The main point of the gentry's visit today was that they were afraid that the officials and troops would empty the treasury like Zheng Chenggong's raid on Quanzhou before, and when the Qing soldiers came, they would immediately slap their butts and leave, leaving more than 100,000 Quanzhou people behind.

Last time, the family that joined Zheng Chenggong was bloodily purged by the Qing army, and some families who did not participate were also affected, after all, for the Qing soldiers, this was an excellent opportunity to collect money, and the wider the involvement, the better, and the result made the people of Quanzhou miserable.

This time, the gentry just figured out the situation and then made a decision, everyone came out of the palace, and one of them grabbed Guo Bichang and said: "Guo Lao, how can you make a decision so hastily, what if the officials and soldiers can't hold it?" ”

Guo Bichang said in a deep voice: "If we can't hold it, then we will flee with the official army." ”

He persuaded Zheng Zhilong to surrender before, which can be regarded as a credit to the Qing court, but in the end, he did not get any benefits, but was repeatedly extorted a lot of assets by the Qing soldiers, which made him very disappointed.

"Guo Lao, this is?"

Guo Bichang sighed, "In the past half a year, everyone's assets have been embezzled, after all, you all have a big family, and it is cost-effective to spend some money to buy peace, but the Qing court forbids the sea, how will you live in the future?" Our Quanzhou people have been relying on sea trade to earn wealth, this sea is banned, and there is no relationship to smuggle, caught is a robbery of the family, you rely on a few acres of thin land, can collect a few taels of silver rent? The tea trees in the mountains, the tea leaves that grow, who do you sell them to? You can't grow rice in a tea field! ”

When everyone heard this, there was silence for a while, and only after half a ring did one of them speak: "If the official army can really recover Fujian and resume trade, we can go to Ryukyu and Japan casually, and the silver we earn will be enough to cope with the salary of the country's surname." ”

Guo Bichang nodded, "That's the reason, the key is that only by resuming maritime trade can it be in the interests of our families, so why don't you take a gamble." ”

The gentry thought slightly and nodded yes, this is not only for their own interests, but also because of this Ming army's eastward crusade, they have seen the decline of the Qing army, and the perverse behavior of the Qing army, not as if they want to win the world.

After the gentry left the palace, Xia Wanchun hurriedly came to the lobby with a few pieces of information sent from Guangjing.

Seeing this, Wang Yan asked, "Xiao Yin, but there is any important news." ”

Xia Wanchun made a salute, and then handed the three letters to Wang Yan, explaining: "Guogong, this is a letter sent by Guangjing Kuaima, the first is the news from Chudi, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by Wu Sangui who suddenly entered Hanzhong in the first month of this year, more than 100,000 horses, only more than 20,000 people fled back to Shu, the slave chief Haoge and Wu thieves, have taken the Lychee Road, killed into Sichuan, but the specific situation, is still unclear, and there is no further information. ”

When Wang Yan heard this, his brows immediately furrowed, his worries really came true, the Qing court has not attacked Chu and Jiangxi since the defeat of Huguang last year, these two critical places, sure enough, are to go down to Shu first, and then take the long road of the Yuan Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty.

"The second letter is that the heaven and earth will be sent from the south of the Yangtze River, in addition to the explanation of the Chen Mingxia case from Beijing, the Qing court at the end of last year, the great dynasty, set the decision of first Shu and then Chu, there are also Hong thieves gathered 100,000 horses to encircle and suppress Taihu Lake, Ding Wu Bo Wu Shengzhao, general Li Kuili died in battle, Taihu Lake Righteous Army decided to break through to the sea, and finally the Hong thieves have sent Tan Tai to lead 20,000 horses into Fujian."

There is a lot of information in this letter, Wang Yan quickly opened it and watched, Chen Mingxia case he swept through, but he understood that the Southern Party officials who advocated helping the Manchu Qing to cast law and filial piety and carry out the overall sinicization of the Qing court were almost killed by Dolgon, and the results of the Qing court discussion proved his previous guess that the Qing army did change its strategy, first hit Shuzhong, seize the land of grain production, and then attack Chu and Jiangxi on three sides, with clear layers and menacing.

As for Hong Chengchou's gathering of troops and horses to encircle and suppress Taihu Lake, in fact, it was also in the Qing court's strategy of first Shu and then Chu, Hong Chengchou wanted to destroy the Jiangnan righteous army first, stabilize Jiangnan, and then he could calmly attack Chu, which was also part of the Qing court's grand strategy.

