Qingzhou City.

At this time, the north of the city was full of the camps of the Ming army, Zhang Youxun, the general of the Jimo battalion, Lu Tingyan, the general of the Wendeng battalion, and Han Xu, the general of the Dengzhou battalion, were frowning, and they were gathered in Zhang Youxun's Chinese army tent, sitting speechless.

"How many days has it been? Your subordinate Lingshan Guard Integrity Officer Liu Yan, why hasn't he been there yet! ”

Faced with the question of Lu Tingyan, the general of the Wendeng battalion, Zhang Youxun immediately retorted: "My Jimo battalion has already brought 4,000 soldiers and horses, and almost all of them have brought their families, but you, General Lu, have only brought more than 3,000 old and weak soldiers, and you, General Han, although he has brought more than 8,000 people, but they are all ordinary dun troops, what about those elite soldiers of your battalion?" Your own elite hasn't arrived, but you want to question me, what's the reason! ”

Han Xupi said with a smile: "Hehe, how can I compare with General Lu Shen?" What elite we can have in our hands is not as good as the new army of Lingshanwei under your command, which is the elite of the main force of the slave thieves! ”

"Now Lu Duchen and Yan Futai, as well as King De, are trapped in Jinan Mansion City by the main force of slaves and thieves, but because the main force of your Jimo camp is not elite, we can't go north to rescue for a long time, once Jinan City is broken, who will bear this responsibility!"

Zhang Youxun immediately shouted: "Don't give me a hat button, I'm not afraid!" If you have the courage, let's pull out the camp and go north now, you can't do it! ”

Lu Tingyan and Han Xu stopped talking for a while, if it weren't for the urgent military situation, the two of them would not have come here at all, they would have gathered the elite under their command a long time ago, and stuck to the Wendeng camp and Dengzhou camp, who would go to Jinan like a fool to fight hard?

Now the whole of Shandong knows that the Jimo battalion has a strong Lingshanwei new army, and Liu Yan can't do it, whether it is Lu Tingyan or Han Xu, neither of them will give the order to go north. In particular, Ye Bushu in the army caught a rout, it was the soldiers of Liu Zeqing's Zhenbiao Battalion, knowing the news that Liu Zeqing had been defeated and died, several people did not dare to act rashly.

Zhang Youxun looked at the two of them and said angrily: "Even if Liu Yan leads his troops here in this battle, he can't let him fight alone, he only has 9,000 people, and there are 100,000 slaves and thieves!" Once Lingshanwei's new army is defeated, we won't be able to survive. ”

"Cut!"

Lu Tingyan suddenly sneered and said, "If Liu Yan's elite are defeated, then let's stop fighting, return to the station, and wait for help." ”

Zhang Youxun was immediately furious when he heard this, and was about to have a seizure, but Han Xu stood up and said, "What do you think about the Governor Battalion under Governor Lu?" At present, Governor Lu led his troops to defend the city of Jinan, and with the combat power of the Governor's Battalion, he may be able to defend the city and thwart the slaves and thieves under the city, and it doesn't matter if we don't go at that time. ”

"Yes, yes, that's right!"

Zhang Youxun was suddenly dizzy, and understood that he had nothing to say to these two goods, so he waved his hand irritably, letting Lu Tingyan and Han Xu disperse, and called the guards outside the tent to send someone to urge Liu Yan to speed up and come to the meeting.

At this moment, several people heard the sound of war drums outside, and Han Xu was the first to jump up, laughing and saying: "Listen to the order, this is the arrival of friendly troops, it must be the Lingshan Wei New Army led by Liu Yan!" ”

Lu Tingyan suddenly changed color, and said in a deep voice: "Commander Liu has been tired all the way, let's go to greet him, and prepare food and drink for the soldiers of the new army, and treat the soldiers well!" ”

Han Xu said yes again and again, and the two joined forces to get out of the Chinese army's big tent and left Zhang Youxun here.

"These two bastards!"

In this battle, everyone relied on Liu Yan's department, even if Liu Yan's official position was the lowest, Lu Tingyan and Han Xu had to try their best to win over Zhang Youxun in front of him, making Zhang Youxun feel as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly.

It didn't take long for Liu Yan to lead the soldiers of the seven battalions of Lingshanwei to arrive at the Ming army camp, and after settling the soldiers of each battalion, Liu Yan took Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Xun Jingyun, the pacification officer, to Zhang Youxun's Chinese army tent together.

