It has been several years since the recovery of Fujian, and although the front has not changed much, the infiltration of the Ming army into Zhejiang has already begun.

During this period, this was the traditional trade route from Fujian to Quzhou and Huizhou, and the local merchants had cooperated with the Zheng group for twenty or thirty years, and the former was obviously more in line with their values than the barbaric expropriation of the Qing court. At the beginning, Chen Kai traveled to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he relied on the relationship between the Zheng Group in northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang, and now it is the same. On the gentry side, the Consultative Bureau in Guangdong and the counteroffensive momentum of the Ming court also made some people ready to move. With the support of the grassroots, the name of righteousness, and the paving of gold and silver, the rest is just a suitable opportunity.

The city fell overnight, except for the county lord who found an opportunity to hang up the southeast branch, there were no other accidents worth mentioning.

Zheng Chenggong received the report of Zhou Rui, the commander of the right army of the naval division, and Huang Ting, the governor of the pre-requisite, as soon as possible.

Wenzhou Prefecture, including Yueqing, Taishun, Pingyang, Ruian, Yongjia five counties and Panshiwei, Jinxiangwei and a series of coastal guards. Its land is long and narrow, in addition to Taishun County, the county seat, the Acropolis, and the city of thousands of households are all lined up along the coast. The Ming army raided the city of Fu, which is located in the middle of the word long snake, and the city of Fucheng is successful, that is, the word long snake is cut off, whether it is connected to Taizhou in the north, or bordering Funing Prefecture in the south, it is very advantageous.

However, the Ming army was not here, and when Huang Ting's land division arrived at Fucheng, the army immediately set off and went up the Oujiang River, leaving only a small number of troops under the command of Zhou Rui to guard Fucheng and seize the counties.

The Oujiang River originates from the two counties of Longquan and Qingyuan, which are bordering Wenzhou Prefecture, and the basin almost covers these two prefectures in southern Zhejiang. Tracing up from the Wenzhou capital city, more than 100 miles is the Qingtian county seat at the junction of the two provinces, and then about a little more than ten or twenty miles is the state capital city.

Drunken Weng Pavilion Jiyun: All the mountains around Chuchu are also. That Chuzhou is located in Anhui in later generations, and now it is Nanzhili. In the middle of the state, the sound of the same word is different, but the word "mountain" is better, the whole province is almost mountainous, hilly terrain, is no longer a "ring", but in the mountain.

This is the target of the Ming army's expedition, because this state connects Quzhou, Jinhua, Taizhou, Wenzhou and northern Fujian, as long as Wenzhou and Chuzhou are taken, the Ming army's control areas in Fujian and Taizhou can be connected. However, the mountainous terrain of Chuzhou, as in Taizhou, made it difficult for the Qing army's cavalry superiority to be developed, but the Ming army could rely on infantry and build fortified posts to encroach and harass the Qing army's control area step by step.

To the north of Chuzhou, it is the Jinqu Basin, which is not like Xianxia Pass, where you have to pass the pass of Jiangshan County to attack the key point of Quzhou's capital city. Here, you can directly insert Longyou County in the east of Quzhou, the grain and grass of the main force of the Qing army in Quzhou are mainly transported from Zhejiang, Longyou is the only way, once controlled by the Ming army, the Qing army is bound to face the problem of shortage of grain and grass, which can be said to be an extremely huge threat to a large army.

"Huang Ting should be about to go to the state capital, which, like Wenzhou, has already been infiltrated with holes, and there will be no surprises."

Xianxia closed, Zheng Chenggong checked the report, with the help of the light of the candle, his fingers slowly swiped over the map along the strategic direction, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but skim a smile.

Originally, when he and Chen Kai were weak, they always considered avoiding the real and making the false. Later, as his strength grew, he was more inclined to lure the enemy into battle. It's just not like recovering Fujian and Guangdong provinces in one go, it was the economy of Fujian Province that penetrated the economy of Fujian Province in advance, and with the help of Li Dingguo's army. Now, every step is a tough fight, even including Chen Kai's previous battle to recover Southern Jiangxi.

The strength of the Zheng group has made the Qing court have to pay attention to it, which is a good thing and not a good thing. And this time, Zheng Chenggong didn't plan to directly penetrate eastern Zhejiang, it would be too risky. In contrast, he still chose a more prudent method, first attracting the attention of the Qing army at Xianxia Pass, and then quickly seizing Wenzhou and Chuzhou, and then threatening the Jinqu Basin, forcing the Qing army to further divide its forces to weaken the strength of its main force, so as to achieve the strategic goal of strengthening the enemy with a weak enemy.

Preparing for this for many years, combined with the current overall situation, it is already an invincible situation for him. After taking the state capital, step by step, you can always wait for Jidu to make a mistake. And at that time, it was the best time to restore Jiangsu and Zhejiang in one fell swoop!

"Don't rush it."

Looking at the changes in the strategic situation on the map again, Zheng Chenggong's mind was about the overall layout. According to the information that Chen Kai kept sending, now that the Qing court is doing its best to storm the southwest, it is unknown whether the southwest can withstand it. The worst possibility is that the southwest will be defeated quickly, Emperor Yongli will be killed, and Li Dingguo will surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so the southeast will inevitably become the next target of the Qing court.

But before that, it was also the weakest period of the Qing court in the southeastern battlefield. Therefore, he must open up the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang before the Qing court solves the southwest problem. There may not be much time left, and it may be a few months before we hear the bad news from the southwest. But even so, he still had to suppress everything in his heart that had to do with impatience.

After all, if you're not careful, years of work will be lost!

"There is still something to be done in the southwest. Even if Yungui falls, he will definitely be able to resist the captives in Guangdong and buy me enough time. ”

Trust is sometimes very, very unreasonable. However, the trust between Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong is time-tested. Even if it is no longer as intimate as it was at the beginning, in major matters, Zheng Chenggong still believes in Chen Kai's ability, even to the point of superstition.

After Huang Ting attacked Wenzhou, he quickly launched an offensive against the state capital. Soon, Qingtian and the capital city of Chuzhou were successively recovered by the Ming army, and Huang Ting led the troops to continue to capture the remaining counties while gradually building an advance position to the north, making preliminary preparations for the implementation of the next strategic goal.

The strategy of squeezing the living space of the Qing army continued, and Zheng Chenggong wrote to Chen Kai as soon as he received the military information about the recovery of the state capital. It is necessary to communicate with each other, even if they are thousands of miles apart.

The messenger immediately set off from Xianxia Pass, and at this time, Chen Kai had already received Zheng Chenggong's last letter, one of which was clearly written, saying that the rebel general Shi Fu's department disappeared from the line of Jianchang Mansion and Guangxin Mansion, and it seemed that he had gone west along the river. It is not yet known exactly where they went and what they did.

Chen Kai almost forgot about this name. This person inherited the nephew's business after Shi Lang's defection failed, descended to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and later led the troops to transfer in the process of the Ming army sweeping Fujian, and in the past two years, he has been in the eastern part of Jiangxi with the Fujian Governor Yang Minggao, who only governs a few passes, guards the passes and assists in guarding the Jianchang Mansion, Guangxin Mansion and other places. This suddenly disappeared, and it was headed west, and Chen Kai's first thought was that Hong Chengchou would transfer him to the Changsha shogunate.

"Shi Fu is a sailor general, and his talent points are the same as Chen Bao and Chen Hui. What's the point of this transfer inland? ”

couldn't understand it, Chen Kai simply didn't bother thinking about it. He has always known best what he needs to do at the moment.