Not long after, Tong Guoqi, who was waiting for him in Guixi County, received a reply from Prince Zheng Jidu. In the reply letter, Ji Du first scolded him for losing Xincheng County in the tone of his master to the slave, and then recognized his "shame and courage", saying that he could let him stay in Guangxin Mansion to make meritorious contributions, and at the same time said that he would say one or two things to the imperial court, so that he could settle down.

"This life is temporarily preserved."

After reading the letter, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, not to mention the psychological pressure he had endured these days, and he had reaped the great satisfaction of success, which made him not ecstatic. However, if the Ming army is not swept away for a day, Chen Kai will not die for a day, and the sword of Damocles hanging over his head may fall at any time.

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Just when Tong Guoqi officially started his acting career, as Jianchang Mansion was skewered with a sugar gourd by Chen Kai, the reserve team stationed in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, also reacted quickly.

Jiangxi Province was the first to garrison three key points, and used these three key points to control and strangle the whole province. However, with Chen Kai's recovery of Southern Jiangxi, the Qing army's battle line on the southern front retreated to Ji'an Prefecture, not only the local green battalion in Ji'an was greatly expanded, but the disabled troops of Southern Jiangxi also retreated there to replenish on the spot, so as not to be attacked by the Ming army of Southern Jiangxi when changing defenses. In addition, Jiangxi Tibiao, who was originally guarding the provincial capital, was not able to return to the letter place, and the Qing court also transferred some green battalion soldiers from Henan to strengthen the second-line position.

As a result, relying on the superiority of troops, the Qing army finally contained the offensive of the Ming army in Southern Jiangxi, but the southward shift of the defense center of Jiangxi Province also led to the emptiness of the provincial capital as a core area. To this end, the Qing court set up the Nanchang garrison Eight Banners, with the famous Manchurian Yellow Banner general Zhang Jia * Dasu as the governor of Nanchang, and served as the reserve of the Qing army in Ji'an while deterring a province.

Unlike the 2,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners in Xi'an and Nanjing, and the 4,000 Han Army and Eight Banners in Hangzhou, this garrison was composed of 1,500 Manchurian Eight Banners from the Two Yellow Banners, 500 Mongolian Eight Banners, and 1,000 Han Army Eight Banners. Such a troop configuration is closer to the traditional ratio of troops in the Manchu Qing Dynasty before the formation of the Green Battalion. And the reason why this is so is from the strong support of Aobai, but also because Nanchang is not as good as Shaanxi, where the Ning army and a large number of Han Army Eight Banners are stationed, nor is it better than Nanjing, where a large number of Han Army Eight Banners are stationed, his main job is not to monitor the Han Army's Eight Banners and the Green Battalion Soldiers, but to be a solid reserve, once there is a loophole in the Jiangxi war situation, he needs to go up to plug it at the first time!

When the alarm of Jianchang Mansion came, Dasu ordered his troops and horses at the first time and went straight to Jianchang Mansion. This time, he not only took the Nanchang garrison Eight Banners, but also brought Jiangxi Fubiao, so that there is now a city guard association left, which is equivalent to letting Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chaoxuan sing empty city plans in the huge Nanchang City.

There is no way to do this, because they know very well that once Chen Kai and Huangshan in Southern Jiangxi achieve a strategic encirclement of the Qing army in Ji'an, those green battalion soldiers will collapse on their own without even fighting. They must not be threatened, this is the consensus of the imperial court and the locality. As a result, Da Su hurried and hurried, and the waste green battalion of Jianchang Mansion still failed to hold the city, and was directly frightened by the scene of Chen Kai and Wang Xiuqi joining forces all the way under the city and abandoned the city and fled.

Jianchang Mansion fell into the hands of the Ming army, the next stop of the Ming army must be Fuzhou Mansion - there are rivers connected between these two prefectures, and there is no danger to defend, as long as the Ming army fights in Fuzhou, Nanchang can be threatened to the north, and Ji'an can be encircled to the south, and the Qing army will fall into a situation on the verge of collapse on the battlefield in Jiangxi.

