Chapter 14 Heterogeneous
It only took two days for the envoys who went to Tiantai Mountain to return to Zhoushan. As in history, the Eight Banners of Hangzhou stationed in Hangzhou, under the command of General Gushan Ezhen Jinli, Gushan Ezhen Liu Zhiyuan, set off from Hangzhou to Dinghai, Ningbo. At the same time, the Superbiao camp under the command of Chen Jin, the Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, also completed the assembly and set off from Quzhou six days later, passed through Taizhou and Ningbo to Dinghai.
On July 19, the fifth year of Yongli, the Zhejiang-Fujian Governor Biao Battalion had also set off, while Chen Wen, Wang Jiang, Yu Guowang and others were welcoming the left and right camps of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain from Pinggang to Tiantai Mountain and some of the Ming army in Pinggang.
Unlike when the remaining troops of the old battalion of Dalanshan arrived here a few months ago, in addition to the Zhejiang Governor Wang Jiang, the Ming Army system of Dalanshan and the general Chen Wen, even the deputy general of the rear battalion, Ye Shirong, rushed over. Almost all the generals of the Ming army in Tiantai Mountain led by the Xinchang Bo Yu Guowang, arrived, which was much more lively than when Wang Jiang and Chen Wen led the army south.
If you think about it carefully, it is normal.
Although Chen Wen had just won a great victory and had established momentum under Xinchang City, he was just a team that fled, and a team with clear ownership.
Especially Chen Wen had just achieved an extremely rare victory. Such a powerful general was at most an ally, and he might be a thief who grabbed territory, so at that time, only Yu Guowang and Jin Tang, who was not far from here, came to greet him.
In contrast, the Ming army from Pingoka was composed of the remnants of the left and right battalions of the Ming army in Dalanshan and some of the Ming army in the Hiraoka. The Ming army in the Hiraoka was always known as cavalry among the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang, and the cavalry commanded by Chen Guobao in the battle. Although only half of the ones heading south this time, there were more than one hundred cavalry, and the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang was also a considerable force.
Cavalry, in this era, has a decisive force on the battlefield. Although this place is a crisscrossing water network and rugged roads, having a cavalry means that it can break into the plain terrain without restraint, and this also means that it can develop and grow rapidly.
The army that had just arrived here, with Liu Yiming, commanding the left and right battalions of the Ming Army in Dalan Mountain, died of his country in the Battle of Siming Lake, and Chen Tianshu, the commander of the Ming Army of Hiraoka, also died of illness in March, and the two armies were merged under Chen Guobao's command.
But the problem is that Chen Guobao himself is just a general under Liu Yiming, and is not a person with the prestige and ability of Liu Yiming and Chen Tianshu. As long as he is good at influence, he can always gain some value. If he can join him, it will definitely be worth it even if he gives Chen Guobao or someone else a second-in-command position.
Even if the remnants of the left and right camps of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain could not be taken away, the joining of the Hiraoka army could improve its strength. With this mentality, the commanders of the Ming army from all departments in Tiantai Mountain came to welcome the Ming army.
Of course, there are exceptions for everything, and this exception is Chen Wen.
Since the Battle of Siming Lake, with Wang Yi's will, Chen Wen's performance in preventing and covering the evacuation of the people and the great victory in the rear battle, can almost be said to have become the second largest figure in the Dalanshan Ming Army from Wang Jiang. In terms of military affairs, Wang Jiang's trust in Chen Wen's ability also made him the most vocal military general in the entire Dalanshan Ming Army, even more important than Mao Mingshan before leaving this place.
With Mao Mingshan's departure and the enthronement of the Lu Supervisor, and Wang Jiang's weak personality, Chen Wen's status among the rest of the Dalanshan Ming Army was actually comparable to that of Wang Jiang. In terms of division of labor, Chen Wen was also responsible for military affairs, and Wang Jiang was responsible for the dual-system of logistics for the entire Dalanshan system, which was even clearer than the division of labor of the Dalanshan Ming Army in the Wang Yi era.
If that were the case, it would be nothing. It was just the existence of the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty that was used to prevent ministers from threatening the imperial power, the big and small general system, which made Chen Wen become a little restrained in this.
