In the second year of Yongli, Jin Shenghuan of Jiangxi, Li Chengdong of Guangdong, and Jiang Xiang of Shanxi successively raised their troops. The Qing court felt that Manchurian troops alone were not enough to suppress the waves of resistance to the Qing, and immediately decided to recruit King Sanshun of Liaodong to join the army.

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In April of the following year, the three of them arrived in Beijing. By May 19th, the Qing government issued an edict to change the title of King Kong Youde of Gongshun to King of Dingnan, King of Huaishun Geng Zhongming to King of Jingnan, and King Zhishun Shangkexi to King of Pingnan. The same

"Heaven ordered Kong Youde, King of Dingnan, to lead 3,100 old soldiers and 16,900 new soldiers, a total of 20,000, to suppress Guangxi and garrison them at home, and to serve as governors, provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties throughout the province.

All the officials sealed their orders and sent them there. Geng Zhongming, the king of Jingnan, led 2,500 old soldiers and 7,500 new soldiers; Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, led 2,300 old soldiers and 7,66 new soldiers.

One hundred, a total of 20,000, to suppress Guangdong and garrison the whole province, and all the governors of the province, roads, prefectures, prefectures, and counties to carry them with their seals and orders."

The three kings who were born in Dongjiang Town led their troops southward. Kong Youde went to Huguang to attack Guangxi, while Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming went to Jiangxi to attack Guangdong. Originally, according to the plan, they were stationed in Jiangxi in the winter months, but they went south in large numbers at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month. However, Shang and Geng two vassals took in the escapees when they went south.

When the assassination incident occurred, Geng Zhongming committed suicide due to fear of the harshness of the "Escape Law". The Qing government had to use Shang Kexi as the commander-in-chief of the attack on Guangdong, and Geng Zhongming's son Geng Jimao, who commanded the Jingnan vassal with the official position of Ashahafan, served as Shang Kexi's deputy.

Since Li Chengdong was defeated and died, only Wu Shebo and Yan Keyi among Li Chengdong's generals were stationed at Meiling. They once went north to attack Nan'an Prefecture in the southern Jiangxi region, but were quickly repelled by the Qing army and died of illness soon after.

The gateway to Guangdong needed to be heavily garrisoned, so Li Yuanyin and Du Yonghe intended to send Baofeng Bo and Luo Chengyao to lead their troops north to block the Qing army's approach, but Luo Chengyao said, "You and others can enjoy themselves in peace and security, and I am the only one who suffers!" Moreover, the Duke of the country often appears,

If you can't succeed, what can I do now?" Until the end, Du Yonghe and others repeatedly persuaded and offered heavy bribes, and Luo Chengyao reluctantly took up his post and was stationed in Shaozhou Prefecture. In Nanxiong, it was just

The Chinese army Jiang Qilong was sent to garrison.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the Qing army arrived at Nanxiong Mansion and attempted to break the city. The Ming army was defeated. More than ten generals, including Chief Yang Jie and Deputy General Xiao Qi, were killed. Chief Dong Yuanxin was captured alive. The defenders

More than 200 horsemen and more than 6,000 infantry were killed in the battle, and "all the residents in the city were slaughtered."

On the sixth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Yongli, it was good news that Geng Jimao arrived at Shaozhou Prefecture. Luo Chengyao had led his troops to flee south beforehand, and the Qing army conquered Shaozhou Prefecture without a fight. From this, the imperial court was established under the leadership of the emperor.

scurried westward again.

When Zheng Chenggong received the news, it was already mid-April. This was because Huang Yingjie, the Bo of Fenghua who was guarding Huizhou Prefecture, Li Shilian, who was guarding the Chaohui branch, Shen Shiqi, the patrolling patrol of the Chaohui branch, and others surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, so the news shielding in Huizhou failed.

At the same time, news was received that Shang Kexi's army had arrived at the gates of Guangzhou.

