In September of the seventh year of Yongli, Ma Xin, the chief soldier of Taizhou, Zhejiang, and Hu Laijin, the deputy general of Wenzhou, successively announced that they were going to be anyway. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info less than half a month, Taizhou, Wenzhou and Ningbo Xiangshan County and Qingtian County of the Prefecture of the Prefecture have been occupied by the Zhejiang Ming Army, Taizhou Town, Taizhou Water Division, Wenzhou Association, Chuzhou Qingtian City Garrison and other departments of nearly 10,000 green battalions into the Zhejiang Ming Army sequence, following the defeat of the Han Army Eight Banners after the southeast battlefield earthquake again.

During this period, the Ming army in the southeast and southwest battlefields was in a state of equilibrium, and took the lead in breaking the deadlock and sounding the clarion call for a counteroffensive.

This is something that Hong Chengchou does not want to see, but there is nothing he can do about it. Sending troops to recover these two prefectures, the sailor may be able to do something, and it is estimated that it is better not to go to the wilderness, but it will thin out the defenders of other prefectures and counties. But if he doesn't do anything and sits back and watches Chen Wen grow and grow step by step, this is not something Hong Chengchou wants to see.

In Hong Chengchou's view, Ma Xin and Hu came to the pilgrimage anyway, and this result was planted during the last fiasco of the four provincial capitals, but it was far faster and bigger than he imagined.

Some time ago, Hong Chengchou had already set an order to blockade and relocate, in order to lock the Ming army in Zhejiang in the space of the four prefectures of Jinquyan and prevent its strength from expanding too quickly. However, now, the replenishment of land transportation, freight, and human resources has been curbed, but Taizhou and Wenzhou have been lost, and the Ming army in Zhejiang can completely rely on sea trade to make up for some of the losses. Even on the night he received the news, Hong Chengchou seemed to see the Zheng family's sea ships entering and leaving the ports of Taiwan and Wen, as well as the posture of Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong working together.

"Have the replies from Admiral Zhang and Admiral Liu arrived?"

"If you go back to the scriptures, you just arrived."

After reading Daniel Zhang and Liu Guangbi's reply, Hong Chengqi is still very satisfied with this attitude, which can be regarded as rare good news. As for the anti-Qing rebels in western Jiangxi, Cai Shiying has a headache, he is already a little powerless to deal with a Chen Wen now, and he has no time to care about these cats and dogs for the time being.

It's just like that, but in the eyes of ******, it is a different emotion. When he first went out of Beijing with Hong Chengchou, the Hong Chengchou in his memory was full of spirits, especially the mentality of getting out of the cage, even if it was suppressed, it was all in his eyes. But today, Hong Chengchou has only been out of Beijing for only a year, but he seems to be ten years old, and the rest is just struggling to support these four words.

Compared with Zhang Dayuan, who is also a guard in the inner house, ****** is from a rogue, and he has lived under the coercion of Hong Chengchou for many years, and his awe for this old master has long been deep-rooted, so he has served him with extra care, and he has naturally observed more than others.

Unlike ******, who is always observing the side, Hong Chengchou's mind here is thinking about other things.

A few months ago, Chen Mingxia, a scholar of the Secretariat's Academy, was imprisoned for his disobedient words, and then the "Tongzhejiang case" that started from Chen Wen's life experience was followed. Hong Chengchou didn't feel too much about this matter very early, but he never had time to pay attention to it, but what he didn't expect was that it was used by Ning Wanme, Feng Quan, Liu Zhengzong, the old ministers of Liaodong and the Northern Party to conduct party disputes, and by investigating Chen Wen's life experience, he knocked out the two ministers with the highest official positions in the Southern Party - Chen Mingxia and Chen Zhixuan.

Now within the Manchu court, everyone in the Jiangnan civil service is in danger, lest they be taken advantage of by the combination of the former Liaodong ministers and the Northern Party who are in full swing.

Hong Chengchou is also a southerner, and he was also a member of the southern party when he was in the DPRK. The reason why he left the capital so quickly last year was one thing because of the Manchurian aristocratic dispute involving the Tan Tai case, and it was another thing for the war situation in the southeast to deteriorate. It's just that what he didn't expect was that this party struggle would quickly divide the winner and defeat with this inexplicable thing, and the once popular Southern Party was suppressed like this.

