In Yong'an City, Changping, several eunuchs walked into Lu Xiangsheng's hall with gloomy faces.

Seeing the faces of the eunuchs, Li Guodong felt that Lu Xiangsheng might be punished by Emperor Chongzhen. As expected, Gao Qiqian, who had divided the troops, led the Guanning Iron Cavalry and Jizhou Army to be defeated by the Qing army in Wanping, and even lost Wanping City. However, Gao Qiqian instead reported to impeach Lu Xiangsheng for being timid and avoiding the war, resulting in the Ming army's defeat. Emperor Chongzhen believed Gao Qiqian's rumors, seized Lu Xiangsheng's Minister of War, and took back Shangfang's sword.

There is also bad news. Yang Sichang's confidant Chen Xinjia came to the capital. Chen Xinjia is now the Governor of Xuanda. Yang Sichang encouraged Emperor Chongzhen to lead a group of Xuanda troops. Emperor Chongzhen agreed immediately, which means that some of the troops under Lu Xiangsheng's command would be divided.

A few days later, another imperial edict came, and the thing Li Guodong was most worried about happened: Yang Sichang called out his name, let his elite troops leave Lu Xiangsheng, and acted with Chen Xinjia.

"Supervisor..." Looking at Lu Xiangsheng wearing mourning clothes, Li Guodong felt his nose sore, and his throat seemed to be stuck in some object, and he couldn't speak for a moment.

"Guodong, Your Majesty's imperial edict, you go." Lu Xiangsheng felt very sad, but he looked very calm.

Li Guodong knelt on one knee and bowed, "Sir Lu, if the imperial court ordered you to lead your army to Julu to fight Jiannu, you will lead your troops into Jiazhuang. The last general had already built fortifications in Jiazhuang, stocked up food and grass, and trained 14,000 refugees to wait for Jiannu in Julu. The supervisor had more than 10,000 troops into the fortifications, which could withstand hundreds of thousands of Jiannu's army, and could rest assured!"

Lu Xiangsheng was shocked: "Guodong, the imperial edict for sending troops has not yet been released. How do you know that the court will order me to go to Julu?"

Of course, Li Guodong could not say that he was traveling through time. He replied calmly: "Mr. Lu, General Lu has an inner supporter on Jiannu's side, so General Lu knows every move of Jiannu. Julu is a place that must be fought for by military strategists, and Jiannu will definitely send troops to Julu. At that time, the court will learn about the military situation and will definitely let the Supervisor go to Julu for rescue."

Lu Xiangsheng asked again: "Guodong, how many people are there under your command?"

"To be honest, the last general has 7,000 elite cavalry and more than 10,000 infantry stationed in Julu; there are 15,000 soldiers and horses of General Wang, the shopkeeper of Dadewang, plus Minzhuang and caravan guards. If all of them are mobilized, 40,000 soldiers and horses can be mobilized. However, except for the last general's 7,000 elite cavalry, the rest of the soldiers and horses are not good at fighting and can only defend the city. But they can help the supervisor with a force."

Lu Xiangsheng did not ask any more questions, but said quietly: "Guodong, since Yang Wenwu has already named you, just go there. Although I only have ten thousand people left, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, at most I will die on the battlefield and serve the country with death."

Li Guodong bid farewell to Lu Xiangsheng and rushed to Chen Xinjia's camp with seven thousand troops from the headquarters.

"Hahaha!" Chen Xinjia laughed when he saw Li Guodong, "With such a brave general, I will definitely be able to destroy my slave!"

Li Guodong saluted Chen Xinjia. Chen Xinyuan immediately stretched out his hand, helped Li Guodong up, and said gently: "General Li doesn't have to be such a big gift. You and I are all supported by Yang Gechen. Speaking of which, we are our own people."

Chen Xinjia's meaning is very obvious. Li Guodong was originally Yang Sichang's person. Although Lu Xiangsheng asked him to return to the Ming Dynasty, the era when Lu Xiangsheng served as the governor of Xuanda was over. Now that Lu Xiangsheng is out of power, there is no need to get as close to Lu Xiangsheng again. However, Chen Xinjia's words did not express: because of the war and harmony, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang had conflicts. Although Yang Sichang also respected Lu Xiangsheng's character in private, his political views were different.

