There are many important things to discuss between Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong, and these Wang Jiang, as the chief administrative officials of Guangdong, know more or less.

But the problem is that just after the end of the war, Zheng Chenggong sent such a letter, and it was sent from Fuzhou all the way with the help of the post station system that had just been restored last year, not the sea transportation that the Ming army was accustomed to. Obviously, Zheng Chenggong did not want the uncertainty of shipping to affect the speed of the delivery of letters, so he chose such a more stable and rapid method.

Regarding the major events in Zheng Chenggong's letters, Chen Kai has some understanding. Regarding the digestion of the Southern Jiangxi region, about the recovery of people's livelihood in Fujian, about the impact of Li Dingguo's entry into Yunnan, and also about some changes on the battlefield in Zhejiang. These are all affecting the development of the Zheng Group, even if it is the change of the Zhejiang battlefield, in fact, it is not without affecting Chen Kai's side - recently, the Fujian Green Battalion stationed in Jianchang Mansion to defend Ji'an Mansion is actually a chain reaction from the development of the Zhejiang battlefield, which further made Chen Kai less inclined to continue to march to the hinterland of Jiangxi.

Both sides need to discuss a lot of things, and the meeting is inevitable, but Zheng Chenggong not only seems very anxious, but also chooses the location of the meeting in Fuzhou, rather than Nanao Island, which is relatively eclectic from both sides, which makes Chen Kai frown.

However, the frowning was also after sending Wang Jiang away, and when the official room regained the look that only he had emerged. Zheng's Group has always been Chen Kai's biggest reliance, and with the strong strength of Zheng's Group as the backing, Chen Kai can do more things and play a greater role. And the reliance of this part cannot be questioned, even if it is just a plain speculation from others, it will inevitably affect the confidence of others in Chen Kai.

"I hope it's because of Zhejiang......"

Just returned from the battle, this is only the next day, but Zheng Chenggong expressed his willingness to meet as soon as possible in the letter, Chen Kai had to put aside the less important things, go home to accompany his wife and children for a day, and on the fourth day back to Guangzhou, he set off again and got on the ship to Fuzhou.

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Two months ago, in the first month of the tenth year of Yongli, Zhongzhen Bo Hongxu, who had just returned from Zhoushan some time ago, led a fleet composed of more than 300 large and small warships to sail out of the Fuzhou wharf.

This fleet was not a reinforcement rushing to Zhoushan, where the Ming army was still stationed with a large army, and there was no need to continue to add chips for a while. Hong Xu has always been Zheng Chenggong's most trusted general, and he relies on him very much, and he is the most suitable person to take on the task in addition to Chen Kai.

The fleet floated into the sea and disappeared from sight along the coast of Fujian, but it reappeared, but it was already in the open sea of the Taizhou Mansion, the political envoy of Chengxuan, Zhejiang.

Zhejiang Province has eight provinces and three provinces, with a total of 11 prefectures. Taizhou Mansion is one of the eight prefectures, facing the sea in the east, Jinhua Mansion in the west, Wenzhou Mansion in the south, north, northwest and southwest directions are Wenzhou Mansion, Ningbo Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion and Chuzhou Mansion respectively, but it is separated from the surrounding five prefectures by Tiantai Mountain, Dapan Mountain, Xiandu Mountain, Yandang Mountain, and forms a region of its own. It is not like Jinqu, Ningshao, and Hangjiahu in the same province that rely on basins and plains to integrate.

The province is predominantly mountainous, interspersed with small basins and coastal plains. There are six counties of Linhai, Ninghai, Tiantai, Xianju, Huangyan, Taiping and a series of coastal guards such as Haimen Guard and Songmen Guard.

It was the site of the first battle of the Qi army's resistance against the Japanese, but with the defeat of the Jiang division, the Qing army quickly occupied this land, just like the rest of the eight provinces in eastern Zhejiang. So far, it has been ten years. During the past 10 years, a large number of anti-Qing armed activities such as Yu Guowang, Jin Tang, and Dong Keshen were carried out here, as well as in the mountainous areas bordering neighboring prefectures and counties. They fought against the Qing army for a long time, and defended against the danger, although it was not enough to recover the lost territory, but they could be valued by people in terms of integrity.

