When the news that the Fubiao battalion was completely annihilated by the Ming army, and even the prisoners were executed by Chen Wen, the commander of the Ming army, came to the Manchu Qing officials and green battalion soldiers on the boundary of Shaoxing Mansion north of Jinhua Mansion three times a day, and almost every day there were rumors that the Ming army was marching north.

For the fear of the Manchu officials and soldiers, most of the gentry and common people in Shaoxing Mansion showed a happy attitude. For a time, the gentry and common people of Shaoxing Mansion began to run in tandem, preparing to set off a big wave of rebellion when this incredibly strong Ming army headed north.

If it was just that, it would be fine, but the undercurrent of Shaoxing Mansion also spread to Hangzhou. With the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty led by Jin Li and Liu Zhiyuan stationed in Hangzhou to form the Eight Banners of Hangzhou Garrison, and Xiao Qiyuan, the governor of Zhejiang, vigorously built a full city in Hangzhou, the contradictions between the Qing court and the people in Hangzhou became more and more serious.

Although this place has always been "warm wind smoked tourists drunk", the folk customs are naturally far less than the same in Zhejiang, Jinhua and Taizhou are as strong, and there are also Hangzhou garrison Eight Banners, Hangzhou City Guard Association and Qiantang Water Division and other troops and horses in the town, but it is related to the safety of the Zhejiang provincial capital, Jin Li and Xiao Qiyuan after learning the news of the Qing army's encirclement and suppression suffered a fiasco, or will temporarily stationed in Ningbo, to assist the Ningbo Green Battalion and the Dinghai General Battalion to assist in defending Ningbo's Admiral Standard Battalion withdrew, stationed in the two counties of Shanyin and Huiji, which may face the Ming army in advance.

At this time, it is the twenty-third day of the lunar month of the fifth year of the Yongli calendar, and the day when the king of the stove is sent to heaven. Xu Lei, the garrison of the Raised Left Battalion, who thought that he might not be able to return home in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, had already led his troops back to Hangzhou after confirming the information that the Ming army was unable to go north, and even after bathing and changing clothes, he was ready to take the whole family of men to worship Zao Jun, in order to beg Zao Wang Ye to say a good word in front of the Jade Emperor.

The main wife of the family, Yu, who was already preparing the horses and small mess cakes, black beans, inch grass and other things in the paper, had already prepared them with her domestic servants, and the sweet and sticky foods such as sugar melons, glutinous rice balls, maltose, and pig blood cakes were also neatly placed, just waiting for the king of the stove to enjoy. In order to achieve the effect of "eating sweet, saying good words", "good words spread to the sky, bad words aside".

There is a saying that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not sacrifice to the stove". After everything was prepared, Yu Shi retreated with the servants of the family, and only Xu Lei led the men in the family to worship.

Burning incense and kowtowing, Xu Lei toasted to the Lord of the Stove. And pray with all your heart. After three toasts, Xu Lei tore off the statue of Zaojun and burned it together with paper horses, black beans, inch grass and other things, and then the whole family worshipped, wishing and saying: "Sweet and spicy, Zaojun Mo Yan".

Send the stove prince away today, and according to the rules, he will have to take the stove in a few days, but the ceremony is relatively simple, just paste a new statue of the stove king.

The sacrifice is over. Xu Lei returned to the main hall, and when he was away from home for a long time, he still needed to listen to Yu's report. But at this moment, Xu Lei seemed to have forgotten about this, and let Yu talk about the affairs of the family and the income of the land and shop over the past few days, without the slightest reaction, just sitting on the chair and not knowing what to think.

Seeing that Xu Lei's mind didn't know where he flew, Yu Shi stopped for the time being. It's just been a long time. Xu Lei was still in a daze there, and Yu had no choice but to talk to each other. But he didn't take her to speak. But I heard Xu Lei suddenly ask: "How are Li and her mother doing, are they okay?" ”

Yu never expected Xu Lei to ask this question, but the moment he heard this question, Yu's heart couldn't help but feel the jealousy and hatred he once had.

