In September of the 11th year of Yongli, after half a year, Sun Kewang, a powerful minister who was once a temporary magistrate, was completely defeated by Chen Wen. After being tried by the Three Justices, he was executed by the Yongli court in Pingyiwei in Yunnan.

This historical dog traitor led to the culprit of the failure of the middle and late Southern Ming Dynasty. He died under the sword of the Yongli court, who was cheated of nothing to say. It is also considered that the way of heaven is better.

After Sun Kewang was executed, Chen Wen's title of King Qi was also implemented. Not only Chen Wen, but also the five dukes under Chen Wen were awarded the title of prince. The generals under him even conducted a round of collective promotions to encourage them to make great achievements for the Ming Dynasty under Chen Wen.

At this stage of the agreement, Chen Wen's army also began to retreat in batches as promised to the Huguang direction. The rebuke was quickly forgotten by the Yongli court after being ignored by Chen Wen, and everyone thought that it had never happened. Immediately afterwards, the vassal king sent by Yongli court to return to Huguang to pay vassals, Chen Wen also prepared a "grace gift" to go over, believing that the court could change his mind.

After more than three months, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army mobilized and moved no less than 300,000 military households from Guizhou. Many military households and other military households near Huguang were not urgently organized and migrated to Huguang on their own to get rid of the identity of serfs in the military camp.

With so many military households, the military uniforms in the Guiyang warehouse were no longer enough. Chen Wen simply took out the cloth in the warehouse and hired Guiyang tailors and women to make clothes. In the past three months, every tailor and civilian woman in Guiyang has made a fortune. It is just folk cloth, and the price of clothing is completely chaotic. If you want to recover, it will not be a matter of one day or one night.

With Sun Kewang's execution, the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang withdrew from Guizhou as promised, but the Guizhou left for the Yongli court is now different from what they had seen before. After accepting the re-entitlement of King Qi, Chen Wen returned to Huguang as quickly as possible, and did not stay to say goodbye to Li Dingguo. Not to mention anything else, he would not have the face to see this generous hero again.

The withdrawal was handed over to Wu Dengke. After returning to Chenzhou Prefecture, Chen Wen took a boat all the way to Dongting Lake along the Yuanshui River, and then entered the Yangtze River waterway, heading straight to Wuchang, the capital of Huguang Province.

In early October, Chen Wen arrived in Wuhan and on the way back, he received news that Zhou Yueying gave birth to a baby boy. This was Chen Wen's eldest son and the prince of the Qi Prince's Mansion. The birth of the prince was also a great encouragement to the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang Mingjun Group, because Chen Wen's career had an heir, and their wealth and glory could be realized only.

After accepting the congratulations, Chen Wen also quickly welcomed Wen Anzhi, the generals of Kuidong. They were all invited by Chen Wen to discuss the plan of the Northern Expedition. However, before the situation completely stabilized, they had no intention of submitting. However, with Sun Kewang being "forced to death" by Chen Wen, the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang began to withdraw from Guizhou as promised. They were waiting and watching the situation closely and had to go to Wuchang to discuss with Chen Wen the unhappiness that the newly promoted Pujiang County Prince Lou Jiye had recently had with them in Yunyang, Xiangyang and other places.

"Mr. Wen, you guys, can you go along the way?"

In the former southwestern shogunate, Chen Wen met Wen Anzhi, the governor of Sichuan and Hubei. Some of the generals from Kuidong also came in person, and some sent representatives. All of these ten vassal states were still there.

"Along the way, there were His Highness's army guards, so naturally no one dared to touch me."

Wen Anzhi showed displeasure, and this tone sounded even more so in Chen Wen's ears. He also yelled at this and didn't care about this expected attitude.

Wen'an, a native of Yiling in Huguang, a Shujishi of the Tianqi Dynasty, was impeached by Xue Guoguan, and was dismissed from office and returned home during the Chongzhen Dynasty. During the last days of the Chongzhen Dynasty, as well as Hongguang Chao and Longwu Dynasty, they all recruited him to become officials, but they were not successful. As a result, in the fourth year of Yongli, that is, the year when Chen Wen came to this era, Wen'an entered the Yongli Dynasty. At that time, the chief assistant of Wen'an, all asked to be demoted and asked Wen'an to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. In the fifth year of Yongli, the situation became increasingly unfavorable. Under the double pressure of Sun Kewang and the Qing Dynasty, Wen'an went to Fengjie to serve as the governor of Sichuan and Hubei, and led the generals of Kuidong as foreign aid for the court.

Historically, the military operations of the Ming army in the Kuidong in the following years, especially those joint operations, were all planned by Wen'an, including the war of reconciliation and construction of Chongqing when Wu Sangui went south to Yunnan and Guizhou. This supervisor had a great prestige in the Ming army in Kuidong, and the generals in Kuidong had conflicts, but with this person, he could always work together. It was not until Santan's internal strife and the Chongqing battle failed, and Wen'an's depressed ended, and the Ming army in Kuidong was completely turned into a mess and could no longer exist as a strategic unit.

