After Liu Juntao set a deadline for mass production of new equipment, Zhang Baigui immediately patted his chest and said: "Although the headquarters town can rest assured, I will issue an order today to immediately mobilize manpower, as long as the technology of the R&D Department is handed over, all the military bureaus under the Military Armament Department will immediately start to build in batches, and there will be no delay!" ”

Then, Liu Juntao told Xiang Qun, Zhang Baigui, and Yang Liben some details, and Zhang Baigui and Yang Liben said goodbye together.

After Zhang Baigui and Yang Liben left, Xiang Qun, the minister of the military department, did not leave, but was left behind by Liu Juntao.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also sent someone to invite Hu Dexing, the deputy commander-in-chief, and the three of them began to discuss the establishment of the Thunderbolt and the Shenji Gun Truck in the army.

At present, each army in the Tiance Army has two battalions and one infantry department directly under the general, while one battalion has three infantry divisions, one cavalry department, one artillery department and one baggage department.

After some discussion, the three of them decided to add a sentry to the general establishment of each infantry department, and this sentry was used as the fire support force of the department, which could play a vital role at a critical time and greatly increase the fire power of the department.

Although the strength of a sentry thunderbolt is only more than 80 people, if these more than 80 people fire a salvo at the same time, the firepower is equivalent to the salvo firepower of a total number of bird gunners, and such a power is really not to be underestimated.

Of course, Liu Juntao also ordered the R&D Department to continue to improve the manufacturing technology of the Thunderbolt, and in the future, after the restrictions and drawbacks of the Thunderbolt were overcome one by one, Liu Juntao will gradually expand the proportion of Thunderbolt's equipment in the army, and even when the conditions permit, Liu Juntao also intends to directly establish the Thunderbolt Commander at the ministerial level!

Then, Liu Juntao and the three of them also prepared to install 30 Shenji gun trucks in the artillery department, accompanied by 100 gunners, a sentry bird guard, and 150 baggage soldiers.

In this way, an artillery department is equipped with 30 artillery pieces and 30 Shenji gun trucks, which can be described as strong firepower!

Of course, the original 30 guns of each artillery department will also be modified as soon as possible, and all the original gun mounts will be replaced with new gun mounts, which can greatly increase the power and rate of fire of these guns!

Subsequently, the three of them adjusted the number of the baggage department, and increased some manpower accordingly, after all, the strength of a combat battalion at this time has also increased, and the manpower of the original baggage department is already somewhat insufficient.

After some adjustments, the strength of a combat battalion of the Tiance Army has increased from more than 7,000 to 8,959, a strength of nearly 9,000 people, and it can almost assume the offensive or defensive level at the strategic level!

In this way, after this structural adjustment, the military strength of all armies of the Tiance Army will increase to a certain extent, and the total strength of each army will reach more than 132,000 people, which will be a very terrifying number, not to mention that the combat power of the Tiance Army is still the first in the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Juntao will also be proud of the world!

After the discussion was completed, Hu Dexing, deputy commander-in-chief, and Xiang Qun, the head of the military department, left together, preparing to deploy and adjust the establishment, and Liu Juntao also took the opportunity to delegate power.

In the next few days, Liu Juntao finally ushered in the time to relax, during this time, Liu Juntao and Guo Muying, and the two sons had a period of enjoying the joy of family, and Liu Juntao also felt relaxed for a long time.

But it didn't take long for Liu Zi'an, Minister of Intelligence, and Zhang Yuqing, Minister of Zanhua, to jointly ask for a meeting.

After meeting, Liu Juntao looked at the stern expressions of the two and knew that I was afraid that something big would happen again!

Seeing this, Liu Juntao didn't say anything to the two, and said directly: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

After the two of them sat down, Liu Zi'an took a step forward and said: "General Town, the Intelligence Department has received two major news! ”

"Say!"

