Returning the same way is not returning to Xiamen. Chen Kai and his entourage returned to the place where they got off the ship, intending to continue boarding the ship here and going upstream, but the boats hired when they came are no longer there, so they must have been hired by others again. After waiting for a day, seeing that there were no new ships coming here, Chen Kai didn't say anything else, and the group turned to go north by land along Xixi in the upper reaches of the Jianjiang River.

From here, to the north, is Shaowufu City. In history, it was originally used as a strategic point for the three provincial capitals, and Wang Zhigang, the general soldier of the left road of Fujian, was restationed here, and used this as an axis to cooperate with the Qing army of Jiangxi and Southern Jiangxi to strangle the Ming army in Jiangxi at the junction of Fujian and Jiangxi. However, Wang Zhigang doesn't want to be able to see him here now, even Yang Minggao has not been able to go out of Fujian a few times, Zheng Chenggong's growth has hindered the "official tourism" of the Qing army in Fujian so much, even Chen Kai is a little embarrassed.

Because of embarrassment, Chen Kai was low-key all the way through Fuzhou and Yanping, but when he arrived in Shaowu, he still acted in a low-key manner. A few years ago, there was a tragic massacre, and the murderer was Wang Zhigang, the chief soldier of the left road in Fujian, who has not been restored, and it can be seen from outside the city. However, this time, the Taoist monk swaggered into the city, turned around and came back, and brought Chen Kai a piece of good news that has been rare so far.

A poor monk in the city said that last year, the Tartars and Ning Hongbo fought fiercely in the old mountain range of Xincheng County, Jianchang Prefecture, and they were invincible, but in the end, they were forced to withdraw from the boundary of Xincheng County, as if they went to Guangxin Mansion. The Tartars did not continue to pursue further, but went south to attack the head of the fourth battalion of the Yama Commandery. There is no definite news about the specific movements of the four battalions, but Ning Hongbo is said to have recently returned and set up camp in the north of Guangguang County. ”

The three provincial capitals did not live up to the name, and without the Fujian Qing army that cut melons and vegetables for the Ming army in Jiangxi in history, the Qing army in Jiangxi and Southern Jiangxi alone, the effect of encirclement and suppression was not very good. This is a good thing for everyone, in addition to the Qing court and the Qing army, and even for the Jiangxi Qing army, maybe you can use these Jiangxi Ming army to cheat some military expenses or something, and it is also a very good thing to raise yourself.

With a direction, Chen Kai and his entourage bypassed Shaowufu City, and still went north along Xixi to Guangguang County. After arriving at the county seat, he still did not enter the city, and went north to find the figure of the Ming army in Jiangxi.

At this point, the guide is useless, and more of a word of luck has to be. Fortunately, when Chen Kai was worried about his luck, Cai Qiao and others caught a hunter here on the road, and forced the location of the Jiangxi Ming army from the mouth of the hunter.

"When I went back to the Zhongzuo Institute, I didn't forget to remind me of what I wanted."

Happily continuing to move forward, Chen Kai and his entourage soon found this Jiangxi Ming army, or rather, it was this Jiangxi Ming army that noticed the existence of Chen Kai and planned to contact it to try it. However, although Cai Qiao and the others were small in number, they were all brave warriors, and they easily broke the other party's ambush, not to mention, and held a group of prisoners who were much more numerous than them and went straight to the camp of the Ming army.

Chen Kai and others reported to their homes, and they did not say in detail, but they also revealed the identity of the Fujian Ming Army. Arriving at the camp, Ning Hongbo Hong Guoyu's face was very ugly, but this matter was provoked by them first, not Chen Kai and others who went to his land to find fault and fight, but now they can only admit it.

