Fujian's high-ranking officials and marshals are sparse and Tangbao, and Chen Kai has no chance to see them for the time being. However, he can still roughly guess what will be written in it - competing for merit, making false reports and exaggerations, driven by the nature of bureaucrats, there is no distinction between ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, civil and military, and it is only about the degree of shamelessness caused by official career and interests.

At the beginning of August, the Ming army launched a direct attack on the surrounding prefectures and counties from Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Fuzhou, which had just succeeded in the surprise attack. In just one month, the Ming army quickly recovered the entire territory of Xinghua Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Yanping Prefecture and Funing Prefecture, and even Ningyang County, which was always alone with Zhangzhou Prefecture, was also pocketed by the Ming army.

These prefectures and counties are all deeply affected by the recruitment of silver. The local economy, ruling order, and administrative organization have been completely destroyed, and they have reached the point where they have become enemy countries out of the city. The Ming army brought a large number of local people into these areas, naturally like a fish in water, plus the local gentry class has also figured out the pros and cons, everywhere the army goes, the city is full of people who welcome the surrender, even if they do not know the times, the defense is also quickly collapsed under the combination of internal and external affairs.

The army alone numbered more than 50,000 soldiers, and the surprise attack effectively destroyed the defenders' psychological defense line and frontal defense. For a time, the army seemed to have the momentum of swallowing the whole of Fujian in one bite, until the flames of war were burned to other prefectures and counties.

Gan Hui, the governor of the Middle Army, led an army of 12,000 troops from six towns out of Quanzhou, went north to attack Yanping Mansion, destroyed the withering along the way, quickly occupied Datian and Youxi counties, went down the flow of Youxi, entered the Minjiang River, and cooperated with Zheng Chenggong to lead more than 10,000 troops in eight towns to capture Yanping Fucheng.

After capturing the city of Yanping Mansion, the two parted ways, Gan Hui led the main force of the department to continue to trace the river, captured Changhua and Jiangle two counties, entered Shaowu Mansion, and went south along Shaxi, captured Shaxian and Yongan counties, and controlled the southwest of Yanping Mansion. The progress of the partial division was very smooth, and it soon entered Ansha Town, between Tingzhou and Yanping. However, Gan Hui's main force encountered stubborn resistance from the local Qing army in the area of the mouth where Chen Kai disembarked when he went north to Shaowufu three years ago, and due to the weakening of the troops after the division of troops, it was unable to form a rapid breakthrough for a while.

At the same time, Zheng Chenggong led the army north to enter Jianning Mansion, still relying on water transportation. The Ming army attacked rapidly, and soon took the city of Fucheng, which was located in the south of Jianning Prefecture, and divided its troops to the north. However, taking advantage of this time, Tong Guoqi, who had escaped earlier, had already fled to Xianxia Pass with the remnants of Fuzhou's defeated generals, and Liu Qingtai could not afford to lose a province, so he immediately mobilized the two divisions of Zhejiang-Fujian Governor Biao and Jinhua General Soldier Ma Jinbao to go south, and took control of Pucheng and Chong'an counties in the north of Jianning Prefecture before the arrival of the Ming army, providing cover for the checkpoints in northern Fujian.

These two parts were destroyed in the early stage, but they gave the prefectures and counties that were the targets that had not been excessively affected by the Fuyin to react, so that such a situation would appear. However, the right commander Huangshan entered the Tingzhou Mansion, and was the first to carry out a surprise attack, but there was a lack of rivers between the two places, and the army set off from Longyan County, crossed the Purple Mountain, and finally had convenient water and land transportation until the capture of Shanghang County. But in this way, the result was that the Qing army stationed in Tingzhou had time to react, quickly shrink its forces, and consolidate the defense of the capital, so that Huangshan soon touched the dust of Tingzhou City.

The military situation was constantly sent back to Quanzhou, and after Chen Kai saw it, he had to sigh. An army of 54,000 is indeed a lot, but if you want to expand from the territory of two provinces to a province in one go, no matter which way you go, you will inevitably be divided. What's more, the province of Fujian is mainly mountainous and hilly, and there are few plains in the whole province, known as "eight mountains, one water and one field". The army maneuvered quickly, and the coast was fine, but once inland, the best thing to do was to spread out along the current.

In exchange for strength, the sudden attack bought time, and now these advantages are about to fade in front of space, and the more it drags on, the more so.

Zheng Chenggong personally led the army north, in order to seize a series of checkpoints in northern Fujian as soon as possible, so as to occupy a more advantageous position. Now that the offensive has begun to slow down, Chen Kai finally realized that he really can't be a decoration to stabilize the morale of the army with his big Buddha.

Looking at the map and summarizing the information, Chen Kai calculated how many chips he still had in his hand, and how to use them to achieve the effect of making the best use of things and making the best use of talents.

"Order, Ruan Jun, the former town of the water division, went to Fuzhou Mansion to listen to the call of Zhongzhen Bo Hongxu."

