Jinggang Mountain, located in the middle of the Luoxiao Mountains on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, connects Hunan in the west, and has several county towns such as Yongning, Yongxin and Yuxian nearby.

Several counties around Jinggang Mountain are densely covered with paddy fields, which is convenient for the troops to raise grain, the mountainous terrain is dangerous, the forest is dense, it is a natural fortress, here is far away from the big city, the traffic is inconvenient, only a few narrow paths lead to the mountain, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, thousands of men and horses go to the mountain to defend, tens of thousands of troops can not attack it.

As far as a base area is concerned, the only drawback of Jinggangshan is that the layout of the mountain is too small, and there are only a few villages such as Ciping and Daxiaowujing, which can accommodate only a limited number of troops, and there is little prospect for future development.

However, for Wang Kefan, this is not a problem, the Gongyi battalion will not go up the mountains to fight guerrillas, it only needs to establish a sufficiently safe stronghold in Hunan, and when the Gongyi battalion is interspersed with battles, it can stand on its feet...... As for how far this territory can develop, it depends on Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu's own ability.

To Wang Kefan's surprise, when he approached the Jinggangshan area, he saw a thriving scene.

The victory of the Ming army in the battle of Ganzhou was a great encouragement to the anti-Qing struggle in Jiangxi, and the anti-Qing volunteers in various states and prefectures were surging, one after another, Pan Yongxi of Raozhou Prefecture, Jie Chongxi of Fuzhou Prefecture, Xiong Lichun of Ningzhou County of Nanchang Prefecture, Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu...... of Ji'an Prefecture, as well as several new groups of volunteers, all took the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive, and even Hao Shaoqi of Yuanzhou Mansion also took advantage of the fire to rob, so that Jin Shenghuan took care of one thing and lost the other, and smoke was everywhere in the backyard.

In this case, Jin Shenghuan had no choice but to stabilize the interior of Jiangxi first, and concentrate his forces to encircle and suppress Pan Yongxi in Raozhou Mansion and Jiezhongxi in Fuzhou Mansion. In the south of Jiangxi, a defensive position was taken against Ganzhou. As a result, the Qing army's defensive line shrank to the north of Ji'an, leaving a large vacuum in the southwest of Jiangxi, and Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu took the opportunity to counterattack and occupy the three counties of Yongning, Yongxin, and Longquan.

Fan Wenqin and Liu Shuxiao have been the kings of the mountain on Jinggang Mountain for a few months, although they have Wang Kefan to help, life is also tight, and they occupy three counties at once, and they immediately have a feeling of getting rich.

They suppressed a group of gentry landlords who collaborated with the Manchus. confiscated all the property of these people, easily got tens of thousands of taels of silver, and then opened a government in these three counties to re-establish the rule of the Ming Dynasty and collect taxes. Recruiting troops and grain, all of them are booming. Success.

After the Battle of Ganzhou. Fan Wenqin was awarded the title of "Zhenwu Uncle" by Emperor Longwu, from a fake to a genuine earl, although he is a puppet raised by Wang Kefan, but it is already a banner of Jiangxi's resistance to the Qing Dynasty, even if it is only to improve the morale of the Ji'an volunteers, an empty earl has nothing to be reluctant to.

And Liu Shu was also awarded the rank of second-rank military attaché. The actual position of Deputy General Jia Ji'an is based on the old example of Qin Liangyu in Sichuan...... Qin Liangyu was a famous female general in the late Ming Dynasty, but now she is old and basically ignores the world. After Liu Shu was an official eunuch of Shilin, she stepped forward when the country was in danger and became another female general of the Ming Dynasty, which was rumored to be a good story.

In other words, the Ji'an Volunteers had found an organization and were the regular army registered in the Imperial Army, and the official government established by Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu in the Jinggangshan area was also officially recognized by the Imperial Court.

Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu have created a huge foundation, and their personal destiny has also undergone earth-shaking changes. When Wang Kefan entered the territory of the Ji'an volunteers, he was warmly welcomed, and Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu led hundreds of people from a hundred people to a distance of thirty miles outside Longquan County.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The earth-shattering sound of three cannons echoed among the peaks and fields, and hundreds of Ji'an volunteers were dressed in full clothes, holding high the battle, and lined up in a neat line, surrounded by Fan Wenqin, Liu Shu and other civil and military officials on the side of the road to greet them. Seeing that Wang Kefan's banner was getting closer and closer, Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu gave an order, led the civil and military officials to kneel down together in the sound of drums, and waited for Wang Kefan to come to him, and bowed down and kowtowed together.

Wang Kefan had already dismounted, smiled and accepted their salute, and then stretched out his hand to help Fan Wenqin and Liu Shu up.

"This gift from Uncle Zhen Wu is too heavy, I shouldn't have accepted it, but the emperor gave Uncle Zhen Wu a new errand, and I have to accept this gift again."

"What do you mean by the military gate?" Fan Wenqin's eyes lit up, as if two small flames had been lit, and he looked at Wang Kefan eagerly.

Fan Wenqin holds the title of Zhenwu Earl, but his actual position is the chief soldier of Ji'an, and he belongs to the military general, but he was born in a wealthy gentry family, and he is a man, and he still hopes to be a civil official. For this matter, he talked to Wang Kefan several times, even if he removed the title of Count Wu of this town, he would not hesitate to do so.

"The emperor personally asked you to participate in politics for Jiangxi, are you still satisfied?" Wang Kefan said with a smile.

