In the fifth year of Yongli, Chen Wen led his troops to attack Jinhua, which started the gradual growth of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang gradually grew through repeated anti-encirclement and suppression, and finally gained strategic initiative, thus restoring half of the south of the Yangtze River.

That year, Chen Wen personally led only one army, cavalry, engineers and some entourage personnel, and the main force was ordered to cover the migration of the old camp. In this way, the old camp should have been foolproof. However, the old camp arrived in Jinhua Prefecture, but at that time, the nominal commander of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain, former governor of Zhejiang Wang Jiang, was missing. It was not until later that news was obtained that Wang Jiang was captured by Wang Sheng, the great traitor of Siming Mountain. The governor guards who accompanied Wang Jiang and the small army in Nantang camp left behind by Wu Dengke and others were also wiped out.

This incident caused a sensation at that time. After all, Wang Sheng was a man, and he knew more or less about what kind of person he came from Siming Mountain. Nantangying was able to defeat Li Rong, drive away Ma Jinbao and Zhang Guoxun, and annihilate Zhejiang Fubiao, but was defeated by such a role. It was really shocking. At the same time, he also criticized Niu Ping'an, the commander of that battle. Even the widow of the Niu family was inevitably cold and coldly spoken by others on weekdays.

"The king is as kind as a mountain to my family. I forgive my father for losing the army. Not only does it mean military merits, land and pensions, but also exchanged the corpse with the treasures he passed down from home. It is precisely because of this that the more I feel that my family cannot bear to the king, and I always think that one day I can use practical actions to wash away this shame, but before that, I really had no face to see him."

It has been seven years since the news of the sixth year of Yongli. It is said that the thousands of people have ended without success. Almost every victory of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be "whipped" for a round. The pressure the Niu family has endured in these seven years can be imagined. Even Niu Zhong's younger brother Niu Xiao was disgusted with the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he was prepared to recruit troops and recruited them. He would rather go to the inn in the city than join the army. However, Niu Zhong was determined to get credit for his father in the future.

The robes of our team have already gone to the cafeteria to have dinner, and there are only two of them in the dormitory. Once the gate of your mind is opened, the desire to express will pour out everything in your heart.

Niu Zhong told the story, the grand funeral, the care of the army, the help of his father's old comrades, the earnest teaching of his widowed mother, all the warmth and the bad reputation of the defeated general, the discriminatory eyes of others, the frown of the widowed mother and the self-deprecation of his younger brother were intertwined, and they could not be sorted out at all, because these were already completely unsolved like a mess.

Similar feelings were not without Ding Junjie's youth. His father was killed and his widowed mother saved money to raise him up. Even if he had a pension at home, he would save every expense in order to make him live a more affordable life in the future. However, as long as it was related to him, the food and clothing expenses should be given as best as possible.

However, compared with Niu Ping'an, in addition to the pension and love for him and his mother in the army, his father's robes were more careful of their family, and Shi Daniu's family also took care of them. Even in the countryside of Yongkang, in Jinhua City, in the Boy Scout Academy, the neighbors and classmates would respectfully call him loyal descendants. However, these were rare for Niu Zhong, the descendants of the same martyrs, and even had to face those malicious ridicule at all times, just because his father defeated a battle.

"Brother Niu, you were wrong."

After talking about the past, Niu Zhong fell silent again. After a while, Ding Junjie sorted out his thoughts and broke the silence here.

"The king loves soldiers as much as his son. He does not hesitate his family to exchange the corpses of his soldiers for burial. But have you ever wondered why the king had to bury such a grand burial to Lingzun and the fallen soldiers back then, and why they had to be given a pension? In my humble opinion, the king has never blamed Lingzun. Lingzun used his life to fulfill the oath he made under the flying tiger flag, which is no different from other martyrs."

"Is this really the case?"

Ding Junjie's persuasion aroused the hope in Niu Zhong's heart. He had not had such thoughts before, but for a long time, he had been full of denial on this, so that even Ding Junjie broke up the broken persuasion so much that he could not reverse his inherent concepts.

"Yes, it must be like this!"

The two chatted quietly in the dormitory for a long time, until the robes of the same team had already had supper and even heard the officer telling the story of ancient times. They came back to get toiletries, and after washing up, they turned off the lights and rested. They realized that they had even eaten food.

However, the army has certain rules. In addition to performing tasks, the kitchen did not prepare another "late skip" for them when training in the camp like them. They had to endure hunger and wash it clean, hoping that they would not be hungry again after sleeping.

Ding Junjie relieved Niu Zhong's knot. Although it was only a small part, it was a good thing for him and Niu Zhong. Although the two were hungry and tired, they felt much more relaxed in their hearts. They could not talk and laugh, but they were much more than they said on weekdays.

