Zhu Linmiao immediately thought carefully, if he immediately raised troops to the west now, with the combat power of the Dragon Guard, plus the internal response of officials from top to bottom in Guangxi, it should not be difficult to exterminate the Ding Kuichu forces in Wuzhou.

Especially now that there is Zhai Shiyun cooperating from the north, he will win quickly.

But what he has to consider at the moment is not Guangxi, and after taking Guangxi, he will inevitably continue to enter Yunnan to quell the Shadingzhou rebellion.

Shadingzhou has been entrenched in Yunnan for a hundred years, which can be said to be a big tree with deep roots, and more than half of the Yunnan region is managed by Tusi, and the influence of the imperial court there is not as great as that in other places.

In addition, Yunnan is mountainous and densely forested, and it is most inconvenient for large soldiers to unite in this kind of place, and the Longwei Army has not yet formed a mountain army.

He couldn't help but nod slightly when he thought of this, this time Sha Dingzhou sent troops into Guangxi to support Ding Kuichu or it was a good opportunity!

Compared with Yunnan, Guangxi's terrain and people's hearts are more favorable to the Longwei army, and if they can annihilate 5,000 men and horses in Shadingzhou here, they can face 5,000 enemy troops less when fighting in Yunnan in the future.

However, if the troops are immediately sent to the west, once Wuzhou is captured, it is likely that the people of Shadingzhou will feel that the situation in Guangxi is irretrievable, so they will immediately turn around and flee back to Yunnan.

Maybe it's better to wait......

On the side, Zhang Tongchang was silent when he saw His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Minister, and carefully reminded, "Your Highness, you see the matter of sending troops......

Zhu Linmiao didn't answer and asked, "Master Zhang, what is the current situation in Guidi?" ”

Zhang Tongchang was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, all parts of Guangxi are rebellious with the Ding family, and they all hope that the court will be chaotic.

"A few days ago, there was another fire in King Gui's mansion, burning the palace to the ground, and it was rumored that His Royal Highness King Gui ...... There is a difference. People's hearts are even more unstable.

Although Ding Kuichu then temporarily changed the Yamen of Wuzhou Governor to King Gui's Mansion, saying that King Gui was only a minor ill, and said that King Gui was the descendant of the Divine Sect and should inherit the unification.

"But Wuzhou officials since the palace fired, no one has seen King Gui, now whether Wuzhou or Liuzhou, Xunzhou, Qingyuan and other state capitals are in chaos, if there is no Chen Ke army to suppress, presumably it has already changed banners and returned to the imperial court."

Zhu Linmi's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, he had just received a secret report from Jinyi Wei Xu Feihu the day before yesterday, saying that he had helped Zhu Youlang get out smoothly, but he was now trapped in Wuzhou City, and it was difficult to get out urgently.

However, Ding Kuichu said that King Gui was in the prefect's yamen, which must have been his emergency plan because he was worried that the news of Zhu Youlang's disappearance would come out and he would not be able to suppress the situation in Guangxi.

However, his emergency strategy is not without benefits, whether he can fool the soldiers and civilians of Guangxi is unknown, but at least he can stabilize the soldiers and horses of Shadingzhou, so that he has the confidence to go to Wuzhou for reinforcements.

Zhu Linmiao asked Zhang Tongchang again: "If I contain Ding Kuichu's main force in Wuzhou, and then add the internal response in the city, can Lord Zhai be sure to take Liuzhou City?" ”

Liuzhou is on the west side of Wuzhou, which is the only way to go from Wuzhou to Yunnan.

Zhang Tongchang immediately said: "Now the morale of the defenders in Liuzhou is sluggish, and there were officers who intended to mutiny a while ago, and Ding Kuichu reluctantly suppressed it in person. Therefore, according to the expectations of the lower officials, Mo said that if there is an internal opening of the city gate, it is forcible to take it, and there is an eighty percent chance of winning. ”

"That's fine." Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "You go back this time, tell Lord Zhai, let him stay still for the time being, and after Sha Dingzhou's troops enter Wuzhou Mansion, he will immediately lead the army south to Liuzhou and cut off the retreat of the Dian army."

