"King Tang, are you planning to let Zheng Zhilong go?" Seeing Li Xiao shook his head to object, Jiang Yueguang looked puzzled.

Li Xiao stared at the dim night sky outside the window and replied in a deep voice: "Two, don't forget that Zheng Zhilong is extremely powerful, but his relatives, Navy, who is not weaker than our army. This is where Gu is most afraid of him now. If we only care about revenge and only want to punish him immediately, so as to easily break the current balanced situation, the consequences will be actually unpredictable."

Li Xiao sighed lightly and said, "If we as you say, our army gathers troops and launches a fierce attack on Zheng Zhilong, then our army can indeed take advantage of it on land, and the prefectures and land in Fujian and Guangdong can also be gained a lot. But have you ever thought that Zheng Zhilong suffered losses on land, but there will definitely be a way to cause significant losses to our army in other places."

"What the King of Tang said, if our army completely turns against it, then Zheng Zhilong will be unable to defeat our army on land, but will he send his powerful navy to attack our merchant ships in an all-round way, completely block our military's business route, and even go further, cutting off the maritime connection between our army's overseas territory and our homeland in China?" Chen Zilong said tentatively.

Li Xiao nodded and said to the two: "I am worried about this. If I completely turn against Zheng Zhilong now, although I can enjoy a moment of pleasure, it will definitely bring unpredictable disasters to our army. After all, the navy under his command is extremely powerful. Once it is launched with all its strength, it will cause great losses to our army's maritime trade with various places, and greatly reduce the trade benefits of our army. If he sends a navy to attack the various waterways transported to China from overseas territory, the consequences will be even more serious. In this way, the grain, cloth, utensils, etc. produced by our army overseas will be difficult to

When transporting back to the country, the development momentum of our army will be greatly affected, and the morale of the army will be seriously affected. What's more, our army now has a large number of new places for new territory. The people in the country have just been stable, and they all need to rely on our army's overseas production to survive. If this overseas transportation line is blocked and hit, the lives of the people under our army will be seriously affected. In this way, these new places will inevitably fall into chaos again. If someone takes advantage of the situation, it will cause our army to worry about a fire in the backyard, which is a situation that the lonely person will never want to see."

"Yes, the King of Tang. If we reach this point, then our Tang army navy will have to fight with it with all our might, and finally fight for private trafficking at sea and end up with a loss-making outcome. Such an ending will only give up the Daxi Dashun Manchu Qing and other countries in vain, so that they can get more opportunities to recuperate. And the Dutch, Britain and Spain and other maritime powers will also take advantage of the decline of our navy and rise again and seize the territory of our army's Southeast Asian region. Such a result is indeed not what our army is willing to see." Chen Zilong took over the words,

A look of worry appeared on his face: "In Sheng's opinion, Zheng Zhilong's army now understands that if he does not know the current situation and fights with our army forcibly, it will only lead to a loss. Therefore, although he will use fraudulent schemes to fight against our king and his ministers and cause chaos within the Tang army, he will never be willing to fight against our army and fight to the death. Even now, he is indeed willing to continue to maintain a tacit understanding with our army. As long as our army does not attack him on his own initiative, he will definitely continue to maintain the status quo and will not fight with our army."

"Mr. Wozi said very much." Jiang Yueguang nodded repeatedly: "Zheng Zhilong occupied two provinces, with large sea routes and a large amount of maritime trade. This is the foundation for his wealth and prosperity to support the army and occupying land. How could he be willing to give up the countless money that flows into his pocket every day without making any profits, and instead fight with our army to the death and lose both sides, and ultimately benefit others in vain? Zheng Zhilong was still an extremely smart businessman. He would never do such a stupid thing to lose money without making money."

Seeing that the two praising paintings began to match their own views, Li Xiao smiled slightly and said, "In my opinion, if our army wants to retaliate, now we need to let go of its mastermind Zheng Zhilong and turn to the Hongguang Supervisor to make a big blow. Therefore, our army needs to temporarily maintain restraint in the direction of Guangdong and Fujian. But next, we must launch a full-scale attack on Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan. We strive to seize these three provinces in the shortest time. Let it become the territory under the rule of our Tang army. The Hongguang pseudo-dynasty only remained Guangdong and Fujian provinces under Zheng Zhilong. In this way, the Hongguang governor Zhu Yousong, its function as a puppet will become smaller and smaller. In Zheng Zhilong's view, this person will be a stumbling block. If at that time, if our army has not taken action, they will commit suicide first, and then, it will be a good show for our army to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight."

Li Xiao paused and said, "In Gu's opinion, the enemy of Daxi, Dashun, Manchu Qing, and Zheng Zhilong's troops is now the one with the most war ability and potential. Therefore, in the future, the one who has the most war ability and potential is Zheng Zhilong. Therefore, when Gu uses troops in the future, he must first eliminate the weak and then attack the powerful. After eliminating the above three fangs, he will finally showdown and fight with Zheng Zhilong's troops to the decisive battle. "

King Li Xiao of Tang Dynasty made this plan, and Jiang Yueguang and Chen Zilong also nodded frequently and agreed.

