"There are only 10,000 people in the city of naturalization. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Jiang Beiming and the others who heard the news couldn't hold back the joy in their hearts. The naturalization city of 10,000 people, without Lu Xiangsheng's army, the 2,000 people of the Yulin army alone can be defeated.

The current city of Naturalization has not been destroyed by the war, and its geographical location is very advantageous. The majestic and undulating Yinshan Mountains in the north can lead to the rich grasslands in the north; It is bordered by the rolling Yellow River in the south, and faces the Ordos Plateau across the river; the rolling Manhan Mountains in the east; The west is the gateway to Ganning in the west. Not only has it become a necessary place for trade routes on the entire grassland, but also the entire city is located on the alluvial plain formed by the Yellow River and the Dahei River. The land here is fertile, the terrain is flat, and irrigation is convenient. If the city of Guihua is occupied, it is equivalent to a deep wedge in the steppe, and it can completely control the trade and trade of the entire Mongolian tribe.

"Herald." Jiang Beiming shouted excitedly, "Report to Lu Shuai, the number of enemy troops in Naturalization City is scarce, and the vanguard troops continue to advance." ”

"And what about these people?" Xu Lang asked, pointing to the captured Mongols.

"Let's take these people to Naturalization City first." Jiang Beiming replied, "I'm a little worried if I hand them over to Lu Xiangsheng. ”

"What are you worried about?" Fan Qiuming asked puzzledly, "Didn't you all say that Lu Xiangsheng was a great loyal minister, and the loyal minister had nothing to worry about." ”

"It's true that Lu Xiangsheng is a loyal minister." Jiang Beiming turned his head to look at the people around, "But after all, he was a loyal minister 400 years ago." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Fan Qiuming didn't understand.

"Tyumen." Xu Lang explained, "It is indeed recorded in the historical materials that Lu Xiangsheng was a loyal minister who was both civil and military, and the sacrifice was quite tragic, but the historical materials also recorded that when he was in charge of Yunyang, he faced the peasant army, won nine battles and nine victories, and beheaded more than 10,000 people. Whether you can kill or not kill, it's always bad to kill too many people. ”

"Oh, I see." Fan Qiuming understood what the two of them meant.

"Xu Lang, after camping tonight, you can accompany me to meet Lu Xiangsheng." Jiang Beiming said, "What should we do after we conquer the Naturalization City, we have to ask him for instructions." ”

At nightfall, the Yulin army set up camp by a river, and Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang took a platoon of guards to Lu Xiangsheng's camp.

"Subordinates, see Lord Lu." Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang knelt down on one knee, and for people like Lu Xiangsheng to kneel, there was less awkwardness in the hearts of the two of them.

"Hurry up, two of you." Lu Xiangsheng gave a sigh of relief.

For Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang, the remnants of the Song Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng had only heard of them before, and had never had in-depth contact. But ever since he saw the mighty military appearance of the Yulin Army, Lu Xiangsheng has always wanted to have a chance to have a long talk with these people.

Because Lu Xiangsheng actually doesn't know anything about how to lead the troops. All he relied on was his superhuman martial arts, sharing weal and sorrow with the soldiers, and charging into battle together. Lu Xiangsheng treated the sergeant well, so the soldier was willing to serve him to the death.

"Lord Lu." Jiang Beiming stood up and said, "There are less than 10,000 Mongols in the Naturalization City, and their army will not be very large. ”

"There's no rush in advance, please take a seat." Lu Xiangsheng asked people to move over the two chairs, "Ben Shuai still has some questions to ask the two of you." ”

"I don't dare to ask for advice." Jiang Beiming was a little strange that Lu Xiangsheng would ask himself any questions, "Lu Shuai, excuse me, and my subordinates will answer wholeheartedly." ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang with a smile: "This commander looks at all of your Yulin army as capable people, I'm afraid that my Ming Dynasty will never be able to find a second team like this." I don't know what kind of method you have to lead the troops to train such a strong team. ”

