After the Ministry of National Defense issued a mobilization order, Li Dingguo, Lu Daqi, Yan Jizu, Qin Liangyu and other ministries went south one after another.

Sichuan Province, Jiangxi Province, Zhejiang Province, Huguang Province, although the imperial court claimed to be a three-way army, but in fact it was four armies, because there were also Zhejiang Dao soldiers and horses under Lu Daqi, although the main responsibility of this army was to monitor and contain Zheng Zhilong's department in Fujian, but it was also a large army.

As the armies from all walks of life began to assemble rapidly, the money, food and military equipment mobilized by the Ministry of Equipment and the Ministry of Finance, as well as a large number of civilians mobilized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, also gathered south, and the world was shaken, and the rebels of Liangguang and Yungui, as well as Zheng Zhilong, who was "entrenched" in Fujian, were all shocked by the determination of the imperial court to quell the chaos by force.

Huguang Road, Jingzhou City.

In the prefect's yamen, Li Dingguo, the chief military officer of Huguang Province, sat at the top, Liu Liangzuo, a staff general of the Changsha battalion, Gao Jie, a staff general of the Baochen battalion, Huang Degong, a staff general of the Yongheng battalion, and Ai Nengqi, a staff general of the Huang De battalion, gathered together.

In this battle, Li Dingguo's main offensive force was the soldiers and horses in the hands of several generals present. There are a total of four garrison battalions, plus thousands of elites of Li Dingguo's Zhenbiao battalion, the main army has a total of more than 70,000 people, and the strength can be called abundant.

At this time, a map of Guizhou had been unfolded in the lobby, Li Dingguo beckoned everyone to come forward to watch, and said: "Everyone, this town will first say a digression, the chief generals of our Huguang Provincial Garrison Army are not the core generals of the imperial court, this town was originally a liukou, and General Ai Shen is also a liukou, and the rest of you are the generals of the original Nanjing court, and we are all unpopular people in the eyes of some people in the court. ”

"So in this battle, we must make a big move, let those who look down on us, or don't believe in us, completely shut up, and let Liu Ge know with real achievements that he didn't use the wrong person!"

Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Ai Nengqi were excited when they heard this, originally everyone was ecstatic when they received the appointment of the Ministry of National Defense, but then when everyone took office, those civil officials in Huguang Road were all yin and yang, and some even bluntly said that they did not believe that everyone could repel the rebels, and there were even good people who wanted to write to the court, suggesting that the court should beware of Li Dingguo, the "remnant of thieves"!

Therefore, Li Dingguo and the others held their breath in their hearts, vowing to stop everyone's mouths with a beautiful victory.

Liu Liangzuo clenched his fists and said: "Please give the general town a strategy, we will fight to the death in this battle!" ”

"I'm going to fight to the death!"

"Good!"

Immediately, Li Dingguo said: "Xu Jiaming, the general soldier of Guizhou, has gathered 87,000 soldiers from the Guizhou Guard, as well as 58,000 Tusi soldiers from all over the country, with a total of 145,000 troops. At present, according to the information provided by the Ministry of Military Intelligence and the information sent back by various departments at night, after the rebels in Guizhou set out from Mayang County, they first divided their troops into two attacks, all the way to Chenzhou Fucheng and all the way to the neighboring Baoqing Fu. Later, when it was heard that our army had assembled and headed south, the rebels reunited in Liping Mansion in Guizhou, and at present more than 100,000 rebels were deployed in the vicinity of Liping Mansion, and it seemed that they were going to fight a decisive battle with our army in the vicinity of Liping Mansion. ”

"So."

Li Dingguo paused, looked at everyone, and said loudly: "The battlefield of our army is in Liping Mansion, and this town has decided to lead the main army to attack Liping Mansion and sweep away the rebellion!" ”

"I wish to sweep away the rebellion with the head town!"

