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Chapter 715 From Looking Up to Walking Side by Side
Tens of thousands of Ming kings gathered around Songshan Fort, densely packed with large army camps, and the lights were scattered like stars.

After Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, settled the governor's Xingyuan, he sent flying cavalry to summon the generals of the battalions to go to Xingyuan to discuss matters. The time was set at Xu time. have participated.

Zhang Cheng's Chinese army camp is two miles southeast of Songshan Fort, adjacent to his camp are the camps of Chen Jiugao, the former commander of Shenji Battalion, Yang Guozhu, the commander of Xuanfu Town, Wang Pu, the commander of Datong and other generals.

Hong Chengchou's Governor Xingyuan was set up in Songshanbao City, and Zhang Cheng was still staying in the Chinese army camp with Fuhe Biao as the general governor. He took the battalion leaders and personal guards under his command, and a group of people rode their horses to Songshan. Run to the south gate.

Among the guerrilla generals who accompanied Zhang Cheng to the Liaodong campaign, Zhang Guangda, Chen Zheng, and Lin Fangping followed him the longest, but Lin Fangping was slightly less senior. soldier.

And Zhang Guodong's qualifications are indeed the oldest generals. He joined the army in Liaodong in his early years, then went to the customs to suppress bandits, and finally followed Lu Xiangsheng, and served as the general manager of his standard battalion. , was at the same level as Zhang Cheng at the time.

Furthermore, although Wei Zhice, like Zhang Guodong, only started to follow Zhang Cheng after the Battle of Julu, and had no military experience before, he is the only one under Zhang Cheng who can fight on horseback and write on horseback. All-rounder in civil and military affairs, a scholar who is skilled in bow and horse!

Only Li Jiyu was the leader of a battalion, a dignified guerrilla general of the Ming court, but he was born as a bandit.

Although there are quite a lot of thieves and bandits nowadays, such as Gao Jie and Bai Guangen are the rogues who have been caressed. Today, Bai Guangen is the commander-in-chief of Ji Town. Although Gao Jie is now a general under Zuo Renlong, his future will be even more famous in Jiangbei. One of the four town commanders.

Moreover, Zhang Cheng and the generals under his command did not neglect him because of this. Not only were they equally friendly and trusting to him, but they also took care of him everywhere, but Li Jiyu always felt that he was inferior.

He secretly vowed: he must perform well in the first battle of Liaodong, not only to repay Zhang Cheng's kindness, but also to let other generals look at him with admiration!

Back then, when Zhang Cheng helped suppress Henan, he and the generals under his command were still fighting against Li Jiyu, fighting each other with great joy, but now they have become close comrades-in-arms fighting together.

Nothing is more wonderful than this!

However, the world is impermanent, there are no permanent enemies, and there are no permanent friends. Who can explain the future?

It was the first time for all the generals to participate in such a large-scale military meeting, how could they not be excited, they rode on horseback, unavoidably joking with each other, and followed their own generals and lords to Songshan Fort.

Along the way, it can be seen that the camps of the Ming army are generally heavily guarded, and patrolling soldiers are constantly coming and going. Soon, Zhang Cheng and a group of people arrived in front of Songshan Fort.

Songshan Fort City was originally just a post station. Later, due to the turmoil in Liaodong, especially since the Ming army retreated to the Guanning-Jin defense line, Songshan Fort was built bigger and stronger, but it was for safety and for the convenience of city defense. , but there is still only one door on the south side.

The Songshan defenders at this time included Songshan Deputy General Xia Chengde, Songshan Youying General Liu Zhengjie, Songshan General Fan Chenggong, City Guard Shang Yudi, and City Guard Guerrilla Ge Chaozhong.

There are also officials such as Zhang Dou, the soldier of Ningqian Dao, and Zhu Tingxie, the judge of Jinyou Guanliang, who are in charge here.

And now there is Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, who is here, along with Zhang Ruoqi, the commander of the army, Ma Shaoyu, who joined the army, and other officials and generals such as military supervisors, military equipment, and Tongzhi.

The elite part of Hong Chengchou's supervising battalion, together with the bidding battalions and personal soldiers under the command of various officials, crowded a small Songshan city to the brim.

When Zhang Cheng and the others arrived at the south gate of Songshan Fort, they happened to meet Chen Jiugao, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu and other generals who were usually close to each other. Behind them, there were also full of armored generals.

When everyone met, it was inevitable to exchange pleasantries, and then they walked together. Along the way, Chen Jiugao and Wang Pu talked the most intensely, and Fu Yingchong, the former deputy of the Shenji Camp, even interjected a sentence or two from time to time.

Zhang Cheng walked side by side with Yang Guozhu, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: When he was King Qin, he could only bow his head and look up to Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of Xuanfu, but now he can walk side by side and fight side by side!
Everyone entered Songshan Fort. Because it was surrounded by mountains and located in a valley, the summer in the fort was cooler than other places. This place was the same as other military forts in Daming. The style was simple, thick, and strong.

The government offices, barracks, granaries, fodder yards, arsenals, horse farms and other important places in the fortress are the key points of the city defense, while the south gate of the fortress is also covered with densely packed artillery, including several red barbarian cannons.

Songshan Castle has experienced countless battles. Just a few days ago, the Han army led by the "San Shun King" of the Qing army bombarded it with red cannons for a while, especially the south gate was the main focus. At this time, the city wall and tower There are scars everywhere, full of traces of gunpowder and war.

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The governor Xingyuan of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was set up in the original Bingbei Road Office, which was close to the east of the castle, and everyone entered the Xingyuan slowly and sequentially.

There are no other decorations in the Xingyuan hall, and it looks extremely spacious. As soon as everyone stepped into the hall, they felt a coolness on the ground paved with bluestone slabs, which lifted everyone's spirits.

In the hall, there is a large table in front of the upper chair, and chairs and stools are placed on both sides of the bottom, and there are several screens surrounding the upper chair. Everyone takes their seats in turn.

Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Jizhen, Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan, Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of the Zuoxie, Wang Tingchen, the general soldier of the former Tunwei, Li Fuming, the general soldier of Shanxi, etc. They all arrived one after another with a large group of generals under their respective command. When the generals and commanders met each other, it was a burst of greetings and chatting.

After a little courteous concession from the generals, Chen Jiugao, the front battalion commander of the Shenji Battalion, took the first place on the lower right side, followed by Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu and other generals in order. This time Zhang Cheng sat down. The middle position between Wu Sangui and Li Fuming.

And the lieutenants, generals, and guerrillas under the command of the commanders have no seats. They stand behind the generals one by one. seat.

This time, there were more than a dozen generals at the level of the general army when they entered Liao to help solve the siege of Jinzhou. Just imagine how many generals at the deputy, ginseng, and you levels under the command of the generals?
In addition to the local deputy generals, generals, guerrillas and other generals in Liaodong, there are nearly a hundred people.

As the generals took their seats and stood up one by one, the originally spacious military hall seemed to become narrow in an instant, and all the generals in armor were full of them in sight.

(End of this chapter)