Hearing General Lu say this, Ruan Xiaoqi couldn't help but stop what he was doing, and looked at Lin Chong pitifully, although the elite veterans in his two elder brothers' battalions were going to be transferred this time, he was just as painful.

Lin Chong shook his head resolutely and said: "Everyone's vision should be farther, let's not be arrogant, but since we are rebelling, we must believe in ourselves and have confidence in ourselves, otherwise what else will we rebel again?"

What are the soldiers and horses of the Zhao and Song courts, do you not know? Even if we send troops to encircle and suppress them, we must have the confidence to resist the enemy, how can we let them fight in the water? Don't even think about it!

Think about the information we got from Zhang Shilang and other Liao horse dealers, how did the Jurchens rise? Only 2,500 elite soldiers dared to raise the banner to rebel and took the initiative to attack the Liao State; The 100,000 troops of the Liao State came to attack, and after finishing the Yan Agu fight, only 3,700 people dared to make a desperate bet and took the initiative to attack and launch a night attack.

As a result, the enemy was defeated every time, and now the more you fight, the more you fight, the more people you fight, the more turf, and it is only a matter of time before you destroy Liao!

Think about it, if Wanyan Aguta didn't take the initiative to march with 3,700 people to launch a night attack for a day and a night, but took a defensive position and waited for the Liao army's 100,000 troops to assemble and fight, I am afraid that it would have been wiped out for a long time.

Our situation is very similar to that of this group of Jurchens, blindly taking a defensive position will only tie our hands and feet, so if the military horses of the imperial court come, we must have the determination to resist the enemy in Yun and Jiliangzhou, and the remaining naval army only needs to carry out troop transportation and patrol tasks for the time being.

In addition, I am also preparing for me to form a battalion of naval marines, different from ordinary naval forces, the naval marines are mainly responsible for landing operations, both naval and infantry troops, led by Ou Peng, Ma Lin as his deputy, with these four battalions of naval troops guarding the home, it is enough.

Therefore, the focus of my Liangshan army is still outside, but there is a threat from the Jurchens, and it is impossible for us to occupy the prefectures and counties and fight to the death of Zhao and Song, and when the time comes, we will force the imperial court to transfer the western army to fight us, which will only make the Jurchen barbarians take advantage.

Therefore, developing overseas is our best choice. The significance of going to sea this time is particularly significant, Li Jun brothers and Xiaoqi brothers, you are exploring the way for my Liangshan army this time, so you naturally have to be fully prepared, in case you accidentally run into the Dengzhou naval army, or meet the barbarians of the Liao State or the Jin State who do not follow the rules, we must also have the strength to fight.

And I also hope that this trip to the sea can be completed as soon as possible, and our sailors will be pulled to the sea for training as soon as possible, and the fastest way is to draw people from your three battalions of sailors.

The reason why the Li Jun brothers were called to take the lead was also because he was originally a big salt lord who sold smuggled salt, and he was more experienced in business, and Liangshan Boli trained naval recruits, and he couldn't do without the second and fifth brothers. ”

General Lu looked at Ruan Xiaoqi with some nervousness, as the highest level of the Liangshan Army, of course General Lu knew these things early on, what he was worried about was that Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu would be sucked away so many people at once, and they would not be able to figure it out in their hearts, resulting in unnecessary estrangement.

Ruan Xiaoqi saw that the two of them looked at him like this, and the military lord's brother patiently explained his work, and immediately patted his thigh and said: "It's still my brother's long-term thinking, it's the younger brother who thinks about it for a while, don't be surprised by the military lord's brother!" The second brother and the fifth brother are there, I'll go to them and tell them! ”

Lin Chong smiled with satisfaction, to be honest, he did this and was indeed a little sorry for Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu, the two worked hard to train two battalions of people, Li Jun only brought Tong Wei and Tong Meng, two deputies and eighteen subordinates who sold salt, as soon as they came, they picked up ready-made ones and took away eight hundred people, so who else would have an idea in their hearts.

However, if the Liangshan Army wants to develop rapidly, it is necessary to employ people according to the quantity, and this kind of thing is inevitable.

Although this is the truth, these elders of the Liangshan Army should also be appeased, otherwise there will be contradictions sooner or later.

At that moment, Lin Chong patted Ruan Xiaoqi's shoulder with some emotion, and said warmly: "Brother Xiaoqi, it is really a blessing for the Liangshan Army that you can do this, but please rest assured, when the fleet comes back, I will ask Brother Li Jun to return half of the manpower to Xiao Er, and Brother Xiao Wu is."

At that time, the four hundred sailor brothers who came back have all gone to sea, and when the second and fifth brothers go to sea in the future, there will also be skilled hands with novices, right? ”

Ruan Xiaoqi became excited and said with great joy: "Brother, do you mean that in the future, the second brother, the fifth brother, and the battalion of the Ou Peng brothers will also go to sea?" ”

Lin Chong smiled: "This is nature, it is impossible for my Liangshan Army to only nest in this water?" Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of your brothers' skills? Besides, if it weren't for the preparation for going to sea, why did my Liangshan Army bother so much effort to train so many sailors? ”

Ruan Xiaoqi's vision jumped from Liangshan Shuibo to the sea, thinking that he would not only gallop in Liangshan Bo in the future, but also often go to the sea to ride the wind and waves, this simple and upright man became excited.

"Do it well, our career has just started, and when the road of sea trade is completed, the navy will continue to expand, and you will all be generals who will command thousands of sailors!" Lin Chong continued to encourage, and said in his heart that at that time, it would not be a navy but a navy.

Lu Jiang also said on the side: "So my brother not only asked the shipbuilding bureau of the Meng Kang brothers to cut down a large number of timber to build river ships, but also bought a large number of timber to build sea ships, you don't know, little seventh brother, this time my brother is also going to send people to Jiangnan and Fujian to spend a high price to recruit craftsmen who are good at building ocean-going ships, for this!" ”

Ruan Xiaoqi's eyes lit up suddenly, and he patted his thigh excitedly and said, "The water army will be expanded!" Each commands thousands of sailors? I have to go to sea often, my good girl, this is something I can't even think of! ”

After a pause, he suddenly thought of a question and asked, "But in the future, if we build so many naval armies, what will we do when we go to sea often?" ”

Lin Chong saw that Xu Ning, Wu Song, and many rowing sailors were all looking at him, so he said, "This first one is naturally to do business. All kinds of good things produced by my Liangshan army, as well as porcelain, silk, and tea from my Great Song Dynasty, these are all very popular commodities in Liao, Jin, Goryeo, and Wa.

And these places also have things that my Liangshan army and the people of the Great Song Dynasty need and like, war horses, Beizhu, cattle and sheep, furs, etc., this comes and goes, and the money we can earn is gone.

Second, my Liangshan military career has just started, now there are more than 20,000 soldiers and training recruits on the island, there are thousands of families of non-commissioned soldiers, thousands of prisoners, these populations will continue to grow in the future, and there are more people to join my Liangshan army, this island will be unable to live sooner or later, what should I do?

As I said earlier, before the Jurchens called, we had to raise the banner to rebel, but we couldn't fight to the death with Zhao Song, so the only way out was to develop overseas.

And even in order to protect the business of our Liangshan Army overseas, we need to station troops overseas, control key sea routes, and turn the entire Bohai Sea into an inland sea for our Liangshan Army......"