For example, Zhejiang has eight upper prefectures and three lower prefectures, and each province is divided into regions. As for Guangdong, Guangzhou has always been the center, Chaozhou to the east of Guangzhou, Huizhou to the east of Guangdong, and Zhaoqing and Luoding to the west of Guangdong.

It is the western part of Guangdong, and Gao Lian Lei Qiong is even further away. In addition, it is the northern part of Guangdong. According to the current administrative division, it is Shaozhou Prefecture, Nanxiong Prefecture and the northernmost part of Guangzhou Prefecture.

The three counties of Lianshan, Lianzhou and Yangshan form the shell of Guangzhou, a province like a helmet.

Originally, in order to enter Guangdong on a large scale, Fujian took the Fujian-Guangdong watershed, Huguang crossed Lianyang, Guangxi went down to the Xijiang River, and Jiangxi had to cross Meiling to go south. Nanxiong and Shaozhou are on the Meiling line, so they can get these two

With the land, we can directly attack Nankang Prefecture, and even the core of the southern Gansu region - Ganzhou Fucheng. Li Chengdong's two attacks on Jiangxi were both from this point.

In mid-May, Chen Kai returned to Hong Kong and rushed to Huizhou Prefecture without stopping. This place has always been the highlight of Huizhou Prefecture. There are large plains that can be used for farming. Otherwise, Huizhou Prefecture would not choose to be in such an unfavorable place.

The Fucheng was set up in the southwest corner of the reign.

After several months of guarding, Hao Shangjiu has established a firm foothold. Although there are local civil servants' offices and there are more prison camps and discipline supervisors in the army, these people have followed Chen Kai's orders and have nothing to do with Hao Shangjiu.

The control of the department is relatively loose, not as rigorous as the direct troops of the Zheng Group. I can't even call him emperor, but the little life has become more and more comfortable, especially since the newly acquired area is far richer.

Better than those remote places like Chengxiang, Xingning, and Changle, Hao Shangjiu was even more satisfied with his cooperation with Chen Kai.

When Chen Kai arrived at Huizhou Mansion, Hao Shangjiu had gone through several months of rest and reorganization, and the army had been fully recovered. Then, after only half an hour of secret discussion, Hao Shangjiu left the necessary city defense troops.

He stayed behind in the city and set out with Chen Kai with nearly three thousand other soldiers.

The target of this encounter was Changning County, which was originally assigned to Hao Shangjiu, but the latter never had the energy to launch an attack. It was the northwest of Huizhou Prefecture, but Chen Kai and Hao Shangjiu did not intend to detour to Heyuan County.

It went all the way north, passing through Longmen County in the northeast of Guangzhou Prefecture, and went straight to Changning County.

In this battle, it was not just Huizhou town that accompanied him. When Chen Kai went to Huizhou Fucheng, he also issued transfer orders to the Ming army in Conghua, Dongguan, Zengcheng, Xin'an and other counties, including Houchong Town, guarding Zhongzhen, and guarding Zuo

A large number of Ming troops rushed to Longmen County along the Zengjiang waterway and joined Zhongquan Town, which was stationed there.

The army gathered together and without wasting any time, they set off immediately and attacked Changning County. The Qing army's original Huizhou Town had been destroyed, and even the Qing army in Guangdong had nothing left. The only ones left in Changning County were some locals.

As soon as the Ming army showed up, the guards immediately cut off their braids and surrendered to the Ming army.

Changning County surrendered without a fight, and the army passed through the city and headed straight for Wengyuan County. At this time, the seat of Wengyuan County was not Jiuxian Town in later generations, but Wengcheng Town, north of Dingxi and west of Jiuxian Town.

The Ming army dispatched in large numbers, but the local Qing army naturally did not dare to intercept them and had to retreat to the city.

Wengyuan County was first built in the sixth year of Tomorrow Shun. Since then, many additions have been made in the past dynasties. At this time, it has an area of ​​467 feet and a height of 2 feet and 2 feet. It has three gates: Shihua in the east, Tongshao in the west, and Fumin in the south.

, the three gates are equipped with moon city and gate tower, and there is also a sub-city. There are 21 watchtowers and 423 string towers in the whole city. The moat is 20 feet deep and 10 feet wide. These are the main features of Chongzhen City.

It was renovated a year ago by the then magistrate Zhu Jingyun, so there is no problem of disrepair.

This city is already quite solid. However, there is no solid city, and the local green battalion is weak and has low morale. When nearly 20,000 Ming troops arrived directly at the city, the disparity in strength was too great, and almost no effort was expended.

The city was announced to have changed hands.

In the past, no matter how strong a fortress was without a steadfast defender, it was just like an empty shell. And where there were steadfast defenders, even the thoroughfares would become a mill of flesh and blood. Among the Qing army, the Green Camp was just the Eight Banners.

The vassals of the Ming Dynasty were able to frighten the local area with ease, and they were able to fight against the ordinary Ming army. However, when facing the Ming army that had just defeated the Eight Banners Army and the vassal soldiers not long ago, most of their courage was lost first.

