Just when the crown prince Zhu Hai was unlucky enough to be imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion, Zhu Jiang, the king of Qin who was far away in Yangzhou, was excitedly waiting for the order of Admiral Zhao Guodong.

Emperor Zhu Hongsan's holy decree to punish the Japanese was sent to Zhao Guodong, the governor of the Yangzhou War Zone, in the morning. The holy decree is nothing, whether it is a war or not, that is the duty of a soldier. But the selection of that regiment became a big trouble.

Zhao Guodong had a total of three divisions and fifteen regiments, a total of 45,000 people, and it stands to reason that it is not difficult to select three regiments. However, Yangzhou is the front line, and it is also responsible for the defense of the northern gate of the Beijing Division, and the Manchu army is opposite.

Although Hong Chengchou was beaten by the Ming army and retreated to Huai'an, he gathered 50,000 or 60,000 horses in the past year.

Zhao Guodong looked at Zhao Guoliang who was sitting on the side, Zhao Guoliang had always been Zhao Guodong's deputy before, and he was also an old man in the second division, and he was very happy to see his comrades-in-arms leading the army Zhao Guodong today.

"Guoliang, Your Majesty asked you to lead three regiments to the Wa Kingdom, you see how this candidate is chosen!"

Although Zhao Guoliang is also surnamed Zhao, he has nothing to do with Zhao Guodong. Zhao Guodong's hometown is Henan, and Zhao Guoliang is indeed a native of Huguang. When he joined the army, because he and Zhao Guodong were both called Zhao Si, Emperor Zhu Hongsan changed their names, one was called Guodong and the other was called Guoliang.

Zhao Guoliang and Zhao Guodong have cooperated for many years, and now they are not outside, and they arched their hands and said: "My lord, Yangzhou is too important here, my subordinates want to lead two regiments of my eighth division, and then lead a regiment of the tenth division, and the elite will stay to guard Yangzhou!" Adults think that's okay? ”

Zhao Guodong was very satisfied when he heard Zhao Guoliang say this, and he now had three divisions and 45,000 men under his command. The Second Division, as Zhao Guodong's descendant, is the most elite, the Eighth Division has not been formed for a long time, and its combat effectiveness is okay, as for the Tenth Division, it is really a headache for Zhao Guodong.

These guys of the 10th Division were originally the new annex of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they were captured during the battle with the Ming army outside Nanjing. At that time, Zhu Hongsan lacked manpower, so he mainly selected the elite and established the 10th Division. These guys were a bunch of soldiers in the pre-Ming Dynasty, stealing chickens and dogs, and harming the place was a top trick, and it was too late to fight.

At that time, during the battle of Yangzhou, the early siege was mainly fought by the elite of the Second Division, and the guys of the Tenth Division were picking up leaks in the back, so Yangzhou City was also harmed, so whether it was Zhao Guodong as the commander or Zhang Bao as the commander of the Tenth Division, they were very troubled by these guys.

According to Zhao Guodong's meaning, it is best for Zhao Guoliang's three regiments to be selected from the Tenth Division, but then Zhao Guoliang will definitely not agree, after all, Zhao Guoliang also has to make contributions!

Now that he heard that Zhao Guoliang had picked a regiment in the Tenth Division, Zhao Guodong thought about it, it was better to give Zhao Guoliang all the waste materials and let them harm the Japanese.

"Guoliang, you also know what virtues the Tenth Division has, why don't you bring the Tenth Division, one regiment and two regiments, four regiments of 12,000 people, and you are not afraid of the Japanese Kou!"

The 10th Division received a total of 6,000 Manchu surrendered troops that year, and it happened to form two regiments, that is, the first regiment and the second regiment that Zhao Guodong said just now, and the remaining three regiments were all recruits and were in training.

