After the military discussion, Chen Wen did not rush to see Wang Jiang's mother, but left Wu Dengke alone.

This time, as Chen Wen's earliest three thousand generals, Yin Yue and Li Ruixin were given the task of leading the troops alone, and only Wu Dengke was ordered to act with the army as the battalion officer of the Yiwu battalion.

Originally, before and after the Battle of Siming Lake earlier, when the Nantang Battalion divided troops to assist in the defense of Dalan Town, Wu Dengke's performance was very good, so Chen Wen gave him the task of staying in the temporary old camp of Tiantai Mountain. But I didn't expect that this time Wu Dengke's performance was far inferior to before, and the fundamental reason was that he wanted to do his best to complete the task assigned to him by Chen Wen, so Chen Wen felt that it was necessary to make some reminders at the moment to prevent Wu Dengke from going astray.

"Brother Wu, can you figure out what was wrong during the stay in Tiantai Mountain some time ago?" Chen Wen and Wu Dengke have known each other for a long time, and they have always been called brothers in private.

Hearing Chen Wen's question, Wu Dengke hurriedly got up from his seat and saluted. "Returning to the marshal, the last general has been reflecting on this matter for a long time, and if you think about it carefully, it should be that you failed to distinguish the importance at that time, so that the current Governor Wang is missing."

Weight?

Which is more important?!

At present, there is no news of Wang Jiang, and the people involved are all at fault, and it can even be said that Wang Jiang's mistakes are far greater than those of these two generals.

Before leaving, Wang Jiang insisted on going to persuade Yu Guowang and others, and Chen Wen didn't want to speculate, because he and Wang Jiang were able to cooperate tacitly in this year's time, and the reason was that Wang Jiang never interfered in military affairs, and Chen Wen never interfered in the logistics affairs of the old camp.

The two endured each other for the country and maintained a delicate balance between each other, so that the remnants of the Ming army in Dalanshan forcibly survived the year after losing the base area, and were able to transfer part of the army to regain the lost territory.

However, Wang Jiang's move was contrary to the plan that he and Chen Wen had already set in stone. Not to mention that Yu Guowang and others came to assist. In Chen Wen's opinion, it may not have much practical effect, but it will allow him to disperse some of his energy to coordinate. Just saying that Wang Jiang insisted on persuading these people, and even did not hesitate to leave the old camp, it seemed a little difficult to distinguish between priorities and priorities.

Wu Dengke and Li Ruixin needed to cover the old camp to go to Jinhua at that time, and the task itself was extremely heavy, but the two of them only had one year in the Ming army of Dalanshan. Before following Chen Wen, he was white, although his previous victories were not bad, but he was always in the limelight of Chen Wen, the coach, and he was inconspicuous, so naturally he did not have the prestige to convince Wang Jiang of his "willful" actions.

As for their handling and remedial measures for this matter, they have actually reached the limit of their ability, and Wang Jiang, as a civilian official of the supervising army, insists on doing so, and it is really impossible for them, the generals of the "supervised army", to do anything to Wang Jiang.

Merely......

"If you want to be the best at everything, you will inevitably have the consequences of not doing everything as you want. The matter of the king's governor. You and Brother Li have done their best, and the number of days is like this, so you don't need to take it to heart. It's just that I want to ask Brother Wu now, do you remember why you followed Xu Du back then? ”

"This ......"

Wu Dengke never expected Chen Wen to ask this question, when he followed Xu Du to get into trouble, in addition to fleeing after revenge, he also swept away the grievances. Save the miserable people like him who are bullied by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and exploited by local tyrants and shoddy gentry. It's just that whenever he thinks of those pasts, his heart hurts as if it has been cut by a knife again.

Seeing that Wu Dengke began to fall into memory. Little by little, he came out of his memories, and his eyes gradually became clearer, as if he understood the intention of Chen Wen's words.

And at this moment, Chen Wen didn't intend to let him speak by himself, but chose to say it directly: "Brother Wu, when I met you last year. You are a straightforward and righteous man, after joining the army, I have always regarded you as a character like Wuxia Ameng, so I will give you Ziming's watch. ”

"Well, now that you are studying, did the old gentleman who taught you your knowledge tell you? Did a saint once say something like this: Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you? ”

Unlike Chen Wen, a liar whose life experience can be made up at will completely based on his situation, and who is not afraid of others to investigate, Wu Dengke's past and the reasons why he chose to follow Xu Du back then have all been made clear to Chen Wen, and Chen Wen has also recognized and praised Wu Dengke's simple concept of resisting class oppression to resisting national oppression later.

But this time, just because Chen Wen said that these people of Siming Mountain were needed to balance the power of the local clans in Jinhua Mansion, he and Li Ruixin forced the people to go to Jinhua with the Ming army, and even sent troops to forcibly supervise them. This is not an uncommon thing in such an era, and it can even be said that Wu Dengke and Li Ruixin's handling methods are far more merciful than those of the Qing army or the Ming army, at least they did not slaughter all the disobedient people, and put their wives and daughters into the camp as prostitutes or sold them.

Regarding this matter, even in Chen Wen's view, he is also an accomplice, Li Ruixin did this, and he did not have any disgust, because Li Ruixin was born in a martial arts family, and the education he has received for a long time is to do his best to complete the boss's orders, even if it is a success, and it is not possible to turn it around overnight.

However, Wu Dengke should not be like this at all!

