The city wall of Jiangshan County is 1 zhang wide and 2 zhang high, and has a circumference of 3,000 feet. The east wall is adjacent to Jiangshan Port and the west wall is adjacent to Xishan Mountain. One side is water and the other side is mountains. Therefore, the focus of the Qing army's need to defend is the northern wall leading to Quzhou.

Along Jiangshan Port, the Ming army approached the city the next day. Unsuccessful persuasion, the Ming army's auxiliary soldiers began to build siege equipment. Of course, they brought some unhelpful things from Quzhou, which also made the Ming army's siege progress faster than imagined.

If nothing unexpected happens, when the Ming army began to attack the city, Jiujiang General Yang Jie and Fujian left-leaning General Wang Zhigang should still be polishing their shoes on the road...

When Chen Wen's Zhejiang Ming army began a follow-up military operation with the goal of expanding the results of the war, Zheng Chenggong's Fujian Ming army had already surrounded Quanzhou Prefecture City.

In fact, although Zheng Chenggong captured Zhangzhou Prefecture City, he never completely captured Zhangzhou. While conquering Zhangzhou, Zheng Chenggong recovered Haicheng, Zhao'an, Pinghe, Zhangpu in the southern part of Zhangzhou, and Nanjing and Changtai in the north and east roads of Zhangzhou Prefecture City.

After regaining Zhangzhou, Zheng Chenggong did not continue to regain Longyan, Zhangping and Ningyang in the north of Zhangzhou, but instead attacked Quanzhou after a month of rest.

The reason for this advancement is actually very simple, because although his base camp Zhongzuo Suo is an island, it is in the gap between Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. After taking Zhangzhou, as long as Quanzhou is recovered, the important maritime trade center can not only solve the security problem of Zhongzuo Suo, but also use this city to increase marine trade and obtain more resources.

Before this, Zheng Chenggong's occupied areas were limited to coastal islands, and many other resources such as grain, metal, cloth were unable to be self-sufficient, and could only buy them overseas by controlling the Taiwan Strait channel. It can even be said that Zheng Chenggong was poor at that time and was left with money.

However, with the chaos in Zhejiang, the Qing army there could no longer continue to aid Fujian as continuously as before. Zheng Chenggong successfully recovered Zhangzhou, which was completely desperate because the reinforcements were not reached. The Zhangzhou Plain is the largest plain in Fujian. It has the reputation of "Zou Lu, the coastal land", and its grain output has always been quite high. This is a great supplement to Zheng Chenggong, who has always struggled to maintain a large army. However, for the local people, not only did they pay the Qing Dynasty taxes this year, but they also had to pay the portion of the Ming army of Fujian. This is indeed a lot of hard work.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong's army and the navy had surrounded the city of Quanzhou. In addition to the local defenders, the Biao camp of the Fujian right-road general Ma Degong was also in the siege.

Among the Qing Dynasty's troops in Fujian and Zhejiang, in addition to local green camps and Taoist models, there were also some mobile forces, such as the Zhejiang-Fujian Governor's Battalion, such as Zhejiang-Fujian Governor's Battalion, and Hangzhou-garrisoned Eight Banners, while Fujian's Battalion was the Battalion, Fubiao, and the two generals' Battalion, the left and right sides.

Wang Zhigang, the general of the left side of Fujian, was the culprit of the Shaowu massacre; while Ma Degong, the general of the right side of Fujian, was an acquaintance of Chen Wen's general Li Ruixin. He was a general under Huang Degong's tent. After Huang Degong was killed, he tied up Emperor Hongguang and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Zhejiang Admiral Tian Xiong.

At present, the Fujian left-leaning general Wang Zhigang was still in Quzhou, Zhejiang, and the Dubiao camp worked together to prevent Chen Wen. Fubiao camp hid in Fuzhou City and shivered. Admiral Yang Minggao was stationed outside the city to support him. At the same time, he prevented Zheng Chenggong from siegeing Quanzhou while continuing to spread the war. Therefore, he gave up the dilapidated Tong'an County and was forced to retreat to Quanzhou Prefecture City, Ma Degong, who was forcibly responsible for his support.