The court is now hearing endless voices about his impeachment, and Hong Chengchou knows very well that Shunzhi and the empress dowager are willing to protect him, just because his talent is really irreplaceable. There was no way around the fact that the prince had fallen and that there were no other governors in the region who could replace him, and his greatest use to the Manchu court was in military affairs—the ability to confront Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong, the two now powerful commanders of the Ming army.

"I don't know where the Jesuit monk has gone, and whether the Spanish phalanx is useful or not."

The thoughts were running in his mind, but Hong Chengchou did not stop in his hands. Soon, an order was written and completed and sent directly to Guangxin Mansion.

"Before this hope comes, we must pull one of Chen Wen's legs, and we must not let his strength improve too quickly. Otherwise, the imperial court really has no chance. ”

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Using Ma Xin, who had taken the initiative to correct in history, he regained Taizhou and Wenzhou, the two coastal prefectures, without bloodshed, and Chen Wen gained a lot this time.

Taizhou has six counties, namely Ninghai, Tiantai, Linhai, Xianju, Huangyan and Taiping; Wenzhou has five counties, namely Yueqing, Yongjia, Ruian, Taishun and Pingyang; Plus Xiangshan County in Ningbo Prefecture and Qingtian County in Chuzhou Prefecture. With the exception of a very small clash between the Nantang camp and the local Ningbo Green Camp in Xiangshan, the Manchu generals and non-commissioned officers killed in the other twelve counties together were only a single digit.

In the Ming Dynasty, the prefecture and the guard were parallel, and the territory of the thirteen counties was recovered in one go, and the Taizhou Wei, Wenzhou Wei, Haimen Wei, Songmen Wei, Panshi Wei, Changguo Wei, Jin Xiangwei and the subordinate Qiancang, Juexi, Jianjiao, Shipu before and after, Taozhu, Chumen, Narrow, Xinhe, Qian, Puqi, Ningcun, Hai'an, Shayuan, Pumen, etc., were all included in Chen Wen's bag.

Taiwan and Wenzhou are not rich today, but the geographical location along the coast has allowed Chen Wen to have the access to the sea that he has dreamed of for many years, and the maritime trade can gradually take off, and there are many more ways to improve his strength, which is no longer limited to farming. However, compared to these, the biggest gain for Chen Wen is Ma Xin, a military general.

"Ziyu, Ben Shuai really didn't misunderstand you, you are indeed a general."

"Hou Ye praises falsely, the last general is just acting according to Hou Ye's strategy, it is not acceptable, it is not necessary."

"Ziyu, you are too modest, I just set a general direction, the details of which are all perfected by yourself, and you can subdue all the sailors of Wenzhou and Taizhou in one go, there is nothing to be afraid of."

In Chen Wen's impression, in history, Zheng Chenggong has always looked at those generals who are good at cavalry and archery and land warfare, such as Zhoushan deputy general Ba Chenggong and his successor Wang Rong, Taizhou general Ma Xin and his successor Li Bi. The addition of these generals enhanced the land combat capability of Zheng Chenggong's Fujian Ming army, and made this army started by Fujian pirates qualitatively improve its combat capability.

In the same way, the Manchu Qing side did the same for the generals of the Ming army in Fujian, such as Shi Lang and Huang Wu, who were rewarded by high-ranking officials. Especially Huang Wu, who was only a town commander when he descended to the Qing Dynasty, got the title of Duke of Haicheng in an instant. In contrast, General Shi Lang, who was blown by later generations, was also a town marshal when he was demoted to the Qing Dynasty, and Zheng Chenggong's army was even less at that time, and the gold content of this town marshal was also higher, but after he threw himself over, he was demoted one level and became a deputy general, and when he arrived at the platform, he was awarded the marquis by Yao Qisheng. It can even be said that if it weren't for the death of Huang Wu during the rebellion of the three feudatories, I am afraid that Shi Lang may not even have the opportunity to be a platform.

has been in the inland for a long time, Chen Wen has no shortage of generals who are good at land warfare, and Li Ruixin and Yin Yue under his command are now able to take charge of themselves. And Wu Dengke is steady, he has been studying and cultivating his spirit for many years, and he is no longer the same as when he was in Dalanshan, and he is also a military general worth using with confidence. Even the other generals who have now been promoted to general and deputy generals have also experienced too many battles, and their experience has long been below that of ordinary green battalion generals. But even so, Ma Xin's arrival also made Chen Wen feel happy.

