It is said that Zu Dashou, He Kegang and others are the second batch of Jinzhou troops to land in Taiwan, and the Jinzhou army has already landed in Tainan and stayed in a large military camp in the suburbs of Tainan.

The arrival of Zu He and others was warmly welcomed by the Southeast Governor, and Sun Chengzong welcomed them on behalf of the leader.

There is no need for the leader to come forward, Sun Chengzong's qualifications are their old superiors, and when they stand there, Zu He's knees are all weak, and they have to kneel on the spot!

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "There is a new wind in my southeast mansion, unless you meet the leader, you can't kneel and bow!" ”

They respectfully invited the leader Jin An, and Sun Chengzong told them: "The leader has led the fleet to train at sea and has not returned, and you can go to Jin to see him when he returns." ”

"The leader also trains the army himself?" The Jinzhou army was surprised.

"Yes, leaders are always diligent!" Sun Chengzong said.

It was not easy to be a leader, he trained the fleet, inspected the army and places, corrected documents, handled government affairs, and grasped both military and political affairs.

Zu Dashou, He Kegang and other generations went to a military camp of the Southeast Army to rest temporarily, they arrived at the place, but they saw that the dormitory was a building, a cement building, painted with white ash, and the inside was a suite, one room for eight people, while the ordinary officers were two people in one room, and senior officers were one person in one room.

The barracks are lined with greenery and have numerous training grounds.

In the barracks canteen, Sun Chengzong personally greeted them, accompanied by Mr. David, Zhou Quanbin, Yan Dian, Zuo Liangyu and other southeastern officers, including dozens of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, showing the importance he attached to them.

"This is Zhou Quanbin, the hero who captured Batavia!" Sun Chengzong introduced.

"Long admiration! Long admiration! Jinzhou officer said.

Naturally, Taiwan's best dishes were delivered to the table one by one, and the alcohol ban was also opened, so everyone made every effort to make friends and eat happily.

The people of the southeast province were very polite and spoke highly of the Jinzhou army, saying that they were the mainstay of dealing with the northern captives, and their merits were in the future!

Sun Chengzong raised his glass and said loudly: "The northern captives are raging, for the sake of the north, fortunately you have turned the tide, resisted the northern captives, and returned the north to a clean one!" ”

The soldiers of Jinzhou were ashamed and said: "The senior politician is serious!" ”

Zu Dashou spoke on behalf of them: "We can only protect a corner of the north, and the northern captives have made a detour and run rampant in the north, but we can't do anything, I'm really ashamed!" ”

"Otherwise, it would be a great achievement to let the Beiyu take a detour and have to go to the poor countryside!" Sun Chengshou shouted: "Come, let's make a toast to the hero!" ”

"Drink!"

Everyone dispersed happily, and Zu Dashou came to the general's building, but he couldn't help but be very satisfied when he saw that the utensils were set up according to the system of Liaodong.

His son Zu Kefa (actually an adopted son) came to see him in the first batch of troops to arrive in Tainan and told him: "The Southeast Prefecture has sent a batch of horses to our first batch of troops, saying that they will form a cavalry unit and train us, but they have not recruited us, and those who have not been included in the Southeast Army have said that they will wait until you come back!" ”

"So the Southeast Mansion still respects us!" Zu Dashou said happily.

The next step was for the officers and soldiers to be arranged to visit various parts of the Southeast Province.

They saw the grand scene of the Kaohsiung Military Port full of warships, and there was another fleet at sea!

They visited the Navy, Army, and Marine Corps of the Southeast Province, including barracks, shipyards, and military training.

The high shipyard in the southeast province occupies a magnificent area, and the two "Southeast Asia-class" battleships under construction on the slipway are particularly eye-catching.

The army was trained, and they saw the combined training of infantry and artillery in the southeast province, like a rolling torrent, and any enemy who dared to block it directly would incur heavy losses!

They were shocked by two things:

First, there are quite a lot of land forces in the Southeast Army, and Zuo Liangyu, who accompanied them throughout the tour, said: "We have expanded the army, changed from a brigade to a division, and I am already a division commander!" ”

There are 10,000 people in a division in the southeast province, and now there are less than 5,000 people in the Jinzhou army in Taiwan. ”

Second, there are quite a few cavalry units in the army ranks of the Southeast Army!

The cavalry unit was divided into two parts, the first part was about 3,000 people, barely a brigade formation, riding a short horse galloping on the playground, they were armed with sabers, bows and arrows and muskets, to Zu Dashou's surprise, their bows and arrows were not bad, and the Jinzhou army was compared, and the horsemanship was worse than the Jinzhou army.

Zuo Liangyu said that this was a cavalry unit formed by the leader of the aborigines of Taiwan, those ethnic minorities, who were born with a knein to use bows and arrows, so they were conscripted into the army.

The southeastern province was dominated by firearms, but this cavalry unit still used bows and arrows.

The other cavalry unit was more numerous, the dragoon division, which was commanded by Zuo Liangyu, and was mainly composed of immigrants from the north, who could be killed on horses (the enemy was no match for the regular cavalry), or they could dismount and form a musket formation to meet the enemy.

Explaining the principle, Zuo Liangyu said: "The leader uses troops against the enemy, and if there are no conditions, we must create conditions, although our cavalry is not as good as the northern captives, but only the cavalry can deal with the cavalry, so we have also formed dragoons, at least we can't let the northern captives pull our speed too far." ”

"If you really want cavalry against cavalry, you may not be able to win in the north!" Zuo Liangyu said proudly.

Zu Dashou shook his head, and the arrogance in his heart couldn't help but weaken by three points.

They also visited the Southeast Gun Factory, the Sugar Factory, the Tobacco Factory, the Trade Center, the Administrative Center, the School, the University, the Military Academy, the Municipal Government, the People's House, and so on.

They were deeply impressed everywhere, and the wealth and strength of the Southeast Mansion made them unconvinced, they had only heard of it before, but today they saw it in person, and they were breathtaking!

After the visit, Zuo Liangyu invited them to have night tea at the Tainan Hotel on the coast, and his accompanying guests were Zhou Quanbin, who invited Zu Dashou, Zu Dabi, He Kegang and Zhao Haiyang, the son of Zhao Shujiao.

The two officers of the Southeast Prefecture were in full uniform, the medals on their chests were shining, and their expressions were serious, which made the Jinzhou army understand: "The Southeast Mansion is going to have a showdown with us!" ”

"There are two ways out!" Zhou Quanbin said: "One is to join our Southeast Army, but our Southeast Army is different from the Ming Army. ”

"All soldiers swear allegiance to the leader, the army is not private, and there is no such family system as the Ming army, that is, there is no private army." Zhou Quanbin stated that the Jinzhou officers nodded silently, and they had already been informed when they were explained the situation intentionally or unintentionally during the visit.

After receiving the military salary, the generals of the Ming army deducted the military salary at the same time, and gave a part to their private soldiers, these private soldiers were rewarded by the generals with better equipment, and even by virtue of their merits, the master was commensurate with his father and son or grandson, and the income was ten times that of the sergeant.

"Another way out is for you to cross the sea to Daming, you have made great contributions to the country, we are willing to send you a fee, thank you for serving the country!"

Zhou Quanbin said lightly: "Please think about it!" ”