After dinner on the eighth day of the lunar month, Zhang Cheng summoned Wu Zhizhong, Zhang Guangda, Lin Fangping, Liu Quan and others. In the side hall of the middle hall of the Deputy Commander's Office, he said to several people: "Today at dinner, I received a report from Zhencheng He Shihui. In a letter, it was said that after Na Wen Hui returned to the town, he became furious and once wanted to lead his troops to the North Road to settle accounts with the commander and seek revenge on the murderer.
Fortunately, Liu Futai stopped him and the generals in the town dissuaded him. Although Wen Hui did not come to the North Road to kill him, the resentment in his heart was still there. Although he did not dare to come to our North Road to cause trouble again, he still had to guard against it. He does evil in secret.
Lao Wu, in addition to stepping up recruitment and training, you must pay close attention to the movements of all parties. Before the commander returns to the army, the soldiers and horses in each camp are not allowed to rest. Officers and generals at all levels must live in the camp and be ordered at any time. "
"Here!"
Zhang Cheng then said to Zhang Guangda: "Since General Wen won't come to play with us for a while, Guangda will go back and prepare. Before noon tomorrow, the cavalry camp will head eastward. The Tiger Guard and I will set off one day later. Let’s meet in the east of Changping City.”
"Here!"
After Zhang Guangda responded loudly, he reminded with concern: "Commander, should we hide an elite soldier on the North Road, just in case?"
"No need. I have other arrangements for the North Road, so there is no need to worry about it."
After he finished speaking, he called Liu Quan and ordered: "Liu Quan, I have appointed you as the commander-in-chief of the 'Liaozhou Camp'. Based on your own troops and horses, you will form another one ahead of the East Road Curtain.
In this way, you can directly lead the soldiers and horses of the left army, and use the Ma Hui army to take charge of the post of General Qian of the right army. In the future, when you go to Liaozhou with the Qin Liangpin, you can recruit another army and horses locally. At that time, Li Damu can be appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Qian. One position. "
Zhang Cheng continued: "Liaozhou is located in the hinterland of Jin Province, adjacent to the Taihang Mountains, and bandits are rampant. After you protect Qin Liangjian and take office, you must use the power of thunder to sweep away the bandits and eliminate the reputation of our northern army. Come."
"Here!"
Liu Quan responded loudly and then said: "Liu Quansheng is a handsome man. Even if he dies and becomes a ghost, he will still follow the handsome man and kill the enemy!"
Zhang Cheng smiled, waved his hand, and said to him: "In that case, when I turn into a ghost, you can follow me again."
"Hahaha!"
After a burst of laughter in the side hall, Zhang Chengcai continued: "Liu Quan, I want to ask you something. Did you have a subordinate named Cheng Long before?"
"Cheng Long?"
Liu Quan was silent for a while, then seemed to remember, and said: "In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, when he followed the commander-in-chief Qin Wang, there was indeed a brother named Cheng Long who was in the top three of Sun Dashan at that time. Unfortunately, Mafang Beiliulin was attacked. Unfortunately, Died in battle."
Zhang Cheng glared at him and said, "The youngest brother of Cheng Long's family is named Cheng Hu. He was bullied by a gangster in the town. Fortunately, Zhang Guangda heard the news and rescued him. Since his brother is your subordinate, today I will save him." Cheng Hu has assigned you to serve as a sergeant in the camp, and I hope you can train him rigorously so that he can inherit his brother's legacy as soon as possible, perform meritorious service in front of the battle, and bring glory to the lintel of the Cheng family."
Liu Quan answered the order loudly: "Please rest assured, Commander, Cheng Hu will be trained strictly in this humble position so that he can become the Commander-in-Chief's assistant as soon as possible."
Zhang Cheng smiled and nodded, then discussed some chores with everyone, and then left.
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In the 14th year of Chongzhen, on May 13th, the scorching sun was like fire, scorching the earth, and also scorching the sergeants on the south campus of Chicheng Castle. Although they were sweating, they were still well-dressed in military uniforms, and those sword and shield soldiers were wearing armor and holding Shield, the sergeants' slogans were accompanied by the roar of cannons and cannons.
