"The reason why Xinhui appears obedient is because he is afraid of being killed by the Qing captives!"
"As long as our army can gain an advantage on the battlefield, Xinhui will definitely be the first to defect!"
The people of Xinhui were so loyal to the Qing Dynasty that they voluntarily were eaten in order to help the Qing Dynasty defend the city.
It’s nothing more than the Qing court’s own propaganda!
Whoever believes it will lie!
How mean are the people of Xinhui? In order to continue to be slaves to the Qing court, they have to use themselves as food rations and sacrifice them to the Qing captives?
Just think about it and you know it’s impossible!
The reason for such publicity is just that the Qing court used the guise of loyalty to beautify the fact that it cannibalism for the sake of reputation!
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Xu Bin spoke again.
"Our troops have landed on the Leizhou Peninsula. Although Shang Kexi will definitely rush to help Leizhou, they will never come out in full force."
"In other words, after our army attacks Leizhou, the Qing army will divide its troops into two in order to rescue Leizhou."
"Our army can take advantage of the situation and concentrate its superior forces to annihilate the Qing troops stationed around Guangzhou!"
"In this case, the Qing army's troops that can be used for this battle will not have much advantage compared to our army's troops!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded with satisfaction.
What is war?
To put it bluntly, it means doing everything possible to kill and injure the enemy's effective forces at the minimum cost.
Avoiding the real and attacking the weak, encircling points to bring reinforcements, cutting off food routes, and concentrating superior forces to fight annihilation battles are all commonly used methods.
It can be said that the Liberation Army used everything in this battle!
The fleets of the Liberation Army and the fleets of the Zheng Army merged at the mouth of the Pearl River, and then headed west.
Qiongzhou's troops and horses also received orders to prepare to cross the Qiongzhou Strait and conduct landing operations at any time.
Zhu Hongyu received the battle report from Zhoushan. After learning that Zhao Erhu was firmly holding Zhoushan and the war was in a stalemate, the expression on his face seemed a little happy.
Just hold on to the stalemate!
Now the Ming army will focus its main energy on Guangdong, and will not be able to reinforce Zhoushan in a short period of time.
Therefore, he did not expect the Ming army to make any major breakthroughs in the Zhoushan area, as long as they could stabilize the current war situation.
…
Mengla, Li Dingguo Army Camp!
Although Li Dingguo led troops to conquer Shan State, the main force of the Ming army was still stationed in Mengla.
First, because the terrain of Mengla is easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is conducive for the Ming army to deal with the Qing army's attack!
The second reason is that no matter how remote and poor Mengla is, it can still be regarded as the land of China.
But Shan State belongs to a barbaric land overseas!
Emotionally, Li Dingguo could not accept his complete withdrawal from China.
With the victory in the Battle of Burma, Li Ding's army seized countless gold and silver.
Coupled with the acquisition of Shan State, the plains of Shan State exist, and the food problem has been completely solved!
With money and food, the next thing Li Dingguo had to do was nothing more important than expanding his army.
Coupled with the assistance from the Liberation Army, Li Dingguo's troops no longer lacked weapons and ammunition.
Recently, the strength of Li Dingguo's army has expanded rapidly.
On this day, Li Dingguo was handling camp affairs and calculating the provisions and weapons needed by the army, when a young general outside the account came in to report.
"Father, Wu Sangui sent an envoy from Kunming and wants to see you!"
The young general who came in was Li Sixing, the son of Li Dingguo.
Li Dingguo said with a slight frown.
"Wu Sangui, the thief, sent someone to ask for an audience with me?"
"Yes father!"
Li Sixing said.
"Bring people in!"
Not long after, Li Sixing brought Liu Xuanchu into Li Dingguo's Chinese army tent.
Liu Xuanchu said.
"According to the order of King Pingxi, I want to ask King Jin'an of Jin!"
Li Dingguo nodded slightly and said.
"install!"
"Why did you come here? Isn't it just to say hello?"
Liu Xuanchu smiled slightly and revealed his true purpose.
Li Dingguo looked at the war horse sent by Liu Xuanchu, his eyes full of shock.
Some people don’t understand what Wu Sangui is causing!
As for what Liu Xuanchu said, that he came here for the perfume, Li Dingguo didn't believe even a single punctuation mark.
After all, Wu Sangui is also a heroic figure, and his actions are not so shameless!
He agreed to Liu Xuanchu's suggestion of trading war horses for perfume. After Liu Xuanchu left, Li Dingguo fell into deep thought.
He had a clear understanding. It seemed that Wu Sangui was now separated from the Qing court. It was fake to exchange perfume for war horses, but it was true to give priority to raising bandits!
Li Dingguo chuckled and then spoke.
"The Qing court and Wu Sangui are separated. This will be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty!"
Not to mention anything else, Wu Sangui solved a big problem for Li Dingguo just in terms of war horses.
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In the seventeenth year of the Yongli calendar, in August 1663, the weather was fine!
Judging from the solar terms, it has already entered autumn, but the weather in the south is still hot and dry.
Only the autumn wind that comes from time to time can bring the slightest coolness.
What the sea breeze can bring, apart from the slightly sea-smelling air, is also a rare coolness.
At the end of the sea in the distance, the horizon is faintly visible.
Lines of smoke rose into the sky!
Over there is the direction of Leizhou City.
The warships of the Ming army lined up on the sea, and countless naval guns aimed at the dock outside Leizhou City and began to fire volleys.
Amidst the rumbling sound of shelling, the Qing troops at the dock were knocked over and instantly collapsed!
The Ming army's landing troops began to land towards the dock under the cover of naval guns.
Boom! Boom!
The sound of shelling sounded one after another.
The Qing army tried to block the Ming army's landing, but was defeated by a bombardment as dense as raindrops.
The Ming army successfully landed and then began to build a position on the beach to welcome its main force to complete the landing.
Field artillery pieces and heavy siege artillery pieces were transported from the ship.
The artillery was pushed outside Leizhou City. Amidst the continuous shelling, Leizhou City was declared lost.
The Ming army gathered the troops and horses that crossed the sea from Qiongzhou and began to move north along the coast, preparing to attack Gaozhou and other places.
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Guangzhou City!
Pingnan Palace!
Prince Pingnan's Mansion occupies the most central location in Guangzhou. The streets, landscapes, shops, etc. surrounding the mansion are the most prosperous and beautiful in the entire city of Guangzhou.
There are large gardens in the palace, countless pavilions, rockeries and pools.
Even to a certain extent, although the area of Pingnan Palace is not comparable to that of the Forbidden City, but also in terms of scenery, the newly built Pingnan Palace is in any case larger than the more than 200-year-old house in the capital.
powerful.
No matter how careful and meticulous the daily maintenance is, the traces left by the years are indelible.
Living in such a luxurious palace, daily life is served by beautiful maids, and eating, drinking, and dressing are all top-notch enjoyments.
Ke Xi is not very happy recently!
Not because of the death of my son!
Sons don't matter to him. He is happy to be able to have children and have many sons.