Under the escort of the two thousand brave guard battalions, Zhu Cihong rode his horse, and after seeing Lu Xiangsheng, he took a long breath and said, "Finally arrived!" ”

The variables of history are really magical, Lu Xiangsheng was not trapped in Julu Artemisia Bridge, but was trapped in Anzhou in Baoding Prefecture, 30,000 Qing troops besieged and killed 5,000 Tianxiong troops after all, but fortunately, even if he came, Lu Xiangsheng was still there, and the Tianxiong army did not all die in battle.

Lu Xiangsheng was deeply surprised when he saw Zhu Cihong coming in person, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and greet him: "Lu Xiangsheng, the left attendant of the Ministry of Soldiers, meet His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness came to rescue him personally, and the ministers are terrified!" ”

Zhu Cihong turned over and dismounted, helped Lu Xiangsheng, who was still with feather arrows stuck in his body, and said, "Lu Qing, you are seriously injured, how can you make this great gift again!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng said respectfully: "The minister's injury is not serious, thank you for your concern!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the Tianwu Army behind Zhu Cihong, and his heart was moved, when the Tianxiong Army fought with the Yongwei Battalion, there were only 6,000 people in the Yongwei Battalion, and now there are tens of thousands.

What surprised Lu Xiangsheng the most was that the number of Tianwu troops had increased several times, but the military discipline and military appearance had not decreased, and they remained the same.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, forgive the ministers for taking the liberty, how many people are there in the Tianwu Army now?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "The Tianwu Army has 60,000 regular soldiers and 60,000 baggage soldiers, which can be regarded as 120,000!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's eyelids couldn't help but twitch a few times, and the faces of the generals of the Tianwu Army were also quite exciting, this kind of strong army, such a number, I am afraid that the Tartars will overturn this time.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao came on horseback and asked, "Your Highness, is our army pursuing Jiannu?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Don't chase first, order Long Xiang not to keep an eye on them at night, all the departments will set up camp first, take a little rest, and the medical soldiers in the army will be transferred out to treat the wounded soldiers of the Tianxiong Army." ”

Since you're here, are you still afraid that Jiannu won't be able to run away? Tens of thousands of Tartars can't run away if they want to!

According to Zhu Cihong's inference, the Tartars will definitely set up camp nearby, and during this period, they will send people to reconnoiter and test the Tianwu Army, and if they feel that the Tianwu Army is weak, they will definitely turn around and fight.

When he set up camp, Lu Xiangsheng saw the heavy soldiers of the Tianwu Army busy transporting grain and building camp tents, and he was very surprised, and he was slightly shocked in his heart: These soldiers are just the baggage soldiers of the Tianwu Army?

These soldiers are not the same in terms of physique and feeling, even if they are placed in the families of the generals of the nine sides, they are not weak existences, how can they just be heavy soldiers working in the Tianwu Army?

Lu Xiangsheng was very puzzled and decided to find a time to ask the crown prince for advice.

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In the big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals gathered, Zhu Cihong looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Let this palace introduce Lu Qing to the generals of our army!" ”

Zhu Cihong said that he was introduced, but in fact, he asked the generals in the army to introduce themselves, and he would not really think that he was introduced by customer service one by one.

Zhou Yuji took the lead and said: "The last general, Zhou Yuji, is the commander of the third division of the Tianwu Army, and he has seen Lord Lu!" ”

The generals of the Tianxiong Army were a little curious, and they didn't know what the division commander was, but Lu Xiangsheng was very knowledgeable, and he understood as soon as he heard it, the Tianwu Army was imitating the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasty to implement the initial division and brigade system, and the name of the military position did not matter, the most important thing was to look at the distribution of arms and the final combat effectiveness of the army.

Immediately after that, the brigade commanders of each division successively made a brief introduction, and the generals of the Tianxiong Army also introduced themselves, Lu Xiangkun and Lu Xiangtong Zhu Cihong had already met, and they all died in Julu with Lu Xiangsheng in history.

Not long after, a man who did not collect the night shouted good news, and quickly entered the tent, he knelt down on one knee and gasped and reported loudly: "Your Royal Highness, the commander of the Mao Brigade sent a good news from Gaoyang, and the third brigade of the third division of our army completely annihilated all the men and horses of the red flag, killing a total of 8,000 enemies, and killing the lord of the red flag Yue Tuo and the deputy general Du Du!" ”

"What? The slave thief was wiped out with a red flag? ”

"Yue Tuo was killed?"

