Chapter 158 The mantis catches the cicada, who is the oriole?
"What? Geng Jingzhong sent troops?"
When Zhu Heying heard Qiu Rong's words, he was stunned by the situation when he was studying the enemy situation with Zhuge Sanhe before, he had imagined that Shang Kexi would not attack Jieyang for a long time and then used troops to attack Chaoyang.
Although Chaoyang County is as difficult as Jieyang County, Shang Kexi's army can still ravage the area north of Chaoyang County, causing certain losses to Qiu Hui.
However, Geng Jingzhong's mission to send troops to Guangdong to wading muddy waters was far beyond Zhu Hezhi and Zhuge Sanhe's expectations.
Now Guangdong has become a mess, and Wu Sangui from Yunnan and Guizhou was suspicious of the Qing court because of the "Chongzhen's will". Among the Three Feudalists, only Geng Jingzhong was the most comfortable life. He could stay out of the matter. As long as the third prince Zhu and Wu Sangui from Guangdong were not defeated, Geng Jingzhong could live a good life. No matter how he did things, Emperor Kangxi could only coax him.
In this case, there is no need for him to send troops to Chaozhou!
What is the purpose of sending troops to Chaozhou?
After winning, Chaozhou cannot belong to him. Emperor Kangxi will still kill the donkey and continue to cut off the Three Feudals!
If you lose, the Yanping Palace will definitely take advantage of the victory and chase and kill into Fujian to seize Zhangzhou and Quanzhou.
Geng Jingzhong is suffering from both sides. What does he want to get with this soldier?
Zhuge Sanhe was also confused, but he forced himself to show it and still waved the goose feather fan, looking completely silently. Before he could even abandon his ability to observe the face, he was still secretly looking at Qiu Rong. Seeing that the scarred face was quite certain, he asked with a smile: "Sir Qiu, Ling Zun wants you to take your troops back, are you going to do a big ticket deal?"
Qiu Rong nodded and said, "It's true that I can't hide it from the military advisor. My father asked me to go back. There is indeed a big deal that I can't do, but not my father's big deal, but the big deal in the Yanping Palace!"
"Yanping Prince's Mansion?" Military Advisor Zhuge suddenly realized, "The Prince of Yanping has transferred his troops to Xiamen?"
Qiu Rong smiled and said, "I guessed that Prince Yanping had secretly mobilized 10,000 troops to station in Xiamen, waiting for the opportunity to send troops to Fujian. My father has also gathered 6,000 troops, plus the 6,000 people on Jieyang Island, a total of 22,000. If I take another 6,000 people back on the water, that is 28,000 people, and I can definitely do a big ticket!"
Needless to say, it is known that the big deal in the Yanping Palace was to attack Zhangzhou, which was a few million yuan that had been blackened by Zheng Chenggong. Moreover, this guy also suggested that Oboi relocate the coastal border, causing countless deaths in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and all the prosperous coastal lands were turned into ruins. The life of Yanping Palace was also very difficult.
This hatred is really deeper than the sea and higher than the sky! So Zheng Jing, a rich three generations who are only rich for three generations, must have missed the opportunity to get back some of his ancestral property.
However, Zhangzhou is not that easy to fight! A small Zhangzhou is a place where elite soldiers gather!
There are Fujian Governor Fan Chengmo, Fujian Navy Admiral Shi Lang, Haicheng Duke Huang Wu, and Zhangzhou General Zhao Desheng, all of them are not easy to mess with!
"Criminal Master," Qiu Rong had already put away his smile and looked at Zhu Hezhi and said, "If I take away the elite soldiers of the two towns under my command, it will be at most two months, and I will definitely come back in two months! Is it not going to miss the military aircraft in Guangzhou?"
According to Zhu Hetong's plan, he had to train outside Guangzhou for at least two months before he could enter Guangzhou.
This is not only to ensure the victory of the Battle of Guangzhou, but also to avoid attracting the full encirclement and suppression of the Qing court too early.
Guangzhou is not comparable to county towns like Xiangshan or Shunde!
Once Zhu Heying entered Guangzhou, Emperor Kangxi would likely mobilize more northern troops to come south. If Zhu Heying could not repel them, the Guangzhou base area might be surrounded, making it like the Tianjing of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
However, the 6,000 troops under Qiu Rong are still very important to the current situation in Guangzhou. After all, the proportion of new recruits among the soldiers in these two towns is only half. The proportion of new recruits in the six towns of Jinyi’s personal army is more than 90%!
