Everything is just the beginning, everything needs to start from little by little, just like when they took the imperial examination, they always had to start literacy from 300,000, and gradually understand this knowledge from the "Analects".

After completing the initiation ceremony, Zou Nan and they gave a few more days of courses, or brainwashed for a few days, and this group of new members can be regarded as having completed this stage of work. Next, I went back to my hometown to lurk for a while, and then came back to listen to the lectures, and began to form mutual aid associations, which snowballed.

At the time of parting, a member from Yongxin County in the western part of Ji'an Province talked to Zou Nan about something, saying that the Qing court's encirclement and suppression of Luo Xiaoshan's rebel army seemed to be intensifying, and there were more and more green battalion soldiers passing through Yongxin County from Fucheng. It seems that even the Green Battalion soldiers who passed by them the day before yesterday are probably going there.

"Liu Jing's one?"

"Exactly."

After the victory in Guilin in the sixth year of Yongli, in the face of Nikan's main force of the Eight Banners Army, Sun Kewang transferred Li Dingguo north to the south of Huguang. During this period, the anti-Qing forces led by Liu Jing and Li Wenbin, who were active in the Luoxiao Mountains on the border between Hunan and Jiangxi, were greatly encouraged, and they held high the banner of restoring the Ming Dynasty and called on the local people to regain their lost territory; On the one hand, he contacted Li Dingguo and asked for troops to be sent for support.

At that time, it was around the time of the victory in Hengyang, and Li Dingguo had no time to take care of anything else, but he also sent his generals Zhang Sheng and Gao Bigui to lead a small number of troops to cooperate with Luo Xiaoshan's anti-Qing rebels to attack Ji'an Mansion in Jiangxi.

Jiangxi's local green battalion, since Jin Shenghuan's defeat anyway, the Qing court concentrated the elite in Fucheng, Jiujiang and Southern Jiangxi, where the Jiangxi Promotion, Jiujiang Town Standard and Nanjiang Town Standard have strong troops, all of which have 5,000 people, and their combat effectiveness is strong. In other places, not only the troops only maintain local law and order, but the combat effectiveness can only be regarded as second-line troops. Therefore, even if only a very small number of southwestern Ming troops entered Jiangxi, with the guidance of the local righteous army, in just ten days, they connected the four counties of Anfu, Yongxin, Yongning, and Longquan, captured and killed the Anfu guerrilla Zhang Zengxian, swept the entire western part of Ji'an Prefecture, and launched a siege of Ji'an Prefecture.

However, because Li Dingguo was fighting to the death with Nikan, the main force of the army failed to take advantage of the victory to enter Jiangxi. First, Li Wenbin was defeated and captured, and then after Li Dingguo transferred his own troops and horses, Liu Jing could not withstand the counterattack of the Qing army, and the recovered four counties fell to the enemy again, and the righteous army returned to the place where they started.

In the original history, Liu Jing should have died in battle in July last year. However, in recent years, Chen Kai has repeatedly defeated the Qing army in Guangdong, which has put enough pressure on the Qing army in Guangdong. In particular, the Green Battalion of Jingnan Domain, Dongguan and Huizhou dealt a heavy blow, and the Qing army suffered too heavy losses, so it could only be transferred from Nanjiang and Jiangxi to the south to replenish as soon as possible, so as to prevent the Ming army from taking advantage of the weakness to enter.

The continuous deployment of troops, although some troops also returned to the defense areas in Jiangxi and Southern Jiangxi after the arrival of the follow-up northern green battalion, but the Qing army's encirclement and suppression rhythm of the anti-Qing rebel army in Luoxiao Mountain was completely disrupted. Liu Jing succeeded in wandering several times, and the Qing army had too few troops to do anything about him. But now, the Qing army seems to have eased up a little bit and is ready to pull out this thorn in the flesh.

"Sir has said that in the case of lurking work, especially if we are to play a long-term role behind enemy lines, it is our first priority to protect ourselves. It is also good to be able to give them some support when they are in the situation of protecting themselves. After all, Liu Jing and those people are also good men who kill Tartars. ”

Speaking of which, when Liu Jing and Li Wenbin swept the western part of Ji'an Province, he also had a cooperative relationship with them. Chen Kai did not set up a unified management in Jiangxi's Tiandi Society, but Zou Nan studied with Chen Kai, and after returning to Jiangxi, he was also vigorously developing members, and he was also quite prestigious among local members. At this moment, Zou Nan agreed, and the member had a backbone, and hurriedly said goodbye and set off to return to Yongxin County to try to help him.

The members of the Tiandi Association formed mutual aid associations at the grassroots level in Jiangxi's townships and towns, which was a layout that Chen Kai had set back then. However, it is still only in the early stages of development, and Chen Kai did not teach all the arrangements, but only let them establish grassroots organizations in the areas controlled by the Qing court, and it is not difficult for them to rely on their status as scholars.

In Chaozhou, spring ploughing has begun, and compared with previous years, many people who grow rice have more work with fish farming, so it is better to arrange the time more fully. Others began to grow a high-yielding crop called sweet potato, which is not new in Chaozhou, but has not yet become popular.

