Kong Youde left Changsha with his front foot, and Wang Kefan went down Jinggang Mountain with his back foot, and after defeating the two "puppet armies", he easily recovered Chaling Prefecture.

To the west of Chaling Prefecture is Youxian (famous for Xianggan in Youxian County), and to the northwest of Youxian is Hengyang, as an important barrier to the east of the Xiangjiang River, Youxian County is guarded by a regular army of 3,000 green battalions.

To the south of Chaling Prefecture is Chenzhou Mansion, because it is located in the border area of Hunan and Guangdong, too remote, difficult to control, after the Qing army shrank around Changsha Mansion, the matter has been abandoned there, only a small number of just surrendered "puppet army" garrisoned, Wang Kefan and the generals after discussion, sent Wang Sheng and Zhang Jiayu to Chenzhou Mansion, first grab this territory.

At the same time, he sent Teng Shuanglin to attack Anren County, Zhou Guodong to attack Yanxian County (酃, pronounced ling, now Yanling County), and Lü Renqing to attack Leiyang County...... while attacking from all sides, the Chu army vigorously collected ships, collected grain and grass, and prepared for the attack on Hengyang.

Eat the meat first, and save the hard bones to the bottom.

Because the Chu army was prepared, it moved faster than other Ming armies, of course, it was necessary to expand its own interests as much as possible and capture Chenzhou Mansion first, the Chu army not only occupied a large piece of territory, but also blocked the Ming army hiding in Guangdong, and could also be one step ahead in the robbery of other state capitals.

All in all, after the Qing army was driven north of the Yangtze River, the territory of Hunan had to be redivided, and He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, was no longer in charge.

The sudden seizure of a large area of territory requires a group of corresponding officials to manage it, and these officials must also belong to the Chuxun group in order for Wang Kefan to truly control Hunan...... Fortunately, he had prepared and notified Fu Guan in advance to select people. In the second Enke, a group of pragmatic and hard-working new science and technology scholars were added.

Guilin is not too far away, and one after another, these officials came to Chaling Prefecture.

This morning. The newly reported officials were all notified to assemble at the Zhizhou Yamen and wait for Wang Kefan's summons.

Chalingzhou is a small place, and the lobby of the Zhizhou Yamen was destroyed in the war not long ago, so everyone gathered in the courtyard in the open air, chatting with each other and seeing that the time was almost up. Everyone hurriedly stood up according to their rank and official positions, waiting for Wang Kefan to appear. I heard that this Admiral Cao Jiang has always been the most punctual, and he also hates others for not being punctual. Definitely not going to be late for the shelf.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the appointed time, Wang Kefan stepped into the courtyard.

"Guys, most of us are meeting for the first time. But in the next few years, more than a decade, or even decades. Many of us will be the closest comrades, the most reliable comrades-in-arms, sharing weal and woe, closely related......" Wang Kefan looked at everyone as he delivered his welcome speech.

Except for a few old adults, most of them are vigorous young people, who have not yet been sharpened by the big dye vat of officialdom, as the leaders of the young generation of the Ming Dynasty. As long as they are guided and sharpened, they will become qualified officials who can take on heavy responsibilities.

The new officials felt refreshed. I heard that Wang Junmen was born in Xiucai, and sure enough, he quoted scriptures and made chapters, and the "Chinese" said: "If you are with virtue, you are of the same heart, and if you are of one heart, you are comrades"; and in the "Book of the Later Han", there is a classic: "If you make friends with you, you will also be comrades", Wang Junmen used it to call Chu Xun's colleagues, which very aptly expressed everyone's aspiration to resist the Qing Dynasty together.

has the ability and no shelf, this is the first impression of the new officials on Wang Kefan.

"Although everyone has the determination to expel the Tartars, there is no denying that the current situation is still that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and it is not a little weaker, so you should work diligently to return my Han family as soon as possible!" Wang Kefan said in an accentuated tone: "You can stand out among many scholars, and the title of the gold list shows that everyone is the best among their peers, but I must emphasize that the examination is only a means of fair selection of talents, and does not represent your ability to govern......

Wang Kefan slowly glanced at everyone, and when he saw the back row, he met his eyes with Wang Kebin, who was standing there, he nodded imperceptibly, and continued to speak.

According to his requirements, Wang Kebin chose Wuke in the second Enke, and under the care of Fu Guan and others, he successfully won a Wujinshi.

(For most of the Ming Dynasty, Wuju has not been a palace test, so there is no Wujinshi, Wu Zhuangyuan, to the Chongzhen period because of internal and external troubles, so "determined to re-martial arts", only to increase the Wuju palace test this link, and in Chongzhen four years to take the first Ming Dynasty Wu Zhuangyuan Wang to hire, Wang Laihi later and Kong Youde fought and died, and Liaodong Jingluo Xiong Tingbi also once won the first place in the Wuju Township Test, and later abandoned the martial arts and won the first place in the Township Test, both civil and military Yuan, unique in history. ）

Absolute fairness has never been, Wang Kebin, as Wang Kefan's younger brother, was sure to be in the first place before participating in the examination, from Fu Guan to the officials below, in order to ensure that Wang Kebin successfully passed the examination, he did a lot of work in private.

