Chapter VII Intelligence(1/2)
As the sun sets, Chen Wen has been lying here for a whole day.
"Today should be the fifth day of the seventh month."
Getting up from the bed, Chen Wen stretched his waist, the soreness on his body disappeared, and his head was no longer dizzy, but he was still a little tired. Maybe he had exercised too much yesterday.
"The medicine prescribed by this old Chinese doctor is still very effective."
After a day of rest, Chen Wen felt that he could and had to see Wang Yi.
Originally, according to the plan he had formulated before, he should have revealed the information as soon as he saw Wang Yi, which was the most normal. However, Wang Sheng's appearance disrupted his plan.
You can't wait any longer. Shouldn't the person who reported such important information be told as soon as possible? Even if you are unwell, you can't really wait for Wang Yi to come to see him. Chen Wen felt that every day he said his words would be less credible, so he couldn't afford to delay them at all.
Of course, when the Qing army officially began to encircle and suppress, Wang Yi would believe Chen Wen, but it would be extremely difficult for him to leave at that time.
“Time flies so fast, and there are less than two months left.”
Looking at the twilight outside the window, Chen Wen couldn't help but sigh that more than ten days had passed when the sunrise and rested at sunset, and he was still not very comfortable with such living habits. He touched the phone in his pocket, and it was no longer possible to hear the familiar boot music.
"But it should still be used as a paperweight, just like that power bank."
Chen Wen pushed open the door and walked out. Within his eyes, he was in a small courtyard. Under the corridor of the room opposite, Old Doctor Lu and the boy were having dinner.
"It's really not the time." Chen Wen walked over.
Seeing him coming, Old Doctor Lu stood up and said, "Brother is up?"
"Yes, my body feels much more comfortable. Thank you Mr. Lu for saving my life. I am polite here." Chen Wen performed the etiquette as a ritual.
Old Doctor Lu immediately helped Chen Wen up. "It's not possible. The main reason is that the guy has a good foundation, and I didn't do anything."
"Old Lu, you are too humble. I want to see Zhengluo Wang."
"Oh, don't you eat something first?" Old Doctor Lu was quite surprised.
Chen Wen shook his head and said, "Thank you Mr. Lu. I just slept until now. It has been delayed for a day. It is of great importance. Please tell me where to find Mr. Lu. I will go by myself."
"If that's the case, then I'll do it with me."
Chen Wen was stunned at first, and then felt relieved. After all, this place was a military camp, which was different from the office space he had once visited. It was really inappropriate for him.
"Then, I'm sorry, Lu is old."
After leaving the courtyard, the schoolyard is located, and the courtyard where the Central Army Hall is located is located directly north of the schoolyard.
Chen Wen followed Mr. Lu and soon arrived at the gate of the courtyard. Mr. Lu came forward and said a few words to the officer guarding the gate. The officer looked at Chen Wen and turned around and walked in.
After a while, a man dressed in a minor official walked out with the officer. The minor official looked at the two people in front of the door and saluted at the old doctor Lu. Then, the old doctor Lu replied and turned around and left, but the minor official led Chen Wen to the door.
And all this seems to be in harmony.
The doorman was almost full of people. At first glance, it was either a green or a civil servant in green uniform or a military uniform, and he was young without exception. Without waiting for the guidance of the minor official, Chen Wen found a seat on his own.
Everyone in the room looked at Chen Wen, who was wearing straw sandals, ragged clothes and covered in dirt and dirt, frowned. The civil servant beside him, who was wearing yellow oriole, saw Chen Wen sitting over, immediately got up and changed his seat.
"Why are there a beggar?"
"Don't come to complain."
"What nonsense, what if he was a righteous man who joined the army?"
"The righteous men who joined the army should go to see Governor Huang, King Kong and others, why are they here?"
What a group of young ladies from the Republic of China.
Chen Wen ignored them and sat there happily.
Soon, the door opened again.
The little official rushed in without touching the ground, and before he could breathe evenly, he said loudly: "Mr. Chen, Zhengliu Wang is welcome."
"It's a good job." Chen Wen left the chair that had not yet sat in a warm place and walked out.
After hearing the little official behind him, he said to the officials: "Jingluo Wang said that he will not be in charge today. Come again tomorrow."
