Sure enough, just two days later, Chen Kai received Zheng Chenggong's news about the great victory.

A surprise attack was launched on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, breaking through three lines of defense of the Qing army in two days. Then, in less than an hour, more than 30,000 Qing troops were defeated, nearly 6,000 beheaded, and 12,000 prisoners captured. Among them, the beheaded

Most of them were from the Eight Banners Army, and they even killed a large number of senior officers of the Eight Banners Army, including Gushan Ezhen Ashangge. What was even more exaggerated was the total annihilation of the three armored white-armored soldiers, and the capture of

Most of them are the Eight Banners Army of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, rather than the Han Army Banner whose military strength is much larger than the former. In terms of gold content, even the four battles and four victories he and Li Dingguo achieved in Guangzhou pale in comparison!

Compared with such a brilliant victory, the Ming army's casualties were minimal. Less than 800 were killed in battle, and there were more injuries, but most of them were minor injuries such as arrow wounds, bruises, and flesh wounds. Compared with

The losses of the Qing army can be described as negligible.

With such a battle loss ratio, coupled with such a short fighting time, if the victory report had not mentioned the details of the troops of both warring parties in the first half of the victory report, it would probably be mistaken for a battle between official troops and rogue bandits.

But after seeing the details of the battle described by Zheng Chenggong, Chen Kai felt reassured and couldn't help crying at the same time.

"Since the first year of Yongli, haven't I spent a lot of energy on weapons manufacturing just to see that one day the Ming army can ravage the Eight Banners Army with its superior weapons and equipment!"

Yes, the enhanced version of the national surname bottle, the enhanced version of the Iron Man Army, as well as those helmets and armors forged by water-powered machinery, and spears and blades. With the creation of Zheng Chenggong in history, with the copying of Chen Kai today, and

In recent years, Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong have continuously improved. In the hands of Zheng Chenggong, these sharp weapons bloomed on the Eight Banners Army with the most shocking effect, beating the Eight Banners Army into bloom.

Let's not talk about other things, just talk about the Iron Man Army. The Qing army's delusional plan to rely on thousands of cavalry without even horse armor to overwhelm the Iron Man Army that was waiting for them, and then take the head of the Ming army commander, can only be described as wishful thinking.

.Unless we, the Qing Dynasty, can replicate 3,000 Chia Shaobao from "The Deer and the Cauldron" and charge into battle together, otherwise even 3,000 Gualja Obai will still be chopped into pieces by the Iron Man Army.

As Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said, I can equal ten to one, and there is no one else but a strong and powerful soldier!

"As expected of Zheng Chenggong. When we met, QWER was on fire. He greeted Jidu in one breath and refused to even tie A."

After slandering Zheng Chenggong for not taking advantage of the Lumi Gun's range advantage, Chen Kai couldn't help but laugh. Indeed, if the Qing army was suppressed by the Rumi Gun's range advantage first, he would have endured a certain amount of psychological pressure.

, with a certain degree of preparation, the shocking effect of the rain of grenades may not be as shocking as it is now. He has also commanded the army for many years, so he naturally understands that if he wants to crush his opponent's will to fight, he must either let him down step by step.

To feel the ultimate despair, one must either tear off that nerve at once. Since Zheng Chenggong chose the latter, any foreshadowing would be redundant.

Zheng Chenggong's tactics suppressed the Eight Banners Army in the first place, thereby establishing the Ming Army's advantage on the main battlefield and even its victory. As for his true self, he is more like a cavalryman who has an absolute advantage for the Qing Army.

The bait prepared was a bait that was too sweet and tempting to refuse. And the Iron Man Army was exactly the fishhook embedded with sharp barbs hidden under the bait!

The victory of a great victory lies in the combination of the advantages of weapons and equipment and the proper use of tactics. Although, according to Zheng Chenggong, there should be room for improvement, but there is no such thing as perfection in this world. If you can win,

Will suffice.

"I don't know how many war horses Zheng Chenggong captured. In the future Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, cavalry of the current size will inevitably be subject to greater strategic and tactical constraints."

