Ten days of running thousands of miles, and no one was left behind injured or sick, although it was on horseback, but it was also an elite soldier to do.

Different from the ordinary Ming army, the 3,000 new troops on this expedition were not all soldiers, and the baggage soldiers, medical soldiers, signal troops, guard soldiers, engineers, and firehead troops accounted for 500 people, and 2,500 people actually went into battle directly.

When the new army was founded, because there were too many soldiers who did not directly participate in the battle, Lu Xiangsheng also had a dispute with Zhu Youzhen, especially the establishment of the logistics unit, which Lu Xiangsheng did not understand very much.

In his original concept, logistics soldiers are not just civilian husbands, and it is good to recruit civilian husbands when fighting, why should such a branch of troops be set up separately.

In addition, there are also medical soldiers, and there are examples of doctors brought by the Ming army when they fight, but a company of more than 150 people is equipped with two medical soldiers, a team of 3,000 people, and there are more than 40 ordinary medical soldiers alone, which is undoubtedly more than a little more for the Ming Dynasty, who lacks medical treatment and medicine.

Moreover, there is a team of twenty professional doctors at each brigade headquarters who specialize in dealing with complex injuries and illnesses on the battlefield.

In order to train this professional team of doctors, Zhu Youzhen even ordered the medical officers of Tai Hospital to come to Xishan to give lectures, and even specially invited Chen Shigong, who is the author of "Orthodox Surgery", to teach these doctors how to deal with various external injuries.

Especially for the prevention of infection and epidemics, the Son of Heaven also contributed techniques such as debridement of spirits, disinfection of boiling water, and suturing wounds, and the good recovery effect after treatment made Chen Shigong, who is good at surgery, also admire.

However, Lu Xiangsheng still can't accept the indirect combat personnel who occupy nearly 20% of the battalion soldiers, and the key is that these personnel still occupy the number of battalion soldiers.

Although Lu Xiangsheng would not think about eating empty salaries, Lu Xiangsheng still felt a little bloated with so many auxiliary soldiers like regular soldiers.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen also instructed these special arms to participate in military training, although there is a gap between the requirements and the regular soldiers, but being able to hold a knife and pull the bolt of a gun at a critical time is a basic requirement.

Zhu Youzhen did not say much to Lu Xiangsheng about the role of these professional arms in supporting operations, compared to words, after fighting a battle with real swords and guns, Lu Xiangsheng could understand it.

Therefore, at Zhu Youzhen's insistence, these professional arms were still promoted by Lu Xiangsheng without discount.

In addition, in order to vent his emotions, Lu Xiangsheng did not take these auxiliaries in his eyes to anger when he went to military training, and in their respective professional training, Lu Xiangsheng was also very strict.

But Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled, and after these ten days of rapid marching, he was all relieved.

Although they have not yet gone into battle, just by marching, the benefits of these professional units are all reflected.

The signal corps can make Lu Xiangsheng's orders descend to the platoon-level unit as quickly as possible, and 3,000 people can do it like an arm.

The medical staff ensured that every soldier could receive good medical treatment, and no one was left behind during the thousand-mile march.

The baggage soldiers undertook the transfer of the army's equipment, grain and grass, so that the soldiers retained their physical strength to cope with various situations along the way, although this time it was a march in the Ming Dynasty, there was no possibility of attack, but the benefits, Lu Xiangsheng can still see.

Moreover, the baggage soldiers who pay the army are even more than the people who are requisitioned, and the mere fact that the march of thousands of miles and slowing down the speed of the soldiers has already made Lu Xiangsheng overjoyed.

Needless to say, the importance of grain and grass goes without saying, and the existence of such a heavy army is the guarantee of the morale of the army.

Coupled with the firehead army of each company, the daily hot dishes and hot meals can make the soldiers who are hundreds of miles a day maintain a strong morale.

In addition, there are sappers, which are the guarantee of the march, and the ravines and rivers along the way have not delayed the speed of the march.

In particular, when crossing the Yellow River, dozens of ferries were quickly requisitioned and dispatched, and the order of crossing the river was maintained in a tense and orderly manner, and 3,000 men and horses were transferred to cross the Yellow River safely in two hours, which made Lu Xiangsheng more deeply appreciate the benefits of professional troops.

Within ten days, 3,000 soldiers and horses galloped from the capital to Guang'an, the northern gateway of Chongqing, which was difficult for any army of this era to do.

But the new army just did it, and it was in the absence of a single soldier.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng has a few more points for the chance of winning this expedition to Guiyang.

On the evening of the next day, Lu Xiangsheng led 3,000 soldiers and horses to the outside of Chongqing, but did not enter the city as usual.

After arranging his subordinates, Lu Xiangsheng led the guards to the city to meet the governor Li Zhicheng.

Five days ago, the Chongqing governor Yamen received an order to send troops to Guizhou to suppress bandits, but five days later, the general soldier Du Wenhuan was still in Chongqing.

It's not that Du Wenhuan didn't obey the order, the main thing was that it took five days to gather 10,000 soldiers and horses, and raise all the army's salaries and grains, which was really difficult for some strongmen.

Unlike the battalions in Liaodong and Xuanda Jizhen, the army in the south rarely fights, and its mobilization ability naturally cannot catch up with the elite of the nine sides who are waiting all day.

Therefore, when Lu Xiangsheng arrived at the governor's yamen, Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan were struggling with the matter of sending troops.

Although the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household allocated military salaries, it was at least a month after the Chongqing government saw the real money, and the holy decree was urgent, so Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan had to raise it first.

When they heard the news that the new army had arrived outside the city, Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan were both surprised.

The stagecoach who conveyed the will had just arrived five days ago, and the army of the imperial court had followed closely to Chongqing, and no one dared to believe the speed of the march.

But then Lu Xiangsheng's letter of worship confirmed the news.

Chongqing is not as good as the capital, and the news of the Son of Heaven's establishment of the Generalissimo's Mansion and the New Army has not reached here, so it is not surprising that Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan were surprised, and they all thought that the Beijing camp was worthy of the Son of Heaven's forbidden army, and it was indeed an elite soldier.

The Son of Heaven pro-army, the governor of the fourth grade and the general soldier of the third grade did not dare to slack off, and Du Wenhuan even went to the front hall to welcome Lu Xiangsheng in.

Lu Xiangsheng went to the city this time to pay respects, firstly, to communicate about the army, and secondly, to ask the governor to raise a boat to cross the river tomorrow.

After some greetings, Lu Xiangsheng announced Zhu Youzhen's secret edict to Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan.

According to Zhu Youzhen's plan, although there is no need to worry about the thieves, it is difficult to catch them all.

The mountains of Guizhou are high and the forests are dense, if the rebels drill into the forest after the defeat, the officers and soldiers are also helpless, after several years of recuperation, these people will raise the rebel flag if they are not even, just like this time.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen's plan was to take the new army as the vanguard and go to Guiyang to contain the rebels first, and then, Du Wenhuan, Qin Liangyu, and Zhu Xieyuan quietly surrounded Guiyang, and the rebellion could be finalized.

But whether it can be as Zhu Youzhen intended, it is especially unknown.

The so-called plan is in the sky, and Zhu Youzhen, who is thousands of miles away, can only pin his hopes on the generals who lead the army.