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For example, Zhejiang has the difference between the upper eight prefectures and the lower three prefectures, and each province is divided into regions. In Guangdong, Guangzhou has always been the center, Chao and Hui to the east of Guangzhou are eastern Guangdong, Zhaoqing and Luodingzhou to the west of Guangdong are western Guangdong, and Gaolian Lei Qiong is more distant. In addition, there is the northern Guangdong region, according to the current administrative division, that is, Shaozhou Prefecture, Nanxiong Prefecture and the northernmost counties of Lianshan, Lianzhou and Yangshan Prefecture of Guangzhou Prefecture, which constitute the helmet shell of Guangzhou, a helmet-like province.

For a long time, if you want to enter Guangdong in a big way, Fujian will go through the water pass between Fujian and Guangdong, Huguang will cross Lianyang, Guangxi will go down the Xijiang River, and Jiangxi will cross the Meiling Mountains. Nanxiong and Shaozhou are on the first line of Meiling, and if you get these two places, you can go straight to Nankang Mansion, and even the core of the Southern Jiangxi region - Ganzhou Mansion City, Li Chengdong attacked Jiangxi twice and has advanced since then.

In mid-May, Chen Kai returned to Hong Kong and rushed to Huizhou City. There, it has always been the elite of Huizhou Prefecture, and there are large plains that can be used for farming, otherwise the huge Huizhou Mansion would not choose to set up a capital city in such a southwest corner that is not conducive to rule.

After a few months of guarding, Hao Shangjiu has gained a firm foothold, although there are civilian offices in the local area, and there are more camps and discipline supervisors in the army, but these people are under Chen Kai's orders, and the control of Hao Shangjiu's troops is relatively loose, not as strict as the descendants of the Zheng group. The three words of the Emperor of the Earth can't be called, but that small day has become more and more comfortable, especially the newly acquired area is far richer than Chengxiang, Xingning, and Changle in remote places, which makes Hao Shangjiu satisfied with the cooperation with Chen Kai.

When Chen Kai arrived in Huizhou Mansion, Hao Shangjiu's side had gone through a few months of rest, and the army had already recovered sufficiently. Subsequently, after only half an hour of secret discussion, Hao Shangjiu left the necessary city garrison troops to stay in the city, and set off with Chen Kai with nearly 3,000 other soldiers.

The target of this attack was Changning County, which was originally assigned to Hao Shangjiu, but the latter never had the strength to launch an attack. It was the northwest of Huizhou Prefecture, but Chen Kai and Hao Shangjiu did not plan to make a detour to Heyuan County, but went all the way north, crossing Longmen County in the northeast of Guangzhou Prefecture and heading straight to Changning County.

In this battle, it was not only a Huizhou town that accompanied the expedition, Chen Kai also issued orders to the Ming army in Conghua, Dongguan, Zengcheng, Xin'an and other counties when he went to Huizhou Fucheng, including Houchong Town, Huwei Zhongzhen, Huwei Zuo Town, Huwei Right Town, Huwei Qianzhen, Huwei Hou Town, and then arrived in Tieqi Town, and a large number of Ming troops rushed to Longmen County along the Zengjiang waterway and joined Zhongquan Town, which was sitting there.

The army gathered, did not waste any time, and immediately set off and went straight to Changning County. The original Huizhou town of the Qing army has been destroyed, and even the Qing army in Guangdong has nothing left, and the people who stayed in Changning County are nothing more than some local guards, just waiting for the Ming army to show up, and immediately cut their braids and surrendered to the Ming army.

Changning County went down without a fight, and the army passed through the city and went straight to Wengyuan County. At this time, the seat of Wengyuan County was not Jiuxian Town in later generations, but Weng Town north of Huangxi and west of Jiuxian Town. The Ming army made a big move, and the local Qing army naturally did not dare to intercept it, so they had to retreat to the city.

Wengyuan county was built in the sixth year of tomorrow Shun, since then there have been many additions in successive dynasties, to this time around 467 zhang, two zhang two feet high; Open three gates, the east is said to be Shihua, the west is said to be Tongshao, the south is said to be Fumin, the three gates are all repaired with the moon city and the city gate tower, and there is a sub-city built in addition; There are twenty-one enemy towers and four hundred and twenty-three towers in the whole city; The moat is two feet deep and one foot wide. These were rebuilt by Zhu Jingyun, the then magistrate of Chongzhen, in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, but there was no problem of disrepair.

This city is already quite strong. However, there was a strong city, the local green battalion was weak, and the morale was low, when nearly 20,000 Ming troops arrived at the city, the gap between strength and weakness was too large, and it took almost no effort for the city to change hands.

No matter how strong a fortress is, it is like an empty shell without a firm defender, and where there is a firm defender, even the thoroughfare will become a mill of flesh. In the Qing army, the green camp was only a vassal of the Eight Banners, and it was still easy to use to deter the locality, and it also had the power to fight against the ordinary Ming army. But when facing the Ming army that had just defeated the Eight Banners Army and the feudal soldiers not long ago, most of their courage was lost first, and the number of people was still at an absolute disadvantage.