Ma Xin's personal ability is very strong, and he has a strong ability to control the strategic layout and the details of the battlefield. In history, after Ma Xin was cast under Zheng Chenggong, he almost won consecutive battles, and soon became an indispensable and important general under Zheng Chenggong. When Zheng Chenggong went east to conquer Taiwan, Ma Xin was also a staunch supporter, and after taking Taiwan, he trained troops in Tuntian in the Changhua area, and his rights were very large.

"I have already considered your position, but before that, you still need to familiarize yourself with the establishment and tactics of our Zhejiang Wang Division. Your subordinates in the Taizhou Green Camp will also enter the Zhejiang Martial Arts School and the Recruit Training Camp to retrain, and there will be a new number after the end, and the banner of the Taizhou Green Camp cannot appear in the Wang Division. ”

"The last general understands, and the last general will obey the orders of the marquis."

"Ziyu, don't call it Hou Ye anymore, that's what civil officials and outsiders call you, the word handsome, it's fine."

Hearing this, Ma Xin's face couldn't help but be happy, he knew what it meant, and he was naturally very happy.

"Yes, the last general will obey the orders of the commander."

Chen Wen remembered that in a martial arts novel he had read before, it was mentioned that there were five tiger generals under Zheng Chenggong, and one of them was Ma Xin. Now, according to Zhang Jun's previous observations and Chen Wen's intelligence, if you think about it carefully, in fact, the time when these five people have been reused in the Zheng army is not the same at all, and they can't be used like the five tiger generals of Xishu at all.

Shi Lang, who ranked first, was one of Zheng Chenggong's important generals in the early days, but it didn't take long for him to be cleared; The second is Liu Guoxuan, this person is Yongli in the eighth year of Yongli by giving Zhangzhou to Zheng Chenggong's credit from a gatekeeper to the town marshal, but when Zheng Chenggong was alive, Liu Guoxuan never went up or down, and later gradually became an important general of the Zheng group under Zheng Jing, but at that time, the generals left by Zheng Chenggong had died in the Zheng family's infighting, and Liu Guoxuan gradually gained power by bullying the aborigines of Taiwan, and felt that Liao Hua was more reliable than him.

Among the remaining three people, one is Zhou Quanbin, one of Zheng Chenggong's masterminds, who led the grand strategy of Zheng Chenggong's army for a long time; The other is Gan Hui, the most important general of Zheng Chenggong during his lifetime, who later died in the Battle of Nanjing, which can be said to be one of Zheng Chenggong's greatest losses in that battle; And the last one is Ma Xin, who has rarely been defeated since then, not to mention among the generals anyway, even in the Zheng army.

These five tiger generals, although the first two are not worthy of the name, cannot hide the ability and influence of the latter three. dug the corner of Zheng Chenggong less than two years in advance, and he was also one of the most capable generals in Zheng Chenggong's army, as a kind person, Chen Wendu felt a little sorry for Zheng Chenggong.

"Tell the marshal, when the last general is coming, Vice General Hu will greet the marshal. In addition, a fortress built by Hong Lao Pifu in Qingtian County is still far from being completed, and I don't know what to do? ”

In Taizhou, Hou Guoyuan and the Nantang battalion had already taken over the defense, and Chen Wen in Wenzhou was ready to let Wu Dengke take the Lishui battalion to hold the two points of Qingtian and Fucheng, and take both Chuzhou and Wenzhou together, but before the trip took place, Hu Laijin could only stay there for the time being, and only after Wu Dengke finished taking over the defense could he come to Jinhua to meet Chen Wen. However, since Wenzhou has been recovered by the Ming army, the fortress has no meaning, whether to take advantage of the fact that the people who repaired the city have not been dismissed to demolish the small part of the repair, but Chen Wen has not yet ordered it.

"I will send someone to inform Wu Dengke and Hu Laijin of this matter, don't bother to pick it up, just keep it, and by the way, let people erect a monument near the official road, and write: Hong Chengchou built a fortress here!" (To be continued.) )