This is the second time Hu Er has visited the door of Sun's house today, but this time his mood is completely different from the last time.

Seeing Chen Wen's greeting, Hu Er immediately confessed and squeezed in, and then knelt down to Chen Wen with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations to Mr. Chen, congratulations to Mr. Chen. Wang Jingluo awarded Mr. Chen the post of general of the camp in the Dalan Mountain, and the villain is here to invite you to go up the mountain for a formal worship and dismissal. ”

Advice meritorious? Praise the painting general?

The suggestion can refer to the beggar who went to Japan, or it can refer to the previous information, but it is certainly not that simple. Chen Wen felt that Wang Yi called him up the mountain this morning to recruit him, and this suggestion was just an interface for appointing officials.

As for what praise and painting generals, Chen Wen is not rare, in troubled times, no fists and no courage is mermaid meat, the morning from the six products of the Honglu Temple Temple Cheng himself is not rare, not to mention the noon of this praise painting general.

Seeing that Chen Wen showed a disapproving expression, Hu Er immediately came to Chen Wen again and explained to Chen Wen on behalf of Wang Yi: Chen Wen's praise painting is not an idle position in praise of military affairs, but a real power position in the military affairs of the central battalion. and said that Wang Yi said that Chen Wen can also be transferred to a formal civil or military position in the future.

Chen Wen knew that the current camp in Dalan Mountain was managed by two deputy generals of Zanhua, one was called Shen Tiaolun and the other was Zou Xiaonan. Shen Tiaolun is a son of the Shen family of the Yuyao clan, the brother of Shen Guomo, a famous descendant of Yangming Xinxue in the late Ming Dynasty and one of the founders of Yaojiang Academy; Although Zou Xiaonan's family background is not very clear, it is said that he is also a talented man in the Ningshao area.

In fact, these two people are temporarily in charge of the battalion as civilian officials, just like Chu Jiuru was temporarily in charge of the left and right battalions before, and when Liu Yiming went up the mountain, he handed over these two battalions to his commander, because this is more in line with the tradition of military generals leading troops and civilian officials supervising the army since the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Hu Er's explanation, Chen Wen knew very well that Wang Yi meant to temporarily grant him the rank of general, if he really had the ability to lead the soldiers well, he would directly hand over the middle camp to him like Liu Yiming at the beginning

If this is the case, Chen Wen believes that with the military theories in his mind that have surpassed hundreds of years and the training methods of later generations, he does not feel that he cannot get the real power to lead the troops of that battalion.

It's just that Wang Yi threw his flattery to the blind man, and Chen Wen couldn't raise even the slightest interest in this arrangement from the beginning.

I saw Chen Wen say lightly: "This matter cannot be agreed in the next decision, but it will not make it difficult for Second Brother Hu to do it in the next place, so I will explain it to Second Brother Hu when he goes up the mountain and Wang Jing." ”

Originally, when everyone in the small courtyard heard that Chen Wen was appointed as a general of Zanhua, their faces all seemed to be shining, revealing irrepressible joy.

For them, the fact that the commander who had just sworn allegiance immediately jumped from white to became a general of the Zanhua Staff, made them seem to see that at this moment, these little people, who were nothing, might soon be promoted to officers. After all, Chen Wen, a general who praised the painting, was only a front-line cadre, so he naturally needed to promote some cronies to control the army, and according to convention, such tasks were generally carried out by them, the first group of loyalists, which made them not feel excited.

However, when everyone thought that Chen Wen would accept the appointment, he actually refused. This made the small courtyard silent for a while.

Regarding Chen Wen's decision, everyone was very puzzled. Most people are just moved by Chen Wen, but some of them such as Yin Ergou and others feel that if Chen Wen accepts the appointment, it means that he can justifiably install people in the middle camp, and when the time comes, he can use the middle camp to rebuild the eggs of the Qi family's army, isn't this bad?

Seeing that he didn't have time to explain to everyone, Chen Wen took out some silver and asked Wu Dengke to take the group and Sun Yu's younger brother to the village restaurant to eat, and asked Sun Ming to bring one to his sister-in-law.

Chen Wen knew that he and this group of people had always occupied the small courtyard, although the daughter-in-law of the Sun family knew most of these people, but she was embarrassed to come out to cook, if he didn't do this, then the Yi family would have to cook for his younger brother hungry, so Chen Wen was a little unhappy.

After arranging everything, Chen Wen followed Hu Er and walked to the old camp on the mountain again.

When Chen Wen returned to the hall of the Chinese army, he did not hesitate to reject Wang Yi's appointment, which made Wang Yi very surprised.

So, Chen Wen once again peddled his banner of rebuilding the Qi family's army.

"At the beginning of the country, the combat power of the guards was rampant all over the world, and whether it was the northern captives, the southern barbarians, or the Japanese invaders, they all became powder. Subsequently, the guard system was corrupted, and the guards were completely reduced to farmers and could no longer fight. ”

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang established the system of guards, claiming to raise a million troops without spending a penny, but in fact, it improved the government military system in the Sui and Tang dynasties of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The initial effect was very good, and the guards fought bravely for the land and hereditary military positions, so the combat effectiveness was amazing.

