"If only our scouts had clairvoyance like the Grand Duke, and could see the enemy clearly from a distance."

Li Chengdong stubbornly said that Luo Jian's telescope was clairvoyant, and Luo Jian had to be left to him.

"Xiao Liu, after the completion of your glass factory, you must pay close attention to the development of telescopes, even if you get the most basic ones first."

"Chief, we've already arranged for someone to do this, but the production technology of this concave and convex mirror is still not up to par, I think it won't be long before it is done." Liu Weimin said.

"Take your time and don't rush."

Luo Jian knew that the development of these technologies would not happen overnight, and thought that when the situation stabilized, he must plan well and prioritize the development of technologies that can be used as soon as possible under the existing conditions.

"Metropolitan Governor, the Qing soldiers have already retreated, what do we plan to do next?" Huang Degong asked.

"We can't relax for the time being, we have to find out where Duoduo is retreating, what their plans are next, you have to arrange more people to understand the enemy's situation, and we will make a decision after the enemy's situation is clear."

What Luo Jian was most annoyed about was that the enemy situation was unknown, and this Lai Fu had only been in the Qing army for a short time, and this line alone was definitely not enough, which gave Luo Jian the idea of setting up a special military intelligence department.

"Governor, how about you go into the city to rest tonight?"

Huang Degong had a very good impression of Luo Jian, feeling that this metropolitan governor had no shelf, and this mode of meeting also made him feel fresh, I heard that Liu Zhaoji's Zhongguan Battalion had been reorganized into the Yangzhou First Division, I didn't know what it looked like, and I also wanted to see it.

"We won't be in the city tonight, and we'll go back tomorrow. By the way, we will eat in the army, and you don't have to arrange any banquets. ”

Huang Degong nodded in response.

"The purpose of convening this meeting today is not to criticize any individual, but to arouse everyone's thinking that the enemy we are facing is very powerful, and if we are a little careless, we are doomed to suffer a big loss. Division Commander Liu, you will stay in a group tonight, and you have to do more pacifying work. ”

Luo Jian made a concluding speech, and everyone nodded in response and got up to leave.

After breakfast the next day, Luo Jian asked Liu Zhaoji and Li Chengdong to call over, and asked the guards to lead the horses and set off for the county seat.

"Governor, can you drive the warrior car and let them see it?" Liu Zhaoji said.

"I don't dare sit anymore." Li Chengdong shook his head like a rattle, making several people laugh.

"Mr. Li, aren't you afraid that Huang Degong will clean you up?" Liu Zhaoji said with a smile.

"There is a metropolitan governor, forgive him and don't dare." Li Chengdong said.

"Today, you have to apologize to General Huang, what happened before was originally wrong with you. General Huang is dedicated to the country, as long as you are sincere, he will not care so much about you. Luo Jian said to Li Chengdong solemnly.

Li Chengdong had the heart to refuse, but he didn't dare, so he had to agree vaguely.

To the county seat is the official road, the road is also very easy to walk, the warrior car will arrive at the gate of the county seat for a while, Huang Degong with a group of generals and county officials have been waiting at the gate of the city.

Luo Jian got out of the car and looked around, the traces left by yesterday's fierce battle were still faintly visible, and the ground in front of the city gate had turned dark red, so you can imagine how tragic the battle to defend the city yesterday was.

"Everyone is going to be busy with you, it's okay to have General Huang with you, the Qing army has just retreated, and there are still many things to take care of." Luo Jian didn't want so many people to accompany him, so he said first without waiting for everyone to come forward and salute.

"Go and go, go and get busy, I said that you don't need to pick up the governor, you have to come, you don't do so many things, and focus on these vain things." Huang Degong said to a group of generals and officials in the city.

Everyone stepped forward to salute Luo Jian, and then ran to the warrior car to touch it, and then turned around and left.

When everyone left, Luo Jian saw Li Chengdong shrinking back and shouted at him: "General Li Bing, don't you come to apologize to Jingnanhou?" ”

Li Chengdong had no choice but to step forward, knelt down on one knee towards Huang Degong, clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "I couldn't live with Hou Ye before, if you want to beat or scold, Hou Ye please!" ”

"I don't blame you for this, I blame Gao Jie, alas, no one is here, what else do I care, get up quickly." Huang Degong sighed and stepped forward to pull Li Chengdong up.

Hearing Huang Degong say this, Li Chengdong breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's right, the past is over, and we now have the same goal, which is to get rid of the Tartars. Let's go into town. Luo Jian saw that Huang was generous, and this matter was revealed, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

Huang Degong stepped forward and led everyone to the city gate, the county seat is not big, there are only a few horizontal and vertical streets.

As a group of people walked down the street, they saw many white flags hung in front of their doors, and from time to time cries came from the houses on both sides.

"Let's take a look, listen to it again, I don't know what you think?" Luo Jian pointed to the white flags hanging on the houses on both sides and said.

"Alas, the Tartars are evil." Liu Zhaoji sighed and said.

Li Chengdong looked at Luo Jian thoughtfully.

"The common people are feeding us, and they are counting on us to keep them safe, and now when the invaders come, the people are left with nothing but killing, that is, every family wears filial piety, and sorrows are everywhere, isn't this a shame for our soldiers?"

