"If possible, find a way to invade Guangxi and disrupt Guangxi!"
"Then we plan to regain Guangxi and connect our territory of the Ming Dynasty into one!"
As he spoke, Li Dingguo's finger crossed the map.
From west to east, we reached Guangxi in one go.
From Mengla to Guangxi, you have to pass through almost half of Yunnan, or pass through Annan, Phnom Penh and other countries.
The task Zhu Hongyu assigned to Li Dingguo was by no means an easy task.
Bai Wenxuan said.
"Your Majesty, the task given to us by His Royal Highness the Supervisor is not easy to handle!"
"It's easy to contain Wu Sangui in the north, but it's not easy to send troops into Guangxi!"
Li Laiheng on the side also spoke.
"Yes, although our army has a tacit understanding with Wu Sangui now, if our army enters Yunnan on a large scale and transits from Yunnan to Guangxi, Wu Sangui will never sit idly by and ignore it."
"But if we don't go to Yunnan, we can only pass through Phnom Penh and Annan!"
"The problem is even more difficult!"
In terms of combat effectiveness, the Ming army was definitely not afraid of the soldiers and horses in Phnom Penh and Annam.
The armies of these two countries are lying flat because of long-lasting peace.
The fighting ability is terrible!
If the two sides go to war, they will never be a match for the Ming army.
What really frightened the Ming army was the terrain and climate of Phnom Penh and Annam, which were really unfriendly to the Ming army.
Everyone was constantly talking and discussing things, and expressing different opinions during the quarrels.
Listening to the quarrel among the people below, Li Dingguo finally made his decision.
"Let's put the matter in Guangxi aside for now!"
"His Royal Highness Jian Guo's order is just for our army to contain Wu Sangui's forces as much as possible. Regarding the matter in Guangxi, it is just a suggestion, not an order."
"Since there is nothing we can do about it, I believe His Highness Jianguo will also understand our difficulties!"
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
At this moment, a messenger ran in from outside.
The messenger came running all the way and said loudly.
"Wu Sangui sent a message from Kunming!"
"Invite our army to fight at Shiping!"
"..."
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The seventeenth year of the Yongli calendar, the end of the year 1663 of the Western calendar, the Chinese New Year is approaching!
In the Zhoushan Islands, the clouds of war are getting thicker!
On the outskirts of the fortress, corpses wearing green battalion coats of the Qing army were piled up.
The smell of blood is tangy!
The corpse was rotten and the smell of putridity was quite obvious.
Farther away, the Qing army deployed dense artillery positions outside Zhoushan City.
Continuous firing was used to suppress the Ming army's firepower at the head of the Zhoushan Fortress.
Amid the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the Qing army pushed their shield carts and drove a large number of civilians in front, launching an attack on the Zhoushan Fortress.
The dark crowd seemed to be completely engulfing the Zhoushan Fortress.
However, at the top of the Zhoushan Fortress, the Ming Army's flag was still flying high!
There are dense bullet holes and arrow marks on the flag!
The sea breeze blew up, rolling up the flag, and the wind passed through the bullet holes, making a whistling sound.
Boom! Boom!
The Ming army's artillery began to roar!
Artillery shells were fired one after another at the charging Qing army.
Although the Ming army had prepared in advance and stockpiled a large number of weapons and ammunition, as well as gunpowder and shells.
After more than half a year of fierce fighting, the Ming army's ordnance reserves were stretched thin.
Especially gunpowder shells!
The actual consumption rate on the battlefield is much faster than the expected consumption rate.
Now, the momentum of the Ming army's artillery fire is obviously much smaller!
Compared with the previous pursuit of fire coverage, the Ming army's artillery now began to pursue precise strikes.
Solid artillery shells were fired at the Qing army's shield vehicles!
The artillery shell landed on the ground, rolled forward, and hit the shield cart being pushed forward by the Qing army.
With a bang, the shell hit the shield car. In the blink of an eye, sawdust flew and the shield car collapsed into fragments all over the sky.
Wood chips were flying everywhere, causing the Qing troops all around to scream in agony!
Many of the Qing soldiers who pushed the cart were shocked to death by the kinetic energy of the solid bullets.
However, the shells fired at the shield car also shattered at the moment of impact and turned into pieces of rubble.
That's right, the artillery shells used by the Ming army are no longer iron shells, but stone shells that can be made from local materials.
Amid the roar, the Qing army's offensive continued unabated!
The Qing army's artillery also began to roar, and countless shells were fired towards the Zhoushan Fortress.
At this time, the artillery shells used by the Qing army were also stone shells.
The stone bullets hit the wall of Zhoushan Fortress one after another. The stone bullets instantly disintegrated and turned into countless fragments.
As the debris flew, many Ming soldiers were hit!
Zhao Erhu stood at the top of the city, looking into the distance, his eyes filled with inexorable fatigue.
Farther away, the Ming navy was still harassing the Qing fleet from time to time.
However, due to troop strength issues, the Ming army's navy could only flee with one strike and could not cause too many casualties to the Qing army!
Under the cover of many layers of cover, a Qing soldier from the Eight Banners climbed onto the wall of the fortress!
However, what greeted him was not the panicked Ming army, but the black muzzle of a gun!
With a bang, the trigger was pulled, and the flint collided and sparks flew out, igniting the gunpowder in the barrel.
A puff of gunpowder smoke came out of the muzzle, and the lead bullets spit out mixed with flames.
There was a loud bang, and a big hole was made in the chest of this Qing soldier Zhongbu by a lead bullet. His armor was torn to pieces, blood sprayed out, and he died instantly.
More and more Qing troops swarmed the city, and it became increasingly difficult for the limited Ming army to deal with it!
Amid the shouts of killing, the infantrymen from both sides strangled each other!
Zhao Erhu personally went into battle to kill the enemy and boost the morale of the army.
In the fierce fighting, the Qing army was driven off the city.
Due to the special shape of the bastion, even if the Qing army ascended the city, they could not deploy their troops and were quickly defeated by the Ming army and retreated.
Zhao Erhu shook off the blood on the knife, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and his face turned pale to the naked eye.
His breastplate was deformed and a piece of it was dented.
Those were the marks left by the Qing army’s mace!
A conservative estimate is that he at least broke several ribs.
The pain from his ribs made Zhao Erhu sweat on his forehead.
But in front of the soldiers under his hands, he endured the pain and said nothing to ensure that he did not lose his composure.
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Outside the city, watching the attacking Qing troops retreat like a tide, Shi Lang put down the telescope in his hand.
He sighed and said with a tone full of helplessness.
"Failed again!"
The surrounding Qing generals, including Duolong, all felt a strong sense of powerlessness facing the seemingly invincible Zhoushan Fortress in front of them.
Duolong sighed and said.
"We have hoarded troops and fortified the city and were unable to advance even an inch for more than half a year. We really have failed to honor the great trust of the imperial court!"
"But for the time being, I'm afraid the Zhoushan Fortress cannot be captured!"
"In order to conquer Zhoushan, the Qing Dynasty mobilized soldiers and horses from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and even mobilized the Eight Banners garrisoned in Jiangning to participate in the war."
"Now the south of the Yangtze River is empty, and thieves are active in the Siming Mountain area!"
"Instead of wasting national funds on an island in Zhoushan, our army should withdraw to Jiangnan as soon as possible to guard it!"
"Now that Ming thieves are invading Guangdong, the imperial court needs Jiangnan's finances and taxes. There must be no chaos in Jiangnan!"
Duolong said this, he still didn't know that Shang Kexi was defeated in the battle of Xinhui, even he himself was killed in the battle, and Guangdong's color changed.
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