Li Jianjie is the most prestigious cavalry general in Li Chengdong's army, whether it is leading cavalry battles, or personal martial arts and bravery, it is extremely rare and strong. At this point alone, it is already comparable to those cavalry generals in Zheng Chenggong's army, and even the king of the tiger Wang Jin is a heavy inferior.

It's a pity that such a person died with his brother as he did in history. And now he can keep it up, but it is also because Chen Kai's performance in Guangzhou gives him hope.

In fact, compared to Li Jianjie, Li Yuanyin is no worse at all. He was the head of Li Chengdong's righteous son, and he was quite prestigious in the army, and he was the only person who was considered by the people of the time to be able to overpower the generals after Li Chengdong's death. As for Wu Yong, Li Yuanyin also had an assassin's nickname in later generations, saying that he single-handedly killed Tong Yangjia, Yang Dafu and Luo Chengyao, who were in tune with the Qing army, one of these three people was the former governor of Liangguang, and the other was the general under Li Chengdong who gave the earl, but in front of Li Yuanyin, they were like boys and had no power to fight back, which can be seen.

However, Li Yuanyin is dead, and people cannot be resurrected after death, and Li Jianjie's joining has really given Chen Kai a lot of benefits. The problem is that there are no more war horses left in Li Jianjie's department, and if he wants to form combat effectiveness, Chen Kai obviously has to spend more time and energy and invest too many resources.

"A group of people named Hanako, it's good that they haven't eaten all the horses."

scolded with a smile in his heart, but Chen Kai was still so arrogant on his face. This self-confidence also affected Li Jianjie, and the depression when they first met seemed to have faded a lot at this moment.

Seeing this, Chen Kai asked Li Jianjie: "If you want to take revenge, you must know yourself and your opponent." Now in western Guangdong, how many kings are there, do you know? ”

This is a very important matter, Li Jianjie is not completely unprepared for this, but he is not very clear about the specific situation, so he can only tell Chen Kai what he knows: "Li Guangen in the northwest of Zhaoqing, who used to be Luo Chengyao's general, and later followed my eldest brother, is a trustworthy; Guo Dengdi in Gaozhou Mansion is my father-in-law's old general, but he didn't follow my father-in-law in the morning, he and Ma Bao used to be thieves, and then they were sent to my father-in-law's command; In addition, there are Zhou Tengfeng and Deng Yao in the Lianzhou Mountains, Wang Xing in Wencun, Chen Qice in Shangxiachuan Island, Li Changrong in Hailing Island and others, and I don't know much about the rest. ”

This already knows a lot, at least as far as Chen Kai is concerned, he knows a Chen Qice, and Wang Xing has also heard of it, and the others are not very familiar.

"That Guo Dengdi, the one who failed to attack Qingyuan with Ma Bao when he was defending Guangzhou?"

"That's the man."

"Oh."

Ma Bao, Chen Kai knows, because this person has participated in many major events in the history of Nanming, especially after the victory in Guilin. What's even more strange is that this person later demoted Wu Sangui, followed Wu Sangui and went to oppose the Qing Dynasty, in the years of the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, how many times did the internal and external courts change back and forth, and I don't know how many big people I have followed, and finally died of resisting the Qing Dynasty, which is also an outlier.

As for Guo Dengdi, he is not very familiar with it, but with Ma Bao's background, he also remembered this person's name. Among the rest of the people, most of them are also military generals, but there is also Zhou Tengfeng, a civil official, who lives in Hokkaido, and seems to have a fight with Chen Kai in terms of official rank.

"Northwest of Zhaoqing, some are too far away, let's contact Chen Qice, Wang Xing and Li Changrong nearby."

Linghai general Chen Qice is Chen Kai's old friend, the Pearl River water battle, the Ming army cooperated, and completely annihilated the Qing army's Guangdong naval division, and then Chen Kai also transferred more than 10,000 people who were unwilling to leave Guangzhou Mansion to Chen Qice's banner. With these people, Chen Qice took full control of Shangchuan Island, Xiachuan Island, and a series of surrounding coastal islands, including Dajin Island, and at the same time, Chen Kai's Guangdong Sea route, which he also had a hub between Qiongzhou and Chaozhou, was said to have had a very comfortable life in recent years, and repeatedly sent sailors to harass the coastal Qing army.

Tiger general Wang Xing, whose nickname is the embroidery needle, is a local rogue in Guangdong. His hometown, speaking of which, is still in Dapu County, Chaozhou Prefecture, and he fled for murder to Enping County in the south of Zhaoqing Prefecture. Later, he raised troops here, and used Wencun as a stronghold for a long time to deal with the Qing army.

