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When it came to the route of the march, Geng Jimao gritted his teeth and mentioned this matter, but unexpectedly, he was greeted with a contemptuous smile on Titicamu's face: "The prince of Jingnan is a thief with Kou Zhiqi, and he will destroy the prestige of our Eight Banners." To put it mildly, Ben Shuai can't count the fortified cities that he has fought with Taizu and Taizong, and I haven't seen a few barbarians inside who are not afraid to see the banner of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. ”

When Tikkam said this, his deputy, Kalai Dao Kadang, even agreed. In and out of their words, it was nothing more than that the Ming army bullied and bullied the feudal soldiers with a strong city, and it was useless to run into the Eight Banners of Manchuria. It was Geng Jimao who was frightened by Chen Kai's gang, and now he doesn't even do it once, which is really embarrassing.

"If the prince of Jingnan doesn't want to go, he will hand over the vassal soldiers to Ben Shuai, anyway, your health is not good, and the emperor will not blame him."

Thinking of Geng Jimao's father, Geng Zhongming, who was scared to commit suicide because of the fugitive case, Kakamu really can't show much respect for this little prince. The Eight Banners of Manchuria think very highly of themselves, and they have been said to be invincible. Although there are only more than 2,000 Manchurian Eight Banners stationed in the Four Banners of Jiangning's left wing in Jiangnan, and he only brought half of them, but with Chen Kai, he doesn't think it will be a big deal.

In this way, the generals of the Jingnan Domain, from Geng Jimao and below, were all furious, but they did not have any way to face the Manchurian Eight Banners. It's just that what they didn't expect was that at this moment, Shang Kexi said a word to Titicham, which attracted the attention of those Manchurian generals.

"It's not that the prince of Jingnan glanced at the thief, that surnamed Chen does have a few brushes. Those two fortresses, this king has also sent people to see them, they are really not easy to fight! ”

Shang Kexi's weight is naturally not comparable to Geng Jimao's, and after these words came out, remembering Shang Kexi's record of repelling Li Dingguo just now, Kakam and Kalai Daoga glanced at each other, and did not continue to ridicule the Jingnan Domain, but listened to their opinions seriously.

"So according to the plan of the prince of Pingnan, where should the troops be entered?"

Tikkam asked, Shang Kexi was also confident, pointing to the place where a river confluents in the north-central part of Chaozhou on the map, and shouted: "Sanhe Dam, break through the defense line of thieves from here." ”

The Ming and Qing dynasties in eastern Guangdong basically followed the direction of the Lotus Mountains, in addition to the area east of the Lotus Mountains, the Ming army occupied the three counties of Dapu, Pingyuan and Zhenping, of which the latter two were far away from the core occupation area of the Ming army, basically the local tyrants and squires were in charge, and they could probably be regarded as riding the wall under the banner of the Ming army.

In the Lotus Mountains, the Ming army could defend against danger and control Chaozhou for many years, and the Ming army also built military facilities in various passes of the mountain range. Although there are only two forts on the bank of the Luo River, but other places are built by virtue of the dangerous terrain, not to mention that it is very difficult for the Qing army to break through, and more importantly, the army is advancing eastward, and it is extremely difficult to transport grain and grass on those mountain trails.

The army will be scattered if there is no food, and Rao is Kakhamu arrogant, but after all, there are only 1,000 Manchuria and Eight Banners, and he does not plan to use the real Manchuria as cannon fodder, so he has to ponder the question of whether he can win a quick victory and whether the army's morale will be shaken because the grain and grass cannot keep up.

But at this moment, as the head snake of Guangdong, Shang Kexi pointed out that this is a break in the Lotus Mountains, where the rivers converge and go south, as long as they break through the Sanheba City, they can go down the river and take the hinterland of Chaozhou, which is far stronger than drilling ravines or facing the fortress.

"In addition, there is another thing, it is reported that Hao Shangjiu, the chief soldier of Chaozhou, ate inside and out, and secretly communicated with the traitor Chen Kai ......"

