Since the suppression of the four provincial capitals, Chen Wen has recovered the three prefectures of Yanzhou, Wenzhou, and Taizhou, as well as the three counties of Yushan, Xiangshan, and Qingtian. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 In addition, more than 10,000 JX anti-Qing rebels and nearly 10,000 green battalion soldiers, including JX Pingjiang Bo Zhang Zisheng and Taizhou Ma Xin and Wenzhou Hu Laijing, have served successively, which is not much less than the 20,000 troops in his hands at that time.

Indigestion, especially a large number of recruits, will lead to a decrease in combat effectiveness, which is a problem that Chen Wen is bound to face.

In Zhang Zisheng's rebel army, Chen Wen first laid off the old and weak women and children, and incorporated a large number of Confucian students into the civil official training class, and the remaining strong men and soldiers were not even a battalion. Chen Wen clearly remembered that when he saw this paragraph in the recruit training camp report, in addition to the sorrow he felt for these rebels, what remained was more of a sense of spontaneous responsibility.

Like Chen Wen, Zhang Zisheng was already the only slightly regular rebel army on the ground since the Governor of JX, Jie Chongxi and others were captured and killed by the Qing army. They did not perish in that targeted encirclement and suppression, but survived, but due to the deterioration of the local situation and joined the ZJ Ming army, Chen Wen's heart welled up with the idea of returning to his hometown with these JX children, and he believed that this was also the desire of these JX children themselves.

Most of these JX recruits are quite hard in training, which may have a lot to do with the sense of crisis caused by their perennial pursuit and siege by Qing troops from all walks of life. However, out of practice, it is also inevitable to break up the organization, Chen Wen had already consulted Zhang Zisheng's opinion on this matter earlier, and his people had no objection to this, and even the original officers in his hands seemed to have passed through the anger and did not jump out to oppose one or two.

However, if there is no objection, there is no objection, and many of the more than 50 general officers and officers under Zhang Zisheng who are in charge of one or two hundred men, women, and children have not been able to change their habits as a righteous army for a while -- bullying the soldiers and co-opting the strong men, and one of them has been punished for violating the regulations and has been punished for violating the regulations, and in just a few months, he has been able to climb to the top of the list of punishments, and he has a posture that surpasses the record of An Youfu when he was on Dalan Mountain and Tiantai Mountain.

"Brother Zhang, these are all the officers you brought, and most of them are afraid that it will be difficult to enter the camp for a while."

Handing the punishment record to Zhang Zisheng, Chen Wen couldn't help but sigh. His subordinates, although the initial composition was more mixed, but they were still brought out by example and brainwashing, and later expanded the army, recruiting either peasants or miners, and the officers also grew up little by little, and most of the obedience to military law has been deeply rooted. Even that Zhang Yida, in fact, was just a small soldier in the garrison when he violated military law, and after he was later promoted to officer, he was far more obedient than those under Zhang Zisheng who had been subject to military law for a long time, and it was difficult to develop thorough obedience for a while.

However, Zhang Zisheng's righteous army is the first large-scale anti-Qing righteous army to surrender, even if it is just to use them as horse bones, Chen Wen can't do too much, so this time we still have to see Zhang Zisheng's reaction.

"Back to the big handsome, the last general Xiu Mu also had a past with them, and he also heard about it. These officers and generals were not disciplined enough at the beginning, and the blame was all in the last general, and I hope that the marshal can give them another chance. ”

After that, Zhang Zisheng fell to the ground, but Chen Wen was already prepared, and helped him up before he could completely bow down.

"Brother Zhang, if you bring them to me, I will naturally be responsible to the end. It's just that the military law in our army is strict, and the punishment in the martial arts academy and the recruit training camp is relatively low. ”

Not long ago, there was a big case in the ZJ Ming Army, and Chen Wen once again affirmed the inviolability of military law, Zhang Zisheng naturally understood these things, and the matter of breaking up and reorganizing was also determined by the two of them before, and there was no need to suspect that Chen Wen used this to divide and disintegrate. Moreover, Zhang Zisheng also knew that if there was no Chen Wen, his "army" would have been wiped out long ago, and this time he came to Tou with the intention of following Chen Wen back to his hometown, especially after seeing the military appearance of the ZJ Ming Army, and looking back at the soldiers he brought out, his thoughts about self-cherishing have also been extinguished a lot, especially now that Chen Wen will never treat him lightly.

