A few days ago, Huang Zongxi went to Zhou's house to be a matchmaker for Chen Wen. On www.biquge.info the one hand, Chen Wen's fame and power are becoming more and more important in the world, and the Zhou family is already Chen Wen's sworn friend. On the other hand, the daughter of the Zhou family is now also double ten, and it is customary to say that she should have married at this age a long time ago, but it was only due to today's rumors and her own wishes that it has been delayed to this day. Now that the main owner has found a world-famous scholar to come to be a matchmaker, it can be said that he has given the Zhou family enough face, and it is rare that this girl is not as good as before, and the matter has been settled.

After a few days of going back, asking the name, Najib, and Nazheng have passed, and the fortune teller talked about how the two were a match made in heaven after reading the eight characters of the birthday, whether it was really not very clear, anyway, Chen Wen did not have the habit of paying attention to this. It's just that there are no good days this month, and it's finally set for next month.

It is not compared to people who say that their daughter did not get married until this age, and she is a future father-in-law who has a rich and noble life as the wife of the Hou Mansion, and after Chen Wen handed over a few affairs to a few staff, he returned to work.

After Sun Yu and Gu Shouli's calculations, this year's summer tax may not be too much, compared to last year's autumn tax, there are not many prefectures and counties recovered by the army. Among them, the relatively wealthy three counties of Quzhou were hit by military disasters, and tax exemption has become inevitable. Yanzhou Mansion is really not a rich place, and the specific acres of land are still being confirmed, but it is only in Chen Wen's memory that the construction of the Xin'an River Reservoir in the Republic era flooded Chun'an County, the richest county in Yanzhou Prefecture and the surrounding areas, and it is only 300,000 acres of land.

The newly formed battalion has been determined, and a Yushan battalion will replace the Shentang battalion and be stationed at the front line of Yushan County in the future; A Chun'an battalion to maintain the pressure on the Qing army in Hangzhou in the direction of Yanzhou Mansion.

Of course, the garrisons of the counties are still inevitable, and only the garrisons of Longyou County can be drastically reduced and used in the newly occupied counties, while the garrisons of other counties must select some well-trained soldiers to supplement the losses of each battalion.

In addition, a horse battalion of 1,000 horsemen has already begun to recruit soldiers, but it is only a year or two away from forming combat effectiveness. However, considering the role of the cavalry, Chen Wen still set the training site of this cavalry battalion in Quzhou, and the specific location was in the western Zhejiang prairie where some film and television dramas were filmed in later generations. As the most orthodox cavalry general under Chen Wen's lineage, Li Ruixin, the chief soldier of Quzhou Town, in addition to continuing to preside over the defense of the town, also has to take on the responsibility of the chief cavalry instructor, just like when he was in Dalan Mountain.

The horse battalion is one thing, but compared to the Qing army, the Ming army cannot be compared with the Qing army in terms of the number of cavalry even if it receives a big supplement this time, so the mule army is imperative.

In the first two rounds, more than half of the mounts have been acquired, and the weapons are still infantry battalions for the time being, and they use these on the battlefield anyway. It's just that some matching equipment, such as saddles, chews, gun carriages that can be pulled by mules, and the like are still being customized and built, and the soldiers also need time to train, and they are also not able to use for a while.

In this way, after the training of these new battalion leaders is completed, the Zhejiang Ming army can basically draw out the four battalions of Nantang, Shentang, Guards and Pujiang, as well as the cavalry battalion and the mule army, to press on the front line at the same time and wantonly attack the city.

For the time being, the regular troops could only do this, and the originally planned fortress in Yushan County could not be carried out for the time being due to the new expansion plan, especially the consumption of the cavalry battalion was really huge, so it had to wait until the first income of the summer tax and sea trade arrived. However, some new things, Chen Wen plans to toss them first, and then let the Manchu Qing taste the power of the new tactics.

"Sentry Commander Luo, your order to be promoted to the general of the bureau has been cancelled."

After coming out of Shi's house, Luo Yongzhong just went home and took half a month's vacation before returning to the camp. The bureau general of the bureau was transferred to a newly built battalion with a sentry, and he was also the head of the bureau, but it is said that this battalion has been very valued by Chen Wen recently, but considering that it was transferred from the Nantang battalion, no one believes that there is any battalion head that can compare with the Nantang battalion.

The bureau chief left, and the qualifications of the other sentry commanders were far from being comparable to him, but at the same time that everyone had already decided that he would be promoted in the camp, Chen Wen sent him directly to the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion with a paper order, and they only exchanged two words of greeting, and the first thing they said would be the cancellation of the promotion order.

Luo Yongzhong doesn't understand this very well. In terms of qualifications, although he was not recruited by the Nantang Battalion on Dalan Mountain, he also participated in the Battle of Siming Mountain, and is now the oldest and most elite sentry commander of the first bureau in the Nantang Battalion, and an official member of the Huaxia Revival Association; In terms of merit, these years have also been a must in every battle, and there have been many beheadings of the troops led in which battle; In terms of word of mouth, not to mention that Lou Jiye and Wu Dengke, who had led the Nantang Battalion before, had asked Chen Wen for him, even the current commander of the Nantang Battalion, Hou Guoyuan, also praised him, and even Chen Wen, who had just canceled his promotion order, had praised him in front of everyone.

