Everything is just the beginning. Everything needs to be done bit by bit, just like when they took the imperial examination, they always had to start literacy from three hundred thousand, and gradually understood this knowledge from "The Analects of Confucius"

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After completing the initiation ceremony, Zou Nan and the others gave lectures for a few more days, or brainwashed them for a few more days. This group of new members has completed this stage of work. Next, they will return to their hometown to lurk for a while.

, came back to listen to the class, and started to form a mutual aid group, which expanded like a snowball.

Before leaving, a member from Yongxin County in the west of Ji'an Prefecture told Zou Nan about something. He said that the Qing government's campaign against the Luo Xiaoshan rebels seemed to be intensifying.

More and more people were coming. It seemed that even the Green Camp soldiers who passed by them the day before yesterday were probably heading there.

"Liu Jing's one?"

"Exactly."

After the great victory in Guilin in the sixth year of Yongli, facing the main force of Nikkan's Eight Banners Army, Sun Kewang transferred Li Dingguo north to the south of Huguang. During this period, the anti-Qing armed forces led by Liu Jing and Li Wenbin, who were active in the Luoxiao Mountains on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, were greatly encouraged.

, they held high the banner of restoration of the Ming Dynasty and called on the local people to regain their lost land; on the other hand, they contacted Li Dingguo and requested to send troops for support.

At that time, it was just before and after the Hengyang victory, and Li Dingguo had no time to take care of it, but he also sent his generals Zhang Sheng and Gao Bigui to lead a small number of troops to cooperate with the Luo Xiaoshan anti-Qing rebel army in attacking Ji'an Prefecture in Jiangxi.

After Jin Shenghuan's failure, the Qing government concentrated its elite troops in Fucheng, Jiujiang and Nangan. Jiangxi Tibiao, Jiujiang Zhenbiao and Nangan Zhenbiao had strong troops in these three places, each numbering 5,000.

The combat effectiveness is strong. In other places, not only the troops are only used to maintain local security, but the combat effectiveness can only be regarded as second-line troops. Therefore, even if only a small number of the Southwest Ming Army entered Jiangxi, under the guidance of the local rebels, in a short period of time

Within ten days, they attacked Anfu, Yongxin, Yongning, and Longquan counties, captured and killed Anfu guerrilla Zhang Zengxian, swept across the entire western part of Ji'an Prefecture, and launched a siege on Ji'an Prefecture.

However, because Li Dingguo was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Nikan, the main force of the army was unable to take advantage of the victory and enter Jiangxi. First, Li Wenbin was defeated and captured, and then after Li Dingguo transferred his troops and horses, Liu Jing could not withstand the Qing army's counterattack.

, the four recovered counties fell to the enemy again, and the rebel army returned to the place of departure.

In the original history, Liu Jing should have died in battle in July last year. However, in recent years, Chen Kai repeatedly defeated the Qing army in Guangdong, which put enough pressure on the Qing army in Guangdong. Especially against Jingnan Fan, Dongguan and Huizhou.

The Green Camp soldiers dealt a heavy blow and the Qing army suffered too many losses, so they could only transfer Green Camp soldiers from southern Gansu and Jiangxi to the south to replenish them as soon as possible to prevent the Ming army from taking advantage of the situation.

Troops were constantly mobilized. Although some troops returned to the defense areas in Jiangxi and Southern Jiangxi after the arrival of the northern green battalion that followed, the rhythm of the Qing army's encirclement and suppression of the anti-Qing rebels in Luoxiao Mountain was completely disrupted. Liu Jing several times

The escape was successful, but the Qing army had too few troops to do anything against him. But now, the Qing army seems to have slowed down a bit and is ready to pull out this thorn in the flesh.

"Sir, he said that in latent work, especially for those like us who want to play a long-term role behind enemy lines, protecting yourself is the first priority. It is also good to give them some support while protecting yourself. After all, Liu Jing and those like

People are also heroes who kill Tatars.”

Speaking of which, this member had a cooperative relationship with Li Wenbin when he was in Liu Jing and swept the western part of Ji'an Prefecture. Chen Kai's Tiandi Society in Jiangxi did not have unified management, but people like Zou Nan, who studied under Chen Kai, returned to

Jiangxi Hou is also vigorously developing members, and it is quite prestigious among local members. At this moment, Zou Nan agreed, and the member had a backbone, and he quickly left and returned to Yongxin County to try to help him.

Members of the Tiandihui formed mutual aid associations at the grassroots level in Jiangxi's towns and villages. This was a layout that Chen Kai had already set back then. However, it was still in the early stages of development, and Chen Kai did not teach all the arrangements in full. He just asked them to work in the Qing court

It is not difficult for them to establish grassroots organizations in the controlled areas because of their status as scholars.

