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On the second day of the first month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou led the army to set off. The choice of this time to set off was a consensus reached by everyone long ago, so that the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion could spend the Chinese New Year's Eve with peace of mind, have a reunion dinner with their families, and gather the first army on the first lunar month and rush to Zhejiang and Fujian respectively. At this time, the Spring Festival is being celebrated in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and the arrival of the army is very sudden, even if it is a battle and a fight, it can ensure the smallest loss, although Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou did not put the Weisuo army in their eyes.

The waterway is much smoother, and there is no need to worry about exposure, and there is no need for scouts to investigate, and it is impossible to investigate.

After the departure of the army, Su Tiancheng has been thinking about taking Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, there is not much problem, but in this way, some contradictions are likely to intensify, if Zhou Yanru can help conceal them, the contradictions are likely to be smaller, but to think of complete secrecy, even in the underdeveloped information today, it is impossible, not to mention that after taking Fujian and Zhejiang, Nanzhili was sandwiched in the middle, you must know that Nanzhili is the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Su Tiancheng's plan is also very clear, after taking Zhejiang and Fujian, and then conquering Jiangxi, Fujian, Huguang, Guangxi and other places, once these places are taken, the entire south, except for Nanzhili, will be under Su Tiancheng's command. really at this time, the contradiction between Su Tiancheng and Zhu Youzhen became public.

Su Tiancheng must hurry up, his plan is to take the entire south, including Nanzhili, within a year. After taking this rich land, Su Tiancheng's strength will grow rapidly, and at that time, even if he is a Houjin Tartar who can recuperate, he will not take it seriously.

Of course, there are some things. Su Tiancheng also expected that as long as he started to do it himself, Zhu Youzhen's country would be in a state of misheter, and the Emperor Taiji of Houjin was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he would definitely seize such an opportunity to launch an attack, and Zhu Youzhen and the imperial court, who were under attack from both sides, could not hold out for long.

The scenes in his thoughts passed through Su Tiancheng's mind. But now there is no need to think about these, Chongzhen took the south in the sixteenth year, Chongzhen took the north in the seventeenth year, and then began to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, stabilize the internal situation, carry out an unprecedented reform, and start the road of external expansion.

This is all Su Tiancheng's plan.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, after a thirteen-day voyage. The army finally arrived in Quanzhou.

Xiong Zijian, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Chenggong and others who had already received orders, as well as Wang Dazhi, who rushed over from Taiwan. They are all waiting at the Quanzhou wharf, the wharf has long been heavily guarded, and no one is allowed to approach, as for Taiwan's affairs, let Song Sijun handle all of them, which is also Su Tiancheng's opinion.

When stepping off the ship. Su Tiancheng was a little uncomfortable, he had never been on a boat for such a long time, so much so that when he arrived at the barracks, he still felt that the houses were moving.

Xiong Zijian soon began to report on the situation in various parts of Fujian.

Since Su Tiancheng gave the order, Xiong Zijian began to act. A large number of scouts were sent to investigate the situation of all the prefectures and counties in Fujian, Fujian has a total of nine prefectures, namely Fuzhou Prefecture, Yanping Prefecture, Jianning Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Shaowu Mansion, Tingzhou Mansion, Funing Mansion and Quanzhou Mansion, among which Funing Mansion, Fuzhou Mansion, Xinghua Mansion, Zhangzhou Mansion and Quanzhou Mansion are all by the sea, Jianning Mansion and Funing Mansion are bordered by Zhejiang, Jianning Mansion, Shaowu Mansion and Tingzhou Mansion are bordered by Jiangxi, Tingzhou Mansion and Zhangzhou Mansion are bordered by Guangdong, and only Yanping Mansion is completely surrounded in the middle.

Xiong Zijian has already controlled Quanzhou Mansion, but Quanzhou Mansion is not the most important Fuzhou Prefecture in Fujian, the most important thing is Fuzhou Mansion, of course, Quanzhou Mansion and Fuzhou Mansion are bordered, and only Xinghua Mansion, the smallest in the jurisdiction, is sandwiched in the middle, so Su Tiancheng's first goal is to directly take Fuzhou Mansion, and then divide the troops into six routes, and take all the other Fuzhou counties belonging to Fujian in one go, and put Fujian under his control.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion knew very well that Su Tiancheng's requirements were strict, and they could even be said to be harsh, not allowed to kill and harass the people, not allowed to kill and harass the people, not allowed to kill the prisoners who had surrendered, and in the case of a battle to siege the city, try not to use artillery, and as a last resort, artillery was not allowed to bomb the city, only the city wall, and so on.

In fact, Su Tiancheng put forward such a request, everyone is very clear, Fujian is about to be taken, and the next management of Fujian still needs Su Tiancheng to worry about, the common people are also these people, if it is a cruel killing, or the destruction of the city, this is all a trouble for themselves, besides, there are almost no regular garrisons in Fujian, all of them are guards, and in the eyes of the Jiangning battalion soldiers, there is almost no combat effectiveness.

But the situation reported by Xiong Zijian is still a little different.