"I wouldn't say anything about this matter, if it were Brother Li, or Brother Yin, or even anyone else. But Brother Wu, you're different, you shouldn't be like this! ”

"Brother Wu, you came from a poor background, your parents died at the oppression of corrupt officials, and even you were bullied when you were young. In this way, you can avenge your father alone, or you can start a rebellion to sweep away injustice, and later you can also stand up for the poor people. ”

"And now, you have begun to read and write, and you have also become the governor of the Left Army's Governor's Office, and you have been promoted to the rank of chief military officer, which is not inferior to General Wu Weizhong's official position back then. Is this how you can forget your heart?! ”

Chen Wen's questioning directly hit the softest part of Wu Dengke's heart, so that this man, who was originally five big and three rough, had a bold personality, and with the progress of his studies and the promotion of his official position, he gradually gained some of the majesty and momentum of a traditional military general, and he was full of guilt at this moment.

"Handsome ......"

Seeing Wu Dengke's reaction, Chen Wen shook his head and signaled that he didn't need to say much. Then he said: "Brother Wu, what I warn you today is actually hoping that one day, when I forget my original intention, someone will be able to remind me to prevent me from committing a greater fallacy. And this person, I hope it's you. ”

"Yes. The last will obey! ”

Wang Jiang's disappearance has made the hidden worries in Chen Wen's heart more and more serious during this period of time. Historically, Wang Jiang was forced to surrender because of his mother's arrest, and it was not until after his mother's death that he designed to escape from the place of custody and continue to oppose the Qing.

However, with the appearance of Chen Wen, Wang Jiang not only escaped the encirclement and suppression of Siming Mountain by the Qing army in the fourth year of Yongli, but even his mother and wife were safe and sound.

But now Wang Jiang has not heard from him. Because history began to deflect, Chen Wen had no idea what was going on, and the unknown also caused a lot of panic in his heart. Especially thinking that Wang Jiang may be killed or hijacked, then he will inevitably face the pressure of Zhejiang, and even the Qing army in Jiangnan.

Once this happens, what he once struggled to hold on to may be forced by the situation to choose to give up, which Chen Wen does not want to see.

After ending the conversation with Wu Dengke, Chen Wen rushed to the county government to meet Wang Jiang's mother. To Chen Wen's surprise. Wang Jiang's mother didn't mention too much about Wang Jiang, but only asked a few questions about the progress of Chen Wen sending people to find Wang Jiang. So he brought another person out to meet him.

Although there is a difference between men and women, Chen Wen, the person attracted by Wang Jiang's mother, has also seen it many times. When he was only thirteen years old, Wang Yi's daughter, who was wearing filial piety clothes, stepped forward to salute, and Chen Wen had to quickly get up and return the salute.

Regarding Wang Yi's daughter, Chen Wen's generals, especially Yin Yue, had hinted to him. Since Chen Wen has no marriage match, it is better to accept Wang Yi's daughter as the main room. In this way, with Wang Yi's prestige, Chen Wen can take advantage of the situation to overpower Wang Jiang and pocket the old revenue.

Get rid of the restraint of the civilian officials of the prison army. In the eyes of these generals, it is a good and harmless thing. But in Chen Wen's view, this is a matter of all kinds of harm and no benefit.

Wang Yi's daughter is only thirteen years old, and even in this era of early marriage, Chen Wen doesn't think that he can be like some principals to attack junior high school girls.

The most important thing is that although Wang Yi's daughter is not very old, she is a woman who has a marriage contract. In Chen Wen's memory, after Wang Yi's death, Wang Yi's daughter was assigned to a slave by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to a leader of the Eight Banners stationed in Hangzhou. But later, when someone asked him for marriage, Wang Yi's daughter angrily drew her sword and killed herself because Wang Yi had made a covenant with Huang Zongxi to have children, but she died.

Such a strong woman is clearly carved out of the same mold as Wang Yi. Not to mention that Wang Yi has the grace of knowing Chen Wen, even if he is just an outsider, Chen Wen does not want to fall into the infamy of forcing the loyal orphan who has a marriage contract to marry him. There are so many good women in this world, why do you have to make yourself uncomfortable?

It's just that Wang Jiang's mother invited Chen Wen to come this time, but she wanted to mention to him the marriage between Wang Yi's daughter and the Huang family. This time, Wang Jiang's mother mentioned this matter in front of Chen Wen, obviously because the thoughts of his subordinates had already reached the ears of Wang Jiang's mother, so this happened.

When Wang Jiang's mother finished talking about the matter, Chen Wen hurriedly said that although Wang Yi was no longer there, since this marriage had been decided, no one could change it. As Wang Yi's subordinate general, he naturally will not sit idly by, if the people of the Huang family want to deceive, he Chen Wen is not a vegetarian, and he will definitely seek justice for Wang Yi's daughter.

Chen Wen's answer was deeply satisfied with Wang Jiang's mother, and she praised Chen Wen's noble character very much, and said that she would help him find a good match. And Wang Yi's daughter also thanked Chen Wen with a red face, and when Chen Wen left, she also wished Chen Wen a victory in front of the hall.

Walking on the way back to the barracks, Chen Wen's originally worried heart couldn't help but be relieved. Only Wang Yi, Wang Jiang, Huang Zongxi and their families knew about Wang Yi's daughter's marriage contract, and Chen Wen knew about it because he had seen the record of this matter by luck, nothing more.

Thinking of this, Chen Wen couldn't help but sigh, at least he still knew the general trend of history, and next year Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo successively caused great pressure on the Qing army on the battlefields in Fujian and the southwest. And as long as he can survive this year, it can even be said that as long as he can survive this encirclement and suppression, even if Wang Jiang is gone, there will definitely be a way to continue to persist in Zhejiang.

Certain! (To be continued.) )