The man's voice was not loud, but it sounded in everyone's ears like thunder, making Wu Xiang and the others ringing in their ears. k update

"You are Li Yan?"

"You are Li Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of War?"

What is the military department book in this year, which is equivalent to the combination of the defense minister and the chief of general staff of the three services in later generations, and it is not wrong to say that he is the first brother in the military world. Although you can't look at it this way in reality, who doesn't want to be friends with the military department of the current dynasty.

Wu Xiang and the others have not thought of visiting Li Yan these days, but Li Yan seems to expect them to come back to him, whether it is in the yamen or at home, he always avoids them, saying nothing and refusing to see them, which makes these generals from Liaodong so anxious that their hearts are like being scratched by a hundred mice, and they itch so much.

But now that this master actually came to them in person, they couldn't help but be shocked.

Li Yan walked to Wu Sangui's side with a smile, stretched out his hand and pulled a stool from the side and put it at his feet, and said to Wu Sangui and the others who were still stunned: "Chief soldier Wu, Master Zu, don't you invite this official to drink a glass of water and wine?" ”

Li Yan's voice finally pulled Wu Sangui and the others back from their shock, although they were all generals with heavy troops in Liaodong, but they didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the military department of the current dynasty, they all came back to their senses and invited Li Yan to sit down.

After Li Yan sat down, Wu Sangui looked at Li Yan carefully, although there were countless question marks in his heart, he also understood that on this day of the emperor's wedding, in front of the Qianqing Palace, no guy dared to risk the world's greatness and act as the secretary of the military department.

Wu Sangui's puzzled gaze was naturally discovered by Li Yan, he calmly poured himself a glass of wine and asked with a smile: "What, do you think that this official doesn't look like a dignified military secretary?" ”

Wu Sangui couldn't help blushing and said, "Is there such a point? ”

Although Wu Sangui thinks very highly of himself on weekdays, he always thinks that there are not many heroes in the world who are as powerful as himself, and he also became a general soldier in a place when he was established, which can be regarded as young and promising, but he never dared to think that he could become the secretary of the military department at this age, but this guy in front of him became a leader. And he became a general, which made Wu Sangui even more curious.

Li Yan has seen a lot of other people's suspicious eyes, and there is no more than Wu Sangui, Li Yan held his wine glass, and his gentle gaze looked around on everyone's faces for a while, and then smiled calmly: "Everyone, the official knows about the matter of going to the official's mansion and the yamen to see the official a few days ago, but because the official has been busy with official business recently, he can't meet you. I also hope that you Haihan, this official would like to compensate you with this glass of water and wine. ”

After speaking, Li Yan tilted his neck, "creaked", and dried the glass of wine, and then held the wine glass upside down, indicating that he had done it first as a respect.

Now the benefits of being a superior official are revealed, and people just casually say that they are busy with official business, and their subordinates can't say a word. How? Don't leaders be busy? How to call a leader if you are not busy.

They just hung them for a few days, and now he is the leader of the first to do it as a respect, which is sincere enough. If your subordinates are still chirping, they don't know how to lift, Wu Xiang and the others had no choice but to raise their wine glasses and drink them all.

Seeing that everyone was toasting one by one, the smile in Li Yan's eyes became even stronger, he raised the wine jug with his left hand and stood up to pour wine for everyone on the table one by one, and everyone quickly stood up and didn't dare to say hello. This is the habit of officialdom, no matter how much you don't like this leader, but when he pours wine for your subordinate, you can't help but carry it, otherwise you will be rejected by everyone. It's not about personal preference, it's about the power of officialdom. …,

"Come on!"

Li Yan raised the wine glass again, and everyone hurriedly raised the wine glass in unison to accompany Li Yan to drink it all.

"Whew...... Putting down the wine glass, Li Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile in his eyes: "You must be confused why this official is here to meet with you today, right?" ”

Wu Xiang and the others looked at each other. Zu Dashou said expressionlessly: "Lord Li is right, Your Majesty once said that he would send a superintendent and a legion, as well as grain and grass to follow the last general and others to Liaodong, these things naturally can't bypass the military department, but when the last general and others went to visit the yamen or your mansion a few days ago, they were all politely refused. Seeing that the departure date is approaching, the last general and others are very anxious, if they can't set off on time, not only will they not be able to make a mission to His Majesty, but they will also delay the military situation in Liaodong, so they hope that Lord Li will forgive their sins if they are offended. ”

Zu Dashou is worthy of being a bold and well-known lord, which sounds like an apology at first glance, but it squeezes Li Yan very lightly. Why, although the brothers are your subordinates, they are also on an errand at the behest of the emperor, and it is true that you are the secretary of the military department, but you don't take the brothers seriously, right? You know, let's stab you at this time, and you won't be able to think about it when you get to Your Majesty.