Zhao Guodong knew very well what Zhao Guodong had in mind, but he didn't have any objections, because this time he was accompanied by the first and second regiments of the Eighth Division, which was Zhao Guoliang's descendant, and the people of the Eighth Division suppressed it, and the guys in the Tenth Division couldn't turn the sky upside down.

"Lord Admiral, I don't have any opinion, but the holy decree says to bring three regiments, so it's not appropriate for us to take four regiments without permission!"

"Guoliang, don't worry about this, now you go and prepare first, Your Majesty has me to persuade you, and I promise not to delay your expedition!"

Seeing Zhao Guodong packing the ticket, Zhao Guoliang didn't say anything, nodded in agreement.

At this time, the guards outside the door came in and announced: "Report to the chief, Zhu Jiang, the commander of the fifth regiment of the second division outside the door, asks to see you!" ”

Zhu Jiang was promoted to regiment commander after the Battle of Yangzhou, probably the fastest promoted in the army, from a platoon commander to a senior officer in less than a year, but there is no way, people are awesome. Zhu Jiang also knew that he had improved a little quickly, so after being promoted to regiment commander, he studied battlefield command hard, and now he can be regarded as a small success.

When Zhao Guodong heard that Zhu Jiang was coming, he didn't know what this kid was going to do.

"Let him in!"

Because of a lot of sports in the army, Zhu Jiang has grown to 1.75 meters tall, and he was completely a big man in the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Jiang entered the house, he saluted Zhao Guodong and Zhao Guoliang, and then said uprightly: "Report, Zhu Jiang of the Second Division and the Fifth Regiment report!" ”

Zhao Guodong looked at Zhu Jiang and asked, "Why are you not studying hard?" ”

"Lord Admiral, the last general heard that the imperial court has decided to go on an expedition to the Wa Kingdom, and the last general wants to ask for a battle!"

Zhao Guodong laughed: "Haha, you kid also want to go on the expedition?" How's your studies going? ”

Zhu Jiang listened to Zhao Guodong teasing himself, blushed and said with a thick neck: "Lord Admiral, if you don't make such jokes, didn't you know anything back then?" Didn't His Majesty the Emperor also say that only the battlefield can train qualified generals! Therefore, if the last general wants to go out with the army this time, please allow the Admiral! ”

Zhao Guodong groaned and didn't speak, not that he was afraid that Zhu Jiang would have some accidents on the battlefield. Now the Ming army is extremely strong in combat, and it can be used as one for ten against the Manchu Eight Banners, not to mention those Japanese dwarfs. Zhao Guodong was worried that he would go thousands of miles away to the Japanese country and take a boat, and if there was any accident on the vast sea, how would he explain to the emperor.

But seeing Zhu Jiang's strength, Zhao Guodong still couldn't let him go, Zhao Guodong pondered for a long time and said: "It's okay if you want to go, but the second division in the dispatch army does not send troops, the eighth division sends two regiments, and the tenth division produces two regiments, if you want to go, you have to transfer from the second division to the tenth division, are you willing?" ”

Zhu Jiang was really dumbfounded when he heard Zhao Guodong say this, he was the battalion commander of the Tenth Division, but he knew what kind of goods those guys were, and now let him go back to the Tenth Division, Zhu Jiang couldn't help but hesitate a little.

Zhao Guodong saw Zhu Jiang hesitating, and said happily in his heart: "There is only this way, if you don't want to go to the Tenth Division, you can't go to the Wa Kingdom!" ”

Zhao Guodong thought that Zhu Jiang would retreat because of the difficulty, but he knew that Zhu Jiang gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" Lord Admiral, the last general will go to the Tenth Division! ”

Zhao Guodong was very surprised to hear that Zhu Jiang agreed, you must know that the second division is elite, whether it is weaponry or personnel quality, it is all first-class, it has never been transferred from miscellaneous troops to elite troops, and I have never heard of anyone wanting to be transferred from elite to miscellaneous brands, let alone flat transfers.

"Zhu Jiang, can you hear clearly, going to the Tenth Division is not to improve, but to level up!"

