In Quanzhou, the camp of the general of the southern army will be gathered, and Dasu himself is the first in the center, and a huge map of Xiamen hangs in front of him. Standing on this map plate is Shi Lang, who is explaining the specific deployment of this attack to the Qing generals present on behalf of the coach.

"Haikou refuses to accept the king's transformation and attacks the southeast, so he should crusade against it, relieve the worries of the Holy Son of Heaven, and lower the suffering of Li Shu along the coast." Shi Lang began his speech sonorously and forcefully, first of all, he introduced: "Zheng Wei peeked into Jiangning last year, and was defeated by Admiral Liang, and many of his fierce generals were captured alive, although a few were let go by Lang thieves, but his armor lost more than 10,000. Zheng Rebellion's armored henchmen who dared to fight were originally only about 30,000, and Jiang Ning went to him forty to half of them in the first battle, and it was also the most fierce part, even if he trained recruits for most of the past six months, his combat power was far from being comparable to before. And our army gathers the elite of the north and south, and there are even the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade, which is ten times the strength of Admiral Liang last year. ”

To be honest, Shi Lang didn't understand why Zheng Chenggong's combat effectiveness had declined so quickly, which was completely different from his previous impression when he was in Xiamen, and he discussed it with Huang Wu several times, and finally thought that it could only be Zheng Chenggong's stubbornness and misconduct, and the combat effectiveness of the army plummeted.

"As long as our army sets foot in Xiamen, Zheng Cheng is doomed, and Zheng Cheng must know this. Zheng Reverse is fierce and stubborn, and he is bound to make a desperate bet and fight a decisive battle with Wang Shi, so the commander decided to divide his troops into three ways, so that Zheng Reverse can't take care of each other. Shi Lang pointed to the map and began to describe the routes and objectives of the various Qing troops, which were entirely out of his imagination and approved by Dasu.

Xiamen Island on the map, it looks a bit like a duck egg on the top, surrounded by the mainland on three sides, located in the southeast of Xiamen is the small Kinmen Island. Dasu's main force set out from Quanzhou and attacked the east coast of Xiamen through the sea area between Guò Xiaojinmen and the mainland to the north; The troops of the Liangguang Naval Division and Geng Fan would appear in the waters between Xiaojinmen Island and the mainland to the west and attack the southern shore of Xiamen Island. These two roads were the main forces of the Qing army's attack on Xiamen, and the decisive battle site of the naval battle envisioned by Shi Lang was near Kinmen.

"Zheng Cheng knows very well that no matter if the marshal comes from Quanzhou, he will definitely pass through the northern waters of Kinmen, and since he will be wiped out if he lands on the east coast of Xiamen, then Zheng Cheng will definitely come to intercept him with all his might. When he confronted our army north of Kinmen, the two Guangshui divisions would send Geng Fan's troops to the south bank, and then attack Zheng Cheng from behind, and the two armies would attack Zheng Cheng in front and back. "The Qing army's naval division has an absolute advantage, even if only the number of ships is more than twice that of Zheng Chenggong, if calculated from the combat effectiveness of the ships, the strength of the Qing army's naval division on the southern route, which is dominated by the Liangguang naval division, is about the same as the strength of the Ming army's naval division, and Dasu's road is about twice that of Zheng Chenggong.

"There is also a possibility, that is, Zheng Cheng is lucky and intends to repel the Liangguang Water Division first, and then engage our army." In Shi Lang's view, if he was in Zheng Chenggong's position, he might want to break the relatively weak Qing army naval division on the southern route first, and then fight to the death with the main force of the Qing army's naval division in the north. When the marshal approached the east bank of Xiamen with the main force, he had only one way to return to the division to engage us, and if he dared not return to the division, we would first put down the troops, and then march south to attack him with the Liangguang Water Division. ”

Shi Lang believed that his plan was perfect, and Zheng Chenggong would fall into the trap of the Qing army's naval division no matter how he moved, and he would not be able to prevent the Qing army from landing.

"There is a third way, landing from Takasaki." Shi Lang pointed to the northern part of Xiamen Island on the map, which was closest to the mainland, and the Qing army's assembly point was the Jimei Middle School and Huaqiao University area in Deng Ming's previous life. The Qing army did not arrange sailors along the way, only some ferries, which would quickly send 5,000 Qing troops in armor to Xiamen Island.

Many Qing generals had doubts about this, and without the cooperation of warships, they might be intercepted by the Zheng army at sea.

