"In such a hurry?"

Hong Chengchou was very surprised, more than 200,000 soldiers of the Warring States Dynasty went out to fight, and the related matters were extremely complicated, and it would take at least a month to prepare for the logistics supply alone.

But judging from this order from the Ministry of War, the imperial court, or Emperor Chongzhen, couldn't wait, and the tone of this battle was a quick victory.

Hong Chengchou's heart was heavy, and he clenched his fists and said: "The governor knows, there is an order from the two Laos, and the Japanese governor will lead all the soldiers into Beijing tomorrow." ”

Ma Shaoyu, the director of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Ruoqi, the head of the Ministry of War, were very happy, and seeing that Hong Chengchou was very good, the two of them were full of expectations for this matter of supervising the army. There has not been such a large-scale war in the dynasty for many years, this battle not only gathered a large amount of money and food, but also a great opportunity to win credit, Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi smiled and sat at the head of Wu Sangui, next to Hong Chengchou, and then staggered with everyone, not worried about the upcoming war.

Liu Yan looked at the two of them, as well as Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Tang Tong and other chief military officers who kept toasting to the two, and couldn't help frowning: "It seems that the situation in this battle is not optimistic, just with these few materials, this battle has added a lot of variables!" ”

Liu Yan looked at Hong Chengchou again, not to mention Hong Chengchou's character, in terms of the ability to command the troops, conservatively speaking, at least the top five, if the battle of Songjin in history was not for the continuous urging of Emperor Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou continued to fight steadily, and it is still unknown who will die in the end.

Liu Yan looked at Hong Chengchou with a melancholy face, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he was obviously worried about the good luck of this battle.

"In the end, it's a matter of money and food!"

In the battle of Songjin in history, the Ming Dynasty could not even support the supply of 130,000 Ming troops, and now it has gathered 250,000 troops, almost double the strength of the troops in history.

"The Battle of Songjin in history lasted for more than two years, and it almost dragged down the financial strength of the Ming Dynasty. Now it seems that the imperial court can support it for half a year, which is already an optimistic estimate! ”

So Liu Yan made up his mind that if the war did not go well, he would have to make plans early, these more than 80,000 soldiers of the new army were the hope of China, and there was no room for loss!

In the worries of Liu Yan and Hong Chengchou, in the laughter of Ma Shaoyu, Zhang Ruoqi and others, and in the doubts of Cao Bianjiao, Yang Guozhu and others, this wine banquet ended hastily, and everyone returned to the camp.

Early the next morning, Hong Chengchou beat the war drum to summon the generals, announced in public that the army had been mobilized, and the whole army went to Beijing to stand by.

Tongzhou is located in the southeast direction of the Beijing Division, but Hong Chengchou led the army to the Beijing Division, and did not directly go west to the direction of Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhimen, but all the way to the north, and the whole army entered Beijing from Desheng Gate in the north of the Beijing Division.

Each city gate of Beijing City has its own special purpose, and Desheng Gate is specially used to pass the army, taking the meaning of "victory and triumph".

Liu Yan's department was arranged behind Hong Chengchou's supervision camp, which is enough to see that Hong Chengchou attaches great importance to Liu Yan's department.

At this time, the army can already see the towering city wall of Beijing City from afar, Liu Yan is also the first time to see the Beijing City of this era, the towering city towers, the continuous city walls, all tell the grandeur of the city, Rao is Liu Yan is used to seeing the reinforced concrete city of later generations, and has also seen Jinan City, Qingzhou City and other big cities, but at the moment of seeing Beijing City, he was still shocked by the heart of the Ming Empire!

It didn't take long for the night of the pro-guard battalion to receive a report, headed by Fan Fucui, the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Rixuan, the secretary of the ministry, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, Li Zhiwen, the secretary of the household department, and others, as well as a group of Beijing officials, honorables, etc., had been waiting ten miles outside the Desheng Gate, and greeted the soldiers of the army by the edict of Emperor Chongzhen.

Liu Yan was also slightly moved, this kind of treatment can be described as extremely grand and generous in this era, in Liu Yan's memory, Emperor Chongzhen seems to have not prepared such a pomp, this is the first time, I am afraid it will be the last, it can be seen that Emperor Chongzhen attaches great importance to this battle.

In addition, the night of listening to the news did not return the report, and outside the Desheng Gate, countless people from Beijing who heard the news also gathered.

The battle of Jinzhou is related to the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of Beijing have been at the feet of the Son of Heaven for a long time, so they are naturally extremely concerned about national affairs, and their knowledge is far above that of the people in other places. It is said that when the army just gathered in Tongzhou, the major teahouses and wine shops in the capital were discussing this matter every day, and even the storyteller had begun to arrange a joke, ready to preach after the army left the customs, and won a lottery.

