If you don't see Chen Jinnan in your life, it is in vain to call yourself a hero!

Chen Jinnan's real name is Chen Yonghua, the word Fufu, Zhangzhou Jiaomei.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Jiashenke Jinshi.

The first intersection with Zheng Chenggong was that last year, Zheng Chenggong led an army to conquer Tong'an and awarded Chen Yonghua's father, Chen Ding, as a teaching.

After that, Zheng Chenggong was defeated, and Chen Ding committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam in Minglun Hall.

Chen Yonghua, who was a member of the army at the time, fled with Zheng Chenggong's defeated army.

After Zheng Chenggong gained a firm foothold in the Zhongzuo Institute (Xiamen), he began to recruit scholars from all over the world, accumulating strength and planning to make a comeback.

Wang Zhongxiao, who was the squire of the Yongli Military Department at that time, recommended Chen Yonghua to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong remembered Chen Ding's loyalty, so he personally met with Chen Yonghua, and after talking about current affairs, Zheng Chenggong gave Chen Yonghua a high evaluation, Zheng Chenggong said, "Fufu, you are today's Mr. Wolong." ”

Later, Chen Yonghua was given the position of joining the army, staying by his side, treating him as a staff member and treating him with courtesy.

At this time, Chen Yonghua was still young, talented, had little experience, and his reputation had not reached its peak.

Therefore, the "Heaven and Earth Society", which was well-known at home and abroad in later generations, "the righteous brother asked me for my surname and name, the original residence of Muyangcheng, the mother of Li Jin in Songbin, and the surname of Huating was changed to Hong", has not yet been established.

At this time, in Chaoyang City (Shantou), Zheng Chenggong was discussing with Chen Yonghua how to deal with the Qing army Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao and other Qing troops entering Guangdong again.

"Fufu, in your opinion, can our army recover Haiyang?" Zheng Chenggong's face was melancholy, and the army of nearly 200,000 was unable to recover Fujian, which greatly hit Zheng Chenggong's morale, "Is it really hopeless to restore the great cause of vision?" ”

Haiyang City is indeed very important to Zheng Chenggong, it is the government of Chaozhou Prefecture.

Chaozhou Mansion is also located at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong, and its strategic location can be seen.

"The students thought that Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao's entry into Guangdong was just a rumor, and now the three most powerful kings in the remnants of the Great West have joined our dynasty and are launching an attack on western Guangdong. If Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao's subordinates really want to enter Guangdong, I am afraid they will not be able to make the trip before the year...... The prince doesn't have to worry about this. At present, the most important thing for our army is to recover the Chaozhou Mansion, and the weight of the Chaozhou Mansion lies in Haiyang City, Haiyang City has 8,000 defenders, and the main general Chaozhou General Hao Shangjiu is treacherous and slippery, and has been repeated twice, in the opinion of the students, but the combination of rigidity and softness, on the one hand, send people to persuade him to surrender, and on the other hand, gather military strength, if Hao Shangjiu does not surrender, then immediately capture Haiyang City. ”

Zheng Chenggong hesitated: "It is naturally best to persuade Hao to surrender, but if Hao Shang does not surrender for a long time, our army will be newly defeated and morale will be low...... It's hard to control. ”

Chen Yonghua sighed softly, leaned and said: "Wang Ye Rongyu, now Li Chengdong is far away in the South China Sea (Panyu), it is difficult to reinforce Hao Shangjiu, the nearest Qing army in Huizhou Mansion is only five or six thousand people, and our army has nearly 20,000 people, only one day away from Haiyang City, three days, to break through Haiyang, you can cut off the connection between the Qing army in Fujian and Guangdong, then Li Chengdong in the South China Sea is a lone army, will face our army and the Great Western Army, Li Chengdong is afraid that only by going anyway again, can he avoid the possibility of being exterminated, and he will never dare to use troops against me easily." In this way, the prince occupies Chaozhou Mansion, there is the Great Western Army in the west, there is the Northern Expeditionary Army of King Wu in the north, and the Fujian and Guangdong Qing armies are too busy to take care of themselves, and our army can be safe! ”

Zheng Chenggong still hesitated, he was really afraid.