Zhu Heying turned his gaze to Zhuge Sanhe. Zhuge Sanhe shook the goose feather fan and kept observing Qiu Rong's face. Seeing his confident expression, he was already a little impressed.
The Yanping Palace is sure to win this time! So Qiu Rong will definitely leave, and he can't stop him.
"Criminal, we are not attacking the city now, and we have enough troops. Why not let Mr. Qiu lead his troops to Chaozhou?"
Zhu Hezhi nodded after hearing what Zhuge Sanhe said: "Sir Qiu, you can hand over the Huangpu Camp to Su Zhanshan's Jinyi Private Army Zuozhen, let them take a boat to Huangpu Camp tomorrow. After the defense is handed over, you can leave."
Qiu Rong smiled and said, "That's great! Prince, don't worry, at most two months, I will definitely come back to help fight Guangzhou."
"Okay." Zhu Heying nodded repeatedly
"Military advisor, are you really relieved to let Scar Rong leave?"
"Criminal, I'm not at ease, but the Qiu family army is the Qiu family army after all! If you want to restore the BenQ, what you can really rely on is Jinyi's personal army."
"That's right, bosses Hui and Scar Rong are already quite interesting!"
"The prince's wise!"
"Now I'm afraid that Shang Kexi will make a fuss and make a fuss to attack from the Jieyang front line and rush back to Guangzhou!"
"Haha, that's a problem!"
As soon as the military discussion ended, Zhu Hezang called Zhuge Military Advisor into his study and continued to have a secret conversation with him.
Of course, the topics that the two secretly discussed are inseparable from the military affairs of the Guangzhou frontline.
Although they did not mention the possibility of Shang Kexi returning to the army during the military discussion just now, they had already thought that Geng Jingzhong's motive was difficult to guess. Maybe they were just forced to deal with the errand by Kangxi.
But what Shang Kexi might take is nothing more than attacking Jieyang or returning to Guangzhou.
Shang Kexi has no chance of winning in a strong attack on Jieyang. Now there are already 6,000 Ming troops on Jieyang Island. Qiu Hui can send another 4,000 reinforcements at any time and can defend it no matter how hard it is.
Therefore, Shang Kexi's chances of shooting a fake shot in Chaoyang and returning to the army are quite likely.
"Criminal Master," Zhuge Sanhe thought, "Shang Kexi cannot return from the entire Jieyang army, which is more than 20,000 people. In order to speed up the march, it is impossible to carry artillery.
Do you think it is possible for us to intercept his army outside Guangzhou? If we can defeat him outside the city, then Guangzhou City can be taken without a fight!"
Zhu Heying frowned and whispered: "We can concentrate at most 15,000, or 16,000 people, of which about 14,000 new recruits. However, there are 10,000 foreign cannons controlled by Portuguese gunners, and our own sugar powder firearm!"
Zhuge Sanhe nodded and said, "There are still at least 60% of the winners! Prince, will you fight?"
"Fight!" Zhu Heying gritted his teeth, "Shang Kexi dared to bet, and I dared to follow him as long as I defeat Shang Kexi, Wu Sangui would raise an army and the world would be in chaos!"
At this moment, in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, thousands of miles away, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was discussing the battle situation in Guangdong with several Grand Secretary in the southern study, as well as the incident of the Portuguese Macau who threw the flag.
Six hundred miles of express delivery have been opened between Guangdong and Beijing, so Emperor Kangxi can know clearly the changes in the war situation in Guangdong seven or eight days later.
Now he knew that Shang Kexi had stopped fighting in Jieyang, Zhu Heying's surprise attack on Macau, and that Zhu Heying took advantage of the victory and marched straight to Guangzhou Prefecture after successfully seizing Macau.
At the same time, Shang Kexi also reported that Wu Sanwei was defeated by Prince Zhu using magic, and he suffered hundreds of soldiers, and his whereabouts were unknown!
In addition, Fujian Governor Fan Chengmo also reported to Macau Portuguese soldier Rotoni, Archbishop Sang Paul and others that 138 people reached the conclusion of Dutch merchant ships fleeing to Zhangzhou. Because they admired the sacred virtues of the Qing emperor, they wanted to come to Beijing to vote for the flag.
Chapter completed!