The name Jiangxi originated from the Jiangnan West Road that was added during the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The original Jiangnan West Road not only included the province of Jiangxi in the Ming Dynasty, but also included parts of Huguang and Nanzhili. Today, it is nearly

Over the course of thousands of years, the scope of Jiangnan West Road has changed several times, and it is currently the administrative envoys' department of Jiangxi Province, including the entire Jiangxi governor's jurisdiction and most of the Nangan governor's jurisdiction.

The province is located east of Huguang, Zhejiang, west of Nanzhili, north of Guangdong and northwest of Fujian. Located in the heart of five provinces, Poyang Hubei is connected to the Yangtze River to the west, east, south and southeast.

There are rivers that flow into Poyang Lake and are connected to surrounding provinces, with convenient transportation. It has always been a strategic location that military strategists must compete for. For example, the Battle of Hongdu and the Battle of Poyang Lake in the late Yuan Dynasty took place here, where Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought to the death.

, the prize is the dominance south of the Yangtze River and the qualification to challenge Bao Yuan and dominate the world!

But today, in the late Ming Dynasty, except for Jin Shenghuan, the anti-Qing movement in Jiangxi still had a major climax, and its presence in other time periods was pitifully low.

The reason is that during the first wave of offensives in the Hongguang Dynasty and Longwu Dynasty, the Qing court had already driven the main force of the Ming army into the sea or into the southwest. Jiangxi was located in the hinterland of the Qing army's occupied area and could not connect with external reinforcements.

, they would be surrounded and suppressed by the superior force of the Qing army, but it was still difficult to form a climate that could overthrow the Qing government's rule in this land.

After ambush Shi Lang at Anping Bridge, Chen Kai originally intended for Cai Qiao to take Shi Lang's body and prisoners back to explain the situation to Zheng Chenggong. However, Cai Qiao insisted on staying by Chen Kai's side so as to protect him at all times, so he did not continue.

To be more serious about this issue, I simply went to Anping Town, blackmailed Zheng Zhibao into a sea ship, handed it over to a few soldiers, and continued on my journey.

Take a boat all the way north. Due to the strength of the Ming Navy in Fujian, the "small fishing boats" of the Qing Navy would never dare to go to sea easily. Especially after the Battle of Xiamen, this situation became even more serious for the Qing Army.

It got worse.

However, it was indeed smooth sailing all the way north, but once ashore, Chen Kai asked himself that not long ago, the Qing army had knocked him back against the iron plate. Once he entered the area controlled by the Qing army, he had to hide his whereabouts and even shaved off his hair.

He changed into a robe and mandarin jacket and walked as low-key as possible, lest he would attract the attention of the local Qing troops and officials on the road.

It's a pity that Chen Kai didn't know about the last battle in Xiamen. Zhang Xuesheng is still busy rebuilding the right road and restoring Fubiao's combat effectiveness. In addition, he is busy explaining to the Qing court and spending money on things.

There are also many rumors in Fujian officialdom that Zhang Xuesheng may be transferred out of Fujian by the Qing court. Everyone from top to bottom is watching whether Governor Zhang can hold on or whether he will be the new governor sent by the court. Their minds are focused on this.

There are far fewer distractions.

Landing in Min'an Town at the estuary of the Min River in Fuzhou, Chen Kai and his party quietly bypassed Fuzhou's capital city, boarded the ship in Zhuqi, and around Minqing, went upstream, and headed straight for Shaowu Mansion.

Shaowu Prefecture is located in northern Fujian, running from northeast to south, connected to Jianning Prefecture, Yanping Prefecture and Tingzhou Prefecture respectively. Shanguan within its territory is where Zheng Cai retreated without a fight, and as a result, Emperor Longwu deposed him.

After Shangguan, you will reach Jianchang Prefecture in Jiangxi Province. The reason why Chen Kai chose to enter Jiangxi from here is that, according to his vague memory and Zheng Chenggong’s intelligence, the head of the fourth battalion of the Jiangxi Rebel Army, General Yan Luo, seems to have been recently.

Activities between Jianning County and Jiantai County in Shaowu Prefecture and Guangchang and Nanfeng Counties in Jianchang Prefecture.

