However, Chen Wang also knew where he was, and he forcibly suppressed the fluctuations in his heart.

When Chen Wang raised his head again, he happened to meet Cao Wenzhao's eyes like a bright lamp.

The candle flame flickered, and the firelight was reflected in Cao Wenzhao's eyes, flickering and shining with each other, as if it could gain insight into people's hearts.

Chen Wang's heart froze, he felt that everything he thought in his heart seemed to have been seen through by Cao Wenzhao.

Chen Wang stood up again, put the letter on the table, and sat down again, still respectful.

"If I'm not mistaken, your current military position is to try 100 households, right?"

Cao Wenzhao sat on the chair and looked quite calm and asked.

"Yes."

Chen Wang was slightly stunned, he didn't know why Cao Wenzhao suddenly asked about his military position.

However, Chen Wang quickly came back to his senses and nodded in response.

Cao Wenzhao paused before speaking.

"The first battle of Hutou Town and the first battle of Pizhou, try to upgrade 100 households to two levels in a row is a deputy thousand households, and then upgrade one level is a thousand households."

"Deputy Qianhu or Qianhu official, with your qualifications and combat record, it is not difficult to make up for a thousand generals or battalion officers of the Chinese army."

Chen Wang's heart jumped, raised his head, and looked at Cao Wenzhao.

"General......

However, before he finished speaking, he was already stopped by Cao Wenzhao raising his hand.

Chen Wang's expression changed slightly, and his heart was already full of waves.

He just walked into the tent and didn't reveal his purpose at all.

But now Cao Wenzhao is saying what he thinks in his heart.

Cao Wenzhao waved his hand and turned to something else.

"In my early years, I joined the army in Liaodong and rose all the way to guerrilla, and I became friendly with your clan, and many of you have followed me since the Apocalypse."

"In the past 11 years, a total of 57 people have joined the camp to serve as soldiers, 39 have been killed in battle, 6 have been disabled, and now only 12 people remain, far away from Liaodong, and follow me to Datong."

Chen Wang didn't say anything, and Cao Wenzhao's also made those memories he had seen resurface.

The Chen family and the Hu family are good friends, they are each other's in-laws, they are related to each other, and they both live in Guangning, Liaodong.

During the Apocalypse, the situation in Liaodong had begun to deteriorate, and the Ming army was defeated in the battle of Salhu in the 47th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.

In order to guard against the advance of the Later Jin, camps were set up in various parts of Liaodong to recruit soldiers, and Cao Wenzhao served as a guerrilla at that time, and became friendly with the Chen and Hu families, so many young and strong children of the two families joined his command.

However, although Liaodong is strong, it is still difficult to reach Houjin Bingfeng.

Shenyang and Liaoyang fell successively, and a large number of Liao people fled westward.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the Ming army was defeated in the Battle of Guangning, because Wang Huazhen mistakenly believed in Sun Degong, and Sun Degong suddenly surrendered, causing the city of Guangning to fall.

Xiong Tingbi had no choice but to surrender to Shanhaiguan, and more than 40 military forts in western Liaoning and other places were trapped, the land was lost, and 100,000 soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded.

In his memory, there was a large sea of fire, Chen Wang involuntarily closed his eyes, and the memories that belonged to the original body appeared in his mind one by one.

On the dilapidated official road, there are endless cries and wails, and more of the unwillingness and pain engraved in the blood and bones.

On both sides of the official road were cavalry marching back and forth, galloping in the direction of the northeast.

And above the northeastern sky, wolf smoke billowed and filled the entire field of vision.

In my memory, there is only endless pain, which spreads from the place of the heart to the top of the throat, like a knife.

On this day, many of them lost their homeland and relatives.

Nearly half of the hundreds of people in the two families were trapped in Quang Ninh and did not escape.

Restoration, restoration!

From that day on, many people had the word "recovering the land" in their hearts, and everyone wanted to fight back to Liaodong and regain their homeland.

It's a pity......

It's a pity that not everyone wants to be restored.

Because once the land is restored, then there will not be so much military pay every year, and the authority in their hands will be weakened......

Chen Wang reopened his eyes, but his mind could not calm down.

Cao Wenzhao did not rush to speak, nor did he reprimand Chen Wang because he closed his eyes.

"The four of you brothers have been following me since the first year of Chongzhen."

"I promised you that I would take you back to Quang Ninh."

The candle flame flickered on and off, and the shadow behind Cao Wenzhao, who was shining, kept swaying.

Cao Wenzhao's expression was slightly gloomy and he sighed.

"I know I broke my promise......"

Chen Wang clasped his hands into fists, arched his hands, and said sincerely.

"The general doesn't have to mind, we all know it in our hearts, and the order cannot be violated."

"There is no way to issue an order to the general, why the general was transferred, we are not ignorant, but we can't do anything."

Cao Wenzhao has indeed tried his best, but he can't help where he wants to go.

The battalion soldiers are like this, in the eight years of military career in the original body, there are almost no months to be idle with Cao Wenzhao.

Either at war or on the way to war.

And this situation did not only happen to Cao Wenzhao alone, but also to most of the Ming generals in the late Ming Dynasty.

In the battalion system, they can only be commanded and directed, and have no autonomy.

On the battlefields in eastern Liaodong and the interior, he was constantly requisitioned and requisitioned, and he was exhausted.

is as arrogant as Zuo Liangyu, and in the face of the reproach of the governor at this time, he only dares to be passive and slack off at most, delaying the speed, rather than disobeying.

Many generals of the Ming army were surrounded and ambushed by the rogues under the constant mobilization, and then they couldn't wait for reinforcements, nor did they wait for the help of grain and grass, so they were defeated and died.

Chen Wang knows very well that if he is honestly a battalion officer and is in the system of battalion soldiers, he will continue to fight.

"There are only 900 people left in the Qi military camp under Zhang Waijia, and there is a shortage of weapons, they are all Liao soldiers, and most of them will be handed over to me to control when the time comes."

"During this period of time, I have seen you train soldiers, and the soldiers you recruited and trained according to Qi Jun's training methods are indeed meritorious, and there is nothing wrong with either the battle or the march."

Cao Wenzhao's voice raised a little and continued.

"I have already reported the merits, and it will take a certain amount of time to discuss the merits, but the position of the battalion officer can be mentioned to you first."

"I can hand over the nine hundred cavalry of Chunhua to you first, and the people I recommend will not refuse now, and I will also find someone to allocate a batch of ordnance to you."

In this situation, Hong Chengchou needs to rely on him, not that he needs to rely on Hong Chengchou.

"Cavalry is different from infantry, you should have learned a lot in the eight years you have followed me, Qi Jun's military training method is suitable for infantry, but it is not suitable for cavalry."

"You are originally from Liaodong, and when the time comes, you can make a few meritorious contributions, and you can lead a battalion alone if you are promoted to a guerrilla, and you can rightfully swallow this remnant army."