The Li family in Xu Lei's mouth is Li Ruixin's sister, Xu Lei coveted the little sister of the Li family before he got married, but he was quite cold to the family. Later, a male member of the Li family may have died in battle. or disappeared, Xu Lei forcibly included the little sister of the Li family in the room. At first, she was very fond of it, but then she couldn't withstand the pressure of his wife Yu, and the little sister of the Li family never came out, so she gradually fell out in the cold. Even before returning from the siege of Siming Mountain last year, this poor woman had not been mentioned for some years.

Although the little sister of the Li family was also respectful to her wife during the time when she was favored, she was afraid of losing her duty as a concubine, but in the eyes of the Yu family, who has always been jealous, she was clearly showing off her might, so she naturally could not be tolerated.

constantly used the identity of the wife to instigate the subordinates to bully and frame, so that the money was given to the doctor to slander that the little sister of the Li family could not have children, so that Xu Lei was bored, and even the little sister of the Li family and her mother were almost reduced to the lowest level in the family.

But since Xu Lei returned from the defeat of Siming Mountain, he suddenly remembered the mother and daughter, although they were not reclassified as concubines, but strangely removed all the labor of the mother and daughter, and the food and clothing were also improved several grades, but they were under house arrest in a remote courtyard in the house under the care of cronies and servants, nothing more. As for why, he refuses to say.

Taking advantage of Xu Lei's expedition, the Yu family privately lowered the treatment of the Li family's mother and daughter again, and was limited to not starving to death. But as soon as Xu Leifu came back, he would have such a question, which really surprised Yu's heart.

"The mother and daughter are still in the small courtyard, with the same food and clothing, but these days they haven't been allowed by their husbands and concubines and haven't let them come out."

Hearing the word "cheap maid", Xu Lei's eyebrows couldn't help frowning, and his gaze towards Yu began to become complicated.

"The word "cheap maid" can no longer be said in the future, no matter what the husband and the Li family say, they have also served under the command of the Yasukuni Gong, and their family has no news of the men, and it is also the right thing to take care of the husband, not to mention that the Li family has also served on the pillow on the side, so it cannot be so harsh."

The word "harsh" sounded so harsh that Yu didn't realize that there was no difference between the previous death and the current news, but she was married to her husband, and she had to follow Xu Lei's meaning and didn't dare to say more. Anyway, Xu Lei, as a military attaché, always has to go on the expedition, and the affairs in the family house are not up to her, so there is no need to go against her husband's wishes in person.

Seeing that the Yu family had restored the title of the Li family's sister, Xu Lei opened his mouth and ordered: "Someone will go and invite their mother and daughter." As soon as the words came out, Xu Lei waved his hand again, signaling that the command just now was invalid, and then said the next sentence.

"Let's go for the husband himself." With that, he got up and walked out the door, without the slightest intention of stopping.

Stunned and looking at all this in front of him, Yu Shi was surprised by Xu Lei's change of attitude, and the jealousy and hatred in his heart rekindled again, even more fierce than before.

There are no long eyes in the back of his head, and Xu Lei can't see Yu's jealous gaze. Just three steps and two steps to the small courtyard where the Li family's mother and daughter live. When they entered the courtyard, they saw the mother and daughter of the Li family washing their clothes in the small courtyard, and when they saw Xu Lei coming, the mother and daughter hurriedly threw down the guy in their hands and knelt on the ground to salute.

This scene was very normal before, and a mother and daughter at the bottom of the pyramid at home knelt down and kowtowed to the head of the house. So much so that when the mother and daughter knelt down, Xu Lei did not feel the slightest surprise.

It's just that when the sound of kneeling on the ground reached his ears, last year when he was captured by Li Ruixin, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and when he faced the Ming army marshal, he was as quiet as a cicada, and some time ago in Shaoxing Mansion from Tian Xiong, Yu Fenqi, Xu Xin and others learned the details of the Qing army's encirclement and suppression fiasco, which instantly appeared in his mind, and he was shocked into a cold sweat.

In the next second, I saw Xu Lei step forward with an arrow, helping the mother of the little sister of the Li family with both hands, and then helping the little sister of the Li family who was trembling up. Then he said to Mother Li: "Mother-in-law, you must not be like this, you are an elder, and it should be your son-in-law who salutes you." ”

As soon as this remark came out, it really scared the mother and daughter, Xu Lei was not so respectful before, but it was still before and at the beginning of the Li family's father and son's death, even after the Li family's little sister was accepted into the room, it was not like this today, was her head caught by the door or what?

