Chapter 138: Actively Preparing for War
"Yes! Emperor! Zhang Biwu heard that Chongzhen gave him Shaanzhou, he was very happy, and immediately gave a gift, with Chongzhen behind him to support him, he really didn't have to be afraid. And unexpectedly, he was promoted from a small guerrilla general to a deputy commander-in-chief, and he also gave him Shaanzhou, which means that his territory is expanding.
The ministers couldn't help but be shocked! They never expected that Chongzhen would promote Zhang Biwu to deputy chief soldier in one leap! The highest position of a military attache is the chief soldier! Of course, there are also people like Zuo Liangyu who lead the rank of general of the thief, and can have several general soldiers under him. However, Zhang Biwu can get the position of deputy chief soldier in his twenties, which is much faster than the so-called most promising Wu Sangui of the empire!
Chongzhen looked at the surprised appearance of the ministers, he couldn't help but smile proudly, and said, "Aiqing! I await your triumphant return! When the time comes, I will make you one more level of commander-in-chief! Even if you are higher than Zuo Liangyu in the future, it is okay! ”
After Zhang Biwu thanked him, he withdrew. There are only many officials who look at them with envy and jealousy, and it is precisely because Zhang Biwu has risen too fast that this will attract jealousy, and his future is difficult.
After Zhang Biwu withdrew from the dynasty, he immediately asked Zhang Pan and Lin Xiangfeng to return to Guangdong as soon as possible, and then to Guangxi, Lin Xiangfeng was familiar with the situation here in Guangxi, and it was convenient to recruit troops at that time. And I got the first news that Han Runchang had returned to the area of Tengxian County, Wuzhou, Guangxi.
If you can meet with Han Runchang and recruit wolf soldiers, it will be a very easy thing. In the past, the recruitment of Guangxi wolf soldiers was completed through Han Runchang, and now if Han Runchang is asked to recruit, it is a familiar thing.
Han Runchang was reported by Jiang Fei in the past, saying that he was a thief, and he was escorted to the car, although he was no longer dead, but he was imprisoned.
Since Li Zicheng swept through the Central Plains, Han Runchang's detention has been relaxed, and Zhang Biwu entrusted Zuo Liangyu again, and used his connections to rescue Han Runchang. As soon as Han Runchang came out, of course he went straight to his disciples, and he wanted to do his best to assist his disciples to succeed.
Han Runchang saw that his beloved disciple was so capable, of course he wanted to make another contribution to his beloved apprentice, and Han Runchang was very excited to return to the battlefield in Liaodong! Liaodong! He's been gone for more than ten years!
For more than ten years, he thought every day that he could return to Liaodong and fight to the death against the Manchu Tartar soldiers, which was the best.
After Delis met Lin Hengwan, she talked to Lin Hengwan about purchasing firearms. As soon as Lin Hengwan heard that it was the great hero Zhang Biwu who wanted to buy it, he agreed with his mouth, don't look at Lin Hengwan who lived in Resha City most of the time, but he knew everything in the Ming Dynasty clearly.
Lin Hengwan has a friendship with Dai Lisi, and now what Dai Lisi is asking for is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, as a Han Chinese, Lin Hengwan feels that the family must not forget the country, even if this business is unprofitable, he will do it! I only hope that after Zhang Biwu can get the firearms, the Qing army can not invade the Ming Dynasty again.
It's a pity that Zhang Biwu doesn't have much money now, and if he wants to buy it, he will have to wait for a long time. Lin Hengwan made a promise, as long as Zhang Biwu buys it, he will try his best to facilitate it! As long as you want to buy it, you can go to him at any time!
Even if he is in Resha City, as long as he sends someone to Lin Hengwan's hometown Tong'an, he can be notified, and there are still many Lin Hengwan's shops in Tong'an. Delis was a worthwhile trip.
Delis returned with a happy mood. Delisi can come back safely and soundly, and the happiest person is Zhang Biwu, because Yang Sichang once sent someone to either kill Delisi or capture Delisi, and Zhang Biwu sent someone to protect Delisi. Fortunately, everything is safe and sound, whether she can get Hongyi cannons, firearms, etc. is secondary, and Dai Li is unscathed, which is the best.
Zhang Biwu returned to the army, and now his soldiers are training. Let the soldiers go to eat, but only give them a quarter of an hour, as soon as the horn sounds, they must assemble quickly, no matter what.
"Woo woo", the rapid sound of the horn continued one after another, never stopped. In such a short time, 15 minutes in just a quarter of an hour, and a fifth is three minutes, it is simply impossible for them to be fed in such a short time.
