There are two official documents sent by the Ministry of War, one is about the reward of the new army officers and soldiers in Qinglai Town, and the other is the military order for the transfer of troops.

After Liu Yan saw it, his face was full of anger, and he immediately summoned all the people of the shogunate, as well as the commanders of all the battalions of the new army. When everyone came over in the snow, they all smiled and saluted Liu Yan, Liu Yan also had a smile on his face, and exchanged a few words with everyone.

Then everyone sat down, Liu Yan first took out the official document of the reward, and said: "The battle of Kaifeng and the battle of Jinzhou, the officers and men of our new army have won a lot, and the military department has already made a resolution and sent a reward. ”

Everyone is overjoyed, everyone has worked hard to fight thousands of miles, fought for more than half a year, and now there is finally a reward.

Liu Yan handed the reward document to Wang Weizhen to read it, but after a while, everyone's faces became a little ugly, and even Wang Weizhen, who read it, had a solemn face and slowed down his speech.

This time, the Ministry of War passed the reward for the officers and soldiers of the new army very quickly, and it used to take at least a few months, but this time it took less than a month to issue it, which can be called a god speed.

Moreover, the generals of the new army in Qinglai Town fought meritoriously, and according to the list of meritorious soldiers attached to Liu Yanjie's report, almost all of them were rewarded. It's just that this specific reward made everyone present angry, as if they had eaten flies.

Shen Tuo, Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming were promoted to generals for their merits, Xun Jingyun and Bao Xuezhen were awarded the rank of commanders, and Qian Qiao, commander of the artillery battalion, was awarded the rank of guerrilla general.

The commanders of each battalion, except for Wei Han, Guo Mingxu, and Shen Donglai, the rest of the more than ten people, including Kang Hui, Bai Hanyue, and Liu Jing, were all charged

Ren is a guerrilla general, and the rest of the thousands, hundreds, commanders, banners, and captains are not promoted, but they are given corresponding rewards according to the number of beheadings.

And what made everyone angry the most was that Liu Yan was not promoted this time, but only gave Liu Yan a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, as well as 20 silver medals, 20 gold medals, and a number of silk satin.

"Chen Xinjia, is this crazy!"

Xu Ming said coldly: "My new army killed from Liaodong to Henan, and the slaves and thieves were added together, and more than 200,000 beheaded, more than 200,000!" Most of the meritorious soldiers in the headquarters and the battalions have not been promoted and rewarded, and the imperial court has treated the soldiers of our new army so harshly! ”

Miao Shao also slapped the table and said loudly: "General Town, I think I will directly let the soldiers of the former battalion withdraw from Hongluo Mountain, anyway, there is no reward for the merit, what are you doing there!" ”

Wang Bo said angrily: "The court is unfair, don't blame us for being ruthless, I think we will imitate the border army to make trouble, and also make a fuss, let the adults in the court see that the soldiers of my new army cannot be bullied!" ”

The rest of the people were excited, clamoring to enter Beijing to admonish the soldiers, and they were going to make an explanation.

Liu Yan ignored the noise of the crowd, but took out another official document of the military department, and said: "Along with the reward, there is also an order: the military department requires the town to lead the troops to rest in Qinglai Town for half a month, and then the battalions of the new army will rush to the capital to stand by. ”

Now everyone is even more angry, not only is the court not rewarded for their merits this time, but a large number of grassroots soldiers have not been promoted, Liu Yan is this

The commander-in-chief of the new army has not been promoted, and even the pension money of the casualties has not been mentioned, and he is still thinking about recruiting the soldiers of the new army to fight again.

At this time, even Xun Jingyun, who has always attached importance to the decree, couldn't help but speak: "General Town, the officers and men of our new army must not rush to the north to obey the order, otherwise the army's spirit will be lost, how can we explain to the soldiers of each battalion!" ”

Everyone echoed one after another, and Wang Weizhen, Zhang Lei, Yue Ming and other civilian officials also unanimously agreed, believing that there was no explanation for the matter of rewards and pensions, and the battalions of the new army must not obey the order to go north.

Since the court doesn't do personnel, don't blame Lao Tzu for not listening to orders. It's like working overtime in the company in the future without paying, and still thinking about extra work, don't even think about it!

Liu Yan saw that all his subordinates had unified their opinions, so he said, "Okay! Since you are in the same mind as the town, then do so, and the town will not obey this order from the Ministry of War. ”

As he spoke, Liu Yan tore up the official document in public, and everyone immediately cheered.

"Hehe, it just so happens that the town is going to implement bayonets in the army, and the battalions are also taking this opportunity to reorganize their soldiers and horses and become familiar with the use of bayonets as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

After the meeting, Liu Yan left Wu Guojin, and the two came to the study in the backyard, Liu Yan asked, "Is there any news from Jingshi?" ”

Wu Guojin said: "There is news, but it is very complicated, and now there are all kinds of news inside and outside the capital, and my subordinates have simply sorted it out." ”

In fact, the reward and transfer order issued by the Ministry of War this time is very abnormal in Liu Yan's opinion, it stands to reason that the Ming Dynasty has been suffering military disasters for many years, and the official army has been defeated repeatedly.

Whether it is Chen Xinjia or Emperor Chongzhen, they are all desperate for a big victory to boost people's morale.

In this context, Liu Yan first inflicted heavy losses on the Qing army in Liaodong, and then defeated Li Zicheng in Kaifeng City, beheaded more than 200,000 people, and killed several thieves and generals.