It's no wonder that after such a big failure, it is an individual who suffers from both gains and losses.

But after Zheng Chenggong pondered for a long time, he said: "Send someone to persuade you to surrender first...... The conditions are negotiable. ”

Chen Yonghua was taken aback and said: "The prince thinks twice, persuasion must be coordinated by the military to be effective, and with one mouth, to persuade people like Hao Shangjiu, I am afraid that it is a tiger skin." ”

Zheng Chenggong sighed lightly: "Fufu, if it had been half a year ago, it would have been fought, but now our army has been newly defeated...... It's not that you don't know that Wang Deren's troops were wiped out by Wu Zheng, and without the support of Wang Deren's side of the goods, our army is short of money and food, and it is difficult to support another war. ”

Chen Yonghua's face changed, he remembered one thing, and hurriedly asked: "The student dares to ask the prince, there are rumors among the people that the prince wants to give up water and land to raise military salaries by plundering, I don't know if it is true or not?" ”

Zheng Chenggong's face turned pale and said: "No, how could this king give such an order to investigate...... Severely punish those who spread rumors and make trouble! ”

Chen Yonghua's face changed several times, before asking, in fact, he had already taken into account Zheng Chenggong's face, this is not a rumor, but it has actually happened, but Chen Yonghua doesn't know whether this is the spontaneous behavior of the army generals, or Zheng Chenggong's instructions.

At this time, Chen Yonghua understood that this was obviously Zheng Chenggong's instruction.

Chen Yonghua couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Zheng Jun is really difficult now, Yongli is far away, he is too busy to take care of himself, and he can't afford Zheng Jun's military expenses at all.

Originally, the forces that Zheng Jun had operated along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong and the surrounding islands also lost control over the prefectures and counties due to the previous defeat, and taxes were sharply reduced.

At the same time, Wu Song's sailors almost blocked the sea around Chen Qianshan, and the Zheng family's merchant fleet was no longer able to sell Western goods to the north smoothly as before, and could only dump them in the south, which made the income of maritime trade drop sharply.

The so-called house leak and overnight rain, and the current Dongfan (Taiwan Island) is still in the hands of Hongmaozi, Zheng Chenggong, who was born in a pirate family, instructed to give up the water to land to raise military salaries by plundering, which is not difficult to understand.

Chen Yonghua didn't dare or wanted to contradict Zheng Chenggong, so he persuaded softly: "Lord Wang, in the opinion of a student, when I send an envoy to Hangzhou Mansion to explain to King Wu that Wang Deren switched to our dynasty, it was not the prince who took the initiative to solicit him, but Wang Deren who took the initiative to plead with the prince. After all, he is in the same anti-Qing camp, and if he wants to come, King Wu will not risk the infamy of being in the same room and embarrass the prince. As long as the relationship between our army and King Wu's sailors is straightened out, King Wu will no longer hinder our caravan from going north. ”

Zheng Chenggong's face was cloudy, and he sighed for a long time: "Three years ago, in Fuzhou City, this king had a relationship with him, when he was not yet the year of the crown, this king admired him very much at that time, and even wanted to marry him with Jinlan...... But after talking about it thoroughly, this king understands why he is not liked by the Ming family, he is a kingless and fatherless disciple! He held the army to self-respect, persecuted the royal family, and in just a few years he was promoted from earl to prince, and now he is wantonly harming his clan relatives, if he did not do such a retrograde, why would this king fall into such an embarrassing situation? ”

Chen Yonghua was gloomy, and Wu Zheng's expulsion of the clan under his jurisdiction did have a huge impact on Zheng Chenggong.

The righteousness was put aside first, and Zheng Chenggong, who was already short of money and food, had to accept this batch of clan moths, which can be described as suffering, and knocked out his teeth and swallowed them in his stomach.