In the middle of the night, everyone gathered to command the yamen.

In the main hall, the faces of the generals and officials were solemn.

Liu Yan took out an official document, which was sent directly by Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Shandong, to Lingshanwei, which was an order to transfer troops, because at this time the Qing army was moving south again.

Different from the original trajectory of history, this time the emperor Taiji ordered Dolgon to be the commander, commanding 15,000 people of the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner, together with 10,000 people of Duoduo with the white flag, 8,000 people with the red flag of Yue Tuo, 12,000 people with the red flag of Dudu, as well as the 5,000 iron cavalry of the Mongolian Zhengbai banner owner, the 8,000 iron cavalry of the Mongolian red flag owner Buyan Dai, and the 10,000 army of the Mongolian Zhenghongqi banner owner Engtu.

In addition, there were 10,000 Han soldiers led by Shang Kexi, which were formed by recruiting Han civilians who had been taken captive to Liaodong as the backbone of the Dongjiang soldiers of Shang Kexi's headquarters. Shang Kexi was the king of Zhishun of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time, and this time he took the general Xu Erxian and the general Ban Zhifu to the south with the army.

Shang Kexi's department was equipped with a large number of firearms, mostly bird guns and three-eyed guns, and more than 30 Franc cannons.

Since Dolgon led his troops to withdraw from Julu, he reported the battle of Julu to Huang Taiji, and Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's troops attracted the attention of Huang Taiji, and then they used Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Youde to equip their troops with firearms to serve as cannon fodder against the Ming army.

This time, the scale of the Qing army's southward movement exceeded the previous times, and the strength of each banner was 78,000 people, and if you count the auxiliary soldiers such as Baoyi and Aha who accompanied the army, the Qing army's strength this time will exceed 100,000!

This time the Qing army entered the Kou again, and Dolgon led the Qing army to break through the Xifeng Pass, and then plundered all the way south through Pinggu, Tianjin and other places, and the Ming army was defeated at the touch of a touch along the way.

Emperor Chongzhen was shocked when he heard the news, and ordered the Beijing division to be under martial law.

After receiving the urgent report from the military headquarters, Lu Xiangsheng immediately ordered the troops and horses of all units in Shandong to assemble immediately, and the armies of the Moying, Dengzhou, and Wendeng battalions were assembled within four days and waited for further orders.

After Liu Yan read out the order, everyone's faces were solemn. Although after the baptism of the Battle of Julu, everyone did not have much fear of the Qing soldiers, but the 100,000 Qing soldiers marched south, and the sense of oppression was still full.

Tian Huixu said: "My lord, this time Lu Duchen recruited soldiers and horses from all over the country, in the opinion of his subordinates, our army is still the main force, and it will inevitably be pushed to the front for a bloody battle at that time. ”

Wang Weizhen added: "Most of the soldiers and horses in the imperial court are unbearable, and there are traitors in the court, so this battle is not easy to fight, and the adults must plan early." ”

The rest of the crowd was also talking. Everyone is not afraid of a bloody battle with the Qing soldiers, but they do not want to be used as cannon fodder for a bloody battle with the Qing soldiers.

Liu Yan nodded in agreement, although he hated the Qing soldiers to the core, he was not a foolish and loyal person, so he was naturally unwilling to fight everything for the traitorous ministers.

So Liu Yan said: "Since there is an order from Governor Lu this time, it is imperative for our army to go north. However, this official has his own reasoning, even if he goes to war, our army must do something, and if he does not do something, even if he wants to fight, he must get the benefits, and we will definitely not do anything that suffers! ”

Everyone agreed.

Chen Xun and Wang Yue came overnight, but at this time, the two of them didn't care about their tiredness and asked with a hint of excitement.

"My lord, is our army attacking this time?"

Wang Yue also said: "My lord must be the whole army to attack, my Lingshan Wei new army tens of thousands of soldiers are all dispatched, tsk, I think of it, my blood is boiling, what a spectacular scene!" ”

Shen Tuo didn't talk much on weekdays, but at this time he also smiled slightly, and said: "The thieves still think that our army has been disabled in Julu, if you encounter most of the thieves in this battle, teach them to see, my Lingshan Wei New Army has tens of thousands of elite demeanor!" ”

Everyone was in high spirits, and Liu Yan was also happy when he saw it.

In fact, in view of the fact that before the Battle of Julu, a small group of Qing troops broke into the area of Qianhusuo in front of Xiahe Village, Liu Yan was already vigilant.

Now this Lingshanwei is already his own base, and he must not be lost. Once the Qing soldiers and light cavalry broke in again and burned and looted all over Lingshanwei, then their hard work in the past two years would be in vain.

However, if the troops were divided to stay in the rear, Liu Yan was worried that the troops would be insufficient. If there were tens of thousands of new troops in Julu at the beginning, then the outcome of the Battle of Julu would probably be reversed, and Liu Yan even had the confidence to defeat the main force of the Qing army head-on!

So Liu Yan thought for a while, and then said to Tian Huixu: "Tian Yanshi, from tomorrow, you will immediately recruit new soldiers, the number of which is 2,000 people, and the deadline for ten days will be completed, and then the drill will begin." ”

Tian Huixu was slightly stunned and said, "What do you mean, my lord, after the new army set out, Lingshan Wei used these two thousand recruits as the main force to defend it?" ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "Now that the Qing army is strong, it is not appropriate for the new army to divide troops to stay, and Tian Yan must complete the recruitment of new soldiers as soon as possible." Fortunately, there are enough troops in the arsenal to arm these new soldiers, plus the men and horses of Jia Qianhu, the defense officer of Zhongqianhu, and the reorganized dun troops everywhere, the defense force of Lingshanwei should be sufficient. ”

"Even if there are really Qing soldiers who raid Lingshanwei, with these troops, they can hold on until the official leads his troops to come back."

