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After receiving the holy decree, Liu Cheng entrusted the military affairs to Mu Lima, the assistant commander of the army, and Li Zhifang, the chief of staff, and rushed back to the capital overnight to participate in the imperial meeting of the Qianqing Palace.

From the day of the defeat of Zilharang, Liu Chengcheng clearly realized that every day that passed, it would be one day closer to Chen Wen's Northern Expedition. This understanding is not only for Liu Chengyou, but also for the pro-noble and high-ranking officials of the Qing court, so after they got Liu Cheng's initiative, they had the ambition to attack North Korea, organize a new army, and establish the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.

As soon as the measures were taken, the Qing court reaped the rapid suppression of Wu Sangui anyway, and it really continued a wave of life, but the threat from the south was increasing day by day, especially the news from the fine work and smugglers, the situation always made them not optimistic.

In recent years, Chen Wen successively annexed Liu Qingtai, Geng Jimao, Hao Shangjiu, Shang Kexi, Fan Wencheng, and Sun Kewang's large territory in the southern part of Huguang, and more than doubled the area occupied.

The improvement of strength is the most obvious from the map, and the most terrifying thing is that Chen Wen's means of attacking the Jiangnan gentry in Suzhou last year were really jaw-dropping, and the goods worth tens of millions of taels of silver were only used in a short period of half a month. Liu Cheng remembered very clearly that when he heard the news, from Shunzhi to several banner lords, and then to those Eight Banner magnates and important ministers in the court, none of them were so shocked that they didn't slow down for a while.

The enemy in the south is getting stronger and stronger, and the Qing court can hope that nothing more than the new army will be on the way, and all the resources will be poured into it, in order to wait for Chen Wen's northern expedition to make good use of the terrain in the north and the combat effectiveness of the new army to annihilate the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, and only by eliminating the main force of the northern expedition of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies will they have the possibility of annexing the south of the Yangtze River again, and everything can be solved.

Full of thoughts are the figures of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, Liu Cheng hurried up, and rushed back to the capital day and night, lest he would delay every minute.

There are more than 300 miles between the capital and Tianjin Weixiao Station, and Liu Cheng hurried back in less than three days.

"The emperor has a reputation, without the Qing Dynasty, without the emperor, there would be no slaves today. The slave dared not to do his best to repay the emperor's kindness. ”

Liu Cheng was lying on the ground in the Qianqing Palace, saying these words of loyalty, and Shunzhi sat on the dragon chair, very satisfied with this. Liu Cheng is now a pro-noble minister who leads a new army as a concubine, especially his people have defected from the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and the Qing court must seek the opinions of his people to rest assured that all decisions in the south must be made.

Now that Liu Cheng rushed back earlier than expected, Shunzhi also hurriedly convened the imperial meeting. Soon, the banner owners and powerful ministers of the banners in the DPRK and China competed to arrive, and Shunzhi prepared a seat for the banner owners of the banners, and also reserved a seat for Liu Cheng, the forehead, and everyone looked sideways when they boarded.

"The princes have been informed before Aiqing arrived, Aiqing has read this report, and I still have the latest report here, just take it out for discussion."

There are two contents of the report, one is that Chen Wen is expected to be canonized as a prisoner, and this news spread, and it was also learned by the spies of the Qing court lurking in Nanjing, and it was passed on from time to time; The second is that the amount of grain and grass hoarded by the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Yangzhou and Huai'an, the two assembly bases and advance bases, and the frequency of exploration and horse sorties in the north and south of the Huaihe River increased.

These two things, what they mean, almost do not ask self-evident - now even the Qing court knows that the Ming Dynasty is running out, since Chen Wen accepted the laurel of the prison state, but he is not in a hurry to become the emperor, obviously he wants to use the body of the Manchu Qing as a stepping stone to ascend to the supreme throne, and the Northern Expedition may have entered the final stage of preparation, and there is not much time left for them.

dragged his tired body into the hall, until the letter was folded, Liu Cheng only felt that he was a hundred times more energetic, and the tiredness disappeared. After reading this fold carefully, Liu Cheng also understood the meaning of it, and then respectfully returned the fold to Wu Liangfu, who was waiting, and then told Shunzhi and the relatives and nobles present his opinion.

Liu Cheng's views are no different from what they discussed before, and it can even be said to be more detailed, because compared to them, Liu Cheng has a better understanding of the mobilization mechanism of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and Chen Wen has no habit of concealing these things.

