In the Jinan Marshal's Mansion, Xu Zengshou and Liu Ziguang humbled each other, and in the end, Xu Dashuai reluctantly sat down, and Liu Ziguang added a chair next to the handsome seat to sit down and began to hand over the guard.

Due to the tension of the war, the handover ceremony was simple and fast, and after the handover, Liu Ziguang was the number one military and political leader in Jinan, and Xu Zengshou's luggage had already been prepared, and he immediately left Jinan and rushed to Beijing to take office.

Jinan to Beijing is a long way, the Qing army rangers are ghostly, Xu Zengshou does not have Liu Ziguang's courage, but he can't move the soldiers of Jinan, he can only go with his guards, or Liu Ziguang is considerate, and he dials 3,000 men and horses to escort Xu Dashuai to the border of Hebei, and then Jing ** takes over, escorting all the way to Beijing, don't worry about being attacked, Xu Zengshou was moved, needless to say, Jinan civil and military officials sent him to ten miles outside the city, looking at the team and returning to the city.

The new official took office three fires, Liu Ziguang didn't even return to his own Baotuquan house, and directly gathered in the Shuaifu to discuss the generals, these generals left by Yuan Chonghuan are no strangers to Liu Ziguang, Liu Ziguang worked with them as an iron factory and a civilian army, and Liu Ziguang's industry in Shandong is thanks to their care, and they also take Liu Ziguang's dry shares, and the annual dividend is tens of thousands of taels of silver, so the relationship is quite good.

But Liu Ziguang knew that these people were no better than the subordinates of the Red Shirt Army, who were all veterans for many years, and could not suppress them if they did not come up with a little bit of style and means, so he changed into a crown and robe in the back hall, and came out, wearing a red embroidered gold python robe, wearing a black veil, and sat down in the hall majestically, which was not the same as the Jiupin General who was mixed in Jinan back then.

Zu Dashou, Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, He Kegang, Niu Yong, these generals are the pillars of the Shandong Army, and the predecessor of the Shandong Army is the world-famous Xuzhou Army. After recovering Shandong, one by one they seemed to be heroes, and their self-confidence was bursting, and Yuan Chonghuan left again, and no one could control them, grabbing land and occupying the land industry, Shandong was economically controlled by Liu Ziguang, but the politics and military affairs were controlled by this gang of military leaders except Qingdao.

Shandong is the front line, the imperial court does not dare to mess around, can only envelop these generals, Shandong Governor Ruan Dacheng's decree can only pass in the governor's yamen, out of the yamen, no one recognizes him as old, over time, these generals are more and more arrogant, the soldiers do not practice, all day long know to collect money.

Freedom and casualness, suddenly there is a marshal, the whole army is naturally angry, no matter what kind of country you are, the uncle of the country said that if you don't serve, you won't serve, although Xu Zengshou is a hereditary duke, the title is very good, but he has never been a high-ranking official with real power, and he is the later governor of the five armies, and he is only a fictitious title, so he lacks the skill to control his subordinates, and it is very useless to take these generals, and half of the failure of the Shandong war situation is to blame for such people who do not listen to the command.

Xu Zengshou walked away in a gloomy manner, but Liu Ziguang came, and his feelings for Liu Ziguang's generals were complicated, this newly rising upstart in the imperial court can be said to have grown up after they watched it, earlier Liu Ziguang was just a family member of the Liguo Iron Factory, which everyone knows, Liu Ziguang followed the second lady Peng Jingwei to fight in Xuzhou Mansion and make trouble, or Niu Yong helped settle it. Later, Liu Ziguang and Ruan Dacheng's brother-in-law clashed and killed more than 100 people up and down the military preparation road, and these generals also covered them, speaking of which, they were kind to Liu Ziguang.

Later, Liu Ziguang went to Beijing to heal his wounds, and actually took the emperor's line, united with the Donglin Party to overthrow the eunuch party, and the party has soared to the sky since then, and the promotion is dazzling, although Liu Ziguang became a big official, but he has not forgotten that these old friends have generous gifts during the New Year's holidays, and these generals are also very proud of Liu Ziguang, and often boast in front of people: Do you know the Marquis of Zhenwu, that is the little brother who mixed with Lao Tzu at the beginning.

The current general trend of the world is different from three years ago, Fujian and Taiwan have returned to Daming Lake, Guangjiangxi and the state of secession has also ended, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Sichuan have also been reformed and returned to the river, the imperial court in addition to the Beijing camp forbidden army, in Huguang, Henan Guang recruited Xiangyong, in Shandong and Guangzhou, Quanzhou to train the Beiyang and Nanyang naval divisions, as well as Liu Ziguang's brave and good fighting Red Shirt Army, the dependence on the Shandong army has been greatly reduced, the generals do not say it, and there is still a little loss in their hearts.

Now that Liu Ziguang came to take over the Shandong armies alone, the emotional damage caused to the military leaders is even greater than that of Xu Zengshou as a marshal.

