Lin Dezhong has known Chen Kai for more than ten years, but like others, he often cannot understand what Chen Kai is thinking. Fortunately, he has this self-knowledge. As long as he does not make himself uncomfortable,

If you have to do things that are clearly beyond your ability, then they will not become troubles. This is a kind of wisdom in life.

However, not long after, the wise Lin Dezhong suddenly woke up Chen Kai, who was still deep in thought. The two of them looked into the distance and saw what should be a warship rushing towards here along the flow of Chenshui. The mast of the warship

Above, the red flag of the Ming Dynasty is rapidly cutting the surrounding air.

"His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, came down so quickly."

Sure enough, it was Li Dingguo. When Chen Kai and Lin Dezhong rushed to the dock to greet them, the warship Li Dingguo was on was already preparing to dock. Thinking about it this way, Li Dingguo obviously set off quickly after receiving the news that he had entered Huguang.

Mayang County, and found a boat at the dock of Mayang County, took him and his Jin Palace guards on board, and then went down the river to meet Chen Kai. During this period, in addition to the exploration of the meeting place, the

Besides, there was probably no delay of even an hour.

"This is a good sign."

When the warship docked, they saw that Chen Kai's governor's flag was already at the pier. When the trestle was set up, King Jin of the Ming Dynasty, wearing a red python robe and a jade belt around his waist, rushed to Chen Kai in three steps at a time.

"I am lowered to the post of Governor of Guangdong and Jiangxi and Governor of Guangdong, Chen Kai, to pay homage to His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

He bowed, but his arms were held by Li Dingguo's powerful hands: "We haven't seen each other for several years, and you are actually planning to have a quarrel with me?"

"It is related to the laws of the imperial court, and etiquette cannot be discarded." Even so, Chen Kai did not insist anymore, and collected all the etiquette like a donkey down the slope: "Then let's go back to the city to discuss it in detail."

They talked freely along the way, recounting their respective experiences in the past few years, which aroused great regret. When they returned to the camp, Li Dingguo had already talked about the great victory at Mopan Mountain, about the grenade blueprints sent by Chen Kai and the incident of sending Yu Youhan to eliminate traitors.

Everyone was full of praise, and when talking about the results of the victory, he was as happy as a child.

"Congratulations to Your Highness on your five kills."

Prince Jingjin, Aixinjueluo* Nikan, King Kong Youde of Dingnan, King Pingnan, Shang Kexi, King Geng Jimao of Jingnan, and King Aixinjueluo Doni of Xinjun - the grass on the graves of the first four guys is more than two meters high.

, and although the last one hasn't had his head chopped off, he is still dead. According to the mechanism, it should be two double kills and one single kill. But Chen Kai doesn't care what the mechanism is. He said it is five kills.

Kill, no matter what others think.

However, Li Dingguo was completely unable to understand Chen Kai's bad taste. In comparison, he was more concerned about another result, which was enough to rewrite the balance of power between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"Doni is just a waste. I value those beheadings more, especially those of the so-called real Manchuria. As Jingcheng said back then, even one more death from the Eight Banners of Manchuria will shake the foundation of the Tatars.

."

Most of the beheadings and captures in the Mopanshan victory were made up of the Eight Banners Army due to Wu Sangui's transfer. Among them, 3,625 Manchurian Eight Banners were beheaded and 233 were captured. In addition, Yu Youhan also

Single-handedly killed ten Eight Banners troops with yellow flags in Manchuria, all from Garbush Xianchaoha, and the super gods have turned around; beheaded 1,817 levels of the Mongolian Eight Banners, and captured 2,998 people; beheaded

The Eight Banners of the Han Army were at level 3,869 and captured 3,687 people.

In addition to these, Sun Sike also contributed. No, to be precise, Wu Sangui also kindly sponsored more than 100 beheadings and more than 2,800 prisoners, all of whom were Green Camp soldiers. If they had not been transferred south from Shaanxi, Li Dingguo estimated that the company

Ti didn't bother to mention it. On the contrary, the vassal soldiers snatched all the corpses back, which made the result of the battle for Tai'an Marquis Dou Renshi very ugly.

Zhao Butai and Ji Xiha escaped from Gaoligong Mountain with more than 2,000 Qing troops composed of Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners. However, they encountered Bai Wenxuan, who was full of soldiers and horses, and were expelled from the army.

