Early in the morning of October 9, the eleventh year of Chongzhen, as usual, it was a cold day, the Qing army was still raging in Beizhili, the Ming army was defeated without touching, and the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil.

Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, gathered the elite of the three sides in the north of Zhili, and finally rushed to the aid but only a handful, but had no choice but to lead the headquarters of the Tianxiong army on this day to swear to help, and the difference in history is that on this day, the school field outside Penglai City, Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, is also densely packed with flags, and the soldiers gathered.

From the high platform, the entire school field is full of soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion wearing iron armor and holding tiger guns, and the banner of the Ming Dynasty and the banner of the word "king" are held high in the sky.

"The last general, Huang Yang, led 5,000 soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion to meet the deputy commander-in-chief!"

"Humble rank to meet the deputy commander-in-chief!"

Suddenly, the soldiers who had been standing for an unknown amount of time shouted loudly, and they all knelt on the ground, and this formation was no less than more than 10,000 troops, which made the whole of Shandong tremble.

Wang Zheng was dressed in armor and uniform, standing on the high platform and nodded, the thunder and roar of Fang Cai turned into silence in an instant, looking at the army in front of him, Wang Zheng's heart was quite gratified.

After coming for so long, he finally has the ability to do something for the people, although the number of people in the Dengzhou camp is not many now, but he can't wait any longer.

Watching the Tartars wreak havoc on the mountains and rivers, Wang Zheng was on pins and needles all day long!

The army in front of him made Jem's eyes shine, judging from the neatness of these soldiers, it was no different from the well-trained royal army in Portugal.

He never imagined that the East would be able to form such an army.

Although Li Yan was a literati, watching Wang Zheng read the sergeants of the Dengzhou battalion, he was also excited, this was the first time that the Dengzhou battalion showed its true strength to the world without reservation, and it was expected that after this expedition, it would definitely cause a sensation of public opinion in various places.

However, Li Yan is no longer worried about this, there is such a public opinion that the army still needs to be afraid of, and in troubled times, in his eyes, only Wang Zheng has the ability to turn the tide.

Originally, Li Yan was still worried that Wang Zheng's trip was too dangerous, and wanted to persuade him again today, but when he saw this situation, he was relieved, and it seemed that he was too worried.

"Xiaguan, Li Yan, the left senator of the Military Council, led all the civilian officials to open the victory for the deputy chief soldier in advance, and set up a banquet of triumph!"

Gu Junen, the chief staff officer, showed a red face, and knelt down repeatedly:

"A strong army, a strong army! With such a strong army to protect the people, why should the Tartars not be destroyed!! ”

Haha laughed, Wang Zheng first turned over and got on the horse, and then turned around and hugged his fists towards Li Yan, Guan Qingtian and others:

"After the general set out on the expedition, all the affairs of Dengzhou will have a lot of help from everyone, Deng Heizi is a stunned young man, and he has more than enough strength and lack of heart."

Li Yan bowed his hand and saluted back: "This is a matter within the duties of the lower officials, the general can rest assured that he will go to the battle, and there are colleagues from the Military Council Department in the rear, so there will be no chaos!" ”

Deng Heizi and the remaining generals behind him knelt on the ground, clasped their fists and shouted:

"The last general led the Dengzhou battalion to stay behind and wait for the good news of the army in Penglai!"

The army slowly drove out of the school field, but the first thing I saw was a sea of people, early in the morning there were families waiting outside the school field, plus other people who came to watch, it was already crowded with water.

"Dengzhou battalion set out, all the soldiers with the general to fight the barbarians, all are the world's loyal and brave martyrs, every person who died in the battle, the whole family gave five acres of fertile land, the spiritual position into the ancestral hall, worthy of enjoying the incense."

"However, this expedition is sinister, it must be a vicious battle, a hard battle, a fierce battle, if the general can't lead the soldiers back to their hometown, this worship will be regarded as making amends to the fathers and villagers in advance!"

After saying this, Wang Zheng stepped back from his horse, clasped his fists with both hands, and shook his head deeply.

Suddenly, all the soldiers and soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion and the salt dings burst out into a tsunami-like shout.

"I am willing to die for the general!"

"I am willing to die for the general!!"

......

No one organized this shout in advance, no one informed it in advance, it was completely a spontaneous and sincere act, everyone shouted hoarsely, and Wang Zheng only felt that the blood on his body wanted to boil.

The morale of the soldiers in the Dengzhou battalion was high, and all of them seemed to have inexhaustible strength, and they couldn't wait for all of them to go to Liaodong to kill the Tartars.

The guerrilla general Shao Yong cleared the road with the regular soldiers, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The general will definitely be able to win this time and get another good news!" ”

Wang Zheng had already mounted his horse at this time, nodded, and said to him:

"Shao Yong, after Ben will leave, the defense of the inner and outer cities of Penglai City will be handed over to you, and it will be stricter than when Ben will be, do you understand?"

Shao Yong nodded hurriedly, hugged his fists and said:

"I understand, the last general has already arranged it, even if a fly wants to make trouble, the soldiers can catch it and twist it to death."

Relieved, Wang Zheng turned his head and glanced at the Wangyun Pavilion at the head of the city, and sure enough, he saw a graceful shadow, waved his hand over there, and was ruthless and did not look back.

The whole army set out for the city of water......

The figure outside Wangyun Pavilion was naturally Wang Yu'er, although her eyes were red and swollen from crying, but when she saw Wang Zheng waving her hand, she still forced herself to smile.

Because she can't let Wang Zheng worry, only in this way can he kill the Tartars with peace of mind and not be bound by the personal feelings of his children.

In order to transport these 5,000 soldiers to the sea, the Military Council Department went to various places several months in advance, so that the large and small ships needed for this time were gathered, but in this way, it naturally cost a lot of silver.

Just the large fortune boats, the Dengzhou sailors purchased and repaired five, and the small and medium-sized sand boats and Haicang ships were also purchased from various shipping companies at high prices, with a total of nearly 100 ships.

In addition, there were more small boats, such as eagle boats used for reconnaissance and sub-mother boats that rushed into the enemy's ship formation, at least more than 200 of them.

A few of these ships were reconnaissance for miles, while most of the rest were guarding the troop transports like stars and moons.

In addition to a thorough advance and retreat plan, the most important thing is the issue of food supply.

Liaodong was now under the control of the Qing army, and Korea, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, now wore a pair of pants with the Tartars.

Although it can be transported by sea, it is impossible to easily hand it over to the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion who are deep behind the enemy.

The Dengzhou battalion has a special baggage team, and the personnel of all kinds are very comprehensive.

In addition to the food and salary, the slightly heavier ordnance and baggage are also carried by the baggage team, and the auxiliary soldiers and the soldiers complement each other, and both are indispensable, and the burden on the shoulders cannot be said to be easy.

In addition to asking each soldier to carry his own emergency rations for three days, the baggage team could only carry a maximum of thirty days' food supplies, because if they brought more, counting the ordnance baggage, it would seriously slow down the march.

In that case, there is nothing to be seen at sea, everything is loaded on the ship, and on land it is the territory of the Tartars, and if the march is slow, not to mention the delay of the fighters, it is more likely to cause a catastrophe.

The time that the Dengzhou battalion could operate in the rear of the Tartars was only thirty days.