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Chapter 7 Shock

The two Qing troops mentioned by Qian Qianyi were still on the way to set out later, and the moment they advanced south, they had arrived at Nanchang Prefecture, the provincial capital of Jiangxi.

Geographically speaking, from Nanchang Prefecture to the east, cross Raozhou Prefecture or Fuzhou Prefecture, you can enter the ground of Guangxin Prefecture. At that time, you can join forces with the Qing army gathered in Quzhou and attack Jinhua eastward; and if you go south, you can take more routes. As long as you enter Ganzhou Prefecture, you will be Zhangzhou in Fujian to the east, and Guangdong to the southward; as for sending troops westward, you can still join Shen Yongzhong to stabilize the situation on the Huguang battlefield and join Nikan on the way.

From the perspective of the Ming army, Li Dingguo and Feng Shuangli in the southwest were still siegeing cities and lands in Guangxi and Huguang like a tyrant. Liu Wenxiu, who entered Sichuan, began to march; while Zheng Chenggong from Fujian was still besieging Zhangzhou, and Chen Wen's Pig Pig Island novel in Zhejiang entered a confrontation with the Qing army in Zhejiang.

The directions that Arjin can go can exert enough influence no matter which one he can go. However, he is not qualified to make a decision, where the troops have entered, which is a question that has reached the grand strategic level. Even if he is qualified, the Manchu soldiers he brought have been unable to fight after a long period of hardship and have to temporarily carry out necessary rest in the capital city in Jiangxi.

The work of serving the "Manchu Taijun" has been carried on one shoulder by Jiangxi Governor Cai Shiying. As the highest official in another governor's jurisdiction, Chen Jin also received some news. Because Li Dingguo killed King Kong Youde, the King of Dingnan, and restored Guangxi in one fell swoop, the use of this elite Qing army in Aljin has caused controversy within the Qing court.

Priority is given to the southwest battlefield or the southeast battlefield. Even the southeast battlefield is divided into several possibilities. Quzhou, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian directly under his command, is only one possibility. Although the opponents he faces originally needed to receive a certain degree of attention, compared with the Ming army, which has hundreds of thousands of troops and can quickly recover one or two provinces, Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong on the southeast battlefield are still too weak, and the limited mobile force of the Qing Dynasty must be used at key points.

Although the counterattack operations of the Ming army in the southwest and southeast battlefields were unable to coordinate the fight between each other geographically, it still caused the Qing Dynasty's troops south of the Yangtze River to become more and more difficult. For this reason, the Qing court drew the Eight Banners of Manchuria to go south to assist in the suppression, but these real barbarians, who have always been regarded as pride of heaven, were not sufficient in number. Then, priority is a key issue.

However, like Aljin, Chen Jin was not qualified to decide the whereabouts of this Eight Banners Army.

The original goal of this Qing army in history was Guangdong, but with the occurrence of the Guilin victory, Aljin was forced to stay in Jiangxi to assist the local Qing army in encirclement and suppress the rebels in western Jiangxi. In the following days, he was even transferred. Finally, due to the defeat of Baoning and the stage of the Hengyang victory, the Qing court was left on the Huguang battlefield by the Qing court. However, his initial goal never had the chance to go, and Aljin himself did not even have the chance to set foot in the second half of his life.

Just like the transformation of formations on the battlefield, the strategic use of troops will also change with the changes in the battle situation. The southwest battlefield is no different from that in history, but the pressure on the southeast battlefield has increased dramatically. The southwest Ming army is strong, and although the southeast Ming army is small, it threatens the wealthy areas in the southeast. For this reason, the top leaders of the Qing Dynasty are still arguing, so Chen Jin doesn't know whether he will wait for this reinforcement army now.

Over the past year, with the success of the Ming army in Fujian and Zhejiang, Chen Jin also heard some rumors within the Qing court. It is said that if it were not for the victory of the Battle of Zhoushan and completely crippled the largest Ming army group in the southeast of the Lujianguo Group, I am afraid that he would have been taken back to Beijing to discuss his crimes in the recent overwhelming impeachment. The most likely of those who were preparing to replace him was Liu Qingtai of the Han army's Red Banner.

The Ming army of Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong was unable to calm down, and Chen Jin was no longer as energetic as when he captured Zhoushan. Every time he received news of impeachment from the court officials, Chen Jin knew that he had no choice but to vent his anger on his slaves around him.

In the lobby of the Zhejiang-Fu Governor's Office in Quzhou Prefecture, Chen Jin was holding a horse whip and whipping these slaves who he suddenly didn't like very much.

