In mid-February, Sun Yunxuan was ordered to set off from Shangchuan Island and sail to Zhejiang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After going to sea, the first enemy was the sailor of Xu Long, the deputy general of the Qing Guangdong Naval Division.

Xu Long, in fact, is the same as Sun Yunxuan, they are all pirates in Guangdong, but unlike Sun Yunxuan, these anti-Qing rebels, Xu Long chose to open his eyes for the Tartars, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty's own sailors are at a serious disadvantage, and they also rely on the generals who are good at naval warfare, Huang Wu is like this, Shi Lang is like this, and Xu Long is also like this.

However, with Chen Wen's decisive victory at Guangxin Province, the situation of the Qing troops in Guangdong and Fujian, which had penetrated deep into the south, began to fall into extreme passivity. Jiangmen victory, Chen Qice array to cover Yipeng, the Qing army's Guangdong naval division was seriously damaged, and Shang Kexi could not continue to pour a large amount of decreasing resources into the naval division in the future, Xu Long's naval division still existed, but the control of sea control was minimal.

This is not a good thing for Shang Kexi, but it is the biggest good thing for the Ming army in Guangdong. Sun Yunxuan and his entourage set off by boat, and soon bypassed Guangzhou Bay, which was again controlled by Xu Long, and sailed to Fujian waters without danger.

Before arriving in the waters of South Australia, he encountered a small storm in the open sea, and in the end there was no danger, but after arriving in the waters of South Australia, he was quickly intercepted by the Fujian Ming army.

"The last general will be the commander of the Guangdong Naval Division, and the command of General Ling Hai Chen Qice and Chen Shuai will command the pipe artillery team to attack Sun Yunxuan."

Sun Yunxuan took out the seal letter, and the Fujian Ming army officers in Nanao checked it and determined that the seal letter was indeed from the Ming army, but Sun Yunxuan was going to Zhejiang, but he had to deal with it.

"Dare to love the ancestors and grandchildren, and move to the left of the center."

Originally, Sun Yunxuan was very anxious to rush to Zhejiang, after all, it was a matter of life and death for his brothers, and when he heard this, he immediately expressed his dissatisfaction to the officer.

"This general, the last general rushed to Zhejiang for help on the order of my marshal!"

The officer, however, didn't care. His mission was to inspect ships in South Australian waters, and as long as they were merchant ships, they could only pass through the Taiwan Strait if they paid the toll of the Zheng Group. However, this time, the news brought by Sun Yunxuan really surprised him, Guangdong was in chaos, which may be a good opportunity for the Fujian Ming army. And as a patrolling officer, he will always be rewarded for being able to make better decisions when he discovers information.

"Guerrilla Sun, I would have said this, it would be impossible for your party to pass through the coastal areas of Fujian without the flags issued by our department." After singing the white face, the officer immediately added: "Actually, when you go to Zhejiang, you always have to go through the Central Left Office, and you can't delay it for a day and a half." ”

People who walk the sea along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong know that from Zheng Chenggong's father Zheng Zhilong's generation, there are such rules. Unless you go further east and take the Penghu area, in that case, first, there is no guide on the boat who is familiar with the sea route, and secondly, it is now Hongyi's sphere of influence, rather than passing by there to face Hongyi, who has no clear position, it is better to go to the Zhongzuo to reason, after all, the king of Xining and the king of Yanping are still in-laws.

"Okay, then let's leave now, one day sooner, there will be fewer brothers in Guangdong."

The route was re-planned, escorted by a Fujian Ming army's sea boat, and the two sea ships set off directly for Zhongzuo. Nanao is in eastern Guangdong, and it was the earliest base of Zheng Chenggong when he raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, while the Zhongzuo Institute was in southern Fujian, and the two places were not far apart. Therefore, it didn't take long for them to arrive in this important military town.

"It seems that the Yanping Domain was hit a lot last year."

Before the Battle of Xinhui in the eighth year of Yongli, the old captain had brought Li Dingguo's messenger to Zheng Chenggong to ask for Zheng Chenggong, in order to join forces to attack Guangdong. At that time, the Fujian Ming army was strong and strong, much stronger than the same period in history, after all, the battle of Fengchao Mountain did not happen. But now, it can't be called down, but the morale of the army is obviously a lot lower, and the weapons and uniforms of the Ming army passing by look a little shabby, only the sea ships in the harbor are still the same, and even busier.

