Yanzhou Prefecture was named in the eighth year of Hongwu, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. In addition to Jiande, where the city is located, there are also five counties including Shouchang, Tonglu, Fenshui, Chun'an, and Sui'an. However, due to the construction of the Xin'an River Reservoir in later generations, the overall terrain changes greatly, and it is not said that many counties are combined. Even Jiande County, which is the location of Jiande City in later generations, moved to Baisha Town.

However, it is still the end of the Ming Dynasty. Even the concept of Xin'an River Reservoir has not yet been formed. The location of Yanzhou Prefecture is still in Meicheng Town, where Fuchun River and Lanxi meet. For Ming army, you can quickly approach this city from Lanxi.

After Chen Wen's order was issued, Dongyang Camp stationed in Jinhua boarded the ship, while Chen Wen personally led the Ming army in Quzhou followed closely. However, as soon as the subsequent army arrived in Lanxi County, the vanguard replied to Chen Wen, saying that the Yanzhou Green Camp gave up Yanzhou Prefecture without fighting and fled towards Tonglu.

When this news came, Chen Wen thought that the Yanzhou Green Camp was afraid of the power of the Ming army, he continued to lead his troops. However, as soon as he arrived at Yanzhou Prefecture, there was news that the Ming army was defeated in attacking Tonglu. The subsequent information showed that the Qing army had abandoned other counties in Yanzhou long before the Ming army set off, and only stationed troops in Jiande and Tonglu. When the Ming army appeared within the sight of the Qing army in Yanzhou, these Qing troops in Yanzhou set sail south to Tonglu.

The same recipe and the same taste, the Qing army came to Chuzhou last year. If it weren't for the inside story from Zhang Guoxun and the pressure brought by Hong Chengchou, Chen Wen would probably have been unable to react immediately.

Just like Chuzhou last year, Hong Chengchou clearly used the territory of Yanzhou Prefecture to delay the Ming army's offensive and thus gain more time for the Qing army. Therefore, the Qing army in Tonglu would definitely strive to defend the country, not only to cover Hangzhou behind it, but also to weaken the power of the Ming army for the offensive that Hong Chengchou would inevitably launch.

As Chen Wen thought, the Qing army used iron chains to block the river in Fuyang and built a short-lived city wall, which seemed to have the intention to defend the enemy. According to Yin Yue's report, the Qing army gathered green camp soldiers from Yanzhou and Hangzhou in Tonglu County, including some of the Han Eight Banners Army, but the number was not large, but it was not clear whether there were reinforcements and how many reinforcements were there.

In this way, Tonglu would never be as easy as Jiande or the country to capture it, but instead it could become a quagmire that would make it so deep into a mud.

Originally, for him, the attack on Yanzhou was to raid Hangzhou, forcing Hong Chengchou to take action in advance and disrupt the arrangement of the Qing army. But now the Qing army has made such a move. Chen Wen had some hesitation. Hong Chengchou seemed to have seen his plan, so he let the Yanzhou Green Camp deploy such defense. After a while, he entered Hong Chengchou's plan.

From the beginning when Qian Qianyi learned that Hong Chengchou might be the Southeast Administration, Chen Wen knew that this dog traitor was not a good role to be with. But unexpectedly, it seemed that since Hong Chengchou went south, he had already been under the plan of this guy.

Perhaps Hong Chengchou didn't know this sentence at all when using space to exchange for time, but Chen Wen believed that he had figured it out. The most taboo thing about strategy and tactics is to be at the rhythm of others. In this way, it would be extremely easy for the opponent to calculate. But now, whether it is continuing to attack or returning to Jinqu, it is all under Hong Chengchou's calculations.

Since this is the case, the two sides took the least harm. Chen Wen decided to return first so that the soldiers could save more power to deal with the upcoming and coming offensive of the Qing army. Of course, if Li Dingguo could accept his previous invitation, he could also launch a better attack on Jiangxi.!

Chen Wen thought carefully that the core area of ​​the Ming army occupied by Zhejiang is Jinhua, where most of the soldiers come from here, and the land distributed is mostly here. In addition, although Jinhua is broken, it is a place where the Ming army's tax quota is currently greater than Quzhou, which is still recovering from tax exemption and Chuzhou, which is not wealthy.