This battle is related to the fortunes of the country, from the high-ranking officials to the common people, who are extremely concerned about the information of the generals who led the army to help. In particular, the new army of Qinglai Town, known as the strongest army in the world, has attracted the attention of countless people.

At this time, the general situation of the armies has spread all over the Beijing Division, I heard that the total number of the armies is 250,000, and the new army of Qinglai Town, which is known as the first strong army of the Ming Dynasty, has nearly 90,000 horses, and the people of Gyeonggi are all boiling, and even good people are already predicting: This battle will be won by the Ming Dynasty, and the Dongnu will be defeated, and after this war, the trouble of the East will no longer exist!

Liu Yance led the army to march, the front and rear are the banners that cover the sky and the sun, I have to say, at this time, the soldiers and horses of each department are the most elite in the Ming army, all the way to the march, the military appearance of each department is also neat, so that the people who are used to seeing the beggars in the general appearance of the Ming army are shocked.

At this time, on both sides of the official road leading to Desheng Gate, more than ten miles were crowded with the people of Jingshi. Everyone was looking forward to it, looking forward to the heroic appearance of the new army soldiers in Qinglai Town.

In this regard, Liu Yan naturally would not let go of a good opportunity to show the new army in Qinglai Town, and ordered the soldiers of each battalion to sing "From the Army" and "Triumphant Song" while marching, and more than 88,000 soldiers of the new army immediately sang, attracting the attention of the soldiers of the Ming army in the rest of the divisions, and then they were also infected by the singing and hummed along. 33

Hong Chengchou listened to the singing of the new army in Qinglai Town, and his face changed slightly: "This Liu Yan, the means of raising morale are really exquisite, this person is extraordinary!" ”

Soon, a burst of cheers erupted in the welcoming crowd: "It's coming!" Here it comes! ”

The singing was like a tidal wave, and everyone on both sides of the official road was in high spirits at this time. Densely packed with human heads, they only looked to the north.

I saw the flag in the distance to cover the sky and the sun, the army had not arrived, the prestige came first, and with the march of the army, there was also a faint sound of melodious and majestic marching drums. The crowd was in an uproar, and everyone tried their best to pull their necks.

Suddenly, two huge juxtaposed flags appeared in everyone's eyes, one was written "Qinglai Town Chief Officer, Liu", and the other was the blood-red wave sun and moon flag, which was the military flag of the Ming army.

These two big flags, are extremely tall, carried on the cart, with a strong horse, behind the hunting flag, is a dense drum car, on the drummer beats the march beat, every time it is struck, all shock people's hearts, the drummer behind the color should be it, and there are musicians such as the basket, the ring, and the grate should be harmonious.

In the marching drum music, the people and horses followed the dense march, and the song of "From the Army" also floated in, which shocked the people on both sides of the official road.

The new army of Qinglai Town appeared with such momentum, which made the onlookers cheer and shout, and they all felt satisfied, and many people also pointed at the churning waves of the sun and moon flags on the banner car.

In front of the army of Qinglai Town, there were countless rider guards and night soldiers, all of whom had bright helmets and bright armor, and the iron armor flashed with cold light and was extremely majestic. Followed by another column of iron cavalry soldiers in bright armor, this is the cavalry battalion. Then came the neatly marching infantry officers and men of the battalions, and finally the artillery battalion and the baggage soldiers and horses.

The officers and men of the new army were neatly dressed in military uniforms and armor, walking neatly and calmly, and their military boots were beating on the road, and there was a neat roar. The people of Beijing were outside, and everyone tried their best to show their might, and all the soldiers held their heads high, did not squint, but marched solemnly.

Xu Mingde, the sentry commander of the night, and Xiao Dongzi, the flag commander, rode their horses and walked at the forefront of the army, and both of them were very nervous in their hearts, even more nervous than they were on the battlefield, for fear that they would have something wrong and damage the might of the new army.

Shen Wen, the left captain of the left side of the rear battalion, also had a tight face, leaned the bird gun on his shoulder, and with the drum music, he raised his feet high and stomped down vigorously, looking at the whole army, even the flag elder Bai in front of him also had a solemn face, and the pace of the whole army marching caused the sound of the earth neatly.

Watching the torrent of the army rolling in, not to mention the people of Beijing, the first assistant of the cabinet, Fan Fucui, who greeted them, were also happy and admired, and they all said: "With this strong army, Jinzhou has no worries." ”

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, was even more appreciative of the new army in Qinglai Town, and thought: "Liu Yanzhi's army is really extraordinary, such a strong army has tens of thousands of people, this Warring States Dynasty will win, and I, the secretary of the military department, will also be lucky, maybe I can continue the power of this battle and compete for the position of the first assistant of the cabinet......"