"Subordinates obey."

Then Liu Yan said to Chen Xun and Wang Yue: "The two of you will rush back tonight, gather the soldiers of the front camp and the rear camp, and the whole army will rush to Lingshanwei early tomorrow morning to assemble." ”

Chen Xun and Wang Yue hugged their fists to lead the life.

"The rest of the soldiers of the battalions of the new army will leave the city early tomorrow morning and assemble in the camp north of the city to stand by."

"Order."

"After the army set out, the military and civilian affairs of Lingshanwei were presided over by the commander of Tongzhi Wang Weizhen, the military affairs were taken care of by the commander Tian Huixu, and the civil affairs were responsible for the experience of Zhao Min."

Wang Weizhen, Tian Huixu, and Zhao Min hugged their fists one after another.

"Where is Yue Ming, the money and grain official?"

Yue Ming got up and clenched his fists and said, "Xia Guan is here." ”

"The deadline is two days, and the grain and grass for 10,000 soldiers for two months will be raised, and the military salary of 10,000 troops for one month."

"Yes."

Then Liu Yan looked at Tian Huixu and said: "Tian Yan should also prepare, prepare for the soldiers of the army, prepare spears, swords and shields according to twice the number of people on the expedition, prepare five thousand arrows for birds, and prepare more ammunition and earth-shattering thunder and all kinds of cannons. ”

Tian Huixu clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the arsenal in the city is full right now, and the lower officials can prepare it within two days." ”

"Good."

Liu Yan looked at Jia Hongyu and said, "The responsibility of the middle thousand households is heavy, the Lingshan Acropolis cannot be lost, and the burden on Jia Qianhu's shoulders is very heavy." ”

Jia Hongyu hurriedly got up and said, "Don't worry, if there is really a Dongnu coming, the subordinates will definitely defend the city and insist until the adults come back." ”

Tian Huixu also stood up and added: "Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials will train two thousand recruits within a month, although the combat strength of these recruits cannot be equal to the soldiers of the new army, but it is still no problem to defend the city." At that time, the subordinates will be based on the Qianqian Households of Xiahezhai, the Baihu of Wangjiazhuang and Dapanbao, supplemented by Jiaozhou's good defense of the Thousand Households, so that the garrison will be arranged. ”

"Well, that's good."

Then, Liu Yan said: "Xun Jingyun, the town magistrate, and Bao Xuezhen, a medical officer, went out with the army. Zhang Lei, the official in charge of the tun, and Song Gongming, the commercial officer, should do a good job in the management of the military tun and the workshop, and there must be no mistakes. ”

Several people clenched their fists and took their lives.

The next day, the new troops of the Lingshan Guard began to move, and the people in the city also noticed something, and the pedestrians in the streets and alleys became hurried, and there were many fewer customers in the shops.

"Have you heard that Dongnu has broken through the pass and gone south!"

"Of course I heard that the third cousin of my second aunt's family is from Yongning, and I heard that that there has been captured by Dongnu, and the common people have been killed by tens of thousands of people, and my cousin fled from the south of the family."

"Oh, it's really miserable, this dog tartar who kills a thousand knives!"

"By the way, I heard that our Lord Ethics is also going to send troops to kill the Tartars?"

"Yes, I've heard too, don't you see that the new army in the city has already gone out of the city and assembled? This should be true. ”

"That's good, with Lord Ethics, with our Lingshan Wei New Army, those Dongnu Tartars won't be able to jump for a few days."

"Yes, that's for sure."

"Speaking of which, our Lord of Ethics is the martial arts star in the sky, and in just three or two years, he has been raised from a general flag to an ethics officer, and I heard that even the governor and the governor are very dependent!"

"We Lingshan Guardians, but we are blessed!"

At this time, 100,000 Qing troops were plundering everywhere in Beizhili, and they were still moving southward, and they had spread all over Shandong. In the streets and alleys of the Lingshan Acropolis, the people were also talking, but the people did not panic much, but mostly talked about Liu Yan and the soldiers of the new army in Liu Yan's hands.

At the same time, in the command envoy Yamen, Liu Yan was also resigning from Wang Yunhe.

The soldiers of each battalion have been assembled, and Liu Yan is also going to the military camp in the north of the city. Now that the army will be drawn at any time, Liu Yan must make all the preparations before the expedition.

At this time, Wang Yunhe was about to give birth, looking at his hard-working wife, Liu Yan felt very guilty.

Wang Yunhe said with a smile: "My husband just goes out, my two sisters and I are waiting at home, and my husband will definitely be able to win and return triumphantly." ”

Liu Yan said: "Madam, don't worry, this battle will be won!" ”

Later, Liu Yan instructed Shang Shan and Ruoshui to take care of Wang Yunhe carefully, and also arranged a doctor and a stable woman in the house to be on call at any time.

After arranging these things, Liu Yancai went out, said goodbye to Wang Yunhe, Shang Shan, and Ruoshui, and rode out of the city to the camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Yan couldn't take a break, so he began to write hard.

After a while, an official document was written in a sprinkled manner, and Liu Yan immediately called Miao Shao and said, "Immediately send someone to send this official letter to Jinan Mansion and hand it over to Governor Lu." ”

"Yes."

"This official letter is to ask Governor Lu for money, food and military equipment, you send a shrewd subordinate to deliver a letter, after arriving, you must cry to Governor Lu for poverty, it is best to give us some money, food and materials, if you can get artillery, it will be better!"

Miao Shao said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, I'll find a clever subordinate." However, this time, Lu Duchen is afraid that he will break the fortune again. ”

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