Wencun is located in a coastal area south of Enping County, north of Xiachuan Island, and west of Guanghaiwei, but it is still the boundary of Guangzhou Prefecture. Hailing Island, on the other hand, was further farther away from Hailing Island, where Li Changrong was based, and had already entered the boundary of Zhaoqing Prefecture to the west of Guangzhou Prefecture, just south of Yangjiang County, the southernmost part of Zhaoqing Prefecture.

These three are not too far away, especially if they are not islands or coasts, they can be traveled by sea, and it doesn't take much time.

When Chen Kai thought of this, he had to write a letter and send a messenger to set off. But at this time, Li Jianjie suddenly remembered something, so angry that Chen Kai almost didn't scold him.

"By the way, the newly appointed governor of the imperial court, Lian Chengbi, is in Wencun......"

The courtesy in the officialdom, the upper and lower levels are humble and humble, and he participated in politics as the political envoy of Guangdong, and when he arrived not far from the governor's yamen, he went to pay a visit, which is right. Li Jianjie gasped for breath and directly disrupted Chen Kai's plan. But looking at this look, it seemed that he was still very inappropriate for that governor, Chen Kai immediately understood this person's mentality, and he didn't bother to say anything about him.

Li Jianjie is the adopted son of Li Chengdong, Li Chengdong followed Li Yuanyin after his death, and later guarded Guangzhou, Li Yuanyin sent him and Li Yuantai to assist Du Yonghe in the city, but also for surveillance. When Guangzhou fell and they arrived in Qiongzhou on their front and back feet, he still followed Li Yuanyin, and looked down on Du Yonghe, who abandoned the city and fled—he had already despised his father-in-law's general-turned-governor to the extreme, not to mention a civilian official sent by the imperial court without soldiers and bravery.

This fifth elder of the Li family is used to this, but Chen Kai is different. Although the etiquette of officialdom is red tape, it is still necessary to go to those who should go, even if they don't say anything about face and help, they just think that if they can avoid some constraints because of this, it is also a good thing.

It is not far to go to Wencun, and Chen Kai has also been to Shangxiachuan Island on the way. Since this is the case, it will inevitably continue to delay time and affect the follow-up plan, so he hurriedly set off after arranging some things.

The ship was quite smooth at sea, the wind was a little unfavorable, but it was not a storm, and it was only a little delayed. Soon the ship arrived at the sea area of Shangxiachuan Island, and was patrolled by the Ming army's sailors, revealing his identity, and there was no obstruction or harassment, but respectfully leading the way.

When he arrived at Shangchuan Island, Chen Kaifang learned that Chen Qice was not here, but went to Wencun to visit Lianchengbi. This was in line with the purpose of his trip, so Chen Kai asked one of Chen Qice's generals to lead the way and rushed to Wencun to meet the governor of Liangguang.

Wencun was not far from Kamikawa Island, and the boat quickly arrived on the shore. Surrounded by hills on the east, west and north, and facing the sea in the south, there is only one trail connected to the interior, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wang Xing took advantage of this risk, took advantage of the geographical advantage, dug Hao, built a village, built a warehouse, and guarded it for many years, whether it was Li Chengdong or Shang Kexi, there was no good way to take him. Even in history, it was the food shortage here that completely wiped out the anti-Qing forces that insisted on the hinterland of Guangdong.

With Chen Qice's subordinates leading the way, Chen Kai revealed his identity and easily entered the fortress with his letter. Lianchengbi stands on top of it, and at the bottom are Wang Xing and Chen Qice. Facing the governor, it was not the first time for Chen Kai, at this moment he was like a courtesy, and he didn't even put up a score, signaled his seat, and praised Chen Kai's feat in Guangzhou the year before last.

At this point, Chen Kai was humble, and the atmosphere here was much more harmonious. This is a good start, Chen Kai replied as he pondered how to realize his intentions next. When everything was clear, he told Lian Chengbi that he had plans to start his visit in addition to paying a visit to the Governor.

"Chen Daotai's plan should have been carefully thought out. However, before talking about things, there are some things that the official wants to ask clearly. ”

"Please speak about the army."

Chen Kai bowed his hand, and then asked Lian Chengbi to continue. The attitude is respectful, and the courtesy of the subordinates to the superior is also fulfilled. But as Lian Chengbi's words blurted out, the air in the entire lobby seemed to drop a few degrees.

"This official remembers that Chen Daotai was a member of the staff of the Marquis of Weiyuan earlier, and the official position of Daotai was also promoted by the Marquis of Weiyuan to the imperial court. Suppose that the decree of the imperial court is contrary to the order of the Marquis of Weiyuan, will Chen Daotai take the edict of the imperial court as the priority, or will he obey the order of the Marquis of Weiyuan? ”