In late April, the Qing army on the south road that advanced eastward completed the confluence and looked at the Ming army across the river in Qujiang.

After the confluence, the Qing army camped for more than ten miles in the line west of Jiangshan Port and Qujiang, with deep ditches and high bases spread all over the place. They used a large number of floating bridges to connect north and south, and several railway cables ran across Changshan Port, and set up a large number of beacon towers on both sides of Changshan Port and Jiangshan Port to prevent the Ming army from entering. It can be said that it was a stance to use Qujiang to defend the enemy.

From the city of Quzhou, Chen Wen could vaguely see various defensive facilities constantly being built in the distance, completely turning the Qing army's battalion into "fortress groups" with formations one by one.

The auxiliary soldiers worked hard. The masters who were forced to go from the countryside in Jiangxi, Fujian and western Quzhou used simple tools to dig the trench deep inch by inch under the supervision and whipping of the Qing army, making the barriers too high little by little, and gradually building the camp intact. Even the deer antlers and other guard tools were responsible for transporting and installing. What they received was only two meals of slim soup and poor water and mixed grain cakes as big as a bowl.

Every day, the auxiliary soldiers who died of exhaustion, were sick, or were just tired and fainted, were thrown down from Qujiang by the Qing army. The Qing army did not have the habit of wasting medicinal materials and energy on these consumables. Because of this, every day, the auxiliary soldiers wanted to try to escape from the control of the Qing army, go up the mountains and down the river, and do everything they could.

Unfortunately, few people can succeed because the company designed by the Qing army officers who have experienced many years of war formations prevented not only the Ming army opposite, but also the Qing army soldiers and auxiliary soldiers in the company.

"Fu Ren, if this continues, the people of our Han family will suffer."

Sun Yu knew very well that Chen Wen was always looking for loopholes or something that could be exploited during this period, but he had no idea. The pressure doubled with time. He didn't want to say these words at first, but standing on the top of the city, watching the Qing army on the other side of the Qujiang River throw the "corpses" that were still struggling or might still struggle into the river. The anger and anxiousness in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

"I know, now, I need to wait for another chance."

According to the deduction of the General Staff day and night, Chen Wen has also found some of the main themes and steps of the Qing army's actions, including the construction of a large-scale camp in Qujiang and the posture of defending the enemy, which has also been confirmed.

However, the Qing army had the smallest troops in the east, but had to face Chuzhou Fucheng and a fortress slightly smaller than Anhua Town Bastion. There were indeed many Qing troops on the northern line, but Anhua Town Bastion had undergone a new round of expansion from the end of last year to the beginning of this year. It had already moved from the original simple bastion to the category of duplex bastions, which was even easier to defend and difficult to attack. In the direction of Yanzhou, the Qing army was still huddled in Tonglu. Looking at that look, those who didn't know thought it was the main attack direction of the Ming army.

At present, the main force in Jiangxi has merged with the Fujian Green Camp. The Qing army has formed a group, but it has not waited for an opportunity to act, and even has no minimum harassment. It is just confronting the Ming army across the river, which is really strange.

The only possibility is that the Qing army is waiting for an opportunity, which will inevitably lead to a breakthrough at one point. Otherwise, if this continues, the financial pressure will be smaller than that of Chen Wen, but Hong Chengchou may not be able to last so long. After all, the Qing Dynasty used troops in the east and west lines in terms of overall situation, and also supported the bannermen, green camps, officials, and suppressed the anti-Qing uprisings of all sizes in various places. It was a lot of money. If Hong Chengchou had no progress, he would inevitably be attacked by the Qing court.

The internal constraints were something Chen Wen had suffered last year, but he had to dare to bet on luck with Hong Chengchou and whether the Qing court would change its commander because of the prolonged relocation.

Through the fog of history, Chen Wen can see that the Qing Dynasty's situation this year is far worse than in history. Although it seems that there are only more of his family, Hong Chengchou did not serve as the Southwest Strategy, and the pressure of the Ming army in the Southwest has been reduced sharply; there is only one left in the second vassal state in Guangdong, and if Li Dingguo goes to Guangdong, it will be much easier; and Zheng Chenggong, the restless guy, has occupied Zhangzhou, and the peace talks will not happen again.

After thinking about it, Hong Chengchou was so anxious to launch an encirclement after taking office as the Southeast Administration. Chen Wen believed that the dog traitor would not let him wait too long and would definitely make a breakthrough at one point. When he started a sudden attack, it was the moment when the field war broke out!

