Chapter 30 The Old Bottle
Anyway, in the original history, Ma Xin was a historical event in the first month of the tenth year of the Yongli period, which was two and a half years away.
At that time, it was Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan who entered the Yangtze River three times and then joined Chen Liuyu to siege Zhoushan. Ma Xin sent someone to contact Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong sent his confidant general Zhong Zhenbo Hongxu as promised to lead more than 300 warships to Taizhou Port to meet him.
That night, Ma Xin invited local civil and military officials to attend the meeting under the pretext of "pirates in the city, asking for blocking and suppressing". After the civil and military officials arrived, he ordered his personal soldiers to arrest Fu Mengxu, Taizhou magistrate Liu Yingke, Tongzong Li Yisheng, Linhai magistrate Xu Yu and other officials. The next day, he opened a prison and was not only burned the unbuilt warships, but also led more than 400 subordinates, his family, the prefecture, and county stockpile money and grain, and abandoned the city to join Zheng Chenggong on a boat.
As a result, Zheng Chenggong granted Ma Xin a title of military service to the general who captured the captive generals. Later, Ma Xin made many military achievements in previous battles. When Zheng Chenggong marched eastward to Taiwan, he was also a more steadfast supporter among the generals, and even defeated the Dutch rifles with bows and arrows there, and was respected by the Dutch at that time.
Anyway, Ma Xin brought Zheng Chenggong more than 400 troops who were proficient in cavalry and shooting and were used to land warfare, as well as a large amount of money, food, weapons and warships from the treasury and county treasury of Taizhou Prefecture. Zheng Chenggong, who was urgently in need of a general who was good at land warfare, paid the title of a general with seals and the dispatch of Zhongquan Town.
No matter how much he is, the local tyrant of Fujian who is engaged in cross-border trade, Chen Wen's subordinates are still digging food in the soil. He is amazing, but he is just a rich man, so he robbed Zheng's local tyrant's business and did not intend to invest too much, but he wanted more returns!
After sending Ma Xin away, Chen Wen, who was greedy, returned to Jinhua. In addition to the fact that there seemed to be some problems with the summer tax collection on Sun Yu, Hong Chengchou would definitely jump out to make trouble if there was any trouble here. Nantangying had already set out secretly, and the only mobile troops in his hand was left, he had to come back to take charge, hoping that if the situation was not good, he could still rely on the prestige accumulated over the years to allow those new camps who had not finished training to perform well.
Compared to Chen Wen who was struggling, Ma Xin was not much better. A long-standing battle barracks were about to arrive. In addition, the special operation team that had been temporarily placed under his command seemed to be as if he was just watching from the wall, and Hou Guoyuan and the others would not have no hope of annexing Taizhou by themselves. However, compared to Chen Wen's appetite, this battalion and a special operation team, even if he is an insider, it is not enough to see it no matter how you look at it!
He rode his horse all the way back and returned to the capital city soon. Today, Taizhou City is not the location of Taizhou City in later generations, but is located in Linhai County, which is also considered to be the same city as prefectures and counties. The camp is located in the city, and the camp was not as lively as it is now. Because of the order to expand, Ma Xin had to bring in a group of new recruits to practice in the camp, which led to the current scene.
After a detailed discussion with Chen Wen, he had already understood Chen Wen's general intention, but the details were still controlled by him personally. Back at the camp, Ma Xin originally planned to understand the camp affairs that had left these days as before. Who knew that after watching it for a while, Bing Beidao Fu Mengxu rushed over.
"Ma Shuai, this order to move the territory cannot be delayed any more."
Ma Xin is a long-time general. Last year, the "Xunxian" made considerable contributions. Local civil servants did not interfere in military affairs. Fu Mengxu did not ask Ma Xin what he gained from Xunxian this time. After clearing out the idle people, he directly told the purpose of the trip.
The move to the border was an order issued by Hong Chengchou's Southeast Risk Office, and the green camps of all prefectures were implemented. Taizhou has many mountains and few lands, so it is not rich. Small anti-Qing armed forces have always been cleaned up due to this terrain. The move to the border was to clear the small anti-Qing armed forces in Taizhou by moving the people, which is also the intention. On the one hand, Hong Chengchou's holy relatives are strong, and on the other hand, there is credit and wealth. Fu Mengxu naturally flocks to this.
"Weixian, I'm afraid this matter needs to be discussed for a long time."
After hearing this answer, Fu Mengxu was stunned at first, as if he thought he had heard it wrong. When he reacted, he quickly said to Ma Xin: "This is the military order of General Hong. As far as I know, all prefectures have begun to be implemented, but Taizhou has not been moved for a long time. Ma Shuai, you go out to visit the county, and I can take care of you for some time, but now I still have to make a long-term plan. What is this?"
"One time and another time."
Ma Xin left the tent and confirmed that the personal soldiers and Fu Mengxu's servants were at a certain distance from each other. Then he came back and led the already impatient soldiers to the map.
