Lin Weiye smiled: "I thought you would name it 'Liaoning'?" I can understand the "Guangdong" number, after all, Qiongzhou is the place where we started and belongs to Guangdong, but what is the meaning of the "Shandong"? Isn't it a commemoration of your unsuccessful adventure in Shandong? ”

Xia Nan shook his head: "I'm not that boring. The meaning of the name of the pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info is very clear: Guangdong is the base of our rise, and Shandong is the next place we must take, which is very important to the strategic significance of the Qiongzhou camp. ”

Lin Weiye scratched his head: "Although Shandong is my hometown, in addition to being able to dig coal, I don't see much value, who told us that the local lignite in Qiongzhou can't be coking at all." However, after a mutiny, there are many displaced refugees, and you want to have a big migration to fill the weak population base of Qiongzhou? ”

"Yes, population is also a very important factor. China's peasants are not at the point where they cannot survive, and few are willing to leave their homes. The coastal provinces that we can reach, Liangguang and Fujian, have no major natural and man-made disasters, and there are not many people who can flow to Qiongzhou; Jiangnan is the richest place today, and begging there is better than other places, and we can't even call Hanako; Although there were many Han Chinese who escaped from the Later Jin rule in Liaodong, half of them stayed in Dongjiang Town, and half of them were displaced to the area of Denglai in Shandong. We don't have a relationship with Dongjiang Town, we can't go there to pull Zhuangding, and if we want large-scale immigration, we can only find a way from Shandong. ”

Lin Weiye thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's really the case, Shandong is the most suitable population export place along the coast." There are many displaced people in northern Shaanxi, but there are several provinces in Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hubei in the middle. ”

Xia Nan said with great ambition: "Population is only one aspect, Shandong's coal mines and other resources can also be easily taken down, and the most important thing is that Shandong's geographical location is very critical, as long as we can find a way to take root in Shandong and open up sub-bases, it will be a strategic turning point for the Qiongzhou camp." Shandong's distance from the capital is delicate, not too close, not too far, and maintaining an army presence here will not make the people in the Forbidden City feel too threatened, and will be able to reach the capital in a very short time. We want to become a force that dominates the world, not a warlord in a corner of the country, and taking Shandong is a must. ”

"I see what you mean. But how can we take Shandong, invade by force? ”

Xia Nan laughed: "I finally got this position as a general, but I won't destroy my future." Entering the system of military attachés, there are naturally ways within the system, and it is not the best policy to fight Chongzhen to the death, not to mention the energy consumed, and let Huang Taiji recuperate on the side and take advantage of the weakness, isn't it a wedding dress for others? You must know that after the death of Huang Taiji, the reason why the Qing army was able to enter the customs was by no means that the regent Dolgon was more eloquent than Huang Taiji, but that Li Zicheng conquered Beijing, and the internal friction made the border air defense weak, plus Wu Sangui defected, which gave Dolgon a god-given opportunity. If Li Zicheng is exterminated, no matter how corrupt the Ming Dynasty is, the Qing army will not be able to get this flower. ”

Lin Weiye said embarrassedly: "I don't understand political matters, but what you said makes sense, I think it's too simple." I'm a little curious, how can you, a Qiongzhou general, justifiably seize Shandong? ”

Xia Nan smiled mysteriously: "Let me sell it, and I'll tell you when the time comes." But one thing is for sure, this matter is inseparable from the help of Xie Wenjun's delicate girl, who made her father the imperial historian of Shandong. ”

Lin Weiye showed an ambiguous smile: "You won't let go of such a cold and delicate woman, your appetite is really good." ”

Xia Nan coughed a few times: "A few delicate concubines in the family, I have no intention of begging for abuse." As long as I can catch up with her father's line, the next step is nothing more than an exchange of money and political interests, and I don't have to dedicate myself. ”

After the bombardment drill ended, the countdown to the military operation of the Qiongzhou battalion expedition to Fujian began.

In the navy, the two Yongle-class warships "Guangdong" and "Shandong" were officially installed in the Qiongzhou Battalion Navy, and the "Guangdong" was the flagship of the expeditionary fleet, and the captain of the ship was Van Bommel, the former captain of the "Fort Middle," who had abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the light, and William was also on the ship as the commander of the fleet. The captain of the "Shandong" is Murong Longcheng, who has recently risen to power. A few hundred Dutch sailors willing to become mercenaries and more than a thousand pirates were mixed into different ships to bolster the navy and prevent them from forming small groups that could interfere with the war.

There were no new personnel and establishment changes in the army, the first battalion was still led by Huang Hansheng, and the second battalion was Wei Lianheng, who were the main force attacking Zhongzuo Suocheng. In a sense, the battle process of defeating Anping and completely annihilating the Zheng family's clansmen was more complicated than that of the Zhongzuo Socheng, in order to ensure the success of the operation, the guard team and the special combat team, together with the two infantry companies assigned to them, conducted joint training, and made a clear division of labor for the operation arrangements after the attack on Anping, so as to avoid mistakes in the chaos.

On the eve of the expedition, Zhou Guoxin brought the latest news from Fujian. The latest information was all sent by Wang Qinian and Liang Dong to Jinyiwei in Fujian, and then transmitted to Guangdong through Jinyiwei's channels, and Zhou Guoxin was responsible for spreading the word.

"General, there was a message from Fujian, after Zheng Zhiguan returned to the Zhongzuo Institute, he informed Zheng Zhilong of the news that the delivery could not be made here, and Zheng Zhilong lost his temper, saying that he wanted to give the Qiongzhou camp a little color. Now the Zheng family has issued an order to the rivers and lakes, and all the people and horses that can fight under it gather in the Zhongzuo Institute, and then come to the Guangdong Ocean in the name of suppressing bandits, preparing to block the Qiongzhou Strait, saying that it is to prevent Lingao from going to sea. ”

Xia Nan secretly thought that Zheng Zhilong's response was indeed as he expected, and sneered: "Fujian's guerrillas came to Guangdong to block the strait, and they are really rampant. ”

Zhou Guoxin continued: "It is said that Zheng Zhilong set conditions for the Qiongzhou battalion, and if they want to withdraw their troops, they must either deliver a hundred guns or return double the payment. ”

Xia Nan shook his head: "There is no cannon, and no silver will be given, so if you want to fight, you will fight." What else is the news? ”

Wang Qinian also has important information: Zheng Hongkui, the fourth elder of the Zheng family, has been unfavorable because of several things, and Zheng Zhilong is angry with him because of the death of his second brother Zheng Zhihu in battle, and he is now idle in the old house in Anping. According to Wang Qinian, Zheng Hongkui is very resentful, and he can try to discord and rebel. ”