Chapter 2 Undercurrent
Wang Jiang was captured, and with the news that Wang Jiang was captured and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty came another news that made Chen Wen dumbfounded, that was, the person who captured Wang Jiang was betrayed Wang Yi and Feng Jingdi, and even killed Wang Yi with his own hands. With this contribution, Wang Sheng, who became the garrison of the Ningbo Green Camp.
The troops sent by Wu Dengke to guard Wang Jiang and the Zhejiang Governor Guard were wiped out. The commander of the guard troops, Niu Ping'an, guard of Tiantai Mountain, and the captain of the Zhejiang Governor Guard Wang Xiuquan died in his country. The remnants of the Ming army's rear camp in Dalan Mountain were defeated after the death of deputy general Ye Shirong, and even the minor official Hu Er, who was following Wang Jiang, was not spared.
This was the first time that the Ming army in Dalanshan, led by Wang Jiang and Chen Wen, suffered a crushing defeat after the Battle of Siming Lake. This crushing defeat directly led to Wang Jiang's capture.
When Chen Wen first heard the news, he thought it was the work of Taizhou General Ma Xin. After all, this person had two tricks in strategy and tactics in his memory. But when he learned the truth from the officer who reported the news, he was shocked and could not imagine his ears at all.
Wang Sheng, the "beggar sect elder" when he first arrived in Siming Mountain, could also wipe out the guards and defeat the rear battalion with the beggar soldiers under this waste. At the same time, he also killed the deputy general Ye Shirong and the guard Niu Ping'an? This was impossible! But when he thoroughly asked the whole incident, he realized that the previous shock was a waste of energy, because the subsequent news made him even more unbelievable.
In mid-September of the fifth year of Yongli, the old camp set out from the temporary camp in Tiantai Mountain, while Wang Jiang took the initiative to stay and persuade Yu Guowang, Ye Shirong and Jin Tang who stayed behind the old camp, including Yu Guowang who quickly completed the dismissal work and caught up with Wu Dengke and the left-behind troops led by Li Ruixin, Chen Wen knew very well.
What he didn't know was that after Wang Jiang had successfully persuaded Yu Guowang, he rushed to Jin Tang's camp. Because Jin Tang was dead, his subordinates would probably be scattered in the internal strife, so he planned to take this unruly army into his hands first and then convince Ye Shirong.
But when Wang Jiang arrived there, he found that Jin Tang's old camp was empty. All that was left was a mess and some corpses without heads.
Is it an internal strife or an external enemy?
However, before this problem could be solved, Wang Jiang and his group were blocked by the Ningbo Green Camp led by Wang Sheng in Jintang's old camp. Jintang's old camp is located in a small valley. It is surrounded by steep mountains and only two southward exits, and the location is very hidden. However, some people in Jintang's army were captured by the Ningbo Green Camp that went south, and it would be useless to hide it.
Wang Jiang and his party were blocked in the valley and failed to break through several times. They had to send people to climb with ropes and escape to the Houchang for help. However, after the reinforcements from the Houchang arrived, they were soon defeated by the Qing army. When Ye Shirong's head was hung on the flagpole in front of the formation, there was no room for maneuver.
The Qing army attacked the valley and took some effort to eliminate the escort and the governor's guards. When the Qing army finally killed Hu Er, the minor official who was guarding Wang Jiang, Wang Jiang was no longer able to do anything. After being captured, he quickly surrendered to the Qing army. The reason why the Qing army was able to completely wipe out the escort troops was not only the absolute advantage in terms of military strength. More importantly, Wang Sheng's subordinates, like the escort troops, used Chen Wen's mandarin duck formation during the war behind Simingshan Hall and the organization carved out like a mold!
The Yuanyang Formation, which belonged to two completely different armies, fought hard in the old camp of Jintang. The Qing army relied on its number advantage and high rewards, and finally destroyed the small army after paying more casualties.
