The fall of Datong was like a cold snap from the north, which not only made Xu Changqing start to change his thinking, but also caused a storm in the Ming court.

Although the ability of those people in the cabinet is not good, after all, the ass is at the highest point, and the vision is still no problem.

The key is the model of the fall of Datong, this kind of 'internal and external cooperation', which really makes many people feel like they are sitting on pins and needles, frightened, and they are really afraid of when they will be played like this.

And with the capture of Datong, the Qing army quickly made a new choice.

They set up two camps outside Tongguan and in the southern area of Pingyang Prefecture in Shanxi, and each flag of the Eight Banners took turns to settle in, known as the 'Hedong Battalion' and the 'Hebei Battalion'.

This, coupled with the full strength of Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, and Tang Tong, almost stuck Dashun Kingdom in the Guanzhong area.

"My lord, the situation is not good. Tartar is doing this, Li Zicheng's side, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold on, and even this year's spring ploughing will be difficult...... Once he can't hold on, he will definitely retreat into Huguang, and at that time, not only will the court be uncomfortable, but we will also be dragged into the quagmire......"

It has entered the middle of March, the weather has begun to warm, and the spring ploughing in Haicheng and the surrounding areas has begun, but Li Yan has just received the news from the northwest, and he has no time to pay attention to the spring ploughing, so he hurriedly came to find Xu Changqing.

He knows too well the foundation of the exile army, and the Tartars are 'desperate schemes', and Da Shunguo can't bear it.

Xu Changqing nodded slowly.

The strategy of the Qing army was already clear at this time, just like a boiling dog, scolding Li Zicheng to boil, but not hurting him.

When did Li Zicheng boil up, Li Zicheng couldn't hold it anymore, so when it was time for Tu Poor Dagger to see him, he drove him directly into Huguang!

At that time, they wanted to rely on Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong to resist the extremely vicious Dashun army......

How the hell is this possible?!

And even if there is no tangible information, Xu Changqing can guess the difference, which is eight times out of ten. Nine is Hong Chengchou's plan!

It's a vicious!

"Strategist, what are you thinking?"

Xu Changqing thought for a while, and did not express his position directly, but threw Li Yan a cigar and lit one himself, immersed himself in the smoke, and kicked the ball back to Li Yan.

Li Yan was obviously prepared, lit his cigar, took a deep breath, and said, "Lord, the Tartar is too vicious. This interlocking vicious trick can't hold up if you want to come to Dashun Kingdom, so we must prepare early. What does the subordinate mean, we can ...... The army has been expanded! ”

"Expansion?"

Xu Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly, "Strategist, tell me in detail." ”

Li Yan hurriedly said: "Dashuai, you are a hero, you must understand that the current defense system of our Haicheng, the scale of 30,000 people, is still a bit reluctant." At least 20,000 reserves are needed to respond at any time to ensure that there is room for timely handling of crises. And only when Haicheng is stable, can we have the spare strength to send troops to fight abroad! When the time comes, the Tartars will play tricks, and we will have a choice. Even if the expansion of the army will bring us a lot of economic pressure, but gritting our teeth and holding on to it, my subordinates believe that the expansion of the army is imperative......"

Xu Changqing nodded slowly: "Strategist, I know, but I still have to think about it carefully, you can order the Political Affairs Department to prepare first." ”

As soon as he heard Xu Changqing's words, Li Yan understood that Xu Changqing had already planned, so he nodded his head and said yes, and respectfully withdrew from the door.

After Li Yan left, Xu Changqing rubbed his temples a little tiredly, and his eyes gradually became cold.

At this time, in such a situation, expanding the army is indeed the best choice for the model army, and Xu Changqing has also been thinking about this matter for a long time!

As Li Yan said, if the army is not expanded, it will be difficult for the model army to maintain the integrity of Haicheng, and it will be difficult to have the spare strength to change the surrounding situation.

This time, once the Qing army attacked, Xu Changqing and Haicheng, including the entire Ming Dynasty, would fall into passivity.

And as long as the safety of Haicheng can be guaranteed, Xu Changqing and the model army have a lot of choice.

As long as the Qing army dares to make a move in the northwest, the model army will dare to go to the front line of southern Liaoning and Laozhai, and even directly besiege the Beijing division!

Even if the expansion of the army has to pay a lot of costs and destroy the economic development and demographic structure of Haicheng, the accumulation of these years can still be passed by gritting teeth.

However, how much is the army expanded, and how is it expanded......

Xu Changqing closed his eyes, this has to pay attention to the method!

……

Xu Changqing didn't let Li Yan wait too long, and an hour later, he gave Li Yan an answer, to expand the army, the army must be expanded!

However, an expanded meeting of the military and political parties was held that night.

Including Li Youwei, Wu Sanmei, Zhu Yujiao, Gu Hengbo and others, all have to attend.

These women are no longer what they used to be, not only do they have silver, but they also have a lot of labor, even if Xu Changqing is full of words, he must first ask for their opinions to ensure that the development of Haicheng will not be greatly harmed.

Li Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly, Xu Changqing's means, his 'back-to-back man', is destined to continue......

In the evening, in the large conference room of the official hall, important members of the military and political parties, including Li Youwei's daughters, gathered together.

Xu Changqing sat on his tiger skin throne and solemnly glanced at everyone: "Everyone should know the matter, although everything is good in my Haicheng at this time, the general trend of the world has already fluctuated, and it is imperative for my model army to expand the army!" If you have any ideas, you can talk about them. Let's talk about it together. ”

The audience suddenly burst into low discussions.

Li Youwei and the other women's faces were also extremely solemn.

Business is important, but it is more important without their foundation, only if Xu Changqing is stronger, they will be better.

