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Chapter 491 Friendship of Jinlan
On December 13, the 23th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, after repeated confirmation, Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, agreed to Chen Yongfu's suggestion to lead the army to cross the river and recover Luoyang.

It was not until the afternoon that he led thousands of officers and soldiers across the Yellow River, and before entering Mengjin City, he received the victory document from Wang Yuanjing, the military counselor under Zhang Cheng's command.

It is said that Luoyang City has been taken back by Zhang Cheng, the general of the Henan Aid Suppression Soldier, and the relevant reports have been reported directly to Beijing. Now, most of the main forces of the thieves have been found to have attacked Kaifeng. Please, the governor, return to help quickly to protect Kaifeng City and the King of Zhou. Your Highness is safe.

Li Xian, the governor of Henan, was so angry that he jumped his feet. After his operation, the crime of falling into the city and losing his domain is inevitable, and Zhang Cheng has robbed him of his achievement in recovering Luoyang, and Kaifeng does not know whether he can defend it. In a panic, I don't know what to do.

Although Henan Deputy General Chen Yongfu urged him to return to Kaifeng, but Li Xianfeng still insisted on going to Luoyang City to clean up the mess as if under a spell.

Finally, at Chen Yongfu's insistence, Li Xianfeng agreed to let him bring more than [-] officers and soldiers from the battalion back to Kaifeng Fucheng, while he himself led the guerrilla general Gao Qian and Zhang Dechang's more than [-] officers and soldiers to Luoyang City.

But when Li Xianfeng rushed to Luoyang City with his troops, the only ones who greeted him were those gentry officials who had not been beheaded by the intruder Li Zicheng.

After some questioning, Li Xianfeng found out that Chen Zhong, Cui Shijie and others under Zhang Cheng's command had left Luoyang at noon today, and led their troops back to Kaifeng Fucheng.

Moreover, before Zhang Cheng's military counselor Wang Yuanjing left, he even invited them, the surviving country gentry and officials, to sign their names on the victory report documents sent to Kaifeng Mansion and Beijing.

In the yamen of the magistrate in Luoyang City, Li Xianfeng stared at the vast sky in the east with absent-minded eyes. Now he only hopes that Kaifeng is safe, King Zhou is fine, and he may still survive!
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On December 23, Chen Jiugao came to Zhang Cheng's camp again, and the two had a more detailed discussion on how to cooperate with each other to cross the river to meet the bandits in the future, so as to protect Kaifeng and protect the important place of feudal vassal.

In the end, it was agreed that Chen Jiugao's soldiers from the Beijing camp would be the main force, and Zhang Cheng's troops would assist them. In case of war, Zhang Cheng's Xuanzhen army would resist the enemy in the front, and Chen Jiugao's soldiers from the Beijing camp would mainly bombard them with artillery.

In this way, although the soldiers under Zhang Cheng's command took on the danger of a bloody battle with the thieves, Zhang Cheng's wish was also fulfilled in this way, and that was to take this opportunity to make friends with noble military officers in Beijing.

What's more, even if they don't join forces with Chen Jiugao's Beijing camp, Zhang Cheng's troops will still fight the bandits. It's not that he can't retreat, but he can't.

Now he has been running the North Road for more than a year, and now he has trained a strong army of nearly ten thousand that he is proud of. If he still can't fight the bandits, then he doesn't need to fight for his own happy life in the future.

Now that I have decided to compete with many heroes of the current world in this troubled world, some things cannot be avoided, such as fighting the rogues today, it is not only training, but also an effort that must be made to prevent the rogues from becoming bigger quickly , This is buying time for yourself and creating conditions.

According to the current situation, this is the only way to tie Chen Jiugao tightly to himself, not only to achieve the purpose of making friends with him, but also to use his strength to realize his own military training and limit the situation where the intruders are dominant.

For this kind of arrangement, Chen Jiugao is very satisfied. On the surface, his Beijing camp is the main one, and Zhang Cheng's subordinates are supplemented. For a dude like him, face is the most important thing.

