In the middle of the night, Liu Yan returned to the new army camp outside the city, and came back with several carts of rewards.

At this banquet, the German king Zhu Youli was interested in knowing and rewarded Liu Yan with a large amount of property, including 5,000 taels of silver alone, as well as 300 pieces of cloth, 3,000 stones of grain, and 1,000 taels of gold.

Liu Yan transported these belongings back to the camp and used them all for military use, and he did not leave them behind.

Two days later, Lu Xiangsheng ordered the officers and soldiers of all departments to return to the station, and after Liu Yan received the order, he also began to make preparations.

In just one day, there were several Ming armies opened, and the Ming army camps outside the city of Jinan Prefecture were reduced one after another, and after two days, the soldiers of the Lingshan Wei New Army were also ready to go, and Liu Yan entered the city to resign to Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu.

In the governor's mansion, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu were both wearing civilian robes and sitting in the pavilion in the mansion, Liu Yan was wearing armor, clasping his fists and said: "My subordinates have seen the governor and Futai, and now the soldiers of Lingshan Wei are ready to go, ready to return to Lingshan Wei to garrison everywhere, and I have come to bid farewell to the governor and Futai!" ”33

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "It's okay, Liu Yan, you go back first to comfort the soldiers and appease the people, and if you need anything, send someone to report to the governor." However, there is one point, we must train the new army as much as possible and contribute to the country! ”

Yan Jizu said: "What the governor said is reasonable, Commander Liu is now outstanding in battle, and his future is limitless, and he must have a strong army in his hands." The officers and men of the new army suffered a lot of losses in the battle of Jinan, and they must be replenished in time......"

Not long after, Liu Yan said goodbye to Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu, and handed over his resignation to the Dewang Mansion, and then went out of the city to the camp outside the city.

At this time, the defense line in the south of the city had been built, but the Qing army had withdrawn, and this defense line was useless. Lu Xiangsheng specifically ordered this line of defense to be retained as a fortification for the capital city of Jinan.

Liu Yan looked at the defense line that came out in a hurry, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and more regret, if this defense line can play a role, the main force of the Qing army will leave at least 10,000 lives!

The battalions of the new army of Lingshanwei have been assembled, seven battalions of soldiers are on standby in the wilderness, Liu Yan rode his horse to patrol the formation, and then ordered the whole army to return to Lingshanwei to the south, thousands of soldiers sang war songs and marched south, and the rest of the soldiers of the Ming army who had not left came out to watch and see the demeanor of the strong army.

Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu stood on the head of the city and looked out, with a trace of hope in their hearts: they hoped that Liu Yan would become more and more courageous under his command and make more achievements.

Eight days later, the time had come to the middle of June, Liu Yan led the Lingshan Wei New Army soldiers to arrive at the Lingshan Acropolis, and the remaining commanders were Tongzhi Wang Weizhen, the commander Tian Huixu, the Guantun official Zhang Lei, the experience Zhao Min, the money and grain official Yue Ming, the commercial officer Song Gongming, the defense officer of Zhongqianhu, Jia Hongyu, and the president of the Lingshan Wei Chamber of Commerce, Liu Yanyue's father-in-law Wang Jing, had all gathered outside the east gate of the Lingshan Acropolis.

Everyone saw the majestic soldiers of the new family driving along the official road, and they raised their arms and shouted, the news of Jinan's great victory had already come, and Lingshanwei was a sensation, such a great victory, the imperial court would definitely reward the meritorious soldiers.

Liu Yan, as the first general, is indispensable to reward a general when the time comes, and everyone, as Liu Yan's subordinates, is bound to rise and rise, and they are naturally very happy in their hearts.

Liu Yan turned over and dismounted, Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Xun Jingyun and others also dismounted, and everyone surrounded Liu Yan to the east gate, and everyone who had been waiting here saluted one after another.

Liu Yan laughed and encouraged everyone, Chen Xun, Wang Bo and others also warmly hugged the people left behind, although the expedition and left for a short time, but it was also a fight of life and death, and now that everyone came back safely, they naturally had to have a good greeting.

