After Liu Yan was promoted to a guerrilla general, his seven thousand generals, plus Xun Jingyun, a town magistrate, and other subordinates were also promoted one by one. The generals have made a lot of achievements in the battle of Jinan, and after Liu Yan reported the promotion list, the military department quickly approved it, and the efficiency was so fast that Liu Yan was also a little surprised.

Later, Liu Yan learned after receiving Lu Huaiying's letter that after the Qing army went north to Beizhili, they successively captured Yongping, Pinggu, Hejian and other places, looting everywhere, and the entire Beizhili was almost everywhere, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and gathered outside the city.

Emperor Chongzhen was very angry and ordered Sun Chuanting to lead the army to attack the Qing army, but Yang Sichang did not provide food and salary to Sun Chuanting, and the main force of the Ming army could only stay in the Tongzhou area, allowing Dolgon to lead the Qing army to go away and take the captured hundreds of thousands of people, millions of taels of silver and more than 700,000 stone grains out of the customs.

Just when Liu Yan reported the list of promoted generals, Emperor Chongzhen also set a list, and almost all the defending generals in Beizhili were punished, and Jinyiwei arrested dozens of people, and the government and the opposition were shaken.

In contrast, the great victory achieved by Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan in the capital city of Jinan was in stark contrast to the achievements of the Ming army in Beizhili.

Emperor Chongzhen Longyan Dayue wanted to reward meritorious soldiers, but Yang Sichang only gave Liu Yan a promotion as a guerrilla general on the grounds that "the country's cadres should not be promoted too quickly, so as not to be jealous and die early". However, as compensation, Yang Sichang passed all the promotion lists reported by Liu Yan, and he was issued as soon as possible.

After Liu Yan received the promotion appointment from the Ministry of War, he also sighed, but after all, the generals were promoted, and they didn't fight in vain.

In this promotion, Chen Xun, the former commander of the battalion, succeeded him as the integrity officer of the Lingshan Guard, and led his troops to garrison the Lingshan Guard.

Shen Tuo, the general manager of the Zhongying Qian, was promoted to the integrity officer of the Aoshan Guard, and led the troops to garrison various places in the Aoshan Guard.

The rest of Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming were all promoted to commanders, but none of them were released as officials.

The medical officer Bao Xuezhen was promoted to a thousand households, and the town magistrate Xun Jingyun was promoted to command the affairs.

All the generals and officers of each battalion, such as the general commander and the flag commander, were promoted to one level.

After the promotion of officers and men in various units, the phenomenon of senior officers and low posts in all battalions of the new army has appeared, and the best solution is to increase the number of units at one level, and at the same time expand the number of troops, solve the problem of placing officers at all levels.

It's just that now Liu Yan is facing the matter of going to Jimo Yingcheng to take up his post, as well as rectifying and digesting Aoshanwei, and the rectification of the new army has been postponed.

Waiting for the completion of the rectification of the Aoshan Guard, Liu Yan controls the population and resources of the two guards, so he can add one level of formation to the new army and expand a wave of troops.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of July, Liu Yan finished taking care of the affairs of Lingshanwei and ordered Wang Weizhen, Tian Huixu and others to stay in Lingshanwei temporarily, and Chen Xun and Shen Tuo also led their troops to garrison in place.

Without any worries, Liu Yan led Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming, the five battalions of new army soldiers, from the Lingshan Acropolis to Jimo Yingcheng to take office. 33

After this period of replenishment, the shortage of more than 1,700 battalions of the new army has been roughly filled, but the overall quality of the soldiers still needs to be improved; after all, there are suddenly more than 1,700 new recruits, and the overall combat strength has declined somewhat. After Liu Yan prepared to arrive at Jimo Camp City, he began large-scale military training to restore the combat strength of the new army to the pre-war level as soon as possible.

Starting from the Lingshan Acropolis, Liu Yan led his troops to walk for four days, and arrived outside the south gate of Jimo Ying City on the morning of the fourth day.

"It's finally here!"

