Heading west from the Zhongzuo Station, passing by Nan'ao Island, Chen Kai hurriedly waited and had a secret conversation with Chen Bao for only an hour before boarding the ship again.

In Nan'ao, it couldn't even be called a stay. The boat carrying Chen Kai went all the way north along the Hanjiang waterway. When he arrived in Chaozhou Fucheng, Chen Kai didn't even enter the city. He just sent someone to deliver a letter and continued heading north.

go.

Chaozhou has many problems, internal and external difficulties, but if you want to solve the problems, there must be a priority. The boat kept going up the river until Sanheba, the northernmost end of the Hanjiang waterway controlled by the Ming army, and Chen Kai officially disembarked.

Boat.

"Jingcheng, hey, I feel ashamed of Guo Xing's trust."

The order appointing Chen Kai to be solely responsible for the political affairs of the Eastern Guangdong Army arrived at Sanheba almost immediately after Chen Kai arrived. Zhongkuangbo Zhang Jin, the chief military officer of Qianzhen Town Shen Qi, and the local garrison generals all came to meet Chen Kai.

Kai was the commander-in-chief. Shen Qi and the garrison generals fell to the ground, and even Zhang Jin did the same. However, when Chen Kai tried to stop Zhang Jin's gift, the latter used Chen Kai to represent Zheng Chenggong to command the Ming army in eastern Guangdong.

, he is indeed much higher in rank and title, but in terms of rank in the military, he still has to accept Chen Kai's leadership.

This was a statement, showing that as the commander-in-chief of the Ming army in northern Chaozhou, he admired Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong behind Chen Kai. In response, Chen Kai had to accept the salute, and then immediately helped Zhang Jin up with both hands, and said to the other

The two senior officers only made verbal gestures to express the difference between the upper and lower classes.

"My uncle has this intention, which is enough. Before setting off, Guo Xing also mentioned that the current situation in Chaozhou is ultimately caused by the army turning to southern Fujian. Our army needs more food and grass, so we will divide it.

Our army needs to maintain a larger force in southern Fujian, which will lead to a shortage of troops in Chaozhou. I have tried my best, but as for the following matters, my country and I still need my uncle's efforts. "

"National surname..."

If you want to do something, the first thing to do is to appease the morale of the military. Zhang Jin choked up a little after Chen Kai's words. Later, in response to Chen Kai's statement, he also made a promise to obey Chen Kai's military orders and assist Chen Kai.

To achieve the Ming army's strategic goal of consolidating the battlefield in eastern Guangdong.

Speaking of which, Chen Kai had relatively in-depth contact with Zheng Chenggong's earliest senior generals, such as Chen Bao, Hong Xu, Chen Hui, Zhang Jin, Lin Xishan and even Lin Cha. They had different personalities and abilities.

, the levels are different, but in general, they are relatively knowledgeable and responsible. People like Zheng Zhibao and Shi Fu, these people also became famous in Zheng Zhilong's era, but they are

One was more outrageous than the other. Perhaps it was for this reason that when the Qing court swept across Fujian and Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they made different choices.

Zhang Jin was the commander-in-chief of the Ming army in northern Chaozhou. Chen Kai provided necessary comfort and then asked about the situation of the battle in Chengxiang. The results obtained were not too unexpected by Chen Kai.

"...This battle suffered a defeat, and the fault lies with me. I underestimated the combat effectiveness of Hao Shun's troops. As a result, I was defeated and forced to abandon the city and leave..."

According to Zhang Jin, Hao Shangjiu has been frantically harassing government mines and smelters in Chengxiang County in the past two months, resulting in a sharp decline in ore and metal production in northern Chaozhou. Not to mention, Hao Shangjiu relied on the cavalry to

Taking advantage of the situation, they even crossed into Chengxiang County to carry out harassment.

It wouldn't take long for Cheng Xiang to turn the Ming army's ruling center in northern Chaozhou into an isolated city. Therefore, Zhang Jin, who had always tried his best to avoid a large-scale decisive battle with Hao Shangjiu, had no choice but to send troops to guard Qianzhen.

