Southwest Chaozhou has three counties, Puning, Chaoyang and Huilai, as well as two health units, Jinghai Institute and Haimen Institute. This area is mostly plains, with Puning bordering Jieyang to the north and Huilai County crossing Danan Mountain to the south.

To the east of Huilai is Chaoyang County at the mouth of the Rongjiang River, and the two health centers are located in the coastal areas of Huilai and Chaoyang counties respectively.

This area is located on the Chaoshan Plain. The local people mainly make a living from fishing, agriculture, and handicrafts. Governments and people in the past dynasties have also vigorously targeted beach reclamation. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, the population increase accelerated this process.

Speaking of which, these three counties have always been subordinate to Chaozhou Prefecture. Since Zheng Chenggong entered Chaozhou, he has also recovered these three counties with great difficulty. However, as the strategic focus of the Ming army shifted, Huilai County was entrenched in Jieshiwei.

Su Li, the commander-in-chief of Jieshi, captured the city, and Chaoyang County became independent when Chen Bin, the commander-in-chief of Houjin Town, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The Ming army only controlled Puning County in this area.

The Ming army stationed troops in five towns in Puning and Jieyang to the north of Puning, which is already a rare large group. But their opponents, Su Li and Chen Bin, had an army of more than 10,000 people. Among them, Chen Bin's

It is still the garrison in Chaoyang County and the former Houjin Town, with only 1,500 soldiers and horses. He has not made any moves to expand the army this year. It is just to supplement the shortage and protect the country and the people. And the remaining ones,

Then all the troops were under Su Li's banner. This nominal Jieshi commander's military strength was far inferior to that of the admirals directly under the jurisdiction of the provinces of the Qing Dynasty.

The existence of Su Li was a huge threat to the Ming army in the direction of Puning, and the same was true for Chen Bin in Chaoyang. Apart from this, after Su Li encountered obstacles time and time again in Puning, it was not that he had no desire to garrison him.

Chaoyang's idea of ​​taking over was rejected by him again and again. He even sent people to Guangzhou to seek support from Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao on the grounds of preventing Su Li from becoming bigger.

On November 21st, Chen Bin left Chaoyang City and went to the former Dahao Village. This used to be the home of Zhang Li, the seven major bandits of Chaohai, but now it is just an ordinary village. Chen Bin arrived here as an invitation

After coming and entering the stockade, there were already people waiting in the house that originally belonged to Zhang Li. Chen Bin walked in, and in about an hour, he left the place and returned to Chaoyang County. However, what appeared on his face was that

The look of worry is worse than before, and I don't know when it is good or bad.

After returning to the county seat, Chen Bin did not go back to camp or home, but went to Chaoyang County Office. The magistrate of Chaoyang County was still the same Chang Yifeng. This person was the magistrate when Zheng Chenggong regained Chaoyang, and his official reputation was not bad.

So Zheng Chenggong didn't touch him. When Chen Bin rebelled, the magistrate who went from being an official in the Qing Dynasty to an official in the Ming Dynasty without any hesitation changed his family again and joined the Qing court along with Chen Bin.

Officials like him were the most common in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. When the intruders came, they surrendered to the intruders, and when the Qing Dynasty came, they surrendered to the Qing Dynasties. If the Ming army suddenly became angry, they would not hesitate to switch back to the Ming court.

After all, it is clear and clear that being an official is the most important thing. Otherwise, during those ten years of hard work and the clan's full support, how can these efforts be rewarded?

When I met Chang Yifeng, the county magistrate was still doing official business. Obviously, Chang Yifeng was a little surprised by Chen Bin's arrival, but Chen Bin always seemed to be insincere in what he said, and the two did not talk about Tai.

After a while, Chen Bin said goodbye and left, leaving Chang Yifeng a little confused.

After leaving the county government, Chen Bin returned to the camp. The former Houjin Town was now renamed Chaoyang Town. The generals and soldiers in the army also changed into the gray-blue horns of the green camp soldiers and shaved their hair.

He looked like a Qing army.

On the school field, the soldiers were still practicing step by step. However, in Chen Bin's eyes, they always felt weak. It was more about showing off than strengthening the muscle reactions. Even the officers were not satisfied with this.

Turn a deaf ear.

Such a scene, if it were a year ago, Chen Bin would definitely be furious. It would be novel to punish a few guys in public and let other officers and soldiers learn from it. But now, he is not willing to

Taking too much care, on the one hand, there are more important things in my heart, and on the other hand, it is the change of mentality - at the end of last year, Chen Bin chose to demote to Qing Dynasty. Although Houjin Town is full of local Chaozhou people, there are very few

He followed Zheng Chenggong from southern Fujian, but there were still many people fleeing. He didn't know what those who escaped and returned to the Ming army-controlled areas did, but those who stayed mostly talked about it.

Eating, even he has such thoughts. Since he is just eating, it is just a matter of turning a blind eye, so what else should he care about?

The once high-spirited Dabaoshang has now become much more decadent. This was only a year ago. Who could have imagined that he would be in such a situation today.

After patrolling the camp, Chen Bin did not live in the camp, so he went straight back to the mansion. Since he followed Zheng Chenggong, he has been promoted from a rural leader to a general military officer. The greatest influence is on the clan and family. The servants in the mansion

, he was a master, and he immediately bowed politely when he saw him. When he entered the inner courtyard, his wife and concubines had already come out to greet him. They were dressed in silk and satin, and were wearing jade rings. They already looked like the style of a wealthy family.

"The child has met his father."

The son's etiquette is so polite that he has obviously lost some of his Chen family's original stubbornness under the guidance of his husband and the women who know etiquette.

He loved this son the most. I remember that in Chenghai, he followed Huang Hairu to capture the county town, and was soon expelled by the local tycoon Yang Hu. Huang Hairu was defeated, but he carried only

The three-year-old son killed seven people in and seven out. Finally, he held a sharp ax in the city gate hole, killing people and slashing through the city gate, and then walked away, so majestic. It was precisely because of this bravery that he

It was only in Chaozhou that he gained such a great reputation. When Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai entered Chaozhou, they fell in love with him and rose to the position of chief military officer.

Chen Bin was proud of his martial prowess, and when he recalled those old things, his heart was still full of excitement. Everything he had now was achieved by his own courage, and he was always the most proud of it. Unexpectedly, today, seeing these blooming flowers again, he would always see them again.

Feeling a little awkward, he hastily checked his son's homework, had dinner in two, and then went directly back to his room to sleep.

All night long, he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. Chen Bin's mind was filled with the past few years, and scenes were playing in front of his eyes like a montage. Even if he closed his eyes, he couldn't stop it all.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that Chen Bin, who couldn't sleep at all, simply went back to the camp, summoned the clerk, wrote a letter for him, and sent someone to deliver it to Huilai County.
Chapter completed!