On July 11, the fifth year of Yongli, the State of Lu was traveling to Zhoushan.

Because he had to travel through the Qing army occupied area, and in June, the Qing army had already begun to consciously defend the maritime defense, even when someone led the way, the imperial envoy who went to Tiantai Mountain to Xuanzhao took more than a month to return to Zhoushan.

After Chen Wen opposed the issue of recruiting him into the garrison and the situation of various departments in the mass of the three departments, the two imperial envoys left the hall. However, after they left, they did not go home, nor did they go to the residence of Zhang Mingzhen, the most powerful Dingxi Marquis of the Lu State, who was currently the most powerful Dingxi Marquis of the Lu State, but came to the home of Zhang Kentang, the chief minister of the cabinet, and waited for his time to pay his respects.

There are many issues today. The completion of the imperial edict means that the Ming army in Dalan Mountain will return to the Ming army of the Lu Supervisory State. The details of the Ming army in Tiantai Mountain are in hand and it is easy to figure out the situation there. As for Chen Wen's resolution of the imperial edict, neither Lu Supervisory State nor Zhang Kentang can come up with any solution. Even Zhang Mingzhen only said a few words that were not painful and it was left alone.

In addition, the news that came a few days ago, as Chen Wen had expected in his previous memorial to report the victory, in mid-June, the Qing army sent troops to encircle Siming Mountain again. However, unlike in history, this time, in addition to Zhejiang Admiral Biaoying and Dinghai General Biaoying, the Qing army also dispatched Zhejiang Governor Biaoying, as if they were afraid that the first two troops would not be the opponents of the remnants of the Ming army in Siming Mountain.

The news came that means that the Qing army would encircle Zhoushan by September at the latest. This is like Sima Zhao's heart, which is well known to everyone. The civil and military officials of the Lujian State can naturally imagine it.

Since Chen Wen's Nantang Camp has been confirmed to not enter Weizhoushan, the Ming army in Zhoushan still fought alone in history. However, the secret talks before leaving still made the monarchs and ministers of the Lu Supervisor, at least the official positions of the governor of Zhejiang and the general of the general of the conquering the enemy were not given in vain.

After finishing his government affairs, Zhang Kentang, as the leader of the civil servant, hurriedly returned home and entered the inner room to discuss with the two imperial envoys.

"Two Generals Li, can you tell me what you have during this trip?"

The two generals Li mentioned by Zhang Kentang are called Li Xizuo, and the younger one is called Li Xigong. Both of them are descendants of Li Wenzhong, the King of Qiyang, and they are not the one who inherits the title, but are just the side-lines.

When Lu Jianguo asked them whether they had any understanding of Chen Wen's ancestors, they were not very clear. After all, more than two hundred years have passed, and Li Wenzhong had many relatives and generals at that time. A small army head who had only obtained a hundred households' posts until his death was sold to generations and the descendants of the noble Li Wenzhong family who lived with the country were almost zero. In addition, they were only a side branch, which was even more so.

Originally, there was another intention to send these two people as imperial envoys, which was to verify his identity through Chen Wen's attitude, but...

"The two of us communicated with Marshal Chen, but this person always seemed to have some vague gaps about us. He was completely different from the attitude he should have, but he was not as eager as a fraudster to prove himself. In short, there may be some other things hidden in his identity."

After Li Xizuo finished telling his thoughts, his younger brother Li Xigong continued: "So, the two of us did not mention the relationship between the ancestors of the family and the ancestors of Chen Shuai, but only strengthened his loyalty to the governor's highness according to the requirements of the cabinet. But..."

Zhang Kentang knew very well what Li Xigong said, but the Ming Dynasty is no longer the same as before, and His Highness, the king of Lu, is not the only competitor to the throne. The Zhoushan Islands occupied by the court of the Lu State are not enough to support these monarchs and ministers, and they have to rely more on the worship of the Zhejiang East Rebel Army.