Liu Yance looked at the city in front of him, the scale of Jimoying City was much larger than that of Lingshan Acropolis, with more population and more merchants, so it was naturally a lot more lively.

Above the south gate, Zhenhai two big characters are engraved on the upper end of the city gate, the font is vigorous and powerful, I don't know which famous handwriting it is. This is the south gate of Jimo Camp City, Zhenhai Gate.

Liu Yan looked at the city gate, and did not see the officials of Jimo Yingcheng outside the city to greet him, only pedestrians and people coming and going, as well as a few soldiers guarding the city at the city gate.

Liu Yan snorted coldly, did not attack on the spot, but waved his hand to order the army to advance, and he also rode into the city, surrounded by Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming, and thousands of ironclad troops drove into the city.

Pedestrians near the city gate avoided and pointed at the ironclad army, their words full of excitement.

"Look, this is the Lingshan Wei New Army, isn't the leading general the new guerrilla Liu Yan?"

"Yo he! Do you still know the famous Liu Yan? ”

"Naturally, I don't know it, but I know the banner, you see that flag in the army, isn't it the Lingshan Guard's officer? It is clear that he didn't have time to take office, and his banner has not changed, except for Liu Yan, who else will it be! ”

The crowd of pedestrians around listened and gave a thumbs up.

Liu Yan rode into the city, but his face was not very good. The people of Jimo Yingcheng did not greet him outside the city, and there was not even an official to lead the way, which was obviously a dismount for himself.

In addition, Liu Yan also noticed that the soldiers of the battalion standing guard at the gate of the city were also listless, either sitting in the shade and sleeping, or loudly reprimanding passers-by, constantly eating and taking cards.

Such soldiers, even if they are given an AK47, will not be able to win the battle, they are completely a rabble.

Miao Shao looked at the depressed streets and alleys along the way, and then rode his horse and asked, "My lord, where are we going after we enter the city?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Since people don't pay attention to us, then go directly to my guerrilla office, and wait until we settle down, and then pay attention to it." ”

"The officers and men of each battalion went directly to the military camp in the city to station, and Commander Miao brought a team of personal guards to follow me."

Liu Yan has a mansion in the city, which is the guerrilla general's office, which is a two-entry courtyard, with the official hall in front and the residence in the back. In Jimo Camp City, the residences of these generals are like this, and Liu Yan has already indicated the specific address when he received the appointment documents.

After entering the house, Miao Shao arranged for two guards to guard the gate, and then let the rest of the people go in to search for it, and clean up the yard by the way.

Liu Yan looked around, and saw that this house was very dilapidated, and even the courtyard wall had collapsed in several places, although there was no major problem, it could be seen that it had been uninhabited for a long time, and it was almost half deserted.

"It seems that Zhang Youxun has already started to stumble."

Liu Yan felt another burst of contempt for Zhang Youxun in his heart, and then said to Miao Shao: "Take a rest today, and hire some craftsmen on the street tomorrow to repair this place." ”

Miao Shaozheng tapped a window with the handle of a knife, knocked back the window that was almost falling down, and said: "As soon as the adults arrived, they repaired the government office with great fanfare, and it will be realized." ”

Liu Yan said indifferently: "Let's live comfortably by ourselves, don't worry about it." Even if we don't do anything, those villains will not be idle, and they will still be unable to get along with us. ”

Miao Shao and the others also knew about Zhang Youxun, and said worriedly at this time: "My lord, General Zhang is a Shangguan after all, and now he is so hostile to adults, the pickling thing in the future is indispensable, why don't you find an opportunity to ease up?" ”

"Ease?"

Liu Yan said: "How to ease? You remember, for a small-bellied and short-sighted person like Zhang Youxun, as long as you back down a little, he will become even worse! To treat such a person, you can only return a tooth for a tooth in order to make him retreat! ”

At the same time, in the mansion of the general in the city, Zhang Youxun frowned and thought about something, and there were three guerrilla generals next to him, one was short and fat named Wang Ye, one was tall and strong named Dong Bihui, and the other was thin and thin, but he had a strong spirit, named Mao Xingyi.

