Thirty towns and 54,000 soldiers attacked the whole province of Fujian by land and water, like a tiger descending from the mountain, unstoppable.

This is from the second year of Longwu Layue Zheng Chenggong burned his clothes to raise troops, from the first year of Yongli in April Chen Kai landed on Nanao Island, in the second year of Yongli Chen Kai outwitted Chaozhou, in the fifth year of Yongli and the sixth year of Yongli Zheng Chenggong fought against Zhangquan, it was last year and this year Chen Kai manipulated Zheng Yihe, it is the accumulation of seven years, and it is the total outbreak of today!

With an army of this size, it is natural to have a huge amount of grain and grass, as well as sailors and auxiliaries to assist the army. Chen Kai's responsibility for sitting in the rear is huge, but he is very comfortable, even idle.

He has been in charge of the Guangdong battlefield for a long time, and Zheng Chenggong in southern Fujian has long had a corresponding civil and military system. The transportation of grain and grass, mainly by water, is the responsibility of the water division; In terms of auxiliary soldiers, they were originally supposed to be requisitioned from the people of the two prefectures of Zhangquan, but the people who fled into the two prefectures in the past six months were too huge, and Zheng Chenggong had already assigned the troops to prison them, and used these people to serve as auxiliaries, and sent them back to their hometowns by the way. In this way, everything is done by those civil officials and military generals, Chen Kai sits in the office every day, and if there is an unexpected situation, he will deal with it, that's all.

Chen Kai was in Zhangquan and Zhangquan, saying that he was in charge of the transfer of the army, but it was better to stabilize the morale of the army, so that the sergeants would not worry about being copied from the back road. In this case, he is also happy to be a big Buddha.

The armies from all walks of life rushed to the battlefields on all fronts as scheduled, and suddenly launched an attack, even if the Qing army was caught off guard. Most of the information that continues to be sent back is that the Ming army of a certain town or a certain battalion has captured a certain fortress or county seat, if it is demonstrated with animation, then on the map, several arrows that extend out are marching forward, dyeing more administrative areas into the red of the Ming Dynasty.

In Hui'an County, 8,000 soldiers from the four towns of Wang Xiuqitong, the later governor, set off from here and went straight to Xinghua City. This person is Zheng Chenggong's close officer, before he was promoted to the governor of the perennial Rong Banner Town, this time the army came out, although he brought the least number of troops, but the opponent was not weak at all.

Following the route of Jin Li's attack during the Battle of Zhongcuo, Wang Xiuqi led the army to attack Xinghua City. The so-called Xinghua Mansion is the Putian City of the later generations, this prefecture has two counties, the Xianyou in the west is in the upper reaches of Mulan Creek, and the Putian County in the east is where the Fucheng is located, located in the lower reaches of Yanshou River north of Mulan Creek. In addition, there are the Pinghai Acropolis and the Puxi Thousand Households, which are located on the southeast coast of the province.

In order to guard against the Ming army in Quanzhou, the Qing army stationed tens of thousands of troops here, including Fujian Promotion, Fujian Left Road Town Mark, Fujian Right Road Town Mark, and Xinghua City Defender Association, and even the strength was a few points stronger than Fuzhou.

For this reason, Wang Xiuqi's army did not care about the Xianyou County, not to mention that there were only guards stationed there, and the local guards who lacked the ability to protect themselves were directly aimed at Xinghua Fucheng. Because the Qing army was more abundant, Chen Kai transferred eight of the 28 star camps from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou just in case, plus Wang Xiuqi's 8,000 soldiers, at least there was a certain degree of superiority in numbers.

The army rushed over like this, who knew that when they arrived, this city was already an empty city, but after inquiring, I found out that the news of the fall of Fuzhou came, lest it be attacked by the Ming army from the north and south, and the tens of thousands of Qing troops fled without a fight, running all the way in the direction of Yanping Mansion, and did not look back.

Originally, it was a good peace, but how did you know that it was suddenly attacked, and even the provincial capital was lost, and the Qing army was naturally discouraged. What's more, in the past six months, troops have been sent to suppress the local people who resist donations and taxes, and the various departments of the Qing army have long been exhausted, and they know that they dare not have the slightest intention of confronting such a large army like the Shangming Army, which has been recuperating for a long time. What's more, Zhaofu Silver has been implemented for a year, and everyone has earned a lot of money, and people are rich, if there is no greater wealth hanging, such desperate work will not be willing to do.

Seeing this, Wang Xiuqi divided his troops to take Xianyou County, Pinghaiwei and Puxi Qianhu while reporting to Chen Kai, and also did not fight, as long as the army arrived, it could be directly stationed. Even, the guards of Pinghaiwei directly cut their braids when they arrived in Youchong Town, and re-erected the banner of the Ming army.

Xinghua Mansion was taken like a devastation, leaving part of the army to garrison, and Wang Xiuqi continued to go north according to the plan to recover the southern counties of Fuzhou Prefecture.

