Chapter 34
The distance between four or five miles is just a blink of an eye for the knight.
Seeing that the Daming Mansion rebel army had "discovered" itself, Sun Chengzong did not think about hiding it, but instead galloped towards the Daming Mansion rebel army's camp.
Lu Xiangsheng originally wanted to gather the troops and follow the official road to Liangxiang County. Taking advantage of the inattention of Jiannu, it would be best to block Jiannu in Liangxiang County. In this way, it is likely that the victory of the Daming Prefecture Rebel Army will be repeated again.
When the eight bureaus of the main force of the Daming Prefecture Rebel Army, that is, more than 8,000 troops gathered, Lu Xiangsheng climbed to the general station, preparing to boost morale and called on the soldiers to send troops overnight. At this gate, Yang Kai hurried to Lu Xiangsheng: "Sir, sir!"
"Why are you so panicked?"
"Sun... Master Sun Ge is here!"
Lu Xiangsheng was slightly stunned: "Gemaster Sun? Which Gemaster Sun?"
Lu Xiangsheng naturally knew that only Sun Chengzong, the senior of the Ming Dynasty, could be called a cabinet master, but the problem was that as a leader of the Donglin Party, Sun Chengzong's identity was quite embarrassing.
Chongzhen trusted Sun Chengzong, but he did not dare to reuse Sun Chengzong. At this time, it can be said that Sun Chengzong was the largest official position in the court of the Donglin Party, and he was full of disciples.
"Jiandou, I'm here!"
The sound falls and people arrive.
Sun Chengzong rode a red horse and was wearing a purple official robe. His face was covered with gullies, but his eyes were extremely sharp.
Lu Xiangsheng knelt down one step forward, bowed and said, "Sir, please see the elder of the teacher!"
Immediately, Lu Xiangsheng winked at Liu Mingyu.
Liu Mingyu yelled: "Let's meet Mr. Gong!"
The soldiers of Tianzi Bureau heard Liu Mingyu shouting and also shouted: "Let's meet the elder!"
"Let me see Mr. Gong!"
The eight thousand main forces of the Daming Prefecture Rebel Army, and tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, their voices loudly and soared into the sky.
Sun Chengzong looked at the group of troops wearing tattered clothes and holding inferior swords. There was no cannon or even a musket in the entire army, and the equipment was extremely poor.
A look of satisfaction appeared on Sun Chengzong's face.
In other words, the times create heroes.
For example, Yuan Chonghuan.
He was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli. He was first appointed as the magistrate of Zhaowu, Fujian. He raised an army in Nurhaci and rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and threatened Liaodong. Emperor Tianqi urgently needed a minister who was a military officer. He was recommended by the censor Hou Xun, and Yuan Chonghuan served as the head of the Fangsi Department in the Ministry of War. This level was the same as when Lu Xiangsheng was observing politics in the Ministry of Revenue.
However, Yuan Chonghuan went out of the pass alone to check the terrain. After returning to the court, Yuan Chonghuan said, "As long as I can give me enough troops, money and food, I can guard Shanhaiguan alone." The ministers in the court also praised Yuan Chonghuan's talent, so they outspoken Yuan Chonghuan as the military officer, supervised the army outside the pass, allocated 200,000 yuan in treasury, and asked him to recruit soldiers and horses.
This is why Lu Xiangsheng is now.
There were 188 prefectures in the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and only the prefect of Daming Prefecture, Lu Xiangsheng, recruited the people and went north to serve the king.
This is his current situation.
Just when Sun Chengzong was escorting the Daming Prefecture Rebel Army, Liu Mingyu was also observing this four-dynasty veteran who was over 60 years old. He had a very bad evaluation of Sun Chengzong on the Internet in later generations, and some even said that he was the number one sinner of the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone has different views. This is the slander of Sun Chengzong by fans and traitors.
