Li Zhaoji only conveyed a goodwill order to Chen Ping, and then made a more detailed arrangement.

For the next development of the war situation, Li Zhaoji is not very sure, the vast majority of the army under his command is infantry, and the Manchurian Eight Banners are all cavalry, it is not easy to deal with, he has enough confidence that he will not fail, but as for the battle situation, he himself can not give a definite prediction.

Therefore, he made the plan to deal with the Qing army in Gaizhou, and appointed his brother Chen Liuzi as the military and political governor of southern Liaoning, responsible for all other affairs.

According to Li Zhaoji's plan, Chen Liuzi only needed to leave enough ammunition and supplies for himself, and send all the harvest to southern Liaoning as much as possible, because it was not the north wind season at this time, so only heavy things such as grain, cured meat, and other heavy things would be transported south, while the population attached to the Dongfang Trading Company, livestock outside the military, and captured carriages and other things would go south by land, anyway, the road had been completely cleared.

In southern Liaoning, Chen Ping could continue to sweep along the eastern coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula, expand the results of the battle, and enter the cantonment of the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner, while he needed to participate in the battle in the north.

He Liangtao, who rushed from Sado Island to support, made use of the manpower and material resources that arrived in southern Liaoning to build a fortress and a defensive position to cooperate with it in southern Liaoning, after all, the main force of the Qing army may retreat from the pass at any time, and Li Zhaoji needs to support until the arrival of the north wind season in order to move the army and population to a safe place.

Haicheng, Zhishun Palace.

Zilharang and Abatai and other generals sat in the lobby of the Zhishun Palace, and the servants of the Shang Kexi family came and went, bringing tea.

"Get out of here, no one should come near without orders from their masters." Abatai said impatiently.

After the surrender of King Sanshun to the Manchu Dynasty, Shang Kexi's department was settled in Haicheng, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were placed in Liaoyang, although two years ago, the Qing court set up the Eight Banners Han Army, and Shang Kexi's department was incorporated into the Han Army's Zhenglan Banner, but in fact it was still self-contained, but nominally with the flag, went out to fight its own army, and lived in the domain on weekdays.

Therefore, when the Manchurian nobles from Shengjing such as Zierharang arrived in Haicheng, they found that after several years of operation, the Shang Kexi mansion was magnificent, and it was even better than that of them, the Manchurian princes. Therefore, as soon as they arrived at the place, they were naturally requisitioned.

It's just that both Zilharang and Abatai are doers, and they don't just enjoy this, but their main thoughts are used to deal with the Ming army that landed.

"Damn, I have been fighting with others for a month, and I know that this guy Nikan is neither a Ming army nor a thief, what kind of army is a trading company, his grandmother drops, if it weren't for Wu Sangui's letter, we would still be in the dark.

Luckettun, that idiot, he was stupid, he gave away all the strikers, and when I found him, I had to skin him. "Abatai is a grumpy man who swears a lot.

Beside him, a young man said, "Amma, I just got the news today, and Lucketthun is afraid that he is dead. ”

This young man is the very outstanding Bolo among Abatai's sons, and in the third generation of Aixin Jueluo, he is also a leader, and this time he is on the expedition, so he naturally wants to seize the opportunity, so he is already assisting the coach to deal with some affairs.

Zilharang nodded: "Abatai, the enemy has sent Lekdehun's wrench and armor to intimidate us, saying that if we dare to be their enemy, we will die." ”

Abatai frowned: "Prince Zheng, do you think it will be the enemy's treacherous scheme, Lucketthun is not dead, otherwise why only send a wrench and armor?" ”

As soon as Zilharang beckoned, someone unfolded the armor of Luckdhun, and on top of the white armor, three fist-sized holes were punched, which were already tattered.

"This should have been shot by the artillery at close range, and I am afraid that my head will be broken and my body will become minced meat." Zilharang waved his hand, unable to stand the rancid smell emanating from the armor, and let people take it down.

"Count that kid's good luck, if he dies, there is no need to pursue his family, maybe his clan identity can be restored." Abatai said lightly.

"Abatai, don't waste too much time on a dead man, we're going to talk about how to deal with the enemy." Zilharang said.

Because of the death of Luckedhun, Sheng Jing paid more and more attention to the Eastern Brigade, so even Sonny was sent, and Sonny has always been smart, and Zilharang was very relieved to hand over some work to him.

Sonny opened the map on the table and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, Gaizhou has been emptied by the Nikans, and the scouts sent out have reported that just yesterday morning, a fire was lit there, and the essence was burned. ”

"Grandma's, this is going to run." Abatai immediately became vigilant.

Sony shook his head: "It should be, but it's not that simple." The Oriental Society had the advantage of boats, so the grain and other goods obtained from the looting were transported to Lianyun Island at the mouth of the river, but the population, livestock, and vehicles were moved south by land.

After the Nikans burned the city of Gaizhou, they retreated to the south of the Qing River, where Nikan had already set up a camp. ”

Abatai's eyes stared at Lianyun Island: "What about here, do they still have a ship here?" ”

"Yes, there are at least seven more ships, all big ships, and the island is very busy with people." Sony said.

Abatai said: "I have been to Lianyun Island, just in Haikou, when the tide falls, it is almost connected to the land, and people who can swim can swim directly to it." Let's build some wooden platoons, get some boats, and fight them before the enemy runs out.

