The generals of Jinzhou City were all shocked by this sudden decree, and soon most of them focused on the position of the commander, after all, this position was related to the post-war war merits, wealth and the distribution of prisoners.

What are the soldiers sacrificing their lives and forgetting to die for, isn't it just gold, silver, jewelry, fame and fortune?

What the? If you lose, the boss will bear more responsibility?

Hehe...... does not exist, with the addition of the Jiangning Army, none of the generals in Liaodong have considered the possibility of defeat, and they really think that the title of the first army in the world is called in vain, let alone the Jiangning Army, even the Liaodong Army has been equipped with 6,000 brown Bess guns and more than 60 Napoleonic iron cannons over the years, and its strength is not much worse than that of the Manchu Tartars.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the Manchu Qing led by Huang Taiji cannot be annihilated in one fell swoop this time, it is still not a problem to retreat with the whole body.

Seeing the generals below discussing the question of the boss, Zu Dashou suddenly said loudly: "Everyone, don't argue, let's listen to what the governor has to say." ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at Sun Chengzong.

Looking at the hot eyes of the generals, Sun Chengzong sighed lightly in his heart, in fact, he was a little puzzled, I don't know if Zhu Youxiao forgot or deliberately did not appoint the coach, so he sent such a holy decree, which really made him feel embarrassed.

To say that Sun Chengzong didn't want to be this boss is a lie, from this holy decree he can feel that the imperial court is planning to solve the problem of Liaodong in one fell swoop, if it can completely annihilate the Manchu Tartars, this is a thing that can leave a name in history.

But as an official who has been up and down in the sea for many years, Sun Chengzong also understands that if this matter is really going to make a big fuss, it will not be beneficial to anyone, and Yang Feng is not an easy person to deal with, which can be seen from his style of doing things over the years.

After thinking for a long time, he stroked his beard and said slowly: "It's useless for us to discuss this matter by ourselves, after all, Your Majesty also said in the holy decree that we and the Liaodong Army will jointly attack the Tartars."

We haven't even seen Jiang Ninghou's face, how can we have a reason to make ourselves the commander-in-chief? So don't mention this matter again, let's wait for Jiang Ninghou to arrive. ”

"Uh......"

Everyone was also stunned when they heard this, yes, Yang Feng didn't come, but they themselves began to boast that they wanted to be the commander of the unified army, so that people outside were afraid that they would be laughed to death if they heard it.

The most important thing is that if Yang Feng does not agree, what is the point of their self-appointed coach?

Thinking of this, many people felt a little hot on their faces, and some even secretly regretted it in their hearts. Wasn't he too positive just now, if his performance today was told to Jiang Ninghou in the future, wouldn't he have offended this person so badly?

At this moment, a soldier shouted loudly outside the door: "Governor Qiyu, the Marquis of Jiangning has sent someone to deliver a letter!" ”

Everyone was slightly startled, and Sun Chengzong hurriedly said, "Oh...... Hurry up and bring it up......"

The soldier walked up to Sun Chengzong, respectfully placed an official document on the table, and then immediately withdrew.

Sun Chengzong picked up the envelope and checked that the fire paint imprint on the mouth of the envelope was indeed intact, then he tore open the envelope and took out the letterhead to look at it.

After reading it, Sun Chengzong was silent for a long time, and his expression was a little stunned.

Seeing this, the generals on the side couldn't help but look at each other a little, and no one knew why Sun Chengzong became so strange after seeing the letter sent by Yang Feng.

Wu Sangui was the youngest in the end, and asked in a loud voice that was a little uncontrollable: "Governor, dare to ask what Jiang Ninghou said in the letter, and actually let you lose your temper so much?" ”

Before Sun Chengzong could speak, Zu Dashou glared at him and scolded: "Hugh is presumptuous, the governor is thinking about things, how can you disturb it!" ”

After speaking, he secretly glanced at Sun Chengzong with some worry, for fear that he would be angry.

Sun Chengzong was not angry, but just sighed, raised the letterhead in his hand and said, "I'm afraid you want to know what this letter sent by Jiang Ninghou says, right?" This official is not afraid to tell you that the Marquis of Jiang Ning said in this letter that he is willing to take this official as the commander in chief when launching a general attack on the Manchu Tartars, and he and all the Jiang Ning troops are under the account of this official. ”

"What?"

"Is that really the case?"

All the generals were taken aback, Yang Feng just gave up the position of coach and willingly became Sun Chengzong's deputy?

Don't look at the generals just now, they all shouted that Sun Chengzong was not enough to take on this important responsibility, but in fact, their hearts were like mirrors.

Whether it is his status or his previous meritorious achievements, Yang Feng is not under Sun Chengzong at all, especially in the past two years, the big moves he has made in Fujian have always affected the nerves of the imperial court.

If Yang Feng is determined to compete with Sun Chengzong for the position of coach, Sun Chengzong may not be able to compete. But now he gave up so easily, this is different from the tough character shown by Yang Feng in the past, or has he changed his temper?

Sun Chengzong sighed, and said with some shame: "The old man is already sixty and seven this year, but he is not as good as a descendant who is more than half younger than himself to see through the false name, he has really lived for so many years, he is really ashamed!" ”

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

"That's it!" Sun Chengzong waved his hand: "The Marquis of Jiang Ning said in the letter that they will land in Gaizhou in early February under the escort of the Fujian Naval Division, and then rush to Xiping Fort, where we will fight with the Hou army in Shengjing." ”

Zhao Shujiao stepped forward and asked, "Governor, did the Marquis of Jiang Ning say how many troops he sent?" ”

"Jiang Ninghou said that this time he will dispatch three battalions of foot soldiers, two battalions of cavalry, and two battalions of artillery and baggage soldiers, adding up to about 25,000 people."

"Twenty-five thousand, that's a lot of troops."

Zhao Shujiao nodded thoughtfully, everyone knew that Yang Feng's troops were naturally more than 20,000 people, but he still had to leave some of them in Nanjing, Fujian and Taiwan, so it was naturally impossible to bring out all the troops, it seemed that more than 20,000 people were already the limit of Yang Feng's troops.

"Governor, what about us, how many troops are we going to send this time?" Someone asked again.

The Liaodong Army's life in the past two years has been much better than before, because the Liaodong Army's military salary in the past two years was paid by Zhu Youxiao himself, and it did not go through the household department, and the distribution was timely, and there was no arrears, so the strength of the army also swelled rapidly.

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

Sun Chengzong thought about it for a while, and then said slowly: "This time, in addition to leaving the necessary defenders, this official plans to send 50,000 troops, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Fifty thousand troops?"

After thinking about it for a while, everyone also nodded slowly.

Sun Chengzong's plan can be regarded as a serious one, leaving 30,000 troops to defend Jinzhou, Dalinghe, Youtun and other places, even if the Manchu Tartars launch a sneak attack on them, these troops can also support the main force, so there is no problem.