As July approached, Luoyang City seemed a little stuffy, and ice cubes were placed in the main rooms of King Zheng's Mansion to relieve the heat. Liu Xia got the Nanyang emergency report, and only felt that something bad was going to happen, so he said to Chen Liu: "Wu Sangui's big move this time will definitely not be normal." I just don't know what he's going to do. ”

Chen Liudao: "Nanyang is a place where grain is produced, and it is also a place of outstanding people, with countless talents. Wu Sangui won Xiangyang, and it would be easy to attack Nanyang. We had to guard against it. Now it is gratifying that it has not been saved, but Wu Sangui has been allowed to occupy Xiangyang. It is said that Wu Sangui Chen soldiers 50,000 in Xiangyang City. On the other hand, our Pingbei Army only left 5,000 men and horses here, and if Wu Sangui attacked, it would definitely be difficult to defend. Moreover, Nanyang is far away from Luoyang, and if there is a change, it will take time to send a letter to Luoyang, I am afraid that by the time we issue an order, Wu Sangui has already occupied Nanyang. ”

Liu Xia listened to Chen Liu's words and knew that what he said was reasonable, it would take two days to come and go, and two days would be enough to break Nanyang. It seems that a more advanced command post needs to be set up in Nanyang and other places. Additional troops are also needed.

Said: "This king intends to transfer the second regiment of the pro-guard brigade and expand it into the Iron Wolf Guard, with 5,000 personnel. The 2nd Regiment of the Pro-Guard Brigade was reorganized. Shang Chuang, the deputy commander of the Iron Eagle Guard, was transferred to the command and awarded the Yangwei School. The commander of the second regiment served as the deputy commander and awarded Yang Yong Colonel. The deputy commander of the 2nd Regiment took over the post of regiment commander, rebuilt the 2nd Regiment of the Guards, and awarded Yang Yong Colonel. The commander of the first regiment was transferred to the deputy commander of the Iron Eagle Guard. ”

Chen Liudao: "In this way, there are three guards and one brigade in Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion, with a total of 23,000 people. If it is not difficult to resist Wu Sangui, but after all, it is far away, and if it is commanded in Luoyang, it will definitely be difficult. ”

Liu Xia had already thought of countermeasures, in the 21st century, Luoyang and Nanyang were very close, and it would not take more than a few hours to make a train and car, but now it is the 15th century. It is necessary to find a chief general in the south and control the military power to deal with emergencies.

I saw Liu Xia take out a piece of paper from his arms and read: "Promote the commander of the Wolf Howling Brigade to make Ma Peng a general, and award the Yue cavalry general." Command the Wolf Howling Brigade, the Sky Wolf Guard, the Thousand Bull Guard, and the Iron Wolf Guard. The formation of the Kuiwolf Legion, numbered the First Army. Ma Peng was the commander of the capital. Wang En, Meng Yu, and Chen Liu awarded the Yue cavalry. Chen Liu went to the Kuiwolf Legion from now on to serve as the temporary commander-in-chief army to guard against the arrival of Wu Sangui's army. ”

Chen Liu, Wang En, Meng Yu and other people present were all happy when they heard about the appointment, and they were naturally happy when they were promoted to the next level.

"The Kuiwolf Legion guards the south and resists Wu Sangui from going north. There is no fixed garrison, as long as there are enemy troops in the south, they can go to defend it. ”

In addition, Wang Shishi, the commander of the pro-guard brigade, was appointed as the general of the Yue cavalry, commanding the pro-guard brigade and the garrison regiments of various provinces in Henan, and at the same time closely monitoring the movements of Shanxi. and secretly sent troops to gradually cross the Yellow River and enter Shanxi. ”

After hearing this, Wang Shishi's face was as usual, and he got up and bowed: "Your subordinates receive orders!" ”

"Now that this is the case, if there are other movements, let's talk about it for the time being. Let's all go down! ”

The next day, Chen Liubian hurried to Luoshan in Runing Mansion with a few personal guards, at this time Ma Peng of the Wolf Howling Brigade had already realized that Wu Sangui was unusual, but before he could tell Liu Xia, Chen Liu came today.

Seeing Chen Liu's arrival, Ma Peng hurriedly went out of the city twenty miles to greet him, and said with a smile after seeing Chen Liu: "The military advisor is tired all the way!" Chen Liu got down from the carriage and said with a smile: "Where, where, sitting on the sedan chair, it's not too tiring." On the other hand, the commander of the envoy went twenty miles out of the city to pick him up, and he was bound to suffer along the way. ”

