The next morning, Zhu Hongsan saw that everyone had finished resting and ordered to set off. It was still less than fifty miles away from Xin'an, so Zhu Hongsan did not order a rapid march like yesterday, but just advanced at a normal speed.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Qian Yong's panda eyes and said with a smile: "Sibao, didn't you sleep well yesterday?" ”

Qian Yong didn't speak, and Zhao Guodong on the side grinned and said, "Sir, Sibao washed his underwear all night last night, and he was very tired, hahahaha!! ”

Qian Yong glared at Zhao Guodong and scolded fiercely: "Zhao Si, your mother, you are not without a mother-in-law, why do you have to save up your underwear in a pile and not wash it?" ”

Zhao Guodong Si Ai Ai said: "That mother-in-law is tired and can't let her work. ”

Qian Yong scolded: "Don't you want to be a motherfucker, are you reluctant to work for your daughter?" ”

Zhao Guodong's wife was the eldest lady of the Dong family in Henan back then, and the twin Dong sisters belonged to Zhu Hongsan, and this eldest lady was given to Zhao Guodong, of course she would not work.

Zhao Guodong was originally just a farmer farming outside Kaifeng, Henan, and he had no choice but to leave his hometown and go south to Huguang. A poor boy was already short of breath in front of this kind of daughter, and coupled with the stomach of others, he gave birth to three boys to Zhao Guodong in a row in the past few years. Dong's family is even more at home, there is not even a young woman at home, only four mothers-in-law, and the clothes are washed by Zhao Guodong himself.

Zhao Guodong was told by Qian Yong about the central matter, his face was flushed, and he scolded: "You Qian Sibao, Lao Tzu is better than you." Lao Tzu has three sons, and he is a hundred times stronger than your two money-losing goods. ”

This sentence poked Qian Yong's lung tube. Qian Yong snatched the wife in Yangzhuang Ji and gave birth to two girls for him in the past few years, which is Qian Yong's pain.

Qian Yong saw that Zhao Guodong didn't open any pot, and was about to open his mouth to scold, Zhu Hongsan said on the side: "Don't say it, what's wrong with the girl?" Zhao Si, you and Qian Yong should get married. Sibao and the two girls are married to your two sons, and a son-in-law is half a son, so don't Sibao have a son? None of you suffers. ”

Of course, the two of them didn't dare not listen to Zhu Hongsan's words, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Sir Xie." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "You two hear clearly, the training of the army needs to be strengthened. It's a bit like it now, but it's not enough, what we will face in the future is not the rogue, but the Manchu Eight Banners in the north. ”

Qian Yong said happily: "The chief wants to send troops to the north? Let me go! ”

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said: "There are only 6,000 people now, and it is not enough to stuff the gaps between your teeth, at least 500,000 people will be able to compare." ”

Qian Yong and Zhao Guodong were stunned, they never thought that they could lead an army of more than 100,000 people.

Qian Yong asked with a flushed face: "Sir, so we can all bring hundreds of thousands of troops in the future?" ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at the excited two, and scolded with a smile: "You don't think you will bring 3,000 people in this life, right?" To tell you the truth, in a few days, this king will recruit troops on a large scale, first recruit 30,000 people, divided into two divisions and ten regiments, and then the two of you will be the division commanders. ”

The thought that they could lead an army of 15,000 like this filled their hearts with passion. After a few battles, the two of them knew very well the combat effectiveness of the army under their command. Fifteen thousand such an all-firearms army is no problem against the 50,000 people of the Ming army.

Zhu Hongsan looked at these two guys falling into obscenity, and said: "Don't be happy too early, if this king finds out that your training is not qualified, don't talk about the division commander, don't be the regiment commander, go directly to be the company commander." ”

The two of them were frightened, they were going to be a company commander, but it was worse than death. The two hurriedly bid farewell to Zhu Hongsan and rushed to their own troops, preparing to start strengthening training.

Seeing the two of them leave in a hurry, Zhu Hongsan smiled. Ma Shaoguang, who was on the side, asked on the side: "Lord Wang, do you really want to expand the army by 30,000?" But our financial situation doesn't allow it. According to the calculation of one hundred taels of silver per person, 30,000 people will cost three million taels, which does not include the cost of daily training. ”

Zhu Hongsan glared at Ma Shaoguang and said, "Boyu, do your job as a secretary, your current identity has no place for you to speak, if you want to make suggestions, let's talk about it when you get to your father's position." ”

After speaking, Zhu Hongsan ignored Ma Shaoguang's expression and rode away.

Ma Shaoguang was tickled by the roots of Zhu Hong's three qi teeth in the back, but now he can't help it. In addition, he has seen a lot of knowledge with Ma Jiyuan in the past few years, and Ma Shaoguang is no longer the enthusiastic scholar he used to be. He knew that the world was in chaos now, and only a military leader like Zhu Hongsan was the biggest, and a scholar like himself could only rely on him.