The guards and armies in various parts of Fujian do not have combat effectiveness, the officers are greedy for ink, do not want to forge ahead, regardless of military affairs, false reports of the number of people, embezzlement of military salaries, abound, none of the guards are full, but Fujian has a lot of rich people, these rich people, in the past, they all relied on the sea to eat, engaged in smuggling and other activities, and there are also some rich people engaged in selling smuggled salt, all of them are rich and rival the country, their personal guards, still have good combat effectiveness, and these rich people, are all connected, It can also quickly merge into a force.

These tycoons have great interests in Fujian, and they are also the largest land annexers, and they have close ties with the government, and can even influence the government's decisions.

In Fujian, since the Jiajing period suffered from the robbery of the Japanese pirates, the rich people in various places have formed a habit, and every household has a lot of guards, the identities of these rich people are also very complicated, and even more than the overseas forces collude together, anyway, they think of their own interests, and the rest no matter so much, even when Zheng Zhilong ruled the sea area, there were bold tycoons, engaged in the sea smuggling business, Zheng Zhilong even had a trace of fear of these rich people, the relationship between these rich people in Fujian, intertwined, If you don't pay attention to it, you will win at sea, and you may have to suffer on land, after all, at that time, Zheng Zhilong's family said that they lived in Quanzhou, Fujian.

It is precisely because of this situation that Xiong Zijian's investigation of Fujian's wealthy people was particularly careful and drew up a list.

After Xiong Zijian came to Quanzhou, he integrated the army that once belonged to Zheng Chenggong, but there were not many people left, that is, 5,000 people, and the main task of these sergeants was to maintain maritime trade and ensure the smooth flow of sea routes.

After Xiong Zijian's report, Su Tiancheng groaned slightly.

There are not many people in the room, Qu Qingze, Lu Xiangsheng, He Renlong, Liu Tiehan, Wang Dazhi, including Xiong Zijian, even Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong, did not participate in this discussion, these people all followed Su Tiancheng from birth to death, and they can definitely be trusted, as for Lu Xiangsheng, his identity is different, and he needs to know how to say anything.

Soon, a cold smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

This kind of smile is rarely seen by everyone, but everyone knows that Su Tiancheng must have made up his mind.

"You have all heard the report, Xiong Zijian has been in Fujian for many years, it has been very hard, and he has figured out all the situation, it seems that our combat goals are going to change, and the army of the guard is no longer our key target, but one thing must be clear, all the guards must be abolished, after we take every guard post, disband all the sergeants, do not have to be absorbed, and at the same time take back all the fields, our focus is these rich people in Fujian."

"These tycoons, in Fujian's power is intertwined, I am afraid that there are interests entangled with each other, you should not underestimate the strength of these tycoons, as long as they are willing, they can even form a large army and directly attack the capital, so we should not be soft on these tycoons, we must completely exterminate them."

As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly became quiet, and the meaning of complete extermination, everyone understood that except for dealing with the Houjin Tartar, in the rest of the circumstances, Su Tiancheng rarely said such words, even when facing the rogue, he did not say the meaning of complete extermination. The so-called complete extermination means cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, leaving no future troubles, including the adult males in the family, all of whom must be killed, and sometimes, they are excessive, and even women and children are not spared.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Su Tiancheng also knew that everyone must be very surprised, thinking that there is no need to be so cruel to deal with the rich, but Su Tiancheng has already made up his mind, and hundreds of years of experience have made Su Tiancheng very clear that money can communicate with the gods, and the strength of these rich people is by no means the appearance of Xiong Zijian's superficial reconnaissance, and their strength can even reach the capital.

"Okay, let's go and prepare today, set off tomorrow, the army is divided into two routes, I will lead 20,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers to conquer Funing Mansion, Xiong Zijian will lead 10,000 soldiers, including 5,000 soldiers from Taiwan Island, 5,000 soldiers from Quanzhou, to conquer Xinghua Mansion, ten days, we must take Funing Mansion and Xinghua Mansion."

"Lu Xiangsheng, He Renlong, Liu Tiehan, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Gongcheng follow me to act, Qu Qingze assists Xiong Zijian in commanding, Xiong Zijian, you are familiar with the situation here, so you command the army to act, but many things, you must discuss with Qu Qingze, Wang Dazhi followed Xiong Zijian to conquer."

"Lu Xiangsheng, Qu Qingze and Xiong Zijian stayed, and the rest went to prepare."

Lu Xiangsheng, Qu Qingze and Xiong Zijian were left in the room, and Su Tiancheng spoke again.

"Exterminate the rich people in Fujian, you may not understand, but I don't explain, everything is done according to the requirements I said, be sure to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, do not leave future troubles, these rich people are rich and rival the country, their wealth, of course, must be used by us, just we can use it all over Fujian and Zhejiang, last year's famine, the impact is still very great, a lot of silver is needed, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, I am not worried, Xiong Zijian, the five thousand soldiers led by you, must keep in mind the military discipline, and must not violate it in the slightest, Otherwise, it is a march law. (To be continued......)