But he didn't take the Li family's mother and daughter out of the surprise. Xu Lei's next sentence instantly subverted their cognition over the years.

"Over the years, the son-in-law has been blinded by lard and snubbed Qian'er. It really shouldn't. In addition, you are busy with military affairs on weekdays, and you have no time for family affairs, so you have suffered a lot. The son-in-law will arrange a better courtyard for you, and arrange for the servants and maids to serve on the side, and you will enjoy the blessings when you are old, and I hope that the mother-in-law can forgive the son-in-law. "It's a salute.

Seeing that the mother and daughter of the Li family were already stunned on the spot. It's just that the conditioned reflex is so shocked that he knelt down and saluted again, and Xu Lei took the hand of the little sister of the Li family while holding a handful.

The Li family was also a family of Ming Army officers, and the youngest sister of the Li family was the only daughter in the family, both her parents and her two elder brothers loved her very much. So since I was a child, I haven't done any rough work at all, except for the female celebrity and cooking.

But when Xu Lei held the hand of the little sister of the Li family, the slender and smooth like a green onion back then had long since disappeared, and what remained was just a rough labor that made him, a military attache who holds a sword all the year round, feel ashamed. Not only the hands, but even the pretty face that once made him think about it day and night was stained with some worldly wind and frost, and even a gray hair or two faintly appeared in the green silk on his head.

Looking at the woman in front of him, who was already like a rough girl, Xu Lei no longer had the boredom he once had, but instead held the hand of the little sister of the Li family even more, and his eyes became more affectionate.

"Qian'er, forgive your husband for being confused for a while, and we will live a good life in the future, okay?"

Since the little sister of the Li family was forcibly accepted as a concubine, the mother and daughter of the Li family never imagined that there would be such a day, but they had time to pinch the soft flesh on their bodies to confirm that they were not dreaming, so they were called by Xu Lei to the servant woman and maidservant girl respectfully invited to a larger courtyard, and completed the transformation from a slave of the Xu family to a master in Xu Lei's declaration of restoring the identity of the Li family's second room.

Although the identity of the second room is also a concubine, as long as she is favored at home, she will not be bullied by other concubines, and the little sister of the Li family has re-become the hot Xu Lei and Xu Shou's second aunt in the younger generation of officers in the standard camp in this year's time. It's just that except for Xu Lei, I'm afraid that no one in the Xu family knows what the reason for all this is, at least until Li Ruixin follows Chen Wen to do something bigger or is defeated and dies.

At the same time as the fate of the Li family's mother and daughter is changing, on a small island in Taihu Lake, more than 200 miles north of Hangzhou, two men in coarse linen clothes are discussing the rumored changes in the current situation in a thatched hut.

"Brother Yu, I thought it would be better to wait until I figured things out before setting off, God knows if that Chen Dashuai has anything to do with the Qi family, you rashly threw yourself over with Youming's nephew, if it wasn't as rumored, wouldn't it be in vain to waste your efforts? It's better that on this Taihu Lake, you and my brother continue to lead the brothers to attack the Tartars, and you can always be worthy of Chang Xingbo and those brothers who fought to the death. ”

The person who spoke was Qian Yingkui, a person from Songjiang Prefecture in Nanzhili, and a general of Changxingbo Wu Yi who had raised troops in the Taihu area to resist the Qing Dynasty a few years earlier. After Wu Yi's death, Qian Yingkui traveled around Susong for a while. Secretly organized armed forces to continue to resist the Qing Dynasty, in history in the context of Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan's three entry into the Yangtze River, he called himself General Pingnan and raised troops against the Qing Dynasty, and was later appointed by the Son of Yongli as the general of Pingnan and the governor of Tongzhi, until the defeat of Yongli in the twelfth year and was killed by the Qing army.

