At the end of September, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, who led his troops back to the capital of Jinan, stood on a ruin, and couldn't help cursing angrily.

Yan Jizu is a native of Longxi County, Minglongxi, and a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli.

This time the Qing soldiers entered the Kou, Yan Jizu, as the governor of Shandong, had an overview of the soldiers, horses, money and food in Shandong, and naturally bore the brunt of the attack, and he had already reported the determination to fight to the death, and was preparing to gather soldiers and horses from all over the country to deploy defenses in Qingzhou Mansion and Jinan Mansion to block the Qing army in the north and prevent the Qing soldiers from going south to erode the hinterland of Shandong.

However, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, misjudged the current situation, and successively ordered Yan Jizu to lead his troops to move to various places, and finally ordered him to lead his troops to garrison Dezhou. Yan Jizu's pacesetter horse only had 3,000 people, and he was originally prepared to defend the city, but in less than a month, he was transferred back and forth by the military department, and constantly changed the guard three times.

During this period, Yan Jizu knew that Shandong's soldiers and horses were not of great use, so he wrote to the military department several times, asking the imperial court to mobilize soldiers and horses from all over the country to aid Shandong, but he did not wait for any reinforcements, and even Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, was unwilling to lead his troops back to Jinan Mansion, so this situation made Yan Jizu indignant.

At this time, Yan Jizu led his troops into the city of Jinan, while mobilizing people to clean up the ruins in the city, looking for the surviving people, and writing to the surrounding states and counties, as soon as possible to move the population to enrich the city of Jinan, at the same time Yan Jizu immediately sent henchmen to various places to verify the achievements of the various departments.

"If the battle is like this, this governor must make those who are afraid of the enemy pay the price!"

Yan Jizu roared angrily, and the general Xu Tonghui, who was called, hugged his fists and took his life.

Xu Tonghui was originally born in Yan Jizu's family, and was later transferred to Shandong to lead the troops in the Si Dengzhou Battalion, and then he was transferred back to his side, and he was Yan Jizu's confidant general.

The soldier and horse system of the Shandong guard was somewhat different from other places, because Shandong faced the sea and was originally facing the threat of the Japanese invaders, so the imperial court made some fine-tuning on the original guard system in Shandong.

Above the hundreds of households in various places are thousands of households, and above the thousands of households are not all commanding envoys, but the three military battalions of Jimo Battalion, Dengzhou Battalion, and Wendeng Battalion that were added in the Yongle period. Liu Yan's Lingshanwei is under the command of the Jimo Battalion.

These three battalions have jurisdiction over all 24 health offices in Shandong, namely the Mo battalion has jurisdiction over four health offices in Andongwei, Lingshanwei, Aoshanwei and Dasongwei, and six thousand households in Shijiu, Xiahezhai, Jiaozhou, Fushan, Xiongya and Haiyang; Wendeng Camp has jurisdiction over Jinghaiwei, Chengshanwei, Weihaiwei, Ninghaiwei four guards and four thousand households; The Dengzhou battalion has jurisdiction over the three guards of Dengzhouwei, Laizhouwei, and Qingzhouwei and three thousand households. In the battalion, there are military officers such as generals, commanders, and commanders. The staff will be the commanders of each battalion, and they will be in charge of the general camp affairs together with the commanders and commanders. In this way, a military system of battalions, guards, and defenses was established and perfected in the eastern part of the Shandong Peninsula.

"This time, I heard that Lingshanwei's record is good, so you can go straight to Lingshanwei, and start with Lingshanwei!"

Xu Tonghui said: "My lord, my subordinates heard that Lingshan Wei killed a defensive officer and lost a lot of soldiers and horses, but he reported a great victory, and the good news has been sent to the capital, and now His Majesty has already known the news......