Sun Yunxuan had never been here, and he was not interested in pondering the old captain's feelings at the moment. His task is to go to Zhejiang to ask for help, since it has been determined that the strength of the Ming army in Fujian has greatly degraded, then at this moment it is just to embark on such a situation, and it is the right way to leave this place as soon as possible and rush to Zhejiang.

Someone led it, and although the inspections along the way were inevitable, a lot of unnecessary troubles were saved, so they soon arrived at the Yanping County Mansion of the Central Left Office.

With their arrival, Zheng Chenggong had already gotten the news in advance. In his opinion, the Shang family and the Geng family, and even Hao Shangjiu, the wall grass in Chaozhou, were not sincerely loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but were forced to do so by Chen Wen. Now that the Qin Domain and Xining Domain in the southwest are about to fight among the Ming armies, it is strange that Shang Kexi does not jump out.

But I have to say that Shang Kexi's timing is very good. The neighboring forces are either as weak as he is, or they are entangled by other forces. Chen Wen had gained the initiative in the national strategy, but at the end of last year, the army was still making great strides to regain the area south of the Huai River in Nanzhili, and now even if he wanted to, he lacked enough energy to quickly interfere with Shang Kexi. And once Shang Kexi occupies Liangguang, he will inevitably become a decisive force, and when the time comes, he will contain Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang in the southwest, and he can join forces with Sun Kewang to curb Chen Wen's westward advance in the southeast, and Sun Kewang will not refuse.

However, in this world, no matter how strong the law and technique are, they are often unable to defeat a general trend. Only by relying on victory after victory can we turn the tide of the situation and achieve twice the result with half the effort, which is still the case this time. It's a pity that the side that holds the general trend does not seem to intend to let the situation get out of control.

Zheng Chenggong has eyeliner in Guangdong, and it is impossible for him not to know that there is chaos there. After a concise inquiry, Zheng Chenggong picked up a letter on the case, and attracted the attention of Sun Yunxuan and the others.

"You don't have to go to Zhejiang, the king of Yue has already repaired the book in this king, and the army will not send troops to Fujian. If you rush now, you're going to be in vain. ”

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On the third day of the third month of the tenth year of Yongli, this day is the Shangsi Festival, which is said to be the birthday of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. However, it was such a festive day, but Chen Wen was already standing on the most important pass between Fujian and Zhejiang - Xianxia Pass.

The army crossed Xianxia Pass and rolled southward, and the Jianning Mansion south of Xianxia Pass had been pocketed by the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies last year, and Zhang Zisheng, the Duke of Jiangxi, had been stationed here earlier to deter the Qing army under Liu Qingtai in Fujian and Geng Jimao, the former king of Jingnan, who was named the king of Nan'an County, until the expansion plan to form the Fujian Central Division began to be implemented, and then temporarily retreated to Quzhou to reorganize the army.

After several months of training, the Minzhong Division, which had two old battalion heads plus a new battalion head that had been newly formed but still had a large number of former local garrisons, completed the training task. With the Four Ming Divisions in Suzhou, who had previously been seated in Suzhou, sailed south, Chen Wen planned to take the first step in sorting out the military operations in the south before the Northern Expedition, and officially announced the start of the military campaign against the last Qing army in the southeast, the Fujian Qing army under the control of Liu Qingtai, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian.

"King, Liu Qingtai is now short of military food and low morale, so there is nothing to worry about, but Geng Jimao and Yanping Fan still need to pay more attention."

Liu Qingtai, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Yang Minggao, the governor of Fujian, and Tong Guoqi, the governor of Fujian, were now the Manchu rulers in Fujian. As for the prefectures and counties of their moderation, one Fuzhou Prefecture, one Yanping Prefecture plus one Funing Prefecture, the three elder brothers, one for each person, impartial, just right.

In the previous war, the left side of Fujian Wang Zhigang was killed, the right side of the general army Ma Degong was removed for some reason to return to the capital, the successor Liu Zhongjin is the Han army is the blue flag people, Liaoyang Dongning Wei people, as early as the year before has died, and because Chen Wen in the eighth year of Yongli played a great victory in Guangxin Mansion, taking advantage of the situation to recover Jiangxi, Fujian to other Qing army occupied areas of the road was completely cut off, the right side of the general army of this town because there is no commander of the army was also reorganized by Liu Qingtai into the standard battalion, stationed in Fuzhou Mansion.