“…… From the battle behind the palace of Siming Mountain, and even from the time when Chen Wei planned the first battle of Siming Lake for Wang Rebellion, he had a special interest in the main battle. In previous battles, Chen Yi rarely avoided the main battle, and often directly led the army to pounce on the opponent. ”

"In the past, on Tiantai Mountain, Chen Yi mentioned it when he was lecturing with his minions and other officers. The weaker they are, the more they will choose guerrilla warfare, avoid the main force fighting, and vainly try to rely on the method of accumulating small amounts to achieve strength strength; On the other hand, the stronger the side, the more inclined it is to fight the main force, and the victory or defeat can be determined in a battle, so as to achieve the greatest possible digestion of the fruits of victory. Although Chen Wei has always been the side with fewer troops, he firmly believes that the army he has trained is stronger, so he chooses this way. Their arrogance is true, but talent is also rare. ”

Liu Cheng's analysis gave enough face to the relatives and nobles of the Qing court, because many of these guys' relatives and friends were defeated by Chen Wen's subordinates, and even many of them were directly beheaded by Chen Wen's army in the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Liu Cheng said, and the relatives and nobles were thoughtful. After a while, Shunzhi took out the new recital, and Zhu Zhixi, the Hanshang book of the Ministry of War, read it to everyone in the hall.

“…… It has now been confirmed that the Zhejiang bandit Niushoushan battalion participated in the training of two newly formed bandits, one called the old guard division and the other the young guard division. The two departments set off on the first day of September, aiming at Jiangbei ......"

"Aged Guard? What is this, don't the Zhejiang bandits find a group of old men to fight. ”

Fu Shou's joke is not funny at all, this prince who has so far only participated in the two wars of destroying Korea and rebelling against Wu Sangui, and his mediocre performance can personally lead a new army, which is completely due to the withering of Manchu talents and the identity of the banner lord of Fu Shou, not how strong this person really is.

After the joke was finished, the hall was silent, and Fu Shou couldn't get off the stage. Seeing this, Shunzhi had no choice but to speak, and it was better to lead the conversation on this topic than to be completely cold.

"I thought that nine times out of ten, this elderly guard division was composed of veterans of Zhejiang bandits."

"What the emperor said is very true, when it is formed by the old bandits in Zhejiang, and the dragon is used on the banner, it must be the killer weapon of the Zhejiang bandit Chen Rebellious."

Fu Shou was at odds with them, the commanders and deputy commanders who quelled Wu Sangui's rebellion, but the emperor's master spoke, and the servants couldn't help but give this face. At this time, Tun Qi took over the conversation, and then looked at Liu Cheng, who was still thoughtful, waiting for this "expert" to answer everyone's questions.

"Huh?"

"The minions are here."

"What do you think?"

Liu Cheng's thinking was seen by Shunzhi, and when asked here, the latter had to get up and reply: "The slave thinks that what the emperor said is very true, and it must be composed of old soldiers under the command of the Zhejiang bandits." The slave remembered that there was a direct subordinate unit of the Zhejiang bandit Chen Shun back then, which was later expanded into a guard battalion, and today's guards division should be the same reason. ”

With the old things in front of you, everything seems reasonable, and everyone is happy and convinced. It's just that they don't know, and they can't understand that Chen Wen is actually a fan of the European God of War more than a hundred years later, but his two troops were formed at the same time, and they can't distinguish the order according to the time of formation, plus the purpose and effect of the formation are completely different, so they took such a strange name.

After Liu Cheng explained this slightly, he stopped mentioning it, and instead said to Shunzhi: "The slave thinks that the names of these two armies can indeed be used as a distinction, but we must also pay attention to their formation, weapons, and tactics. Since Chen Wei has specially arranged a training camp that is so heavily guarded that there is no way to infiltrate it, then these two armies will inevitably be his killer weapons! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present immediately turned their attention to Zhu Zhixi. Zhu Zhixi had just been interrupted by Fu Shou, but now that his eyes were gathered, he hurriedly continued.

“…… The Elderly Guards Division is a cavalry establishment, and the weapons are mainly sabers and cavalry guns. The Young Guards Division consisted mainly of infantry, with a small number of cavalry, and the infantry were all musketeers, and there were no spearmen. In addition, it is very strange that the fire hammer carried by the young guard division has no fire rope. ”

With this statement, everyone here has also determined that the cavalry is the king of war in this era, such as the Manchu army, although there are many war horses, and the army also has more horses to fight on foot and pursue on horseback, but the cavalry is the pride of the army. Not to mention, those Bayala soldiers have always used cavalry as their main mode of combat.

Since the Elderly Guards Division is a cavalry formation, there is nothing to argue about in the veteran formation. There is no suitable horse breeding ground in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the cavalry is of course composed of veterans, which is a simple reason. It's just that when it comes to the strangeness of the Young Guard, it's not as clear as the former.

"If you don't have a spearman, why don't you reject a horse, just rely on those, those swords, right?"

"And that, there is not even a fire rope, how to make a fire, is it not that when the spies saw it, there was no fire rope on it."

