That night, Liu Yan did not feel the slightest sleep, and after settling down the integrity officer Hu Zongming, he sent people overnight to bring the hundred presidents of each general office, as well as Tian Huixu, Yue Ming, Song Gongming and other hundreds of households to discuss matters.

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that the sky was already slightly white, and everyone rushed to the Qianhu official hall one after another. Because of the reason for the night rush, everyone was so cold that their faces were blue, and they were all tired and out of breath, but at this time, everyone sat in the main hall, full of spirit, and the mood was even more excited.

When everyone heard that the imperial court had recruited the soldiers of Xiahezhai to fight the Qing army, they immediately cheered, and Zhang Yi and Wang Bo jumped up, very belligerent.

Different from the Ming army elsewhere, the soldiers of the new army in Qianhukou in Xiahezhai did not fear war, but because of strict drills, sophisticated equipment, abundant money and food and strong morale, all the soldiers from the bottom up had enough self-confidence, were very warlike, and were eager to win war merits with their own strong strength.

Especially after the great victory in the battle of Yaoshan Mountain Road, the fear of the Qing army of all the soldiers also disappeared, and the Qing army, which everyone feared like a tiger, was also raised by their mother's father.

At this time, everyone was eager to fight the Qing army and win another victory.

Liu Yan looked at his subordinates with high fighting spirit, and his face also showed a look of relief, the army he built by himself has finally condensed the military heart, so the new army is available!

So Liu Yan said loudly: "This time I have decided to attack the whole army, a total of more than 3,700 soldiers from the seven general departments will all go to the battle, and the craftsmen, veterinarians, medical officers and other personnel accompanying the general will be recruited within three days, and the general will rush to the city of Qianhu to assemble within two days without delay!" ”

"Yes!"

Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Shen Tuo got up to receive the order.

"Xun Jingyun, the pacification officer, also went out with the army to supervise the military discipline of various departments."

Xun Jingyun still looked the same for ten thousand years, got up with a straight face and said, "My subordinates obey orders." ”

Liu Yan then looked at Tian Huixu and said, "After the army sets out, Tian Baihu will continue to recruit soldiers of the new army in accordance with the infantry drill code, and seize the time to train soldiers and horses. ”33

"This officer predicts that this battle will not be peaceful overnight, most of the time will be implicated, and the army will not come back in a few months, so the reserve soldiers must be trained in time."

"Yes!"

Tian Huixu clenched his fists and asked: "Dare to ask your lordship, how to replenish the army after the subordinates have trained the recruits?" ”

Liu Yan said: "After the recruits come out of the drill, all of them will be stationed in the city of Qianhu in front of Xiahe Village, if the army needs to be replenished, the official will send someone back to contact, and then act in accordance with the instructions of the official." ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Then, Liu Yan looked at Song Gongming and said, "After this official sets out on the expedition, Jia Hongyu, one hundred households of Lingshanwei, will lead his troops to Wangjiazhuang and be responsible for taking care of the industries of Wangjiazhuang and Dapanbao. During this period, Song Baihu could summon some military households to practice in secret to prevent someone from seizing the property of my Xiahe Village. ”

Since there are already 100 households Jia Hongyu leading the department to take care of them, who else will eat the leopard gall and come to snatch it?

Song Gongming is a smart person, so he naturally heard the meaning, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, my subordinates know how to do it, and they must take care of the adult's industry!" ”

Liu Yan knew that Song Gongming was not given for nothing, and he was also very relieved, so he said to Yue Ming: "Yue Baihu immediately raised money and food, although our army has the money and food allocated by the imperial court to go to the army, but everyone knows that these burdens will not be enough. Coupled with the current situation, Lu Duchen's life must be very sad, so we must do everything without asking for help. ”

"Yes!"

