All the generals in Jinzhou City were alarmed by this sudden imperial edict, and soon most of them focused on the position of the head coach. After all, this position was related to the post-war military achievements, wealth and the distribution of prisoners.

What are the soldiers sacrificing their lives to do? Isn’t it just gold, silver, jewelry, fame, fortune and wealth?

What? If the coach loses, he will bear greater responsibilities?

Haha... It doesn't exist. With the addition of Jiangning Army, no general of Liaodong had ever considered the possibility of defeat. He really thought that the title of the world's No. 1 Army was called for nothing. Not to mention Jiangning Army, even the Liaodong Army has equipped 6,000 brown besiegers and more than 60 Napoleon iron cannons over the years. In terms of strength, it is not much worse than that of the Qing Tartars.

To take a step back, even if the Qing Dynasty, led by Huang Taiji, cannot be wiped out in one fell swoop this time, it is still no problem to retreat without any problems.

Seeing the generals below discussing the head coach's issue in a verbal manner, Zu Dashou suddenly shouted: "Don't argue, let's hear what the governor said."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Sun Chengzong.

Looking at the hot gazes of the generals, Sun Chengzong sighed lightly. In fact, he was a little puzzled. He didn't know whether Zhu Youxiao forgot or deliberately did not designate the head coach and sent such an imperial edict, which really made him feel embarrassed.

It would be a lie to say that Sun Chengzong did not want to be the head coach. From this imperial edict, he could feel that the court planned to solve the Liaodong issue in one fell swoop. If the Qing Tartars could be completely annihilated, it would be a matter of leaving a name in history.

But as an official who has been in the officialdom for many years, Sun Chengzong also understood that if this matter really gets bigger, it will be of no benefit to anyone. Moreover, Yang Feng is not an easy person. This can be seen from his style of work over the years. If he really gets up, it will be troublesome.

After thinking for a long time, he stroked his beard and said slowly: "It is useless for us to discuss this matter by ourselves. After all, Your Majesty also said it in the imperial edict, let us and the Liaodong Army jointly attack the Tartars.

We haven't even met the Marquis of Jiangning. How could we make ourselves the commander? So don't mention this matter again, let's wait for the Marquis of Jiangning to come."

"Well……"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Yes, Yang Feng hadn't come, but they themselves began to brag about proclaiming themselves as the commander of the army, which made people outside laugh to death when they heard it.

The most important thing is, if Yang Feng disagrees, what is the significance of the coach they proclaimed?

Thinking of this, many people felt a little hot on their faces, and some even secretly regretted it. Did they be too active just now? If someone told Jiang Ninghou about his performance today in the future, wouldn’t he offend this person?

At this moment, a soldier shouted outside the door: "Report to the governor, the Marquis of Jiangning has sent someone to deliver the letter!"

Everyone was slightly shocked, and Sun Chengzong quickly said, "Oh... Come on..."

The soldiers walked to Sun Chengzong, respectfully placed a document on the table, and then immediately retreated.

Sun Chengzong picked up the envelope, checked that the lacquer mark on the envelope was indeed intact, and then he tore open the envelope, took out the letter and looked at it.

After reading it, Sun Chengzong remained silent for a long time and looked a little dazed.

Seeing this, the generals on the side couldn't help but peek at each other. No one knew why Sun Chengzong became so strange when he saw the letter sent by Yang Feng.

Wu Sangui was the youngest and asked loudly in a silence: "Governor, how can you ask what the Marquis of Jiangning said in the letter? He actually made you lose your composure?"

Before Sun Chengzong could speak, Zu Dashou glared at him and scolded: "Don't be arrogant, the governor is thinking about things, how can you disturb me!"

After saying that, he secretly glanced at Sun Chengzong with some concern, for fear that he would get angry.

Sun Chengzong was not angry, but sighed and raised the letter in his hand and said, "You may want to know what the letter sent by Jiangning Hou said? I am not afraid to tell you. Jiangning Hou said in this letter that this time he launched a general attack on the Qing Tartars, he was willing to take this official as the head commander, and he and a group of Jiangning troops obeyed the orders in his account."

"What?"

"Is this really the case?"

All the generals were shocked. Yang Feng gave up the position of coach and willingly became Sun Chengzong's deputy?

Although the generals just now all shouted that it was not enough to take on this important task if they were not Sun Chengzong, their hearts were actually like a mirror.

Whether it is his status or his past achievements, Yang Feng is not inferior to Sun Chengzong at all, especially the big moves he made in Fujian in the past two years have always touched the nerves of the court.

If Yang Feng was determined to compete with Sun Chengzong for the position of coach, Sun Chengzong might not have been able to compete. But now he gave up so easily. This is different from the tough character Yang Feng showed in the past, or did he change his temper?

However, Sun Chengzong sighed and said with a little ashamed: "I am already sixty-seven years old this year, but I am not as good as a young man who is half a younger than me to see through his reputation. He has lived for so many years. I am really ashamed!"

Seeing Sun Chengzong's expression, the generals couldn't help but say in unison: "Supervisor!"

"Forget it!" Sun Chengzong waved his hand: "The Marquis of Jiangning said in the letter that they will land in Gaizhou under the escort of the Fujian Navy in early February, and then rush to Xiping Fort, and we will fight to Shengjing with the Hou army at Xiping Fort."

Zhao Rujiao stepped forward and asked, "Supervisor, did Marquis Jiangning say how many troops he sent?"

"Marquis Jiangning said that this time he will dispatch the infantry of three battalions, the cavalry of two battalions, the artillery and baggage troops of two battalions, totaling about 25,000 people."

"Twenty-five thousand people, this army is quite large."

Zhao Rujiao nodded thoughtfully. Everyone knew that Yang Feng's troops were naturally more than 20,000, but he still had to keep some of them in Nanjing, Fujian and Taiwan, so it was naturally impossible to bring out all the troops. It seems that these 20,000 people are already the limit for Yang Feng to pull out his troops.

"Supervisor, what about us? How many troops will we send out this time?" someone asked below.

The Liaodong Army has lived a much better life in the past two years than before. Since the Liaodong Army’s military pay in the past two years was paid by Zhu Youxiao himself, it did not pass through the Ministry of Revenue and was paid in time and there was no arrears, so the military strength also expanded very quickly.

After two years of development, the Liaodong Army has now had a total force of more than 80,000.

Sun Chengzong calculated for a moment and then said slowly: "In addition to leaving the necessary defenders, I plan to send 50,000 troops. I wonder what you are thinking?"

"Send 50,000 troops?"

After thinking about it, everyone nodded slowly.
Chapter completed!