Before leaving, two letters from Jinan, Shandong Province arrived at Lingao at the same time, namely the official letter of the Shandong Governor Yamen and the private letter of Su Bush. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xia Nan read two letters, both of which were related to this expedition to Fengyang.

The official letter of the governor Yamen was to convey the will of the imperial court, urging the Qiong navy to rush to the battlefield immediately, but it was a process that had to be followed in official affairs. The official letter also attached a private letter from Zhu Dadian, to the effect that he could not take many soldiers and horses from Shandong, and asked Xia Nan to give appropriate assistance during the war, so as not to suffer defeat and be punished by the imperial court.

Su Thick's private message was concise and to the point, that is, to ask for instructions on whether to follow Zhu Dadian on the expedition. After Zhu Dadian stepped down as governor of Shandong, the soldiers and horses in Shandong were not under his control in principle, and the main ones that could be taken away were 1,000 recruits trained by Su and 1,500 cavalry from the governor's standard battalion, which were all his belongings. Zhu Dadian was generous to Su Thick Legs and regarded him as a confidant, but he didn't expect that Su Thick Legs would not eat sugar-coated shells, and he was still "in Cao Ying's heart in Han".

Regarding the first official letter and Zhu Dadian's private letter, Xia Nan ordered someone to write a reply, promising to take care of each other after entering Anhui. As for the second letter, he thought about it for a while and decided to reply to Su Thick Legs to accompany him on the expedition. At this juncture, the withdrawal of this new army is tantamount to a stab in the back to Zhu Dadian, which will definitely turn his face, and the friendly relationship established between the two will be ruined. For the time being, there is no shortage of these thousand recruits, and it is also a good choice to let this soldier and horse follow Zhu Dadian to brush up on experience and level up, and Su Thick Legs, as the chief general of the Governor Standard Battalion, can also get the opportunity to exercise on his own.

Just lease it to Zhu Dadian to level up, and then recycle it at the right time, Xia Nan thought to himself. In his memory, the highlight of Zhu Dadian's political career was in Shandong, after being transferred to the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang, his career took a sharp turn for the worse, and he was repeatedly demoted, and he only got the opportunity to recover in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Jinan, Governor Yamen.

Zhu Dadian instructed his subordinates to pack up their personal belongings in the study and put them into boxes so that they could be loaded into a carriage and taken away. This is to prepare for going to Fengyang to take office.

According to the general rules of officialdom, it is not possible to transfer to a different place or be promoted without a month of hard work. After receiving the order, waiting for the successor to come from a different place, and then taking stock of the treasury and making the delivery, without leaving a beginning and end, it is not a few days to deal with, which may also involve some unspoken rules of officialdom tacitly by the new and old officials that need to be negotiated privately, such as a slight deficit in office, as long as the number is not too large, the successor will generally turn a blind eye, leave a line in everything, and see each other in the future. Even if it is the magistrate of Qipin, it is quite difficult to deliver, let alone the governor of Shandong who is in charge of the three western prefectures?

However, Zhu Dadian's transfer was not a simple officialdom promotion, he also undertook the military task of advancing from the east and west of the mountains and fighting the Liukou with Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces. The deadline given to him in the holy decree was that he must rush to Fengyang, the central capital, within one month, first drive away the Liukou, and then officially take up the important post of governor and governor of Caoyun Fengyang.

After tidying up his luggage, Zhu Dadian ordered someone to call Su Thick Legs. Before leaving, he had to explain to Su Thick Legs, which was an important role he had to rely on to deal with the rogue.

Su Thick Legs soon came to the governor's yamen. He guessed the governor's intention to summon him, touched the letter in his bosom—a reply from the general, to him and let him go with Zhu Dadian—and stepped through the gate.

Seeing him coming, Zhu Dadian took his hand affectionately and sat down, shushing the cold and asking for warmth.

"Chutu, in Jinan in the past few months, but I am still used to it, are there any water and soil adaptation?"

Su Thick Legs grinned: "Thank you Futai for your concern, I'm a rough person, not as fine as a scholar, I eat well and sleep well, there's nothing I am not used to." ”

"Hehe, that's good. During this time, training recruits has worked hard for you. ”

"That's what subordinates should do. Besides, the training in the Qiongzhou camp was harder, and I was used to it for a long time. ”

Zhu Dadian sighed: "General Xia Shen...... Oh, it's time to call Mr. Xia now, he has trained well, in order to create a talent like you, born in a reckless manner, with the body of a blacksmith, he has developed a strong ability, and can also read and break words, such an experience, I am afraid that there are few people in the entire Ming battalion. ”

"Hehe, Futai has won the prize." Su Bu Rou agreed, but thought in his heart, that is because you haven't been to Lingao to see it, and people like me grab a lot of it.

Under the system in which military ranks determine military salaries, coupled with a reasonable promotion mechanism, as the predecessor of the current military academy, the officer training class has cultivated a large number of soldiers to start from illiteracy and become modern officers with military skills and cultural knowledge. It can be said that an officer above the platoon commander can be pulled out of the veterans and come to Zhu Dadian's standard battalion to become a qualified commander of the standard battalion, or even a general.

After praising it, Zhu Dadian began to get to the point.

"This time, Benfu was transferred to the governor of Caoyun and the governor of Fengyang, on the surface, he was promoted, but he knew his own family affairs, and now there are rogues entrenched in Fengyang, and this governor is not easy to be." Zhu Dadian sighed, "As long as Liukou is not expelled from Fengyang, the position of this governor will not only be unstable, but he will also be demoted in the blink of an eye. What Benfu can rely on now is you. If you help me win a few battles, I will be able to pass the level smoothly, otherwise, just wait for the Holy Thunder's Fury. It can be said that the safety and disgrace of Benfu are all related to you. ”

Since his own general let him help Zhu Dadian fight, coupled with the ethics of professional soldiers, Su Thick Legs was unambiguous, he patted his chest and said: "Please rest assured, Futai, I will definitely go all out." I don't dare to pack a ticket to win the battle, but I definitely can't please the rogue. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm relieved to have your words." Zhu Dadian promised, "Now Benfu has appointed you as the general of the governor's standard battalion, commanding all the horses and infantry troops, and after entering Anhui, the soldiers and horses of Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Fengyang and other four prefectures will also be handed over to you to command, and everything will be entrusted to you." ”

"Subordinates obey orders."

Zhu Dadian knew that this time the pincer attack on the Liukou was not like Shandong's counterinsurgency, the soldiers and horses were all under his own command, there was a governor of the five provinces above, and the command of the soldiers and horses from all walks of life must be in the hands of Hong Chengchou. It's just that he doesn't know that the truth is far more cruel than he imagined, and the rogues are more cunning than he imagined, and in the dark, his fate is already doomed.