On the sixth day of the fourth year of the eleventh month of the Yongli calendar, the night.

The people who evacuated Siming Mountain continued to move south under the command of Wang Yi, Chu Jiuru and Sun Yu and other officials of Dalanshan, and it was late at night, and the messengers who went south to Xinchang had not returned for a long time, so the brigade of people who evacuated Siming Mountain did not dare to raise fire and move forward, so they had to rest in this valley that was about to go out of the mountain.

The scouts sent to the direction of Xinchang have not yet returned, and there is no news from Chen Wen and the Nantang battalion in the north, which makes the atmosphere of the whole team depressing, but under the supervision of the officials of Dalanshan, plus the two sentinels of the Nantang battalion mandarin duck array killer team that have been full of resentment since Chen Wen led the palace, this brigade of people who evacuated Siming Mountain can continue to maintain order and not scatter or flee or become a mess.

Since arranging the affairs of the camp, Sun Yu has stood at the entrance when entering this valley and waited for the news of the triumph of the Nantang camp, and he has not moved. At this time, there was still no news from the Nantang camp, and the other officials who were originally waiting for the news with him had already gone back to discuss with Wang Jiang how to act in the future once the Nantang camp was destroyed, only Sun Yu was already standing here, because he didn't believe that the Nantang camp was destroyed, and Chen Wen, the star monarch who was born in his eyes, would die on this road.

Seeing that her husband was standing there like a wangfu stone, and the food he sent was still on the big stone and had not been touched, Yi sighed, walked closer and draped the cloak on Sun Yu's body.

She hasn't been very comfortable these days, even the menstrual affair has stopped, but the Qing army is chasing behind her, Yi Shi doesn't want her husband to worry, and she doesn't have any heart to find Langzhong, until she stops to rest this time, and then goes to a familiar Langzhong to check the pulse, but the news she gets makes her feel mixed.

"Xianggong, Uncle Chen, don't they have any news yet?"

Putting the cloak off and putting it on Yi's body again, Sun Yu shook his head, and the melancholy on his face was self-evident.

"Xianggong, concubine body......" Yi hesitated for a moment, but still said his words. The concubine seems to have it again. ”

Hearing this, Sun Yu, who had already turned around and stared at the road to the north, was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and asked Yi, "Lady, can you find Langzhong?" ”

Seeing Yi Shijiao nodding shyly, Sun Yu's heart was full of worries that were immediately dispelled with joy, and he also left behind his usual polite and courteous image, and hugged his wife into his arms under the starlight of this winter.

There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great.

The ancients' dedication to the inheritance of blood is far from being comparable to modern people, but Sun Yu and Yi's young husband and wife, after going through hardships, have always been affectionate, and even after Yi's miscarriage, he once intended to let the maid who married as a concubine was also blocked by Sun Yu. This was almost impossible in this era, because according to the custom, the dowry maid generally became the concubine of the head of the family, and there were few exceptions.

Yi's young urine is very pleasing to her family, and she has always been smart and sensitive, how she doesn't know the meaning of Sun Yu's move, but under such affection, she feels extra anxious about not being able to extend the heirs of the Sun family as soon as possible. It's just that although she is pregnant again this time, at this juncture, Yi Shi can't help but worry while being happy.

Holding his wife in his arms, Sun Yu's inner emotions were gradually infected by her wife. After the ecstasy, the fact that Chen Wen led the Nantang camp a few hours ago to be the queen of the people's palace once again pulled him back to the cruel reality.

It is a good thing that Yi's pregnancy is pregnant, but the victory or defeat of the Nantang camp in the north is unknown, and if he wins, he is afraid that these people will be difficult to survive, he Sun Yu has already reported his determination to ask for his life for the people, and even Chen Wen's letter He plans to hand it over to a familiar official to send on his behalf, but at that time, how can Yi, who is pregnant, escape the catastrophe?

Sun Yu, who felt powerless about the future, had to hug Yi Shi tightly, trying to shield his wife and future children from the cold wind and add some warmth to this cold winter night, which was the only thing he could do at this moment.

Suddenly, the silent winter night was shattered by the sound of horseshoes hitting the ground from north to south, from far and near, standing at the mountain pass, Sun Yu and Yi Shi heard it most vividly, and as the sound got closer and closer, more people who were already tossing and turning also got up and looked at the north in fear.

Sun Yu knew that Chen Wen had previously agreed that no matter whether he won or lost, the Nantang camp would leave a messenger behind the battle, and rush to report the news when the situation was clear, so as to decide the behavior of these people. According to the agreement, if the Nantang battalion wins, it will wait for its return and continue to move south; If they are unfortunately defeated, they will quickly dismiss the people, flee as far as they can, and be slaughtered by the Qing army as little as possible.

