Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Black-Faced General

Wuwei Shengde, a heroic martyr through the ages; The jade face is bright, and the thousand autumns are drooping Ze Chongren Army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In later generations, Xiushui Township, Changhua County, Taiwan, there is a place commonly known as Shaanxi Village, there is a black-faced general temple in the village, and the book on the door post is such a pair of golden couplets.

The statue of the ancient general with a face like black lacquer, wearing a golden helmet, wearing silver armor, holding a sword to kill the enemy, and a black sideburns and beard hanging down from his chest, the locals call him the black-faced general. It is said that this black-faced general was a Shaanxi military general in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, who recovered Taiwan with Zheng Chenggong and trained in Tuntian, and later died of illness here, so his subordinates began to settle here, which is also called Shaanxi Village by the locals.

Folded longevity.

"Mr. Ma, my Zhejiang Wang Shi doesn't bother to kneel down, get up and speak."

"Sin will obey."

The Qing army general in front of him stood up, and what appeared in Chen Wen's sight was a black-faced man with a wide mandible, and his clothes were just the style of ordinary people, but the heroic spirit on that face was undoubtedly revealed. If it weren't for the ugly money rat tail on the back of the head, anyone would have to praise the might.

Chen Wen raised his head while looking at Ma Xin, and Ma Xin was also observing the famous general in front of him who had only been rising for a few years.

The first time I heard Chen Wen's name, it was nearly three years ago, when Li Rong, the deputy general of the Left Battalion, was defeated by a Royal Highness army that fled south, and suffered heavy casualties; Immediately afterwards, Chen Wen went south to Tiantai Mountain, and Yu Guowang went south to threaten Fucheng, even if he defeated him, Ma Xin was still thinking about what a military general who could force him to use some unconventional means by making up a formation at random would look like; In the following days, Chen Wen won great victories again and again in western Zhejiang, and gradually gained a firm foothold, Ma Xin did not think about fighting with him, such thoughts always tempted him, but because the terrain was not conducive to the advance of the army, the Ming army also left troops at the border and failed to make the trip.

Of course, more, from the bottom of his heart, he didn't plan to exert this strength for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, rather than this, it is better to see with his own eyes how good this Ming army is!

In the fiasco a few months ago, the Manchu court severely punished Liu Zhiyuan, the general of Pingnan, and a number of officers who had fled. After the reprimand, as Hong Chengchou's performance was quickly approved, the expansion of the army in the neighboring provinces was also immediately launched.

From a 2,000-person association to a 3,000-strong town, Ma Xin's real power increased dramatically, but he did not have some dependence and respect for Hong Chengchou's holy family and prestige like other nearby Green Battalion officers, but became more and more disgusted.

It has been many years since the Qing Dynasty was lowered, and the tail of the money rat made this Shaanxi man feel ashamed of his ancestors all the time. However, the situation is stronger than people, the strength of the Qing army in Zhejiang is very strong, and the supervision, promotion, care, and calibration are not weak brigades, plus the Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners, which can be regarded as the strongest in the four southeastern provinces.

On the other hand, on the side of the Ming army, he has not heard of Lu Jianguo's unassertive appearance, or within the Ming army, there are also infighting and contradictions. Zhang Mingzhen, Ruan Jin, Wang Chaoxianhuo and Huang Binqing; Zhang Mingzhen, Ruan Jinhuo and Wang Chaoxian; the feud between Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Yi; the open and secret struggle between the Xungui group and the civilian clique; and last year's Cao Conglong Rebellion, most of which were still heard of by Ma Xin. However, Wenzhou Sanpan, that is not far from the mouth of the Oujiang River, is also very close to Taizhou, Zhou Hezhi and Zhou Rui, a pair of cousins can go their separate ways, give up the three plates so that the Ming army in the battle of Zhoushan must send troops to guard against the southern front, how can the Zhejiang Ming army have half a point of the atmosphere of the Zhongxing Wang Division!

In contrast, today's Zhejiang Ming army is getting stronger and stronger, and it has the momentum of sweeping the south of the Yangtze River with the iron armor of Zhejiang. Except for the internal strife provoked by foreign civilian officials last year, the internal civil and military forces have tended to be unified, and this is no longer comparable to yesterday's weather.

Originally, Ma Xin planned to take another look and see this Chen Wen's attitude towards the foreign forces that took the initiative to integrate into it, not for himself, at least he couldn't let those subordinates who had followed him for many years fall into the fire pit with him.

However, the current situation no longer allows him to have a choice, firstly, the Zhejiang Ming Army has sent people to persuade him, and secondly, after that battle, Hong Chengchou obviously has no ambition to fight in the field for the time being, and began to play with his methods when the Chongzhen Dynasty encircled and suppressed the Liukou, and the ferocity was even more ferocious than before. Under the pressure of the two sides, it has become inevitable to stand in line, and now it is more in line with his heart.

"The sin will resist the king all these years, ten thousand deaths are not enough to atone for the sins, and I hope that the Marquis of An Yuan can give the sin general a chance, a chance to die for the Han family!"

After that, Ma Xin fell to the ground again. Even if he knew that Chen Wen was willing to come to see him in person, he had already expressed his attitude, but thinking of his hard work in the Qing army over the years, he couldn't help but fall to the ground when he said this.

"Mr. Ma, I just said that Zhejiang Wang Shi is not interested in this."

Hearing this, Ma Xin was stunned at first, and then stood up awkwardly, but he didn't know if it was because of the rudeness just now, or because the salute just now was too much.

