When he returned to the capital, Cao Conglong sent someone to deliver the memorial as agreed with Chen Wen yesterday. However, at the same time, he also asked the sent confidants to bring a private message to Chen Chenquan, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, in order to make necessary preparations for the Ming army in Jinhua to capture Taizhou.

After seeing off the envoy, Cao Conglong ordered the inspection of the counties in the name of the governor of Zhejiang, requiring the county to send personnel to inform the gentry and people involved in the disputed land to be calm and wait until he found out all the matter before discussing with Chen Wen. The gentry and people who continued to make trouble were directly imprisoned for interference in administrative arguments.

However, according to Cao Conglong's itinerary, he set out from Jinhua Fucheng, passed Lanxi, Tangxi, Wuyi, Yongkang, Jinyun, and then went north to Dongyang, Yiwu, Pujiang, and returned to Jinhua Fucheng. After walking along the way through the eight counties of Jinhua Fu and Jinyun County of Chuzhou Fuzhou, he also had to conduct relevant investigations and visits, and it would take a month or two toss.

During this period, Chen Wen could continue to complete the follow-up training tasks of the three combat barracks and the completion of weapons and equipment. In addition, the fortifications in Anhua Town can not only be completely completed, but also further strengthen the peripheral fortifications and the camp behind them so that they can continue to stick to them in unexpected situations.

When Cao Conglong came back, Chen Wen launched a large army to Quzhou, and the rear increased management efforts in the name of using troops. Anyone who dared to make trouble was to apology with the Qing Dynasty. It would be better to capture a few typical examples, such as the Feng family in Hengdian Town. Didn’t his family have a son-in-law with the reputation of the Qing Dynasty? That would be an excellent choice. As for the future, agriculture has extremely strict requirements for the seasons and climate, and it would probably not be necessary at that time. As long as the gentry and people were unwilling to continue to suffer losses, they would have to obey the political orders.

Chen Wen knew very well that the reason why Cao Conglong was willing to cooperate with him was nothing more than that he agreed to use troops to Taizhou after taking down Quzhou and lifting the actual threat from the Qing army on the southern front, and then taking over the Lu Jianguo to the shore. Cao Conglong came for this matter, and naturally he was unwilling to let go of the opportunity to complete the task.

Unfortunately, when Chen Wen completely took over Quzhou, it is estimated that the news that the Lu Jianguo had been resigned from the title of the State Administration. The Taizhou incident will naturally be abandoned. He can be forced to kill Kong Youde and the Qing army began to increase its efforts for several months as the pressure on the southwest battlefield increased sharply. He relied on the summer and autumn taxes to train a group of troops. Finally, at the end of the year, crossed the Qiantang River and fought the Eight Banners in Hangzhou to fight to the Qing army, or consolidated east Zhejiang while confronting the Qiantang River. Wait for next year.

In this way, the situation on the entire Southeast battlefield will be completely earth-shaking. Even if Li Dingguo was excluded from Guangdong by Sun Kewang as in history, as he had been in a state of poverty, he could still attack Nanjing by himself if he had to develop for another year or two!

Based on his understanding of the general direction of history and the nature of the deterioration of the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty. As well as his confidence in the Zhejiang Ming Army under his command, which began to embark on the path of modernization, Chen Wen was very optimistic about the future of this plan.

However, in the past two years, it seems that every plan he has failed to catch up with the changes, but it still makes him inadvertently feel a little worried.

Fortunately, Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong had the same idea on this point - as long as their strength is strong enough, they can deal with any changes, otherwise they will be powerless even if there is no change in the situation. Just like in Siming Mountain, if he had an army like two thousand old Nantang camps in his hand, there would be no need for other Ming troops to help. He took the fifth battalion of the Ming army of Dalan Mountain and could take advantage of the advantages of inside battle and directly pounce on the high-blade camps, and Hangzhou stationed the Eight Banners to fight hard. Why was it excluded before the war and eventually led to a disastrous defeat?