Yue Ming asked, "How much food are you going to carry?" subordinates in order to raise funds as soon as possible. ”

Liu Yan thought for a moment and said: "The army should carry at least two months' salary, as well as three months' military rations, and the rest of the medicines, bedding and other materials, according to four thousand people, prepare for two months!" ”

Yue Ming's face was solemn after hearing this, and the money, grain, and materials that Liu Yan asked for were all prepared, at least 20,000 taels of silver were needed, and more than 18,000 deniers of grain, and the warehouse of the Qianqian households in Xiahe Village was almost half emptied.

"My subordinates went to prepare for the transfer overnight, and the money, food and materials must be prepared within two days, please rest assured."

"Well, that's good."

Then Liu Yan said loudly: "From tomorrow, this official will go to Wangjiazhuang to inspect, and you will complete your affairs as soon as possible, don't slack off." If anyone fails to complete the order on time, Hugh blames the official for being ruthless! ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Early the next morning, Liu Yan bid farewell to the integrity officer Hu Zongming and set off lightly for the 100 households in Wangjiazhuang. Chen Xun, the head of the hundred, also went together, and rushed back to Wangjiazhuang to gather soldiers and horses.

After arriving at the Wangjiazhuang Hundred Households, Chen Xun went to work on the gathering of soldiers and horses, while Liu Yan, accompanied by Xu Ming, inspected the Firearms Supervision Office and the Armor Supervision Office, and urged the two Supervision Offices to continue to increase production, and to maintain normal operation after he led his troops to the expedition.

At the same time, Wang Yunhe ignored the obstruction of Shang Shan and Ruoshui, and went to the military camp in Qianhu City with a big belly to comfort the soldiers, and also visited the families of many new army soldiers, and did his best to help Liu Yan stabilize people's hearts and improve morale.

When the officers and men of the new army saw that the main mother was still out to inspect all sides, they were all moved, and the morale of all departments was greatly increased. Even the families of the soldiers of the new army were grateful to Wang Yunhe, and they spontaneously rushed to the barracks to encourage their sons and daughters to fight bravely to kill the enemy.

On this day, Liu Yan was preparing to return to Qianhusuo City from Wangjiazhuang Baihusuo, and before leaving, he was going to Wanfu Oil Mill to visit the old Taishan Wang Jing. Outside the Wanfu Oil Mill, Liu Yan saw a sea of people, at least a few hundred people gathered here.

Liu Yan sent someone forward to inquire, it turned out that Wang Jing led a group of businessmen here to raise donations, to raise money, food, and materials for the army, Wangjiazhuang and the surrounding Huoludun and Tunpu businessmen and people responded, only to see that the crowd outside Wanfu Oil Mill gathered more and more, and constantly gathered money, food, and materials.

Several large carts had been parked at the street in front, and some people from Wanfu Oil Mill began to load these donated materials into trucks, and many people came forward to help.

At this time, the merchants and people in front of them were enthusiastic, and no one noticed Liu Yan and Xu Ming, who were not far away.

"My lord, let's go over and have a look."

Liu Yan shook his head and said, "No need, let's not go over and disturb it, just send someone to send the gift over." ”

"Yes."

At this time, Liu Yan's heart was happy, what does it mean that those who want the same thing win? That's it!

After coming out of Wangjiazhuang, Liu Yan was full of confidence in his heart, and he had never had such confidence: I will definitely win this battle!

Two days later, the seven generals arrived in the city of Qianhu in front of Xiahezhai, and Liu Yan immediately inspected the army, and the morale of more than 3,700 soldiers was high.

At the same time, Bao Xuezhen, who was appointed by Liu Yan as the medical officer of 100 households, also invited himself to join the army, and took more than a dozen medical craftsmen he taught to live in the military camp in the city with his luggage.

On this day, Hu Zongming, the integrity officer who had just returned, sent someone to send armaments, which included 460 pairs of armor, as well as a large number of spears, waist knives and shields, in addition to 3,000 catties of gunpowder and 490 earth-shaking thunderbolts.

