"Li Xiao of the dog! Our family is not with you! We're going to play the heavens and cut off your dog's head! ”

In the heavy dusk, his unkempt hair was scattered, and his appearance was extremely embarrassed, and Wang Shen, who was forcibly escorted to a No. 2 lucky boat by a group of soldiers, scolded loudly in the direction of Dengzhou City behind him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

An escort soldier next to him saw that he was tied and twisted his hands were not honest, and he couldn't help but be angry from his heart, snapped, and punched him in the face.

Wang Shen screamed miserably, poofed, and spit out two bloody teeth.

"Li Xiao's 。。。。。。 of the dog"

Wang Shen, who was beaten hard, although he was still scolding quietly, his voice was indistinct.

Wang Xin, the little eunuch next to him, was already full of tears, and persuaded in a low voice: "Father-in-law, don't scold, we are now human swordsmen, and I am fish and meat." ”

Wang Shen was silent, but the horizontal flesh on his face was beating trembling and trembling.

When they arrived in the cabin, the rest of the guards were detained separately, except Wang Shen and Wang Xin, who were locked up together.

A light is like a bean, and the two people who have been loosened are speechless to each other.

"Father-in-law, you say, will Li Xiao kill us secretly?" In the silence, Wang Xin's voice trembled and asked in a low voice.

Wang Shen laughed miserably, he shook his head, and said slowly to Wang Xin: "Xin'er, no. Since Li Xiao didn't kill us in Dengzhou City, he naturally wouldn't kill us in the ship. When we go to Taiwan, our home and country are thousands of miles away, and we have basically completely disappeared from the world, and there is no longer any threat to Li Xiao, and there is no need for him to take our lives. ”

"This Li Xiao is so rampant and bold, he dares to exile the imperial court without permission, isn't he afraid that the imperial court will come to trouble him?!" After deducting Wang Shen's words, Wang Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and then said indignantly.

Wang Shen smiled bitterly again: "Alas, if he is afraid that the court will be held responsible, he will not dare to treat us like this." However, our family underestimated Li Xiao's ambition, thinking that with his handle in hand, he could pinch it in his hands and operate it at will. didn't expect that this person would be so ruthless, and he would turn his face when he said it, but he caught our family off guard. According to our estimates, now that Li Xiao has searched all the seals and seals of our family, it is estimated that in the next time, he will be able to imitate our handwriting and falsely transmit news to the imperial court, but he can be confused for a while. ”

"Even if it is confused for a while, sooner or later the imperial court will find out about the abnormality. At the time of the boundary, if the imperial court investigates it, then Li Xiao's private imprisonment of the army is a capital crime. A hint of ruthlessness flashed on Wang Xin's face.

Listening to Wang Xin's words, Wang Shen sighed and shook his head: "Xin'er, your idea is too naïve. Since Li Xiao dared to do this, it showed that he was ready to tear his face with the imperial court. From our point of view, from now on, what Li Xiao has to do next is to quickly enrich his own strength. By the time the imperial court discovered the abnormality, Li Xiao's subordinates were already strong and strong, and when the time came, they would report to the imperial court that our group had died in a shipwreck, and the imperial court had no choice but to acquiesce. ”

"Father-in-law, then according to what you say, isn't it that Li Xiao can act arbitrarily and lawlessly?" Wang Xin's voice trembled even more.

Wang Shen had a wry smile on his face again, and he sighed: "Now that the country is in turmoil, the world is constantly fighting, in such a troubled world, having soldiers, horses, money and food is the greatest strength to rely on." Li Xiao has a strong army in his hands, and he is good at fighting, but the court is the general of the humerus, as long as he does not have rebellion and does not touch the bottom line, he is arbitrary, what can the court do? Unless it is absolutely necessary, the imperial court will not turn against Li Xiao. It's just that this Li Xiao, although he still maintains his superficial loyalty, but in his heart, what is his attitude towards the Ming Dynasty, our family really can't see through it. “

The sea is vast, the night is dark, and the two lucky ships finally disappeared into the boundless darkness.

Wang Shen and others were first sent to Jeju Island, and then together with the 100,000 displaced people who had been gathered in the local area, they finally arrived on the island of Taiwan after 16 days.

Before they landed, Wang Shen and the others were deeply shocked by the prosperous scene in front of them.

He saw that in the bright morning light, in the specially expanded Hezhu Port, there were merchant ships from all over the world, and on the wharf, merchants dressed in costumes from various countries were chattering and negotiating in various wholesale stores. A large number of people carried all kinds of goods, like a swarm of busy ants, between the dock and the merchant ship, constantly loading and unloading goods.

Wang Shen noticed that basically every foreign merchant ship that came to buy goods was loaded with iron, swords, cigarettes, raw silk, cloth, silk, woolen wool, sea salt, and so on in large quantities to the shipping schedule, and the people were constantly transported onto various merchant ships. He secretly said in his heart, these things seem to be Li Xiao's main commercial goods.

Looking further away, you can see that this wide and flat Hezhu Port is connected to the tall and majestic Kaohsiung City in the distance, with a brand new city wall, and almost no end in sight through a well-built wide and smooth gray official road.

