Outside the Ming army's camp, news of the arrival of the new Qinglai Town army led by Liu Yan spread throughout the camp. Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was convening the general soldiers of each town to discuss matters in the Chinese army's tent. Suddenly, he heard loud cheers outside the tent. There seemed to be chaos inside and outside the camp, and everyone was shocked.
"Go out and have a look!"
Hong Chengchou frowned, and led a group of general officers out of the Chinese army's tent, and brought a group of personal guards to the camp gate.
At this time, a large number of Ming army officers and soldiers from various battalions had gathered here. When the officers and soldiers saw the arrival of generals such as Hong Chengchou, they stepped aside one after another and saluted with clasped fists.
However, Hong Chengchou and others saw the excitement and shock on the faces of all the soldiers.
Hong Chengchou and others were about to reprimand and question the surrounding soldiers when they suddenly saw a huge armored army approaching in formation outside the camp. The bright red mandarin duck battle coats, silver-gray armor, and countless flags formed an endless sea. The endless ocean is rushing toward the camp.
"Chief Military Officer of Qinglai Town, Liu"
A large banner fluttered in the wind, and under the banner was Liu Yan's central army. At this time, the officers and soldiers of each battalion of the New Army arrived about a mile outside the camp with neat steps.
"Stop moving forward."
After Liu Yan gave the order, the trumpet was blown immediately when the troops were sent to the army. The soldiers of each battalion stopped their progress almost at the same time, in uniform order. The sound of uniform footsteps just like drumbeats disappeared in an instant, and there was only one person outside the camp. What remained was the boundless armored army.
"This, this is!"
Hong Chengchou thought that he had seen many powerful armies, such as the Qin Army in the northwest, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, and even the Qi Jiajun and Baigan soldiers who went to rescue Shenyang. However, in Hong Chengchou's view, these powerful armies were different from the young people in front of him. Compared with the new army in Laizhen, they were far behind. This was a truly strong army, one that Hong Chengchou had never seen before!
Next to Hong Chengchou were Datong Town Chief Soldier Wang Pu, Xuanfu Town Chief Soldier Yang Guozhu, Miyun Town Chief Soldier Tang Tong, Jizhou Town Chief Soldier Bai Guangen, ASEAN Chief Soldier Cao Bianjiao, Shanhaiguan Town Chief Soldier Ma Wang Tingchen, the former garrison commander, Wu Sangui, the Ningyuan town commander, and the eight commanders had different expressions. These eight people were the eight commanders who followed Hong Chengchou to aid Jinzhou in history. They had all arrived here with their troops at this time. .
Next to these people, there were Li Fuming, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, and Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of the reinforcement and suppression campaign. These two men arrived with their troops the day before, much earlier than the time in history when their troops would converge.
Just when Hong Chengchou and others were being suppressed, Liu Yan led the commanders and envoys of each battalion to come on horseback. Everyone got off their horses and came to salute in front of Hong Chengchou.
"Liu Yan, the last general of Qinglai Town, led the soldiers of each battalion of Qinglai Town to arrive at the capital in advance and reported back to the governor!"
"haha okay!"
Hong Chengchou took Liu Yan's hand with a happy face and spoke in a southern accent, which was very comfortable to listen to: "General Liu is a strong general of the country. He has won several battles with slaves and thieves. This time we send troops." Rushing to the aid of Jinzhou, with General Liu here, I will be even more powerful!"
Liu Yan claimed that he did not dare, and then looked at the generals behind Hong Chengchou. When they saw Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu, they nodded to Liu Yan with joy on their faces. Liu Yan then smiled and clasped his fists in salute.
"oh?"
Hong Chengchou saw this and said with a smile: "I remembered it, Commander Liu, Commander Wang, and Commander Yang all served under Governor Lu. The battle of Julu showed the majesty of my Ming warriors! Today! The governor will hold a banquet in the Chinese army, and then General Liu will have a few more drinks with the two generals."
After speaking, Hong Chengchou looked at the mighty army in the distance and asked: "General Liu, how many soldiers and horses have you sent to Qinglai Town for this reinforcement?"
Liu Yan clasped his fists and said: "To inform the governor, we in Qinglai Town have eight battalions of soldiers and horses, six infantry, one cavalry, and one artillery battalion, with a total of more than 88,000 soldiers. This time, the general will lead the entire army of 88,000 More than a thousand soldiers participated in the battle, and the entire army arrived at the capital three days in advance, and no one was left behind!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked again. There were actually 88,000 people in Qinglai Town! Moreover, there is a distance of thousands of miles from Qinglai Town to the capital. So many armies are marching quickly, but they can still maintain such a strict military appearance, and all the troops have arrived. How powerful is the new army in Qinglai Town? ah!