In the Qing system, just like he was the emperor and the slave of the banner master, these slaves were also his slaves, and they did not have to bear any responsibility even if they were beaten to death. With the newly sent impeachment, Chen Jin once again took up these slaves and angrily, because except for this method, it would be impossible to do anything like the two Ming army commanders Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong who led to his impeachment. The only one who could be used to perfunctory the Qing court was Taizhou General Ma Xin who burned down the warehouse in Yushan Town and beheaded more than a hundred times, and he took this credit for himself without hesitation.

The weather was so hot that even if there was ice in the corner, it would be difficult to extinguish the anger in his heart. The censor named Gong was really bullying. Chen Jin was also a bannerman. He was already a veteran servant of the Qing Dynasty when he was in Liaodong. How could he be a fence-headed man who "will be invaded when he comes, and he will be in full when he comes" be slandered at will. Is the current wind direction of the capital so unfavorable to him?

"How dare you hide!"

As he said that, Chen Jin turned his attention to the slave who had trembled slightly and whipped it down with a whip, as if he would not beat this guy to death and could not relieve his anger.

The whipping continued, and the several domestic slaves who were beaten knew Chen Jin's temper very well. The louder they screamed, the more they aroused Chen Jin's anger. When Lu Jianguo just returned to Zhejiang, a domestic slave was beaten to death by Chen Jin. Even though they were beaten to pieces, they had to grit their teeth at all and did not dare to shout. They just waited for Chen Jin's physical energy to be almost exhausted and would let them go.

After a long time, Chen Jin's anger had dissipated a lot, and he was panting because of the constant whipping. At this moment, he even sat on a chair next to him to rest.

Seeing that Chen Jin was no longer so angry, the captain of the personal soldiers walked in with a tough bullet and told Chen Jin that Zhu Zhixi and Li Zhifang were asking for their meeting.

Zhu Zhixi's Dingyou will not end until next year, and Li Zhifang has no power. These two people, Chen Jin, have always regarded them as "potential stocks" among the future civil servants of the court, and their names are occasionally tied up in the impeachment that Chen Jin has suffered recently. Although Chen Jin is not very satisfied with the plans of these two people, he does not have better talents around him, so he can only do it as a living person for the time being.

"roll!"

After bombing away several family slaves who were like amnesty, Chen Jin sorted out his scattered official uniforms and sat back on the master. The captain of the personal soldiers led the two in.

Zhu Zhixi and Li Zhifang had just seen the slaves. After coming in, they performed rituals and began to report the progress of Chen Jin's previous explanation.

Some time ago, Chen Wen's sudden withdrawal of troops was just a moment when Chen Jin was not very clear about what was going on. In the process of constant testing, he received news of a rebellion in Jinhua Prefecture from Taizhou. For this reason, Chen Jin praised Li Zhifang's plan. Although he knew that internal struggles in the Ming army had become a tradition, it was indeed extremely rare to use this possibility that the Ming army's rescue was rescued.

However, a few days later, the attempt to attack Longyou County for the first time was forced to retreat by the Nantang Camp that suddenly appeared in the rear. Before Chen Jin could find the opportunity to defeat Nantang Camp first, Chen Wen returned to Longyou. His return also meant that the Ming army quelled the rebellion in the rear.

There was no guarantee of a stable victory on the battlefield in Quzhou, and news of Zhang Zisheng breaking out of Jiangxi also came from the Jiangxi side. As a result, Guangxin Mansion had two anti-Qing rebels with more than 10,000 people. After secretly cursing the incompetence of the civil and military officials in Jiangxi, Chen Jin then received news that Jin Li said that he would not be able to break through the Anhua Town defense line for a while. In addition, the weather was getting hot and hot, and the fatigue of soldiers in the battle was easy to cause epidemics. Chen Jin had to discuss with Jin Li to withdraw his troops for the time being, waiting for Jin Li to find a way to break the city before siegeing.

Previously, the Ming army did quell the rebellion, but some gentry who knew they would die managed to escape from the Ming army's controlled area. In addition, with Chen Wen's killing, some gentry and wealthy families in Jinhua were dissatisfied with Chen Wen's existence. During this period, Zhu Zhixi and Li Zhifang secretly contacted potential opponents through these fugitives and collected intelligence from the Ming army controlled area in order to prepare for the upcoming attack.

However, as the two of them told each other, Chen Jin summarized the information he obtained through traditional channels, but found that the strength of the Jinhua Ming Army was growing almost every day, and Chen Wen's method gradually appeared in front of him.