, the numbers are still at an absolute disadvantage, and it is a matter of doubt whether this battle will be fought or not.

After capturing Wengyuan, the army rested for a while and then went down the river. Dengxi River flows from east to west and merges into a river called Zhenshui. This so-called Zhenshui is actually the Beijiang River that merges into the Pearl River.

This is how the river from Shaozhou Fucheng to Yingde is called.

Down the river is Yingde County, which is the southernmost city of Shaozhou Prefecture. Dingxi River and Huangshui River originating from Lianzhou merge into Zhenshui River here. The intersection of the three rivers, just like Wuzhou, has always been a transportation hub.

The location of the main road.

Chen Kai led the army directly towards Yingde County. The Shaozhou Green Camp, which had already low morale, also retreated into the city and did not dare to leave the city to intercept. The army crossed the river and surrounded the city. According to the intelligence, there was a mass gathering here.

There are thousands of green soldiers, which is several times stronger than the three or four hundred people in Wengyuan. However, this city is much inferior to Wengyuan. It is smaller in scale and the height of the city wall is not as high.

, In addition, defensive facilities such as watch towers, city gate towers, and moon cities are also missing many times. If it had not been repaired in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, I am afraid that the green camp would not even have the courage to retreat into the city.

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"Go, roar outside the city, and ask the green camp soldiers inside. It's gratifying that they can beat Geng Jimao but not Zhumala."

Yawning loudly, we drove from Huizhou Fucheng to Longmen County, then from Longmen County to Changning County, and then from Longmen County via Wengyuan to the foot of Yingde County. We didn't rest for a few days along the way.

There was not much fighting, and all the energy was spent on marching. For Chen Kai, it was really boring.

The words have been spoken, and the implication is very obvious - the Green Camp must think that they cannot defeat the feudal soldiers and the Eight Banners Army, but Chen Kai can confidently tell those guys: He! Beat! Can! Pass!

The knights of the Ming army rode straight to the city, raised their iron trumpets and shouted arrogantly at the Qing army at the top of the city. In response, the Qing army at the top of the city responded with indifference. Not only did they not reply, they even

The customary archery expulsion was not carried out. If it were not possible to see the Qing troops at the top of the city through binoculars, I would probably think that it was just an empty city.

After a while, Chen Kai's patience was almost exhausted. In the distance, the gate of Yingde County opened, and a group of green camp officers in the city and officials from the county lined up and left.

He came out and knelt down on the ground in the direction of the commander's flag of the Ming army.

"It would have been better to have done this earlier. It would have saved me so much saliva."

With a wave of his hand, Chen Yaoce, the chief guard of Zhongzhen, led his troops straight into the city. The officials and generals were escorted over. Chen Kai did not step forward to untie the ropes himself. He still just waved his hand, and the people below untied them. Then

, with a slightly arrogant tone, informed them that they could choose to submit to the Ming army or return to their hometown to live in seclusion, and escorted them away without giving them time to think.

"Send this letter to His Highness Prince Xining and hurry up."

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Chen Kai had written the letter a long time ago, and he was just waiting for Yingde County to get it before he could deliver it openly. From the beginning, he had no intention of relying on the public opinion of the people in Guangzhou to decide Li Dingguo's decision.

, not only because this is still a feudal society, and public opinion can decide very little, but more importantly, it is a pure political struggle. Chen Kai asks himself that he may not be the opponent of an official veteran like Guo Zhiqi.

If that's the case, why bother competing with others in areas where they are good at? It's obvious that using one's own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths is a very unwise choice. Chen Kai asked himself that he has never been a fool, since there is no need to fight in this area.

If you pass, then change the gameplay, change the battlefield, or just turn the table over and see whose trump card is stronger!

Chen Kai knew very well from the beginning that he was a civilian official, and the Western Guangdong Civilian Group was also a civilian official, but the biggest problem his opponents had was that they had weak control over the army. This was the result of the Guangdong Anti-Qing War for many years.

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In this aspect, he has a unique advantage - since the outsmarting of Chaozhou, Chen Kai has often fought on the front line with other generals, in the army, and in the minds of the officers and soldiers of the Zheng Group.

Among them, he is a commander who can absolutely be relied on, which is to say, he is slightly less qualified than Zheng Chenggong, but he is still more able to win the hearts of the army than others. In addition, most of the generals in Guangdong have old friendships with him.

Some of it is the friendship of fighting side by side, and some of it is the friendship from Zheng Hongkui's past. They are like arms and hands. This is no joke.

The army is his biggest advantage over the civil service group in western Guangdong. At this moment, he is relying on these advantages to prove to Li Dingguo that he has the ability to preserve the good situation of Guangdong Province and continue to regain lost ground. This point

, is what Li Dingguo values ​​most. Only by ensuring the stability of Guangdong can we have a solid rear after we go to Anlong to rescue him.

"Facts speak louder than words. No matter how many methods you have, as long as I capture Yingde County, it will be enough to overturn everything."

