Thousands of miles away, Jiangxi.

Because the main force of the Qing army fled by boat, there was no obvious sign of the end of the Battle of Nanchang, and the last decent battle was fought by the Dongguan battalion, and when they arrived in Fengcheng County, there were still some green battalion soldiers who did not have time to evacuate, and they were blocked in the county with no way to escape.

Zhang Jiayu immediately ordered an attack, the Green Battalion soldiers were demoralized, and almost no decent resistance was organized, so they raised the white flag and surrendered, and the Dongguan Battalion settled the battle cleanly, in addition to more than a thousand prisoners, a large number of military supplies were also captured.

Food, weapons, gunpowder, tents, clothes, medicines ......, in order to save their lives, the Green Battalion soldiers did not set fire to the warehouse, and the Chu army made an unexpected windfall, which was regarded as the money left by Tan Tai to buy the road.

After Wang Kefan came to Fengcheng County, he led the Chu army to continue northward, and at noon on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, he met with Wang Sheng and Jin Shenghuan in Shengmidu.

In the evening of the same day, the victorious Ming army held a warm celebration ceremony, the officers and men of the three armies drank heartily, drank and talked happily, and the participants were in addition to the troops of Chu Jun and Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren, as well as the 10,000 yuan Ji who had just arrived.

In the face of Wan Yuan Ji, Wang Kefan was as usual, and never mentioned the matter of lying about his military exploits, as if he was completely kept in the dark. Although he had long made up his mind to investigate this matter to the end, before he had conclusive evidence, it would lead to passivity.

The next morning, Jin Shenghuan and Wan Yuan Ji went to Nanchang together, but Wang Kefan declined their invitation and continued to stay in Shengmidu.

The reason why I don't go to Nanchang is that it is the territory of Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren. Wang Kefan went but couldn't show it, and secondly, Nanchang City was strict and there was a shortage of food, and he hadn't eased his breath yet. The 100,000 Chu troops went, and the logistical pressure was too great, and Wang Kefan had some other plans and didn't want to go to Nanchang City to join in the fun.

Compared with Nanchang City, Wang Kefan attaches more importance to the territory of Mufu Mountain, Xiong Lichun followed Ma Guozhu to Nanjing, and sold personal favors when he left. Send someone to inform Wang Kefan, asking the Chu army to quickly send troops to take over Ningzhou and Wuning.

Makufu Mountain is located on the front line of the confrontation between the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is close to the south bank of the Yangtze River, with Jiujiang River in the northeast and Wuchang in the northwest, so the geographical location is very important. And it's a place where the mountains are high and the forests are dense. Easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's not that the locals can't even get through, the Ningzhou Basin is hidden in the mountains, and the crops planted can not only ensure the self-sufficiency of the people, but also support an army of nearly 10,000 people.

A natural bridgehead!

The key to unlock the Qing army's defense line on the Yangtze River!

Defend the fortresses of Hunan and Jiangxi!

This place must be in his hands no matter what, and after Wang Kefan received the news, he immediately sent Bian Xiang and Chen Shangwen to lead the Ningzhou battalion to Ningzhou and Wuning. The Ningzhou battalion is all local soldiers, and Chen Shangwen served as a county commander in Ningzhou. He is very familiar with the local situation, and the two of them have joined forces. You can take over this piece of land along the way.

However, Wuning was too close to Jiujiang, and it was nominally under the rule of the Qing court, so in order to avoid accidents, after Wang Kefan left Shengmidu, he rushed to Mufu Mountain with several troops such as the Gongyi Battalion and the Dongguan Battalion to cheer up Chen Shangwen and Bian Xiang.

Other troops also adjusted their deployment, Wang Sheng, Tan Xiao and other troops stationed in Xinchang, Shanggao and other places in Ruizhou Prefecture to rest and recuperate, as long as they found another opportunity to open up Yuanzhou Mansion, the Chu army could control the western part of Jiangxi and connect the two base areas of Ningzhou and Ji'an Prefecture.

For the next action plan of the Chu army, Wang Kefan made two preparations, if Zheng Chenggong is willing to send a sailor to cooperate, he will go to Nanjing to make a scene, if Zheng Chenggong does not agree, then simply carry out a large-scale reorganization of the army, and return the troops to the furnace forging.

In the past two years, the Chu army has developed faster and faster, and many new problems have arisen, which must be solved. The old eighth battalion is the old foundation of the Chu army, almost never defeated, has been treated with all kinds of preferential treatment, and slowly developed some bad habits - arrogant, not abiding by military discipline, Lao Tzu is the first in the world, the tiger's butt can't be touched, etc., in this Nanchang battle, especially Tan Xiao's Yuezhou battalion is the strictest.

With the addition of the Loyal Battalion and Wang Jincai, Chen Youlong, and other units, the organizational form of the Chu army became more and more complicated, and the thinking of the officers and men was also relatively confused.

According to Wang Kefan's prediction, the Chu army must complete the transformation from a feudal army to a modern army, and there is a lot of room for improvement in the overall quality and control strength of the army, which is a cumbersome and complex system project, which requires a lot of time and energy, but the first step is definitely to reorganize and reorganize the army.

The fastest way to get to Ningzhou is to take the Xiushui River, and during the two days on the boat, Wang Kefan has been thinking about it.