As for Lizi, as long as he doesn't feel embarrassed, there is no problem!
What made him happiest was Zhang Cheng's going on the road. He had also come into contact with some fierce generals before, all of them were arrogant and arrogant, and they almost didn't pay attention to generals like him.

It was the first time he met Zhang Cheng who was so considerate and understanding. Not only did he give him a full set of face, but he also volunteered to help him stand in front as a shield.

At this moment, Chen Jiugao loved Zhang Cheng more and more, and the more he looked at him, the more pleasing he was, he suddenly said to Zhang Cheng: "Brother Zhang, to be honest, I have met quite a few side generals, just look at you. A character."

Zhang Cheng also followed his words and said: "My brother has never made friends with the generals of the Beijing camp before, so I thought it was nothing. But listening to my brother's teaching these two days has made me feel enlightened and greatly benefited. I can't help but sigh Stay by my brother's side every day, and always listen to his teachings!"

Chen Jiugao was extremely excited at this time, he actually took Zhang Cheng's hand, and said excitedly: "The more you talk, the more you are right, brother, I will take care of you today and recognize you as a brother. , you send a message to Beijing, and my brother will definitely settle things for you."

Seeing him talking like this, Zhang Cheng couldn't let go of this opportunity for nothing, so he immediately said: "Brother Chen, I don't have an elder brother in my family, and I feel close to him since I met him. As the elder brother, form a golden orchid friendship with the elder brother!
I don't know what Brother Chen wants? "

Chen Jiugao had no objection to this, so the two immediately found a high ground in the camp, burned incense and prayed, and sworn brothers with different surnames!

After the ceremony, Zhang Cheng held a banquet with wine in the big tent of the Chinese army, and invited Wei Zhice, Zhang Guangda, Zhang Guodong and other generals under his command to have a banquet together, and told the generals about his sworn brotherhood with Chen Jiugao.

Moreover, at this moment, he and Chen Jiugao are as close as a family, and even invited his newly married wife, Yang Liying, to pour wine for Chen Jiugao as a gift of recognition.

From the afternoon to the evening, Zhang Cheng ordered his soldiers to escort Chen Jiugao back to the Chinese army he set up in Yangwu County.

During the banquet, in addition to enhancing their relationship, everyone also made some discussions about the future war, basically following Zhang Cheng's original arrangement.

That is to say, from tomorrow morning, Zhang Guodong will lead a part of the battalion and a part of the carriage to cross the Yellow River first, and set up defenses at the Taojiadian ferry [-] miles north of Kaifeng, in case the army continues to cross the river.

After the banquet, all the generals also retreated one after another, returning to their camps to prepare for crossing the river tomorrow.

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There is no wind today, and the afterglow of the setting sun in the evening feels warm on his body. Zhang Cheng is not wearing armor at the moment. He is wearing a military uniform and standing on a high hill east of the big tent, looking to the south, which is far, far away The best place is Kaifeng Fucheng.

"The burglar wouldn't go anywhere else!"

He secretly asked himself in his heart, although in his memory the thieves raided Kaifeng not long after Luoyang was conquered, but now because of his appearance, whether Li Zicheng would still carry out the original plan, Zhang Cheng knew that he was a little uncertain.

Yang Liying was also in military uniform, walking towards him wearing a wool cape, but he didn't seem to notice it.

"After sunset, the cold wind is hard, my husband don't catch a cold!"

She came to Zhang Cheng's side and whispered, and at the same time put another wool cloak in her hand on him.

Only then did Zhang Cheng realize that he grabbed Yang Liying's tender and white catkin with his hand back, and felt a cold feeling in his hand: "Your hands are really cold."

"It's just that you help me warm up!"

Yang Liying finished speaking shyly, and then asked: "I don't think that Chen Jiugao may have any real skills, but why is your husband so close to him?"

"Hehe. His greatest skill is the way of making friends."

Zhang Cheng continued: "Now I only know some civil servants in Beijing, but after all, I am in the army, and sometimes I still need the help of these nobles in Beijing, and Chen Jiugao is a good candidate."

(End of this chapter)