Chapter 55: Tandem (1)

Compared with the previous promotion order for Chen Wen after the school competition, the old camp of Dalanshan quietly issued a new appointment on August 28, which is very understatement. The protagonist of this new appointment is Sun Yu, and the appointed position is the director of the treasury department of the old camp of Dalanshan.

Unlike the other four logistics departments in the old camp, Wang Jiang was always in charge of the treasury department, and the purpose of this was obviously to reduce attrition and corruption more effectively. After Sun Yu went up the mountain, he showed a certain ability and integrity in the position of the grain depot, which made Wang Jiang very pleased, and the scholars who were interested in restoring the Han family were not all corrupt people in this current situation, so there was Sun Yu's promotion when Chen Wen just went up the mountain.

It's just that at this time, it has only been a month since that promotion, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to promote his position again, even if Sun Yu has a reputation for raising people, it seems too fast. However, three days ago, Chu Suxian was beaten in public by Chen Wen for wanting to embezzle military salaries, but it spread throughout Dalanshan.

Corruption is a headache for Wang Jiang, and as soon as this incident comes out, even if Chen Wen is fined and demoted for beating his colleagues, Chu Suxian's problem cannot be covered up. However, in order to take care of the emotions of the other officials in the old camp and the faces of Chu Jiuru and Chu Suxian, two old subordinates who had followed him for many years, Wang Jiang still suppressed the order of punishment.

As a result, Sun Yu, who has always said "NO" to corruption, was promoted from Ambassador Cang to Ambassador of the Treasury a month ago, and was promoted again and became one of the directors of the Fifth Division of the Old Camp of Dalanshan, and obtained the right to supervise and manage the treasury of the Division. In Wang Jiang's opinion, Sun Yu, a newcomer who has only been on the mountain for half a year, has been promoted again, but it is enough to remind other officials.

When he went to the Treasury Department to congratulate Sun Yu, Chen Wen ran into Chu Suxian again, but at the moment he was hanging one arm with great resentment in his eyes, and this kind of look was not only when he looked at Chen Wen, but also when he looked at his new boss Sun Yu.

In this regard, Chen Wen can only sneer in return, a diligent and hard-working employee deserves to be promoted, even if he is just a newcomer; And old people like Chu Suxian, who rely on himself and his relatives to be the leader, are still unscrupulously digging the corners of the Ming Dynasty and picking up the wool of feudalism in the current situation where the Ming army is in danger, what qualifications are given priority to promotion than the former. You must know that in the era of the Republic, many people who made a fortune were hung with telephone poles, and in this era, you will be content if you don't pull it out and behead it to show the public.

In addition to congratulating Sun Yu on his promotion, Chen Wenlai also had one more thing to do with the Treasury Department, which was to receive a new recruitment reserve. Compared with the last time, although the number of soldiers this time is only doubled, the silver is more than twice as much, three thousand taels of silver plus a lot of food, this amount of recruitment reserves in this Siming Mountain area is also a big deal.

However, correspondingly, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang's request was that Chen Wen not only complete the establishment, but also not allow the list to be made up with documents, officers, men, and himself as he did last time. To make it clear, they want a battalion that can reach 1,000 men just by counting soldiers.

Under this standard, the army trained according to Chen Wen's non-empty salary is likely to exceed the actual strength of the two battalions of the old battalion combined! And the previous establishment of Wang Yi's imitation of the top five battalions was actually just a play on words.

Chen Wen knew that Wang Yi and Wang Jiang were obviously ready to take out all the strength of the Ming army in Dalanshan, and if they couldn't fight out and occupy more territory, it was likely that they wouldn't be able to support it for long. Of course, it was only after defeating Tian Xiong and forcing Jin Li away.

As the officers and soldiers went down the mountain to go home because of the holiday, or went to the town below the mountain to have fun, the combat effectiveness of Chen Wen's newly formed Nantang battalion was also widely spread.

If you have combat effectiveness, you will have military merits, and if you have military merits, you will have rewards, and if you have rewards, you can buy houses, buy land, marry wives and take concubines, which is an unchanging truth in ancient and modern times. In addition, Chen Wen strictly forbade quartermasters and officers to withhold money and food, and the news that Chen Wen was violently beaten by Chen Wen because of the corruption of military salaries by an official in the old camp was widely spread in the Simingshan area, and the image of a quasi-famous general who led the troops in a good way, was fair and selfless, and loved the soldiers like a son gradually portrayed into the minds of the vast number of Simingshan people.