On the entire official road, four-wheeled carriages, two-wheeled vehicles, unicycles, rickshaws, and pedestrians carrying commercial goods are crowded and flowing. On both sides of the official road, there are all kinds of shops, shops, restaurants, teahouses, shouting one after another.

"Father-in-law, this Kaohsiung territory in Taiwan seems to be much more prosperous than Li Xiao's Chifeng City." Wang Xin was on the side, and whispered in amazement.

Wang Shen also looked stunned, originally he thought that Taiwan was just a place of rebirth, and it must be extremely barbaric. But I didn't expect that this place outside the country had been governed by Li Xiao to be so prosperous, and compared with inland cities, it was even better.

This Kaohsiung Prefecture is so prosperous, so other places such as Taipei County, Changhua County and other places will not be far behind.

This Li Xiao, although extremely hateful, but this person's talent in governing the state and county is enough to stand out among the Ming officials.

At this time, Wang Shen suddenly regretted it in his heart.

I knew that this person was so powerful, why did I fall out with him as soon as I arrived in Shandong, and now it seems that I am really stupid to open my mouth that day.

Subsequently, Wang Shen and a group of displaced people landed at Hezhu Port in Kaohsiung Prefecture. Ma Huaxing, deputy head of the Taiwan Colonization Regiment, came over with a group of soldiers and handed over to the escorted soldiers.

"You are Wang Shen?"

Ma Huaxing was quite curious, looked up and down Wang Shen, who was already haggard because of the long time on the boat, and then asked in a mocking tone. "Our family is Wang Shen, the Tiger Army Supervisor sent by the imperial court。。。。。。"

Seeing Ma Huaxing's question, Wang Shen cheered up and put on a show, but before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Ma Huaxing waving his hand.

"Needless to say, this official is the deputy head of the Taiwan Colonization Regiment, and Master Li has ordered you to make arrangements for you, and you will live in this Kaohsiung Mansion for a long time in the future, and there is already a house specially prepared for you. My Tiger Army provides you with food and clothing, and you just have to live in it in peace. ”

Listening to Ma Huaxing's words, Wang Shen took a long breath.

Originally, he was still thinking on the road that Li Xiao might do things absolutely and let himself go to hard labor or farming for a living, so as to humiliate himself. And now after listening to Ma Huaxing's words, it seems that Li Xiao still has the intention of being light-hearted, and Wang Shen feels a lot more relaxed in his heart.

"Then may I ask Deputy Head Ma, I and other entourage, but they all live with Wang?" Wang Shen hurriedly asked.

Ma Huaxing shook his head: "No, Master Li said, you can only choose one eunuch to serve as the person to serve." The rest of the people have to go into the workshop to support themselves. ”

Listening to Ma Huaxing's words, Wang Shen's face suddenly turned gray.

He originally thought that since he was with this large group of followers, he would always have the opportunity to secretly send them out, so that he could report to the court. But he didn't expect that all the entourages would be dismissed, so it was impossible for Wang Xin to follow him alone, and he wanted to play any tricks.

Wang Shen sighed, didn't say anything more, and then took Wang Xin and obediently followed Ma Huaxing away.

As for the rest of his entourage, when they disembarked, they had already been taken away by other officials, and they did not know where they had been arranged.

Soon, Wang Shen and others passed through the more bustling outer city of Kaohsiung and entered the inner city of Kaohsiung.

At a small house with a separate courtyard, Ma Huaxing stopped.

Then, Ma Huaxing smiled and made a gesture to Wang Shen: "Princess, this is the mansion for you to live in, you can rest in it, and one thing to note is that you two are not allowed to go out at will, but if you have any things or needs, you need to report to the guards." ”

Wang Shen's face trembled obviously.

He knew that he was now under complete house arrest.

Perhaps, the rest of his life will be spent in this small courtyard in obscurity.

"By the way, there is another point, the official wants to tell the prince that Master Li said that he wants the prince to write a report to the court every month, as for the content, there is no need for the official to say more." After Ma Huaxing said this, he sneered and left, making Wang Shen tremble.

This dog-in-law Li Xiao has not put himself under house arrest enough, but he also has to squeeze the maximum surplus value, but he has even been exempted from the effort of forging and forging the music, this guy is really hateful!

It's just that he still has the courage to refuse him?

Wang Shen was sad and clenched his teeth secretly.

Seeing Ma Huaxing and the others walking away, and seeing the soldiers guarding the door with guns and armor, Wang Shen sighed, his body weakened, and he sat paralyzed in the courtyard.

At the time when Wang Shen and others arrived in Taiwan, the current Li Xiao was indeed preparing to further expand his military strength as Wang Shen expected.

Since last year, Li Xiao has absorbed more than 1.5 million displaced people from all over the world, and although it is far from reaching the expected goal in Li Xiao's heart, the amount is also amazing.

Under the premise of having such a large number of displaced people as support, Li Xiao's expansion of his army is really logical.

Li Xiao decided to expand the strength of the original four war battalions under his command by one more to reach the troop quota of five war battalions.

Moreover, in order to further plan the army under his command and make it more in line with his own planning and the scope of future use of troops, Li Xiao also renamed and arranged all the original army names.

