In the 11th year of Kangxi, the first month of the 26th year of Yongli, Guilin, Pingxi Palace,.

Since capturing Guangxi, Wu Sangui has moved the royal palace to Guilin. Because he has shifted his strategic direction from Kunming to Hunan, and perhaps Guangdong, it is meaningless to stay in Guiyang, and moving to Guilin can also show Li Dingguo his sincerity.

Wu Sangui was in a very unhappy mood these days, and he had not even celebrated the New Year. A few months ago, he finally waited for Liangjiang to fight. The King of Pingxi immediately prepared his troops and was waiting to raid Hunan. As a result, just two days later, Jiang Guozhu, and then Zhang Chao, announced his retirement and return home... No, he had retired and ran to Sichuan. At about the same time, Wu Sangui heard that Geng Jingzhong was anyway, and he led a large army into Zhejiang. At that time, Wu Sangui said "It's bitter". Liangjiang has not yet become chaotic and has not yet attracted the attention of Chengdu and Beijing. So hasn't Geng Jingzhong become the target of public criticism?

As expected by King Pingxi, Geng Jingzhong's attack was smooth at the beginning, but it was in a stalemate under Shaoxing City in early August. The troops from northern Zhejiang and Jiangnan arrived continuously. Relying on the strong city, the river blocked Geng Fan's offensive. After a month of stalemate, Zhang Huangyan's troops, who had been neutral, suddenly announced assistance to Fujian and ordered the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang, hidden near Wenzhou to attack the rear of Geng's army. Originally, the Eastern Zhejiang Army wanted to wait a few more days and let the Jiangnan Green Camp and Geng Fan fight for a few more days, but Geng Fan, who heard that the progress was unfavorable, brazenly recruited men in southern Zhejiang and forced food and grass to be collected. The Ming army in eastern Zhejiang could no longer bear it and launched an attack in advance.

Geng Jingzhong was lucky that he had not yet pushed all his troops on the Shaoxing front line. The Zhejiang East Army, which had rushed to attack, was not prepared enough and could not cut off Geng Jingzhong's retreat in one fell swoop. Geng Jingzhong divided his troops to resist, and withdrew his troops at full speed to return to Fujian, but he still lost 30% of his troops in Zhejiang.

To fight against the rebel army, the Jingnan Army and the Zhejiang-East Fujian Army joined forces to attack Fujian. Geng Jingzhong gathered the remaining troops to resist at Xianxia Pass, and relied on the right place to block the attack of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Seeing that Geng Jingzhong was no longer able to do so quickly, Dong Weiguo immediately ordered the Jingni Army to launch an attack on Fujian, and issued a manifesto saying that he would cut off Geng Jingzhong's head and present it to the emperor as a New Year gift. However, although Dong Weiguo spoke a lot, the Jiangxi Green Camp could not capture Geng Fan's city at once.

However, Geng Jingzhong's misfortune never came alone. At this time, Zheng Jing suddenly landed in Jin and Xiamen. After annihilated Geng Jingzhong's defensive troops, Zheng Jing issued a manifesto at Kinmen, saying that Geng Jingzhong's situation was unfavorable anyway. The Jingnan Army and the Anti-Rebel Army had already attacked Fujian from the northeast, and the Jingni Army sent by the Green Camp in Jiangxi also attacked western Fujian. The Ming army (Geng Army) in Fujian was already in danger. As the prince of Yanping of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Jing could not sit idly by, so he personally led the army to float to support Fujian and Geng.

When we saw Zheng Jing’s manifesto, from the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, to the governors of the southeast, and then to the King of Pingxi Wu Sangui, everyone had an idea. Isn’t this a common trick Deng Ming used? Zhang Huangyan and Deng Ming from eastern Zhejiang were in the same group, so it would be fine if they helped Fujian, but why did Zheng Jing learn it now?

