Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 690
Finally, at the end of the letter, he wrote that if he agreed to the peace talks, he would send a mission from Lingao in a few days.As for the place of negotiation, it can be located in Macao.If there is a reply from Guangdong, they can also go to Macao and entrust the Society of Jesus to forward the letter.

"According to my humble position, I can only discuss it now." Li Xijue said cautiously.

If there is no way to suppress, there is only money.Wang Zunde's heart was shrouded in pain.He knew very well that it might not be his turn to caress him.And the emperor may not allow him to appease him.

It can't be suppressed, but it can't be caressed.Not to mention the countermeasures that can be taken.This feeling of powerlessness enveloped him, making him silent for a long time.He didn't wake up until Li Xijue reminded him in a low voice that he should give a memorial to the emperor.

Having fought such a big defeat, this cannot be concealed no matter what.Once other people's memorials are published, they have no initiative.Li Xijue could only remind Dong Weng that this matter should be done early and quickly, without delay.

Wang Zunde nodded. Although he couldn't think of how to write this memorial, what Li Xijue said was completely correct.

Mental burnout enveloped his heart, he just nodded and said: "Mr. Yiyi." He waved his hand weakly to let Li Xijue out.

"The letter drawn by Lü Zan—"

"We'll discuss it another day."

After Li Xijue came out, he called other staff members to discuss.Everyone unanimously agreed to draft the memorial first, and submit it to the court as soon as possible, leaving a setback first.At present, a staff member who is responsible for drafting the memorial is arranged to draft the memorial overnight.On the one hand, he sent people to Guangzhou City to discuss the aftermath with Governor Li Fengjie and others.

As for the peace negotiation, Li Xijue didn't have the courage to make his own claims, and Lu Yizhong's letters could not be leaked out.He just secretly sent people to Macau to see if any Australians came to Macau for further discussions.

The most difficult thing is the remnant of He Rubin who is now trapped in Haikou: thousands of troops are now trapped in Haikou and Qiongshan, with no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and even the news has been completely cut off. , I am afraid that it will not be long before the whole army will be wiped out.

The death of many military generals in Chengmai is already appalling. If He Rubin also died in battle or was captured, it would shake the government and the public even more than the defeat of the army in Chengmai—comparable to the defeat of Lu Qin in the sixth year of the apocalypse.That would really shake Guangdong and Guangxi.

Li Xijue pondered at the staff meeting: "It would be great if He Zhen and others could be safely withdrawn."

"Now that the strait is locked, our soldiers and sailors are at a disadvantage. How can we get through?" Some staff members shook their heads repeatedly.

The navy of the Kun bandits showed their dominant position in the small-scale battle to block the Qiongzhou Strait, and the Guangdong navy was simply unable to compete with it.

"It is necessary to sneak into Qiongzhou in advance and get in touch with He Zhen. After all, there must be news of how many troops are left in the army, and how their morale is. "

"So what if you know, if you don't quickly appease the Kun thief, I'm afraid He Zhen's troops..."

"Should I ask Master Zhijun to quickly transfer Chen Zhentai to Zhaoqing for discussion, and see if he can mobilize more troops to support He Zhen?"

Chen Ting is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Association, stationed in Nan'ao.Although he is called "Deputy Chief Soldier" in name, he is actually not controlled by He Rubin.He is a senior member of the town army who guards one side alone.

"He only has such a small force, what's the use?" Li Xijue has no hope of any military action to resolve the deadlock—since [-] officers and troops can't defeat Lingao, and a mere few thousand people will be defeated. It's even worse.

There was a moment of silence in the warm cabinet, and the staff and assistants of the governor's office looked at each other in blank dismay.After much deliberation, apart from "caressing", there is really no other way to do it.

In the combat command room of the naval command building in Bopu, in front of the huge Guangdong-Hainan chart hanging on the wall, the naval command chief Chen Haiyang is holding a staff meeting.

Those who participated in the meeting were the Navy's staff and several veteran officers.There were also two veterans who were not naval officers, one of whom was the naval adviser Wen Desi.As the naval and shipbuilding authority in the age of sail, he has a great say.Then there is permission to work in the Intelligence Service.This person's current title is Naval Intelligence Staff Officer, who is responsible for collecting and sorting out naval military intelligence.However, he was a "handyman who did everything" in the Foreign Intelligence Service, according to Licensing.

This unprofessional naval staff team highlights the professionalization dilemma of the navy.There are fewer people who have worked in the navy than in the army, and there are no staff who have worked in the staff.This made most of the work of staff operations fall to the heads of the two highest naval agencies, the Naval People's Commissar and the Naval Commander who were regular naval officers.As for Li Di, a naval officer who can't go to sea, he has been serving as the commander of the naval fortress and the director of the port. Now Chen Haiyang simply appointed him as the chief of staff to learn the business of staff.

