Since August 29, before the siege of Dongyang County was recaptured by Chen Wen's troops, those regimental training troops, mainly from Yiwu, embarked on the road to return home.

Yiwu county town and Dongyang county seat are not very far, as long as you follow the Dongyang River in the north of Dongyang County, you can reach it dozens of miles to the west.

However, after arriving at the ferry port north of the county seat, since there were not many boats, the leaders of the regiment decided to send one person back to report the news according to the village and town, while the others returned home on foot.

The reason for this is not only the defeat of the Qing army, but also their contribution to it. More because this time it was a Ming army from Taizhou that defeated the Qing army, and there were many local children in Jinhua, and the most important thing was that this Ming army trained by Qi Shuai was the Qi family army rebuilt by Chen Wen, who was rumored to be the son-in-law of the Qi family in Penglai!

Such astonishing news must be reported to the patriarchs of each family and the village elders as soon as possible, so that these elders with more authority and experience can discuss countermeasures before the best time appears, so that the relatives of the clan can avoid the risks as much as possible and obtain greater benefits.

With similar thoughts, Lou Chuanzong, who lived in Xia Yan west of the county seat, and several regimental training representatives who were also from the west of Fucheng landed one after another and returned to their hometowns on foot after bypassing the county seat.

On the afternoon of the first day of September, after Chen Wen had already returned to the barracks from Jiurutang, Lou Chuanzong rushed to the ancestral hall of Xia Yanlou's house. After worshipping his ancestors, he rushed to report to the patriarch of the contemporary Lou family about his trip to Dongyang County.

"Chuanzong, why did you bring back the blade, didn't you say that the people are not allowed to keep weapons and armor privately, and those who violate it will be beheaded?"

"If you go back to the fifth uncle, it's not your nephew Meng Lang, and at this moment, Fucheng probably doesn't have the time to care about such a trivial matter."

"Oh?"

The patriarch of the Lou family was surprised when he heard this, this matter was ordered three times before, and even the martial arts family like the Lou family, which had produced many generals in the early years, was forced to hand over some blades to deal with errands, could it be that what could happen to the Qing army this time to encircle and suppress a few bandits?

"Fifth Uncle Ancestor, do you know who your nephew saw in Dongyang? Sixteen brothers! ”

Lou Chuanzong's answer really surprised the old patriarch of the Lou family, although Lou Jiye is a concubine, he is the only surviving child in the room passed down from Lou Nan, and he has always been the most highly anticipated descendant in the entire Lou family. But since the Qing army went south, Lou Jiye followed the Shangguan who was originally stationed in Jinhua Mansion to go on the expedition, and there was no news coming back, and the whole clan thought he was dead, otherwise how could it be that he hadn't even brought back a message for so many years.

"Chuanzong, you read that right, how could Jiye run away to be a bandit?!"

Lou Chuanzong was stunned when he heard this question, and he didn't react until a moment later, just now in his excitement, he hadn't explained the ins and outs of the whole thing, if his father was there, he would have to beat him hard.

"It's not a bandit, it's the fifth uncle, it's not a bandit, it's the king of the imperial court, it's Grandpa Qi's soldiers who have come back!"

"What did you say?!"

Hearing this, the old patriarch of the Lou family stood up suddenly, and he must be a practitioner when he looked young. But now, after all, he is old, and the movement of standing up is too fast, and the blood supply to the brain is a little insufficient, so that his eyes are dark, and he almost faints.

When the old patriarch of the Lou family regained his senses, he had already sat on the Taishi chair again, and in addition to Lou Chuanzong, he was crowded with his children and grandchildren in this room.

After driving out all the idle people, the old patriarch of the Lou family immediately asked Lou Chuanzong, "Grandpa Qi's soldiers?" Say it! Tell me exactly what you have seen and heard on this trip. ”

Seeing that the old uncle was so impatient, Lou Chuanzong naturally could understand this mood, in the years when Qi Jiguang was alive, not only the Lou family, but all the members of the Qi family's army were glorious wherever they went, even the local prefects and county magistrates rarely deliberately troubled them.

But after the death of Qi Jiguang, the prestige of the Qi family army plummeted, Lou Nan was unjustly killed, not to mention, when the Wanli Dynasty fought the Japanese in Korea, Mo said that it was Chen Silkworm and others who arrived later, and Wu Weizhong, a famous general of the Zhejiang army who always followed Qi Jiguang, could only fight under the command of Li Rusong and Ma Gui, the military generals of the Liaodong and Shanxi border armies.

After the martyrdom of Qi Jiguang's nephew General Qi Jin, the officer corps of the Penglai Qi family, the Jinhua Mansion General, who was named after the Qi family's army, was completely old and withered, and could no longer occupy a place in the territory of the Ming Dynasty's military generals.

After the Qing army moved south, it created a bloody massacre in the city of Jinhuafu, killing more than 50,000 people, and massacring people in various parts of Jinhuafu. Otherwise, Yin Can, Zhou Qingui and others raised troops against the Qing Dynasty in Zhejiang, why did so many Jinhua people respond?

