The second stop of the tour was Ji'an Province.

Ji'an Mansion is the old base of the Chu army, and the territory of the control zhì is also the largest, in addition to the Fucheng Luling, there are also eight counties such as Yongxin, Longquan, and Jishui, which are self-contained in Jiangxi, and only obey the orders of Hunan.

After the victory in the Battle of Nanchang, the Qing army retreated to the Jiujiang line, and Ji'an Mansion became a real rear, surrounded by friendly troops, Ganzhou Mansion and Nan'an Mansion in the south were the territory of Wan Yuanji, and most of the Linjiang Mansion and Yuanzhou Mansion in the north were Jin Shenghuan's territory, only Pingxiang County was under the control of the Chu army, and half of the Fuzhou Mansion in the northeast belonged to Jin Shenghuan, and half belonged to Fu Dingquan.

Jiangxi has been fighting in the past few years, so the territory is full of mountains, the shape is very complicated, the largest forces in addition to Wan Yuanji, Jin Shenghuan and Chu Jun, there are also Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan who are active in the northeast of Jiangxi. After Jie Chongxi was promoted to the governor of Sichuan, Fu Dingquan took over as the governor of Jiangxi, although he was nominally a subordinate of Wan Yuanji, in fact he was also independent.

Of course, this independence is relative. Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan resolutely scattered their wealth when the Qing army went south, and gathered volunteers to rise up, not to be a warlord in a divided place, but out of national righteousness to fight to the death, whether it was the original Jie Chongxi or the current Fu Dingquan, in fact, they all want to get more support from the imperial court.

But they have tens of thousands of horses under their command, in addition to the Fuzhou volunteers, there are also Raozhou volunteers and Guangxin volunteers, as well as the Qing general Pan Yongxi and other departments anyway, Wan Yuan Ji can't afford to support this huge army, and he can't look down on this group of rabble. So just like Jin Shenghuan, simply let go of power and don't mix up so many idle things.

Wang Kefan is in a hurry to go to Guilin. He should have entered Hunan from Pingxiang County, but he had the intention to let the court ferment a little more, so he turned south into Ji'an Mansion and continued to inspect.

He took a small number of attachés and guards, traveled lightly, checked the people's situation as he walked, and arrived near Jishui County. There is still half a day's journey from the Fucheng Luling, and I unexpectedly met Fu Dingquan.

I haven't seen him for two years, and Fu Dingquan is much older. At the age of less than forty, his temples were dyed with a gray and frosty color, and the two deep wrinkles on the side of his mouth were as deep as a knife and axe. It's going to be so emaciated.

Fu Dingquan was really tired.

He was a Jinshi in Chongzhen's thirteenth year. People who belong to the Donglin Party offended Emperor Chongzhen because of their youth and vigor, and returned to their hometown in Jiangxi to live idle. But after this setback, Fu Dingquan became a lot more mature, when the Qing army invaded Jiangxi in the south, he and Jie Chongxi raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, and led the righteous division to fight the Qing army in the northeast of Jiangxi, from Fuzhou Mansion to Raozhou Mansion. Then to Guangxin Mansion, he has been fighting east of Poyang Lake.

The northeastern part of Jiangxi is adjacent to Nanzhili. That is, the Jiangnan Province of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, one-third of the world's money and grain came from here, which was related to the foundation of the Manchu rule, Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan had been active in the northeast of Jiangxi, and sometimes entered Fujian and Nanzhili, echoing each other with the local anti-Qing volunteers, which caused a great threat to the Manchus, so they were under the greatest pressure.

fought with Jin Shenghuan, and Jin Shenghuan fought with Tan Tai anyway, fought with the Qing army from Jiangnan, fought with the Qing army from Fujian, and fought with the Qing army from Zhejiang...... The enemies faced by Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan were stronger than one another, and they were always on the weak side, but they never retreated to the rear, even if they were surrounded by the Qing army, they still insisted on resisting behind enemy lines.

The base area behind the enemy line is very difficult, there is no logistics, no support, and can only go back and forth with the Qing army, fortunately, the families of Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan are both famous families in Jiangxi, and with the support of the gentry and the common people, they can barely hold on.

When Jie Chongxi went to Sichuan, this stall was given to Fu Dingquan, tens of thousands of horses ate, drank, lasso, and slept, from logistics to operations, all the burdens were on his shoulders alone, and Fu Dingquan couldn't bear it anymore.

"Wang Junmen, I'm here to ask you for help this time......" After the Battle of Nanchang, Fu Dingquan wrote a letter to Wang Kefan, asking him to support the Fuzhou volunteers and send the Chu army to the east of Poyang Lake to fight, but Wang Kefan ran around, and the letter was delayed on the road.

"After Tan Tai retracted back to Jiujiang, he freed his hands to clear the Yangtze River, but Raozhou Mansion was even tighter, he transferred more than 10,000 green battalions from Fujian and Zhejiang, plus the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners and Ma Guozhu, launched a fierce attack on me, if there are no reinforcements, Poyang (Raozhou Prefecture) is afraid that it will not be able to hold it......"

The northern part of Jiangxi was divided into two by Poyang Lake, after the Battle of Nanchang, the Qing army switched from offensive to defensive, Tan Tai guarded Jiujiang, which could ensure the safety of the west of Poyang Lake, but he was worried that there would be problems in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River east of Poyang Lake, so he urged Ma Guozhu and other troops to launch an attack, which caused a lot of pressure on Fu Dingquan.

