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On the first day of the ninth month of the thirteenth year of Yongli, Chen Wenqin led the Young Guards Division to cross the Yangtze River and march towards Yangzhou, the established assembly place.

However, in the assembly sequence drawn up by the Nanjing General Staff, the Old Guards Division and the Young Guards Division set off from the Niushoushan Training Camp were not the first troops to arrive in Yangzhou, but they were the blowers of the attack horn, because these two troops were Chen Wen's biggest cards against the New Army.

"Inform His Highness that the Jinhua Division and the Jiangdu Division have completed the assembly at the forward base of Huai'an Mansion, and the Yongjia Division is also ready to cross the Huai River......

The three divisions originally stationed in Huainan were the troops most familiar with Huaibei, and their exploration horses repeatedly crossed the Huai River to investigate, and they had a clearer understanding of the north of the Huai River. Of course, with the existence of sand tables and maps, the staff department of the accompanying army can also have a sufficient understanding of the situation in Huaibei, but this is the beginning of the Northern Expedition, and it is also the safest for these troops to fight.

"The Danyang Division, the Great Lan Division, and the Four Ming Divisions are on their way to the advance base. In addition, Yu Zhang and other divisions are on their way to Yangzhou, and it is expected that they will be able to reach it within half a month. ”

While waiting for the news of the Yongli Imperial Court, Chen Wen was also preparing for the Northern Expedition, and it can even be said that since the recovery of Huainan, everything Chen Wen has done is to prepare for the Northern Expedition, and these are only the final preparations.

"In this battle, my Jiangsu and Zhejiang king's division is divided into three routes, and the Huainan line led by the lonely relatives is the top priority, the army has gathered here, and the northern expedition will be sent soon, and the monarchs will strictly abide by their duties and reduce the mistakes to the minimum, how can I be one of the king's divisions?"

"The last general and others will obey the orders of His Royal Highness the Prison State."

The Northern Expedition officially kicked off, but Chen Wen lost all his previous worries. Everything that could be done had been done, and even a few days before departure, Zheng Tai heard the news and handed over twenty large ships as support for the Ming army in Fujian, and at the same time donated 200,000 taels of silver in his personal name for military expenses.

The transfer of the ship, Chen Wen had an appointment with Zheng Chenggong when he marched into Quanzhou, and Zheng Chenggong said that he could send the Fujian Navy Division to participate in the war. However, now Zheng Chenggong is still competing with the Dutch and the natives of the Potbelly Kingdom for the right to rule Taiwan, and it is difficult for the sailor to move lightly, but it is understandable. As for Zheng Tai's donation, it is more like Zheng Tai had doubts about the future after the failure of Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition, so he turned his bet on it, just as Zheng Tai privately transferred more than 400,000 taels of silver to Japan in the short three years from the Battle of Nanjing to Zheng Chenggong's death.

The Qin Domain and Shu Domain in Xiying, the Sichuan Army and the rest of the Dashun Army in Sichuan, and now Zheng Tai, the hearts of the people are like this, even if Yongli, Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong may not really be reconciled, they have no power to stop Chen Wen.

Of course, the date of the Northern Expedition, in fact, Chen Wen can be postponed a little, for example, in the spring of next year, the southern soldiers will be less affected by the temperature; For example, at the beginning of the following year, Shunzhi died at that time in history. Even whether or not they really died of illness, at that time, with sea control in hand, the Manchus would be weakened beyond their reach. If you don't get it right, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not be able to consume it before that, and send a new army south to Huainan to fight to the death with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, so that if you fight in a more familiar area, the military chances of victory will be greater.

However, the anger can be puffed up, but it cannot be vented. Chen Wen had already decided to go on the Northern Expedition during this time, and the army was already ready, and it had to be sent like an arrow.

Moreover, next year, the first batch of large-scale loans for the aftermath and the large-scale loans for requisition in Jinhua will reach the repayment period, and the financial pressure in the next few years will be greater, and the early completion of the Northern Expedition can reduce some financial pressure, even if it is just a drop in the bucket for the current Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies.

What's more, the rules set by Chen Wen on Dalan Mountain are that they have served in the army for ten years, and next autumn and the spring of the following year will be the deadline for the first batch of soldiers on Dalan Mountain and the soldiers on Tiantai Mountain to retire from active service, even if these people are already generals and colonels in the army, it is impossible for a large number of discharges to occur, and Chen Wen does not intend to interfere with the normal rhythm for this. Because after the recovery of several northern provinces, it is imperative to absorb a large number of soldiers from the north, including Xiying and the people who break into the camp, and the Qi Wangfu that controls the whole country at that time should not be composed purely of southerners, she will represent the whole of China.

"In the thirteenth year of Yongli, this year is the year when Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition failed in history, and it also rose in the southeast, I will reverse the future!"