"Because we didn't deploy warships opposite Takasaki, Zheng Wei would definitely be careless, and he couldn't imagine that we would force Takasaki." Shi Lang smiled slightly, this is a surprise army in his plan, even if the progress of the east and south roads is not as smooth sailing as planned, the Qing army that landed from Gaoqi will also give Zheng Chenggong a fatal blow: "When Zheng Regent's sailor and a large number of henchmen stubbornly resisted Wang's division in the southeast. The odd soldiers of our army will appear behind them, and the troops landing in the southeast will flank Zheng Zhi's defense line on land, and they will be able to crush them with a light yì. After seeing the collapse of the entire army on land, Zheng Yi at sea could not resist stubbornly. ”

"But ......" Although everyone admits that this plan looks good, and Zheng Chenggong may indeed take it lightly when he sees that there is no Qing army naval division in the north, as long as he leaves a small number of warships and a small number of guards in Gaoqi, he can prevent the Qing army from landing without the protection of warships at all.

"Yes, Zheng Yi will definitely think the same way." Shi Lang laughed and said, as these Qing generals said, even if Zheng Chenggong faced huge pressure in the southeast at the same time, he would not leave a single boat in Gaoqi, the closest place to the mainland, and might put hundreds or even thousands of troops: "Zheng Cheng does have plans to deploy troops in Gaoqi, and the troops he arranged are ten warships and one thousand armor. ”

After hearing Shi Lang say the number of troops of the Ming army so accurately, the camp suddenly quieted down, and those who were quick-witted showed expressions of sudden realization.

"The one in charge of defending Gaoqi is Chen Peng, and he has already lost his sincerity to the commander." Shi Lang smiled and said to everyone: "When the Wang Division approaches the east and south banks of Xiamen, Chen Peng will drive all ten warships to Tong'an and hand them over to us. Only after we have obtained these ten warships from Takasaki, used them to reconnoiter the nearby waters, and made sure that there are no other Zheng Wei warships to hide, will we begin to force our way across the strait. ”

Without the warship, even if Chen Peng wanted to regret it, there was no way to stop the Qing army, which could ensure that he surrendered sincerely, so that the Qing army could quickly enter the hinterland of Xiamen Island through Guò Gaoqi and hit the backs of the two land defense lines in the southeast of the Ming army.

At this point, the generals of the Qing army did not have any doubts, that is, Huang Wu was convinced of this plan, and he couldn't come up with a more perfect tactical plan than Shi Lang, at this time, in the eyes of the Qing army generals, Zheng Chenggong was no different from a dead man.

The generals congratulated Da Su one after another, but Shi Lang took a step back and stood silently with a smile on his face. At this time, Shi Lang's feelings in his heart were very complicated, although he was full of smiles, he was very jealous of Dasu, who was in the middle, because this qiē was his plan, which was comparable to the battle of Meng Yuan to destroy the Song Dynasty, and Shi Lang was confident that this would be easier and more brilliant than winning the battle of Yashan, but the honor of exterminating Zheng Chenggong would undoubtedly fall on Dasu.

"If Zheng Chenggong listens to me......" In addition to jealousy, Shi Lang couldn't help but feel very regretful, he hated Zheng Chenggong very much, but this was not because Zheng Chenggong killed his father and brother - was it his wife and son, yes, Zheng Chenggong even killed his wife and son, but his wife can be remarried if he is gone, and his son can be reborn if he is gone, if Shi Lang cares about them, he will not betray Zheng Chenggong and defect to the Qing court.

Shi Lang hated Zheng Chenggong the most because he refused to listen to his good words and led the Min army to surrender to the Qing court. After meeting Zheng Chenggong, Shi Lang sensed the estrangement between the other party and Yongli, and was worried about the Southern Ming court.

Under Shi Lang's persuasion, Zheng Chenggong became angry and Zheng Lian, although Zheng Chenggong thus established an indisputable position in the Fujian Ming army, but it was also very good news for the Qing court - this led to a great reduction in the strength of the Fujian Ming army, and the people were panicked, and even many of Zheng Lian's subordinates defected to the Qing court. At least until Zheng successfully completed his internal integration, the Qing court did not have to worry about an attack from Fujian, and could concentrate a single force on the Jiangxi battlefield.