Fortunately, when Dasu arrived at the capital of Fuzhou, the Ming army did not launch an offensive against this most important strategic point at the moment. This is very abnormal, especially when the opponent is Chen Kai, who has a long reputation on the Ming army's side. So while Hu Dasu seized the time to rectify the city defense of Fuzhou, he also sent a large number of scouts, and finally got a result that made him sneer.

According to the summary of the information brought back by the detailed work, it seems that when Chen Kai and Wang Xiuqi joined forces in Jianchang Mansion City, a captive rebellion broke out in Xincheng County behind it, and as a result, after a short change of hands, the group of captives abandoned the city and fled. Annoyed and angry, Chen Kai sent a large number of troops to search for this Qing army, and it was not until a few days ago that the assembly of the army was reassembled.

As the saying goes, the soldier is like water, and the flow is endless. Although Dasu can't quote the scriptures, he still understands the truth. At the very least, when the Ming army has gained the strategic initiative through the previous operation, it should go all out to seize the strategic place in Fuzhou, rather than hunting for any prisoners. And Chen Kai, who did the opposite, now missed the great opportunity to seize Fuzhou, and if he wants to capture Fuzhou, he will no longer face the Fuzhou City Defender Association with only more than 1,000 people, but the 6,000 Qing army with 3,000 Eight Banner Army. If you want to win, you have to increase the difficulty by an unknown number of times.

"The barbarian surnamed Chen is capable of this, and if he loses Suke Saha, that waste will lose to him."

The contradiction between the two yellow flags and the two white flags has been around for a long time, and it has begun since the yellow and white exchange of Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji's suppression of the two white flags, Dorgon's suppression of the two yellow flags, and Shunzhi's revenge on the two white flags, the contradictions between the two sides deepened and deepened. Even though Sukh Saha had become an important figure in the pacification of the two white flags by virtue of his counterattack against Dorgon, the nobles of the two yellow flags were still quite hostile to the two white flags.

During this period, Chen Kai's performance was clumsy, and Dasu's first reaction was Sukh Saha's incompetence. However, after the ridicule, as a general, he also carefully pondered Chen Kai's behavior. After thinking about it, when the group of prisoners was relatively large, and Xincheng County was on the supply line of the Ming army, Chen Kai had no choice but to do so in order to prevent the supply line from being cut off by the Qing army. Even if you think about it further, since Xincheng County can be captured by a group of rioting captives, then the rear of the Ming army is obviously very empty, and perhaps there are only one or two battalions of men and horses in Shao Wufu, which is the center of circulation......

Even when he thought of this, Da Su still felt that Chen Kai was too conservative. After all, the Green Battalion soldiers, who had already been captured once, were just a force of momentum even if the riot was successful. seized the city, and immediately abandoned the city, making it clear that he was afraid that the Ming army would return to the division. And these do not count the food and grass supplies and weapons and armor of the Qing army behind enemy lines, let alone calculate the integrity of the chain of command of officers and non-commissioned officers. It's just such an insignificant group of guys, and they really can't make a big move, let alone sacrifice the first-mover advantage they have already gained for them.

From this point of view, this civil official who claims to be able to compete with Hong Chengchou is no more than Erer. In front of such an opponent, as long as the current Ming army is broken, it can directly attack the empty hinterland of the Ming army, thus reversing the entire battle situation. The more I think about it, the more temptation to attack.

It's a pity that the southwest longitude of 800 li, which is said to be about the same level as Chen Kai, sent an order urgently, as if he had predicted his thoughts in advance, ordering him to arrive at Fuzhou as quickly as possible and strengthen the city defense, and at the same time absolutely not allowed to cross Fuzhou to attack the Ming army.

Such an order, Da Su clearly remembered that after he read it, he carefully looked at the scripture seal that Hong Chengchou covered on it twice, if it wasn't for the fact that he really couldn't see any flaws, he even suspected that this order was forged by Chen Kai. But even so, the word twilight still came to his mind.