"A piece of news obtained by the vassal division about Warat: the Great Khan of Warat has been dormant on the steppe since the defeat of Datong, and now he has completely quelled the resistance and chaos of the Warat tribes, collected many scattered soldiers and horses, and strengthened the jurisdiction of the Warat tribes. According to the intelligence, the strength of Warat has now recovered to 200,000! ”

Liu Juntao was also a little unexpected when he heard this, but he didn't expect to cheer up in such a short period of time, it seems that this is really a small strong man who can't be killed.

So, Liu Juntao said: "The feudal state division should continue to pay attention to the movements of the various departments of Warat, especially strive to find out the combat strength of the current Warat army, see how the combat strength of these reorganized Warat army is, and pay attention to the major measures of Yexian!" ”

"Good! The humble duty shall be handled immediately. ”

At this time, Liu Juntao was also very worried, worried that Warat would be like the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, after being hit hard by Daming firearms, he would begin to go crazy and develop firearms, and improve his tactics, and then become a strong enemy of Daming!

After all, at this time, the Great Khan of Warat was also a hero, and if he really made up his mind, maybe he would really do it!

Later generations thought that the Manchus started by riding and shooting, but in fact, the Manchus' obsession with firearms has reached the point of madness, especially the obsession with artillery!

Then, Liu Zi'an continued: "Another piece of news is about the prince! ”

Hearing this, Liu Juntao frowned even more.

"Zong Zhen, according to the information sent by the Chaotang Division and the Fang Division, now the Intelligence Department has been able to determine that the prince is seriously ill and is now bedridden, which looks very serious!"

Hearing this, Liu Juntao was secretly taken aback, although according to the trend of history, the crown prince Zhu Jianqi would die early due to illness, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly!

Zhang Yuqing also said: "Zongzhen, it is said that Your Majesty has transferred several imperial doctors from the Tai Hospital to take care of the prince in the East Palace, and they have not come out for a few days!" ”

"In other words, the prince's time is running out!"

Liu Juntao said in a low voice: "It seems that the government is going to make waves again!" ”

Zhang Yuqing and Liu Zi'an also had bad faces, obviously both of them thought of this, so they came to meet Liu Juntao together.

"What's the opinion of the Zanhua Department?"

Zhang Yuqing pondered for a moment and said: "General Town, the humble post has been discussed with the Strategy Department and the General Staff Department, and now the Praise and Painting Department believes that our Shandong Town should concentrate on paying attention to the movements of Warat, once Warat eases up, it will definitely have to invade south, and the Tiance Army must prepare in advance; As for the affairs of the DPRK and China, it is best for our Shandong town to wait and see the changes, and easily not to get involved in the turmoil between the DPRK and China! ”

Liu Juntao nodded and said, "Indeed! The Ministry of Intelligence is responsible for the attention to Warat! ”

Liu Zi'an clenched his fists and said, "Order!" The town is relieved! ”

Then, Liu Juntao said to Zhang Yuqing: "The praise painting department immediately formulated a plan, once the prince has an accident, how should our Shandong town respond, we must have a plan!" ”

Zhang Yuqing nodded and took the order: "Get the order!" ”

After a few more discussions, Zhang Yuqing and Liu Zi'an left.

Liu Juntao, on the other hand, fell into deep thought.

Now that the crown prince is seriously ill, it is estimated that time is running out, and the already precarious government has become extremely dangerous again.

Liu Juntao understands that once the crown prince dies and the position of the prince becomes vacant, all the ministers in the court will definitely advocate that Emperor Jingtai re-establish the crown prince, and the candidate must be the original prince Zhu Jianshen!

In this way, the battle for imperial power will break out again, and even Liu Juntao suspects that Emperor Jingtai may lose his mind and directly solve the orthodox emperor who has been imprisoned!

Then the government and the opposition are probably about to be completely turned upside down!

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao secretly said in his heart: "If the situation between the DPRK and China is really out of control, then how will I decide?" ”