In Zhejiang, in the wilderness battle, the Qi family army had no reason to lose to anyone, even if it was just a replica of the improved version in his hand!

"After driving Hong Chengchou away, the three counties of Quzhou still need to reduce taxes."

Chen Wen's optimism, or the joy of suffering, quickly infected Sun Yu, which made him laugh unconsciously.

"I will keep an eye on those officials and gentry, and I will not let those who harm the people."

After chatting for a while, Sun Yu returned to the yamen and continued to supervise the officials in Quzhou to prepare for guarding the utensils, settle the grain and silver, and arrange refugees to go to the refugee camp in Tangxi. He soon became very busy.

At the same time, the Qing army camp on the west bank of Qujiang River and the generals of Li Benshen's commander camp, which gathered here, were also very busy.

After several times when the generals were covered up as "playing with Chen Wen's son" and fled, although it was a bit embarrassed the last time, the Qing army still achieved convergence and built a large number of camps on the west bank of the Qujiang River. According to Hong Chengchou's plan, this first step of advancement has been considered to be considered as a result.

In fact, the previous encirclements and suppressions were dominated by the Qing army in Zhejiang, and at most, some Qing troops from other provinces were drawn, such as Wang Jing, General Susong in the Battle of Zhoushan, Liu Guangbi, Admiral of Jiangxi in the Battle of Shentangyuan, and Wang Zhigang, General Fujian's Right Road. On the contrary, there were troubles in the southeastern provinces, but the Qing army of Zhejiang always appeared as reinforcements. The reason was that the combat effectiveness and strength of the Qing army in Zhejiang were among the top four southeastern provinces. Naturally, continuous assistance to other provinces can ensure the rule of the Qing Dynasty in the southeastern region.

However, this encirclement and suppression was already very different from the previous and in history. Among the encirclement and suppression units, the East Road and the North Road were still Zhejiang Green Camps, but the main force of the West Road was the same as the Qing army from other provinces - three Fujian Green Camps, two Jiangxi Green Camps, one Jiangnan Green Camps, and two Qing troops from the north formed this army.

But with more soldiers, small groups are naturally inevitable. Almost all the Qing army on the northern line came from Huang Degong's remnants, and the eastern line was two miscellaneous green camp soldiers, so it goes without saying that.

On the southern front, the commander Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew, and the Huizhou general Hu Maozhen is the vanguard general of Gao Jie's army. The two have a close relationship, so they can naturally be considered one faction. Although the general Ma Degong of the right side of Fujian was also from Huang Degong, he was not on the northern front. He is naturally familiar with Yang Minggao, who is also a Fujian green camp, and Wang Zhigang. Even if he was just beaten by Zheng Chenggong together and scared away by Chen Wen together, this is not a friendship. By the same token, Liu Guangbi and Yang Jie in Jiangxi should also be considered one way, but Liu Guangbi's strength was too great in the Battle of Shentangyuan. Yang Jie had three thousand Shanxi soldiers in his hands, and he would definitely have a better chance of making contributions in future wars, which made the two quite subtle.

After all, only the two guerrillas in Fubiao, Henan are considered to be the same. At this moment, they were having a banquet in the big tent. The Henan dialect that kept silent, the maid serving the next to him didn't even listen to a word for a long time.

"Ahem."

With a light cough, Li Benshen, the leader waved his hand. The maids and singing girls serving in the tent retreated one after another. Even the personal soldiers brought in by the generals retreated outside the tent. In a flash, only the chief generals of the Qing army below Li Benshen were left in the entire tent.

"We have completed this first step by following the planning of the boss. I have reported to the boss. I hope you can guard against it and do not allow the rebel Chen Wen to take advantage of the opportunity."

"Everyone convinced Mr. Hong's plan, and even more so, Marshal Li has orders, so we naturally follow it."

“That’s right, it’s right.”

Hu Maozhen's echo immediately aroused the response of the generals. Not to mention the shortest words of cannibalism, Li Benshen was the confidant of the governor of Zuozhen and Hong Chengchou. Even if it was not for Li Benshen's face, it would be for Hong Chengchou's face. The generals naturally knew what to do.

"Then I'll be in trouble."

After Li Benshen said that, he snapped his fingers casually, and the team of singing girls came gracefully again, adding to the fun of the banquet in the army. For a moment, the singing and dancing of the orioles filled the middle. Only Li Benshen, who knew the most comprehensively about Hong Chengchou's planning, had not yet entered the state of the banquet immediately.

"I hope Liu Zhiyuan and Shi Tingzhu can be as planned by the boss of the government, I hope." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!