“……”

"Order, the premise governor Huang Ting led the troops and horses of the headquarters and the two departments of Renwu Town and Yiwu Town to control the Wenzhou Water Dividing Pass, and went north to Jianning Mansion to help in the war, and Chen Ze of Xinwu Town stayed in Funing Prefecture."

"Order, the troops and horses of the headquarters of Zhongjing Bolin Xishan will go north to Funing Prefecture, and take over the prefect to be responsible for controlling the defense of Funing Prefecture."

“……”

"Order, the supply of grain and grass to the right commander of the Tingzhou Mansion Huangshan will no longer be the responsibility of the Zhangzhou Mansion from September 15, and the Chaozhou Mansion will supply grain and grass along the Tingjiang River."

"Order, Sanheba co-defended the general army Guo Tai and Yu Kuan led the troops and horses of the headquarters to attack Yongding County, the capital of Tingzhou, to prevent the grain and grass transportation line in Chaozhou from being cut off by the captive division."

“……”

"Order, Hou Governor Wang Xiuqi led the headquarters and the two divisions of Zuochong Town and Youchong Town to the north along the Min River, and converged with the Central Governor Gan Hui to seize Shaowu Mansion."

"Order, after the Central Admiral Gan Hui recovers Shaowu Mansion, he will go south to join the partial division of the headquarters to attack the four counties of Guihua, Ninghua, Qingliu in the north of Tingzhou Mansion and Liancheng in the middle, so as to further compress the activity space of the Tingzhou Mansion Captive Division."

“……”

The army of southern Fujian is exhausted, and there are not many reserves in hand. In addition, in July, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan, who went north to the Yangtze River, returned to the Zhongzuo Institute and asked Zheng Chenggong to send reinforcements. To this end, Zheng Chenggong dispatched Chen Hui, Zhongjingbo, Shi Ju, Houzhen Shiju, Lin Wencan, Dianbing Town, Huang Yuan, Guerrilla Town, Lin Shun of Liwu Town, and Lan Yan of Zhiwu Town, with a total of 5,000 sailors and 10,000 land divisions to help in the battle.

This undoubtedly further compressed the chips in Chen Kai's hand. Fortunately, there were still a large number of troops and warehouses in Chaozhou, and the Ming army's early offensive went smoothly, and the two armies of Wang Xiuqi and Huang Ting completed the established combat mission. Chen Kai believed that he could only hit people if he clenched his fists, so he immediately adjusted the direction of the army's attack.

The army was exhausted, aiming to recover a province in Fujian, and while Chen Kai transferred the land and water army in southern Fujian to various places, even Zheng Tai always stayed in the Zhongzuo Institute and did not continue to go to sea. As soon as the order was issued, Chen Kai put Zheng Tai in charge of the supply of food and grass for the land and water army, and he rushed to Jianning Mansion by boat overnight to meet Zheng Chenggong.

The ship went to sea from Quanzhou and went straight to Fuzhou along the coastline. Subsequently, it was not until Yanping Fucheng that it turned into Jianxi and continued north.

All the way by boat, but out of the boundary of Quanzhou, standing on the deck, looking at both sides of the river, the village is dilapidated, uninhabited, and the ridges are barren and grassy. I think that when he went to Jiangxi from here, the fragrance of rice wafting along the shore could be smelled even on the boat. But now, it's no longer visible.

"Hey, it's really immoral."

Chen Kai did not teach those Fujian officials to exploit the people, but as soon as the kickbacks came out, the greed of the bureaucrats was stimulated, and they were afraid of the weak and the hard, so they would naturally attack those ordinary people. In this regard, what Chen Kai can comfort himself is that he has seized Fujian, and it is impossible for the Qing court to play the relocation and forbidden sea again, because the mouth of a province cannot be blocked at all.

"From Liaodong to Guangdong, the coast ranges from 30 to 2,300 miles, and those who cannot move to the interior within three days will be killed, and those who dare to cross the border will be killed, let alone those who have moved into the interior and died without livelihood. The time span of more than 20 years has been relocated to the forbidden sea, and there are more than 10 million victims? ”

I comforted myself and felt a lot more relaxed. The boat soon sailed to the city of Jianning Mansion, where Zheng Chenggong was sitting, controlling the soldiers and horses to compete with the Qing army, and seeing Chen Kai coming, excitement was inevitable.

"In just one month, most of Fujian has been recovered. Originally, Wang Shi was driven to the coast by the Tatars, but now the Tatars have almost been expelled from Fujian by us. ”

It's just that the pace of the march has slowed down, not that it is stuck in a stalemate. Zheng Chenggong is in a good mood, at least these years of hard work have finally reaped the fruits of victory and seen greater hope. At this point, not only Zheng Chenggong, but since Chen Kai entered the city, every Ming army he has seen seems to have a look of hope on his face, as if he is shining.

"Appeasement kills people."

I thought about it in my heart, but I didn't have anything to say. The Ming army marched forward, and the condition of the Qing army in Fujian was very bad. Next, it is nothing more than what kind of result can be achieved in the end. According to Chen Kai's estimate, if nothing else, there will always be a result at the end of the year. It's just that he may not be able to wait until the end of the year.