Across his official uniform, Chen Kai stroked a letter he had hidden close to his body. It was what he asked for from Zheng Chenggong. The content was nothing more than a letter from Zheng Chenggong in which he suggested to Li Dingguo that he recommend Chen Kai to the court as governor of Guangdong. This was his last letter home.

trump card, because it was impossible for Li Dingguo to ignore the opinions of Zheng Chenggong, his most important ally. But now it seems that it is no longer needed.

Recovering Yingde is not the end of this battle. Chen Kai's plan is to capture the capital of Shaozhou, ensuring that he can threaten the Qing court's Meiling defense line, so as to ensure the rear's control of Guangdong in the post-Li Dingguo era.

.As for going one step further and regaining southern Gansu, he still can't do it with his current strength, especially since that guy named Hong Chengchou is sitting in Changsha watching the storm.

The urgent report on military intelligence departed from Yingde County and did not go through Conghua County, which was controlled by the Zheng Group. Instead, it followed the Beijiang River, passed through Qingyuan County, and then went straight to the Li Dingguo Camp in the west of Guangzhou Fucheng.

When the letter was delivered, Li Dingguo held it in his hands and praised it. When the letter came into Guo Zhiqi's hands, the supervisor quickly read the full text. He was very clear about Chen Kai's plan and intentions. Once he understood this, Guo Zhiqi immediately realized

By the time his defeat was determined, he raised his head again, with an expression of excitement that was the same as Li Dingguo's.

"Chen Jingcheng is indeed a man with a great reputation. With such a figure in the country, there is hope for ZTE."

As he spoke, Guo Zhiqi's face also showed some relief. Seeing this scene in Li Dingguo's eyes, he was even more impressed by the broadmindedness of the Grand Master in front of him, and he echoed Guo Zhiqi's sigh.

"Originally, I planned to ask the imperial court to add Lian Rubai as governor of Guangdong, which would be regarded as restoring the ancestral system. But now it seems that Chen Jingcheng has entered Shaozhou Prefecture. I thought that for food and salary, we still have to use the Beijiang waterway.

, so that the army on the front line can ensure food and clothing without worries. So I think it is better to inform the emperor and change the governor of Chen Kai, Zhangquan, Chaohui and the Fourth Prefecture to the governor of Guangdong, so that it can be justified. "

"What the Superintendent said happened to be the same thing as me."

Chen Kai proved his strength, and it also proved that he was by no means a villain who only stared at his own people. As far as Li Dingguo was concerned, Chen Kai devoted himself to regaining the lost territory after returning from South Australia. Obviously, he had earlier focused on regaining lost territory.

Regarding the Guangzhou petition wave, he misunderstood Chen Kai. After all, in terms of time, Chen Kai had absolutely no time to organize these two major events at the same time.

This time, Chen Kai regained the three counties of Changning, Wengyuan, and Yingde. Guangzhou now has greater strategic depth and is relatively safer. What's more, Chen Kai's offensive has not stopped;

After regaining Yingde, he continued to launch an attack to the north. According to Chen Kai, Shaozhou Fucheng was a battleground, but he would not continue to attack the southern Jiangxi area, so as not to involve too much energy and prevent Li Dingguo from setting off to rescue him.

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Following Guo Zhiqi's statement, Li Dingguo made his thoughts clear. As a result, Li Dingguo sent someone to invite Jin Weixin, who ghostwrote the two of them, and directly wrote a memorial and sent it to Anlong Xingzai.

"Building the plank road openly and secretly attacking Chen Cang, killing two birds with one stone at the same time, Chen Kai, Chen Kai, what a good trick."

After leaving Li Dingguo's tent, Guo Zhiqi got on the carriage heading for Zhaoqing. From the moment he confirmed the news that Chen Kai had regained Yingde County, he saw everything clearly. Just as he said to Li Dingguo,

The defense of Shaozhou Prefecture is bound to ensure the control of Beijiang. If Chen Kai takes the initiative, Li Dingguo will definitely divide all the areas including Guangzhou Fucheng, Qingyuan County, and Sanshui County to Chen Kai, because only in this way can he ensure that Ming Dynasty

The military supplies and personnel transportation in Shaozhou Prefecture. And if Guangzhou is controlled by them, both Li Dingguo and Chen Kai will doubt whether they have the possibility of cutting off the food route.

Guo Zhiqi doesn't care whether it will lead to a more intense political struggle, but he has never been a figure like He Tengjiao who corrupts national affairs for his own selfish interests.

Chen Kai is in Xinhui, and he can tolerate each other for the sake of the country, and this time he knows best that if Chen Kai does not capture Shaozhou Prefecture, then the Ming Army in Western Guangdong and Chen Kai will join forces to guard Qingyuan and Conghua. They need

The defensive responsibilities will be much less. But now, since Chen Kai controls Shaozhou Prefecture, assuming they squeeze Chen Kai away again, once the Qing army goes south, he will be able to rely on those Ming troops in western Guangdong.

It will be difficult to defend Guangzhou. The overall situation of Guangdong will be damaged by then, and it is likely that all the efforts over the years will be wasted.
Chapter completed!