However, the system soon began to deteriorate, and both the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties issued edicts to try to stop the momentum, but the results were not good. By the time of Jingtai, the number of military escapees had reached a jaw-dropping level, and this was one of the reasons why Emperor Jingtai decided to let Yu Qian intervene in the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

"During the Yongle period, Emperor Chengzu invaded the remnants of Mengyuan in the north, and the rebellious ministers in the south, so he concentrated the elite soldiers of the guard to set up a Beijing camp until the battle of Tumubao, and was lost."

On the one hand, Zhu Di started with Jingnan and lacked trust in the clan and military generals, and on the other hand, the military operations of the Five Expeditions to Mongolia and the Southern Expedition to Jiaozhi led to the emergence of the Beijing camp. At the beginning of the establishment of the Beijing camp, the combat effectiveness was strong, and even the battle of Tumubao was not a problem of combat strength.

However, after the Battle of Tumubao, the civilian group completely overwhelmed the military generals group, and the Jingying gradually became the slaves of the lords, civil officials, eunuchs and Jinyi guards in Beijing, and could no longer fight.

"During the Jiajing period, in order to deal with the Japanese invaders, the dynasty began to train full-time military generals to train battalions, that is, the recruitment system. The initial effect is remarkable, especially the emergence of famous generals such as Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang. ”

However, the generals in charge of the battalion soon appeared to eat empty pay and drink the blood of the soldiers to support their families, and the imperial court also acquiesced to this for some reasons. After that, the battalion was unbearable to fight, and the confrontation had to be led by the military general Jia Ding's personal soldiers to charge forward, and although the Jiading personal soldiers dared to fight, but the number was scarce, often for the northern captives and Liukou to be overwhelmed by the number, so the dynasty was repeatedly defeated until today. ”

The appearance of the battalion soldiers is the inevitable choice of the guard system and the successive corruption of the Beijing camp, and Wang Yi is also very clear about the things that eat empty salaries to support the family, because the army of this era is like this, and even the five battalions of Dalanshan at this time are not exempt from vulgarity.

The five battalions of Dalanshan are known as 5,000 people, but in fact there are only 3,000 people, and the rest are paid by military generals at all levels to support their families and soldiers. In order to cope with this, the Manchu Qing had to increase the salaries of military generals at all levels in order to maintain integrity, and a special system was established for this purpose.

"At present, the Tartars occupy eight or nine tenths of China, and Wang Shi and them can't compare with Lian Jia Ding in any way. Therefore, I feel that the key to training troops at present is not to train the soldiers, but to try to improve the combat effectiveness of the battalion soldiers. ”

Wang Yi thought for a moment, but he still couldn't understand what Chen Wen was going to do, and then he asked, "Furen, what are you going to do?" ”

"If the two superiors can be trusted, they plan to form a new battalion to train the troops with Qi Shaobao's method and rebuild the Qi family's army."

After saying this, Chen Wen thought about it, although the financial situation of Dalanshan is good, but let Wang Yi directly take out a thousand people's military salary and military equipment to press on himself, probably he may not dare to do so.

"You don't need too many soldiers in the early stage, three hundred is enough, and there should be a small success in January."

"January?" As soon as these words came out, Wang Yi was really startled.

Originally, Chen Wen had already startled him by proposing to rebuild the Qi family's army, which he didn't expect at all, and it was too sensational to have a small success in a month.

"Exactly, I have this confidence below." As he spoke, Chen Wen smiled slightly, and the confidence that filled the whole person began to infect Wang Yi. "These days, I have met some strong men from Jinhua Mansion, and many of them have a good understanding of the weapons used in the Mandarin Duck Formation that Qi Shaobao once compiled. I plan to take this as the core, recruit strong men, and establish a battalion. ”

Although Chen Wen still trusts Wang Yi's character, he naturally has to add a layer of insurance to himself when doing business.

"The ancestor of the lower has served under the command of the King of Qiyang for a long time, the King of Qiyang is good at training, and his people are strict in governing the army, and the military discipline is strict. Therefore, his old man can always surrender without a fight. ”

After blowing a wave of Li Wenzhong, Chen Wen then said: "My ancestor once received the know-how of training soldiers personally from the King of Qiyang, and compiled it into a booklet, which my family called "Wujing's Testament". Although this book is not on my body, I am already familiar with it. After thinking about it, if Qi Shaobao's military book battle formation is combined with King Qiyang's training theory, it is bound to be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Historically, Li Wenzhong was quite talented in military training, and his son Li Jinglong in the Hongwu Dynasty in addition to exterminating the Japanese invaders, he also always trained troops in various places. This is also the reason why Chen Wen was determined to put his fabricated background on Li Wenzhong, so he even did not hesitate to fabricate a Ming Dynasty version of "Wu Mu's Testament".

"A month later, Wang Jingluo can select any battalion in Siming Mountain to compete with the battalion trained under the same number of sergeants, and if he can't win in the subordinate, he will be willing to accept military law!" As he spoke, Chen Wenbai fell to the ground.