When Huang Degong heard this, he walked in front of Luo Jian in a few steps, knelt on the ground on both knees, and said: "The last general failed to protect the territory and the people, please punish most of the people!" ”

Luo Jian stepped forward to help Huang Degong and said, "General Huang, you have done a good job, I don't mean you, I mean all our soldiers, we should think about it." ”

Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, Luo Jian continued:

"As a general in the army, if we regard the protection of the territory and the people as our unshirkable mission, how can we tolerate the cruelty of the people by our subordinates? And how can you not fight to the death with the invaders? How can they treat the army as their own private property? ”

Listening to Luo Jian's words, Li Chengdong lowered his head, he knew that Luo Jian's words meant something, thought about it, and knelt down towards Luo Jian a few steps, saying:

"The Grand Governor, the last general has never heard these teachings before, so he is too selfish and has done a lot of wrong things, and now the last general has understood, if there is a recidivism, please punish the Grand Governor severely!"

"Hurry up, as I said, let the past pass, and we have to look to the future. When you go down, you should also educate your subordinates more, so that they can understand that soldiers are raised by the common people, and it is the mission of our soldiers to protect the country and the people. ”

Several people should be holding their fists.

Huang Degong thought in his heart, this Metropolitan Governor is really angry with himself, unlike those big officials in the imperial court before, who were full of nonsense, or the words of the Metropolitan Governor were warm.

A group of people talked while walking, and after a while, they walked to Huang Degong's military camp.

The barracks of the Luzhou army was a tent set up on a vacant lot in the city, and it did not encroach on civilian houses at all.

There were not many people left in the barracks, and Huang Degong said that most of them went out to bury the corpses of Qing soldiers and the bodies of their fallen comrades.

"These sacrificed soldiers have to leave a monument in front of their graves, and now it is unrealistic to leave a tombstone for each of them, so make a big monument and engrave their names on it, so that later people will know that there are so many martyrs who sacrificed on this land to protect their families and defend the country."

Luo Jian's words were a bit heavy, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, after a long period of peace, people began to regard the military as dispensable, and the status of the military was low, which was better than that of the Song Dynasty, which was also one of the reasons why many soldiers did not have a sense of state.

In the early stage of Chongzhen, the military generals of the second rank wanted to kneel and bow when they saw the civilian officials of the seventh rank of the Ministry of War, and this kind of appalling thing was not uncommon, which was equivalent to the current commander of the large military region seeing the cadres of the Ministry of National Defense kneeling down and saluting, which was incredible.

In the last years of Chongzhen, this situation took a very strange turn, some military generals supported their own troops, regarded the army as their own private property, and loved to listen to the orders of the imperial court.

In the four towns of Jiangbei, except for Huang Degong, who basically obeyed the orders of the imperial court, the other three towns Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing have all become out-and-out warlords.

In order to change this situation, it is not enough to rely on the personal consciousness of the leading generals.

Luo Jian has been thinking about this problem for a long time, which is also an important reason why he insisted on changing the military system when he was in Yangzhou.

Dividing the troops into combat units is not only convenient for command but also convenient for mobilization, so that some units will not be allowed to take root in a certain place, and the commanders of various combat units will not be transferred to each other so that these generals will not be immobile in one position for a long time.

"General Huang, how many men do you have?" Luo Jian asked a very sensitive question at the moment.

"It's... Metropolitan Governor, our department is now 62,000 men and horses, oh, we have lost 4,000 in the past two days, stationed in Wuhu, Taiping Mansion and Hexian area, and some people and horses are maneuvering to ** in the past few days. ”

Huang Degong thought for a moment, and still reported his family background to Luo Jian.

"Oh, then how did General Huang's various departments replenish?"

Luo Jian has actually found out Huang Degong's current number from the history books, and the Qianlong Emperor in later generations called him "Sex Mao Puzhong", now it seems that it is true, Huang Degong is indeed very kind.

"Governor, how can you still supply it, the imperial court can only send part of the food, and most of it has to be raised by itself."

"Then if we streamline and reorganize the troops, our soldiers can only train and fight with peace of mind, and the weapons and salaries will be uniformly supplied by the superiors, what does General Huang think?" Luo Jian asked tentatively.

"This, if it is uniformly deployed by the Metropolitan Governor, then it will definitely be no problem, but if it depends on the imperial court, I am still a little uneasy."

In his letter to Huang Degong, Shi Kefa had already given a very detailed introduction to Luo Jian's situation, and told him to obey the orders of the Grand Duke.

Huang Degong was still a little unconvinced, but from last night to now, Luo Jian gave him a good feeling, and he inexplicably developed a strong sense of trust.

While a group of people were talking, a scout from Huang Degong's department came to report that the Qing soldiers had gone in the direction of Dingyuan County.

When Luo Jian heard this, he took out the printed map from his pocket and thought about it seriously, what did this Qing soldier do in this direction? Didn't Liu Liang Zuobu surrender?

"Duoduo is going to Liu Liangzuo." Li Chengdong said first.

"Hasn't this Liu Liangzuo already surrendered to the Qing army?" Luo Jian was a little puzzled.

"It must be that Duoduo hasn't had time to reorganize them, it must be Liu Liangzuo, this kid, heard the news that the angel saved Yangzhou and you fought a big victory in Yangzhou, so his mind must be spinning again, right?"

After all, he is a person who has been dealing with Liu Liangzuo for a long time, although Huang Degong is rude, his judgment is not bad.

"If that's the case, I think we can still make some fuss, let's go into the house and make a good total."

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