"Speaking of conservatism, Hong Chengchou, a minion, is carved out of the same mold as the barbarian surnamed Chen. Phew, these two Han dogs. ”

A mouthful of spit fell to the ground, and Dasu wanted to tear the order to shreds in front of Hong Chengchou's messenger. But the problem is that he learned from Ao Bai that Shunzhi was quite superstitious about Hong Chengchou's ability. Even Ao Bai had instructed him before he left Beijing that when he arrived in Jiangxi, he must not go against Hong Chengchou to do things. Even if it was himself, he had the memory of the continuous defeats of the Qing army in the early stage of the Songjin War, and he felt that Hong Chengchou should be stronger than the ordinary Han bureaucrats. However, such a deep twilight is undoubtedly a serious disregard and waste for the strong combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army.

However, the master's trust made it difficult for him, a slave, to make a clear rejection of Hong Chengchou's "chaotic life". Seeing that the Ming army had regrouped its soldiers and horses, he was even more dissatisfied with Hong Chengchou's delay in the fighter. And with the report that Hong Chengchou would lead the whole army of the Southwest Jingbiao to the east of Jiangxi to prevent Chen Kai from disrupting the situation in Fuzhou City, Dasu once again deepened his understanding of the twilight of his people, and at the same time, he decided to write a letter to Ao Bai to give Hong Chengchou a good eye medicine for this waste snack.

The letter was quickly sent out. And Hong Chengchou, who was sued by him, quickly rushed to Fuzhou City day and night under the protection of Zuo Shrimp Battalion, and was finally relieved to see that Dasu did not attack rashly.

"Lord Zhang Jia, the old man knows that you are dissatisfied with the order to strictly prohibit attacks, so he rushed to this Fuzhou Mansion at night. Seeing that Your Excellency can take care of the overall situation, the hanging heart has finally fallen. ”

Da Su didn't remember that he had such a heart-to-heart friendship with Hong Chengchou, but for a while, he didn't know how to answer. Immediately, this sneered, and then the right answered.

Sure enough, Dasu is emotional. In this regard, Hong Chengchou sighed: "The state affairs are difficult. After a heavy pause, I saw that he turned to bow in the direction of Beijing, so that Dasu could only follow him: "The old man received the favor of my two generations of emperors in the Qing Dynasty, which can be said to be as deep as the sea." A few years ago, he went south to Huguang and passed slightly southwest, and tried his best to contain the offensive of the western thieves. Today, it can sweep the southwest, all because God bless me in the Qing Dynasty, and the old man is really ashamed. ”

Hong Chengchou talked about the old things, Dasu had attacked Hengyang with Nikan and Baoqing with Tunqi, and he was also apprehensive about the reality that the Qing court's rule in Huguang was on the verge of collapse during that period. But in the past few years, Hong Chengchou stabilized the situation in Huguang and fought in a war, not only to contain the offensive of the Ming army, but also to seize some prefectures and counties, and to survive the internal strife of the three kings. Even today, almost all the logistical supplies of the army in the southwest, including grain, grass, weapons, armor, people's husbands, etc., are also provided by the Yamen of the Southwest Economic Strategy. It can be said that without Hong Chengchou, Huguang, and even the provinces bordering Huguang, would have ceased to be owned by the Qing court, and it is even possible that the Ming army would have been ruled by the Qing court long ago.

Opportunities are for those who are prepared. If you look at it this way, it was precisely Hong Chengchou's efforts that allowed the Qing court to survive the infighting of the three kings, and had the material capital to sweep the southwest for the first time. Otherwise, even if Sun Kewang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court transferred these tens of thousands of troops, and he couldn't eat all the way to Kunming to fight a decisive battle with Li Dingguo.

After Hong Chengchou said this, Da Su suddenly felt that he didn't seem to be as dissatisfied as before. At this time, Hong Chengchou didn't give him time to think, and continued: "Chen Kai, these old men have collected a lot of information about him, and they always feel that he is familiar. ”

Déjà vu?

