Li Yan was not idle here, when Li Zicheng had not crossed the Yellow River, that is, on the third day of the first lunar month, while the Yellow River was still frozen and solid, he asked Qian Er to cross the river from Guide Mansion with the Kaisu troops, and directly attack Cao County and Shan County. し鳳\凰\ Update fast Please search

The people of Shandong are also looking forward to Li Yan's early arrival. They had long known that Li Yan was distributing land to the people in Henan, but they didn't dare to believe it. When the fleeing people returned, they said it as they had seen it with their own eyes, and the people believed it.

If there are young Ding Zhuang in the family, they are all smiling. They knew that Li Yan would definitely fight to Shandong, because the Yuyuan Army, which had been in Shandong for many years, was wiped out by Li Yan.

Although the military discipline of the Yuyuan Righteous Army is not bad, it is also compared to the officers and soldiers. Compared with Li Yan, it is far inferior. No matter how good the Yuyuan Army is, it is a thief after all, and it is always necessary to burn, kill and loot. But in Henan, as long as you pay 30% of the harvest on time, you don't have to pay other servitudes, and that life is really enviable to them.

After Qian Er crossed the river, there was no fighting, so Cao County and Shan County were taken, and the defenders of the county town all surrendered with the door open. Their only battle was to exterminate a group of more than 200 bandits in the mountains and forests of Shanxian County under the leadership of the people. After sending a message to Guide, they continued their march north. Guide will send people to take over the place, and they will only attack the city and plunder the land.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, after confirming that Li Zicheng crossed the Yellow River with a large army and went to Shanxi, Li Yan asked Li Mu to also march east with the 10,000 troops and cavalry assembled in advance, and take Jining down with Qian Er.

Li Yan himself sat in Puzhou, waiting for the arrival of other troops, and waiting for the artillery to come. Now the artillery units are ready and waiting for the new artillery.

This time, the artillery workshop cast a total of forty four-inch guns, as well as eight four-and-a-half-inch guns. Now it has entered the stage of testing artillery, and as long as it passes the inspection, it will immediately equip the troops.

The artillerymen were at the test site in Qixian County, and they had been stepping up their training with a four-inch gun and a four-and-a-half-inch gun. The caliber of artillery has become larger, and more personnel are needed. The main thing is that after the artillery uses a backward slide to reduce recoil, two additional people are needed to push the gun back into place.

The artillerymen trained very seriously, and Wang Renjie also kept a close eye on it. Artillery is the operational fulcrum of their troops, and if the troops are without artillery, the combat effectiveness of the entire unit will be reduced by at least half. Therefore, he had to familiarize these artillerymen with the new artillery as soon as possible, so as not to affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

To say that he is really a bit unworthy of the name of the commander of the artillery unit, he is now in charge of the training of artillery. Once the artillery is trained, he is transferred to various units under the command of the commander of his infantry unit, who is rarely able to command artillery units.

Li Yan could only wait for news from the county about the cannon, but now he was the messenger who wanted to see Liu Zeqing. The person who came was a cousin of Liu Zeqing, as if he had read a book for a few days.

"The villain has seen Li Dashuai." The person who came respectfully hugged his fist and saluted Li Yan.

Li Yan asked bluntly: "Liu Zeqing asked you to come, why did you come?"

The envoy said respectfully: "My marshal wants to ask Li Dashuai what he means, why did he suddenly attack Shandong."

"Shandong, I want it." Li Yan said lightly.

The envoy saw that Li Yan was so confident, so he followed Liu Zeqing's explanation and said: "My family marshal asks Li Dashuai to raise his noble hand, Jining, Dongping, Dongchang and other eastern prefectures, Li Dashuai can take it." In other places, Li Dashuai will leave it to my family. ”

Li Yan shook his head and said, "You go back and tell him that I want the whole territory of Shandong." Whether he fights or goes, decides for himself. If I'm willing to surrender, I'll accept it. ”

"Li Dashuai," the envoy clenched his fists and said threateningly, "Although our Liu Dashuai has few soldiers, there are still 30,000 people. Why should Li Dashuai force everyone to carve out the territory and get along peacefully, wouldn't it be better?"

Li Yan sneered: "Okay, I know." You just need to go back and convey my words to Liu Zeqing, there is nothing else to talk about. ”

The messenger had no choice but to take his leave and leave. He wanted to say a few tough words, but Liu Zeqing himself didn't dare to start a war with Li Yan, and whatever cruel words he said were just self-inflicted humiliation.

When Liu Zeqing's envoy left, Li Yan called Huang Desheng in.

"Dashuai." Huang Desheng hugged his fists and saluted. He had just arrived in the morning with 10,000 men, and he knew that he was calling him over now to assign him a mission. At the same time, he also wanted a few four-inch guns, after all, the larger the caliber, the more powerful it was. As for the weight, he didn't care, as long as he could keep up with the troops.

Li Yan was not polite, and directly ordered: "This time, the task of your department is to be responsible for exterminating the bandits in the occupied areas, and to cooperate with our officials in allocating fields, establishing farms, and completing the compilation of household registration and fish scale books. ”

Huang Desheng was a little surprised, and asked puzzled for a while: "Marshal, did you mistake our troops, how could they be used to garrison the place?"

Li Yan patted Huang Desheng on the shoulder and said, "Every army must have the opportunity to exercise, and the credit can't be taken by a few of you." There will be many battles in the future, and there will be credit, don't rush at this time, do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood. The lowly duty must fulfill his duties and complete any instructions of the good commander. Although he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, he still resolutely accepted the order. He knew that what Li Yan said was reasonable, and he also knew that Li Yan liked his subordinates who could execute orders well. Even if the task of guarding the place is completed, as long as it is completed, the credit will not be lost at all.

Li Yan was very satisfied with Huang Desheng's attitude. After that, he said: "The current artillery gap of the troops is very large, and twelve three-inch guns have been transferred from you for the use of other troops." I'll send you some more Tiger Squat Cannons, as well as small-caliber Frankie Cannons, to suppress bandits and suppress the rebellion, which is enough. ”

"Understand, I will prepare as soon as I go back." Huang Desheng still agreed loudly.

Li Yan instructed: "I also want to remind you. In this crackdown on bandits, it is necessary to capture more prisoners and kill fewer wounds. Of course, those who are stubborn and incurable must also be resolutely dealt with, so as not to affect our use of them. ”

"The lowly duty is written." Huang Desheng nodded. In fact, without Li Yan's instructions, they all know what to do. They now have more than 50,000 prisoners, and these captives are doing the repair of roads and river embankments in Henan. Most of the ruined county towns were rebuilt by the captives. For them, captives seem to have become a rare free labor, and naturally the more the better.

"The troops will repair for a day and set off the day after tomorrow. Go back and get ready to go. Li Yan commanded with satisfaction.

Huang Desheng clenched his fists: "Obey the order, and the subordinates will retire." ”

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