Originally, the relationship between Wu Sangui and the Shang family and the Geng family was not very good, but the atmosphere of the Qing court was not as good as day by day, and the three feudatories suddenly found that they had common interests again. As the third generation of the Geng family, Geng Jingzhong did not have much loyalty to the imperial court, and his fear of the few Manchurian soldiers had long since disappeared. Shang Kexi in Guangdong is more sophisticated, planning to be loyal to the Qing court in this life, but Shang Kexi doesn't mind his son going out to help the Shang family grab land.

"Shang Zhixin said that he would mutiniate and put his father under house arrest when the time was right." Xia Guoxiang replied, needless to say, this mutiny will definitely not shed blood, although Shang Kexi continues to be "loyal" to the Qing Dynasty, as long as Shang Zhixin is open and correct, then naturally no one will have to kill Shang Kexi. And if the situation changes in the future, for example, Deng Mingde died of a sudden illness, and his generals fought like the three kings back then, Shang Kexi could also launch a "mutiny" to arrest Shang Zhixin, a "rebel", and still be able to keep the family safe at that time.

"Shang Kexi's courage is getting smaller and smaller, but it's okay." Wu Sangui sneered, Shang Kexi bet on both sides, which will make Guangdong's confidence insufficient, and he will be timid when grabbing the territory, which is not a bad thing for Wu Sangui.

Since Shang Zhixin agreed to join, Wu Sangui estimated that he would be able to turn the southeast upside down this time - anyway, he would definitely be gradually restrained by the Ming court, so Wu Sangui knew that it couldn't be too early anyway; Only at the moment when he was anyway just now, Wu Sangui had complete freedom of action, and at that time, no matter who he hit, he would not be blamed too much.

This truth is not only clear to Wu Sangui, but also to Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong. Fujian is very poor, Geng Jingzhong hinted to Wu Sangui that he is interested in both Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and now that half of Zhejiang is a forbidden sea area, Geng Jingzhong plans to tear off a piece from southern Zhejiang, and then go to Jiangxi to occupy a little territory; And Shang Zhixin is also interested in Jiangxi, but because the Shang family is still thinking about not offending both sides, Wu Sangui estimates that Guangdong's action will not be very fast.

For Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong's ambitions, Wu Sangui has always strongly encouraged, as long as these two feudatories mess up Zhejiang and Jiangxi, then Li Dingguo will have the opportunity to create a zào crusade to the east, and only when Li Dingguo's main forces go to Jiangnan or Henan, Wu Sangui can draw more territory for himself without causing a conflict with the Ming army.

In addition to Li Dingguo, Wu Sangui also sent people to contact Zheng Jing in Taiwan, when Zheng Chenggong counterattacked Nanjing when the building was about to collapse, Wu Sangui still has some admiration for this courage. Even if Zheng Jing is not as good as his father, his words when he refused the Qing court's persuasion to surrender are also loud, and Wu Sangui should be a hero in his mind. Therefore, Wu Sangui persuaded Zheng Jing to exhaust his Taiwanese troops and take advantage of Jiang Guozhu's main force to invade Jiangxi and besiege Nanjing again - if Zheng Jing did this, then the southeast would be even more chaotic, which would further increase the probability of Li Dingguo's eastward crusade; Moreover, the Zhedong Army was also an ally of Taiwan, and it was unlikely that it would prevent Zheng Jing from entering the Yangtze River; When Deng Ming returned, if he wanted to reconcile the contradictions, the first person he would bear the brunt of was Li Dingguo and Zheng Jing, who had invaded Jiangnan, and if he didn't settle them, it would not be the turn of Wu Sangui, who was low-key in expanding his territory in Hunan.

After Xia Guoxiang left, Wu Sangui stared at the map and looked at it for a long time, Kangxi had a chance to have a great chaos in the world in the sixth year, but the situation did not evolve in the direction that Wu Sangui wanted, and this time Deng Ming went to sea may be the last chance.