When they came back from washing up, everyone had already gone to bed to fall asleep. They walked to the bed gently, but they saw two steamed buns and a piece of vegetable and meat wrapped in oil paper on Ding Junjie's bedside table.

"Eat quickly, don't forget to throw away the paper after eating, so that the tutors who were checking the house at night saw that we had to go out and get whipped again."

"That's right, I've eaten them all. This is the first time Brother Su is a thief. You two are quick to sell the stolen goods."

"Li Youzhi, you are a gentleman, and let the polite soldiers hear me and say you did it."

In the dormitory, everyone was lying on the bed without moving at all, but laughter came, giving this dormitory with a different kind of warmth, even if it was no longer the coldest days.

That night, Chen Wen had already arrived at the Niushou Mountain Training Camp, but he did not affect the rest time of the soldiers. He did not show up until the next day and inspected the exercises in person.

The exercises were divided into different subjects. Chen Wen did not perform spot checks, but spent the whole day inspecting the army. From the marching of the queue, the formation was switched to weapon training, the compression training, and even the lottery armor-defying exercise. After a day, he was generally satisfied.

In the evening, Chen Wen and his soldiers watched a performance of the Mission and Art Troupe. This time it was not the "Love in the City" that had been arranged before, the "Five Hundred Warriors in Siming Mountain" or the ones that came later, but a new drama.

This play tells the story of the Qing army entering the pass, enclosing land in Zhili, and Han people in villages became slaves. The protagonist even experienced that his own land was forcibly enclosed by the Qing army. The family changed from a self-cultivated farmer to a slave. The elder brother resisted the enclosed land and was killed. His wife was insulted by the Tartars who enclosed land and committed suicide by committing suicide. His neighbor fled to the south by the law of fleeing slaves. His family could not pay rent and his family was destroyed. Finally, he went south to fight against the Qing army in anger.

Among them, there are all kinds of evil methods such as shaving hair, changing clothes, enclosing land, rushing to recharge, and fleeing slaves. Through the development of the plot, the evil things done by the Qing Dynasty in Zhili were told in a casual manner, highlighting the necessity of anti-Qing.

"When I don't resist today, the tragedy of Zhili will repeat in other places. Not to mention anything else, Hangzhou, Nanjing and other places are all examples, everything will happen sooner or later!"

The protagonist went south to Huainan and joined the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army that had just recovered there, using this sentence as the ending of the whole play. Chen Wen was very touched by this drama. He has always claimed that he went south from Zhili, but he still lacked enough understanding of real land enclosure. However, after watching this drama, he believed that no matter he, the soldiers in the army and the people of the people, could have a real understanding of this.

After watching this drama, the soldiers in the camp were even more angry. Fortunately, the profession of actors has become familiar to people, and there is no longer any actors who play Tartars and Green Camp soldiers who are beaten by the audience. However, the message conveyed by the story still reaches everyone's heart.

Chen Wen stayed in Daying for a night and set off for Nanjing the next day. Inspection of Niushoushan Camp and checking the training progress is the most necessary thing, because the Northern Expedition Plan for the second half of this year has been brewing for many years. Chen Wen has been waiting for this day for a long time. It can even be said that if it were not for the pig teammates who might come out to drag their feet behind him, he would have launched a Northern Expedition long ago, and would not have been postponed to today, which allowed the Qing Dynasty to launch the expansion of the new army.

After the inspection, Chen Wen was generally satisfied with the training progress. The inspection results of all training subjects were pretty good, at least he saw it. Of course, with the military supervisory department and the Military Law Department, Chen Wen was not afraid that the Military Training Department could cover the sky with just one hand here. What he saw this time should be a more real result, at least it would not be much away from the average.

After Chen Wen left the camp, the training intensity in the camp would be further strengthened, so that he could enter the Northern Expedition in the best condition after completing the training tasks in the summer.

In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Wen rushed back to the Qi Palace in Nanjing and inspected it. Everything was running smoothly. The entire area of ​​the Ming Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the territory, government affairs, judicial affairs, and military affairs of several provinces will be summarized and dealt with here. During the period when Chen Wen left, it seems that the newly established departments have achieved some results. It is estimated that they can be completely completed in summer.

The heads of each department were all senior officials who contributed great efforts in the rise of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. At that time, they were just a group that occupied a territory of one mansion, and even had only a few hundred people. Later, they worked together for many years. It was not until Chen Wen started to set up Zhejiang that he was temporarily separated. Now he has a certain foundation and has achieved twice the result with half the effort.

"How is that son of the Huang family worthy of his younger sister?"

"Whether it's worth it or not, we don't mean it. What we mean by the engagement that Wang Jingluo and Huang Lizhou had made back then is not the only thing we can say. Besides, the Huang family's tutor is pretty good. As long as we don't pass on the Donglin Party Sticks, I don't care about supporting Wang Jingluo in the future. Of course, if it's still the same, I won't have that time."

