While resettling the refugees, Zhu Cihong also prepared to expand the Yinglong army in Wuchang and establish the third and fourth armies of the Yinglong army.

Ying Longjun barracks, Zhou Cao smiled and walked into a big tent.

"Three brothers, the emperor summoned you and others, come with me and go to see the emperor immediately." Zhou Cao said to the three brothers Yan Yingyuan.

Yan Yingyuan and others came to Wuchang a month ago, and Zhu Cihong was busy with the resettlement of refugees, so he only met them in a hurry, and after a few words of encouragement, he threw them into the Yinglong army camp and told Zhou Cao Haosheng to take care of them.

Zhou Cao had long known the achievements of Yan Yingyuan and others in Tai'an, and was deeply admired, and at the same time, seeing that the emperor placed them in the military camp of Yinglong Army, he also vaguely guessed the emperor's thoughts, and knew that Yan Yingyuan's future was not worse than his own, so although his current official rank was much higher than Yan Yingyuan, he did not dare to hold it up, and as soon as they met, he called Yan Yingyuan and the three brothers brothers.

And Yan Yingyuan and the three of them had also witnessed the powerful combat power of the Ying Long Army, and they were all envious. These days when I lived in the barracks of the Ying Long Army, I mixed with the soldiers of the Ying Long Army almost every day, and I had long been in a relationship, always thinking about when I could become a member of the Ying Long Army.

"Brother Zhou, do you know why the emperor summoned the three of us?" Feng Houdun asked.

"You'll find out later." Zhou Cao smiled mysteriously, although he could guess, he would not say it at this time.

The three brothers Yan Yingyuan glanced at each other, followed Zhou Cao to the post house where Zhu Cihong was staying.

Walking on the road, Feng Houdun suddenly pulled Yan Yingyuan's clothes and whispered: "Big brother, in my opinion, the emperor will definitely reward us for his meritorious deeds when he summons us this time, do you say that we should ask the emperor to let us join the Yinglong army." ”

Feng Houdun's heart itched, the combat power of the Ying Long Army and the temperament of the army all attracted him, if he could be a small flag general in the Ying Long Army, no, he was willing to be an ordinary soldier.

Not only did Feng Houdun think so, Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu also dreamed of joining the Ying Long Army, and the three brothers had already made a decision and smiled at each other.

The three brothers were led by Zhou Cao to the post house to meet them.

"Yan Yingyuan, the lieutenant of Tai'an County, see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" As soon as Yan Yingyuan came in, he immediately knelt on the ground to pay homage, and Feng Houdun and Chen Mingyu also followed Yan Yingyuan to worship together.

"The three Aiqing are flat!" Zhu Cihong smiled, looking at the three of them and nodded secretly, after a month of recuperation, the three brothers are no longer as pale as when they first arrived in Wuchang, they are all full of energy, their spirits are flying, and they look quite brave.

"Emperor Xie!"

"Go and wait for a while, and another person will come, and then the ministers will announce something to you." Yan Yingyuan Tai'an fought a battle, and undoubtedly passed Zhu Cihong's test, but with great talent, Zhu Cihong decided to reuse the three brothers.

Although Yan Yingyuan and the three of them had doubts, they immediately stepped aside respectfully.

After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties, with a stout figure, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a general's armor, walked in, his steps were vigorous, and he wanted to be domineering.

"The last general Huang Degong, see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" The person who came was Huang Degong.

"Huang Aiqing is exempt!" Zhu Cihong said gently.

On the side, Yan Yingyuan and the others were shocked, it turned out that this person was the famous Luzhou general soldier Huang Degong! Immediately I was in awe.

When Huang Degong stood up, Zhu Cihong pointed to the three brothers of Yan Yingyuan and introduced him with a smile: "Huang Aiqing, these three people are called Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu and Feng Houdun, I think you should have heard of it, you should get to know each other first." ”

Although the first battle of Tai'an was not as tragic as the two battles of Jiujiang and Anqing, it was also famous all over the world, Huang Degong naturally heard of Yan Yingyuan and the three of them, and he also admired the three of them very much, and he did not hold it big, and arched his hand to the three of them with a smile.

The three brothers of Yan Yingyuan hurriedly returned the salute.

After a few people got to know each other, Zhu Cihong spoke: "A few Aiqing must wonder why I summoned you and others here together, I won't beat around the bush, I plan to expand my pro-army Yinglong Army in the near future, establish the third and fourth armies, plan to appoint Huang Aiqing as the commander of the Third Army, Yan Aiqing as the commander of the Fourth Army, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun, the two of you are Yan Aiqing's brothers, so continue to be Yan Aiqing's right-hand man, and follow Yan Aiqing to take charge of the Fourth Army, you can have any objections!" ”

The three brothers Yan Yingyuan and Huang Degong were all stunned, and Zhou Cao nodded so on the side, indicating that he expected it well.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable, the ministers are sparse and shallow, how can they be the commander of the first army of the Dragon Army, just ask the emperor to give a thousand general positions, and the ministers will be satisfied." Yan Yingyuan hurriedly excused himself and lived in the barracks of the Ying Long Army for a month, he knew very well that the commander of the Ying Long Army had a rank equivalent to the general army of a town, he was originally just a small county lieutenant, and the emperor actually promoted him to the general soldier in one leap, and he was promoted to more than eight levels in a row, there was no such precedent in the entire Ming Dynasty, how could he dare to accept it!