"The last general knows that as long as he can follow the army, he will be demoted to the last general!"

Zhao Guodong didn't expect Zhu Jiang's attitude to be so resolute, and he had no choice but to agree to Zhu Jiang's request.

Zhao Guoliang looked at Zhu Jiang's figure going out and said, "My lord, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for King Qin to follow!" We are thousands of miles away from the Japanese kingdom here, what happened on the vast sea, sorry for Your Majesty's kindness! ”

"Guoliang, I also know, I originally wanted this kid to retreat, but I don't know it's easy, what should I do now when I scratch my head?"

Zhao Guoliang thought for a while and said, "My lord, do you think this is good?" Anyway, the transfer of the regiment commander level has to go through the Military Aircraft Department, why don't you send a letter to Your Majesty to explain the situation in detail, and ask Your Majesty to decide? ”

Zhao Guodong nodded: "That's the only way to do it!" ”

After the two discussed, Zhao Guoliang began to prepare personnel and materials, and Zhao Guodong wrote to His Majesty the Emperor, explaining the situation, thinking that it was better to go to the four regiments for the expedition, and at the same time mentioned the matter of Zhu Jiang and asked the emperor to agree.

After Zhao Guodong finished writing the recital, he went to the governor's yamen in Yangzhou City, after all, Ma Jiyuan was still the nominal commander-in-chief of the Yangzhou Theater, and he didn't know if it would be bad.

Ma Jiyuan was noncommittal after listening to Zhao Guodong, he was a civil official, and he had no idea how to fight.

"Admiral Zhao, although the war with the Manchu Qing Dynasty has come to an end now, I don't know when the fight will start again, can the safety of Yangzhou be guaranteed by transferring 10,000 people now?"

Ma Jiyuan, as the governor of Liangjiang, naturally didn't want to lose Yangzhou again, so he asked.

"Please rest assured that the Governor, this last general also thought of it, although Zhao Guoliang took away 12,000 people this time, but our elite second division is still there, plus the remaining three regiments of the eighth division, it is no problem to ensure the safety of Yangzhou!"

Ma Jiyuan saw that Zhao Guodong knew what he knew, so he didn't say anything, the emperor had an order, he, the governor of Liangjiang, could only manage the local inspection department, and the other troops couldn't control anything, since Zhao Guodong said so, Ma Jiyuan couldn't do anything.

In this way, the plan for the expedition to the Japanese state was preliminarily decided, and the next step was to send the plan to the Nanjing Military Aircraft Department for approval.

After the plan arrived in Nanjing, Zhu Hongsan saw that what Zhao Guodong said was reasonable, although the Wa Kingdom was now in the era of princely separation, but after all, it was a country, and it was better to be safe, so Zhu Hongsan also agreed to Zhao Guodong's plan.

Zhang Huangyan saw that the emperor agreed, and said on the side: "Your Majesty, Admiral Zhao also has an order to transfer Zhu Jiang, the king of Qin, into the eighth division, serve as the commander of the first regiment, and follow Zhao Guoliang to the Wa Kingdom. ”

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said: "I know this, Zhao Guodong said it in the letter, ask me what my attitude is!" ”

"Your Majesty, the country of Wa is thousands of miles overseas, in case something happens...

Zhu Hongsan shook his hand: "Xuanzhu, the child has his own ideas when he grows up, and I, the father, can only help them achieve their wishes!" When he went to be a soldier, he also chose it himself, and the cannon he made about was finished with tears! ”

Zhang Huangyan didn't know what it meant to make a cannon, but he had been by the emperor's side for a long time, and he was used to the emperor's nonsense, and it seemed that the emperor had agreed to the king of Qin to go out with the army.

Since the emperor agreed with Zhang Huangyan, there was nothing to say, and the big seal of the Military Aircraft Department was stamped on the transfer of troops, and Zhu Jiang officially became an officer and soldier of the Eighth Division.