On the same day, Li Dingguo ordered the army to prepare, and the Huguang Dao army set out from Jingzhou early the next morning, crossed the border between Huguang Dao and Guizhou Dao, entered the east bank of the Xinhua River, and then marched south along the river towards Liping Fu.

At the same time, Lu Daqi also arrived at the capital city of Zhejiang Province.

At this time, Li Yan, deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province, and Red Lady, a staff officer, also arrived, and the three of them discussed it, and then drew up a strategy of "deploying the state capital and Wenzhou government to strictly prevent Zheng Zhilong's troops from going north." ”

In the yamen of the prefect of the city, Lu Daqi said to Li Yan: "At present, the garrison troops of all battalions in Zhejiang Province have begun to assemble to the south, and they can be deployed in place in these two days. ”

"In addition, the imperial court will also deploy the 10th Army of the National Defense Army in Huguang Road and the 11th Army in Jiangxi Road, there is no hidden danger in our side and rear, we can give it a go and take advantage of this opportunity to make war achievements!"

Li Yan nodded and said: "The only question now is what Zheng Zhilong will do, after all, Zheng Jun has the advantage of a naval division, and I am worried that Zheng Zhilong will bypass the defense line deployed by our army in Chuzhou Mansion and Wenzhou Mansion from the sea and attack north." ”

Lu Daqi obviously also had this worry, so he said: "Five garrison battalions, one each in the state capital and one in the Wenzhou government, let's stay here in the prefecture city, plus the town standard battalion as a reserve." The remaining three garrison battalions are deployed along the coastline in the areas of Taizhou, Ningbo, and Hangzhou. ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "This is too passive, fortified everywhere, and unguarded everywhere!" ”

Lu Daqi frowned slightly, and said, "The sailors of the imperial court are not the opponents of Zheng Zhilong's department, and there is no better way at the moment. ”

Li Yan thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Most of Zheng Zhilong's foundation is in Fujian, and some are in Taiwan. Taiwan is beyond our reach, but Fujian is close at hand. ”

"What do you mean by General Lee?"

Li Yan said: "If you want me to say, let's gather all the five garrison battalions in the Chuzhou capital and Wenzhou mansion, as long as Zheng Zhilong sends troops to the sea, we will follow the practice of the wild boar skin in the battle of Salhu, you fight yours, I will fight mine, let's rush directly into Fujian with the strength of five garrison battalions!" ”

Lu Daqi said in shock: "What does General Li mean that if Zheng Zhilong leads his army to sail out to the sea to raid the north, we will take the opportunity to take Fujian?" ”

"Exactly!"

Lu Daqi thought for a while, and then said: "This strategy is very dangerous, but once it is implemented, we can recover Fujian, and at the same time destroy half of Zheng Zhilong's foundation, so that his more than 200,000 troops can only flee to Taiwan, I think it is feasible!" ”

The red lady on the side frowned slightly, and said: "In this way, will the tiger return to the mountain, Taiwan is lonely overseas, even if we really force Zheng Zhilong to retreat to Taiwan, it will take a lot of effort for the imperial court to take back Taiwan in the future." Is this a merit or a fault? ”

Li Yan and Lu Daqi glanced at each other, and both of them sighed.

Lu Daqi said: "The staff officer's sight is bloody for a while! It's just that now the strength of the imperial court sailors is insufficient, Zheng Zhilong is actually free to come and go, as long as he leads the army to the sea, we can't stop him wherever he wants. In the current situation, as long as Zheng Zhilong participates in the war, all we can do is to take the opportunity to take Fujian. ”

Li Yan added: "This is also a way that has no choice. ”

The three sighed.

Unlike Lu Daqi, Li Yan, and Hongniangzi's "powerlessness", at this time, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, had already led the Fubiao battalion to arrive at the capital of Ganzhou, and arrived here with him, as well as the Leiden battalion, Yanqing battalion, and Jidong battalion soldiers and horses that set the Shandong garrison.

Yan Jizu immediately convened a military meeting to discuss the matter of quelling the chaos with the generals of various ministries.