The current situation is very good, but Zheng Chenggong always feels something is wrong. It was not until he thought for a long time that he realized that the Qing army, which still had superior forces, seemed a little too passive. The reason for all this was naturally due to the strong combat effectiveness that Chen Wen and he showed in the recent year. The Qing army did concentrate more power on the battlefield in Zhejiang, but he still felt a certain degree of uneasiness.

However, when the envoys of the Imperial Examination arrived in front of the army, after learning that the Qing army seemed to be preparing to make big moves on the southwest battlefield, all doubts were explained.

The total strength of the Qing Dynasty was indeed not comparable to that of the Ming army, but elite troops such as the Eight Banners Army were far from enough to use in number. Usually, they could only rely on those green camp soldiers with relatively low combat power to maintain the system. At present, the Ming army launched a large-scale counterattack on the southwest and southeastern lines, and the Qing Dynasty could only focus on one thing. Since it was in the southwest battlefield, the pressure on the southeast Ming army was naturally much smaller, and on the southeast battlefield, Chen Wen's threat seemed to be greater, and he naturally received less attention from the Qing army.

Although it is not very pleasant to be looked down upon by others, for Zheng Chenggong, accumulating greater strength is the current priority.

Zheng Chenggong was not stingy with praise for Chen Wen, who indirectly helped him share the heavy pressure of the Qing army, and even praised Chen Wen's bravery in front of the envoy. For such an arrogant person, this was already extremely rare.

After Zheng Chenggong captured Zhangzhou, the second siege battle was launched within this year. At this time, the envoys of the Imperial Examination had already left the army of Quanzhou. With the help of Zheng Chenggong's connections, he went north along the commercial road leading to Quzhou from northern Fujian. He has now entered the Wenzhou border for several days.

According to the plan, they would go to the Oujiang River under the cover of the caravan to board the ship, and then go up the river to Quzhou. When they set out in front of the Quanzhou army, Chen Wen had not yet recovered Quzhou, but after these days of trekking, until today, the news of Quzhou's Guangfu and Chen Jin's death finally reached Wenzhou and into their ears.

When they learned that the Ming army in Zhejiang had recovered Quzhou and killed the governor of the Qing Dynasty, the envoys of the Imperial Palace and the caravans that covered them all cheered. Even the envoys of the Imperial Palace sent by Sun Kewang and the deputy envoy who secretly held other missions were no exception.

Although it is only October, this year is a year of good news for the various armies in the Southern Ming Dynasty, as well as anti-Qing people from all over the country, and even ordinary people.

The victory in the southwest battlefield not only recovered a large number of lost territories, but also killed the old traitor King Kong Youde of Dingnan; on the southeast battlefield, Zheng Chenggong captured Zhangzhou and was now besieging Quanzhou, trying to restore Fujian in one fell swoop. Although Chen Wen of Zhejiang did not seem to have recovered many lost territories, he annihilated a large number of Qing troops and killed senior officials at the level of the Qing Governor General. Even if Li Dingguo is not as good as the current Li Dingguo, he is still in a great momentum to catch up.

This was a very good start. After celebrating with everyone, Zhang Gongyan returned to his room and recalled the Ming army he saw along the way. There seemed to be one thing in common, that is, the tactics used by these Ming army that won the battles were different from the current trends. The Ming army in the southwest used war elephant to rush forward, the Ming army in Fujian was a group of three-man vine armored soldiers, and Chen Wen's Ming army in Zhejiang was said to have used the mandarin duck formation by Qi Shaobao.

Zhang Gongyan thought about it, but finally gave up asking Zhang Jun, who led the envoy to the Ming army in Zhejiang. He was a very strict guy and couldn't find out the key points. It was useless to ask.
Chapter completed!