The brother Yu in Qian Yingkui's mouth is called Yu Shizhong, and his ancestors once followed Qi Jiguang to fight against the Japanese, and the hereditary Jinshan Wei Qianhu. After the fall of Nandu, he was in the army of Wu Yi in Taihu Lake. Serve as a guerrilla. When Wu Yi was martyred, Yu Shizhong led his subordinates to attack Qing ships and fish on Taihu Lake, and continued to resist the Qing Dynasty as a general of Wu Yi's department.

Qian Yingkui and Yu Shizhong did not have a good relationship when they were under Wu Yi's command at the beginning, in the final analysis, one was a fisherman and the other was a hereditary officer, and there was always such and such a difference in cognition and concept. Until Wu Yi's death, although there were still many anti-Qing forces on Taihu Lake, almost all of them were barefoot Zhang San of the Taihu Lake Baitou Army as the leader of the alliance, not a righteous army like them under the banner of the Ming Army, in order to continue to hold on here. The two people, who were weak and weak, gradually let go of the contradictions between each other and cooperated with each other to fight.

It's just that with the news that the Qing army encircled and suppressed Chen Wen's Ming army in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and suffered a crushing defeat, Yu Shizhong heard from those rumors that Chen Wennai was the son-in-law of the Qi family in Penglai, so he thought about being able to fight against the Tartars under the banner of this new version of the Chen family's army like the ancestors resisted the Japanese, and then restore the Ming Dynasty.

This time, he came to discuss with Qian Yingkui, which was to entrust the one hundred and ten subordinates under his command to Qian Yingkui, so that he could sneak south to Jinhua with his only son, so as not to be besieged by the Qing army along the way due to the excessive number of people.

Qian Yingkui is a righteous man. What he said this time is also a very likely fact, but Yu Shizhong had already made up his mind to go south before. After all, this Taihu Lake is in the area of Su and Hu, where the Qing army is heavily gathered, and it is difficult to develop its forces, and it will not be able to contain the local Qing army for the Ming army that has long been far away from here, and it is far less than going south to Jinhua to join the army, even if everything starts from scratch, it is better than going half-dead like this.

Seeing that Qian Yingkui was going to persuade again, Yu Shizhong shook his head. Then he said: "Brother Qian, back then, we followed Changxingbo to raise troops, in order to restore my Ming Dynasty and fight for future generations not to become slaves of the Tartars. ”

"Right now we are wandering in Taihu Lake, and the imperial court is defeated in Zhoushan. I don't know where to go, Chen Dashuai is already the last established Wang Shi in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, whether it is out of his own body or for the imperial court, even if he can only do a little bit of money in Jinhua in the south, it is better than spending his life here. Brother Qian doesn't need to persuade anymore, if you remember the difficult friendship between you and my brothers over the years, you will be kind to these brothers who have fought with the Tartars under the banner of Changxingbo, and the foolish brother is hereby thanked. ”

Since this colleague who has worked together for many years has made up his mind, Qian Yingkui had no choice but to put down his persuasive words, take out the wine he had collected for a long time, and put away two fish and some side dishes with wine as a parting banquet. Because they all know very well that in such a troubled world, this parting may be difficult to meet again in this life.

It was not until the next morning that Yu Shizhong left Qian Yingkui's territory with a hangover, returned home and took his son to Huzhou by boat, preparing to cross Hangzhou and Shaoxing from there into the territory of Jinhua Mansion.

It's just that he didn't know that when some of the good news in Jinhua Mansion spread, there were constantly hot-blooded Han men like him in several prefectures and counties near the Ming army's occupied area to cross the mountains and mountains to join the army, and he was just one of them.

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As the initiator of all these changes, Chen Wen did not know the changes in the situation of the Li family's mother and daughter, nor did he know how many people went to the Ming army-occupied areas to join the army. Using a splint made of willow wood that is prone to growth, Chen Wen, who hung his left arm, returned to Jinhuafu City after completing his inspection of the counties in the occupied area.

The general's mansion in the city that had been planned was far from being on the agenda, so Chen Wen simply lived in the barracks outside the city, thinking about what he had seen and heard along the way, and preparing for the military operation in the future.

At present, although it has repelled the large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, the situation it faces is still very difficult.