Seeing this old man who came out at the age of 68 and was 76 years old but still fighting on the front line of the Anti-Qing Dynasty, I remember that when he just recovered from Jiangxi, he sent someone to Fengjie to say hello to Wen Anzhi, but now he met, it was like this. Chen Wen knew very well that due to the Yongli court, Wen Anzhi came here to make trouble for him, but when facing such an old man, he could not have any plans to make things difficult for him.

"I remember that Master Wen is from Yiling, Huguang. Now Huguang has been restored to the king's army. Have you ever thought about returning home to worship his ancestors and resting in Yiling for some time?"

"I've had your best deal with your best, but the world has not yet settled. How dare I slacken at all?"

"Mr. Wen is still worried about the Han people's world at his seventies. He really feels guilty about the unworthy people who have committed themselves to the enemy. If the world is like the Supervisor, how could the Tartars gain a foothold in China for so many years?"

"I have not been able to recover from my incoming land for several years, so I really cannot give the praise of a young hero like His Highness, His Highness," he said.

Chen Wen and Wen'an asked questions and answers. The generals of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army and the Kuidong Ming Army were all sitting upright, listening to the open and secret arrows between the strongest vassal kings in the Southern Ming Dynasty and the old supervisor who had served as the chief minister of the cabinet and the head of civil officials.

After a long time, the greetings came to an end. As the master, Chen Wen explained to Wen Anzhi and the generals of Kuidong where the intention of this invitation was.

"As we all know, our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Kings defeated the powerful brigade of the Eight Banners two years ago. Last year, we killed Shang Kexi, who was a fake court in Guangzhou, and Geng Jimao, the two thieves. This year, they have successively captured Fan Wencheng and the traitor Sun Kewang, who has recovered from the south of Huguang. Now it is in full swing and is about to raise troops to fight the northern expedition and restore the Han family. I would like to come here today to discuss the defense division in northern Huguang and the cooperation issues during the northern expedition."

Chen Wen said a long passage in a long way. All the generals of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were all looking glorious. This was the glory they had achieved after their hard work and sweat. They were particularly content in front of outsiders. However, the generals of the Kuidong present frowned. Chen Wen knew that they were using their eyes to prevent them from appearing too weak in front of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

"Your Highness of the King of Qi, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang divisions have repeatedly defeated the Tartars, and this year they have been serving the king for thousands of miles. All the loyal and righteous people in the world have praised it. But I don't know that Shang Geng's two vans had accepted the titles from the court before, so how could there be a false surrender?"

Wen Anzhi asked, and he reminded the generals of Kuidong to understand their intentions. Chen Wen also smiled slightly, and then said to Wen Anzhi and the generals of Kuidong: "It's shameful to say that Shang and Geng are the two thieves who were in charge of Nangan. At first, I didn't care much about these two people, and only knew to work with Yanping to recover Nanjing. Unexpectedly, Nanjing was restored, and Geng Jimao secretly colluded with the remnants of Fujian Liu Qingtai for the king to learn about it. Later, Shang Kexi imprisoned the generals and the governors of Jin when the King of Jin rescued Anlong, and attacked the generals of Guangdong and Guangxi. The king had to lead his army south to eliminate these remnants of Tartars."

Speaking of this, Chen Wen saw that Wen Anzhi was about to speak again, and before the old man, he took the lead in saying: "In terms of evidence, I had already sent it to the court with the memorial. I had previously captured Guiyang and found out that the memorial was caused by Sun Kewang's isolation from the inside and outside. I had clarified it to the court. Today's meeting ended, I asked someone to copy a few copies and send it to the inn to ask the Superintendent Wen and you all to see what the two thieves did."

Chen Wen said the words perfectly, and Wen Anzhi had to keep silent. The memorial was sent to Guiyang by Chen Wen, who captured Guiyang. Now that Sun Kewang is dead, this case has long been dead and has no evidence. No matter how Chen Wen said it, it would be useless even if he defended it, and he himself did not believe that the two traitors would sincerely serve the court. Just what Shang Kexi did was a good example.

After explaining this issue, Chen Wen continued his just-in-one issue and said to Wen'anzhi and Kuidong generals: "It is a good thing to restore Huguang, but I heard that Yunyang and Xiangyang are in a little unharmonious situation. This time, I have invited you to come and reward me in order to solve this matter."

The generals of Kuidong, also known as the Thirteen Kuidong families, are collective names for the anti-Qing armed forces stationed in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei, which were controlled by the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The thirteen families say that it is not a real number. It mainly comes from Li Laiheng, Duke Linguo Li Tichun, Duke Wan Guoyuan Zongdi, Duke Jingguo Hao Yongzhong, Duke Xingping Hou Dangshousu, Duke Tongcheng Hou Ma Tengyun and Duke Yidu Houta Tianbao, Duke Fu Hou Tan Wen, Duke Renshou Tan Yi of the old Ming army, Tan Hong of Renshou of Xinjin, and some Duke Xinjin Housing, who were once the Ming army, once surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and finally raised troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty in Shaanxi, and he once became bandits, and later surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

The thirteen Kuidong families have a complex source. Not to mention the conflict between the former Ming army and the former Break Army, there are many conflicts among the Dashun Army, the most powerful Dashun Army. Wen'an's ability to control the army was also a temporary choice. It's a pity that the Ming army in Kuidong has never had a base area for the increase in strength, and the generals also distrust each other and can only be limited to the mountainous areas in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei.

