After the five assembly numbers were completed, 6,000 people stood silently on the playground. The clothes designed by Zhu Hongsan for them are red on the top and blue on the bottom, plus a tall hat, standing in a row is very imposing.

At this time, Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong stepped forward to report the number of people who went out to exercise and the number of people who asked for leave. Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Very good, I came back this time to review your training in the past six months, and if I am not satisfied, I will punish the two of you." ”

Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong said loudly: "Please review, sir!" ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Bring your team and all the equipment, let's practice today." The target is Xin'an County, I want you to march quickly and reach the outside of Xin'an County in three days. ”

Xin'an County is more than 120 miles away from Dongguan County and more than 100 miles away from Nanhaiwei. The army rushed to Xin'an County within three days with all the equipment, and this task was not easy.

But Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong had no fear at all, and replied loudly: "Yes, sir!" ”

After speaking, he gathered the team, pulled up the artillery and ammunition trucks, and went out of Nanhaiwei to Xin'an County.

Each regiment of Zhu Hongsan's army was equipped with three artillery batteries, a total of 54 artillery pieces, and 60 ammunition carts, each of which was pulled by two horses, and the ammunition carts were pulled by one horse, plus the officers' horses and heavy horses, and a regiment was nearly 500 horses and mules. Plus 3,000 men, each regiment marched five miles long, and two regiments more than a dozen miles long.

Zhu Hongsan walked in the middle of the marching team with the guard company, looking at his own team. Zhu Hongsan found that although he only had 6,000 people, his current momentum was really angry, what would it look like if he had 100,000 horses?

No wonder Chang Yuchun said: "Give me 100,000 horses, and I should sweep the world." ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at the marching army in front of him, Rulin's bayonets glittering in the sun. Zhu Hongsan remembered that Napoleon also led such a French army of 500,000 to attack Lao Maozi, but he didn't expect to be beaten and lose his armor. I won't follow his old path.

Pulling and training is the most effective means to test the training situation of an army, and seeing the surrounding troops walking unhurriedly, Zhu Hongsan frowned, and he couldn't see the effect at all when he walked like this.

Zhu Hongsan ordered: "Herald, tell the front team to speed up and rush to Hutoumen, fifty miles away, to rest tonight." "The herald went down to deliver the order. After a while, the ranks began to speed up their march.

The effect of the acceleration of the march was immediately noticeable, the marching columns were stretched very long, the infantry was okay, the artillery and baggage in the rear were not. The roads of the Ming Dynasty were not as perfect as those of Europe, and Guangdong was located in the south with a dense water network, so artillery weighing a thousand catties could easily get stuck in the mud.

Qian Yong relied on the fact that he was Zhu Hongsan's old subordinate, stepped forward to plead with a thick face, and said: "Sir, it's noon, and it's too difficult to rush to Hutoumen, fifty miles away, in half a day. ”

Zhu Hongsan scolded: "Don't fuck nonsense, who cares if your road is good or not when you are fighting?" I ordered the late group to wash the pants of the group that arrived first for ten days, you know? ”

Qian Yong was so frightened that he stood up and said, "Yes, sir! ”

This order is too shady, soldiers have a sense of honor, and it is better to let them wash their opponents' underwear than to let them die. Zhu Hongsan's order was issued, and immediately the two regiments were afraid to wash each other's underwear, so they used their strength to push the gun cart in the mud.

Zhu Hongsan took the guard company and Zhu Hongyi to Hutoumen first, which was the location of the Humen Fort in the late Qing Dynasty, which has always been a military location. After the Pearl River leaves Hutoumen, it becomes a huge estuary with a width of more than 20 miles, so Humen is also the first gateway to Guangzhou.

The place of Hutoumen was originally guarded by a small flag of Nanhaiwei. Since Nanhaiwei fell into the hands of Zhu Hongsan, no one has taken care of this place. The dock fort built on the hill was also not guarded.

Zhu Hongsan entered the dock fort and sat on the stone waiting for his subordinates to arrive.

Zhu Hongyi stepped forward and handed Zhu Hongsan a water bag, Zhu Hongsan took a sip and asked, "Big brother, you see that Qian Yong and the others can arrive first." ”

Zhu Hongyi said: "Qian Yong is too treacherous in the war, he must arrive first." Zhao Guodong is cautious, he will definitely be able to arrive with all the equipment. ”

It seems that Zhu Hongyi, the former instructor, is not in vain, and he is clear about the temperament of these two people. Zhu Hongyi is right, these generals and seedlings under him have their own characteristics. Qian Yong is good at attacking; Zhao Guodong is good at guarding; Zhao Guoliang is strong in encircling points to send reinforcements; Zhou Yu is cautious and cautious, and there is no omission; Wang Jinbao has many ghost ideas and is good at attacking behind enemy lines; Zhang Sanqiang is good at using cavalry because he was born in Shaanxi; Han Shirong is brave and good at breaking through head-on.