In Chaozhou, spring plowing has begun. Compared with previous years, many people are planting more rice this year and are also involved in fish farming. It is better to arrange their time more fully. Others have begun to plant a kind of rice.

The high-yield crop called sweet potato is not new to Chaozhou, it just hasn’t become popular yet.

The countryside is in full swing, but the people in Guangzhou are still the same as before, and some of them even go to Chaozhou people to work part-time. Their original technical experience in rice field fish farming has benefited many Chaozhou people.

In addition, it is true that a large proportion of the people have not yet accepted these new things and are still farming and producing according to traditional habits, but Chen Kai does not care about this.

This is only used to enhance local crop production and fish breeding. Youdao is that low grain prices hurt farmers, not that farmers will benefit from high grain output. With the current scale, price fluctuations will not be too much

Huge and gradual growth, along with the increase in population and the upcoming expansion of control areas, it is natural to still focus on stability at this stage. After all, this world has never suffered from scarcity but inequality, and has never suffered from poverty but insecurity.

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At nightfall, the sound of crackling raindrops resounded throughout the land, and naturally also played in the governor's office. It rained heavily like a waterfall outside. Standing at the door, Chen Kai looked at the noise in the courtyard, and several potted plants were beaten to pieces.

Trembling wildly, he actually had a smile that felt like he was getting what he wanted.

"Spring rain is as precious as oil, and it is always a good thing for crop production."

Agriculture is the foundation of all industries, especially for such an agricultural society. As a senior official in charge of military and political affairs, Chen Kai is naturally indispensable for intrigues, but what is truly related to the national economy and people's livelihood is the most important thing.

, and it is also the one that needs his most devoted efforts.

"Husband, are you thinking about Chunyu?"

"yes."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Zheng Xiyuan approaching. Chen Kai turned around and hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, muttering words like "wind cold" and "rain cold" in his mouth. He was really afraid that Zheng Xiyuan would get sick from the rain.

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"Where is your mother-in-law?"

"The mother has already begun to prepare the child's little clothes."

With a face full of happiness, Chen Kai unconsciously touched his belly and smiled sweetly. The brilliance of motherhood in it made Chen Kai feel a little crazy for a while.

When they first met, Chen Kai remembered that he once regarded the beauty in front of him as a child, but now he is a mother. After all, it has been many years since he came to this era, and he has overcome many obstacles along the way and has done a lot of things.

There are many situations that can be reversed, but the size of the Qing court is too huge. He followed Zheng Chenggong all the way when he first started. Victory after victory allowed them to retain the control area of ​​​​Chaozhou and encroach on the Qing court step by step.

control area.

However, this is still not enough. If he wants to complete the reversal of the future, he must do something big and really roll the snowball. Even if the Cantonese and Fujian people who make up the vast majority under his command may not have the ability at all.

I've seen it really snowball, but the principle is the same.

"This year is a big year. For Nanming, it may not be as good as the past six years of Yongli, but for me, it is probably the most important year in my life!"

As I think about it, I turn my head and look far into the distance - in the west and in the east.

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In February of the eighth year of Yongli Dynasty, the troops of Xining King Li Dingguo, who had accumulated strength in Guangxi for more than half a year, went out again. Tens of thousands of troops equipped with elephants and cannons set out from Liuzhou, went south to Hengzhou, and attacked Lianzhou Prefecture via Lingshan in Guangdong.

Guo Hu, the commander-in-chief of Qinglian Prefecture, was a veteran general in Nangan Town. However, once he encountered Li Dingguo's army, Guo Hu did not hesitate to turn in with his troops. He could almost be described as fleeing upon hearing the news.

After passing Lianzhou Prefecture, the army went straight to Gaozhou Prefecture without any pause. Boxingbo Zhang Yue, who was assisting in guarding Gaozhou, together with Chen Wu, the deputy general of King Pingnan, and Li Zhizhen supervised the troops to Qingtou Camp in Shicheng to guard it, but were defeated by the Ming army.

Li Zhizhen fled to Dianbai County, Zhang Yue sent an envoy to welcome him, Chen Wu was hacked to death, and Gaozhou was occupied by the Ming army. Immediately after learning that Lianzhou Prefecture and Gaozhou Prefecture had fallen one after another, Leizhou's general army marched north to Li Dingguo.

The army in the south was still threatened by the Qiongzhou Ming Army, so they simply changed their gates.

On the third day of March, Li Dingguo arrived in Gaozhou Prefecture in person. Under the supervision of Liang Mingwang, the great scholar Guo Zhiqi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lian Chengbi, Gao Lian, Lei Qiong, the governor of the fourth government, Zhang Xiaoqi and others, they all launched their own troops.

