Since there is a huge crisis in the south and north, and the thieves and the Warat Tartars are attacking together, for Liu Juntao, Yushan Town must be fully prepared, at least in terms of money and food supply, so that the soldiers who go out on the expedition can go into battle and kill the enemy with peace of mind.

Therefore, Liu Juntao said to everyone present: "From today on, all departments in Yushan Town will enter the wartime system, and all money, food, baggage, and personnel must give priority to ensuring the needs of the Yanzhou Mansion Zheng Barracks, Qi Barracks and Yushan Town Guards, and at the same time, the Investigation Department will also focus on the thieves of the seven departments of Ye Zongliu and Deng Mao in Fujian, as well as the Wara Tartars!" ”

"Order!"

And they all stood up and answered.

After that, Liu Juntao began to deploy specific tasks.

"Minister Tang, the Ministry of Commerce will immediately start raising military salaries now, and at least five hundred thousand taels of silver must be prepared within twenty days!"

Tang Yu said: "General rest assured, it is no problem to prepare 500,000 taels of silver within twenty days." ”

After that, Tang Yu said to Ma Lijun, Cui Ning and Xu Ping behind him: "The Workshop Division and the Trade Department will each prepare 100,000 taels of silver, and the Economic Department will prepare 200,000 taels of silver, and they will be prepared within fifteen days." The silver in the Ministry of Commerce will not be held in stock for the time being, just in case of emergency! ”

Ma Lijun, Cui Ning and Xu Ping received orders one after another when they heard this.

Then, Liu Juntao said to Guo Yongzhong: "Minister Guo, the Ministry of Civil Affairs wants to hoard 200,000 stone of grain within 20 days; After the army is deployed, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has to transport 30,000 stone of grain for the army every month, but is there any difficulty? ”

Guo Yongzhong pondered for a moment and said: "It is not a big problem to prepare 200,000 stone of grain in 20 days, and now there is a lot of grain in the treasury of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and it can be completely gathered." It's just 30,000 stone of grain every month after that......"

Speaking of this, Guo Yongzhong glanced at Zhang Rui, the director of the Tuntian Division of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and saw Zhang Rui get up and say: "General Qiyu, this year's Tuntian Division has had a bumper harvest, except for the 200,000 stone of grain prepared, there should be about 80,000 stone of grain left in the warehouse; At present, the people around Yushan Town have a lot of grain in their hands, and their subordinates will urgently purchase grain from all over the world from tomorrow, and they can also gather a lot of grain, and it should not be difficult to gather the amount of 30,000 stone per month in the short term. ”

Liu Juntao asked: "If you raise 30,000 stone of grain every month, how many months can the Ministry of Civil Affairs support it?" ”

Zhang Rui thought about it for a moment and said, "Four months at most!" ”

Liu Juntao thought for a while, the 200,000 stone grain shipped with the army was enough for the 20,000 army for half a year, plus the four months, a total of 120,000 stone of follow-up food, should be enough to wipe out the army of thieves.

After all, there were tens of thousands of elite Ming troops in the conquest army, as well as the powerful soldiers and horses in Yushan Town, Liu Juntao didn't believe that the hundreds of thousands of rabble of Ye Zongliu and Deng Mao's seven subordinates could hold out for ten months!

Of course, after the battle, the casualties of the Yushan Town Guards will not be small, but this is the price that must be paid, and it is also the transformation that the Yushan Town Guards must go through before they go north to fight Wara!

"Good! Four months is enough, the Ministry of Civil Affairs should hurry up and handle it! ”

Guo Yongzhong and Zhang Rui received the order together.

"Regarding the intelligence matters of the Fujian thief army, as well as the situation of the Warat army in the north, does the Investigation Department have a plan?"

Liu Zi'an hugged his fists and said: "General Qiyu, the Investigation Department will concentrate all the strength of the Fang Division, and find out the detailed deployment, military strength, equipment, and supplies of the thieves and Kou armies of Ye Zongliu and Deng Mao's seven departments; At the same time, all the men and horses of the feudal division will go north and explore the reality of the Warat army along the defense line of the Great Wall. The court division is in the center of the maneuver, coordinating manpower and baggage for the fang division and the feudal division. ”

"Good!"

Liu Juntao still trusts Liu Zi'an's ability to do things, and he is also very relieved.

In the end, Liu Juntao looked at Hu Dexing, the new recruit, and asked, "Are all the battalions full now?" ”

Hood got up and said, "General Qiyu, it's all full. ”

"Armament Division, are all the battalions fully equipped?"

