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Chapter 18 The Messenger

On February 18, 2018, in the Ming army camp outside Jinhua Prefecture City, a two-year-old platform stood on the side of the school ground, and was placed with the training facilities used to train the mandarin duck formations.

There was a ladder on one side of the platform for climbing, while on the open space on the other side, soldiers from a killer team of Mandarin Duck Formation put their arms straight on the shoulders of the opposite comrades. Three pairs of soldiers lined up shoulder to shoulder from the bottom of the platform, while the other four stood behind them and kept pushing forward, as if to prevent them from being unable to stand firm.

On the stage, the team leader was helping him find a good position on the edge of the stage with his back facing the fire soldiers below the stage. When everything was ready, the fire soldiers shouted loudly, "I'm ready!"

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers in the audience responded warmly: "Brother, we are ready, please believe us!"

Hearing this, he saw the captain nodding and pushed it. The fire soldier was stretched straight all over his body, wrapped his hands in front of his chest, and with his feet as the axis, he closed his eyes and fell down the stage with his eyes closed.

The fire soldiers fell down from the two-legged platform, and there were only six pairs of arms and four soldiers who assisted them. The fire soldiers fell from the platform and fell freely in the air for a moment, and then smashed on the network of arms that were woven together with the robes of the same team. The network of arms woven was broken with the weight of the fire soldiers, but with the assistance of the twelve arms sharing the weight of the fire soldiers and the forward pushing force behind them, they still steadily caught the fire soldiers.

Seeing that the soldiers in the audience caught the fire soldiers, the captain on the stage said loudly: "We are the same team's robes. As long as we are united, there will be no difficulties!" As soon as the captain finished speaking, the soldiers repeated the captain's words in unison, even the fire soldiers were no exception.

Then, they saw them working together to put down the fire soldiers and split one of them from the team to the stage. The soldier's position in the team was replaced by the fire soldiers. The newly-mounted soldier stood under the captain's arrangement and shouted loudly: "I'm ready!" And his compatriots responded enthusiastically as before. Waiting for the moment when he fell from the stage...

Not far from the platform, a training officer from the military training department was clumsyly holding a note and recording something. The training officer was not far away. Chen Wen, who had just returned to the camp, couldn't help but smile a little complacently under the crowd of his personal soldiers.

Trust and backdrop. A very famous team expansion training. Team expansion training aims to improve participants' sense of responsibility, communication, innovation and teamwork. For this Ming army, which has just completed reorganization and needs to be re-enhanced cohesion, it is possible to use games to hint to the officers and soldiers, so that they can subconsciously trust their comrades around them, thereby achieving rapid recovery of military cohesion and combat effectiveness.

The team in front of Chen Wen was not the first to start team expansion training. The teams that had completed a few rounds of games quickly formed cohesion between the same tribes under the guidance of military laws and regulations. After the cohesion was effectively improved, the subsequent training aimed at improving combat effectiveness can be said to be twice the result with half the effort!

Last year, when the Superbiao Camp discovered that the Nantang Camp had crushed the Green Camp in the Four Mansions far faster than they crushed the Yiwu Camp, the Superbiao Camp made a quick decision and used cavalry to accelerate the collapse of the Yiwu Camp, thus achieving escape from the battlefield and maintaining viable forces to ensure the safety of Quzhou.

The officers of the Superbian Biao Battalion have experienced many battle formations and have a much faster reaction than those of the officers under Chen Wen. However, the overall tactical thinking has different times and is ultimately reflected in the battle. This has led to such a result. Of course, this also depends on the existence of Ma Jinbao, a pig-like teammate. The cheating Green Camp of the Four Mansions doubled the pressure on the Superbian Biao Battalion.

After breaking the large-scale encirclement organized by the Qing army last year, in the Qing army on the southern front, Ma Jinbao's Jinhua General Balance Battalion suffered heavy losses after several rounds of attacks, and no longer had any established troops. Even the troops sent by the green camps of the other three prefectures were greatly damaged. As for the Super Balance Battalion, the losses were not large, but they also needed to supplement the losses and the gaps. It also took time to restore combat effectiveness, but it was much faster than Ma Jinbao.

As for the Qing army on the northern line, the Fubiao camp was wiped out, and the Shaoxing Green Camp also left behind more than 100 combat troops, which was considered a minor injury. The other Qing army could pose a threat to him was the Eight Banners in Hangzhou, as well as the two elite troops of the Zhejiang Green Camp, the Admiral Biao camp and the Dinghai General Biao camp.

According to the information just sent by Huang Zongxi, the Qing army dispatched a unit of the Dinghai General Biao Battalion to participate in the reconstruction of the Fubiao Battalion. The new Fubiao Battalion's left camp guerrilla management was the original Dinghai General Biao Battalion's left camp guerrilla, called Chang Jingong, a native of Ningyuan Guard in Liaodong. The name is very festive. It is obvious that he is a close minister of the emperor.

In history, Chang Jingong was transferred from the Left Battalion of Dinghai General Biao Battalion to the deputy general of Hangzhou City in the eighth year of Yongli. Later, he joined the Han army's Huangqi during the Kangxi period and served as the navy admiral of Guangdong and Zhejiang. With the destruction of Fubiao Battalion, he returned to Hangzhou two years early, but his work unit became the Zhejiang Governor Biao Battalion.

