Lu Ming

Location: Office of Zhang Zhongqi, Third Division.

After a group of soldiers dressed in messy clothes came in, the first was a short, fat man with a slender face. Before anyone arrived, the voice came first: "My lord, but we are going to attack Houjin? I am willing to be the vanguard!"

Before Geng Zhongming could finish his sentence, the young general who was following closely shouldered the former with his eyes wide open: "We both agreed to be pioneers, why is brother so unkind?"

While speaking, the young man in the official robes of the Ming Dynasty bent down and clasped his fists, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, the whole family of Youde is a post-golden slaughter. When we send out troops today, we must focus on Youde as the front line. Adults are disappointed!"

The group of people who came here are naturally the remnants of Daming Dongjiang Town.

Four years ago, taking advantage of the opportunity of serving the king for the second time, the trio of Zhang Zhongqi and the group of Zhang Zhongqi who went northward with a boat took the opportunity to get in touch with a group of remnants of the Dongjiang River.

At that time, the Ming court, whose finances were increasingly stretched, had already strategically abandoned Dongjiang Town.Originally, in history, the remnants of the Dongjiang River were facing supply cutoffs, internal chaos, and fragmentation. This time, they were forced to reintegrate with massive resources by the crossing forces.

Now, more than four years have passed.The remnants of Dongjiang, who were brought back to life by Jiangnan Yumi, finally waited for the chance of revenge.

This time, except for the former Dongjiang Town Prince Mao Chenglu who stayed on the island to watch his house, the rest of the Dongjiang generals who received the telegram all rushed to Tianjin as quickly as possible.

"Impulsive! Who told you that you want to hit the gold medal?"

Master Zhang, who was leaning on the executive chair, saw the enthusiasm of the crowd, shook his head helplessly, then raised his chin, and greeted the middle-aged man behind Kong Youde: "Jiucheng is here too."

The middle-aged man with an ordinary face and wearing a dirty military overcoat was none other than General Li Jiuzheng.

Immediately behind Li Jiuzheng was a burly young man with a vigorous expression.This man was wearing a full set of Yan State-style general officer's coat, a waist knife, and shiny riding boots, but he was Li Yingyuan, the son of Li Jiuzheng.

Here, Li Jiucheng saw the battalion officer greet him, and hurried forward with his son to salute: "I got on the boat overnight after receiving the telegram. I simply met some generals at the mouth of the Haihe River and rushed over."

"Hehehe, looking at your attire, you are obviously more impatient!"

Zhang Zhongqi turned her head, smiled, and exchanged a glance with a middle-aged general who was already sitting there, then turned her face and waved her hand to introduce: "This is Lieutenant General Li from the Yongping Chunlei Battalion. here."

Although the identities of both parties are "guest generals" and belong to the peripheral younger brothers who have been subdued long ago, today is the first time they meet.

When a group of Dongjiang remnants saw that the boss specially introduced Yongping Li Shoujiang, he was a little surprised, but he knew that this was also "my family".Thinking about Yongping's important position again, they enthusiastically stepped forward to salute with fists clasped.

After some simple greetings, Zhang Zhongqi said again: "Accordingly, everyone has worked hard on the journey, and we should take a rest first, but seeing you look like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to fall asleep."

Having said that, Zhang Zhongqi got up: "Then let's go, let's make a brief report first, and discuss in detail tomorrow."

Following Grand Master Zhang's moving figure, a group of people in the room gave way one after another, followed the elder, went out, went down to the first floor, and filed into the most spacious war room.

In later generations, whenever a big man comes out with the sound of a ticking telegram, the audience in front of the TV will know what will happen next.

The indigenous generals in the seventeenth century were also no strangers to this scene. Four years was enough time for the Dongjiang generals to make secret trips to and from Tianjin many times.Those generations now have a deep understanding of the modern military system.

Following the loud "stand up" sound, the young staff officers who were busy in the war room stood at attention one after another and saluted those who had just entered the door.

"Okay, hurry up."

When Zhang Zhongqi entered, besides the guest generals, there were also many senior officials of Feihu Camp following behind.

Going straight to his special seat at the top of the long table, he waved his hand to signal the generals to take their seats, and at the same time gave an order: "Adjutant Zhao, please inform us about the current situation."

"Yes!"

When all the generals were seated one after another, a strong and burly captain opened the large curtain on the wall, revealing the high-scale map behind him.

This is a map of Beizhong that covers the entire wall.All the "guest generals", including Li Jichun, are staring at the map intently at this moment, trying to distinguish the contour lines on it and the military points of various places, and compare them with the memories in their minds.

The next moment, Adjutant Zhao picked up a long thin wooden pole, first pointed to the northernmost edge of the map, and drew a circle in Shenyang City: "According to the intelligence of the General Staff, Houjin Dahan Aixinjueluo Huang Taiji has frequently organized High-level military and political meeting. It is believed that at some point this year, Huang Taiji intends to formally reform the system, proclaim himself emperor, change Yuan Chongde, change the country name "Dajin" to "Great Qing"; change the family name to "Manchuria"; establish the capital Shenyang, renamed Shengjing."

Adjutant Zhao, who spoke with a Shandong accent, stopped after speaking this astonishing remark, and gave time to digest the information.

The guest generals were naturally surprised.

No one thought that Huang Taiji, who had fought to the death with everyone for so many years, was about to change the Yuan system and proclaim himself emperor.

But after thinking about it again, everyone was relieved.

All the people sitting here can be said to be the Han Chinese group who know Jiannu best.Dongjiang Town has been entangled with the Tatars since the time of the old slaves. To a certain extent, Dongjiang Town can be regarded as a witness of how Houjin developed and expanded from a savage tribe attached to Ming Dynasty to conquering the east and west step by step to the point where it is today. .

