Asking the minor officials to arrange food and accommodation for messengers, Li Zhifang turned to order the counties still under the control of the Qing army to prepare food, fodder, recruited civilians, ships and vehicles for the upcoming army. Especially the two counties of Wuyi and Yongkang, the materials must be prepared in advance and are ready for the army to use.

In the past half month, Li Zhifang has long been familiar with how to deal with the joints. With the help of other officials in the government office, he quickly completed the query of warehouses in various counties, estimated the real amount and transferred documents.

But when he finished these work and picked up the manifesto again, he still couldn't suppress his inner worries, because Li Zhifang always felt that the Ming commander behind these words seemed to have some ulterior motives.

Under the command of Li Zhifang, the officials of Jinhua Prefecture began to prepare for the upcoming Qing army, and the preparations for the Ming army had already begun.

Previously, Chen Wen was performing wildly in Dongyang and Yiwu counties, and the advertisements were flying all over the sky. What followed was that the gentry and people of the two counties donated a large amount of supplies, so that he could drive away the old Xier Ma Jinbao, who was keen on "getting vinegar", to save the lives of each family.

After that, as the manifesto and the news of the strict military discipline of the Ming army in these two counties began to spread out, some gentry from several counties that had not been occupied by the Ming army in Jinhua Prefecture secretly sent some supplies and asked the Ming army to recover their hometowns as soon as possible and rescue them from the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Wen didn't know how many of these were sincere and how many were exploring the Ming army's operation time. However, he did not intend to attack these areas too early. Instead, he was waiting for the military training to end and give the Qing army a ruthless one, instead of occupying a large area of ​​land too early, so that he was carrying too much burden and dividing his already small main force.

Sharpening a knife will not delay chopping wood. Chen Wenru told his generals.

Relying on these materials and warehouses, Chen Wen quickly formed an army of more than 7,000 people. This army would be the basis for Chen Wen to defend this base and then recover more lost land. Although it was extremely reluctant to use the land of the two counties to raise such a large army, he did not care about this much.

If we cannot defeat the encirclement and suppress the Qing army and recover more lost territories, then there will be nothing to say based on the future historical development; but if we can defeat the encirclement and suppress the Qing army and continue to recover the lost territories, even if it is less than expected, it will be no big deal. Isn’t there still Wang Jiang?

With such a practical bureaucrat who can afford thousands of troops by occupying just a mountainous area, Chen Wen felt that he didn't need to think about military supplies and financial planning, as long as he was confident in leading the army well.

Since there are more than 7,000 people at present, according to the experimental organization carried out in the first bureau, Chen Wen planned to organize it into three field battalions, name it Nantang, Dongyang and Yiwu respectively. Each battalion has four infantry bureaus organized as the first bureau. The battalion belongs to cavalry, artillery, engineers, and military doctor teams, with more than 2,000 troops. The remaining soldiers are organized into reserve troops or garrison troops to be responsible for local public security.

However, for Chen Wen at the moment, this plan is obviously just a dream. Before sending troops from Tiantai Mountain, the total force of Nantang Camp was only more than a thousand people, and at this time, he was only accompanied by the first game. Therefore, Chen Wen planned to organize the new Nantang Camp as a whole in the first game, and the troops that had not yet come to join were respectively incorporated into the other two battalions. As the backbone of these two battalions.

In this way, the combat power of the army will inevitably decline to a certain extent. However, the previous supplies were not enough to support the formation of a larger army, and now we can only deal with the inevitable counterattack of the Qing army while bearing this sequelae.

But even so, the pressure on weapons and equipment is still amazing, and it even fails to meet the planned standards.

Chen Wen, the cold weapon used by the killer team of the Yuanyang Formation, can be built by blacksmiths from these two counties, but the bird guns used by the artillery team and the artillery team cannot be collected at all. This is when Chen Wen recruited some bird guns and artillery manufacturing craftsmen.

Then there was war horses. After seizing that group, Chen Wen was still full of the idea of ​​being able to deal with the Qing army alone in a town. But then he thought of the Qing army's army in Zhejiang and the cavalry organization they were affiliated with, and his heart suddenly became cold.

Of course, there are also armor. Chen Wen had previously seized a large number of batches from the Tibiao camp. In addition to giving them to Yu Guowang, so that he could have stronger power to restrain the Qing army in Taizhou, more than 800 armors were set up with cloth armor as the main body. If the more than 100 sets were awarded in Dongyang County, there would be more than 900 armors.