It is precisely because the road was completely cut off, just as Zhang Zisheng said, that the Qing army in Fujian had no military rations from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and could only rely on stocks and looting places to survive, and there were several conflicts with the local gentry, but the military rations were still stretched.

As the saying goes, if the army has no food, it will be scattered, and this Qing army has been a lone army since the second half of the eighth year of Yongli, and it has been supported for a year and a half, and the army has long been disheartened. Not only did there flee in batches, but many of them simply fled with their families to the areas occupied by the Ming Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang to be ordinary people, even if they were still in the ministries, they were extremely demoralized, don't think about training or anything, except for going out to grab food, there is probably nothing that can stimulate their morale.

When an army reaches this point, it is naturally not a matter of concern, and the means used by Chen Wen against them are actually very simple, that is, one move to prohibit the grain trade in these three provinces, nothing more.

"What Brother Zhang said is very true, this king brought two divisions of soldiers and more than 5,000 local garrisons to suppress various places, in order to create a stable rear environment for the Northern Expedition in the future."

Zhang Zisheng is a senior, who has resisted the Qing Dynasty in Jiangxi for many years, far longer than Chen Wen's anti-Qing time. The relationship between the two is very good in private, and Chen Wen has always been referred to as an elder brother in private, even since the beginning of the exchange of letters, otherwise Zhang Zisheng would not have made up his mind so quickly to hand over all the military power to join Chen Wen.

With two divisions and 5,000 local garrisons, Chen Wen was a big deal, and although he was not in an advantageous position in terms of strength compared to these three forces in Fujian, Chen Wen was still full of confidence.

"Then the general will set off first, saving Yang Minggao from destroying the ship of Yanping Mansion, and then the army will have to walk, wasting time in vain."

The capital of Yanping Prefecture and Fuzhou, the provincial capital of Fujian, are both on the banks of the Jianjiang River, one upstream and the other downstream. In the plan formulated by the General Staff Division, the Fujian Division went south from Jianning Mansion to the city of Yanping Prefecture, which was no more than a hundred miles away, to control the ships there, and then the army went down the river to the city of Fuzhou; As a partial division, the Four Ming Divisions disembarked in Wenzhou, entered Funing Prefecture by land, and then went south to join the Fujian Division in Fuzhou.

The distance between Xianxia Pass and Jianning Mansion City is one or two times the distance from Jianning Mansion City to Yanping Mansion City, Chen Wen's army marched south at a speed of four to fifty miles a day, and the infantry march speed was not slow, but before he arrived at Jianning Mansion City, Zhang Zisheng's messenger came to report that Yanping Mansion City went down without a fight, Zhang Zisheng controlled all the ships and was detaching troops to collect the counties.

When Zhang Zisheng set out, he only took the cavalry battalion of the Minzhong Division, and the maneuver was very fast, but it was impossible to attack the guarded city with cavalry.

The reason why it was able to be so fast was actually very simple, Zhang Zisheng just played the banner of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and as a result, the Fujian governor standard battalion stationed in Yanping Mansion directly opened the city and surrendered, and even Tong Guoqi, the uncle of the country, and the uncle of Kangxi, the next emperor of the Qing Dynasty, were tied to Zhang Zisheng's horse by these chaotic soldiers.

The morale of the Qing army in Fujian has reached an unbelievable level, and it does not cost a single soldier to recover Yanping Mansion, and Zhang Zisheng won Longwangshu and started the idea of all counties in Yanping Mansion. As a result, when Chen Wen led the army to arrive, the entire territory of Yanping Mansion, which was quite small and mostly mountainous, had been recovered, and many of them were surrendered by Zhang Zisheng before he sent troops to the local civilian officials and green camps.

The situation was very good, and after a little repair, the army sailed east to Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian. Gukou Town and Minqing County along the way went down without a fight, and when Chen Wen arrived in Fuzhou, he first received the news that the Four Ming Divisions were progressing smoothly, Yang Minggao committed suicide in Funing Prefecture, and the army had even crossed Funing Prefecture to reach Luoyuan County, and then a scene that made him speechless was displayed in front of his eyes.