According to the principle of large and small control, as a member of the Ming army system of Dalanshan, Chen Wen had absolute rights only the Nantang camp, whose rights were limited and could not be feudalized. As for the back camp or other Ming army troops of Dalanshan, Chen Wen also had the right to command the battle, that's all. Just like when the general was in normal times, the general was only in charge of the main barracks, while the heads of the strange barracks, reinforcements, and the Yougang camps were directly led by deputy generals, generals, guerrillas and other officers.
When Mao Mingshan was still in charge of the rear camp, Chen Wen never thought that this army would be an annoying problem, because the rear camp could still maintain the tradition of the Ming army in Dalanshan not disturbing the people and not harming the people, and was still in the same category as his Nantang camp.
However, after Mao Mingshan left, especially with the incident of disturbing the people, this Ming army in the same system became increasingly disliked by Chen Wen, and even subconsciously determined that they were just a group of aliens. Even the officers and soldiers in Nantang Camp had such a mentality. It was just that there was no conflict because the garage was far away, but the discrimination in daily life already existed.
Chen Wen had already understood this issue through the reports of military judges, tutors, and several young soldiers at all levels and attendants. But after thinking about it, the reason for this discrimination actually came more from the Nantangying's own positioning, the replication and inheritance of the Qi family army, and the positioning that he had always instilled as a royal army that should protect the country and the people.
Therefore, Chen Wen was not willing to reverse this mentality, especially when he himself also had this mentality.
As a result, the gap between Nantang Camp and Houying became deeper and deeper. Chen Wen even believed that such an army was completely different from the royal division established by Wang Yi back then, so the existence of this Houying Camp was also regarded as a waste of limited resources.
At present, the Ming army in Dalan Mountain has lost its base, and without a base means that there is no foundation for raising troops. Chen Wen planned to recover lost territory in the near future, so this back camp, which is not doing anything but disturbs the people occasionally, looks very annoying, not to mention that he claims to return to the team, in fact, in his eyes, they are just left and right camps who come to eat for free.
The lack of resources has led to a sharp decline in Chen Wen's tolerance, but he has to take out valuable time to deal with his errands for the surface. After all, this army is also in the same system.
In order to resettle the Ming army and their families, Wang Jiang specially built a camp near the temporary camp for them to live in.
Here, outside the gate of this new camp, besides Chen Wen, Wang Jiang, Yu Guowang and others, there were more military families who were left in Dalan Mountain. Compared with these Shangguans who had their own thoughts, their thoughts were much simpler.
In the battle on the shore of Siming Lake, the Ming army was defeated. There were only two or three hundred Ming troops in Dalanshan who could escape back before Chen Wen covered the people and fled south. More survivors either wandered in other places or hid in the mountains and missed the opportunity to leave together. When organizing the people to go south, these military families were the biggest obstacle to evacuation. They were only able to make a move under Chen Wen's strong suppression and the efforts of the officials in Dalanshan.
From the beginning of their journey south, they fantasized that their relatives who participated in the war would survive. However, as time went by, the news of surviving never came, and such dreams gradually turned into fantasies and even began to evolve into defaults.
But at this moment, the envoy of the Hiraoka Ai army arrived and heard the news that some soldiers from the left and right battalions survived, especially on the way to Tiantai Mountain, the fire of hope that the reunion was ignited again.
Outside the camp, these military families were looking forward to it. As the team they had been looking forward to appeared in their sight, joy and worry began to intertwined, and even a mess was tangled in their hearts. How could it be a mess?
"The criminal general Chen Guobao temporarily leads the command of the cavalry of the left and right battalions of Dalan Mountain to meet the Governor Wang."
As Liu Yiming's general and a member of the Ming Army in Dalan Mountain, Chen Guobao immediately saluted Wang Jiang, the nominal supreme commander of the Ming Army in Dalan Mountain. This was the intention, and Wang Jiang immediately helped the young general up.
"General Chen can not forget his duty as a royal army, and Liu Shuai's spirit in heaven can also feel relieved. The term "sinner general" has passed, and it is the right way to fight to kill the thief in the future."
