In September of the seventh year of Yongli, Ma Xin, general of Taizhou, Zhejiang, and Hu Laijin, deputy general of Wenzhou, announced that anyway. In less than half a month, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Xiangshan County of Ningbo Prefecture and Qingtian County of Chuzhou Prefecture were successively occupied by the Ming army in Zhejiang. The nearly 10,000 camps of the Ming army were included in the Ming army in Zhejiang. After the defeat of the Eight Banners of the Han army, the battlefield in the southeast was once again earthquake.

The Ming army of Zhejiang was in a state of balance between the southeast and southwest battlefields, and took the lead in breaking the deadlock and sounding the horn of counterattack.

This is something that Hong Chengchou didn't want to see, but he had no choice. If he sent troops to recapture these two prefectures, the navy might be able to do some things. If he went there, he would probably not go there. Instead, he would divide the defenders of other prefectures and counties. But if he did nothing and watched Chen Wen grow and grow step by step, this was not something that Hong Chengchou was willing to see.

In Hong Chengchou's view, Ma Xin and Hu Laijin, anyway, this result was planted when the four provincial capitals suffered a crushing defeat in the last time, but it broke out much faster and bigger than he imagined.

Some time ago, Hong Chengchou had already decided to blockade and move the territory, in order to lock the Ming army in Zhejiang in the space of the four palaces in Jinquyan to prevent its strength from expanding too quickly. However, now, land transportation, freight, and human resources are restrained, but Taizhou and Wenzhou are lost, and the Ming army in Zhejiang can make up for some of the losses by sea trade. Even the night after receiving the news, Hong Chengchou seemed to have seen the Zheng family's sea ships entering and leaving Taiwan, Wen's port, and Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong's attitude of working together.

"Have the reply from Admiral Zhang and Admiral Liu arrived?"

"If you go back to the court, you've just arrived."

After reading the reply from Zhang Yong and Liu Guangbi, Hong Chengchou was still very satisfied with this attitude, which was rare good news. As for the anti-Qing rebel army in western Ganzhou, Cai Shiying was relieved of the headache. Now he was a little overwhelmed by just dealing with Chen Wen, and he had no time to care about these cats and dogs.

But this expression was a different feeling in *******'s eyes. When he first came out of Beijing with Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou in his memory was full of energy, especially his mentality that was so depressed that he could see it even if he was suppressed. But today, Hong Chengchou has only been one year since he left the capital, but he seems to have become ten years older, and the rest is just struggling to support these four words.

Compared with Zhang Dayuan, who was also a great guard, **** was born as a bandit. He lived under the pressure of Hong Chengchou for many years. His awe for this old master has long been deeply rooted, so he served him very carefully, and naturally he had to observe more than others.

No matter how much I always observe the side, Hong Chengchou was thinking about other things in his mind.

A few months ago, Chen Mingxia, a senior secretary of the Secretariat, was imprisoned for his rebellious words, and then he found out the "Tongzhe Case" that was caused by Chen Wen's life experience. Hong Chengchou felt that there was not much energy for this matter for a long time, but he never had time to pay attention to it. However, what he did not expect was that Ning Wan, Feng Quan, Liu Zhengzong, the old Liaodong ministers and the Northern Party used the party struggles, and used the investigation of Chen Wen's life experience to destroy the two ministers with the highest official positions in the Southern Party - Chen Mingxia and Chen Zhilin.

Now, within the Qing court, everyone from Jiangnan civil servants were in danger, for fear of being expanded by the combination of the powerful Liaodong old ministers and the Northern Party.

Hong Chengchou was also from the south, and was also a member of the Southern Party when he was in the court. The reason why he left the capital so quickly last year was involved in the Manchu aristocratic dispute in the Tan Tai case, and the deterioration of the war situation in the southeast was one thing. After seeing the dispute between the eunuch party of the Tianqi Dynasty and the Donglin party, Hong Chengchou had already smelled the trend of the intensification of the party struggle between the north and the south, and tried to escape from the land of right and wrong out of instinct. What he did not expect was that this party struggle would quickly decide the outcome with this inexplicable thing, and the Southern Party, which was once a temporary one, was suppressed.

