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    In the first month of the eleventh year of Kangxi and the twenty-sixth year of Yongli, Guilin, Pingxi Palace.

    Since capturing Guangxi, Wu Sangui moved the palace to Guilin.  Because he has shifted his strategic direction from Kunming to Hunan and perhaps Guangdong, there is no point in staying in Guiyang, and moving to Guilin can also show his sincerity to Li Dingguo.

    Wu Sangui has been in a very unhappy mood these past few days, and he has not even had a good time during the New Year.  A few months ago, he finally expected a war between the two rivers. King Pingxi immediately prepared his troops and waited for a surprise attack on Hunan.  As a result, within two days, first Jiang Guozhu, then Zhang Chao, announced their retirement and return to their hometown No, they resigned and went to Sichuan.  At about the same time, Wu Sangui heard that Geng Jingzhong had changed his mind and led an army into Zhejiang.  At that time, Wu Sangui said to himself, "It's bitter." The chaos in the two rivers had not yet attracted the attention of Chengdu and Beijing, so didn't Geng Jingzhong become the target of public criticism?

    As expected by King Pingxi, Geng Jingzhong's attack went smoothly at first, but in early August, a stalemate broke out at the foot of Shaoxing City.  Troops from northern Zhejiang and Jiangnan arrived one after another, relying on fortified cities and rivers to block Geng Fan's offensive. After a month of stalemate, Zhang Huangyan's troops in eastern Zhejiang, which had remained neutral, suddenly announced aid to Fujian and ordered the Zhejiang troops hiding near Wenzhou.  Dongming Army's retreat from attacking Geng Army - Originally, the Eastern Zhejiang Army wanted to wait a few more days and let Jiangnan Green Camp and Geng Fan fight for a few more days. However, Geng Fan, who heard that the progress was not going well, brazenly went on a rampage in southern Zhejiang in order to attack Shaoxing.  The Ming army in eastern Zhejiang couldn't bear to recruit men and forcibly collect food and grass, and launched an attack in advance.

    Fortunately for Geng Jingzhong, he had not put all his troops on the Shaoxing front line at this time, and the Eastern Zhejiang Army, which launched a hasty attack, was also poorly prepared and failed to cut off Geng Jingzhong's retreat in one fell swoop.  While Geng Jingzhong divided his troops to resist, he withdrew his troops at full speed and returned to Fujian. However, he still lost 30% of his troops in Zhejiang.

    After the rebel army, Jingnan army and the eastern Zhejiang aiding Fujian army joined forces, they jointly invaded Fujian.  Geng Jingzhong gathered the remaining troops to resist at Xianxia Pass, relying on the geographical location to block the attack of the Ming and Qing coalition forces.  Seeing that Geng Jingzhong was dying so soon, Dong Weiguo immediately ordered the Jingni Army to attack Fujian. At the same time, he issued a memorandum saying that he would cut off Geng Jingzhong's head and present it to the emperor as a New Year gift.  However, despite Dong Weiguo's strong tone, Jiangxi Lvying could not capture Geng Fan's city at once.

    It¡¯s just that Geng Jingzhong¡¯s misfortunes never come alone. At this time, Zheng Jing suddenly landed in Jin and Xia.  After annihilating Geng Jingzhong's defensive troops, Zheng Jing issued a proclamation in Kinmen, saying that Geng Jingzhong's situation was unfavorable anyway. Two Qing armies, the Jingnan Army and the Rebel Army, had invaded Fujian from the northeast, and the Jingni Army sent by Jiangxi Green Camp  The Ming army also invaded western Fujian, and the Ming army (Geng army) in Fujian was already in danger.  As the Ming Dynasty's Yanping County Prince and the general in charge, Zheng Jing absolutely could not sit idly by and ignore the situation, so the pro-reunion army came across the sea to aid Fujian and Geng.

    When they saw Zheng Jing¡¯s speech, everyone from Gao Mingzhan, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, to the governors of the southeast, and to Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, all came up with the idea that this was not Deng Ming¡¯s usual trick!  Zhang Huangyan and Deng Ming in eastern Zhejiang were in the same group, and they just wanted to aid Fujian. Why did Zheng Jing learn it now?

