Governor Tian Xia Qin Wang Bing Ma Lu Xiang was promoted to supervise Biao camp in the military tent.
After Wang Dehua, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, read out the imperial edict, he walked to the seat set aside and sat down. Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers hurriedly brought the brewed tea on a tray and placed it on the small table.
Four young eunuchs stood behind him with their hands lowered, and the eight elite cavalry guards from the Beijing camp had withdrawn from the military tent.
Wang Dehua stretched out his hand to touch the heat of the tea cup. He felt it was okay, so he picked it up, took a sip of tea, raised his head and looked at Zhang Cheng, and said: "Zhang Cheng, come here."
Zhang Cheng had handed over the suitcases, official uniforms and other things he had just received to his own soldiers. He was chatting quietly with several general soldiers. When he heard Wang Dehua calling him and hurriedly confessing his sins to everyone, he stepped forward and bowed.
He cupped his fists and bowed: "Zhang Cheng, meet the prince."
When Wang Dehua saw Zhang Cheng coming over, he took another sip of tea, put the teacup back on the table, stood up, and said in a high-pitched voice: "Zhang Cheng, the emperor has asked us to bring you a few words. Kneel down."
Take the order."
Zhang Cheng hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and heard Wang Dehua say in his ears: "Zhang Cheng, you are a guerrilla in the beginning, and you are still serving under Zhang Yan in Xuan Town. When the Donglu retreat, return to Xuan Town and recruit a battalion of strong soldiers to serve.
You need to practice hard, and the necessary things for the formation of the army have been properly organized by the Provincial Governor Chen Xinjia. I allow you to do things conveniently. I hope you will become a powerful force quickly. Don’t let me down!"
"Zhang Cheng thanks the Lord for His kindness and wishes our Emperor long live, long live!"
Zhang Cheng kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, shouting long live and thanking you. He quickly stood up, took two steps forward, came to the incarnation of Wang De, bowed again and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, you have worked hard. I would like to ask you to return the favor to the Emperor. Zhang Cheng will do his best."
I will do whatever I can to serve the Emperor loyally and die, even if my body is broken to pieces, I will never let down the Holy Grace!"
Zhang Cheng was secretly happy. Yesterday in the palace, he was very respectful in front of Chen Xinjia. He thought that if he raised a battalion of soldiers in Xuanzhen in the future, he would be indispensable from the beginning to the end without the support of Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda.
Don't let him get in the way.
Now, when he heard Emperor Chongzhen's verbal call from Wang Dehua, he was even more ecstatic. Today, all the generals of the three towns are here. Emperor Chongzhen's decree allowing him to "do things cheaply" in Xuan Town has been heard. In the future, he will
You can fake the power of the tiger and expand the boundaries of expediency. If you do things, you will get twice the result with half the effort.
Wang Dehua sat down again and slowly picked up the teacup. After listening to Zhang Cheng's words, he held the teacup with both hands and cupped his hands towards the north. He said lightly: "Our family is running errands for the emperor. It is not hard work. As long as you are loyal to the emperor and sincere."
If you do your job and handle the things assigned by the emperor properly, our family’s trip will not be in vain.”
Zhang Cheng hurriedly said softly: "Please be at ease, Your Majesty. Zhang Cheng will definitely be loyal and diligent in the king's affairs and be loyal to the emperor."
Having said this, Zhang Cheng leaned his head forward again and added in a softer voice: "Share the worries of the prince."
Wang Dehua didn't move his head, but slightly raised his eyelids to glance at Zhang Cheng, and responded vaguely: "Well..."
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng had already written a note of gratitude to Emperor Chongzhen and walked out of the inner tent. Zhang Cheng hurriedly got up and retreated to the commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu and Zhang Yan.
Wang Dehua stood up and took the form of gratitude, exchanged a few words with Lu Xiangsheng, then turned and ran out of the military tent. When passing Zhang Cheng, Wang Dehua gave Zhang Cheng a meaningful look, but said nothing.
Zhang Cheng and other generals in the army followed Lu Xiangsheng and left the Chinese army's tent together. They respectfully sent Wang Dehua off, escorted by sharp cavalry from the Beijing camp, all the way north out of the north gate of the camp and headed for the city of Beijing.
Guo Yingxian shook his huge head, squeezed out from among the generals, slapped Zhang Cheng hard on the shoulder, and said in a rough voice: "Hey, Brother Cheng is the young general this time, I have to invite my old Guo He won’t get drunk even if he drinks..."
As soon as he said this, he turned around and saw Yang Guozhu glaring at him, and quickly swallowed the rest of his words.