It's just that whether this promotion or not depends on Chen Wen's decision, and Chen Wen has never treated a subordinate like him who is brave and loyal.

"Ben Shuai has a new unit, which is not much different in strength from the one you are currently in charge of, but the mission is very different. I have already made up my mind how to train, and in terms of personnel, I can also allow you to choose from the various battalions and garrisons, but I have one requirement, that is, this outpost must be able to play the role of a bureau or even a battalion at a critical moment, do you have confidence? ”

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Time, now it is both a friend and an enemy of the Ming army in Zhejiang. Since Huang Zongxi came to Jinhua, it has been more than half a month, and the Ming army has begun to recover and try to increase its strength.

More than half a month has passed, and the last excerpt, the urgent reply of the Manchu court, has also arrived.

According to Hong Chengchou's request, the association in Taizhou was expanded into a town, and the establishment of a battalion was increased to the scale of 3,000 soldiers. The neighboring Wenzhou is still an association, but the remaining Qingtian in Chuzhou has also made up a city guard camp, which is managed by Hu Laijing, the deputy general of Wenzhou. As for Fujian's Jianning Mansion and Funing Prefecture, they have also been expanded into towns, and Fujian's upgrading and left and right road town marks must also be rebuilt as soon as possible.

According to the wire report in Fujian, there seems to have been an intersection between Chen Wen and Zheng Chenggong, so southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian are the first to bear the brunt.

In the direction of Hangzhou, the 2,000-person Hangzhou City Guard Association was expanded into Hangzhou Town. In the same way, the Shaoxing Green Battalion of 1,600 people, and the four associations of Ningbo, Jiaxing, and Huzhou, which had 2,000 soldiers, were all upgraded to towns. In addition, the Su Song Water Division was changed to Zhejiang, and the number was also changed to the Qiantang Water Division.

Thinking about it this way, it will not suffer too much in terms of troops, and the task of the green battalion in these places is only to hold the city. In the field, Hong Chengchou didn't plan to use them, because they were also sent to death when they went.

In addition, the Fubiao battalion was expanded to 3,000 and the standard battalion was expanded to 5,000. Although Hong Chengchou did not dare to intervene in the Eight Banners of the Hangzhou garrison, the resolution of the Manchu Qing court had already come down, and the two thousand Manchurian Eight Banners, the two thousand Mongolian Eight Banners and the two thousand Han Army Eight Banners were 6,000 troops. The person in charge of commanding this army, according to Hong Chengchou's political allies in the capital, seems to be Aobai's proposal. A military commander named Zhang Jia * Dasu, who was transferred from the southwest battlefield, was given the credit for defeating the Ming army's partial division on the southwest battlefield, and served as the general of Pingnan.

It's just that the Manchu court transferred Dasu from the southwest battlefield, and Fan Wencheng, who had just been appointed as a bachelor in the five southwestern provinces of Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou, detained the southern Yikui he had previously wanted, supplemented by two other generals from the northern green battalion to form the Southwest Economic Standard.

On the southeast side of Jingbiao, Daniel Zhang, the general soldier of Gansu, Hu Maozhen, and Li Benshen, the general soldiers of Huizhou, were listed as the commanders of Jingbiaozhong Town, Right Town, and Left Town, and each expanded to 5,000 soldiers, together with the left and right shrimp battalions under the responsibility of Zhang Dayuan and Wang 1 Fuchen, and the strength also exceeded 16,000.

In the last defeat, in addition to the three green battalions in Fujian, most of the captured soldiers led by Li Benshen were auxiliary soldiers, and the Ming army seemed to be unwilling to waste food so they were all put back, only Henan Fubiao and Jiangxi raised the standard The loss was relatively large. One was self-contained and received the order to retreat late, and the other was the after-effects of last year's fiasco. In contrast, the troops of Li Benshen, Hu Maozhen and Yang Jie were less damaged, which also became Hong Chengchou's reliance in Jiangxi.

In addition, the green battalions of Jiangxi Fubiao and Guangxin Fu were also expanded from 2,000 Xiehe 600 soldiers to 3,000 respectively. The task of the Guangxin Mansion Green Battalion is to defend the Guangxin Mansion City and the Fortress, while the Fubiao Battalion is to support all places.

The army has been greatly expanded, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Zhejiang still has Hangjiahu, the three most prosperous places, and it is not a problem to support the needs of the army, but Jiangxi is completely different.

After the Qing army went south, Jin Shengheng Wang Deren anyway, Tan Tai suppressed and implemented the anti-Qing uprising during the period, Jiangxi, the original province with a large population, has long been dilapidated, and even Zhang Dai of the time recorded with personal experience: "In August, Yu Shang Sanqu, into Guangxin, the prefecture and county, in a city, but there are several thatched houses, the rest are basil thorns, and I fell into tears. After interrogating the elders, Gu Yan Bingxie repeatedly ......"

