Chapter 21: Obsession
This plan poured into the efforts of everyone among the surviving civil officials of the Lu Jian Dynasty except for Zhang Huangyan, who had already gone to the Zhongzuo Institute, and even specially let Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, see it, but Zhang Mingzhen didn't say anything.
Cao Conglong realized that even a veteran like Zhang Mingzhen had "nothing to say", this plan could be described as seamless, but when he finished speaking with great interest, what he saw was Chen Wen's face full of disdain.
"Do you have anything to add?"
Hearing Cao Conglong's question, Chen Wen immediately sneered, the key to this plan is not in Chen Wen, nor in Zhang Mingzhen, but in the Qing army in Zhejiang - unless they collectively stop the magic during this period, this plan is a piece of waste paper!
"Dare to ask Governor Cao, according to this plan, the commander will divide the troops into two routes, plus the army of the Marquis of Dingxi, and the Wang division will be divided into three roads in total, so how to communicate with each other?"
"This ......"
The question of how to communicate between Chen Wen and Zhang Mingzhen was not unthought about by the monarchs and ministers of Lu Jianguo, especially after consulting Zhang Mingzhen's opinion, they also suddenly realized that this was basically impossible to do under the terrain of Taizhou. Just opened his mouth to ask Chen Wen to capture Taizhou alone, and then give Taizhou to Zhang Mingzhen, Cao Conglong couldn't say this, so that he was a little embarrassed when asked by Chen Wen.
It's just that Cao Conglong's embarrassment is not over yet, so Chen Wen spoke again: "Even if these three armies can be properly connected, dare to ask Governor Cao, if this commander leads the army to besiege Taizhou with all his might, how should the Tartars of Quzhou and Hangzhou be prepared?" ”
"This ......" was asked by Chen Wen again, Cao Conglong couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, but the business couldn't be delayed because of this, and it was better to try to solve it. The nobleman can leave part of the army to defend the Jinhua Mansion. ”
"Do you want to divide the troops?" Chen Wen shook his head. "Don't hide it from Governor Cao, the Jinhua Mansion Wang Division has only three battalions so far, and each battalion has just been filled with more than 2,000 people. It had only just begun formal training, and even with the troops led by the commander himself and the garrisons of each county, the total did not exceed 9,000. ”
"In contrast, the Tartars have more than 3,000 standard camps of Zhejiang-Fujian governors in Quzhou, and nearly 2,000 green camps in Quzhou, Chuzhou, and Yanzhou; In the direction of Hangzhou, the Fubiao camp has begun to be rebuilt. More than 3,000 standard battalions are also ready to go south at any time, not to mention that there are more than 4,000 Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners, and it is not easy for the army in the hands of this commander to hold Jinhua. ”
"If you lead a large army to attack Taizhou, even if the Tartars in these places do not take the opportunity to attack Jinhua Mansion, Taizhou still has 2,000 infantry and 3,000 sailors. Besides, if Wang Shi entered Taizhou, wouldn't the Wenzhou Green Battalion, the Ningbo Green Battalion and the Dinghai General Battalion rush to the aid of Taizhou? ”
Hearing this, Cao Conglong couldn't help but be furious, Lu Jianguo was now in Zheng Chenggong's territory and was being squeezed out. If it weren't for that, why would he sneak all the way to Jinhua. The lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the lord humiliates the ministers to death, and those who are ministers must first consider the lord, and then their own bodies, this martial artist is full of his mind, but he only has this acre and three points of land, which is really hateful.
"Then give up Jinhua Mansion!"
To give up Jinhua Mansion is to deny everything he had done before, seeing Cao Conglong blurt out, Chen Wen didn't even bother to answer. just sat down again and looked coldly at this civil official who had been completely annoyed and angry.
Chen Wen's gaze poured on his head like ice water. Cao Conglong Meng realized that Chen Wen didn't know the situation of Lu Jianguo in Haitan at all, but if he bluntly said that Lu Jianguo was in a difficult situation, he was afraid that this martial artist would lose the confidence to continue to serve Lu Jianguo as orthodoxy. For a moment, Cao Conglong hesitated, his face was red for a while, and white for a while. After a while. He made up his mind.