    Zheng Jing brought an army of 100,000 troops with a sudden force, and also had the second largest fleet in Asia to ensure maneuverability. Suddenly, the entire coast of Fujian was in turmoil.  After being raided by Zheng Jing, not only could Geng Jingzhong not be able to continue to support the front line, he had to mobilize troops from the front line to defend the coastal areas. The Ming and Qing armies that attacked Geng Jingzhong from the north were greatly boosted in morale after receiving the news, knowing that Geng Jingzhong was dead.  It¡¯s decided, now it¡¯s time to share the fruits of victory.

    In September, the two defense lines in the northwest and northeast that Geng Jingzhong had painstakingly maintained were broken through.  However, relying on years of operations in Fujian, Geng Jingzhong's men were still struggling to support themselves in various strongholds. At the same time, they sent peace envoys to all parties in an attempt to find a force they could rely on to surrender.  However, Geng Jingzhong's efforts are destined to be in vain. Zhao Tianba has reached an agreement with all parties and no one is allowed to make peace with Geng Jingzhong alone.  Originally, Zhao Tianba was worried that Zheng Jing was the weakest link in the alliance to encircle and suppress Geng, but this time Zheng Jing was very happy. He and Zheng Zanxu, who commanded the Eastern Zhejiang Navy, met in Kinmen. At least on the surface, they were cousins.  After all previous suspicions were cleared, the Fujian-aiding army in eastern Zhejiang and the Fujian-aiding army in Taiwan gathered together. Zheng Jing assured Zheng Zanxu that the Ming army in Taiwan and the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang would act in unison.

    It was Shang Zhixin who dealt the final blow to Geng Jingzhong.  Guangdong Shangfan's troops completed their assembly in August. In September, although he saw Geng Jingzhong being repelled and returned to Fujian, Shang Zhixin felt that the situation was unclear and did not express his attitude.  When he first saw that the Jing Ni Army was not progressing smoothly, Shang Zhixin was still thinking about how to raid Dong Weiguo to achieve the greatest results.  However, after Zheng Jing landed, the situation became one-sided.  When Xianxia Pass was lost and the allied forces marched toward central Fujian by land and water, Shang Zhixin could no longer hold back.

    Shang Zhixin believed that the Ming army was more powerful, so he decided to use the banner of Guangdong to aid the Fujian army.  Shang Zhixin also sent a letter to Geng Jingzhong, suggesting that he should give orders to the local government.The officials welcomed the reinforcements from the Shang family.

    The frightened Geng Jingzhong hurriedly wrote back and said that he still had the strength to fight, and now he was just luring the enemy in. Soon he would launch a thunderous counterattack, killing all enemy troops who set foot on Fujian territory - whether they were Ming or Qing troops.  All destroyed.  At the end of the letter, Geng Jingzhong implored Shang Zhixin to never come to aid Fujian because the San Francisco and Guangdong provinces were all in the same line, and Fujian and Guangdong were both from the Dongjiang lineage.  But Shang Zhixin was unmoved and said that the situation in Fujian was very bad, so he must come to help Fujian, especially for the sake of Dongjiang people, he had to help Fujian Province.

    By December, Geng Jingzhong had lost all his territory except Quanzhou.  Now the remaining troops of Geng Fan are huddled in Quanzhou City and engaged in a trapped beast fight, while outside the city are the three armies of Jingnan, Jingni, and Tuini, plus the three armies of Zhejiang, Taiwan, and Guangdong supporting the Fujian army, a total of six armies.  Among them, three Ming and Qing armies each surrounded Quanzhou.

    Among them, the Guangdong army aiding Fujian is the most peculiar, because Guangzhou does not recognize that the army supporting Fujian is an army affiliated to Shangfan of Guangdong. When he learned that Shang Zhixin had raised the banner of "aiding Fujian", Shang Ke was shocked and turned pale.  The people on the left and right blurted out: "Oh, that's wrong, it should be in the name of 'Destroying the Rebel Army'!"

    Although the Ming army of Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Jing was far stronger than the Qing army in the three provinces, and the Jingnan army among the three Qing armies looked like the Ming army disguised as the Qing army, Shang Kexi keenly discovered that now the most powerful  The key problem is that the Ming army does not seem to welcome the vassal king anyway.  The joint attack by Zheng Jing and the Eastern Zhejiang Army against Geng Jingzhong showed that this was not an isolated act, but a strategy of the Ming army. In this case, it is certainly not appropriate for Shang Kexi to use the banner of being right now.  Anyway, the opportunity cannot be wasted casually, it may be useful in the future.

