No different than in history, after the victory of Chengdu in Shanghai, there was only one Haicheng County left on land. Today, the Zheng Group, Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai control the two-front battlefields of southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong respectively, almost covering the territory of four provinces. Things in southern Fujian, Liu

Qingtai, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, can have the final say, but the Guangdong side is the territory of Pingnan and Jingnan. Even the governor of Guangdong, Li Qifeng, talks like farts, let alone that he has no responsibility there.

of officials.

However, no matter how great the vassal was, it could not be greater than the imperial court. Liu Qingtai agreed with Jin Li that the Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou would immediately break camp and return to Hangzhou. At the same time, he reported to the Qing court with an urgent request of 800 miles. Not only was it the terms of peace, but

It is even more hoped that the imperial court will immediately order the termination of military operations in Guangdong to avoid causing a chain reaction and causing the overall recruitment situation in Fujian to be ruined.

Jin Li embarked on his return journey, and the Qing court reacted immediately after receiving the report. The first thing, of course, was to terminate the military operation in Guangdong, and it had to be terminated immediately, immediately, immediately. Because,

In the last war, the Qing court had already used the excuse of marching into the army before the imperial edict of appeasement. This time it was indeed before, but the excuse could not be used again, otherwise the already low credibility would be even worse.

If there is nothing left, forget about recruiting.

The Qing government responded very quickly. By mid-August, it was gratifying that Geng Jimao and Kakamu managed to assemble large armies from western Guangdong and southern Jiangxi, preparing to use Sanhe Dam as an incision for Chen Kai to attack.

With one strike, who would have known that before the army had finished gathering in Guangzhou, the imperial edict from the Qing court came down.

"Which company is the imperial court owned by?"

If it was such a treasonous act, Shang Kexi and Kakamu would naturally not dare to question him.

"The general is outside, and military orders are not obeyed!"

Such a principle has been famous throughout the ages and has been quoted by countless military strategists. Even slaves like them dare not use it to reply to the masters of the Qing court.

Of course, these will not prevent them from reciting it silently in their hearts several times, just to feel refreshed. But in reality, they still dare not make any changes.

The three green battalions of Guo Hu, Gao Jinku, and Kong Guozhi returned to the defense, and then Shang Kexi sent off Kakamu who was reluctant to leave Guangdong. The four Qing troops embarked on their return journey full of resentment for not being able to go to Chaozhou to massacre the city.

, they are naturally not satisfied. In comparison, Shang Kexi is naturally more dissatisfied with this, because as far as he is concerned, this is not just a matter of massacre of the city's wealth, but more importantly, not uprooting Chaozhou.

, Chen Kai will always be blocked at the Pearl River Estuary. This is a situation where he will be tortured to death!

"I was tricked by civil servants when I was in Dongjiang, and now I'm tricked by civil servants again. What a fucking bastard!"

Not to mention the old incident in Dongjiang, the reason behind this order to stop fighting was naturally the local Liu Qingtai, Tong Guoqi and the main sponsors in the court who were obstructing it. No one else mentions it, but Liu Qingtai surrendered to the Qing Dynasty as a Liaoyang scholar.

He has always been in civil service positions. Of course, there are some people who criticize Chen Kai. Who knows that Chen Kai is also a civil service official, but he is also a guy with many tricks, and everything does not allow him to get his way.

At this moment, there were only three people in the room, Shang Kexi, Shang Zhixin and Shang Zhixiao, father and son. Shang Kexi dared to complain loudly, without fear of spreading to the ears of the Qing court and being accused of resentment. However, after complaining, looking at the two

The son, who was not as good as the weak crown, looked at the two faces with angry but helpless faces, and simply waved his hand and asked Shang Zhixiao to invite Jin Guang.

Jin Guang is Shang Kexi's confidant. He rushed over at this moment and naturally understood what was going on. Seeing Shang Kexi's angry face, Jin Guang rolled his eyes and immediately said to Shang Kexi: "Your Majesty, the key to the peace negotiation in the southeast lies in

The war in the southwest is at a stalemate. Since we can't fundamentally solve the problem now, let's do what we can."

After saying this, Shang Kexi was stunned for a moment, staring at the golden light for several seconds, and then tentatively asked the person: "Is this Hao Shangjiu what you are talking about?"

"Your Majesty is very intelligent, and he can tell you everything. The students admire him." He bowed his hand, and then Jin Guang added: "This is one of them. In addition, Xu Shuai, the commander-in-chief of the left wing of the Jingnan vassal, is still in Zheng Ni's prison.

, since the imperial court is negotiating peace with Zheng Ni, why not take the lead and ask Zheng Ni to send Commander Xu back to show his sincerity!"

