The starting point city is close at hand, and the Ming army can raise its feet to come, since the Tiance army's precautions are so strict, Lu Xiangsheng also talked about any strategy, so he chose to push the army flat.

Although we can't get complete news about the Tiance Army, from all aspects of the news, the Tiance Army has not assembled in various places, and there is no sign of mobilization of the battalion in Miyun, a regiment of the Tiance Army is still in Korea, and there are no reinforcements from the Tiance Army in the direction of Tianjin. The second regiment of the Tiance Army is still stationed in Tongzhou, and there is no abnormal movement, so the strength of the Tiance Army in the starting point city area has been well estimated.

Wang Yue was also holding a military meeting, which was attended by officers at and above the company level of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th regiments, Zhang Le, instructor of the 6th regiment, and other officers, as well as members of the headquarters, Dong Yongwen, chief soldier of Baoding, and Chen Deyong, deputy general.

The Baoding Army has completed the replacement of military uniforms, and the weapons cannot be put in place in one step, which requires a certain amount of time of training, and it is under the training of officers sent by the Tiance Army. Of course, ideological and political work must also be followed up, and those who are not qualified must be eliminated from the army.

This time, in addition to changing military uniforms, the Baoding Army also received 2,000 pairs of plate armor. The original Baoding army had a very low armor rate, and only a few high-ranking generals had iron armor, and low-level generals only had leather armor and cotton armor.

Two thousand pairs of steel plate stamped plate armor, compared with other Ming troops, the Baoding army can be said to be armed to the teeth, and the luxury is boundless. And Wang Yue promised that everyone in the Baoding Army would eventually wear armor.

While Dong Yongwen and the others were happy, they also wondered why none of the soldiers of the Tiance Army were wearing armor, and even Wang Yue and Wang Zhuo were also not wearing armor.

Wang Yue explained to him, and it dawned on him that the Tiance Army, which had automatic weapons, was mobile and flexible, and could carry more ammunition. The Tiance Army is a semi-armored unit, and it cannot be said that it is completely unarmoured.

After the Baoding army was finally armed, the chances of white-knuckle combat in the war were greatly reduced. Equipping them with plate armor is to improve their survivability, especially against large numbers of cavalry, after all, the Baoding army will not be equipped with machine guns.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the information obtained from the investigation, the imperial army has arrived and may attack me at any time." Wang Yue pointed to the topographic map of the Beijing division on the wall with his baton and said: "Most of the Ming army is now gathered outside the Fucheng Gate, about thirteen kilometers away from my starting point city, with a total strength of about 100,000 people, counting auxiliary forces such as grain, grass and baggage, close to 150,000. ”

Although the Baoding army was absent, the total combat strength of the Ming army still had 100,000 people, of which Liu Ze, the general soldier of Shandong, made a relatively large contribution.

The Ming army was different from the Qing soldiers, who were composed of nomadic people, and they were an army dominated by robbery, so they had a relatively low dependence on logistics. The Ming army was an army in the feudal era and had a high dependence on logistics.

"Commander, you can assign the task, see that I don't knock out their dog brains."

Feng Yuanshan has been holding back his strength for a long time, and if he doesn't fight, he may hold back internal injuries.

In this military meeting, the Tiance Army used the form of a telephone conference for the first time. Although the 2nd Regiment was still stationed in Tongzhou, officers of the 2nd Regiment above the company level were still able to participate in meetings by telephone, as was a battalion of the 1st Regiment.

The Navy, as far away as Tianjin, and even further away as the 1st Regiment in North Korea, was able to listen to the military meeting through encrypted radio channels.

The broadcasting equipment of the military radio station is unique to the Tiance Army and is not open to civilian use, and the radio used by the army is a receiver with a card slot, which contains a decryption code.

A broadcasting tower has been erected in the starting point city, and the theoretical transmission distance is more than 2,500 kilometers, and the time and space may be even farther.

Wang Yue had recovered, and the officers of the Navy Headquarters in Tianjin, and the officers of the First Regiment of the DPRK, who were farther away, heard Wang Yue's voice and could not help but rejoice one by one, as long as their backbone was still there, their hearts would be stable.

"War is the continuation of politics!" Wang Yue said slowly: "Our Tiance Army has several goals to achieve in this battle. ”

He stretched out his finger and said, "First, completely defeat all the Ming army. Judging from the equipment of our army, there is no difference in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army and the Qing army. But the Ming army is different from the Qing army, after all, the Ming army is composed of people of the same nationality as us. Therefore, when we can reduce the number of casualties, we must reduce them, and we accept the surrender of those who lay down their arms and surrender, and no one shall be killed without cause. ”

He looked at everyone and continued: "Second, the imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress my meritorious Tiance army, I think there must be a traitor in the court, and the emperor was bewitched by the traitorous ministers, so my next task for the Tiance army is to clear the monarch's side and return the court to a Qingning." ”

Feng Yuanshan disagreed with Wang Yue's opinion and said: "Commander, this is obviously a good thing done by the emperor's old man, why cover it up for him?" ”

"Head Feng, Lord Wang means to take your time and don't be in a hurry."

Dong Yongwen felt that Wang Yue's proposal was good, and Baoding Junmeng suddenly had a rebellious reputation, which was a little embarrassing, there was always a transition, wasn't it?

Feng Yuanshan glanced at him and said angrily: "Mr. Dong, you are still in love with your emperor, right?" ”

He is a little disdainful of Dong Yongwen, and in his Feng Yuanshan's opinion, it is not as reliable as reorganizing and training the Baoding Army to take in the Baoding Army. The bad habits that the former Ming soldiers had cultivated for a long time were very difficult to break.

He was not highly educated, so he did not see Wang Yue's true intention to incorporate the Baoding army.

The incorporation of the Baoding Army is to set an example for other Ming armies, so that they can see the benefits they can get by following the Tiance Army. Not only the Baoding army, but also the people in the Baoding area will benefit from this, which is the expansion of the political prestige and influence of the starting point city.

Unlike the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not necessarily have to use killing to solve all problems, especially when the system and concept of the starting point city gradually became more and more distant from the current era.

Dong Yongwen waved his hand again and again: "Head Feng, there is no such intention in the subordinates, there is no such intention!" Since coming to the starting point city, my Baoding army has been determined to take the king as the leader. ”

Feng Yuanshan is the veteran captain of the Tiance Legion, so Dong Yongwen politely called him below.

Li Zixuan said on the side: "Yuanshan, don't mess around, everything is up to the commander." ”

Seeing that Li Zixuan, the vanguard of the rebellion, said so, Feng Yuanshan did not speak. Among these regiment leaders, Li Zixuan was an active rebel and often made similar remarks.

"It seems that Zixuan has understood my intentions." Wang Yue smiled and said, "I think some of the official positions that the imperial court has recently appointed to us are very good." After our Tiance Army has cleaned up some moths in the imperial court, we can legitimately march to these places. This is our third strategic purpose! ”