Jiang Yueguang laughed and said, "King of Tang, if this plan is done, the Hongguang pseudo-democratic dynasty will be completely separated from the southeast corner, and there is no more power. If these three seemingly barren remote provinces can be brought under our army as soon as possible, although a lot of money will be spent in the early stage to rescue the local people's livelihood and people, in the long run, these places may not have no room and potential for development. At least, now, they can provide our Tang army with a large amount of civilian power and military resources. It is also desirable to have these two points as a basis."

Chen Zilong also interrupted, "Yes, all under the world is the king's land, the shores of the land, the king's ministers. Although Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan are remote and barren, they are all the lands of our Ming Dynasty. The lands and people are also the innocent people of our Ming Dynasty. How can our army not use help to save them when they have the opportunity to succeed? What's more, it was because our army wanted to attack Xichuan that we had to temporarily put the task of taking these three provinces aside. Now the situation has changed and the enemy is ready. It is not easy to continue attacking Xichuan. Then our army will be more flexible and easy in time and turn to take down the three southwest provinces with all their might. If these three provinces are sent, it will definitely bring an extremely serious blow to the Hongguang puppet dynasty, so that they will have no way to fight our army except to settle in the southeast corner."

Li Xiao nodded to the two of them with praise: "What you two praising the paintings are very consistent with your own will. Therefore, our army will next, in the north, we will arrange Haoge's troops to Fuzhou to fight against the Qing Dynasty. In the south, we need to send troops south as soon as possible to capture the three southwestern provinces. To achieve these two points, it is not only a punishment for the Qing Dynasty and the Hongguang pseudo-dynasty to break up and distract our king and ministers, but also to take advantage of this opportunity to expand the territory and influence of our army as much as possible. Naturally, we must seize such opportunities and must not miss them."

Li Xiao paused, glanced at the two of them, and said, "Since both of them agree with Gu Zhi's opinion, let's take a look at how to use troops to these three southwest provinces, so that's appropriate."

So, after the unification of opinions, Li Xiao, Chen Zilong, Jiang Yueguang and the other two immediately began to discuss how to use troops in the three southwestern provinces for a long time, and finally made a resolution.

That is, the second town of the Tang army, which has now been wiped out in southern Huguang, was led by the monk Chang'an of the town, headed from southern Hunan and went straight into Guangxi, and cut off the ties between Guangxi and Guangdong to Zheng Zhilong's troops as soon as possible, and strive to take over the eastern part of the province in the shortest time.

The second town then temporarily stationed in Guangxi, cutting off the contact between Zheng Zhilong's troops and the other southwestern provinces, ensuring that the Tang army's attack on the other Guizhou and Yunnan provinces could be carried out smoothly.

In Guizhou, the Tang army was ordered to go south from the northern part of Huguang as soon as possible, and attack this province along the way, striving to capture this province within two months.

After taking Guizhou, the soldiers of the Ninth Town immediately went south again and attacked Yunnan directly, striving to wipe out the remaining Hongguang pseudo-DPRK forces in Yunnan within three months. Then, the soldiers of the Ninth Town advanced eastward with Monk An's second town, attacking east and west, and collecting the entire Guangxi land in one fell swoop.

After all these three provinces were captured, the two towns were stationed in three provinces, continuing to eliminate the remnants of the local Hongguang puppet dynasty and the chieftain forces that were not subject to the control of various places, so that these three provinces could completely obey the rule of the Tang army, and there was no possibility of any change.

As for the remnants of Zuo Menggeng who are hiding in the southwest Hunan area, Li Xiao ordered the newly established 11th town to divide a battalion to siege. They did not need to go up the mountain to attack. They just had to firmly surround the passage into the mountain and isolate their contact with the outside world, so that the remnants of Zuo Menggeng could wait for them to eat the mountain and their morale would collapse. The final result of this siege, Zuo Menggeng's remnants either went down the mountain to surrender or could only escape everywhere.

The entire Southwest Battle was set to be completed within half a year, and the latest one could not exceed ten months. All three provinces would be occupied and they would become a stable territory under the rule of the Tang army.

Li Xiao believed that if these three observations were done, the Hongguang pseudo-dynasty would not be a problem anymore. Then, no matter whether it was dealing with the Daxi, Dashun, or the Qing Dynasty in the north, there would be no worries.

Soon, Li Xiao's order was immediately passed to the mayors of various military towns by sending a message from Fei Ge. They immediately began to lead troops according to Li Xiao's request.

The monk Chang'an, the second town of the Tang army, who had completed the mobilization in the southern Hunan area, originally planned to take advantage of the victory to attack the Zuo Menggeng's troops who were hiding in the mountainous areas of southwestern Hunan. However, after seeing Li Xiao's military order, he immediately rushed south and entered the boundary of Quanzhou from Yongzhou. Then, the three battalions of A, B and C in the town were divided into three groups, heading south and heading south, and attacking directly at the junction of Guangxi and Guangdong.

Among them, the Jiaying went east along the Guijiang River and directly attacked Huaiji; the Yiying first attacked Pingyuefu and then took Wuzhou; the Bing Ying went south to the farthest place and directly attacked Yulinzhou.

Monk An did this, hoping to completely cut off the connection between Guangxi and Guangdong without Zheng Zhilong's troops before they could react, so that the Hongguang pseudo-dynasty in Guangxi could not get any foreign aid, and thus morale dropped to the bottom and could be destroyed in a moment.
Chapter completed!