Zhejiang's anti-Qing movement soon entered a low ebb with the victory of the Qing army in the fourth and fifth years of Yongli against the encirclement and suppression of Dalan Mountain, Tiantai Mountain, Zhoushan and the vast areas of eastern Zhejiang. In recent years, Guangdong and Fujian have been turbulent, and Zhejiang has inevitably been affected. However, the Qing army's massacre of Zhejiang's anti-Qing movement was too much, so that now this part is only slightly stronger than in history.

"Uncle, in front are Sanmu Mountain and Dachen Mountain, and to the west is Songmen Guard......"

Sanmu Mountain and Dachen Mountain are both coastal islands in Taizhou, and the Nasong Gatekeeper was once the naval base of the Qi family army together with the Haimen Guard in the north, and now they are naturally the control areas of the Qing army. At this moment, on the deck of the flagship, the captain pointed to Hong Xu at the pimple that was becoming more and more obvious on the line between the sea and the sky, and Hong Xu was already beside him with his own soldiers unfolding the map and hunting in the sea breeze.

This sea route is not the first time for Hong Xu, the most recent round trip is from Fujian to Zhoushan, but this time their target is the Taizhou Mansion that is close at hand - the destination is not far away.

"Take a break in Dachen Mountain."

"The last will obey."

The heralds on the masts waved their flags, and the words of the flags spread in all directions, and soon became common to the fleet. After a short rest there, the army re-anchored and set sail, turning directly to the west. Out of sight, there is the mouth of the Chengjiang River, and the acropolis of the Haimen Guard, which stands side by side with the Songmen Guard, is located there. And going back to the river, you can go straight to the Taizhou capital city located in Linhai County!

When the fleet poured into the mouth of the Chengjiang River, the first thing it had to face was the Taizhou naval division of the Qing army. The establishment of this Qing army's naval division was very large, with a scale of 3,000 soldiers, which was even better than the 2,000 soldiers of the Qiantang naval division guarding the mouth of the Qiantang River. However, according to the establishment of the Qing court, this naval division assisted in the defense of Ningbo Dinghai with the naval battalion, and the left and right battalions were stationed in the coastal defense points of Taizhou and Wenzhou, and this sea guard was precisely one of them.

With such a scale, in front of the fleet led by Hong Xu, it was just a lamb surrounded by wolves, and it was defeated by itself after a battle. Subsequently, the Ming army rushed in, straight to the Taizhou capital, the roar of the ship's artillery like an alarm clock, forcing Taizhou deputy general Ma Xin to quickly send people to invite a group of officials in the city to discuss the strategy of war defense.

Ma Xin, the deputy general of Taizhou, was a native of Chang'an, Shaanxi, and had been in Taizhou for many years, and the rule of the Qing court here was as stable as Mount Tai. During this period, the Ming army fleet went straight to Bofu City, which immediately caused a commotion in the city, and the local officials were going to come to Ma Xin to discuss countermeasures, but they wanted to go together.

The invited people arrived in a hurry, and Fu Menghu, the prefect of Taizhou, Liu Yingke, and Li Yisheng, the general judge, Xu Yu, the prefect of Linhai, and Liu Xisheng, the county magistrate, were all present, and even Zheng Zhiwen, the garrison of the road mark, was also invited.

"Daotai, it doesn't taste right here."

"What's wrong?"

"The last general doesn't know, just feels."

Zheng Zhiwen couldn't tell for a while what was wrong with it, and in this regard, Fu Menghu, who was already anxious about the Ming army's Zhibo City, took everyone directly into Ma Xin's office whenever he did something.

"Ma Shuai, Haikou is in the city, can you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

The responsibilities of the military preparation road, Fu Menghu immediately asked, and even the others also set their eyes on Ma Xin's body, obviously all the hopes were pinned on the body of this green battalion commander who was known for his bravery and good fighting.