"Yan Aiqing don't want to shirk, Yinglong Army is a pro-army established by me, I said that since I decided to appoint Yan Aiqing as the commander of the new Fourth Army, I believe in Yan Aiqing's ability, Aiqing is not afraid to take the position of this army commander first, if Aiqing really does not have the ability to control an army in the future, I will not let it go, and I will definitely withdraw this position!" Zhu Cihong smiled faintly.

"This, the minister obeys! Thank you for the emperor's love, and in the future, you will do your best for the emperor, and then die! After Yan Yingyuan paused, he knelt down to thank him, after all, the emperor said so, and he didn't know how to advance or retreat.

Feng Houdun and Chen Mingyu followed Yan Yingyuan, their faces were full of surprise, they wanted to be satisfied if they could join the Ying Long Army, but they never imagined that the emperor would be so courageous, and suddenly appointed their eldest brother as the head of the Ying Long Army, and even the two of them climbed to the sky in one step, it was no different from a pie in the sky, and they were almost fainted.

The real emperor's grace is immense! Yan Yingyuan and the three of them sighed in their hearts, and vowed to be loyal to the emperor wholeheartedly in the future, and only obeyed the emperor's orders.

"Your Majesty, the last general is also willing!" Huang Degong and the others thanked Yan Yingyuan and the others, and immediately expressed their position.

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, but immediately said seriously: "Huang Aiqing can not be in a hurry to answer me, Huang Aiqing was originally the chief soldier in control of the 150,000 army, and my Yinglong army only has 15,000 people in each army, I am afraid that Huang Aiqing will be wronged, if Huang Aiqing is unwilling, I will not blame Huang Aiqing, and I will also re-form an army of 150,000 for Huang Aiqing." ”

Huang Degong's heart was shocked, and he immediately said without hesitation: "The last general doesn't need to think about it, the last general is willing to serve as the commander of the third army of the Yinglong Army, and ask the emperor to fulfill it." ”

Huang Degong is not stupid, the combat power of the Ying Long Army, he also witnessed it with his own eyes, not to mention the 150,000 army, even 200,000 He is willing to give up and lead the third army of the Ying Long Army, and there is a more important point worth his consideration, Ying Long Army is undoubtedly the emperor's absolute confidant and pro-army, and being able to serve as the commander of one of the armies proves that he has the emperor's trust, what is more important than the emperor's trust, Huang Degong naturally knows the trade-off.

"Okay, hahahaha! Huang Aiqing is relieved that he really won my heart, but Aiqing has also made great contributions in this war, and I will not treat Aiqing badly, and I will specially seal Aiqing as Jing Nanbo. Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"The last general, Emperor Xie, Longen!" Huang Degong thanked him.

With the establishment of the third and fourth armies of the Yinglong Army, Zhu Cihong ordered the recruitment of soldiers. Due to the recent arrival of millions of refugees in Hubei, there is absolutely enough troops here, and the news of Yinglongjun's recruitment immediately caused a sensation.

Not only because of the generous treatment of Ying Longjun, but also because of the prestige of Ying Longjun's successive victories, the number of people who came to sign up was hundreds of thousands, Zhu Cihong's eyes jumped after hearing this, although Ying Longjun wanted to build two new armies, but Huang Degong already had 10,000 elites in a hundred battles, not counting the more than 170 people brought by Yan Yingyuan from Tai'an, Ying Longjun only recruited 20,000 people at most, almost to the point of 1 out of 20.

Ying Longjun still adopted the method of standing in a military posture to select soldiers this time, those who passed the assessment were extremely excited, and those who eliminated were depressed, but these did not affect Ying Longjun's selection of 20,000 elites.

The third and fourth armies of the Yinglong Army were established, and Zhu Cihong transferred 1,000 men from Zhou Cao's second army to serve as instructors and began a three-month basic training.

Just when Zhu Cihong was in full swing to govern Hubei and train the new army, the Manchu Qing finally transported nearly 100 red-coated cannons to the city of Tongguan, preparing to officially attack Tongguan, which has been established for more than 2,000 years.

Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong was not willing to be lonely, after defeating the governor of Sichuan again, the troops besieged Lizhou, where Qin Liangyu was located, and at the same time sent a large western army of 100,000 people to quietly go out of Sichuan from Shu Road, and went straight to Wuchang, menacing.

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