Fuzhou is divided into the north and south of the Minjiang River, and the south of the Minjiang River is the four counties of Minqing, Fuqing, Changle and Yongfu, as well as Zhendongwei and Wan'an Thousand Households. Among them, Minqing is located along the Minjiang River, and is close to the middle reaches, far away from the coast, but it is more conducive to the army from Fuzhou Fucheng to seize, and Wang Xiuqi's department can be ignored for the time being.

In this way, Fuqing County is the first to bear the brunt!

The news of the fall of Fucheng had already spread, and the magistrate wanted to leave, but the city gates everywhere had been blocked by the shacks of those people, and those people learned of this and also raised the banner of rebellion. With the help of Zhaofu silver, the magistrate county looted more than 200,000 taels of gold, silver and jewelry worth more than 200,000 taels in front of and behind Fuqing County, and the packing was packed early, but where did it get out in such a situation?

If you want to turn to the green camp for help, but there are few local green camps, in the current situation, if you want to escape, you must at least go to Yanping Mansion first, and then try to go to Shaowu Mansion or Jianning Mansion to watch the scenery. This is naturally not a problem for the large Qing army, and the bandits and rebels along the way do not dare to stroke the tiger's whiskers. But they are a small group of green camps, I am afraid that they will not be left before they leave the territory of Fuzhou Mansion.

Officials and green camps have made a lot of money in this year's looting, and they all have rich belongings, as if it is easy to eat fat, but it is not easy to move again.

The chaos outside the city gathered more and more, and it was very meaningful that they would come in after the city was broken and devoured alive. At this moment, the only way to defend the city is to seek help from the green camp master on the side of Xinghua Mansion, and wait for reinforcements to flee together. But after a few days, the reinforcements did not wait, but waited for the vanguard of the Ming army.

The Qing army at the head of the city looked at the Ming army outside the city with trepidation, and in less than a moment, a cavalry rushed to the front and shot an arrow on the city wall.

There is a letter on the arrow, which is addressed to the magistrate and the garrison of the county's green battalion. The garrison was in the city, and he hurriedly sent someone to invite the county lord who was praying for the defenders in the Buddhist hall at home, who was sincere in his worship and did not want to lose his courtesy, but in such a situation, he had to rush to the south of the city and the garrison for a while.

"County Zun, this is it."

The letter was addressed to two people, and the garrison did not open it without authorization, but waited until the magistrate to open it together. The content is not complicated, and even the words and sentences are pitiful. However, the intention that Ming Jun wanted to express was very clear, and after the two saw it, they couldn't help but glance at each other, but neither of them saw a positive look in the other party's eyes.

"This, will there be fraud?"

"It's hard to say, after all, it's a big family now. However, in the current situation, there are chaotic people outside the city, and there is no need for the Ming army to do anything, as long as the chaotic people are driven to attack the city, we can't bear it. ”

The Ming army's demand was very simple, Kaesong surrendered, so that their lives could be saved, and the Ming army also promised not to move other furniture except food and land, and sent people to escort them out of Fujian. But if you dare to resist stubbornly, or hesitate, after the Ming army breaks the city, even if the king of heaven Lao Tzu comes to intercede, it is useless, there is only one killing word!

Defend the city, insufficient troops; Surrender, they did not dare. This is a big problem, the magistrate and the garrison just look at each other like this, but they can't make a decision. After all, this is a matter of life. But before he could wait an hour, the warden who was closest to the magistrate came to report, saying that the gentry in the city were in tandem, and it seemed that they were about to make a move.

"I can't wait, I'll send someone out now to discuss with the commander of the Ming army."

The negotiation was very simple, and unconditionally agreed to the request of the Ming army. Next, before those gentry finished their tandem, the city had already surrendered here. When the army entered the city, the magistrate and the garrison soon met the commander of the army, Wang Xiuqi, and learned that it was Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai who felt their earlier cooperation and the timely surrender of Kaecheng, and it would not be difficult for them. But the food in the belongings had to be provided, because outside the city there were still a large number of hungry people waiting to eat.

"That's fine, that's fine, the sinner will command it."

The magistrate and the garrison are very cooperative, and Wang Xiuqi will naturally not be difficult for them. The army continued to advance, and the Zhendongwei and Wan'an Qianhusuo in the southeast, and Yongfu County in the northwest all went down without a fight, until the army arrived in Changle County, and the defender was still a die-hard loyalist of the Qing court, saying that he would not open the city and surrender.

"Go to Fuzhou, find Zhong Zhenbo, Chen Fujun said, Lingjun is now in Fuzhou, transfer it, and collapse the city wall!"

All the way forward, Fujian raised the standard and fled, who knew that there was a hard nail. Wang Xiuqi was very angry, and the consequences were serious. However, before the cannon arrived, chaos had already broken out in the city, and the fire together lit up the dark night sky. Wang Xiuqi doesn't know who did it, but there are changes in the city, and if you don't attack the city at this time, you will be called a fool.