"Thank you for your kindness in the Superintendent!" Li Guodong was helpless and could only salute Chen Xinjia respectfully. After all, Yang Sichang was kind to him, and Chen Xinjia was Yang Sichang's confidant.

"General Li, please sit down!" Chen Xinjia pointed to a seat next to him and said.

After Li Guodong sat down, Chen Xinjia smiled and said, "If General Li makes great achievements, it is probably not an exaggeration to be a lord! Although the court has extremely strict control over the lord, it is still feasible to get more rewards. After this war, you will follow me to the capital to meet the saint. If Yang Gechen speaks, you can lead the general of military affairs in a province!"

The Ming Dynasty did not have a formal position of admiral. Although the Ming Dynasty had senior military positions such as the General of the Governor, General of Military Affairs, and General of the Governor, except for the Ming Dynasty, the founding heroes who had rewarded the founding heroes, these positions were not set up later. Because after the Tumu Fort Incident, civil officials took power, and civil officials could not create generals and governors to suppress themselves. The general was above the Third Duke, and he could kill civil officials below the fourth rank and then report to civil officials. Even if the cabinet chief apprentice had to salute him when he saw the general, would civil officials let the military man climb up to him?

As for the positions of governors of several provinces and governors in one province, they are all served by the governor or governor. If the governor leads troops, they will be added with military affairs; if the governor leads troops, they will be added with military affairs. Moreover, if the governor and governor want to lead troops, they will often have to be appointed as assistant minister of the Ministry of War, otherwise they will have no military power.

Yang Sichang also looked at Li Guodong very much and offered the price to supervise the military general of a province. After all, the Ming Dynasty is noble and the military is low, so it is not easy to obtain the position of a general of a province. For example, Qi Jiguang had Zhang Jue as the backstage to be able to become a prime minister and military officer who was greater than the general, which was equivalent to the admiral; and Li Chengliang became the Grand Tutor and was also named the Bo, because Li Chengliang's power was too strong and he was a local emperor in Liaodong, and even civil officials could do nothing about him.

Li Guodong asked tentatively: "Di Chen, the last commander of the seven thousand elite troops, and the food and supplies are insufficient."

Chen Xinjia stroked his beard and smiled: "General Li, don't worry, the matter of food and grass can be solved by me."

Li Guodong asked again: "Di Chen, Jiannu is raging in our Ming Dynasty, as if he is entering a land of no one. Where will our army set out next?"

"Jiannu is besieging Gaoyang County, Gaoyang is the hometown of Sungei, and we should send troops to rescue him. However, I heard that Gaoyang's city was repaired as solid as a golden soup, and Jiannu could not conquer it for a while. When the supervisor has enough food and grass, he will send troops to rescue him immediately."

At this time, the Qing army was still attacking this small town.

Dorgon had already left more than 6,000 corpses under Gaoyang City. If Dorgon had his original temper, the Ming army's city defense was strong and he would definitely not fight hard. The Qing army's tactics were to go around the city when they encountered a strong city, attacking villages and empty defenses of county and prefecture. However, Sun Chengzong in Gaoyang City was too tempting to him. If he could capture or kill Sun Chengzong, it would be a great achievement!

What's more, most of the more than 6,000 people who lost were Baoyi Aha, and most of the remaining were armored men who were not qualified to be a bannerman. Although Dorgon felt a little distressed, he could still bear such losses. As long as the bannerman suffered little loss, it would be a great contribution to taking Gaoyang, capturing or beheading Sun Chengzong.

Dorgon ordered that more than 200,000 people from the more than 200,000 Ming people who were plundered, and immediately took over Baoyi Aha as an auxiliary soldier to join the siege.

Among the more than 200,000 people who were plundered, 80,000 men had no time to shave their hair. Dorgon asked someone to shave their heads and leave a rat-tail of money, and officially became the Baoyi Aha of the Qing Dynasty.

"No, I won't shave my hair!" A young man who looked like a scholar begged hard.

Ordinary people are not very resistant to the concept of shaving their heads, but those scholars are particularly disgusted. They believe that their bodies and hair are affected by their parents and dare not harm them.
Chapter completed!