Everyone was shocked after hearing this and must know that this was something that had never happened before. Whether it was Wang Yi or Wang Jiang, as long as there was official business, whether it was civil or military affairs, or how late it was, it was always today's business, and it had never been pushed to the next day.
The officials involuntarily turned their eyes to Chen Wen, their faces full of incredibleness.
Chen Wen followed the minor official to the central army hall, and saw a group of green and green civil servants in the central army hall getting up and leaving.
From the hall, the group of civil servants walked together in groups of three or three, looking at Chen Wen, who was like a beggar with surprise or confusion.
"It may be a good thing to know less, at least you don't need to worry about the catastrophe in two months now."
When he walked to the hall, Chen Wen tidied up his clothes under the anxious gaze of the clerk, then put his hair together with his hands, and then walked in with great strides.
In the lobby of the Central Army Hall, Wang Yi sat on the main seat, while a young civil servant with a peacock patch was sitting on the ground. There was no one else except that.
When Wang Yi saw Chen Wen, he was stunned at first, then called the minor official over and whispered a few words. The minor official looked up and down at Chen Wen, and then walked out.
At this moment, Chen Wen looked at the civil servant sitting down and thought carefully.
Logically, when you meet someone you don’t know, you should wait for someone you know. But for him, what he needs most at the moment is not to know who this person is, but to gain the initiative in the next conversation.
"Do you want to have a gamble?"
Chen Wen looked at the civil servant with a smart face, and he was not a fool at first glance. The official uniform was very decent and clean, but there were some black spots on the cuffs, which were ink marks. In addition, there were some white spots on the official boots, white gray or flour?
Chen Wen thought about it and was a third-rank civil servant who was good at writing documents and often went to and from grain warehouses...
"I hope the history books didn't lie to me."
"In the next Chen Wen, I will meet Wang Jingluo and Wang Deputy Xian." Chen Wen performed the etiquette like a ritual.
Wang Yi and the civil servant looked at each other and said, "No gift."
"Xie Wang Jingluo, Xie Wang Deputy Xian."
After Chen Wen got up, Wang Yi asked, "Why don't Fu Ren rest for a few days?"
"Old Lu's wonderful hands are already rejuvenating. Besides, it's important to have a lot of money, so you can't afford to take a break."
This was the civil servant sitting aside and asked, "How did you know that this official belongs to Wang Jiang?"
Guessed correctly.
Chen Wen sighed and said to Wang Jiang: "The two kings of Dalanshan are so thunderous, how could they not know? Besides, there are ink marks on the cuffs of the deputy Xian, and they are obviously dealing with documents often. There are a few white spots on the boots. I guess it is flour below. I don't ask you."
Wang Jiang looked at his cuffs and boots, and looked at Wang Yi and smiled. "What a big deal."
"Power Xian is too honored." Chen Wen bowed.
In his impression, the third-rank civil officials in the Southern Ming Dynasty who appeared in the Siming Mountain area this year should include Wang Yi, Li Changxiang, Zhang Huangyan, Feng Jingdi, Deputy Chief of the Ministry of War, Huang Zongxi and Wang Jiang.
Wang Yi was right in front of him; Li Changxiang and Zhang Huangyan should be in Zhoushan now; Huang Zongxi was no longer in the Lujian Kingdom after going to Japan to beg for his military service, but started "underground work" with Qian Qianyi; then the remaining options are Feng Jingdi and Wang Jiang.
Youdao is born from the heart. According to the story about Feng Jingdi recorded in historical books, he should be a scholarly and a bit stubborn image, obviously not him. And if Feng Jingdi was present, Wang Sheng should be there. After all, he and Wang Sheng had had a conflict before, but Chen Wen had heard about Wang Sheng who had already gone down the mountain yesterday.
In comparison, although there are not many records about Wang Jiang, the bureau he later set up left a deep impression on Chen Wen. This face was obviously closer to the person in front of him.
At this time, Wang Yi asked, "I think Fu Ren must have taught me this."
"I dare not, I'm here to finish everything that has not been done yesterday."
Hearing this, Wang Yi immediately sat upright and said, "At this moment, there is no fourth pair of ears here, Fu Ren just said it's okay."
Chen Wen thought for a while and said, "Can you borrow paper and pen?"
"Then Fu Ren comes and speaks."
