Chapter 318: Fuzhou

"The Zheng family's nests are all in Fuzhou..."

Cao Shixiu's words reminded Chen Cao, and then Chen Cao looked at Xu Fuyuan, who was covered in mud: "Do you think the Zheng family will sit in Fuzhou and wait for death?" ”

Xu Fuyuan frowned for a long time, and then said: "He is the newly sealed Nan Anbo of the Northern Dynasty, or the chief military officer of Fujian, second only to the governor Xiong Wencan in Fujian, the student thinks that Zheng Zhilong is very likely to stick to the Fuzhou Fucheng, where there is Zheng Zhilong's sea ship port, and Fuzhou is the Fujian Governor's office, and the city wall is tall, which is not comparable to his hometown Quanzhou Fucheng." ”

Chen Cao felt that what they said made sense, but now most of his sailors were in the north and west, and now only the inland sailors had to guard against Zhao Tianlin's gang, so attacking from the sea was purely a dream.

Chen Cao couldn't directly say where Zheng Zhilong was going at the moment, but now his urgent purpose was to go west to Xianxia Pass and help Song Che defeat Xiong Wencan first.

So Chen Cao asked the Eighth Division to stay at the Fenshui Pass, beware of Zheng Zhilong turning around and killing the carbines, and he took the First and Second Divisions to ride their horses to Xianxia Pass a few days later.

When the army marched to Tongpan Mountain in the southeast of Zhenghe County, Jianning Prefecture, they encountered Song Che's heralds.

"What? Xiong Wencan surrendered? ”

After Chen Cao confirmed it again, he looked up to the sky and laughed, that there were more than 70,000 people, relying on the world to stick to Xianxia Pass, that is, Song Che did not have a month to open Xianxia Pass, and now he was sleepy and took the initiative to hand over the pillow, which made Chen Cao very comfortable.

Soon after, a Jinyi guard captain also arrived in Chen Cao's army and carefully reported to Chen Cao the whole story of the Xiong Wencan incident.

"Xiong Wencan set up Xingyuan in Pucheng, and after he learned that the Fenshui Pass had been broken by our army three days ago, he said in front of a group of civil and military officers in Xingyuan that he would never surrender unless someone tied him up;

And it was at this time that the Song army commander attacked Xianxia Pass on the one hand, and sent people to persuade Xiong Wencan to surrender, under many pressures, Xiong Wencan's guerrilla Ma Ningsheng suddenly made a mistake at the time of the discussion, and all the civil and military forces in the line were detained, Xiong Wencan was tied up, and then Xianxia Pass was sacrificed, and the Song army commander was able to successfully enter Jianning Mansion. ”

After Xu Fuyuan listened to the words of the captain of the brocade guard, he said: "When the student traveled before, he heard a joke, saying that a woman who died of her husband often molested men in the same village in order to live, and committed adultery with others, adultery is a big crime against the law of etiquette, once the man is confirmed, the man is fine, but the adulterous woman will be immersed in the pig cage and die, so every time the woman commits adultery with a man, she pushes not to, but physically she always accepts it honestly, just because once the incident happens in the future, The woman's words of not wanting to be said can be used as evidence in court, and it can also show that she was coerced. ”

Chen Cao looked at Xu Fuyuan with an evil smile: "You are a gentleman, you can't think of talking but you are so vicious, he Xiong Wencan is also the governor of a province, you actually compare him to a who commits adultery with others?" ”

"Hahahaha..."

There was a burst of laughter in the tent, Tang Yannian's smile was even more exaggerated, and the beard on his face gave people the feeling that this person was a bandit leader in a cottage.

"The student is just making an analogy..."

Chen Cao scolded him with an angry smile, and then pointed at him: "Xiong Wencan is also a Jinshi of Wanli Shi, you are both literati, don't say this in the future, you will have to be an official in the same dynasty one day." ”

Xu Fuyuan snorted: "Students remember. ”

"That's fine, Xiong Wencan doesn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Zhu family, after the surrender, Fujian Jingping has succeeded most of the time, and now there are only thirty or forty thousand horses under Zheng Zhilong in the entire Fujian, so there is nothing to be afraid of;"

As he spoke, Chen Cao handed the stamped official document to the previous Jinyi guard lieutenant: "Take the official document to Commander Song and tell him that he will divide his troops and go to the Fujian provinces, and this king will wait for him outside Fuzhou City to meet him, and let him bring Xiong Wencan." ”

On September 27 of the third year of Chongzhen (the same day of the first year of Chongde), Chen Cao led the first two divisions of the Dingwu Army to arrive 20 miles outside Fuzhou City, Fuzhou Prefecture, and Song Che, who came in the later period, arrived with other divisions of the Dingwu Army in Jingping, Jianning, Shaowu, Yanping, Tingzhou, Zhangzhou and other prefectures, and formed an encirclement of Quanzhou, Xinghua and Fuzhou where Zheng Zhilong was entrenched.

In Chen Cao's big tent of the Chinese army, Xiong Wencan was sitting in the tent with an embarrassed face listening to the scene of Chen Cao discussing with all the civil and military officials, and he, a senior official of the Northern Dynasty who was forced to surrender after being kidnapped, was indeed a little embarrassed at the moment.

It wasn't until Chen Cao finished deploying the plan to attack Fuzhou City that he looked at Xiong Wencan, who had been sitting on the side for a long time, with a smile on his face: "Lord Xiong, I'm glad to meet." ”

"Xiaguan has seen Liang... King of Matsue County..."

Perhaps Xiong Wencan reacted to his situation, so he changed his name to Chen Cao and was awarded the title of county king of the Nanjing Imperial Court.

