In recent years, as the threat of the northern captives has become more and more serious, it has become more and more important for the Shandong Theater, which is located in the rear of the battlefield and can support the front line by sea. Then Dengzhou, as the commander of the theater and the governor of Denglai, naturally became an important military town.

As a result, there are more military buildings in the city of Dengzhou. Aside from the Weisho City, which has been in disrepair for a long time, there are several new camps and school grounds alone. Most of these camps were built in the two years after Sun Yuanhua came to power, and their purpose was to accommodate the new army such as the Dengzhou Left Guard, the Dengzhou Right Guard, and the Dengzhou Rear Guard.

Speaking of the new army, in history, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to finish, it seems that it also trained the new army, the Beiyang New Army. As a result, the new army did not keep the flowers and rivers of the imperial court, and the masters were copied by President Yuan.

At this moment, Sun Yuanhua, who entered Christianity and has Western military thoughts, trained this new army in Dengzhou, not only did not kill the enemy for Daming in the future, but also stabbed Daming with a backhand, and finally hatched the king of Sanshun. Like the Beiyang New Army, they all nailed coffin boards to their own courts.

Therefore, the new army should not practice indiscriminately, this thing is in the way.

Time: Three days after Kong Youde's cabin night talk.

Location: Outside Dengzhou City, Zuowei Yingpan.

The camp of Dengzhou Zuowei can be regarded as a permanent building. The outer wall of the camp is rammed earth and bricks, covering a vast area, and there are school barracks and a special firearms range.

In other words, since it is a fraternal unit, there is no unilateral communication. Therefore, three days after Kong Youde returned to the camp, the guest generals who came to Dengzhou received an invitation from their master. So Zhang Zhongqi, Sha Zhengming and others came to Dengzhou Left Guard with a group of staff officers this morning.

Zhang Zhongqi sat on a black lacquered walnut official hat chair, holding a jar of hot tea. At this moment, while talking to Li Jiucheng, who was sitting next to him, he glanced at the left guard battalion soldiers who were working hard under the stage.

After some observation, in the eyes of the guests, the left guard battalion with Kong Youde as the main general ...... The mental outlook can be regarded as neat, the basic skills of the ranks of the army are still in place, the entire camp can be called fierce, and all aspects seem to be okay.

As for whether this set of scenes was deliberately put on to cope with the "inspection by superiors", the crossing crowd did not care, what the crossing crowd wanted was attitude.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was mainly worse than rotten. These warlords and officers and soldiers on the left and right are all the same, and the eldest brother does not talk about the second brother. The nest was ruthless, and its original form was instantly revealed in front of the Houjin Iron Rider.

After a series of traditional military formations, cold weapons and cavalry performances, the highlight of today's observation came: bird gun shooting and artillery live ammunition shooting.

Sun Yuanhua was a disciple of the famous Westerner Xu Guangqi. The Dengzhou Army formed this time was a new army that Sun Yuanhua deliberately used Western-style weapons and Western-style training methods to conduct new military experiments.

After receiving Kong Youde and others, Sun Yuanhua took advantage of the Christian relationship, not only hired 30 Portuguese soldiers from Macao as instructors, but also purchased red-coated cannons and bird guns, forming the first pure firearms unit in China in the 17th century.

With the support of the relatively advanced Sun Yuanhua Western School, today's Kong Youde's artillery and bird gun subjects can be said to be the strongest artillery in the Ming Dynasty except for the crossing forces.

But it didn't help.

The firearms performance of the Dengzhou Left Guard may be refreshing to other troops in the Ming Dynasty, but in front of the traverser, it can only be said that it belongs to the primary school students.

Li Jiucheng, who had already seen the exaggerated firearms system of the guest army, of course did not dare to show anything at this time. After his own Fran cannon team finished firing, he smiled on his face and said in a self-deprecating tone: "Lord Zhang, brother, this French style must not enter the eyes of the law, hehe, laugh at the Fang family." ”

"Stepbrother, don't worry."

Zhang Zhongqi is now very interested in this indigenous general with a square and honest face, but in fact he is very gambling: "As soon as today passes, everyone will be their own people." Artillery guns like these, including the corresponding soldier training, can be provided on my side. ”

"Is that true?"

Zhang Zhongqi's promise, to tell the truth, Li Jiucheng was a little unconvinced.

In Li Jiucheng's view, it seems that the cannons on the ship and the corresponding soldier training should belong to the "dragon slaying technique", the most valuable thing for a warlord who is aspiring to win the world, how can he take it out and share it with others?

"Stepbrother, the world has changed." Zhang Zhongqi began the usual flickering mode: "The world is today, China and the West meet, there is no exchange, and the changes are changing with each passing day, and it is no longer a repertoire of fighting for the emperor behind closed doors." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhongqi's eyes became sincere: "Brother Gong's stepbrother is brave and strategic, let's find a chance to go to the south to have a look." After seeing the social development over there, the brother will know who the general trend is...... Weapons like artillery, Doyle Jr. ”

Li Jiucheng didn't expect the other party to say such a paragraph. Although there were a few obscure words that he couldn't understand, he still felt the sincerity of the other party.

And Li Jiucheng immediately realized: Is this the benefit of him coming closer?

Previously, at the internal meeting of the Liaodong generals who dealt with the traverser, the radical and conservative factions were at first at odds.

And the guerrilla Li Jiucheng, who has never been very prominent, went against the norm this time and had a fierce argument with Geng Zhongming, who was trying to stay on the sidelines.

Therefore, character determines fate. Li Jiucheng's character is born with more gambling elements.