"Then let's just clean up the one surnamed Hao!"

Not long ago, Guangzhou got news that Hao Shangjiu, the chief soldier of Chaozhou, who now occupies the northeast of Huizhou Mansion and the northwest of Chaozhou Prefecture, conspired against the Qing Dynasty, and not only had ties with Li Dingguo, but was also communicating with Chen Kai'an. Even in the words of the people, if Shang Kexi failed to repel Li Dingguo so quickly, it is estimated that Hao Shangjiu would have rebelled by now.

Kakam didn't care about this, so did Kalai Daoga, who was his deputy, and even Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao and others all had undisguised contempt for this wall-headed grass who had no strong city and no danger but dared to die.

"In case this is a rumor created by Chen Kai, just wait for us to force the rebel surnamed Hao......"

This is a problem, but they don't care, the key point is that Hao Shangjiu has no one in the court, even if this is fake, Hao Shangjiu was forced to rebel by them, as long as it is reversed, it is the enemy of the Qing army, and they have no merit in exterminating it.

"It's better to bring in some more Green Battalion soldiers."

The Green Battalion, in their opinion, is cannon fodder. Everyone exchanged glances, and then they raised several surrounding troops that seemed to be able to fight, and Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, and Kaqam were jointly transferred to Guangzhou to stand by.

The total strength of the 3,000 soldiers of the Lianzhou General Soldier Guo Hu's Division, Gao Lei's General Soldier Gao Jinku's 3,000 Soldiers, and the Southern Jiangxi General Kong Guozhi's 1,600 Soldiers, plus the tens of thousands of feudal soldiers and the Eight Banners Army of Titham, the total strength of the troops was not less than 20,000, which was more than double that of the Ming army with less than 10,000 on the battlefield in eastern Guangdong.

The army was quickly assembled in this August, who knows, the dispatch has passed, and the generals began to set off from the village and go to Guangzhou to converge, but Shang Kexi and Kakamu were the first to receive the holy decree of the Qing court, the content of which was to strictly order them not to launch an offensive against the Ming army in southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong represented by Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai. In addition, the Eight Banners Army of the Titicham Institute also had to call back Jiangning.

To put it bluntly, this time it's a trip for nothing!

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Historically, when the Titicham Institute arrived in Guangzhou, it was also faced with the situation that Li Dingguo had already been repelled by Shang Kexi. As a result, the Qing court sent Kaqam to cooperate with the Qing army in Guangdong to attack Hao Shangjiu, who had been in the field for less than half a year, which led to the tragedy of the Chaozhou Massacre, in which 100,000 people were innocently killed.

From a military point of view, in that battle, Hao Shangjiu's troops were only thousands of soldiers and horses, which were nothing more than Li Chengdong's old troops and local new pawns. On the side of the Qing army, the four banners of the left wing of Jiangning in Jiangnan in Titakamu and the banner soldiers of the Han army were one of them, the vassal soldiers of Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan, were the second, and there were also Guo Hu, Gao Jinku and Kong Guozhi's subordinate green battalions, as well as Wu Liuqi, Xu Long, Su Li and even the local bandits of Chaozhou such as Cai Yuan. Together, it is said that the total strength of the Qing army is about 30,000, which is a battle with an extremely disparity in strength.

According to records, Hao Shangjiu asked Zheng Chenggong for help at that time, and Zheng Chenggong also entered Chaozhou for a time after receiving the request for help. Later, Zheng Chenggong withdrew from the army, and also left his subordinate general Chen Liuyu to command the army, but Chen Liuyu did not do anything until the Chaozhou city slope and withdrew the army.

In the final analysis, it is still because of the disparity in strength, the gap in strength between the two sides is too large, Zheng Chenggong has experienced the fiasco of Fengchao Mountain, and the battle of Haicheng, which can be damaged even though he won, is in a hurry to recover his strength, so he naturally has a helpless attitude towards the wall.