At this moment, everyone is sitting on both sides, the face is like black paint, the mandible is slightly wide, and the beard with sideburns is rooted up, as a Qin person, Zhang Yide, who is quite a bit of a Yanren, looks handsome and raised his eyelids, but he showed a little smile: "It is not difficult to ensure the safety of the people on this side, as long as the monarch responds to the matter of this handsome." ”

The words were said lightly, and all the civil officials from Fu Menghu and below secretly scolded this martial artist in their hearts, but Zheng Zhiwen turned pale and began to unconsciously look sideways at the gate.

"They are all colleagues here, and what is not good is also a grasshopper on a rope. Ma Shuai has any good prescription, and he should be blunt. ”

The Ming army was outside the city, and the sound of the cannon was like a heavy hammer hitting his heart from time to time, making Fu Menghu so eager that he almost threw all the qi-nourishing kung fu on weekdays into Chengjiang.

If he can retreat from the enemy, he will naturally be able to fish out Nalaoshzi from Chengjiang and continue to hang on the surface, but at this moment, not only him, but the rest of the people are also like this. In the final analysis, Zheng's Group has been too popular in Fujian and Guangdong provinces in recent years, and they have never dared to look directly at it in Zhejiang. During this period, the Ming army attacked in a big way under the banner of Zhongzhenbo Hongxu, and in their opinion, it was likely that they wanted to copy Zhoushan's and capture Taizhou Mansion in one go, further opening up the situation of the Zhejiang battlefield.

If the Ming army really achieved its goal, then even if they escaped, they would inevitably be imprisoned by the Qing court, and even their families would be affected. This is the result they never want to see, and there is nothing wrong with the manipulation here.

In this regard, Ma Xin seemed a little unhurried, faced everyone's eyes, and slowly said his good way to retreat from the enemy: "Actually, it's easy, Ben Shuai has already agreed with the surname of the country, and the Taizhou Mansion will be attached to the Ming Dynasty." Wait, as long as the braids are cut, Ben Shuai will naturally have a good word or two from Uncle Hong. ”

The words rang in everyone's ears like thunder, but they directly shocked their hearts. Hearing this, Fu Mengyu stood up suddenly, pointing with his right hand halberd, but the word "you" was repeated many times and he never came up with a second word.

He never expected that Ma Xin, who had been here for many years, would suddenly choose to descend. In fact, he is not to blame, because he really has no way of knowing, in history, Ma Xin sent his cronies to contact Zheng Chenggong when the Ming army captured Zhoushan, Ba Chenggong and Zhang Hongde successively surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and then led the troops and horses of the headquarters here. And now, the momentum of the Ming army in the southeast is better than in history, and Ma Xin's choice is naturally nothing unusual.

At this time, Ma Xin was sitting on the Taishi chair, his momentum was already condescending, and everywhere he looked, all the people were pale, and some beads of sweat the size of beans quickly condensed on his forehead, and then fell apart on the official uniform.

The first drop of sweat drowned in the fabric of the official uniform, but the cold sweat seemed to penetrate the outer shirt and underwear, and reached the skin. I saw that the person sitting at the end jumped up, stepped forward a few steps, squeezed away Fu Menghu, who was still speechless, and directly shouted to Ma Xin and asked, "Ma Xin, do you want to betray the court?!" ”

At this moment, the window paper was pierced by Liu Xisheng, the lowest-level Linhai County Cheng Liu Xisheng present, and everyone's faces were not just as simple as losing their color, but there was only a sweat like a stream between their dead and dilapidated appearance and the dead body in the coffin, and the unconscious trembling.

"Liu Xiancheng is really a smart person, and Ben Shuai doesn't say anything like knowing the times as Junjie, everyone and sit here, as long as you cut the whip in a proper manner, in the future, on the side of Daming, you will also be an official of the same dynasty, and this Shuai will not embarrass you."

