Early October.

At the end of autumn and winter, Kaifeng Mansion is withered inside and outside the city, the people in the city have changed into heavy clothes, walking on the street in a hurry, not for a bite of food, most of the people will not come out to the street, the shops and merchants on the street have all suffered, it can be said that the business is bleak, the door is full of birds.

And outside Kaifeng City, the same is the order of all things, the earth is gray and yellow everywhere, this year because of the raging army of thieves, most of the cultivated land in Henan is not harvested, destined to be a year of great hunger next year!

Early in the morning, the fast horses of the military department rushed into Kaifeng City, and Liu Yan immediately commanded the generals of the new army battalions in the yamen in the city, and said loudly: "The military department has issued an order, and our army can go home in triumph!" ”

Everyone cheered when they heard this, since they left Qinglai Town and went north to Liaodong, the soldiers of the New Army have been away from home for more than half a year, and in this half year, tens of thousands of soldiers of the New Army have fought thousands of miles, fighting the army of slaves and thieves and thieves, and have made great achievements.

In the past half a year, many soldiers have spilled blood on the battlefield, and Liu Yan and the generals have remembered it in their hearts and are hard to forget.

"The army will be drawn in two days, and the battalions will hurry up and get ready."

"Yes!"

In fact, all battalions of the new army have already made preparations, and according to Liu Yan's order, the ashes, clothing, and various materials of the fallen soldiers have been loaded, and the wounded of each battalion have been properly settled, and all of them have returned to their respective battalions, where they will be taken care of by the medical officers of each battalion, and they can be drawn with the army at any time.

A small number of seriously injured soldiers, after Liu Yan and Chen Yongfu consulted, temporarily settled in Kaifeng City, and Chen Yongfu was responsible for arranging for doctors to treat and take care of them.

After these soldiers are healed, they will be paid the passage fee and return to Qinglai Town together.

Of course, Liu Yan also knows that even if these seriously injured people are healed, most of them will be left with disabilities.

Liu Yan has no bottom in his heart, but he can only do this, and now take those seriously injured away, most of them will die on the road, leaving maybe one day to go back alive.

Then Liu Yan looked at Xun Jingyun and asked, "What happened to the money and grain in the treasury?" ”

Xun Jingyun said: "Don't worry, three days ago, the subordinates had already counted fifty percent of the money and grain in the treasury, and they had been registered, and now they have all been loaded, and more than 1,400 carts are all parked in the military camp in the city, and they can be taken away with the army at any time." ”

"That's good."

On the same day, Liu Yan went on a trip with Gao Mingheng and Chen Yongfu respectively, and also specially explained that they would treat the seriously wounded of the New Army well, and both of them agreed to take care of the seriously wounded of the New Army.

Later, Liu Yan went to the palace of the king of Zhou and paid tribute to Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou.

"The general is gone, the king is hard to give up, and I hope the general will take care and make new contributions to the court!"

Liu Yan looked at Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, who was chewing words, and he was inevitably impassioned.

Two days later, Liu Yan led more than 70,000 soldiers of the new army to leave Kaifeng Fucheng.

If Liu Yan hadn't led his troops to arrive in time, it is estimated that Kaifeng City at this time would already be a hell on earth, even if Li Zicheng couldn't get in, the city would definitely fall to the point of cannibalism. It can be said that Liu Yan and the soldiers of the New Army are Kaifeng Bai

The surname of the life-saving benefactor, so at this time the army withdrew, and many people on both sides of the road knelt on the ground, constantly kowtowing, praising the merits of Liu Yan and the soldiers of the new army.

From Kaifeng City to Qinglai Town, separated by more than 1,000 miles, the officers and men of the New Army marched all the way to the east, and finally arrived outside Qingzhou City on October 22.

When the new army soldiers arrived outside the city, Qingzhou was crowded inside and outside the city, and tens of thousands of people gathered in the city and nearby, almost blocking the official road, just to witness the triumphant posture of the new army soldiers.

But when the soldiers who were tired of the wind and dust all the way appeared, when the wounded people sitting in the carriage passed by, all the cheers disappeared, and the onlookers hid their faces and wept, these soldiers of Qinglai Town suffered a lot, and now they finally went home.

Wang Yunhe took the officials left behind by the shogunate, Zhao Min, Yue Ming, Song Gongming, Tian Huixu, Zhang Lei, Wang Weizhen, Wang Jing and others were among them, while Tan Xiaoda, Xu Le, Chen Jiangshi and others failed to come.

When everyone saw Liu Yan and the commanders of each battalion, they were very moved, and they all clasped their fists and saluted Liu Yan, Wang Yunhe cried even more, God knows how he has spent the past few months, every day is like a year, for fear of hearing bad news from the front line.

But thankfully, all the good news finally came, and Liu Yan also led the army to return triumphantly.

As the minister of the Ministry of Political Affairs, Wang Weizhen prepared a grand triumphal ceremony for the soldiers of the army, and the gong and drum team of hundreds of people was waiting at the gate of the city.

Liu Yan

called Shang Wenyuan, who came back with the army, to his side, introduced Wang Weizhen, and appointed him as the secretary of the government affairs department. The two met and got to know each other, and Shang Wenyuan immediately met Wang Weizhen with the salute of his subordinates.

"Hehe, since it is the appointment of the head town, it must be a talent, it seems that our government affairs department is going to prosper!"

However, unlike the situation where everyone was smiling, among the onlookers, there were many families of soldiers of the new army, who were eagerly looking for their own men in the military formation.

Liu Yan couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and then called Tian Huixu and Xun Jingyun, asking the two to do a good job of the compensation of the casualties as soon as possible.

