Saying this with a shameless face, Chen Kai's face was harmless to humans and animals, as if any conspiracy would defile his pure and flawless soul.

Seeing that Chen Kai said so seriously, everyone obviously hadn't immediately recovered from the shock, and they didn't immediately make a voice of doubt. However, once I think of Chen Kai, a guy who has always liked to make wind and rain, and some guys who are uncomfortable when they don't do things, it seems that there has not been much movement in the past year, except for a relatively simple general like Jin Tongwu, everyone else is secretly suspicious, and there is always an intuition that they tell them that Chen Kai must exist in the chaos in Fujian!

I thought so, but everyone didn't pay too much attention to it. Li Dingguo immediately asked about the details of the battlefield in Fujian, Chen Kai only indignantly accused the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in Fujian of expropriating and extorting money, resulting in the people's misery, and the local people in Fujian were in turmoil, and the gentry saw that the Fujian officialdom could not suppress the bullets, so they simply led Zheng Chenggong to send troops. As a result, as soon as Zheng Chenggong made a move, the Qing army in Fujian either collapsed or fled, but it didn't take much effort.

"Hey, why haven't the Tartars of Guangdong made it difficult for the people here?"

Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi are very depressed, in fact, the degree of expropriation and brutality of the two feudal domains of Pingnan and Jingnan in Guangdong has forced many people to live, which is precisely because the two feudal domains are as high as 20,000 feudal soldiers, and all prefectures and counties also have green battalions with not weak combat effectiveness, as a result, the Ming army and the righteous army in this province still have room to live, as long as Li Dingguo comes, it will immediately be a reason that cannot be ignored in the situation of wildfire.

However, even the officials of the Qing court said that "Guangdong is one province, and it is unbearable for two kings", but Guangdong still did not make such a big mess as Fujian. From this, one can imagine how insatiable the officials in Fujian are.

"What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom. It must be Liu Qingtai and Tong Guoqi, the two thieves, who take the lead, otherwise they will never come to this point. ”

After glancing at each other, Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi both saw their respective thoughts from each other's eyes. confirmed that this was the case, and I could only sigh that such a big bargain had not been hit, which was really a sigh of relief.

The two of them are like this, and Jin Tongwu and the staff also have their own thoughts. Only Li Dingguo sat there silently, and Chen Kai couldn't tell what Li Dingguo was thinking from his expression. Until, the moment Li Dingguo spoke again.

"I remember that the surname of the country mentioned in the letter last time that Zhang Houye was sent north, how has this matter been so far?"

What Li Dingguo wanted to ask, Chen Kai of course understood, and he had already prepared at this moment: "Marquis Zhang broke through the Yangtze River defense twice in the first month and March of this year, harassed the garrison of the Imperial Court along the river, and gave a great threat to the Nanzhi Subordinate Division, and the four banners of the left wing of Jiangning in Jiangnan and the Han army flag that assisted in defending Jiangnan were completely unable to move......

Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entered the Yangtze River, and they actually indirectly helped Li Dingguo in the battle of Xinhui. Speaking of which, if it weren't for Erzhang entering the Yangtze River valley on the order of Zheng Chenggong, breaking through the Qing army's river defenses, and Li Dingguo's army attacking Guangdong, the Qing court's rule in Guangdong would be in jeopardy. Calculate the time, and you can arrive in Guangzhou in May. At that time, Li Dingguo was still too sick in Gaozhou to go on the expedition, and it would be a sure victory for the Qing army.

However, Nanzhili was harassed, and the Qing army there was bound to be immobile; The Qing army in the southwest also had the help of the Eight Banners Army, but Huguang was already under great pressure in the face of Sun Kewang's front army, and he dared to move lightly; In the end, the Qing court could only transfer troops from the capital to the south, and this journey would take more than half a year.

Of course, Li Dingguo understood the meaning of this remark. However, as far as he is concerned, the purpose of going north must be to cooperate with Sun Kewang, which is obviously contrary to his plan.

Anyone is a little disappointed in this. However, Li Dingguo is never a person who will give up easily, and he is full of confidence and courage in everything. For example, Zheng Chenggong did not arrive here, but Chen Kai came, and the possibility of cooperation was still there, so he continued to work hard to take down Guangzhou for Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai to see.

"Don't hide from Chen Fujun, our army has been marching to Liuzhou since February of this year, and in March and April, it swept through Gaozhou Mansion, Lianzhou Mansion, Leizhou Prefecture and Luoding Prefecture, and the army inserted from the coast, and by June it had reached Xinhui City......

In June, Li Dingguo's general Wu Zisheng arrived at Xinhui City, and his troops had more than 1,000 soldiers, all of whom were wearing armor, as well as 200 cavalry and two war elephants. This is the elite of Li Dingguo's headquarters, accompanied by the tiger general Wang Xing, who raised the army of the headquarters, plus other Ming troops and rebel armies, and directly surrounded Xinhui County.