"We deserve death for our sins, and I beg the king to punish them."

A provincial city, just like that, the city surrendered, and the hapless governor was tied up by the rebels below, just like the unlucky governor a few days ago, and the city changed hands.

"Is this called war?"

Hearing this, Zhang Zisheng still held himself handsome and majestic, with a tense face, but a middle- and lower-level officer on the left couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.

"The last general lost his honor."

"After the military operation is over, go to the Judge Advocate General's Department to receive the penalty."

"The last will obey."

The officer retreated, Chen Wen shook his head, and led the army into the city.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Fuzhou was one of the construction sites of the treasure ships used by Zheng He in the Western Ocean, and in the Southern Ming Dynasty, it was the capital division of the Longwu Dynasty, also known as Fujing.

The Longwu Dynasty did not last long before it collapsed under the betrayal of Zheng Zhilong, and on the ruins, in addition to the younger brother of Emperor Longwu, Emperor Shaowu, and Emperor Yongli of the Gui Domain, the result was cheaper than the Qing army, a hero who played the banner of "loyalty and filial piety to recruit the general's guilty subject surname", and resolutely raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty when his father and a large number of uncles surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and only then did he have a series of glories of Fujian's anti-Qing struggle in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Fuzhou is not the destination of Chen Wen's trip, but it is just a phased goal. After a short rest, the army left Fuzhou Prefecture, crossed the Jianjiang River and advanced all the way to the southwest.

To the southwest of Fuzhou are Xinghua and Quanzhou, which are under the control of Geng Jimao, the former king of Jingnan and now the king of Nan'an County. In fact, if it weren't for Chen Wen's interference in Fujian last year, Fuzhou and other places would have fallen into Geng Jimao's hands, but it was just a small trouble for Chen Wen, because Geng Jimao's military rations were also held by Chen Wen.

Of course, Geng Jimao did not sit still completely, announcing that in the past two years, Geng Jimao acted as a businessman between Liu Qingtai and other Ming troops, buying a large number of goods looted by the Qing army and commodities including sugar, and then reselling them to merchants in the Ming army-controlled areas including Chen Wen, Zheng Chenggong and Hao Shangjiu, and then selling the grain in exchange for Liu Qingtai at a high price, and reaping the profits in it.

Liu Qingtai used the grain obtained from trade to continue to maintain the army for the Manchus, and through this trade, Geng Jimao also expanded the army under his command, but his expansion speed was far less than that of Zheng Chenggong, who controlled the Taiwan Strait, and Chen Wen, who attacked the city, but there were no less than 20,000 soldiers, all of whom were strictly trained.

Selling grain and grass to the Qing army was a crime, or an excuse, used by Chen Wen to attack Geng Jimao. Shang Geng Erfan, he didn't want to stay at all, as for the reason, it was very simple, such traitors whose hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese people, only death was the greatest comfort to those martyrs.

After announcing Geng Jimao's guilt, Chen Wen's army went directly to Xinghua Mansion, and the defenders of Xinghua Mansion did not surprise him, and as expected, they abandoned the city and retreated to Quanzhou to hold on.

In terms of the strength of the two sides, Geng Jimao was already at a disadvantage, and he was even less confident in combat effectiveness than Chen Wen's tiger and wolf army. In this case, instead of dividing the army into two places and being broken by Chen Wen, it is far better for the army to gather in one place, and there is still the possibility of desperate struggle.

As the strongest warlord, Chen Wen has not even bothered to take the steps of the request, Geng Jimao is not a fool, knowing that Chen Wen is now strong, and entering Fujian is also to prepare for the Northern Expedition in the future. With Chen Wen's request to send his son as a hostage was flatly rejected by Chen Wen, war was inevitable, and he had to ask Zheng Chenggong of Zhangzhou for help while retreating into Quanzhou.

A few days later, Chen Wen arrived close to the city, and within a few hours, Zheng Chenggong's army also appeared on the opposite shore, and a large number of warships cruised outside the port of Quanzhou. The morale of the Geng army at the head of the city was greatly boosted, but something unexpected happened to them soon. That is, after Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong's herald contacted the north of the city, the Fujian Ming army split a part to cross the river and live next to Chen Wen's army, completely besieging the city of Quanzhou.

The reinforcements turned out to be Chen Wen's.