In Quanzhou, the generals of the Southern Conquest camp gathered in civil war. Dasu himself was in the center, and there was a huge Xiamen map hanging in front of him. Standing on this map was Shi Lang, who was explaining the specific deployment of the attack to the Qing generals present on behalf of the commander.

"The pirates do not accept the king's transformation and attack the southeast. They should attack the emperor, and relieve the worries of the emperor, and the sufferings of the common people along the coast of the lower coast." Shi Lang began his speech with a strong force. First, the situation introduction: "Zheng Ni peeped at Jiangning last year and was defeated by Admiral Liang, and many of his powerful generals were captured alive. Later, although several of them were let go by Lang Thief, his armored party lost more than 10,000. Zheng Ni dared to fight only about 30,000. Jiangning went to him in battle, and he was 40,000 to half of his soldiers, and he was the most fierce part. Even if he trained new recruits in the past six months, his combat power was far from being compared with before. Our army gathered elite troops from the north and south, and had the Eight Banners of the Banners of the Banners of the Banners, which were more than ten times the strength of Admiral Liang's men last year."

To be honest, Shi Lang didn't understand why Zheng Chenggong's combat effectiveness dropped so quickly, which was completely different from his previous impression when he was in Xiamen. He discussed this with Huang Wu several times, and finally believed that it was Zheng Chenggong's stubbornness and acted misleading, which led to the military's combat effectiveness plummeting.

"As long as our army set foot on Xiamen, Zheng Ni will be destined to be destroyed. I believe Zheng Ni is well aware of this. Zheng Ni is stubborn and will definitely make a desperate bet and fight the king's army in a decisive battle. Therefore, the general decided to divide his troops into three groups so that Zheng Ni could not take care of each other." Shi Lang pointed to the map and began to tell the action routes and goals of various Qing troops. This plan was completely out of his ideas and was approved by Dasu.

Xiamen Island on the map looks a bit like a duck egg with a big head, surrounded by three sides of the mainland. Located in the southeast of Xiamen is Xiao Jinmen Island. Dasu's main force set out from Quanzhou and attacked the east coast of Xiamen through the sea between Xiao Jinmen and the northern continent; the troops of Guangdong and Guangxi Navy and Geng Fan will appear in the sea between Xiao Jinmen Island and the western continent and attack the south coast of Xiamen Island. These two routes are the main forces of the Qing army's attack on Xiamen this time, and the decisive battle location of the naval battle envisioned by Shi Lang is near Kinmen.

"Zheng Ni knew very well that no matter whether the commander came from Quanzhou, he would definitely pass through the northern waters of Kinmen. Since he would be killed on the east coast of Xiamen, Zheng Ni would definitely come to intercept him. When he confronted our army in the north of Kinmen, the Guangdong-Guangzhou Navy would send Geng Fan's troops to the south bank, and then attack Zheng Ni from behind. The two armies attacked each other forward and back to wipe out Zheng Ni here." The Qing army's navy had an absolute advantage, and even if the number of ships was only calculated, it was more than twice that of Zheng Chenggong. If we counted from the combat effectiveness of the ships, the Qing army's navy, which was mainly composed of the Guangdong-Guangzhou Navy, had about two times the strength of the Ming-Guangzhou Navy, and Dasu's road was about twice that of Zheng Chenggong.

"There is another possibility, that is, Zheng Ni is lucky and plans to repel the Guangdong-Guangzhou Navy first, and then fight with our army." In Shi Lang's view, if he is in Zheng Chenggong's position, he may want to defeat the weaker Qing army naval division in the south first, and then fight to the death with the main force of the Qing army naval division in the north. Although the ships are not bad, the quality of the sailors and the tacit understanding of naval battles are undoubtedly the superiority of Zheng Jun. Therefore, Shi Lang is also prepared for this: "The Guangdong-Guangzhou Navy will not set off at the same time as our main force, but will wait in the south and not give Zheng Ni the opportunity to defeat each. When the general leads the main force to approach the east coast of Xiamen, he can only go back to the army and fight with us. If he dares not return, we will first put down the troops and then advance south to attack him with the Guangdong-Guangzhou Navy."

Shi Lang believed that his plan was perfect, and no matter how Zheng Chenggong moved, he would be trapped in the two sides of the Qing navy, and he could not stop the Qing army from landing.

"There is also a third route, landing from Gaoqi." Shi Lang pointed to the north of Xiamen Island on the map, which is closest to the mainland. The gathering locations of the Qing army were the Jimei Middle School and Huaqiao University in Deng Ming's previous life. The Qing army did not arrange naval troops on this route, only some ferries, and they would quickly send 5,000 Qing troops to Xiamen Island in armor.