Yan Jizu said: "It is precisely because Your Majesty also knows about this, so I let you go to check Lingshanwei first, this time I have lost all over Shandong one after another, and even the city of Jinan has been burned, if Your Majesty blames it, we will all lose our officials and go to prison, no one can escape, do you understand?" ”

Xu Tonghui immediately understood, and said in a low voice: "My subordinates will rush to Lingshanwei now, if this good news is true, my subordinates will definitely write a detailed report." ”

"Well, that's good, the meritorious ones can't be left behind, and the inactive ones can't be filled in, do you understand?"

"My subordinates understand!"

A few days later, Xu Tonghui rushed to the Lingshan Acropolis, and when the integrity officer Li Jiwen heard that Hu Zongming had come to report, he couldn't believe it, until he saw Xu Tonghui, who was wearing a general's uniform, strode in, and Li Jiwen hurriedly came out to salute.

"The subordinates don't know that the adults are coming, and they are not welcome!"

Xu Tonghui said with a smile: "Okay, you don't have to care about these vulgar rites, let's go in and talk about it." ”

"Yes, yes, please inside!"

Li Jiwen let Xu Tonghui in, and looked at Hu Zongming on the other hand, but when he saw Hu Zongming shaking his head slightly, he sensed a trace of badness in his heart.

After the three of them sat down, Xu Tonghui went straight to the point and said loudly: "In the battle of Yaoshan Mountain Road outside Qingzhou City, Zhang Hailin, the defender of the Qianhu Household in front of your Lingshan Weixia River Village, was killed, is this true or false?" ”

Li Jiwen didn't expect Xu Tonghui to ask about it as soon as he came up, and immediately sweated like rain, nodded and said, "This matter is true." At that time, Zhang Hailin, the defensive officer, took the lead and was leading the ......"

"The soldiers of the Lingshan Guard suffered many casualties, and there were no less than a thousand dead and wounded, is this true or false?"

Xu Tonghui didn't listen to Li Jiwen's explanation at all, which made Li Jiwen secretly scream in his heart, Li Jiwen knew that this Xu Tonghui was the confidant general of Shandong Governor Yan Jizu, and now Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, was requisitioned and transferred to Beizhili to deploy defense, this Shandong Governor Yan Jizu is not only his "county official", but also "in charge", so he naturally drums in his heart.

"Yes, yes, it's true, the soldiers and horses of the various departments have not practiced for a long time......"

"Humph!"

Xu Tonghui's face suddenly became a little ugly, and then he waved his hand, stopped Li Jiwen's words, and asked: "Then the beheading of one hundred and thirty-four levels written on your good news is even more than a dozen vests and one specialization, is this true or false?" ”

"My lord, this is true, it is true, it is true!"

"My lord Mingjian, this matter is indeed true, there is no half-point difference!"

Speaking of this, Li Jiwen hurriedly shouted loudly, and even Hu Zongming next to him also shouted. At this time, the two of them don't care about any upper and lower physique, so let's prove their achievements first.

"Oh?"

Xu Tonghui tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, tried not to change his face, and then said: "Your Lingshan Guard's soldiers and horses are so unbearable to fight, you can actually behead one hundred and thirty-four levels, are you idiots when you are a general?" ”

"Your Excellency!"

Li Jiwen said loudly: "Most of the soldiers and horses of my Lingshan Guard are indeed unbearable, but the 100 households under the jurisdiction of the Qianqian Households of Xiahe Village are different, and Liu Yan, the management officer of Wangjiazhuang, is a fierce general, and his soldiers and horses are not only well-trained, but also all of them are wearing armor, and they are equipped with sophisticated firearms, and their combat power is outstanding, so they have been beheaded a lot!" ”

After listening, Xu Tonghui suddenly came to his senses, but he didn't expect that he came to check this time, and found out an unborn warrior?

"Well, in that case, that makes sense."

Xu Tonghui stood up, Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming hurriedly got up, only to see Xu Tonghui say: "Go, take me to check the head of the Qing army, this staff will check them one by one!" ”

"Yes!"

A moment later, in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, one hundred and thirty-four heads were neatly placed in the courtyard, a large wooden basin was placed in the center of the courtyard, and water had been placed in it, and a family member was holding the heads of the Qing soldiers and placing them in the water one by one.