This time, the generals of Li Xizuo and Li Xigong expressed their loyalty to the governor Lu King in the form of worship. Chen Wen, as the remnant of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, accepted the appointment of the governor of Lu, and also presented some weapons and armor from the officers of the raising camp, which also confirmed his orthodox support for the governor of Lu King.

Since this is the case, I can only turn a blind eye to the matter of resistance, especially when this guy still has a strong soldier of thousands of troops in his hand, Zhang Kentang and other civil officials from the Lu Superior Court still hope that Chen Wen can compete with the power of the alliance of the great ministers of the Marquis of Dean Xi Zhang Mingzhen and Marquis of Danghu Ruan Jin in the future.

"Can the generals in Tiantai Mountain be of great use?"

In fact, when the Li brothers were in the hall, they had already reported this issue to the State of Lu and those important civil and military officials. However, some words should not be heard by everyone, so they would always leave a few key words to the person who was really in charge of the matter.

"The generals of Tiantai Mountain are far inferior to those of Siming Mountain before. They are much inferior in terms of scale and combat effectiveness. Among them, the most powerful one is Xinchangbo's men. Not to mention the number of troops reaching ten thousand people, they are recently practicing a new battle formation, which looks a bit powerful. It just..."

"Just what?"

Hearing Zhang Kentang's question, Li Xizuo immediately answered: "It's just that according to Xinchangbo, this formation was written by Shen Shuai. Although it is not very consistent with the current formation, it is also the principle of a dark talisman military."

It's Chen Wen again?

Since Chen Wen was known, his appearance rate was really high, which made Zhang Kentang feel a little uncomfortable. After all, he was just a fledgling hereditary warrior, which was too common in the Ming Dynasty. However, Zhang Kentang was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi. He had been a officials for a long time, and the Chongzhen Dynasty had been at the position of governor of Fujian. Although he was a little surprised by this, he did not show any strange expression. At least Li Xizuo and Li Xigong in the inner room did not see anything.

"Where is the remaining part of the Dalanshan King's Division?"

The Ming army in Dalan Mountain was called a powerful brigade in eastern Zhejiang. It captured Shangyu County twice, defeated the Qing army's encirclement and suppression several times, and occupied Dalan Mountain, causing the city of eastern Zhejiang to be closed for the day, so Zhang Kentang would naturally pay more attention to it.

"The Dalanshan King's Division originally had six battalions. Governor Huang and Governor Liu died in the Battle of Siming Lake. The front, left, right and middle camps were also abolished, and only Nantang Camp and Houying still survived. The Houying evacuated from Siming Mountain. When they arrived at Tiantai Mountain, there were only more than 400 people left. The head coach Mao Mingshan also left Tiantai Mountain a few days ago. The current deputy general Ye Shirong temporarily led the leadership."

"The Nantang Camp headquarters has more than 600 people, more than 30 people were killed in the battle behind the Simingshan Palace, and less than 100 people were injured. All of them have been supplemented. When the last general arrived, they had expanded to more than 100 people and were undergoing training. The last general believed that the Nantang Camp defeated the Tibiao Zuoying with the new camp head that had only been formed for three months, which was a rare strong soldier."

Hearing this answer, Zhang Kentang nodded. Although he had never seen the combat effectiveness of Tibiao Battalion with his own eyes, even Zhang Mingzhen, who had always regarded himself, did not dare to strode the tiger's beard lightly. It was thought that Master Jiang had seen his sharpness when he collapsed. Since Chen Wen could defeat such a powerful brigade with less victory and even captured Li Rong, the combat effectiveness of Nantang Camp can be imagined.

Perhaps it was really the blessing of Emperor Taizu Gao, and it was possible that the next famous general of Zhongxing might be given to the State Administration of Supervisors.

"The last general once talked to Governor Wang. It is said that Chen Shuai has always trained soldiers and horses according to the "Wujing Suicide Letter" written based on the words of the ancestors of the family, and Qi Shaobao's military books, so there are unexpected moves from time to time."

Due to the division of labor between the Li brothers, Li Xigong always stayed in the temporary old camp of the Ming army in Dalanshan. Although some things may not be true, they still have to be said. After all, the possibility of this rumor also exists.