"Don't hide it from Haibo, at present, His Royal Highness is guarded by the Marquis of Dingxi, the Marquis of Pingyi and other domains, and he is in Haitan, Fujian. This sea altar ......"
As Cao Conglong narrated, Lu Jianguo's situation soon corresponded to the period of history in Chen Wen's impression. After the remnants of the Ming army in Zhoushan were pursued and beaten by the Qing army and a large number of generals defected to the Qing Dynasty, they were forced to enter Zheng Chenggong's territory, Fuzhou Haitan, to seek refuge. As it was in history. Zheng Chenggong did not recognize the legitimacy of King Lu at all, and he didn't even bother to meet him.
It's just that Cao Conglong didn't know that soon after he set off, Zheng Chenggong listened to the advice of his staff Feng Chengshi and Pan Gengzhong, and met with the "His Royal Highness the King of Lu of the Emperor" as Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion appointed by Emperor Longwu, and still did not recognize his orthodox identity, and his purpose was nothing more than to try to annex the remnants of the Ming army of the Lu Jianguo Group in order to enhance his own strength. In history, Zheng Chenggong also successfully achieved this, and among the generals who arrived in Zheng Chenggong's sphere of influence, only Zhang Mingzhen barely maintained a certain degree of independence, and the others were completely reduced to Zheng Chenggong's generals.
Having said that, Cao Conglong no longer has any hole cards available for the time being, and when he cast his eyes on Chen Wen's face, the answer he got was not what he expected.
"Governor Cao's words are wrong, Zhu Chenggong is a national surname, and he will not embarrass His Royal Highness. Besides, the army under the command of this commander is still there, and Zhu Chenggong must know that there is a commander in Zhejiang, and he does not have to worry about the Tartars in Fujian, and even Nanzhili will send troops south to help Fujian, and he will definitely treat His Royal Highness the prison country in order to seek a good fate. But if the army is gone, at that time, with the remnants of the army under the command of Dingxi Hou, it will be difficult to make people look down on it. ”
thought that telling the truth would successfully persuade Chen Wen to make a desperate bet, but this is the result. Even if what Chen Wen said was the truth, Cao Conglong was also eager to behead Chen Wen with Shang Fang's sword at this moment, and then integrate his troops and personally lead the army to attack Taizhou to help Lu Jianguo get out of trouble.
However, all the generals and the army under Chen Wen's command were formed by this person, and the two civil officials of the previous prison army died or surrendered, this martial artist obviously has got rid of the control of the civilian officials to be so rebellious, if he kills Chen Wen, he is afraid that this army will immediately surrender to the Manchu Qing or support other clans as emperors, thinking that the general will take revenge. At that time, he will die and will no longer be able to atone for his sins.
Cao Conglong is successful in studying, and he is not a pedantic person who can be the right attendant of the military department in the Lu Jianguo Dynasty step by step, since he does not have enough strength at the moment, he can only endure it for the time being, thinking that when he grasps the authority of the prison army and the locality, there will naturally be a way to instigate Chen Wen to do what they wish.
Putting the matter on hold for the time being, Cao Conglong began to ask Chen Wen about the garrison of Jinhua Mansion as a supervisor. This question couldn't be hidden, so Chen Wen had to say it one by one. And the figures obtained were indeed as Chen Wen had said before, which made Cao Conglong's heart a little gloomy.
Chen Wen chatted with Cao Conglong for a while before leading his people out of the camp and going straight to the mansion, but when asked about the disposal of Chen Jin's envoy, Chen Wen said that he would let him go back with a message, but he was still attacked by Cao Conglong.
"Your lord is really happy in the name of cutting off his robe and breaking righteousness, why don't you behead Chen Jin's envoy to show his determination to stand against the Tartars?"
Killing?