Wang Jiang was captured and the entire guard was wiped out. This incident came from Quzhou the day after Chen Wen received the news. It was probably the work of Chen Jin and Li Zhifang who retreated to Quzhou.
Regarding Wang Jiang, no one has ever seen the gentry in Jinhua. He only knows that he was the governor of Zhejiang appointed by the Lu Jianguo, Chen Wen's military supervisor, and Wang Yi's deputy when he was alive.
Wang Jiang's capture in Jinhua Prefecture was not very important, because the reason why Jinhua was still under the control of the Ming army was completely the result of Chen Wen, a military general, who used troops like divine assistance. Even if he had to be tied to things like logistics, he was born in Jinhua. Sun Yu, the prefect of Jinhua, who showed certain abilities in the post-disaster reconstruction, had no close relationship with Wang Jiang, the foreigner who had never met.
However, the same thing caused a sensation in the Jinhuafu officialdom, which was mainly composed of Dalanshan Old Camp. The reason is actually not complicated if you think about it carefully.
Since its establishment, the Ming army in Dalanshan has always maintained a dual system pattern. Before the Battle of Siming Lake, the Ming army in Dalanshan was mainly responsible for military affairs and litigation and prisons with Wang Yi, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the left deputy chief of the Ministry of Revenue. Wang Jiang, the right deputy chief of the Censor and the head of the Ministry of Revenue, was responsible for logistics.
During this period, Wang Yi's rigorous military governance and Wang Jiang's outstanding administrative ability made the Dalanshan Ming army enter a state of sustainable development, thus becoming the most powerful group of the Zhejiang Eastern Rebel Army.
After the Battle of Siming Lake, Wang Yi was captured. Chen Wen was responsible for his previous ability to plan and protect the people's retreat, as well as his performance in the Battle of Palace Back in Siming Mountain and the pursuit of Beizhang Town. In addition, most of the civil servants and generals in the Ming army in Dalan Mountain who were older than him were scattered, making him the second-person of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, and he was responsible for military affairs as the general of the general Dalan Mountain, the general of the general of the enemy, and the lawsuit and logistics were the new Zhejiang Governor Wang Jiang.
The stable power structure made the remnants of the Ming army in Dalanshan survived the most difficult period when they lost their base and lost their strength. With the support of Wang Jiang and Sun Yu who accompanied him, Chen Wen first cooperated with Yu Guowang to capture Tiantai County, and then sneaked over Jinhua and recovered the two counties of Dongyang and Yiwu. After smashing the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army in Zhejiang, he even recovered the entire Jinhua Prefecture territory and Jinyun County in Chuzhou Prefecture, and pointed directly at Quzhou, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian!
But now that Wang Jiang has been captured and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, who will inherit Wang Jiang's position, even if he is just Chen Wen's deputy...
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In a quiet courtyard east of Jinhua City, the previous owner of this courtyard was a small officer from Biao Camp in Jinhua Town, Qing army. However, at that time, the courtyard was far from quiet. On days when there was no need to enter the camp, the owners here either drank with their colleagues or drank with their personal soldiers. In short, drinking was not the purpose, but the purpose was to completely submerge the tranquility here in a presumptuous laughter.
But now, the officer was killed by the Ming army on the battlefield not long ago, and lost the source of noise. The courtyard became quiet again, at least on the surface.
In a study room in the courtyard. Because there were unmarried female relatives at home, Yan Zhiheng, who had just been appointed as the magistrate of Dongyang, lived here temporarily, and only went to Dongyang County to take office after the New Year. However, there was no family member in the study room. Instead, they were all colleagues who followed Wang Yi and Wang Jiang in Dalan Mountain in the early years.
"How long has it been? Governor Wang was actually captured by the Tartars, and he was the traitor who betrayed Wang Jingluo and the Simingshan King's Army last time. I really didn't expect it."
"Why."
