Over a cup of tea, Zhang Degui personally came to the inner courtyard of the General Military Mansion and reported that all the generals had arrived. He asked Yang Zhen to go to the lobby of the Assistant Camp Affairs Office in the front courtyard to meet with the generals.

Yang Zhen first explained to Zhang Degui his appointment of Fang Guangchen as a consultant to the Songshan General Military Mansion. Then he changed into the general soldier's uniform and took Fang Guangchen and Zhang Degui to the lobby of the Assistant Camp Affairs Office in the front yard of the General Military Mansion.

The generals waiting at the scene announced the decision.

At this time, Yang Zhen's purpose of summoning the generals to the General Military Mansion was already understood by them, and they all knew that once the imperial envoy came and the imperial edict was passed, the Songshan Regiment Training Chief Military Officer in front of him would probably...

Soon he will become more than just a regimental training officer.

Especially this time, when Yang Zhen returned from the border and led his troops, he brought a huge surprise to Songshan City, which is still talked about by all the soldiers.

Under such circumstances, Yang Zhen's authority has reached its highest point since he took charge of Songshan City. His arrangement with Fang Guangchen did not arouse any objections.

As soon as he announced, Xia Chengde, Lu Pinqi, Qiu Zhenhai and Yu Liangtai, who was temporarily stranded in Songshan, all agreed and stood up to congratulate Fang Guangchen, who had just arrived from Ningyuan.

As for the generals who originally belonged to the advance battalion, Zu Keyong, Xu Changyong, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Yang Shen and others, there were no exceptions.

All the generals came forward one after another to meet and greet Fang Guangchen one by one, and expressed their congratulations and welcome to Fang Guangchen. The hall was very lively for a while.

This scene was completely different from the one when Fang Guangchen followed his father Fang Yizao to meet Zu Dashou and his generals.

This situation made Fang Guangchen overjoyed, and at the same time, it was rare for him to feel a little moved.

Fang Guangchen's ideas were different from those of his father, the governor, Fang Yizao.

His father, Fang Yizao, asked him to come to Songshan temporarily. The main purpose was to let him keep an eye on Yang Zhen nearby, lest Yang Zhen, the chief training officer of the Songshan regiment who was recommended and promoted by him, became more and more independent and became more and more independent.

It's getting out of control.

But Fang Guangchen didn't entirely think so. As a young man who liked to read military books and talk about the yin and yang of war, and who always prided himself on strategy, he didn't want to live under his father's wings all the time.

I want to do something big.

Yang Zhen, the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition, and even the entire Songshan army were presented with an excellent opportunity in front of him.

Of course, he also knew very well that whether he could make a difference depended on Yang Zhen's attitude towards him, as well as the attitude towards him of the generals of the advance battalion under Yang Zhen's command to the east and the generals of the Songshan army.

If Yang Zhen and his generals accept him, then everything will be fine; if they don't, then nothing will happen.

Now it seems that Yang Zhen and his generals have accepted him, which makes him feel filled with emotion and excitement.

However, it was said that after Yang Zhen introduced Fang Guangchen to the Songshan generals, he listened to the brief report of the remaining Songshan generals in the lobby of the Assistant Camp Office, and roughly learned about the west gate, south gate, east gate bastion and the fortress of Songshan.

The progress of the construction of the urn city.

At 3:30 p.m., the Songshan generals headed by Yang Zhen left the General Military Mansion in a mighty manner and headed for the south gate of Songshan.

Songshan South City and South Gate are Lu Pinqi's defense lines. The fortress-style urn city built according to Yang Zhen's vision has been built halfway and looks to be beginning to take shape.

Before Yang Zhen led the generals to arrive, the South Gate garrison had already received the order. The densely packed scaffolding inside and outside was still standing under the scorching sun, but the construction had been suspended, and all the idlers were driven elsewhere.

The fortress-style urn city envisioned by Yang Zhen focused on "deviant ways" and "evil ways". It was useful in war, but it was not very suitable for welcoming imperial envoys delivering decrees from the imperial court.

However, the south gate of Songshan City has always been the "Yingen Gate" for welcoming imperial envoys and envoys from Guan and Ning. However, it was changed to another gate, which was different from the convention.

The most important thing is that the west gate and the east gate also look like a large construction site. Only the north gate remains the same, but the north gate has to detour a long way.

So Yang Zhen simply made a decision and greeted the imperial envoy at the south gate as usual. Anyway, the imperial envoy coming this time was Yang Chaojin, and he was not worried about Yang Chaojin picking any problems.

When Yang Zhen led the generals to the crossing outside the South Gate, the South Gate defenders were almost ready. The road had been paved with yellow sand, clear water had been spread, flags were flying, and there were crowds of people.

Yang Zhen took this opportunity to carefully look at the foundation of the South Gate Bastion and Urn City, and discussed the progress and gains and losses of the preliminary project with Xia Chengde, Lu Pinqi and others.

After a while, a group of people with various flags appeared on the post road outside the south gate of Songshan City. After a while, an even larger group appeared behind this group of people.

Looking at this huge team from a distance, I can see flags standing everywhere, dust flying, an endless stream of carts, and groups of knights in the team.