The power of gunpowder and earth-shattering thunder is definitely not as good as that produced in Wangjiazhuang, but it is better than nothing, Liu Yan is all included in the army and carried with the army.

The next day, Zhao Yan sent someone to send the last batch of new fixed-loading bombs, as well as 500 earth-shattering thunderbolts filled with granule gunpowder.

On the morning of the fourth day, an artillery team of more than 50 people rushed to the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village, which was transferred from the Jimo Battalion after the coordination of Li Jiwen, the guerrilla general of the Jimo Battalion, and was led by a small flag officer named Qian Yan, and assigned to Liu Yan's command.

Liu Yan was overjoyed when he heard the news and hurried to the barracks, but after seeing Qian Yan's department, the smile on Liu Yan's face froze.

Qian Yan led not so much an artillery team, but in fact there were only five Tiger Zun cannons, and there was no sharp weapon such as the Franco machine gun, the god machine gun, the rocket, and the general's cannon that Liu Yan expected!

"Xiaguan Qian Zhuan, I've seen the defense lord!"

Liu Yan looked at the little flag official in front of him, and saw that Qian Yan was twenty-seven or eight years old, but he had a beard, and he spoke with an urn voice, which showed Qian Yan's fiery temper.

"This time the official is going to fight the Qing army, I don't know if Qian Xiaoqi knows?"

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates and my brothers are all really capable, and when they get to the battlefield, they will definitely not hold you back!"

Liu Yan raised his eyebrows, this Qian Yan's temper was really rushing, but Liu Yan liked it, so he asked some questions about artillery combat.

Qian Jian also replied one by one, and finally said: "I hate the corruption of those officials in the Jimo battalion, and they have already reported the loss of the general artillery in the camp, otherwise if you give a few general cannons to your subordinates this time, you will definitely make the Qing army Tartars unable to eat and walk around!" ”

Seeing this, Liu Yan understood a little, this Qian Jian must also belong to that kind of person in Jimo Camp, he has a certain ability, but he is jealous and hateful, and he wants to shout when he sees injustice, but he is repaired by Shangguan.

"In this way, only these five Tiger Venerable cannons are still useless on the battlefield?"

Qian Qiao said: "What my lord said is not right! Although the Tiger Zun cannons are all small cannons, with a short range and low power, once they are used well, they can also win by surprise! ”

Liu Yan came to his senses, beckoned Qian Jian to sit down in the side hall of the barracks, and then said: "Then you can tell me in detail how to make good use of these five tiger guns." ”

"Order!"

Qian Yu said: "This Tiger Zun cannon is a weapon favored by Grandpa Qi, although in terms of range and power, it is not as good as those general cannons, but it is better than the fast rate of fire, the long duration, and the ability to fire scattered bullets!" ”

"As long as there are enough Tiger Zun cannons, these brothers under his subordinates and subordinates can suppress the nearby Qing army with continuous firepower, hit the shield vehicles and shields of the Qing army, and use scattered bullets to kill and injure a large number of enemy troops!"

Liu Yan understood that the Tiger Zun cannon was still very useful, but now there were too few five cannons and it was not enough.

So Liu Yan asked: "If you have your ability, how many Tiger Venerable cannons do you need to exert your combat power?" ”

Qian Yan thought that Liu Yan would be able to get the Tiger Zun Cannon, so he immediately calculated it and said: "Twenty guns, and then give twenty Tiger Zun Cannons to his subordinates, it will definitely work wonders!" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Now there are no twenty Tiger Zun cannons, but this official promises you, as long as we can come back triumphantly this time, you and I are still alive, this official will give you another twenty Tiger Venerable cannons!" ”

Qian Yan asked suspiciously, "Can you still borrow the Tiger Venerable Cannon?" ”

"I can't borrow it, but this official knows how to make the Tiger Venerable Cannon."

After hearing this, Qian Yan seemed to have been insulted by his intelligence, and he was speechless for a while.

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