On September 15, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Xing immediately led his army back to Dengzhou City, the base area, after winning the great victory in Liaodong.

The east gate of Dengzhou City was already crowded at this moment, and all the civil and military officers of the Military Marshal's Mansion were waiting for wine three miles away from the city gate.

Just after the hour, more than 2,000 cavalry of the Jingbei Army appeared on the official road leading to the east gate of Dengzhou, rolling in on horses with the bright red flags of the commanders of Shandong and Liaodong and the military flags of the Jingbei Army.

Immediately after that, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Jingbei Army drove hundreds of carts, sang the military song of the Qi family, followed the horse team along the official road, and appeared on the horizon in a neat queue.

"It's coming, it's coming! Dashuai has returned to the division, everyone get ready! ”

Song Guangkun, the prefect of Dengzhou, shouted at the yacha behind him.

As the army got closer and closer, the drums in the welcoming crowd rang out in unison, and the soldiers of the new second town who accompanied the welcome sang triumphant songs in unison.

"All of us are united, and the mountains can be shaken. Only loyal and righteous, angry bullfighting. The Lord will kiss me like a parent, and he will violate military law, and he will not be free. The order is clear, and the reward and punishment letter is written. Go to the water and fire, dare to stay late. Report to the Son of Heaven and save the head of Qian. Kill all the slaves and find a marquis. ”

The battle flag was flying, the iron hooves were rolling, and in the loud military song, Li Xingzhi and Li Bangjie and a group of guards had come to the front of everyone.

Liu Lishun, the governor of Shandong, and Song Guangkun, the prefect of Dengzhou, led a group of civil and military officials to salute Li Xingzhi on the horse: "Li Shuai fought hard for more than a month, beheaded the pseudo-Qing family, captured and killed the slave chief General Hong, and was able to determine the homeland of Shenyang, Li Shuai's merits, and we will congratulate the Jingbei Army, Li Shuai, and Daming!" ”

"The princes have a good reputation, hurry up and excuse me, although this battle is the dedication of the Northern Expedition soldiers, but you have also worked hard to raise money and food in Dengzhou, provide ordnance, and consolidate the rear for the commander."

Li Xing hit the horse forward, raised his hand on the horse and signaled Liu Lishun and the others to get up, Li Xingzhi also understood the reason of carrying people in a sedan chair, and he knew that the next Qingjun side matters still needed the support of these generals

Song Guangkun and others stepped forward with a few pots of wine, and said in a loud voice: "The handsome don't have to be too modest, and drink this cup, we have prepared a banquet in the government to congratulate the handsome." ”

"Have you arranged the food and drinks for the soldiers?"

Li Xingzhi took the wine glass presented by Song Guangkun and drank it all, opened his mouth leisurely, after two months of hard fighting, he couldn't eat meat by himself, and the soldiers drank soup!

"Don't worry, the soldiers' food and drink, subordinates have already been prepared!"

Song Guangkun hurriedly spoke, he was also an old man in the Jingbei Army, and he also knew Li Xingzhi's temperament, where did he dare to snub these meritorious soldiers.

"Well, there is no need for a banquet, the commander will enter the camp with the soldiers, what do they eat, what do we eat, Li Bangjie will notify him, and the whole army will be rerouted to Tianqi Mountain Village."

Li Xingzhi turned the horse's head and immediately ordered Li Bangjie to leave.

"The last general obeys!"

Li Bangjie rolled his eyes, and shouted to the group of iron soldiers behind him to lead the way, and in his heart he slandered Li Xingzhi's belly, what can be delicious in the barracks, it is nothing more than brown rice with some wine and meat, where is there a good food in the marshal's mansion.

Liu Lishun, Song Guangkun and others looked at each other, and had no choice but to follow Li Xingzhi to the official army camp of Tianqi Mountain.

As Li Bangjie expected, there was indeed only brown rice and some wine and meat in the barracks, as well as large bone broth.