Chen Wen walked to Wang Yi's table, picked up the brush, dipped it ink, picked up the pen and drew a map of Zhejiang on paper according to his memory.
As the saying goes, there are pictures and the truth. If you don’t have pictures, please tell me ********Wang Yi and Wang Jiang stood up and looked at Chen Wen’s graffiti. It was not until he marked the place name that he realized that this was a map.
Seeing that the two of them were attracted by themselves, Chen Wen pointed to the map and said, "In the fourth year of the regent, His Highness of the regent has entered Zhoushan."
In 1649 AD, the lost land recovered by the Lu Jianguo in Fujian was lost again. In Zhang Mingzhen, Ruan Jin, and Wang Chao first became popular and Huang Binqing, then entered Zhoushan, and strategically changed from restoring Fujian to operating Zhejiang.
"The Tartars Governor Chen Jin, who was afraid that Zhejiang would be like Fujian again, was so he agreed with Jin Li, General Jin Li, General of Ezhen Pingnan of Gushan, Zhejiang Governor Xiao Qiyuan, and General of Zhejiang Governor Tian Xiong, to take advantage of the fact that His Majesty the Superintendent has not yet established a foothold in Zhoushan, he will first recruit and then encircle and suppress, and first remove branches and then eliminate the fundamental strategy. Previously, Yan's surrender was only part of it, and since this year, he adopted the strategy of encirclement and suppression against those who refused to surrender."
Yan's surrender activities were inevitable choices in the context of a large-scale anti-Qing uprising across the country, and the Qing army was exhausted and not good at water wars. Since Wang Yi's general had just killed Yan's surrender envoy two months ago, connecting such a thing with what Chen Wen was about to tell them can improve the credibility of his words.
"And the Tatars' plan is divided into two lines, south and north."
"In the southern front, the Tartars were led by the general general of Jinhua, Ma Jinbao, and led the Green Camp of Jinhua, Chuzhou, Wenzhou, Taizhou, and the deputy general of the Central Army of the Zhejiang-Fujian Governor Zhang Guoxun, the troops of He Zhaolong, Jinhua Xu Shouping, Chuzhou Ye Linghua and other charity troops." As he said that, Chen Wen drew several arrows on the map, extending from Jinhua Prefecture to Yongshan, Wenzhou and Chuzhou in East Jinhua.
"Of course, the Tartars' targets were Pingyi Hou and Min'an Hou from Sanpan, Wenzhou, but..." Chen Wen shook his head.
Zhou Hezhi, the Marquis of Pingyi, and Zhou Rui, the Marquis of Min'an, were brothers of the same clan. Therefore, the State of Lu ordered the two to station in Sanpan, Wenzhou together, but the brothers were in conflict. Zhou Rui went south to surrender to Zheng Cai, and later became Zheng Chenggong's general, and Zhou Hezhi was surrendered to the Navy General under the State of Lu's State of Lu's State of Lu's State of Ruan Jin.
This is a well-known internal fighting incident that occurred in the Lujian Kingdom. The result directly led to the Zhoushan Battle that occurred next year. The Zhoushan Ming army was forced to divide its troops to fight against the Qing army on the south route from Taizhou to the north.
Hearing this, Wang Jiang immediately interrupted Chen Wen. "What's wrong with Pingyi Hou and Min'an Hou?"
"Don't they know about this? Or maybe it hasn't happened at all at this time?" Chen Wen thought about it, but he couldn't remember how many months this year it happened.
Since this is the case, Chen Wen had to pretend to be surprised and said: "Don't you know the two Shangguans? Pingyi Hou and Min'an Hou were incompatible with water and fire, and now they have parted ways."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Jiang was stunned at first, then sighed, his expression a little decadent, while Wang Yi was completely unmoved.
Chen Wenduan didn't expect that Wang Yi would have such an expression, so he had to bite the bullet and continue talking.
"The following is the northern line. The Tartars were afraid that Siming Mountain and Zhoushan would be mutually supportive. They agreed to use the Eight Banners soldiers of the headquarters of the General Pingnan Gushan Ezhen Jin Lizhi and the Ningbo Green Camp to go out to Fenghua in September this year, and use the Zhejiang Admiral Tian Xiong Shiba and Shaoxing Green Camp to go out to Yuyao, and meet with Dalan."
To be continued...