At dawn the next day, Zhang Shanfu, the general of the marching division, entered the palace to face the saint and explained to the emperor the establishment of the Liaodong Chengying Battalion. The establishment of this Chengying battalion is that when the country has something to do, it will increase, and if there is nothing to do, it will be cut, and at most there will be as many as 12 battalions, and at the lowest time there will be only 3 battalions. In recent years, the Quartet has gradually become eventful, and the Chengying battalion has gradually increased to eight, and each time it is expanded, it is proposed by the General's Mansion, and the Zhuguo Mansion and the Protector's Mansion are approved to use the seal, and finally the Emperor Ming. After that, the transfer of the Chengying Army can be decided by the Great General's Mansion alone, unlike other armies that require the consent of the Protector's Office.

"The artillery needed by the Chengying battalion will be cast in Shuzhong and pass through Dali." Zhang Shanfu said in a deep voice, "The conquest of Annam is a road that has been opened up. The warships departed from the port of Yuntun in Zhennanbao, headed north along the coast, and arrived in Liao, where they handed over artillery and quartermasters to the 8th battalion of Chengying. The 4th Battalion surveyed several islands in the East China Sea for ships to anchor and replenish, but the main port was on Yueyang Island. ”

Chen Xuan unfolded a huge nautical chart, and the important islands along the coast of Song Liao were vividly visible, which was the work of the Fourth Battalion of Chengying patrolling the sea for decades of surveying and mapping. The marching division has marked uninhabited islands that can be anchored by warships along the coasts of Liaoguoyingzhou, Fuzhou, Chenzhou, Baozhou, Gaizhou, and Suzhou, and several of the large islands, such as Yueyang Island, Jasper Island, Xianren Island, and Chrysanthemum Island, are also specially marked with red pens. The 4th Battalion of Seiying suggested that the main port of the warships supporting the 8th Battalion should be located on Yueyang Island, which was the farthest from the mainland. This island is more than 60 miles in circumference, shaped like a crescent moon, 300 miles away from Fuzhou in Tokyo Province of Liao, and more than 300 miles away from Tamna, a vassal of Goryeo, hanging alone in the ocean, so it is called Yueyang Island. Within the embrace of the mountains of the Yueyang Island, it is an excellent sheltered port, and the fishermen call it "Taiping Bay", which is not frozen all year round. What's even better is that although the island is large, it is full of rocky mountains, and there is no flat land at all, so it cannot be cultivated, so it is sparsely populated, and the original fishing villages of more than a dozen households have been forcibly relocated to the South China Sea by the fourth battalion of Chengying. The fishermen in the vicinity now think that the island is occupied by ghost bandits.

"The eighth battalion of Chengying landed ashore with ten artillery pieces, 100 gunners, 500 infantry, and 200 cavalry. The 4th Battalion sent two warships, carrying 20 guns, to provide them with military supplies and backup. "The marching division had planned to equip the 8th Battalion with 30 guns. The strength of the Han army was weak, and it often needed to be transferred, and it was inconvenient to carry heavy artillery, so they retreated to the next best thing, and handed over ten three-inch guns to the eighth battalion of Chengying to carry ashore, and twenty four-inch guns were loaded on the warships of the fourth battalion of Chengying.

Chen Xuan nodded slightly, he closed the sea map, continued to flip through the joint performance of the marching division and the Chengying army, and when he saw the name of the captain who was about to command the eighth battalion of Chengying, he put down the performance fold and said with a slight smile: "Yes, the situation in Liaodong is complicated, and the Liao, Jin, and Han are fighting in three directions, maybe Zhao You will also come to the fire, not only to fight, but also to judge the situation, and it is necessary to need such a talent who is familiar with the situation of all parties." ”

Zhang Shanfu smiled: "Exactly." Your Majesty has worked hard to make the country prosperous, and only then can Chu Cai be promoted, and all the heroes of the world can be included in the world!"

Chen Xuan put down the fold and said with a smile: "It is also necessary to be cultivated by the general." He remembered something, frowned, and said, "Wan'er didn't come to you to inquire about the matter of joining the army, right?" ”

Zhang Shanfu smiled: "Oh? Yesterday, the third princess came to the mansion with His Royal Highness the Prince, but according to the law, even if a woman passes the assessment, she can only work in the internal military department, and cannot go out into the army. Therefore, the three highnesses invited, and the ministers could not do anything. He bowed slightly, secretly amused in his heart, presumably Chen Xuan was so worn by his daughter that he had no choice, so he indulged her to come to him to eat a deflated.

Chen Xuan nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, the man is not dead, how can he let a woman go to the battlefield." As he spoke, he thought of the Han orphan girl who had been stranded in Dunhuang for the help of the Liaodong Han Army, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. Win or lose. Chen Xuan's face turned cold, and he looked out the window, the white mist on Shou Changze was misty, and several white cranes flew up, like a fairyland, which was refreshing. Who cares about the fish and shrimp that have just been picked up by the white crane.

Ten days later, Zhao Xingde was quite surprised to learn that for the needs of the country, he was transferred back to the Chengying Battalion as the captain of the eighth battalion in formation. Also transferred back from the Firearms Division were Wang Tongdeng and other sergeants from all the Chengying Army, Wang Tongdeng was appointed deputy lieutenant to assist Zhao Xingde in training the Liaodong Chengying Battalion.

