Chen Yongfu not only fought with the thieves many times, but also had the experience of defending Kaifeng three times, plus he participated in the battle of Pingliao this time, the war experience is relatively sufficient, and he is definitely qualified to enter the military aircraft department.

Before, Chongzhen swept away the civil and military forces of the Beijing Division, and the generals of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Gyeonggi either surrendered to Li Zicheng or were defeated and killed, and almost no one was available in the Ming court, which can be said to have withered the stars.

Now is the time to employ people, with Chen Yongfu's talent, not to mention expanding the territory, it is absolutely safe to appoint him as a general soldier to defend the city.

However, now it is necessary to garrison the cities of Liaodong and Liaoxi, and to stabilize the four northern provinces, and at the same time to prepare for a duel with Hongguang, Azig and other forces.

It is really a pity to put Chen Yongfu in Liaodong.

In Chongzhen's plan, Wu Sangui's descendants were brought to Beijing as the main force of the southern expedition.

At the same time, the recruits from the four northern provinces and the people who lacked land were enriched to Liaodong, and some civilian officials were sent over, which not only effectively reduced the foundation of Wu Sangui's warlords, but also helped to govern the localities and expand the territory.

The Sanjiang Plain, Songnen Plain, Xing'anling and other places in the north of Liaodong, and even the vast land in the north, should set up the Liaobei Production Corps to gradually open up the Great Northern Wilderness and extend to the Arctic Ocean, becoming another granary and timber and mineral base in the Ming Dynasty.

All of this is for people!

What Chongzhen lacks now is people!

"It seems that when I return to Jingshi, I am going to Huangzhuang to see those civil and military who have no integrity, and I am happy to find a few people who can be used.

Although they cannot be reinstated and restored, they should be assigned to northern Liaobei and be a military advisor without authority. ”

Compared with working as coolies in Huangzhuang, these scholars should prefer to do a decent career.

Of course, Chongzhen will not just take it and use it personally. He knew that after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Chiang Kai-shek clique quickly regained lost territory and appointed local officials on a large scale, because of the ability and character of these officials, the people's life was worse than during the Japanese occupation, and thus greatly lost the people's support.

When Chongzhen was thinking about this, the prince in Jingshi, under the influence of Ni Yuanlu and others, had already begun to investigate the civil and military officials who had been dismissed by Chongzhen.

Because the four northern provinces are also in urgent need of officials, and the cabinet has no choice, it turned its attention to those "coolies", but after all, they have surrendered to thieves and cannot be directly appointed, so they have to take the line of the prince, let the prince inspect first, and wait for the emperor to come back and try to mention it.

……

South of Liaoyang, Chen Yongfu didn't know his future A few times in Chongzhen's mind, the only thing he was worried about now was the physical strength of the Ming army.

From last night to now, the army has been marching for 8 hours, and although there is a break and a simple meal on the way, the physical strength of the soldiers has reached the limit.

Even in such a hurry, he was never able to catch up with the Jianguo who fled south.

Wu Sangui also saw that the Ming army had reached its limit, and if he continued to chase after him like this, even if he found Jianyu, he would not have much combat power.

"The army rests on the spot for an hour!" Wu Sangui ordered.

Chen Yongfu breathed a long sigh of relief, "Master Hou, if you don't listen to it, we may not be able to catch up with the Jianyu deserter!" ”

Wu Sangui was silent when he heard it, in fact, he had already seen it.

Just now, the night ahead did not take back the letter, and the Jianyu who fled south rode lightly, judging from the horseshoe prints, it was very likely that it was one man and two horses, and the speed was very fast. Now it may have passed Haizhou and gone straight to Gaizhou.

And they did not carry artillery, not even siege equipment, it was simply impossible to storm the city.

It was freezing on this day, and the army was rushing in the wind and snow, and when the time came, it was impossible to conquer the fortified city, which was a great blow to morale. Once the enemy counterattacks, there is a high probability that the entire army will be annihilated.

"General Chen also saw it?" Wu Sangui said with emotion, "This official went on this expedition, first conquered Fushun, and then went south to chase and escape, although he conquered Fushun, but he never completed the task arranged by the emperor. ”

Chen Yongfu knew Wu Sangui's difficulties, so he didn't speak, just listened quietly, to see what this Liaodong Marquis had planned.

"Now, it's almost certain that the pursuit mission has failed, so are we going to just go back and get back to our lives?" Wu Sangui asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Chen Yongfu doubted, since he couldn't catch up and didn't go back to restore his life, what else could he do?

"If you don't collect returns at night, Anshan is already an empty city, so let's go there and settle down first." Wu Sangui said slowly: "I guess that the Jianyu of Haizhou has also abandoned the city, if I guess correctly, we will occupy Haizhou immediately!" ”

Chen Yongfu understood.

Wu Sangui wanted to use the credit of recovering his homeland to offset the mistake of not completing the task of chasing and fleeing.

"Listen to the military orders of the Hou Ye!" Chen Yongfu clenched his fists.

At the beginning of the Shen period, Wu Sangui led the army into the Anshan Station, which was still intact.

Although Anshan was settled in the Warring States Period, the establishment has not been high, and it is under the jurisdiction of the surrounding prefectures and prefectures.

Anshan in this era, both in terms of military status and economic status, was far inferior to Liaoyang and Haizhou.

It is not as valued as a steel city in later generations.

Now it's just a small earthen city, and it can't even accommodate 20,000 Ming troops.

Fortunately, there are many guards and forts built by the Ming Dynasty near Anshan, which are now just for the army to be stationed.

The army lit fires, boiled water, cooked, and finally could rest.

Wu Sangui ate, sat cross-legged on the kang, and rested for a while.

At this time, Haoge had gathered more than 1,000 soldiers and civilians in Haizhou, took enough grain, grass and property, and "approached" Gaizhou.

The rifle squad, which was the vanguard of the Ming army, arrived in Haizhou two hours after Haoge left, and looked at the empty county seat, they did not dare to continue the pursuit.

The first is that their physical strength is exhausted, and the second is that the number of Jianyu has increased, and they are not sure whether they can have enough combat strength to deal with it, so they have to be stationed down first, and at the same time send the herald to return to their lives, waiting for Wu Sangui's military order.

As soon as it was dark, the herald rushed to Anshan and reported to Wu Sangui: "Jianyu has gathered the soldiers and civilians of Haizhou, grain and grass, abandoned the city, and has rushed to Gaizhou. Our rifle corps has entered the city and is stationed. ”

"Horsepower?" Wu Sangui frowned and muttered to himself

Ye Bushu thought that Wu Sangui was asking himself, and immediately replied: "The humble post followed the traces of Jian's southern escape, chased it out for a long time, and found that there were fallen war horses on the side of the road from time to time, as well as some frozen prisoners and ordinary coats. Come to think of it, they are desperate to escape, and they don't stop for a moment. ”

Wu Sangui nodded, it is impossible for him to catch up with this escape method, "No matter how hard you work, go to Haizhou to give an order, let the rifle team be stationed on the spot, and wait for the follow-up army to change the guard." ”

"Yes!"

Wu Sangui sat on the kang and pondered for a long time, and asked people to bring pen and ink and write the battle report with enthusiasm:

"After receiving the holy decree, the minister went to Liaoyang non-stop, and after a day and a night of pursuit, he killed at least 9 soldiers and horses of Liaoyang Jianyu, and at the same time recovered the first-line territory of Liaoyang and Haizhou, and sent soldiers to garrison to prevent Jianyu from counterattacking......"