All they can do is quickly grab the steamed buns or buns, and put the bags into the bags. There were no bags, so they had to put them in their pockets or pockets, and some of them were stuffed to the brim. They rushed out of the city.
The soldiers rushed out from all directions, they lined up quickly, many of them still stuffed food in their mouths, and you could also see from their trouser pockets that there were steamed buns, buns, and the like.
Zhang Biwu looked at them, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, the Lian Yong he recruited in the land of the three counties is not only Lian Yong now, they are also a strong army, they have gone through a hard battle with Zhang Xianzhong, the baptism of war, and now they have become an armed force that should not be underestimated. It's even different from the Ming army that they didn't even drill, they practiced regularly.
Zhang Biwu looked at them very satisfied, as long as the military order was given, all they could do was obey!
Zhang Biwu looked at their formations again, they were all very skillful, and they coordinated well with each other.
This team of people trained by himself will become Zhang Biwu's standard battalion, Zhang Biwu of course wants to train them strictly, and the newly recruited soldiers should also let them see what kind of team their main general is in this pro-army, which is a combatable army.
Chongzhen really gave Zhang Biwu a lot of money in order for Zhang Biwu to rescue Jinzhou, and if he has enough money, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to recruit soldiers because of money.
Zhang Biwu went to Song County to look for those hungry people, some of them were originally born in the gourd soldiers, and some were forced to be unable to do so because of hunger, and they had become Li Zicheng's elite.
When the relatives of the gourd soldiers killed by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong heard that they were not going to fight the thieves, but to fight the Qing army, they didn't have much interest, they only wanted to avenge the previous Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong who killed the gourd soldiers.
Because of the above reasons, Zhang Biwu can not recruit many people.
During the time when Zhang Biwu recruited soldiers, Li Zicheng broke through Nanyang, and the general soldiers defending the city were as fierce as a tiger and died in battle with Senator Ai Yuchu and Zhixian Yao Yunxi. Liu Guangzuo, the deputy commander-in-chief, came from Xiangcheng and was left by the Tang King to help defend the city, and finally died in battle.
At the end of the year, Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng again, and he successively captured more than ten cities such as Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Chenliu, Tongxu, Weishi, Weichuan, Yanling, Linying, Changge, Xinzheng, and Bishui, which belonged to Kaifeng. Li Zicheng attacked the city, the governor Gao Mingheng and the general soldier Chen Yongfu tried their best to resist, and Chen Yongfu shot Li Zicheng in the eye, and Li Zicheng withdrew from the siege.
As soon as Chongzhen heard about it, he was even more happy, the siege of Kaifeng had been lifted, and even Li Zicheng was shot in the eye and became Li blind!
Now it was time to focus on Songjin, and he was even more anxiously waiting for the recruitment time agreed with Zhang Biwu. At that time, Zhang Biwu had to set off, as for whether Zhang Biwu could solve the siege of Songjin, Chongzhen and Zhang Biwu were not completely sure.
It's just that Zhang Biwu is Chongzhen's only hope, and Chongzhen can only pin everything on Zhang Biwu.
Finally, the three-month recruitment time agreed by Zhang Biwu for Chongzhen arrived, and even if Zhang Biwu used up all his abilities and tricks, the soldiers and horses he recruited were only 6,000 people, of which the Guangxi wolf soldiers accounted for 3,000.
As for the Mao gourd soldiers and mining soldiers, most of the elites have already rebelled with Li Zicheng, and Zhang Biwu doesn't want more rabble, he wants the elite, and he wants outlaws.
In addition, Zhang Biwu's training and soldiers are less than 10,000, and he wants to go north to Liaodong with only 9,000 people, can only these 9,000 people defeat the more than 100,000 fierce Qing army?
However, what made Zhang Biwu excited and happy was that Xuan Jianhao, who he had always valued very much, came to him! Although he knew that Zhang Biwu was going to rescue Songjin, and the certainty of this battle was very low, he still came to vote without fear of life and death, and entrusted his life to him.
No matter who you hear, you will laugh at Zhang Biwu's incompetence and stupidity......
But Zhang Biwu will still move forward bravely, he is not willful, because he already has a good plan and reported it to Chongzhen. Chongzhen also thinks that Zhang Biwu's clever plan can be used, especially Zhang Biwu's analysis of the current situation in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is even more to the point, Chongzhen decided to follow Zhang Biwu's clever plan, in order to rescue Hong Chengchou.
There is also Zhang Biwu who asked Feng Kaizhang, the governor of Tianjin, for some things, because only in this way, Feng Kaizhang will be of great help to him in the future.
Aiding Songjin is relying on courage, strategy, and everything to move forward bravely towards this section of the most difficult road!