These three people are Zhang Youxun's henchmen, and when they learned that Liu Yan had arrived at the Jimo City camp and the situation of thousands of ironclad troops entering the city, the three of them also heard from their subordinates' families, and they were a little uneasy, so they gathered here, but they didn't think about it, Zhang Youxun was also uneasy.

"My lord, then Liu Yan didn't come to report, and he didn't send anyone over, it seems that he is ready to have a hard top with the adult."

Mao Xingyi said, his eyes had already drifted to Zhang Youxun: "The mansion assigned to Liu Yan by the adult is a deserted house, but Liu Yan lived in it directly, I think this person is not ordinary, he can bend and stretch, and he has military exploits in his hands, so it is best not to provoke such a ruthless character." ”

"The last general knows what the adults are worried about, it is nothing more than worrying that Liu Yan will take the position of the adults, but the adults should not use these methods that are too revealing of traces."

Dong Bihui said in surprise: "What should I do then?" Could it be that he directly sent someone to kill Liu Yan? ”

Wang Ye reprimanded: "Dong guerrilla, be cautious!" ”

Zhang Youxun looked at the three of them, snorted slightly dissatisfied, and then said to Mao Xingyi: "Then you say, what should I do?" ”

Mao Xingyi said: "If the adult wants to deal with Liu Yan, then put it on the bright side, let Liu Yan know that in this Jimo City camp, he is alone, and it is best to retreat in the face of difficulties, or take the initiative to bow to the adult." ”

"If Liu Yan refuses to obey, then the adult can completely use the identity of Shangguan to suppress, such as deploying the generals of the new army, etc., does Liu Yan dare not obey orders?"

Zhang Youxun laughed and said: "Mao's guerrilla is worthy of being a smart star, and there are many ghost ideas." ”

"Thank you, Lord for complimenting."

"Well, but don't do it lightly when it comes to troop transfers, those new troops are all trained by Liu Yan. Suddenly transfer them away, it is difficult to guarantee that those arrogant soldiers will not make trouble, if those new troops are angry and make trouble, we will all lose our heads. ”

Mao Xingyi, Wang Ye, and Dong Bihui nodded yes one after another.

Mao Xingyi said: "My lord, if you want me to say, it is better to send someone to inform Liu Yan and ask him to come to the banquet tonight." Let's beat him up during the banquet, if Liu Yan knows each other, let's all talk about it. If Liu Yan doesn't know each other, we will see the real chapter in the future, and Shangguan will rectify his subordinates, and adults will naturally be able to come up with all kinds of tricks. ”

Everyone burst out laughing, Zhang Youxun smiled and nodded in agreement, and said, "Okay, then I'll send someone to say it, and you all prepare it, and set up a table in my house in a while." ”

Zhang Youxun sent a chief flag officer to deliver the letter, and this chief flag officer soon came to the gate of Liu Yan's house, only to see two soldiers of the New Army's personal guard battalion standing at the gate of the courtyard, dressed in fine iron armor, with a war knife on their waists and a flintlock bird gun in their hands, which were mighty.

The chief flag officer looked hot, and said secretly: "Obediently, Liu Yan's gatekeepers have such soldiers, they are really rich." Under the generals, even those guerrilla generals did not have such a good iron armor! ”

Sighing in his heart, the chief flag officer walked up with a smile, explained his intentions, and was let in.

In the main hall of the front yard, the chief flag officer saw Liu Yan, and after some remarks, Liu Yan laughed and said: "Haha, it turns out that the general is preparing for a reception banquet, I said that when I led my troops into the city, none of the people from the Jimo camp came to greet him, and they all gathered in the general's mansion." ”

"Hehe, this ......"

The chief flag officer smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't blame the general, the general is busy with military affairs, maybe it's ......"

"What is it?"

Liu Yan waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't say anything superfluous, you go back and tell the general that I will definitely go to the banquet on time!" ”

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