Whether it is to supply the army with money and food, or to pay taxes, restoring Jiangxi's people's livelihood is something that must be done now. Otherwise, relying only on the supply of Jiangnan, it will not be able to drag down the Ming army in Zhejiang, and if it is not good, it will drag down the Qing army in the four southeastern provinces first.

It is impossible for the Qing army to win a quick victory on the southeast battlefield, and although Sun Kewang's momentum on the southwest battlefield has been suppressed for the time being, that Li Dingguo is still as active as ever.

In this case, the appeasement of Zheng Chenggong and the blocking of the Ming army in Zhejiang by heavy troops, fortresses, and mountains and rivers can only be said to be temporary for Hong Chengchou, and in the final analysis, it is necessary to try to improve the army's field combat capability.

It's a pity that the Jesuit priest only studied architecture, and the bastion happened to be in this category. If you want to train your troops in Western France, you have to wait for another priest who this Jesuit priest wrote to invite to arrive in Nanchang, and train a small army to see how effective it is. After all, Hong Chengchou also has a lot of political enemies in the DPRK and China, and it is really not what he wants to end up like Chen Jin.

Before that, all Hong Chengchou could do was to try to curb the development speed of the Ming Army in Zhejiang. Of course, the more important thing is to try to improve your own strength.

For more than half a month, Hong Chengchou summoned officials from various prefectures and counties in Jiangxi, intending to select some of them to be responsible for the transfer of troops and money and grain.

This is the tacit agreement reached between Hong Chengchou and Cai Shiying, since they want to stay in Nanchang for a period of time, the power must always be separated. As the governor of Jiangxi, Cai Shiying is the first to restore the people's livelihood, while Hong Chengchou's side is more military, and the transfer of troops, materials and affairs will be taken care of by the Nanchang shogunate, which is about to be established.

In the lobby, there were several officials of different ranks, who were being questioned by Hong Chengchou. This is already the third group of officials summoned by Hong Chengchou, among which Hu Quancai of Rao Nandao, Zhang Daocheng, the governor of Nankang Prefecture, and Song Chengming, a Jiangxi student recommended by Mao Sui, may be of great use, and Hong Chengchou is ready to adjust their official positions to the area of northeastern Jiangxi and Poyang Lake for transfer and other matters.

After ordering tea and sending off the guests, Hong Chengchou asked people to leave these three people behind, and Wu Hongdao, Hao Zongfu, Peng Qi, and Wang Wenda, a fellow villager from Jiangnan Shangyuan, who had just been introduced by Peng Qi, came to the army. These people will set up the Nanchang shogunate to assist Hong Chengchou in handling all military affairs against the Ming army in Zhejiang and Fujian.

"Cai Fujun is already working on restoring people's livelihood, but the ground in Jiangxi is not quiet, especially in Ganxi and Guangxin Mansion. How to spread, can you have a success? ”

The so-called appeasement in western Jiangxi refers to the Yunxiao Mountain anti-Qing righteous army there, before Li Dingguo's partial division entered western Jiangxi, and the two armies cooperated in western Jiangxi to attack the city and conquer the city.

Arzin, who originally suppressed them, was ordered to defend Nanchang to prevent Chen Wen, and then he was transferred to Huguang to participate in the battle of the fork in the road; Jiangxi Governor Liu Guangbi was defeated twice by Chen Wen, and Hu Yousheng, the general soldier of Southern Jiangxi, never dared to move lightly because Liu Guangbi and Yang Jie both sent troops to aid Zhejiang. As a result, although Zhang Sheng and Gao Bigui withdrew from Jiangxi after the victory in Hengyang, the Qing army in Jiangxi was still unable to restore the place. Liu Jing, who was originally captured today, didn't even see the shadow of the main force of the Qing army, and ******, who was captured by the Qing army more than half a year ago, was still happy in the city of Ji'an, which had just been captured.

The situation in western Jiangxi is getting worse and worse, and on the side of Guangxin Mansion, not to mention the Zhejiang Ming Army that has occupied Yushan County, the Jiuxianshan Righteous Army also occupied Yongfeng County after the withdrawal of the Zhejiang Ming Army, and its momentum has become stronger and stronger.

There is nothing to do about the Zhejiang Ming Army for the time being, but Hong Chengchou does not intend to waste time, and has decided to clear the local rebel army in Jiangxi first, in case there is a recurrence of the Jiangxi Anti-Qing Righteous Army and the Zhejiang Ming Army merging or cooperating in battle.

Of course, it is also to give an explanation to the Manchu court as soon as possible, otherwise the dissatisfaction of the court will also lead to some unsatisfactory governance.

"Liu Jing and ****** in Ji'an Prefecture, Yang Wen in Guangxin Prefecture. These two thieves, which one to start with, you might as well write down your thoughts and send them before noon tomorrow. ”

In fact, Hong Chengchou has already planned about this matter, but he just intends to take this opportunity to see if these people have talents, especially whether he has any places to look away.

The next day, Tiao Chen was delivered to the front of the case one by one. Hong Chengchou looked at it one by one, and found that everyone was targeting Ganxi, and none of them planned to move Jiuxian Mountain first.

"It seems that the hero really sees the same thing." (To be continued.) )