For Zhu Youlang, the reason why Lu Guisheng's behavior could not be tolerated was that he not only betrayed the Ming Dynasty but also broke all Zhu Youlang's previous efforts.

Before that, the atmosphere in the entire Ming army was very good, not to mention the unity of mind, at least everyone had the same goal.

Everyone is working hard to move forward, and no matter how hard and tired they are, they can see hope.

And Lu Guisheng shattered all this.

Originally, Huguang had a large population, and according to the ratio of one out of ten, it could replenish a lot of soldiers to the Ming army.

But if they all mess around like Lu Guisheng, let alone replenish the troops, I'm afraid Zhu Youlang can't even afford Huguang's taxes.

Therefore, Zhu Youlang will never allow Lu Guisheng to become a phenomenon, and he must be killed as soon as possible to secure the national law.

To say that Zhu Youlang is well prepared for this southern expedition.

In addition to the Tiger Ben Army and other soldiers, Zhu Youlang also brought more than 2,000 medical soldiers.

The concept of a medic did not exist before that.

Soldiers wounded in war are often resigned to fate.

At most, their companions will bandage them, and it is up to them whether they survive or not.

As for nursing, treatment, or anything, there is no such thing.

This has dramatically increased the mortality rate of wounded soldiers.

Some of the soldiers were not seriously injured, but died painfully because of the later infection.

In inhumane antiquity, no one seemed to care about these wounded soldiers, but instead thought that the wounded soldiers were a drag on the army.

The idea of success has won so much so that no one really takes the wounded soldier seriously.

Zhu Youlang naturally doesn't see it that way.

First, it is because his thinking is different from that of the ancients, and he cannot accept this attitude of indifference to life.

After all, these are all fresh lives, how can they not be saved?

Second, the current situation of the Ming army really can't afford to die.

Even if Zheng Chenggong is counted, the combatable strength of the Ming army is about 200,000.

If Zheng Chenggong's troops are removed, the number of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty is only 150,000.

That's one less dead.

Although Huguang has a large population, it can recruit new soldiers.

But even if the recruits are recruited, they have to be trained, and in the case of the Tiger Army, it took almost a year from the time it was just formed to having a certain combat effectiveness and being able to perform tasks independently on the battlefield.

But now the Manchus will not give the Ming army so much time to train.

You can only practice while fighting, and train with battle.

And letting the recruits follow the veterans to the battlefield is very helpful for the improvement of combat power.

A soldier who has not seen blood will not really grow, this is very clear to Zhu Youlang.

That's why medics are important.

To save one more life is to have one more combat power.

And after experiencing life and death, these soldiers will be extremely loyal to Daming.

For the recruitment and selection of medical soldiers, Zhu Youlang has formulated a series of very strict procedures.

While Medics don't have to go to war, their operational abilities ultimately affect the survival of wounded soldiers.

Zhu Youlang's requirement is that the medical soldier must be a son of a good family.

This is in line with the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, and this kind of ruffian and gangster Zhu Youlang is resolutely not wanted.

Although Liangjiazi may be a blank paper, it can be smeared at will, and it is very plastic.

Judging from the current results, Zhu Youlang is still quite satisfied.

In view of some possible emergencies, the medical army has formulated a plan in advance, which can basically meet the requirements of rescuing the wounded.

Li Dingguo was amazed by this.

Whether it is the previous Huangming Times, the literary team, or the medical team this time, His Majesty can always come up with something new.

These fresh blood gave the Ming army unlimited possibilities and made Li Dingguo more confident.

Li Dingguo was very glad that he chose to support Emperor Yongli at the beginning, so that the ancient master would definitely be able to lead the Ming Dynasty.

Pressing these and not mentioning them, but it shows that before the army marched to a swamp, Zhu Youlang hesitated to report that some villagers who came spontaneously asked to see him.

Zhu Youlang then brought their representatives to see him.

After a while, the delegates were brought to Zhu Youlang.

When they saw Tianyan, they knelt down to the ground excitedly and kowtowed, saying, "The grass people knock to see the saint." ”

Although the word saint is also addressed to the emperor, Zhu Youlang himself has not heard it for a long time.

I didn't expect to hear it from some villagers.

"Let's all be flat."

Zhu Youlang raised his hand and said in a harmonious voice.

The villagers stood up tremblingly, and the first one said respectfully: "Sage, we are all villagers of this Da Shuizawa Village. When I heard that the saint was going to march south to Changsha, he would pass through this place and wait early, hoping to help the saint. ”

Zhu Youlang was surprised and said, "How do you know that I will definitely go here?" ”

"The sage doesn't know that this swamp is huge, and if you want to go to Changsha, you must go around this swamp far away."

"I see. Fang Caizhen was still worried about how to get through this swamp. ”

"Your Majesty's swamp is very dangerous, and the march of the army must be more careful. If you are not careful, you will be trapped with people and horses. But the little old man knew that there was a trail that could pass through the swamp. ”

Zhu Youlang was overjoyed, this is really someone handed a pillow if he wants to sleep.

Li Dingguo lowered his voice at this time and said, "Your Majesty, these people can't be the spies of the Eastern Prisoners, right?" ”

Before Zhu Youlang could speak, the old man who had already heard it said loudly: "Sage, does the sage know what our identity was before?" ”

The old man trembled and tore off his clothes and stood shirtless in front of Zhu Youlang.

Zhu Youlang was stunned for a while.

I saw that the old man was covered with scars, with knife wounds and arrow wounds, and it was obvious that he was an old soldier.

The rest of the villagers did the same, tearing off their clothes.

For a while, the scene was shocking, these villagers were covered with scars, and they were all old wounds for many years!

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty, we were all veterans of the Youyang Army before we went into hiding here."

Zhu Youlang was shocked for a while.

"Youyang Army? The Youyang Army of the bloody battle of the Hunhe River? ”

Nearly forty years have passed since the bloody battle of the Hunhe River in the first year of the Apocalypse. A lot of people have forgotten about this big war.

In everyone's memory, the absolute protagonists of the bloody battle of the Hunhe River are the Qi family army and Qin Liangyu's white pole army.

So much so that people ignore the Youyang Army, which is also the main force.

In the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, the Qi family army in charge of the palace was completely annihilated, but it was rumored that some of the Baigang army and the Youyang army successfully escaped from the encirclement.

Now it seems that the rumors are true.

If you think about it, it's normal for the Youyang Army to appear here.

Youyang is located in the southeast of Chongqing and is the gateway from Chongqing to Hunan Province.

These veterans of the Youyang Army must have wanted to return to their hometown at first, but it may be that the actions of the imperial court hurt their hearts, or that there were frequent wars, so they failed to return to Youyang and took root in Xiangdi.

This root is forty years.

The young man with strong blood has become an old man with white hair, and what has not changed is his fierce loyalty to Daming.

When Daming needed them the most, they stood up without hesitation. This is a loyal minister!

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