The defenders devoted all their energy to suppressing the rebellion in the city, and the Ming army broke through the city without much effort. But then, due to the stubborn resistance of the defenders, the Ming army pulled all the officials and green battalions of the county outside the city in public, beheaded them for public display, and left no one behind. And all their family property was confiscated, and their families were not enslaved in the government, and they were not spared.

Such differential treatment was properly discussed by Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong earlier. In order to make an example for the other Qing troops - those who surrender will not die, and those who resist stubbornly will have a dead end!

Wang Xiuqi is like this, as is Huang Shan, who attacked Tingzhou Mansion, Gan Hui, who invaded Yanping Mansion, Huang Ting, who invaded Funing Prefecture, and Zheng Chenggong, who was killing Jianning Mansion.

From the beginning of August, the Ming army frantically stormed the city in the province of Fujian. The news spread to nearby Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and it really shocked the officials of the two provinces, Lu Ying, whose jaws could not be closed.

On November 12, in the opera garden of Hangzhou Xiaozifang, the stage sang last year's "Yizhongyuan". Since the eighth year of Shunzhi, Li Yu has released a new play every year, for three consecutive years, and it has been applauded every year. But this year, there has been no movement in the new play, and it has been rumored that Li Yujiang Lang has exhausted his talents, which has made countless people who are keen on it choke.

Among these people who are looking forward to a new drama night and night, the county of Qiantang County is naturally an exception. He is an official, and he has formed a literary friend with Li Yu since he watched "Sympathy Companion", and Li Yu has no reason to avoid him in terms of writing progress. "Qi Fan, how has "Jade Scratching Your Head" been written recently?"

"It's already seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, eight

"That's a real scratch."

On the stage outside, the county has watched "The Meaning of the Edge" several times, and even the county Cheng's relatives are like this, and they can't arouse much interest for a long time. This time, he was thinking about the new play, so he rushed over, and learned that he was still creating, he understood that this text thing must always be carefully crafted, and he was not in a hurry, so he simply sat down by himself and chatted with Li Yu.

"I've been busy these days, Fujian has become like that, Liu Zhijun, Qin Fujun, Wen Zhifu, and He Zhi County in this county are all one head and two big. Now I am busy mobilizing the green battalions of this province to go to the aid, not to mention, but also to clean up the accounts of various prefectures and counties, if it weren't for the fact that I was busy trying cases a few months ago, I would not have had a day off, and now I am still sitting in the yamen. ”

Liu Qingtai, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, did not mention that Qin Shizhen, the governor of Zhejiang, and Wen Qizhi, the prefect of Hangzhou, were both newly appointed this year, replacing the predecessors Xiao Qiyuan and Zu Long. As for the He Zhixian in the mouth of the county, it is called He Xiangrui, the name is excellent, but the luck is not very good - the new governor has been an official in Zhejiang before, and he is a patrolman, and he belongs to the kind of mother who does not rub sand in her eyes. A few years ago, when he patrolled Jiangnan, he tossed the officials in Jiangnan a lot, and later entered Dali Temple, and he was not idle. In April this year, he just took over the errand of the former governor Xiao Qiyuan, and when he arrived, he had to check the accounts when he met, and he also went to the imperial court to build warships to defend the sea frontier. Catching up with such a good boss, the chance of dying from overwork will be greatly increased.

However, the recent busyness has nothing to do with this governor, and it is really Fujian that has made too much trouble, forcing them to move.

It is said that Tong Guoqi, the governor of Fujian, has fled to Jianning Mansion, Liu Qingtai has mobilized the governor to go south, not to mention, the Jin Quma who likes to pour vinegar has also been tossed, and even the garrison Eight Banners, who are still recuperating in Hangzhou, have to go south again. However, whether Fujian can be recaptured or not is still a matter of two words. It has even been rumored in the officialdom that it is Liu Qingtai and Tong Guoqi's Zhaofu Yin who raised Zheng Chenggong too fat, and now it is impossible to press people back.

"This, this Haikou is so discredited?"

Li Yu's face was shocked, and he finally said this, but unexpectedly, Na Zhixian shook his head: "I see, this matter may not be led by that Haikou Kou." Nine times out of ten, it was that Chen Kai, who would go to Hangzhou to rob Wang Jiang when he was idle, and he did it without leakage, it is said that King Pingnan had also eaten deflated a few times in his hands, and it was not new to play this method. ”

Chen Jinnan is Chen Kai, and few people know about it in other places, but in Hangzhou, the previous governor Xiao Qiyuan had already begun to suspect Wang Jiang when he heard that Wang Jiang was in Chaozhou. And this suspicion soon became the consensus of Hangzhou officialdom, which is nothing more than why a big man like Chen Kai ran so far to save a Wang Jiang, and there are still some things worth considering.

In this regard, Li Yu thought about it, nodded heavily, and expressed an affirmative attitude: "This person is lacking in virtue enough." ”