Before lunch, at the time of returning to the camp stipulated by Chen Wen, there were already many men who were interested in serving the Nantang Battalion and followed the officers and soldiers of the Nantang Battalion they knew well to the old camp in Dalanshan. After inviting these men who were aspiring to join the army to have a full meal, Chen Wen spent the whole afternoon screening soldiers, and because there were still people who continued to go up the mountain to join the army in the afternoon, his original recruitment plan was disrupted.

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As Feng Jingdi quickly returned to Xue Ao, even though this place was already a long distance away from Dalan Mountain, Wang Sheng still couldn't suppress the fear in his heart.

When they met for the first time, in Wang Sheng's eyes, Chen Wen was just a scholar in strange clothes and a somewhat strange posture, and at that time he didn't think it would be a threat at all, but because of the intelligence that was likely to be military intelligence, he regarded this person as a fat sheep.

Wang Sheng, who was full of thoughts and hurriedly left the Dalan Mountain Defense Area to facilitate torture and intelligence, turned out to be in the dilapidated mountain temple, and was played by this scholar surnamed Chen with an unknown treasure, so that this person disappeared inexplicably in front of the eyes of more than a dozen people, including himself.

It was easy to get rid of the fear of seeing the fox spirit and the attraction of the scene presented by the "magic weapon", he immediately realized Chen Wen's purpose, although this "magic weapon" didn't know what it was for, but he firmly believed that as long as he grasped Chen Wen, the mystery of all this would be revealed.

It's just that when this person was finally intercepted in front of the old camp in Dalanshan, Wang Sheng discovered that this scholar surnamed Chen actually had another side. Countless midnight dreams, he couldn't forget the hideous face when Chen Wen rushed towards him alone. Thinking of this, he touched his chest, and the part that was kicked by Chen Wen still seemed to be aching faintly under the effect of psychology.

Then, the man escaped again, and he was captured by the middle battalion in charge of defense on Dalan Mountain. If it weren't for the fact that Feng Jingdi and Wang Yi had a good relationship, and his face was quite familiar with the officers of the Dalan Mountain Middle Battalion, God knows if he would have been killed by a quick knife.

On that day, kneeling outside the door of the old camp wounded and sick house in Dalanshan under the scorching sun, Wang Sheng didn't dare to move, because the commander of the Ming Army in Dalanshan, the leader of the entire Siming Mountain Ming Army, and the left waiter of the Jingluo Zhizhejiang Military Affairs Department and the left deputy capital Wang Yi were inside. He knows very well that this Wang Yi has always been known for his strict management of the army, who knows if such a person will look at Feng Jingdi's face. In order to save his life, he didn't dare to move at all, lest he be seen by someone with a heart, who knew if Wang Yi would give him a happy moment in anger.

After kneeling for nearly two hours, when Wang Sheng felt that he was about to faint, Wang Yi finally came out. A few words of understatement, without the slightest punishment for him, but after inexplicably putting on an errand to deliver a letter, he lost Feng Jingdi's favor. Without Shangguan's favor, the low-lying characters on weekdays also jumped out one by one, and they gradually began to and pee on their necks, just like what they did on them at the beginning, or even more excessive.

At that time, Wang Sheng no longer felt his own future on the side of the Ming army, so he paid more attention to Feng Jingdi's habits and possible hiding places. The Ming army can't get mixed up, so go to the Qing army, just shave your head, life and wealth are the most important, with Feng Jingdi as a meeting gift, the Qing army is also indispensable to their own wealth.

It's just that just when he was about to contact Yan Wugong, the situation was reversed, and the reason for this reversal was because of this Chen Wen!

On that day, bowing at Feng Jingdi's feet, Wang Sheng told Feng Jingdi about meeting Chen Wen on the road, and then being added to the matter of his escape. Although some of these discerning people knew that the credibility was not high when they heard it, Feng Jingdi still believed it, in fact, it should be said that he clearly said Feng Jingdi's inner thoughts. From Feng Jingdi's question, he finally clearly felt Feng Jingdi's thoughts, although he didn't know why Feng Jingdi would think that Chen Wen was a eunuch, but wasn't this right?

With the same sense of a person, Wang Sheng once again got Feng Jingdi's favor, originally thought that everything would go on like this, but that Chen Wen jumped out again and slapped him in the face without hesitation.

On the colonel field of the old camp of Dalanshan, Li Ruixin, the captain of Chen Wen's personal army, defeated the opponent from the middle camp cleanly with his martial arts and courage far beyond the level of many generals in eastern Zhejiang. At that moment, Wang Sheng was very glad that the officer who was ordered by him was able to rein in the precipice, he knew very well that under the protection of such a brave servant, how could he kill Chen Wen with the few bear soldiers in his hands. If he doesn't succeed, the situation he will face will also become extremely bad.

