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Chapter 195 Make this knife drink up the blood of the Tartars
In Jiazhuang, Zhang Cheng helped Yang Tinglin into the army tent, and told in detail how Xuan Dajun fought against the slaves in Jiazhuang.

Zhang Cheng sat beside him, tried to persuade Yang Tinglin, and Chen Zhong came in to report that a large number of people came with knives and sticks outside Jiazhuang.

Both Zhang Cheng and Yang Tinglin were surprised, Zhang Cheng thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Could it be that the old man Yao Dongzhao summoned the children of the three residences?"

Yang Tinglin asked suspiciously, "Yao Dongzhao?"

At that moment, Zhang Cheng led Yang Tinglin and other generals out of Jia Zhuang, only to see a group of people gathered outside the Zhuang, and they were all young and strong men.

They are all dressed up by the people of Jinan, holding various weapons in their hands, and many of them are holding hoes and white wooden sticks. They are so dark that they can't see the edge. Come and find his body.

It turned out that after Yao Dongzhao went back, he ran around to contact the powerful villages. After more than two days, he gathered more than [-] young men and was about to go to Julu territory overnight to look for Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan Dajun.

But met Guan Ning's broken soldiers who fled, and after inquiring, they found out that Lu Xiangsheng had died in battle in Julu Jiazhuang three days ago. Yao Dongzhao was so sad and angry that he hurried over to find Lu Xiangsheng's body and collect it for burial. .

Zhang Cheng had no choice but to invite Yao Dongzhao and other village elders into Jia Zhuang, and then briefly told about the war in Jia Zhuang. Yao Dongzhao wept sadly when he learned that Lu Xiangsheng had indeed died for his country.

Zhang Cheng first expressed his gratitude to Yao Dongzhao for calling the villagers to help, and then persuaded him, the Xuanda and Guanning armies were defeated, and the slaves and thieves were powerful, so Yao Dongzhao hurriedly led the people to choose places to hide for good.

Yao Dongzhao also knew that what Zhang Cheng said was true, and that Lu Xiangsheng's body had been restrained by Zhang Cheng, so he no longer insisted, but ordered the people who came along to leave some of the grain they brought with them for Zhang Cheng's troops.

He untied the precious saber from Lu Xiangsheng from his waist, held it in his hand, and said to Zhang Cheng: "General Zhang, this saber was given to this old man by Mr. Lu in Beijing. Today, this old man will give this saber to General Zhang. I hope the general will not refuse, use this sword to kill the slaves and thieves, and protect us and the common people!"

Seeing that Mr. Yao was speaking sincerely, Zhang Cheng knew that it was difficult to refuse, so he took the precious sword with both hands, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Mr. Yao, Zhang Cheng will never live up to the old man's entrustment, and will definitely use this knife to drink up the barbarians. Blood!"

Yao Dongzhao led the thousands of people away with a dejected expression, and faintly heard some of them cursing the court, the cabinet minister Yang Sichang, and the chief eunuch Gao Qiqian.

There are also many people who regret that Lu Xiangsheng only knows a "foolish loyalty" and that's why he ended up like this!
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On December [-], in Huolu County, the mourning halls of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan were set up here.

Zhang Cheng led more than [-] knights to Huolu at noon. Next to Lu Xiangsheng's mourning hall, he held a sacrifice for Xuanfu Counselor Zhang Yan. A dark heart, the blood on it had dried up, was placed in Lu Xiangsheng's hall. Inside the mourning hall.

Yes, this is Gao Qiqian's black heart, his head was buried under the ground of Julu Jiazhuang by Zhang Cheng.

Regarding this heart, everyone was very puzzled, but no one asked too much. They all thought that it must be the heart of some Qing army cavalry, who had been dug out to pay homage to Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan.

Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuan Town, Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Shanxi Town, and Jiang Mingwu, the general of Shanxi Town, also camped outside the city of Zhendingfu. Today they heard that Zhang Cheng's troops had arrived at Huolu and camped here, so they rushed to the camp. Come and visit.

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei's two commanders only had more than a thousand fine cavalry, and in the past few days, they gathered some scattered soldiers who escaped from the giant deer, and the number has just exceeded a thousand.

The general Jiang Mingwu had less than [-] remnants left under his command, and his strength was actually inferior to that of Zhang Cheng.

After paying homage to Governor Lu Xiangsheng and General Zhang Yan, several people gathered in Zhang Cheng's room to discuss their future, how to resolve the crime of their defeat in Julu!
At this time, there were only Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Jiang Mingwu, and Zhang Cheng in the room. Although Zhang Cheng was only a guerrilla general and had the lowest military rank compared with everyone present, his series of outstanding performances after joining the guard had already won him the title of "Guerrilla General". The affirmation of the two military sects.

It has faintly surpassed the status of the general Jiang Mingwu in the hearts of the two of them, and Zhang Cheng also has nearly a thousand soldiers under his command, and his strength is already higher than that of Jiang Mingwu.

At this time, the room was quiet, and Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were also speechless for a long time. Both of them felt dazed and fearful about their future. The commander died in battle, and the army was defeated. How would the court punish him?
Because the future is unknown, Zhang Cheng is also thinking about this issue, so he is afraid. However, he has gradually started to think about it.

In the Battle of Julu, although the commander died in battle, it ended with the defeat of the army.

But it is true that there are many slaves and thieves killed, and everyone still has a lot of military exploits. What's more, Gao Qiqian's Guan Ning army was defeated without a fight. Now, Gao Qiqian himself is even missing.

Dake, put all the blame on Gao Qiqian and Guan Ningjun. They are the first to support the army, and they will be defeated if they don't fight. Now, when the imperial court is also employing people, shouldn't they treat Zhang Cheng , Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and others killed them all.

Zhang Cheng slowly opened his mouth and said: "You two soldiers, General Jiang, although we were responsible for the defeat of the army and the death of the commander in Julu, fortunately, we did not abandon the corpses of the governors and ignored them. After fighting for two days, beheading nearly ten thousand slaves and thieves,

It also makes the slaves fearful, and their strength is greatly damaged. What's more, Eunuch Gao, the supervisor of the army, is afraid of the enemy and cowardly. , Hurry up to find the new governor Chen Xinjia, thinking that he will follow, please ask him to explain this matter for us.

If Zhang Cheng wants to come, Chen Du will do his best to rescue us, so that we will not suffer this injustice! "

In history, after Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, Yang Sichang also made a series of difficulties, so that Lu Xiangsheng could not be buried in the earth after his martyrdom, and his body was exposed to decay for [-] days.

Zhang Cheng wanted to avoid all this in his heart, so that the gods of heaven and gods would not be in vain for loyal ministers.

But the most important thing at the moment is to ensure his own safety first. Lu Xiangsheng has already sacrificed his life for the country, and now he must choose a coach and go to seek refuge, so that he can be exempted from guilt.

Now, Liu Yuliang led the tens of thousands of soldiers in the Beijing camp. Yang Tinglin once said that Liu Yuliang led the army to the Zhending Mansion, but there was no trace of him.

Sun Chuanting, governor of Shaanxi, is stationed in Zhendingfu City, and he will soon be appointed by Emperor Chongzhen to succeed Lu Xiang as the governor of the world, but everyone in the house has no relationship with him.

Moreover, Zhang Cheng knew very well that Sun Chuanting was not easy to get along with. Not long after, he was sent to prison by Emperor Chongzhen, and he would be released after three years.

Now the most suitable people for everyone to seek refuge in is the new Governor of Xuanda, Chen Xinjia, Zhang Cheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and others.

(End of this chapter)