The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 52
"Chen Wang?"

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly, he seemed to have a little impression of the name that Sun Shoufa said.

"I remember that on the previous battle report, the encounter in Qiutou Town seems to have his name on it."

Although Hong Chengchou has no photographic memory, his memory is much better than ordinary people. After all, he is also a second-class Jinshi.

"Junmen remembers well, it is this person recommended by General Cao."

Sun Shoufa bowed his head to answer, and took out two documents from his arms at the same time.

"When I saw the name, I was not familiar with it, so I sent someone to investigate, and the resume of this person is summarized here."

Sun Shoufa took a step forward, put the two documents on the table in front of Hong Chengchou, and stepped back to one side to stand for orders.

"The first document is Chen Wang's resume, and the second document is a letter from General Cao from Pingliang Mansion."

Hong Chengchou nodded slightly to show he knew, picked up the two documents from Sun Shoufa, and opened the first one.

"People from Guangning, Liaodong..."

Hong Chengchou's eyes moved slightly. In the documents submitted by Sun Shoufa, Chen Wang's hometown was first recorded, and then his meritorious promotion was recorded.

Cao Wenzhao's servant was born, and he won the first and third ranks in Liaodong. One of the beheaded men was investigated by the Ministry of War as a white armor soldier in Jianzhou.

Liaodong won two levels, the small flag was raised first, and then the general flag was raised. The Battle of the Four Cities won the first level and was promoted to the test hundred households.

Entered the customs and suppressed, won the first level of 32, dozens of battles, big and small, not lost for a while, not missing a single one.

According to his merits, he should have been a hundred households long ago, but at that time he overwhelmed Cao Wenzhao's merits, so these gains were still nothing in the end.

"Promoted to General Manager within a month?"

Hong Chengchou noticed one of the details.

This Chen Wang was originally a servant, and after the Battle of Qiutou Town, he was directly promoted to General Manager, and took over the position of General Manager. After recruiting troops, he was promoted to General Manager during the Battle of Binzhou.

It is indeed reasonable to try the military position of a hundred households to be appointed as the head of a hundred, and it is also reasonable to be a confidant of a general from a family background, but this promotion is indeed a bit fast.

Hong Chengchou was a little skeptical. Not long ago, he was a big soldier, and he became a general with more than 400 soldiers in four bureaus. Management is a huge problem.

"Is this Chen Wang the one who made great contributions in the Battle of Qiutou Town?"

Hong Chengchou turned his head and asked Sun Shoufa.

"It is this man."

Sun Shoufa nodded in reply.

Cao Wenzhao wrote Chen Wang's name on the documents of the Battle of Qiutou Town, and he made great contributions to the queen, killing and injuring hundreds of enemy Kou Jing cavalry troops, beheading five ranks.

Hong Chengchou pondered for a while, as if he had thought of something, then he took out another document from the pile of documents on the table.

After just a few glances, Hong Chengchou's eyes changed.

In the Battle of Binzhou, this person was indeed on top of the documents for reporting victory. He lined up to defeat the enemy's troops, defeated the enemy's remnants outside the town of Tingkou, and defeated the enemy's elite cavalry. A total of 270 levels of beheading were beheaded in the department.

In terms of merit, it is enough to be promoted to a thousand households.

Qianhu's military position does match that of Mr. Qian.

Hong Chengchou's eyes moved slightly, and he didn't ask any more questions, but opened another document sent by Cao Wenzhao first.

Cao Wenzhao has worked under him for many years, and he thinks he knows a lot about him.

Cao Wenzhao is experienced and steady, and will never put an inappropriate person in an inappropriate place.

Hong Chengchou originally thought that it was probably Cao Bianjiao who went to pick him up. After all, Cao Bianjiao was originally a general. He returned home due to illness, and his battalion was also transferred to others.

Although Cao Bianjiao participated in the general this time, he followed Cao Wenzhao as a general and did not lead a battalion alone.

While opening the documents, Hong Chengchou's original frown slowly relaxed.

Putting down the document again, Hong Chengchou's expression returned to normal, and he said in a deep voice.

"Send a letter to Cao Wenzhao, no matter who he recommends, I will hire him, but I must deal with those Liao soldiers in Chunhua."

"The enemy is now, and there can be no more trouble."

Sun Shoufa stood on the side, looking at the opened documents, feeling a little curious.

He guessed the content of the document and wanted to know what Cao Wenzhao wrote in the letter, which made Hong Chengchou change his opinion.

However, Sun Shoufa was able to do guerrillas all the way, not only by virtue of his bravery and military exploits, but also by his handling of affairs, so he did not ask any questions, but bowed to answer, and then withdrew from the military account.

After Sun Shoufa withdrew from the military account, Hong Chengchou refocused on Cao Wenzhao's letter.

The information about Chen Wang written by Cao Wenzhao in the letter is far more detailed than that obtained by Sun Shoufa.

The Tartar leader Chen Wang obtained was not the third rank, but the seventh rank, but the fourth rank was sold for silver. This kind of thing is very normal in Liaodong.

Not only that, Cao Wenzhao also explained Chen Wang's family background clearly, and at the same time explained things such as the rear of the palace, military training, and marching.

After reading the letter delivered by Cao Wenzhao, Hong Chengchou already had a general impression of Chen Wang in his mind.

""Ji Xiao's New Book"...Qi Jiguang..."

Hong Chengchou picked up the teacup on the table, held the saucer in one hand, and took a sip of the tea with the tea cover in the other.

The hot weather in July in Shaanxi makes people exhausted physically and mentally, and herbal tea can relieve the heat.

"Chen Wang..."

Hong Chengchou put one hand on the table, and tapped the table lightly with his index finger.

He became a little interested in the people recommended by Cao Wenzhao.

Hong Chengchou had naturally heard of Qi Jiguang's name. The two military books written by Qi Jiguang, "Records of Military Training" and "New Book of Ji Xiao" were not banned books, and he had read them both.

In addition, he has also read "Array" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and other military books, otherwise he would not have sat on the position of the governor of the three sides and was able to command and dispatch so many troops.

There are many powerful armies in history, and many generals who led them wrote military books, recording their training methods and armaments, etc.

However, it is very rare to be able to train a strong army according to the regulations.

Some are due to blind rote, some are due to incomplete implementation, and some are due to insufficient understanding.

But this Chen Wang seems to have a talent for training soldiers, Cao Wenzhao finally reported in the letter.

"The orders are strict, the rewards and punishments are trustworthy, and no soldier dares to give up his life."

"On the thirteenth day, it rained heavily, and there was no military order to shelter from the rain. No one from the officers and soldiers of the commander-in-chief did the training, and no one moved.

"At the end of the day, the general watched him lead the troops to practice and march, and they fought in formation, just like the Zhejiang soldiers in the past, fully grasping their shape and meaning."

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"History of Ming Dynasty Biography Volume [-]"

Following the light patrol on the fortress, it is suggested to build an enemy platform.Briefly:

"... However, the soldiers on the frontier are strong, and the law and military law are unbearable. Please recruit Zhejiang people as an army and use them to advocate bravery."

The governor made a proposal and agreed.Three thousand soldiers from Zhejiang arrived in the suburb of Chen.

It rained heavily, and the plants stood still from morning to day.

The frontier army was terrified, so they knew the military order.

(End of this chapter)