When sending the Qing army in Chongqing across the river, Deng Ming asked them to pack up and take away some wild game. Seeing the Green Camp general sailing to the other side of the shore, Zhao Tianba next to Deng Ming sneered: "Let them be proud for a few more days."

Deng Ming put away his smile when he said goodbye, turned around and asked Zhao Tianba: "What do you think of Chongqing?"

"Since Li Guoying wants to give up Chongqing, there is probably no need for us to bleed here." Zhao Tianba replied without thinking. The Sichuan army in Jiangnan should not return in large numbers until October, and even the outpost troops will not enter Kuimen until September. The troops who followed Deng Ming to expedition to Myanmar should be disbanded after the Mid-Autumn Festival and let everyone go home and relax. Therefore, the possibility of attacking Chongqing this year is not high, and now it seems that there is no need to sacrifice in vain: "If Chongqing really gives up the idea of ​​blocking our waterways, let them stay in the city first, but Li Guoying must try to eliminate it."

"Well, Li Guoying is our most dangerous enemy now. If it weren't for him, Chongqing might be more beneficial to us in the hands of the Qing army." Deng Ming nodded. The generals of the Green Camp just described Li Guoying's words. For the Qing court, ensuring the supply to Chongqing was a heavy burden. If the army stationed in Chongqing was not the current two or three thousand soldiers but a hundred thousand troops, then the Qing court's savings would be consumed in large quantities here, which would be beneficial to support the Ming army and the anti-Qing rebels on other fronts.

However, as long as Li Guoying is still in charge of Chongqing, the threat from Chongqing will still be huge. Now due to the strength of western Sichuan, Li Guoying will not force his troops to die for the time being; but once the situation reverses, or if there is any flaw in western Sichuan, Deng Ming firmly believes that Li Guoying will show his vicious face without hesitation.

"You heard them tell the process of the Chongqing Battle just now?" After drinking almost the same wine, Deng Ming asked the Qing generals casually about what they saw and heard. All the Green Camp generals admired Li Guoying and boasted to Deng Ming about the initial strategic decisions of the Qing army and the tactical changes in the middle until the end of the battlefield.

"I heard it very clearly." Zhao Tianba was always with him. Although he was nominally blocking the wine for Deng Ming, in fact, Zhao Tianba, like Deng Ming, had not touched the wine. Every time everyone raised their glasses, Zhao Tianba poured the wine into his arms when the person was not paying attention. After the meal, Zhao Tianba's clothes were wet.

Li Guoying was not only able to make up his mind, but also had enough skills to make everyone obey and do things according to his ideas. Li Guoying did this when Deng Ming and Yuan Zongdi besieged Chongqing. Last time Deng Ming left western Sichuan, Li Guoying wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble with the Ming army. If it weren't for the Kuidong army attacking Chongqing this time, I wonder if he would have caused trouble to the Ming army in western Sichuan again.

"If we have any flaws in Li Guoying's hands, even if we have already won over others, Li Guoying will probably still let the Chongqing army fight us; Li Guoying and Hu Quancai are different. Hu Quancai is actually a bit of strategy, at least much stronger than Zhang Changgeng, but Li Guoying has more means than Hu Quancai. If Li Guoying is just tough, we don't have to worry." Zhao Tianba believes that if Li Guoying is still in Chongqing next year, western Sichuan will need to launch an attack on Chongqing.

"I will discuss it now. Now let's go to Wanxian first." Deng Ming agreed with Zhao Tianba's evaluation, especially when he heard that Li Guoying tried every means to cast cannons, which made Deng Ming even more alert. Although the plan to block the river with cannons failed, who dares to say that it will not cause losses to the Ming army next time? As the saying goes, only a thousand days of thieves are not a thousand days of thieves. Chongqing can be kept in the hands of the Qing army and used to continue to consume the strength of the Qing court, but the prerequisite is that the Qing army in Chongqing is harmless. This harmlessness can only be achieved through two methods: one is to launch preventive attacks from time to time to prevent Chongqing from accumulating troops and supplies that can pose a threat to western Sichuan; the other is to drive Li Guoying away and soften the fighting spirit of the Qing army generals in Chongqing.

The Ming army set sail that night. The next day, the Qing army in Chongqing saw that the temporary water camp of the Ming army on the other side was empty.

...

As soon as the Qing army general returned to the city, he ran to the Governor's Office to report all the news he heard to Li Guoying.

Deng Ming did not unilaterally investigate the situation while having dinner. He also talked about many interesting things in Myanmar. Deng Ming introduced it better than the Qing generals - even if the Qing army had some understanding of Myanmar's military strength and geography, they would not get any benefits.

"Deng Ming didn't rescue Yongli at all."

"Deng Ming went to Myanmar to rob him, and he brags for a long time."

"Bai Wenxuan took away the gold from the Burmese pagoda and gave it to him some; Deng Ming himself also robbed a lot of land from the Burmese powerful people and sold it to the Burmese monks; they also established a fake king in Myanmar and forced the authentic Burmese king to pay them a lot of money to ask them to withdraw their troops."