"Thank you for your support!" Fan Wenqin was overjoyed, the so-called participation in politics is the participation of political envoys, from the civil officials of the third grade, he is regarded as a local magistrate, of course he is very satisfied, but after thinking about it, doubts arise again.

"May I ask the military gate, is the lower official leaving Ji'an Mansion?"

The whole of Jiangxi is in a state of war, the political envoy is in name only, Jiangxi Governor Wan Yuan Ji is in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Governor Jiezhongxi is in Fuzhou, Fan Wenqin wants to go to their subordinates to take office, they have to leave Ji'an Mansion...... This is not a good idea, it is better to be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow, Fan Wenqin still understands, leaving Ji'an Mansion and Ji'an Volunteers, he is nothing.

"No, Wan Dufu has already ordered you to be the prefect of Ji'an, and you are also the ...... of Ji'an's military preparations" With Wang Kefan's explanation, Fan Wenqin suddenly realized.

This is obviously Wang Kefan's arrangement, although Fan Wenqin has been transferred to a civilian official, he still has to look at the territory of Jinggangshan in Ji'an Prefecture, his real job is the Ji'an Prefect and the Ji'an Soldiers...... However, the prefect of Ji'an was only a fourth-grade official, which did not match his identity as the leader of the Jiangxi volunteers, so he was given a false position of a political envoy to participate in politics, and the rank was raised to the third grade, which was regarded as a high level.

As for the concurrently serving as the Ji'an Soldier Preparation Road, it reflects the characteristics of the war period, and the Military Preparation Road is not a special shortage, but is set up according to events, and a special Ji'an Military Preparation Road is set up to control the military power of the Ji'an Volunteers.

Theoretically speaking, the prefect of Ji'an is responsible for Jiangxi Province, but the Ji'an military preparation can be directly responsible for the commander Caojiang, especially in terms of military preparation, and there is no need to greet Jiangxi Province.

This is an agreement reached between Wang Kefan and Wan Yuanji, and the western part of Jiangxi has in fact been controlled by Wang Kefan, and it is impossible for this land to be returned to Jiangxi, but it is in the hands of Admiral Caojiang Yamen. In return, the Ji'an volunteers will cooperate with Wan Yuan Ji to launch a counteroffensive against Jin Shenghuan, and will not be able to get their hands on other territories outside of Ji'an Province.

Wan Yuan Ji felt that he was naked. Ji'an Mansion is in the northwest of Ganzhou Mansion, if Wang Kefan grabs land with him, it is a very troublesome thing, give Wang Kefan a Ji'an Mansion, 10,000 yuan Ji will only have one opponent left Jie Chongxi, and he can concentrate on grabbing the remaining more than ten state capitals.

Wang Kefan also felt that he was naked. With the current strength of the Ji'an volunteers, it would be good to be able to control the Ji'an Mansion, and no matter how much territory there was, it would not be able to digest it. After a while, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren may be reversed, and the shape of Jiangxi will change again, and now these agreements will be nullified.

Some of these things can be explained directly to Fan Wenqin, some have to be knocked on the side and click on the side of the sentence, and some have to rely on his own comprehension, Wang Kefan has too few civilian officials available, and he has high hopes for Fan Wenqin.

"May I ask the military gate, do I want to make a break and resign from the emperor from the title of 'Zhenwu Uncle'?" Fan Wenqin was hesitant to gain and lose.

The titles of the Ming Dynasty were all obtained because of military merits, but Fan Wenqin's "Zhenwu Bo" was falsely obtained, and this matter was not a secret in the officialdom at all.

"Well, it's okay to make a last excerpt, but the emperor will probably not agree, it's just a gesture, don't quit when the time comes, just concentrate on errands." Wang Kefan was sure that Emperor Longwu would not remove Fan Wenqin's title of earl, for the simple reason that Fan Wenqin was a member of the "Chu Xun" faction.

If Fan Wenqin repeatedly resigned, it would make Emperor Longwu misunderstand, thinking that this was from Wang Kefan's instructions, and it was to test Emperor Longwu and create more branches out of thin air.

Fan Wenqin Nuonuo agreed, and asked when he would step down from the post of Ji'an General Army, and who would take over...... He is already the prefect of Ji'an, and he also serves as the commander of Ji'an, so there is no reason why he is also the chief soldier of Ji'an.

Wang Kefan smiled, pointed at Liu Shu and said, "Liu Shu is the next Ji'an commander-in-chief, let's hand it over between you." ”

Liu Shu didn't speak beside her, but at this moment she cried out in surprise: "Huh? I can't! ”

Wang Kefan pretended to be surprised, and asked with a smile, "What?" Do heroines also have times when they are afraid? ”

Liu Shu waved her hand: "I'm afraid I won't be able to do ...... well"

"If you don't do well, you can learn, I think you're doing a good job, you should be able to be a good soldier!" Wang Kefan cultivated Liu Shu, mainly because of her character and background, this woman is not only outstanding in her own life, but also can speak well in the court and officialdom, and has a very high prestige in Ji'an Mansion, and is better than Fan Wenqin in many aspects.

"Well, I'll try it. I'm just afraid that there will be too many soldiers in the future, and I won't be able to take ......" Although Liu Shu is a woman, she is full of pride, and with Wang Kefan's encouragement, she happily agreed, but she felt that her military ability was limited, and she was afraid of betraying Wang Kefan's trust.

"It's okay, I'm going to set up a Ji'an camp to lighten your burden." Wang Kefan said: "But you have to work hard yourself, and by this time next year, you are not allowed to say that you can't bring soldiers!" (To be continued......)