There should be no large-scale wars on the battlefield in Zhejiang for the time being, so Chen Kai's thoughts naturally extended to the future Northern Expedition.

Since ancient times, there was only one Zhu Yuanzhang who started his career in the south and unified the world through the Northern Expedition. Even if he was as heroic as Liu Jinu, in the end his achievements were incomplete.

All in all, Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition has only been more than 200 years ago, and his opponent is no longer as violent as Meng Yuan. There is only a core barbarian with a population of less than 50,000. However, this opponent is far more cunning and better at controlling than Meng Yuan.

The vassals, even though they are declining in the southeast, still cannot be underestimated.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition was not purely about infantry fighting against cavalry, as was rumored by later generations. The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty conquered the world with cavalry, so there were also a large number of horse farms in the south. The Ming Dynasty took advantage of the situation in the process of expansion, although in

They were still far from being able to compare with the Meng Yuan in terms of numbers, but they were still very determined. Zhu Yuanzhang also had many generals who were good at using cavalry, such as Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Lan Yu, Fu Youde and others, who were even better at using cavalry.

Even many generals of the Yuan army were far behind.

Nowadays, not to mention cavalry, but only war horses. The horse administration of the Ming Dynasty has been neglected for a long time, and the ratio of war horses to the green camps in the south of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties is also very low. At this stage, the largest horse breeding land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is on the east bank of West Lake in Hangzhou

, it was just the place where the Eight Banners garrisoned their horses in Hangzhou. The Ming cavalry could reach its current scale only because of the capture and Qing army. Anyway, it was really a drop in the bucket.

Of course, the number of cavalry is not the key to victory or defeat. However, in the great plains of the north, the advantage of cavalry is much greater than that of the south where the water network is crisscrossed. He did not want to give the Manchus any chance to make a comeback.

"Perhaps, we can buy war horses in bulk from European maritime merchants, or buy some stallions and cross them with local horses. Yes, don't they like silk? It is not impossible to consider a silk-for-war horse plan.

Anyway, there is plenty of silk in Shunde!"

After receiving the good news, Chen Kai was filled with an attitude of revolutionary optimism. This was not only due to the victory, but more importantly, because this victory was planned by him and Zheng Chenggong for a long time, and it was the result of the seeds they planted.

Starting from a seed, it blossoms and bears fruit after careful cultivation day after day.

According to his and Zheng Chenggong's predictions, the current battle situation is just like an enlarged version of the seventh and eighth years of Yongli. At that time, the Qing army needed to confront Li Dingguo who invaded Guangdong and Sun Kewang who invaded Huguang on the western front.

, so they tried their best to appease Zheng Chenggong in Fujian. But now, the appeasement trick is definitely not dare to play again until death, so there is a strategic layout of attacking from the west and defending from the east.

With this understanding, the Qing court will definitely focus on Chen Kai, because the Fujian-Guangdong counterattack in the eighth year of Yongli's reign, the cover-up of Li Dingguo's entry into Yunnan by recapturing southern Jiangxi in the tenth year of Yongli's reign, and Zheng Chenggong's layout in Zhejiang are all these.

Chen Kai's strategic planning opened the situation. According to inertial thinking, the Qing court must have determined that Chen Kai would take the lead this time. After defeating the current opponents - Ji'an's Green Camp Group and Wuzhou's Dingnan Fan, the Ming army took advantage of the situation.

Assisted by defensive counterattacks in the southwest and reconquering lost territory in the southeast.

This is determined by Chen Kai's geographical location. What's more important is that this is not the first time he has done this kind of work and he is already familiar with it. Therefore, when the news of his raid on Jianchang Mansion spreads, the Qing army will definitely take it.

All attention is on him.