Zheng Jing brought a hundred thousand troops, and the second largest fleet in Asia to ensure mobility, and the entire Fujian coast suddenly became in panic. After being attacked by Zheng Jing, Geng Jingzhong not only could not continue to support the front line, but also had to draw troops from the front line to defend the coastal areas; and the Ming and Qing armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties who were attacking Geng Jingzhong in the north were greatly motivated after receiving the news, and knew that Geng Jingzhong was already dead, and now it was time to divide the fruits of victory.

In September, the two defense lines of Northwest and Northeast that Geng Jingzhong had worked hard to maintain were successively broken through. However, relying on his years of operation in Fujian, Geng Jingzhong's subordinates were still struggling to support each base, and at the same time sent peace talks to all parties, trying to find a force to rely on to surrender. However, Geng Jingzhong's efforts were destined to be in vain. Zhao Tianba had reached an agreement with all parties, and no one could make a separate peace with Geng Jingzhong. Originally, Zhao Tianba was worried that Zheng Jing was the weakest link in the alliance of Geng Jingzhong, but this time Zheng Jing was very happy. He met with Zheng Zanxu, who commanded the Zhejiang East Navy. At least on the surface, the cousins ​​all made up their past grudges. The Fujian aid army in Zhejiang East and the Fujian aid army in Taiwan gathered together. Zheng Jing assured Zheng Zanxu that the Taiwan Ming army would act together with the Zhejiang East Ming army.

The last blow to Geng Jingzhong was Shang Zhixin. Guangdong Shangfan troops completed the assembly in August. In September, although they saw Geng Jingzhong being repelled and returned to Fujian, Shang Zhixin felt that the situation was not clear and did not express his attitude. When he saw that the Jingni Army was not going well, Shang Zhixin was still thinking about how to raid Dong Weiguo to achieve the greatest victory. However, after Zheng Jing landed, the situation began to fall. When Xianxia Pass was lost and the coalition forces marched towards Fujian on the water and land, Shang Zhixin could not hold back.

Shang Zhixin believed that the Ming army was powerful, so he decided to raise the banner of Guangdong's aid to Fujian army. Shang Zhixin also gave a polite ceremony and then sent a letter to Geng Jingzhong, suggesting that the other party order the local officials to welcome the reinforcements from the Shang family.

Geng Jingzhong, who was shocked, hurriedly replied that he still had the power to fight, and now he was just luring the enemy into deep, and would launch a thunderous counterattack soon, destroying all the enemy troops that had stepped onto Fujian territory, whether it was the Ming army or the Qing army. At the end of the letter, Geng Jingzhong begged Shang Zhixin to see the mutual aura of the Three Feudatories, Fujian and Guangdong all originated from the Dongjiang lineage, so he must not come to support Fujian. However, Shang Zhixin was unmoved and said that the situation in Fujian was very bad, so he must come to support Fujian, especially for the Dongjiang lineage, and he had to support Fujian Province.

In December, Geng Jingzhong lost all the territory except Quanzhou. Now the remaining troops of Geng Fan hurried in Quanzhou city to fight against beasts, and outside the city there were three armies of Jingnan, Jingni and Jingni, and the rebellion. In addition, Zhejiang, Taiwan and Guangdong supported the Fujian army with six armies. Among them, three Ming and Qing armies surrounded Quanzhou.

Among them, the Guangdong army aided Fujian was the most strange because Guangzhou did not admit that the army aided Fujian was affiliated with the army of Shangfan in Guangdong. When he learned that Shang Zhixin had put the banner of "aiding Fujian", Shang Kexi was shocked and blurted out in front of his left and right: "Oh, I was wrong, I should use the name of "Danggui Army"!"

Although Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Jing's Ming army were far stronger than the Qing army in the three provinces, and the Jingnan army among the three Qing army was all made up of the Ming army, Shang Kexi keenly discovered that the most critical problem now is that the Ming army does not seem to welcome the vassal kings. Anyway, Zheng Jing and Zhejiang East Army's joint attack on Geng Jingzhong shows that this is not an isolated act, but a strategy of the Ming army. Since this is the case, Shang Kexi should not be used to put the banner of anyway. Anyway, the opportunities cannot be wasted at will, and it may be useful to leave them in the future.