However, compared with 900 and 7000, the gap between the two sides was still huge, which was so great that Chen Wen had cancelled the armor of the bird gunner, artillery and engineers.

In addition to weapons and equipment, personnel are also a big problem.

The training of bird gunners is much easier than that of qualified archers. It can be completed with a period of mechanical training. However, the insufficient bird guns resulted in Chen Wen having to recruit some hunters to use bows and arrows to temporarily supplement firepower. The number of missing archers is too large, which makes it impossible to complete even if the hunters are recruited.

Another one is cavalry. Zhejiang's water network is crisscrossing, and it is far more likely to transport ships than land transportation, so there are far more boatmen who can ride boats than men who can ride horses. This also led to Chen Wen's fall into a situation where he was unable to fill it up even though he had seized a large number of war horses.

The only thing that is thankful are the boatman and sailors. This is indeed a lot, but the problem is that Chen Wen does not have so many warships used to fight in the rivers. Of course, he does not have a single one when fighting at sea...

The dream of falling from the sky to sweep the world. After opening his eyelids, he was shattered by the reality of military supplies. Chen Wen had to let these sailors temporarily use civilian ships for training, and none of these ships could barely be converted into warships.

In fact, even if there is one, it is useless. Chen Wen's artillery in his hand is not satisfied with the demand for a battalion, let alone put it on the warship.

Since this is the case, Chen Wen had to try his best to complete the organization of Nantang Camp, which was the main force, while the other two battalions could only temporarily rely on the infantry bureau to support the entire scene.

The training of the recruits here has been half over. After completion, Chen Wen had no information about the Qing army when the Qing army would arrive to meet up.

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With the fall of Zhoushan City, the Ming army had to set sail, and after the Qing army completed the massacre, it did not choose to evacuate them all. Instead, it guarded Zhoushan and Dinghai, and sent troops to continue to pursue the Ming army in the Lu State Supervisory System, while reporting the aftermath matters awaiting the resolution of the Qing court.

However, before the Qing court responded, Zhoushan's defense must also be done to prevent the Ming army from killing one of them, causing all their previous military operations to be wasted.

Therefore, after discussing with the leading figures of the Qing Dynasty in Zhejiang, Chen Jinzai decided to set up a Zhoushan Association with a total of 3,000 troops. Among them, the left and right battalions were naval troops, and the central camp was the land division stationed in Zhoushan City. This is a sign of purpose. Zhoushan is located on an island and defends the most important naval troops, but without the land division, it is not enough to defend. Just like the Ming army this time, once the navy is frustrated, there is not enough land division on the island, it will be defeated.

It was just based on the changes in the current situation. After the Ming army withdrew from Zhoushan, the Qing army's defense focus in Zhejiang also changed. In addition, it was impossible to recruit soldiers temporarily. Therefore, Chen Jin left behind four hundred admiral model soldiers, one thousand Dinghai Town model soldiers, one thousand Dingguan Navy Zuoying, and eight hundred Qiantang Navy Zuoying, a total of three thousand two hundred soldiers. In addition, the 600 soldiers of Susong Navy, the nearly four thousand men were temporarily left to defend in Zhoushan to prevent the Ming army from leaving and returning.

It is normal for Dinghai Navy and Qiantang Navy to stay in the area, because it occupies Zhoushan. The defense pressure of the Qing army in the Dinghai and Qiantang River areas will also be reduced sharply. Even the Dinghai General Bian Battalion split the troops and stay in Zhoushan, which is in line with this principle. Only the left-behind troops of the Bian Battalion are not that simple.

The Zhejiang Admiral Biao Battalion originated from the central army of Huang Degong, the four towns in Jiangbei, Hongguang Dynasty. After Huang Degong died, Tian Xiong changed the door to the merits of holding Emperor Hongguang and giving him to the Qing army, and then he was promoted to the admiral of Zhejiang. During this period, in order to ensure his combat effectiveness and to suppress the anti-Qing forces in Zhejiang, Dorgon did not dismantle the army, and even Tian Xiong's generals were almost transferred to other positions.

There was no mistake in Dorgon's response. After all, a general who betrayed the Emperor of Nanming would not be able to be valued even if he went back. During this period, Tian Xiong always led his army to suppress the anti-Qing armed forces in various parts of Zhejiang. Even when the Lu Jianguo made a big fuss in Fujian, this army went to help suppress the Lu Jianguo back to the sea. It was very hard work.

