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Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Rivals

After determining the strategic policy, Zhu Youlang no longer worried. Naval battles were very unfamiliar to him. Apart from the strong ships and powerful guns, he could not think of any other way to win. He had random ideas and commands. It would be better to let Shi Lang do it.

The Ming Navy is now all concentrated in Shi Lang's hands, with a total of 45,000 people. Although Zheng Zhilong has 100,000 people, Shi Lang has a sharp weapon such as a grenade. If it is used well, its power can be as strong as ten. I believe Shi Lang will not disappoint.

On the second day of the August 2nd, Shi Lang's memorial arrived, and Ye Yunwu's resignation was also received.

Zhu Youlang first read Shi Lang's memorial. After reading it, he laughed. The only worry in his heart disappeared with the arrival of this memorial.

It turned out that Shi Lang reported: "I look at the celestial phenomena. A typhoon will come to the south of Xiamen on the fourth day of August. According to the speed of Zheng's fleet's advance, he will take refuge in the harbor from Dayuan to Xiang'an. I am willing to send Chen Zhongwu's troops to ambush to Xiang'an in advance. When Zheng enters the port to avoid danger, he will raid on the shore, which will cause chaos. When the typhoon passes, I will attack from the sea and achieve complete success."

There will be typhoons on the fourth day of August? It is incredible. According to previous years, typhoons usually occur frequently from May to July, and there will be basically no typhoons after August. If there will be typhoons on the fourth day of August, then it can only be said that this is God's will.

Zhu Youlang also felt that his luck was so good.

The last typhoon was in danger and conquered Shi Lang, and the next typhoon defeated Zheng Zhilong. Could it be that he could calm the southeastern sea by relying on two typhoons?

"Remember to report. Remember not to capture and kill Zheng Zhilong, you can let him go. Ye Yunwu is resigned, and his subordinate is under the jurisdiction of Chen Zhongwu." Zhu Youlang wrote a line of words on the memorial.

After taking Ye Yunwu's resignation, he only approved two words: "Authorize the report."

He handed the two memorials to his brother-in-law and ordered: "Send someone to pass the order immediately."

"Abide by the order."

Chen Bowen agreed and turned around.

Zhu Youlang sat down and began to think: "After this battle, the major events in the Southeast are basically settled, and Zheng Chenggong is left. I wonder what he will plan? I think there are only two ways to choose. The first is to surrender to me, and the second is that it is possible to leave Kinmen and fight the Dutch in Taiwan in order to gain a foothold in Taiwan. Which way will he take? Judging from his performance now, it is like watching the tiger fight. Even if the Qing army is defeated, they still occupy most of the country, and he may continue to wait and see. If Zheng Zhilong is beheaded by Boluo, will he change his flag?"

"Wait a minute, Zheng Zhilong's fate is probably determined. If his father died at the hands of the Qing soldiers, he would still refuse to surrender. I don't have that much patience to wait for him. Of course, it would be better not to fight with each other until it is absolutely necessary. After all, he is a great national hero."

After letting go of this thought, Zhu Youlang looked at the memorials transferred from Guangzhou again.

In the Jiangxi side, General Tan Tai and Deputy General He Luohui led 100,000 troops to attack Jiujiang and marched into Nanchang. Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren defended him for a long time. Because Ganzhou was the south gate of Jiangxi and was located in the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River, Tan Tai was afraid that Zhang Jiayu would attack him, so he sent He Luohui to divide his troops to seize him. Zhang Jiayu was defending the city and was in a stalemate with He Luohui.

Overall, the situation in Jiangxi is quite good, basically in line with Zhu Youlang's expectations. Although grenades and other powerful weapons have been mass-produced, the military weapon barracks can only be supplied to Fujian at present, and are not enough to be used elsewhere. It is not bad for Zhang Jiayu and Jin Shenghuan to make such a fight.

The situation in Hunan is the most critical. He Tengjiao relies on the main military force left by the peasant army left by Li Zicheng after his death. These people were long scared by the Qing soldiers. Although they were as big as 500,000, they had no fighting spirit and almost collapsed at once. They were not the opponent of Kong Youde. Therefore, He Tengjiao first lost his moral destiny, Xiangyin, and then Changsha and Hengzhou. Now he has retreated to Yongzhou. It seems that he will retreat to Quanzhou soon. The pressure from Yang Guodong and Wang Huacheng has increased greatly.

At the same time, the situation in Yunnan was not optimistic. As Zhu Youlang expected, after Ren Ji and Ma Bao returned to Kunming, they tried their best to lobby Li Dingguo to talk about Emperor Yongli's virtue and reliance on him. Li Dingguo was indeed moved, but he was considering his brotherhood with Sun Kewang and did not want to betray him. When Sun Kewang heard that Emperor Yongli refused to reward the throne, he immediately became furious and detained Fu Zuolin and other envoys. If Li Dingguo had not persuaded him hard, Fu Zuolin might have been killed.

Ren Shi quietly sent a letter saying that Sun Kewang was preparing to advance eastward to attack Guilin.

Zhu Youlang put down the memorial and walked around the house with his hands behind his back.

The situation in Jiangxi is better. As long as the war in Fujian is over, a part of the grenade can be supplied to Zhang Jiayu. As long as the grenade is obtained, it is no problem to defeat He Luohui and then remove the siege of Nanchang.

The most worrying thing is Guilin.

There is Kong Youde's army in the north, and Sun Kewang's tiger is watching Dandan in the west. Guilin can be said to be in danger of being tired. No matter how powerful Yang Guodong and Jiao Lian are, they are probably difficult to resist.

Moreover, what is most worrying is that the center of the troops is in the east, and the troops in the west are too weak, so I have no troops to adjust unless I lead the imperial guards to rescue.

But is time too late? It takes a thousand miles from Zhangzhou to Guilin, and it takes one month to march alone, not to mention that the war in Zhangzhou has not yet ended, not to mention that the imperial guards are already very tired in continuous battles, so they have to stop for the whole month, right?

In this way, it will be the end of the year to lead troops to aid Guilin.

I hope Yang Guodong can hold on for four months and never throw away Guilin.

I hope that the chess piece Ma Bao, which has been set up for a long time, will play a role, and I hope that the news of his victory over Boluo will make Sun Kewang and Kong Youde be cautious. As long as they act a little slow, things may turn around. As long as they buy four months to relax, they will have to compete well, including Sun Kewang and Kong Youde.

It seems that the strategic focus must be appropriately moved westward.

When Zhu Youlang thought of this, he felt that the only thing he could do now was to find ways to make things change in Yunnan. If he solved the hidden dangers in the west for Guilin, he would be much less pressure just to deal with Kong Youde in the north.

"Ren, don't you know if Ma Bao is reliable? If it is reliable, you must find a way to promote a mutiny. Otherwise, Li Dingguo is unlikely to leave Sun Kewang and work alone. Ma Bao, what are you thinking? Why don't you take action? And Fu Zuolin, who is so bragging about the mountains, why did Sun Kewang detain him as soon as he arrived in Yunnan? It's really disappointing."

...

Zhu Youlang hoped that things in Jiangxi and Hunan would slow down, so it would be better for him to have a breather, but he didn't know that he had met a strong enemy.

This person is Prince Rui Dorgon.
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