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With the development of the situation, Jiannu's military operations north of the Yellow River were like a storm, and they were attacked in Ghurgyonggi, north of Huerhe, and now in Shandong. The entire Ming Dynasty was like a child standing barehead in the wilderness, trembling and out of breath in this blow.

There were several major defeats in succession, and the troops were lost. In particular, the martyrdom of Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng, the death of a former cabinet chief assistant emperor and a supervisor, is a precedent since the war between the Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou.

Today, Jinan, Shandong Province is also in danger. Perhaps, the Ming Dynasty will usher in the fall of a provincial capital. This kind of blow is even more unbearable for the government and the opposition public opinion, and for the Son of Heaven, who has lived in the deep palace for a long time and knows nothing about the world but is determined to forge ahead.

In this way, the imperial court issued one decree after another, ordering the Shaanxi army of Guanning, Xuanda and Hong Chengchou to lead troops into Lu as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Jinan.

But Chongzhen, who was far away in Beijing, didn't know that although the Shaanxi Army was like the Tianxiong Army that had withdrawn from the Ming Army's combat sequence and disappeared into the dust of history, it was the most capable force in the Ming Dynasty. However, in the past few years, they have fought hard with the peasant army, and they have come from afar, and they have not been able to rest for a moment, and the morale of the army has been exhausted. Today, the brigade of military horses is still arranged in the area of Wanping and Lugou Bridge in the capital, and the distant water has saved the near fire.

If you want to solve the siege of Jinan, you have to rely on the two armies of Guanning and Xuanda.

The problem is that after the Xuanda army was divided twice, and after the change of generals, the new governor Chen Xinjia could not serve the people. In addition, Lu Xiangsheng was martyred, and everyone was sad and indignant, and the army's heart was already unstable. Coupled with the weakness of the troops, how can such a force be the opponent of the main force of 100,000 Jiannu. You can only beat the side drum next to it and pretend to be.

Therefore, if you want to fight this battle decently, you have to rely on the Guan Ning army.

Up to now, the Guanning Army has not only remained basically intact, but also has a steady stream of logistical supplies, and on the surface, its strength has increased instead of decreasing.

But now the problem of the Guanning army seems to be more serious, when Lu Xiangsheng was martyred in the battle of Jiazhuang, the Guanning army was only fifty miles away from the Tianxiong army, if it came to the aid with all its strength, the horse rushed forward, and it could reach the battlefield in two or three hours. It's a pity that Gao Qiqian has a disagreement with Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Yanlin, and the Guanning Army is afraid of the emperor like a tiger, and in order to protect himself, he actually sat back and watched the Tianxiong Army annihilated. The behavior of his dead friends who do not die in the poor way is really outrageous.

The so-called retribution came very quickly, on the same day, Dolgon Duoduo took advantage of the momentum of the great victory, led the troops straight to Jize, and the Guanning army did not send an arrow and collapsed again. Tens of thousands of horses fled hundreds of miles in one day.

This battle was lost so badly that Gao Qi was afraid of the law of the country, and even hid the news of Lu Xiangsheng's death and did not report it. After Yang Sichang got the news, he first wanted to frame Lu Xiangsheng for the crime of retreating without fighting when he encountered the enemy, and later doubted whether he had really been martyred and sent someone to inspect him.

Fortunately, Yang Yanlin led people to find Lu Xiangsheng's body on the battlefield, and Yu Ying, the prefect of Shunde, reported to the imperial court according to the truth, so that the truth of this battle was clarified.

As soon as the news was transmitted back to the capital, the court was in an uproar, and this battle was really an unprecedented fiasco.

Emperor Chongzhen was extremely shrewd, and naturally knew that the responsibility for this battle lay on Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian. However, these two people are his closest people, and they have been promoted to high positions by themselves. He was a good-looking person, so he kept silent and did not punish the two people.

Moreover, in his opinion, there is no way to recruit Gao Qi to sneak back to Beijing now.

After all, Gao Qiqian led the Guanning Army for a period of time, and he had an excellent run-in with the officers and men of the army. Today, the imperial court's military priority is to relieve the siege of Jinan. If I change people now, I am afraid that I will repeat the mistake of replacing Lu Xiangsheng with Chen Xinjia.

Even so, Gao Qiqian's incompetence disappointed the emperor greatly. He also knew that relying on this person alone, the siege of Jinan really couldn't be solved.

As a result, Gao Qiqian lost the power to control the armies of Guanning Jizhen in an instant, and became a pure prison army. Although the emperor's holy decree was gentle and comforting to Gao Qiqian and Guan Ning's generals. But everyone knows that Gao Qiqian is a big disappointment this time, and the forces he and he have cultivated in the army have been defeated. This chief of ceremonial supervisors and the brand of the imperial horse supervisor, the future of the few people who know the soldiers in the internal ministers is afraid that it will come to an end. What kind of fate he will have in the future, no one can guess.

In fact, the border army of the Ming Dynasty was at war with Jianzhou, and it was also normal to lose the city and land. For the defeat of the commander of the unified army, the imperial court still has a high degree of tolerance. Even if Lu Xiangsheng's death has a lot to do with him, it doesn't matter.

The problem is that the Guanning army was defeated without a fight for two consecutive battles, while Lu Xiangsheng died in a battle, and the Ningxiang army under the command of the Tianxiong army fought two beautiful victories in a row.

Gao Qiqian probably knew that he was in big trouble, and after receiving the order to relieve the siege of Jinan, he uncharacteristically urged the Guanning army to rush towards Shandong without his life, and by now, he had arrived at the ground in a complete and organized manner.

At this time, Hong Chengchou, the general commander of the Shaanxi Tripartite, arrived in Dezhou, held the sword of Shang Fang, and took Dezhou as the commander of the Chinese army to preside over the war against the enemy.