Win or lose, the news is coming, Sun Yu, who was staring at the north, had already clenched his hands, and even his nails, which were not long, were completely submerged in the flesh of his palm. Only his wife remained in her position, trying to relieve some of the pressure on her husband, who was full of the people of the country.

The messenger from the north was furious, and he was given the task of telling the people to the south as soon as possible, and when he saw the light of the campfire in the makeshift camp in the distance, the messenger rode even more, ignoring the little couple in the winter night, and only shouted the news as he galloped by.

"Great victory! General Chen led the Nantang battalion to defeat the pursuing Tartars, beheaded 600, captured 1,000, and captured nothing, a great victory! ”

Great victory?

Great victory!

Six hundred beheaded, one thousand prisoners, and no counts of seizures. In this way, the Qing army was completely defeated!

The messenger galloped southward, and did not turn over and dismount until he was close to the outermost bonfire, but the good news was far faster than his, and it spread throughout the camp almost in a human-to-human manner, and even the officials of Dalanshan who were still discussing how to act in the future ran out one after another, hearing the details of the good news.

For a while, even though the bonfires were still those bonfires, the whole valley was infected by the people who heard the good news and became warm.

On the side of the road in the mountain pass, Sun Yu and Yi Shi still hugged each other tightly, but at this moment they no longer had the same tension and worry as before. Happiness may not be far away, just like the slang that Chen Wen once used.

Winter is coming, will spring be far away?

………………

After learning that the purpose of the Tibiao battalion to step up the pursuit would be Wang Jiang and Wang Yi's daughter, Chen Wen boosted his morale, and led the army south to catch up with the brigade, and even at night he did not hesitate to raise fire to advance, anyway, the soldiers of the Nantang battalion had changed to rest vehicles, and only those prisoners walked the whole way.

It wasn't until it was dark that the cavalry of the front team came with the news that they had completed their collusion with the officials of Dalan Mountain in the camp.

The people are safe and sound, the camp is in order, Chen Wenchang breathed a sigh of relief, the chasing standard battalion has been defeated, and the Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners does not know what it looks like to be tossed by guerrilla warfare, since the camp has not been attacked, it is obvious that the Shaoxing Green Battalion has not yet discovered the people who went south to Xinchang to evacuate Siming Mountain.

Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu, everything, there is still a lot to do!

After announcing the news of the imminent arrival of the camp, the officers and soldiers of the Nantang battalion got down from the cart one after another, and did a few movements to stretch their muscles and bones on weekdays, so as to lift their spirits, only those wounded soldiers were still lying on the cart, because their bodies were much weaker than ordinary people due to their injuries, and they must continue to rest in order to better heal their injuries.

Stepping on the misty morning light, the Nantang camp came out from the far corner, and not far away was the mountain pass, which was full of people who came to greet them. Seeing this, the soldiers of the Nantang battalion were even more energetic, even if they didn't sleep all night, they couldn't lose the prestige of the victorious division.

Not far away is the mountain pass where the people gathered, and the Nantang camp marched forward with brisk steps, and soon came to the front. Seeing that the officials of Dalanshan were waiting, especially Wang Jiangzheng, who had just recovered from a serious illness, Chen Wen immediately turned over and dismounted, fell to the ground on one knee, and reported the results of the battle to the person in charge of the Ming army of Dalanshan.

"Report to Wang Vice Xian, yesterday afternoon, the last general Nantang battalion lined up to intercept the Tartars. Relying on the blessings of His Royal Highness the Prison State, and relying on the lives of the soldiers, he luckily defeated the left battalion of the Tartar and the first battalion of the right battalion. 592 were beheaded, 919 were captured, and 12 officers below Li Rong, the deputy general of the left battalion, were captured. ”

"Good!"

Wang Jiang knew the details of the good news from the first moment the messenger arrived, but when he heard Chen Wen's report with his own ears, Wang Jiang still couldn't hide his excitement. The Dalanshan Ming Army has developed well in the past two years, and several battles are also impressive, and there are few defeats, but there have never been so many great victories in beheading and capturing, and even the largest one is less than a fraction of this time, not to mention that this is still in the context of the fiasco on the shore of Siming Lake, which is even more commendable.

It's just that seeing such a big victory, Wang Jiang's heart was filled with shame again, when Chen Wen was squeezed out by those Ming army generals, he persuaded Wang Yi not to let the Nantang battalion participate in the war out of consideration of the overall situation, if he could be tougher at that time and persuade Wang Yi not to pay attention to those Ming army generals, the outcome would probably not be like that.