At this time, Liu Yan didn't see his wife Wang Yunhe, nor did he see the two concubines Shang Shan and Ruoshui, so he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Commander Wang Weizhen looked at Liu Yan, who was puzzled, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you'd better go back to the mansion quickly, there is a big surprise waiting for you!" ”

Liu Yan was slightly stunned, and then looked at Wang Jing, the father-in-law in the crowd, only to see Wang Jing nodding at him with a smile, Liu Yan was immediately overjoyed, hugged his fists and said goodbye to everyone, and rushed to the city on horseback.

Miao Shao, the general manager of the guard battalion, still wanted to lead his troops to follow, but was stopped by Wang Weizhen, and only sent a few guards to follow: "My lord, I don't need you to follow now, you still follow me." The school field in the city is ready, let the soldiers of all departments go back to rest, a few of you go to the wine shop in the city with me, I have already chartered the big red mansion, the largest wine shop in the city, let's get drunk today! ”

The words were divided into two ends, Liu Yan rode back to the command envoy's yamen, entered the mansion, and went straight to the backyard.

"Madame!"

Liu Yan walked quickly to the main room in the backyard, pushed open the door, and saw Wang Yunhe half-lying on the bed, with a red silk cloth tied on his head, Shang Shan holding a bowl of soup, Ruoshui holding a swaddling baby in his arms, the three of them looked at Liu Yan who rushed in panting in a daze, obviously not reacting.

Seeing this, Liu Yan laughed, rushed to Ruoshui, and said loudly: "Quickly show me, it's a man or a woman!" ”

Ruoshui frowned slightly, and said angrily: "When the husband came back, he didn't say that he would see how his sister was first, but he only thought about seeing the child!" ”

Shang Shan, who was on the side, also quipped: "Does the husband like boys or girls?" It's not agreeable, but don't blame your sister. ”

Liu Yan laughed, looked at the child in swaddling clothes, and saw that the child was sleeping fragrantly, white and tender and extremely cute, so he strode to the bed, held Wang Yunhe's hands, and said: "Boys and girls like it, as long as Yunniang is good, everything is fine!" ”

Wang Yunhe snorted and said: "Yesterday, Wang Tongzhi came to inform him, saying that his husband would come back today, and the three of us sisters were still full of joy, but I didn't expect that my husband only wanted to see the child, but he snubbed our hearts!" ”

Liu Yan said a lot of good things again and again, which brought the smiles of Wang Yunhe, Shang Shan, and Ruoshui.

After some warmth, Liu Yan learned that Wang Yunhe gave birth to a baby boy three days ago, and in the past few days, Shang Shan and Ruoshui have been serving around, Liu Yan was very moved when he heard this, and immediately rewarded Shang Shan and Ruoshui with some property.

"Husband, this child doesn't have a name yet, husband give him a name."

Liu Yan nodded, thought for a long time, and then said: "It's better to call it Liu Sheng, the strong Sheng, the Shengshi of the prosperous world." I hope that when he grows up, the world will no longer be turbulent, and the world will return to prosperity! ”

Shang Shan and Ruoshui nodded frequently, their eyes full of longing.

Wang Yunhe said with a smile: "It will definitely be!" With a husband, such a world will definitely be replaced by a prosperous world! ”

After the triumph of the new army of Lingshanwei, Liu Yan ordered Chen Xun and Wang Yue to lead the front and rear battalions to return to the station, after all, the Qianhu Office in Xiahezhai and the Qianhu Station in Jiaozhou could not be without heavy guards. The rest of the battalions were all stationed in the Lingshan Acropolis.

At the same time, the bereavement of the casualties of each battalion was also supervised by Xun Jingyun, the town magistrate, and was distributed according to the amount of 20 taels for each of the fallen soldiers and 15 taels for each of the disabled soldiers.

The soldiers of each battalion were killed or wounded, and the imperial court already had a bereavement pension, even if officials at all levels would exploit them layer by layer, they would also get a few taels of silver.

This time, Liu Yan gave out so many pensions, and the families of those disabled soldiers were grateful to Dade, and they couldn't wait to set up an ancestral hall for Liu Yan.

