After the incident in Ou Ting Village, Chen Kai wrote a letter to Zheng Chenggong, explaining that he was in charge of the decision to dispose of this place, and took the responsibility as he said to Huang Ting.

Huang Ting and others continued to shock the locality, but Chen Kai set off to return to Nanao Island after disposing of Chen Junge and his cronies. Zheng Hongkui's order, he had already sent someone back to catch up, but it was not too late. But originally planned to go somewhere next to him to sweep a wave of orders and pull some business back to do it, but when the great change came, this leisure had to be suppressed for the time being. At the very least, it will not be possible until the bigger problem is solved.

Back on Nanao Island, the Ordnance Bureau and its subordinate departments are business as usual, the work of the military uniform manufacturing workshop is getting busier, and Rat Whisker has planned to recruit another group of female workers and a small number of experienced tailors to increase production capacity.

"The idea is right, but don't rush for quick success, it's better to grasp the scale."

"The lowly job understands that the lowly job has calculated how many people are needed to recruit workers."

Settle accounts, that's the old business of the mouse's beard, how much is the daily production capacity of a female worker, he has a number in his heart, and the rest is nothing more than addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

"If there are family members of soldiers from Zuo Xian Town, Zuo Town, and Right Chong Town, they will be given priority, but don't let others know, you can handle it yourself."

"Obedience."

The enrollment of students in the school affiliated to the Ordnance Bureau has been completed, and the classes are scheduled to start after the summer harvest, so as not to delay the agricultural production of those students who have landed at home.

As for the teachers, Chen Kai simply found the few scholars who had studied Confucianism on Nanao Island in Chen Ding's mouth, anyway, their job was literacy classes, and the rest of Chen Kai planned to find two or three people from them who had not read stupidly for a few months of training. But there is no hurry, because the literacy class will take a year, and it is still very abundant.

Once many things are on the right track, Chen Kai is relaxed, but now is not an easy time, after a few days, he set off and rushed to Chaozhou City, because some things, some people, it is time to make an end.

Chen Kai arrived in Chaozhou by boat, and the capital city was in order, but there seemed to be more soldiers. Back in Xingyuan, Chen Kai soon learned from Zheng Chenggong that he had recently formed two military units called Qianchong Town and a military unit called Zhengbing Battalion, one large and one small, plus a thousand and five hundred soldiers, led by Ruan Yin and Lu Jue respectively.

The establishment of new troops is inevitable after sweeping the counties in the southwest of Chaozhou, and the increase in strength will naturally be reflected in the military presence. The number of troops continues to expand, as does the occupied territories. On the side of Outing Village, the army has also returned, and the defense has been handed over to Chen Hui to be in charge; The previously established Ha Po Town and Fengshun Camp have also been initiated; Zheng Chenggong rescued Shi Lang's department earlier, because the threat of Wu Liuqi and Hao Shangjiu was still not small, so Chengxiang County, which was not garrisoned, was also occupied by a local tyrant after the army retreated, and when Zheng Chenggong's army took the Fengshun camp, the local tyrant also sent a congratulatory gift, making it clear that he wanted to ease relations with Zheng Chenggong.

In this way, after more than a year of hard fighting, Zheng Chenggong's army has doubled its strength, and the occupied area has also expanded from Nanao Island and Dongshan Island to the southern part of Chaozhou and part of the central region, and the rest is nothing more than Dapu, Chengxiang, Zhenping, Pingyuan in the north of Chaozhou and the Raoping county town in the northeast of Phoenix Mountain, and the entire Chaozhou capital can be completely recovered.

Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong had already done an investigation earlier, and later after taking the city, Chen Kai conducted a more in-depth inquiry. Chaozhou is a province with many plains in the south and a large grain production, and a mountainous north but rich in minerals. Originally, the food problem that had worried Zheng Chenggong all his life in history has now been preliminarily solved, but with the expansion of the army, the raw materials for weapons have become more and more stretched, whether it is the continuous deterioration of the external environment, or the increase in their own needs, it is inevitable to recover the northern region of Chaozhou as soon as possible is on the agenda.

"In the northern part of Chaozhou, according to the intelligence that Xi Zuo investigated earlier, there are mainly three thieves that our army must pay attention to. One of them is Wu Liuqi of Sanheba, Dapu County, the last time the country sent troops, Wu Liuqi retreated, but still under the banner of Tartar, raised troops to fight, and resisted the defeat. In addition, Jiang Long in Dapu County and Lai Qixiao in Zhenping County also need to pay attention to their respective strengths, if our army moves north, they are likely to fight together. ”

"Huddle?"

Hearing such a word from Shi Lang, who was also disdainful, Zheng Chenggong almost laughed. Compared with last year, before entering Chaozhou, he is no longer what it used to be, don't say that it is just these three, to put it mildly, now even if the local tyrants in the north of Chaozhou are all together and fight collectively, there is nothing to be afraid of, let alone just these three.

Chen Kai's main job is to manage the military affairs bureau and the civil affairs officer of Zhangzhou Mansion, it is impossible to follow Zheng Chenggong from time to time and give advice to him, this work has now been steadily taken by Shi Lang, even if Chen Kai is in this big tent, it is inevitable to "abdicate and make way for Xian", and his role in the military discussion has gradually become to pick up and fill in the gaps, rather than planning the whole thing.