But when the Qing court thwarted Li Chengdong's counteroffensive and attacked Guangdong again, Shi Lang once again persuaded Zheng Chenggong to launch an infighting campaign against Yongli's forces, this time against Hao Shangjiu. After Li Chengdong was anyway, he ordered Hao Shangjiu to be ordered to suppress the enemies who were still loyal to the Manchus in Guangdong, Shi Lang was of course the most obvious force, tens of thousands of troops were destroyed by Hao Shangjiu, and in the end only a few hundred people remained, if it wasn't for Zheng Chenggong. Shi Lang, who resolutely refused to follow Li Chengdong anyway and was fiercely loyal to the Qing court, might die on the side of the road. When the Qing army re-launched its attack on Guangdong, Hao Shangjiu still carried the banner of Yongli and did not stop resisting because of Li Chengdong's defeat. Zheng Chenggong adopted Shi Lang's strategy and attacked Hao Shangjiu's base camp Chaozhou, which was resisting on the front line, and the desperate Hao Shangjiu had no choice but to surrender to the Qing army again.

Relying on such achievements, Shi Lang's status in Zheng Chenggong's group has risen steadily, and he has climbed to the position of Zheng Chenggong's deputy. Shi Lang himself was proud of this, and he knew very well that these were not only due to Zheng Chenggong, but also to the Qing court. If Zheng Chenggong surrendered to the Qing court early, then Shi Lang, as the second person in Zheng Chenggong's group, would undoubtedly have a much higher status in the Qing army than now, and most of them could be used as the commander to exterminate Zhang Huangyan in Zhoushan, wouldn't this be much better than being Dasu's staff officer?

Shi Lang's success is not only due to his words, but also because of Zheng Chenggong's uneasiness and deep-rooted distrust of the Son of Yongli. If Zheng Chenggong himself had no problems, then Shi Lang would not be able to succeed again and again, just like even if there was a person who was ten times more talented than Shi Lang, it would be impossible to persuade Yue Fei not to fight the Golden Vulture and go to the fire and Han Shizhong.

"Don't listen to my good words, Zheng Chenggong, you are harming others and yourself." The hatred in his heart was overwhelming and endless, although the smile on Shi Lang's face remained unchanged, he couldn't help but secretly clench his fists, although Zheng Chenggong was not King Yue, but he was not Zhang Hongfan, this guide zhì Shi Lang's dream came to nothing: "Do you want to give the Ming Dynasty a funeral?" Then I'll do it with my own hands! ”

"What is this?" Deng Ming suddenly led his troops to the city of Nanjing, Jiang Guozhu immediately closed the door, abandoned all the surrounding areas to the Ming army, and the Ming army found a big project in front of the city.

"Tell the Admiral, this is Jiang Guozhu erecting a meritorious monument to Liang Huafeng." The Ming army captured a group of craftsmen, and according to their confessions, Jiang Guozhu planned to erect a stone monument here to commemorate the great achievement of Liang Huafeng and 3,000 sailors who defeated Zheng Chenggong's 100,000 soldiers last year.

This project has been basically completed, the surrounding carved railing pavilions have already been completed, and even the fine stone used to erect the monument has been carved, just waiting to engrave the article of praise on it. This article has actually been written, and it was written by Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng Chongjin literati, and the title is "The Legend of Zhuangyou".

"It's really interesting, I'll help him carve this monument." Seeing that Jiang Guozhu was ready for everything, he was about to leave the last stone tablet, so Deng Ming decided to do him a favor.

In a hurry, Deng Ming couldn't find a talented literati to help write the article, and he himself couldn't write it with limited literary talent, so after a little contemplation, Deng Ming dictated the content to a few stele makers: "The Han general is famous and accompanied by 4,000 strong men, and the thief chief Lang Tingzuo and his 30,000 henchmen are here." ”

After erecting this stele in Jiang Guozhu's memorial garden, Deng Ming saw that the stele was still rich, and ordered to carve another piece to stand by the river, with the book "Linguo Gong destroyed Su Song of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Jiangxi Sailors here." ”

Deng Ming also participated in the battle of the Qing Army's naval division, and he also came up with the specific plan, but Deng Ming felt that there was already a stone tablet with his name on it, so he did not write his exploits on the second piece. Besides, Deng Ming also knew that the Qing court would definitely not leave these two stone tablets alone, so he was just disgusted with Jiang Guozhu. In addition to these two stone tablets, Deng Ming ordered the other steles to be thrown into the river, and if Jiang Guozhu still wanted to find the same good materials, then he would have to work harder.

After doing these things, Deng Ming no longer stopped in Nanjing, but continued to march east with his soldiers and horses, and went straight to Zhenjiang Mansion. Not long ago, Deng Ming had already received news that Zhang Huangyan and Ma Fengzhi had brought their soldiers and horses to Suzhou Mansion and were about to arrive in Zhenjiang.