Fortunately, compared to that period of history, now that Wu Liuqi, Xu Long, and Su Li are all gone, the Qing army will have less than 10,000 local green battalions and Tukou to rely on as soon as they meet.

Over the years, with Chen Kai's assistance, Zheng Chenggong's strength is far stronger than that of the same period in history. Even just to say that on the battlefield in eastern Guangdong today, although the Ming army controlled by Chen Kai was still less than 10,000 people, it was very few compared to southern Fujian, but it was much stronger than Hao Shangjiu back then. Under the advantages of the other, Chen Kai felt that the gap between the strength of the Qing army and the Qing army should still exist, but it was not indelible, as long as Zheng Chenggong's side could transfer all the mobile forces, the Ming army's strength in the eastern Guangdong battlefield would actually still have an advantage.

Because of this, in early August, Chen Kai learned of the news that the Titicham Department had entered Guangzhou, and immediately asked Zheng Chenggong for reinforcements.

The direction of the Qing army's march was nothing more than Sanheba and Hailufeng, which was determined by the geographical environment. Don't mention the former, the latter, speaking of which, if you come, it's better, it's just another bump into the head and break the bloodstream. , but according to normal thinking, even if a dog is hit twice with the same stick, it should know to hide, not to mention Shang Kexi, a guy who is better than a monkey without hair.

Therefore, while asking for help, Chen Kai will also return the main force of the Ming army in eastern Guangdong, which has always been gathered on the front line of Lufeng and Jieshiwei, to the capital of Chaozhou, in order to make a fool's plan. Of course, in case the Qing army really degenerates to the point that it is not as good as a dog, Lu Feng's side, the fortress is there, the Ming army has a boat, go down the river, and then take the sea route, it is estimated that the Qing army camp has not yet set up a large army and has already gone back, and it is also as stable as Mount Tai.

As for the reinforcements, they are the least worried. Not to mention the stronger strength, it is only said that the Ming Army of Eastern Guangdong and the Ming Army of Southern Fujian are actually the men of the Zheng Group, which are completely different from Hao Shangjiu back then, so naturally they will not leave it alone.

With this layer of insurance, Chen Kai is not only dispatching troops, but also continuing his development work in Chaozhou.

First of all, this time Kuang Lu returned to Guangdong, and Chen Kai did not plan to send him out again for the time being. As for the new job, he has already thought clearly, that is, Kuang Lu will open a newspaper. It's just that unlike the Di Bao, which is more aimed at serving officials, this newspaper is for the public, in Chen Kai's words, even if it loses money, it must be done well, and the people under his rule must be able to understand the efforts of the Ming army in order to stimulate the people's enthusiasm for resisting the Qing Dynasty greatly.

"Actually, what is the name of this newspaper?"

The newspaper is not available, it is something more official. Chen Kai thought about it, wrote the words "Guangdong Minbao" on the paper, and a trace of unfinished meaning passed on the corner of his mouth, so he handed it to Kuang Lu.

"At this stage, there is no need to show our position too clearly, as long as we can form a foundation."

Chen Kai handed over the affairs of the newspaper to Kuang Lu, just as he handed over the affairs of compound agriculture and sweet potato cultivation to Wang Jiang earlier.

The former has just begun preparations, while the latter has already entered orbit. At this moment, in the city, the newly established agricultural persuasion institute was officially established, and Wang Jiang was training and propagandizing personnel according to the knowledge he had determined, such as mulberry fish ponds, fish farming in rice fields, and even sweet potato planting, which was no more deserted than the school and quality testing school in the same city, and even more lively.

However, as Chen Kai had seen when he discussed with Wang Jiang earlier, such things will not officially start until the agricultural slack, and the first results will not be achieved until next year, but there is no rush now. However, after discussing with Kuang Lu, the two went out of the city directly in a carriage, and at the Shanyin source outside the city, a piece of official land carved out by the Haiyang County Ya was built with a wall, and the newly built houses inside were backlit as much as possible. It wasn't until the two of them entered it that they saw earthworms drilling in the wet soil in the rows of mud basins, which looked extremely disgusting.