Looking at Liu Ziguang, who was dressed in a python robe and graceful, the generals exchanged meaningful glances with each other, and they were all silent to watch how Liu Ziguang opened.

What do these people think, Liu Ziguang naturally knows that he is not good at politics, and when he encounters problems, he is used to cutting through the mess quickly, but now he can't act like this, the Shandong army is all soldiers, and any general will cause a mutiny, and there are only three forces in North China, and their own lineage, the Red Shirt Army and the puppet army, the first two have another heavy task, and the task of clearing up the stubborn enemy in Shandong is all on this group of people, and at this time, it is natural to focus on stability.

Liu Ziguang glanced around and said: "All the generals have kindness to Ziguang, Ziguang has never thanked him in person, this time I am fortunate to come to Jinan to command the armies, and I take this opportunity to thank everyone first." After saying that, he stood up and bowed to the end.

Seeing that Liu Ziguang didn't dare to pretend to be big in front of them, everyone felt much more comfortable, and they also stood up and saluted back: "Whatever Master Hou said, his family was polite. ”

Liu Ziguang smiled and talked about the past, which brought the atmosphere of the scene into full swing, and everyone was immersed in the glorious history of beating the Qing army in those years, talking and laughing, and leaving all the defeats in recent months behind.

Recalling the past, it is inevitable to look forward to the future, Liu Ziguang gradually brought the topic to the current situation, he did not mention the war, but just asked everyone how much silver they could make every year. Everyone twisted and pinched for a long time, and it took them to say that there were 120,000 taels of silver every year, this figure is basically true, and the Qing prefect also paid 100,000 snowflakes and silver in a year, Shandong is not weaker than the foundation of Jiangnan, Liu Ziguang's filial piety, plus eating a little vacancy, is about 150,000 taels a year, as a general military officer who commands the army, these money is not too much, not too little.

Liu Ziguang smiled and said: "Your life is really hard, Ziguang doesn't want to help everyone make some money." ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, and they all asked Liu Ziguang what a good way to do it, and a pre-war scheduling meeting turned into a financial seminar, but everyone did not feel anything wrong, but looked at Liu Ziguang with eager eyes.

Liu Ziguang smiled slightly: "This is simple, there is territory, soldiers and horses, and the silver is naturally rolling in, not to mention Shandong, it is already in your pocket, although it is temporarily occupied by Hong Lao Thief, but it is a matter of ten days and half a month to regain it, we have to take a long-term view, Hebei, Shanxi, Mongolia, Liaodong, a large area of land is waiting for us, Ziguang has little appetite, there is Beijing and Tianjin in his hands, he is satisfied, and other prefectures and counties are divided by the generals." ”

These words are in Li, a large area of land symbolizes a lot of silver, stacks of black gauze hats, more troops, and countless beautiful little ladies, as long as Hong Chengchou is destroyed, these are not dreams, the imperial court placed on the battlefield of the northern front, the army was originally based on the Shandong army, the red shirt army is strange, the task of occupying Hebei and Shanxi is given to them, it is they who are not angry, they were pulled out by the red shirt army, and now Liu Ziguang is willing to give up military merit to them, how can there be no reason not to be tempted.

But how could Hong Chengchou be so easy to deal with this old thief, but the commander of the Ming army was born in general, familiar with all the operations and operational characteristics of the Ming army, and had the elite of the powerful Qing army in his hands, don't look at Liu Ziguang's Red Shirt Army, which conquered Shanhaiguan and Tianjin and Beijing in succession, it was not because the Shandong battlefield held the main force of the Qing army, in the final analysis, half of the victory of the Red Shirt Army was the credit of the Shandong Army.

Liu Ziguang regained Taiwan with great strength, Pingdinghu, Guangjiangxi, and made a surprise attack on Shanhaiguan and landed in Beijing, but these battles were won by overwhelming superiority in troops or technology. They didn't think about it, and the firearms in their hands were not small, but why they had been defeated repeatedly.

Liu Ziguang didn't know the bottom in his heart, after all, the Shandong army was not his red-shirted general, and the soldiers didn't know the generals, this battle was a bit mysterious, but he thought that his tactical thinking had entered the era of firearms, and it was much more advanced than the old army like Hong Chengchou, although the ratio of firearms and equipment of the Shandong army was not as good as that of the red-shirts, but it was also extremely high, and there were at least five firearms in a shed, and a battalion with 20 cannons.

These are all later words, at present, we must first drum up everyone's fighting spirit, Liu Ziguang patted his chest, and promised that as long as everyone obeyed the order, he would guarantee to take everyone to fight the prestige of the Xuzhou Army in the past, and he would be promoted to official wealth before the snow.

The generals were moved by Liu Ziguang's words, and they all said that the commander would fight wherever he pointed out, and Liu Ziguang was very satisfied, and gave the order to hold a feast and reward the three armies to go out of the city tomorrow to fight.