After hearing the news, the commander-in-chief of the Lu army immediately set off to Texas to meet with the new military commander.

Sun Yuan is no exception, the big war is imminent, and it is not the time for him to be sad. After packing up his mood, he immediately followed the scholar Liu Yuliang and set off with Huang You and a few guards wearing stars and moons.

Since Liu Yuliang set up his line in the Ningxiang Army, Sun Yuan seems to have changed his luck. With this pavilion elder who can directly reach the heavens by his side, if there is a little merit in the Ningxiang army, he will be exaggerated by Lao Liu Tou ten times and sent to the capital in an eight-hundred-mile hurry.

Soon, the great victory of Botou Town was recognized by the imperial court, and a holy decree came down. Sun Yuan was finally promoted, and his martial arts were promoted from the captain of the light car of the third grade to the captain of the light car of the third grade, and the meritorious soldiers in the army were also rewarded.

In the holy decree, Emperor Chongzhen praised Liu Yuliang and Sun Yuan, and encouraged them to fight bravely to kill the enemy in the future and contribute to the country.

In the end, the emperor also gave Sun Yuan a set of weapons, and the swords, guns, axes, and eighteen weapons were complete. However, there is another thing in it that makes Sun Yuan puzzled, but it is a copper shabu-shabu.

Seeing that Sun Yuanzhang and Er King Kong were confused, the eunuch who came to issue the decree whispered: "Long live the Lord said, General Sun, although you are the reincarnation of Fan Yu, it is not appropriate to eat raw meat in the cold weather, and you must guard against hurting your body." He gave this shabu-shabu and ordered the general to eat hot food. ”

Sun Yuan was dumbfounded, and angry: Who the hell spread rumors that I, Sun Yuan, am a barbarian who eats raw meat, isn't this ruining my reputation?

Later, Liu Yuliang reminded Sun Yuan. Only then did Sun Yuan remember when he used to be a general of a thousand households in Ningxiang, because Jiangsu was close to the sea. At this time, the Yellow Sea was not polluted by any industry, and the seafood was exceptionally delicious. He is particularly fond of oysters and sea urchins, both of which are usually eaten raw. Later, when he came to the Bohai Institute, he was really slandered, so he asked someone to go to Tianjin Wei to buy it, and it is estimated that his reputation for eating raw meat spread in this way.

Seeing Sun Yuan's angry appearance, Liu Yuliang couldn't help but stroke his beard under his chin and laughed. Lao Liu is also very happy these days, although he has not received the title and the emperor's reward, but his name has been entered into the palace newspaper and awarded to the world. Now, it can be said that everyone in the world knows his reputation for Liu Yuliang who knows how to fight and is good at fighting, and his position as the elder of the cabinet can be regarded as retained.

In Sun Yuan's opinion, in the mind of Emperor Chongzhen, he was already regarded as a purely rude and uncivilized military general.

Actually, the emperor didn't like this impression of himself, Sun Yuan. In the Ming Dynasty, the culture was noble and the martial arts were light, and even Chongzhen was not exempt from vulgarity. Since his accession to the throne, there has been no civil war and foreign war. can think about it carefully, the commanders who lead the troops are basically civilian officials, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, Yang He, Yang Sichang and his sons, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting are not from the two lists. Even if the military attache can fight again, the future is limited.

But this time, Emperor Chongzhen gave so many things unusually, especially the small hot pot, which is already a very intimate performance. This is a great honor, and it is a treatment that only the close ministers of the Son of Heaven have.

It seems that what Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yuliang said that after the night raid, they were already in the emperor's heart is indeed a fact. No wonder Lu Xiangsheng refused to let the Ningxiang Army join the Tianxiong Army at the beginning, this is also a kind of protection for my Sun Yuan!

Thinking of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Yuan's sadness for a while, his chest suddenly seemed to be pressed by a big stone, and he couldn't breathe. Generals, after all, are still inferior, the opportunity to be able to Jane in the emperor's heart is so rare, and if you get it together, you have to firmly grasp it. This is also why Lu Xiangsheng did this, even if he knew that with the addition of the Ningxiang Army and Sun Yuan, the strength of the Tianxiong Army would be comprehensively improved.

The deep friendship of the superintendent cannot be repaid in this life, and Sun Yuan's eyes are wet again.

The first time he received a holy decree and the first time he was rewarded by the imperial court, he was greatly encouraged by the Ningxiang army. Except for Sun Yuan, everyone was deeply grateful for the grace of the saint and vowed to fight bravely on the battlefield to kill the enemy and repay him.

It was about to see that the imperial court's attitude towards Sun Yuan had changed three hundred and sixteen degrees, and although Chen Xinjia was unwilling in his heart, he still commended the Ningxiang army, and the military salary and military rations that were deducted were also replenished. It's just that these things he is sending down now, Ning Xiangjun has not paid attention to them at all since he took Botou and obtained Yue Tuo's property.

On the side of the Ming army, Guanning, Xuanda, Jizhen, Datong, and Shandong armies, all the main forces of the Qing army entering the customs are now gathered in the land of Qilu, and the strength of the two sides is more than 200,000 together.

In the area north of Mount Tai and east of Jinan, in addition to soldiers or soldiers, both sides released hundreds of scouts when they saw the sky, and there were always more than a dozen small encounters every day.

Gao Qiqian has lost power, and as soon as Hong Chengchou arrives in Dezhou, he will fully preside over the military affairs of Jianjian.

On the side of today's Shandong battlefield, the general system of the Ming army Hong controls the overall situation, Gao Qiqian is responsible for the specific implementation, and Liu Yuliang supervises and supervises, setting up a situation similar to three carriages restricting and supervising each other.