Next, Liu Yan ordered Zhang Lei, the official in charge of the tun, and Yue Ming, the official of money and grain, to settle the more than 7,000 people who had moved in as soon as possible, and at the same time ordered the commander Tian Huixu to start recruiting new soldiers to fill the vacancies for each battalion within two months.

Soon in the middle of July, Liu Yan commanded the yamen to put down the full moon wine, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Xu Ming, Miao Shao, Shen Tuo, Xun Jingyun, Wang Weizhen, Tian Huixu and other subordinates rushed to congratulate him.

Zhang Youxun, a staff officer of the Jimo battalion, Lu Tingyan, a staff officer of the Wendeng battalion, and Han Xu, a staff officer of the Dengzhou battalion, also rushed one after another, and Li Jiwen and Hu Zongming, the guerrilla generals of the Jimo battalion, also arrived.

Now Liu Yan is not only a big celebrity of Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu, I heard that King De also values Liu Yan, plus Liu Yan has made great contributions, and the future is limitless.

In the command envoy yamen, Liu Yan placed more than 120 tables of full moon wine, generals at all levels of the Lingshan Wei New Army, plus officials from all sides, hundreds of households, general flags, small flags, etc., as well as a number of generals from the three major battalions in Shandong.

In addition, although Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu did not come, the two sent their henchmen to congratulate them, and the staff general Lu Huaiying and the staff general Xu Tonghui rushed to the main table with generous gifts, and were arranged by Liu Yan at the main table.

To Liu Yan's surprise, Dewang Zhu Youli also sent someone to congratulate, it was Wang Yue, the supervising eunuch of the Dewang Mansion.

As the steward sang, the commander made everyone in the yamen who came to congratulate suddenly fall silent and looked at the door.

I saw a smiling eunuch walking in with small steps, and when he saw Liu Yan who came out to greet him, he said in a loud voice: "Oops! Commander Liu is overjoyed, overjoyed! ”

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said: "There is Gonggong Lao coming, and he is not welcome!" ”

"Haha, what kind of thing is the miscellaneous family, but they are running errands for His Royal Highness King De. Today, His Royal Highness King De wanted to ask for a cup of wine to drink, but he couldn't go out of the city, so he sent a miscellaneous family over, and Commander Liu didn't want to be surprised. ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "My father-in-law has broken the general, please face the public for a kilometer!" ”

Then Liu Yan led the eunuch Wang Yue to the main table, and Xu Tonghui, Lu Huaiying, Zhang Youxun, Lu Tingyan, Han Xu, Wang Weizhen, Li Jiwen, and Hu Zongming, who were already sitting here, got up and saluted Wang Yue.

"Hehe, they are all my fierce generals, you don't have to be polite. Today's order is for Commander Liu's successor, and the miscellaneous family is also begging for wine, but the protagonist is here! ”

Saying that, Wang Yue patted Liu Yan on the shoulder, and everyone was blushing when they saw this, so it seems that King De does not simply attach importance to Liu Yan!

"My father-in-law praised it, please invite my father-in-law to sit down."

"Okay, hehe, okay."

Everyone sat down one after another, at this time, the backyard and middle courtyard of the entire commander of the yamen were full of banquets, and all the guests were already seated, Liu Yan immediately beckoned Shang Shan and Ruoshui to take his son Liu Sheng out, and everyone stepped forward to take a look, and couldn't help but praise again.

Especially the eunuch Wang Yue, who was even more amazed: "Tut! Look at this little doll, tiger-headed, so chubby, really strong. As the saying goes, the tiger father has no dog, which is true! ”

The rest of the people also echoed one after another, Liu Yan humbly said a few words, and ordered Shangshan and Ruoshui to take the child back. Then Liu Yan waved his hand and ordered someone to serve the food.

As the delicacies were served, the atmosphere of the banquet began to be warm, everyone staggered and talked about the wine, and Liu Yan also began to toast table by table under the "protection" of Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Shen Tuo and others.

Just when Liu Yan was toasting, suddenly a chief flag officer on duty walked in quickly, clasped his fists and said loudly: "I just received the Jinan fast horse, congratulations, my lord, the imperial court has completed the meritorious service, and I have been promoted to the position of guerrilla general, and I am subordinate to the Jimo battalion!" ”

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