"It is called to report on the military situation in Ji'an, but in fact, it is to invite merit and reward, trying to control the local military power south of Nanchang, the prefect of Ji'an is still there, there is no mention of him in this document, and the main book called Yan Yingyuan tells his exploits, and there are other gentry who wave their flags and shout for it. This Yan Yingyuan is really ambitious! ”

Looking at the documents in his hand, Lu Zhenfei shook his head slightly, officialdom is very taboo to report to the next level, and the document sent by Yan Yingyuan was not signed by the Ji'an prefect, Lu Zhenfei saw the problem at a glance.

He was assigned to the army by Chongzhen, and Lu Zhenfei helped Chen Yue deal with military affairs in the name of joining the army, and one of the tasks was to deal with various documents.

Yan Yingyuan sent people over the mountains and mountains to deliver Jiujiang's letter, which was first sent to Lu Zhenfei's desk.

It was related to the battle situation in Ji'an Mansion, although he was not very satisfied with Yan Yingyuan's style, Lu Zhenfei still sent the documents to Chen Yue's official hall as soon as possible.

"Yan Yingyuan? Interesting. Looking at the signature on the paperwork, Chen Yue smiled.

In my memory, Yan Yingyuan was a hero who defended Jiangyin when the Qing soldiers went south, and he should have been a pawn in Jiangyin County, when did he run to Jiangxi? Could it be because of the flapping wings of his own butterfly?

With tens of thousands of Jiangyin people, he blocked the repeated attacks of more than 100,000 troops of the Manchu Eight Banners Green Battalion, and defended the small city of Jiangyin for as many as 80 days, Yan Yingyuan's ability can be seen.

A hero is a hero, and you can still quickly stand out in a different environment. Looking carefully at the description in the document, if everything is true, even Chen Yue has to admire Yan Yingyuan's courage and ability. With a mere 1,000 soldiers decisively attacking, annihilating thousands of thief troops in more than ten days, and recovering several county towns in a row, how many people in the entire Ming Dynasty can do this?

As for Ma Shoude, the prefect of Ji'an, he is just a mediocre official, and it is not worth mentioning at all!

"What do you think Master Lu should do with this matter?" Although he had already made up his mind in his heart, Chen Yue still habitually asked.

"Yan Yingyuan is a person who has the ability, ambition and knowledge of soldiers, plus Jishui County and other counties are all recovered by him, and it is most appropriate for him to lead the entire army of Ji'an Prefecture. Ji'an is located in the south of Nanchang, if Yan Yingyuan can combine all the troops of Ji'an Prefecture and send troops to Linjiang Mansion to threaten Nanchang from the south, it can also relieve the pressure on our army. ”

After thinking for a while, Lu Zhenfei suggested to Chen Yue. Although he is dissatisfied with Yan Yingyuan's style of acting, but at the moment of the great enemy, Lu Zhenfei will not delay state affairs because of his personal feelings.

"What Lord Lu said is very true, since this Yan Yingyuan is capable, this father naturally wants to give him a chance." Chen Yue nodded and smiled, "Let's appoint him to prepare for Ji'an for the time being." ”

Chen Yue, as the governor of the five provinces, naturally has the ability to appoint middle and low-level officials, and he has a blank document signed and stamped by the Ministry of War, which can take effect as long as Yan Yingyuan's name is filled in, and he only needs to report to the Ministry of War afterwards.

And Bingbeidao is just a temporary part-time dispatch, Chen Yue used to do Xishan Bingbeidao back then, the actual official rank has the original official position, Yan Yingyuan is willing to be the master of the nine products, but this time guarding the city of Ji'an, and leading the troops to recover several counties in a row, so the merit is not too much to even upgrade a few levels, and it is not too much to fill the military preparation road with the official position of five and six grades.

"Ji'an soldiers are ready to go!" Lu Zhenfei nodded, so that Yan Yingyuan was qualified to command all the armies in Ji'an Mansion. However, from the promotion of the master of the first and ninth grades to the military equipment of the first government, this official position is too fast, but thinking about Yan Yingyuan's merits and this extraordinary moment, it is not incomprehensible.

signed the appointment document and sent someone to follow Yan Yingyuan's messenger back to Ji'an to announce the appointment, and then Chen Yue sat there in a daze.

He is reviewing himself and his ability to employ people.

Although there were many civil generals in the late Ming Dynasty, there were also many talents, such as Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu who guarded Jiangyin, such as Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen, and then Du Yinxi, Wen Anzhi, etc., all capable and loyal people.

For a long time, Chen Yue sometimes lamented the lack of talents under his subordinates, but he never deliberately recruited talents. If these many talents are used for their own purposes, how can the state affairs of the Ming Dynasty fall into such a situation!

Just when Chen Yue lamented that he had not recruited talents, Chenzhou Mansion in the west of Huxi, Changsha Bingbei Dao blocked Yinxi and listened to the report of his subordinates.

"Zhang thief Dingguo was originally attacking Chenzhou with a large army, and there was a tendency to invade Guangdong, but for some reason he suddenly withdrew from Chenzhou, and the whole army quickly retreated towards Changsha Mansion. Not only the main force led by Zhang Dingguo, but also the thief armies in Hengzhou Mansion and Yongzhou Mansion also retreated one after another, leaving only a small part of the army to garrison. ”

The spies reported the news to Plug Yinxi.

Du Yinxi nodded, but he knew the reason for the retreat of the thieves, that was because the imperial court sent Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, to lead the army to Jiujiang, how could the western thieves dare to divide their troops and plunder?

In Layue last year, because of disagreements, He Tengjiao led the army to reinforce Jingzhou, and left Du Yinxi, who was a soldier, in Changde Mansion. He Tengjiao's army was defeated, and more than 100,000 Huguang troops were lost. The thief army sent Zhang Dingguo to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Hunan, and there were only 3,000 troops in the hands of Yin Xi, how could he compete with the thief army.

After a short confrontation, Du Yinxi decisively led his troops to retreat, all the way to Chenzhou in the west of Huxi.

Chenzhou is located in the west of Huguang, adjacent to Guizhou, between the Wuling Mountains and the Xuefeng Mountains, the altitude is dangerous, there are barren forests everywhere, and many native people live in the territory. Therefore, at that time, Zhang Dingguo did not pay attention to the retreat to the poor mountains and remote areas, but led the army from Changsha to the south to attack Guangdong.

In Chenzhou, Plug Yinxi reorganized the army, united with the local Tusi, and continued to send troops to fight the thief army, but because of the small number of soldiers, the situation was not opened for a long time. And now, the imperial court sent a large army to recruit the thief army, and Zhang thief Dingguo retreated in a panic with the army, so that Du Yinxi finally found a fighter.

Du Yinxi immediately went to visit the local toasts, as well as the toasts of the Yongshun Xuanwei Division and the Baojing Prefecture Xuanwei Division, promised heavy profits, and asked the toasts to excavate their own troops, obey their own dispatches, and exterminate the traitors.

Nearly three hundred years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the local Tusi also regarded themselves as Ming people, and it was natural to obey the dispatch of the imperial court.

After gathering the Tusi wolf soldiers, the number of troops under Du Yinxi reached more than 20,000 people, and he immediately led his troops out of Chenzhou to attack Changsha Mansion and intercepted Zhang Dingguo's rear army. After a fierce battle, under the onslaught of the Tusi wolf soldiers, more than 10,000 people of Zhang Dingguo's rear army were killed.

Du Yinxi took the opportunity to lead his troops to attack Changsha City. Zhang Dingguo, who had already led his troops to Yuezhou and was marching to Wuchang, saw that the back road was cut off and had to stop the pace of marching.