The countryside is in full swing, but those people in Guangzhou are still the same, and even some of them go to Chaozhou people to work for a short time, and they originally have relevant technical experience in rice and fish farming, which has also benefited many Chaozhou people.

In addition, it is true that a large proportion of the people have not yet accepted these new things, and are still farming and producing according to traditional habits, but Chen Kai does not care about this.

This is only intended to enhance local crop production and fish farming. There is a saying that grain is cheap and hurts farmers, and it is not that farmers can benefit from high grain production. With the current scale, the fluctuations in prices will not be too large, and the gradual growth, accompanied by the increase in population and the imminent expansion of the control area, will naturally be based on stability at this stage. After all, in this world, there has never been inequality, poverty, and insecurity.

At night, the crackling sound of rain dripping resounded throughout the land, and at the same time, it naturally played in the governor's yamen. Standing at the door, Chen Kai looked at the noisy courtyard and several potted plants were beaten to the point of trembling, but he had a smile like he had gotten his wish.

"Spring rain is as expensive as oil, and it is always good for the production of crops."

Agriculture is the foundation of all industries, especially in such an agrarian society. As a senior officer in charge of military and political affairs, Chen Kai is naturally indispensable for intrigue, but what is really related to the national economy and people's livelihood is the most important thing, and it is also the one that needs his most efforts.

"Husband, are you thinking about this spring rain?"

"yes."

As soon as the words came out, I saw Zheng Xiyuan coming with money, Chen Kai turned around and hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, muttering words like "wind cold" and "rain cold" in his mouth, I was really afraid that Zheng Xiyuan would be sick in the rain.

"Where's my mother-in-law?"

"The mother has already started to prepare the child's little clothes."

With a happy face, he unconsciously touched his stomach, smiled lightly, and the maternal brilliance revealed during it made Chen Kai a little stupid for a while.

When he first met, Chen Kai remembered that he once regarded the beautiful woman in front of him as a child, but now he is about to become a mother. Do the math, he has been in this era for many years, he has overcome obstacles all the way, done a lot of things, and can reverse a lot of situations, but the size of the Qing court is too huge, he came all the way with Zheng Chenggong when he first started, and the victories again and again made them keep the control area of Chaozhou, and encroach on the control area of the Qing court step by step.

However, this is not enough, if you want to complete the reversal of the future, you must always make the big one again, and really roll the snowball. Even if the Cantonese and Fujianese who occupy the vast majority of his command may not have seen a real snowball at all, the reason is the same.

"This year is a big year, for Nanming, it may be far less than the past six years of Yongli, but for me, I am afraid that it is the most important year in this life!"

The heart is thinking, turning the head, looking into the distance—in the west, in the east.

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In February of the eighth year of Yongli, the troops of Li Dingguo, the king of Xining, who had accumulated strength in Guangxi for more than half a year, set out again. Tens of thousands of troops, armed with elephants and guns, set off from Liuzhou, went south to Hengzhou, and attacked Lianzhou through Lingshan in Guangdong. Guo Hu, the general soldier of Qinglian Prefecture, was the general of Nangan Town, but once he encountered Li Dingguo's army, Guo Hu did not hesitate to move in with his troops and horses, and it can almost be described as fleeing after hearing the wind.

After passing through the Lianzhou Mansion, the army rushed straight to the Gaozhou Mansion without the slightest pause. Bo Xingbo Zhang Yue, who assisted in guarding Gaozhou, together with Chen Wu and Li Zhizhen, the deputy generals of the Pingnan Wang Domain, supervised the troops to the Qingtou camp in Shicheng to defend it, and was defeated by the Ming army, Li Zhizhen fled to Dianbai County, Zhang Yue sent a messenger to surrender, Chen Wu was hacked to death, and Gaozhou was occupied by the Ming army. Immediately afterwards, after learning that Lianzhou Mansion and Gaozhou Mansion had fallen one after another, the Leizhou General Army Xianqiyu was facing Li Dingguo's army in the north, and the south was threatened by the Ming army in Qiongzhou, so he simply changed his court.

On the third day of the first month of March, Li Dingguo personally arrived in Gaozhou Prefecture, and the Ming army in western Guangdong, under the supervision of Guo Zhiqi, a scholar of the Governor University, Lian Chengbi, the governor of Liangguang, and Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of Gao Lian and Lei Qiong, raised troops from their respective base areas one after another, and cooperated with Li Dingguo's headquarters to launch attacks on Qing troops in various places.

After the battle of Gaozhou, the Qing army did not dare to fight again. Shang Kexi did not hesitate to order the Qing army in various places to shrink its strength, including the soldiers of the Pingnan and Jingnan domains, as well as the elite troops such as Dubiao and Fubiao, so as to consolidate the military defense centered on Guangzhou, and Pegasus asked the Qing court for help.

