After Liu Yan was promoted to guerrilla general, his seven thousand generals, plus the town governor Xun Jingyun and other subordinates were also promoted one by one. All the generals had made many military exploits in the Battle of Jinan. After Liu Yan submitted the promotion list, the Ministry of War quickly approved it. The efficiency was so fast that Liu Yan was a little surprised.
Later, after Liu Yan received Lu Huaiying's letter, he learned that after the Qing army marched north to Beizhili, they successively captured Yongping, Pinggu, Hejian and other places and looted everywhere. The people were displaced and gathered outside the capital city.
Emperor Chongzhen was very angry and ordered Sun Chuanting to lead an army to attack the Qing army. However, Yang Sichang was slow to provide food and wages to Sun Chuanting. The main force of the Ming army could only stay in Tongzhou area, allowing Dorgon to lead the Qing army and plunder them. More than 100,000 people, millions of taels of silver, and more than 700,000 shi of grain came and were brought out of the customs.
Just when Liu Yan reported the list of promoted generals, Emperor Chongzhen also made a list, and almost all the garrison generals from all over Beizhili were punished. The Jin Yiwei arrested dozens of people, which shocked the government and the public.
In contrast, the great victory achieved by the troops led by Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan in Jinan Fucheng was in sharp contrast to the performance of the Ming army in North Zhili.
Emperor Chongzhen Long Yan was very pleased and wanted to reward the meritorious officers. However, Yang Sichang only gave Liu Yan the promotion of guerrilla general on the grounds that "the generals of the country should not be promoted too quickly to avoid jealousy and premature defeat". However, as compensation, Yang Sichang passed all the promotion lists submitted by Liu Yan and was promoted as quickly as possible.
Liu Yan sighed after receiving the promotion appointment from the Ministry of War, but the generals had been promoted after all, so the battle was not in vain.
With this promotion, former Yingqian Commander Chen Xun succeeded him as Lingshan Guard's conduct officer and led his troops to station at Lingshan Guard.
Shen Tuo, the general manager of Zhongying Qian, was promoted to the conduct officer of Aoshan Guard and led his troops to station in various places of Aoshan Guard.
The remaining Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming were all promoted to commanders, but none of them were promoted to official positions.
Bao Xuezhen, the medical officer, was promoted to Qianhu, and Xun Jingyun, the governor of the town, was promoted to command the general affairs.
All battalion chiefs, flag commanders and other generals were promoted to one level.
After the promotion of officers and soldiers in various ministries, the phenomenon of high-ranking officers and low-ranking officers appeared in each battalion of the New Army. The best solution is to add a first-level organizational system to expand the military strength while solving the placement problem of generals at all levels.
It's just that now Liu Yan is faced with going to Jimo Yingcheng to take up his post, as well as rectifying and digesting the Aoshan Guards, so the matter of rectifying the new army has been postponed.
After the Aoshan Guards are reorganized and Liu Yan controls the population and resources of the two guards, he can add a first-level organization to the new army and expand a wave of troops.
At the end of July, Liu Yan finished taking care of the affairs of Lingshan Guard and ordered Wang Wenzhen, Tian Huixu and others to temporarily stay at Lingshan Guard. Chen Xun and Shen Tuo also led their troops to stay in place.
With no worries, Liu Yan led the five battalions of new army soldiers Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming to set out from Lingshan Acropolis and go to Jimo Yingcheng to take office. 33
After this period of replenishment, the 1,700-plus vacancies in each battalion of the New Army have been roughly filled. However, the overall quality of the soldiers still needs to be improved. After all, with the sudden increase of more than 1,700 recruits, the overall combat strength is still somewhat improved. Slipping. After Liu Yan prepared to arrive at Jimo Yingcheng, he began to train his troops to restore the new army's combat effectiveness to the pre-war level as soon as possible.
Starting from Lingshan Acropolis, Liu Yan led his troops for four days and arrived outside the south gate of Jimoying City in the morning of the fourth day.