Zhang Baigui continued: "General Qiyu, the armament of each battalion has been completed, and the equipment department is still working at full strength, and is fully stockpiling all kinds of military supplies. ”

Liu Juntao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good!" From now on, the Recruit Division recruited 5,000 recruits to intensify training as a supplement to the army. ”

Hu Dexing said loudly: "Order! ”

"In addition, the Equipment Division mobilized another 100,000 rounds of paper-shell fixed ammunition and 5,000 earth-shattering thunderbolts to set off with the army."

Zhang Baigui also said loudly: "Order! ”

At this time, Liu Juntao looked at Cheng Tian Dusheng, the director of the Zhenfu Division, and said: "The Zhenfu Division immediately mobilized manpower, and each battalion of the army must be equipped with a calming officer to accompany the army, and each of them must always have a calming officer to record the merits of the soldiers on the battlefield and supervise the military discipline of the army. ”

Tian Dusheng clenched his fists and said, "Order!" ”

At this point, the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Military, and the Investigation Department have been deployed, and everyone is gearing up to make preparations before the big war.

However, the generals of the Yanzhou Mansion Barracks, the Qibing Barracks and the Yushan Town Guards were all looking at Liu Juntao with blank eyes, and everyone was waiting for Liu Juntao to announce the battalion for this expedition.

Everyone is looking forward to Liu Juntao being able to mobilize his battalion to go out, such a big battle is a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity, you can win military merits, temper soldiers and horses, who doesn't want to go?

Liu Juntao looked at the eager expressions on the faces of the soldiers, and said with a smile: "This time I went south to suppress bandits, and I decided to mobilize the main barracks and strange barracks of Yanzhou Mansion, as well as the front battalion, rear battalion, and cavalry battalion of the Yushan Town Guard, a total of more than 23,000 people; The left battalion of the Yushan Town Guard was stationed in Yushan Town to defend the rear; The right battalion of the Yushan Town Guard was stationed in Qulipu, Xuzhou, to transport the follow-up grain and grass for the southbound army. ”

After listening to Liu Juntao's arrangement, everyone cheered, in the past, Yushan Town against the enemy, has always only dispatched a few thousand soldiers and horses, and the number of troops on the expedition has never exceeded 10,000, but this time more than 23,000 soldiers and horses were directly mobilized, which shows Liu Juntao's great determination to go south!

When the commanders heard that they were about to go on the expedition, they became more and more excited, and they all told Liu Juntao that they must take the lead and make meritorious contributions.

And Chen Ziping and Gao Ran, who were in charge of staying behind, also said together with their subordinates Qian Zong that they would definitely guard the base camp and wait for the triumphant return of the army.

Liu Juntao encouraged everyone one by one, and then ordered the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Yushan Military War Bureau to transport all the military equipment, money and grain carried by the army to Qulipu in Xuzhou in advance and take them away when the army went south.

Tang Yu, Zhang Baigui, and Guo Yongzhong also received orders one by one.

At this time, Cheng Ma Lijun, the director of the Ministry of Commerce Workshop, said: "General Qiyu, the Wuhan Iron and Steel Chariot and the Pole Truck produced by the Yushan Carriage Workshop have been mass-produced, and this time one hundred or two Wuhan Iron and Steel Chariots and five Pole Trucks can be dispatched to accompany the army!" The new carts used by the baggage riders have also been replaced! ”

"Good!"

The Wuhan Iron and Steel Chariot produced by Yushan Chefang is also a pattern designed by Liu Juntao, the whole body is a four-wheeled frame with a car body, thickened wheels, and a plate inlaid with iron sheet on both sides, and there are spikes on the iron sheet, and the bird gun of the Yushan Town Guard can stand on the car and shoot outward relying on the board, as if it is a city wall.

Such a Wuhan Iron and Steel chariot can be pushed by the strength of several people, or it can be pulled by a horse, which is very convenient.

Moreover, all Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots are designed with couplers and car rings at the beginning and end, which can allow several Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots to be connected to each other and form a temporary "city" in the field.

This design was specially used by Liu Juntao to deal with the Tartar cavalry, which could effectively resist the attack of the Tartar cavalry and provide cover for the infantry phalanx.

The pole car is a tall lookout pole installed on a large cart with a wide territory and sturdy territory to observe the enemy's situation.

After listening to Ma Lijun's words, Liu Juntao said with a smile: "This time, let Ye Zongliu and Deng Maoqi show you what it means to be an elite soldier and a strong army!" ”