On the second day of the ninth month, Wang Sheng hurriedly left the old camp in Dalanshan early in the morning, some things cannot only rely on his cronies, and he himself has to run to be effective.

At the same time, Chu Jiuru came to the hall of the Chinese army, and Wang Yi had a secret conversation with him for a long time after retreating left and right, before letting him leave.

After Chu Jiuru left, Wang Yi asked someone to summon Chen Wen. After Chen Wen arrived at the hall of the Chinese army, Wang Yi mentioned to him the letter sent by Feng Jingdi's envoy Wang Sheng yesterday.

Because of the matter of going to Japan to beg for teachers, Chen Wen's sense of Feng Jingdi has always been bad, although the current situation is naturally that the more troops, the better, but when he thinks back to Wang Sheng's bear soldiers, he still can't raise any interest. It's just that knowing that Feng Jingdi and Wang Yi are close friends, Chen Wen didn't want to say anything, but just asked Feng Jingdi who the leaders of the rebel army were on weekdays, but he had not heard of any of the names in the answers he got from Wang Yi.

Fortunately, Chen Wen also knew that the anti-Qing movement in the Southern Ming Dynasty was not an isolated case, but a nationwide movement. Not to mention other places for the time being, there are hundreds of righteous teachers in the eastern part of Zhejiang.

It is recorded in the history books that "there are many righteous teachers in Zhejiang, with more than 600 large and small teachers." Lonely villages, distant forts, and righteous flags are also built; The grain is far away in the sea, and it is not stingy. Zhoushan has more than one prison and more than one copycat guarantee. The armies were routed and died, and so was Zhoushan; Surnames and deeds are obliterated nineteen. Those who can be passed on may not be able to know the details, and they will be recognized. From now on, it is not a lie.

If you think about it this way, it's normal, just like the two reinforcements mentioned by Wang Yi earlier, that is, Wang Shanchang and Zhang Qincheng in the area of Huiji Mountain in the garrison, these two names Chen Wen have no impression, but in Wang Yi's mouth, although the strength of these two righteous armies is not very large, but the combat effectiveness is still good.

Wang Shan, the chief of the worship of the mighty general, was a general of Zheng Zunqian, and now the troops will be in Jishan. It is said that this person is trapped in battle, and he is brave, Tian Xiong once commanded the army to encircle and suppress his people, and there is nothing he can do about it. It's just that Wang Yi and Chen Wen don't know very well, in history, this person once participated in Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan's attack on Chongming after the Battle of Zhoushan, and it is said that his performance was quite brave.

Unlike that muscular general, Wang Shanchang, Zhang Qincheng had been a capital before his death in the Ming Dynasty, and he was a serious military general of eight hundred. After the Qing army moved south, he followed the scholar Sun Jiaji and was responsible for commanding the firearms unit. After the defeat of the Jiang Division, he once died in the rivers and lakes, and later Wang Yi and others operated the cottage in eastern Zhejiang, so he raised troops again, called the Yushan Army, and settled in Nanzhen.

One of these two Ming armies is known for hand-to-hand combat, while the other is good at using firearms, in Wang Yi's opinion, as long as they can cooperate seamlessly, they will definitely be able to put more pressure on the Shaoxing Green Battalion, after all, their garrison is not too far from the Shaoxing City.

In this regard, although Chen Wen still maintained a skeptical attitude due to strangeness, there was nothing he could do. As a traverser, he is more clear about the general trend of history and other aspects of the overall situation, but in these details, he is far inferior to a native like Wang Yi.

It's just that for Feng Jingdi's familiar behavior, Chen Wen still has a faint worry in his heart that the three of them are not secret. It's just that because Wang Yi is quite confident in Feng Jingdi's personality and Feng Jingdi's acquaintances, Chen Wen didn't dare to say anything, after all, if he screws the boss's intentions when he has nothing to do, the plan to send troops to Jinhua may be affected.

Besides, since Tian Xiong and Jin Li swept away the anti-Qing forces in the entire Siming Mountain area without much effort in history, in Chen Wen's view, if you want to rewrite history, it should be stronger to hold these rebels together and face the Qing army than to be defeated by each other as in history.

So, Chen Wen didn't say anything more, just acquiesced to Feng Jingdi's actions, and then left the camp and returned to the camp to continue training.

Half an hour ago, when Chu Jiuru returned home, he was just about to set off, but his brother Chu Suxian, who was supposed to be recuperating at home, suddenly visited, and only delayed for a while.

For this clan, Chu Jiuru has always hated iron but not steel.

Since Chu Jiuru began to follow Wang Yi, he brought this clan brother from the account room with him, and it has been many years. Two years ago, Wang Yi and Wang Jiang completely divided the labor, set up five battalions and five divisions to manage the entire Dalanshan Ming Army, two years later, only the middle battalion did not have a military general, with Shen Tiaolun and Zou Xiaonan as agents; Among the five divisions, only the Treasury Department does not have a person in charge, but Wang Jiang is also in charge.

