nanming man

Chapter 1017

Chang'an City, the top floor of the Tianshou Pavilion, Gao Yihuan was wearing a uniform, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the Chang'an City like a chessboard, but his thoughts had drifted far away.

This year is the second year since he proclaimed himself emperor, and many major events have been decided, but the world has not yet settled down.

At this time, although the Great Wei occupied the south of the Yangtze River, Zhu Cihong was not dead and had already arrived in Lingnan, which was still Gao Yihuan's big worry.

The remnant forces occupy Guangdong and Fujian, and the Wei army has not yet dealt with them, and the newly occupied land is not very peaceful, and rebellions appear from time to time.

Not long ago, a feudal prince of the Southern Ming Dynasty named Zhu Yihai launched a rebellion and occupied Zhoushan, while the Wei army's naval forces encircled and suppressed him, and he was beaten to shame.

Although Wei Jun's navy crossed the Yangtze River before, Wei Jun's navy was only suitable for fighting in inland rivers. Once it entered the sea, it would be difficult for even a rebel army to deal with it.

In the southwest direction, Liang Yizhang, a great scholar, put down the chieftain rebellion in southern Sichuan, but Sun Kewang occupied the southwest, which was always a threat to the Great Wei Dynasty. Great Wei and Sun Kewang were bound to have another battle.

The regimes born in China and the vassals influenced by the culture of the Central Plains all have the concept of Tianxia and the ambition to establish a unified dynasty.

The Wei regime is like this, and so is Sun Kewang. There will inevitably be a long war between the two.

If anyone finds a loophole, they will definitely send troops to fight. If they find that they can't help them, they will stop fighting for a few years, or even decades later. Once they see the right time, they will definitely fight again.

This will be a long game, and the game will only end if one side wins outright.

At the beginning of June, not long after Sun Kewang returned to the southwest, he formally proclaimed himself emperor in Shenglong, taking the name of the country as Zhou, and the name of the year as Yanwu, in order to compete with the state of Wei politically.

In addition to the Zhou regime rising in the southwest posing a threat to the Great Wei, the Western Regions are also not peaceful. Jiang Xiang sent back news that Zhungeer and the Raksha people colluded, and the fortress of Tsarist Russia had been built across the Ural River.

The Raksha people expanded in Central Asia, while the Great Wei had limited investment in the Western Regions, and the Little Yuzi Khanate had been controlled by Raksha.

If Great Wei does not respond for a long time, it will not be long before Great Wei's influence in the Western Regions will be replaced by Raksha people.

At this time, the nascent Wei regime still faced many challenges.

Gao Yihuan stared at the majestic Chang'an City for a while, and walked back to a huge map. At this time, the two biggest threats to Wei had become the Zhou regime, and Tsarist Russia in the north, but Gao Yihuan did not intend to Immediately shifting his focus, his eyes were still on Liaodong and Nanming.

Gao Yihuan will not easily go to war with Sun Kewang and Tsarist Russia if Haoge and Zhu Cihong are not dealt with first.

Gao Yihuan stood in front of the map, lost his mind for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I will pass on my will. For those who belong to Jiangnan, the court must be gentle and appease, and those who resist the general trend must be suppressed immediately. In addition, Shi Lang will be promoted to a mighty general and transferred to Zhejiang Province. Sailors, supervise the training of sailors."

Mao Xiang, who was waiting by the side, hurriedly recorded Gao Yihuan's order, and then saluted: "The minister will send the order to the cabinet!"

Gao Yihuan nodded, and immediately asked, "Is there any news from outside the pass?"

Previously, Li Dingguo sent back news that Gao Yihuan had read his battle plan, and he very much agreed with Li Dingguo's strategy.

The rising threat from the southwest and northwest made Gao Yihuan eager to pacify Liaodong and Southeast as soon as possible. Li Dingguo planned to draw Haoge out of Shenyang for a decisive battle, which would undoubtedly greatly shorten the time of the battle outside the pass.