More than 2,000 people were killed. The Ming army only captured about 20 of the remaining 300 people. According to the confessions of those who "captured" Zhao Butai, the rest either disappeared into the mountains of Yunnan or disappeared into the mountains of Yunnan.

It disappeared into the surging Lancang River, so I couldn't find it anyway.

"You and I have known each other for many years, and there is no one else here, and etiquette has nothing to do with it. You are not allowed to call me Your Highness anymore."

"Then, Ning Yu..."

"That's right. How about if I call you Jingcheng and you call me His Highness, do you want me to change my title to Your Highness to make you happy?"

When Li Dingguo mentioned the results of the battle, he was so happy that he almost danced. Chen Kai remembered that he had seen such excitement in Zheng Chenggong. But once he thought of Zheng Chenggong, he couldn't help but compare these historical Nan Ming twins.

Chen Kai remembered that in later generations, based on the historical records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, someone calculated the number and list of the Eight Banners officers killed by the Ming army. Among them, Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong were the two brightest stars in the dark night sky.

However, what is surprising is that Li Dingguo, who is generally remembered as having a more brilliant record, not only killed a much smaller number of Eight Banners officers than Zheng Chenggong, but the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia ranked higher in the total number of kills.

The proportion is also much lower than that of Zheng Chenggong.

There will be such a difference. The Eight Banners Army that fought against Zheng Chenggong, especially in the later period when he had suppressed his "magic outfit", was mainly the Eight Banners Army from Manchuria and Mongolia. However, Li Dingguo won the victory in Guilin and twice invaded.

During the Guangdong period, we mainly faced opponents like Sanshun Wang, which was directly related.

But from another perspective, Li Dingguo's kill record is more valuable than Zheng Chenggong - Prince Jingjin Nikan and First Class Bo Chengni in the Hengyang Victory, Dingnan King Kong Youde in the Guilin Victory, the bloody battle at Mopan Mountain

Gushan'er Zhenshalib, as well as Fuguo Gonggantu and Zakana. And the highest-ranking people on Zheng Chenggong's side are only the commander of the forward battalion and Mele Zhangjing, who are only second-grade military generals. With the former, they are often super-grade, first-grade

There are also many differences.

The reason for this difference is actually very simple. Li Dingguo's Hengyang victory was an ambush, siege and annihilation, the Guilin victory was a siege and annihilation, and the bloody battle at Mopanshan changed from an ambush to an encounter due to the favorable location. The Qing army either couldn't escape.

Or it is difficult to escape, and the probability of officers, especially senior officers, being killed is much higher. Both battles in Guangdong were sieges before the city was conquered, and the damage was limited. In the Battle of Zheyan River, which was a frontal field battle with the Qing army, even

After winning the battle, the Qing army could quickly withdraw from the battlefield with the advantage of having far more horses than the Ming army. What's more, that battle ended in a disastrous defeat for the Ming army.

Zheng Chenggong's side was mostly encounters. The great victory at Huguoling was achieved by setting up an ambush and killing three Mele Zhangjings. Not only did he kill the dignified second-grade vice-capital commander at a wholesale price, but he also

Prince Zheng Jidu was sent back to the capital to enjoy the benefits of early retirement. There was also a naval battle and a battle for islands, that is, the Xiamen Hai Dajie set more than half of its kill record, not only annihilating the Manchu and Qing coastal provinces

The navy defeated the two white flags at once and was disabled. It was a pity that Dasu, Huang Wu and Shi Lang escaped, but even if they did not escape, their level was actually not comparable to those who fell into the encirclement carefully designed by Li Dingguo.

Compared with the high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

"Of these two guys, one can fight and resist in the early and mid-term, but if there is no one to help, he cannot fight for a long time, and the battery life problem is too big; the battery life of the other is not that big of a problem. At least there is still sea trade to support him. In the later period,

, especially in the late stage when he has suppressed a divine outfit, the damage will be fully increased, but it takes a lot of time to develop." Thinking of this, Chen Kai sighed shamelessly: "It's really not easy for me."

Nowadays, the fate of both of them has taken a huge turn. Li Dingguo won the battle of Xinhui and captured Guangzhou. Although the internal strife among the three kings still broke out, the Battle of Mopanshan failed due to his intervention.