"It's true, the strength of our army is different, and we already have the capital to wage an all-out war against these bandits, so there is really no need to worry about things like insufficient troops. However, Hao Shangjiu, who is in the northeast of Huizhou Prefecture, has to guard against it, he has a gap with our army, and he will not let our army take all Chaozhou Prefecture. ”

Although Li Chengdong is now dead, his subordinates still control most of the land in Guangdong Province. Hao Shangjiu's threat persists, there is no way, once Chen Kai mentions it, the generals will inevitably have some worries.

Not to mention, although Zheng Chenggong's troops are numerous, Guangdong does not produce war horses, and if the business lasts for a long time, the war horses together are only less than five or six hundred. As for combat effectiveness, it is even more uneven.

But Hao Shangjiu's department is the elite of the northern land who followed Gao Jie and Li Chengdong all the way from Shaanxi, and there are not a few cavalry, even if Hao Shangjiu's department adds up to three or four thousand people, but the proportion of cavalry is surprisingly high, especially higher than Zheng Chenggong's department. If Hao Shangjiu came with the whole division, cooperated with the bandits in the north of Chaozhou, and the local mountains and forests, the victory or defeat would not be so easy to say.

"Then according to Chen Senjun's opinion, how should he act?"

"This depends on whether General Shi can endure it and whether he can't bear the desire for revenge."

Zheng Chenggong asked for advice, but Chen Kai led the topic to Shi Lang. The latter frowned, but seeing that Zheng Chenggong's questioning gaze had turned, it did not break out, but when he looked at Chen Kai again, he still inevitably burst out, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Shi Lang said this word by word, obviously already angry, Chen Kai looked at it, but he smiled in his heart, and then replied to him: "The intention of the following officials, this time to go north, it should be a battle." However, the northern part of Chaozhou is densely forested, and the terrain is unfavorable for our army. To put it bluntly, our army doesn't have the time to drill the ravine with those bandits, but Hao Shangjiu can't sit idly by, so there must be a sequence. And the lower officials thought about it, since they should be the first to punish the evil and solve Wu Liuqi, they could deter other bandits. At that time, even if Hao Shangjiu comes with all his divisions, without local allies, he will be a piece of meat on the chopping block! ”

Chen Kai's implication is very clear, since he wants to attack Wu Liuqi first, it is inevitable to divide his troops to intercept Hao Shangjiu. Now under Zheng Chenggong's command, the two towns with the strongest combat effectiveness are none other than Rongqi Town and Zuo Xianfeng Town, they have the most soldiers and the most veterans, and the other veteran, Qinding Town, is much less in terms of troops.

This time the division of troops will inevitably have a strong army to meet Hao Shangjiu, and this task was originally best handed over to Shi Lang to perform. But as far as Chen Kai's words are concerned, Shi Lang's temperament is the most unsuitable to face Hao Shangjiu, because as soon as his temper rises, he is likely to directly drag the army into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

Chen Kai's words were not said to Shi Lang, but actually to Zheng Chenggong. Defeating Wu Liuqi can indeed deter those local tyrants who refuse to surrender, but the problem is that if this is a win, if they are dragged by the two sides and enter the rhythm of drilling the ravine, then there is no hope in sight.

After saying this, all the generals shook their heads, Shi Lang's temper didn't even have confidence in Shi Xian, let alone others. At this moment, Shi Lang received this "method of agitation", but he had the intention to make a military order, but Zheng Chenggong did not give him a chance at all, and directly issued an order for him and Shi Lang to lead his troops north to attack Wu Liuqi.

"The task of intercepting Hao Shangjiu will be handed over to Zhong Kuangbo to lead the generals. Ben Shuai personally led the three towns of Rongqi Town, Left Pioneer Town, and Right Pioneer Town to the north. Well, that's it! ”

Zheng Chenggong's military order is unquestionable, even Shi Lang did not dare to refute it in the military discussion, since this matter has been decided, then there is no longer room for turnaround. After the military discussion was over and left the big tent, Chen Kai looked at the sky in the north, and a smile was almost irrepressible in his chest.

Shi Lang, in 1646 A.D., descended to the Qing Dynasty, followed Li Chengdong into Guangdong, and after Li Chengdong anyway, Shi Lang and other Fujian generals were expelled and turned to serve Zheng Chenggong. In 1651 AD, Shi Lang was once again demoted to the Qing Dynasty, and once served as the deputy general of Tong'an, the admiral of the Fujian Navy Division, etc., and was the last great traitor who destroyed the Han family.

Wu Liuqi, in 1646 A.D., when Li Chengdong entered Guangdong, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, participated in the suppression of Hao Shangjiu, and the Zheng group fought in Chaozhou all the year round. If it was just like this, when the Qing court imposed a ban on the sea, Wu Liuqi, a native of Chaozhou, actually slaughtered the coastal people of Chaoshan to please the Manchu magnates, and he was also a shameless and obscene dog traitor.

"In my lifetime, I can see Shi Lang and Wu Liuqi, two dog traitors, fighting each other on the battlefield, how fast!"