The generals followed Lu Xiangsheng back to the military tent, and Lu Xiangsheng gave some words of encouragement. Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of the Second Town of Shanxi Province, and Hu Dawei all expressed their positive opinions. They would definitely sacrifice their lives in front of the formation, kill the slaves with all their strength, and live up to the emperor's favor. , live up to the expectations of the governor.
Near noon, Lu Xiangsheng left the generals to have a meal in the military tent, which could be regarded as a celebration for Zhang Cheng, Zhang Yan and others. However, there was still only vegetables and rice, and tea was still used instead of wine. The Tatars had been moving frequently recently, and the generals did not dare to drink. They were all afraid of missing the military plane.
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After lunch, the generals retired and returned to camp.
It was a great time for everyone to have a meal. The generals first wished Lu Xiangsheng the python robe and jade belt, which was a great honor, and then wished Yang Guozhu the envy of having such a fierce general under his command.
Of course, the focus is still on Zhang Cheng's uncle and nephew. They benefited the most. Zhang Yan was promoted to the rank of commander of the Wandu Division. This was the promotion from a third-grade military attaché to a second-grade military attache. The next step was to be promoted to deputy commander-in-chief.
And Zhang Cheng was promoted to guerrilla general this time. From now on, he can form a battalion of soldiers. That is to join the ranks of generals. Young guerrillas like him are one of the few in the Ming Dynasty. In today's world, I am afraid that there are only a few. Only the one from Liaodong!
What's more, everyone saw it just now. The emperor also gave Zhang Cheng a verbal instruction to recruit a battalion of soldiers in Xuan Town, and he could do it cheaply, which made everyone amazed.
As soon as Zhang Cheng left Lu Xiangsheng's Chinese army tent, Datong General Wang Pu came over and said enthusiastically with a smile on his face: "Brother Zhang is very happy today. If it weren't for him, why not go to my brother's camp tonight to congratulate Brother Zhang? how?"
Zhang Cheng quickly smiled and thanked him: "Zhang Cheng is ashamed to accept Wang Junmen's kindness. There are many things to do today, and I will definitely pay homage to Junmen in the future."
Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu were walking together. When he saw Zhang Chengzheng and Wang Pu being polite, he stopped and looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "Zhang Cheng is not bad. This is the youngest guerrilla in Xuanda. Work hard and you will have a bright future." It’s far and wide.”
Zhang Cheng said politely: "Hu Junmen is over-reputed. Zhang Cheng is a laggard in learning. He needs to learn more from Yang Junmen, Hu Junmen and Wang Junmen."
But Hu Dawei said: "Don't be polite. We warriors only value heroes. You Zhang Cheng deserves our admiration. Do your best!"
After he finished speaking, he talked and laughed with Yang Guozhu and walked towards the south gate of Lu Xiangsheng's supervising camp. Wang Pu patted Zhang Cheng on the shoulder and said: "Do a good job. When you have time, my brother will be a host. Please invite General Zhang." discretionary."
After saying that, he quickly chased after him and started chatting with Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei. Zhang Cheng thought to himself: This Wang Pudao is really a master of communication in the military. In modern terms, he is really an excellent logistics consultant. It's not a problem to choose someone, even to be the chief of staff.
At this time, Zhang Yan and a group of generals and guerrillas from the three towns came over. Everyone was congratulating Zhang Yan on his promotion. Although he was still a general, he was the highest-ranking general among the three towns. .
In the Ming Dynasty, the military system was based on the garrison system. Military attache ranks only recognized those in the garrison system. General soldiers, deputy general soldiers, staff generals, guerrillas, etc. were all military positions under the camp system, and they themselves had no rank.
Yes, but most of them have titles under the guard system.
For example, Zhang Yan was previously promoted to the rank of Commander of the Right Guards of Xuanfu, with a rank of 3rd rank, but today he was promoted to the rank of Commander of the Wanquan Division, with a rank of 2nd rank. At this time, the other generals in the three towns are normally of the 3rd rank, and the guerrillas are of the 4th rank.
They walked all the way to Zhang Cheng's side, and there were inevitably words of congratulations. After everyone was polite for a while, they all hurried to the south gate of the camp, catching up with the generals of the towns and riding back to the camp.
Zhang Cheng saw obvious jealousy in the eyes of Xuanzhen guerrillas Li Jianming and Wen Hui. Although the two of them smiled and congratulated Zhang Cheng on his promotion to guerrilla general, Zhang Cheng felt obvious jealousy and thought to himself: In the future, he