Pulling out the nail of Xinhui is Li Dingguo's established strategy. However, from April to August, Li Dingguo was sick and could not go on the expedition, and he had been in Gaozhou Mansion. From June 29, the besieging Ming army launched a siege operation, but it was always helpless to defend the Qing army. It was so long until September, when Li Dingguo recovered from his illness and led his army north to seize Xinxing County, and routed Li led Tai's troops in Zhaoqing, and after writing that letter to Zheng Chenggong, he rushed to the Xinhui battlefield to preside over the battle.

"In May, Shang Reverse Kexi sent the generals of the domain to enter the city to assist in the defense by the thief Yunlong and the right-wing general Wu Thief. The two feudal divisions cooperated with the Xinhui captive division to defend the city, and our army had not yet broken through the city for a while, but it also caused some casualties to the captive division. ”

This is the current situation, Li Dingguo signaled the staff to explain the current situation to Chen Kai, and in the end, he naturally had to defend himself.

In this regard, Chen Kai only nodded, and did not expose the fact that Li Dingguo had nothing to do with Xinhui County for the time being. But as the aide mentioned another matter, his worries intensified.

"In August, General Linghai Chen Shuai commanded the water division to defeat the Guangdong Naval Division, and the general soldier of the Water Cutting Division Gai Yipeng occupied Jiangmen, and the captured division did not dare to ...... south."

On the way, Chen Kai heard Chen Qice's subordinates mention it, and he was very proud of himself. Speaking of which, after all, he also beheaded a general military officer, who scored points in front of the legendary general Li Dingguo, and is now appointed as the commander of the water division, responsible for commanding the various water divisions around Xinhui.

However, Xinhui County, before that, the Qing army was able to rely on the sailors to achieve the connection between this place and Guangzhou. Military supplies, reinforcements, everything can be entered from here. But once the waterway is completely cut off, Xinhui will really become an island in the vast sea of the Ming army, and the Qing army's death has nothing to do with Chen Kai. However, after all, Xinhui is the third largest city in Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty, and there are still a large number of people in it, whether it is tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, he does not know the specifics, but there are not a few.

After listening carefully to the staff's introduction to the battle situation, Chen Kai still has some issues to weigh. After a while, some things were completely figured out, and Chen Kai asked Li Dingguo about matters related to the breaking of the city.

"The army has been under the city for a long time, and it is not a good thing in the end. The king wanted to break the city as soon as possible, but the city was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the captives were well defended, so it would always take some means to recover this place. ”

Li Dingguo was telling the truth, and Chen Kai also nodded. At this time, Guo Zhiqi said that if it was difficult to break the city for a while, it would be better to besiege the city and send reinforcements, as long as the Qing army reinforcements were defeated in a battle, the defenders would naturally lose their fear.

This is not unreasonable, and it can even be said to be a way to win. However, Chen Kai absolutely cannot agree with this kind of suggestion, in his eyes, the sooner Xinhui County is breached, the better, this is a matter of principle.

"What does Inspector Guo mean by besieging the city while waiting for reinforcements from the captive division?"

"Of course."

"If the captive master never comes, then wait until the captive master in the city eats up all the people in the city, and then we will take the empty city?"

The corners of Chen Kai's mouth were slightly upturned, and a sarcasm was contained in it. Guo Zhiqi said that even if he frowned, he bluntly said that the Qing army would have no will to fight when the food was exhausted, and the people in the city would not lose too much.

"You know a hammer!"

"You, what did you say?!"

Guo Zhiqi got up when he heard this, but it was Chen Kai, who was still sitting there, looking at the superintendent with idiotic eyes, and the sarcasm on the corner of his mouth was even thicker.

"If you are lonely and unheard, you can ask His Royal Highness the King of Xining, is there less of a cannibalism in this world?"

Chen Kai asked sharply, and Guo Zhiqi and the others subconsciously turned their heads to look at Li Dingguo. The latter, who looked a little embarrassed at the moment, just smiled wryly, nodded, and expressed a positive attitude towards Chen Kai's opinion.

"Not to mention the chaos in the north, the Liao affair started, the Han people in Liaodong entered the customs, or went south to Dongjiang Town, and there were many things on the road that changed children and ate; Dongjiang Town has been entrenched in Liaodong for several years, and the needs of the army are not enough all year round, and many times, people often only choose the former in the face of starvation and morality; When Yuan Chonghuan was appointed as the governor of Jiliao, he cut off the food and salary of Dongjiang Town, until Mao Wenlong was killed by Jiaozhi, and in the most bitter and cold months in Liaodong, how could there be less cannibalism? ”

"Inspector Guo, you must know that those captives in the city, especially those who are from Yunlong, are Shang Kexi's cronies and generals brought out from Liaodong. It's not the first time that those feudal soldiers under his command have eaten people! ”

This is not alarmist, it is really hungry to a certain extent, and any morality and ethics will be left behind. Cannibalism is a scene that has never been seen in the chaos in the north at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the same in Liaodong.