"The head has a face facing up, floating and not sinking, the beard is not newly shaved, and the teeth and facial features are slightly different from my Central Plains, but it is the head of a real slave!"

This time, Xu Tonghui specially brought a professional work, which was to run for the heads of these Qing soldiers, listening to the tests one by one, and saying the verdict on the spot, the smile on Xu Tonghui's face became brighter and brighter, until the last head test passed, Xu Tonghui laughed violently, and praised Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming: "I really didn't expect it, Lingshanwei still has loyal ministers and good generals like you, after I go back, I must report truthfully to Lord Futai, together with the management officer named Liu Yan, for you!" ”

Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, this time they finally passed the test, so the two of them hugged their fists and became modest, and at the same time talked about the thrill of the battle.

"Okay, this is not the place to talk, let's go in and talk in detail."

"Yes, sir, please."

"Oh, these heads must be put away, use more lime, and give me all nitrate, so that it will not rot on a hot day."

"Yes, what the lord said is that the subordinates will arrange manpower."

The three of them returned to the main hall, Xu Tonghui asked Li Jiwen to step back left and right, and then said: "The good news you reported only said who had the merit, but this head did not mention, who beheaded how many pieces?" An explanation must be made today. ”

"It turned out that it was going to be divided into heads!"

Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming glanced at each other, and the two had a general idea in their hearts.

Li Jiwen said: "My lord, these heads, the subordinates think so, the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village must take the big head and distribute it to eighty." Then the rest was given to the governor thirty, and his subordinates were divided into twenty-four. I don't know what adults think? ”

"Haha!"

Xu Tonghui laughed and said, "I don't care how you divide it, take out a hundred of these heads and give them to me to take back, and they will be counted as the governor's." ”

"What?"

"Your Excellency!"

Li Jiwen was a little anxious, and the rest were at all levels of Jimo Camp and Lingshanwei, how could the thirty-four heads be enough?

"My lord, my subordinates are also in trouble, please forgive me!"

"Be considerate of you, then who will be considerate of Lord Futai!"

As he spoke, Xu Tonghui clapped his hands and brought his entourage in, and the two entourages also carried a large wooden box and placed it directly in the center of the room.

Xu Tonghui walked to the box with a smile, and after opening the wooden box, there was a whole box of white silver inside, and Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming were dumbfounded.

"There are 10,000 taels of silver in this, which Lord Futai asked you to appease people's hearts."

After speaking, Xu Tonghui directly took out a thousand taels and gave them to Hu Zongming, and then took out two thousand taels and gave them to Li Jiwen, and the two hurriedly shirked it, who dares to ask for this kind of silver?

"You won't take it?"

Xu Tonghui was a little angry, sat back in his chair, pointed at Hu Zongming and said coldly: "If you don't take it, how can Commander Li take it?" ”

Then Xu Tonghui pointed at Li Jiwen again and said, "If Commander Li doesn't take it, how can I take it?" None of us take this silver, how can Lord Futai mention us! ”

Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming glanced at each other, and then sighed.

Then Li Jiwen said: "Since the adults have already made it clear, then the subordinates will also say it directly." One hundred heads will be taken away by adults, but the remaining thirty-four heads, that is, Moying can only be divided into four, the remaining thirty heads, Lingshan Wei is divided into eight, Zhongqianhu and Jiaozhou Shouyu Qianhu are divided into six, Xiahezhai Qianqianhu is divided into six, and Wangjiazhuang management team officer Liu Yan is divided into ten. ”

Xu Tonghui raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and then laughed and said, "Okay, just do it!" I will go back to Jinan Mansion today and report this matter to Lord Futai in person. ”

"Jinan Mansion City?"

"Yes, the reconstruction is heavy now, and Lord Futai has no skills, so I have to go back as soon as possible."

Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming hurriedly patted their ass: "My lord is loyal, I admire him so much!" ”

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Some people died, but not completely......