Jinzhou, the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor made the reform officers and soldiers who had just captured this important town extremely excited.
Wang Fu, the commander-in-chief of the corps, Baoning, the admiral of the First Army, Bao Guozhong, the chief of staff, Demu, the commander of Huncheng First Town, and other senior generals went out of the city to greet him.
In order to express our sincere support for His Majesty the Emperor, upon Baoning's suggestion and unanimously approved by the Corps Headquarters, Huncheng No. 1 Town was specially ordered to line up outside the city to welcome him.
The first town of Huncheng was adapted from the original Suiyuan Green Battalion. It has five auxiliaries: infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineering, and transport. There is also an assault battalion directly under the town, with a total strength of more than 14,000 people.
The scale of the establishment was larger than that of an ordinary town, but smaller than that of an army. It was a temporary establishment specially established for the Eastern Expedition.
Tongzhi Demu was originally the captain of the guards around the emperor. He served as the wing commander of the Central Military Guard Camp, and later transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Suiyuan Green Battalion. He was another senior general born in Sauron.
There is news from the Ministry of War that after the Eastern Expedition is over, Huncheng No. 1 Town is likely to be upgraded to a military garrison in Heilongjiang.
The Second Army was stationed in Shengjing.
As a result, the imperial court stationed two main armies with no less than 50,000 troops outside the pass.
In the past, the Eight Banners only had 30,000 troops stationed outside the Pass, so many generals were puzzled by such a large-scale garrison of troops outside the Pass.
Demu didn't know whether this was the arrangement or not. His Majesty the Emperor had never told him. At this moment, he just wanted to see His Majesty as soon as possible and listen to His Majesty's strange and strange remarks full of wisdom and logic, because he felt that he had not been there since His Majesty.
After I left and joined the army, everything seemed to have deteriorated.
It’s just that I am no longer as passionate and energetic as I used to be. I feel a little absent-minded and listless every day.
The other generals were reading His Majesty's diary, and Demu also wanted to learn. The problem was that he was illiterate and was too embarrassed to ask others to read it to him, so he was really depressed.
It's kind of hard to describe.
The associations directly under the First Town quickly left the city, lined up at the east gate of Jinzhou according to the requirements of the Corps Headquarters, and conducted a warm-up rehearsal.
Due to limited conditions, Commander Wang could only have people rush to make banners and hang them at the top of the city. He was asked to get flowers and other flowers in the freezing weather. Fortunately, Bao Ning, the admiral of the First Army, had a way to have coffin shops and shroud shops in the city.
Looted everything.
Of course, they are not robbing coffins or shrouds, but they are collecting white paper flowers from these shops, and then asking people to brush them with red ink or something, and then hanging them one by one in the city gate.
Needless to say, after doing this, the entire layout is really different from before, especially energetic and eye-catching.
Soon, the troops directly under the imperial camp arrived, and the convoy transporting the imperial camp equipment entered the city first.
"start!"
"receive!"
After rehearsing with the military band with excitement, Wang Fu saw the procession approaching from a distance with flags waving, as well as the large banner of "Serving the Country with Loyalty" that belonged to His Majesty the Emperor.
"Your Majesty is here, ready to fire a salute!"
Baoning, the admiral of the First Army, ran around here and there, explaining here and there, just to let His Majesty see the positive side of the officers and soldiers.
The military band is also preparing to perform the "Emperor's Military Training Song", which has been renamed from the "Admiral's Military Training Song".
"Hush!"
With great anticipation, the special train stopped in front of the generals of the army.
Three identical special cars made the generals confused as to which car His Majesty the Emperor was in.
At this time, Queenie, the Prime Minister and Deputy Minister of the Cabinet, leaned out of the first special train and got off with a smile on his face.
Before he even landed, the sound of gunfire rang in his ears, which scared Kui Zhongtang so much that he almost hid under the special train.
After it became clear that the salute was a welcome salute, Kui Zhongtang was particularly angry because the Eastward Regiment had not communicated with the imperial camp on this arrangement. He was very annoyed and asked: "What is the difference between doing this and a surprise attack? What if?
You frightened the emperor, how many heads do you have to chop off!"
"Calm down the anger in the middle hall. Negligence is the fault of the general. The mistakes he made are all the fault of the general!"
As the commander-in-chief of the corps, Wang Fu quickly came over to apologize to Kuizhongtang.
He knew that His Majesty married Dayu'er to Kuizhongtang as his wife.
At the same time, I also knew that Da Yuer had an affair with His Majesty in the past.
Lao Chang secretly told him.
and asked him to keep it strictly confidential.
So far, no more than a hundred people know about this.
Admiral Baoning of the First Army watched the two special cars behind for a long time but did not see the emperor getting out of the car. He couldn't help but ask: "Kui Zhongtang, where is the emperor?"
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty arrived before me. Why, Your Majesty didn't meet you?"
Queenie also looked surprised.
"ah?"
The senior generals looked at each other and asked each other if they had seen the emperor. The answers they received were the same - no one had seen him.
"Isn't this the Emperor's special train?"
The speaker was Pan Zhishan, the commander of Huncheng Second Town. He was originally the governor of Gubeikou, Lvying, Zhili. Later, he was unable to think of it and openly raised his flag to fight against the reform. As a result, he was suppressed by the Jingdong Group commanded by Wang Fu. Later, he announced a change of flag in Jehol and became the reform leader.
A member of the military.
After his department was reorganized into the second town of Huncheng, Pan Zhishan took over as commander, and the chief of staff was appointed by Wanyan Jisan, the deputy commander-in-chief who had changed his banner in Changping.
"It's the Emperor's special train."
Kui Zhongtang nodded, and then asked Pan Tongzhi: "But there is no rule that the emperor must take a special train."
"Well?"
A group of senior generals, including Pan Zhishan, showed contemplative expressions. Before they could figure out the problem, the commander of the corps, Wang Fu, had already rushed into the city.
Following closely behind him was Bao Ning, the admiral of the First Army, who ran faster than a rabbit.
"Um?"
"Um!"
In an instant, a group of generals ran towards the city like swarms of dogs.
Don't ask, everyone knows that the emperor made a surprise attack on them.
After searching for a long time in the city, Wang Fu finally found His Majesty the Emperor near the old Confucian Temple in the inner city of Jinzhou.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Wang Fu, who was running so hard, was out of breath, and Baoning, who was following behind, pressed his knees with one hand and patted his chest with the other, unable to say a word.
"What are you looking for me for? I can just come back and look for you."
Jia Liu, who had his hands behind his back, looked at his two trusted generals with a faint smile on his face.
After breathing for a while, Wang Fu had a bitter look on his face: "How can the emperor enter the city without saying hello?"
Jia Liu was unhappy with this and frowned slightly: "Why do I have to say hello to you when I enter the city?"
"This... general will be responsible for the emperor's safety. Jinzhou has just been captured..."
Wang Fu realized that he had said something wrong and quickly made up for it. As he was speaking, he was interrupted by the Sixth Emperor, who asked him in confusion: "I have been walking in this city for a long time. Why is there no one except my officers and soldiers?"
of?"
"Um..."
Wang Fu hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously: "Replying to the emperor, the general will order that the enemies of Jinzhou and all the unruly people in the city be killed."