When the army came to the front, Fan Fucui hurriedly led everyone to meet him, and Hong Chengchou also led the general officers and other generals of each town to dismount and walk.

Fan Fucui first praised each other with Hong Chengchou, and then asked which one was Liu Yan, the chief military officer of Qinglai Town, and Liu Yan immediately stood up and saluted the cabinet chief, causing Wu Sangui and others to be envious and jealous.

Fan Fucui smiled and admired, shook his head and said: "Banner hunting, horses' hooves rumbling, slogan snare drum response, strong, my Qinglai Town New Army, really strong, my country's army of the DPRK...... Me, cough cough ...... Magnificent ......"

Fan Fucui, the first assistant of the cabinet, was old after all, and he coughed again and again without finishing a sentence, but he still insisted on singing the praise.

Subsequently, the officials of the Ministry of Rites announced the condolences of the labor army on behalf of the imperial court, and the 250,000 soldiers were rewarded with silver and cloth, and then informed the reinforcement army of all matters.

Today's army camped outside the Beijing division to rest, tomorrow Emperor Chongzhen will summon the governor of Jiliao Hong Chengchou and the general officers of the army in the main hall, the day after tomorrow outside the city for a military parade, after the parade, all the soldiers and horses immediately from the parade ground, set out to conquer Liaodong.

Hong Chengchou and Liu Yan and other commanders of various roads received orders one after another, and the camping points of the Ming army were near Andingmen and Deshengmen, all outside the northern city of Beijing.

Liu Yan's department was placed five miles outside the Desheng Gate, and Liu Yan led a team of guards to patrol the perimeter of the camp, looking at the towering city wall not far away, and he was also in Beijing City.

It is said that after the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beijing, he stationed seventy-two guards in Beijing, collectively known as Jingwei.

Jingwei has its own camp in the capital, such as the Wudewei camp stationed in Andingmen, which was later changed to Wudaoying Hutong, and the Jeju Wei camp was stationed in Fuchengmen, which was later changed to Weaving Wei Hutong, and the large teaching field of the three major battalions of the Beijing army was located outside Desheng Gate and Andingmen.

In the Wanli period, due to the frequent wars, the officials of Jingying suggested that the church should be relocated in the city for safety, so it was located outside the Xuanwu Gate, but a new church was still opened in the southern city. Although the teaching field occupies a huge area, the people of Beijing are still accustomed to calling the new teaching field a small teaching field, and the original teaching field is called a large teaching field.

Naturally, it was impossible for the 250,000 troops to enter the capital and set up camp, so they could only be stationed near the Great Sect, which was also very good.

When the camps of the various armies were formed one after another, Liu Yan and other general officers from all walks of life gathered in the camp of the Chinese army.

At this time, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, also came to the camp and walked in the camp with Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, talking and laughing.

When the two saw the chief military officers coming one after another, they beckoned everyone to come over, and Liu Yan also followed everyone to the front.

Chen Xinjia paid the most attention to Liu Yan, and asked in a strong Sichuan voice: "This time, more than 250,000 troops from all walks of life have been dispatched, and I heard that under the command of General Liu, there are more than 88,000 soldiers of the new army?" ”

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said, "Qi Yu is the soldier, exactly." ”

Chen Xinjia smiled: "Wang Shi's armor is strong, and he can take advantage of it, and this time he went to Liaodong, and he won a big victory." ”

Liu Yan said angrily: "The elite of slaves and thieves cannot be underestimated, and this time it will inevitably come from the country." However, our army is defending the land and resisting foreign invaders, and the morale of the army is naturally high. ”

Chen Xinjia understood the meaning of Liu Yan's words, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Okay, it is enough to have Mr. Liu's words." General Liu only had peace of mind and tried his best to fight with the generals under the command of the governor, and as for the grain and straw in the rear, the soldiers were determined to be continuously supplied by the king's division, and the soldiers would never be hungry and cold. ”

Although they had Chen Xinjia's assurance, Liu Yan and Hong Chengchou were still very worried in their hearts, and it was difficult to say anything at this time.

At this time, Chen Xinjia continued to greet Liu Yan with warmth, expressed his worries, hardships and condolences to the army under the scorching sun, and asked if the army could have any drugs for treating heat and relieving filth?

Liu Yan said that he worked hard to serve the country, and although there was a slight storage of medicine in the army, there were not many of them, and if the military department was willing to provide it, it would naturally be better.

Chen Xinjia immediately agreed to raise some medicine for Liu Yan and the chief military officers from all walks of life.

Everyone clasped their fists in thanks.

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