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Chapter 658 The Slaves Increased Their Troops?
Sure enough, in the early morning of the next day, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, could not wait to send out the flag officers one by one to gallop out of the governor's office, calling all the officials and generals to discuss matters.

On June 14th, the [-]th year of Chongzhen, at the hour of the hour, all the officials gathered in the lobby of the Jiliao Governor's Office in Ningyuan City.

The officials and generals took their seats on both sides. As the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, who nominally came to aid the armies and the soldiers and horses of the towns in Liaodong, must be restrained by him. He is the most respected in Liaodong. In the middle, on the left and right are a group of staff standing in silence.

On the lower left side, Zhang Ruoqi, the supervisor of the Ministry of War, sat in the first place.

Afterwards, Qiu Minyang, the Governor of Eastern Liaodong, Zhang Dou, the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Defense, Yao Gong, Wang Zhizhen of the Supervisor, Yuan Guodong, Zhu Tingxie of the Liangdao, Zhang Weimin, Yan Jixian, the commander and Zheng Ganmin, were seated in order. , Yuan Guodong and other officials.

On the lower right side, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen, who led the seal of General Zhenshuo, sat in the first place, and Chen Jiugao, the chief soldier of the former battalion of Shenji Battalion, sat in the second place.

Afterwards, Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Jizhen, Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of the East Association, Wang Tingchen, the former general soldier of the Tunwei, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, etc. came to aid the general soldiers, and Liaodong General Soldier Liu Zhaoji, Ningyuan General Soldier Wu Sangui, Liaodong Soldier General Meng Dao and other Liaozhen generals.

However, Zhang Cheng was only awarded the rank of commander-in-chief when he went to Yu Province to suppress bandits last year, and his actual military position is still the deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen. After Meng Dao, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Association.

Sitting behind him were Zuo Guangxian, the chief training officer of the Chinese Association, and Li Fuming, the chief soldier of Shanxi.

Today, the military generals who can enter the governor's office to discuss matters are at least at the level of the general army, and only the deputy general Zu Dale has a special status. He is a veteran of Liaodong, he is familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and he is Zu Dashou's cousin, so he was seated at the end.

He looked at Zhang Cheng, the deputy commander of Xuan Town who was two seats away, and thought to himself: Wu Sangui, whom his family has worked hard to cultivate, might be the main competitor in the future.

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Hong Chengchou watched the officials and generals take their seats one by one, especially the military officers and generals gathered together, their manners were unavoidably rough, he coughed lightly twice, and waited for all the officers and generals to turn to him look.

Then he smiled and stroked his beard and said: "The battle in Liaodong has affected the minds of the holy majesty and the princes of the court and the public. Today, the kings and masters are gathered here. I have more than 16 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty under the city of Ningyuan. In terms of the number of soldiers and horses alone, it is far better than the encirclement." Jin's slave thief.

In particular, the chariot battalion of Zhang Cheng, the deputy general of Xuanzhen Town, not only has a strong chariot, but also carries a lot of big and small guns, and even the Shenwei General Cannon from the Shenji Battalion came to help out. .

This battle will definitely frustrate the captives, so that they will no longer dare to underestimate my great power! "

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "boom" in the lobby, and everyone started to talk about it, especially the commanders of the towns in Liaodong, how could they not use such sharp weapons as the Shenwei generals of Shenjiying? happiness?

Although the Shenwei Generals of the Shenji Battalion had artillery carts, they were also very heavy and dragged slowly. Fortunately, Chen Jiugao ordered the artillery battalion to set off early, so they arrived in Ningyuan at the same time as the army.

Although these cannons are slow in movement and difficult to arrange, Ning Yuan regards them as treasures. During the discussion, everyone glanced at Chen Jiugao from time to time, and saw him holding his head up and talking softly with Yang Guozhu, with a rather contented expression on his face .

Moreover, although Zhang Cheng's chariot battalion was not equipped with big killers such as Hongyi cannons, the 120 chariots shocked the generals, not to mention the [-] chariots, which were also strong and thick, and all of them were equipped with a door. Small Franco cannon.

There are as many as six or seven hundred artillery pieces in Zhang Cheng's chariot battalion alone, not to mention that his three infantry battalions each have ten side-car tanks, as well as other tiger-squatting cannons that are not equipped on chariots and carriages, Mortars, flying guns, etc., together there are nearly a thousand artillery pieces.

This is not counting the equipment of the Yunzhou blunderbuss and the three-eyed blunderbuss in his camp. It is no exaggeration to say that the firearms under Zhang Cheng's command are the best in the Ming army in terms of quantity and quality.

Although he didn't sit in the front like Chen Jiugao, he was still a figure who attracted everyone's attention. Zhang Cheng was also like Hong Chengchou, sitting in his chair, not participating in the discussion.

After all, Meng Dao beside him was not familiar with Zuo Guangxian and others, and even though he and Wu Sangui had an appointment to talk about something today, they couldn't communicate in public at this time.

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"Our division now has many brave soldiers, and the sharp artillery from the Shenji Battalion is helping us out..."

Hong Chengchou was very happy to see everyone, so he continued to praise him to boost the morale of the army, but suddenly he changed the subject: "But..."

He sighed, and then continued: "Since Ni Nu stationed in Yizhou, and the soldiers surrounded Jinzhou Zu Dashuai, the governor led a crowd to rescue, and fought fiercely with Ni Nu several times. With the help of officers and soldiers to defend with all their strength, Fang captured and killed many rebellious slaves.

However, the army of rebellious slaves besieging Jinzhou is still strong, and the siege of Jinzhou will not be lifted for a long time.

Now the forts of Songshan and Xingshan are sending back frequent reports that the army of rebels is rushing to attack, pushing Hongyi artillery carts and beating them fiercely. The forts of Songshan and Xingshan are now in danger! "

It was only at this time that Zhang Cheng suddenly realized that the reason for Governor Hong Chengchou's worries yesterday probably originated from this.

Zhang Dou, the Bing Bei Dao, also said worriedly: "At this time, Dongnu suddenly attacked our Fangsong and Xingzhu castles. It is obvious that they want to force our division to send troops to rescue them as soon as possible. They have ulterior motives. Guard!"

Yao Gong also said, "The captives are suddenly rushing to attack. Jinzhou is in a critical situation. There is no longer any delay. We need to send troops to rescue as soon as possible to relieve Jinzhou's danger."

Wang Zhizhen, the supervisor of Taoism, disagreed with his opinion, saying: "It is because the slaves are more anxious to attack Song and Xingzhu castles, and we need to be more careful in planning, lest the thieves and slaves have other plans, and we rashly send troops to rescue Song and Xingzhu. Fortress, fall into the treachery of slavery."

Yan Jixian, the commander, also said: "According to the recent news from Tangbao, there are more and more slaves in Songjin. Could it be that the slaves have increased their troops?"

Everyone's heart trembled when they heard the words, if so, then the future battles will be even more difficult to fight.

Zhang Cheng's eyes were even colder. In fact, for this battle, he only remembered that the Ming Dynasty dispatched eight general soldiers in history, about 13 troops, plus the castles of Ningyuan, Songshan, Xingshan, and Jinzhou. The defenders are only [-] to [-] officers.

Today, there are more than 16 soldiers of his and Chen Jiugao's former battalion than in the original history, and the army assembled in Ningyuan alone has 20 people. Jinqian front reached almost [-] troops.

(End of this chapter)