"The commander, since the last general has joined the army, everything is subject to the commander's orders. It is the generals who used to be the last general, and now they are also the subordinates of the commander, and the relationship with the last general is just the past, and it has nothing to do with the class and subordinates in the army, and everything is naturally subject to the arrangement of the commander. ”

Zhang Zisheng's meaning is very clear, in the future, he will not have any actual relationship with his former subordinates, at most it is just a former friendship. How these former subordinates arrange is based on Chen Wen, he will not interfere, let alone interfere, he just hopes that Chen Wen can treat them equally, bring these JX men out, so that they can return to their hometown in their lifetime.

"Then according to the rules of the martial arts academy and the recruit training camp, we will re-train the officers, and we must train them like other officers."

"Yes, the last general thanked the commander on their behalf."

The problem of Zhang Zisheng's subordinates is actually simple, and after several months of training, the newly built Yushan and Chun'an second battalions have also completed basic joint training, but the cavalry battalion and mule army are far from taking shape.

For no other reason, these two battalions are a brand-new attempt for the ZJ Ming Army, unlike the battalions that are mainly infantry and have multiple arms such as cavalry, artillery, and engineering as auxiliary mixed formations, how to train have already had mature theoretical and practical experience, and these two troops, according to Chen Wen's view, are still difficult to fight with the army for a year and a half.

The battalion officer of the Chun'an camp has already taken office, and recruiting Zhang Zisheng today is also his completion of the preliminary assessment of his studies, Chen Wen does not plan to hang him in the martial arts school for too long, so as not to be feared by other Qing troops who are willing to fight anyway or the anti-Qing rebels who are willing to serve. The preliminary joint training of the Yushan battalion was completed, and Zhang Zisheng went to his post early tomorrow morning, and in the future, he would take this battalion of soldiers trained according to the ZJ Ming Army Drill to return to the JX battlefield to fight with the Qing army there.

After asking some acquaintances, Chen Wen is quite satisfied with Zhang Zisheng, after all, he is a military general who has opened a Mongolian and read books, and he doesn't need to take literacy classes, as long as he learns tactics and military laws and regulations, and is familiar with the process in the army, he can barely use it.

Of course, more importantly, there is still a more or less difference between the leader of the rebel army who takes the initiative to serve and the general who is entrusted by others.

According to the plan, the two battalions of Yushan and Chun'an will also conduct training in Jinhua Mansion for a period of time to strengthen the run-in between officers and non-commissioned officers. It's a pity that Taizhou and Wenzhou didn't take advantage of it for long, and Hong Chengchou jumped out immediately after thoroughly understanding the situation, just like a conditioned reflex.

"Brother Zhang, I'm afraid you have to take the Yushan battalion with me to YS County to garrison and fight while running in."

"The last general will obey the orders of the commander!"

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According to the classification of later generations, YS County, JX Guangxin Prefecture, where it is located, belongs to a subtropical humid climate. The climate is warm, sunny, rainfall, and frost-free periods are quite conducive to the growth of crops. YS County is located in the easternmost part of Guangxin Mansion, adjacent to Quzhou of ZJ and Jianning Mansion of FJ, although it is more than those areas west of the city of Fufu that belong to the range of Poyang Lake, but the vegetation has always been very dense Wencheng Town west of the county seat, located at the confluence of the Bingxi River and Yulang River, which is only a few miles away from the county seat, but it is already the westernmost point of the Ming army in front of this period.