The first thing Chen Wen did during this trip was to send off the bride. When he returned to the mansion, Wang Jiang's wife and Sun Yu's wife were both in the mansion and were chatting with Zhou Yueying. Zhou Yueying took a break from her busy schedule to ask, and Chen Wen also gave a casual answer. As a couple was one, Chen Wen had no need to hide his disgust towards Huang Zongxi.

Zhou Yueying didn't know how Chen Wen was in the Huang family, and even Chen Wen wouldn't know for a while that Huang Zongxi had already started writing the records of the dynasty. However, he was not in a hurry to write the history, and as long as he had power, he was not afraid that Huang Zongxi would dare to blatantly criticize him as blatantly as the dark horse Shiying in history, because he was never a dead tiger.

After wiping the dust and changing clothes, the three families have long been a good match. Chen Wen, Wang Jiang and Sun Yu’s wives chatted about the wedding and returned to the office to continue working.

"King, this is the latest news sent by Beijing Station. The partial divisions in Lushun have played a role. The Tatars divided the right army of Wuwei to assist in the defense of Tianjin Acropolis and Dagukou. They were obviously afraid that the king's army would land from there and go straight to the capital."

With the sea control power in hand, isn’t it easy to bully the Qing Dynasty?

Chen Wen knew very well that the Qing court did not have naval troops in the north, but the navigators in the north were fewer than in the south, and wars in the south were frequent, and the northern navigators were much weaker. Now they still have to guard various ports and take into account the shipping of North Korea. They were completely helpless when they were beaten by a side army on their face.

"I thought they had to assemble the navy to try it out, but it was a pity that Zhao Qian's professional engineer skills."

While talking and laughing, Chen Wen opened the information. Liu Cheng's name and the new garrison of the Wuwei Right Army were vividly displayed on the paper. It was only the news of the Qing court's decision, but he did not doubt that this location would deflect, because it was indeed a good place that could take into account defense and also train, especially the Qing court had begun to restore the production of small rice in the late Ming Dynasty.

Just for this matter, the internal information of the Supervision Department also reported it. First of all, the special department in charge of Zhang Jun. After receiving a new threat, the third person immediately became honest. As a result, Chen Wen also confirmed his identity even more. There is absolutely no one in this world who is more afraid of Yongli than him, and even Shunzhi would definitely not reach this level.

Compared with this matter, the rest were voices asking Chen Wen to start a Northern Expedition as soon as possible. The gentry received news that Chen Wenhui would reopen the imperial examination after the Northern Expedition. A large number of gentry in various places publicly discussed the Northern Expedition, and many expressed their willingness to praise the military supplies.

This is true for ordinary gentry, and those factory owners in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are much more complicated. The southern market is becoming saturated. The number of ordinary people is large, but their consumption capacity is limited. Now North Korea is also occupied by the Qing Dynasty. Some of them have already thought of dumping industrial products into the north after the Northern Expedition. Among them, Wang Fu, the Huizhou merchant who Chen Wen supported, was a representative figure. He even sent the letters to the royal palace, but Chen Wen had no time to demolish them.

In comparison, the military households have a much simpler mind. When the Northern Expedition recovered lost territory, Chen Wen would divide more military merits and land, and the soldiers' families were the most active. In terms of preparing for military replenishment, while enviing the soldiers' families' duty-free fields, he was staring at the strength of the expansion of the army, for fear that he would not be able to catch up with this wealth, which was also a torment.

Among them, it doesn't matter only the households. Some of them began to worry that cheap labor in the north would impact the local employment market, which would lead to a decline in their wages and benefits. However, these thoughts were only in the bud, and at least no expert professor or professor came out to analyze it.

The overall situation is very good, and the public opinion is positive. Preparations for the Northern Expedition, such as food, supplies, ships and livestock, etc. are also in an orderly manner. In terms of the army, the new tactics of the first-level troops of the Niushoushan Camp are still being trained in full swing. The tactics of the other divisions are slightly improved and the army has lasted longer. One of them has passed the inspection of the Military Training Department, and it is only a matter of time to complete them.

After putting down the report of the Supervision Department, Chen Wen leaned on the chair of the Grand Master, closed his eyes to rest, and was also thinking about whether there was any missing. But before he could come up with a reason, as the head of the Military Information Department rushed over, the face that had been invisible for a long time showed a series of complex expressions such as excitement and worry, such as anxiety, and other complex expressions, Chen Wen knew that the time node he was waiting for was probably here.

However, after taking the report, Chen Wen's brows got closer and closer. After reading the whole article, he finally let out a sincere sigh, but the feelings contained in the sigh were so complicated that it was difficult to distinguish.
Chapter completed!