However, they achieved a brilliant victory. Zheng Chenggong's side captured Fujian without any blood, which greatly improved its development speed. There was no possibility of the Huguoling victory, but it was a great victory. And

Judging from the current momentum, the Great Victory of Zhenjiang may not happen, because Zheng Chenggong no longer needs to travel thousands of miles across the sea to attack Nanjing. As for the Great Victory of Xiamen, forget it, maybe the Great Victory of Tanggu Port is more likely...

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After getting detailed capture data from Li Dingguo, Chen Kai did not shy away from Zheng Chenggong's letter and found the letter recording the specific capture data and list of the great victory. Later, the details of these two great victories were revealed.

The gains were carefully calculated on the manuscript paper.

"After the two battles of Jiangshan and Mopanshan, all the Tatar flags suffered varying degrees of damage. Ning Yu, you see, among them, the Han flag lost forty soldiers from two yellow flags and two red flags in Mopanshan.

Five Niulu, and 24 Niulu with yellow flags and two blue flags in Jiangshan were disabled. According to the Tatar eight-banner system, these Niulu need to be replenished with bannermen, plus the time to re-establish combat effectiveness.

, which means that these sixty-nine records will be difficult to use again within at least ten years."

The Eight Banners system has little damage to Niulu, and can be completely replenished by the newly grown bannermen at the turn of winter and spring every year. This is also the time when most of the large-scale expeditions of the Eight Banners Army after entering the customs start in winter and spring.

There are reasons for the friendship. There are exceptions. For example, in the sixth year of Yongli Dynasty, the Xiying Clan launched a major counterattack by the Ming army. Nikan set off from Beijing in a hurry in July, which disrupted the Qing government's Niu Lu supplement.

plan.

In addition, annihilation and disabling are completely different concepts. The reason for this difference is that the Mopanshan victory was an ambush battle, while the Jiangshan victory was a frontal field battle. The Qing army had more war horses. If they couldn't defeat them, they could run away.

For the Ming army, it was difficult to maximize the results.

"Sixty-nine Niulu, sixty-nine Niulu..." Reciting this number silently, Li Dingguo then asked Chen Kai: "How many Niulu are there in the Tatar Han military flag?"

"Six hundred."

"So many!"

Li Dingguo couldn't believe his ears when he heard this figure. After two great victories, the loss of the Han army's flag was only one-tenth. This is really an exaggeration.

Seeing this, Chen Kai suddenly smiled and said: "Ning Yu, you should let me finish what I said."

"ah?"

He seemed to be a little excited, but who else wouldn't be so surprised by this. Fortunately, Chen Kai didn't try to seduce him, so he explained: "The Tatars' Han military flags and Manchuria and Mongolia

The Eight Banners are different. Among them, 300 Niulu have no or only a small population. These Niulu were all established after entering the customs. The purpose was to resettle the mid-level and senior officers who surrendered, but they could not recruit all the subordinates of these rebel generals.

Incorporating it into the flag register will prevent the Han military flag from overpowering the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and we can only create some short-term bulls."

"Three hundred..."

Three hundred is not a lot, and they only lost one-fifth of them after these two great victories. However, this is not how the account was calculated: "In order to control various places, the Tatars established a system of garrisoning eight banners. For example, there are four left-wing banners in Jiangning, Jiangnan, four right-wing banners in Xi'an, Shaanxi, eight banners stationed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, eight banners stationed in Nanchang, Jiangxi, two blue banners stationed in Taiyuan, Shanxi, two yellow banners stationed in Dezhou, Shandong, Han troops stationed in Jiangning, Jiangnan and Han troops stationed in Hanzhong, Shaanxi. In addition, in There are also Eight Banners troops stationed in Shengjing, Liaodong, and in Ninggu Pagoda further away. These are just the Eight Banners troops stationed outside. The Tatars have also placed a large number of Eight Banners troops in Beijing and Jifu near Beijing. Used to protect Mongolian tribes."

"Mongolian tribes?"

"Yes, for example, the Chahar tribe always looks down on Jiannu because they believe they are the direct descendants of the Golden Family. In addition, if Jifu is empty, the tribes in Monan may not be able to restrain their greed and not rush into the border wall to plunder. Therefore, the Tatars will not use these troops unless they have to, and their mobile strength has been greatly reduced after these two battles."