Chu Jiuru knows very well why Wang Jiang is like this, although the First Treasury Division is only a yamen responsible for managing the treasury reserves, but the clothing, food, and armament of the entire Dalanshan Ming Army, except for the distribution of the consumption of various departments, are all stored here, which is a department related to the life and death of the entire system, and there must be no loss. Wang Jiang has been leading this department for the past two years, which is nothing more than worrying about these incumbent officials, and these people, even including his clan brother Chu Suxian, are indeed not worth worrying about in Chu Jiuru's opinion.

In the Chengping era, it was normal for officials to be corrupt and take bribes, and Emperor Gao relied on peeling and filling grass to purge the rule of officials for more than 30 years, but it was just a death of people. Later, there was a Hai Rui Hai Qingtian, who can be strict with himself and treat others strictly, but that's all, except for Hai Rui, how should others be or how should they be, there is no change in the slightest. Even those who claim to be honest and honest Donglin Party members, in fact, he Chu Jiuru has heard of what it looks like behind his back.

From ancient times to the present, officials have always been more corrupt and less corrupt, and he has lived for decades, and he has seen through it. But the question is, is this time such a peaceful era?!

After Jiashen, the Tartars broke through the barrier, and in a few years it has become a trend that has swept the world, and China is about to die again in the Tartars after the death of the Song Dynasty; He also shaved his hair and was easy to wear, in a vain attempt to destroy the Han family's clothing and civilization. At this moment, when the men of the Han family are working hard, only in this way can they preserve the culture of clothing, how can it be like the peaceful era.

For this reason, Chu Jiuru doesn't know how many times he has persuaded his brother, but he is still the same. It's just that he also knows that this corruption has been like this for a long time, and he can't solve it, and even if his clan brother has the heart to cheer up, he may not dare to do anything, after all, it is a matter of offending his colleagues, not to mention that his clan brother has no intention of doing so.

After Sun Yu went up the mountain, the words and deeds of this newcomer gave a breath of fresh air to the officialdom of the old camp in Dalanshan. On the night when Sun Yu was promoted to ambassador of Ku, Chu Jiuru had a deep conversation with his brother, but since then, he has never mentioned such a thing until he returned to Dalanshan yesterday.

After running around for more than half a month, it was easy to return to the old camp, and the first news he heard turned out to be that his brother was beaten in public by Chen Wen, who was newly appointed as the commander of the Nantang battalion, because he wanted to embezzle military salaries. With Wang Yi and Wang Jiang comforting in his ears, Chu Jiuru was not only angry at the domineering of this new general, but also faintly happy about it, which made him feel very guilty after recalling, guilty of treating him very well in his early years, and also guilty of chasing after his ass since he was a child.

Coming back from the Chinese army hall today, Chu Jiuru originally went to persuade several Ming troops with a good relationship with Dalanshan to participate in the anti-encirclement and suppression against the Qing army this month, but Chu Suxian's arrival made him change his mind. It's just that Chu Su's words after getting to the point first still surprised him.

"Brother, the younger brother has really lost his mind over the years, and he has done so many things that are not good for the two officials, Jing Liu and Vice Xian, and it really shouldn't be. What's more, the younger brother has not taken his brother's words seriously all these years, and these days he is really ashamed of his brother's long-term care. ”

As he spoke, Chu Suxian suddenly knelt down in front of Chu Jiuru, which startled him very much. Chu Jiuru hurriedly helped his clan brother up, but the look of surprise still couldn't fade.

In the past few days, whenever the younger brother thinks of this, he tosses and turns, has trouble sleeping and eating, and feels even more guilty in his heart. A few days ago, the younger brother and the Chen guerrilla had some conflicts, at the beginning, the little brother was still very angry, but after these few days of reflection, in fact, the little brother has also had it, and it is no wonder that the Chen guerrilla ......"

Chu Jiuru looked at his brother Chu Suxian dumbfounded, watching him repeatedly tell his mistakes in pain, and even burst into tears after speaking, and even slapped himself hard with his uninjured left hand.

Seeing this, Chu Jiuru hurriedly stopped this self-harming behavior, but even so, Chu Suxian was still complaining about himself, and he didn't look dissuaded at all.

“…… At present, the state affairs are like this, my Ming Dynasty is in danger, there are many loyal ministers and righteous people who break their homes and serve the country, but the younger brother is still greedy for those small profits, and he really betrays the trust of the two officials and the elder brother......"

The words Chu Suxian said were actually what Chu Jiuru had said to him, so they could be accepted by Chu Jiuru. Listening to his brother's repentance at the beginning, the original little happiness was gone, after all, it was a brother of the same clan, who broke the bones and tendons, since his own brothers already knew that they were wrong, then the rest was resentment towards the abuser.

“…… The younger brother thought about it, and when this injury was healed, the younger brother changed his resignation to the two Shangguan and left this Dalan Mountain, and the younger brother really had no face to face the two Shangguan and the elder brother again. ”

Hearing this, Chu Jiuru hurriedly persuaded his clan brother, what can be done to know the mistake can improve Mo Dayan and so on, but he still couldn't contain Chu Suxian's desire to leave, and finally had to tell him that he was leaving soon, and what was there to wait for him to come back to discuss, so that he could be persuaded to stop him, who seemed to be extremely stubborn at the moment.

