The Tianxiong Army was one of the strongest armies in the late Ming Dynasty, and this elite division was formed by Lu Xiangsheng, and most of the members of the army were fellow villagers, friends, brothers, and family members.

Often a person dies in battle, which will arouse the anger of most people, bite the enemy to the end, and the enemy cannot run without shedding his skin.

The army formed by this relationship also has a weakness, that is, if one person escapes, many people will flee, leading to a rout in battle, such as the army of Zeng Guofan in the later period.

However, the Tianxiong Army did not have this concern, because Lu Xiangsheng, the commander of the Tianxiong Army, took the lead every time he fought, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and was good at controlling his subordinates.

There was a time when the army was short of food, and the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army did not eat for three days, and Lu Xiangsheng also did not eat for three days, and he did not even drink water, so the cohesion of the Tianxiong Army was very strong, and the overall combat ability was also extremely strong.

Lu Xiangsheng is a literati, but also a fierce man, he is extremely powerful, using a broadsword weighing nearly 100 pounds during the war, once led his Tianxiong army, first fought in the six counties of Xunyang, Hubei, led the lone army deep into the valley Jedi, nine battles and nine victories, and eliminated tens of thousands of people in the Hui Hui Department of Liukouma.

The 2,000 Tianxiong army defeated Gao Yingxiang's tens of thousands of heavy armored cavalry, shot and killed more than 1,000 heavy armored cavalry with strong crossbows, and defeated Gao Yingxiang several times in a row in Queshan and Chuzhou, chasing more than 50 miles, and finally forced Gao Yingxiang to Shaanxi and drilled into Sun Chuanting's pocket.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiang was promoted to the "Prime Minister of the Five Provinces", controlled the military affairs of Jiangbei, Henan, Shandong, Huguang and Sichuan, and was given the sword of Shangfang, and the 5,000 Tianxiong army broke Li Zicheng in Luoyang, and chased all the way to Chuzhou.

Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army to unite the Ming army from all walks of life in a bloody battle with 300,000 peasant troops, and after a day and a night of fighting, he once again defeated Li Zicheng and forced Li Zicheng to flee to Shaanxi.

In just three years, Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong army to go through more than 100 battles, and successively defeated Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and other departments, and was called by Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng: King Lu Yan.

On the upper floor of the new city, Zhu Cihong looked into the distance and saw a huge banner with the word "Lu" waving in the wind, coming towards the new city.

Not long after, Lu Xiang ascended and rode five Ming Ji to the city, he looked up, only to see the flag on the head of the city, and there were four Ming Huang Nine Dragon umbrellas symbolizing the honor guard of the Son of Heaven on the city tower.

Lu Xiangsheng immediately turned over and dismounted, led everyone to bow to the city wall, and said: "Lu Xiangsheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Prince's Chitose!" ”

Zhu Cihong led a group of generals down the city tower in person, came to him and said, "Lu Qing has worked hard all the way!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng was thirty-seven years old at this time, fair-skinned and thin, and it was really hard to imagine that he could carry nearly 100 catties of machetes to cut people......

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly said: "I don't dare to greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this." ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Lu Qing fought for my Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains and exterminated the Liukou, which is my Great Ming Pillar Stone, and he deserves it!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your love!"

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Zhu Cihong said again: "Lu Qing, your war horse is so majestic!" ”

Everyone looked at Lu Xiangsheng's war horse, only to see that the horse was dark purple all over, with a black mane, but four hooves were as white as frost and snow, and there was also a white mammoth on the shoulder.

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "This horse's name is Wu Mingji, who once saved the life of his ministers and jumped over the sand river several zhang wide. ”

"BMW with heroes!" Zhu Cihong nodded, looked at the Tianxiong Army lineup again, smiled slightly, and exclaimed: "Not bad!"

The generals in the Tianxiong army are a little dissatisfied, the Tianxiong army is strong and strong, and the army is neat, why did they only get a "good" evaluation?

Lu Xiangsheng didn't care, and was quite proud to hear the crown prince's appreciation.

After entering the city, Zhu Cihong asked Lu Xiangsheng to rest for two hours before going to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters.

As soon as the Tianxiong army set up camp in the city, it rained heavily, and everyone sighed that their luck was really good, and they would be drenched in soup after a few moments.

