The long winter in the north has finally passed. With the icy thawing, green appears faintly everywhere, and spring is coming again.

Zhang Zhao rode a fast horse from Liaonan to Chenyang. As soon as he dismounted at the city gate, he heard someone calling his name.

When I looked back, I saw a familiar figure standing not far away and looking at him with a smile.

"Old Jia, why are you here?"

"Why can't I be here?" Jia Cheng smiled and greeted him. The two hugged each other tightly and patted each other on the shoulders.

Zhang Zhao and Jia Cheng are old friends and comrades-in-arms, and they are old partners. When they were training the new army in Chongming, these two were the two main regiment leaders under the new army. In order to compete for the first place in the new army, the two fought and did not convince themselves when they saw each other.

Afterwards, the new army was built, and the first battle was the Battle of Tianjin that was terrifying the world. Zhang Zhao was the leader of the main regiment as the vanguard, and Jia Cheng cooperated with Zhang Zhao as the deputy. After the two regiments landed in Tianjin, they captured Tianjin City at an extremely fast speed, opening up the situation for the Ming Dynasty in the north.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zhao and Jia Cheng jointly advanced to Beijing City. The two units fought together and defeated tens of thousands of Qing troops stationed in Beijing in one fell swoop, forcing the Qing court to escape from Beijing City in a panic and make great contributions to the capture of Beijing City.

In the days that followed, Zhang Zhao stayed in Beijing as the main force, while Jia Cheng was transferred to Ma Gongcheng's subordinates with the army, and then served as the main force in the attack on Shanxi.

Since they separated in Beijing, they have not seen each other for several years. Today, they didn't expect to meet again in Shenyang.

He patted the other person's shoulder affectionately and it took him a while to separate. At this time, Zhang Zhao noticed that Jia Cheng, like himself, had already hung Venus on his shoulders and became a member of the senior generals in the army.

"Okay, you guys, you've become a general, why didn't you tell me before?"

"Just a mere major general, what's there to show off? Besides, you, the major general is much more valuable than me. I heard that you will have one more star soon?" Jia Cheng asked quipped.

Zhang Zhao nodded with a smile, and did not hide his friend: "Sometimes, Dong Shuai had officially submitted the promotion list to the court. It is estimated that the official promotion orders of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Army will be issued soon. But I am lucky. This time, Dong Shuai was recruiting troops northward, and I just followed him as a subordinate to make some credit. By the way, have you been in Shanxi all the time? Didn't Shanxi fight well before, why? Didn't you make any credit?"

Jia Cheng shook his head and smiled, "Although our army won a great victory in the Battle of Shanxi, Ortai is very cunning. Rather than saying that it was Shanxi captured by our army, it is better because Ortai voluntarily evacuated Shanxi. So although I have made contributions, my promotion time is short, so naturally it is impossible to continue to go further."

"Then you...?"

"This time, it was Liaodong, where the old army was still in Shanxi. I just brought my personal soldiers to come. As for which army to go to next, whether it is the chief officer or the deputy, it depends on Dong Shuai's arrangement."

When Zhang Zhao heard this, he immediately smiled and patted Jia Cheng's shoulder and said, "I don't think there is anything else. It's better for our old partners to be together. If you are willing, I will tell Dong Shuai, what if I come to my army to be my deputy?"

"It would be great if this arrangement could be made, but Dong Shuai's side..." Jia Cheng never served under Dong Dashan. Although Dong Dashan served as the nominal supreme commander in the battle between Tianjin and Beijing, in fact, the real commander was the old boss Lin Jianzhang.

Afterwards, Jia Cheng went to Ma Gongcheng's subordinates, so he only met several times between him and Dong Dashan. Moreover, Jia Cheng's shoulders were not Venus at that time. Naturally, an intermediate officer was very different from an army commander like Dong Dashan, so how could he speak?

"Don't worry, Dong Shuai is a very good person and takes great care of his subordinates. It is impossible for you to be transferred from Shanxi to Liaodong without Dong Shuai's recognition. Besides, I'm also here. I'll find an opportunity to talk to Dong Shuai about your affairs."

"Okay, then I'll ask you brothers." Jia Cheng nodded with a smile. This time he went to Liaodong to work, it would be better if he could partner with Zhang Zhao. However, the two of them were close to each other and were old comrades-in-arms. It was better than going to an unfamiliar army.

"Look, I forgot about this meeting. I actually said so many words here. Let's go and go to the city with my brother. I don't have a place to live yet, right? Let's live directly in my house in Shenyang first. Although the place is not big, it's enough for you to sleep. Besides, I'll serve you today to welcome you. We won't be drunk!"

As he said that, Zhang Zhao grabbed Jia Cheng's hand and walked into the city gate. As for their personal soldiers, they did not disturb him. He watched the two men enter the city with a smile and a smile.

On the second day, Zhang Zhao brought Jia Cheng to the Shenyang Governor's Mansion. This was originally the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang. Of course, this so-called imperial palace cannot be compared with Beijing City at all, and even the Nanjing Imperial Palace is far inferior to that of Nanjing.

Originally, some of the factors that Dong Dashan considered were not intended to regard this as the position of the Supervisor's Office, but Zhu Yicheng directly spoke. The so-called pseudo-Qing court was originally a group of savages, so their so-called imperial palace in Shenyang was nothing.

Besides, Shenyang City is not big, and the Supervisor Yamen represents the face of the court, so Zhu Yicheng directly selected the Shenyang Palace as the Supervisor Yamen, which also makes people know his importance and support for Dong Dashan.

When they arrived at the place, they signed up for a visit according to the rules. After a while, someone led Zhang Zhao and Jia Cheng into the room and asked them to wait for a while. A personal soldier brought tea and then stepped back. The two of them sat upright and didn't meet the tea. They just waited quietly for Dong Dashan's arrival.

After waiting for a while, with the sound of footsteps, the two sitting upright looked up at the door at the same time, and they saw Dong Dashan wearing uniforms and rank of generals.

"The last general Zhang Zhao (Jia Cheng) has met Dong Shuai!"

The two of them stood up quickly and saluted Dong Dashan in a military manner. Dong Dashan stopped and replied with a straightforward greeting, then smiled and said, "Why are you two coming together?"

"When I go back to Shuai Dong, I happened to meet at the city gate when I entered the city yesterday afternoon. General Jia was the friend of the last general. He worked in the new army together. Later, when he attacked Tianjin and Beijing, the last general was the vanguard, and General Jia was the deputy of the last general. So I was quite happy when I saw it. I kept General Jia in the last general's mansion yesterday, so I came together today." Zhang Zhao did not hide it and reported it all the time.

"Yes, yes, yes, look at my memory, I almost forgot about this." Dong Dashan slapped his head and smiled: "You are all from the new army. I went to see it when I was training troops in Chongming. At that time, you two were the regiment commanders, weren't they?"

"Dong Shuai is a good memory." Zhang Zhao and Jia Cheng smiled and nodded at the same time.

"Sit down, there is no need to be restrained." Dong Dashan sat down in the main seat and pressed his hands at the two of them, and they immediately sat down.
Chapter completed!