"Great victory! Great victory! His Royal Highness, Wenzhou has recovered! ”

Zhoushan Islands, King Lu Palace, Zhang Huangyan, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, with a happy face, quickly ran into the palace, and he entered the palace with Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, after the two entered the palace, they first bowed to Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, and then Zhang Huangyan handed over the military newspaper in his hand to the king of Lu through the eunuch who served.

After the eunuch was handed over to Queen Lu, he spoke: "Your Highness, Su Yan, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, recovered Wenzhou from the waterway on February 21, and defeated the Qing army on the 25th. ”

Zhu Yihai didn't speak, and after he finished reading the military report, his face showed a little joy, and he praised: "This Su Yan god is also, Xuan Zhu (Zhang Huangyan), waiting for clothes (Zhang Mingzhen), have you two dealt with that Su Yan?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and Zhang Huangyan arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Highness, Su Yan only started an incident in Quanzhou Mansion in Fujian Province in June last year, and I have not heard of his deeds before, and the ministers are ......."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Yihai understood what he meant, King Lu thought for a moment, and said: "This Su Yan only took half a year to recover the whole of Fujian, and raised troops to the Northern Expedition, this person's ability is different from ordinary people, but I don't know how he behaves in the world, let alone what his attitude is towards this prison country, Xuan, this prison country wants to order you to send an envoy to Wenzhou to explore Su Yan's tone, are you willing?" ”

"Wechen obeys." Zhang Huangyan did not hesitate at all and promised to do so.

"Hmm." Zhu Yihai was very satisfied with Zhang Huangyan's loyalty, he nodded, and said: "Today, the Qing army moves frequently, remember to pay more attention to your departure to the sea tomorrow, and don't be held by the Qing army." ”

After speaking, King Lu looked at Zhang Mingzhen again and asked him what he wanted, the latter was appointed by him to be the governor of all the military affairs of the Zhoushan Islands, and it can be said that the military power of the entire Lu Jian State is in his hands, which can also show how loyal King Lu is to him.

"Your Highness, the minister has something important to report." Zhang Mingzhen hugged his fists and said: "The first generals of the dynasty, Zhang Jiming and Lu Yanji, went to sea to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, these two people knew that our Zhoushan was false and real, and it was very likely that they would inform the Qing army that the minister believed that more precautions should be taken to prevent the Qing army from attacking Zhoushan after spying on our army's virtual reality." ”

"Wait, this prison country believes in your ability, everything is entrusted to you, don't let this prison country down." King Lu said lightly.

"Obey the order!"

After that, Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen left the palace of King Lu, and on the way back to the house, Zhang Mingzhen said to Zhang Huangyan with some concern: "Xuanzhu, although this Su Yan is not a strong army, but it is also a rare general in my Ming army who can repeatedly defeat the Qing army, and this person is rewarded by the Yongli court, I am afraid it is difficult to fight against the Qing Dynasty with my Lu Jian State court." ”

"There is no need to make a conclusion too early in waiting, everything will wait until I go to Wenzhou to meet this person." Zhang Huangyan said, "By the way, then Li Shuotai was defeated, and the Qing army in Zhejiang is only afraid that it will focus on guarding against Su Yan's subordinates, waiting for service, you can take advantage of this period of time to recruit troops and expand the army, and wait for the fighters." ”

"I naturally understand, Xuanzhu, when you set off tomorrow, bring a few smart guards, don't be caught by the Qing army, if you fall into the hands of the Qing army, it will be the biggest loss for my Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Huangyan listened to his words of concern, and was inevitably a little moved in his heart, nodded his head, and solemnly agreed.

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Su Yan didn't know that he planned to get in touch with Lu Jianguo, and the latter was also preparing to send someone to contact him.

After the meeting in Pingyang County, the plan formulated by Su Yan and the others was implemented, and before that, Su Yan also redistributed the last batch of soldiers and horses who had not yet been included in the combat sequence.

He approved Su Dingyuan's recommendation, promoted a hundred households named Shen to the thousand households of the Zhongwu Battalion, and ordered him to command the Zhongwu Battalion to stay in the area of Qiancang Mountain to guard against the Ma Degong Department, according to Su Dingyuan, this person took the initiative to stand up after Chen Shenggui was seriously injured by an arrow, took over the command, and led the soldiers and horses of the Zhongwu Battalion to defeat the Ma Degong Department with supplementary troops, and there was no doubt about being promoted to a thousand households.

After Su Dingyuan's Chang Tingbiao replenished the fallen soldiers, he was ordered to march to Chuzhou, and Su Yan gave Su Dingyuan the right to arbitrarily attack the battle, allowing him to continue to send troops to Jinhua and Quzhou after capturing Chuzhou.

Considering that Su Ci was also a systematically certified qualified general, Su Yan did not let him fight with him, but gathered the four thousand soldiers and horses after the whole training, and set up a new standard under Su Ci's command.

As for the remaining more than 4,000 people, Su Yan organized them into four battalions and included them in his direct subordinate soldiers and horses, but they had to follow Su Ci to Taizhou by land before they could fight under Su Yan's leadership.

On 27 February, Su Yan led his army back to Wenzhou, and after a short rest, he took a boat the next day to attack Taizhou by boat, bypassing a peninsula and a series of islands spit out in the north.

In order to prevent the Ming army from attacking Taizhou by land, the deputy general of the Qing army stationed in Taizhou personally led a battalion of more than 800 soldiers and horses to fortify the Yandang Valley Road, intending to block the pace of the Ming army by virtue of the danger of the terrain.

In the direction of the sea route, 30 warships of the Taizhou Navy Battalion of the Qing Army cruised on the sea surface of Taizhou Bay, guarding against the Ming Army Navy Division day and night, but the Zheng Navy Division was still invincible even in the waters of Zhejiang, under the command of Huang An, the vanguard of the Zheng Navy Division broke the Qing Army Navy Division on the afternoon of the 28th, burned eight warships, and only five fled back to the port of Taizhou in a hurry.

The Ming army then landed in Taizhou, under the fierce bombardment of the naval guns of the naval division and the artillery of the Shenji battalion that landed, a battalion of Qing troops stationed in the city had no intention of resisting, Kaecheng surrendered, and Taizhou fell.

After the fall of Taizhou, Su Yan tortured the surrendered Qing army generals, and learned from the latter that the deputy general led the soldiers and horses to fortify Yandang Mountain, and he immediately sent the Chinese military camp to attack the Qing army in Yandang Mountain from behind, and selected one person from the prisoners of war, and ordered him to persuade the Qing army deputy general to surrender, hoping to open the valley road without blood.

As Su Yan deduced, the deputy general of Taizhou was not a die-hard person of my Qing Dynasty, and when Taizhou fell and the Ming army in front of him would come at any time, he did not hesitate to order the surrender to the Chinese military camp behind him.

Taizhou fell, the adjutant general of the Qing army surrendered to the Ming army, Taiping, Huangyan, Linhai, Xianju counties in the jurisdiction of Taizhou Prefecture all looked at the wind and surrendered, Su Yan appeased the people in the government, while assessing the officials, those who passed continued to be officials, and those who did not meet the requirements were dismissed and found others, and order was quickly restored in various places.

At this time, in the waters near Xiangshan County, Ningbo Prefecture, several warships flying the Qing army flag were approaching a small boat, and the Qing sailors on the warship fired warning shots, asking the passengers on the boat to stop the boat for inspection.

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