However, this reward from the Ministry of War did the opposite, as if the officers and men of the new army were not taken seriously at all, and it was just perfunctory. Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of War will continue to recruit the new army to go north to Beijing to stand by, which is obviously a practice of exhausting all the fish, the reward is not in place, the pension is nowhere to be seen, and it is necessary to continue to recruit and transfer to fight, is the imperial court and Emperor Chongzhen not afraid that the soldiers of the new army will directly rebel?

It was precisely because of the doubts in his heart that Liu Yan left Wu Guojin behind, wanting to find answers from the clues of intelligence.

Liu Yan said: "Tell me, what's the news? ”

"Since last month, there have been rumors in the capital that Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, intends to negotiate peace with the slaves and thieves, but the ministers of the DPRK and China have been silent about this, and the Intelligence Department has no way to verify it."

“…… The war in Liaodong was stalemate, and Hong Chengchou led his troops in Jinzhou, Songshan, Rufeng Mountain and other places, and fought fiercely with the army of slaves and thieves several times, and both sides suffered losses on both sides. ”

"Wang Yang spent money to get the news from the military department, saying that the two departments of Ma Ke and Tang Tong were hit hard, and the casualties of Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's department were not small, but the official army still occupied the defense line of Jinzhou City, Songshan Fort and Rufeng Mountain by virtue of the terrain advantage, blocking the slaves and thieves in the north of the three points and one line, and they were never able to go south."

"The other is

Regarding the soldiers of the former battalion, according to the news of the Ministry of War, the slaves and thieves had twice gathered 10,000 elites to raid Hongluo Mountain, but they were all defeated by the soldiers of the former battalion, and it is said that they were beheaded a lot, and the grain of the officers and soldiers was worry-free! ”

Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that due to the participation of the soldiers of the former battalion, the situation in the Battle of Songjin has changed a lot, and it has begun to deflect from the trajectory of history.

As long as the Hongluo Mountain defense line is not lost, the official army will be invincible and continue to stalemate with the Qing army.

"At this time, the Ministry of War still has to recruit the new army to go north to the Beijing Division, is it ......?"

Liu Yan had an idea in his heart, could it be that the war in Liaodong was stalemate, Chen Xinjia and Emperor Chongzhen were ruthless, and they wanted to take advantage of the aftermath of the Kaifeng victory to continue to increase troops in Liaodong and prepare for another Jinzhou victory?

"Humph!"

Liu Yan sneered in his heart, good things can't always be met by Chen Xinjia and Emperor Chongzhen, don't give the horses grass, and want the horses to run, there is no such good thing in the world!

"Any other news?"

Wu Guojin said: "There is another news: there are rumors in Jingshi that the army of slaves and thieves seems to have signs of withdrawing and returning to the north, but this news cannot be confirmed either. ”

Liu Yan was taken aback, during the Battle of Songjin in history, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was indeed in great difficulty, not only was there a general drought in Liaodong, but also because of the brutal rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the people everywhere were miserable, a large area of farmland was deserted, and there was almost no tax.

It can be said that the battle of Songjin is also a big gamble of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if you win the bet, you can rely on the capture of the war, as well as the wealth and population of Jinzhou City, Songshan Fort and other cities to tide over the difficulties, and if you lose, you will lose to the bottom!

Now the situation of the Battle of Songjin has been

Different from history, the original Qing army raided the Ming army's grain road, resulting in the collapse of the Ming army in an instant, the main force of the army was completely lost, Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou and others surrendered to the Tartars, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Yang Guozhu and other generals died, Wu Sangui led the remnants of the army to retreat to Ningyuan City, it can be said that in the battle of Songjin in history, the Qing army in addition to the beginning of the fight was relatively hard, the overall fight was still very smooth.

But now, the Ming army has more than 12,000 elite garrisons in the front battalion of the new army, as well as Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's troops and horses to assist, and the Qing army will not be able to defeat it in a short period of time.

At the same time, I don't know if it is because of the front camp of the new army, Hong Chengchou and the general soldiers of various towns also swept away the haze of fearing the Qing army in the past, and fought very bravely in Liaodong, which can be said to be extraordinary. Although the overall casualties of the Ming army were still more than those of the Qing army, it could also block the Qing army north of Rufeng Mountain, and even launch an attack with the Qing army, which was unimaginable before.

Liu Yan thought about this, so he said: "According to the current situation in Liaodong, it is really possible for the army of slaves and thieves to withdraw!" ”

At this time, for the Qing army, it is hopeless to fight and win, it is better to retreat temporarily, and try to find some cheap to tide over the difficulties from the Mongolian tribes in the west or Korea in the east.

Then Liu Yan said to Wu Guojin: "There is something you can do." ”

"Please command!"

"The Intelligence Department immediately spread the news inside and outside the Beijing Division, saying that the imperial court had unfairly rewarded the new army, and the general soldier Liu Yan was indignant and unwilling to listen to the order to go north!"

Wu Guojin was shocked: "The general town is going to defile itself? ”

"Haha!"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Today, our new army is the strongest army, and there is no need for this town to defile itself. You just have to do it, it is estimated that after the news spreads, it will not be long before the imperial court will send someone to the door to bargain with the town. ”

"If you want to mobilize our new army soldiers, the imperial court must show some sincerity!"

Now there are rumors that the Qing army is going to withdraw its troops and retreat north.

Liu Yan was shocked when he heard the news, the trajectory of history has changed?