The news of Xinhui's loss made Li Lutai unable to hide his fear. Three days ago, Zheng Guodong sent someone to express his urge to Guangzhou to fast horses, which surprised the governor at that time. However, this surprise was not because the bandits approached Xinhui, but because Wu Jinzhong, the general of the right wing of Pingnan Fan, died.

Although the Governor General was very resistant to the two vassals of Pingnan and Jingnan, he was even dissatisfied with them, but he knew clearly that the Two Kings were the key to the Qing court's control of Guangdong. Once a war broke out in Guangdong, due to geographical factors, the Qing court could not send the Eight Manchu and Han Banners to Guangdong as soon as possible, so he could only rely on the Two vassals, and the Two vassals relied on thousands of Han military banner soldiers under his command. If the Two vassals could not stabilize the situation in Guangdong, it would mean that Guangdong would no longer be owned by the Qing Dynasty. If it wanted to take Guangdong again, it would have to pay greater casualties, which was something that the Qing court could not accept. At the beginning, Li Chengdong's actions changed color to several southern provinces, and the Qing court lost its voice.

To be honest, the Governor was both happy and hated the Second Vocationals. He was happy that the Two Vocationals were there. With the Thousand Han military flags under the Second Vocationals, Guangdong would not be in danger of losing it. He did not have to be afraid of losing his head. He hated him because of the existence of the Two Vocationals in Guangdong that he was a Guangdong Governor. At present, the Southern Ming Dynasty has not been destroyed, and the court has very strong dependent on the Two Vocationals and needs to use their power to fight against the Ming army. Therefore, it is impossible to have too many restrictions on the Two Vocationals to weaken their military power. He had the idea of ​​deciding the Vocationals earlier. Once Yongzhen came true, there would be no Governor in Guangdong.

Although Li Rutai kept advocating the Qing court, the Qing court still did not take action in the big way except for supporting him in minor matters. He was a governor in name only. Except for the prescribed governor, most of the Guangdong green camps listened to the Second Vocational instead of the Governor. The taxes from various places were mostly transferred to the Second Vocational for military pay, and not belonged to his governor’s yamen. There was no military power or financial power, and even the appointment of officials could not be fully handled. I imagine how much Li Rutai hated the Second Vocational.

Relatively resentful, Li Shutai is not a second-generation ancestor. It is true that his wife is a royal family, but he relies on his own fortune because of his own ability. Therefore, he was dissatisfied with the current situation. Before the Nanming was completely eliminated, he also knew that the current affairs were the priority and tried not to directly conflict with the two vassals, and he also met more requirements for the two vassals. The military supported the two vassals. The Governor's Office did not point fingers or secretly dragged his back.

First, the situation in Guangdong changed in a direction that was beneficial to the Qing court. At the beginning of the year, the Green Camp in Guangzhou Prefecture's encirclement and suppression of the Southern Ming troops in Xiangshan was supported by the two feudalists, thus pulling out the nails under his nose, making Xiangshan County completely owned by the Qing army, further narrowing the scope of activities of the Southern Ming army. Only when the navy was trained, the Qing army could completely control the Sanjiang River Basin without worrying that the Southern Ming army would enter the river from the sea like Li Dingguo's invasion last year.

In the eastern Guangdong, since the successful occupation of Chaozhou, the situation has become more and more stable, and the Zheng family in Fujian has been swaying in the war of surrender. They missed the opportunity to cooperate with Li Dingguo to enter Guangdong. Li Dingguo was defeated and Zheng family

He was even more unable to enter Guangdong alone. Although he still had actions in Chaoshan area, it could no longer affect the overall situation. In the letter from Beijing's good officials, it said that Zheng was discussing peace with the court. If the peace talks were successful, the Zheng family's problem would be solved.

In western Guangdong, Li Dingguo retreated to Gaozhou. The two attacks and Guangdong defeats made it difficult for him to invade Guangzhou again in a short period of time. Although there were still Ming troops in Lei and Lianzhou, most of them were miscellaneous troops pieced together by the remaining forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and most of them were naval troops. They did not pose a real threat to the Qing army. Although last month, General Linghai of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Chen Qice, led his troops to attack on the shore and killed many garrisoned green camps, the Chen troops did not dare to stay on the shore for a long time, and they were even less able to capture the city. As long as the green camp sticks to the city, the Chen troops are not in trouble.

The situation was very good, and I just waited for a breakthrough in the battlefield in Hunan, but I didn't expect that a bandit soldier would pop up in Xinhui, who was so close to me, and even killed Wu Jinzhong, the right-wing general of Pingnan Fan!

As the commander of the right-wing general under the command of Shang Kexi, the King of Pingnan, Wu Jinzhong was not from a bannerman, but he was also a qualified general under Pingnan. He has always served as the vanguard of the army when he attacked Guangzhou, Chaozhou, and Xinhui. It can be said that he made great achievements for the Qing Dynasty. Last year's Battle of Xinhui was clearly a bannerman, commanded by Yunlong, and in fact, Wu Jinzhong was the one who made the most efforts. The governor had to admit this in private. It was precisely because of this that Shang Kexi recommended him to the court as the governor of Guangdong. Although the edict had not been sent yet, with Li Chengdong's previous experience, the court would probably not oppose it again this time, so as not to incite Li Chengdong to rebel.

Unexpectedly, the admiral was not appointed, but Wu Jinzhong died in battle first, and he was not killed by the soldiers of Li Dingguo. The one who killed him was an unheard of Ming army.

Which force in the Taiping Army is from the Southern Ming Dynasty, who is the leader, and how many soldiers are there?

After receiving the urgent report, Li Lutai's mind was repeatedly resounding with these three questions. The staff of the Governor's Office read all the official documents related to the Southern Ming army in the past two years, but no one found a word about the Taiping Army.

Wu Jinzhong dies, Xinhui is in danger!

Where is Xinhui? It is the southern gate of Guangzhou. It is a strategic location that Li Dingguo tried his best to seize. If he lost Xinhui, the Ming army could approach Guangzhou; if he lost Xinhui, the Ming army in western Guangdong could be connected!

Damn, Damn, Wu Jinzhong deserves to die!

The angry governor immediately paid a visit to Pingnan and Jingnan. The military situation was urgent. No matter whether the Taiping Army was a bandit or a Ming army, as long as he appeared under Xinhui City, he must be eliminated!

The two vassals of Pingnan and Jingnan received urgent reports almost at the same time as the Governor's Office. When Li Rutai was still wondering what the Taiping Army was in the Governor's Office, the King of Pingnan, who had been in charge for decades, had sent his eldest son Shang Zhixin to lead the troops to reinforce Xinhui City.

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Chapter completed!