In mid-February, Sun Yunxuan was ordered to set off from Shangchuan Island and sail to Zhejiang. After going out to sea, his primary enemy was Xu Long, the deputy general of the Qing Dynasty Guangdong Navy.

Xu Long, like Sun Yunxuan, was actually both pirates from the Guangdong Sea. However, unlike Sun Yunxuan and other rebels in the anti-Qing Dynasty, Xu Long chose to keep an eye on the Tartars. When the Qing Dynasty's own naval army was at a serious disadvantage, he also relied heavily on generals who were good at naval battles. This was the case with Huang Wu, Shi Lang, and Xu Long.

However, with Chen Wen's decisive victory in Guangxin Prefecture and deep into Guangdong in the south, the situation of the Qing army in Fujian began to fall into extreme passiveness. In the Jiangmen victory, Chen Qice killed Gai Yipeng in the formation, and the Qing army's Guangdong navy suffered a heavy blow. Shang Kexi could not continue to pour in the decreasing resources into the navy in the future. Xu Long's navy still exists, but his control over sea control was minimal.

This is not a good thing for Shang Kexi, but it is the biggest good thing for the Ming army in Guangdong. Sun Yunxuan and his party set off on a boat and soon bypassed the Guangzhou Bay, which was re-controlled by Xu Long, and headed towards the Fujian waters without any danger.

Before arriving in the waters of Nanao, he encountered a small storm outside the sea, but in the end he was in danger. However, after arriving in the waters of Nanao, he was soon intercepted by the Ming army in Fujian.

"The last general is the admiral of the Guangdong Navy, and the guerrilla warrior Sun Yunxuan, General Linghai, was under the command of the artillery team of Chen Shuai."

Sun Yunxuan took out the seal. After the officers of the Fujian Ming army in Nan'ao inspected it and confirmed that the seal was indeed from the Ming army. However, Sun Yunxuan was going to Zhejiang, which forced him to deal with it.

"It turns out that the ancestor Sun moved to the left."

Originally, Sun Yunxuan was eager to rush to Zhejiang. After all, this was related to the life and death of his brothers. When he heard this, he immediately expressed his dissatisfaction to the officer.

"This general, the last general rushed to Zhejiang for help after the order of my general!"

However, the officer didn't care. His mission was to inspect ships in the waters of Nanao. As long as it was a merchant ship, he could only pass through the Taiwan Strait by paying the toll from the Zheng Group. However, this time, the news brought by Sun Yunxuan really surprised him. Guangdong was in chaos, which might be a good opportunity for the Ming army in Fujian. As a naval officer, he could make better decisions when discovering information and would always receive some rewards.

"Sun Guerrilla, I will say this. It is impossible for you to pass through the coast of Fujian without the flags issued by our troops." After singing the white face, the officer then added: "Actually, when you go to Zhejiang, you always have to pass through the Zhongzuo Institute, which will take less than a day and a half."

Anyone who walks along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong knows that Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong has such rules. Unless you go east and walk around Penghu, you will not be familiar with the guide on the ship, and the second is that there is now a sphere of influence of the Red and Barbarians. Instead of passing by to face the Red and Barbarians with unknown positions, it is better to go to Zhongzuo to reason. After all, the King of Xining and King Yanping are not in-laws.

"Okay, then let's set off now. One day earlier, there will be fewer brothers in Guangdong."

The route was re-planned and escorted by a sea ship from the Ming army of Fujian. The two sea ships set off directly for Zhongzuo So. Nanao is in eastern Guangdong and was once the earliest base for Zheng Chenggong when he raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Zhongzuo So was in southern Fujian, and the two places were not far apart. Therefore, they arrived at this important military town not long after.

"It seems that Yanpingfan suffered a lot last year."

Before the Battle of Xinhui in the eighth year of Yongli, the old captain brought Li Dingguo's messenger to see Zheng Chenggong in order to join forces to attack Guangdong. At that time, the Ming army in Fujian was strong and stronger than the same period in history. After all, the Battle of Fengchao Mountain did not happen. But now, it is not considered a waste and outdated, but the morale of the army is obviously much lower. Looking closely at the weapons of the Ming army passing by, the military uniforms seemed a bit shabby, and only the sea ships with woven ports were still the same, and even busier.

