Before the New Year, Wang Yan decided to go to eastern Guangdong to make a round, unlike the Ming army, because the Qing soldiers mainly came from the area north of the Yangtze River, and the summer in the south was too hot for them to fight, but the winter was just right, and the climate was very conducive to war.

The Manchu Eight Banners would return to the north almost every year to escape the summer, and that time was the best time for the Ming army to dispatch, but now it was winter, although the Qing soldiers also had a New Year's custom, but Wang Yan had to be vigilant.

Chaozhou Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture, located in the east of Guangdong, are also the two prefecture capitals that suffered the heaviest losses before the Qing troops entered the south of Guangnan, and like all the southern coastal areas, they are surrounded by high mountains and hills in the north, and only the strip close to the coast is a narrow plain.

The Hanjiang River, Lianjiang River, Nanxi and Beixi in Chaozhou form a plain in the south, which is one of the essence of Guangnan, which has always been very rich, the land is flat and fertile, the irrigation water source is sufficient, and the fishery is developed, and there is a good port, and the annual tax is second only to Guangfu.

On the official road east of Chaozhou Prefecture, a cavalry of thousands of people is slowly marching along the official road to Feishui Pass, which is the second time that Wang Yan has taken this official road since entering Guangdong from Fujian.

Zhang Cunren, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang of the Qing court, sat in Fuzhou, and the Qing generals Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia garrisoned Zhangzhou, which was only separated by a Dongxi from the Ming army and opposed each other.

Wang Yan and Li Chengdong are old acquaintances, and they have been his subordinates, so after Wang Yan returned to Guangdong, he learned that Li Chengdong was stationed in Zhangzhou, so he wrote to him, promising to surrender to Houjue.

Wang Yan had some doubts in his heart, worried that the Qing court would make any moves, so he had this action to inspect eastern Guangdong.

After inspecting the training of the new army, Wang Yan rushed directly from Guangzhou, and Wang Fuzhi was also in the team, and he looked at the past along the way, the fields along the way were barren, the villages were burned down, and although many people were reorganizing their homes, they still could not hide the ruin of eastern Guangdong.

Wang Fuzhi sighed and said: "During the Chongzhen period, all parts of the south were still very prosperous, and rich scenes can be seen everywhere, but now from Huguang to Jiangxi to eastern Guangdong, as long as the places that suffer from military disasters are all withered, which is really infinitely emotional." In the case of eastern Guangdong, I don't know if the summer harvest will be carried out smoothly next year. ”

Wang Yan said: "Guangnan originally had more people and less land, and there was a great contradiction between the local people, before I could only develop Qiongzhou and find new land, although the eastern part of Guangdong was destroyed, it caused a lot of terra nullius, but now it has been distributed to military families, I believe that after the New Year, there will be people moving over to cultivate, which should not affect the sowing." ”

"Food is the foundation of the country, why did Daming make such a fuss, in the final analysis, it is because of the lack of food, although there is now a granary in Huguang, but when it comes to war, I'm afraid the food is still not enough~"

Wang Yan nodded, this year's autumn harvest in Hunan, it was not easy to save a little grain, but as a result, a wave of refugees broke out in the northwest, and the inventory was consumed cleanly, and even mobilized the grain and grass in Shaoguan in Guangdong, but the Qing court should not be better, Wang Yan smiled: "For example, today, Guanzhong, Central Plains, and Hebei are broken, and there are actually only three places that can be called granaries, one is Huguang, one is Bashu, and one is Jiangnan, I am Daming, Zhang Xianzhong, and the Qing court each occupy one, but there are also differences between the three, if you talk about grain production, Huguang is the first, Bashu is the second, and Jiangnan is the third, so it seems that unless the Qing court can restore the production of the north, it will not have much advantage in grain. ”

Wang Fuzhidao: "The land of Jiangnan, originally a large grain production area, but since the Song Dynasty, Huguang has gradually developed, the reputation of the world's granary has changed from Suhu to Huguang, because of the developed business, to plant cotton, tea and other crops with higher value, but now that the economy of Jiangnan is destroyed, Hong Chengchou must encourage the people to grow new grain, with the potential of Jiangnan, it is not difficult for grain production to exceed Huguang. ”

"At the moment, the Qing court must also be worried about food, I am a little worried, after the beginning of spring, the Qing army will definitely target the two granaries of Bashu and Huguang."

Wang Fuzhi pondered for a while, "The Qing soldiers hit Huguang, then Jiangnan should not think about peace, this will not only affect the sowing of Huguang, but Jiangnan will also be affected." I think it is very likely that the Qing army will take Bashu first, seize this granary, and then occupy the upper reaches, build down, and capture Chu~"

Wang Yan frowned when he heard this: "Zhang Xianzhong has only been in Shu for four years, and the foundation is not stable, but he alone occupies most of the Bashu granary, and the grain should be sufficient, I don't know if he can live in Sichuan and Shu." Counting the time, the information from Hanzhong should also be sent, and I don't know what the battle has become? ”

Soon, the team arrived at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian, the Ming and Qing dynasties were not the provincial boundaries, in fact, they had to go a little deeper into Fujian, from Bai Songling in the north along the Dongxi to the south of the water.

In charge of guarding this line of defense is Li Guo, the loyal town, who originally wanted to control Guangxi, but now that the Gui Fan controls Guangxi, Wang Yan does not want to cause infighting, so he puts Li Guo here to fight against the Qing soldiers.

At this time, Li Guo led a group of generals to come outside the city to greet Wang Yan's arrival, and when Wang Yan approached, everyone stepped forward and saluted together: "See Guogong!" \u000b Wang Yan turned over and dismounted, and said to everyone with a smile: "The New Year is coming soon, and the governor will let people send a batch of wine and meat, but this time will be hard for everyone, and you must not relax your vigilance, so as not to take advantage of the Qing army." After the beginning of spring, Zhongyong Town will come to replace it, so you must continue to maintain a state of combat readiness during this time. "\u000b"Please rest assured that we will not slack off. ”

Li Guo and the others hurriedly clasped their fists and promised. \u000b At this time, Wang Yan went to the city of Guancheng surrounded by everyone, many soldiers and people, were reinforcing the wall, Wang Yan came to the Guanlou, looked at the Dongxi in the distance, and saw that there were Qing soldiers and cavalry patrolling on the opposite bank from time to time, so he immediately asked Li Guodao: "How is the recent movement of Li Chengdong's department?" "\u000b" that guy seems to have recently raised the white flag of the Han army, not only changed the military flag, but also began to tidy up the wasteland near Zhangzhou, as if he was ready to grow his own grain in the spring and fight with us. ”

Wang Yan was slightly stunned, and then understood in his heart, why didn't Li Chengdong reply to him, it turned out that the Qing court raised the flag for him.

There is little grain in Fujian, and there are Zheng Chenggong's activities on the sea, and Li Chengdong can not get much military rations, but now he is actually reasonable and ready to grow grain.

However, it seems that Zheng Chenggong and King Lu must be short of food now.

At this time, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed to the pass from the west, led by the eunuch in the palace, he saw Wang Yan at the head of the city, so he hurriedly shouted: "The envoy of the Duke of Chu, the King of Lu and the King of your Majesty has arrived in Guangzhou, and Your Majesty asks the Duke of the State to go back quickly to discuss important matters." ”

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