Chapter 75: Cooking Oil on Fire (Part 1)
Yang Minggao was defeated by Zheng Chenggong, and the news that Fujian Tibiao's army was almost completely annihilated spread quickly throughout southern Fujian. In the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Yaoce, an old general of the Zheng family who was assisting in guarding Zhangpu, sent his cronies to the Zhongzuo Suo, asking for help anyway, and promised to respond internally. On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month,
Fifth, Zheng Chenggong led his army into Jiuzhen Port and headed straight to Zhangpu County. Chen Yao opened the city to welcome Rong Banner and Zhangpu was restored.
At that time, Yang Shide, the deputy general of Zhangpu, was frightened and committed suicide in the river. He rescued Huang An, the general manager of Rongqi Town, and met Zheng Chenggong. Just like how he treated Yao Guotai, Zheng Chenggong rewarded him for his loyalty, ordered military doctors to treat him properly, and sent troops to protect him.
At the same time, Fan Jinxiang, the magistrate of Zhangpu County, went to the army gate to surrender and was treated kindly. He appointed Lin Qichang, a member of the army, to come to the county affairs, and appointed Chen Yaoce to bear the seal of Ningnan General to take charge of guarding Zhongzhen and guarding Zhangpu.
Zhangpu County is an important town in the south of Zhangzhou Prefecture. When Wang Qi paid, Zheng Chenggong had the opportunity to take it into his pocket. However, the Qing army was well prepared and the Qing army in Fujian was strong. If the sneak attack failed, he had to give up. But now
, the balance of power between the enemy and ourselves in Fujian has shown signs of reversal, the Qing army was frightened, Zhangpu County was so easily obtained by the Ming army, and the Qing army in Zhangzhou Prefecture did not even dare to let go. Immediately, Zheng Chenggong sent the right vanguard town general
Military officer Huang Tingdu escorted Zuozhen and Zhongquan Town and turned to the northwest, and regained Pinghe County without any effort.
Zhangpu, Pinghe and Zhao'an County, which had been recovered by the Ming army earlier, constituted the southern region of Zhangzhou Prefecture. With the comprehensive recovery of these three counties, the Ming army continued to attack Zhao'an County and Chaozhou Prefecture in Zhangzhou Prefecture.
Raoping County also became the hinterland and no longer bordered the Qing army. Zheng Chenggong immediately transferred Yu Kuan, who was originally guarding Zhao'an County and Tongshan County, to guard Pinghe County, while Guo Taize, who was originally stationed in Raoping County, led his troops.
Go to Chaozhou Fucheng and wait for Chen Kai's orders.
On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, Zheng Chenggong returned to the Zhongzuo Institute and returned to his home. He then received a report from Chen Kai about the extermination of Su Li. Zheng Chenggong knew what this meant. With this head, Chaozhou's internal turmoil
This can be temporarily deterred, and in this way, Chen Kai will have more time to solve Chaozhou's current predicament.
At the same time as receiving the victory, Zheng Chenggong also received Chen Kai's plan to solve the dispute between natives and foreigners. Speaking of which, this method relies entirely on Chen Kai's huge personal prestige. It would not have been possible if it had been done by someone else, or even by him.
It can be done. This is almost impossible to replicate, especially the three-year period, which is really not long. Assuming that Guangzhou cannot be recovered within three years, then the crisis of trust will cause the pressure to explode exponentially. If you want to appease Guangzhou,
, it is by no means an easy task.
"I hope I'm thinking too negatively."
After the battle of Xiaoyingling, the situation of the Ming army in southern Fujian has been opened up. Chen Yaoce's attack is just the beginning. In the following days, as the panic of the Fujian government and the green camp becomes more and more serious, there will naturally be more and more powerful people.
It is conducive to the development of the Ming army. During this period, Zheng Chenggong did not mind doing things to add fuel to the flames and speed up the process.
Thinking of this, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but recall the fall of Chengxiang and the outbreak of the Tu-Ke dispute. At that time, Chen Kai had not come back yet. The battle of Xiaoyingling that he had originally planned had to be abandoned after careful consideration. All previous efforts were about to be wasted.
, If Chen Kai had not come back, if this trustworthy companion had not advocated and shouldered the heavy burden and responsibility of Chaozhou without hesitation, there would not have been this great victory and the great situation in southern Fujian.
Southern Fujian, as the name suggests, is naturally the southern part of the province of Fujian. But this is not the end of the world, it is connected to eastern Guangdong. Although eastern Guangdong is now controlled by the Ming army, it is facing internal and external troubles. Once it collapses, everything he has in southern Fujian will
All efforts will be in vain.
But now, with Chen Kai in Chaozhou, he can concentrate on fighting the Qing army on the battlefield in southern Fujian. He can do whatever he wants with the Qing army. Now that the southern part of Zhangzhou Prefecture has been fully recovered, the next step is to
It is Haicheng County, and even Zhangzhou Prefecture. Once these core areas of Zhangzhou Prefecture are captured, the army does not need to rush north to regain the counties in the northern part of Zhangzhou Prefecture. It can directly sweep Quanzhou and then seize Fuzhou. The land of Fujian will definitely be like heaven and earth.
Change the situation.
The situation is great. Zheng Chenggong naturally fully supports Chen Kai's proposition, because this is not only supporting Chen Kai, but also supporting himself. The two of them are standing on the same front, facing each other back to back.
The extremely vicious Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Zheng Chenggong did not intend to express any objections or even any thoughts about Chen Kai's plan. He trusted Chen Kai, and Chen Kai trusted him, which was enough. In comparison, it was something that Chen Kai had predicted earlier.
Things are becoming more important now.
Not long ago, when Chen Kai came back, he brought back some of Lu Jianguo's troops, and believed that Lu Jianguo would soon come to defect. Due to the dispute between Tang and Lu, Zheng Chenggong was not very optimistic about this estimate, but with
Chen Kai's words inevitably brought up some thoughts in his mind.
As expected by Chen Kai, Lu Jian Guochao finally entered Zheng Chenggong's territory Haitan Island in desperation. Pan Gengzhong, another mastermind behind Zheng Chenggong's plot who had grown up in the past few years, thought that he could use Emperor Longwu to
In order to meet the King of Lu, Pan Gengzhong and another useful soldier, Feng Chengshi, said that they could use this to avoid etiquette issues.
To absorb the Ming troops brought by King Lu, such as Zhang Mingzhen, Zhou Hezhi, and Ruan Jun's troops, they are all the elite of the Zhejiang Ming army. Apart from that, at least their naval combat capabilities will be too poor.
This was also Chen Kai's opinion before departure. The only difference was that Chen Kai did not mention anything about etiquette. He was probably too hasty.
After discussing with these two confidants, Zheng Chenggong sent someone to invite King Lu and his party to come to Zhongzuo Station for a while. According to the time, they should be able to arrive on the first or second day of the first lunar month.
There were still a few days left, and Zheng Chenggong planned to take a rest and wait until the Spring Festival before setting off to go on an expedition to completely overthrow the Qing government's rule in southern Fujian. At this time, Feng Chengshi sent two pieces of advice, which Zheng Chenggong read carefully.
, I was also overjoyed. However, one of them didn't seem like much at first glance, but it seemed that Chen Kai had talked about some things about Japan before, which seemed a bit questionable.
Chapter completed!