Sun Yunxuan had never been here, and was not interested in thinking about the old captain's feelings at this moment. His mission was to go to Zhejiang to seek help. Since it has been confirmed that the strength of the Ming army in Fujian has been greatly degraded, then he is just here to go on such a journey. Leaving here as soon as possible to rush to Zhejiang is the right way.

Someone led the inspection along the way, although many unnecessary troubles were saved, so they quickly arrived at the Yanping County Prince's Mansion in Zhongzuo.

Zheng Chenggong had already received news in advance for their arrival. In his opinion, the Shang family, Geng family, and even the fence-bearer Hao Shangjiu of Chaozhou were not sincerely loyal to the Ming Dynasty. They were simply forced to do so by Chen Wen. Now the Qin vassal and the Ming vassals in the southwest are about to strife, so it would be strange if Shang Kexi did not jump out.

However, it has to be said that the time point of Shang Kexi was very good. Now the forces are either as weak as he is or being tied by other forces. Chen Wen has gained the initiative in the national strategy, but the army was striding to recover the area south of the Huai River in Nanzhili at the end of last year. Now, even if they want, they lack enough energy to quickly interfere with Shang Kexi. Once Shang Kexi occupy Guangdong and Guangxi, it will inevitably become an important force. At that time, Sun Kexi will restrain each other in the southwest and face the southeast, and can join forces with Sun Kexi to curb Chen Wen's westward advance. I think Sun Kexi will not refuse.

However, in this world, the three elements of law, art, and power, are often unable to defeat the general trend. Only by relying on victory after victory can we reverse the general trend to achieve twice the result with half the effort. This is the case this time. Unfortunately, the side holding the general trend does not seem to intend to let the situation go out of control.

Zheng Chenggong had a spy in Guangdong, and it was impossible for him to know that there was an accident there. After asking concisely, Zheng Chenggong picked up a letter on the case and attracted the attention of Sun Yunxuan and others.

"You don't have to go to Zhejiang. King Yue has already compiled a book on this king. The army will soon be sent to Fujian. You will be rushing to the sky now, and most of them will be empty."

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On the third day of the third month of the tenth year of Yongli, this day is Shangsi Festival. According to legend, it is the birthday of Emperor Huangdi of Xuanyuan. On this day, there are always celebrations such as banquets by the water and spring outings in the suburbs. However, on such a festive day, Chen Wen has already stood above Xianxia Pass, the most important pass between Fujian and Zhejiang.

The army crossed Xianxia Pass and headed southward. Jianning Prefecture south of Xianxia Pass was already taken into the possession of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang last year. The Duke of Gan Kingdom Zhang Zisheng had been stationed here earlier to intimidate the Qing army under Liu Qingtai's troops in Fujian and Geng Jimao, the former King of Jingnan, who was named Prince of Nan'an. It was not until the military expansion plan of the Fujian Central Division was implemented that it temporarily retreated to Quzhou to reorganize the army.

After several months of training, the Minzhong Division, which had two old camps and a newly formed new camp, completed the training task. As the Siming Division, who had previously been in charge of Suzhou, headed south by boat, Chen Wen planned to sort out the first step in the military operations in the south before the Northern Expedition, and officially launched the military operations of the Fujian Qing army controlled by the last Qing army in the southeast, Liu Qingtai, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian.

"King, Liu Qingtai is now short of military rations and has a low morale, which is not worth worrying about. Geng Jimao and Yanpingfan need more attention."

Liu Qingtai, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Yang Minggao, the governor of Fujian, and Tong Guoqi, the governor of Fujian, are now the officials of the Qing Dynasty in Fujian. As for the prefectures and counties they controlled, one is Fuzhou Prefecture, one is Yanping Prefecture, and one is Funing Prefecture, and one is Funing Prefecture. The elder brother Saner, one is one, and it is perfect.

During the previous war, the left-leaning general of Fujian, Wang Zhigang, was killed, and the right-leaning general of Ma Degong, was dismissed from his post and returned to the capital for some reason. The successor Liu Zhongjin was a member of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army and a native of the Dongning Guard of Liaoyang. He had already died the year before. Because Chen Wen won the victory of Guangxin Prefecture in the eighth year of Yongli, he took advantage of the opportunity to recover Jiangxi. The road leading to other Qing army-occupied areas in Fujian was completely cut off. The town of the right-leaning general was adapted into the Supervisor Camp by Liu Qingtai because he did not have a commander in command and entered Fuzhou Prefecture.