Xu Degong is an important general under the Jingnan vassal, and his status is especially higher than that of Lian Decheng. He has a similar status to Xu Erxian of the Pingnan vassal and Xian Guoan of the Dingnan vassal. Xu Degong was captured by Chen Kai last year, and then he

It was handed over to Zheng Chenggong, who initially wanted to persuade him to surrender, but Xu Degong was stubborn and simply threw him into prison until the situation became more favorable to the Ming army in the future.

At this moment, when Jin Guang mentioned this person, he was overjoyed to have an idea. He immediately raised his palms and praised: "Sir, Zhang Zifang is really alive!"

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Like Liu Qingtai in Fuzhou, Shang Kexi's plan can only be accomplished with the approval of the Qing court. The reason is that the Qing court has far greater control over local areas than the Ming court since the middle and late Chongzhen Dynasty.

, In addition, there are differences between masters and slaves, and the relationship between emperors and ministers in the Ming Dynasty is not as simple, which makes them dare not go against the imperial edicts on major matters.

However, as Jin Guang said, the basis of the peace talks in the southeast lies in the stalemate in the war in the southwest. Otherwise, if Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai were just making trouble in the southeast, the Qing government would just use heavy troops to suppress it, and there would be no need to pay attention to some details like this.

A lot of effort?

Guiyang Fucheng is far away in the southwest. When it comes to the southwest, the most well-known city is Chengdu, followed by Kunming and Guilin. It is also a picturesque place. Here, since the establishment of the province, its presence is much lower than that in the southwest.

other provincial capital cities. However, at this moment, this is the center of the entire southwest's resistance to the Qing Dynasty. Every government and military order issued by the Qin Palace in Guiyang affects the entire southwest's resistance to the Qing Dynasty all the time.

After nearly half a year of trekking, Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu finally arrived at the foot of Guiyang City. It was March when they set out, and now it is July. They encountered many hardships along the way. Even Sui Ben, who came here, was passing by Xiangtan.

He was too sick to make the trip, so he simply left him there to recuperate. However, he finally made it to his destination today.

"It should be faster when we go back."

Yao Zhizhuo said that Zhu Quangu also responded with approval. So far, they have still traveled by water along the way. The waterway is faster and they have been walking for more than four months. However, on the way back, the Xiangjiang River, Dongting,

Then go to the Yangtze River waterway and go all the way down the river, and the speed will naturally be much faster.

Entering the east gate of Guiyang City, the word Wu Sheng passed over my head. Along the way, since entering Huguang, no matter which side controlled the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the inspection was quite strict. Fortunately, behind them was the Jiangnan Anti-Qing Dynasty.

There are always a lot of powerful people in a group of people. The checkpoints at the Qing court did not require much effort, but entering the Ming army's control area was much more troublesome.

"I'm here to ask for an audience with Mr. Lei Ge."

The so-called Lei Ge Lao is Lei Yuelong, a senior scholar in the Qin Palace of Sun Kewang. As soon as the guard heard this, he quickly reported it to the officer. The latter questioned him for a while and then directly sent someone to escort Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu on their way.

Go to Lei Yuelong's mansion.

They came to see Lei Yuelong because they had inherited the relationship with He Wangsheng. When they arrived at Lei Mansion, Lei Yuelong was still discussing political affairs in Prince Qin's Mansion and did not have time to come back. However, after waiting for more than an hour, Lei Yuelong decided to return home.

Yes, after reading He Wangsheng's letter, I vaguely remembered the disciple whose father had been the governor of Tianjin. This relationship was considered a connection.

"So the Wu Party is contacting the martyrs in South Zhili and waiting for the army to flow down the river?"

The word "He Wangsheng" has no party comes from the saying in "The Analects" that "gentlemen are in a group but not in a party, and villains are in a party but are not in a group". This was the contention between Donglin, the eunuch party, Qi, Chu and other parties in the late Ming Dynasty.

The situation was quite aimed at the current situation. Therefore, Lei Yuelong's impression of this disciple was vague, but once he remembered the name, he also remembered the person's number.

The purpose of coming to see Sun Kewang was to use Lei Yuelong's relationship to open up the way to meet Sun Kewang. Of course, there was also the intention of asking Lei Yuelong to speak for him out of the relationship between master and disciple, so when Lei Yuelong

After Long read the letter and asked questions, Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu knew everything they knew.

"It is true as Mr. Ge said, Director He has traveled around the world in recent years and has close friendship with many rebel leaders in South Zhili."

Yao Zhizhuo bowed his head to reply. When Lei Yuelong heard it, he thought of the people mentioned by Yao Zhizhuo earlier, especially Qian Qianyi, the former Minister of Rites.

Got the basic calculations.

"I need to talk to His Highness the King of Qin about this matter first. The two of you will be waiting in the palace to be summoned. Don't walk around randomly." After saying this, Lei Yuelong thought for a while and then quickly added: "Don't talk to Xining.