"That's what you asked." Jiang Beiming smiled secretly in his heart, and replied, "Lu Shuai, the Yulin Army doesn't have any special training methods, it's just strict military discipline and training system. ”

"Lu Shuai." Xu Lang smiled slightly, "There is another one, and the military budget is sufficient." ”

"Plenty of military spending?" Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled, "This commander has never deducted the salary of a sergeant, but why can't he train a soldier like you?" ”

"Lu Shuai, forgive me." Xu Lang arched his hand at Lu Xiangsheng, "The military expenses mentioned by the subordinates are sufficient does not refer to the food and salary issued by the imperial court, our Yulin Army has its own standards. His subordinates are presumptuous, Lu Shuai has also seen the Shenji Battalion that we have been training for several months, how is it compared to the Yulin Army? ”

"That's not as good as that, of course." Lu Xiangsheng asked, "It's just that I don't know what the standard Xu Qianhu is talking about, haven't millions of soldiers in my Ming Dynasty reached this standard?" ”

"Since Lu Shuai asked, his subordinates will answer." Xu Lang stood up and saluted Lu Xiangsheng again, "I, an ordinary soldier in the Yulin Army, have a monthly salary of one penny of silver; A second lieutenant, that is, a flag officer, is 7 pieces of silver; a lieutenant; That is, a hundred households, a monthly salary of one tael of silver. ”

"It's just military pay." Xu Lang looked at Lu Xiangsheng's wide mouth and almost didn't laugh, "In addition, the minimum standard of a soldier's food for a day must be two catties of rice, three taels of meat, two eggs or a fish, or half a catty of tofu and the like, and the rest of the vegetables are enough." If two catties of rice are not enough, you can eat as much as you like until you are full. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's open mouth finally made a sound: "Is this the case with every soldier?" ”

"Yes, Lu Shuai, every soldier is like this." Xu Lang continued, "Four seasons of the year, each soldier has eight sets of military uniforms, two sets per quarter, and one change every year. ”

Lu Xiangsheng not only opened his mouth, but even his eyes widened: "Eight sets of military uniforms a year, can you wear this?" ”

"Absolutely." Jiang Beiming explained, "The training of our Yulin Army is very hard, so the wear and tear of military uniforms is very large, and sometimes eight sets a year is not enough. ”

"Lu Shuai." Xu Lang took over, "How often does the imperial court's army train?" ”

"You know that." Lu Xiangsheng replied, "Practice once every five or ten days." ”

"That's it." Xu Lang said with a smile, "The soldiers of the Yulin Army practice every day and rest every ten days. ”

"Practicing every day?" Lu Xiangsheng didn't believe Xu Lang's words, how could he practice every day.

"Yes, Lu Shuai." Jiang Beiming continued, "It is indeed a daily practice. Our soldiers need to run 10 miles in the morning, train in formations and formations in the morning, fight and shoot in the afternoon, and learn to read and write in the evening. ”

"Still want to learn to read?" Lu Xiangsheng is even more stupid, it's not the imperial examination, why do you need to read and write.

"Lu Shuai." Xu Lang said, "In 2 months, I can't recognize all 50 words, and we don't want it in the Yulin Army; If you can't read all 150 words, you can't be an officer. ”

"And, Lu Shuai." Jiang Beiming also said, "In the first two months, the soldiers of the Yulin Army had to shoot live ammunition at least 5 times a day, and at most 10 times. ”

Lu Xiangsheng stopped talking, such treatment, such training, even a fool can train into a strong soldier. It's just that how could these remnants of the Song Dynasty be so rich.

Lu Xiangsheng opened his mouth, he wanted to ask Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang how they were so rich, but he didn't know how to ask.

Xu Lang glanced at Jiang Beiming slightly, which meant that it was time to teach Lu Xiangsheng a lesson.

"Does Lu Shuai want to ask, why is our Yulin Army so rich?" Jiang Beiming shook this question straight to the point.

Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Exactly, Ben Shuai doesn't know why your Yulin Army is so rich." ”

"Trade." Xu Lang replied, "As the saying goes, soldiers and horses go first before they move grain and grass. If there was not so much money, and without such good treatment and training, it would be impossible to have a strong army in any case. ”

"Trade?" Lu Xiangsheng shook his head slightly, he, an official of the Ming Dynasty, still looked down on these businessmen.

"Lu Shuai, there are no soldiers without money." Jiang Beiming said, "Take this expedition to Mongolia as an example, if there is no donation from the Jin merchants, does Lu Shuai think we may come to this steppe?" If there are no soldiers, how can we defend Long live, protect the people, and defend our Ming Dynasty. ”

"But." Lu Xiangsheng wanted to say it, but it was hard to say.

"Does Lu Shuai want to say that my Ming Dynasty's taxes are already very heavy?" Xu Lang said with a smile, "Just last year, my Lord He Yinghe of Changhua Zhi County, Qiongzhou Prefecture, mobilized the people to open up wasteland near Shanluling, and increased the annual income of 63.85 taels of grain and silver. A county increases its income by more than 60 taels of silver a year, and my Ming court pays only a few million taels of taxes a year. But does Lu Shuai know how much Fujian guerrilla general Zheng Zhilong earns a year, tens of millions of taels of silver. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was shocked by Xu Lang's words and stood up: "How is this possible, how can a little guerrilla general earn so much silver?" ”

"Lu Shuai, there's nothing impossible about this." Jiang Beiming said, "Let's just say that these Jin businessmen who came with us this time, where did their money come from?" It can't be grown from farming. ”

"Lu Shuai, your subordinates might as well tell Lu Shuai the truth." Xu Lang struck while the iron was hot, "Our Yulin Army had a business with General Zheng Zhilong the year before last, and sold a few ships and a few artillery pieces to General Zheng, but does Lu Shuai know what the transaction amount is, 5 million taels." Because of this, our Yulin Army will have meat to eat every day, train every day, and have 8 sets of military uniforms a year. It is precisely because of this that we will have an elite army to defend the Ming Dynasty. ”

Lu Xiangsheng made Jiang Beiming and Xu Lang a little upset, he had never heard such remarks before, but it seemed that what these two people said was very reasonable.

Jiang Beiming secretly gave Xu Lang a look, signaling Xu Lang to stop talking, it was time to listen to Lu Xiangsheng's meaning.

"Both." Lu Xiangsheng gradually returned to normal, "Let's talk about the army." ”

"Lu Shuai, my subordinates came this time to talk to Lu Shuai about this issue." Jiang Beiming saw that Lu Xiangsheng had changed the topic, so it was not good to say anything more, "The number of enemy troops in Naturalization City is scarce, so there is no problem for us to defeat it." The question is what to do after the fight, and I have to ask Lu Shuai to make it clear. ”

Lu Xiangsheng didn't answer, but asked, "What do you mean by the two of you?" ”

"Lu Shuai." Jiang Beiming saw that Lu Xiangsheng was sincerely asking, so he no longer concealed it, "The subordinates mean that we will be stationed in Naturalization City, and we will not take further action first." Guihua City is a transportation artery, and controlling it is equivalent to controlling the Mongolian steppe, and it also controls the trade route of the reverse gold. We suspect that the Reverse Jin will not sit idly by, and they will definitely come to rob the Naturalization City. Let's just wait for our work and fight them to the death here. ”

"Fight the Tartars here?" Lu Xiangsheng was a little worried, "Two, although we have your Yulin army, our strength is only 30,000. If the Tartars really come, they may be fifty or sixty thousand, shall we? ”

"Lu Shuai rest assured." Jiang Beiming patted his chest, "Although we only have 30,000 troops, our Yulin army has 12 artillery pieces, and we are refusing to defend the city." When the time comes, the Mongols will also help us, and there will be no problems. ”

"How did General Chiang know that the Mongols would help us?" Lu Xiangsheng asked strangely.

"Because we're going to give them the benefits." Jiang Beiming replied with a smile, "No one will refuse benefits." (To be continued.) )