"Shameless wretch! The court awarded you a high-ranking official, and your grace is as deep as the sea, you don't care about the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and you don't want to repay the emperor's kindness. ”

Liu Xisheng's scolding startled everyone when he boarded, but when Ma Xin heard this, he sneered: "The righteousness of the monarch and the minister can also be compared with the defense of Yixia?" I see that you have read the books of the sages for nothing. ”

Ma Xin invited each other to discuss the battle plan, and their respective servants withdrew early, and there were only seven people in the big tent at the moment, including Ma Xin, Fu Menghu, Liu Yingke, Li Yisheng, Xu Yu, Liu Xisheng and Zheng Zhiwen.

At first glance, Ma Xin's strength is weak, but this is the camp of the Taizhou Green Camp, since Ma Xin intends to do it, their servants outside must have been controlled. In addition, Ma Xinai is a general, and he has always had a reputation for martial arts, and a group of powerless civil officials have been shocked by the previous news, so how can they have any other thoughts.

As soon as Ma Xin's words came out, everyone present was shocked, and their bodies couldn't help but tremble, as if they had been electrocuted by something. Only Liu Xisheng, seeing that the words could not arouse the meaning of the same enemy, shouted "I fought with you" in anger, and rushed forward.

With a "bang", Liu Xisheng, who rushed to Ma Xin's approach, flew back upside down and fell heavily to the ground. At this time, Ma Xin stood up, pulled out the sword at his waist, rushed forward in three steps and two steps, and cut off Liu Xisheng's head with a sword, leaving only the aftermath of "Fulfill you" still surrounds the ears of everyone in the tent.

At the same time as the loud shouting, the soldiers guarding outside the gate also pushed the door directly. This is the most normal scene, but at the moment when Ma Xin killed Liu Xisheng, Zheng Zhiwen, who was trembling like a civil official present, suddenly got up, picked up a chair and smashed it at the soldiers who had just pushed open the door. Stunned for a moment, Zheng Zhiwen rushed forward with an arrow step, drew his sword in his hand, and even slashed and collided, and rushed out directly.

Everything is between lightning and flint, it stands to reason that Ma Xin killed Liu Xisheng, and even if the others moved, they should come forward to rescue or beg for mercy on their behalf. However, Zheng Zhiwen's first reaction was like this, obviously he had already made preparations, and he immediately started as soon as those few personal soldiers pushed the door, which surprised everyone present.

Forcibly rushed out, Zheng Zhiwen ignored the servants and soldiers who were being restrained by Ma Xin's cronies, picked up the sword upside down, and threw it directly at the person who stepped forward to stop him. The sword was not thrown, but with the help of dodging, Zheng Zhiwen had already rushed to his mount and turned over. Immediately, lightly clamping the horse's belly, the war horse rushed out of the gate with a sharp heart.

"Don't let Zheng Zhiwen run away!"

In a moment's astonishment, the Taizhou green camps on the side hurriedly chased after them. At this time, I saw that Zheng Zhiwen twisted the wolf's waist lightly, put an arrow in his hand, shouted in his left eye, and when an arrow was shot, it was directly inserted into the left eye of the officer who rushed to the front, and it went straight into the head, and he was not alive when he saw it.

The power of one arrow triggered another moment of astonishment. With the help of this momentary stunned, Zheng Zhiwen rode away. At this time, Ma Xin, who had already controlled those civil officials, stepped out of the door, locked his eyes on Zheng Zhiwen's back, and said expressionlessly, "I heard that this guy has a reputation for being good at shooting, but this time I underestimated him", so he didn't dwell on such trivial matters, and quickly issued an order to open the city to meet the Ming army.

After taking down these officials, the overall situation has been decided, Ma Xin assigned troops to march to the station of Daobiao, that Zheng Zhiwen Rao is very brave, but he still did not dare to make a mistake, and hurriedly escaped from the nearby city gate with his subordinates. At the same time, the city gate facing the Ming army was opened, and the Ming army of the brigade rushed in and soon took control of the Taizhou capital.