After a while, Li Youwei took the lead in making a list: "Xu Lang, I just discussed with a few sisters, if the army is expanded, we can spare 5,000 young and strong men in many businesses in Haicheng, and in addition, our families will have 400,000 taels of silver every year to support the construction of the military!" ”

"The eldest lady is wise, and the ladies are wise......"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the military immediately exploded, and they hurriedly begged for a clever statement.

What does it mean to have a woman who doesn't have her eyebrows?

That's what the hell it is!

The bigwigs of the Political Affairs Bureau and the major households are full of embarrassment.

This person is really incomparable......

Who would have thought that they couldn't even compare to a few women......

However, they quickly corrected their attitudes and expressed their positions one after another.

After all, everyone is already a community of interests, Xu Changqing is good, the model army is good, and everyone can be really good.

Otherwise, if there is a problem in Haicheng, how can everyone be okay?

After discussing until the end of the hour, everyone finally reached an agreement, basically there is money to contribute, someone to contribute, and the model army will expand the army by 40,000!

Until they left the conference room, everyone was still excited, even if they were a little bleeding, but it undoubtedly made the strength of the model army stronger.

By the window of the outer study, watching them leave excitedly, Li Youwei and the other daughters had already gathered around Xu Changqing, and Wu Sanmei said arrogantly: "Brother, how is it?" The sisters are doing well, right? ”

Xu Changqing laughed and rubbed her head dotingly: "Very good, very good." Tonight, brother and I are also out of the way, Lu Bu Zhan Qunxiong, you guys take your turn! ”

"Phew."

"A dog can't spit ivory out of his mouth."

"Don't ......"

The girls were suddenly coquettish, but they were hugged by Xu Changqing one by one, and they couldn't run......

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With the agreement reached by the top management of Haicheng, the implementation was much easier.

As early as the beginning of the establishment of the model army, Xu Changqing has always retained the auxiliary system, to put it bluntly, it is an active reserve.

Even the civilians of the model army have a lot of training on weekdays.

For the expansion of the army, Xu Changqing has been planning for a long time.

However, after all, the auxiliary army is limited, less than 20,000 people, plus 20,000 people, there is still a big gap. Fortunately, there is enough manpower, it just takes some time to train.

Xu Changqing immediately added new tasks to the 500 cadets of the Haicheng Military Academy, and they will also join the training sequence.

Soon, Haicheng was in full swing, and even the sons and daughters of many large families went to participate in the test and wanted to join the model army.

After all, it is no secret that the model army is highly paid, and the sons and daughters of the model army are undoubtedly the biggest beneficiaries of Haicheng's dividends.

In just a few months, at least 30,000 model soldiers have been rewarded by Goryeo concubines, which is really the envy of people who can't speak.

"Come on, come on, everyone don't crowd, line up, follow the sequence! If anyone dares to cut in line and coax, don't blame Lao Tzu for the whip in his hand for not having long eyes! ”

At the gate of the fourth largest camp in Haicheng, there was a long queue early in the morning, and the voices of people were boiling.

There are mothers who send their sons, daughters-in-law who send their husbands, and brothers who come together, which is even more lively than rushing to the market.

The officer headed here is none other than Zhou Guofeng, Xu Changqing's 'chief' protégé and a core member who will be called the 'Delta Eagle' in the future.

At this time, although Zhou Guofeng was a little unhappy because he was conscripted and delayed in class, he thought that he was about to recruit new people into the team and train them well, and he felt a little indescribably happy in his heart.

These boys, he learned a lot of tricks in the military academy, and he is waiting for them to come.

Zhou Guofeng is not too tall or strong enough, but the momentum that can climb out of the pile of dead people and have been on the battlefield for a long time is by no means covered.

After a while, the surroundings began to quiet down.

Zhou Guofeng was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, and raised the leather whip in his hand and shouted to everyone: "Everyone has a certain understanding of the recruitment standards of my model army. However, you are a little unlucky to come to me today! I, here, not only have to pick good soldiers, but also pick elite soldiers, and today there are only 300 people! Of course, as long as you are selected by me, you will be promoted to an official position in the future, which will naturally be much simpler than others. ”

With a little blessing from psychology courses, Zhou Guofeng has already touched the routine.

Really.

As soon as he said this, there was a commotion around him.

Many ordinary people are a little dumbfounded, today is so lucky, do you want to enter the legendary special forces?

An old man hurriedly asked, "Master Jun, what kind of standard is that?" Tell me about it, my old man's two sons, both of whom are stronger than calves, and I promise to complete the task of finding you. ”

Zhou Guofeng laughed: "Hey, old man, don't say it, your two sons are good." However, whether it is useless or not, we still have to work hard to see the real thing. So who, Xiao Qi, let's start! ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that the emotions were almost mobilized, Zhou Guofeng didn't ink and started directly.

The first test was a large stone pier.

There can be almost an eight. Ninety pounds.

The selector picks up the big stone pier and stabilizes it, which is considered qualified.

The people of Haicheng are not as good as other places, everyone can not only eat enough, but many can also eat very well, this little trick, for these men who were in the middle of the year, it is naturally not a problem.

The old man's eldest son is a standard macho type character.

He was at the front of the line again and again, and when he saw that this first question was so simple, he laughed and came up to start.

But he was just about to go over and lift the pier.

"Wait!"

Zhou Guofeng suddenly stopped him with a smile: "Brother, it's not my brother, I'll trick you, this is the rule." Oh, put you on your body and hands, get this oil first, and then move it. ”

"Huh?"

Everyone was stunned.

I saw that the two pro-soldiers smiled and brought out two barrels of oil, which I don't know what kind of oil it was, but it was very slippery at first glance.

Dahan was also dumbfounded, and hurriedly said: "Master Jun, this, this is fish oil." If you do how to move stones like this, it won't slip to death, and you won't be able to exert your strength at all. ”