This is not uncommon. At least Wang Yi did. But at that time, the situation was that Yan My Gong shook the mountains and seas, including Kaiyuan Bo Wu Kai, Dingyuan Marquis Shi Zhongfang, Yi'an Bo Gu Qixun, and a large number of civil and military personnel descended to the Qing Dynasty at the instigation of this person. And the army under his command is now the last Ming army in Zhejiang, although the generals have the right to command the army, but the authority of financial power and supervision is in the hands of his cronies, it is not easy to reduce the Qing, so there is no need for the time being.
"As far as Ben Shuai knows. Emperor Jian had earlier confirmed the status of the enemy state of the Tartars. There is a way that the two countries are fighting each other, and it is a Chinese tradition not to behead, if it is not a special circumstance, it is better not to violate it as much as possible. ”
Seeing that Chen Wen couldn't be convinced, Cao Conglong secretly scolded a lot and didn't plan to continue to entangle on this issue, which was not in line with his plan.
The two ended their conversation and hurried to the government, and the edict of the government ended very smoothly. Only Cao Conglong's arrival surprised those officials from Dalanshan, and when Cao Conglong said that he would officially appoint them on behalf of Lu Jianguo. These surprises gradually dissipated, but I didn't know what to do if Shen Tiaolun came.
After the edict was announced, Cao Conglong was introduced to him by Sun Yu to the officials of Jinhua Mansion and Jinhua County. As a military general, Chen Wenwen planned to take a sip of tea, wait for their greetings to be intact, ask Cao Conglong the question he had just remembered, and then go to see Wang Jiang's mother as originally planned.
However, before he swallowed his first sip of tea, he saw a personal soldier who was originally guarding the door of the mansion running in, leaning into his ear and whispering, "Dashuai." A man claiming to be the messenger of the king asked for an audience. ”
Wang Sheng!
This name is really impressive to Chen Wen, not only because he once had a life-fighting battle with him, but more importantly, because this person betrayed more than 20,000 Siming Mountain Ming troops during the Battle of Siming Lake, which single-handedly led to Wang Yi's capture and martyrdom. In the following year, Feng Jingdi and Wang Jiang were captured successively. For the Qing army in Zhejiang, it can be said that it is "meritorious".
But as soon as Chen Jin's envoy left, he sent someone to ask for an audience. According to Chen Wen's understanding, Wang Sheng has always been unprofitable, and he must have ulterior motives for sending an envoy to come. And Cao Conglong's performance just now really made him feel at ease, so Chen Wen asked the personal soldiers to arrange Wang Sheng's envoy in Jinhua, which had already begun to be rebuilt, and then sat down for a while before leaving first.
Before going out of the gate, looking back, Cao Conglong and Sun Yu had a very happy conversation, just sat there and listened to them preface the year of the lift, so I knew that Zhang Huangyan was also Chongzhen's fifteenth year of lifting, and Sun Yu was the same year as him.
For Chen Wen, as a civilian official supervising the army, Sun Yu is the best choice. Jinhua Mansion is a native of Jinhua Mansion, and at the same time, he was also an official in Dalanshan, and during this time, he was able to uphold the tradition left by Wang Jiang not to interfere in military affairs, and was able to accept new things, and did his best to help him expand his army in order to recover more lost territory.
However, this Cao Conglong, not to mention that he himself came with a mission that Chen Wen could not perform, and it was impossible for him not to interfere in military affairs, which was simply a trouble for him.
In Chen Wen's memory, Lu Jianguo should have arrived in Xiamen in the first month, and it is not very clear what day of the first month is the first month, so he planned to send someone there directly in a few days, and set up the matter of Sun Yu supervising the army after Lu Jianguo went to Jianguo in March in his memory. Who knew that Lu Jianguo didn't know where he learned the news that he had recovered Jinhua, repelled the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, and that Wang Jiang had been captured, and he directly sent such a prison army, which really caught him off guard.
Leaving the mansion, Chen Wen soon arrived at the original Jinhua Guarding Imperial Thousand Households, and when he saw Wang Sheng's envoy, he was already angry in his heart, and asked sarcastically: "Wang Sheng's rebel faction, don't you come to let you arrest Ben Shuai to see Chen Jin?!" (To be continued.) )