Chen Zhouquan's Northern Expedition was violent, and he went fiercely with the ambition of fighting for heaven and country with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he almost poured out, and the 300,000 army only stayed in Taiwan with 50,000 people, and 250,000 were transferred to Zhejiang.

Then he continued to recruit rebels in Zhejiang, and with the continuous victory, the local bandits, Hui Dang, Jianghu figures, and other people at the bottom of the society continued to join, and the army of 250,000 soon swelled to 300,000, and then 400,000.

The momentum of Chen Zhouquan's advance into northern Zhejiang really shook the Manchu court, and the attention of the courtiers was instantly shifted from the shock of Qianlong's abdication to Zhejiang. Qianlong finally began to get nervous at this time, he still has the political ability to do things, as long as he is serious, he can do things.

Although He Shen was corrupt, he did have a set of skills to make money, with He Shen providing logistical support, Qianlong used political means to mobilize resources from all over the country.

After the era of Qi Jiguang, the Zhejiang soldiers began to enjoy the reputation of strong soldiers, under the urging of Qianlong, the mood to defend the township, Zhejiang's local army's fighting will was greatly improved, plus Qianlong mobilized Nanjing, Zhenjiang and Hangzhou garrison eight banners, the green battalion support, soon gathered 200,000 troops in northern Zhejiang, relying on the hinterland of northern Zhejiang Huiji Mountain and other mountains, Chen Zhouquan's army was blocked in Shaoxing, Jinhua and other prefectures, preventing Chen Zhouquan from continuing to advance to the hinterland of Zhejiang.

At the same time, the Su Song Naval Division, the Shandong Naval Division, and even the naval divisions along the Yangtze River all gathered to northern Zhejiang under the baton of Qianlong, and for a time the Qing army gathered more than 500 warships of all sizes and more than 80,000 naval divisions, and successfully blocked the loose pirate groups that were not strong in fighting spirit attached to Chen Zhouquan to the south of Hangzhou Bay.

Although the front controlled by the two sides has stabilized, large and small battles have broken out continuously, and major battles of more than 10,000 people will be fought every few days, and the battle situation is quite tragic.

Compared with Chen Zhouquan's battle with the Qing army, Zhou Lang's actions in Fujian were much smaller.

Zhou Lang found that after he took control of the passes in Wuyishan and other places, although the armies of Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces were outside the Chen Bing Pass, their desire to attack was not strong, and they seemed to be more for the purpose of prevention, blocking Zhou Lang at their doorstep, and they were content. After all, in this era of reluctance to seek merit but no fault, as long as the matter does not happen in their own jurisdiction, the magistrate is not very willing to participate.

Zhou Langle maintained this situation, and his military operations mainly revolved around the suppression of bandits.

At present, Zhou Lang's military deployment is still carried out around the lines of communication, starting from the coastal estuary, all the way back to the tortoiseshell mountain, Daiyun Mountain, and even Wuyi Mountain, most of the troops are wasted on maintaining a few lines of communication, and the comprehensive hinterland of Fujian is either under the control of the Qing army, or it is out of control.

Adopting the old strategy of focusing on appeasement and suppressing and appeasement, backed by an elite but small number of strong troops, Wang Fuqian was asked to negotiate with each city, and he must first control these cities in his hands.

Although Feng Shui has superstitious colors, there are also a variety of experience summary inheritance, and the result of science is that under normal circumstances, the city site selected by excellent feng shui masters rarely occurs earthquakes and floods, and even Japan, an earthquake-prone area, Kyoto, selected by applying Chinese Feng Shui, has miraculously escaped most earthquakes.

The part of Feng Shui that conforms to military principles is reflected in the fact that cities are often selected in places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, such as mountains and rivers, and if they can take into account the convenience of transportation, this is often the qualification of the government and the capital.

Of course, ordinary county towns can't take care of everything, but there are still basic defensive advantages, at least within the county borders, which are often the safest places. Therefore, these cities are fortresses, and China has been a fortress country since ancient times.

Zhou Lang has already controlled the lines of communication, and now he wants to control these scattered cities, and then try to control the entire territory of Fujian with points and areas.

The strategy of suppressing and appeasing is still very effective, most of the counties controlled by the green battalion flood soldiers, in the case of Wang Fuqian's promise that the green battalion soldiers can choose to serve or leave their nationality as a citizen, are not willing to defend to the death, some choose to give up the identity of the battalion soldiers, throw away their weapons to be ordinary people, and some choose to continue to work for Zhou Lang, as a soldier and food is their livelihood, as for who to be a soldier, it does not matter.

Only a few counties have chosen to stick to it, such as Gutian County, which has really brought a lot of trouble. The main reason is that the Gutian County Commander was not only not implicated in the Kuilunxing Prison, but also desperately defended the land for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he not only organized the soldiers in the city to surrender or escape, but also sold his property, recruited the people, and personally led the city to defend it.

In the end, Zhou Lang's army spent more than 20 days, and forced down the city wall of Gutian County, and only after forcibly entering the county seat did he take the city.

Although the strategy of suppressing and appeasing the army at the same time reduced the combat intensity and casualties of the army, it still took Wang Fuqian more than half a year to control the 58 counties and counties in Fujian Province.

At this time, Zhou Lang's army also greatly expanded, on the one hand, he recruited more than 20,000 Qing troops, and on the other hand, he recruited 80,000 people, expanding the total strength to 140,000.

The biggest impact of the expansion of military power is the financial crisis.

The control of Fujian did not bring much strength to Zhou Lang, except for the strong shipbuilding capacity in Fuzhou and other coastal areas, but in other aspects, it was burdened with a heavy burden.

In order to win over the local tyrants, there is no need to count on this year's taxes, and any tyrant who wants to do something will announce tax exemption for the occupied areas, at least for one year, and more for two or three years.

When he was in Fengshan County, Zhou Lang could be exempted from taxes, at that time he had 20 million silver dollars blackmailed from Guangzhou in hand, and he raised few soldiers, and the financial burden was very light, and Fengshan County's taxes were not much, so he was exempted until now.

However, it is not a one-time exemption, but a year to announce the exemption, there is a way to give grace, Kangxi's kind of never give up, it is not the best, give little by little, so that the landlords and farmers have hope every year, and read your good once a year, and over time I will agree with you, Kangxi's declaration of never giving up is actually giving up power and putting a tight hoop on himself.

But in Fengshan County, Zhou Lang's kindness, in the whole of Fujian, he can't afford to give. In order to control the whole of Fujian, the size of the army swelled rapidly, from 20,000 before entering Fujian, to 140,000 now, which is seven times that of the past, but the financial revenue is almost none, so that Zhou Lang's financial pressure is on the verge of bankruptcy.