Raise heroes with land!

Military merits are given to the fields!

If the loans in the first half of the year were to understand the urgent need, the land division movement implemented recently was clearly a replica of the government system, and its purpose was to lay a solid foundation for this army.

Never let go!

However, before he and the two aides discussed practical and effective countermeasures, the captain of the personal soldiers who were guarding the door said something to anyone, so he entered the lobby and handed the two letters to Chen Jin.

Both letters were just delivered, and Chen Jin opened the first letter casually. The person who wrote the letter was Jin Li, the general of Pingnan, Gushan, who is now stationed in Zhuji. Although Jin Li and Chen Jin are not in the same flag, their relationship is pretty good and they can fight together. The news brought by Jin Li this time is that he has found a way to conquer the fortress in the Anhua Town defense line and plans to make an appointment with Chen Jin to fight again.

This news was something that Chen Jin had been waiting for for a long time. He was not very expensive to be strong. He had fought fiercely with this Ming army several times. He knew that the local green camps under his command were no match for the Ming army at all. He had to cooperate with the Han Eight Banners Army under Jin Li to successfully eliminate this Zhejiang Ming army. However, the terrain of Zhejiang divided the army into two places. Now Jin Li has found a way, so as long as he pressed up before and did not allow the Ming army to return to aid, he could win a complete victory.

This news solved Chen Jin's urgent need, and he immediately handed the letter to the two staff members in front of him for further planning. However, as he opened the second letter and read the words, Chen Jin sat in the Grand Master's chair like a deflated balloon, and even the letter paper slipped quietly from his hand.

As for the content of the letter, in short, it was that a few days ago, the Ming army in Fujian captured the prefecture of Zhangzhou. Now Zheng Chenggong's army may continue to sweep into other prefectures and counties in Fujian at any time.

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Since the Cizhao Victory in May last year, Zheng Chenggong defeated the reinforcements of the Qing army in Fujian in Qianshan and Xiaoyingling. At the beginning of this year, he forced arriving in Haicheng County, swept across the southern part of Zhangzhou, and then surrounded the city.

Zheng Chenggong knew very well that if Chen Wen had not restrained the Qing army in western Zhejiang, even if he had defeated the Qing army in Fujian who could have come to assist last year, he would not have been able to pass through the past six months safely. Now, as Chen Wen left Chen Jin, who came to assist in history, in Zhejiang, Ma Jinbao was wiped out all his troops, and Zhejiang was fighting fiercely. Zheng Chenggong's siege for half a year was not obstructed at all, including Fujian's admiral Yang Minggao and Fujian's right-wing general Ma, who had achieved all his hard work, were all waiting for reinforcements in Tong'an, because the entire Fujian no longer had the combat effectiveness and scale to reach the level of mobile forces to rescue the defenders.

No reinforcements arrived for a long time, and the Zhangzhou garrison continued to flee in hunger and panic until they completely collapsed. Zheng Chenggong took the opportunity to seize the city of Zhangzhou, and the general of Zhangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Bangjun surrendered. Zheng Chenggong was not as strict as Chen Wen to the surrendered soldiers. Many of his army had surrendered generals, so he chose another number and took Wang Bangjun and the remnants of the Zhangzhou garrison for his own use.

However, the Zhangzhou Prefecture City, which had just been recovered, was in this half-year besieged city, and even "people in the city fed each other, eight out of ten people died, and all the soldiers and horses were all stolen." In fact, there were not many people anymore.

This ending was not beyond Zheng Chenggong's expectations. Due to the failure of the release of the law, he had no other way. Fortunately, the reinforcements in the Qing army's history were all restrained by Chen Wen, otherwise there would be even fewer Han people left in the city. Because in history, it was in late September that the Qing army successfully rescued Zhangzhou. At that time, "the price of rice per stone was as high as 550 taels, grass roots, wood leaves, rats, birds, cows, horses, and food, followed by human flesh. Father and son fed each other, and those who did not cook fireworks were killed for more than a month, died of illness, starved, and died of water and fishing. The soldiers were powerful and forced to seize the Chu, and they died of hundreds of goals every day. The corpse and bones were accumulated, and the filth was heard for several miles."

In any case, this long-lasting city has been taken down. After learning that Cao Conglong's rebellion was quelled by Chen Wen a month and a half ago, the Lu Jianguo chose to go to the title of the State, and changed the title of Emperor Yongli to the orthodox orthodox of the emperor. Even Zhang Mingzhen and Shen Chenquan, who had been stubborn before, changed their sects.
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