Zhu Hongsan thought about the people under him, it seems that some professional soldiers have been trained in his military career in the past few years. It is also necessary to expand the size of the army, and 6,000 people is still too little.

Zhu Hongsan predicted that in order to hold Guangdong, it would be necessary to have such an army of 50,000 people, and it would take 300,000 to fight to Nanjing and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to divide the river, and it would be impossible for the Northern Expedition to have 500,000 people.

But the soldiers said nicely, 300,000 and 500,000, this is all money. Now the equipment can be produced by itself, and the equipment of a soldier costs a hundred taels of silver. With Zhu Hongsan's current financial resources, he can only equip 30,000 people to reach the sky.

Zhu Hongsan sat on the stone and thought silently, it seems that the production cost should be minimized. However, in terms of current productivity, it has been reduced to the extreme. If you want to reduce costs, you have to start from raw materials.

At present, the bulk of Zhu Hongsan's capital investment is in the purchase of iron ore and coal. Guangdong is not the origin of these two raw materials, and the local inventory has been almost consumed by Zhu Hongsan. It seems that the focus is on opening up new sources of raw materials.

The iron ore is already there, and Tong Yangjia will go to Qiongzhou Mansion in ten days, and the Tiandu and Shilu in that place, two well-known iron-rich mines in China, are their own capital. Coal is still troublesome, it is really unsafe to buy it with money, it is better to buy it without money, but most of China's coal production areas are in the north, and the Manchus may not be able to buy coal for themselves.

Zhu Hongsan remembers that Hung Kai in Vietnam is a coal base, and I heard that it is still an open-pit coal mine, and mining is very simple. It seems that Old Man Feng is here to discuss with him the candidate for the prefect of Lianzhou Mansion.

But Hongji is far away in Vietnam, and there must be a navy in that place, I don't know what happened to Yan Qingshan?

Zhu Hongsan was thinking nonsense here, it was slowly getting dark, and there were already sporadic troops rushing to Hutoumen. The first one to arrive was Qian Yong.

Qian Yong came to Zhu Hongsan and said, "Sir, Qian Yong reports!" ”

Zhu Hongsan looked up at him and said, "What about your team?" ”

Qian Yong said: "Didn't the chief say that the first to arrive is to win? I'm in the back. ”

Zhu Hongsan scolded: "Fart, what's the use of you coming by yourself?" Can you deal with a few enemies yourself? Hurry up and go back and gather the team, and close you tightly in this way out of the army. ”

Qian Yong was agitated and said, "Yes, sir! I'm going to gather the troops! ”

Zhu Hongsan waited until the moon came out, Zhao Guodong came, saw Zhu Hongsan and said: "Sir, the second regiment is all here, please review it!" ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, and when he got out of the dock fort, he saw the second regiment standing at the door, although the team was not good-looking, but none of them were left behind, and the equipment was neatly brought.

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Very good, I announce that the second group has won, and the first group will wash your pants for ten days." ”

All the soldiers of the second regiment cheered long live, and Zhao Guodong said happily: "Damn, Lao Tzu has a dozen unwashed underwear for money to wash, haha!! ”

Zhu Hongsan also smiled and looked at the cheering soldiers, and said, "Okay, everyone eat first, and then rest." Pay attention to sleep with your feet high and your head down, which can reduce fatigue. ”

Zhao Guodong was ordered to take the soldiers down to rest without mentioning it.

Zhu Hongsan stood on the dock fort and looked at Qian Yong's group in the distance, and the long line was like ants, extending out for twenty miles. It was midnight when the last soldier arrived at Hutoumen.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Qian Yong coldly and said, "Sibao, what else do you say?" If you say how many brothers you killed in the middle of the war? ”

Qian Yong also knew that he was doing something wrong, so he lowered his head and didn't speak.

Zhu Hongsan said: "I hope to teach you a lesson this time, you go to Zhao Guodong, he said that there are a dozen underwear for you to wash." ”

Qian Yong raised his head and said, "Sir, is it really washing?" ”

Zhu Hongsan scolded: "I am willing to gamble and lose, how can I teach you, this is the military order, go damn fast." ”

Qian Yong had no way to go down to find Zhao Guodong to wash his underwear.

Zhu Hongsan is not idle, the soldiers are tired enough today, and he wants to use this opportunity to buy people's hearts. The means are very simple, that is, to push food and undress. However, this set of things is very useful here for the simple Ming Dynasty people, and Zhu Hongsan saw some soldiers moved to tears. Seeing this, Zhu Hongsan's conscience, which had not yet been eaten by the dog, was touched a little.