Knowing that Chu Jiuru was still on official business, Chu Suxian hurriedly retired. Walking on the way home, Chu Suxian's face no longer had the guilty look just now, there was only the complacency and happiness of succeeding in the treacherous scheme.

Isn't it said that regret is more likely to turn into hatred? Chen Wen, this is a trick you used when you first talked about ancient times, and this time this official is a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood.

………………

Ten days later, Chu Jiuru came to the location of the largest Ming army in Fenghua - Wu Kuiming's village, and this was also the last stop of his trip.

After the guest and host were seated, Chu Jiuru mentioned Wang Yi's request. In this regard, Wu Kuiming immediately said that he would act in accordance with Wang Jinglue's plan and would never dare to live up to his trust.

In Chu Jiuru's opinion, this result is very normal. Two years ago, Ningbo Green Battalion had sent troops to encircle and suppress Wu Kuiming on a large scale, Wu Kuiming was defeated and fled, it was Wang Yi who personally led the army to defeat the Qing army, so he was able to save his life and status, so even though the two places were far apart, the communication between the two armies was never severed.

During this period, Wu Kuiming always regarded Wang Yi as the leader of the rebel army in the Siming Mountain area, and defended the southern part of Siming Mountain with several rebel armies who were close friends with the left; And Wang Yi also sent Mao Mingshan's rear battalion to be stationed in the south of Siming Mountain, which was facing the Qing army in Fenghua, as the backing of Wu Kuiming and other troops.

The two sides have been at each other's horns for many years, and this concerted action is only normal. It's just that Wu Kuiming's next question still makes Chu Jiuru a little strange.

"Director Chu, I heard that Wang Jingluo recently set up a new battalion with a new military household here, named Nantang, but is there such a thing?"

It was not the first time that Chu Jiuru had heard someone ask about this matter, and even in the past ten days, almost every leader of the rebel army had asked about it along the way, which made him feel quite strange. Just thinking about it carefully, Chen Wen's Nantang Battalion was an army that easily defeated the middle battalion in the school competition in a month, and he felt incredible when he first found out, let alone others.

"Exactly."

"So, Ben Jiang heard that it seems that this Nantang battalion has defeated ten times the old battalion soldiers in the school field competition in a month, but is it true?"

Ten times?

This is too exaggerated.

"Wu Dashuai, Xia Guan was not on the mountain at the time, but later I heard Wang Jingluo mention this matter, according to Wang Jingluo, it was like this at that time......"

Then, Chu Jiuru told Wu Kuiming the details of the entire school competition, not only corrected the comparison of the strength of the two sides in the third game, but also emphasized that the middle battalion actually won one game in the second game, and also specifically mentioned that Chen Wen trained the troops with Qi Jiguang's method, and claimed to rebuild the Qi family's army.

It's just that Chu Jiuru said a lot, looking at Wu Kuiming's appearance, he didn't seem to believe it very much.

"I take the liberty of asking, General Ben heard that this new general seems to have some contradictions with Brother Ling, but is this so?"

This question has not been mentioned before, after all, hitting people does not slap their faces, exposing people does not expose their shortcomings, probably because he is too familiar with Wu Kuiming, so he will ask it.

"It's true, Chen Guerrilla is young and vigorous, arrogant and arrogant, and his younger brother also has something that he doesn't do, it's just a trivial matter." Chu Jiuru pressed a trace of displeasure in his heart and answered Wu Kuiming's question.

"I see." Wu Kuiming frowned and thought about it, and then said: "Don't hide it from Master Chu, this matter was also told to this general by other generals, and they knew that I was familiar with Master Chu, so I specially borrowed my mouth to confirm it." ”

"Oh."

It seems that there should be a later story.

"Forgive me for saying something that should not be said below, this army has its own laws, and this son has a strong army, and such a domineering will only make the generals uneasy, and it will not be beneficial in the war. I'm just afraid ......" Wu Kuiming hesitated for a moment, but still said what he and those who mentioned it to him thought.

"I'm afraid that it will be difficult to control in the future, which will be a great disaster for the court."

Wu Kuiming's words caused Chu Jiuru to think deeply, even after saying goodbye and leaving Wu Kuiming's village, he was still thinking about it.

Previously, both Wang Yi and Wang Jiang had mentioned that although Chen Wen was a military general, he was talented, but he still needed to sharpen his temperament before he could be useful. If, from today's point of view, it is already the consensus of people of insight, then when I go back, I should explain to the two superiors that even if this person has a grudge against his own brother, he cannot let it cause greater damage and ruin state affairs.

Chu Jiuru, who had made up his mind, hurriedly rushed to Dalan Mountain, and at this time, the cronies sent by Wang Sheng first had already returned to Xue Ao.

"What do you say over there?"

"Tian Dashuai said that as long as this matter can be completed, he will definitely ask Governor Chen for the merit of Dashuai."

"Well done, but don't talk about it with anyone."

"Please rest assured, the villain is tight-lipped."