"I really hope that Geng Jingzhong will directly defeat Hangzhou, Zheng Jing will take Nanjing, and Li Dingguo will take Wuchang." Wu Sangui muttered softly, Deng Ming has always been very restrained, and has always given the governors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty a way out, so now the governors of all places have no desperate thoughts with Deng Ming, and even Beijing feels that as long as Deng Ming is not offended to death, there may be a way out in the future.

If the situation continues to develop like this, then Deng Ming may be able to spread the word in the future, and Wu Sangui, Shang Zhixin, Geng Jingzhong, and other ambitious people such as Jiang Guozhu and others will not have any chance. But fortunately, Deng Ming finally made a mistake this time, he did not continue to sit in Chengdu to suppress the various forces in the country, as long as Zheng Jing and Li Dingguo took the old nest of Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Changgeng, or showed the posture of wanting to end their old nest, then the governor would feel that it was still necessary to resist the Ming army to the end; If Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi drove Zhao Guozuo and Zhang Chao to extermination, of course, they would be even more unwanted, and then Beijing would be touched, thinking that the Ming army would not leave them a way to survive after all-after all, Wu Sangui would not mind shouting cruel words such as "Han and thieves do not stand together", "cut the grass and eradicate the roots", and "men and women will not stay" to deepen this impression of Beijing.

In the past, Deng Ming was obviously very wary of Wu Sangui, and King Pingxi thought that this was mainly because Gong Yan did not play a good role - when Wu Sangui was in Shanhaiguan, he broke into the camp too badly, and it was normal for Gong Yan to be angry. In the sixth year of Kangxi, the Ming army had a chance to capture Beijing, but Deng Ming was unusually cautious and restrained, and only forced the Qing court to buy a batch of bonds to return to the court, Wu Sangui suspected that it was also Gong Yan's old guy who was making trouble - it must have been Gong Ming who told Deng Ming the lesson of breaking into Wang Cang to promote Beijing. However, Gong Yan died last year, and Deng Ming buried the Dashunli government secretary with the courtesy of the prime minister, so no one should say bad things about King Pingxi in Deng Ming's ear now, right? Wu Sangui felt that his image was still good, when he met Deng Ming for the first time, he was courteous and thoughtful, and it was himself who suffered, as long as there was no grudge against the old man who broke into the camp, Wu Sangui felt that Deng Ming himself should not have any special bad feelings towards him.

"Li Dingguo, Zheng Jing, you are all people who are bent on being Yue Wumu, don't let this king down."

In Wu Sangui's view, this is the so-called praying mantis catching cicadas, and yellow finches are behind.

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Dongning.

"Wu Sangui plans to do it anyway, he plans to unite with the Jin king's soldiers, take the Yangtze River, build yì The king sent troops to Nanjing, and joined the Jin king in Anqing." Zheng Jing showed Wu Sangui's letter to his subordinates, and Zheng Jing in this world was much more comfortable than Deng Ming's previous life. Because Deng Ming has been giving Zheng Jing a large amount of sea trade profits for many years, Taiwan can now make up an army of 100,000, although it is still not as good as Zheng Chenggong's heyday, but it is also equivalent to the strength of sixty or seventy percent at that time.

Wu Sangui's letter also said that Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong would also be together anyway, but this point is still a tacit understanding between the three vassal kings for the time being, except for Zheng Jing, there is no fifth one who knows, and even Li Dingguo is currently in the dark, so Wu Sangui implored Zheng Jing to keep it secret. But Zheng Jing did not hesitate to hand over the secret letter to his subordinates to read, and let the subordinates who attended the meeting express their opinions.

"That's a great thing." Chen Yonghua, as Taiwan's chief of internal affairs, expressed his agreement with surprise: "The three feudatories are all opposed, the king of Jin, the east of Zhejiang, and the king, where is the Qing court our opponent?" Their elite can no longer even defeat the peasants in western Sichuan, even if Deng Xiang is not in us, we can recover the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yonghua couldn't help but be a little excited: "Recovering Shenjing is the lifelong ambition of the first king, the king drank the Yangtze River, first took Nanjing, and then joined the king of Jin to Anqing, not only completed the legacy of the first king, but also left a good name through the ages." ”

Although the relationship between Deng Ming and Zheng Jing was quite harmonious, this time Deng Ming sent troops to Nanyang Zheng Jing also sent his henchman Feng Xifan to accompany him, but for the good thing of expanding the territory of Yanping Domain, Chen Yonghua would certainly not object. On this issue, Chen Yonghua felt that the common interests of the three feudatories and Taiwan were more, and when Deng Ming expanded his territory, he never obtained Taiwan's consent.