In fact, Sun Chengzong was a famous minister in the late Ming Dynasty and the creator of the famous Guanning defense line.
In this era when the average life expectancy of less than 40 years old, sixty-five years old is absolutely old. He should be teasing his grandson at home to enjoy a peaceful life. However, he is still busy with this empire that is full of smoke and fire, dealing with the powerful enemies outside the pass and political enemies who are more terrifying than the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
Decades of war and court struggle have tempered his mentality to be extremely tough and powerful, like an ancient pine tree, which can be beaten by wind and rain, and will still stand tall and not be alarmed by honor and disgrace.
If no miracle happened, the old man would soon resign due to the crushing defeat of Dalinghe, fade out of the court, and end his decades of career. Then in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the Qing army attacked Gao Yang in order to avenge the famous minister's killing of Jiannu.
In this lonely city, Sun Chengzong spent his legendary life.
The Guanning defense line created by Sun Chengzong was actually a blunt knife that cuts his flesh, which made Jiannu feel in pain.
Private ones are for a while, public ones are forever.
The eyes of the masses are sharp.
Sun Chengzong's eyes fell on Lei Shisheng.
Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly introduced to Sun Chengzong: "Gei Master, this is the thunderous sound of the leader of the right camp!"
Sun Chengzong suddenly realized, "So this is the sound of the Iron Arm General Thunder Time!"
In Lu Xiangsheng's memorial, a thunder sound was mentioned. At that time, a Jiannu waved his mace and hit him at the sound of thunder. Shisheng raised his arm and blocked it, and the mace was broken into two pieces...
With a big stroke of Chongzhen's pen, the thunder sounded like an iron-armed general.
Then, Sun Chengzong looked at Liu Mingyu again.
Lu Xiangsheng introduced again: "This is Liu Mingyu, the Thousand General of the Qianying Tianzi Bureau!"
"Arrower Li Guang and Liu Minghui..."
Liu Mingyu touched his nose, but he never thought that he had such a nickname.
Sun Chengzong watched the Daming Mansion rebel army all the way, listening to Lu Xiangsheng's introduction.
At this moment, a fire dragon lit up in the distance. A huge convoy brought a large number of equipment. This huge convoy had two or three thousand large trucks, and the trucks were filled with all kinds of supplies.
A batch of equipment was also sent to the Daming Prefecture Rebel Army.
"Mr. Lu, this is the armour sent by Master Sun Ge. Please accept it!"
"This is……"
"There are eight thousand sets of mandarin ducks and 10,000 pairs of short boots."
"This is……"
"Tiger squat cannons sixteen, bowl-mouth cannons twenty-three, 460 cannons, and 5,000 kilograms of cannon medicine!"
"Six hundred and forty bird guns, and three thousand and five hundred sub guns!"
"Eight hundred mountain mulberry crossbows and 30,000 arrows!"
"Three thousand three hundred spears!"
"Five thousand six hundred long swords!"
Lu Xiangsheng's brain was instantly shocked: "This..."
Sun Chengzong pulled Lu Xiangsheng's arm and said, "Jiandou..."
During the private meeting between Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng, no one knew what the two talked about.
But Liu Mingyu received two hundred crossbows and seven thousand arrows. The most important thing is that they had a set of mandarin duck battle jackets for each person.
The mandarin duck battle jacket is knee-length, narrow sleeves, and cotton is solid inside. "That is, its length is flush with the knees, and the sleeves are closer to the body, and the contents are mainly cotton.
This is not armor, but it has certain defense capabilities and the neat and unified clothing makes the entire team look neat and orderly.
Liu Mingyu's Tianzi Bureau was divided into four tiger squat cannons, six bowl guns, as well as one hundred muskets, more than one thousand kilograms of gunpowder, and two hundred firearm soldiers.
These soldiers were all transferred from Maoshan Guards.
With this batch of equipment, the Daming Mansion Rebel Army instantly changed its mental outlook.
Chapter completed!