Of course, Li Di's academic performance in staff affairs is not very good, and he is still at the lowest unqualified level-an amateur naval officer who knows little about basic naval affairs has too many lessons to make up for becoming a professional staff officer.

The Navy has currently undertaken the task of blocking the Qiongzhou Strait.Strictly speaking, this cannot be regarded as a blockade of the strait, because the navy actually only blocked the ports under the control of the official army in Qiongshan County, such as Shenying Port, to prevent the remnants of the official army from receiving reinforcements from the mainland.Other ships entering and leaving the strait are ignored.

All ships entering and exiting these ports were captured and escorted to Ma Niao for disposal, and all cargo ships attempting to transport goods from and to Qiongshan ports were confiscated.It is indeed a civilian ship that was nailed up by the government, allowing the owner to redeem the ship at a low price.

This blockade is devastating to Qiongshan's material circulation.Indeed, the Fubo army did not blockade the ports of Wenchang and other places that are still in the hands of the government, but the ports of other states and counties are of no help to Qiongshan's own transportation-the states and counties of Hainan, where bulk cargo transportation is almost completely Rely on sea freight along coastal routes.Given the poor state of post roads, long-distance land cargo transportation is almost impossible.

Tang Yunwen saw that most of the blocked Kun bandit warships were small and medium-sized ships, and the number was not large.He tried several times to break the blockade at sea, but was defeated every time-the navy's ships were not comparable in equipment and training levels to the Ming navy at the level of the Middle Ages.In the end, the navy ships completely retreated back to the Baisha Water Village, and no longer dispatched.

As a result, Qiongshan was trapped in a siege. Although Qiongshan itself did not lack food reserves, and Xia Liang would soon be on the scene, this sense of despair of losing contact with the outside world made the officers and soldiers trapped in Qiongshan feel desperate. Morale was getting worse.

The initial goal of the naval blockade has been achieved.The Executive Committee believes that the state of war cannot continue like this and must end as soon as possible—the impact of the war on the economy is too great, especially the stagnation of foreign trade.Originally, a large amount of materials, manpower and money could be obtained from the direction of Guangzhou Station every month.Now, except for a small amount of people and supplies that can still be transported from Foshan, Leizhou and other places, this channel is basically cut off.

It is not only the transportation channel that is lost, but also the business network.Before the situation is clear, business partners on the mainland are shy about continuing to distribute "Australian goods".As a result, exporting goods to Lingao has become a potentially high-risk business and has become expensive.

Originally, the executive committee planned to wait for Xiong Wencan to come to appease, and the two sides would hold peace talks.However, it seems that it will take a while for Lao Xiong to come to governor of Guangdong and Guangxi—according to the historical process, he won the post of Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and Governor of Guangdong for five years after Chongzhen.The people who traveled through could not wait any longer.Decided to start "peace work" as soon as possible to end the state of war between the two sides - at the very least, to restore the flow of goods

Although many veterans had doubts about how Wang Zunde or Li Fengjie planned to cover up the big defeat and then seek peace, the Executive Committee believed that this was their business and had nothing to do with the Senate—provided they had the willingness to seek peace .

The Executive Committee once held a secret meeting on the development of the situation after the war.About [-] elders were invited to discuss and predict how the situation would develop in the future.The veterans believe that the possibility of another official battle in Guangdong is extremely small, but they must beware of the possibility that the opponent may adopt the routine of "no war, no peace, no surrender and no departure".

"During the Opium War, after realizing that the methods of war could not be used against the British, the local officials of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties did not dare to negotiate a peace in private, nor did they want to risk their lives in the war for nothing, so they used such turtle tactics." Yu Eshui in The meeting warned, "If the Guangdong government adopts such means, it will pose the greatest threat to us."

In this way, the crossing group had no other choice but to follow the example of the British and continue to expand the scale of the war until the emperor himself was forced to make a decision to seek peace.But the war potential and combat machines of the time-traveling group cannot be compared with the British in 1840.The last straw that crushed Daoguang's resistance was the long-distance projection power required for the military action to cut off the water transportation before the soldiers approached the city of Nanjing.

"In addition, we have to consider that Qiongzhou itself is too remote, and it is not an important place on the map of the Ming Dynasty. It is not a particularly important thing for the Ming regime that is now surrounded by smoke for five or six years. It can be let go Putting it all aside, this is a long-term state of war for us - even though there is no armed conflict."

Therefore, the keynote of the meeting was to take advantage of the chaotic state of Guangdong official circles, quickly burn the flames of war to the feet of Guangzhou, the wealthiest city in southern China, and force Guangdong official circles to sue for peace before a worse situation happened—since Qiongzhou The mansion is just a despicable place, directly entering the Pearl River Delta should be able to shake the officials and gentlemen everywhere in Guangdong.At least Li Fengjie is definitely going to be unable to sit still.As long as he can't sit still, he has to ask for peace.

(End of this chapter)