This statement directly swept away Dasu's already interrupted thoughts. Chen Kai and Hong Chengchou knew each other, at least met, this was his first reaction. But when I thought about it, I didn't think something was right. Not to mention, Hong Chengchou has been famous for decades, Chen Kai has only risen in the past ten years, if they have seen it, with Hong Chengchou's ability to recognize people when he established the Southwest Shogunate, how can he let go of a figure like Chen Kai who can match him?

Attention is caught in it, and Dasu's train of thought has also fallen into a dead end, saying that he can't get out. This, in fact, is not to blame him, but Hong Chengchou didn't make it clear.

"In the earliest days, the old man always felt that he saw in him what I was like when I was young - not avoiding danger and obstacles, and moving forward bravely." Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then continued to say the "later": "But the longer the time passes, the more I know about him, the more the old man feels uncomfortable." On the contrary, in his body, the old man saw the shadows of the other two people. These two people, one is called Xu Guangqi and the other is called Lu Xiangsheng. Come to think of it, Lord Zhang Jia has also heard of it, right? ”

These two people, the former, Dasu did not have any impression, but the latter vaguely remembered that he was a civilian official who had served as a supervisor and had fought with the Qing army on the front line, a very alternative civilian official. Specifically, he can't remember it, but Hong Chengchou remembers it very clearly.

Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and the second assistant of the cabinet. He devoted his life to the study and promotion of Western studies, trying to save the Ming Dynasty through Western studies. He not only advocated vigorously promoting the cultivation of high-yield crops in order to feed more people during the Xiaoice period, but also forged Western-style artillery, hired European officers to train the Ming army, and even later Yuan Chonghuan's method of defending the city with Hongyi cannons was the first to be proposed by him, rather than the original of Yuan Inspector.

And that Lu Xiangsheng, as a civilian official who led troops to fight all the year round, was not like other civilian officials who strategized in the safe rear, he always charged at the forefront, personally killed the enemy, and used his courage to inspire and drive the generals and soldiers under his command, so as to achieve victory.

At this moment, Hong Chengchou narrated and analyzed and compared his similarities and differences with Xu Guangqi, Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Kai. Some of them were obvious without explanation, and some of them he learned through European missionaries in Beijing. Da Su followed his train of thought and compared the information about Chen Kai collected by the Qing court over the years, and suddenly realized it at that time.

Oh, yes!

Xu Guangqi casts cannons, and Chen Kai is also casting cannons; Xu Guangqi promoted the cultivation of high-yield crops, and Chen Kai promoted high-yield crops and compound agriculture in Guangdong and Fujian. Xu Guangqi promoted Western learning, and Chen Kai simply taught these things directly in the school; Even Xu Guangqi hired European officers to train the Ming army, and Chen Kai directly copied the Spanish phalanx in Europe in his Fubiao. As for Lu Xiangsheng, Chen Kai also personally fought hand-to-hand with the enemy and commanded the battle at the forefront of the battlefield.

In this way, it really seems that the two of them are combined. In other words, Chen Kai has gone further than them, and he is less constrained, so there is today's weather!

"Not only these, but the old man has been sending fine works to infiltrate Guangdong over the years. In the beginning, the prestige of the Eight Banners, as well as the temptation of the old man with high-ranking officials, also developed some civil officials, military generals and gentry who were interested in the Qing Dynasty. But with the appearance of Chen Kai's advisory bureau, these guys have cut off contact with the old man. At the beginning of this year, the old man sent people to Lianshan to contact the local Tusi, and they even sent the envoy directly to Guangzhou to prove their loyalty to Chen Kai! ”

The ethnic minority Tusi of Lianshan has been treated favorably by Hong Chengchou, and can even make exceptions on the principle of shaving hair and making it easy to wear. In that year, Chen Kai recovered Southern Jiangxi, and Hong Chengchou once attacked the hinterland of Guangdong from Lianshan, which almost made Chen Kai fall short. These guys are logically on the side of the Qing court, and Hong Chengchou has also been trying to win them over. But with their quota in the Advisory Bureau and the cooperative relationship with the Guangdong Business Alliance, the deep kindness of my Daqing and Hong Jingluo was directly thrown into the trash.

"This group of barbarians ......"