Hong Chengchou had the biggest reaction. At this time, he even laughed a little uncontrollably. He took Liu Yan's hand and said, "Come! Let me introduce the generals to General Liu."
Then Hong Chengchou introduced the ten general soldiers behind him one by one.
Liu Yan also wrote down everyone one by one. This time, Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, sent 20,000 troops, Yang Guozhu, the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, sent 20,000 troops, Tang Tong, the chief military officer of Miyun Town, sent 15,000 troops, and Jizhou Town's chief military officer Tang Tong sent 15,000 troops. Chief Soldier Bai Guangen sent 12,000 troops, ASEAN Chief Soldier Cao Bianjiao sent 15,000 troops, Shanhaiguan Town Chief Soldier Ma Ke sent 20,000 troops, former Tun Guard Chief Wang Tingchen sent 6,000 troops, and Ningyuan Town Chief Soldier Wu Sangui sent 20,000 troops, Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Li Fuming sent 5,000 troops, and Lieutenant General Zuo Guangxian sent 8,000 troops.
In addition to the 8,000 people from Hong Chengchou's Supervisory Biao Battalion, the Ming army's strength this time reached 149,000, which was slightly more than the number of troops dispatched by the Ming army in history.
When Hong Chengchou introduced Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu, they hugged Liu Yan and exchanged greetings enthusiastically. Tang Tong and Ma Ke smiled faintly. They looked at Liu Yan with somewhat flattering and jealous eyes. Anyway, they couldn't talk. Friendly.
Wang Tingchen, Bai Guangen, Li Fuming, Zuo Guangxian and others clasped their fists and saluted. Although they were not as enthusiastic as Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu, their words were full of admiration.
When Hong Chengchou introduced Cao Bianjiao, Liu Yan took the initiative to greet him warmly. Cao Bianjiao was a powerful general in the late Ming Dynasty. In the historical battle of Songjin, the Ming army was defeated. When all the soldiers fled, surrendered or died in the battle, only Cao Bianjiao was killed. He led his troops to launch a counterattack and directly broke through the Qing army's central camp. The soldiers even rushed under Huang Taiji's banner, scaring Huang Taiji into retreating for several miles and almost turning the tide of the battle!
Cao Bianjiao didn't expect Liu Yan to be so enthusiastic about him, but he still smiled boldly, returned the gift with the same enthusiasm, and said: "Tonight we will drink three big bowls, and when we get to the battlefield, we will kill the Tatars together!"
"good!"
Hong Chengchou was the last to introduce Wu Sangui, and he obviously regarded Wu Sangui as his confidant. Of course, Wu Sangui at this time could also afford such attention.
However, Liu Yan lost his enthusiasm for Cao Bianjiao, Yang Guozhu, and Wang Pu. He just cupped his fists and saluted with a faint smile. Everyone could see that Liu Yan was deliberately keeping a distance from Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui originally intended to make friends with Liu Yan. After all, Liu Yan's strength was here, and making friends with Liu Yan would be of great benefit to the Wu family and his uncle's family.
But Wu Sangui didn't understand why Liu Yan had such an attitude towards him. He looked at Liu Yan in surprise for a while, then his face turned cold and he stepped aside.
Hong Chengchou saw this and was full of doubts, but he did not say anything at this time, but continued: "In addition, Liu Zhaoji, the chief military officer of Liaodong Town, is currently stationed in Ningyuan City, and has also trained several battalions of elite soldiers there. There were about 15,000 people. After the army left the customs, they met with their soldiers and horses at Ningyuan City."
"Haha, together with General Liu's new army from Qinglai Town, our Ming army's strength will reach 250,000 in this battle. Our army will definitely win this battle!"
At this time, everyone's morale rose greatly. The 250,000 troops were all elites from all over the country. The country had not seen a battle of this scale for many years. Even the Battle of Sarhu back then was not of this scale. I'm afraid the Battle of Korea back then was a little worse than today!
Hong Chengchou then looked at Chen Xun, Miao Shao and others behind Liu Yan, and Liu Yan also introduced Hong Chengchou and others one by one.
"Well, they are all fierce generals. The governor is hosting a banquet tonight, and all the generals will also attend!"
Everyone thanked him with clasped fists.
"The governor has prepared a camp site for the soldiers of Qinglai Town. It is three miles east of the Chinese army camp. General Liu will let his men set up camp first, and then come to the Chinese army to discuss matters as soon as possible."
"yes!"