As for the Eight Banners and the Extra Biao Battalion in Hangzhou, there is no conclusive news yet. However, according to Huang Zongxi, the Extra Biao Battalion seems to have drawn some troops to participate in the establishment of the newly built Zhoushan Green Camp. If the losses of the Extra Biao Battalion in the previous year were added, the combat effectiveness would not be much higher.

Then there are only the Eight Banners left in the Qing army on the Northern Front. It depends on whether Jin Li dares to take action without the cooperation of other elite green camp troops!

At present, the Ming army under his command has relied on team expansion training to quickly recover at an unimaginable speed in this era. The problem of cohesion decline caused by combat losses and reorganization is much faster than that of the Qing army.

With this time difference, Chen Wen could start attacking Quzhou before Li Dingguo killed Kong Youde, and then threaten eastern Jiangxi and northern Fujian. When Li Dingguo killed Kong Youde, even if the Qing Dynasty drew up a large army, he could only go first to fight Li Dingguo, whose strength was far a hundred times that of Chen Wen. Then he could continue to siege Zhangzhou under the background of Zheng Chenggong and restraining the entire Fujian Qing army.

The long-term efforts will soon affect the direction of this era, which makes Chen Wen very excited. The efforts he has put in will be rewarded with the greatest reward. The road ahead will be extremely difficult, but when hope begins to come, there will definitely be more people who will continue to move with him.

With excitement, Chen Wen returned to the Central Army tent and continued to handle military affairs. The technical difficulties of the new firearms have not been solved yet. The recruitment order that has just been issued recently has not yet been issued yet. There are no promising people to come to apply for the recruitment. There are also problems with the amount of gunpowder reserves, and the highest priority Anhua Town Fortifications have just begun to be built...

There are still many difficulties, but before Chen Wen could come up with something, Zhang Jun, who was guarding the gate, interrupted his thoughts.

"Chen Jin's envoy? I've been here to issue a war letter in just a few months. I'm not too brave."

After making fun of it, Chen Wen got up and changed his clothes. After all, he wanted to meet the envoys of the enemy country, so he could not lose the face of the Ming Dynasty. After a while, Chen Wen, wearing a seven-beam crown, a scarlet public uniform, a jade belt and a jade pendant, yellow, green, red, and purple, woven into four-color flowers and brocade ribbons of clouds and phoenixes, tied a blue silk net, and embroidered with a kirin patch on his chest, returned to the central army hall.

After beating the drums and gathering the generals, the officers under Chen Wen who were still qualified to participate in the military convention in the camp quickly arrived at the central army hall and sat on both sides. After Chen Jin's envoy passed the name, he also walked into the central army hall under the guidance of Zhang Jun, saluted Chen Wen, and then handed over a letter.

Chen Jin's messenger was just a messenger, not a verbal debater. However, the letters he brought were two, one written by Chen Jin, while the other one clearly stated Wang Jiang's name.

The envelope was torn open, and the familiar handwriting instantly came into view.

"My brother Fu Ren, I see the letter as if I meet..."

"... From ancient times to the present, there has been no master of the artifact, and those with virtue and strength are here. The Ming Dynasty lost its virtue in the world and was defeated by the bandits in the future. The Qing emperor was kind and kind, and was actually the lord of China, and was definitely not the king of barbarians; the eight banners were invincible..."

"... My brother first defeated Li Rong at the south of Siming Mountain, and then attacked Ma Jinbao at the east of Jinhua Prefecture. Although he had never lost his mark, he did not fight with the Eight Banners, let alone the real Manchu soldiers..."

"...Meng the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Governor Chen is generous, and his brother is foolish. He should quickly surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so that the people can be exempted from the suffering of displaced people and the hardship of soldiers following the expedition. Please apply for the numbers and use the sincerestness of the Cun Jiang."

A few months ago, he and Wang Jiang were still working together on Tiantai Mountain to recover lost land. But now, Wang Jiang is watching the Qing Dynasty in his letter and persuaded Chen Wen to lead the crowd to surrender. His words were even more shameless and shameful, which was really disgusting.

After reading Wang Jiang's letter, Chen Wen tore open the envelope of Chen Jin's letter. In the letter, Chen Jin praised Chen Wen's ability very much, and said that famous generals like Chen Wen should know the principle of choosing good birds to live in trees and wise ministers to work. The Qing Dynasty is about to unify the world, so why should I bend the chariot? If I can repent and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, then the Qing court will never be stingy with the rewards of official titles. As for the previous contradictions, they were each their lords, and the Qing court could understand them. Then they gave some examples of surrendered generals enjoying high-ranking officials and showing titles in the Qing Dynasty, thinking that it was all the same.

After reading Wang Jiang's letter several times, Chen Wen's eyes quickly showed a faint contemptuous mockery in his eyes when he looked at the messenger. Then he pretended to read Chen Jin's letter several times, treating everyone equally. However, before he could speak, a noise came from outside the gate in the distance, which attracted the attention of the generals.

It is strictly forbidden to make noise in the military camp, which is the most normal rule in the army. Seeing Chen Wen frowning, Zhang Jun rushed out from the guard gate, but before he could walk far, he talked to the gatekeeper who was facing him and rushed back and came to Chen Wen's ear in front of everyone.
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