It is precisely because the road was completely cut off, just as Zhang Zisheng said that the Qing army in Fujian lost the military rations from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and could only rely on inventory and looting places to survive. They also had several conflicts with local gentry, but the military rations were still short of their limits.

As the saying goes, if the army has no food, it will be scattered. This Qing army has been alone since the second half of the eighth year of Yongli. After a year and a half, the morale of the army has long been deteriorated. Not only have there been a large number of escapes, but many green camp soldiers simply fled to the Ming army occupied by Jiangsu and Zhejiang to be ordinary people. Even if they are still in various departments, their morale is extremely low. Don’t think about training or anything. Apart from going out to grab grain, there is probably nothing that can stimulate their morale.

It is naturally not worth worrying about an army that has reached this point. Chen Wen’s method of using them is actually very simple, just to prohibit grain trade in these three governments in one move, that’s all.

"Brother Zhang said so much. This time, I brought two divisions of war soldiers and more than 5,000 local garrisons to guard various places, in order to create a stable rear environment for the future Northern Expedition."

Zhang Zisheng was a senior. He had been fighting against the Qing Dynasty in Jiangxi for many years, which was much longer than Chen Wen's anti-Qing period. The two had a very good relationship in private. Chen Wen had always been called his brother in private, and even this was the case since he had just had letters. Otherwise, Zhang Zisheng would not have made up so quickly to hand over all military powers to join Chen Wen's command.

Chen Wen made a big move with two divisions plus 5,000 local garrisons. Although he was not in an advantage in military strength compared to these three forces in Fujian, Chen Wen was still full of confidence.

"Then we will set out first, so that Yang Minggao will destroy the Yanping Mansion ship. The army will have to walk and waste time."

The Yanping Prefecture City and the provincial capital of Fujian Fuzhou are both on the bank of Jianjiang River, one in the upper reaches and the other in the lower reaches. In the plan formulated by the Staff Office, the Fujian Central Division headed south to Jianning Prefecture, which was only about a hundred miles away, and controlled the ships there. Then the army went downstream and reached the city of Fuzhou. The Siming Division, as a partial division, disembarked in Wenzhou, entered Funing Prefecture along the land, and then headed south to join the Minzhong Division in Fuzhou.

The distance between Xianxia Pass and Jianning Prefecture City is one or two times longer than that between Jianning Prefecture City and Yanping Prefecture City. Chen Wen's army marched south at a marching speed of four to fifty miles a day. The speed of infantry marching was no longer slow. As a result, before he arrived at Jianning Prefecture City, Zhang Zisheng's messenger came to report that Yanping Prefecture City went down without fighting. Zhang Zisheng controlled all the ships and was dispatching troops to collect the counties.

When Zhang Zisheng set out, he only brought the cavalry battalion of the Minzhong Division. It was very mobile, but it was a fantasy to use cavalry to attack defending cities.

The reason why it was so fast was actually very simple. Zhang Zisheng only took the banner of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Fujian Governor Biaoying stationed in Yanping Prefecture directly opened the city to surrender. Even Tong Guoqi, the uncle of the next emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was tied to Zhang Zisheng's horse by these traitors.

The morale of the Qing army in Fujian was so low that it was beyond reinvigorated. It took no more than one soldier to restore Yanping Prefecture. Zhang Zisheng became more and more eager to Sichuan and had the idea of ​​the Yanping Prefecture counties. As a result, when Chen Wen led the army to arrive, the scope was quite large and most of the mountainous areas had been restored. Many of them were run to Yanping Prefecture before Zhang Zisheng sent troops to the local civil servants and green camps to surrender.

The situation was very good. After a little repair, the army took a boat east to Fuzhou Fucheng, the provincial capital of Fujian. Along the way, Minqing County went down without fighting. When Chen Wen arrived at Fuzhou Fucheng, he first received the Siming Division's progress smoothly. Yang Minggao committed suicide in Funing Prefecture. The army had even crossed Funing Prefecture to arrive at Luoyuan County. Then the scene that left him speechless was revealed in front of him.

"We deserve to die for all our crimes, and we beg the king to punish him."