Many Qing army generals had questions about this, and they might be intercepted by the Zheng army at sea without the cooperation of warships.

"Because we did not deploy warships opposite Gaoqi, Zheng Ni would definitely be careless. He never expected that we would force Gaoqi to cross." Shi Lang smiled slightly. This was a surprise soldier in his plan. Even if the progress of the east and south routes was not as smooth as planned, the Qing army landed from Gaoqi would give Zheng Chenggong a fatal blow: "When Zheng Ni's navy and a large number of party members resisted the royal army in the southeast, our army's surprise soldiers would appear behind them, and attack Zheng Ni's defense line on the land with the troops landing in the southeast, and could easily defeat them. After seeing the collapse of the entire army on the land, Zheng Ni on the sea could not resist stubbornly."

"But..." Although everyone admitted that this plan looked good, Zheng Chenggong might have taken it lightly when he saw that there was no Qing navy in the north, but as long as he left a small number of warships and a small number of guards in Gaoqi, he could prevent the landing of the Qing army without warships at all.

"Yes, Zheng Ni must think so." Shi Lang laughed. As these Qing generals said, even if Zheng Chenggong faced huge pressure at the southeast, he would not leave a ship in Gaoqi, the closest place to the mainland, and might put hundreds or even thousands of troops: "Zheng Ni does plan to deploy troops in Gaoqi. The troops he arranged were ten warships and one thousand armors."

After hearing Shi Lang say the Ming army's troops so accurately, the camp suddenly became quiet, and those who were thinking faster showed a sudden enlightenment.

"The person responsible for defending Gaoqi is Chen Peng. He has already lost to the general." Shi Lang smiled and said to everyone: "When the king's army approaches the east and south banks of Xiamen, Chen Peng will drive all ten warships to Tong'an and hand them over to us. Only after getting these ten warships from Gaoqi and using them to reconnaissance the nearby waters and confirming that no other Zheng Ni warships are hidden will we begin to force the crossing of the strait."

Without the warships, even if Chen Peng wanted to repent, he would have no way to stop the Qing army. This move could ensure that he surrendered sincerely, so that the Qing army could quickly enter the hinterland of Xiamen Island through Gaoqi and strike hard on the back of the two land defense lines southeast of the Ming army.

At this point, the Qing generals had no doubts. Even Huang Wu was convinced by this plan. He asked himself that he could not propose a more perfect tactical plan than Shi Lang. At this time, in the eyes of the Qing generals, Zheng Chenggong was no different from the dead.

The generals congratulated Dasu one after another, and Shi Lang took a step back and stood silently with a smile. At this time, Shi Lang's feelings were very complicated. Although he was smiling, he was very jealous of Dasu in the middle, because all of this was his plan, which was comparable to the battle of the Yuan Dynasty to destroy the Song Dynasty. Shi Lang was confident that this would be easier and more brilliant than winning the battle in Yashan, but the honor of destroying Zheng Chenggong would undoubtedly fall on Dasu.

"If Zheng Chenggong listened to me..." While jealous, Shi Lang couldn't help but feel very regretful. He hated Zheng Chenggong very much, but this was not because Zheng Chenggong killed his father and brother - that was not his wife, son, right, Zheng Chenggong even killed his wife and son, but if his wife is gone, he can marry again, and if his son is gone, he will not betray Zheng Chenggong and defect to the Qing court.

What Shi Lang hated Zheng Chenggong the most was because he refused to listen to his good advice and led the Fujian army to surrender to the Qing court. After meeting Zheng Chenggong, Shi Lang noticed the estrangement between the other party and Yongli, and was worried about the Southern Ming court.

Under Shi Lang's persuasion, Zheng Chenggong invaded Zheng Lian. Although Zheng Chenggong established an undisputed position in the Fujian Ming army, it was also very good news for the Qing court - this led to a significant reduction in the strength of the Fujian Ming army, and people were in panic. There were even many subordinates of Zheng Lian who defected to the Qing court. At least before Zheng Chenggong completed internal integration, the Qing court did not have to worry about attacks from Fujian, and could concentrate all its forces on the battlefield in Jiangxi.