According to Zhang Cheng's regulations, such intense training must ensure that the sergeants have three meals a day. Therefore, as noon was approaching, the battalion drills gradually stopped, and all the teams were already forming.
Although Jin Yong is only a guard in Chicheng now, everyone knows that he is likely to become the next camp commander, and they don't even know where Chicheng is?
This is the place where the general's family members live. How can someone other than the most trusted person of the general sit here? What's more, since Jin Yong followed the general, he has been suppressing thieves on the North Road. This time to support the suppression of Henan He also made many meritorious deeds.
It has long been rumored among the people that Zhang Guodong, the former Chicheng garrison, Chicheng battalion commander, and guerrilla general, will be promoted to the rank of staff general out of Zhenbei Road after returning from the Liaodong campaign.
Nowadays, everyone is speculating that Jin Yong will also follow Zhang Guodong's path and will become a general in the near future.
But Jin Yong himself felt as if he had enlightened himself since being educated by his clan uncle Jin Xinpeng that night. He eliminated all distracting thoughts and only conscientiously did what Zhang Cheng asked him to do.
Since the third day of May, he has been going to Zhang Cheng's wife Ji Xuanzhu to pay his respects every two days. Even though Ji Xuuzhu told him not to do so, he never stopped.
Moreover, he would go to the Procuratorate to seek instructions from his second wife, Yang Liying, on matters concerning the defense of the Red Castle, no matter how big or small. Even in the army, he would call Zhang Cheng's wife the mistress of the family and Zhang Cheng the master general.
This is what he can think of to do to be loyal to Zhang Cheng. Even if he has made up his mind to be loyal to Zhang Cheng, he will not care about other people's opinions and only do what he thinks is right. This is Jin Yong's simplest idea.
Therefore, he has become increasingly strict with his subordinates. According to Zhang Cheng's military order, his subordinates will be expanded into the "Yongwei Battalion", although for the time being, priority will be given to recruiting new soldiers for the Detachment of Women.
But Jin Yong is not only responsible for the garrison of Chi Castle, he is also the backbone of Zhang Cheng's defense on the North Road, so the newly recruited soldiers are also given priority to him.
There are now more than 1,900 sergeants in this large campus. They are a mixture of veterans and new warriors. Zheng Youjin, the former commander-in-chief of Division A, was promoted to Qian Commander-in-Chief of the Left Division, while Gao Chengshan, the commander-in-chief of Division B, was promoted to Qian Commander-in-Chief of the Right Division.
Almost all the officers at all levels in Jin Yong's original department were promoted directly to one level, and even the sergeants with outstanding performance were promoted to commanders.
For example, Li Erdan, the sword and shield soldier of the first team of the second division of the Jiasi Division who had made many meritorious deeds, was promoted to the commander of the cold soldier armor. Besides him, there were four other people in his armor who were veterans of the original army, and the rest They are all new heroes.
The bird gunner of the second team in the first round of Division A has become a three-horse player. Because of his accurate shooting of the fire gun and the blessing of military exploits, he is now also the leader of the first team.
The two of them didn't know each other well before, but they were both outstanding men in the army. They had received many awards for their meritorious service, and their names were well known in the army, so they naturally knew each other.
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After lunch that day, Li Erdan was basking in the sun on the campus with a "Beizhaguan" cigarette in his mouth, but Cheng Sanhu came over with a smile.
He carelessly picked up the cigarette box next to Li Erdan, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. Before he lit it, he teased: "Hey, Li Erdan, you are also a long-term armorer after all, so why not?" Smoking a cannon barrel."
Li Erdan glanced at him and said angrily: "What? If you don't like my cigarette, you can ask someone else to get it, and don't let it cause trouble for me!"
Cheng Sanhu didn't take it seriously. He took out his fire stick, blew on the flame and lit the cigarette in his mouth, and asked meaningfully: "Second fool, I didn't catch up with the battle to kill the Tatars. I feel very depressed." No?"
