The letter departed from Huilai County and arrived in Chaoyang quickly. Chen Bin is not surprised by Su Li's increase, this person is the most insatiable, if he doesn't even do the increase, he has to worry about his sincerity.

In the days that followed, after further contact between the two sides, Sully's army was mobilized. Their first target was naturally Puning County, where there was a heavy army group of the Ming army, as long as the Ming army in those towns was defeated, they could enter the realm of no one at the boundary of Chaozhou. And now, Chen Bin borrowed the way, Su Li can not continue to cross the Danan Mountain to touch the iron wall of the Ming army, but can go straight to the soft underbelly from the side!

Since entering the Chaoyang boundary, the neatly planned acres of fields, and the crops planted for the winter after the autumn harvest have shown a wavy shape under the breeze.

In the fields, the laborers are full of strong men and strong men, and when the old and weak women and children come with water and water, the family eats and drinks on the ridges, and from time to time there are one or two laughs. It wasn't until they noticed those Qing troops coming from afar that they hid one after another.

When Su Li came, he had already clearly asked his soldiers not to touch the grass and trees in the sun, for fear of causing Chen Bin to be unhappy, but this scene was still full of temptation in his eyes, so much so that he didn't know how many times he swallowed the saliva alone.

The two armies converged on the west bank of the Lianjiang River, and in this era, the county seat of Puning was still in Hongyang Town, and they only needed to go all the way north, and they could go straight to the bottom of the city.

Speaking of which, the county of Puning is actually not big. When the county was first established, it was a new area divided into Yangwu, Rongshui, and Huangkeng in Chaoyang County, with an area of only 1,000 square kilometers. Within 20 years, Yangwu and Rongshui returned to Chaoyang, and the only remaining Huangkeng in Puning was divided into upper, middle and lower societies, with an area of only more than 400 square kilometers. While the Ming army occupied Puning, it also controlled some surrounding areas. The Qing army completed the joint army and strode towards the direction of the county seat, but it did not go far, and before it even reached the old county of Puning County, Zhiguiyu, Su Li received an emergency report from Huilai County.

It is not the first time that the Ming army crossed the Danan Mountain to attack Huilai, the original Huang Ting, then Ke Chenshu and now Du Hui, the military commanders of the Ming army in the southwest of Chaozhou are all eager day and night to recover Huilai County - expand the control area of the Ming army, weaken the threat of the Qing army, and on the other hand, they want to avenge the Ming army such as Lu Jue and Wang Huizhi.

Whether to continue to attack Puning or return to Huilai, there is no need to choose at all. Not to mention, even if the Ming army loses this not a big Puning County, it can still be connected to Jieyang County through the western area of Jieyang in Huilai County; But if Su Li loses Huilai County, even if he takes Puning County, he will be cut off from being stopped by someone if he originally controls the coastal strip. Of course, the waist is not the most terrible, it is nothing more than the supply of grain and grass is broken, from Chen Bin, or tear off the dough to grab a round in Chaoyang, it is still enough, but his generals in Jieshiwei, Shengjie and Haifeng County are afraid that they will rise up to rebel, and when the foundation is dug up, it will be a catastrophe.

The army turned westward and returned to Huilai County to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army. Due to the urgency of the situation, Su Li couldn't have any thoughts for a while, so he said goodbye to Chen Bin. Unexpectedly, the farewell here was not over, a messenger hurried over and whispered to Chen Bin, this famous good man in Chaozhou turned pale, and his horror was beyond words.

"What's wrong?"

"I just got the news that Chen Kai has returned, and Haikou appointed him as the general system of eastern Guangdong, with full responsibility for the military and political affairs in eastern Guangdong......"

Chen Bin said with a wry smile. Su Li has long heard of Chen Kai's name, and their biggest opponent now, Zheng Chenggong's power in Chaozhou, is supported by this Chen Kai, and he has never been less earth-shattering over the years, and he is the most difficult role.

Originally, Chen Kai disappeared in the center and left, and speculation spread throughout Fujian and Guangdong provinces, whether it was the Qing army or the people, many people were generally not optimistic about Zheng Chenggong. Who knew that now that Chen Kai was back, he was still coming specifically for them, which had to make Su Li suspect that he was actually caught in a conspiracy.

"Brother Chen, what are you going to do next?"

Su Li asked, there was not an element of doubt in his words, even if the news came from Chen Bin's mouth, if it weren't for Chen Bin, he wouldn't have been able to learn about it in time. Unexpectedly, when he heard Su Li's question, Chen Bin replied with a wry smile: "I just hope that Brother Ren can expel Haikou as soon as possible, otherwise my Chaoyang will not be protected sooner or later", so he didn't do what he said, and he had no intention of getting involved at all.

