At the beginning of June, Lu Xiangsheng received a reply from the Ministry of War, and the imperial court allocated 430,000 taels of military expenses to the Shandong Metropolitan Division to supplement the arrears of salaries and silver over the years.

Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu were overjoyed, and at the same time, the two of them were also very puzzled, what is wrong with the imperial court, the war in the south is tight now, and the financial resources of the imperial court should be very tight, why did the military department suddenly allocate arrears?

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng received a second order from the Ministry of War, and was immediately shocked, and hurriedly brought General Lu Huaiying over.

"Governor, why are you so alarmed?"

Lu Xiangsheng said with a solemn face: "The Ministry of War has received news, saying that it is going to recruit the new army of Liu Yan's department to Hunan, temporarily under the command of the superintendent Yang Sichang, and encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong's department. ”

"What!"

Lu Huaiying said angrily: "The Yang thief is so shameless, if he hadn't been making trouble behind his back, the army of slaves and thieves would have been annihilated a long time ago, why is the country in such a dangerous situation!" Now that he is in a stalemate with Zhang Thief in Hunan, he actually started the idea of General Liu, which is really shameless! ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, this is the order of the Ministry of War, which also mentions that the imperial court will use Gao Qiqian as the supervisor of the army, escort 350,000 taels of military expenses, 150,000 stone military rations, as well as some iron materials, craftsmen, etc., directly from the Beijing Division to the south, to Jimo Yingcheng to join Liu Yan's department. ”

"What!"

Lu Huaiying is dumbfounded now, one Yang Sichang is already disgusting enough, and now Gao Qiqian has come out again, how can Liu Yan fight this battle? Go to Hunan to die!

"Governor, this matter must be written to the court, and General Liu can't be allowed to go!"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "Didn't the governor say it, this matter is not that simple. If you think about it, it is surprising enough that the imperial court has made up for the arrears of Shandong soldiers over the years, and it even sent hundreds of thousands of taels of military expenses and hundreds of thousands of stone military rations to Liu Yan, isn't this strange? ”

"The Governor Says ......"

Looking at Lu Huaiying's blank expression, Lu Xiangsheng said: "Yang Sichang has probably secretly contacted Liu Yan first, and the two of them must have reached some kind of agreement. These money and food are the benefits that Liu Yan has won for us! ”

At this time, Lu Huaiying couldn't hold it anymore, and said with slightly red eyes: "General Liu must know that he can't fly on this trip, but he is very lucky, so he tried his best to speak for the governor!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "This matter must be written to the imperial court, but looking at the current situation, it is mostly useless, and I can only hope that Liu Yanji is in heaven!" ”

Lu Huaiying clenched his fists and said: "Governor, the last general will rush to Jimo Yingcheng, and inform General Liu of the news before Gao Qi dives, so that he can also be prepared." ”

"Well, that's fine."

Four days later, as Lu Huaiying's fast horse galloped into Jimo Yingcheng, the news that Gao Qiqian was about to go south to supervise the army was also sent to Liu Yan.

"High dive?"

A sneer appeared on Liu Yan's face, and Lu Huaiying, who was sweating profusely next to him, hurriedly said, "You can still laugh?" Woe to you! ”

Liu Yan laughed and said, "What's this, isn't Brother Lu just worried about the bad things in the potential war?" Don't worry, it's okay. ”

"Are you alright?"

Liu Yan had a sneer on his face, and a sinister aura emanated, and he said: "The battlefield is chaotic, the swords and guns have no eyes, everyone lives and dies!" ”

Lu Huaiying suddenly felt a chill in her heart: "This Liu Yan is really a ruthless character!" ”

On the same day, Lu Huaiying left in a hurry, and before leaving, Liu Yan asked Lu Huaiying to bring a message to Lu Xiangsheng: "Tell the governor that the money and grain reissued by the imperial court should flow for a long time, and there will definitely be locust plagues after this drought. ”

Lu Huaiying nodded: "Don't worry, I will definitely bring it." ”

Two days later, a team of fast horses from the military department rushed to Jimo Yingcheng and sent the order of the military department, as well as the news that the high potential department escorted money and food.

In the afternoon of the same day, Gao Qiqian led a large group of men and horses to arrive at Jimo Yingcheng, and Liu Yan led Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Wang Yue, three commanders, as well as Qian Yan, the general manager, to greet him outside the east gate.

