In the southern suburbs of Beijing, inside the military tent of guerrilla general Zhang Chengzhong in Xuanzang Town.
After Zhang Cheng walked back to the central case, he lifted his court clothes with both hands, sat down, and said in a deep voice: "You should all know that from today on, you are the generals, and you no longer need to listen to other people's orders. .”
Chen Zheng, Zhang Guangda and other four sentry commanders were still kneeling on the ground and shouted in unison: "The general is the only one who obeys the general's orders and will be broken into pieces until death!"
Zhang Cheng looked at the four kneeling sentry commanders in the tent with satisfaction, and said Wen Yan: "Okay, everyone, get up."
After seeing the generals get up and sit down, Zhang Cheng asked: "Guangda, has Sun Dashan left?"
Zhang Guangda sat in the first place on the right side, clasped his fists and replied: "Reporting to the general, Sun Dashan left the camp at 10 o'clock today. He brought four cavalry with him. We followed the general's... oh... no... it was the general's order.
Ten more lightly wounded cavalry were sent to him, and five carts carried the armor and weapons captured by Shiqiao, as well as the 7,000 taels of silver rewarded by the emperor last time, and more than 1,000 taels of silver found on the Shiqiao Tatars. , take them all back to Dashan.
Let's tell Sun Dashan to send two cavalry to Xiaoxiaoyu in advance and ask Liu Quan to send ten cavalry to meet them. They will be protected by twenty elite cavalry. There should be nothing wrong on the way. Please be at ease, general. "
Zhang Cheng saw that everything was over.
It happened that Shiqiao had killed and wounded many horses and mules the day before yesterday, and they had all been added to the food. He then ordered Chen Zhong to get some meat and some wine, and called the commanders of each post. He was going to be in the army tonight. Congratulations to the generals in the tent!
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Early in the morning of the next day, Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers hurriedly rode over and summoned all generals above the guerrilla level to go to the military tent of Lu Xiangsheng's Superintendent's Camp for a meeting.
In the previous meetings or celebration banquets, Zhang Cheng either coincided with the meeting or was the protagonist of the celebration banquet. In short, he just bravely squeezed in to attend.
But this time it was different.
Because from today on, he, Zhang Cheng, is a real Xuanzhen guerrilla general. He has obtained the ticket to participate in such gatherings by virtue of his own strength.
However, Zhang Cheng is still in the same camp with his uncle Zhang Yan, so he and Zhang Yan rushed to Lu Xiangsheng's Governor's Camp on the bank of Xiaolong River.
The guerrilla-level generals from Xuanda and Shanxi towns have rushed to Lu Xiangsheng's camp one after another. Zhang Cheng, Zhang Yan's uncle and nephew came together after joining the commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu.
In the Chinese army's tent at Lu Xiangsheng's camp, Zhang Cheng saw the newly appointed Governor of Xuanda, Chen Xinjia, who was a little more angry and desolate than the former Governor of Xuanda, Lu Xiangsheng.
The newly appointed Governor of Xuanda, Chen Xinjia, was very high-spirited.
Before Zhang Cheng and other generals from the three towns arrived, Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Xinjia seemed to have been engaged in a fierce fight over the division of troops.
The final result was that Lu Xiangsheng commanded the general soldiers and generals' horses of the three towns of Xuanda and Shanxi. The total soldiers of the three towns were about 3,500 soldiers and horses. The general soldiers of Xuanda Town, Zhang Yan, had about 2,500 soldiers and horses. There is also a general in Shanxi Town with about 2,500 troops.
Lu Xiangsheng's Dubiao Battalion was divided into two. There were more than 4,000 elite Dubiao Battalion, and Lu Xiangsheng was divided into about 2,000. Most of them were the veterans of the "Tianxiong Army" he brought from Jinan Sanfu. , still led by his general Chen An.
In this way, General Lu Xiangsheng's army and horses seem to be approximately 17,000 men. There may be some imaginary numbers in it, or miscellaneous auxiliary troops to fill them, but generally it is not too different.
The new Governor of Xuanda, Chen Xinjia, is in charge of the troops of the guerrilla generals of Xuanda and Shanxi. Of course, these guerrilla generals do not include Zhang Cheng, because he does not have his own battalion yet. Zhang Cheng is now a guerrilla general. He listened to it in the camp of Zhang Yan, the general in Xuanzhen.
Chen Xinjia actually commanded two guerrilla generals Li Jianming and Wen Hui in Xuanzang Town, three guerrilla generals in Datong Town, and two guerrilla generals in Shanxi Town. Each guerrilla general had about 2,000 troops and horses. These seven guerrillas amounted to 14,000. More than a thousand troops and horses.
In addition to the approximately 2,000 troops and horses of the Supervisory Biao Battalion assigned from Lu Xiangsheng, the new Governor of Xuanda, Chen Xingjia, commanded approximately 16,000 troops and horses of the three towns. The situation was similar to that of Lu Xiangsheng's side. Although there were some imaginary numbers, the difference was not Too big.
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Lu Xiangsheng's ambitions suffered a heavy blow due to repeated divisions of troops. Zhang Cheng saw him sitting at a loss behind the first major case, looking quite helpless, just sitting there thinking about something.
The generals came out of their tents and looked at each other in shock when they saw that the guerrilla generals in each town were all following Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xinxuan.
Wang Pu, the chief military officer of Datong Town, even cursed and said: "Divide the troops, divide the troops again, and beat the hell out of the Tatars."
Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, turned to look at Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town. They shook their heads at each other, both sighed but said nothing and walked straight to the south gate of the camp.
As if he wanted to vent his inner anger, he whipped his horse hard with a whip. The horse raised its front hooves, neighed, and galloped away like lightning, stirring up a cloud of dust.
His Chinese army guerrilla general Guo Yingxian also looked dejected at the moment. He was no longer in the mood to have a drink with Zhang Cheng anymore. He just whipped up his horse and chased after the commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu.
Hu Dawei, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, also ran towards the south gate of the camp. A town sergeant general followed him, and the two of them walked out of the camp gate while talking.
Zhang Cheng still followed his uncle and headed towards the south gate. Zhang Yan seemed to be worried and walked slowly. Zhang Cheng followed him to the south gate of the camp and saw the generals galloping towards him one by one. Just as he and his uncle were about to mount their horses, they suddenly saw Chen An, Lu Xiangsheng's general, rushing towards him. He stopped him and said, "General Zhang, please stay. Lu Duchen has called you to speak."
Zhang Cheng hurriedly asked his uncle to leave first. Zhang Yan gave Zhang Cheng a meaningful look, said nothing, raised his whip and galloped away, leaving only Zhang Cheng's personal guards at the gate of the camp.
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When Zhang Cheng returned to Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army tent with Chen An, Lu Xiangsheng was still sitting there slumped. Zhang Cheng stepped forward gently and said softly: "Supervisor, please call me."
Lu Xiangsheng woke up and slowly raised his head. His brows seemed to be much older, and his face was full of anger. He said in a deep voice: "Zhongchen, come with me for a walk."
Chen An hurriedly stepped forward to help Lu Xiang rise, but he was so stared at that he did not dare to step forward. He could only follow him, and Zhang Cheng also followed him out of the tent.
They walked slowly. Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng's condition improved after leaving the tent, Chen An took a few steps back to leave room for Zhang Cheng and Lu Xiangsheng to talk.
Lu Xiangsheng didn't say a word, and Zhang Cheng couldn't speak. The two of them walked eastward for a while and came to a hill. There weren't many trees, only a few big trees on top, and there were a lot of people around. They are shrubs and weeds.