The impeachment of him in the court is endless. Hong Chengchou knew very well that Shunzhi and the Empress Dowager were willing to protect him because his talents were really irreplaceable. The death of his relatives and nobles was almost gone, and other local governors were far from able to replace him. This was impossible. His greatest use for the Qing court was also in military affairs - the ability to fight against Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong, the two now increasingly popular Ming army commanders.

"I don't know where that Jesuit monk has gone and whether that Spanish phalanx is useful."

There was a lot of thought in my mind, but Hong Chengchou did not stop. Soon, he wrote the order and completed it and sent it directly to Guangxin Mansion.

"Before this hope comes, you must hold one of Chen Wen's legs and never let his strength improve too quickly. Otherwise, the court will really have no chance."

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Using Ma Xin, who had taken the initiative in history, he recovered Taizhou and Wenzhou, two coastal prefectures without bloodshed. Chen Wen has gained a lot this time.

There are six prefectures in Taizhou, namely Ninghai, Tiantai, Linhai, Xianju, Huangyan and Taiping; there are five prefectures in Wenzhou, namely Yueqing, Yongjia, Ruian, Taishun, and Pingyang; plus Xiangshan County in Ningbo Prefecture and Qingtian County in Chuzhou Prefecture. In addition to having extremely small conflicts with the local Ningbo Green Camp in Xiangshan, the Qing Dynasty killed by the other twelve counties only add single digits.

During the Ming Dynasty, prefectures and counties and garrisons went hand in hand, and they recovered the territory of thirteen counties in one go. In this area, Taizhou Guard, Wenzhou Guard, Haimen Guard, Songmen Guard, Panshi Guard, Changguo Guard, Jinxiang Guard, and subordinate Qiancangou, Juexi Guard, Jiantiao Guard, Shipu Front and Houguan, Taozhu Guard, Chumen Guard, Aiwan Guard, Xinhe Guard, Qianguard, Puqi Guard, Ningcun Guard, Hai'an Guard, Shayuan Guard, Pumen Guard and other garrisons were all included in Chen Wen's bag.

Taiwan and Wen are not rich nowadays, but their coastal geographical location has enabled Chen Wen to get the sea outlet that he has been dreaming of for many years. Marine trade can gradually start, and there are many ways to improve his strength, no longer limited to farming. However, compared to these, the biggest gain for Chen Wen is Ma Xin, the general.

"Ziyu, I did not read you wrongly. I am indeed a general."

"The Marquis's praise is that the last general is just acting according to the Marquis' strategy. He should not be allowed or deserved."

"Ziyu, you are too humble. I just set a general direction. The details are perfected by you. You can conquer all the Wenzhou and Taizhou navy in one go. There is nothing to be considered as a matter of no way."

In Chen Wen's impression, Zheng Chenggong has always looked at the land warfare of those who are good at riding and shooting in history, such as Zhoushan deputy general Ba Chenggong and his successor Wang Rong, Taizhou general Ma Xin and his successor Li Bi. The addition of these generals enhanced Zheng Chenggong's land warfare capabilities of the Ming army in Fujian, and qualitatively improved the combat capabilities of this army that started with the pirates in the Fujian Sea.

By the same token, the same was true for the surrendered generals of the Ming army in Fujian. For example, Shi Lang and Huang Wu were rewarded with high officials and generous titles. Especially Huang Wu, who was only a general in the Qing Dynasty, and he was instantly awarded the title of Duke Haicheng. In contrast, General Shi Lang, who was praised by later generations, was also a general in the town when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. At that time, Zheng Chenggong's army had even less, and the value of this general was higher. However, after he surrendered to it, he was demoted to the deputy general, and after he arrived at the platform, he was awarded the title of Marquis. It can even be said that if Huang Wu had not died during the Three Feudal Rebellion, he would probably not have even the chance of the platform.