Counting the time, the decisive battle outside the pass should have already begun.

If Li Dingguo wins this battle and defeats Hauge, the main force of the Qing army outside the pass is wiped out by the Wei army, and the Great Wei is basically safe in the northeast border.

If Li Dingguo fails in this battle, it will be troublesome for the Wei army to deal with the Qing army outside the pass.

This will undoubtedly affect the timing of the Wei army's strategic focus shift, and lose the best time to start a war with Sun Kewang and Tsarist Russia.

The longer the Wei army was restrained by the Qing army outside the pass and Nanming, the more difficult it would be to deal with these two enemies in the future.

Mao Xiang hurriedly said: "This minister doesn't know, but the news from Fujian has arrived!"

Gao Yihuan frowned, "Where is the news from Fujian? How is the situation?"

Mao Xiang replied: "When I came here, the news had just been sent to the cabinet, and there should be news to enter the palace later. According to my preliminary understanding, it seems that Zheng Zhilong has surrendered, and most of the Zheng family in Fujian have surrendered, but Zheng Sen and Zheng Hongkui occupy Zhangzhou. The two prefectures of Quanzhou, as well as the coastal islands, continue to fight stubbornly."

This result was within Gao Yihuan's expectation. If Lord Guoxing surrendered easily, he would not be Lord Guoxing anymore.

He walked quickly to the map, and cast his eyes on Fujian. Zheng Sen occupied the two prefectures of Zhangquan and Quanzhou, and he was no longer a threat to Wei, but the strength of Wei Jun's navy was low. With an opponent like Zheng Sen, Wei's maritime trade would be difficult Impossible to run smoothly.

Gao Yihuan frowned, and suddenly ordered: "Let the cabinet quickly bring the Fujian playbook!"

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Zheng Zhilong wanted to surrender to Wei, and Zheng Sen wanted to stop him, but he couldn't do anything about Zheng Zhilong, so he could only detain Qian Qianyi and raise him, a teacher, with good food and drink, with the intention of angering Wei and making Gao Yihuan stop Recruit the Zheng family.

Unexpectedly, Gao Yihuan was not angry, and continued to recruit Zheng Zhilong, and the conditions were not reduced. He made Zheng Zhilong the Duke of Jinghai, Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Cai the earls, and most of the Zheng family surrendered to Wei.

At this time, Zheng Sen, Zheng Hongkui, Gan Hui and others took [-] soldiers and horses and [-] warships to occupy the two prefectures of Zhangquan and Quanzhou.

In the festival hall, Zheng Sen and his generals gathered together to discuss the current situation.

Zheng Hongkui said in a deep voice: "Wei General Zhao Daxian, the troops have already arrived in Fuzhou. It won't be long before he will surely enter Zhangquan. With our strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to defend!"

Zheng Sen had a gloomy face, "Now we don't have to care about the gains and losses of a city or a place. The key is to preserve our strength and wait for the opportunity. If Zhangquan can't defend, then we will be like Xiamen and other islands."

Gan Hui frowned and said, "Xiamen is just a big island. There are more than 2 of us, and we bring our family members. How will we live then?"

Zheng Sen waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this. Maritime trade is very profitable. We control the sea trade routes. The profits we get can go to Japan to buy weapons and Nanyang to buy food. Supplies are not a problem."

As he spoke, he glanced at the crowd, "Don't worry, I've sent someone to Da Yuan to ask the Hongmao Yi to pay this year's tax, and we will receive a sum of money in a few days, then I will send someone to Nanyang to report Zhou Jun buys food."

Hearing what Zheng Sen said, everyone felt a little more at ease. As long as there was food, everyone would not panic.

Zheng Sen was relieved to see that everyone was at peace, but at this moment, the first general rushed in, clasped his fists and reported, "Master Guo Xing, Hong Maoyi has detained us!"

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