Da Su was furious, but Hong Chengchou was far more open than he thought: "Don't hide it from Master Zhang Jia, at the beginning, the old man thought that he was fighting against his young self, so he wanted to use more experience to solve Chen Kai for the imperial court." But in the end, the old man could only start with Lianchengbi and try his best to get back some face from Guangxi. Later, the old man saw Chen Kai's true appearance clearly, and he also wanted to fight with him again. But without waiting for the old man to make a move, Sun Kewang took the lead in voting anyway. Now the old man has figured out that the biggest advantage of the old man is not experience and experience, but the old man stands under the banner of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty is destined by heaven, and even if Chen Kai is possessed by Xu Guangqi, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chengzong, and Xiong Tingbi, he is definitely not the opponent of the Qing Dynasty! ”

The so-called Mandate of Heaven, speaking of which, there are indeed too many accidents that the Manchu Qing Dynasty can have today. The stupidity of the enemy, and the manipulation of the hand of fate, have turned them on the verge of defeat and victory. Over the years, Da Su has seen too much, especially strange goods like Sun Kewang, which he has been amazed by from the mouths of Hanchen such as Ning Wanme and Fan Wencheng in the court again and again.

Yes, it is not a miracle that a large tribe with only tens of thousands of banners almost conquered the Ming Dynasty with 70 million dings. And the whole miracle also made Dasu firmly believe that the destiny of heaven that Hong Chengchou said was absolutely right!

"Lord Zhang Jia, in today's world, Zheng Wei and Chen Wei are just dying, as long as the King of Xinjun and they can eradicate the puppet dynasty, the morale of the thieves will inevitably be dealt a fatal blow, and those wall grasses at both ends of the rat's head will also wagging their tails to the court again and begging for mercy. Before that, we must ensure the stability of Jiangxi and prevent Chen Wei from threatening Huguang, because as long as Huguang's grain and grass can keep up, with the martial courage of the Eight Banners Army and Sun Kewang's persuasion, even if it is an old thief, there is only one way to die. When the puppet dynasty is exterminated by the imperial court, the army of the Eight Banners can turn around and return to the southeast, and Zheng and Chen will be destroyed. In order to achieve this goal, it is not said that it is strictly guarded, even if it is to give up some less important prefectures and counties. ”

Adhering to the idea of putting the overall situation first, Hong Chengchou and Dasu staged a drama of harmony in Fuzhou City. At the same time, on the head of Jianchang Mansion City, looking in the direction of Fuzhou, Chen Kai sneezed heavily.

"I don't know which bastard is talking about me."

"The army is laughing, you are already a famous figure in the world, how many people worship and look up. But now that it's winter, this Jianchang Mansion is far colder than Guangzhou, so you should pay attention to your body. ”

As he spoke, Cao Hongxi, as the captain of the guards, put on a cloak for Chen Kai. The son of a thousand households in Wanzhou, the capital of Qiongzhou, has now achieved the hereditary position of hereditary commander, but he is still young and still has a bigger and better vision for the future.

As the captain of the guard, he has already been branded as Chen Kai's cronies, just like his predecessor who has now been sent to the cavalry battalion of the second town of the superintendent as a battalion officer. Of course, it still takes more effort to succeed, and while he is dutifully doing his job as a guard captain, he actively learns those knowledge that Chen Kai finds useful, so that he can play better when the opportunity comes in the future.

Chen Kai looked at this still young face, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he recovered Qiongzhou, and Cao Hongxi and his father came to serve with those ragged guards from Wanzhou Thousand Households. If it weren't for him, maybe they would have died in a certain encirclement and suppression by the Qing court, or maybe they would have disappeared from the world's sight after the Ming court was completely destroyed.

There's no denying that he's changed the lives of too many people. Regardless of whether these people accept it actively or passively. For him, the difference doesn't matter.

"I sensed it, some of the captives, thinking they had guessed my intentions."

As he spoke, Chen Kai smiled. It's just that this smile is extraordinarily bright, so bright that Cao Hongxi, who was standing aside, only felt that the warmth under his armor had suddenly been taken away, and he subconsciously tightened his collar.