"In addition, during the old camp of the Dalanshan King's Division, we heard people talk to some officials and soldiers. This Chen Shuai is said to be the son-in-law of the Penglai Qi family. At present, the mandarin duck formation in Nantang Camp is inherited from the Penglai Qi family's unique skills."

"oh?"

The Qi family in Penglai was Qi Jiguang's family. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, any military general of some level would collect a few Qi Jiguang's military books. It has become a fashion to read it without reading it. However, there are so many military books such as "Ji Xiaoxin Book" and "State Military Training" in this world, only Chen Wen dared to use this mandarin duck formation, and he went from the north to the south to join the army, so it is inevitable that such rumors will be spread.

However, Zhang Kentang is different from the nobles like the Li brothers. He was a Jinshi, and he had been an official in many places, served as a county magistrate, served as a censor, and served as a governor. After Jiashen, he took charge of the Ministry of Personnel and wandered overseas. He also served as the chief minister of the cabinet and the civil servant leader of the Lujian court. Naturally, such people would not believe these nonsense, because in his experience, he had heard too many nonsense jokes. This son-in-law of the Qi family is really not worthy of amazement.

"Where are the other royal divisions?"

Seeing that Zhang Kentang was unmoved, the Li brothers were surprised and admired, so they simply shook their heads and did not speak.

I see.

Although it was expected, Zhang Kentang felt a little tired after getting the fact that the strength of the Ming army in Tiantai Mountain was not satisfactory.

The King of Lu was in Zhejiang. At the beginning of the situation, the state of regent was great. Almost all the officers and soldiers in Zhejiang were the main force. However, once the army was defeated, the whole lot would be lost.

After the collapse of Master Jiang, he was invited by Zheng Cai to move to Fujian. When he was in Fujian, he integrated some of the Tang vassals and quickly created a momentum to sweep most of Fujian. However, on the one hand, Zheng Cai and the old team of the Lu Jianguo were in conflict, and on the other hand, the Qing army concentrated the elite troops in the southeast to encircle and suppress the large-scale. In the internal and external difficulties, the overall situation in Fujian was completely corrupted.

All the lost lands were lost, and the Lu Jianguo was forced to return to Zhejiang. With the support of Zhang Mingzhen, Ruan Jin, Wang Chaoxianhuo and Huang Binqing, he entered Zhoushan. With the support of various rebel troops from east Zhejiang headed by Wang Yi, he could strive to maintain it to this day.

But now that Wang Chao died first, his generals surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and informed the Qing army of Zhoushan to all the truth; Wang Yi was captured and Feng Jingdi died in the country, and the Ming army in Simingshan was almost wiped out. Even if Wang Yi's remaining troops had barely saved some face, the loss of his strength was still shocking.

The Ming army in Siming Mountain could no longer pose a threat to the Qing army. The various rebels in southern Zhejiang were almost completely destroyed under the encirclement and suppression led by Jinhua General Ma Jinbao and Deputy General of the Superbiao Battalion Zhang Guoxun. The only troops in Zhoushan could be counted on were the troops from Tiantai Mountain. However, the search result was that only Yu Guowang and the remaining troops of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain could still be used, which made Zhang Kentang not worried.

I hope this new general of the conquering general can turn the tide, I hope...

At the same time, Dingxi Hou Zhang Mingzhen and Dinghu Hou Ruan Jin gathered at Zhang Mingzhen's house for negotiations. Ruan Jin was a pirate and promoted to Guanshui Camp. Later, the situation changed and even though they set up their own business, the two were still political and military ally who could trust each other.

The news that the Qing army once again encircled Siming Mountain has arrived, which is exactly the same as Chen Wen had expected before. If the Qing army would soon gather in Ningbo and then besiege Zhoushan, then this would be the last period of time that can be used to prepare for war.

"The Tartars must have come from the entire army this time. If Chen Wen's deductions are based on Chen Wen, it is likely that they will be besieging Zhoushan from three directions. Then, the important task of facing the Tartars on the front line in Ningbo will be a hard-working brother."