"But why did the three feudatories pick this time anyway?" Zheng Jing questioned: "Why do you want to jump out when Bao Guogong goes to sea?" They have their own wishful thinking, right? ”

"It's just trying to get some credit." Chen Yonghua didn't care much about this: "It's not harmless to the king." ”

"Hmm." Zheng Jing didn't seem very happy with Chen Yonghua's reaction.

"King, according to the opinion of the last general, we should not go to Nanjing, but to Fujian." Liu Guoxuan said loudly: "There is also Guangdong, which is also worth fighting." ”

"Why?" Chen Yonghua exclaimed: "If the three feudatories are anyway, even if we suspect that they don't learn from them, it's not easy to fight them, right?" ”

"This is a bad statement," Liu Guoxuan said with a smile: "Lord Chen thinks that who is stronger and who is weaker between Yuting and Geng Jingzhong?" ”

"Of course it's Yu Tingqiang."

"Even if the court doesn't care, then Geng Jingzhong will fight Zhao Guozuo and Jiang Guozhu, what will be the victory?" Liu Guoxuan asked.

Chen Yonghua pondered for a moment: "Let's open five or five." ”

"I think Geng Jingzhong has a bigger chance of winning, although Jiangnan and Zhejiang are richer than Geng Jingzhong, but the soldiers are definitely not as good as the Geng family's feudal soldiers. As Wu Sangui said, if we enter the war and the captives do not intervene, Zhao Guozuo and Jiang Guozhu will definitely be defeated, then Geng Jingzhong will definitely compete with us for territory, and if we don't agree to him, maybe Geng Jingzhong will still fight with us; The Imperial Court is definitely unwilling to lose the taxes in Jiangnan, and if you say anything, you have to fight again, and when the time comes, the sailors, soldiers and horses of our domain will be in front, and Geng Jingzhong will grow under the protection of our soldiers and horses. Liu Guoxuan's words made Zheng Jing nod again and again, but Chen Yonghua obviously hadn't woken up yet, and Liu Guoxuan further explained: "And we can pretend to agree to Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, hearing that we are willing to send troops, Geng Jingzhong will definitely send troops to Zhejiang and Jiangnan to seize territory, his rear is empty, and our army's surprise attack will definitely be able to win a big victory - at this time, Geng Jingzhong is in a stalemate with Jiang Guozhu on the front line, and he will definitely cut the land and sue for peace." When Geng Jingzhong takes Zhejiang, we will take half of Fujian first; When Geng Jingzhong enters Jiangnan, we will have the whole of Fujian in our hands - unless Geng Jingzhong wants to suffer from the enemy on his back, or is willing to give up the rich land he has just fought for, he will definitely meet our demands again and again and cede the land to us. ”

Chen Yonghua was dumbfounded when he heard this: "But what if Geng Jingzhong is angry and betrays again?" He's not a loyal and filial son, unreliable. ”

"Yes, Geng Jingzhong is unreliable, in fact, Shang Zhixin is also unreliable, so instead of hoping that they can unite with us, it is better to take their Fujian and Guangdong, if these two provinces can be firmly in the hands of the king, they will definitely be of greater use." After Liu Guoxuan finished speaking, he turned to Zheng Jing and hugged his fist and said: "The last general is a little foolish, and he dares to love the king." ”

Liu Guoxuan's theory of "one bird in the hand, better than two birds in the hands of the alliance" is obviously very suitable for Zheng Jing's spleen and stomach, and the king of Yanping County stroked his palms and laughed, and decided to play a good show for Huang Que in the back: "That's it, I wrote back to Wu Sangui that I agreed; However, this domain must first press the army, and wait for Geng Jingzhong's monk Zhixin to send troops, this domain will first take Fujian, and then take Guangdong! ”

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