"Mr. Fu'an (Fu Dingquan) personally came to catch the errand, of course the students are duty-bound, let's go to Jishui County to have a good count, and see how this battle should be fought!"

Wang Kefan is familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty, so he has great respect for Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan.

is also from the Donglin Party, Fu Dingquan is different from those who can only play with mouth cannons to engage in party disputes, he and Jie Chongxi have been insisting on the War of Resistance behind enemy lines, belonging to the real doers, and have persisted until the eighth year of Shunzhi, Hunan and Liangguang all fell, and Emperor Yongli ran to Guizhou, he and Jie Chongxi were wiped out by the Qing army with absolute superiority, and they were defeated and martyred.

Heaven is going to kill me, not a crime of war!

At that time, the Qing army had basically unified the southern provinces, and the defeat of the Jiangxi anti-Qing rebels had been decided. Therefore, Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan are both national heroes, and they are different from those sour Confucians who "die in a hurry to repay the king", if possible, Wang Kefan hopes to let them join the Chuxun Group.

Putting these plans aside, the Chu army also needs to open up a new battlefield in Jiangxi, and Fu Dingquan asked for help at the right time. First, if Zheng Chenggong agrees to cooperate, the Chu army will definitely enter Nanzhili from the northeast of Jiangxi, and secondly, Tan Tai has been guarding Jiujiang, which restricts the development of the Chu army.

Fu Dingquan came by boat and lived in Jishui County, which is close to the Ganjiang River, and Wang Kefan entered the city with him and had a long conversation after a simple meal.

The Qing army attacking Fu Dingquan was dominated by the green battalion, and the troops were divided into three routes, and the momentum was violent.

All the way from Fujian was the soldiers and horses sent by Tong Yangjia, starting from Shangrao and pushing all the way to the west, and the soldiers pointed directly at Anren County and Wannian County, intending to cut off the connection between Raozhou Mansion and Nanchang Mansion and Fuzhou Mansion, and cut off Fu Dingquan's retreat.

The Qing army in the center, led by Ma Guozhu, was mainly the soldiers and horses of the Jiangnan Green Battalion, which also included the troops of Xiong Lichun and Li Guodong, who set out from Pengze and attacked Poyang from due north.

The last Qing army was the reinforcements sent by Tan Tai, with the cooperation of the Qing army's naval division, they entered Poyang Lake from Hukou County by boat, and could land near Poyang at any time, go around to the west to launch an attack, and cut off the possibility of Fu Dingquan's retreat from the waterway.

The total strength of the Qing army was about 25,000 people, and although Fu Dingquan's troops numbered more than 50,000 people, most of them were righteous divisions with poor combat effectiveness, except for the troops of General Pan Yongxi, and if there were no reinforcements, the possibility of defeating the Qing army was almost zero.

With Fu Dingquan's introduction, a staff officer of the Chu army marked the deployment and situation of the enemy and us on the map, which seemed to be clear at a glance, Fu Dingquan couldn't help but show a look of surprise and envy, but Wang Kefan frowned and fell into deep thought.

"The Tartar is sassing his teeth and claws, but he is a little bluffing, Mr. Fu'an, what do you think?"

"Yes, Pan Yongxi and I also feel this way, and the Tartars clearly want to force me away to ensure that the Yangtze River has peace of mind."

The movement of the Qing army was a little abnormal, and the three-way attack was combined, as if it was going to eat Fu Dingquan in one bite, especially the Fujian Green Camp went straight to Wanquan County and Anren County west of Poyang, at first glance it was to cut off Fu Dingquan's retreat, but there was a distance of 500 miles from Shangrao to Wanquan County, and this long-distance attack would inevitably leave a time difference, which was enough for Fu Dingquan to retreat to Nanchang Mansion or Fuzhou Mansion.

Following this line of thought, you can guess the intentions of Tan Tai and Ma Guozhu, after the defeat of the Battle of Nanchang, the Qing army had just fought a big defeat, and there was no strength to immediately launch a large-scale attack, let alone a long-term confrontation with the Ming army.

"Speaking of a three-way army, just defeat him all the way, and the remaining two roads will definitely not be able to pinch Poyang."

Wang Kefan bent his little finger and ring finger, used the remaining three fingers to compare a pinching action, and then curled his thumb and said: "Tan Tai and Ma Guozhu's soldiers and horses are all from the north, which can be regarded as index finger and middle finger, the two of them are working side by side, it is not easy to deal with, but Fujian Green Camp is from the other side, it is the thumb of the Tartar, as long as this finger is broken, Tan Tai will not be able to use his strength." ”

"What does Wang Junmen mean, is he going to fight the Fujian Green Camp first?!" Fu Dingquan's eyes flashed with excitement.

"Yes, the Chu army has just gone through a big battle, and it doesn't have the strength to fight with Tan Tai, but it is still a little sure to deal with Tong Yangjia's green battalion soldiers!" Wang Kefan smiled and nodded.

The Chu army is resting after the war, and according to Wang Kefan's plan, a large-scale reorganization will be carried out soon, but this does not mean that the horses are put in Nanshan, the swords and guns are put into storage, and all the officers and soldiers sit together every day for meetings, and the Chu army is fully capable of fighting one or two battles locally. (To be continued......)