"finally reached!"
Liu Yan rode his horse and looked at the city ahead. Jimoying City was much larger than Lingshan Acropolis, with a larger population and more merchants, so it was naturally a lot more lively.
Above the south gate, the two characters Zhenhai are engraved on the top of the city gate. The font is vigorous and powerful. I don't know which famous artist wrote it. This is the south gate of Jimo Ying City, Zhenhai Gate.
Liu Yan looked at the city gate and saw no officials from Jimo Ying City greeting him outside the city. There were only pedestrians and civilians coming and going, and a few soldiers guarding the city at the gate.
Liu Yan snorted coldly, but did not get angry on the spot. Instead, he waved his hand and ordered the army to advance. He also rode into the city. Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming surrounded him. Thousands of armored troops were mighty. Dang drove into the city.
Pedestrians near the city gate gave way and pointed at the armored army, their words full of excitement.
"Look, this is the new Lingshan Guard Army. Isn't the leading general the new guerrilla Liu Yan?"
"Hey! Do you still know the famous Liu Yan?"
"Of course I don't know it, but I know the flag. Look at the flag in the army. Isn't it that of the Lingshan Guard Conduct Officer? It's clear that he hasn't had time to take office and the flag hasn't been changed. Besides Liu Yan, who else could it be? !”
The pedestrians around listened and gave thumbs up.
Liu Yan rode into the city, but his expression was not very good. No one from Jimo Ying City greeted him outside the city, and there wasn't even an official to lead the way. This was clearly a way of giving him authority.
In addition, Liu Yan also noticed that the soldiers standing guard at the city gate were also listless. They were either sitting in the shade and sleeping, or loudly scolding passers-by, and kept asking for cards. Where were the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, there were just a few soldiers. Ruffian and second-rate scoundrel.
Such soldiers, even if each of them is given an AK47, will not be able to win the battle. They are a complete mob.
Miao Shao looked at the deserted streets along the way, then rode his horse and asked, "Sir, where will we go after entering the city?"
Liu Yan said: "Since they ignore us, then go directly to my guerrilla office and wait until we settle down before paying attention to us."
"The soldiers of each battalion will go directly to the military camp in the city to station themselves. Commander Miao will bring a group of personal guards with me."
Liu Yan had a house in the city, which was the guerrilla general's office. It was a courtyard with two entrances, with the official hall in the front and the residence in the back. In Jimo Camp City, these generals lived in this way. When Liu Yan received the appointment documents, he had already indicated the specific addresses.
After entering the house, Miao Shao arranged for two personal guards to guard the gate, and then asked the rest of the people to go in and search the house, while also tidying up the yard.
Liu Yan looked around and saw that the house was very dilapidated and even the walls had collapsed in several places. Although it was not serious, it could be seen that no one had lived here for a long time and it was almost semi-abandoned.
"It seems that Zhang Youxun has already started to stumble."
Liu Yan felt contempt for Zhang Youxun again, and then said to Miao Shao: "Let's take a rest today, and hire some craftsmen on the street tomorrow to repair this place."
Miao Shaozheng was knocking on a window with the hilt of his knife, knocking back the window that was about to fall down, and said: "As soon as your Excellency arrived here, you repaired the government office with great fanfare, and it will be settled."
Liu Yan said nonchalantly: "As long as we live comfortably by ourselves, don't worry about the others. Even if we don't do anything, those villains will not be idle and will still make trouble for us."
Miao Shao and others also knew about Zhang Youxun, and they said worriedly: "Sir, General Zhang is a superior official after all. If he is so hostile to you now, he will inevitably get insulted in the future. Why not find an opportunity to relax a bit?" ?”
"Easy?"
Liu Yan said: "How to ease up? Remember, for a small-minded, short-sighted person like Zhang Youxun, as long as you give in a little, he will get worse! To deal with such a person, you can only retaliate in kind to make him retreat! "
At the same time, in the residence of the general in the city, Zhang Youxun was thinking about something with his brows furrowed. There were three guerrilla generals beside him, one short and fat named Wang Ye, one tall and strong named Dong Bihui, and one thin, but But there is a spirit of vigor, his name is Mao Xingyi.