Lu Tingyan and Han Xu also followed, and sat down in the Chinese army's tent with a smile.

"The last general has seen the generals, and I have seen the generals Lu and Han!"

"Hehe, Commander Liu doesn't have to be polite, sit down and rest, it's hard to come all the way."

Zhang Youxun said with a smile, then glanced at Lu Tingyan and Han Xu, and said to Liu Yan: "Commander Liu, how many troops did you bring this time?" ”

Liu Yan looked at the three of them, just from the attitude of the three generals to him, he could know that they were determined to take themselves and the soldiers of the new army as the forerunner in this battle, so they were no longer polite and prepared to benefit all the way.

"Lord Qiqi, my subordinates have brought seven battalions of the New Army, a total of more than 9,000 soldiers."

"Good!"

Zhang Youxun laughed and said: "With Commander Liu and 9,000 new troops here, our army will definitely be able to relieve the siege of Jinan!" ”

Lu Tingyan and Han Xu also praised Liu Yan again and again, saying that Liu Yan was righteous and awe-inspiring, righteous and thin, loyal and righteous, and the style of a tiger general.

The Qianzong Wang on the side widened his eyes when he saw it, and whispered to Chen Xun: "My good boy, these two Shangguan are really powerful, they can sneak around and shoot horses better than me, it's really rare to see!" ”

Chen Xun glared at Wang Yue and said, "In this way, it is indeed rare to see!" ”

Liu Yan looked at the three Shangguan boasting like this, smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Three adults, this military situation is urgent, and the last general still has something to ask for." ”

Without waiting for Zhang Youxun to speak, Lu Tingyan directly waved his hand and said: "Commander Liu is the main force of our army in this battle, if you have something to say, it doesn't matter, the three of us will definitely give it our full support!" ”

Zhang Youxun also said yes again and again, but Han Xu paused, and then nodded.

"This time the military situation is urgent, in order to hurry, the last general did not carry too much money and food materials, and there are very few artillery in the army, so please ask the three adults to support some money and food, and it is best to support the last general with some excellent artillery."

These Zhang Youxun, Lu Tingyan, and Han Xu were all dumbfounded, and looked at Liu Yan, who was still an obedient and good subordinate just now, but now why has he changed his face, and he directly asks for money and food, and he has to go to artillery!

Lu Tingyan and Han Xu closed their mouths directly, not daring to answer at all, Zhang Youxun frowned, and said: "Now everyone is in a hurry to lead the troops out, the money and food are not rich, otherwise ......"

Liu Yan didn't wait for Zhang Youxun to finish speaking, and said directly and loudly: "What is fought on the battlefield is money and food, if the money and food supply in my army is not available, then the more than 9,000 soldiers forcibly go north, isn't it self-defeating?" Not only will it not be able to solve the siege of Jinan, but it will also bury the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in vain! The last general is powerless, and if he doesn't see the money, food and artillery, his subordinates will not go north, and there are three officials in front of him in everything, and the court will blame him in the future, and it will not fall on the head of the last general! ”

"You!"

Zhang Youxun didn't expect that Liu Yan would directly contradict him, and suddenly felt that he had lost face, Lu Tingyan and Han Xu were also happy to see the jokes, but they didn't expect Liu Yan to get up directly and say to the two: "This battle is not only the business of my own departments in the Jimo Battalion, but the business of the Shandong Metropolitan Division, and the two adults also have a share." In the opinion of the last general, if General Zhang is really embarrassed, how about the two adults who also help him! ”

After speaking, Liu Yan clasped his fists and said to the three of them: "The words have been said, the last general will go back to standby, and the three adults will discuss slowly and say goodbye!" ”

Looking at Liu Yan who was leaving, Zhang Youxun could be regarded as realizing the benefits of holding a strong army, even if he treated Shangguan, he could act arbitrarily.

"Two, what do you think of this matter?"

Zhang Youxun kicked the ball back directly, Lu Tingyan and Han Xu glanced at each other, the two originally wanted to see the excitement, but Liu Yan pulled the two of them in, and now he and Zhang Youxun are tied together, so they can only discuss it together.