"Is that true?"

"You can make a military order now."

"Good!" Seeing that Chen Wen was so determined, Wang Yi no longer doubted. Although he had some confidence in Chen Wen's ability, it was Li Wenzhong and Qi Jiguang's prestige that finally prompted him to determine this matter.

"In this case, this official appointed Furen as a guerrilla in the old battalion of Dalanshan, set up a separate battalion with an establishment of 500 people, and a month later competed with the middle battalion in the school field."

Sure enough, it was a middle camp.

"The last will obey." At this moment, Chen Wen couldn't help sneering in his heart, a month later, I will tell you military blind to see the power of the Mandarin Duck Array.

Wang Yi helped Chen Wen up with both hands, and asked with a smile: "This official has a question, I wonder if Furen can solve my doubts?" ”

"It doesn't hurt to say it, and in the end, you should know everything and say everything." With the determination of the subordination relationship, Chen Wen's title and self-title towards Wang Yi also changed.

"This officer is very strange, the middle battalion is all veterans, and the establishment is also large, why is Furen unwilling to accept the appointment of the middle battalion?"

Does this need to be weird?

Since the decision to rebuild the Qi family army last night, Chen Wen has already decided not to accept the real power of any old-style army, unless this army is willing to be broken up and reorganized by him. However, this is absolutely impossible in Dalan Mountain on the eve of the Great War.

"The last general is ready to train the troops with Qi Shaobao's art of war, and Qi Shaobao's mandarin duck formation is composed of twelve people, all of whom are indispensable. Now that the middle battalion eats empty salaries and drinks the blood of the soldiers, if the general uses this to train the mandarin duck formation, unless the middle battalion is completely broken up and all the officers are eliminated, it will definitely not be able to form an army. It's just that within two months, the Tartars will encircle and suppress Siming Mountain, in this case, it is better to leave the middle camp and reorganize the first battalion to be more beneficial to the Wang Division. ”

"I see." Wang Yi smiled, he knew very well that Chen Wen's reasons could not be so much at all, but he didn't intend to explain it thoroughly. "Furen is thoughtful."

Chen Wen bowed and said humbly: "The last general is just a fool. ”

"Furen is sure that the trend of empty salaries can be stopped?"

Hearing this question, Chen Wen's eyes immediately sharpened, and he replied firmly: "The last general should practice himself, and he will never live up to the trust of the strategy." ”

"Good!" Chen Wen's answer made Wang Yi very satisfied, and he said categorically: "From now on, the true colors of the battalions under the jurisdiction of Furen will be distributed in full, and those who dare to be greedy for ink can be reported to the official or Wang Weixian, and they will be severely punished." ”

After receiving this assurance, Chen Wen immediately fell to the ground and said loudly: "The last generals and soldiers have thanked Jing Luo for his great kindness. ”

After accepting the appointment, Chen Wen had lunch with Wang Yi again, and discussed some of the current situation during the banquet.

After the meal, Wang Yi took the letter he had shown to Wang Jiang earlier and gave it to Chen Wen. After Chen Wen read it, he couldn't help laughing at himself in his heart.

It's really too big a brain, too much to think about.

The letter did not leave a signature, and it is said that it was sent by a small official in Yuyao County. It mentioned that in this summer harvest, not only all the grain in Yuyao was kept in the warehouse, but also the grain and grass in other prefectures and counties of Shaoxing Prefecture were also secretly concentrated in Yuyao.

Chen Wen does not doubt the authenticity of this letter, because it is recorded in the book that after Wang Yi broke Shangyu again, "Leh in eastern Zhejiang, is closed for it." The officials did not dare to urge the rent and bind the people, and they were fortunate to protect a city, and they were all explained by Chen Chen. ”

Although some of this is inevitably the exaggeration of Huang Zongxi and other people from the Eastern Zhejiang Historical School, but these days, from Shaoxing Mansion to Dalan Mountain, what he heard and saw along the way made Chen Wen feel that even if it is exaggerated, it is not exaggerated. In troubled times, there will always be the most people at both ends of the rat head, after all, no one will have an enmity with their own lives.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the Qing army will encircle and suppress Siming Mountain in September this year, which is indeed true. Although the letter mentions the abnormal transfer of grain and grass, it does not mention the issue of the transfer of the Qing army, which is obviously only the necessary transfer of grain and grass before the transfer of troops and horses.

Seeing that Chen Wen was unmoved, Wang Yi mentioned his military operation to be carried out next month, his determination to hold on to Siming Mountain, and his plan to transfer the people in the event of failure.

The former Chen Wen has seen it in the book, and he is not very optimistic; And the latter, after thinking about it last night, already had a vague plan in his mind. Therefore, he told Wang Yi that he would give Wang Yi a complete plan within three days, and strive to keep Siming Mountain, the largest occupied area of the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang.

After greeting for a while, Chen Wen got up to say goodbye.

From a white body when he went up the mountain to a guerrilla general with 500 troops when he came down the mountain, Chen Wen achieved a leap like a fly, and all this was just the beginning for him.