In the lobby of the Chinese army, Yan Jizu was in the right position, and Zu Yonghai, the general of the Fubiao battalion, Geng Yu, the general of the Leiden battalion, Qian Maoli, the general of the Yanqing battalion, and Mao Buyu, the general of the Jidong battalion, were divided into two sides and looked at Yan Jizu one after another.

"Hehe, you have worked hard all the way, it is said that you should rest for a few days, but now the war is urgent, according to the intelligence of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, as well as the investigation of the various departments at night, at present, the rebellious Ding Kuichu led the troops to sit in Heping County, Huizhou Prefecture, Wang Xianchuan led the 120,000 troops to capture Dingnan County and Longnan County, and the main force of the rebel army is heading north, and it seems that they are preparing to attack Xinfeng County in the north."

"Xinfeng County is the southern barrier of the capital city of Ganzhou, how can Benfu let the rebels be so rampant, so early tomorrow morning, the soldiers of each battalion will go south with Benfu to help Xinfeng County and meet the rebels!"

Zu Yonghai, the general of the Fubiao battalion, Geng Yu, the general of the Leiden battalion, Qian Maoli, the general of the Yanqing battalion, and Mao Buyu, the general of the Jidong battalion, clasped their fists together and said: "The last general is willing to follow the Lord Futai to quell the rebellion and make contributions!" ”

Yan Jizu said with a smile: "In addition, although the rebels have a slight advantage in this battle, our army's combat strength is stronger, and the 11th Army of the National Defense Army is sitting behind. ”

"Yes!"

Early the next morning, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, led his troops from the capital city of Ganzhou and went south to attack Xinfeng County.

A few days later, in the city of Fuzhou, Fujian, Zheng Zhilong frowned and looked at a map, which had been densely marked with many small characters, all of which were the distribution of the situation of the imperial court and the rebels of Liangguang and Yunnan-Guizhou during this period.

Of course, although Zheng Zhilong has a lot of sources, including the imperial court, localities, the bright side, and the hidden piles in various places, the news transmitted through these channels is delayed, and the truth and falsehood are mixed, which is not comparable to the imperial court at all.

However, in general, it can also reflect some problems, such as the general distribution of the forces mobilized by the imperial court, and the direction of attack of the rebels.

After Zheng Zhilong looked at it for a long time, he sighed and said: "I really didn't expect it, I originally thought that in order to continue to implement the new policy and military reform policy, the imperial court would definitely send envoys to negotiate with the rebels of Liangguang and Yunnan-Guizhou, and at least buy some time." In this way, we in Fujian can also fish in troubled waters and reap some benefits. ”

"It's just that I didn't expect that the imperial court would be so resolute, and it didn't talk to the rebels of Liangguang and Yungui at all, and it directly transferred troops to fight!!"

Zheng Zhilong looked at Zheng Sen beside him, and now after he came back, he directly announced that he had changed his name to Zheng Chenggong, which made Zheng Zhilong feel very uncomfortable.

"The court is so resolute, it is very similar to Liu Ge Lao's wrist, it seems that his father despises Liu Ge Lao!"

Zheng Chenggong hugged his fists and said: "Father should go to the capital to meet Liu Ge Lao in person, to be honest, I have never seen such a person, there is Liu Ge Lao in the imperial court, ZTE is definitely not a problem!" ”

"Really?"

Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly and said secretly: "The court is prosperous, then the Zheng family will hand over power, such an obvious truth, can't Sen'er see through it?" ”

Then Zheng Zhilong shook his head, this son of his was not unable to see through, but he was determined to be loyal to the court.

Looking at Zheng Zhilong, who was entangled, Zheng Chenggong said: "Father, now that the imperial court has started a war with the rebels of Liangguang and Yungui, in my opinion, this war will never last long, with the strength and financial resources of the imperial court, the rebels will not last long, and my father must make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "Let me think about it, tomorrow, the Father will gather everyone to announce the decision." ”