Listening to Zu Dashou's words, the generals of Liaodong couldn't help but get anxious, it was not a wise move to confront the secretary of the military department here, even Wu Sangui secretly lifted Zu Dashou's feet with his toes, and said in a low voice: "Uncle...... Unexpectedly, Li Yan laughed after listening to Zu Dashou's words: "Hahaha, it is worthy of Zu Dashou who dared to send troops to the capital when he dared to seek justice for Yuan Inspector in anger, he is really a hero." ”

Hearing Li Yan's praise, Zu Dashou's face softened slightly, but he still frowned and said: "Lord Li, according to the deadline given to us by His Majesty, we should set off in three days, but whether it is grain and grass, baggage or the reinforcements promised by the emperor, there is no shadow yet, since you, the secretary of the military department, are here today, can you give the last general a letter?" ”

In the face of Zu Dashou's accusation, Li Yan still did not change his face, but smiled slightly: "General Zu, don't worry, this official is here to officially inform you today, and after three days, your grain, grass, armor, equipment and reinforcements will return to Liaodong with you, and the emperor's major affairs will never be delayed." ”

Zu Dashou stared at Li Yan's eyes and said, "What about the new superintendent?" Do you want to come with us, too? And it's time to tell the last general who he is, right? ”

The corners of Li Yan's mouth curved up slightly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Your new supervisor will naturally walk with you, as for who he is?" Far away in front of him, he is just the official...... Twenty miles outside Jinzhou, a group of ragged cavalry was walking slowly on a hidden path, and there were no obvious marks on their bodies, only occasionally from the red clothes of one or two cavalrymen could barely be seen that it was the unique mandarin duck jacket of the Ming army.

Since the Battle of Sarhu, the strategic posture of the Ming Dynasty towards the Manchu Qing has changed from attack to defense, although through the continuous efforts of the emperors of Tianqi and Chongzhen, the strategic posture has not shifted to their will. The power of the Ming Dynasty slowly shrank from Liaodong to the south.

Although in this time and space, Pang Gang was born out of nowhere, gave the Manchus a few hard lessons, and cut off their claws into the Central Plains several times, making the Manchus give them a great blow both in strength and economy, but in the territory of Liaodong, it is still the world of Manchus, which is also an indisputable fact.

And as the side that is on the defensive. Naturally, the activities of the Ming army in the north were becoming less and less, so it was rare for these cavalrymen wearing traditional Ming costumes to appear in the direction north of Jinzhou. It's just that I don't know why these cavalry appeared in the north of Jinzhou. …,

The sun slowly tilted to the west, and the shadow of this group of cavalry was slowly stretched, and gradually, they got closer and closer to Jinzhou City.

There were about twenty cavalry in this group, each of whom was riding a horse and two horses, and the blades on their bodies were varied. There are longbows, long knives, tiger head guns, and even throwing knives, from this point of view. In the Ming Dynasty, which lacks war horses and pays attention to standard equipment, can have such a luxurious configuration, their identities are also about to come out, and ten are the most elite in the Ming army. On the back of these horses that were not collected at night, some packages were also piled up

At this time, a dark-faced man walking in the middle of the line touched the bulging bag behind him, and with a satisfied smile on his face, he opened his mouth and said to a bearded companion beside him: "Beard, you said that you will dispose of these goods after you go back this time." We can set up a piece of land in the city, right? ”

The companion shouted a little annoyed: "Heizi, how many times has Lao Tzu said, don't call me beard, isn't Lao Tzu just haven't shaved for half a month, why don't you keep calling me like this?" ”

Kuroko grinned and sneered, "Then you call me Kuroko again." What's wrong with Lao Tzu's black spots, don't the ladies in Cuihualou still flatter Lao Tzu? ”

"Hahaha...... Hearing this, the surrounding night guards all laughed, and the beard couldn't help but smile: "Throwing flattering eyes? Those bitches are glancing at your money, you. As soon as there was a few pieces of silver, it was all fucking still given to those bitches in Cuihualou. If you have a piece of land in the city, your money will stay with you for ten days, even if you have the ability! ”

"You...... Kuroko's chest swelled sharply, and he stared at his beard with a puff of anger, and he had the intention of doing something if he didn't agree.

Seeing Kuroko's anxious appearance, Hu Zi smiled proudly, "Boy, you are still far from picking up your mouth, dare to quarrel with Lao Tzu?" ”

Just as they were arguing, a voice rang out next to them: "Okay, don't quarrel, we have come back safely, but there are still more than ten brothers over there?" What is there to be proud of, after going back, dispose of this batch of goods, and distribute the silver to the widow of the brother who died in the war is serious, you still have the spirit to talk about what Cuihualou, and you are not ashamed! ”

When the voice sounded, everyone was silent, and when they went out of the city there were nearly forty brothers, but when they came back, there were only twenty or so horsemen left, and the rest were folded in the north.

The person who spoke was Fan Wuji, the leader of this team of night guards, who had been working in the night for more than ten years, and his prestige was extremely high, so everyone was silent when he spoke.