Liu Yiming and Chen Guobao were as kind as father and son. Wang Jiang naturally knew about this. The mention of Liu Yiming here was to appease the newly returned general. Of course, this also contained some encouragement. After all, Wang Jiang had the responsibility of supervising the military when the Lu Jianguo enthroned him as the governor of Zhejiang, and it was also a duty to inspire the general to fight bravely to kill the enemy.
But it was okay for Wang Jiang not to mention Liu Yiming. When he mentioned Liu Yiming, Chen Guobao was ashamed and said that Wang Jiang must punish him for fleeing in the Battle of Siming Lake, and even kneeled down and couldn't stand up.
Seeing that the welcome party was about to turn into a farce, Chen Wen finally understood why this general offended the dynasty and was sent home by Liu Yiming. Such a personality is okay to be a personal captain, and he can win the hearts of soldiers, but it is a bit reluctant to lead troops independently.
Seeing that Wang Jiang was caught off guard, Chen Wen had to stand up and stop the farce from continuing.
"The culprit of the Battle of Siming Lake is Wang Sheng. If the dog thief had not stood in front of him to stop me from joining the war and turned against me in the war, how could the king's army be defeated? Here we welcome the soldiers of the left and right battalions to go home. Your question will be punished in the old camp tomorrow. Now stand up and don't lose the face of the King's Army of Dalanshan!"
Chen Guobao stood up, looked at Chen Wen, and then asked, "Are you the Marshal Chen Wen and Chen?"
"If you want to change it."
Hearing this, Chen Guobao turned to Chen Wen and fell to the ground.
"The general of the crime has long heard of the name of Shuai Chen. Shuai Chen killed Li Rong with his hand, avenged the bloody revenge for the loyal and brave soldiers on the banks of Siming Lake. The general of the crime knows that the crime is serious and survives to avenge Shuai Liu one day. Today, there is a reluctance to ask Shuai Chen to agree." There was a faint sob in his voice, which caused everyone to look at him sideways.
He had probably guessed what Chen Guobao asked, and Chen Wen tried to keep the calm in his words. "Please say General Chen."
"The general was taken care of by General Liu, and was commanded by the cavalry of the left and right battalions of the King of Dalanshan. Now, General Liu has died for his country, and the remnants of the generals have returned to the army. He also asked General Chen to take these soldiers under his command and strictly control them so as to avenge Marshal Liu and the soldiers who died in vain on the banks of Siming Lake!"
As soon as this said, almost everyone present turned their eyes to Chen Wen. During the intercourse of envy, jealousy, and even a little resentful, only Wang Jiang's relief and Yu Guowang's admiration seemed a little lonely.
In the battle behind the Siming Mountain Palace, a rare victory for the Ming army since the Qing army headed south. As the commander, Chen Wen finally welcomed the first batch of competent players who came in a system. However, Chen Wen had only a few dozen cavalry teams in his hands. Can they be led well, and even whether they can ensure that the dozens of cavalry in Nantang Camp itself are not damaged. This is obviously a big problem.
However, since the meat had been sent to his mouth, Chen Wen did not intend to let him go like the back camp. He personally helped Chen Guobao with tears on his face, and Chen Wen promised to regard these Ming troops as if they were the Nantang camp, which was considered to be the only one who took them under his command.
After confirming the ownership of Chen Guobao, the other generals of Tiantai Mountain seemed a little disappointed. However, the protagonist of this welcome ceremony was never them.
Chen Guobao and the officers of the Ming army of Hiraoka who had already followed Chen Tianshu's orders to his command, ended at Wang Jiang's speech and went to the big tent to have a banquet together. Seeing that the Shangguans had left, the soldiers and the soldiers of the left and right battalions who had returned alive recognized their fathers and their wives recognized their husbands, while more military families still could not find their relatives among these survivors.
For a moment, joy and sadness became clear again, but the crying sounds were intertwined.
A few days later, Chen Wen invited Wang Jiang to have another secret talk with Yu Guowang. After the three of them had a day and a night of dispute, Yu Guowang returned to his old camp and began to secretly mobilize the entire army; and Chen Wen also suspended training and re-divided the tasks of each officer under his command, preparing to cooperate with Yu Guowang's troops to fight and share the pressure for the Ming army in Zhoushan.
Chapter completed!