If the king has interactions with people related to King Funan, especially the former, do not mention it when summoned, just praise His Highness the King of Qin. Otherwise, it will definitely be counterproductive!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ge, for your advice. I will remember it and won't leave the house for the next few days."

"That's good, that's good." Hearing such a reply, Lei Yuelong couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and then reminded him again that Li Dingguo's matter must not be mentioned during the summons, without being verbose at all.

After talking for a long time, Yao Zhizhuo and Zhu Quangu settled down in Lei Mansion. Fortunately, although Lei Yuelong was not the most trusted person around Sun Kewang, his words carried great weight, and Sun Kewang also valued this person's opinions.

Within two days, an order was issued to summon the two men.

The Prince Qin's Mansion in Guiyang is magnificent, with jewels and treasures. The palace is magnificent and has the majesty of a king. There is a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, and the defense is extremely tight. When the two of them stepped into it, although they had not seen a real palace in their lives, they had seen it with their own eyes.

After seeing these layouts and furnishings, I immediately thought of the inner courtyards of the Ming Dynasty's palaces in the northern and southern capitals.

Since Sun Kewang was a prince, the two of them did not dare to be rude and went through the interview process according to the etiquette of the Ming court. Then after Sun Kewang asked about it, they gave Sun Kewang the words they had thought of earlier.

"... From this, the king led his army to regain Huguang and move down the river from Wuchang. In the south of Zhili, there were rebels contacted and recruited by the shepherds, Chief He, and Superintendent Li, etc., who could launch at any time to assassinate the Jiangnan army in the back;

The navy of Duke Zhang of Fujian Province dominates the coast of Fujian and Guangdong. He has already responded to the call of the shepherd and is willing to use his boat division to block the Yangtze River. As soon as the king arrives, the southwest and southeast king divisions will be linked together to form a lock on the river. At that time, we can see the captives

The imperial court is defeated!"

Yao Zhizhuo talked about it. This was not the first time he had set foot in the southwest. When the Lu Dynasty was defeated by the Qiantang River, he fought guerrillas in Tianmu Mountain for several years. He and his father went to the Yongli court in Guangxi successively. His father

He later died of illness in Guangxi, so Qian Qianyi chose him as the leader of the "mission".

From the beginning to the end, Yao Zhizhuo never mentioned the three words Li Dingguo. Even earlier, he and Zhu Quangu had used other words to replace the words "ding" and "guo" in their established rhetoric, lest they

Touched Sun Kewang's heart.

"What do you think, Governor Chen?"

After Yao Zhizhuo said what he said, Sun Kewang thought about it for a moment, but suddenly said this, asking for Chen Kai's opinion when naming names. In this regard, Yao Zhizhuo also understood that Chen Kai was talented and resourceful.

Qian Qianyi also had many praises. When Sun Kewang asked about it, it was probably his talents that had reached the ears of His Highness the King of Qin.

"To tell you the truth, Governor Chen made a special trip to Changshu to meet with the shepherd the year before last, and he was quite optimistic about the third game of Catalpa Ping. The teacher-student friendship between Zhang Guogong and the shepherd is also indispensable.

Governor Chen’s persuasion.”

"I see."

Such an answer did not surprise Sun Kewang. However, after summoning him, he did not give an answer immediately, so the two returned to Lei Yuelong's mansion. On the side of the Qin Prince's Mansion, Lei Yuelong observed carefully.

Seeing that Sun Kewang was indeed interested in this, he just seemed a little worried.

"Mr. Ge, our army has suffered a new defeat. The front army has suffered a lot of losses. Although a lot of soldiers have been killed and wounded, I am afraid it will be difficult to fight again for a while."

Fan Kuang, the Minister of Scholars of Dongge University in Prince Qin's Mansion, is from Sichuan. Two of his sons died after Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan. However, this former governor of Yunnan and Guizhou is already one of the most trusted civil servants within the Sun Kewang Group. At this moment

Sun Kewang couldn't speak out, so Fan Kuang brought up old things.

Four months ago, on March 17th of the seventh year of Yongli, due to the twelfth lunar month of last year and February of this year, Li Dingguo abandoned Hengzhou Prefecture and Yongzhou Prefecture successively. Li Dingguo entered Guangxi, but with Dingyuan General Dorobel Tun

The main force of the Eight Banners Army led by Qi did not follow, but chose to march westward the next month.

To the west of Hengzhou Prefecture is Baoqing Prefecture, and Baoqing Prefecture is the eastern gateway of Chenzhou Prefecture, which is where the Ming army must defend. So the Ming army sent troops to Zhoujiapu, and then Sun Kewang led his troops.
To be continued...