However, Dorgon is now dead, and the Qing court is liquidating Dorgon's gangs. After that, the slave chief Fulin handed over all the blame to the "democratic father and regent" who had been crushed to ashes. He ignored the "childhood sweetheart" between his mother and Dorgon in the later braided drama, and "sneaking" behind Huang Taiji, and completely threw away his gratitude for holding Dorgon's golden thighs and sitting firmly on the throne.

Such a cold and slutty personality is truly in line with his grandfather Nurhaci and his uncle Dorgon. On the contrary, his father Huang Taiji is not very fond of the hook. I really don’t know if there is anything that can be written into the braid show next door.

The liquidation against Dorgon has begun, and some policies left by Dorgon have also begun to be overturned. Chen Jin and Tian Xiong cannot be unaware of this, so the decomposition and elevation camp itself is a disguised sideline, which is understandable.

In history, these four hundred soldiers were transferred to Zhoushan after the Typiao Battalion was transferred; and as soon as the Zhoushan war ended, Yu Fenqi, the deputy general of the Central Army of the Typiao Battalion, was immediately appointed as the deputy general of Xing'an, Shaanxi, and was thrown from the southeast to the northwest. Soon, Ba Chenggong, the deputy general of the cavalry of the Central Army, was transferred to Zhoushan as the deputy general; a year later, Li Rong, the deputy general of the Typiao Battalion, was transferred to Chuzhou as the deputy general.

In this way, the former Tian family army completed the dismemberment and re-installation and became a pure green camp of the Qing Dynasty. Tian Xiong not only entered the Han army's yellow flag, but also sat in the position of the admiral of Zhejiang until the second year of Kangxi. During this period, he was repeatedly impeached and was pardoned by the slave chief.

However, the current situation has developed beyond Chen Jin's expectations. The Ming army in Zhoushan went south to Sanpan, Wenzhou after the fall of Zhoushan City. Although the previous chaos in Taizhou was very powerful, it began to calm down in sequence with the joint efforts of Ma Jinbao and Ma Xin.

But the problem now is that Chen Wen, the general of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain who once suffered a great loss, took advantage of the empty opportunity in western Zhejiang to enter Jinhua Prefecture. With the request for help from the Jinhua Prefecture Li Zhifang, the Ming army has grown almost every day, but it has always maintained a steady and steady state, completely different from other Ming troops or rebels who took advantage of the impact of their first aggression to attack various places, and finally divided the few elites.

After a secret talk with Hotan Xiong, Chen Jin deepened his understanding of this strange Ming army general. Yuanyang Formation! A general who dared to play this battle formation that had disappeared for many years, and could also be used in a good manner. He is really not a match for reconciliation.

However, the mobile troops of the Qing army in Zhejiang have just completed the encirclement and suppression of Zhoushan, and they are all in a state of exhaustion. If they rashly send troops, they will be a disastrous defeat.

At the moment, the Ming army seemed to be waiting for the Qing army to send troops to encircle and suppress the enemy, and gathered greater forces before this; but the Qing army could not be consumed, because even if the Qing army wanted to spend all the troops going to Zhoushan to complete the renovation, the Ming army would not be able to give them a chance!

After recalculating the cards that he could play, Chen Jin decided to return to Hangzhou with most of the Eight Banners stationed in Hangzhou, and stayed in Dinghai. Meilezhangjing, Wu Rujie, general of Dinghai, led a team to continue to hunt down Lu Jianguo. The task of Taizhou's clearance was handed over to Taizhou General Ma Xin and the Ningbo Green Camp that had previously assisted in the defense of Ninghai County.

As for the other troops saved, they need to cooperate with the surrounding local green camps to concentrate their efforts to encircle and suppress Chen Wen, who was in chaos in Jinhua. He must not be allowed to gain a foothold in Jinhua Mansion.

In this way, this army of tens of thousands of war soldiers, advancing from multiple routes should be enough to destroy the resistance of this Ming army. In Chen Jin's view, as long as Chen Wen's troops can be eliminated, there will be no large-scale Ming army armed forces in Zhejiang, and he can also focus on Zheng Chenggong, who has defeated many Fujian Qing troops in Zhangzhou. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!