About 30,000 veterans were selected from the various guard posts, and these veterans were all left behind to join the new army voluntarily, and they passed the examination and screening, and their quality was relatively high. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The recruitment of new recruits has been launched in the whole country of Nam Zhili, and more than 30,000 recruits have been recruited, bringing the total number of recruits to 100,000.

Zhang Feng convened a meeting of army officers at and above the battalion level and announced a plan for the expansion of the troops, which was formulated by Zhang Feng in the light of the establishment of the modern army in later generations and in the light of his own actual conditions.

The General Headquarters was established, with Zhang Feng personally serving as the commander-in-chief, Wang Chaoyong serving as the chief of the general staff of the lieutenant general, and Meng Mingzhao, the military division, also hanging the rank of deputy chief of the general staff, and forming a staff department belonging to the general headquarters, and selecting officers with rich combat experience to form a lieutenant and colonel-level officer, responsible for war analysis and deduction.

The five infantry divisions were directly under the General Headquarters, and the former brigades were expanded into infantry divisions, and some officers were transferred to form the new Fifth Division.

This is a standardized infantry division, and the formation of each infantry division in the future will all refer to the formation of these five infantry divisions, three brigades, ten regiments, nine infantry regiments, and an artillery regiment, in addition to the guard battalion directly under the division, the cavalry battalion, the baggage battalion, the communications company, and so on, with more than 18,000 people in the division.

There was no cavalry regiment, and only one cavalry battalion was formed in a division, because Zhang Feng knew very well that with the development of firearms, the cavalry had gradually lost its strategic position and was no longer the main force on the battlefield.

After the recruitment of more than 30,000 recruits, it will be a month of recruit training, and then supplemented to the battalions, companies or platoons, personnel is not a big problem, the biggest problem is weapons, so far, the production of more than 20,000 rear-loading guns, far from the fundamental need, many soldiers are still using front-loading rifled guns, as for the earliest front-loading smoothbore guns, Zhang Feng is not eye-catching, part of it was given to Xu Liangyi's caravan, and most of it was used to equip the newly formed Korean Legion.

Weapons are a big problem, and Zhang Feng has already started construction of his third arsenal on the outskirts of Nanjing, which is expected to be in production in a few months, mainly for front-loading guns.

As for the production of artillery, it is still placed in the Shanghai Machine Building Bureau, in addition, if possible, revolvers are also ready for mass production, giving priority to equipping officers of the army and navy with officers of the rank of major and above, and in the future, it will be considered to equip officers with the rank of captain.

The General Headquarters, in addition to the General Staff, the Guard Corps, the Communications Company, etc., also has the General Intelligence Bureau, Director Guan Peng, under the direct leadership of Zhang Feng.

After the announcement of the plan for the expansion of the troops, the expansion work began immediately, from the previous four brigades to five divisions, the independent brigades to the independent divisions, and the remaining four divisions were the first to fourth infantry divisions.

There were not enough guns, so they had to go step by step, first to five infantry divisions, and then to sixth, seventh, and even tenth, twenty, etc.

The "Jinling Army Military Academy" was also located on the outskirts of the city, only a few miles away from the Jinling Arsenal, and not far from a certain barracks of the Fourth Infantry Division.

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North Korea, Incheon.

The port of Incheon has been built into a fine port, and the port is busy, with several steam-powered ships docking, unloading, and unloading all kinds of industrial goods from them, which will be sold in North Korea, in exchange for large quantities of gold, silver, or industrial raw materials, or large quantities of grain.

The construction of the Busan military base has also been completed, with a garrison of 3,000 troops, barracks, fortifications, and a large training ground.

Standing on several lookout posts at the Busan military base, you can clearly see the situation in the port of Incheon, and on the pier of Incheon, you can also see groups of soldiers patrolling with muskets on their backs.

On the outskirts of Incheon, not far from the Incheon military base, there is a large military camp, there are also a large number of barracks, there are several large training grounds, there are shooting ranges, etc., this is the military camp of the newly formed Korean Army.

The first battalion of the Korean Legion, with more than 3,000 men, is equipped with front-loading smoothbore guns and adopts a three-stage shooting method.

The Korean legionnaires and grassroots officers are all composed of North Koreans, some middle-level officers are Chinese, some high-level officers are also Chinese, in addition, there are a large number of Chinese advisers and many Chinese instructors.

Naturally, the DPRK side will bear all military expenses and other expenses, and Zhang Feng will only send a small number of personnel, mainly to bear the responsibility of senior and middle-level officers, military advisers, or instructors.

At the shooting range, a Chinese military instructor was personally directing live-fire training, and the Chinese instructor raised his saber and shouted loudly: "Shoot!" ”

The first row of North Koreans came out of the ranks, took two steps forward, raised their guns to aim at the target in front, heard the order, pulled the trigger one after another, "bang, bang, bang" gunshots rang out, the shooting was completed, this group of North Koreans stepped back and reloaded, and the second column moved forward, with their guns ready to shoot......

Joseon Royal Palace.

The king of Joseon was conspiring with several of his confidants, and it was clear that this was definitely not a good thing, as could be seen from their sneaky, cautious expressions.