Lu Xiangsheng woke up after a short nap, and he sat in front of his desk and flipped through the recent Tang newspaper to learn about the movements of the Qing army and conceive a battle plan, which was his old habit.

Just when he was shocked by the recent achievements of the four battalions led by the crown prince, he suddenly heard the faint sound of drills outside the account, and Lu Xiangsheng shouted to the guards outside the account and asked: "It rains so hard, is there still army drills?" ”

The soldiers replied: "Lord Hui, it is the Yongwei Battalion that is practicing, not far from our camp!" ”

"Check it out!" Lu Xiangsheng was curious, accompanied by the pro-army, and left with an umbrella.

In the Yongwei camp training ground hundreds of feet away, the sound of shouting and cheering continued, and all the soldiers practiced in the rain bare-chested, and the military formation was neat and not chaotic.

Not far from the Yongwei Battalion, some people in the Tianxiong Army camp poked their heads out to look, and when they saw that the Yongwei Battalion was actually practicing in the heavy rain, many soldiers were shocked, pointing at the military formation through the barracks.

The Shenji Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion not far away are not strange, they have been fighting side by side with the Yongwei Battalion for so long, and the people of the two battalions have long been immune to this group of weirdos, and they just want to stay away.

In their eyes, the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion are not people, not to mention the training on time and on point every day, the amount of training is still so large, sometimes the whole battalion gathers in the middle of the night, which is like robbing the camp!

The people of the two battalions usually say that they don't go to the Yongwei Battalion, and only when they are fighting, they can't help but play up, shouting at the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion as "uncle" and "brother".

Looking at the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion who were full of vitality in the rain, Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "With such a military appearance, my Tianxiong Army is not as good as ........"

Several generals around Lu Xiangsheng also nodded secretly, admiring in their hearts, no wonder the crown prince's previous evaluation of the Tianxiong Army was only "good", it turns out that people are so awesome!

Lu Xiangsheng continued to walk forward in the rain, wanting to enter the Yongwei camp to have a look, but was stopped in front of the camp gate.

"Our army is heavy, and those who come will stop!" A soldier from the Brave Guard Battalion shouted.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded again and again, and he said loudly: "This official Lu Xiangsheng, go to your camp to meet Vice General Huang!" ”

"Please wait where you are!" After the soldier said this, he sent someone to pass the word, during which he still stared at Lu Xiangsheng and his party expressionlessly, showing great vigilance.

Not long after, Huang Degong personally went out of the camp to greet him and invited Lu Xiangsheng into the Yongwei camp.

Although Huang Degong is the deputy chief soldier of the second grade, he is higher than Lu Xiangsheng in rank, but he still behaves very politely, after the battle of Tumubao in the Ming Dynasty, the martial forces were devastated, which led to the current situation of heavy civil and military light, even the civil officials of the sixth grade dare to scold the general soldier.

Lu Xiangsheng is a third-grade civil official of the Ministry of War, and the prime minister of the five provinces, giving Shang Fang a sword and commanding several general soldiers, although it is useless here, but he has not returned to Beijing to restore his will, and his status is naturally higher than Huang Degong.

At this time, the drill in the Yongwei camp had stopped, and all the soldiers stood in a neat line in the rain, without the slightest movement.

The two held umbrellas and chatted for a while, Lu Xiangsheng saw that the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion still maintained their military posture, regardless of the wind and rain without a trace of movement, and praised: "At sunset, Qi Shaobao's Qi family army stood in the heavy rain from morning to evening, without moving at all, and Vice General Huang trained in the rain with the demeanor of Qi Shaobao!" ”

Huang Degong hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Lord Lu has won the award, how dare I compare with Qi Shaobao, it's far away, it's far away!" ”

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In the county office, Zhu Cihong looked at the heavy rain outside the house, frowned, and couldn't help sighing: "This rain is really not the right time." ”

After heavy rain washing, the road was muddy, it was very inconvenient for the march of the Ming army, the Qing army had retreated for two days, although the road behind was not easy to walk, but it was always a good road two days earlier than the Ming army.

Zhu Cihong was originally very sure that he would catch up before leaving the customs, but now he is not sure at all because of this heavy rain.