At this time, everyone had been talking for a long time. Only then did Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and others notice that tens of thousands of Qinglai Town New Army soldiers stood motionless in the distance, like tens of thousands of sculptures, solemn and majestic. .
"They are all good soldiers!"
Wu Sangui looked at Liu Yan with a complicated expression and thought to himself: "How did Liu Yan train such a strong army? No wonder he is so arrogant!"
Half an hour later, Liu Yan led his troops to set up camp east of the Chinese army's camp. The officers and soldiers of each battalion used the guard camp and the artillery battalion as the central army and deployed a ring around them.
Liu Yan then took Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Qian Qian to the Ming army's central camp to discuss matters, and ordered Xun Jingyun to stay at the camp temporarily.
Not long after, Liu Yan led his troops to the Chinese army. In the Chinese army's tent, the other general officers had already arrived. The chief officers, deputy generals, staff generals and guerrilla generals from each town almost filled the tent. .
When everyone saw Liu Yan leading the crowd in, they all looked over, either with admiration, fear, joy, or jealousy. Liu Yan instantly became the focus of everyone.
"Haha, General Liu, please take your seat. I have already reserved a seat for you all, General Liu."
Liu Yan and others thanked him with clasped fists, and saw Hong Chengchou sitting at the head of the tent. On his right was Wu Sangui and a group of generals, and on his left was the seat reserved for him.
"It seems that my status in Hong Hyung-jiu's heart is quite high, right?"
Liu Yan took everyone to the table, and then Hong Chengchou ordered the food and wine to be served. The soldiers brought in the meat, fruits and vegetables one after another, and the jars of liquor were also brought in. The atmosphere in the Chinese army's tent suddenly became lively. , a dozen soldiers walked among the people, pouring wine for everyone.
Hong Chengchou also picked up a cup of tea and said with a smile: "The governor is too drunk, so he uses tea instead of wine. Generals, you can drink as much as you want tonight, but from tonight on, alcohol will be banned in the army. Please cooperate with me, generals!"
"Thank you, Governor!"
"Come, the army is gathered together today. I would like to toast all the generals with a glass of congratulations!"
"Congratulations to the governor!"
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Liu Yan drank lively with Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, and Cao Bianjiao. Shanxi commander Li Fuming also came over with a wine glass. Liu Yan also laughed and pulled Li Fuming to drink together.
Tang Tong, Ma Ke, Wang Tingchen, and Zuo Guangxian paid tribute to Wu Sangui. After drinking for a while, they gathered together.
Bai Guangen, on the other hand, had a few drinks with everyone and then went about eating meat and drinking wine by himself, as if he didn't like the excitement very much.
After everyone drank for three rounds, Hong Chengchou motioned for everyone to be quiet, and everyone looked over.
"Soldiers from all walks of life have come all the way, and it's very hard. Let's rest here for two days, and then..."
Before he finished speaking, the soldiers outside the tent came in and reported: Someone from the Ministry of War is here!
Hong Chengchou stood up in a hurry, and all the generals were talking quietly. Liu Yan thought for a moment and then remembered that the Ministry of War must have sent a supervisory army.
Sure enough, Ma Shaoyu, the head of the staff side of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Ruoqi, the doctor of the staff side of the Ministry of War, walked into the Chinese army's tent. They first met with Hong Chengchou, and then took out a transfer order from the Ministry of War.
Zhang Ruoqi smiled and said: "Haha, Supervisor, this is a transfer order from the Ministry of War. The humble post and Ma will go out with the army as supervisors. Please take care of me."
At this time, Yang Sichang had died, and Chen Xinjia succeeded him as Minister of War. These two men were Chen Xinjia's confidants.
Especially Zhang Ruoqi. During the Battle of Songjin in history, it was Zhang Ruoqi who kept putting pressure on Hong Chengchou from the Ministry of War and Holy Will, so that Hong Chengchou had to rush to a decisive battle with the Qing army.
Therefore, Liu Yan didn't have a good impression of the two supervisors and stood in the crowd and watched coldly.
Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Since it is the intention of the Ministry of War, I will naturally welcome it. Today, more than 200,000 soldiers of our army have gathered in the capital. I will hold a banquet to greet the generals, and the two supervisors will also be invited to the table."
Ma Shaoyu stretched out his hand and said: "Excuse me, Governor. I am humble enough to convey the military orders from the Ministry of War first."
Hong Chengchou frowned slightly and nodded in agreement.
"...I have specially ordered Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao to immediately lead his troops to station outside the capital city. After the emperor summons and the Ministry of War inspects all the troops, he will immediately leave the customs to relieve the siege of Jinzhou!"
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