Their battalion is in the south of the Qing River, and they will definitely not be able to support it, how about it? ”

Everyone present fell into a discussion, some people thought that Abatai's method was good, and some people thought that it was their own shortcomings and their strengths.

Zilharang coughed lightly, interrupted the discussion, and said: "Abatai, that may be a trap, if there is still a lot of goods and food on this island that have not yet been withdrawn, then the enemy brigade should be on the north bank of the Qing River, forming an angle with Lianyun Island, instead of retreating to the south bank of the river."

If we send troops to fight, the most likely outcome is that there is an ambush there that will drive the soldiers we sent into the sea. ”

"Sony, you should send a few people to the island to have a look." Abatai was vetoed by Zilharang, unhappy, and said to Sony.

Zilharang shook his head: "There is no point, all you see is the enemy's porous defense." If I were Nikan, I would have ambushed the army on a few ships on the shore. ”

Abatai was speechless for a while, his ability to fight was one of the best in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he was responsible for the most successful plundering of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But in terms of lip service, he is not as good as Zilharang, after all, he is an evergreen tree in the political arena.

Bolo coughed lightly and said: "What Prince Zheng said is very right, so we should send someone to the island to investigate, if it is really a trap, we will see a lot of flaws, if it is not a trap, we can also investigate the enemy's strength, or it is really possible to break it in one fell swoop." ”

Hearing this, Zilharang looked at Bolo with a happy face, although Bolo was trying to save face for his father, but Zilharang was very pleased that there was such a smart person as Bolo in the younger generation of the Qing Dynasty.

"Sony, do you hear me, just do what Bolo said." Zilharang said to Sony.

Sonny immediately said, "Yes, this is a dereliction of duty on the part of the minions." ”

Zilharang nodded, and did not pursue anything, but said: "The Nikan of Boluopu retreated, leaving only the corpses in one place, and the road and water source from here to Boluopu were damaged, fortunately we are cavalry, and there has been no rain for the past half a month, so the impact is not great."

Don't wait for reinforcements from Hetuara and other places, we will go south at once. ”

"Okay, that fool who lost our Qing Dynasty, it's time to teach Nikan a lesson. It doesn't matter if he is a Ming army or a thief, or some bullshit trading company, Nikan is Nikan, just the material for being a slave, and he wants to bully the master, grandma! Abatai grinned.

Zilharan said, "Bolo, you take two thousand cavalry to the south and be the vanguard of the whole army. ”

When the Qing army marched south, Li Zhaoji also met a long-lost friend of his in the camp south of the Qing River, Aaron from the British East India Company.

This guy has finally turned back from returning to India from Sado Island last year, and unlike when he left, Aaron only took with him a sloop given by Lee Zhaoji, and Aaron brought three ships carrying all kinds of supplies purchased from India and Du.

He only left for more than half a year, but he didn't expect Li Zhaoji's Oriental Trading Company to develop so fast, his original plan was to exchange all the goods bought by Yin and Du for raw silk and porcelain from the Tamsui warehouse, but after arriving, he found that there were too many opportunities in the East, and he wanted to exchange everything for gold coins and high-value goods.

Although he persuaded the East India and Du Company to support this voyage trade, but did not get the corresponding purchase money, his subordinates only had various European currencies worth more than 30,000 taels of silver, but they belonged to various agents in the India and Du regions, and the East India and Du Company supported him, but did not fully support it, and refused to give him hundreds of thousands of taels to do business.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was rich in products, and there was no demand for things like cotton cloth in India and degree, and those goods were more marketable in East India, the Du Islands, that is, Southeast Asia, but Aaron did not dare to trade there.

Among the goods he brought, many of them were of great significance to the Oriental Trading Company, such as all kinds of flint machines, high-purity seals, and saltpeter, all of which were urgently needed by the Oriental Trading Company in a state of war.

But even so, it was difficult for him to obtain sufficient capital to purchase the goods he wanted, and after consulting with Liu Mingde, Aaron found that his greatest value was not those goods, but three ships, so he accepted the employment of the Oriental Trading Company, personally escorted a batch of freshwater ammunition to Liaodong, and used three armed merchant ships and all the people who could be organized to act as Li Zhaoji's mercenaries.

"My dear friend, you came at the right time and delivered a lot of goods I need." Lee gave Aaron a warm welcome.

Aaron said: "When I heard that you were fighting with the Tatars, I came at once, you are our most sincere companion. ”

Just as Li Zhaoji was entertaining Aaron in the camp, the commander of the cavalry battalion, Zhou Mingwu, arrived, he was still hanging his arms, and he had been healing for the past few days, but today he was radiant, as if he was going to marry a daughter-in-law.

"Mingwu, is there anything wrong with you?" Li Zhaoji saw that Zhou Mingwu had been by his side for a long time, pursed his lips and did not speak, and asked with a smile.

Zhou Mingwu said: "I heard that Mr. Aaron sent a lot of flintlock pistols, hundreds of them. ”

"Yes, when I was in India, I ordered a batch of flintlock pistols in Goa, a total of three hundred and fifty of them, and six hundred sets of flintlock machines, but there were only thirty flintlock pistols, which were my gift to you, and the rest were all rifles." Aaron is clearly proud of his business channels.

Zhou Mingwu said with a grin: "Commander, you should equip my cavalry battalion with those flintlock pistols, enough for everyone." ”

"No, I refuse, there's no need to discuss." Lee immediately refused.

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