In this way, if Hong Chengchou sends troops to Jiangxi, Li Dingguo's pressure in the southwest will be greatly reduced; Jidu will divide his troops to defend Guangxin Mansion to prevent the Ming army from forming a strategic encirclement, and its own military strength will also be weakened. Let's not mention Li Dingguo for the moment, but in the southeast battlefield

, Based on this, coupled with the Ming army's attack on Longyou, Jidu's military strength will inevitably be greatly weakened in the process of continuous division of troops. Zheng Chenggong can rush out of Xianxia Pass at this moment and eliminate Quzhou in one fell swoop.

The heavy-armed group even opened up the situation in Zhejiang as a whole.

To put it bluntly, the Manchus still looked down on the Ming Dynasty too much. The Ming Dynasty today is not the time when the Qing army entered the pass. Today’s Ming Dynasty has peerless generals like Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong!

Let’s not talk about Li Dingguo here, just talk about Zheng Chenggong. In the great victory of Zhenjiang in the same year in history, the man with the surname of Guo relied on the iron man army to defeat the cavalry with infantry and almost completely annihilated the four right-wing banners of Jiangning in Jiangnan and the Han army stationed in Jiangnan. Next

The Xiamen Hai Dajie greatly weakened the two white flags, so that Suksaha was completely defeated by Obai in the subsequent political struggle.

Today, the background board has just been replaced with a yellow flag and two blue flags. As for Jidu, who took the blame for others, there is actually nothing to complain about, because in history, he was also defeated by Zheng Chenggong, so that

Because of the loss of troops and generals, he was eventually hidden by the Qing government and never used again.

Today's Ming Dynasty has peerless famous generals, battle-hardened troops, and a better strategic environment than in history. Although it is still at a disadvantage overall, with a little leverage, they can show their talents.

"I may not be able to pry up the earth, but I, Chen Kai, am determined to stir up the current war situation and muddy this stagnant water!"

Chen Kai's trust in them was just as much as their trust in Chen Kai. Of course, during this period, variables were inevitably inevitable. For example, the recent return of Gadahun to the east and Huang Wu's departure from Yongfeng County.

It did make him sweat a lot. But in the end, he was still moving forward with the general trend.

As for Tong Guoqi, it was an unexpected surprise. Originally, Chen Kai's plan was to personally enter Guangxin Mansion and force Jidu to divide his troops. However, after capturing the uncle of Tang Guo, his mind became active-simple Shi

Pressure is far less effective than giving Jidu the hope of "having the opportunity to hold Guangxin Mansion independently" to mobilize the young prince's subjective initiative. Moreover, if too much force is used, the other Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangsu and Zhejiang may also be destroyed.

Recruiting the army too early actually lost the core purpose of weakening the Quzhou Heavy Army Group.

But with a defeated general like Tong Guoqi, he did not need to go to Guangxin Mansion in person to gauge the situation. While posing to show off his power on the battlefield in Jiangxi, he relied on his generals to continuously increase troops and continuously weaken the local Qing army.

and the strength of reinforcements. In this way, Jidu can be easily induced to follow his baton.

Ji Du never expected that after Tong Guoqi escaped from prison, it would be the last straw that broke his camel's back - as long as Fujian Green Camp is still there, as long as the "extraordinarily resourceful" Tong Guoqi is still there, as long as he can

The sense of luck that keeps Guangxin Mansion still exists. This sense of luck will be like a drug, making it difficult to quit and eventually leading to destruction.

As for whether that straw will turn against the enemy, Chen Kai believes that based on the basic moral level of feudal bureaucrats and based on what his uncle-in-law did in Fujian and Jiangxi, a refined egoist’s judgment will not

Something is wrong.

In that era of information explosion, Chen Kai had seen too many sophisticated egoists at work and on the Internet. His rich experience made him understand that the behavior of such people is to prioritize personal interests without a bottom line.

, there is no psychological barrier to consuming others for this, even if it ruins the overall situation. At this point, as long as Tong Guoqi still wants to protect his personal interests, especially if he wants to save his life, he will inevitably have to do it in the general direction.

Follow Chen Kai's train of thought. As for whether he will consume him in small matters, Mr. Chen, the prime minister, has a lot of money in his belly, and he is not as knowledgeable as him.