"Eighty percent of this, I didn't go into battle, what kind of arquebus."

“……”

Relatives and noble ministers, you say a word to me, and problems arise one after another, but in the end, they all fall on Liu Cheng. It's just that this time, Liu Chengcheng is no longer just thoughtful, but really spreads fear.

"That thing has no arquebus, it's called a flintlock firecracker, and it's a firebolt that can be fired without an arquebus. Zhejiang bandits have been developed for many years, and they have long been used in the army, but the production speed is limited, the residual rate is high, and the cost is much higher than that of ordinary firearms, and even the price of a flintlock firearm can buy three ordinary firearms, so it has not been popularized, but it is only reserved for a small number of elite troops. Now it seems that this is probably his killer feature. ”

Liu Cheng said enough, most of the relatives and important ministers still don't quite understand what this means, but Ji Du, as the president of the Praetorian Guard, was originally the prime minister of the new army training yamen, and he still has a certain understanding of weapons. Without the arquebus, direct firing means that the reloading and firing steps are several steps less, and the rate of fire is bound to increase.

"If you don't need an arquebus, can you shoot it?"

Fu Shou couldn't believe it, but he also inadvertently got to the point. Liu Cheng explained this problem to everyone: "The flint flint fire gun uses a complex trigger to fire the spark with a flint to ignite the gunpowder, and the Zhejiang bandits use granular gunpowder, which is more powerful, but the firing cannot be guaranteed. This is the problem, at least when the slave was in Zhejiang, but it is difficult to say whether it is still the case or not. ”

"Chen Wei is like this, probably wanting to use this to exert the power of the firearm. This line of thinking is similar to the tactics of our new military division Fataisi and the Spanish phalanx, but he is too relieved about the sword, which is afraid that it is a double-edged sword, depending on who uses it better. ”

From the surface to the inside, from the use of weapons, Ao Bai soon realized the difference in tactics. The formation of the new army, he can be said to be the most understanding of the essence of the tactics of the Manchu Qing Dynasty except for Liu Cheng, Gustav's phalanx can eliminate the Spanish phalanx, because she can better play the power of the firecracker.

According to John Tong, in today's European continent, all the countries are learning from Sweden. The transformation of Gustav II, the Nordic lion, has long been imitated by the European continent, and the battlefield is also the most advanced and powerful battle formation in the world today.

The original Spanish phalanx was broken by Chen Wen, but the casualties of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies were also the highest ever. Taixi's tactics have the effect of stones from other mountains to the tactics of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, so the Qing court will choose the Gustav phalanx. And the facts have also proved that these most powerful tactics in the world are indeed powerful, and Wu Sangui is the best proof of this.

It was not easy for the Manchus to learn the Taixi tactics, such as Liu Cheng, Ao Bai and even Ji Du, to understand the core ideas of the tactics. Now that they have realized the possibility of a double-edged sword based on their experience, they have a plan in their hearts, and their fear is not as great as it was just now.

"This sword should be a weapon for self-defense of the firecrackers, I think it is better to prepare it for the new army, and be prepared."

"Your Majesty, the slave has seen the socket-type sword of the Zhejiang bandits, and it is necessary to transform the fire gun before it can be used, and there is really no way to catch up with the progress with the current production capacity of the Tianjin factory. The slave felt that it was better to insert a gun head, and it would work. ”

The self-defense weapons prepared by the new army before were the same as those prepared by Chen Wen at that time, and they were all equipped with waist knives for the infantry. But now that Chen Wen's army is there, they are preparing for the new army, and they are as prepared as Shunzhi said.

However, Liu Cheng's admonition, in addition to the facts, there is also selfishness in this. His weapon of the Wuwei Right Army has not been completely reloaded, and it is still a Wanguo brand, and he is the first to suffer for wasting production capacity, but the spearhead only needs a group of carpenters.

When the production of the sword was decided, Liu Cheng also sighed secretly. He has seen the situation of the Tianjin factory today. In recent years, it is said that it is a teacher of the European continent, in fact, it has only touched on irrelevant aspects such as the method of war and astronomy, and the European system is not in line with the slavery system of the Qing court, nor has it shown the superiority of the past era as in history, and they are still learning from Chen Wen in the reform of the system, especially in the new policy headed by the Tianjin Factory.

It's just learning to learn, but it's always only superficial. Not to mention anything else, with the resources of the Tianjin Factory, if it had the efficiency of the Military Industry Department, or even half of it, the production of weapons would have been completed a long time ago, let alone such a temporary cramming now.

The matter has come to this, and Liu Cheng has nothing to say. The intelligence briefing here is over, and the Imperial Council has the next course of action, and it is over. Just didn't wait for Liu Cheng to get up and say goodbye, but Shunzhi said something that made him almost faint to the ground.

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