"Brother Hou Fu is so serious, but how do the Tartars on the north and south sides deal with it?"

Zhang Mingzhen thought for a while and then said, "Brother Yu originally planned to suggest that Your Highness send Zhang Cangshui and Linglang to fight against the Northern Tartars, and I led all the troops to guard the Taizhou line. Since Xinchangbo and Chen Wen were preparing to restrain the Taizhou line on land, Brother Yu led a large group of troops to go north, striving to defeat him in one battle, and then join the brothers. As for the southern line, Zhang Cangshui and Linglang led a small number of troops to defend, just in case."

Ruan Jin thought for a moment, but he nodded and said to Zhang Mingzhen: "Brother Hou Fu's words are just a military strategist, but the military general named Chen is really so trustworthy?"

Zhang Mingzhen knew very well what Ruan Jin meant. A general who was able to defeat the Tibiao camp when he was just a lucky person, but that guy actually used Qi Jiguang's military strategy and battle formation. However, the person who heard about this had added some trust in it. After all, this is east of Zhejiang. Qi Jiguang beat Japanese pirates under such terrain back then, and it was not unimaginable that a general using the Mandarin Duck Formation could win.

However, Ruan Jin's meaning may be more of the reactions of the civil service group over the past few days.

When the Lu Jianguo went to Fujian, Zheng Cai killed Xiong Rulin, causing Zheng Zunqian to commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea. In fact, it was just an internal struggle caused by the Zhejiang and Fujian people in the Lu Jianguo court at that time.

Later, the Lu Jianguo was forced to return to Zhejiang, and the civil servant group headed by the cabinet chief Zhang Kentang also joined forces with Wang Yi, Wang Chaoxian and others to restrain Zhang Mingzhen. Unlike Zheng Cai, Zhang Kentang and others were defending the right to speak in the civil servant group, and on the other hand, they also followed the ancestral system of ministers and ministers, preventing Zhang Mingzhen and Ruan Jin from going to the reckless path.

With the contribution of several times of rescue and absolute advantage in military strength, Zhang Mingzhen was very honest in the court of the Lu Supervisory State. However, Zhang Mingzhen did not fight for power by any means like Zheng Cai. Even if the dynasty was the first to do something, it was more because he relied on the civil service group to support him and tried to completely defeat him with the cause of death of Huang Binqing.

At present, Wang Yi was captured, and only two battalions of troops were left in the Ming army in Dalan Mountain. However, this military general named Chen defeated the Lun Camp in one fell swoop and captured the deputy general Li Rong alive. After losing Wang Yi, the civil servant group would naturally choose this military general promoted by Wang Yi as a helper and continue to play their trick of big and small countermeasures. This is the issue Ruan Jin is concerned about.

"The battle in Siming Lake is close and far, first and then far, first and then difficult, gathering troops to defeat each other. If it weren't for the traitor to turn against each other, the outcome would be unknown. In the battle in the south of Siming Mountain, the battle was arranged in the road and was accompanied by flanking harassment, and the response was also very good, not like a battlefield. The one who impressed me the most was in Beizhang Town, intimidating and frightening the Tartars, and then launching a pursuit, and already had the style of some powerful generals in the prediction."

"According to Wang Jiang's memorial, when this person learned about the Tartars' encirclement and suppression of Siming Mountain, he had already predicted that the Tartars would be besieged Zhoushan this year, and even predicted that the Tartars would be encircled and suppressed Siming Mountain in advance this year. All these have come true. Such a vicious vision may be really a natural general."

"The big and small ministers are the ancestral system. How could the foolish brother not know about Zhang Shoufu's intention? No matter what, the current priority is to defend Zhoushan, defeat the Tartars, and then recover Zhejiang. This person has outstanding abilities and cooperates with the Xinchang Bo Yu Guowang and the generals of Tiantai Mountain. As long as he can restrain the Tartars on the southern line for half a month, the king's army will be sure to win."
Chapter completed!