This sentence brought about a room of long sighs. Yan Zhiheng knew very well, just like him. Some of the colleagues around him followed Wang Yi before the battle of the Ningbo **********, while others participated after Wang Yi defeated Shangyu twice, and even later. However, without exception, they all came from the two prefectures of Ningbo and Shaoxing, and their existence also formed this anti-Qing organization with Ningshao people as the main body.
But now, Wang Yi was captured and died, and then Wang Jiang was captured and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The two civil and military squads of the Ming Army in Dalan Mountain have become Chen Wen, the northerner Chen Wen and Sun Yu from Jinhua.
This anti-Qing group, which was once the main body of Ningshao people, not only were the highest officials replaced by foreigners, but even the strong rise of the Nantang Camp established by Chen Wen and the strategy of entering Jinhua in the army, the proportion of officers and soldiers from Jinhua Mansion accounted for a larger and larger number of local people. In addition, the old camp has recently absorbed many local people, which made these Ningshao people feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.
The sigh was not over yet, but at this moment, a young civil servant showed a sneer on his face, and he said coldly: "Hmph, God knows if there are any martial artists in it."
As soon as this said, everyone was shocked. Yan Zhiheng hurriedly walked to the door, pushed it away, poked his head out, and then turned around and said to the young civil servant: "Lu Zhubu. There is no evidence, you must not speculate, you must know that disaster comes from the mouth."
Yan Zhiheng's persuasion did not convince the young chief clerk. He continued to say to everyone: "There is no evidence, but think about it carefully. Who made the plan for Wang Jingluo to organize the army to fight the decisive battle with the Tartars? His Highness, the governor, ordered him to enter the guards, but who was disrespectful to resist the order and led the army to attack Jinhua? Who was the confidant of the guard who sent to guard Governor Wang? And the warrior also came with the traitor when he went up the mountain. The two said there was a conflict, but who knew if it was true. These one by one..."
"Enough! Master Lu, I am not here to talk about this today. If you don't have any tangible evidence, it's better to say less. Everyone here is a gentleman. Of course, they won't say it out loud, but if others know about it, you have never seen the martial artist's methods. Don't harm everyone."
Before Yan Zhiheng could speak, another civil servant who was a little older stood up and scolded him, interrupting Lu Zhubu's remarks. Even the others present expressed their conspiracy. After the Battle of Siming Lake, Wang Yi ordered Chen Wen to lead the people south to take refuge. Chen Wen turned his hands and turned his hands to the clouds and rain in the central army hall of the old camp, which really made these civil servants remember them vividly, which made them still have a certain fear of Chen Wen in their hearts.
Seeing that everyone had denied his argument, Lu Zhuan blushed immediately, and stood up and said to these colleagues: "The way is different and they don't plan for each other. Since you are afraid of that martial artist, you have nothing to say. But when that guy sells you, don't say that I, Lu Wenlong, have never reminded you before."
After saying that, the chief clerk Lu shook his sleeve and pushed the door open and left. Someone in the room wanted to keep him, but he was stopped by Yan Zhiheng and the older civil servant.
"If the king is not secret, he will lose his country; if the minister is not secret, he will lose his life. Lu Zhuzhu is still too young. I hope you will forgive me and do not let others know, so as not to harm others and yourself."
"Brother Yan said so much, so we should keep our mouths tight."
After saying this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had removed some burden. However, the Lu Zhubu's words completely disrupted the atmosphere of discussion. Seeing this, Yan Zhiheng had to cough and bring the topic back to the starting point.
"Wang Jingluo died for his country, and Governor Wang was also arrested by the Tartars. Naturally, General Chen was still responsible for military affairs, but the lawsuit was sued and the money and food were not under the jurisdiction. The ability of the prefect Sun was indeed obvious to all, but his qualifications were too shallow and he might not be able to convince the public. If he did not do it well, he would become a vassal of the warriors. If this Dalanshan King's Army was really like that, he would probably no longer owned by the court."
Chapter completed!