The two clenched their fists and took their lives.

"Into town!"

The army marched into the city with the sound of drums, but in the lively drum music, Liu Yan also heard some anxious cries, and his heart was heavy.

There was nothing to say that night, Liu Yan went directly back to the General Military Mansion to get together with Wang Yunhe, Shang Shan, and Ruoshui, his son Liu Sheng was almost one and a half years old, and he was already able to call his father, but he hadn't seen him for a few months.

Then Liu Yan played with his son for a long time and contacted his feelings, so he called the wet nurse to take the child away, and the remaining four people were in the room to "contact feelings", and they didn't mention it......

Early the next morning, Liu Yan summoned all the subordinates of the shogunate in the main hall of the General Military Palace.

At this time, Wang Yue sighed and said, "It's just that Chen Xun and other brothers from the front camp are missing, and I don't know how the war in Liaodong is going now." ”

Liu Yan is also slight

Frowning, I don't know if the result of the battle of Songjin will change, it seems that more people will be sent to pay attention to it.

So Liu Yan mentioned the first thing: "The war in Liaodong is a critical moment, and more than 12,000 soldiers in the front battalion of our army are still stationed in Hongluo Mountain. The success or failure of the war in Liaodong is not only related to the safety of the country and the dynasty, but also to the life and death of the officers and men of our new army, so from today onwards, the main energy of the intelligence department should be focused on the two places of Jingshi and Liaodong, and no matter how much food is spent, no matter how much manpower and material resources are spent, it must also find out specific information! ”

Wu Guojin clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, Wang Yang, who is investigating Cao, took people to Jingshi early this morning, and I believe that it won't be long before news comes back." ”

"Good!"

"The second thing: the bereavement of the casualties of the battalions."

Liu Yan looked at Tian Huixu, Minister of War, and Xun Jingyun, Deputy Department, and asked, "Is there a specific pension plan?" ”

Xun Jingyun was already formulating a compensation plan for the casualties on the way home in triumph with the army, and he also talked to Tian Huixu last night, at this time Tian Huixu nodded with a smile, and Xun Jingyun got up and said: "Don't worry, the town has been drawn up, this is the specific details and amount." ”

Liu Yan took it and glanced at it, then handed it to Yue Ming, the Minister of Finance, and asked, "Is there enough money and grain in the treasury?" ”

Yue Ming said: "Enough, the Ministry of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce have handed over a large amount of money in the past few months, although there have been disasters in Shandong this year, but the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Household Affairs of Qinglai Town have handled it properly, and the water conservancy facilities in various parts of Qinglai Town are complete, so although the autumn harvest has been reduced, a lot of taxes and grains have been collected." The Ministry of Finance can pay for it completely

The bereavement money and food of the soldiers of the army. ”

"Good!"

Liu Yan said: "The imperial court ordered my new army to come back for rectification, although I don't know the specific deadline, but all battalions should also hurry up, starting tomorrow, all battalions will immediately start replenishing the source of troops under the overall planning of the military department." ”

"In the past few months since the army went out, what progress has been made in the Recruitment Department and the Training Department of the Ministry of War?"

Tian Huixu said: "Before the expedition, the headquarters had an order to continue to recruit and train new soldiers, and to rectify the dun army in Huoludun and Tunbao in various places. At present, the military headquarters has trained 5,362 new recruits and reorganized 897 dun troops in various places. Judging from the casualty roster provided by Deputy Xun Headquarters, these recruits trained by the military department can completely supplement the battle losses of each battalion. ”

At this time, Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that the new army in Qinglai Town could continue to fight, and this war machine built by himself began to operate!

"From now on, it is customary for the army to go out and the military department to train new soldiers, and this town will no longer give orders alone, remember!"

"Yes!"

After saying this, Liu Yan's face showed a smile and said: "Tonight, the Ministry of Finance will provide money, and the Ministry of Commerce will mobilize the cooks of various wine shops in the city to prepare a celebration banquet for the soldiers of the army, and the soldiers of each battalion will enjoy it in the city. ”

"All the soldiers can drink, but only tonight, tonight's defense of the city is in charge of the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture, with the government and the dun army to inspect everywhere."

"In addition, the town has also prepared a banquet in the general military palace, and all the officials of the shogunate departments and above and the commanders of the battalions are all present."

"Yes!"

Everyone was smiling and winning the battle, of course, we had to relax

Under.

At this time, Wang Yue stood up again and said flatteringly: "Zongzhen, what reward will the imperial court give us, Zongzhen is already the chief military officer with the seal, is it going to enter the imperial court next?" ”

This time, everyone rarely did not have Wang Yue's sycophancy, but looked at Liu Yan one after another, obviously everyone had also thought about this problem.

Liu Yan smiled faintly and said: "Now for this town, the official position or something, I don't care so much, as long as the new army is strong, you have a reward, Qinglai Town is thriving, everything is easy to say." ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.

Yes, what if you give Liu Yan a king? The King of Zhou in Kaifeng and the King of De in Jinan were all first-class princes, but they were all raised like pigs.

Even if Liu Yan is just a general military officer, he is a strong army in hand, and there is the entire Qinglai Town behind him, and he is a guest wherever he goes, even the prince and governor have to be polite to Liu Yan.

Face is important, but lining is even more important!

"Alright, everyone go back and get ready, and relax tonight. Early tomorrow morning, Minister Tian of the Ministry of War, Deputy Minister Xun, and Miao Guerrilla of the Guards Battalion will prepare for the guerrilla attack and go with the town to Wangjiazhuang and Aoshan Weifu Mountain Qianqianhu, and the town will inspect the various supervision offices of the Ministry of War! ”