Next, Chen Kai analyzed the losses of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Manchuria in these two battles in turn - the former lost about fifty Niulu, especially the red ones, the white ones, and the blue ones, that is, they invaded as a country-destroying army. The Mongolian Eight Banners in Yunnan were almost completely wiped out except for a small number of Niu Lu who remained in Beijing and garrisoned in various places. The latter's Two Blue Banners were severely damaged by Zheng Chenggong, and the Two White Banners and Two Red Banners were also sued in Mopan Mountain, Shidian, etc. Each land lost about ten Niulu.

The Manchuria banner with a yellow flag was the most exaggerated. If his calculations were correct, after the two battles, only Niu Lu, who was stationed in various places, was still intact. The rest were either completely wiped out, or were beaten to the point where they could no longer take care of themselves. .If we include the Han army with a yellow flag that was also seriously damaged in the two wars, in the coming days we will probably never see a yellow flag with a red border again unless it is the Northern Expedition.

"No, Mongolia with the Yellow Flag still has strength, so we must guard against it."

Chen Kai said it seriously, while Li Dingguo felt a stomach ache from this cold joke. In short, with the self-healing ability of the Eight Banners, the Manchu and Han armies with yellow flags, the Manchus and Mongolia with blue flags, and the Manchu and Mongolian armies with white flags Mongolia, the Mongolian flag with the Zhenghong flag will not be able to recover in ten or twenty years. The Han army with the Zhenghuang flag, the Manchuria with the Zhengbai flag, the Manchuria with the Zhenglan flag, the Mongolian and Han armies, and the Han army with the blue flag The Manchu and Han armies of the Zhenghong Banner and the Red Banner, some of these troops are also difficult to regain their strength within ten or eight years.

But, do I really have that many years left to become a pure person?

The situation is excellent. The Eight Banners Army has been seriously damaged. As the green battalions in the south are about to be exhausted, and a large number of green battalions drawn from the north have been annihilated by the Ming army. In addition, the resulting actual situation of the green battalions in the northern provinces is in decline. This resulted in the decline of the Qing government's control over local areas, which would inevitably lead to the resurgence of local anti-Qing forces and a doubling of pressure on the Qing's fiscal revenue.

Of course, the Qing government would not easily give up the land of wealth in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Zheng Chenggong might still have to fight a tough battle around Nanjing. But on the southwest battlefield, the Qing army had no chance of saving the situation. They just have to wait for Chen Kai and Li Dingguo to harvest the last nests in Guilin, Wuzhou and northern Huguang in Guangxi, and then they can cross the Yangtze River.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Yu is still on the road right now."

Li Dingguo returned to Kunming at the end of February, and Yu Youhan also set off on the same day. However, even though Li Dingguo was delayed for a while in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, he still rushed into Huguang in mid-April and met with Chen Kai.

But Yu Youhan went back the same way, which means that Yu Youhan first had to go all the way east, crossing half of Yunnan from Kunming into Guangxi, and then he had to go through Guangxi province, plus half of Guangdong to reach his starting point.

The land, that is, Guangzhou. After arriving in Guangzhou, after getting the customs clearance documents for the northward journey from the Governor's Yamen and learning the specific location of Chen Kai, he had to travel from south to north a distance equivalent to one Jiangxi Province to reach Nanchang. And if he wanted to see

Chen Kai still needs to run from east to west to Yuanzhou Prefecture, enter Huguang, and then cross several prefectures such as Changsha to reach here.

In other words, Li Dingguo and Chen Kai ran in almost a straight line in both directions, while Yu Youhan followed Chen Kai's path in the past six months and chased him in a full circle. Even the former had to lead an army and was on the road.

There was a delay, while the latter was rushing forward, and the huge gap in distance between the two sides was completely incomparable.

"If Jingcheng hadn't taken action, I'm afraid the outcome of the battle at Mopanshan would have been completely reversed. It's hard to repay such a deep kindness. If Jingcheng needs help in the future, I, Li Dingguo, will go through fire and water without hesitation.

."

After saying that, Li Dingguo thanked him deeply. Chen Kai quickly returned the gift and kept saying, "It is for the sake of national affairs, and it is necessary for the two of us to have a good relationship." But soon, he

The conversation changed: "If there is a place where we need help, there is one..."

"It doesn't matter if it works, even if I am unable to do it, I should try my best."

Li Dingguo's words were frank and there was no hypocrisy. Chen Kai, on the other hand, paused for a moment before asking bluntly: "I heard that the emperor once gave Ning Yu a yellow yue. Is this true?"

"It's true."

Hearing this, Chen Kai smiled and said: "This is what I want."

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