However, it took a lot of time to travel from Guangdong in Tiannan to Beijing, and then Beijing ordered the nearest reinforcements, and it was often not urgent. Just like the battle of Zhaoqing last year, Shang and Geng urgently called for help, the Ming army came to attack in March, and was defeated in April, but in May, the Qing court ordered the Jiangning garrison Manchu army to come to the rescue, and when they arrived in Guangdong, they only caught up with the mess. If it weren't for Li Dingguo's light on the enemy and the lack of food and grass, and Shang Kexi's desperate life, Kakhamu would not even have a chance to rush to collect the corpses of the two feudatories.

The Qing army retreated to defend the core area of the province, and encouraged by Li Dingguo's entry into Guangdong, the Ming troops in western Guangdong exhausted their efforts and cooperated with Li Dingguo's vanguard to continue the attack to the east.

Speaking of which, Li Dingguo's first attack on Guangdong was Zhaoqing, the western gateway of Guangzhou, but the second attack was on Xinhui, the southwest gate of Guangzhou, and the route he took was completely different.

The doorway here is easy to say. In the first battle of Zhaoqing, Li Dingguo went south from Yongzhou Mansion in the south of Huguang, followed the waterway trend, and could directly attack Zhaoqing through Pingle and Wuzhou. And between Zhaoqing and Guangzhou, the Qing army had almost no danger to defend.

But the second time, this time, through the contact of Lin Qingyang, Zhou Guan, Cheng Bangjun and other officials, Li Dingguo and the Yongli Imperial Court formally reached a cooperation intention, as the Yongli Imperial Court's peripheral organization of the Governor Guo Zhiqi, the governor of Liangguang Lian Chengbi and others will naturally do their best to urge the Ming army in western Guangdong to cooperate with Li Dingguo to fight.

And this is the reason why Wang Xing, Chen Qice, and Li Changrong, who were closer to Zhaoqing by water, never sent troops during the last battle of Xinhui!

This time, with the assistance of the Ming army in western Guangdong, Li Dingguo's vanguard knew the terrain well. In addition, the Qing army had already retreated, and the army was like entering a no-man's land, along the western coast of Guangdong all the way to the east, and after converging with Wang Xing's department, it was pointed directly at Xinhui County.

However, under this good situation, Li Dingguo unfortunately contracted an illness and could not go on the expedition, so he had to stay in Gaozhou Mansion to recuperate, waiting for his illness to recover before he could officially set out on the expedition.

The head town of Gaozhou Prefecture, here is where Li Dingguo's Xining Wang Xingyuan is located. Since the Ming army captured this place, the houses and layouts have hardly changed much, and some are just the busy figures of Li Dingguo's staff.

"Your Highness, this is the number of door panels collected from various places so far, please take a look."

Not only food, but also military shoes, iron can be used to make weapons, and lead can be used to make lead bullets, all of which are within the scope of collection. And the door panel can also be used as a shield, so naturally it cannot be missed. Especially this time, Li Dingguo is determined to complete his work in one battle, and he must be prepared to be foolproof.

"Ahem, let's put it here first."

Holding a handkerchief in one hand, Li Dingguo covered his mouth and coughed, refusing to delay any effort, and seized all the time to review the battle reports and reports, no matter how big or small.

"There's Mr. Law."

"Don't dare, that's what a student should do."

Although he was born in a rogue, Li Dingguo is full of loyalty and righteousness, and he also has great respect for them as scholars, all of which is seen in the eyes of the staff, and he firmly believes that those civil officials and staff members in Li Dingguo's curtain privately evaluate - although this king of Xining is the righteous son of the traitor Zhang Xianzhong, he must have been forced to be a thief in desperation, and he will inevitably be a good general of the Ming Dynasty in the future, so they also worked harder to raise military supplies for Li Dingguo and contact the local gentry. So that this army of 40,000 or 50,000 people was able to cut off food and grass in the rear base, and only half of Guangxi could support it for such a long time.

"Your Highness, for the sake of national affairs, you should also take care of your body."

"Sir is reasonable, this king has seen these newly delivered military information, so he went to rest, cough cough."

With Li Dingguo's coughing, the staff bowed and retreated. It's a pity that Li Dingguo didn't go back to rest as he said, but after reading the report, he called another staff member and asked him to write a letter to Zheng Chenggong for him.

"The surname of the country, and Chen Kai, if these two can arrive, Guangzhou must be the grave of Shang Geng's two thieves, cough cough."

"Your Highness, Chen Fujun doesn't seem to be very compatible with Inspector Guo."

The staff has been with Li Dingguo all the year round, and he has the best understanding of Li Dingguo's grand strategy of connecting the Ming Army in Western Guangdong and the Zheng Group at the same time. He had investigated the matter in private, and the two sides seemed to be very conflicted. At this moment, although he already knew that he could not change Li Dingguo's will, he still couldn't help but remind one or two.

However, hearing this, Li Dingguo coughed but shook his head and said, "Mr. Jin, this king also knows something about this matter. However, this king thought that Chen Fujun had been guarding Chaozhou with a small number of troops for more than two years, not only shielding the captives west of Lotus Mountain, but also defeating Geng Jimao twice and recovering Qiongzhou Mansion. With the help of this person, Guangzhou's hope of recovery will be a little greater, ahem. ”

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A few days after making up for Friday, today is suddenly very busy.