The Han people are very hungry and will eat people, and the Manchurians will eat people when they are very hungry, the former is not mentioned, and the latter is not without similar situations. For example, in the late period of Nurhachi's reign, the Han people in Liaodong killed too much, the climate in the Xiaoice period was abnormal, plus the population of farming was killed too much, grain production was seriously damaged, and Houjin wanted to kill the poor and the rich, so as to save and control more food in his hands, but even this could not suppress the soaring food prices. Cannibalism is the least common.

"Chen Fujun, what you said is indeed reasonable, but it's not good to be so impulsive."

Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi didn't quite understand what they meant, but there was definitely an element of abuse. Li Dingguo had heard this and knew what it meant, but he would not add fuel to the fire, so he hurriedly persuaded him. As a result, Guo Zhiqi gave him face, but he still threatened to impeach Chen Kai at the meeting. On Chen Kai's side, he sneered, "If you don't understand the military, don't interject less", and simply ignored Guo Zhiqi and them.

"His Royal Highness the King of Xining." Chen Kai stood up, bowed to Li Dingguo, and then said frankly: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, Your Highness presided over the attack on Zhaoqing last year, and the country did not send troops in the end, but it was persuaded by the lower officials." ”

As soon as these words came out, Guo Zhiqi and Lian Chengbi, who were still threatening to impeach Chen Kai and were not humble, were immediately stunned on the spot. Even not only them, but also Jin Tongwu and that staff, and even Li Dingguo. The difference is nothing more than that the former was far from imagining that Chen Kai would be so stupid, while the latter was even more shocked by Chen Kai's honesty, which was incredibly honest.

Regardless of others, Chen Kai continued with Fang Cai's words: "At that time, the national surname was facing a huge threat of Jin Li's heavy troops, and the Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou were strong, plus there were many northern green battalions, and the southern Fujian Wang Division was already reluctant to do it, so it was naturally unable to divide the troops; And Xiaguan is in charge of the Guangdong battlefield, although the Xiaguan defeated Geng Jimao twice the year before last, weakening a certain strength of the captive division, but Chengxiang and other places in the north of Chaozhou still have Hao Shangjiu entrenched......"

"Then you still have the strength to send troops to Qiongzhou Mansion?"

found one of Chen Kai's leaks, and Lian Chengbi immediately asked. How do you know that when he heard this, Chen Kaixuan immediately sneered: "Let's do the math." At that time, there were more than 10,000 soldiers under the command of this official, and there were many garrisons in the prefecture and county. Hao Shangjiu has 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but I want to guard the Chaozhou mansion. Therefore, when he sent troops to Qiongzhou, he only brought 1,000 soldiers, 3,000 auxiliaries and the fleet of the Marquis of Fuming. Is this little bit of soldiers and horses enough for Zhaoqing to get involved? ”

A rhetorical question, the two of them were immediately speechless, and immediately reacted, accusing the attitude that the problem was not the number of troops. But Chen Kai didn't answer, just sneered and asked: "This official only has so many soldiers and horses in his hands, but he can recover Qiongzhou Mansion." The two Shangguan are in charge of so many royal divisions, so they don't know how many people they can organize and take down that mansion with the advantage of the water division, is it necessary to say more about the rest? ”

From the very beginning of the dispute, what Chen Kai wanted to prove was the issue of ability. It was obvious at this moment, but Chen Kai's words were not finished, and he continued to say to Li Dingguo: "The internal and external factors of the soldiers and horses in the headquarters are like this, according to the intelligence and prediction of the lower officials, His Royal Highness led the army to go alone at that time, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin's temperament seems to be flawed and must be reported. Because of this, His Royal Highness was either quick victory or quick defeat at that time, whether it was a subordinate official or a national surname, even if he went, I am afraid that he may not be able to really join forces with His Highness, right? ”

In the battle of Zhaoqing, Zheng Chenggong did not send troops, even if Li Dingguo didn't care about it, but there may not be no pimples in his heart. At this moment, Chen Kai made his words clear through the dispute, and frankly realized that he was powerless at that time, and immediately mentioned today's events.

"This time, Fujian is in turmoil, and the national surname leads the army to sweep through Fujian, which is close to complete. Hao Shangjiu in the north of Chaozhou, after more than a year of layout, Xiaguan has also coerced and lured him to raise troops anyway, and when Xiaguan sent troops, he had already captured Longchuan County and was on the way to attack Heyuan County. ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, since the lower official has prepared everything, he will never let the captive master fall well. As for those who don't understand military affairs, don't be a pig teammate, I, Chen Kai, will be Amitabha. ”