What Chen Bin said is the truth, Chaoyang goes deep into the territory of Chaozhou, with Huilai in the west, Puning in the north, Chenghai in the east, and the sea in the south. Once Huilai is lost, the Ming army controls three sides of the land route, and the sea is full of Ming army sailors, and he will only be more uncomfortable than Su Li at this moment.

Since this was the case, Su Li didn't say anything more, and hurriedly led the army back to Huilai County at an accelerated pace. However, it didn't take long to go, and the news of Jinghai's attack by the Ming army also came, and the banner of the Ming army was not his old opponents, but Chen Bao, the loyal and brave Marquis of Nanao Town.

Chen Bao is a marquis, and he is also the head of Zheng Chenggong's old generals, and he is highly regarded. South Australia's nest has always been in the hands of this henchman. Now the Ming army of Puning is attacking Huilai in the south, and at the same time, Chen Bao of Nanao is attacking Jinghaisuo. Coincidence is impossible, Su Li believes more and more Chen Bin's intelligence and his speculation, that is, Chen Kai planned all this conspiracy!

"Dashuai, is it to aid Jinghai Institute, or to return to Huilai County?"

The generals were already a little impatient, and Sully knew that such a situation would inevitably shake the hearts of the military. Thinking of this, he had no choice but to choose a strong man to cut his wrists, and with an order, the army regarded the siege suffered by Jinghai as nothing, and hurriedly rushed back to Huilai County.

Huilai county is at the southern foot of Danan Mountain, at the beginning of Su Li's journey, he transferred some troops from Laochao Jieshiwei to assist in the defense, and the Ming army arrived at the beginning and was not able to capture the county seat. When Su Li hurried back, the Ming army simply let go of the attack on the city and let Su Li retreat into the city.

In the next few days, the Ming army was outside the city, Su Li sent troops to expel several times, and the Ming army did not engage in large-scale confrontation with it, and retreated when it was due, but once Su Li's troops withdrew to Huilai County, they immediately stuck up again. Such shamelessness does not seem to be Du Hui's style of using troops, which has to make Su Li's heart even more frightened.

Obviously, this Ming army was holding him back, so that he could not go far to rescue Jinghai City. Su Liyao Mo had already estimated Chen Kai's layout, which was nothing more than using this Puning Ming army to contain Huilai, and then using Chen Bao to capture Jinghai. Next, it was to advance and retreat, the Ming army was free, and Chen Kai immediately achieved results as soon as he returned, and it could be used to deter those dissatisfied voices in Chaozhou.

To put it bluntly, it is to make an example of killing chickens and monkeys!

"Marshal, what if the Haikou took Jinghai and did not retreat, but chose to besiege us with those Puning Haikou bandits?"

The worries of the cronies are precisely the worries of Sully. After thinking about it for a long time, there was only one way for Sully to ask for help. Here, he has a large army of 7,000, which seems to be a lot, but if the Ming army is really interested in him, then it is bound to gather a large army to fight. And for him, Jieshiwei and Haifeng County also have a thousand troops each, which cannot be moved and is completely insufficient.

Seeing this, Su Li had no choice but to repair a letter and send someone to Huizhou Mansion to ask for help from Huang Yingjie, the chief soldier of Huizhou, hoping that Huang Yingjie could bring those Li Chengdong's old troops to help.

However, within a few days, when it was estimated that the messenger for help was far from arriving in the capital of Huizhou, two pieces of news came one after another, but Su Li was caught off guard.

"On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, Jinghai fell, and Chen Bao landed with thousands of pirates. In addition to Nanao Town, there is also a post-aid town. According to the intelligence, the chief military officer Lan Deng once followed Chen Kaina to guard the Zhongzuo Station, and he was especially good at fighting......"

"Great Marshal, the number of pirates outside the city is increasing. Looking at the flags, in addition to the three towns in Puning County, there are also Houhou Town and Houchong Town in Jieyang County. In addition, there is an extra cavalry, under the banner of Iron Cavalry Town! ”

The increase in the Ming army did not surprise Su Li too much. In terms of scale, it was bigger than he expected, and it was nothing. But the problem is that he, a local bandit in Chaozhou, also has the dilemma of the lack of cavalry in the southern army, and he is not even as good as Zheng Chenggong in this regard, at least Zheng Chenggong has captured a lot in the previous battles, and he has no chance of capturing it.

Originally, the combat effectiveness of his troops in the field was not as good as that of the Ming army, but now the Ming army has transferred another cavalry, and the total strength is not necessarily less than him. As soon as Chen Kai came back, he was a big deal, and if he continued like this, he would be dead sooner or later.

"No, send someone to slap for help. His lips were gone, and no matter how sharp his teeth were, it was useless to tell him to come over immediately. As long as we hold on until Mr. Huang's reinforcements arrive, even if we lose Chaoyang County, we can take it back! ”