"How can I change that? The branch is built on the company? Equality of officers and soldiers? ”

If we copy the experience of our party and our army in later generations, it obviously does not meet the existing conditions, Wang Kefan thinks about it, but he feels that Yuan Shikai's small station training is quite reliable. In addition, because there was no political party program for later generations, it was impossible to talk about "the party commanding the gun," and in order to accomplish the goal of reorganizing the army, it was first necessary to strictly enforce military discipline.

It took a whole day, he still only had a general idea in his mind, and he didn't form a careful plan, and the next night the boat arrived in Wuning, and Zhu Ji was waiting here, and the two met very affectionately.

Men and women are two completely different creatures, men are rational, women are emotional, and the same is true in their attitude towards feelings, in other words, after a woman really likes someone, she will lose all her reason and do some jaw-dropping stupid things.

Tsuhime is also a woman.

Still a very beautiful woman.

And she has someone in her heart.

So she suddenly ran to Jiangxi and chased Wuning.

When Wang Kefan saw her, he was pleasantly surprised.

After investing in the relationship, there will naturally be a spark when there is a response, and the two people reunited after a long absence, and finally broke through all the obstacles and did everything they could.

The next morning, Seal Ji left only a note, disembarked by herself, and floated away - all the efforts were willing, even if there was no result, she did not want to cause any pressure on Wang Kefan.

After Wang Kefan was refueled in the air, he was in high spirits and began to inspect Mufu Mountain like a lion.

Makufu Mountain is very important, but the transportation is inconvenient, Wang Kefan estimates that he will not come again for a long time, so this time he must take a good look and know it in his heart.

Wuning is located on the periphery of Mufu Mountain, which is less secure, but it is richer than Ningzhou, with almost half of the population, and there are many gentry in the county, and Fan Wenqin's hometown is here.

However, this kind of wealth is also limited, compared with when the Gongyi battalion first entered Jiangxi and forced Fan Wenqin to get on the ship, Wuning is now much more depressed, and the years of war have caused serious losses here, and it is difficult to recover without three or five years.

Xiong Lichun went to Nanjing, and Wuning County still had several officials such as the county commander and the county commander appointed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but when Bian Xiang came two days ago, the Wuning county commander and others had already been scared away, and they heard that they had gone to Jiujiang, and now that Wang Kefan's army has arrived, he is not afraid that Tan Tai will send troops to attack.

After the Chu army took over the place, Chen Shangwen arranged the Yiqiē in an orderly manner, and now it has restored normal order. The gentry of the common people here are no strangers to the Chu army, and they took the initiative to send a batch of grain and vegetables, and also offered to subsidize military salaries, hoping that the Chu army could stay in Wuning for a long time and not throw this place to the Tartars again.

Wang Kefan agreed very happily.

Wuning can be attacked, retreated can be defended, is a very ideal stronghold, as long as there are 10,000 elite soldiers here, Tan Tai will not dare to leave Jiujiang lightly, but also threaten the Huangzhou Mansion and Wuchang Mansion upstream, according to Wang Kefan's plan, Wuning will build a permanent base until the Qing army is driven across the Yangtze River.

After leaving Wuning, Wang Kefan came to Ningzhou.

Ningzhou is a mountainous county, there is only one basin by the Xiushui River, and the county seat is located in the middle of the basin.

The biggest advantage here is that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as it is stuck in the Xiushui River, it is basically foolproof, and even if the Qing army sends a large force into the mountains to encircle and suppress, it will not pose a substantial threat, and it is a big deal to throw down the county town and drill into the ravine, and you can jump out of the encirclement of the Qing army.

If Wuning is the ideal bridgehead, it is the supporting rear base.

Unlike Wuning, Ningzhou has not suffered much damage because of its remote location, but the people's lives are very poor, most of them are ragged, yellow and thin, and there are not many rich businessmen in the county.

Only after asking Bian Xiang did he know that although Ningzhou had not directly fought in recent years, it often had to serve as a logistics base for the Chu army, whether it was to fight in Jiangxi, or to attack Huangzhou Mansion, and then to Wang Sheng's detour to Nanchang, Ningzhou had to provide a large number of military rations and materials, and almost wiped out this poor mountainous county.

"It seems that Xiong Lichun was wronged before, no wonder he went to Nanjing." Wang Kefan made a joke, and said to Bian Xiang: "But it doesn't matter, Ningzhou is now our territory, and what we owed to the people before will all be made up, and we will try our best to help the people and live a good life in the future!" ”

"Thank you, Junmen! Now everyone has a head! Bian Xiang was excited, and the soldiers behind him also cheered in unison.

At this time, an officer from the Intelligence Bureau came over and handed Wang Kefan a secret letter he had just received.

Wang Kefan raised the letter and looked at it carefully, only glanced at it, and his expression became very strict.

But gradually, his brows relaxed, and a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes: "These guys from the Donglin Party are really not enough to succeed and more than to lose, and they can't even rebel, and they are full of flaws and mess!" ”

In order to avoid the eyes and ears of Emperor Longwu, Lü Daqi did not cooperate with Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, who held the name of righteousness, but chose Zhu Yulu, the king of Tang, and from the beginning, his coup was doomed to failure.

The messenger of the victory is already on the way, and the Donglin Party has no chance of turning the tables, and now the question is, what to do with Lu Daqi? (To be continued......)