Looking at the stunned Zhao Xingde, Zhou Zhongyuan smiled and said: "Wang Yunzhong, this old fool, don't want anyone who has registered in the marching department." The person I went out of the Ying Army didn't knead with him. He paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Zhao De, your new lieutenant, don't let down General Zhang's attention, let alone lose the people of the Ying Army." I will try my best to fight for you what materials and conditions are needed for training and combat! ”

Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Zhou Zhongyuan patted him on the shoulder again and said in a deep voice, "Say it." ”

Zhao Xingde smiled bitterly and replied: "There are many mountains and forests in eastern Liaodong, and there are high mountains not far from the north and south sides of the western capital, General Zhou, there are many old sergeants in the battalion this time, and they have to carry artillery ammunition, can they train a new battalion near the western capital without marching to a place so far away from the hot sand sea?" ”

Zhou Zhongyuan was stunned for a moment, remembering that Zhao De's family seemed to be pregnant, so he nodded and said, "It's okay." However, the war is fierce, and the intensity of military training must be intensified. He paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Since you are training in Dunhuang, you can go to the Protectorate Mansion to experience more when you have time." ”

Zhao Xingde nodded yes. This time, in addition to the infantry and cavalry, there was also more artillery in the Chengying battalion, and the coordination between various arms should be the focus of training. After he retired, while thinking, he came to the barracks arranged by the military government for the eighth battalion. He had just stepped into the captain's signing room with his head down, but he heard a familiar voice: "Is it time to call General Zhao in the next place?" When he looked around, it was Kim Chang-tae standing in front of him.

Zhao Xingde hadn't come back to his senses and asked, "What's going on?" Jin Changtai said with a smile: "The captains of the Chengying battalion all lead the troops independently, and although Brother Zhao is a captain, he is already a general." He sighed, "Those who are under thirty and worship the general have less than ten people since the founding of the country." ”

Zhao Xingde interrupted him, and said with a happy face: "Didn't I ask this, isn't Brother Jin in Lumei, why did he go back to Dunhuang again?" Without waiting for Jin Changtai to answer, he asked again: "Brother Jin, are you also coming to the eighth camp?" ”

Jin Changtai nodded and sighed: "I had no intention of pursuing a career, and I made a lot of money in the Lumei caravan, so I asked to be transferred back to China. Who would have thought that after arriving at the marching division, I learned that you were the captain of the eighth battalion of Chengying, okay, it is better to be familiar than to be familiar, I asked myself to follow the eighth battalion of Chengying. Let's fight and get rich at the same time. ”

He asked to be transferred back to China, and he originally made up his mind to go out and be ruined, and he also wanted to give the concubine Gui family, the concubine of the Jin family in Lizhou, a good home. Who knew that not only would a family like the Jin family never release the concubines, but the Gui family was even more forced to die, unwilling to publicize the private relationship between the two. Kim Chang-tae was desperate and planned to simply have a good time on the battlefield, but who knew that he ran into the captain of the eighth battalion is Xingde.

Zhao Xingde saw that although Jin Changtai forced a smile, there was a gloomy mist between his eyebrows, and he didn't dare to ask the reason, so he only smiled: "That's how it should be." He paused, approached Jin Changtai, and whispered mysteriously: "It is said that the Japanese state has a large silver mine, do you want us to partner again, hire someone to find out this silver mountain, and you don't have to do it yourself, if you sell the mining rights, you will be rich in the world." He thought ill-intentionedly that if he really discovered this large silver mine, which was claimed to account for one-third of the world's output in later generations, would the military government simply organize a sailing expedition, use local people to mine silver, and then exchange with the Great Song Dynasty for various materials and manpower, so that with the support of the Great Song Dynasty's materials and manpower, it would be possible to conquer and develop the entire South China Sea wilderness, and even the continent across the ocean.

Jin Changtai said casually: "Okay, when the time comes, Brother Zhao will take the big head, and I will just add a small share." ”

Zhao Xingde was just a whim, and when he saw that he didn't care, he laughed at it. In the following ten days, sergeants arranged by the marching division came to report one after another, and the entire 100-man team was transferred, some were transferred in the 10-person team, and some were transferred in alone. Zhang Shanfu didn't know what to do, so he actually transferred all the sixty gunners trained by Zhao Xingde to his command, but the other gunners asked him to select and train from scratch, in addition to training 180 gunners for the fourth battalion.

In the signing room of the Zhuguo Mansion, Chen Xian was packing up his things dejectedly. The court gave the Liao State an envoy, but on the face of it, he sent the Prime Minister's Mansion City Road Cao Chang Shi Cui Qianzhi as the national envoy to the Liao State. The old man in Chen Xian's family learned the news from nowhere, ran up and down, and finally got him a position as a scribe who followed Cui Qianzhi's envoy. However, since the usurpation of Yelu Dashi, the Liao State has been perverse everywhere, and the situation with me is like fire and water.

"Although the two countries do not fight each other, what if the Khitans launch a ruthless attack?" Chen Xian couldn't help but feel a cold swish on the back of his neck, and remembered the old man's deafening roar: "With this old face, how many favors did it take to get this position as an envoy!" He took a sip of ginseng tea and put it in his mouth, closed his eyes in despair, and when he opened his eyes, he was almost frightened, the faces of Zang Bu and Gou Junsheng were very close, and Zang Bu said with a hippie smile: "Fazong, if you soar into the sky, don't forget your brother." ”

Chen Xian was almost choked by his anger, and nodded perfunctorily. Gou Jun and Zangbu laughed: "Brother Chen is a person who does great things at a glance, shouldering the heavy responsibility of being an envoy, and he is so calm. ”