Zhu Hongsan didn't care about Ma Shaoguang's psychological activities at all, and led the troops to continue on the road.

Today, Zhu Hongsan did not toss any more rapid marches, and when it was dark, the troops came to Xixiang Town, which was ten miles away from Xin'an County. Zhu Hongsan ordered to camp here.

In the evening, Zhu Hongsan came to the meeting, and all the officers at the battalion and company level attended the meeting. At the meeting, Zhu Hongsan severely criticized everyone's attitude of not being active in training, and stipulated that in the future, rapid marching and training would be held from time to time every month. The next time a team falls behind, it will not be as simple as washing underwear, but directly demoting all of them to the ranks.

The military rank system and welfare benefits of Zhu Hongsan's troops are all linked, and if you are demoted by one level, you will have much less income. This punishment is not insignificant for everyone.

To give a stick, you must give a sweet date, and then Zhu Hongsan issued a decision to expand the army by 30,000 after he went back. It was a very happy decision. You must know that the team has expanded fivefold, and the army in the hands of these battalion and company commanders has also expanded fivefold accordingly.

Zhu Hongsan looked at them with a smile on his face, and then said: "Tomorrow, this king will conduct a drill outside Xin'an County, with Xin'an County as the enemy, assuming that we are the besieging party. When the time comes, I will look at your training and decide on your future promotion. ”

This remark made everyone very happy, and they all said that they would definitely devote 12 points to work hard to complete the exercise tomorrow.

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "It's okay, let's go and rest, and tomorrow after breakfast, we will attack Xin'an County." ”

After a night of silence, the team rushed to Xin'an County after eating the next morning.

Xixiang Town is only ten miles away from Xin'an County, and it has already arrived at the city before noon.

Xin'an County in the Ming Dynasty was newly established during the Wanli period, and this place was originally under the jurisdiction of Dongguan County. Because large ocean-going ships want to enter and leave Guangzhou, they must detour Lantau Island and pass through Nantou and Humen before entering the Pearl River. As a result, Nantou became the throat of Guangzhou's overseas traffic waterway, and commerce began to flourish.

Therefore, in the first year of Wanli, Xin'an County was built here in Nantou, which took the meaning of "reforming the old and making the new, and going to danger for safety".

During the Jiajing period, in order to face the increasingly serious harassment of pirates and pirates, the governor of Guangdong set up six water villages along the mouth of the Pearl River, and the patrol channel of the naval division headquarters was located in Nantou Water Village. At the same time, in order to predict the enemy's situation, a beacon tower was built on the top of Xiaonan Mountain in Chiwan, as the eyes and ears of Nantou Water Village, and in case of hostile situation, smoke was used during the day and fire was used to alarm the police at night.

Now Zhu Hongsan and his entourage of more than 6,000 people appeared outside Xin'an City, and the beacon tower was quickly lit with a beacon fire. When the guards on the wall of Xin'an County saw such a group of people coming, they immediately closed the city gate and notified the county order in the city.

You must know that it has not been many years since the county seat of Xin'an was established, and there are no 20,000 people in the whole city, and there are less than 1,000 soldiers defending the city. Zhu Hongsan has 6,000 people, so it's no wonder that there is a lot of noise in the county.

Zhu Hongsan didn't care about that, and when he arrived three miles outside the city, he ordered the team to form a formation and start the exercise of attacking Xin'an County.

Six artillery batteries, a total of one hundred and eight guns, lined up in a row and began to fire at the city walls of the county town. This is an exercise, so there is no live ammunition, but there is also a sound of gunpowder firing, and the salvo of more than a hundred guns can be considered deafening.

Peng Ershu, the commander of Xin'an County, just received a report from his subordinates that a group of troops had come from outside the city, and it seemed that they were not official soldiers.

Peng Ershu hurriedly ordered people to go to Nantou Water Village for help, and took people up to the city to see what the situation was.

As soon as Peng Xianling landed on the top of the city, he heard the loud sound of artillery salvos outside, so he was scared to pee. Lying on the head of the city, I saw that the three miles outside the city were all troops, wearing red and blue military uniforms, not official soldiers.

There are hundreds of Franc cannons on the side. Peng County has been coming to Xin'an County for three years, and he usually deals with the Franc machine man, and he has seen the Franc machine artillery. This time, when I saw that Zhu Hongsan's cannon was small, I thought it was a Franc machine gun.

But this is scary enough, you must know that there are no hundreds of Franc cannons in the entire Ming Dynasty, and this time there are more than a hundred, and Peng County can still calm down there.