been repeatedly strengthened and renovated in order to resist the Zheng family's attack? With that little bit of his soldiers?

Or, Zhu Yongxing seemed to have something in mind. Although Su Li was motivated by the Qing court's coastal relocation, wouldn't the people who had suffered from the relocation of the border take refuge in one after another, or even love him, because they had a leader who resisted tyranny?

Historically, too, the good people of good people took refuge in Suli because of his opposition to the relocation, calling him and his followers "old Soviet soldiers", and selectively forgetting the pain caused by his increased taxes.

Although Su Li's strength is not large, at present, he can cope with the Ming army of the Eastern Expedition and stick a knife in Shang Kexi's back. It is like a separation, but it is a place of Jieshi, and the largest is only two or three counties in the Hailufeng area. With such shallow eyelids, Zhu Yongxing couldn't help but smile with disdain, and he really didn't know how to describe Su Li.

"Your Highness, Su Li is arrogant, this case should not be taken lightly." Changshi Yicheng secretly observed Zhu Yongxing, and saw that he seemed to be showing signs of loosening, so he hurriedly reminded him.

Zhu Yongxing looked at Yi Cheng and smiled ambiguously. Although Yi Cheng and Zhang Weihan are resourceful, they still have a deep-rooted idea of feudal imperial power, and they hate Su Li's approach. And Zhu Yongxing first considered the result, although it could not be called unscrupulous. But flexible thinking is not something that can be compared between the two.

Since the Song Dynasty, Jieshi has been an important military town for coastal defense in eastern Guangdong and the hub of Chaohui and Huizhou; Ming Hongwu 22 years set up guards, jurisdiction Haifeng, Pinghai, Jiazi, Jiesheng and other nine, Hongwu 27 years to build Jieshi Acropolis, one of the Ming and Qing Dynasty 36 guards, one of the seven towns of Guangdong Haiphong, and Tianjin Wei, Shenyang Wei and Weihaiwei together called China's Ming and Qing Dynasty four Davids.

If Su Li rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, it would not only thin the strength of the Qing army in Guangdong, but also provide a reliable landing point for the Ming army. It can be flanked back and forth, making it difficult for Shang Kexi to deal with.

Of course, there are two prerequisites for this: first, the South China Sea Fleet can defeat the Qing army's naval division and seize the sea control over Guangdong; The second is that Su Li is sincerely anti-Qing and does not harm the people. Tyranny is rampant.

"Of course, you can't set this precedent in name, but you can give Sulley similar treatment." Zhu Yongxing pondered for a long time. Finally, I refused to give up this wonderful opportunity. "For example, you can promise him Yongzhen Jieshi, or give him the land of Haifeng, and the officials will be appointed by him, approved by the imperial court, and only sent people to supervise. Of course, we also have conditions to comply with it. For example, the limit of taxation, the basis of punishment, not to do evil and harm the people, and so on. ”

"What if he violates?" Yi Cheng seemed to have realized something, and asked tentatively.

"Lone just gave him more lenient autonomy. But not for him to establish an independent kingdom. Zhu Yongxing sneered, "If he doesn't cherish himself and violates the agreement, the imperial court will not only be famous, but will not show mercy." ”

It turned out to be an expedient measure, Yi Cheng and Zhang Weihan glanced at each other, and they knew it in their hearts. The Jieshi area can't afford to turn up the big wind and waves, but at present, it has a great impact on the war situation in Guangdong, and it is indeed a pity not to use it.

"Your Highness has decided, and the two of us will go down to discuss the proposal." Zhang Weihan got up with a smile and said goodbye to Yi Cheng.

Zhu Yongxing took the battle report of Guangxi again and studied it on the map.

After Ma Bao, the king of Ruyang, led his army to occupy Qinzhou, he was attacking Lianzhou (now Hepu, Guangxi); After Li Sixing, the son of the Jin dynasty, led the reinforcements to Nanning, he marched eastward with the troops of the three provinces of Wu, captured Hengxian and Lingshan counties, and then went south as planned, preparing to join Ma Bao's army, and mainly attack the Gao, Lei, and Lianzhou regions.

The main reason why the offensive went smoothly was related to the deployment of the Qing army in Guangdong. Shang Kexi learned the lesson of Kong Youde's division of troops to guard the fall of Zhan, and almost all the troops of his own domain were concentrated in Guangzhou, while the other prefectures and prefectures were garrisoned by green battalion soldiers. There were many soldiers in the green battalion in the south, and the Ming army was well-equipped and numerous, so it was not very strange that the offensive was smooth before the main force of the Qing army came to help.

Although Zhu Yongxing did not have the luxury of occupying Guangdong in one fell swoop, judging from the reports from the front, the momentum of the Eastern Crusade was very strong, and the confidence of Ma Bao and other generals was also very high. Judging from the analysis of Zhu Yongxing and the General Staff, if the Ming army of the Eastern Expedition collided with the main force of the Qing army, it may not be impossible to win a big victory.

In that year, when Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, entered Guangdong, Zhaoqing and Xinhui fought twice, although they returned in vain, they caused great losses to the veterans of the war under Shang Geng's two domains. In other words, although the Shang Kexi feudal army has been expanded, it is only a reflection of the number of people, and its strength has been greatly reduced.

Considering the total strength of the two sides, Sun Yanling and Ma Xiong in Guangxi temporarily watched from the sidelines, and only one of the two Qing armies in Guangdong remained, excluding the garrisons stationed in various places, and the main force of the Qing army was gathered in Guangzhou.

In the process of attacking cities and seizing land, the Ming army of the Eastern Expedition not only captured many officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion, but also won the support and welcome of the coastal people. A large number of young and strong people enthusiastically joined the army, and under the organization of appointed magistrates and under the training and command of a small number of Ming army officers, they have already undertaken the task of maintaining law and order and defending the occupied areas. This made the Ming army of the Eastern Expedition very small in the process of advancing and was able to continue to maintain a certain superiority in troops.

There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust. The slogan of the Eastern Crusade is to relieve the people from hanging upside down and save the suffering of the relocated people, and the people's desire is of course a great help. And the greater the strength of the Ming army, the more victorious it is, and the more unstable the hearts of the people in Guangdong Province will become. With the mobilization of the Qing army, the local defenses will inevitably be empty, not to mention that the "local bandits" hidden in the mountains will take the opportunity to incite chaos, and the uprising against the Qing Dynasty and the tyrannical rule of local officials will also take the opportunity to launch.

Another advantage of the battle against the Qing army in Guangdong was that it was relatively easy for the Ming army to support the rear, while the Qing army, on the contrary, could easily travel for months from other provinces. For example, in the Battle of Zhaoqing that year, Shang and Geng urgently called for help, and in March the Ming army was defeated, and in May the Qing court ordered the Jiangning garrison Manchu army to go to help, and when they arrived in Guangdong, they only caught up to clean up the mess.

At that time, Li Dingguo was also aware of this, so he earnestly advised Zheng Chenggong in a letter not to "be scornful". Now that the Ming army is acting independently, it does not count on uncertain external forces, and the certainty of success should be greater. (To be continued......)