The head of the Fourth Battalion of General Yan Luo was the most powerful unit among the anti-Qing rebels in Jiangxi in history. This was also the first stop Chen Kai chose. He took a boat upstream. Although he was escorting Shi Lang's body and the prisoners back to the Zhongzuo Station,

Cai Qiao's subordinates were reduced to less than twenty people, but these people were all killed by licking blood with their swords. The boatmen could see that these guys were not easy to mess with, but they were well behaved.

Stay safe and sound.

It was nearly July when they entered Shaowu Prefecture. Chen Kai and his party disembarked at a ferry between Shaowu Prefecture and Shunchang County, and turned south. They were accompanied by soldiers who could act as guides, and there were also Taoist monks who could rely on them.

There is no need to worry about getting lost in Fujian, but when entering Jiangxi, it depends on the ability of another person.

"Zhan Ruo, you have been to Jiangxi. Once you leave Shangguan, it will be up to you."

Chen Kai once discussed the idea of ​​going to Jiangxi with Kuang Lu, hoping that she could accompany him. Kuang Lu did not agree at the time, but when Zheng Chenggong confirmed it, Kuang Lu had already prepared her luggage.

Along the way, this free and easy middle-aged Confucian scholar and the Taoist monk had a pleasant conversation, but left Chen Kai aside. Chen Kai didn't care about this, but as the trip progressed, Kuang Lu's irritating words

However, his ability is increasing day by day. At this moment, Chen Kai just started to talk, and was blocked by Kuang Lu, "I have never walked this road." Fortunately, Kuang Lu did not deliberately embarrass Chen Kai.

, then smiled and pointed out that when the Jiangxi rebels found the head of the fourth camp of General Yama, they would naturally know how to proceed next.

"Is not this nonsensical?"

Rolling his eyes, Chen Kai didn't care. He gave up his intention to intervene and instead observed the scenery around him. Fujian is a province known as eight mountains, one water and one field. The terrain is mainly low mountains and hills.

Plains are mostly distributed in coastal areas, such as Zhangzhou Plain, Quanzhou Plain, Xinghua Plain, and Fuzhou Plain. These four major plains in Fujian were actually within the direct attack range of Zheng Chenggong's army.

Chen Kai looked around and soon felt bored. Not long after getting off the boat, there were fewer and fewer people around him. It seemed that the farther south you went, the fewer and fewer people there were. The mountains were different day by day, but

Looking at the mountains every day, there are times when I get tired of them.

I don’t know how far we can go in this kind of life, but lately I’ve always felt like I’m being spied on. It’s just that when I saw these people, they didn’t seem to be anyone to mess with, so I didn’t do anything. But Chen Kai, on the contrary,

It is more inclined to capture a few prisoners and find out more from their mouths before moving forward.

It seemed that God had received Chen Kai's brain waves. After a while, the soldier who led the way came back mysteriously. After making sure that not many people could hear, he reported to Chen Kai in a low voice that they were at the front.

After exploring the road, they found a team led by local tycoons who looked like they had formed a stronghold to protect themselves, ambushing them on the road they must pass.

"These days, I just ambushed Shi Lang once in southern Fujian last month, and I will be ambushed in northern Fujian in the next month. Sure enough, he will pay back sooner or later if he comes out to fool around."

After talking about the rich man who seemed to be forming a stronghold to protect himself, Chen Kai didn't care at all. He briefly talked with Kuang Lu and Daozong. The former did not express his opinion, but the latter wanted to have a meeting - after all, he

It's a monk. In these days, the Qing army knew that monks should be left behind to clean up the corpses in the city when they massacred the city. It seemed that robbing monks was a very dishonorable thing. But Chen Kai expressed objections to this. In his words, this kind of pretense

It would be better for him to do the slap-in-the-face thing.

"Jingcheng, after all, you are a third-rank civil servant in the imperial court. So letting yourself go, um, letting yourself go like this is detrimental to the dignity of a Han official!"

Chen Kai humbly accepted Kuang Lu's opinion, but this time, he still had to do some things, so he discussed it with Daozong, Cai Qiao and others.

After a while, with no further progress, Chen Kai was walking alone on the mountain road. When he reached the ambush point pointed out by the guide, Chen Kai stopped moving forward and stood there, looking at both sides.

Standing on the hill, he put his hands in front of his mouth like a trumpet. Immediately, he let out a cry that stunned the local tycoons and mountain people who were ambushing the hill.

"I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to live forever, leave money to buy the road!"
Chapter completed!