Thinking that his mistake killed so many soldiers, especially his old friend Wang Yi for many years, Wang Jiang's heart seemed to be like a knife.

Seeing that Wang Jiang once again showed a look of shame and embarrassment, Chen Wen hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to Wang Jiang the news that Wang Yi had been captured with all his might.

On the way, Chen Wen easily took the effort to interrogate Li Rong, but the answer he got was that Li Rong was captured by the Ming army by Xu Lei's plot, and when he thought that he actually asked Xu Lei to go back and send a letter to Tian Xiong, ready to exchange Li Rong for Wang Yi's matter, Chen Wen was angry.

Although he won the first battle, he made such a big mistake because of his inexperience and the incomplete organizational structure of the army under his command. It's just that it's better to explain the matter to Wang Jiang here, so as to save any unnecessary misunderstandings, and at the same time, it is better to think of other ways to rescue Wang Yi.

Hearing the news that Wang Yi was still alive, Wang Jiang's spirits were really lifted, and he immediately beckoned the soldiers of the Nantang battalion to reunite with their families, and the wounded soldiers were also taken to the prepared camp tent by the officials of the old battalion, and organized the camp Langzhong to treat them properly. But at this moment, there was a shout from among the people, which still made the scene quiet.

"General Chen, Gonghou Wandai!" I saw an old man with his son bowing to the ground, telling his family's gratitude and sincere blessings to Chen Wen.

The old man Chen Wen didn't pay attention, but his son was a member of the temporary auxiliary team, as if his surname was Luo or something. It's just that when Chen Wen went to support the old man, more blessings followed.

"General Chen, Gonghou Wandai!"

"General Chen, Gonghou Wandai!"

"General Chen, Gonghou Wandai!"

“……”

Every time Chen Wen tried to lift up the people who fell to the ground, more people would fall to the ground, expressing their blessings to this military general who did not hesitate to fight to the death in order to protect them. Seeing that he really couldn't help everyone up, Chen Wen had to look around and salute and express his gratitude. And at this moment, his and Sun Yu's eyes also coincided.

"Furen, I know that you will be able to defeat the Tartars."

"Then you won't give me back that letter?"

Due to the news of the disastrous defeat of the Ming army at that time, Chen Wen did not inform Sun Yu, who had always been bad at falsification, of the plan out of consideration for selecting the irresolute elements among the officials of Dalanshan, which caused some estrangement between the two.

It's just that when Sun Yu was kidnapped by Chu Suxian and rescued by Li Ruixin, Li Ruixin made it clear that it was Chen Wen's meaning, and when the Qing army was chasing and killing, Chen Wen resolutely led the troops to fight for the people's life, which made the unhappiness in Sun Yu's heart disappear.

At this moment, Chen Wen laughed, and the corners of Sun Yu's mouth also hooked up a smile, but it was much more natural than the last time he did this.

Behind the smile of the little fresh meat in the Ming Dynasty, the first wisp of Yangguan on the seventh day of the first month of November also sprinkled this valley from the cracks in the mountains. At this time, the messenger who went south to Xinchang came with the news that the Shaoxing Green Camp had been stationed in Beizhang Town.

The area around Beizhang Town is the only way for the people who evacuated Siming Mountain to Xinchang in the south, and since the main force of this Qing army has arrived in Beizhang Town, the Ming army in Xinchang is either defeated or evacuated, and it is obviously impossible to still be there.

Pulling out the saber at his waist, Chen Wen shouted: "Rest for two hours, continue to go south, and face the Shaoxing Green Battalion!" ”

On the eighth day of November in the fourth year of Yongli, Chen Wen led the Nantang battalion to meet the Shaoxing Green Battalion in the north of Beizhang Town, and frightened it back by raising the deputy general flag of the left battalion and beheading it, pursued and killed for a day, captured more than 100 people, and seized a large number of military funds.

A few days later, the Nantang battalion appeared outside the city of Xinchang County, Chen Wen interrogated the Qing army soldiers in public under the city, beheaded all the Qing army officers and soldiers whose hands were stained with the blood of the Ming army and the people of Siming Mountain, and then placed the other soldiers in the military camp outside the city, and disappeared from the sight of the Xinchang defenders who thought that the Nantang camp would be attached to the siege of the city.

PS: On Chinese New Year's Eve, the car is not good to sit on, I came back late, I have not finished writing until now, but the result is still overwritten, and tomorrow should be the last chapter of the first volume.

PS: Happy New Year's Day, I wish you all the best in this new year.