These three people are Zhang Youxun's confidants. When they learned that Liu Yan had arrived at the Jimo City Camp and the thousands of armored troops entering the city, the three of them also heard about it from their subordinates' families and felt a little uneasy, so they gathered here one after another. , but unexpectedly, Zhang Youxun was also uneasy.
"Sir, Liu Yan did not come to report, nor did he send anyone over. It seems that he is ready to fight with you."
Mao Xingyi said, his eyes already drifting to Zhang Youxun: "The house assigned to Liu Yan by your Excellency was an abandoned house, but Liu Yan lived directly in it. I think this person is extraordinary, flexible and flexible, and has military exploits. It’s best not to mess with such ruthless characters.”
"The general knows what you are worried about. It is just that Liu Yan will take your position, but you should not use such methods that are too revealing."
Dong Bihui said in surprise: "What should we do? Should we just send someone to kill Liu Yan?"
Wang Ye scolded: "Dong Guoqi, be careful what you say!"
Zhang Youxun looked at the three of them, snorted slightly dissatisfied, and then said to Mao Xingyi: "Then what should we do?"
Mao Xingyi said: "If you want to deal with Liu Yan, you should do it openly and let Liu Yan know that he is alone in the Jimo City camp. It is best to retreat in the face of difficulties or take the initiative to bow to you."
"If Liu Yan refuses to obey, then you can use your status as a Shangguan to suppress him, such as deploying new army generals, etc. How dare Liu Yan disobey orders?"
Zhang Youxun laughed and said: "Mao Guerrilla is indeed a man of great wisdom and a lot of clever ideas."
"Thank you for the compliment, sir."
"Well, but don't take it easy to mobilize troops. Those new troops were trained by Liu Yan. If they are suddenly transferred, there is no guarantee that those arrogant and powerful generals will not cause trouble. If those new troops make trouble in anger, Get up, we’re all going to lose our heads.”
Mao Xingyi, Wang Ye, and Dong Bihui nodded in agreement.
Mao Xingyi said: "My lord, let me tell you, why don't you send someone to inform Liu Yan and ask him to come to the banquet tonight. Let's all give him a beating during the banquet. If Liu Yan knows the truth, it will be easier for us. If Liu Yan If you don't know the truth, we will see the truth in the future. When a superior officer disciplines his subordinates, you can naturally come up with all kinds of tricks."
Everyone laughed, Zhang Youxun smiled and nodded in agreement, saying: "Okay, then I will send someone to tell you, and you will all prepare, and a table will be set up in my house soon."
Zhang Youxun sent a chief flag officer to deliver the message. The chief flag officer soon arrived at the door of Liu Yan's house. He saw two soldiers from the New Army's Guards Battalion standing at the door of the courtyard, wearing fine iron armor and hanging on their waists. He was carrying a sword on his shoulder and a flint-haired blunderbuss in his hand, which looked very powerful.
The commander-in-chief was jealous and said to himself: "My dear, Liu Yan's guard soldiers are all equipped with such equipment. They are really rich. Even the guerrilla generals under the generals do not have such fine armor! "
Sighing in his heart, the chief flag officer walked up with a smile, explained his purpose, and was let in.
In the main hall of the front yard, the chief flag officer saw Liu Yan. After some speeches, Liu Yan burst out laughing and said: "Haha, it turns out that the general is preparing for the reception banquet. I said that when he led his troops into the city, No one from Jimo camp came to greet him, it turned out that they were all gathered at the mansion of the general."
"Haha, this..."
The commander-in-chief smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't blame me, General. Your Majesty the General is busy with military affairs, maybe..."
"What is it?"
Liu Yan waved his hand and said: "Okay, I won't say any more. You go back and tell the general that I will be at the banquet on time!"
Some people died, but not completely...