After a long time, Hu Zi asked cautiously: "Wutou, in the past, we were all constrained from exploring the north, why did we shoot more than a dozen brothers to the north today, and specially asked us to find out the situation in the north, the more detailed the better, is Lord Zu going to war again?" ”

"Yes, sir!" Seeing that the beard was stunned, the sunspot on the side also said: "Now that the Ming Dynasty is gone, our border army is like a child without a mother, and even the salary and silver are already several gone, and many brothers' families are about to run out of cooking, how can we get it like this!" ”

"That's it!" Wu Ji interrupted them impatiently, "Does the upper meaning that we can figure it out?" Let's do our errands well, and the rest of the matter is so much? ”

Although Wu Ji's tone is very bad, with the horizontal flesh on his face, it looks very vicious, if it is an ordinary person, it will definitely be frightened. But the people who have followed Bukit for many years have not been deterred by these appearances. When there was no war, Bukit was still very talkative, and the bearded horse came to Bukit's side and said with a smile: "Wutou, I heard from some brothers that Lord Zu led the generals in the city to Shanhaiguan some time ago, and it is said that he is going to the capital." Does this mean that we will return to Dahua in the future? ”…,

"You bastard, shut up!"

Bukit was startled and habitually looked around. When he found that he was surrounded by his brothers, he whispered: "Beard, you bastard, do you want to die?" This kind of thing is also something that a soldier like us can discuss? If you let an adult hear, how many heads do you have enough for an adult to cut off? ”

The beard pouted and said, "Come on, the adults won't pay attention to us people?" They are now mud bodhisattvas crossing the river and it is difficult to protect themselves, if they don't pay the silver brothers even have the intention of mutiny, in my opinion, since the emperor gave Dahua the throne, then Dahua is our justifiable new court. Those adults are not stupid, so they won't stand up! I see, it won't be long before we'll have to change the flag at the head of the city! ”

Beard's words are yin and yang. But Bukit rarely didn't reprimand him, just silently rode on the horse and thought about his thoughts.

After April this year, the rear never brought a grain or a tael of silver to Jinzhou, and the former elite border army was like beggars at this time, and they could not even eat enough.

Seeing that the defenders in the city are becoming more and more unstable, if it weren't for Zu Dashou's incomparably lofty prestige in the Jinzhou area, the lowly soldiers would have made a fuss, but even so, the soldiers were full of complaints. After all, many of them are not the ones who feed their whole family without starving. They are residents of Jinzhou who have lived in Jinzhou for generations, and if they really have no money, their whole family will have to drink the northwest wind.

Otherwise, they would not have to alarm the Manchu villages when they went out to investigate the Manchu Qing into the city this time, but in order to seize some more loot. Fortunately, after returning to get some oil and water, Bukit and they ventured into a village. In their minds, there are only more than 100 people in an ordinary village, and there are only a dozen or twenty people who can fight.

But what they didn't expect was that this village was a hornet's nest. A team of more than 20 people of the Manchu Qing Blue Banner was stationed in the village, and after a big battle, more than 10 brothers were killed and more than 10 brothers were injured, so they barely wiped out all of them.

"Alas, it's all about lack of pay and food!"

Looking at the city that was already faintly visible in the distance, Bukit, who should have been happy to come back alive, couldn't be happy, and his team broke three or four adult horses this time, if he came so many times, he might have to be removed from the team if he didn't collect it at night.

Slowly they walked to the outside of Jinzhou City, Jinzhou City is located on the north bank of the Xiaoling River, Ming Hongwu 24 years in the original Yongle old county town built, after completion, it is five miles in circumference, the inside is made of clay, and the outside is wrapped with green bricks.

In the twelfth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty expanded the city of Jinzhou, the city wall expanded to more than six miles long, and the four corners of the city wall were built with four protruding forts to strengthen the attack firepower. Immediately after the seventeenth year of the reign of Ming Hongzhi, the Ming Dynasty, which paid more and more attention to Liaodong, expanded the city again, and the city after the construction of this time looked like a plate, so Jinzhou City was called the city again.

After several repairs, Jinzhou City has become a fortified city with a height of nearly ten meters, a width of seven meters, and a moat.

For them who grew up here, Jinzhou City is their home, and all their families live in the city, if there is no city, they will lose everything and become rootless duckweed.

"Driving...... As soon as Bukit clamped the horse's belly, the tired horse let out a long neigh, mustered up the remaining strength and galloped forward.

When Bukit and their troops entered the city after inspection, they found that the atmosphere in the city was completely different from the dull atmosphere in the past, many people stood on the streets and whispered, and the soldiers passing by the road were also happy.

Kuroko, who was walking in the middle of the team, couldn't help but ask curiously: "Wutou, what happened to the brothers in the city seem to be very happy?" ”

Wu Ji, who had entered the city, had already relaxed his tense nerves, and after hearing Kuroko's words, he let out a long breath and said, "I wonder why you don't go over and ask yourself?" ”

Kuroko grimaced, "Isn't it true that you keep us in formation, Wutou, I'm not afraid of being punished by you." ”

"Fuck off!" Wu Ji scolded angrily and funny: "It was outside the city, and now that it's all in the city, what kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending to be Lao Tzu!" ”

"Huh!" Everyone laughed, Kuroko hurriedly ran over to inquire about the news, and would not reply, Kuroko ran back at a speed several times happier than when he went, and he shouted loudly as he ran: "Head, Lord Zu is coming back, and he is fifty miles away from the south of the city with reinforcements and grain and grass and military salaries...... To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )RQ。