After the Battle of Pantuoling last year, Chen Kai traveled between Nan'ao and Zhao'an County, rarely meeting Zheng Chenggong. Zheng Chenggong, on the other hand, went to Zhao'an from time to time to assist in defense and inspections, but rarely met with Chen Kai

When they met, they actually spent more time with Shi Lang.

In early February, Chen Kai received a letter from Ye Yiyun, saying that Shi Lang had hosted a banquet for Pan Gengzhong and Feng Chengshi in the first month of the year, but the two people excused themselves by citing physical discomfort and busy official duties, and there was no further comment.

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Chen Kai could also tell Shi Lang's thoughts from Ye Yiyun's words. However, when Shi Lang and Chen Kai fought, he had already touched the civil servants' cake, especially the rattan helmet issue. On the surface, it was just to use military supplies to make trouble, but in fact it had

This touched the bottom line of the civil servants. They had no enmity or enmity with Chen Kai, and they had no ability or intention to challenge Chen Kai's position under Zheng Chenggong. There was no need to accept Shi Lang, an ignorant person who might interfere with the power and responsibilities of civil servants.

The general won over.

This kind of thing is actually just an episode. Even Chen Kai just looked at it and threw it aside. This is just a trivial matter. Even when Yang Cai died of illness last month, Zheng Chenggong appointed Rongqi Zhenzheng as the general manager.

Lin Yong's takeover of Youxiang Town had little impact on the overall situation. However, when the Qing army went south and the armies of Pingnan and Jingnan feudal lords besieged Guangzhou, it was a devastating event. Once he received Zheng Chenggong's letter, Chen Kai immediately

Leaving all official duties behind, he hurried to Chaozhou Fucheng to hold discussions.

At first glance, everything in Chaozhou's capital city seems to be the same as before, but if you look closely, you can also notice that the number of business travelers has decreased, and there is a hint of worry in the brows of many people.

Chen Kai hurried over, but saw that the generals and staff from Zheng Chenggong on down also looked worried. Even though he had expected this, his heart still sank.

The content of the military meeting is still to deal with this huge change, just like what happened to Li Chengdong anyway and when Li Chengdong died. Zheng Chenggong's command has greatly increased in strength in the past two years, but in the face of such a huge change, the pressure it has endured

But it still hasn't dropped much. As the weaker party, it is still in a passive position. The only difference from earlier is that now it may have begun to have some strength to fight, but at that time it could only accept it.

"Li Chengdong died, and Du Yonghe took over as the governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi. However, all the generals were not controlled by him and went their own way, like scattered sand. Last year, Yan Keyi attacked Nanxiong Mansion, was defeated, and died of illness; Yang Dafu looted

On the boat, he killed the military envoys and snatched tributes, and colluded with Liu Xiliang and Liu Xiyao, the rebel generals of the Zhongzhen camp from his hometown, and plotted to surrender the captives and killed them for Li Yuanyin. This year, Luo Chengyao succeeded Yan Keyi and was stationed in Shaozhou Prefecture. He fled without fighting and plotted to surrender.

He was also assassinated by Li Yuanyin; now that Huang Yingjie has surrendered to the Tatars, the situation on Hao Shangjiu's side is unknown, but it won't be much better. In this way, among the nine generals under Li Chengdong, only Du Yonghe and Zhang are left.

Yue, Zhang Daoying and Dong Fangce."

In the past few days, news has been coming like a storm. Not only has it made people panic, but also the generals and staff of Zheng Chenggong's middle and senior leaders who have a certain understanding of the Guangdong Ming Army.

Putting aside the thought that ordinary loose sand would not pose a threat to them, the only thing left was worry about how long Guangzhou can hold on, because Guangzhou is about to fall, and the next one to be hit by the main force of the Qing army is likely to be

them.

The behemoth that once weighed on my head suddenly collapsed. What was left was not a sigh of relief, but a sense of bewilderment and even greater fear.
Chapter completed!