At the same time, Deng Ming also learned that Jiang Guozhu had transferred all the soldiers and horses from Zhenjiang back to Nanjing, and now Zhenjiang was already an empty city, since Deng Ming had no plan to attack Nanjing, then he chose Zhenjiang as the location to return to the division with Zhang Huangyan - there was no Qing army around, and the Ming army could camp more calmly and discuss the next move.

After Jiang Guozhu had to send 5,000 armor to Yangzhou, the strength of Nanjing City became weaker, and when Deng Ming arrived, there were only 20,000 Qing troops in the city, all of whom were newly recruited recruits, many of whom were recruited by prefectures and counties. Jiang Guozhu did not have the slightest confidence in their combat effectiveness and equipment, and found that after Deng Ming arrived, he began to block the city gates without saying a word, and after a day of exhausting and tiring work, he finally blocked the thirteen city gates, and at this time Deng Ming also carved the monument and led the army downstream.

Fifty "dead soldiers" were selected and hung down from the city tower to reconnoitre, and after confirming that Deng Ming had left, Jiang Guozhu began to command the soldiers to dig out the bricks and soil stuffed in the hole in the city gate. After tossing for most of the day, the two city gates were opened again.

Soon sent out of the city to explore the horse, reported that Deng Ming had erected two tall stone tablets outside the city before leaving, and when he heard the news, Jiang Guozhu took the guards out of the city to investigate in person, and found that the huge stone tablets that he had finally found were indeed engraved with words, used to mock himself, and several small stone tablets were also missing, according to the craftsman, they seemed to have been pushed into the river by Deng Ming.

Jiang Guozhu stared at the huge stone tablet for a while, snorted coldly, and waved his hand: "Go and see the side of the river." ”

"Yes." The standard camp guard replied, and then took the initiative to ask: "Lord Governor, did you let people smash this monument immediately?" ”

"I'll talk about it when the official comes back," Jiang Guozhu shook his head, and added: "Don't do it without permission." ”

After arriving at the riverside, Jiang Guozhu circled around the stele twice, and found that there was indeed only Li Laiheng and no Deng Ming on it, so he pointed to the stele and scolded: "What Linguo Gong, obviously he is a thief in Xingshan!" It's really shameless, I'm about to smash this official! ”

As Jiang Guozhu gave an order, the soldiers rushed up, picked up the hammer and knocked the stele that Deng Ming had erected for Li Laiheng into pieces, and then threw the gravel into the Yangtze River.

"Lord Governor, what about the monument of Deng Ming?" After smashing Li Laiheng's merit monument, the standard camp guards asked about the past again.

"Keep it for now." Jiang Guozhu waved his sleeves, hurriedly returned to Nanjing, and immediately wrote the matter into a concert and reported it to Beijing, saying that after the Nanjing officials and gentry saw this monument, they all gritted their teeth and hated it, and the soldiers were even more runny. Jiang Guozhu said that Deng Ming was self-defeating, and that the erection of the monument not only did not damage the morale of the officers and men in Jiangning in the slightest, but aroused the hatred of the soldiers and the people. Therefore, Jiang Guozhu built yì to keep this stele first, and then dispose of it after Deng Ming was ambushed. At the same time, Jiang Guozhu also told the imperial court that he planned to spread the two rivers, and if someone could capture and kill Deng Ming, he would be rewarded with silver of the same weight as this stone tablet, and the same huge stone tablet would be erected for him. Heavy reward and fame in the world, Jiang Guozhu concluded that this would definitely inspire the strong man to kill the thief and serve the country.

"If the court doesn't agree, then it's not me who smashed it, I'm just acting on orders." After Jiang Guozhu wrote the recital and sent it out, he sent some people to protect the stone tablet, and did not allow idle people to destroy it - this manpower was ready-made, and he originally intended to use it to protect the merit tablet he originally wanted to erect.

The next day, Jiang Guozhu went to the stele again, Deng Ming thought that this stele would not live long, so he did not bother to put it in the stele pavilion, but erected it in a big way at the original site of Lang Tingzuo's flowing water mat.

"If the wind and sun are exposed, maybe there will be some damage, if Deng Ming misunderstands and thinks that I am deliberately sabotage, it will not be good." Jiang Guozhu observed it and felt that there were still hidden dangers, so he ordered to summon craftsmen to build a stele pavilion to protect this stele from the wind and rain.

However, of course, Jiang Guozhu couldn't let people find out that his real purpose was to protect the stele, so he also wrote a plaque for this stele pavilion by hand: shame is almost brave!