Yang Zhen knew that this was an imperial envoy delivering the decree, so he immediately sent Zhang Degui to lead people to greet him. He led the other generals of Songshan City forward slowly, and finally stopped at a yellow sand road in front of Banlazi Bastion and Urn City.

Stand in front of the incense table.

Yang Zhen led the Songshan generals and waited for about a quarter of an hour under the scorching sun. Finally, the group of chariots and horsemen on the road in the distance came rolling in.

From a distance, the sharp-eyed Yang Zhen could see clearly that he was surrounded by people and leading the way. The man in front was Yang Chaojin, whom he had met twice before and had a very pleasant conversation with.

"My lord, Yang Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the Songshan Regiment, is leading his troops to respectfully welcome the imperial edict. Long live my emperor!"

After Yang Zhen saw Yang Chaojin, he immediately led the Songshan generals to kneel on the ground a few steps behind the incense table, and then led the generals to shout long live the mountain.

Yang Zhen did this because he hoped that Yang Chaojin, the imperial envoy, could publicly convey the imperial edict to him outside the south gate of Songshan City in front of the Songshan generals and the soldiers gathered outside the south gate.

Of course he had his own reasons for doing so. In addition to the fact that the Yingen Gate outside the south gate was turned into a "side door" by the bastion and urn city designed by Yang Zhen, he also hoped to use Yang Chaojin's public edict to further consolidate his position in the city.

The authoritative status of the soldiers in Songshan.

He was convinced that this imperial edict would definitely help consolidate his position among the soldiers of Songshan.

He was right. After he led the generals to kneel down behind the incense table that had been set up and shouted three times, Yang Chaojin hesitated for a moment, then quickly got off his horse with the help of his entourage, and then took out the imperial edict.

After waving away, he came to the incense table alone, raised his head first, and then said in a long voice:

"Holy bow - Ann! Yang Zhen - accept - the decree!"

This was the third time Yang Chaojin came to Guanwai, and the second time he came to Songshan. The first two times he came were in a hurry, but the Yang Zhen in front of him left a very deep impression on him.

Especially the second time I went to Songshan in person. I was originally ordered by the emperor to investigate Yang Zhen's crime of neglecting his duties and starting provocations. However, I didn't expect that he and Yang Zhen formed a deep friendship. The two of them treated each other as brothers.

On friendship.

Now Yang Chaojin came outside Songshan City again and met Yang Zhen again. From now on, he will stay in Songshan and fight side by side with Yang Zhen.

Deep down in his heart, Yang Chaojin actually disapproved of the matter of ministers supervising the army, because he was born in a powerful family and knew very well that the vast majority of ministers and middle-ranking officials were greedy and selfish. They acted one way in front of the emperor and another behind the emperor's back.

There is no such thing as the idea of ​​being loyal to the public and serving the country, and being loyal to the emperor and serving the country.

Especially in his view, even though there were some ministers and officials in the palace who wanted to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, they did not have the ability to serve the court.

These people do not accomplish enough, but fail more than they should. The possibility of these ministers, officials and supervisors doing bad things is much greater than the possibility of success.

However, His Majesty the Emperor today does not trust civil servants or generals, but only the ministers and middle-ranking officials who have been with him since childhood. This has made Yang Chaojin's disciples helpless.

Did His Majesty the Emperor do something wrong by doing this?

Yang Chaojin himself couldn't explain clearly, but he always felt that there was something wrong with sending so many internal ministers and officials who had grown up in the palace to supervise military border towns.

Although Yang Chaojin did not agree with the idea of ​​internal ministers supervising the army, he was quite satisfied with being able to gain the emperor's trust and come to Yang Zhen's army in Songshan City to serve as a minister supervising the army.

Yang Chaojin looked at Yang Zhen who was kneeling on the ground a few steps behind the incense table. He quickly put aside the messy thoughts in his mind, unfolded the imperial edict in his hand, and read out loud:

"The Emperor of Chengyun, the emperor, issued an edict: It has been ten and twelve years since I accepted the order of heaven to serve as emperor. The generals from all over the world have made great achievements in conquering and conquering Pingliao. In terms of the number of enemies killed, they have not been as good as those of the Qing Dynasty.

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"If you think about Qinghe, since the fall of Fushun, the imperial court has spent millions of money and lost hundreds of thousands of troops, but it was unable to capture one of the chiefs of the Eastern captives. This is especially true for Qing Han! I live in the imperial palace and heard of your good news.

, I am so happy and inspired!

"I will not hesitate to reward you for your outstanding achievements! When the decree comes, Yang Zhen, the chief military officer of the Songshan regiment, will be promoted as an imperial envoy to guard the coastal areas of Songshan and Liaodong. He will bear the seal of the general before the eastern expedition and be in charge of the advance affairs of the eastern expedition.

The soldier, with the title of Governor of the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion, is still stationed in Songshan!

"The pay for the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition has been increased to 5,000 men. All the money and food needed have been transferred from the imperial court to Guan Ning's Liao pay division. The missing men will still be recruited by ourselves!

"Granting his request, we will allocate two Hongyi cannons to the advance battalion of the Eastern Expedition, fifteen general cannons, sixty Folang machine cannons, eight hundred Lumi muskets and two thousand matchlocks to the Shenji battalion.
Chapter completed!