"Resist the king." As he spoke, Chen Wen shook his head. "Before I asked Zhang Jun to go to Linhai, I already knew you a little. There is indeed a matter of resisting the king's master, but it is very rare compared to other green camp generals of the same level. The year before last, he broke the new Changbo in Linhai, and then encircled and suppressed the generals of Tiantai Mountain, burned Yushan Town last year, and attacked Chuzhou Buke this year. But at other times, they just strictly guarded the county towns, and the army rarely even encircled and suppressed sporadic anti-Qing forces, if I were Xiao Qiyuan, a lazy subordinate like you, I would have been impeached a long time ago. ”

Generally speaking, anyway, or the surrendered military general bows down and calls it a capital crime, and the surrendered commander should quickly get up and help him up, push food and undress, and surrender people's hearts. Ma Xin didn't plan to see if Chen Wen would be like this, but he also heard it from Mr. Storyteller, who knew that Chen Wen would not help him, but let him get up by himself and expose his old background, which is really unreasonable.

However, when he finished revealing the old story, he suddenly said this, which made Ma Xin eliminate a trace of anxiety in embarrassment - as Chen Wen said, at least he had not done too many evil things for the Manchus.

"As far as I know, the military discipline of the Taizhou Green Battalion is already extremely strict among the green battalions in Zhejiang, and it is not uncommon for your subordinates to disturb the people, but it is very rare, otherwise I would not let my cronies risk this trip to the sea. As for the atonement, I will make it clear, it is useless to just talk, it depends on the action. Opportunity, I can give it to you, if you have the heart to redeem yourself, in the future, my Zhejiang Wang Shi will not regard you as an outsider, and above the history, I will also leave you a position as a hero of the Han family! ”

In the big tent, Chen Wen is full of momentum, which is very different from his usual image of leniency and strictness in the army. But Ma Xin had never met Chen Wen, and his understanding of him was limited to hearsay, but this is more in line with the image in his mind that he wanted to avenge the people of Yiwu at the expense of the reputation of killing prisoners in the Fubiao camp.

At this moment, after hearing the latter words, Ma Xin was completely relieved - Chen Wen's meaning was very clear, if he wanted to redeem himself, he had to make great achievements that could make others have nothing to say, he was the one who bowed to the Manchu Qing at the beginning, and now if he wants to stand up, he has to get up by himself. And Chen Wen and the Zhejiang Mingjun Group represented by Chen Wen are also willing to accept a general who sincerely wants to do it anyway, and truly accept it, rather than regard it as a sideline.

"Master Hou has orders, and there will be no two words about sin."

"Very well, how long will it take you to get back to Linhai from here?"

"Fast horses or boats, up to two days."

Without the slightest hesitation, it was obvious that he was extremely familiar with the itinerary and observed very carefully. Chen Wen was quite satisfied with this, which was not the slightest difference from the Ma Xin in his impression. The ancients paid attention to the magic potential, and now the momentum has been achieved, which can make Ma Xin return to his heart, and it will undoubtedly help in the future.

"I'll give you five days, plus a small force. Five days later, the Nantang camp will set off from here and go straight to Linhai to receive this Taizhou capital city! ”

Nantang Camp!

Ma Xin knew that the head of the battalion with Qi Jiguang's number as the battalion was the first battalion that Chen Wen started that year, and it was also the most warlike battalion in the Ming army in Zhejiang, and it was also the old unit with the most brilliant achievements. Chen Wenming clearly told him the behavior of this battalion, obviously not as simple as arrogance on the surface, but more of a kind of trust.

"Master Hou, the sin will ......"

"This mission is not an easy task, I entrust this matter to you, Hou Guoyuan, the battalion officer of the Nantang Battalion, and Luo Yongzhong, the captain of the Special Operations Team of the Marquis of Anyuan, will listen to your orders. See you next time, I don't want you to be a criminal general, and I'm not interested in calling you General Ma again, Ziyu! ”

Ziyu is Ma Xin's table word, and Ma Xin naturally understands what it means to call the table word. Next, Chen Wen began to explain his plan, and Ma Xin listened and supplemented what he knew.

Chen Wen's plan is not just as simple as a Taizhou capital city, he wants a lot, so much so that it has greatly exceeded what Ma Xin did when he was Zheng Chenggong in history. The new battalion has not yet been trained, and the previous seven battalions are also stationed in various places, and the combat effectiveness of the Dongyang battalion cannot be restored for a while, and the guards battalion, which was originally used as a reserve, must be left behind, so that at this moment, Chen Wen can only take out the mobile force of the Nantang battalion.

But now, Hong Chengchou's blockade order has spread all over the neighboring prefectures and counties, and the relocation order has also begun to be enforced. Once the no-man's land appeared, it was impossible for the Zhejiang Ming army to obtain foreign resources from the road, and there was no other way to rely on water transportation and rely on sea trade to obtain more materials and personnel that were lacking in the occupied area.

Moreover, Chen Wen clearly remembers how cruel the Manchu Qing Dynasty's order to move the border and ban the sea was, and it can even be said that the people who were slaughtered by the Qing army because of the relocation of the border and the sea ban cannot be compared with those remembered slaughter cities!

Now that the land has moved to the border, the sound of killing has also begun to reach Jin Quyan, and if you want to break the situation, you must launch a counteroffensive as soon as possible, and the first battle he chose was Taizhou. Because of the access to the sea, trade with the Ming army in Fujian can be carried out quickly, and the speed of strength improvement can also be a notch faster.

Time is tight, the task is heavy, and there is very little help that can be provided, but Chen Wen is full of confidence, because in history, Ma Xin is a military general who can create miracles! (To be continued.) )