"Under the surname Chen, Xi recruited the general to join the army for the Marquis of Weiyuan. I came here on the order of the Marquis of Weiyuan to ask for the surname of the general, and came to visit the governor of Jiangxi, Lord Jie, and Zhuxun Town. For the sake of deliberating on the matter of concerted operations. ”

The other party is an earl, although the water of the title is very large this year, but according to the officialdom etiquette, Chen Kai still saluted, and said his identity and the purpose of this trip. However, Hong Guoyu's face seemed to be a little puzzled, and he muttered to himself several times in the identities of "Wei Yuanbo", "Recruiting Generals", and "Country Surname", before he asked Chen Kai in a tentative tone: "What Your Excellency said about Wei Yuanbo recruiting the General's national surname, but the one from Guangdong?" ”

Hong Guoyu was born as a general under Wang Deren, and Wang Deren was a subordinate of Bai Wang, the general of the Dashun Army. To put it bluntly, this person is from a rogue background, five big and three thick, with a loud voice, and has been in Jiangxi for many years, but there are many northern accents in his accent, and even some of the generals and colonels that Chen Kai saw after entering the camp also have some northern accents.

This is a straightforward man, so straightforward that he asks questions clearly. Just put yourself in your shoes and think about it, the Jiangxi Righteous Army has been fighting at the junction of Fujian and Jiangxi for many years, and it is inevitable that there will be a blockade in intelligence. Perhaps, even the affairs of Chaozhou were heard by the people from the imperial court or when they sent people into the court, and it is not uncommon to not know the roots of Zheng Chenggong's Fujian Ming army and the current strategic goals.

"Exactly, it has been three years since our army recovered Chaozhou, and we have tried to protect the territory. Now the army is heading eastward and is trying its best to restore Fujian, so it made a special trip to contact Governor Jie and the Xunzhen. ”

"Oh, I see."

replied, but Hong Guoyu did not continue, but hesitated for a moment before telling Chen Kai that he could not be the master of this matter, and he needed Chen Kai to go with him to see Jie Chongxi. After all, the imperial court appointed the governor Jie Chongxi for the overall situation of Jiangxi's war and defense, although they are Xunzhen and have the right to act cheaply, but they still need the governor to control the overall situation in major matters.

Over the years, I have been accustomed to seeing arrogant soldiers and fierce generals, not to mention Du Yonghe, Zhang Yue, Li Yuantai, and Li Jianjie in Guangzhou, and Shi Lang and Shi Xian brothers under Zheng Chenggong, all of whom regard the court and officials as nothing, and regard the army, the city, and the people as their own private property. Like Hong Guoyu, who still has to listen to the governor's opinion on major matters, it is already a rare honest duty in Chen Kai's opinion, and it is really hard to imagine that this person will actually be from a rogue background.

Looking back, since the Dashun Army was attached to the Ming Court, whether it was the loyal battalions of the Yinxi moderation, or the Hao Shaoqi and Niu Wancai departments under the command of He Tengjiao, they seemed to be rare obedient; On the side of the Great Western Army, Sun Kewang was ambitious, but Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were desperate to treat themselves as righteous ministers. On the contrary, the original Ming army either lowered the Tartars and became the main force of the green battalion soldiers, or it did its own thing on the side of the Ming court, but it happened to be reversed.

The absurd drama has been staged too many times in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and each time the absurdity is a different recipe and a different taste, Chen Kai thinks about it carefully, it is estimated that he should be surprised in a few years, and he simply does not continue to ponder the reason at this moment.

At this moment, Hong Guoyu was secretly in line with Chen Kai's plan, so he simply responded. Next, Hong Guoyu arranged the recent military affairs, and then took his own soldiers to the north with Chen Kai, and their destination was a place called Jianghu Mountain in Guixi County, Guangxin Prefecture, where Jiezhongxi set up camp, appeased the displaced people, and reclaimed wasteland, thinking that it was a long-term plan.

With Hong Guoyu leading the team, this time it will not be like a headless fly spinning around, taking a shortcut, and the villages along the way are also arranged, and it didn't take much effort to rush to Jianghu Mountain. It just so happened that Dingnan Hou Cao Dahao was meeting with Jie Chongxi here, and he only sent a Pingjiang Bo Zhang Zisheng, and the mahjong of the "Jiangxi Four Kou" was considered to be the blessing of Chen Kai.