There is a way that the eldest brother is like a father, although Yin Yue is the second in the family, he is not the eldest brother, but his eldest brother is not here, and even if he is, he is not better than a marshal like him who has already sat in the regimental training army. So when he said such words, his younger brother didn't care to wipe the cold sweat on his face, and hurriedly apologized to his second brother.

It seems that in order to prove that what Yin Yue said is true, the right battalion and the middle battalion have launched two large-scale attacks in succession, but they have all returned in vain, and even the casualties are extremely limited. And at nightfall, Yin Yue, who was in the mining pavilion, ushered in the envoy of Fucheng.

Chen Wen returned, and it only took three days to take Tangxi County and Jinhuafu City successively, and in one fell swoop, the basic force of the rebels was eliminated. The news of Ma Jinbao's execution immediately afterwards also boosted the morale of the Ming army on the northern front, even he himself was no exception.

The rebellion was quickly suppressed, and Yin Yue was quite satisfied with his performance during this period, and Chen Wen's handwritten letter shows the praise of the marshal he has followed to this day.

However, during this period of time, although the two counties of Yiwu and Pujiang have not rebelled, there have also been some people in the countryside who are dizzy. These people do not have the strength to assist the garrison to exterminate them, not to mention, the current war on the northern front is also very tight, but he can continue to hold on for the time being by relying on the terrifying defense of the fortress. The pressure brought by the superiority of the Qing army's strength was very great, and there were more reserves of the Ming army on the northern front, as well as the pressure on grain, grass and military supplies became more and more tense with the beginning of Cao Conglong's rebellion, especially gunpowder, the consumption has greatly exceeded the previous estimate.

These problems will inevitably affect the development trend of the overall situation, because once the northern front is lost, the Ming army must completely return to defense. At that time, even if the Qing army's attack was temporarily repulsed, it was difficult to have the initiative as it is now in the face of the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

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When Yin Yue's reply was brought back to the city by the messenger quickly, it was the last day of Ling Chi, and it stands to reason that the executioner would stab the last knife at noon on this day, and the entire punishment would be completed. At such a moment, Chen Wen will definitely appear, but it is still early, and he is still in the governor's yamen to continue to handle official business.

After reading the reply, Chen Wen was quite satisfied with the defense work of the northern front, not only did the guards of the fortress stick to it in strict accordance with the discipline and repair the city wall at night, but Yin Yue, who was mainly responsible for harassment tasks, also had a good understanding of tactical needs, and the harassment work did delay the offensive rhythm of the Qing army while protecting himself, which can be said to be the last news he heard in the past half a month.

It's just that Chen Wen is also very powerless at the moment regarding the shortage of grain, grass, weapons, and reserve soldiers mentioned by Yin Yue in his letter.

Previously, in order to attack Taizhou, Cao Conglong transported a large part of the grain, grass, weapons, gunpowder and some silver taels in the warehouse to Yushan Town. Now Chen Wen needs to dismiss the people recruited by Cao Conglongqiang, and he also needs to prepare food and grass for the follow-up military action to quell the chaos in various counties, and the most important thing is the need for the army in Quzhou, which is already quite difficult at the moment.

Fortunately, the messenger who arrived at the destination earlier also brought back a reply from Liu Cheng, the guard general of Dongyang County, last night. This rebellious military general repeatedly stated in his letters that Cao Conglong was in charge of the imperial court at that time, and that he was a small guerrilla general who was really powerless to resist, and the civil officials of Dongyang County were also very supportive, especially controlling the families of many officers under his command. The army was panicked, and he had to pretend to be pandering when he was forced to do so, and at the same time sent people to the Ming army camp in Quzhou and the Ming army on the northern front to report for help, waiting for reinforcements.

Chen Wen, the messenger sent by Liu Cheng to Quzhou, did not see him, but Yin Yue's reply mentioned that Liu Cheng asked him for help, and secretly sent someone to send Yin Yue's relatives in Dongyang County's hometown to Yiwu. Perhaps Chen Wen missed the messenger, or Liu Cheng's messenger did not arrive in Quzhou alive, these are unknown.

The transmission of these inside stories made Chen Wen find that the image of this subordinate general who was still very familiar in his mind began to blur, but no matter what, the storage in Yushan Town was the most important. As for whether this military general is as he said, Chen Wen doesn't mind appeasing this person first, as long as the grain and grass can continue to support the army, then there will always be a day when the truth will be revealed.

Food, grass, weapons, and gunpowder can only be hoped for there for the time being, and Chen Wen, a reserve soldier supporting the front, intends to absorb some of the civilians who have been forcibly recruited into the Fubiao camp, which can also save food and weaken the potential instability of being able to participate in the rural chaos.

As for the other two parts of the Fubiao battalion, Chen Wen, an ordinary member of the Baitou Army in Luochengyan, planned to allocate land and tuntian after a period of hard labor punishment to become part of his Zhejiang Ming army; And the other part of the prisoners went back and forth. The punishment of confiscation of the army itself reduced the sense of honor of the soldiers, and the insulting titles such as "thieves with the army" were all derived from this, which was absolutely intolerable to Chen Wen, who was determined to build a modern army and crush the Manchu Eight Banner Army, so it was even more impossible to recruit soldiers among those criminals and scoundrels.

In addition, Lanxi County has also been recovered by Chen Guobao, and the local defender chose to commit suicide after learning the news that the main force of the Fubiao battalion was annihilated in Fucheng, where the newly recruited soldiers and some of the soldiers in Tangxi County, Chen Wen, also planned to select a part of the standard re-scattered training, so that it could not form combat effectiveness for a while, and the escort of grain and grass in the Ming army occupied area was still competent.

It's been a busy morning, and there is less than an hour left before the final execution. Chen Wen pondered for a moment, and then asked Han Qizheng, the former Jinhua Mansion Tongzhi who had been arranged to appreciate the "art of human body cutting" for a morning, to the governor's yamen.

This civil official, who had accepted Cao Conglong's wooing not long ago and was appointed to act as the prefect of Jinhua, was pale, and it seemed that he had just vomited, but his eyes were obviously more vibrant than when he was just brought out of prison, which made Chen Wen sigh.

"It's really an old fritter, but at the moment he is the only one who is the most suitable."

Thinking about this, Chen Wen was not interested in greeting him for anything, and directly asked a personal soldier to hand over a piece of the music on the table to Han Qizheng, in exchange for the elderly civil official who was holding the music chapter and his hands were already trembling a little, he only fell to his knees after being stunned for a moment, and vigorously called it a capital crime. (To be continued.) )