December of the seventh year of Shunzhi was an eventful winter for the Manchu court, which had been in charge of the Central Plains for seven years.

First of all, Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, and Geng Jimao, the king of Jingnan, captured the city of Guangzhou, and after entering the city, they slaughtered the common people, slaughtering more than 700,000 soldiers and civilians, which is known as the robbery of Gengyin in history.

At the beginning of December, Su Yan, who was canonized by the Yongli Imperial Court with Anbo and Fujian General Army, united with Zhu Chenggong, the Duke of Zhangguo, successively captured Xinghua Mansion, Zhangzhou Mansion and Fuzhou Mansion, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Chen Jin, was assassinated, Pingnan General Jin Li killed himself in the army, and the Han army was wiped out with the red flag.

Then, the regent of the emperor's uncle, Dorgon, went out to hunt Gubeikou, fell from his horse and was injured while hunting, and died in Kara City, outside Gubeikou on the ninth day of December, at the age of 39.

The death of the imperial uncle regent Dolgon made the Qing court's energy all focused on the struggle for power and profit within the court, and there was no time to take care of Fujian's successive defeats for the time being.

On December 11, Su Yan personally led the army to inspect the water dividing pass.

The water pass, since ancient times, is the border of Fujian and Zhejiang must fight for the place, known as the northeast gateway of Fujian, after the capture of the water pass, you can drive straight from Zhejiang, conquer the capital of Fuzhou, which shows the importance of this place.

However, after the Qing army took Fujian, they did not pay much attention to the water dividing pass, so after the Ming army launched a strong attack, this place was successfully occupied by the Ming army.

Entering the water dividing pass and walking up to the pass city wall made of large solid stones, Su Yan gently stroked the cold wall battlements and looked at the north, An indescribable emotion brewed in his heart.

"The king set the Central Plains Day in the north, and the family sacrifice did not forget to tell Naiweng."

For some reason, he remembered this famous poem by the Song Dynasty poet Lu You, which was used to express the determination of many loyal people who were still persisting in resisting the Qing Dynasty at this time, which may be the best.

"Dashuai, after the water dividing pass, it should be the boundary of Wenzhou Mansion, right?"

At this time, Lin Xingzhu, who was standing behind Su Yan, asked curiously.

He spent the first twenty years between Yongchun and Dehua counties, and he was ignorant of the world outside Quanzhou, let alone north of Fujian.

Su Yan nodded, and Lin Xingzhu continued to ask, "Then how long does it take to fight from Wenzhou Mansion to Yingtian?" ”

Su Yan glanced at him with some surprise, and said with a smile: "We have just recovered Fuzhou, and you have already thought of attacking Yingtianfu?" ”

Lin Xingzhu also grinned, he scratched the back of his head, and then clenched his fists and said: "Your subordinates know that the ambition of the big marshal is not in the remote Fujian, you will definitely continue to go north and make contributions, and your subordinates want to follow the example of King Kaiping and become your pioneer, drive out the Tartars, and set the rivers and mountains in the north!" ”

"Okay." Su Yan patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "And Liang has such ambitions, I am very relieved." ”

King Kaiping is the title posthumously awarded by the famous general Chang Yuchun in the early Ming Dynasty, and he wants to emulate Chang Yuchun, which shows Lin Xingzhu's ambitions.

After inspecting the city wall of the pass, the two walked down the stairs down the city wall, and at this time, a herald with a small flag behind him ran over quickly, he knelt in front of Su Yan on one knee, clasped his fists and saluted, and said:

"Boss, good news! Yanping Mansion and the four counties of Shunchang, Shaxian, Jiangle and Youxi were all occupied by our army, beheading more than 300 Qing troops and capturing more than 3,000! ”

Although Su Yan had already learned the news of the occupation of the four counties of this prefecture from the system, he still smiled, he nodded, and said to Lin Xingzhu: "Yanping has been decided. ”

He then asked the herald, "What is the next step for the army?" ”

"Returning to the marshal, General Su Cisu marched to Yong'an and Lianjiang after conquering Shaxian, General Lai Xun Lai went north to attack Shaowu, and Admiral Huang has led the water division south and returned to Fuzhou."

After listening, Su Yan nodded, the two armies were marching according to the predetermined plan, and the day of the pacification of Shao Wu and Tingzhou was only not far away, so he couldn't hold back, and he would set off immediately after the reinforcements from Quanzhou arrived

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Jianning Mansion does not have a prefecture city, its government office is located in Jian'ou County, this county and the counties under the jurisdiction of Jianning Mansion are located in the mountains, the traffic is inconvenient, only by waterway and the outside world, and therefore this area has always been a poor and remote area, the people are fierce, and there are many times of resistance after the Qing army entered Fujian.

The last time was three years ago in the fourth year of Shunzhi, the original Ming general Wang Qi coerced the Yunxi King of the clan to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty, responded to the gathering, captured several counties, and sealed the official in Jianning Mansion, the Qing army counterattacked in the fifth year of Shunzhi, the people of Jian'ou County resisted stubbornly, and finally the county fell, the Qing army slaughtered in the city, and the survivors were only three hundred, also known as "Wuzi Massacre".

Since then, the population of Jianning Mansion has not recovered, and in three years, the population of the county seat is less than half of that under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the local people have been killed by the Qing army, so the Qing army does not have many garrisons here.

On December 14, Jianning Mansion once again ushered in the flames of war.

A large number of sailor boats hanging the flag of the Ming army appeared on the Chongyang River outside Jian'ou City, and in the frightened eyes of the defenders of Jianning Mansion, a large number of Ming troops landed on the shore, and a cannon was also transported down from the deck, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed to Jian'ou City from afar.

Soon after the sound of the gong sounded, the deputy general stationed in Jianning Mansion and the prefect and others hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, they looked at the Ming troops who were landing, and the blood on their faces suddenly receded, especially the deputy general of the Qing army, his back was almost soaked with cold sweat.

Although after learning of the fall of Fuzhou, they recruited and trained some township militia in the city to increase the strength of the city's defense, but after seeing the enemy coming, they lost the fighting spirit to continue fighting, and the Qing army defending the city knew that they could not hold the city, and the people in the city were also worried that the tragedy of the "Wuzi Massacre" would be repeated again.

At this moment, the Ming army sent a horse to the outside of Jian'ou City, and shouted to persuade the Qing army at the head of the city to surrender, asking them to take the initiative to open the city and surrender when they knew the current affairs, otherwise they would bear the consequences after the war.

Intimidated by such a bright threat and intimidation of the Ming army, the prefect and deputy general of Jianning thought about it, and decided to surrender in Kaicheng, they hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the Ming army outside the city into the city, and at the same time organized the people in the city to bring food and water at home and come to the roadside to welcome Wang Shi.

So, after Su Yan personally led the army into the city, what he saw was the scene of the people along the street eating pot pulp and greeting Wang Shi.

However, the Ming army under Su Yan was bound by military discipline and could not take the food and water that the people put in the bamboo baskets without authorization, so the local people were surprised to find that the soldiers in red robes walked in front of them one after another, and no one reached out to take anything from their baskets.

Seeing this scene, an old man in the crowd who had migrated from the coast couldn't help muttering to himself, "Qi Jiajun, this is Qi Shaobao's army is back!" ”

Freezing to death without demolishing the house, starving to death without plundering, this is the military regulations of the Qi family's army, and it is also the only Ming army with such military discipline.

Thinking about the past 60 years, the world has changed owners, and the white hair on his head has been forced to shave into an ugly money rat tail, he couldn't help it after all, and shed a few turbid tears.

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