Jinhua Mansion has been dilapidated after a series of wars, the vitality of Yiwu is difficult to recover for a while, and such as Fucheng, Lanxi, Tangxi, Yongkang, Wuyi and other cities abandoned by the Qing army have also been plundered and destroyed to varying degrees, only Dongyang and Pujiang are relatively well preserved in the whole land of Bawu, if you count the county governance Wuyun Town of Jinyun County, the state capital, only three counties have not been destroyed.

Fortunately, the Qing army came and went in a hurry, and the damage to the villages and towns was too small, and relying on the supply of these lands, Chen Wen could also distribute rewards and pensions for his military exploits. and the Spring Festival reward barely supported until March.

As for the months leading up to the start of the summer tax and the cost of military facilities such as military training, the purchase of ordnance, and the construction of barracks and forts, we can only wait for Wang Jiang to come back and let the governor scratch his head. And he made up his mind to be the shopkeeper, training with peace of mind like he did in Tiantai Mountain, and then continue to regain lost territory and roll the snowball up, so as to finally achieve the goal of overwhelming the Qing army.

Several engagements this year. The performance of the three newly built battalions of Nantang, Yiwu, and Dongyang was uneven, and this had something to do with Chen Wen's arrangements when he was organized; after all, the armament and armor, cavalry, artillery, and engineer arms were only enough to fill the Nantang battalion, and the two battalions of Yiwu and Dongyang could only be temporarily settled. As for the general's result, the Yiwu battalion almost collapsed in the face of the Dubiao battalion, and the Dongyang battalion led to the Fubiao battalion sneaking due to the lack of cavalry, so that Yiwu County was hit hard.

In addition, most of the officers under Chen Wen's command had only been in the army for more than a year, and their lack of combat experience also made them unable to give full play to the advantages of the Ming army when facing the Qing army, and at the same time left a lot of leaks to be used by the Qing army.

Of course. There is also one of the biggest problems, that is, the flexible battle formation of the Mandarin Duck Formation is not thick and dense enough, once it cannot effectively break through the opponent's battle formation, it is difficult to support it for too long in the war of attrition against the superior opponent under the wide terrain. Originally, in the mountainous area of eastern Zhejiang, the effect of the Mandarin Duck Formation was very good, but when it came to the battle of Xiaoshun Town, it was very unsuitable to face the Qing army that was superior in numbers and changed tactics in the Jinqu Basin.

Qi Jiguang has never encountered this problem. If he's still alive, forget it. Then there is nothing to do with the construction of slaves. After thinking about it, Chen Wensi still felt that Qi Jiguang's multi-arm cooperative combat system could be used for reference, but the problem returned to the original point - no money!

Not to mention anything else, the cost of one, or even half of the car and artillery battalion, can bankrupt Chen Wen's family, let alone get all these four kinds of establishments, and with that money, he might as well build a few more infantry battalions. It is easy to smuggle some horses from the Qing army's occupied areas as an auxiliary.

In addition to this key issue, the Che Artillery Battalion could be used as a temporary camp to protect the infantry and cavalry by fighting the Mongols in the desert and grassland, but he was now fighting the Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers in Zhejiang. Moreover, the Mongols in Qi Jiguang's era did not have artillery, but the Qing army he needed to face did, and the most hateful was Hangzhou, which was separated from Jinhua by a mountain. There are also units in the Qing army that are known for their use of firearms -- the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty stationed in Hangzhou, and the formation of the training vehicle artillery battalion may seem to be a little more than worth the loss.

There are many problems, and they must be solved before the Qing army recovers, because the scale of this year's battle is far beyond Chen Wen's imagination, although it was won, but the trajectory of history is also deviating more and more.

Zheng Chenggong is now besieging Zhangzhou, the momentum is huge, in history, the various departments of the Fujian Qing army, Chen Jin's supervision battalion and Ma Jinbao's Zhenbiao battalion have gone to relieve the siege, but the result is either defeated, or surrounded in the city and become a turtle in the urn, even Chen Jin himself was killed by domestic slaves. In the end, he relied on the Eight Banners of Hangzhou Garrison to defeat Zheng Chenggong's army with the Fujian Admiral Biao Battalion and relieve the siege of Zhangzhou.