However, when the Qing court defeated Li Chengdong's counterattack and attacked Guangdong again, Shi Lang once again persuaded Zheng Chenggong to launch an internal strife against Yongli's troops. This time the target was Hao Shangjiu. After Li Chengdong anyway, he ordered Hao Shangjiu to be ordered to suppress the enemies who were still loyal to the Qing Dynasty in Guangdong. Shi Lang was of course the most obvious force. Tens of thousands of troops were destroyed by Hao Shangjiu, and in the end there were only a few hundred people left. If it weren't for Zheng Chenggong, he refused to follow Li Chengdong anyway, Shi Lang, who was loyal to the Qing court, might die on the roadside. When the Qing army launched a new attack on Guangdong, Hao Shangjiu still held the Yongli flag and did not stop resisting because of Li Chengdong's defeat. Zheng Chenggong adopted Shi Lang's strategy and sneaked into Chaozhou, the base camp of Hao Shangjiu, who was resisting on the front line. Hao Shangjiu, who was desperate, had to surrender to the Qing army again.

Relying on such achievements, Shi Lang's position in Zheng Chenggong's group has been rising steadily and climbed to the position of Zheng Chenggong's deputy. Shi Lang himself was also proud of this. He knew very well that these were not only due to Zheng Chenggong, but also to the Qing court. If Zheng Chenggong surrendered to the Qing court early, then Shi Lang's position in the Qing army, as the second person in Zheng Chenggong's group, would undoubtedly be much higher than that in the Qing army, and he could most likely be the head coach to wipe out Zhang Huangyan of Zhoushan. Isn't this much better than being Dasu's adviser?

Shi Lang's success was not only due to his verbal benefits, but ultimately because of Zheng Chenggong's uneasiness and deep-rooted distrust of Emperor Yongli. If Zheng Chenggong had no problems himself, Shi Lang would not be able to succeed one after another. It was as if even if there was a person who was ten times more eloquent than Shi Lang, it would be impossible to convince Yue Fei not to fight Jin Wushu and get rid of Han Shizhong.

"If you don't listen to my good words, Zheng Chenggong, you are harming others and yourself." The hatred in your heart was overwhelming and endless. Although Shi Lang's smile remained on his face, he couldn't help but clench his fists. Although Zheng Chenggong was not King Yue, he was not Zhang Hongfan, which led to Shi Lang's dream of becoming empty: "Do you want to be buried with the Ming Dynasty? Then I will fulfill you with my own hands!"

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"What is this?" Deng Ming suddenly led his troops to the city of Nanjing. Jiang Guozhu immediately stopped and left the door, abandoned all the surrounding areas to the Ming army, and discovered a major project in front of the city.

"Report to the Admiral, this is Jiang Guozhu erecting a monument of merit for Liang Huafeng." The Ming army captured a group of craftsmen. According to their confession, Jiang Guozhu planned to erect a monument here to commemorate the great achievements of Liang Huafeng leading 3,000 sailors to defeat Zheng Chenggong's 100,000 soldiers last year.

This project has been basically completed, and the surrounding carving pavilions have been completed, and even the good stones used to erect the monuments have been carved, so I am waiting to engrave the articles that praise merits on it. This article has actually been written, and it was written by Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng for a large sum of money. The title is "Zhuangyou Ji".

"It's really interesting. I'll carve this monument for him." Seeing that Jiang Guozhu was ready, the last stone monument was just short of that, Deng Ming decided to do him a favor.

In a hurry, Deng Ming could not find a talented literati to help write articles, and he could not write his own personal talent. After a little thought, Deng Ming dictated the content to several stele craftsmen: "The general of Han and four thousand heroes captured the thief chief Tingzuo and his 30,000 followers here."

After erecting this monument in Jiang Guozhu's memorial garden, Deng Ming saw that the monument was still rich, and he was still willing to do so, so he ordered another piece to be carved on the riverside, and wrote, "Duke Lin destroyed Su Song of the Qing Dynasty, and Jiangxi Navy came here."

Deng Ming was also involved in the battle of the Qing army's naval forces, and he also made the specific plan. However, Deng Ming felt that there was already a stone tablet with his own name, so he did not write his achievements on the second one. Besides, Deng Ming knew that the Qing court would definitely not leave these two stone tablets alone, and he just disgusted Jiang Guozhu. In addition to these two stone tablets, Deng Ming ordered that all other steles be thrown into the river. If Jiang Guozhu still wanted to find the same good materials, he would have to work harder.

After doing all this, Deng Ming no longer stayed in Nanjing, but continued to advance eastward with his troops and headed straight for Zhenjiang Prefecture. Not long ago, Deng Ming had already received news that Zhang Huangyan and Ma Fengzhi had already passed by Suzhou Prefecture with his troops and horses, and he was almost at Zhenjiang.