"People with dense phobia can't do this job."

There was a word that Kuang Lu couldn't understand, Rao was Chen Kai had tested earlier, and he couldn't stand the scene of a bunch of earthworms crawling and drilling between each other. However, as the workers lured the earthworms out of the soil with fodder, grabbed them into wooden boxes, and left the room, they also knew that they would be sent to a chicken farm a mile away, where the chickens would eat such "high-protein" food every day, and the growth was not comparable to that of ordinary free-range farmers.

"It's a pity that there are no hormones, otherwise a large number of broilers slaughtered in 30 days will supply the market, and it is estimated that they can become a pillar industry and make a fortune."

With such a typical idea of industrialization and lack of morality flashed in his mind, Chen Kaiwan smiled, and then said to Kuang Lu: "Earthworms can feed chickens, and the chicken and eggs produced by chicken farms can be supplied to the army, so that the soldiers' nutritional intake is better and their morale will be higher." Chicken manure can be mixed with other feeds to feed earthworms, which can not only loosen the soil, but also use their manure to fertilize the fields. ”

The soil that has been cultivated for a period of time will not be thrown away when it is replaced. Chen Kai sells it to nearby farmers at ultra-low prices, so they can invest less in the purchase of manure. Although it is not yet possible to completely replace it, it is better than allowing the "manure price gouging" thing to continue to develop, and there will always be a curbing effect.

"Now that the price of dung has begun to fall, of course, this is also due to the relocation of the army to the capital city."

The rise in the price of vegetables, grain and meat caused by the rise in manure prices has been discussed by Chen Kai and Wang Jiang many times after Kuang Lu came back, and he knows more or less. But at this moment, after listening to Chen Kai's systematic narration, even if he clarified the clues, he suddenly realized.

"Actually, these nonsense thoughts of yours are really much more useful than those traitors who can only do it."

Kuang Lu clapped his hands and praised these words, but before the words fell, he suddenly remembered something, and asked Chen Kai: "Then why don't you use the meat and eggs from the chicken farm to sell them in the market, back and forth, isn't it not only to lower the price of meat and eggs on the market, but also to enrich the recipes of the soldiers?" ”

Speaking of which, Kuang Lu's idea is not groundless, meat and eggs are the same thing, the city is near the river, fish is indispensable, plus pigs, sheep, ducks and the like, it is not just chicken and eggs that are monotonous.

Chen Kai doesn't know if Kuang Lu has the idea of mixing and matching meals, but he has his own ideas, which is not easy to change: "It is not easy to farm, in addition to farming facing the loess with its back to the sky, raising some chickens at home and laying eggs is also an extra income, which can always make life better." My approach is to produce on a large scale like making ready-to-wear garments, and the less impact on ordinary farmers at this stage, the better. ”

Kuang Lu is from a wealthy family, so he doesn't know much about it, but after listening to Chen Kai's words at this moment, he couldn't help but nod his head in agreement. The small-scale peasant economy has always had some derogatory terms attached to it in later generations, but the impact of real industrialization on the people is often not beautiful. Although industrialization is the only way, Chen Kai's main goal at this stage is to resist the Qing Dynasty, and some things that will arouse public anger still need to be restrained for the time being, even if it is the general trend.

"With this benevolence, he has become more than the vast majority of Jinshi and people!"

"Zhanruo my brother, it's not easy to talk nonsense, you will be hated."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and then turned their arms away. When he returned to the governor's yamen, it was already afternoon, and Kuang Lu went back early to prepare for the newspaper, while Chen Kai still had to deal with official business.

This was busy until the next duty, when a letter arrived, but after Chen Kai read it, he laughed out loud, laughing so inexplicably that others looked inexplicable.

"Comrade Zheng Chenggong's piggybacking is still gratifying, but it is a big deal for me. No, I have to mix in this matter. ”

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