"Does this confused child know how to judge the situation? Do you not know how to adapt to the situation?" Shang Kexi knew that Shang Zhixin made a choice based on his instructions before leaving Guangzhou. However, no matter how hard he did not know how to adapt, he was his son. If something went wrong, he would still find a way to solve the problem. If it were an ordinary person, he might be strict with Shang Zhixin. However, Shang Kexi was actually a master who bets on both sides. After pondering for a moment, he found that although the situation was serious, it was not impossible to turn bad things into good things.

Soon Shang Kexi made a decision, calling the army led by Shang Zhixin as a rebel, while Guangdong monks were still loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty; soon, Shang Kexi further claimed that the Guangdong aid troops entering Fujian were actually fleeing Guangdong, thus dividing the letter of the monks of Shang Fan. If Shang Zhixin was divided into a territory, then there was no essential difference in his son's hand or being assigned to Shang Fan. At most, it would be a little troublesome when managing it. Although Shang Zhixin was announced as a rebel, Guangdong's support for Shang Zhixin has not changed. If this could not gain a foothold in Fujian, it would mean that Shang Fan had difficulty in seizing part of the territory from Fujian, so let Shang Zhixin return it, and Guangdong still retains the opportunity anyway.

Because Quanzhou's city defense is strong and the New Year is here, Geng Jingzhong can survive in the city for the time being, but it seems that he is unable to make up for the situation. King Pingxi finally hoped that Deng Ming would go out to sea, and various domestic forces were ready to move, but they jumped out to die one by one. First, Emperor Kangxi, then the governor of Liangjiang, and then Geng Jingzhong's turn, so let alone mention the disappointment in King Pingxi's heart.

"Don't regret it." Wu Sangui said to the frowning Prime Minister Xia. The voice of King Pingxi sounded much older: "When Deng Ming went to Jiangnan twice, I should have gone out to destroy Li Dingguo first. If Yunnan was taken down at that time, Deng Ming would not dare to move so calmly, and it would not be so difficult to control it!"

The Xia Kingdom said it was repeated, but he felt a little dissatisfied. He still remembered that at that time, what Wu Sangui was most worried about was to make up all his capital and the Qing court could take the opportunity to remove his vassal state. If there was no Deng Ming, Wu Sangui would have been happy to be satisfied with the status of the vassal king. However, now that the Qing court could not defend the world, Wu Sangui's ambitions emerged again.

"Does I have to throw the two provinces to Deng Ming's son in the end?" Wu Sangui became more and more sad as he spoke, and he slapped in anger: "Your Majesty, Jiang Guozhu, and Zhang Chao, don't you know how to discuss the attack together? Now, it's been defeated by Chengdu. It's only ten years since I hope this opportunity will come. How many decades can I wait for?"

"The emperor's secret decree is useless at all." Kangxi's imperial decree was also delivered to Wu Sangui, but this secret decree could only play some role in Huguang if Chengdu does not interfere; and if Chengdu does not interfere, it will require the chaos of Liangjiang, Fujian and Zhejiang, which will give Wu Sangui the opportunity to take advantage of the troubled waters. Now Geng Jingzhong has only breath, and Wu Sangui suspects that Chengdu has pacified the core areas and has now begun to turn his vigilant eyes to remote areas such as Yunnan and Guizhou.

After repeated hard work, Wu Sangui found that he had no feasible countermeasures, so he could only watch Geng Jingzhong be eliminated. He estimated that the princes who were eager to try in various places would be completely scared, and no one dared to jump out to disrupt Deng Ming's strategy. In fact, Wu Sangui was the same. He essentially did not like adventure, but liked to be down-to-earth; as long as he was not forced to the dead end of no retreat, Wu Sangui was unwilling to gamble more than losing and less winning. Now if he jumped out alone to fight Huguang, no matter how he looked, he would have little chance of winning.

Just when Wu Sangui was about to despair, a new opportunity seemed to suddenly appear.
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