A provincial capital opened the city and surrendered. The unlucky governor, like the unlucky governor a few days ago, was tied up by the rioters below, and the city just announced that it had changed hands.

"Is this called war?"

Hearing this, Zhang Zisheng still held the majesty of the general and had a tense face. However, a middle-level and lower-level officer could not help but laughed out loud.

"The last general lost his etiquette before."

"After the military operation is over, go to the Military Justice Department to receive the punishment."

"I will obey the order."

The officer retreated, Chen Wen shook his head and led his army into the city.

Fuzhou was one of the construction sites of treasure ships used by Zheng He to voyages to the West in the early Ming Dynasty. When it arrived in the Southern Ming Dynasty, it was the capital of the Longwu Dynasty, also known as Fujing.

The Longwu Dynasty failed to last long and declared collapse under Zheng Zhilong's betrayal. On the ruins, in addition to the battle between Emperor Longwu's younger brother Emperor Shaowu and Emperor Yongli of Gui Fan, the Qing army was cheaper, a hero who, under the banner of "Loyalty and Xiaobo recruited the general to punish the country and the country's surname" stood up and resolutely raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty when his father and a large number of uncles surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, stood up, which led to a series of glory in the Fujian anti-Qing struggle in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Fuzhou was not the destination of Chen Wen's trip, but a phased goal. After a short rest, the army left Fuzhou Prefecture, crossed Jianjiang and advanced all the way to the southwest.

The southwest of Fuzhou Prefecture is Xinghua Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture. These two prefectures are the areas controlled by the former King of Jingnan and the current Prince of Nan'an. In fact, if Chen Wen had not interfered with Fujian last year, Fuzhou and other places would have fallen into Geng Jimao's hands, but it would have been a small trouble for Chen Wen, because Geng Jimao's military rations were also taken into the hands of Chen Wen.

Of course, Geng Jimao did not wait for death completely. He announced that in the past two years, Geng Jimao acted as a merchant between Liu Qingtai and other Ming troops, purchasing large amounts of goods robbed by the Qing army and goods including sugar, and then resold them to merchants in the Ming army controlled areas, including Chen Wen, Zheng Chenggong and Hao Shangjiu, and then sold them to merchants in the exchanged areas at a high price to Liu Qingtai, and reap the profits.

Liu Qingtai used the food obtained from trade to continue to maintain the army for the Qing Dynasty. Through this trade, Geng Jimao also expanded his army. However, his expansion speed was far inferior to that of Zheng Chenggong who controlled the Taiwan Strait and Chen Wen who conquered the city and territory. However, there were no less than 20,000 combat soldiers, all of which were strictly trained.

Selling food and grass to the Qing army was a crime, or an excuse, used by Chen Wen to send troops to attack Geng Jimao. He did not want to keep any of Shang Geng's two fanfares. As for the reason, it was very simple. Only death was the greatest comfort for those martyrs.

After Geng Jimao's crime was announced, Chen Wen's army directly rushed to Xinghua Prefecture. The defenders of Xinghua Prefecture did not go beyond his expectations. Sure enough, they gave up the city and retreated to Quanzhou to defend.

In terms of the strength of both sides, Geng Jimao was already at a disadvantage. He was less confident in combat power than Chen Wen's tiger and wolf army. Since this is the case, instead of being defeated by Chen Wen in two places, it is far better to gather in one place and have the possibility of fighting to the death.

As the strongest warlord, Chen Wen was too lazy to even ask for orders. Geng Jimao was not a fool. He knew that Chen Wen was now strong and entering Fujian was also preparing for the future Northern Expedition. With the request to send his son as a sacred person, Chen Wen flatly refused, and war was inevitable, so he had to ask Zheng Chenggong in Zhangzhou while indenting Quanzhou.

A few days later, Chen Wen approached the city. After a few hours, Zheng Chenggong's army also appeared on the other side, and a large number of warships roamed outside Quanzhou Port. The morale of Geng's army on the top of the city was greatly boosted, but something unexpected happened to them soon. That is, after Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong's messengers contacted the north of the city, the Ming army of Fujian divided into a section of the river and lived next to Chen Wen's army, completely surrounding the Quanzhou Prefecture City.

The reinforcements were originally Chen Wen's.
Chapter completed!