Chapter 117: First arrival at the Dongjiang River

Now many ministers have blind trust in the emperor, especially after the emperor became a professor of the six subjects, the ministers found that the emperor knew a lot of strange knowledge that they didn't understand at all. Many people think that the emperor must have come down from heaven to save the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Youxiao's current prestige is much higher than that of his father and grandfather.

And now Zhu Youxiao is in Yuntai to discuss with the ministers and the generals of the Guards. Because Mao Wenlong sent the news, Jiannu could not break through in southern Liaoning and was ready to turn to North Korea to rob.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, because a large number of Liao people fled, there were not enough people to farm in Houjin, resulting in extremely low crop yields. If you don't rob, there's a good chance you won't be able to survive this winter.

Everyone has a headache, and the main problem is that there are not enough troops to come to the aid of North Korea. The Ming army was actually extremely numerous, but everyone now had little confidence in the guards, or in other armies except the guards.

The independent brigade of the Guards Army is still in Japan, and the first division cannot go in southern Liaoning, the third division has to defend the Beijing division, and the second division can be withdrawn, but the second division has only returned from Japan, and Juehua Island will freeze in winter and connect with the mainland, so it is necessary to leave a part of the guards.

As a result, North Korea could only be rescued by Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town and some officers and soldiers of the Second Division.

Huang Kezhang said: "Your Majesty, the model of the Guards should be quickly extended to the whole country, and all the guards will be replaced, the previous Guards instructors Yu Denglai and Qian'an have trained a total of 30,000 people, but they have not yet been trained in firearms, and the minister thinks that they can be pulled to the Beijing Division for final training and formation, so that the Third Division can go to North Korea." ”

Huang Kezhang has always admired the combat power of the Guards, so he demanded that the Guards system be implemented throughout the country to replace the guards in various places. In the early stage, more than 30,000 people were trained in Denglai and Qian'an, and they have been trained for spear assassination for half a year, and they can indeed move to Beijing to form an army.

Xu Guangqi, on the other hand, is worried about another problem, that is, the accuracy of the intelligence. He did not doubt that Houjin would attack North Korea, but felt that Houjin could also attack Juehua Island or even Shanhaiguan.

Ye Xianggao believes that it is true that Houjin may divide his troops and attack all the way to North Korea and Juehua Island. However, he believed that the possibility of attacking Shanhaiguan was too small, and that it was necessary to prevent the Later Jin from attacking other parts of the Great Wall through Mongolia.

So in the end, Zhu Youxiao made a summary: First, let the Third Division go to the Dongjiang River to cooperate with Mao Wenlong to deal with the Houjin Army that invaded Korea, and the defense of the Beijing Division was taken care of by the new army of Denglai and Qian'an.

Second, the second division did not move, continued to stay on Juehua Island, and attacked according to the situation, cooperating with the first division, attacking Haizhou and even Liaoshen, in order to contain the Houjin army.

The third is to order Wang Zaijin and Wang Xiangqian to contact the Mongols, investigate the movements of the Houjin army in a timely manner, and strengthen the defense along the Great Wall.

And the recruits from Denglai and Qian'an need a commander for the time being, Xu Guangqi recommended the deputy general Sun Zushou, Fang Congzhe recommended the chief soldier Ma Shilong, and Ye Xianggao recommended the soldier Langzhong Lu Shanji. In the end, Zhu Youxiao appointed Lu Shanji and Sun Zushou as the remaining guards and general soldiers of the Beijing Division of the Guards on the grounds that Ma Shilong needed to guard the Shanhaiguan Pass, and temporarily took charge of the new army of the Beijing Division of the Guards.

The appointment of Lu Shanji and Sun Zushou made the Donglin Party breathe a sigh of relief. Because both of them are biased towards Donglin. It seems that the emperor is not specifically targeting the Donglin Party, the emperor is looking at whether this person is talented and obedient. To say these two points, Donglin people will not live behind.

All the members of the Third Division of the Guards Army lived in the Dongjiang River, and their favorite person was naturally Lu Qin, and the most unhappy person was naturally Mao Wenlong. Mao Wenlong knew that with his own troops, there was certainly no problem in sneaking up on the Houjin army, and he might barely be able to fight with the Houjin with a strong city to defend it, but if it was a field battle, he was afraid that he was not the opponent of the Houjin.

If the imperial court gave him more troops, of course he would be happy, but now that the Guards have reached the Dongjiang River, then who listens to whom? It is too unlikely to let Lu Qin listen to him, but if Mao Wenlong is asked to listen to Lu Qin, of course Mao Wenlong will be unhappy. Not only was he unhappy, but his generals were also unhappy.

Chen Jisheng pretended that he and Chen Qiyu were from the family, and said in front of Zhen Qiyu: "The prison army, the guards are coming to the Dongjiang River, do you want us to listen to them?" ”

Chen Qiyu said with a smile: "After the opening of the Dongjiang Town, General Mao is the chief of the Dongjiang River, the Guards system is different from ours, and we should become like that in the future, it is impossible for the imperial court to let the Guards command Dongjiang Town." ”

Chen Jisheng said happily: "Then the guards will listen to our Dongjiang Town?" ”

Chen Qiyu shook his head and said: "That's not it, I guess the two armies form a joint command structure, and the leader should be from Beijing." ”

Chen Jisheng calmed down a little at this time, as long as he was not in command of Dongjiang Town by the Third Division, then he would not be unhappy in his heart. However, Chen Qiyu guessed wrong.

Lu Qin came to Dongjiang with the 3rd Division, and at the same time the holy decree came, ordering the 3rd Division and Dongjiang Town to jointly form the Korean War Department, with Chen Qiyu in charge of the overall responsibility and the chief of operations, and Mao Wenlong and Lu Qin as deputy ministers. At this time, the people of Dongjiang Town were all happy, because Chen Qiyu was their supervisor, and now he was the leader of Dongjiang Town.

Chen Qiyu was also a little surprised, he thought that Jingli would send someone to take the lead, but he didn't want to do it himself, he felt a great responsibility for a while, but he also felt that the holy grace was immense, and he had to fight this battle well to repay the king.

After the Dongjiang soldiers saw the guards, they could only sigh that people could not be compared with each other. The Guards wore cotton clothes and pants, leather hats, leather earmuffs, leather gloves, leather boots, and even a cotton mask on their faces.

Looking at the tattered cotton clothes on his body, he shivered from the cold, and others were so warm that they had to take off their clothes, and you said that it was impossible to have no ideas.

And after seeing the armor of the Guards during training, this thought became even stronger. Part of the armor of the Third Division is all plate armor, with a cotton lining inside, and there is no place on the whole body that is exposed, even the face has a mask, and after it is knocked down, there are two gaps in the eyes, which does not affect the field of vision, and makes it impossible for arrows and bullets to hurt people.

Such plate armor is also very flexible, and it can hold more than two ammo in a minute. However, in the plate armor formation, there is a group of people who do not even wear ordinary armor, and their firearms are longer than those of other soldiers, and if you look at them, you will find that even the bullets are different from others. This is the projectile that is used as a sniper.

Yes, a long bullet can be used in a rifled gun, such a bullet is fast, has a long range, and also hits accurately. This time, 500 men of the 3rd Division came specifically to test the rifled guns, and after returning home, the Ordnance Bureau will improve the weapons according to their situation.

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