At the same time that Chen Wen's eyes were looking at the northern land, in the camp of the Wuwei Right Army at Tianjin Weixiao Station, Liu Cheng was also looking at the southern land from afar, not because of homesickness, but because the autumn was getting colder, the wind in the south was getting more and more cold, even if he hadn't gotten the exact news, he had already smelled some wind.

In the past few months, the weapons and equipment of the Wuwei Right Army have been installed one after another, and the live-fire training has been officially launched for more than half a month. It's just that the weapons arrived, and the firearms in them were really unsatisfactory.

It's not that there is a problem with the quality of the weapon, the butcher's knife of the Qing court is in hand, and although the craftsmen of the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau are motivated to work, they do not dare to make a moth on it.

The Wuwei Right Army was the last of the five armies of the New Army, and the only one whose commander was not a Manchurian noble. On weekdays, the right army of Wuwei was discriminated against because of Liu Cheng, a slave of the Han people who carried the flag, and the equipment plan of weapons and armor was ranked last. However, the sources of weapons are complicated, which really has a great impact on combat effectiveness.

The Lu Mi guns used by the new army were captured by the Qing army in the Liaodong battlefield and Fujian and Guangdong after entering the customs, and most of them that could still be used were rusted in the treasury, because the scale and quantity of the Lu Mi guns were really different, and the Qing court did not have too many resources to invest in it. However, when the new army was formed, the usable Lumi guns became the training equipment of the Janissaries, and as the Qing court began to invest resources in the large-scale manufacture of Lumi guns and the installation of the Janissaries, these weapons that were on the verge of obsolescence were put back in the warehouse.

The Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang cracked down on smuggling, and most of the materials obtained by the Qing court from the south were cut off immediately, although occasionally smuggling ships came, but the number of materials was scarce, not to mention, most of them were luxury goods in the south, which was of no benefit to the military state. Nowadays, the production speed of weapons and equipment cannot catch up with the training progress, and the Tianjin factory is also doing its best to keep up with the Gongwei Army, the Wuwei Middle Army and the Wuwei Left Army.

Liu Cheng didn't even dare to use these weapons that were about to be scrapped, so he could only let the soldiers take those old goods to practice loading.

Aside from these things that cannot be used in actual combat, the Japanese iron artillery mentioned by Zhang Daocheng last time has also sent a lot, and so far, a town has completed its equipment. The quality is not bad, it can be seen that it is made by a fine craftsman, it is likely to be a weapon for the Japanese themselves, that is, it is made by hand, and the size and shape are almost the same, and the soldiers are very affected to use it.

I have seen the standardized weapons of the Military Industry Department of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming Army, and these things make Liu Cheng really awkward. However, although the Tianjin factory is also standardizing as much as possible, the production speed is the priority, so he really has no way.

Some of the old-fashioned Lumi guns that meet the quality standards picked out from the old antiques, the iron cannons purchased from Japan, the arquebuses smuggled from the south and Macao and even Taixi, and the standard weapons created by Han craftsmen and Korean craftsmen in the Tianjin factory, although the current Wuwei Right Army is fully equipped, but this "Wanguo" weapon always makes Liu Cheng feel that he is carrying a group of beggars waiting for the Qing court's alms, rather than a well-known new army.

"It's a joke that the big country of the Northern Dynasties, which occupies half of the country, can't even unify the weapons of the new army."

Helpless and helpless, Liu Cheng also knew that only the Wuwei Right Army led by him had this treatment, and the other four new armies were all made in Tianjin, even if his identity as a Han man was raised to the top of 10,000 people under one person, he would always be just a slave who was looked down upon, nothing more.

Returning to the big tent, estimating the speed of weapon upgrading, Liu Cheng scratched his head vigorously, but he was anxious, but there was nothing he could do, so he couldn't help it.

After a long time, Liu Cheng simply didn't continue to compare with these things, and went out of the big tent to simply go to the camp to inspect the towns for training, at least watching these soldiers become more and more skilled in weapons, the queue is getting more and more neat, and the effort has been rewarded, and his heart is much better.

The first four towns of the Wuwei Right Army are composed of Han military banners, occupying the large school field and the small school field of each town, and the fifth town is composed of the Eight Banners of Goryeo, some of whom can't even speak Chinese and can't understand it, and it is all up to the officers to accept the Han military order and then use Korean to give orders to their subordinates, which is very awkward.

Liu Cheng first went to the fifth town, the leader of the fifth town, Kim Jong-in, was originally a pariah of the state, and when he was in North Korea, he was promoted step by step by taking the lead in lowering the Qing Dynasty to help the Qing army kill the Koreans, and he was also a ruthless character in the Eight Banners of Goryeo. However, the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Town in the Wuwei Right Army is the worst in the eyes of a discerning person like Liu Cheng, even worse than many elites of the Green Battalion, but the ability to bully the common people is not small, and even the Eight Banners of Manmeng and the old traitors are not comparable at all, and it can be regarded as a wonder.

