Ma Xin anyway, in the original history, it was a historical event that occurred in the first month of the tenth year of the Yongli calendar, which was still two and a half years away from this moment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At that time, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entered the Yangtze River three times, and then joined Chen Liuyu to besiege Zhoushan.

That night, Ma Xin invited the local civil and military to attend the meeting under the pretext of "pirates are coming to the city, please discuss blocking and suppressing". After the civil and military officials arrived, he ordered his soldiers to arrest Fu Menghu, the prefect of Taizhou, Liu Yingke, the general judge, and Xu Yu, the prefect of Linhai. On the second day, in addition to burning down the warships that had not yet been built, he led more than 400 soldiers and horses, family members, and the government and county to store money, grain, and weapons to abandon the city and return to Zheng Chenggong by boat.

As a result, Zheng Chenggong granted Ma Xin the general to seal the affairs of Zhongquan Town. Later, Ma Xin made many exploits in previous battles, and Zheng Chenggong was also a staunch supporter among the generals when he conquered Taiwan, and he used bows and arrows to defeat the Dutch's rifles there, and was feared by the Dutch at that time.

Anyway, Ma Xin brought Zheng Chenggong more than 400 troops who were proficient in cavalry and archery and accustomed to land warfare, as well as a large number of money, food, weapons and warships from the city treasury and county treasury of Taizhou Prefecture, and Zheng Chenggong, who was in urgent need of soldiers who were good at land warfare, paid the title of a general and the dispatch of Zhongquan Town.

is no better than the Fujian tyrant who plays cross-border trade, Chen Wen's subordinates are still digging in the soil, and he is also a rich man, so he doesn't plan to pay too much investment after robbing Zheng Tuhao's business, but he wants more returns!

After sending Ma Xin away, Chen Wen, who was not greedy enough, returned to Jinhua. In addition to the fact that there seems to be some problems with the collection of summer taxes on Sun Yu's side, whenever there is a disturbance here, Hong Chengchou will definitely jump out and make trouble. The Nantang battalion had already set off secretly, and the only mobile force in his hand was left with the Guards Battalion, and he had to come back to sit in the town, hoping that if the situation was not good, he could rely on the prestige accumulated over the years to allow the new battalion leaders who had not yet completed training to perform at a super level.

Compared with the overstretched Chen Wen, Ma Xin is not much better, a prestigious war battalion is coming, plus the special task force that has been temporarily assigned to his command, it seems that even if he is just watching from the sidelines, it is not hopeless for Hou Guoyuan and them to annex Taizhou on their own. However, compared to Chen Wen's appetite, this battalion plus a special operation team, even if there is a ghost like him, it is not enough no matter how you look at it!

Riding horses all the way back, they soon returned to the city. Today's Taizhou capital is not the seat of Taizhou City in later generations, but is located in Linhai County, which can be regarded as the same city of prefectures and counties. The camp is located in the city, and the original camp was not as lively as it is now, because of the order to expand, Ma Xin had to bring a group of recruits to practice in the camp, so that there is today's scene.

After a detailed discussion with Chen Wen, he already had an understanding of Chen Wen's general intentions, but the details still had to be controlled by him personally. Back at the camp, Ma Xin had planned to learn about the camp and leave these days as he had done in the past. Who knew that it didn't take long to see it, but Fu Mengyu, the soldier, rushed over.

"Ma Shuai, this relocation order can't be delayed any longer."

Ma Xinnai is a general, and last year's "county tour" made a lot of contributions, and the local civilian officials did not have much desire to meddle rashly in military affairs. Fu Menghu didn't ask Ma Xin what he had gained from this tour of the county, and after clearing out the idle people, he bluntly stated the purpose of the trip.

The relocation of the border is an order issued by Hong Chengchou's southeast economic strategy yamen, and the green battalions of all prefectures are carrying it out. Taizhou is mountainous and has little land, which is not rich, and the small anti-Qing forces have never been clean because of this terrain. The relocation order, through the relocation of the people, to clean up the small anti-Qing forces in Taizhou, is also the proper meaning, on the one hand, Hong Chengchou's holy family is strong, on the other hand, it is merit and wealth, Fu Menghu naturally flocked to this.

"Bingxian, I'm afraid this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run."

Hearing this answer, Fu Menghu was stunned at first, as if he thought he had heard it wrong. When he reacted, he hurriedly said to Ma Xin: "This is Hong Jingluo's military order, as far as this official knows, all the prefectures have begun to implement it, but Taizhou has not moved. Ma Shuai, you went out to patrol the county, and the official can take care of you for a few days, but now you have to think about it in the long run, what does this mean? ”

"This time and that time."

Ma Xin came out of the big tent and determined that the soldiers and Fu Menghu's servants were a certain distance from here, and then came back and led the already impatient soldiers to the map.

"Bingxian, look, our Taizhou is bordered by Jinhua and Chuzhou, which are controlled by the traitor Chen Wen, and those places are all mountainous areas, which are very complicated."

"Ma Shuai, hasn't this always been like this?"

