The brigade was still marching on the road, and Wu Ping had already sent people to Ye County to inform Chen Yue of the situation.

After listening to the report of the visitor, Chen Yue nodded slightly, and felt a little emotional in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Bai Guangen was still thinking about dying when he reached a dead end, as for Tang Tong stabbing Bai Guangen in the back with a counterattack, it was a matter of course, which was very in line with Tang Tong's cowardly character.

But this is also good, at least the time to deal with these 100,000 or so green battalions will be greatly reduced. If it really resists, it will not be difficult to defeat, but it will always waste a lot of time.

It's December now, and although there have been years of drought in the north these years, no one can guarantee that there will be a heavy snowfall. In Shandong, which is already mountainous and hilly, a heavy snowfall will block the road and cause great difficulties for the march.

With the surrender of Tang Tong's army, Jiaodong was completely pacified, and then he could concentrate on solving Hong Chengchou.

Dengzhou is more than 100 miles away from Ye County, and on the second day after receiving the news, Wu Ping had already rushed to Ye County with a large army, and Chen Yue personally greeted Yu Ye County outside the city.

"Young Master!" Wu Ping knelt down in front of Chen Yue, looking up at Chen Yue with his face up, his excitement overflowing. For Wu Ping, in addition to his sister Wu Wan'er, Chen Yue is the closest in this world.

"You've grown taller and thinner, but you've become a real general, and your sister will be very pleased to see you now."

Pulling Wu Ping up, looking at this young man who was almost the same height as himself, Chen Yue sighed with emotion. The stubborn teenager in the hands of the traffickers has grown up completely.

He fought alone in Shandong for more than a year, occupied the territory of the two provinces of Denglai, and his army expanded to 780,000 troops, resisting the attack of hundreds of thousands of green battalion soldiers for half a year. Wu Ping, the former family member, has grown up completely to be able to take charge of himself!

"My sister, my sister, is she okay?" Wu Ping asked tremblingly, he hadn't seen his sister Wu Wan'er for more than a year.

"She's very good, I sent someone to take her from Dongfan Island to Nanjing a few months ago......," Chen Yue smiled.

……

When the army entered the camp that had been prepared in the city, Chen Yue brought Wu Ping into the line, and Wu Ping officially reported the situation in Dengzhou to Chen Yue, and recounted the experience of the past year in detail.

In fact, Chen Yue also knew very well about the situation in Dengzhou, because Wu Ping's core officers and generals were all sent from Dongfan, and information about Dengzhou was sent to Nanjing every month......

"Most of the surrendered Green Battalion soldiers were placed in Dengzhou, their weapons were confiscated, and the officers were also brought over by me, and I also left 10,000 troops in Dengzhou to guard them, and there was absolutely no chaos.

There are so many of these surrendered Green Battalion soldiers that I don't know what to do with them. Wu Ping finally said.

"You don't have to worry about the surrendered green battalion soldiers, Gu Junen will soon arrive in Ye County, and I will appoint him as the governor of Denglai to deal with the affairs of the prisoners."

"Gu Junen is the governor of Denglai, what about Li Yanzhi? Mr. Li has made a great contribution in the past year, and without him, there would be no current situation. Wu Ping was a little anxious, in his opinion, Li Yanzhi was the best candidate for the governor of Denglai.

"Li Yanzhi is a great talent, when it is useful, don't worry, I won't treat him badly." Chen Yue soothed: "Li Yanzhi was originally from Jiaodong, and it is not suitable to patrol Denglai again, so let him take the position of supervising the army first, and be responsible for the food and salary of the army." When I have made some military achievements, I will vigorously promote him to the imperial court, and it will not be a problem to serve as the governor of a province in the future. ”

The position of the superintendent of the army's grain and grass is very important, and Wu Ping was very happy to see that Chen Yue attached so much importance to Li Yanzhi.

"By the way, Tang Tong was also brought by me, do you want to meet him, prince?" Wu Pingdao.

Chen Yue thought for a moment and nodded, "They are all old friends, Tang Tong can be regarded as a meritorious achievement this time, of course I want to meet." ”

"The criminal minister Tang Tong has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi!" As soon as he was ushered into the lobby, Tang Tong immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Yue.

"Oh, Brother Tang Tong, they are all old friends, there was a horse spoon brother in a pot back then, why bother with this big gift!" Chen Yue was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Tang Tong up.

"The elegance of King Qi really makes Tang Tong ashamed!" Seeing that Chen Yue was so polite, Tang Tong's heart relaxed a little, and he hurriedly complimented. Looking at Chen Yue in front of him, thinking about the situation when he led the army to chase and kill the retreating Eight Banners soldiers in Jizhou, at that time he was already the general army of a town with tens of thousands of troops, and Chen Yue was just a seven-grade soldier with only a few thousand troops.

However, the years have passed for only a few years, and the former seven-grade soldiers have been torn apart and crowned as kings, holding an army of a country, but he has become a prisoner of the defeated army.

"Brother Tang Tong can repent, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and did not follow Bai Guangen's house to continue to make trouble, this king is deeply grateful, and now I am in the Ming Dynasty to eliminate the civil strife, it is the time when the country is strong, on the other hand, it is full of internal and external strife. Our Ming army defeated Manchu, and the recovery of the Beijing division was just around the corner. Chen Yue said.

"With your mighty King Qi, you will definitely be able to sweep away the Ming Dynasty." Tang Tong complimented, and then said tentatively, "Sin will be willing to lead the horse and fall into the stool for you, and follow the work of dogs and horses to atone for your past sins." ”

After speaking, Tang Tong looked at Chen Yue worriedly, not knowing how he would arrange to send him down.

Chen Yue groaned slightly, and said, "Brother Tang Tong, don't worry, you are taking the initiative to surrender, which is different from the stubborn Bai Guangen." However, the Green Battalion will definitely be adapted, and it is not suitable for you to lead the troops again. Now this king has established a military academy in Nanjing, Brother Tang Tong, you have many years of experience in leading troops, and it is more than enough to teach at the military academy.

But that's for later, and now this king has other things that need your help, Brother Tang Tong, so don't shirk when you go. “

"If the prince has something to do, even if he orders, Tang Tong will come in the water and go in the fire, and he will never frown, and he will not hesitate to go to the soup for the prince!" Tang Tong was relieved and patted his chest. Although he couldn't lead troops, at least he wouldn't be held accountable, and he kept his rich life for the rest of his life.

……

On another day, Gu Junen rushed from Pingdu Prefecture to Ye County, and Chen Yue immediately appointed him as the governor of Denglai and ordered him to go to Laizhou to deal with the prisoners. According to Jiangxi's example, the elite are drawn to join the army, and the old and weak are eliminated from farming.

Because there are many enlightened gentry in Shandong, and they made a great contribution when Wu Ping defended Dengzhou, Chen Yue specially explained to Gu Junen that he should not embarrass these enlightened gentry.

Wu Ping brought more than 50,000 main forces to Ye County, so that the army gathered in Laizhou was nearly 100,000 people. And they are all well-trained elite soldiers, among which the two in Chen Yue's headquarters are well-equipped veterans of a hundred battles.

Chen Yue immediately ordered, with Wu Ping as the vanguard, leading 10,000 troops linearly, Jin Xin followed with 20,000 people, Chen Yue took a large group of men and horses as the Chinese army, and attacked Jinan through Qingzhou!