"The mobilization of troops and horses of various departments has been launched, and the Jiangxi captive division is mainly concentrated in Nanchang, Jiujiang and Nanjiang, and the military pressure they can give us in a short period ......of time is almost negligible."

Jiangxi Green Battalion, there are mainly three large armies, namely Jiangxi Promotion, Jiujiang Town Biao and Nangan Town Standard, all of which are the size of 5,000 troops. In addition to the two Fubiao and one local green battalion stationed in western Jiangxi, which had an establishment of 2,000 men, the garrisons in various prefectures and counties were only a few hundred people, especially in the eastern Guangdong region adjacent to Fujian.

"Our main opponent in the near future is still Zhejiang's captive division, at most Nanjiang's. So I asked Gan Hui to enter Tingzhou Mansion after taking Shaowu Mansion and face the Southern Ganlu Battalion. And Wang Xiuqi took the other two towns, which was enough to hold the place of Shaowu Mansion. ”

Chen Kai analyzed his arrangement, Zheng Chenggong's mind went through the map of Fujian, and then made a positive attitude. According to Chen Kai's arrangement, Huang Ting's troops will soon arrive at Jianning Mansion, and now Zheng Chenggong's main opponents are still Zhejiang-Fujian Governor Biao, Jinhua Zhenbiao and the two green battalions that fled from Fuzhou and the local green battalion soldiers, together there are nearly 10,000 troops.

In the field, Zheng Chenggong is not afraid of these green battalion soldiers, the problem is that they are still defending against danger, obviously still waiting for follow-up reinforcements. As for which reinforcements will be, there is no need to guess.

"Those cheating goods have already been sent back, right?"

"Pit ......"

Chen Kai said this word in passing, but Zheng Chenggong seemed a little stunned, and quickly recovered. It was Chen Kai, who already knew that he had said the wrong thing, but he wanted to say it again, but he was already stopped by Zheng Chenggong.

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, since the day my father chose to betray the first emperor, I have only this one way to go."

With a wry smile, Zheng Chenggong put away his sentimentality, and immediately mentioned to Chen Kai the matter of sending those officials who were willing to cooperate with the Ming army, the Green Battalion, out of the area controlled by the Ming army.

Not slaughtering those fat pigs was what Chen Kai had persuaded earlier. In this regard, Zheng Chenggong also felt that setting some examples could not only trap the Qing court, but also produce more collaborators, which would always be of great benefit to the reconquest of lost territory. So, when they were sent away, the Ming army had already agreed with them to say that it was nothing more than loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. As for those who refuse to cooperate, it is natural that they are corrupt officials who exploit the people, and everyone will be punished. In this way, it can be said that you are good, I am good, everyone is good, only the Qing court is not good, that is the best.

"After the war, it will be a famine year, and besides, the methods we used this time are really vicious, so we must resume production as soon as possible."

"Vicious? Actually, there is still such a thing to say about yourself? ”

Haha laughed twice, Zheng Chenggong thought carefully about the march this way, and the desolation he saw was unimaginable. If nothing else, Fujian's economy and people's livelihood have been damaged to the point where it is now, and it is not necessary to think about it for two or three years if it wants to recover. But the more this happens, the more important it is to do it as soon as possible, otherwise the recovery will only be slower.

"The officials drawn from Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Chaozhou are already on the road, and the gentry from various prefectures and counties must also be pulled out to be officials. No matter where they are, of course, it is best to let them go to Chaozhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and even Qiongzhou, lest these local snakes become bigger and bigger. ”

"Hmm."

"Regarding the resumption of production, I do not recommend opening warehouses to release grain, which would be too wasteful, and it would also cause unnecessary fights and casualties among the people. I think we should still do what we did when we received people fleeing, open a porridge field, give food to eat, and then work for relief. For example, the construction of water conservancy facilities, military facilities, and so on. In addition, autumn planting can also be organized, as long as the grain in the warehouse lasts until next summer's harvest, even if Fujian's livelihood has been alleviated, the next step is nothing more than consolidation. ”

"Well, that makes sense."

"By the way, rice, I don't recommend planting, it's too time-consuming, and it's too manpower-intensive, we can grow sweet potatoes. Haven't all the fields of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials been confiscated, and they will take them out and plant them, the yield is higher than that of rice, and they don't pick the land, so they can feed themselves. It's just that I eat too much flatulence, but now it's a food shortage, and flatulence is better than starvation, even if I die, I'm considered a full ghost. ”

"This is very interesting, I heard that there are many places in Kinmen where it is planted, and it is brought from Luzon."

"No, it came from the Americas, and the potatoes and corn were brought from there."

"Oh."

"Well, there'......"

Chen Kai seemed to be a little talkative, Zheng Chenggong listened to it for a long time, and was very serious at first, but in the end, he always felt that Chen Kai was explaining something, rather than simply suggesting and discussing. Seeing this, he simply interrupted Chen Kai's words and asked. Who knows, Chen Kai really thinks so.

"The overall situation of Fujian has been decided, it's time to leave for Guangzhou, and it's too late if you don't go."