The generals were stationed in various places, such as Wang Guangxing stationed in Shizhouwei, Hao Yongzhong stationed in Yangjiaozhai, Fangxian in the south of Yunyang Prefecture, Li Laiheng stationed in Qilianping, Xingshan County in the northwest of Jingzhou Prefecture, Dang Shousu stationed in Badong County, northwest of Jingzhou Prefecture, and Tatianbao stationed in Pingyangba, Badong County.

The stationed locations and actual controlled areas of these armed forces are all in the northern part of Huguang, involving the territory of the two prefectures and one guard, and even Xiangyang Prefecture is under their troops.

Previously, Chen Wen went south to serve the king. They also wanted to take advantage of Chen Wen's opportunity to destroy the Qing Dynasty's rule in northern Huguang to occupy more territory. As a result, green camps in various places quickly changed their territories, followed Lou Jiye from Wuchang and Huangzhou to block them from their place and did not make any progress.

The generals were full of resentment in this regard. The army was stationed in Sichuan, but it was fine. After all, it was not bordered and there was no chance. However, these companies in Huguang were different. Not only did they not take advantage of them, some of them also lost some personnel and supplies. This time, they also had to bargain with Chen Wen in a group.

"Your Highness King Qi said it well. The restoration of Huguang is a good thing, but we are all kings. Why don't we expand our strength? Your Highness King Qi has hidden several southeastern provinces and is still unwilling to give alms to the territory of our counties? You're too stingy."

Compared to other people, Hao Yongzhong's resentment was not concealed at all, and it can even be said that this person has no habit of concealing it.

This Duke of Yiguo, whose original name was Hao Yaoqi, was just a general of Yuan Zongdi, the right general, Mianhou, during the heyday of the Dashun Army. The general was the second-class military rank in the Dashun Army, second only to General Quan. Yuan Zongdi himself was in charge of the Huguang area, and was a great general who was a flag bearer. He was a class higher than Hao Yongzhong, who was born as a flag bearer.

Later, as the Dashun Army collapsed in Yipianshi and Shaanxi one after another, Li Zicheng died in Jiugong Mountain. The generals without a leader turned to He Tengjiao and accepted the invitation from the Ming court to continue to fight against the Qing army.

However, after Yuan Zongdi's defeat, the army suffered too much losses. Instead, intermediate generals such as Liu Tichun, Hao Yongzhong and Wang Jincai not only did not suffer any losses, but their military strength was even better than that of the past. Among them, Hao Yongzhong and Wang Jincai were even more attracted by He Tengjiao and used it to exclude the rest of the other Dashun Army.

Hao Yongzhong is a straight man, and his mind is not as twisted as other senior generals of the Dashun Army. He says whatever he thinks and does whatever he thinks. He was used by He Tengjiao and stabbed Chen Youlong back, which ruined the battle situation in Huguang. This time, the conflict with the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was also the most intense.

Chen Wen knew that Hao Yongzhong sent troops from Zhushan County to attack Yunyang Prefecture City, and the defenders there changed the banner of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. As a result, Hao Yongzhong did not believe it, so he led the army to attack the city. In the end, he would steal chickens but lose some of the rice. Instead, he lost some of the army and a large amount of supplies, which was the most troublesome role.

Seeing Hao Yongzhong's resentment, Chen Wen smiled and replied: "Duke Yiguo is not saying this. Almsgiving is a word for beggars. You are all long-term generals who have been in charge of the army for many years. If you want to say that you have only a lot more and less years in the army than me, Chen Wen, and you will accept the title of Huang Ming several years in the morning. When you were granted titles by the marquis, I, Chen Wen, was still innocent, so why should I be so self-righteous?"

Chen Wen blocked Hao Yongzhong back in a few words. Then, with a wave of his hand, his personal soldiers brought a map of Sichuan and spread it on the ground in the hall.

"What I want to talk about today is the material support for you, including food, agricultural tools, oxen, seeds, and money. My Jiangsu and Zhejiang King will build a warehouse at your residence and make profits by jointly operating. However, the land you share with you is not in Huguang, but in Sichuan."

Speaking of this, Chen Wen stretched out his arms towards the Sichuan map on the ground, as if he was hugging: "Sichuan Province, the country of Tianfu, has a fertile land of thousands of miles. Now it is a land without a border. Even if you occupy the territory of the next palace, it is sufficient to allocate enough. Why bother to limit it to these mountainous areas in eastern Sichuan and western Hubei? Are these mountainous areas really better and more prosperous than plain areas?"
Chapter completed!