But now, Ma Jinbao's Zhenbiao camp has no more three melons and two dates left, and the old nest of the superintendent camp is in Quzhou, and now there is only the help of the dilapidated Quzhou Green Battalion, and I am afraid it will be difficult to go to Fujian to help suppress. As for the Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou, it was even more isolated in Hangzhou by Chen Wen, and in the case that the Fubiao battalion urgently needed time to rebuild, whether it could send troops or not was two words.

Zheng Chenggong's pressure decreased sharply, but Chen Wen's pressure increased. Relying on this prefecture and county to survive is indeed much more difficult than pointing out the country on Tiantai Mountain.

The problem needs to be solved urgently, and there is no solution, but all the nodes lie in the two things of money and food, and these two problems are now Chen Wen's weakness.

There were so many strange thoughts in his mind that Zhang Jun knocked on the door and brought in an officer without noticing. It wasn't until Zhang Jun snorted lightly beside him that Chen Wen reacted, and when he looked at it, the officer who came with him was the cavalry officer sent by Wu Dengke and Li Ruixin to pick up Wang Jiang before.

"Where is Governor Wang now, are you okay?"

The door had already been closed by Zhang Jun, who was guarding the door, and when he heard Chen Wen's questioning, the officer fell to his knees and said that he was guilty of death.

"Humble and incompetent, Governor Wang was captured by the Ningbo Green Camp two months ago, and now he has surrendered to the Tartars."

Hearing this, Chen Wenru fell into the ice cellar.

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Qi Jiguang and the Military Reform of the Chinese Empire* Epilogue

Antoine-HenriJomini

Translated by the Zhejiang Army Martial Arts School

…… With the death of Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang's attempts to lead the Chinese Empire towards military modernization also came to naught.

The Emperor's million-strong army was ruthlessly crushed by the barbarians from Tunguska in the process of complete feudalization, and his successors were powerless to deal with the corruption and degeneration within the government and army, and the empire was finally crushed by the barbarians who took advantage of the situation in the wave of peasant uprisings.

Fortunately, like Tessie, the barbarian invasion frenzy will eventually be crushed in front of the mountains woven by spears and firearms.

In the middle of the seventeenth century, the Tunguska barbarians once occupied more than 90 percent of China's land, and the successive emperors were forced to retreat to Yunnan, which was regarded as a barbarian place by the Chinese at that time, to take refuge in the shameless and treacherous Sun Kewang. However, when Chen Wen raised the banner of rebuilding Qi's army on the southeast coast of China, and trained the army on the basis of Qi Jiguang's military book battle array, he quickly curbed the momentum of the Tunguska barbarians and their servant armies in the southeast battlefield.

However, as the war progressed, and the Tungusic barbarians and their servant armies tried to end the resistance of the remnants of the Chinese Empire by replicating Chen Wen's experience and relying on their overwhelming superiority in manpower, material and financial resources, Chen Wen was forced to strengthen the new army that had always been at a disadvantage through continuous changes, and finally completed the counterattack against the barbarians.

However, with the murder of Wang Yi by the barbarians and the capture of Wang Jiang, Chen Wen embarked on a different path, which profoundly affected the future of the Chinese Empire in later generations......

When I was studying military affairs in China and traveling around the world, I once heard such a sentence, which is written at the end of this book.

"If during the Longqing period, Qi Shaobao's plan to ask the guards from all over the country to go to Jizhen for rotation training can be implemented, in the face of the Mandarin Duck Formation of millions of people in our Emperor Ming, only tens of thousands of men are not enough to build slaves. But there is no such thing as if. What we are doing today is not only to replicate Qi Shaobao's successful experience, but also to continue along this path and carry out deeper changes, so as to eliminate any barbarians who dare to challenge China. As Emperor Xian said: Righteousness and martial arts, those who jump off the beam, although strong, will be killed. ”

(Volume II, Sparks, End) (To be continued.) )

PS:PS:It's been a long time since I've updated so early.,Yesterday I finished writing more than half of it.,But the plot hasn't developed and I can only go to sleep first.,Today I'll finish writing the back with the ideas of yesterday and today.,Look at the number of words as many as the usual two chapters.,Finally, I didn't take yesterday's leave in vain.。