Everyone in the tent was shocked, and some didn't believe it, Yue Tuo was the commander of the right-wing army of this war, and his status was second only to Dolgon, and even higher than Prince Zheng Zierharang, why was he beheaded?

Even Zhu Cihong was surprised, this Mao Yuanyi did it too neatly! It's a snatch!

Zhu Cihong took the battle report and read it carefully, Mao Yuanyi first wiped out more than 3,000 Tartars besieging Gaoyang, and then completely annihilated the 5,000 Manchurian soldiers with red flags.

After Lu Xiangsheng took the battle report and read it carefully, the shock and excitement on his face could not be concealed, and he shouted loudly: "Well done, kill 8,000 enemies, including two Baylors and three Beizi, General Mao greatly boosted the prestige of my Ming army!" ”

He stood up and said, "Congratulations for Daming, congratulations for His Highness, congratulations for Tianwu Army!" ”

All the generals in the camp shouted in unison: "Congratulations for Daming, congratulations for His Highness, congratulations for Tianwu Army!" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Okay, the whole camp will set up a banquet, one is to celebrate the repulsion of the Tartars, and the other is to celebrate the annihilation of the red flag!" ”

Then the whole camp held a feast, and the pot was set up, and the whole camp was busy.

In the big tent, Lu Xiangsheng stood up, raised his wine glass and said to the generals of the Tianwu Army: "Lu is a generation of Tianxiong Army soldiers, respect for the generals' assistance!" ”

The generals of the Tianxiong Army also said: "I respect the generals for their assistance!" ”

Saying that they drank it all, the generals of the Tianwu Army were not pretentious, they also drank it all, and everything was in the wine.

The camp was full of anger, and there were steaming cauldrons everywhere, in which some captured wounded or dead Qing army war horses were boiled, as well as hot rice porridge, flour cakes, and other food.

The Tianxiong army everyone gulped down the freshly cooked meat, and they didn't care whether it was hot or not, they stuffed it directly into their mouths, which was very rude, and some people even threw away their chopsticks and grabbed the meat directly, which was very indecent.

Not only in the camp, but even in the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals of the Tianxiong Army completely disregarded the image of eating and drinking, and Lu Xiangsheng was embarrassed.

A brigade commander of the Tianwu Army patted the general of the Tianxiong Army beside him and said, "Brother, slow down, how long have you not eaten?" ”

The general's mouth was full of meat, and he chewed vigorously for a while, and then he replied, "I haven't eaten anything hot for three days!" ”

Zhu Cihong ate very elegantly, he slowly drank the broth, and suddenly said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Lu Qing, I heard that your army has been short of food and grass, I don't know if this matter is true or false?" ”

Everyone in the tent was quiet, Lu Xiangsheng put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said: "Back to Your Highness, most of the grain and grass of the people in the headquarters are secretly relieved by the soldiers of Xuanda......."

Lu Xiangkun couldn't help but say: "Back to Your Highness, the governor of Baoding has never given us grain and grass, and even Grandpa Gao has not allocated us grain and grass!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng shouted in a deep voice: "Mouthy! ”

Zhu Cihong frowned, Baoding patrolled Zhang Qiping, it seems that he is tired of life! Actually cut off the food and grass for the soldiers and horses fighting on the front line? And high diving, how much alcohol do you have to drink to do this kind of thing?

Zhu Cihong opened his mouth and asked, "Lu Qing, is this really the case?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Maybe Governor Zhang also has difficulties. ”

Lu Xiangkun and Lu Xiangtong were anxious, they both knew that the governor of Baoding, including the officials of Beizhili, knew that the relationship between the eldest brother Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Gonggong and Yang Buge was not good, so they secretly stumbled, not only did not give grain and grass, but also gave priority to Gao Qiqian and distributed it by him.

Zhu Cihong said: "This palace will send someone to investigate this matter, and the grain and grass from the Tianxiong Army in recent days will be provided by the Tianwu Army." ”

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly thanked him, temporarily relieved by the grain and grass problem that had plagued him for many days.

The general in charge of logistics said: "Your Highness, our army's food and grass are less than ten days. ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Xu Sheng, go and pass on the decree of the palace, let Zhang Qiping, the governor of Baoding, send 10,000 stone of grain within ten days, and tell him that if he is late for one grain a day, let him carry his head!" ”

No matter what happened to the governor of Baoding, now that the Tianwu army is short of food, and it is still in Baoding Mansion, he must fulfill the responsibility of providing grain and grass.

Once the stone hammer is hammered by the governor of Baoding, Zhu Cihong will not hesitate to cut him off, so as to deter those civil officials from all over the country who are dragging their feet.