The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 302
Zhu Linming immediately thought about it, if she immediately marched westward, with the strength of the Dragon Guards and the internal support of Guangxi officials, it should not be difficult to wipe out the Ding Kuichu forces in Wuzhou.

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

But what he has to consider right now is not Guangxi. After taking Guangxi, he must continue to go to Yunnan to put down the Shadingzhou rebellion.

And 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 Yunnan is managed by chieftains, so the imperial court's influence there is not as good as in other places.

In addition, there are many mountainous and dense forests in Yunnan, which are the most inconvenient places for large soldiers to unite to fight, and the Dragon Guards have not yet formed mountain troops.

He thought of this and couldn't help nodding slightly. It might be a good opportunity for Shadingzhou to send troops into Guangxi to support Ding Kuichu this time!
Compared with Yunnan, Guangxi's terrain and people's hearts are more favorable to the Longwei Army. If they can annihilate 5000 troops in Shadingzhou here, then they will be able to face [-] fewer enemy troops when fighting in Yunnan.

However, if they immediately send troops to the west, once Wuzhou is captured, the people in Shadingzhou will probably feel that the situation in Guangxi is irreversible, so they will immediately turn around and flee back to Yunnan.

Maybe it's better to wait...

Zhang Tongchang saw His Royal Highness the Coordinating King groaning in silence, and carefully reminded him, "Your Highness, look at this dispatch of troops..."

Zhu Linmi didn't answer and asked instead: "Master Zhang, what is the current situation in Gui land?"

Zhang Tongchang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Returning to Your Highness, all parts of Guangxi regard the Ding family as rebellious, and they all hope that the court will bring about chaos.

"A few days ago, another fire broke out in Prince Gui's mansion, burning the mansion to ashes. There are rumors that His Royal Highness...is different. People's hearts are even more unstable.

"Although Ding Kuichu then temporarily changed the Yamen of the prefect of Wuzhou to Prince Gui's Mansion, saying that King Gui was only a little ill, and he also made a speech that King Gui is the heir of Shenzong, who should inherit the great rule.

"However, Wuzhou officials have not been able to see King Gui since the palace caught fire. Now Wuzhou, Liuzhou, Xunzhou, Qingyuan and other prefectures are all in chaos. If there is no Chen Ke's army, they must have changed their banners and returned to the court."

Zhu Linmei narrowed her eyes slightly when she heard this, the day before yesterday she received a secret report from Jin Yiwei Xu Feihu, saying that she had helped Zhu Youlang escape smoothly, but now she is trapped in Wuzhou City and it is difficult to escape.

However, Ding Kuichu said that King Gui was in the magistrate's yamen. This must be because he was worried that the news of Zhu Youlang's disappearance would spread, and he would not be able to suppress the situation in Guangxi, so he came up with an emergency strategy.

However, his emergency strategy is not without benefits. Whether he can fool the army and the people of Guangxi is unknown, but at least it can stabilize the soldiers and horses in Shadingzhou, giving them the confidence to go to Wuzhou for reinforcements.

Zhu Linmei asked Zhang Tongchang again, "If I restrain Ding Kui and Chu's main force in Wuzhou, and add support from the city, can Master Zhai be sure to win 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 Liuzhou's defenders is low. A while ago, there were officers intending to mutiny. Ding Kuichu went in person and then reluctantly suppressed it. Therefore, according to the officials' expectations, not to mention that there is an internal response to open the city gate, it is just to force it." , there is also an [-]% chance of winning."

"That's good." Zhu Linmei nodded and said, "You go back this time and tell Mr. Zhai to hold the troops for now. After the troops from Shadingzhou enter Wuzhou Mansion, immediately lead the army south to Liuzhou to cut off the retreat route of the Yunnan army. .

"Even if we fail to capture Liuzhou, it doesn't matter. As long as Lord Zhai chooses a place to set up camp and deploy defenses, it will be enough to delay him for seven or eight days when the Shadingzhou tribe flees west."

"Your Highness, this is..." Zhang Tongchang thought for a while, and then he was shocked. It seems that the assistant king didn't pay attention to Ding Kuichu and Sha Dingzhou at all, all he was worried about was how to prevent them from running away!
He hurriedly bowed solemnly and said: "The next official takes orders."

Zhu Linmi took out a pen and paper and wrote a secret letter to Zhang Tongchang, "By the way, Lord Zhai is still needed for a while."

"But as His Highness orders."

"After you go back, give this letter to Lord Zhai, asking him to contact the officials of Gui and jointly urge King Gui to ascend the throne. I have written the details in the letter."

Zhang Tongchang was taken aback, looked at the letter box in his hand, but couldn't ask why, so he nodded hesitantly and said, "Your officer obeys."

After Zhang Tongchang left, Zhang Jiayu turned to Zhu Lin and asked, "My lord, do you want to go west immediately?"

"No need." Zhu Linmi shook her head and said, "First, we have to wait for Sha Dingzhou, so don't scare his people away. Second, since Ding Kuichu lied that King Gui is still in his hands, it's just right for him to be held up. Roast on the fire."

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

"Wait a minute." Zhu Linmei suddenly remembered something, called Zhang Jiayu and said, "The people from Shadingzhou have just passed Zhen'an, and it will take half a month at the earliest to reach Wuzhou.

"We don't have to be idle during this time. Now that we are ready for the march, it is time to collect a debt."

"Debt collection?"

"That's right," Zhu Linming ordered, "Here's an order, the whole army turns south and marches towards Macau."

Zhang Jiayu immediately understood what it meant, a few days ago the Hongyi in Macau actually sent troops to help Ding's rebellion, Guangzhou is just a short distance away from Macau, and it was time to go to them to settle this account.

He immediately responded loudly: "Yes!" He turned around and dispatched troops to leave.

Zhu Linmi sent someone to bring the Francophone interpreter she found yesterday, and rushed to Macau ahead of the main force, so that the "governor" of Portugal came to listen to the training.

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

……

Macau, Portuguese Governor's Palace.

Du Chen re-read the letter sent by the assistant king of Ming Dynasty twice, and his brows were tightly knit together.

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

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

Du Chen stuffed the letter to him, and said anxiously: "I didn't expect that the army of the assistant king of the Ming Dynasty would be so capable. It only took them four or five days to defeat Tong Yizhen's Pearl River defense line and wiped out all of them. There are more than 3000 defenders.

"Oh, and, of the more than 200 mercenaries we sent, including 20 naval soldiers, only [-] are still alive..."

When Castro heard the words, he quickly looked down at the letter in his hand, only to see that it denounced Franji for sending troops to participate in Ding Kuichu's rebellion, and he was an accomplice in conspiracy.Order the supreme commander of Portugal in Macau to go north immediately, and make compensation for this behavior in accordance with the request of His Royal Highness the Assistant Regent of the Ming Dynasty, make rectifications for the facilities in Macau within a time limit, and promise that in the future, it will strictly follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and will not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Lei Chi took half a step.

The last sentence of the letter is: If you do not follow, you will bear all the consequences at your own risk.

(End of this chapter)