At the same time, Deng Ming also learned that Jiang Guozhu transferred all the troops from Zhenjiang back to Nanjing. Zhenjiang is now an empty city. Since Deng Ming did not have plans to attack Nanjing, he chose Zhenjiang as the place to return to Zhang Huangyan. There were no Qing troops around, and the Ming army could set up camp calmly and discuss the next action.

After Jiang Guozhu had to send 5,000 armors to Yangzhou, the strength of the Nanjing city became even weaker. When Deng Ming arrived, there were only 20,000 Qing troops in the city, all of which were recruited by newly recruited recruits, many of which were recruited by prefectures and counties. Jiang Guozhu had no confidence in their combat effectiveness and equipment. After discovering that Deng Ming had arrived, he started to block the city gate without saying a word. After working hard for a day, he finally blocked the thirteen city gates. At this time, Deng Ming also engraved a monument and led his army to the downstream.

Fifty "dead soldiers" were selected and hung them down from the city tower for reconnaissance. After confirming that Deng Ming had left, Jiang Guozhu began to command the soldiers to dig out the bricks and soil stuffed into the city gate. After struggling for more than a day, he opened the two city gates again.

Soon, the explorer sent out the city reported that Deng Ming had erected two tall stone tablets outside the city before leaving. Hearing the news, Jiang Guozhu took the guards out of the city to explore, and found that the huge stone tablet he had finally found was indeed engraved with words to mock him, and several small stone tablets were missing. According to craftsmen, they seemed to have been pushed into the river by Deng Ming.

Jiang Guozhu stared at the huge stone tablet for a while, snorted coldly, and waved his hand: "Go and see the side of the river."

"As for orders." The guard of the Biaoying camp replied, and then asked: "Governor, did you make someone smash this monument immediately?"

"Let's talk about it when I come back," Jiang Guozhu shook his head and added: "Don't act without action."

After arriving at the riverside, Jiang Guozhu turned around the monument twice and found that there was indeed only Li Laiheng but no Deng Ming on it. He pointed to the monument and cursed: "What is Lin Guo Duke? It's obviously a bandit in Xingshan! I'm really shameless, I'll smash it for me!"

With Jiang Guozhu's order, the soldiers rushed up and swung their hammers to smash the monument that Deng Ming had erected for Li Laiheng into pieces, and then threw the gravel into the Yangtze River.

"Governor, that Deng Ming's monument?" After smashing Li Laiheng's merit monument, the guards of the Biaoying asked about the past again.

"Keep it first." Jiang Guozhu waved his sleeves and hurried back to Nanjing. He immediately wrote the matter into a memorial and reported it to Beijing, saying that after seeing this monument, all the officials and gentry in Nanjing were jealous and hated, and the soldiers even shed tears. Jiang Guozhu said that Deng Ming was a fool of himself. The monument not only did not damage the morale of Jiangning officers and soldiers at all, but instead aroused the common hatred of the soldiers and soldiers of the people. Therefore, Jiang Guozhu suggested that this stone monument be preserved first, and it would not be too late to deal with it after Deng Ming was executed. At the same time, Jiang Guozhu also told the court that he planned to issue a letter to Liangjiang. If anyone could capture and kill Deng Ming, he would reward him with the same silver as the monument and erect the same huge stone monument for him. He would be rewarded with great rewards and made famous all over the world. Jiang Guozhu concluded that this would inspire the heroes to kill thieves and serve the country.

"If the court does not agree, it will not be my fault. I am just following the order." After Jiang Guozhu wrote the memorial and sent it out, he sent some people to protect the stone tablet, and no idle people were allowed to destroy it - the man's hands were ready-made, and he originally planned to use it to protect the merit monument he originally wanted to erect.

The next day, Jiang Guozhu went around the stone tablet again. Deng Ming thought that the stele would not live long, so he didn't have any effort to put it into the pavilion. Instead, he stood up in a large form on the original site of Lang Tingzuo's flowing mat.

"If the wind blows and sun, it may be damaged. If Deng Ming misunderstood, it would be bad if I thought it was deliberately destroyed." Jiang Guozhu observed it and felt that there were still hidden dangers, so he ordered the craftsmen to build a pavilion for the stone tablet to shelter the wind and rain.

However, of course, Jiang Guozhu cannot find that his real purpose is to protect the stone tablet, so he also wrote the plaque for the stele pavilion:

Knowing shame is almost courageous!—
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