Thinking of this, Chen Wen decided to increase the training intensity of the war barracks within the range that his soldiers could withstand, so as to improve the soldiers' combat ability and increase the possibility of victory for subsequent wars, even if it is only slim.

Since he had thought of it, he had to start as soon as possible. The strengthening training of the war barracks quickly began. A few days later, just as Chen Wen estimated that the prices of agricultural and sideline products in Zuojin might start to rise as the Ming army who participated in the training increased their appetite, Zhang Jun, who was guarding the door, came to report that someone wanted to meet Chen Wen.

"There are the generals of Changxing Bo? They also have confidential military information to ask for an interview?"

Changxing Bo sounds familiar, but it is always vague in Chen Wen's impression. In fact, there is nothing we can do about this. The phenomenon of title abuse in the Southern Ming Dynasty is too serious, not to mention the count. Even if it is a duke, he may not be able to remember the marquis. But no matter what, people still have to meet them, and there is also confidential military information.

Sitting in the big tent, Zhang Jun invited the people in. The person who came was a father and son. Looking carefully, the father looked about thirty or forty years old. His face was weathered, but his skeleton was not small and his body looked strong. His son was a teenager, quite similar to his father, but he looked more delicate, probably inherited from his matriarchal line. Seeing that the two of them were polite, Chen Wendao asked for it and asked for it straightforwardly.

"I see that your hair is not new, so I dare to ask where did you make a living before?"

The visitor was Yu Shizhong and his son who had previously joined the army from Taihu Lake. After they moved to the Dachenjiang ferry in Anhua Town, they did not get off the boat until Yiwu. After walking to Yiwu County, they then turned directly to Jinhua Mansion on Dongyang River.

Seeing Chen Wen's question, Yu Shizhong immediately understood the hidden questions in this sentence, and then replied: "Reported to Linhai Bo, his ancestors were once under Qi Shaobao's command. Later, he inherited the Qianhu of Jinshan Weihu for his merits in fighting against the Japanese. After the fall of the southern capital, he went down to Taihu to join the old Changxing Bo and used his guerrilla position to manage the firearms camp. After Changxing Bo died in his country, he continued to fight against the Tatars in Taihu. It was not until the end of last year that the king's army recovered Jinhua, and he handed over his subordinates to his colleagues."

Yu Shizhong said in detail. After hearing the place name Taihu, Chen Wen quickly remembered the Qing army that had fought against the Qing Dynasty many years ago, and repeatedly defeated the Qing army, and once made great contributions to the powerful "White-waisted Party" against the Qing rebels. And that old Changxing Bo should be Wu Yi, the Changxing Bo, who was enthroned by the Lu Supervisory State.

Wu Yi, whose courtesy name was Risheng and his pseudonym was Shuoqing. He was from Wujiang, Suzhou Prefecture. He was a Jinshi in the 16th year of Chongzhen. He was the head of the position during the Hongguang Dynasty and supervised the army in Shi Kefa's army. In the first year of Hongguang, Wu Yi was ordered to go south to raise food and grass, but before he returned, Yangzhou fell, so he formed the "Baiyao Party" in Taihu with the scholar Sun Zhaokui and the scholar Shen Ziju and others in Taihu to fight against the Qing Dynasty. By the time of the regent, he died in June of the first year of Lu, and during this period, he captured Wujiang County three times. A general later re-cavalry in Taihu Lake against the backdrop of Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entering the Yangtze River three times, but he couldn't remember what his name was.

However, it seems that Chen Zilong, the Zhizhe ruler at that time, had a very low evaluation of Wu Yi's rebel army. "The enemy is underestimated, and the guest is all frivolous. The generals only plunder the troops, but the troops are not tidy." There are many records such as "military disciplines are being scattered every day". Shortly after Chen Zilong severed his ties, Wu Yi was informed by his enemies because he secretly went to Jiashan to visit friends, and his army was captured and killed by the Qing army. His army scattered.