After the suppression of the four provincial capitals, the Ming army was defeated and invaded the Qing army, occupying this area, and it stands to reason that the sphere of influence should be expanded to the west as much as possible. However, the cavalry of the Ming army was scarce, and compared with the Qing army's heavily defended Fucheng and here, the distance of only fifty or sixty miles was much different in terms of strategic and tactical movement speed and mobilized troops. In order to prevent reinforcements, the Shentang battalion temporarily stationed here only narrowed the scope of defense and stopped at the west gate of YS County.

In the town of Wencheng, the Ming army stationed infantry at two outposts, as well as a small number of cavalry, artillery and some sappers used to build fortifications. The major case reported two days ago had already been routine, and even the prison officers hurried to the next day, and finally maintained the morale of the army.

After the prison officer left, everything was as usual. The military discipline of the Ming army is strict, and the garrison does not even have the fun of harassing the people of other Ming troops or Qing troops, although it is a lot of boredom, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a scene of King Yue and Qi Shuai's army reappearing in the world, and there is less panic and more kindness for these soldiers.

"I said this military master, the imperial court, well, when will the Hou Ye drive those tartars away, the taro collectors over there in the city can't come, and they are counting on selling more silver and exchanging food."

"Yes, we all know that Marquis An Yuan is leading a real and genuine royal teacher, and he will not disturb the people, let's all wait."

The few people in the town were actually surrounded by a small soldier, and he was a new soldier, but this new soldier was easy to talk to, especially compared to the veteran who had just gone to the convenience.

"We don't know. But the sentry commander said, Hou Ye said when to attack, we will attack when we want. Our truly invincible and invincible Wang Shi is talking about an order that prohibits and rewards and punishments. ”

When it comes to orders and prohibitions, the recruit doesn't have much emotion, but when it comes to the clear rewards and punishments, his expression is very contradictory - he doesn't want to recall the past, but also has a vision for the future, and it's getting stronger and stronger.

"Ahem."

A light cough sounded, and when several people saw that the old soldier had returned, they picked up their poles and hoes and scattered. In front of the town's archway, which was still chattering just now, soon only the recruit was left who continued to wander.

"Tell those people what they are doing, they just listen to it, you have to say something that you shouldn't say, let the military judge know, there is your suffering."

"What the elder brother said is that the younger brother wrote it down." Thanking him, he could raise his head, but the immature recruit couldn't hold back the curiosity he had just been hooked up, and perhaps there was more of a desire for military merit.

When to attack, how does Lao Tzu, an ordinary soldier, know.

Having said that, the veteran didn't want to lose the limelight, and after a moment of silence, he said to the recruit: "I heard that the Tartars in Taizhou and Wenzhou over there have surrendered. According to the usual practice, when the weather is cool after autumn, troops will always be sent to fight, and there has been no order yet, so maybe we will not send troops from us this year. ”

"Huh? If you don't fight, when will you be able to get military merit? ”

Which pot is not opened, which pot is not opened, do you think I don't want this?

The veteran was a little impatient, but looking at the performance of this new recruit, he remembered his former self. After thinking about it and considering the rhetoric, he planned to persuade one or two. But before he could speak, he felt a tingling pain near his temples, and his brain instantly lost control of his body, and the moment before it was pitch black, he saw that the whole world seemed to be tilting.

"Enemy attack!"

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"There are only one or two hundred thieves in the town, and the nearest reinforcements are only this number, this place is several miles away from the main force of the thieves' garrison, and when they react, we will have slaughtered the town a long time ago, can we be so careful?"

The Qing army that came to attack Wencheng Town came from two parts, one was the green camp of JX Guangxin Mansion, which was a local head snake and knew the terrain and geographical location very well; The other is the cavalry team of the original GS standard, which has now been changed to the name of Jingbiao Zhongzhen, which is the Xiaoqi of the Ganshan Green Battalion brought by Daniel Zhang.

Hearing this question from his colleague, the officer of the Green Battalion of Guangxin Mansion was annoyed, and the meaning of the words of the Northwest man in front of him made him feel harsh. But even so, he did not show it to his face, but explained it.