But today, the Nantang battalion, which took the slogan of rebuilding the Qi family army, relied on the battle formation of Qi Jiguang's soldiers, and took the purpose of the Qi family's army to protect the people and sweep away the Tartars as the soul of the army, suddenly appeared in Jinhua, and almost easily defeated the Qing army several times its size, and the battle process can only be described as crushing.

If you add the identity of the commander of that army, what is it if it is not Grandpa Qi's soldiers who have returned to Jinhua?

Next, Lou Chuanzong told the old patriarch of the Lou family what he had seen and heard in the past few days, and even the rumors he heard in the camp also said, especially the Mandarin Duck Array used by the Nantang Battalion when defeating the Qing army and Chen Wen learned that they were all Yiwu people, and some of them had the joy of fighting under Qi Jiguang.

"It's just the fifth uncle and ancestor, but the mandarin duck array used by this Chen Dashuai is composed of a mandarin duck array killer team and a firearms team in each infantry team, and the firearms team has no firearms, which is still different from Grandpa Qi's anti-Japanese war."

"There is nothing abnormal, this is an infantry battalion formed by the weapon configuration of the Mandarin Duck Array Killer Team during the southern anti-Japanese war with the slightly modified firearms team when guarding the border in the north. I think about it, this is probably this Chen Dashuai's special opinion on the Mandarin Duck Array, otherwise Grandpa Qi would not have made many revisions to the invincible Mandarin Duck Array in the south after he arrived in the north. ”

After saying that, the more the old patriarch of the Lou family thought about it, the more he felt that he had touched some of Chen Wen's new ideas for the Mandarin Duck Array, and the joy in his heart could not be concealed.

When his ancestors followed Qi Jiguang to fight against the Japanese, the Mandarin Duck Array was the magic weapon to defeat the enemy, and later after the Qi family army lost power, no one took out the Mandarin Duck Array anymore, but they all went to learn Li Chengliang's tricks of eating empty salaries to support their families.

Until today, someone finally took out the Mandarin Duck Array and Qi Jiguang's War Book Battle Array to kill the Tartars, even if the statement of the son-in-law of the Qi family is not, it should not be too far behind, this Ming army commander is at least a figure related to the Penglai Qi family, otherwise how could an ordinary person be so familiar with the traditions of the Qi family's army.

Well, it must be like that!

Realizing that this news was very important, the old patriarch of the Lou family hurriedly sent someone to invite all the people in charge of each room. After all the numbers arrived, Lou Chuanzong once again told these elders of the Lou family everything he saw, which was even smoother than when he had just told the old patriarch of the Lou family.

After hearing the news, the elders of the Lou family were also excited, and among them, Lou Jiye's father was even more tearful when he heard it, because his son is not only alive, but also as his father said, he will glorify the Lou family.

Seeing that Lou Jiye's father was still remembering his deceased father, another elder of the Lou family, who had long been unbearable, asked Lou Chuanzong: "Chuanzong, what position does Jiye's nephew hold in this Chen Dashuai's army?" ”

"General, the nephew of the governor's mansion didn't ask much, but this time Chen Dashuai only brought a small part of the army to come, and handed over the mandarin duck array as the main force to the command of the sixteenth brother, I think it was reused."

The elder of the Lou family nodded, and then another elder asked Lou Chuanzong: "In addition to Jiye, are there other children who were generals under Grandpa Qi in the army of Chen Dashuai?" ”

Lou Chuanzong thought for a while, and then replied: "There are quite a few Yiwu children in this royal division, and the little nephew only knows one of the Ye family in the back house, and it is a thousand presidents. However, listening to Chen Dashuai, the Wu family also has a son who is a general under Chen Dashuai, and he is now staying in the old camp in Taizhou as a senior soldier, and he will come to join him soon. ”

The Wu family mentioned by Lou Chuanzong is the Wu family of Wu Kantou, the ancestor behind Wu Weizhong, the famous general of the Zhejiang Army, and the son of the Wu family is Wu Dengke, who has already been appointed by Lu Jianguo as the governor of the Left Army and the deputy general of Dalanshan.

Hearing this, seeing that the people in charge of each house had to ask more, the old patriarch of the Lou family coughed, and signaled that they didn't need to ask any more, and then ordered the task with everyone, and for a while there was quite a bit of the demeanor of those handsome ancestors.

"Fourth, didn't your daughter marry into Houzhai Town, let your family pass on a trip, bring a message, and ask the Ye family what they think."

"Fifth uncle, little nephew understands."

"Lao Jiu, let your son go to the Wu family now, just say that I have something important to discuss, please ask the patriarch of the Wu family to meet at the old place at noon tomorrow."

The Lou family and the Wu family are very close to each other, and the two families are also closer than the others, the old patriarch of the Lou family and the current patriarch of the Wu family were good friends in the early years, even if they are old, they have to get together every once in a while to drink a little wine, and the relationship is naturally extraordinary.

"Yes, Fifth Uncle."

"Old Eleven, you are the safest in doing things, go to Fucheng to take a look, maybe our Lou family can give Chen Dashuai a generous gift!"

"Fifth uncle, please rest assured, the little nephew will definitely find out the situation in Fucheng."