There may be some other things here, which may have something to do with that Ma Yaocao. Otherwise, even if you are unwilling to supervise the army in his army, you will not be as serious as severing the relationship. However, Chen Wen did not intend to ask about the specific details. Chen Zilong, Wu Yi and even Ma Shiying, all of whom died because of the Qing Dynasty. There are more important things at the moment, so why bother to dig out these old things?

"It turned out that he was hereditary of Jinshan Guards. I will not hide it from you. My ancestors once followed King Qiyang to attack the Bonyuan in the north. He inherited the hundred guards of Qingzhou for his contributions. Later, Emperor Chengzu moved Qingzhou Guards to Tianjin Right Guards. He settled in Tianjin Guards. You and I both came from hereditary generals, so they had some fate."

Seeing that Chen Wen did not intend to continue talking about this topic, Yu Shizhong was mixed with joy and sorrow. Chen Wen mentioned Shizhi. This was obviously a good thing for his identity among his fellows, but he never mentioned Qi Jiguang. Could it be that the statement of the son-in-law of the Qi family was just a rumor?

With this question in mind, Yu Shizhong couldn't say anything, but he didn't wait for him to respond. However, he heard Chen Wen ask: "Yu Guerrilla said before and came with military information. Everyone is my confidant. Please tell me directly."

In the tent, except for Zhang Jun, there were only Zhou Jingting and a few personal soldiers with guards on the side. Yu Shizhong didn't know that Chen Wen was deliberately doing this. However, he had been accustomed to it in the army for a long time, so he said bluntly: "I went from Taihu Lake to the south. On the way, I was entrusted by Mr. Wei Geng in Huzhou to report the situation to the Bo Linhai."

"According to Mr. Wei, Linhaibo wiped out the Fubiao camp last year, and the Tatars were rebuilt their army. Chang Jingong, deputy general of the Left Battalion of the Dinghai General Biao camp, led his troops to rebuilt the Lunar Battalion of the Hangzhou City Guardian Right Battalion, and now the merger has been completed. In addition, the Lunar Battalion was severely damaged by the royal army the year before. Although its troops were completed, it was later transferred to the deputy general Ba successfully as the deputy general of Zhoushan. At the same time, hundreds of troops were transferred to Zhoushan. Then, Jiaxing and Huzhou Green Camps supplemented the vacancies of the Lunar Battalion, and they are still continuing to train. As for the vacancies of the transferred vacancies, they have already started recruiting."

If this information is combined with what Huang Zongxi brought before, the entire Qing army changes in Hangzhou, Jia, Hu and Ningshao can be said to be well aware of.

After hearing this news, Chen Wen couldn't help but feel sank. The Qing army's recovery speed was much faster than he thought. He quickly refilled the gaps of the elite troops by mobilizing. Although the combat power was not so easy to recover, the recovery speed of the troops was amazingly fast.

It seems that the fortifications in Anhua Town need to try to speed up the construction progress.

Thinking of this, Chen Wen smiled and then said: "The news brought by Guerrilla this time is very important, and I will definitely receive a heavy reward."

Seeing that Chen Wen said this, Yu Shizhong hurriedly bowed and said, "Only by the court and the protection of his ancestors, he could live in the south of the Yangtze River. He dare not forget it for a day. Therefore, since Emperor Lie died for his country, he never thought about restoring the country of Ming Dynasty. However, the world was difficult and wasted. At the end of last year, I was happy to hear that Lin Haibo revived Jinhua Mansion and specially brought his son to the king's army to serve the king's army. He hoped to take it in." After that, he took his son to pay tribute to Chen Wen.

After going south from Huzhou for hundreds of miles away, Chen Wen suddenly wondered if he had a bit of a domineering spirit, but once he thought of this man's ancestors who were under Qi Jiguang's command, it was like a basin of cold water was poured on his head.