How could Ma Xin not know the meaning of Fu Menghu's words, but he deliberately lowered his voice and said to Fu Menghu: "It's true, so it's said at this time and that time." did not hide from the soldiers, and the last general inspected the county defenses this time, but unexpectedly got another news, saying that Chen Wen was preparing to attack Taizhou on a large scale! ”

Chen Wen's name can be said to be thunderous in today's southeast battlefield, especially the officials and generals of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and almost no one does not know the meaning of this name. When Fu Menghu heard the news, his eyes widened, shocked and incredulous, and then he was terrified, and his face appeared one after another, and all of them met Ma Xin's eyes without exception.

"This matter must be reported to Hong Jingluo, Governor Liu and Governor Xiao as soon as possible, and they must be asked to send a large army to help!"

Is it already scared to this extent?

Ma Xinxin secretly sneered, the impact of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and Shi Tingzhu's head was indeed not small, if it was the Manmeng Eight Banners that were defeated by Chen Wen, maybe it would be impossible to say whether the thing of fleeing or falling from the wind would happen - just like Guangxi when Li Dingguo killed Kong Youde.

"Bingxian, this matter, the last general has only received preliminary news, whether it is true or not, it cannot be confirmed for a while. Based on the information of the last general, the last time the four provincial capitals were suppressed, their stocks were consumed a lot, and the collection of summer taxes this year did not seem to be smooth, and even the expansion of the army was not as easy as in the past, so it was really unlikely that the troops would be used on a large scale at this time. If the military situation is misreported, if something happens to the other provinces, the responsibility will be thrown on us. ”

"Ma Shuai is reasonable, and he should be cautious and cautious."

Misreporting the military situation is a big crime, and Fu Menghu listened to Ma Xin's explanation, and felt that something was not right. This roadside rumor, the degree of exaggeration is really unimaginable, if it is true or false, he has to carry the black pot he reported, who can't let him find out the problem.

As for the warehousing problem mentioned by Ma Xin, he remembered that the southeast economic strategy Yamen also had news, after all, the encirclement and suppression were not successful, and there was a big defeat, and the Ming army could not capture Guangxin Mansion because of the fortress, but there was no such thing in other places, and the only reason why the Ming army did not launch an attack at that time was that there was a shortage of food and grass. Moreover, the territory is large, and there must always be troops stationed there, since there are also problems with the expansion, it is really not appropriate to send troops now, so as not to thin the army.

The Ming and Qing dynasties were completely different in the time of the collection of Tian Fu, which was extremely obvious in Jinhua and Taizhou. In the occupied areas of the Ming army in Zhejiang, the summer tax could not pass August, and the autumn tax could not pass through February of the following year; On the Taizhou side, according to the regulations of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the summer tax, that is, the busy day, is generally from February to May, and the autumn tax is from August to November.

At this time, it was September, and the summer tax on the Ming army's side had just been completed, but according to Ma Xin, it was not very smooth, and on the Taizhou side, the summer tax had been completed a few months ago, and even the inventory had been consumed a lot, but the autumn tax had been levied, and no matter how you looked at it, the inventory pressure on Taizhou's side was smaller.

Ma Xin's explanation was reasonable, but Fu Menghu's panic was difficult to calm down for a while. The Zhejiang Ming army is now gaining momentum, not only overpowering the limelight of the Fujian Ming army, but also making the Manchu civil and military forces in the four southeastern provinces fearful. This time he came for the relocation order, but he got the news, although he is not the keeper of Taizhou Mansion, but the other prefectures in charge have already strictly relocated the border, only Taizhou is still grinding, but he doesn't even have a reason to avoid temporarily.

He secretly scolded Ma Xin in his heart, but he still repeatedly instructed him to confirm the information clearly, and he also had to remember to keep it secret, and Fu Menghu returned to the yamen.

However, he did not intend to take any responsibility for Taizhou's civil and military affairs, but sent people to send this information to Nanchang, Fuzhou, and Hangzhou. It's just vague in content, just saying that it's a rumor, and it hasn't been determined, and it's not an urgent paperwork, so as not to be seen as a fuss and not calm enough by the Shangguan. But on the contrary, he didn't leak it out, just in case.

I waited anxiously for three days and stayed up until dusk, but Ma Xin sent someone to invite him, saying that there was some change in Jinhua, and he asked for a solution to suppress it.

A military general, inviting a civilian official to attend a meeting, was somewhat rude, but Fu Menghu was anxious about the authenticity of that information, and did not doubt him, so he took the servants and rushed to Ma Xin's camp. It's just that after entering the big tent, what he saw was not only Ma Xin, but also Liu Yingke, the prefect of Taizhou, Li Yisheng, the prefect of Linhai, and Liu Xisheng, the prefect of Linhai, who were all there, obviously only waiting for him.

The local civil and military forces are all here, Fu Menghu's heart was cold, but what he didn't expect was that after clearing the idle people, the first sentence Ma Xin said made him fall into the abyss.

"According to Ben Shuai's knowledge, the Marquis of Anyuan in Zhejiang and the Duke of Zhangguo in Fujian have agreed to jointly attack Taizhou. If nothing else, at this moment, the Nantang Battalion, as a pioneer, has already set off from Yongkang County! (To be continued.) )