According to Li Xiao's request, in addition to the name of the Pingnan Battalion, the Chifeng Battalion was renamed the Xingzhong Battalion, the Tielong Battalion was renamed the Zhengxi Battalion, the Golden Wolf Battalion was renamed the Dingbei Battalion, and the newly established First Battalion of Soldiers and Horses was named the Zhendong Battalion.

Among them, each battalion of soldiers and horses is under the jurisdiction of three generals, that is, a total of nine sentinels of soldiers and horses, with a post of 5 teams of shield soldiers, 10 teams of spearmen to arrange, of which each team of soldiers and horses 102 people, a total of 45 teams of shields 4590 people, 90 teams of spearmen 9180 people. In addition to the spear and shield soldiers, each battalion of soldiers and horses is equipped with 600 horizontal sentinels, 600 Xuanhu heavy cavalry sentinels, 600 flying harrier sentinels, and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers.

In addition, these five outposts are also equipped with alien troops composed of former prisoners, among which the Xingzhong Battalion, the Zhengxi Battalion, and the Dingbei Battalion are all equipped with 600 Manchurian cavalry posts, while the Pingnan Battalion is not equipped with cavalry because it has to fight in the hot and humid terrain, but has specially formed 600 Manchurian infantry posts, and the newly established Zhendong Battalion is composed of 600 Mongolian cavalry posts composed of previously captured Mongolian soldiers.

In this way, in each battalion of Li Xiao, there were 4,590 shield soldiers, 9,180 spearmen, 600 rampant troops, 600 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 600 flying harriers, 600 alien troops, and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers. The total number of troops reached 17,170 people.

In addition, it was useful to capture the Dutch and Spanish firearms, 2,000 trained firecrackers, and 200 artillery units composed of all dragon guns, because the troops were small and the artillery guns were still in the research and development stage, so Li Xiao decided to concentrate on using them, so they all stayed in Dengzhou and temporarily returned to the management of the Xingzhong battalion.

As for the specific arrangements for the commander-in-chief and the scope of responsibility for the troops, they are as follows:

The chief general of the Xingzhong battalion is Tian Wei, the former commander of the Chifeng battalion, and the deputy general is Liu Guoneng, a general who surrendered to him last year. Its battalion is stationed in Dengzhou, Shandong. In Li Xiao's planning, the Xingzhong battalion is mainly responsible for guarding in the center and providing troop support for the other four major war battalions, and its main direction of use is the entire Shandong region.

The chief general of the Zhengxi Battalion is the former Tielong Battalion commander An Monk, and the deputy general is Mo Changrong, the former deputy commander of the Tielong Battalion. The battalion garrison of the Zhengxi Battalion is still in Shanxian County, Shandong for the time being. However, the direction of its future troop use will be to face the entire hinterland of the Central Plains, and it will make the Zhengxi Battalion the main force supporting the officials and troops in various localities to suppress bandits.

The commander of the Dingbei battalion is Duan Shidi, the former commander of the Golden Wolf Battalion, and the deputy general is Liu Wenxiu, the former chief of the Golden Wolf Battalion. The Dingbei camp is stationed in Jintangcheng, Xuanfu Town, and its main direction of use of troops is the Mongolian tribes in the north.

The main commander and deputy general of the Pingnan battalion remained unchanged, with Li Dingguo as the commander and Luo Zheng as the deputy general, and its officers and soldiers were stationed mainly in the Taiwan region, and there were also a small number of troops to assist in the defense of the Ryukyu Kingdom. In the future, the main direction of its troop use will be the entire Southeast Asian region.

The newly established Zhendong Battalion was headed by Wu Zhuang, the former deputy general of the Golden Wolf Battalion, as the chief general. This general, who was originally a small soldier in the new annexed army of Liukou, finally won the favor of Li Xiao in a series of battles, with his exploits and loyalty, and was promoted to the chief general of the Zhendong battalion. The deputy general of the Zhendong Battalion is Feng Shuangli, the former chief of the Tielong Battalion, who was once the general of Zhang Xianzhong's army, and since joining Li Xiao's army, he has been loyal to the southern and northern wars, and he is old, so Li Xiao also deliberately promoted him.

In Li Xiao's planning, the Jindongying garrison was temporarily on Jeju Island, and the land of Satsuma, which was originally under the jurisdiction of the Pyeongnam Battalion, was also garrisoned by the Jindong Battalion. In the future, Zhendongying will mainly use troops in Northeast Asia, including Xiangyi Island, Sakhalin Island, and the entire Trans-Manchurian region.

In this way, in addition to the naval division, Li Xiaojun's various types of soldiers and horses add up to nearly 90,000 people, and the amount of his troops is also considerable.

Of course, it is still in the initial stage of planning, and Li Xiao plans to triple the number of troops in each battalion in the future, so that each battalion will have the ability to fight alone. The total strength of the entire army will reach nearly 300,000 people.

Li Xiao believes that if this long-term goal is achieved, then there are 300,000 elites who are well-equipped, well-trained, and can be firmly held by themselves, and they can run rampant all over the world。。。。。