These Goryeo Eight Banners enclosed land in Zhili, and they are all propertied people, like other Eight Banner Army, echoing the truth that Chen Wen said before that those who have Hengchang Hengye have perseverance. It's just that every day, it seems that Changjin is much worse than the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and over time, the difference is even worse.

Perhaps, there is something wrong with the race.

Shaking his head, Liu Cheng and Kim Jong-in had a few words of training, asking him to strengthen the supervision of the training of his subordinates, and then turned around and returned to the Daxiao field to inspect the troops in the first town.

Walking on the road, Liu Cheng was always thinking about Jinhua's recruit training camp. In order to build up its combat effectiveness as soon as possible, the new army first started with cohesion and trained separately instead of forming a large training battalion, thus reducing the run-in time, but it also led to uneven training results, and there were also gains and losses.

"There's a long way to go."

Liu Cheng sighed, and in the direction of the camp gate in the distance, a group of people and horses were returning to the camp.

Liu Cheng knew that this group of soldiers was the men and horses of the Third Town, and since he was stationed here, he had plundered the surrounding area of the Tianjin Acropolis under the banner of fighting the rebels in the countryside.

It is a fact that the Tuntian of the small station has always been harassed, and it is also a fact that there are many small groups of rebels in the countryside of Tianjin, and what Liu Cheng has to do is to give the unlucky man who thinks he is quite fat a charge of conspiring against the Qing Dynasty, and then send the army to "exterminate".

"How's it going to be today?"

Liu Cheng said with a smile, and the military general who led the team hurriedly saluted respectfully, and also showed respect and even flattery to Liu Cheng.

"Thanks to the president's blessing, a lot of seizures have been made, this fat sheep turned out to have walked across the sea in the previous dynasty, and when he bit down, his mouth was full of oil." Speaking of which, the generals were already full of obscene smiles, and it seemed that in addition to oil and water, there were some additional gains. However, this person didn't dare to do anything about women in front of Liu Cheng. Liu Cheng is a forehead, although the tigress in the family is also a Han who carries the flag, but she is the goddaughter of the queen mother, and her posture does not let her be true at all.

A few days ago, they heard that when the tigress passed through the door, the concubines in Liu Cheng's mansion were sunk into the well. Although it is common for this full woman to get started, Han girls have to die, but a phoenix whose father died in battle and his generals scattered dare to do this to Liu Cheng, a red slave who is gaining power, and the rumor that President Liu and the emperor are brothers in the same boots is really true.

Of course, the color of President Liu's top may not be very good-looking, but he has always been very kind to his subordinates. As long as they are obedient, Liu Cheng always has a way to let them get extra hair, and now among the people in the five towns of the Wuwei Right Army, there are very few people who say that Liu Cheng is bad, and even more people like him feel that Liu Cheng is more in line with their minds than those Manchurian masters.

"The president's share, the last general has already asked someone to prepare, and it will be sent to the big tent in a while, and the president will appreciate it."

"Hmm."

Liu Cheng was very satisfied with the attitude of the generals. As far as he is concerned, this is the army's heart to belong, and now it is only in a poor place like the countryside of Tianjin Wei, and when he defeats Chen Wen in the future, he will have to learn the means of Ma Jinbao in the south, and the money is not thrown on his head in an uproar?

When that time comes, I am afraid that even if the Qing court wants to intercept their wealth, these guys who are used to the sweetness may not dare to turn their guns on the Qing court. Especially on weekdays, most of the capture was divided between the Manchurians and the Mongols, and the outbreak of contradictions was a matter of time.

Cutting off people's financial means is like killing their parents, that's the truth!

"If the seizure is distributed to the soldiers as a reward, tell the soldiers to store them properly, and stop making such filthy things as stealing chickens and dogs, and this president will be troubled. As for the women who are captured, they shall not enter the camp if they are left behind. If the military law is messed up, it will be difficult for the president to intercede with the emperor at that time. ”

"The last general will obey the order, please rest assured that the last general will make proper arrangements and not embarrass the president."

Most of the seizures were to be handed over and shared, and the generals of the Han Army Banner were all robbed with the Manchurian Eight Banners at the beginning, and they were all knowledgeable in this regard, and they couldn't do the thing of the small door and small household buckle the rope. After a few times, Liu Cheng was already relieved, and instructed Li Zhifang to properly arrange the matter of handing over and distributing profits, and he continued to inspect the training situation in various towns.

Going out to loot is a reward mechanism for Liu Cheng, if you want to get a chance, you have to be obedient, and the standard of obedience is the result of training now. This point, even Mulima has nothing to say, because the training effect of the new army is directly related to the survival of the ethnic group, and some Han landlords have been damaged, which is better than the training effect of the new army is not enough to deal with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies.

Thinking of this, especially the recent smooth sailing, Liu Cheng's mouth couldn't help but show a slight smile. However, the mountains of the south were still pressing on his heart, and he was worried, and this joy did not make his mood much better. And as he rode a fast horse into the camp at nightfall, the big mountain named Chen Wen in the south overwhelmed him when he ascended.

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