Gao Qiqian led a group of 2,000 people in Beijing, only to see that this army was brightly dressed and armored, almost everyone had horses, and there was a bit of elite atmosphere between the banners and exhibitions.

But Liu Yan shook his head, although the equipment of these Beijing soldiers looked okay, but they were not in order, and they stopped on the official road and exchanged heads and ears, without half a military discipline at all, it was completely an embroidered pillow.

Among this large group of people, there are hundreds of carts, on which are the money, grain and iron promised by the imperial court, and there are more than 100 craftsmen in the team, all of whom are dressed in tatters, as if they are beggars traveling, which is in stark contrast to those soldiers in Beijing who are clearly dressed and armored.

"Hehe, the last general has seen the high prison army!"

Although Liu Yan was very disgusted with Gao Qiqian in his heart, he had to do enough work on the surface, and led Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Wang Yue, and Qian Jian to come forward and salute.

Gao Qiqian opened the curtain of the carriage, and said with a smile: "General Liu, hehe, I heard that you are the number one general under the command of Lu Duchen, and you have recently made military achievements in Jinan Fucheng, you are really brave!" ”

"The senior superintendent has won the award, this is the ...... of the last general"

Before Liu Yan finished speaking, Gao Qiqian interrupted and said: "This time to fight in the south, General Liu should be sensible, obey the orders of the miscellaneous family, and make another war contribution for the country!" ”

After speaking, Gao Qiqian ignored Liu Yan, lowered the curtain, and stopped talking.

Liu Yan was angry when he saw this, and Xu Ming and Miao Shao next to him were even more angry, if it weren't for Wang Yue desperately pulling the two, Xu Ming and Miao Shao would have rushed up and dragged Gao Qi down.

Liu Yan didn't say a word, stood aside with a gloomy face, and watched the car driver and the people of the Beijing camp enter the city, and Miao Shao next to him whispered: "My lord, what should I do!" ”

Liu Yan thought for a long time, and then said in a cold voice: "You immediately lead the Qinwei battalion to set off, from here to Lingshanwei, you need to cross the Gu River, you immediately lead the Gu River valley to set up an ambush, I will let Gao Qiqian take two thousand Beijing battalions to Lingshanwei to station." ”

Miao Shao's face was overjoyed, and he whispered excitedly: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely do it, but how will the court explain it?" ”

"Confession?"

Liu Yan asked rhetorically: "Who knew that the car was high and diving?" Who has ever seen a high dive? ”

That night, Liu Yan held a banquet in the General's Mansion, sat down with a face on his face, Liu Yan poured a full wine with a smile, and said: "The senior supervisor army has been tired all the way, and this wine can be regarded as a catch for the senior supervisor." ”

"Well, that's easy to say."

"It's just that tomorrow, I will ask the senior supervisor army to work harder, and lead the troops to Lingshanwei to be stationed first."

"Huh?"

Gao Qiqian frowned slightly and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "The last general has ordered all the troops to assemble at Lingshanwei, and the materials and supplies of the army are hoarded in Lingshanwei, and it is convenient to start from there." ”

"Then will Counselor Liu go with him tomorrow?"

Liu Yan said: "There are still some soldiers and horses here that have not been assembled, and the subordinates have to urge those soldiers and horses to assemble quickly, so tomorrow the senior supervision army will take the lead, and the last general has already prepared a residence on the side of Lingshanwei, as well as some generous gifts." ”

Liu Yan deliberately accentuated his tone on the word "generous gift", and there was a smile on Gao Qiqian's face.

"Hehe, in this way, Counselor Liu will work hard, and tomorrow the miscellaneous family will go first. However, General Liu should be faster, don't delay it for a long time, otherwise it will be difficult for Inspector Yang to explain. ”

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said, "Yes, the last general will not dare!" ”

The next day, Gao Qiqian led 2,000 Beijing camps to leave Jimo Yingcheng and went west to the valley of the Gu River.

It is a depression with trees on both sides, like two hills, and the terrain is dangerous.

Lingshanwei originally had a fire road pier here, but it was abandoned in the Jiajing period, and the original pier platform has collapsed.

The carriage and horse of Gao Qiqian were very bumpy on the dirt road, which made Gao Qiqian's mood extremely bad, and he reprimanded the driver from time to time.