The Taihu Righteous Army, now surrounded and suppressed by more than 100,000 Qing soldiers, Wu Shengzhao, who was last year anyway, actually died in battle, presumably the situation of the Taihu Righteous Army is no longer optimistic, otherwise they would not give up the Taihu Lake base that has been operating for two years and choose to break through.

Hong Chengchou is a person with outstanding ability, not only good at military affairs, but also good at civil affairs, he almost wiped out Li Zicheng at the beginning, if it wasn't for the imperial court to transfer him to deal with the northern captives, maybe Li Zicheng would be finished.

For such capable traitors, Wang Yan is also deeply jealous, and for the troubled Taihu rebels, he is beyond his reach, and there is no way to save their predicament.

Finally, Tan Tai mentioned in the intelligence, Wang Yan had expected that the Qing army would definitely send reinforcements into Fujian, and the intelligence finally confirmed this, and the next battle in Fujian is estimated to not be as smooth as fighting Quanzhou.

After Wang Yan finished reading it, he handed the letter to Zheng Chenggong on the side to watch, Xia Wanchun saw this and continued: "The third letter is from Gannan. ”

After deciding to go east, Wang Yan also considered dispatching troops and horses from southern Jiangxi to the south to fight into northern Fujian and besiege Fujian on three sides, but considering that the land of Jiangxi was withering, he might not be able to send troops, so he just went to a letter and let the Ming army of Jiangxi land act cheaply.

The letter arrived in the hands of Jin Shengheng, and he also made some preparations, but who thought that he hadn't moved yet, after Hong Chengchou in Jiangnan received Zhang Cunren's letter, at the request of Zhang Cunren, he first transferred Liu Liangzuo to lead his troops to attack Guangxin Mansion and contain the actions of the Ming army in Jiangxi.

In February, more than 20,000 Qing soldiers, breaking Yongfeng and Shangrao, defeated the Ming army again and again, Liu Liangzuo seized the city, the army was magnificent, and marched all the way.

Fortunately, Jin Shengheng was prepared, and hurriedly joined Sun Shoufa under the command of Wan Yuanji, gathered 30,000 horses, set out from Fuzhou, marched east along the Geyang River, defeated Liu Liangzuo's vanguard in Leadshan County west of Shangrao, and marched to Shangrao, the city of Guangxinfu.

The location of Shangrao is very important, adjacent to Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and Fujian, choking the main road, Liu Liangzuo occupies this place, you can prevent the Ming army from attacking Jiangnan and Zhejiang, and you can also prevent the Ming army from attacking Xianxia Pass.

Liu Liangzuo, the scum of the Ming army, mentioned the Han army inlaid with yellow flags, and was quite loyal to the Qing court, he saw Jin Shengheng approaching Shangrao, and immediately commanded the soldiers and horses to meet the battle, and the two armies fought in Shangrao, from morning to noon, the Shangrao River was red, and there was still no winner or loser.

Jin Shengheng ordered a fierce attack, and personally led the army into the Qing army formation, in the melee, Jin Shengheng rode a horse and waved a knife, leading more than 100 elite horsemen straight through the enemy formation, the Ming soldiers were inspired by it, all struggled to move forward, to the evening, the Qing army could not resist, did not return to Shangrao, directly to Xianxia Pass defeated.

Jin Shengheng discussed with Sun Shoufa and decided to cooperate with Wang Yan's expedition to the east, so he immediately killed Ben Xianxia Pass, wanting to come to the gate to fight the dogs, and stew the Fujian Qing army in a pot, but Liu Liangzuo and Xianxia Pass guards will defend the pass to the death, and the Ming army will attack for a few days and cannot break the pass.

At this time, I heard that Tan Tai would lead 20,000 Qing soldiers to kill, Jin Shengheng and Sun Shoufa saw that the army was short of food and grass, and the Qing army reinforcements came again, so they had to lead the troops back to Jiangxi.

After reading the third letter, Wang Yan silently calculated the time in his heart, estimated that Tan Tai should have arrived in Fuzhou, and said in a deep voice: "If you succeed, look at this letter again, this pavilion estimates that Zhang Cunren's reinforcements should have arrived, and the plan to continue to sweep the west bank of the Min River must be changed." ”

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