    "This confused boy, doesn't he know how to assess the situation? Doesn't he know how to adapt to changes?" Shang Kexi knew that Shang Zhixin made the choice based on his instructions before leaving Guangzhou.  However, no matter how inflexible he is, he is still his own son, and if there is a problem, he still has to find a way to solve it.  If it were an ordinary person, he might have strictly ordered Shang Zhixin to come back anyway, but Shang Kexi was actually a master of hedging his bets. After pondering for a while, he discovered that although the situation was serious, it was not impossible to turn bad things into good things.

    Soon Shang Kexi made a decision to externally call the army led by Shang Zhixin rebels, and the Guangdong Monk Fan was still a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty; soon, Shang Kexi further claimed that the Guangdong army that entered Fujian to aid Fujian was actually  They are escaping from Guangdong, thereby dividing Shang Fan and Shang Zhixin - if Shang Zhixin is allocated a piece of territory, there is no essential difference between it being in the hands of his son or being transferred to Shang Fan. At most, it will be more troublesome to manage.  That's all; although Shang Zhixin was declared a rebel, Guangdong's support for Shang Zhixin has not actually changed. If this fails to gain a foothold in Fujian, it means that it is difficult for Shang Fan to seize some territory from Fujian, so let  It would be better if Shang Zhixin withdraws, Guangdong still retains the chance to make a comeback anyway.

    Because the city defense of Quanzhou is strong and the New Year is here, Geng Jingzhong can still survive in the city for the time being, but it seems that he is definitely unable to recover.  King Pingxi finally expected Deng Ming to go to sea, and all the forces in the country were ready to take action, but in the end, one by one they jumped out to die. First it was Emperor Kangxi, then the governor of Liangjiang, and then it was Geng Jingzhong's turn. King Pingxi was so disappointed in his heart  Just don¡¯t mention it.

    "Should you regret it?" Wu Sangui said to the frowning Xia Guoxiang. King Pingxi's voice sounded much older: "When Deng Ming came to Jiangnan twice, I should have gone out in force to kill Li Dingguo first.  Just destroy it. If he had captured Yunnan at that time, Deng Ming would not have dared to move so calmly, and he would not have been so powerful and difficult to control!"

    Xia Guolian kept saying yes, but he felt a little disapproving in his heart.  He still remembered that what Wu Sangui was most worried about at that time was that if he lost all his capital, the Qing government would take the opportunity to remove his vassal state.  Without Deng Ming, Wu Sangui would probably have been happily content with his status as a vassal king. But now that the Qing court could not defend the world, Wu Sangui's ambitions emerged again.

    "Am I going to lose two provinces to that kid named Deng in the end?" Wu Sangui became more and more sad as he spoke, angrily shouting: "Don't you know that the emperor, Jiang Guozhu, and Zhang Chao are planning to launch an attack together? Now we can  Well, we were defeated by Chengdu one by one. It took ten years for us to have such an opportunity. How many more decades can I wait for?"

    "The emperor's secret edict is of no use at all." Kangxi's edict was also sent to Wu Sangui. However, this kind of secret edict can only play some role in Huguang if Chengdu interferes; and if Chengdu does not want to interfere, it is necessary  The chaos in Liangjiang, Fujian and Zhejiang gave Wu Sangui an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.  Now that Geng Jingzhong has only one breath left, Wu Sangui suspects that Chengdu has pacified the core areas and is now turning its vigilant attention to remote areas such as Yunnan and Guizhou.

    After groaning repeatedly, Wu Sangui found that he had no feasible countermeasures and could only look at it.Watching Geng Jingzhong being eliminated.  He estimated that the eager princes everywhere would be completely frightened, and no one would dare to jump out to disrupt Deng Ming's strategy.  In fact, Wu Sangui is the same. In essence, he doesn't like taking risks, but likes to be down-to-earth. As long as he is not forced into a blind corner with no way out, Wu Sangui is not willing to gamble where he loses more and wins less.  Now if we jump out alone to fight against Huguang, the chances of winning are slim.

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