They raised troops from the base area and cooperated with Li Dingguo's troops to launch attacks on the Qing troops in various places. The momentum was like a wave, and one wave after another threatened to submerge the entire Guangdong.

After the Battle of Gaozhou, the Qing army did not dare to fight again. Shang Kexi did not hesitate to order the Qing troops in various places to shrink their forces and withdraw all the vassal soldiers from Pingnan and Jingnan vassals as well as the elite troops such as Du Biao and Fu Biao, in order to

Consolidate the military defense centered on Guangzhou, and Pegasus ask the Qing court for help.

However, it takes a lot of time to go from Guangdong in southern China to Beijing, and then Beijing orders reinforcements to the nearest troops, and often it is more time-consuming than urgent. Just like last year's Battle of Zhaoqing, Shang and Geng urgently called for help, and the three Ming armies

The attack was defeated in April, but it was not until May that the Qing government ordered the Manchu troops garrisoned in Jiangning to come to help. When they arrived in Guangdong, they were only able to clean up the mess. If Li Dingguo hadn't underestimated the enemy and was short of food and grass, Shang would have risked his life.

Kamu might not even have a chance to come and collect the bodies of the two vassals.

The Qing army retreated to defend the core area of ​​the province. Encouraged by Li Dingguo's entry into Guangdong, all Ming armies in western Guangdong came out to cooperate with Li Dingguo's vanguard to continue attacking eastward.

Speaking of which, Li Dingguo's first attack on Guangdong was at Zhaoqing, the gateway to the west of Guangzhou, but his second attack was at Xinhui, behind the southwest gate of Guangzhou, and the route he took was completely different.

The doorway here is simple to say. In the first battle of Zhaoqing, Li Dingguo went south from Yongzhou Prefecture in the south of Huguang, followed the waterway, passed through Pingle and Wuzhou, and then directly attacked Zhaoqing. And between Zhaoqing and Guangzhou

During this period, the Qing army had almost no danger of defending.

But the second time, this time, through the contacts between Lin Qingyang, Zhou Guan, Cheng Bangjun and other officials, Li Dingguo and the Yongli court formally reached a cooperation intention. As a peripheral organization of the Yongli court, the supervising scholar Guo Zhiqi and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Liancheng Bi

Naturally, they would do their best to urge the Ming armies in western Guangdong to cooperate with Li Dingguo in the battle.

And this is the reason why during the last battle of Xinhui, Wang Xing, Chen Qice, and Li Changrong, who were closer to Zhaoqing by water, the Ming army never sent troops!

This time, with the assistance of the Ming troops in western Guangdong and other local snakes, Li Dingguo's vanguard troops knew the terrain very well. In addition, the Qing army had already retreated, and the army seemed to be in uninhabited territory, moving all the way along the coast of western Guangdong.

Heading east, after joining Wang Xing's troops, the sword pointed directly at Xinhui County.

However, under this great situation, Li Dingguo unfortunately fell ill and was unable to go on the expedition. He had to stay in Gaozhou Prefecture to recuperate and wait for his illness to recover before he could officially go on the expedition.

The main town hall of Gaozhou Prefecture is where Li Dingguo's Xining King's palace is located. Since the Ming army captured this place, the buildings and layout have hardly changed much, except for the busy figures of Li Dingguo's staff.

"Your Highness, this is the number of door panels collected from various places so far. Please take a look."

Not to mention food, the same goes for military shoes. Iron can be used to make weapons, and lead can be used to make lead bullets. These are all included in the collection. Door panels can also serve as shields, so they cannot be missed. Especially this time Li Dingguo

If you are determined to accomplish your goal in one battle, you must be prepared to make sure nothing goes wrong.

"Ahem, let's put it here first."

Holding a handkerchief in one hand, Li Dingguo covered his mouth and coughed. At the same time, he refused to waste any time and seized all the time to review the battle reports and reports, down to the smallest detail.

"Thank you sir."

"Don't dare, this is what students should do."

Although he was a bandit, Li Dingguo was full of loyalty and respected scholars like them. All this was seen in the eyes of his staff, and he believed in what the civil servants and staff in Li Dingguo's cabinet privately commented - this

Although the King of Xining was the adopted son of the traitor Zhang Xianzhong, he must have been forced to become a thief back then, and he would definitely become a good general for the Ming Dynasty in the future. Therefore, they also worked harder to raise military supplies for Li Dingguo and contacted local gentry, so that this army

It took an army of 40,000 to 50,000 people to cut off food and grass at the rear base, and only half of Guangxi could support it for such a long time.

"Your Highness, for the sake of national affairs, you should take care of your body."

"Sir, what you said makes sense. After reading these newly sent military information, I went to rest, ahem."
To be continued...