Since Jin Shengheng, Li Chengdong and Jiang Yan have been suppressed by the Qing Dynasty one after another. Not only was Jiangxi, which was once restored, but Guangdong and Shanxi were re-occupied by the Qing army, but even the Ming army on the battlefields of Guangxi and Huguang were severely damaged. On the southeast battlefield, the Ming army in Simingshan and Ming army in Zhoushan were defeated one after another two years ago.

At this time, even if he fought on the battlefield in Zhejiang and Zheng Chenggong's victory in Zhangzhou, Fujian, it can be said that it was the most sluggish period of the Anti-Qing movement in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and it can even be said to have fallen to the bottom.

During this period, more and more anti-Qing people began to choose to remain silent, stay in their homes or mountains and seas, and no longer continue to fight for civilized clothes. Under such an atmosphere, fewer and fewer people were willing to serve the Ming army. Even Chen Wen was affected to a certain extent after entering Jinhua Prefecture. At least at present, there were very few scholars who were willing to join this Ming army in Zhejiang, far from what he imagined.

This phenomenon was not until Li Ding's BN killed Prince Jing Jin Nikan, one of the three kings of the Qing Dynasty, and broke the so-called "The Eight Banners invincible" myth, and the anti-Qing people were re-inspired.

In history, I heard that Li Dingguo had lost two famous kings, and anti-Qing people from all over the country came back one after another, running to provide information for the Ming army. The entire anti-Qing movement in the Southern Ming Dynasty entered a new peak. No wonder there is a heroic poem "After reading the broken stele, Hu Xiong Ghost, life and death are all from King Li Jin".

After seeing the two people in front of him again, Chen Wen smiled and stood up to help the father and son up, and said that he would make arrangements based on their abilities, while Yu Shizhong's son was directly arranged to do things in the personal army.

Recalling this person's origin, the Jinshan Guard seemed to be a Japanese Guard. He had been fighting against the Qing Dynasty in Taihu Lake for many years, so he should be very familiar with the water war. After thinking about it, Chen Wen planned to let Yu Shizhong learn military laws and other matters in the Central Army, and then report to the town's water camp.

However, before this was enough to be said, Yu Shizhong said that he had a "baby" to offer to Chen Wen. After he saw those things and asked Yu Shizhong to personally demonstrate how to use them, the decision was immediately left behind. Yu Shizhong, who "dedicated treasures", was directly appointed as a training officer in the Military Training Department, and participated in the training of the troops while studying military law and other matters.

However, as soon as someone had arranged the father and son, he welcomed the messenger who came back from Quzhou to convey information.

After capturing Jinhua Prefecture City, Chen Wen used the part-time liar named Bai Jinghe and his previous personal soldier Yu Li to Quzhou Prefecture City with the code names "Xu Zhu" and "Jie Xiang" respectively to collect intelligence. Until later, the two established some channels to obtain intelligence through different means. However, as Wang Sheng was transferred to the Super Biao Camp, Yu Li, who was once under this person, had to bring the information back and send other people to cooperate with Bai Jinghe.

Looking at this former personal soldier, he still looked taciturn, but his stubbornness was even stronger than before. Until he explained everything clearly, Chen Wen asked him to rest for a few days, saying that other tasks would be assigned to him soon.

Recalling the information, Ma Jinbao's Zhenbiao camp rebuilt with the same means, but because he was adjacent to the Ming army occupied area, the treatment was far less generous than that of Fubiao and Tibiao camp; Wang Sheng was transferred to the Super Biao camp, and Chen Wen had learned from the envoy at this time; and Wang Jiang's resettlement location changed from Hangzhou to Nanjing, although it made him feel a little unexpected, it was not a strange thing after careful consideration.

In addition, the Chen Jinsen envoy to Fujian should be because Zheng Chenggong besieged Zhangzhou, but he did not have even a slight impression of what happened in Jiangxi during this period.

At this moment, Cao Conglong, the governor of Zhejiang who was about to set out to start patrolling the counties, welcomed a guest.
Chapter completed!