In the final analysis, this is all because Wang Kefan has high hopes for him, blood relationship is one of the strongest bonds, Chu Jun and Chu Xun Group are such a big stall, Wang Kefan needs a helper who can be absolutely trusted.

After Wang Kefan finished speaking, he asked everyone what questions they had, and after hesitating for a moment, an official named Qin Shouzheng boldly asked: "Wang Junmen, I was appointed as the Xiangyin Push Official, and it is still occupied by the Tartars, when will I be able to take office?" That, lowly position is not a love of power, I really want to serve the court earlier! ”

"Don't worry, Kong Youde has already retracted to Wuchang Mansion, and it won't be long before we can drive the Tartars out of Hunan." Wang Kefan said with a smile: "Besides, Huguang is in wartime, there is no need to stick to the conventions of officialdom, if the official is unable to take up his post, and there are other vacancies, you can use your talents." ”

Hearing Wang Kefan's words, the eyes of the new officials lit up, the Ming army's counteroffensive was like a devastating state, seeing that one state and county after another had been seized, and a large number of vacancies in various official positions appeared.

Everyone expressed their willingness to take over the various states and counties that had just been recovered, even if it was a little lower than the original appointment, and no one picked the fat and thin...... When the opportunity comes, you must perform well, and there is no need to care about the level of the official position for a while.

After the meeting, Wang Kefan called Wang Kebin into the inner hall and found a room to talk.

"Now that you have a reputation, have you ever thought about going to a civilian or a military career in the future?"

"The fourth brother ordered me to be admitted to the martial arts, didn't he let me join the army?"

"It's a lifelong event, and I have to ask you what you mean." Wang Kefan said with a smile: "Civil officials pay attention to a seniority and fame, and they can't get ahead for more than ten years, and it is the fastest way to win fame immediately. ”

"Fourth brother, don't worry, I have already made up my mind to follow your example in the army!"

"Good! If you have this mind, follow me into the army. Wang Kefan said: "I originally planned to let you start with the promotion of officers, and go to the battalions in the army to train for two years, and be familiar with all aspects, but now that you are about to use troops against Hengyang, this kind of opportunity for a big battle cannot be missed, so you should go to the staff headquarters first." ”

Wang Kebin had no military experience, so he first went to the grassroots level to train for a period of time, and he had some understanding of all branches of the Chu army, and after he was familiar with the operation mode of this army, he could only be promoted and reused, but the Huguang Battle was about to enter the counteroffensive stage, and he wasted the opportunity to learn and improve by engaging in logistics.

Wang Kebin had other ideas: "The big war will come in the future, the staff will go later, I want to go to the battalion below and compete with the Tartars with my own hands." ”

Wang Kefan looked at him, and a satisfied smile slowly bloomed on the corner of his mouth: "It's okay, since you are a soldier in the army, you have to smell the blood first, and you have just entered the central point in the army, and if you don't get it right, you will become Zhao Kuo on paper, this matter is what I think is wrong." ”

The seedlings have grown into small trees and should have been exposed to more wind and rain.

"In this way, you will go to the recruit camp to participate in assault training tomorrow, and then report to the firearms battalion, and be a deputy under Wang Yi, after the battle of Hengyang begins, the firearms battalion will definitely take the lead, and you can also see what the war is all about."

The establishment of the musket team is different from that of the infantry unit, the name is the musket team, but in fact, there are hundreds of people, more than the infantry of a sentry, and it is divided into several squads.

In Wang Kefan's expectation, the Chu army will sooner or later go north to the Central Plains, in the vast plains of the north, only guns and artillery are the magic weapon to restrain the cavalry of the Eight Banners, and the future direction of the Chu army's army building will also be biased towards hot weapons, so that Wang Kebin can enhance his understanding of musket tactics, which will be of great benefit to his future command operations.

In addition to these reasons, he also tried to ensure Wang Kebin's safety as much as possible, the flintlock pistol had a long range, and when it was fired against the Qing archers, it would definitely have the upper hand, and the probability of injury was lower.

"I've never touched the firecracker, I'm afraid that I won't be able to do this team deputy well, otherwise, I'll be a small soldier under a pseudonym first?" Although Wang Kebin is a martial artist, he can't play with guns, so he went to the firearms camp with a black eye, for fear that he would embarrass Wang Kefan if he didn't do well.

"If you don't do it well, you can learn, no one is born to lead soldiers to fight, this thing is very simple, go back and let Wang Yi teach you, it won't take a few days to become a teacher."

Wang Kefan said: "The brotherly relationship between you and me, you can hide it for a while, you can't hide it for a lifetime, there is no need for a pseudonym or something, you have to learn to adapt to this matter slowly, don't be afraid of people's back and forth, as long as you work hard, others will remember your name sooner or later, not my Wang Kefan's sixth brother......"

Seven days later, Wang Kebin went to the musket team as the deputy of the second team, and became the top boss of Wu Veteran, and Zhu Huaqi and Da Guniu were also under him. (To be continued......)