As a result, in the battle outside the city, Hao Shangjiu's troops were clearly at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. However, Zhang Jin's garrison was unable to defeat it, and the guarding Qianzhen was also no match. As they retreated into the city, their morale declined to the extreme, and finally they had no choice but to

, had no choice but to abandon the city and leave, relying on the boats already prepared at the pier outside the city and the Meixi River flowing downstream, they escaped to Sanheba and stood firm.

"...I was a little too confident. Alas, actually, I also know that among Hao Shangjiu's men there are old troops who followed Li Chengdong, but..."

In Chen Kai's view, Zhang Jin's trust was more due to the Ming army's fierce cooking in southern Fujian, which caused the Fujian Ming army to overestimate its own combat effectiveness. But the problem is that Zheng Chenggong was in Cizao, Qianshan and the encirclement and suppression of pirates.

The troops used by Chen Chun, except the Beizhen cavalry, and the infantry were all troops trained in new tactics. To put it even more clearly, the reason why the Ming army was able to win consecutive battles was because of

The new tactics created by Zheng Chenggong, without effective training and adaptation of the troops, did not lead to a qualitative improvement in combat effectiveness.

Chen Kai has long been aware of this problem, and Zheng Chenggong was immediately aware of this when the battle report of Zhang Jin's defeat came out, so he chose to change his direction, hoping to defeat Hao Shangjiu and Hao Shangjiu with the help of new tactics.

Su Li, re-stabilizing the Ming army's rule in Chaozhou. This is also the fundamental reason why Zheng Chenggong decided to send Landeng's reinforcements to the post-suppression town when Chen Kai took over the Chaozhou battlefield!

Historically, it only lasted fifteen years from the time Zheng Chenggong led the independent troops to his death in Taiwan. However, during this period, he almost achieved a comeback against the Manchus by his own efforts.

In addition to the original maritime trade strength of the Zheng Group, in terms of military affairs, Zheng Chenggong compiled and practiced a large number of new drills and combat methods such as the "Five Plum Blossom Drills", "The Combined Drills of Each Formation", and the "Navy Water Drills"

, trained a variety of innovative arms such as the Iron Man Army and rattan players - the Iron Man Army is the last heavy infantry group in China, and the Fujian rattan players trained by Zheng Chenggong even passed the performance in the Battle of Yaksa,

Until the foreigners completely destroyed the country, it was an excellent method of warfare that the Qing court trusted highly.

However, it only took half a year for Zheng Chenggong's new tactics to come out. Especially before the Battle of Cizao, he only trained a few towns. After passing the battle test again and again, he was very familiar with the new tactics.

Only when Fa has more confidence can he gradually expand the scale of training.

One-click outfit change and one-click training are all just games. In fact, the popularization of every tactic requires more time, and this is only when the coach has an extremely firm will.

Up to now, for more than half a year, the Ming army has only conducted corresponding training and reorganization of the troops in the southern Fujian battlefield. After calculation, it is nothing more than Rongqi Town, Qinding Town, Left Pioneer Town, Right Pioneer Town, and reinforcement and suppression.

Zuo Town, Assistance Suppression Right Town, Assistance Suppression Hou Town, Zuochong Town, Youchong Town, Qianfeng Town, Zhongquan Town and several newly built battalion heads, and the training progress and combat effectiveness are also uneven. And some others

Military towns and battalion heads, especially the troops on the battlefield in eastern Guangdong, except for the troops that Zheng Chenggong promised to dispatch to support the suppression of Youzhen, there was not even a single troop that used new tactics.

"What is Hao Shangjiu doing recently?"

This is a key question. Once Chen Kai asked it, he immediately got an answer that shocked him: "The thief, after occupying Chengxiang County, was busy moving belongings from Xingning and Changle to the direction of Sanheba.
Chapter completed!