If the Qing army sent troops to fight, it might have come from multiple directions, but the core target of the attack must be the Quzhou and Anyuan Marquis Mansion, which had just been recovered for only a few months, as well as Jinhua, where a series of yamen and workshops were located.

After returning to Jinhua, Chen Wen ordered that Lishui Camp leave an infantry bureau in Chuzhou, and the rest of the troops go to Quzhou to cooperate with the garrison there to strengthen the city defense and prepare for guarding equipment just in case. At the same time, only a small army was left in the Yanzhou Prefecture prefecture, which was only used to warn Jinhua.

But a few days later, several waves of messengers who came to deliver the letter arrived in Jinhua one after another, and the first one to arrive was Wang Yi's old friend Lu Yuding.

Lu Yuding brought some tickets here, and at the same time brought news that Dinghai General Zhang Jie took his Biao Battalion away from Ningbo Prefecture not long ago, and his whereabouts were unknown.

As far as Chen Wen knows, Ningbo Prefecture has three Qing troops, first of which is Ningbo Green Camp, with two thousand people in the organization and local green camp. The combat effectiveness is similar to that of Shaoxing Green Camp, and they are just some native chickens and tiles; then there is Zhoushan Green Camp, with three thousand people in the organization. Except for the infantry in the middle camp, both left and right battalions are water camps. The deputy general in charge is Ba Chenggong, who is a Mongolian. He used to be Tian Xiong's general, but the combat effectiveness of the troops is hard to say, because the mixed organization from various departments is too chaotic; and finally, the highest level of the main general is this Dinghai General Bian Battalion, with three thousand people in the organization. Its general Zhang Jie was originally a general of Huang Degong, and later sold the Emperor Hongguang with Tian Xiong. His subordinates were all old-fashioned except for the left camp that had been transferred to Fubiao Camp, and his combat power was quite strong, otherwise he would not always be stationed there to fight against the Ming army in Zhoushan.

Where did the General Zhang Jie of Dinghai go? Lu Yuding's relationship was not solved, but in Chen Wen's opinion, this Qing army had only one destination, that is Hangzhou. After all, the city where the Eight Banners of Hangzhou was stationed was there, which was of great importance. If Chen Wen broke through the Tonglu defense line and the city defense in Hangzhou, the chain reaction brought by Hong Chengchou may not be able to bear it. It is always right to be safer.

Lu Yuding entered the gate of the Hou Mansion, and Huang Zongxi ran over. However, what Huang Zongxi brought was not news from his hometown, but from Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi had previously proposed the third bureau of the Luping and the candidates who sent people to Guizhou to meet the Emperor Yongli and the Qin King Sun Kewang who had discussed it had already set off in February - Yao Zhizhuo, Zhu Quangu and a Confucian scholar named Zhu Ben, the three of them went upstream along the Yangtze River and prepared to enter Guizhou from Huguang.

This matter is just a notice, and the key is another matter. Qian Qianyi learned through his relationship that a Han Eight Banners soldier with a force of no less than two thousand heading south from Beijing. If nothing unexpected happens, he should have entered Hangzhou Prefecture.

This news made Chen Wen sweat a lot. A few days ago, **** led a large army to attack Yanzhou, intending to raid Hangzhou Prefecture. If he really went to the city of Hangzhou so unknown, who would know what would happen.

This army must be Hong Chengchou is going to deal with him. There is no need to doubt this anymore, but it is not yet known where it will be used.

Huang Zongxi came and left in a hurry, but Lu Yuding wanted to stay and advance and retreat with Chen Wen. It seemed that this was an important moment and wanted to contribute to the Zhejiang Ming army, which was born from the Ming army in Dalan Mountain. However, the Ming army in Zhejiang has systems in everything, and Lu Yuding did not have any administrative or military experience. Instead of staying here, it would be better to go back to Ningbo and continue to lurk. If you get any useful news, it is better to have a free meal in Jinhua.

Wanyan sent Lu Yuding away, but a few days later, Zhang Zisheng sent someone to come, and there was also an intelligence officer sent by Chen Wen to Nanchang with Zhang Zisheng's envoy. As for the news brought by this person, Hong Chengchou had already rushed to Guangxin Mansion not long ago, and the Qing army gathered in Nanchang had also set out, and the target was Guangxin Mansion where Hong Chengchou is now located.
Chapter completed!