But Li Xingzhi ate happily, holding a full bowl of rice from time to time with two chopsticks on this table, and drinking two mouthfuls of soup on that table.

"What do you mean?"

With a rice bowl and a bowl of food, he followed behind Li Xingzhi step by step, and looked at Zhang Wu, the general of the fifth town, with a puzzled face, and asked, he had been a prince in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty for several years, although he was a slave of the Manchurians, he also lived a life of fine clothes and food.

"How can you and I predict the thoughts of the big handsome? What he asked us to do, we should do it, Brother Shang will not be long after he joined Penglaihou, and he should ask what he should ask, and don't ask what he shouldn't ask. ”

When he was in the Dongjiang River, Zhang Wu followed his brother Zhang Pan to guard Lushun, Shang Kexi led the naval division to garrison Guanglu, and the military and horse mobilization of Zhang Pan's department all relied on Shang Kexi's transfer, and the friendship between the two sides was still very deep, if it were not for Shenyang, Shen Yongzhen, the former deputy general of the fifth town, would not only have placed Shang Kexi's wife Yang under house arrest, but also wanted to intercede for Shang Kexi.

"What's not to say, since Brother Shang has followed us Li Dashuai, it is our own ......, Dashuai said before he left Liaodong, what kind of monarch to clear, now this is to win the hearts of soldiers!"

On the way back, Li Xingzhi told him that the matter on the Qingjun side of the Jingbei Army had reached an urgent time, and this time Li Xingzhi reorganized the sixth town and the new sixth town, and he definitely wanted to use these two towns to support the Central Plains battlefield.

"Ah......?"

Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming were stunned, although Xu Erxian said that Li Xingzhi might have different intentions, they didn't expect that they had just returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and they would immediately become a rebel of the Ming court.

"What do you say?"

Li Xingzhi slowly paced in front of Shang Kexi and the others' faces with a full bowl of rice, and looked at Li Bangjie, Shang Kexi and the others' round bellies stuffed with brown rice and bone broth with a smile.

“…… Nothing, nothing! Dashuai, why didn't the rice in your bowl move? ”

Where did Li Bangjie dare to talk nonsense, pointing to Li Xingzhi's job and diverting the topic.

"Mr. Song, didn't they prepare a good banquet in the Military Marshal's Mansion? If you don't go back to eat, it won't be a waste. ”

Li Xingzhi took another bite of the rice bowl in his hand and glanced at Li Bangjie and the others teasingly.

"Uh......!"

Looking at Li Xingzhi, who had eaten a few grains of rice, Li Bangjie wanted to cry without tears, he was so fucking stupid, why didn't he think of this stubble.

Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming were envious of the relationship between Li Xingzhi and Li Bangjie, and were shocked by what Li Bangjie said about the Qingjun side, and looked at Li Xingzhi who was slowly pulling brown rice with complicated eyes.

To tell the truth, they were rebels in the Ming Dynasty, and they didn't have any intention of resisting Emperor Chongzhen's rebellion, but they didn't expect that Li Xingzhigui was the marquis of the Ming Dynasty, and he actually planned to oppose the Ming Dynasty before he went to Liaodong.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, Li Xingzhi immediately summoned Wang Zhong, the second town general, Liu Guoneng, the new second town general, Zhang Shaoqian, the fourth town general, Liu Wenxiu, the new fourth town general, Shang Kexi, the sixth town general, Geng Zhongming, the new sixth town general, Amba, the owner of the Manchu Green Flag, Alan Chai, the owner of the Mongolian Green Flag, Zake, the owner of the Green Flag of the Han Army, and the owner of the Green Flag of the Han Army, Akema, the owner of the Green Flag of the Han Army. Qian Tianxi, the prefect of Laizhou, Song Guangkun, the prefect of Dengzhou, Liu Lishun, the governor of Shandong, Qian Anning, the secretary of the Bo of Dengzhou City, and Li Youcai, the ambassador of the Military Intelligence Department, and other civil and military officers in Laiden went to Penglai Pavilion five days later to discuss the military situation.