Historically, Li Jiucheng played an important role in the Wuqiao rebellion: he spent public money but did not buy enough horses, so he took the opportunity to incite Kong Youde to rebel.

This time, although there is no Wu Qiao, he still sees an opportunity: traffic outside the domain, enter the career to fight the world, retreat can take advantage of the external situation to protect himself, why not?

In any case, the overflowing dissatisfaction with the imperial court in private made Li Jiucheng do not do any psychological construction, and insisted on forming an alliance with the crossing forces.

In the end, after Kong Youde weighed the pros and cons, he still adopted Li Jiucheng's opinion. Because Kong Youde realized one thing: in fact, from the moment he met Zhang Zhongqi, he had already stepped on the thief ship.

Kong Youde's reason is very simple: for such a major "rebellion matter", since the words have been spoken, it is that everyone is settled, and it is probably not something that can be shirked with the sentence "Lao Tzu does not get on the boat".

Kong Youde accurately got the meaning of the traverser: Uncle, since I have come to open my mouth, can you still allow you not to get in the car after listening? What do you think?

If you really don't get in the car, the strong political and military strength shown by the uncle before will most likely be used on your head, so I asked you if you can bear it?

After analyzing the Dongjiang group, they completely understood that this is the standard unwarranted disaster: I was fooled, I had no choice, I couldn't be a good person, and the bad old man was very bad.

At this point, after finding out that there was no election, the Dongjiang generals led by Kong Youde could only compromise in the end. So there was a scene of inviting friendly troops to come to exchange and observe: in fact, it was an opportunity to come to the alliance.

So, when Zhang Zhongqi and his entourage came to Zuowei Yingpan today, he quickly sensed a new pattern: it was Li Jiucheng who was responsible for receiving and showing goodwill.

In this way, it will be clear who to woo first. This is also the reason why Zhang Zhongqi issued an invitation to Li Jiucheng: if you go to the south and see the indigenous elites of the primary industrial society, you will definitely be enlightened and closely united in the ...... with Cao XX as the core The following 300 words are omitted.

To tell the truth, after Li Jiucheng suddenly received Zhang Zhongqi's invitation, he was very moved at the first time. However, he soon came to his senses, after all, no matter how small a warlord is, he is also a warlord, and with the current situation, Li Jiucheng must not leave his subordinates and go far away.

However, Li Jiucheng bet on the traverser after all, so after thinking about it slightly, he quickly came up with a solution: Li Yingyuan, the son of his own family, can travel for his father.

Zhang Zhongqi immediately nodded in agreement.

For the Li family's father and son, Zhang Zhongqi knows something. Li Yingyuan was also a general during Kong Youde's rebellion in history, and this monarch was fully qualified and capable of traveling to the south on behalf of his father.

So on the stage, the most enthusiastic among the Dongjiang generals who were keen to deal with the crossing forces, in just a few words, they reached an extremely important exchange project with the crossers, which was enough to affect the overall direction of their father and son's future situation.

With the private agreement reached, the public observation activities on the stage also came to an end.

The last process of today's open class is for the participating soldiers to collectively meet the generals and receive rewards.

After the reward due to the practice of this era has been distributed, the exercise will be officially over. Next, the banquet that has been prepared is waiting for the distinguished guests. The big guy blew the cold wind in the winter of the Xiaoice River period all morning, and he had to repair it well.

The atmosphere of the banquet is naturally good. The host drank the high-quality two-pot head brought by the guests, and the guests also tasted the swallow wing banquet made by the chef invited from Dengzhou City. During the banquet, everyone complimented each other and enjoyed themselves, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Full of wine and food, leave the table to watch tea. After that, the main Kong Youde came forward and invited the distinguished guests to the Chinese army to discuss the matter of sending troops to rescue Dalinghe Fort.

Since it is the commanders of the two sides who discuss the most important military strategy, then the irrelevant idle people and others must retreat. Soon, with the general's order, in the spacious hall of the Chinese army, only Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Li Jiucheng were left. And on the side of the crossing forces, there are only two people, Zhang Zhongqi and Sha Zhengming.

At this point, there is no longer any need for temptation, and the time has come to see the poor dagger. The next moment, Zhang Zhongqi went straight to the point, word by word, and officially told the detailed rules about the conditions for the "alliance" between the two sides that crossed the forces.

Regarding the conditions in this regard, Kong Youde had already heard about it when he was on the ship before.

What Zhang Zhongqi is talking about today is a more detailed, more critical, and more "rebellious" clause: in addition to emergency grain, grass and ordnance, Zhang Zhongqi also promised: In the important town of Tianjin, he will always maintain an emergency fleet and combat readiness materials, once there is "something" here in Dengzhou, then no matter what situation Kong Youde is in, he can sail to the sea for the future.

In addition, Zhang Zhongqi once again promised what Kong Youde's generation lacked the most: political protection.

All of the above benefits have no time limit, and as long as the current situation in the Ming Dynasty remains unchanged, they will always be effective.

In short, whether it is tangible or intangible, Zhang Zhongqi is generous and unstingy, and he has a demeanor, which makes the negotiation opponent very embarrassed: everyone who thought of it has promised, how can this be negotiated?

Of course, if you just give without asking for anything in return, it is easy to make the partner doubt and slack, which is not a healthy cooperative relationship.

So after the intermission, Zhang Zhongqi put forward a "small" partner request: as far as he knows, there are still 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town who are hungry. It just so happens that there is a shortage of laborers in Tianjin and Shanghai at the moment, and I hope that the allies can take the opportunity of going to sea to cooperate with him to "recruit" a group to work.