"The war between the two sides is an internal matter of the Zhu family."

Xiong Wencan nodded in agreement, and Chen Cao continued: "When Cheng Zu was martyred, it seems that most of the Jianwen courtiers had this idea..."

Xiong Wencan was a little embarrassed by Chen Cao's words, so he made some small movements from time to time to touch his beard and arrange his hair bun to solve his embarrassment.

Chen Cao saw it in his eyes, and then said: "Now that the army of this king has arrived in Fujian, not to mention the actions of the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, according to the current situation, how many chances does Lord Xiong think the Northern Dynasty still has to use as a bet?" ”

Seeing that Xiong Wencan didn't speak for a long time, Chen Cao was not angry: "Zheng Zhilong is a pirate, he was recruited by this king to surrender to Songjiang under the pressure of this king, but in the end he chose to turn against the water and defect to the Northern Dynasty for some small interests, but now the king's army is pressing, Fujian has no soldiers to fight, and this king's army is not a bandit, all the places that pass through are autumn and no offense, and the people of the local counties in Fujian even buy and sell with the king's army, you ask those people, are you disgusted with my Songjiang army?" ”

Xiong Wencan came all the way and really saw it in his eyes, that is, when his army went north to Xianxia Pass, he was also like bandits who forcibly conquered the villages of the people in the prefecture and county, like bandits, and the people complained, and Chen Cao's Songjiang army not only did not commit any crimes in the autumn, but even took the initiative to help the people in difficulty repair houses and cut firewood, such troops are simply benevolent and righteous teachers.

When crossing Jian'an County, the local people even spontaneously organized to meet the Songjiang Army, what does this mean?

"Now Zheng Zhilong's soldiers are like bandits to collect the local area of Fuzhou, and the people have already complained, and at this moment, my Songjiang army is in Fuzhou, like their saviors."

Xiong Wencan arched his hand: "The lower officials are panicked, I really don't know what to say." ”

"Lord Xiong has been in Fujian for a long time, and he is also familiar with the local people, this king decided to let Lord Xiong be the governor of Fujian after the power of Zheng Zhilong in Jingping, and continue to govern the place, what does Lord Xiong think?"

Xiong Wencan's heart was excited, he really couldn't imagine that he could continue to be the governor of Fujian after surrendering, and this inner excitement made his ass move on the stool unconsciously.

Chen Cao, who was observing the old fritters, didn't notice it, so he smiled and said: "This king has always been a good talker, and now the strength of my Songjiang Domain is basically the best in the Ming Dynasty, what does Lord Xiong think?" ”

Perhaps it was based on his reserve as a scholar, Chen Cao smiled and waited for Xiong Wencan to think about it for more than ten minutes before he got up and hugged his fists: "The lower official is ashamed, and he will definitely live up to the grace of the county king..."

"Hahaha..."Chen Cao also stood up and grabbed Xiong Wencan's arm: "Lord Xiong, since you have become your own person, can you tell this king about the current situation in Fuzhou, or the means to deal with Zheng Zhilong." ”

Chen Cao firmly believed that Xiong Wencan must know something, and sure enough, Xiong Wencan replied with a serious face after bowing again: "The king of the county doesn't know, the Zheng family was born in Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, since Zheng Zhilong became the chief military officer of Fujian, Zheng's private property in Quanzhou City, Quanzhou Prefecture, has used the resources of the imperial court openly, the Zheng family has three shipyards in Quanzhou, and the family members of the Zheng Group are all in Quanzhou. ”

Xiong Wencan knew the dirt between Zheng Zhilong and Chen Cao, so he raised his eyes and glanced at Chen Cao, who was not speaking, and then asked cautiously: "If the county king wants to completely eradicate Zheng Zhilong, he must send sailors to the south to block the sea route where Zheng Zhilong escaped. ”

Chen Cao's eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt that Xiong Wencan, an old guy, and Huang Chunyao really had a fight, and it was really the most ruthless person who was a scholar: "Our army is going south, Zheng Zhilong is trapped in Fuzhou, he will not transfer the Zheng family in Quanzhou in advance?" ”

Xiong Wencan shook his head: "The streams and waterways in Quanzhou are vertical and horizontal, and the war horses cannot give full play to their advantages, and the Zheng family has been operating Quanzhou for several years, and there are sea ports and sea outlets, as long as there is no threat on the sea, they will never withdraw from Quanzhou unless they have to, even if the army comes to attack, they really can't reach it, as long as the waterway of the Lanxi estuary is blocked, they can also calmly evacuate from Quanzhou Port." ”

Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully, fortunately he had a heart and asked Song Che to bring Xiong Wencan, otherwise there was really no way to think of this level by relying on Xu Fuyuan's half-head, but Chen Cao immediately reacted, if it weren't for Xiong Wencan's long time as an official in Fujian, he wouldn't have been able to know Zheng Zhilong so comprehensively.

"Lord Xiong, could it be that he was ordered to spy on Zheng Zhilong?"

Xiong Wencan smiled, but Chen Cao guessed: "The county king Mingcha, Zheng Zhilong and others are really the way to enter the office... Hehe, the north side is still on guard. ”

"Then what Lord Xiong said must also be the Northern Dynasty's emergency response to Zheng Zhilong's rebellion?"

Xiong Wencan nodded: "Exactly..."

"How many spies are there in Quanzhou?"

Xiong Wencan did not hide it at all: "There are also more than 30 people in Nan'an and Quanzhou..."

Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Come on, go and invite Commander Song to discuss the matter..."