"This thief's footsteps are very fast, but they ran for hundreds of miles in one night and defeated the Han Eight Banner Army. The wolf smoke has been lit, and it is only a few miles here, and it will not take long for them to arrive, so they must not be underestimated. ”

Contempt, this is inevitable, Daniel Zhang's subordinates have not participated in the suppression of the four provincial capitals, but they have fought a lot in the northwest, and they have always looked down on these southern green battalions. However, the mention of the Eight Banners of the Han Army still made his eyelids jump, but he didn't have time to think about whether this was a jump in wealth or a disaster, and the consciousness cultivated by the battle array for a long time drove him to continue to give orders to the soldiers under his command.

"Don't bother, the wolf smoke has already been lit, set fire to the damn. The two of you, lead the headquarters to attack the tower with all your strength and take down the commanding heights, so that you can see clearly whether the reinforcements have arrived. ”

Between Guangxin Fucheng and YS County, the twenty miles of land close to Fucheng have been specially cleared by the Qing army that was blocked and relocated. After that no-man's land, but also to attack towns and villages, especially near the county town and have garrisons, the Qing army here is all cavalry, Hong Chengchou is to use the advantage of cavalry to cause greater pressure on the Ming army, in order to reduce the possibility of further expansion of the Ming army to Ningshao.

The Qing army of the brigade had already entered the town, and the shouts of killing rang out from the sky, almost drowning out the cries of the townspeople. At this moment, the wind from the northwest and the flames of revenge burning from the land collided with each other in the streets and alleys of the town.

In the town, the streets and alleys are actually very wide, and the small stalls that occupy the streets limit the speed of their impact for the cavalry of the Qing army, which is almost not much faster than walking. With the officer's order, the two teams of Qing cavalry hurrahed towards the Wencheng Pagoda in the town. The importance of the commanding heights, even if they have not learned any art of war, is self-evident to those of them who have been on the battlefield for a long time.

On the other hand, the Ming army also used this tower as the headquarters of the garrison early on, and at this moment, the banner was used to dispatch several infantry teams in the town to raid the Qing army through the streets and alleys, and did everything possible to hold even a second of time to buy time for the reinforcements to rush.

"Team leader, the sentry commander has an order, let us harass the Tartar who is heading straight for Wencheng Tower on the side."

"Damn, I was caught off guard. Lao Tzu has more than 20 soldiers in his hands, and there are a few of them with colors, and the group of Tartars has nearly 100 horses, which is easy to say! ”

The captain glanced at the small two-story building near another alley in the distance, and spat on the ground.

"Fight, everyone rushed over, the firearms team went upstairs, and the infantry team guarded below."

The avenues in the town were almost all raided by the Qing army, and they were pouring into the alleys to kill all the local garrisons and people. Who knew that the courtyard behind the small building had already locked the gate, and the rattan player who rushed over first shouted twice and didn't even react.

"Take the ladder, climb over, and open the door."

At the sound of the order, two tall wolf players set up a human ladder and sent a nimble rattan player up the wall. In the next second, I saw the rattan player leap down, and in an instant he opened the door with a latch and a flat pole.

With the light and serious wounded, they rushed in, the infantry team assisted in the defense below, and the firearms team rushed upstairs, opened the windows, and condescendingly fired at the Qing cavalry, which had already traveled not far away.

With a "bang", a Lu Mi gun, which had just changed its clothes, spewed out a cloud of gunsmoke, and a Qing cavalry squeezed on the not very wide avenue fell off his horse in response.

"Damn, Lao Tzu obviously shot that officer, why did he kill a small soldier."

Front-loading smoothbore guns, without rifling, shots often hit a matter of luck. However, at present, nearly 100 horsemen of the Qing army were marching far away on the chaotic avenue, and the word dense was such that he shot and killed a cavalryman even if he did not shoot the officer.

"Upstairs, there are thieves and firecrackers, draw bows and arrows, and shoot back!" (To be continued.) )