"Bingxian, you can see that our Taizhou area borders Jinhua controlled by the traitor Chen Wen, and Chuzhou, and those places are mountainous areas, which are very complicated."
"Ma Shuai, isn't this always the case?"
How could Ma Xin not know what Fu Mengxu meant? He deliberately lowered his voice and said to Fu Mengxu: "That's true, so it's true. Not to hide the military constitution, I ended up inspecting the defenses of various counties this time, but unexpectedly got another news, saying that Chen Wen was preparing to attack Taizhou in a large-scale manner!"
Chen Wen's name is well-known in the southeast battlefield today, especially the officials and generals of the Qing Dynasty. Almost no one knows the meaning of the name. When Fu Mengxu heard this news, he immediately widened his eyes, shocked and unbelievable. Then, even in panic, he appeared on his face one after another, and without exception, he caught Ma Xin's eyes.
"We must report this matter to General Hong, Governor Liu and Governor Xiao as soon as possible, and we must let them send troops to provide assistance!"
Are you already afraid to this level?
Ma Xin secretly spied in his heart. The impact of the eight banners of the Han army and Shi Tingzhu's heads was indeed quite large. If Chen Wen was defeated by the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, perhaps it might be possible that the incident of fleeing or surrendering would happen - just like Li Dingguo killed Kong Youde in Guangxi at that time.
"The military constitution, this matter is only initially obtained the news. Whether it is true or not can be confirmed for a while. With the information from the military, the last time the four provincial capitals destroyed a lot of inventory, and Jinquyan's summer tax collection this year seems not to be very smooth, and even the expansion of the army is not as easy as before. It is unlikely that a large-scale military use is very likely to be used at this time. If the military information is falsely reported, then the other governments will have to turn the blame on us."
"Ma Shuai's words are reasonable, and he should be cautious and cautious."
Misreporting military information is a serious crime. After hearing Ma Xin's explanation, Fu Mengxu felt that something was wrong. The extent to which the rumors on the roadside were exaggerated was unimaginable. If it was true or false, he would have to take the blame for the blame. Who wouldn't let him find out the problem?
As for the warehousing issue mentioned by Ma Xin, he remembered that there was news from the Southeast Jingliya that after all, the encirclement and suppression had not been achieved, and there was still a big defeat. The Ming army could not capture Guangxin Mansion because of the bastion, but there was no such thing elsewhere. The only explanation for the Ming army's failure to launch an attack at that time was that the food and grass were insufficient. Moreover, the territory was large, so there must be troops stationed. Since there was a problem with the expansion, it was logical that it was not appropriate to send troops now to avoid dividing the army.
The collection time of land tax in the Ming and Qing dynasties was completely different, and it was extremely obvious in Jinhua and Taizhou. In the occupied areas of the Ming army in Zhejiang, the summer tax could not pass August, while the autumn tax could not pass February of the second year; in Taizhou, according to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, the summer tax, that is, the busyness was generally between February and May, and the autumn tax was between August and November.
It was September at this time. The summer tax on the Ming army had just been completed, but according to Ma Xin, it was not very smooth. In Taizhou, the summer tax was completed a few months ago, and even a lot of inventory was consumed. However, the autumn tax has been levied. No matter how you look at it, the inventory pressure on Taizhou is smaller.
Ma Xin's explanation was reasonable, but Fu Mengxu's panic was difficult to calm down for a while. The Ming army in Zhejiang is now growing more and more powerful, not only overwhelming the limelight of the Ming army in Fujian, but also made the Qing civil and military officials in the four southeastern provinces afraid. This time, he came to the order to move the boundary, but he got this news. Although he was not a custodian of Taizhou Prefecture, the other prefectures in charge had already moved the boundary. Only Taizhou was still slowing down, which made him not even a reason to avoid it temporarily.
He cursed Ma Xin in his heart, but he repeatedly told him to confirm the information clearly and remember to keep it confidential before Fu Mengxu returned to the yamen.
However, he did not intend to take any responsibility for Taizhou civil and military officials, but sent someone to send this information to Nanchang, Fuzhou and Hangzhou. The content was just vague, and it was just a rumor, and it was not a hurry document to prevent Shangguan from seeing it as a fuss and not calm enough. But in contrast, he did not leak it out and made plans just in case.
After waiting for three days anxiously, Ma Xin sent someone to invite him, saying that there was something strange in Jinhua and asked him to discuss strategies to suppress the blockade.
A military general asked a civil servant to attend the meeting, which was somewhat rude, but Fu Mengxu was anxious about the authenticity of the information. Without doubting him, he took the people to Ma Xin's camp. However, after entering the tent, he saw not only Ma Xin, but also Liu Yingke, the governor of Taizhou, Li Yisheng, the magistrate of Linhai, Xu Yu, and Liu Xisheng, the county magistrate of Linhai, were all there, obviously only waiting for him.
All local civil and military officials are here, and Fu Mengyu's heart was immediately cold, but what he didn't expect was that after he cleared out the idle people, Ma Xin's first words made him fall into the abyss.
Chapter completed!