According to the normal rebellious thinking of the ancient schools, when a power expands to the point of Hou Jin, there is no turning back. It is necessary to establish an internal system that echoes the scale, that is, the system proclaims the emperor. The irony is that usually this kind of work is done. It was completed by Confucian scholars.

After a collective silence, the first person to react was the humble Li Jiuzheng.He hammered the tabletop with his hand, and said nervously: "Huang Taiji proclaims himself emperor, and he will lead his troops into the pass to plunder in order to boost the morale of the generals and stabilize the throne!"

Before Li Jiuzheng could finish his sentence, everyone reacted and nodded their heads in agreement. Immediately, there was a buzz of whispering in the room.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Zhongqi, who was sitting at the top, showed a gratified smile.

However, this smile is not because of the ability of the indigenous generals to respond to strategies and tactics.The Great Yan Kingdom does not need these warlords to be its saviors.

What makes Zhang Zhongqi gratified is actually the degree of integration of the aborigines.

You must know that no matter how much the Ming court owed Dongjiang Town, in fact, after Mao Wenlong's death, the remnants of Dongjiang Town quickly transformed into warlord hilltop forces.

In this situation, to get these wary little warlords to return to their hearts, to come to the meeting in person at the first time, and to be completely convinced by the intelligence of the general staff, it took countless efforts by the northern trio and other cross-traveling colleagues in the past four years. The result of painstaking effort.

For warlords, just providing money and food in an attempt to gain the right to speak is something a fool would imagine.A warlord is a wolf who can turn his face and eat his own kind at any time, not a dog who fights side by side with people.

So in the past four years, the northern team has actually done a huge workload on Dongjiang Town.The government departments are responsible for receiving and resettling a large number of hungry people in the Dongjiang River. The intelligence department not only has to organize resources, but also engage in various infiltration, mobilization, and charm, which is too busy.

Zhang Zhongqi, who is in charge of the army, is also not easy.The Flying Tiger Camp regular army under his control would specially invite a small Dongjiang warlord to participate in "tactical exercises" every once in a while, displaying powerful technological arms and combat power to deter others.

It is in this way that the multi-pronged approach of sweet dates and sticks has led to the current situation: Dongjiang Town, which was originally known as a town of [-] people, has now moved its family members to the surrounding areas of Tianjin and even the southern region.

After streamlining the main force of the warlords, most of them have undergone a certain degree of reorganization.Although the number is small, the front-line soldiers are uniformly equipped with machine-made armor, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

It is precisely because of the visible increase in combat power of his subordinates, coupled with abundant logistics and supply resources, that this group of small warlords endured many interventions from the crossing crowd.

If so, for more than four years, I have traveled through the mountains and things in silence.With the invincible musket cavalry regiment of the Feihu Camp in the world, the general of Dongjiang Town, who knows the movements of the Feihu Camp best, finally recognized the situation. attitude.

But in today's scene, from the first time I saw the military discussion, this group of indigenous generals who were faintly resistant on weekdays, had put on the posture of pawns from the very beginning.

Zhang Zhongqi is now a high-ranking and powerful person with numerous contacts, and she is no longer the same supermarket boss as before.It was easy for him to distinguish the subtle mentality changes of the generals in Dongjiang Town. It was to take advantage of the opportunity of blood revenge to change course and completely worship.

Suddenly waking up from his thoughts, he found that at both ends of the long table, soldiers wearing various military uniforms were still discussing. Master Zhang finally knocked on the table with his knuckles: "Okay, let's talk about it after listening to the general staff's information."

Following Mr. Zhang's voice, the hall fell silent.Staff Officer Zhao with a Shandong accent also took up the pointer again: "Analyzed by the General Staff, once Huang Taiji proclaims himself emperor, he will immediately organize a large army to go south and enter the customs. The scale will not be lower than when he changed his own; More than a month, otherwise the effect of taking advantage of the momentum to ascend to the throne will be lost."

"Then did the general staff's information reveal when Huang Taiji will ascend the throne?"

The person who asked the question was Li Jichun with a heavy face.And this key issue is obviously what you are most concerned about.

"The general staff can't answer this question, because Huang Taiji himself hasn't made a decision yet, so naturally we don't know about our details."

With a long sigh, Zhang Zhongqi once again realized the situation that timetravelers least want to see: the more history is changed, the omniscience and omnipotence will fail.

"It's just speculation right now."

Zhang Zhongqi first talked about the original historical node: "Huang Taiji will proclaim himself emperor in April of the lunar calendar and go south in May."

"Don't be too happy too early." Seeing the excited expressions on the faces of the Dongjiang generals, Zhang Zhongqi sighed helplessly: "Once again, this is just speculation. In addition, the commander-in-chief is now leading the main force to clear the Nanman. The north can't take action, and there won't be a large army to help it like it did when it changed its own. So... this time, our general strategy is still to stop."

"What are you afraid of!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhongqi's words not only did not frustrate some people, but aroused their ferocity instead.

The next moment, the short and fat Geng Zhongming blushed, jumped up and yelled, and almost jumped onto the table: "All the brothers have to collect [-] elites, and there will be [-] spears from the Feihu Camp to lead the formation, and we will fight with the Tartars." Do this shop! Never die!"

"There is nothing wrong with this statement!"

"As it should be!"

"Still according to the previous discussion, I will be the striker!"

Dumbfounded watching a group of warlords who should have shrunk their heads and debated their advances and retreats turned into war madmen, Master Zhang blinked a few times, and immediately slapped the table angrily: "Bastard, organized and undisciplined!"