After being in the inland for a long time, Chen Wen has not lacked military generals who are good at land warfare. Li Ruixin and Yin Yue under his command are now able to stand alone. Wu Dengke won because of his steadiness. He has been studying and nourishing his spirit for many years. He is no longer the same as when he was in Dalan Mountain. He is also a general worthy of confidence. Even other generals who have been promoted to generals and deputy generals have experienced too many wars, and their experience has long been no longer inferior to ordinary green camp generals. But even so, Ma Xin's arrival also made Chen Wen happy.

Ma Xin has strong personal abilities and has strong control over strategic layout and battlefield details. In history, after Ma Xin joined Zheng Chenggong, he almost won consecutive battles and soon became an indispensable and important general under Zheng Chenggong. When Zheng Chenggong fought eastward to Taiwan, Ma Xin was also a staunch supporter. After taking over Taiwan, he had great power in the Changhua area.

"I have considered your position, but before that, you need to be familiar with the organization and tactics of our Zhejiang King's Division. Your subordinates in Taizhou Green Camp will also enter the Zhejiang Martial Arts School and the recruit training camp to retrain. After the end, there will be a brand new number. The banner of Taizhou Green Camp cannot appear in the King's Division."

"The last general understands, and the last general obeys the orders of the marquis."

"Ziyu, don't call him Marquis anymore. That's what civil servants and outsiders call him "Master"."

Hearing this, Ma Xin couldn't help but feel happy. He knew what this meant, so he was naturally very happy.

"Yes, I will obey the orders of the Grand Marshal."

Chen Wen remembers that in a martial arts novel I had read before, mentioning the Five Tiger Generals under Zheng Chenggong, one of which was Ma Xin. Now, based on Zhang Jun’s previous observations and Chen Wen’s information, if you think about it carefully, these five people were actually reused in the Zheng army, and you can’t use them like the Five Tiger Generals of the Western Shu.

Shi Lang, who ranked first, was one of the important generals of Zheng Chenggong's early days, but it was not long before he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty; the second was Liu Guoxuan, who jumped from a gatekeeper to Zheng Chenggong in the eighth year of Yongli to become the commander of the gatekeeper. However, when Zheng Chenggong was alive, Liu Guoxuan was never up and down. Later, he was under Zheng Jing's command to gradually become an important general of the Zheng group. However, at that time, the generals left by Zheng Chenggong had already died in the internal strife of the Zheng family and surrendered. Liu Guoxuan gradually gained power by bullying the indigenous people of Taiwan. He felt that Liao Hua was more reliable than him.

Among the three remaining people, one was Zhou Quanbin, one of Zheng Chenggong's planners, who dominated the grand strategy of Zheng Chenggong's army for a long time; the other was Gan Hui, the most important general of Zheng Chenggong when he was alive. Later, he died in the Battle of Nanjing. It can be said that it was one of Zheng Chenggong's biggest losses in that battle; and the last one was Ma Xin, who rarely lost anyway, not to mention among the generals, even among the Zheng army.

Although the first two of these five tiger generals are not worthy of their reputation, they cannot cover up the abilities and influence of the latter three. They dug up Zheng Chenggong's corner less than two years in advance, and they are one of the most capable generals in Zheng Chenggong's army. As a kind person, Chen Wen felt a little sorry for Zheng Chenggong.

"Report to the Grand Marshal that when the Mo is coming, Deputy General Hu will send General Mo to the Grand Marshal. In addition, a bastion built by Hong Laopinfu in Qingtian County is far from completed yet, so I don't know what to do?"

In Taizhou, Hou Guoyuan and Nantangying had already taken the defense. Chen Wenzhou was preparing to let Wu Dengke take Lishui Camp to seize the two points of Qingtian and Fucheng, and take into account Chuzhou and Wenzhou. However, it was not yet possible. Hu Laijin could only stay there for the time being, waiting for Wu Dengke to complete the defense before he could come to Jinhua to meet Chen Wen. However, since Wenzhou has been recovered by the Ming army, the bastion is meaningless. Should we take advantage of the fact that the people who built the city had not yet been disbanded and demolished the small part of the repaired one, Chen Wen had not ordered it yet.
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