"Even if you don't capture Liuzhou, it doesn't matter. As long as Lord Zhai chooses a place to camp and set up defense, when Shadingzhou retreats west, he can be dragged for seven or eight days. ”

"Your Highness, this is ......" Zhang Tongchang only thought about it for a while, and then he was shocked, it seems that the auxiliary king didn't take Ding Kuichu, Sha Dingzhou and the others in his eyes at all, all he was worried about was how to prevent them from running away!

He hurriedly solemnly said: "The subordinate officer receives the order." ”

Zhu Linmiao took out a pen and paper and wrote a secret letter and handed it to Zhang Tongchang, "By the way, there is still a time when Lord Zhai needs to contribute." ”

"But at the command of His Highness."

"After you go back, give this letter to Lord Zhai, and ask him to contact the officials of Guidi widely and jointly urge King Gui to ascend the throne. The details are written in my letter. ”

Zhang Tongchang was taken aback, glanced at the mailbox in his hand, but he didn't want to ask the reason in detail, and finally had to nod hesitantly and said, "The lower official obeys the order." ”

After Zhang Tongchang left, Zhang Jiayu said to Zhu Linmiao on the side: "My lord, are you still going to camp west immediately?" ”

"No need." Zhu Linmiao shook his head and said, "First, we have to wait for Sha Dingzhou, don't scare his people away." Second, since Ding Kuichu falsely claimed that King Gui was still in his hands, he could just roast him on the fire. ”

He then explained his plan to Zhang Jiayu in detail, and the latter immediately understood: "Then the subordinates went to order the soldiers to continue repairing." ”

"Wait." Zhu Linmiao suddenly remembered one thing, and called Zhang Jiayu and said, "The people of Shadingzhou have just passed Zhen'an, and it will take half a month to get to Wuzhou at the earliest."

"We don't have to be idle during this time, and now that we are ready to march, we are just in time to collect a debt and come back."

"Debt collection?"

"Yes," Zhu Linmiao instructed, "the order, the whole army turned south and marched towards Macao. ”

Zhang Jiayu immediately understood the meaning, a few days ago, Macao Hongyi actually sent troops to help the Ding clan in the rebellion, and Guangzhou was a stone's throw away from Macao, so he went to them to settle the account.

He immediately replied, "Yes!" He turned around and moved his troops away.

Zhu Linmiao also sent someone to bring the Franc machine translator that he found yesterday, and hurried to Macao before the large army, so that the Portuguese "governor" came to listen to the training.

He was worried that the level of interpretation was not good, so he asked Mu Zhiqing to write an official letter in the language of Franc and asked them to bring it.

……

Macau, Viceroyalty of Portugal.

Du Chen re-read the letter sent by the Ming Auxiliary King twice, and his brows couldn't help but tighten together.

There was a knock on the door behind him, and he shouted listlessly, "Is it Kasro?" Come on in. ”

Immediately, a short, middle-aged man with a neatly dressed and mustache entered the house and said respectfully to him: "Your Excellency, are you looking for me?" ”

Du Chen stuffed the letter to him, and said with an anxious expression: "I didn't expect the army of this auxiliary king of the Ming Kingdom to be so capable of fighting, they only took four or five days to defeat Tong Yizhen's Pearl River defense line, and wiped out more than 3,000 defenders.

"Oh, and the more than two hundred mercenaries we sent, including ninety naval soldiers, and only twenty or so are still alive......"

Hearing this, Kasro's expression also became solemn, and he hurriedly looked down at the letter, only to see that it denounced Franc Ji for sending troops to participate in Ding Kuichu's rebellion, and was guilty of complicity. The Portuguese Supreme Commander in Macao was ordered to immediately go north, compensate for this act in accordance with the requirements of His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King of the Ming Dynasty, rectify the facilities of the Franc machine in Macao within a time limit, and promise that in the future, he would act in strict accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty and not take half a step beyond the thunder pool.

The last sentence of the letter is: If you do not comply, you will bear all the consequences.