After taking Weng Yuan, the army took a short rest and went downstream. From east to west, the Huangxi River flows into a place called Zhenshui, and this so-called Zhenshui is actually the Beijiang River that flows into the Pearl River, but it is just called the river channel from the capital city of Shaozhou to Yingde.

Downstream, is the county seat of Yingde, here is the southernmost city of Shaozhou Mansion, Huangxi and the Huangshui originating from Lianzhou converge into Zhenshui here, the confluence of the three rivers, just like that Wuzhou, has always been the location of the traffic artery.

Chen Kai led the army directly to Yingde County, and the Shaozhou Green Battalion, whose morale was not high, was also retreating into the city, and did not dare to go out of the city to intercept it. The army crossed the river and besieged the city, according to the intelligence of the inquiry, there were thousands of green battalion soldiers gathered here, which was several times stronger than the scale of only three or four hundred people in Wengyuan. However, this city is much inferior to Weng Yuan, the scale is smaller, the height of the city wall is not as high, and the defense facilities such as the enemy tower, the city gate tower, and the moon city are also less I don't know how many times, if it is not also repaired in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, I am afraid that those green camps do not even have the courage to shrink into the city.

"Go, go outside the city and yell at the top of your lungs, and ask the green battalion soldiers inside, can they beat Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, and Zhu Mala?"

The big lama yawned, from Huizhou Fucheng to Longmen County, and then from Longmen County to Changning County, and then from Longmen County to the city of Yingde County through Weng Yuan, and then rushed to the city of Yingde County through Weng Yuan, and he didn't rest for a few days along the way, the battle was not fought much, and the spirit was used on the march, for Chen Kai, it was really boring.

When the words came out, the implication was also very obvious - the Green Battalion must have asked itself if it couldn't defeat the feudal soldiers and the Eight Banners Army, but Chen Kai could tell those guys with confidence: He! Beat! Get! Pass!

The knights of the Ming army rode their horses straight to the city, raising the iron horn to the Qing army at the head of the city. In this regard, the Qing army at the head of the city was indifferent, not only did not answer, but even did not do the usual archery expulsion, if it were not for the Qing army at the head of the city through the telescope, I am afraid that it would have thought that it was just an empty city.

After a long period of effort, Chen Kai's patience was almost exhausted, and in the distance, the gate of Yingde County squeaked open, and a group of green battalion officers and officials in the city walked out in a lined up, and knelt on the ground in the direction of the Ming army commander's banner.

"It's better to be like this earlier, and I can save so much saliva."

With a wave of his hand, Chen Yaoce, the chief officer of the guards in Zhongzhen, led the crowd straight into the city. Those officials and generals were escorted over, and Chen Kai didn't personally step forward to untie the ropes, but still just waved his hand, and some people below untied them. Then, with a slightly arrogant tone, he informed them that they could choose to return to the Ming army or return to their hometown to live in seclusion, and did not give them time to think, so they were escorted.

"Send this letter to His Royal Highness the King of Xining, and hurry up."

"Obedience!"

The letter, Chen Kai wrote it early, just waiting for Yingde County to start and send the letter over in a bright light. From the very beginning, he did not intend to rely on the public opinion of the people in Guangzhou to decide Li Dingguo's choice, not only because this is still a feudal society, and there are very few things that can be determined by public opinion, but more importantly, it is a simple political struggle.

Since this is the case, why compete with others in the field they are good at, it is a very unwise choice to make it clear that you are attacking their own shortcomings and attacking their strengths. Chen Kai asked himself that he was never a fool, since he may not be able to fight on this, then change the way he plays, change the battlefield, or just flip the table to see whose hole cards are tougher!

From the very beginning, Chen Kai knew very well that he was a civilian official, and the civil official group in western Guangdong was also a civilian official, but one of the biggest problems of his opponents was that they had a weak ability to control the army, which was the result of the accumulation of the anti-Qing war in Guangdong for many years.

And in this aspect, he has a unique advantage - since outwitting Chaozhou, Chen Kai has often fought on the front line with other generals, in the army, in the minds of the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Zheng group, he is a commander who can definitely be relied on, that is, he is almost limited than Zheng Chenggong, but he is still more able to win the hearts of the army than others. In addition, among the generals in Guangdong, most of them have old friendships with him, some are friends who fight side by side, and some are the feelings of Zheng Hongkui's side.

The army is his greatest advantage over the civilian clique in western Guangdong. And at this moment, he is also relying on these advantages to prove to Li Dingguo that he has the ability to preserve the good situation of Guangdong Province and continue to recover the lost territory. This is what Li Dingguo attaches the most importance to, and only by ensuring the stability of Guangdong can he have a solid rear when he goes to Anlong to save the driver.

"Facts speak louder than words, no matter what means you have, as long as I take this Yingde county, it will be enough to overturn everything."

Through the official uniform, Chen Kai stroked a letter that he had hidden closely, which he asked Zheng Chenggong for, and the content was nothing more than a letter to Li Dingguo in the name of Zheng Chenggong suggesting that Chen Kai be recommended to the imperial court as the governor of Guangdong. This was his last killer move, because it was impossible for Li Dingguo not to pay attention to the opinion of Zheng Chenggong, the most important ally. But now, it seems that there is no need for it.