"All the commanders? This is......? Liu Xiana's appointment letter was being held in Chen Liu's arms at this time, Ma Peng naturally didn't know that he had been promoted, and when he heard Chen Liu call him so, he was naturally puzzled. Chen Liu immediately took out the appointment letter from his body and said, "This is the general's appointment letter, and now you have been promoted to the general of the Yue cavalry, the real general." You see, on my shoulder, it is different from others, this is the rank of general of the Yue cavalry. Ma Peng had an epiphany and said with a smile: "In this way, I will no longer be ashamed to be called a general, he was a captain at the time, and now he has become a general." It's a great joy that the military advisor went back to the barracks with me, and returned drunk today. ”

Chen Liu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, the commander is not allowed to drink, I didn't come here today just to announce the promotion order given to you by the prince, there are other important things." Ma Peng wondered: "I don't know what it is?" Chen Liu looked around and said, "Let's go back to the barracks and talk about it." Ma Peng naturally understood and said, "Okay, return to the camp quickly." ”

After that, Chen Liu boarded the carriage again, and Ma Peng rode his horse and rushed to the Luoshan military camp. When he arrived at Luoshan, Chen Liu got out of the carriage and followed Ma Peng to the meeting hall, and Ma Peng called several generals. At this time, Chen Liufang said: "A few days ago, Wu Sangui of Huguang acted strangely, and even broke through Shang Kexi, beheading Shang Kexi to show the public, and now Nanyang also has a great threat. I all think that when Wu Sangui tidies up the army, horses, grain and grass, he will launch an attack on our army. So he arranged for me to come to help the general. Ma Peng frowned when he heard this, and his face looked a little angry when he mentioned Wu Sangui, and said: "He was Wu Sangui who killed Brother Niu when he was a year, and he didn't go to seek revenge on him, but he dared to attack us again, which is really a great crime." Rest assured, my wolf howling brigade will definitely let him come and go. ”

Chen Liu listened, fanned the fan, and said: "The commander of the capital is wrong, now you are the commander of the capital, the general will leave the left and right Qianniuwei, the wolf howling brigade, the sky wolf guard, and the iron wolf guard that is being formed, the three guards and one brigade, more than 20,000 men and horses to the general. Awarded the title, Kuiwolf Legion, the first army. Now in the Pingbei Army, the general commands the most troops. ”

Ma Peng listened to this, and his heart was very happy, who doesn't want to be promoted to knighthood? Ma Peng couldn't help but sigh, he was just a small soldier before, but now he has become a general in charge of 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he can't help but be proud in his heart, but he doesn't dare to be too proud and complacent, and Jiang Xin's deeds are still fresh in his memory. It's been a few years.

Ma Peng stood up and bowed to the north: "Thank you for your love, your subordinates will definitely not disappoint." Then he turned to Na Chen Liu and said: "Please also ask the military advisor to go back and tell the prince, even if you die in battle, you will not retreat half a step." Wu Sangui will definitely be blocked in Xinyang! Chen Liu said with a smile: "The general will go to arrange the affairs of the army, this time it is better to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to familiarize themselves with it first, that day the wolf guard guards Nanyang, if Wu Sangui's 50,000 soldiers and horses are suddenly killed, it will be difficult to prevent." Ma Peng said in a condensed voice: "Why don't you transfer Qianniuwei to Nanyang to resist Wu Sangui's army with the Heavenly Wolf Guard." Wait until the Iron Wolf Guard arrives, and then work with the Wolf Howling Brigade to defend against foreign enemies in Runing Mansion. ”

Chen Liu shook the feather fan in his hand and said with a smile: "That's very good." ”

Huguang, after Wu Sangui broke through Xiangyang City, and then left 20,000 soldiers and horses, he led 30,000 people to leave, his main target is Runing Mansion, if the enemy army defending Luoshan is broken, you can directly receive the East Henan Plain, after Wu Sangui's intelligence, Liu Xia's large number of main station troops are only in Runing Mansion, Nanyang Mansion, Zhangde Mansion, Luoyang Mansion and other places, as for Ruzhou Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion, Guide Mansion These three big mansions, except for some local city gate guards, there is no troops.

In this way, if you break the defense line of Runing Mansion, you can drive in. At the same time, the Qing army in the north broke through the defense line of Zhangde Mansion, and the two armies directly controlled Henan and approached Luoyang. At that time, Liu Xia would not be able to turn over at all by relying on Luoyang's 8,000 personal guard brigades.

Wu Sangui naturally knew that Liu Xia had deployed the Xiongshi Brigade, the Iron Eagle Guard, and the Iron Fist Brigade in the western region, but they were far away, and it would be difficult for them to help. Wu Sangui didn't care at all.

After two days of traveling, Wu Sangui had already led the army to De'an Mansion, which was at the junction of Runing Mansion. Approaching Xinyang Prefecture, and before that, Wu Sangui had sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend Xinyang Prefecture and the Wolf Howling Brigade was deadlocked, and at this time he led 30,000 troops to come, with a strength of 35,000 men and horses. It was three or four times as many as Luoshan's troops at this time. However, Wu Sangui has not yet received news from the northern Tatars, so he only rests in De'an Mansion.