"Your Majesty, the envoy has returned, things are going relatively well, the Japanese side has promised to send troops, and the number is not less than 50,000, and they will land in Pusan in a month."

Hearing this, the king of Korea was very happy, nodded and said: "Okay, the Manchu Qing did not agree to send troops, and the Japanese side finally agreed to send troops, and it is still 50,000, which is great." ”

It turned out that the king of Joseon was unwilling to lose, and actually secretly sent envoys to the Manchu Qing and Japan respectively to ask for help from these two forces, promising a large number of benefits, promising a large number of conditions, and asking these two sides to send troops to help eliminate Zhang Feng's garrisons stationed in Inchon and Pusan.

The main forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were hoarded outside Shanhaiguan, and they had no time to take care of Korea for the time being, and did not agree to send troops, while the Japanese side had been thinking about revenge, and hit it off with North Korea, and promised to send troops, and it was still more than 50,000.

It is no wonder that the king of Korea was happy, with these 50,000 Japanese soldiers, and with the addition of his own troops, the king of Korea thought that he was absolutely sure that he would destroy Zhang Feng's garrison in Korea in one fell swoop.

The king of Joseon was delighted and asked, "How are we prepared with food, grass, weapons, etc.?" ”

A military general replied: "Your Majesty, everything is ready, according to Your Majesty's will, we have mobilized 30,000 troops, ready to attack those Ming troops at any time." ”

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

The king of Joseon was very happy, but he knew that the matter was important, and said cautiously again: "At this time, everyone must keep it secret, strictly secret, if anyone dares to leak a little bit of news, I will definitely let his head fall to the ground." ”

The king of Joseon, and the few henchmen below, thought that they had done a very good job of secrecy, but they never realized that fortresses were often breached from within.

Li Gaosheng is the half-brother of the Korean king Li Xi, but Li Gaosheng was born to a concubine with a relatively low status, not a concubine, but a concubine, who has always been loved by his grandfather and not hurt by his grandmother, and belongs to a marginalized character, in the eyes of others, he should belong to the role of eating and waiting for death.

Few people know that Li Gaosheng is extremely ambitious and secretly has his own power, but he has never dared to show it, and now, Li Gaosheng feels that his opportunity has come.

After listening to the report of one of his henchmen, Li Gaosheng thought about it, walked out of the palace quickly, and headed directly in the direction of Incheon, preparing to meet the commander of the Supreme Chinese side of Incheon and quietly report the situation.

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The recruitment of recruits was completed, and the training of recruits began for a month in several recruit battalions, and the expansion of the army was also completed, and the shelves were erected, one of five infantry divisions.

After the training of the new divisions is completed, they will be assigned to all divisions, and each division will be assigned to each regiment, battalion, and even each company or platoon below, and when the more than 30,000 new formations are in place, each division will also be full.

It seemed that everything was going very smoothly, and everything was going in an orderly manner according to Zhang Feng's plan, however, a piece of news came from the direction of Fengyang, and Zhang Feng was furious.

It turned out that more than half a month ago, Zhang Feng sent a regiment to Fengyang, preparing to abolish the guards in Fengyang and rectify the military affairs of Fengyang Mansion, but things did not go well.

At the beginning, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, cooperated, obstructed in every way, and finally simply used force, Ma Shiying organized tens of thousands of people to launch a sneak attack on the soldiers' station, and the soldiers hurriedly met the enemy, and after killing thousands of people, they broke out of the encirclement, and now they have withdrawn from Fengyang Mansion and are resting in Chuzhou Mansion adjacent to Fengyang Mansion.

"How can this be reasonable, too bold!"

Zhang Feng slapped the table fiercely, and it could be seen that Zhang Feng was angry, and Meng Mingzhao next to him said slowly: "Childe, according to my opinion, it is to mobilize heavy troops and destroy them." ”

Wang Chaoyong also said: "Lord Commander, we have abolished the guards of Quannan Zhili, many bad things have been done before, and all the generals of the guards who are very angry have fled to Ma Shiying, this Ma Shiying, we must be destroyed." ”

Zhang Feng said slowly: "Then destroy him." ”

If there is one opinion, then destroy it.

The General Headquarters Staff Headquarters had just been formed, and Zhang Feng handed over the planning of this military operation to the General Staff, and Zhang Feng asked the General Staff to come up with a specific action plan within three days, and then destroy Ma Shiying in accordance with this action plan.

As the chief of the general staff, Wang Chaoyong personally led the staff officers to analyze by themselves, carefully deduce, and start to brake the plan, and at the same time, the information about Ma Shiying and the entire Fengyang Mansion held by the Intelligence Bureau was also sent to Zhang Feng's desk, and after Zhang Feng read it, he gave these things to Wang Chaoyong to provide reference for the staff to formulate military plans.

According to the intelligence information provided by the Intelligence Bureau, Fengyang Mansion has always been stationed with heavy troops, plus those military generals who fled in the past brought some people, so that there are 30,000 or 40,000 people under Ma Shiying's command, which can be regarded as a strong military force, no wonder Ma Shiying dared to sneak attack the soldiers sent by Zhang Feng.

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