"After the Burmese King paid, Deng Ming immediately forgot their emperor and returned to China with his troops and the stolen gold and silver treasures," Gao Mingzhan added: "One of his things after he returned to China was to come to Chongqing to find us for dinner and ask us to help him sell the stolen goods."

Li Guoying was silent for a while and sighed: "What I should have thought of long ago, is the excuse to go out to rob. Deng Ming all claimed to be an imperial robber. Other bandits kept it a secret, either raising the flag to act on the way for heaven or claiming to kill the rich and help the poor. But Deng Ming was not ashamed but proud. How could he, an imperial robber, be a loyal minister?"

After reporting to Li Guoying, Gao Mingzhan and others left the Governor's Office and gathered to discuss. The price of jade is relatively cheap, and they all planned to try it out. Deng Ming said that he was responsible for supplying raw stones, providing jewelry processing design drawings, and they were all available on credit. If sales were opened, it would not be too late for Chongqing officials to repay the payment for the goods when they continued to purchase goods - since there was no need to take too much risk, these people could not bear it. When Deng Ming talked about the prospects of the jade market, he couldn't help but feel unhurried. Deng Ming promised that when the officials had money, he asked the merchants from western Sichuan to send them various seasonings, as well as local products on both sides of the Yangtze River and ale that could produce foam.

"The Governor General does not trust him, but the best way to deal with Deng Ming is to let him know that Chongqing has no oil and water, and there is no thing to grab when it comes in." Gao Mingzhan firmly believes that his speech on the Jintang Gate Tower is extremely important. It is the threat of burning down his warehouse that dispels Deng Ming's idea of ​​attacking Chongqing.

"Also, he was full of thoughts on doing business, and Deng Ming got up early without profit." Wang Mingde followed.

"But we can't let Huguang know about our affairs. Governor Zhang heard that we would impeach us. Deng Ming has harassed them several times, and they are still looking forward to us helping to share the pressure."

...

On July 20, Deng Ming arrived in Wanxian.

He did not see Li Laiheng and Liu Tichun. After they withdrew from Chongqing, they only stayed in Wanxian for one day, replenished some food and fodder and went downstream. They were worried that Zhang Changgeng would make any irrational actions after the Ming army was defeated, so they did not plan to delay Fengjie, but would return to Jiangling and Yiling defense line at full speed.

After seeing Deng Ming, Yuan Zongdi said regretfully: "If we knew that Admiral Deng was back, they might not have left. We can attack Chongqing again."

"My army also needs rest. Chongqing will talk about it next year," Deng Ming shook his head. West Sichuan sent two huge expeditionary forces in two strategic directions. Production has probably been affected and no more troops can be organized. However, Yuan Zongdi's words made Deng Ming a little worried. After all, he has been away from Sichuan for almost a year, and it will be troublesome if Huguang makes another fuss: "What stupid thing will Zhang Changgeng do?"

"It's hard to say. We were defeated in Chongqing. The Qing court was one of the rare great victory in recent years. The Lieutenant Court would definitely boast about it." Deng Ming helped rescue some captured soldiers, which surprised Yuan Zongdi, but the great losses of the Kuidong Army still made him heartbroken: "If Zhang Changgeng thought that our Huguang Army was almost destroyed, he might have some bad ideas... Well, but Admiral Deng came back, even if he had the intention to put it away."

Deng Ming pondered for a moment. Since the Ming army began to sell Myanmar goods such as ivory to the downstream, news of Deng Ming returning to China spread. At least everyone knows that Deng Ming will not stay in Myanmar for a long time. This news prompted the Kuidong Army to accelerate its attack on Chongqing, and it was also a shock to the Qing court's governor, Huguang and Liangjiang.

"If Zhang Changgeng really has such a mind, he will have to find an opportunity to hit him. If he had known this, we might as well let the news that my trip was not going well. If Zhang Changgeng jumped out and took action, we could accuse him of breach of the contract." Deng Ming shook his head: "Next time, let us release the news to Zhang Changgeng when we are ready."

After letting go of this idea, Deng Ming asked the generals in Kuidong: "What do you need? Do you need food, property or equipment? Western Sichuan will do its best to replenish you."

Deng Ming's words made Dang Shousu feel incredible.

This time, the Kuidong Army sent troops, and a lot of the food and supplies were given by western Sichuan; and the generals rushed to attack before Deng Ming returned to Sichuan, which also showed their defense against western Sichuan. The generals in Kuidong knew that Deng Ming would not be unable to see it, and after everyone met, they pretended to be confused and didn't mention anyone.

"The generals fought with the Tartars and their military strength suffered losses, and we made some money during this period - the great cause of expelling the Tartars, of course, they had money and strength."

Deng Ming had different strategies for Chongqing, and never thought of maintaining complete consistency with the generals of Kuidong, but Deng Ming felt that it was only right to help the Kuidong army make up for the losses. If the Kuidong army failed and suffered damage in the battle between the Qing army and could only swallow the bitter fruit alone, then their desire to fight with the Qing army in the future may be reduced, and they tend to preserve their strength.
Chapter completed!