"I said General Zhang, this Liu Yan under you is really a great official, isn't it just that you have a new army in your hands? is so proud in front of the three officials, what kind of system! ”

Looking at Lu Tingyan, who was venting his dissatisfaction, Zhang Youxun smiled bitterly and said: "I can also rectify Liu Yan, or we can not give him money, food and artillery, but the result is nothing more than Liu Yan standing still." Let's either lead our troops north to die, or sit back and watch the fall of Jinan, and then be punished by the imperial court together, and go to the entrance of Jingshi Caishi in a prisoner car, anyway, both horizontal and vertical are dead, you two talk about it, I listen to you. ”

At this time, Lu Tingyan was speechless, looked at Han Xu next to him, knocked on the arm of the chair with his left hand, and motioned for Han Xu to say a few words.

Han Xu coughed to hide his embarrassment, and then said, "If you want me to see, we might as well gather the amount of money and food in each camp and see how much we can give to Liu Yan." If we can make it up, things will be easy to do, and if we can solve things with silver, we can't do it desperately? ”

Zhang Youxun nodded approvingly, anyway, this money and food can't be counted on his own head, and it is best to share it equally among the three families.

Lu Tingyan asked, "What about the artillery?" ”

"That's better!"

Han Xu said: "Give him Liu Yan all the artillery of our three battalions, anyway, we don't plan to go north, just use artillery to calculate combat power, in the future, Liu Yan will really win the battle, we can also share the profits of the war with artillery, why not?" ”

"Good!"

Zhang Youxun was immediately amazed and applauded. Lu Tingyan also laughed and said, "Let's do what we say, and immediately find the quartermaster Sima in the battalion for questioning!" ”

About an hour later, Liu Yan was called to the Chinese army tent in the Jimo camp again, and as soon as Liu Yan entered the camp tent, Zhang Youxun asked directly: "50,000 stone of grain, 67,000 taels of military salary, is it enough?" ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Okay, then the general will accept it!" ”

Zhang Youxun, Lu Tingyan, and Han Xu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"What about artillery?"

Zhang Youxun replied: "I discussed with General Lu and General Han and prepared ten Franc machine guns, which were transferred to you together with the gunners, which can be counted as our support for Commander Liu, how about it?" ”

Liu Yan frowned slightly, while he was waiting for the news, he had already asked Miao Shao to lead people to investigate in the camp, although the Jimo battalion, Wendeng battalion, and Dengzhou battalion were not elite, but there were twenty or thirty artillery pieces in each battalion, and now the three battalions only made up a total of ten, Liu Yan was suddenly a little dissatisfied.

"I want thirty Franc cannons!"

"What!"

Liu Yan said: "Anyway, looking at the posture, the three adults don't plan to lead their troops to continue north to Jinan Fucheng, these artillery pieces are also furnishings to stay here, it's better to give more to the last general, why not?" ”

Lu Tingyan gritted his teeth and said, "Liu Yan, don't go too far!" ”

Han Xu pulled Lu Tingyan by the hand, and then said: "There are a lot of artillery pieces in our army, but most of them are not very good workmanship, if Commander Liu dares to use them, it will not hurt to give them to you." ”

Liu Yan frowned slightly, and then said: "That's it, the last general will send someone to the camp to investigate, and all the artillery that can be used will be handed over to the last general to take away, how about it?" ”

Lu Ting didn't speak in a coaxed manner, Zhang Youxun nodded with a straight face, and Han Xu said, "Okay, it's a word!" ”

Then Liu Yan came to the camp with the three of them, called a hundred total money, and began to select artillery in the Jimo camp, Wendeng camp, and Dengzhou camp.

But after some selection, Liu Yan and Qian Yan were greatly disappointed. What Han Xu said is true, the three battalions have more than 80 artillery pieces of various types, but there is really no danger of exploding, and the artillery that can be used with confidence is eighteen, and they are all small Franc machine guns, and there is no heavy artillery.

Seeing this, Liu Yan was not polite, and asked Qian Yan to lead people to pull away all the eighteen Franc cannons, along with the gunner, ammunition, and gunpowder.

"These eighteen guns are organized into a single sentry."

After Liu Yan finished giving the order, Zhang Youxun came over and asked, "Commander Liu, when are you going to send troops?" ”

Liu Yan looked at the three of them and said, "As long as the money and grain can be delivered in full tonight, the general will lead his troops north at the end of tomorrow morning to help Jinan Fucheng!" ”

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