Of course, the more such people there are in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the better. It would be unsightly if there were only Ao Bai and other loyal dogs of the Aisin Gioro family. For this reason, he decided to give Zheng Chenggong a reply.

Add one sentence to the book. Of course, it is limited to this sentence. Uncle Tang Guo is not worthy of occupying more of his pen and ink at this stage.

After reading the good news, Chen Kai was not in a hurry to announce the entire army. He just summoned a few generals who were currently in Jianchang Mansion to inform them and asked them to keep it secret for the time being - Zheng Chenggong had ordered the division of Qianfeng Town and Yingbing Town.

Return to the battlefield in Jiangxi. Soon, Dubiao Second Town, Zhongchong Town, Houchong Town, Liwu Town and these two towns will go down the river. At that time, there will be six more towns with new troops, and he is confident

Let Dasu have a good drink, but before that, he must not be allowed to smell the blood of the hunter.

"What did Huang Shuai say?"

"If we return to the control army, Huang Shuai wrote back and said that the Tatars in Ji'an are at the end of their strength. As long as they wait for the arrival of Dubiao 4th Town, Dubiao 5th Town and Houjin Town, they will be able to break through the Tatar defense line in one fell swoop!"

"Well, very good, we are also waiting for the arrival of Tieqi Town, and then we will bleed Dasu."

When Chen Kai was busy preparing for the decisive battle against the Qing army in Jiangxi, his reply was delivered to Zheng Chenggong with the fastest land communication speed in this era.

This letter came and went, and when Zheng Chenggong saw the familiar handwriting again, he was already in the capital of Quzhou. In fact, if he had not made a special trip to the Quzhou Confucius Temple yesterday, the messenger would have rushed to Longyou County.

Only then could Bian catch up with Zheng Chenggong.

Before Zheng Chenggong burned his clothes and launched an army, his personal identity was actually that of a Confucian scholar. It was precisely because of this identity that he solemnly burned Confucian shirts at the Confucius Temple when he decided to fight against the Qing Dynasty independently.

, put on the military uniform, and expressed his ambition to resist the Qing Dynasty to the world by saying goodbye to the past.

However, the past of more than ten years does not mean that it can be cut off with a clean cut. Psychologically, he inevitably has some lingering emotions towards places like schools and Confucian temples. Therefore, it is not worth visiting such places.

Unexpectedly. It's just that today, when the Ming army defeated the Qing army's heavy group in one battle and was supposed to sweep Liuhe, it is lingering in Quzhou because the Confucius Temple here is really different.

It is said that in the second year of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty, when the Jin soldiers went south, the direct descendants of the Confucius family in Qufu took the regular wooden statues of Confucius and his wife Qi Guanshi to Quzhou, and the Jin people canonized the descendants who stayed in Qufu as Yan Shenggong, so there was

This ended the situation where the Confucian family was separated into the northern and southern sects of the Jin and Song dynasties. When the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan regarded those who lived in Quzhou as the main sect, and wanted to call them back to Qufu to attack and worship, while the southern sect regarded the northern sect for its merits in guarding the tomb.

The transfer of the title to the Beizong was an allusion to the transfer of the title to Kong Zhu. Since then, the title of Duke Yansheng has been passed down to the Beizong, while the Nanzong was not awarded the hereditary post of doctor of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy until the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Chenggong went here to pay homage to the most holy teacher, and to meet with the Southern Sect of the Confucius family. Kong Zhenshu, the head of the Southern clan, who accompanied the worship, and Kong Yanzhen, a hereditary doctor of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy conferred by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, accompanied him throughout the whole process. They responded to Zheng Chenggong’s proposal to the emperor.

They did not reject Kong Yanzhen's proposal to seize the title of Doctor of the Five Classics from the Ming court. Of course, the sage Kong still had to give him face, and Zheng Chenggong did not mention to his face that the Doctor of the Five Classics from Nanzong in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was from this family.
To be continued...