The reconquest of Yingde was not the end of the battle, Chen Kai's plan was to take the capital city of Shaozhou, and determine that he could threaten the Meiling defense line of the Qing court, so as to ensure the control of Guangdong in the post-Li Dingguo era. As for going one step further and recovering Nangan, he still can't do it with his current strength, especially when that guy named Hong Chengchou is sitting and watching the situation in Changsha.

The expedited report of the military intelligence departed from Yingde County, and did not go to Conghua County, which was controlled by the Zheng group, but followed the Beijiang River, passed through Qingyuan County, and then went straight to Li Dingguo's camp in the west of Fucheng, Guangzhou.

The letter was delivered, Li Dingguo clapped his hands and praised, the letter arrived in Guo Zhiqi's hand, the supervisor quickly read the full text, and knew Chen Kai's plan and intentions clearly, once he figured these out, Guo Zhiqi immediately realized that his defeat was decided. Immediately, he raised his head again, and his face showed the same excited look as Li Dingguo.

"Chen Jingcheng is a person, he is indeed a man with a good reputation, there is such a figure in the dynasty, and Zhongxing is expected to be successful."

As the words came out, Guo Zhiqi's face also showed a little relief. Seeing this scene in Li Dingguo's eyes, he admired the open-mindedness of the superintendent in front of him even more, and Yu Guo Zhiqi's exclamation also echoed it.

"Originally, the old man planned to ask the imperial court to add Lian Rubai to the position of governor of Guangdong, which can be regarded as restoring the ancestral system. But now it seems that Chen Jingcheng has entered the Shaozhou Mansion, and the old man thinks that the food and salary still have to go through the waterways of the Beijiang River, so that the army on the front line can ensure that food and clothing are worry-free. Therefore, the old man wants to come, it is better to play the Son of Heaven and change the governor of Chen Kaizhangquan Chaohui to the governor of Guangdong, so that it can be more justifiable. ”

"What the overseer said, I happened to think of it with this king."

Chen Kai proved his strength, and it also proved that he was definitely not the villain who only stared at his own people. As far as Li Dingguo is concerned, Chen Kai came back from South Australia and threw himself into the reconquest, and it is obvious that he misunderstood Chen Kai in his earlier judgment of the Guangzhou petition tide. After all, in terms of time, Chen Kai had no chance of organizing these two major events at the same time.

This time, Chen Kai recovered the three counties of Changning, Wengyuan, and Yingde, and Guangzhou had greater strategic depth and was relatively safer. What's more, Chen Kai's offensive footsteps did not stop, but continued to attack north after recovering Yingde, according to Chen Kai, Shaozhou Mansion is a battleground, but he will not continue to fight into the Southern Jiangxi region, so as not to involve too much energy, resulting in Li Dingguo unable to set off to rescue.

Regarding Guo Zhiqi's statement, Li Dingguo made his thoughts clear. So, Li Dingguo sent someone to invite Jin Weixin, and Jin Weixin ghostwrote for the two, and directly wrote a letter to send someone to An Longxing.

"Ming Xiu plank road, dark Chen Cang, at the same time is a bird with one stone, Chen Kai, Chen Kai, good means."

Leaving Li Dingguo's big tent, Guo Zhiqi got into a carriage bound for Zhaoqing. From the very beginning of the news of Chen Kai's recovery of Yingde County, he saw everything clearly. As he said to Li Dingguo, the defense of Shaozhou Mansion is bound to ensure the control of Beijiang, Chen Kai has taken the lead, and Li Dingguo will definitely divide all the areas including Guangzhou Fucheng, Qingyuan County, and Sanshui County to Chen Kai, because only in this way can the Ming army's material and personnel transportation in Shaozhou Mansion be ensured. And if Guangzhou is controlled by them, whether it is Li Dingguo or Chen Kai, they will doubt whether they have the possibility of cutting off the grain route.

Whether it will cause a more fierce political struggle, Guo Zhiqi doesn't care, but he has never been a figure like He Tengjiao who corrupts state affairs for his own selfish interests.

Chen Kai is in Xinhui, he can endure each other for the country, and this time he knows best that if Chen Kai does not capture Shaozhou Mansion, then the Ming Army of Western Guangdong and Chen Kai join forces to guard the front line of Qingyuan and Conghua, and they will have a lot less responsibility to defend the country. But now, since Chen Kai has controlled Shaozhou Mansion, assuming that they squeeze Chen Kai out again, then once the Qing army goes south, it will be difficult for him to hold Guangzhou with those Ming troops in western Guangdong. At that time, it will be the overall situation of Guangdong that will be damaged, and it is very likely that all the efforts made in these years will be wasted.

"Forbearance for the country, the old man has never forgotten his original intention. This is the end of this incident, but the old man will never just let Er and other feudal towns become bigger wantonly, and there is a chance to endanger the Ming Dynasty. ”

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