The 2,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion had long since lost their posture, and under the scorching sun, they took off their armor one after another and hung them on their horses, and even many of them were shirtless, but they were still shouting and complaining.

Gao Qiqian lifted the curtain of the car window irritably, covered his mouth and nose with one hand, looked at the accompanying soldiers with disgust, and was about to reprimand loudly, when he suddenly saw a lot of figures on the hill, all of them were ironclad soldiers!

"That's, who's who?"

Gao Qiqian pointed to the hill in front of him and said loudly: "Someone, go and see!" ”

As soon as the words fell, another person appeared on the hill, it was Miao Shao, the commander of the guard battalion, and he saw Miao Shao looking at the team in the valley with a hideous face, and shouted loudly: "Release!" ”

The personal guard battalion was the first to complete the reorganization, and among the more than 3,700 people, including the guards and the night guards, 2,000 were equipped with flintlock birds.

The carriage that Gao Qiqian rode was the object of "focus", and the two batches of good horses pulling the carriage were immediately shot, and when the two war horses fell, they even overturned the carriage to the ground, and Gao Qiqian was thrown out of the car directly.

"Woe to you!"

Gao Qiqian was smashed to pieces, his face was covered with dust and blood, and when he got up with his hands and feet, he saw that half of the two thousand men and horses had fallen, and the remaining soldiers of the Beijing camp were all like lost dogs, running around in the river valley, where was the appearance of an army.

"Guards! Guarding the miscellaneous family! ”

Gao Qiqian's voice suddenly made Miao Shao hear, and Miao Shao pointed to a eunuch in the river valley wearing a flying fish costume and shouted: "Gao Qidive!" Look at Lao Tzu killing you shit! ”

Immediately, Miao Shao beckoned to the dozens of birds around him, pointed at Gao Qi and roared: "Fire!" Kill him, kill that eunuch for me! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

After a burst of gunsmoke, Gao Qidive, who was screaming just now, was shot by dozens of birds, and the gorgeous flying fish costume on his body could not be seen for a long time, more than a dozen blood holes continued to bleed out, and his head was beaten so that he couldn't recognize the human appearance, and those who were already dead could no longer die.

"Haha!"

Miao Shao laughed excitedly when he saw this: "Castration! Dare to be the enemy of my family and look for death! ”

The soldiers of the guard battalion were very nervous at the beginning, after all, this battle was an ambush of the soldiers of the Beijing battalion, and those people were Ming soldiers like themselves.

But at the beginning of the battle, the officers and men of the new army forgot about their nervousness and began to shoot according to the infantry drill and Miao Shao's orders, without the slightest hesitation.

Some veterans in the army have still experienced the battle of the giant deer, and when they heard that the person just now was a high dive, they immediately gritted their teeth and joined the ranks of scolding.

At this time, many soldiers of the Beijing battalion began to flee to the two ends of the river valley, but they were stopped by the spearmen and sword and shield men of the guard battalion who were blocking at both ends.

"It's the soldiers and horses of the Jimo battalion, Liu Yan has rebelled!"

Some of the generals of the Beijing camp recognized the armor of the soldiers of the new army and wanted to threaten them in exchange for survival, but in exchange for the continuous pressure of the army formation composed of the spearmen of the battalion commanders, they immediately stabbed their spears and began the massacre.

"Ahh We are also officers and soldiers, stop fighting! ”

"I surrender, spare my life!"

"The military master spares his life, our master has no grievances and no hatred, not to!"

The officers and men of the new army swept through the battle in less than half an hour like killing machines, almost in a devastating posture.

When Miao Shao took his men to the river valley, none of the 2,000 Jingying men survived.

For the sake of insurance, Miao Shao led people to examine one corpse after another, and two thousand and one corpses were not bad.

"Burn all these corpses, clothes, and carriages, leave no traces, bring back all those war horses, and don't miss a single one!"

"Order!"

That night, Liu Yan wrote an official document to report to Lu Xiangsheng, and sent someone to send it out overnight: "The military headquarters of the senior supervisor has not yet arrived, and the money and grain promised by the court have not been received, so please ask Lu Duchen to urge the court on his behalf!" Now that there has been an increase in civil unrest in various places, the last general is worried that something will happen to the headquarters of the senior superintendent army, so he has sent troops to search everywhere. ”

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