In the second game, Chen Wen's firearms team was easily defeated by the middle camp, Wang Sheng looked at this young military general who had humiliated him with contempt, even if he sat on the garrison from the white body, Wang Sheng still thought that Chen Wen was not in trouble. It's just that in the next moment, this surnamed Chen actually gave him a resounding slap in the face with his backhand.

A sentry soldier, a flag-bearer and a drummer, a total of only fifty people, actually so easily defeated the army of Dalanshan for more than two years, after the battle, whether it was facing the Shaoxing Green Battalion or the Ningbo Green Battalion, the middle battalion was twice as many as his opponents, and the battle could only be described as devastating.

What's even more terrifying is that in addition to this whistle in this Chen Wen's hand, there are four such whistles that have not appeared! It's only been a short month, and such earth-shaking changes have occurred, and a scholar who came in white was able to train a strong army that could compete with the elite of the Green Battalion in just one month, and the world is changing too fast.

Wang Sheng knew that Mo said that it was his rotten soldiers, even if Liu Yiming's two battalion leaders who were known as the strongest in eastern Zhejiang had the same strength, it was impossible for this Chen Wen to be the opponent of this Chen Wen, and the mandarin duck array inherited from Qi Jiguang was too terrifying.

But the most terrible thing is that after thinking about it all night, he found that this mandarin duck array is not at all what the generals of this era can arrange if they want to, because this formation requires twelve people to cooperate with each other, and all of them are indispensable, which is something that the generals who eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers to support their families and pro-soldiers in this era cannot do at all.

As a military general of this era, Wang Sheng knew very well that if he didn't eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers, he would not be able to honor his superiors at all. What is the use of a military general who can't honor his superiors? Shangguan is not happy, how to get promoted and make a fortune, not for the sake of promotion and fortune, who is willing to bother to train strong soldiers.

However, if you continue to eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers to raise the mandarin duck array, it will not have a good effect of supporting your family and pro-soldiers. Wang Sheng, who walked into a dead end, didn't understand why Chen Wen would choose such a thankless way, just relying on Wang Yi's favor, was it really that simple?

In troubled times, military power is everything, and with the current situation, Chen Wen's rise seems irreversible. Especially after listening to Feng Jingdi's plan to counterattack the Qing army, which Feng Jingdi told him like a dog, he was even more determined in this idea.

Although Feng Jingdi did not know the source of the information, Wang Sheng was able to guess that it must have been brought by Chen Wen, and he felt even more frightened when he thought that there was probably an underground anti-Qing group composed of Ming Dynasty veterans and even Manchu officials in the Qing army-occupied area behind Chen Wen.

If time can be repeated, he will definitely have a good relationship with Chen Wen as much as possible, even if he is willing to serve his disciples, because Chen Wen's ability at this time has the possibility that sooner or later he will be able to make him prosperous and rich. Even if you can't get closer, you can still serve as an ally or simply assassinate Chen Wen before his rise, which can be regarded as a precaution.

But the problem now is that he, Wang Sheng, has no chance to start over, and he once tried to kill Chen Wen, and what is even more hateful is that the officer did not kill him, which directly led to his current embarrassing situation.

In Wang Sheng's view, once the seeds of hatred are planted, it will be an endless end, and once Chen Wen gains power, he will never let him go. And the upcoming war is Chen Wen's step forward.

Especially after imagining in his mind that Chen Wen was victorious and returned to the dynasty and was awarded the title, he would definitely not let go of himself, a low-level military general who had been coerced by the crowd by virtue of his large number of people, and this also made the fear in Wang Sheng's heart begin to overcome everything!

I don't want to die yet, I still want to be prosperous and rich to the end of my life, since you will stand in my way, then don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless.

Thinking of this, Wang Sheng shook his hand and sent a piece of silver to the concierge of Feng Jingdi's military department's Shilang Mansion, and after getting Feng Jingdi's permission, the concierge diligently led Wang Sheng, who had regained power, in.

Seeing Feng Jingdi, Wang Sheng knelt on the ground and replied as always, because he knew that Feng Jingdi was a nerd, and his rule of the army was still the same as that of the noble and military in the Chengping era, and it was not difficult for him to gain his trust as long as he was respectful enough.

After a few words of greeting, he found out that Feng Jingdi was still angry at Wang Yi's protection of Chen Wen, and immediately decided to explain his intentions directly.

"Enlightened Boss, after thinking about it, the villain thinks that there is a great possibility that the combat operation planned by the Chen guerrilla in Dalanshan will be successful."