Chapter 221: Garrison Lushun

According to Feng Jian's strategic arrangement, 1,400 soldiers from Zhao Shougang's 2,000 headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion, 2,000 soldiers from the logistics unit of the Zhenshan Battalion, and 500 officers and men of the 500 Water Division of the Zhouxun Battalion were stationed in the newly built Zhouxun Camp on the banks of the Jiaolai River.

Needless to say, Zhao Shougang's department is the main force, from the personal quality of the soldiers to the weapons and equipment, they are all elite, and the food and welfare they enjoy are second to none in all walks of life in Huluyan.

Among the 100,000 households belonging to Huluyan, it is definitely enviable to be successfully recruited into the Zhenshan Battalion to become one of them, so striving to meet the selection criteria of the Zhenshan Battalion and becoming a soldier of the Zhenshan Battalion is the dream pursued by the young and strong of Huluyan.

As a matter of fact, the physical fitness of the soldiers of the logistics unit is not much different from that of the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion, and after a period of intensive training, they can all meet the selection standards of the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion.

Because Huluyan has a population of more than 100,000, of which there are at least 30,000 young and strong men, it is not a problem to select a few thousand of them to participate in the logistics of the Zhenshan Battalion.

Now, due to the need for combat readiness, the logistics unit of the Zhenshan Battalion has received more and more attention, and the logistics unit originally had a size of 5,000 people.

A few days ago, more than 1,500 people had been selected by the fleet of the Fushan Water Division to serve as officers and men of the Naval Division, and 2,000 of the remaining 3,500 people were transferred to Pingdu City to assist in the defense.

Another 1,500 people are being led by Huang Fuchun, the commander of the logistics force, to build a road from Fushan Water City to Fushan Thousand Households.

In order to ensure that Pingdu City was foolproof, Feng Jian decided to intensify the training of this logistics unit, and ordered the 2,000 logistics troops transferred to Pingdu to participate in the defense to follow the regulations of the Zhenshan Battalion and set up three major arms. The soldiers are fully equipped with weapons and armor and participate in the regular training of the earthquake mountain camp.

At this stage. There is a steady stream of blades and bird guns made by the Huluyan Military Research Institute, and there is no need to worry about the lack of weapons and armor for soldiers.

Feng Jian ordered the 2,000-strong logistics force to be named the Zhenshan Battalion Teaching Team. 200 soldiers who had been personally trained by themselves were selected from their own guard battalion to be filled into it as officers at all levels, and Fan Li, the deputy guard chief of the guard battalion, was transferred to this logistics unit as a thousand generals.

This time, Feng Jian suddenly decided to transfer men and horses from Zhao Shougang's 2,000 headquarters to occupy Lushun, which was also a helpless move, considering that Kong Youde's rebellious troops would arrive in a short period of time, and there would be a buffer for a period of time, and the newly established Zhenshan Battalion teaching team would form combat effectiveness, and at that time, there would be no need to worry about the weakness of Zhao Shougang's troops.

Six warships of the size of the Xunying Prefecture at the Jiaolai River Wharf were ready to sail, and at this time, the officers and men of the Navy Division and the 480 soldiers of the First Division under Liu Zongxi had already boarded the warships.

Zhao Shougang, the general manager of the 2,000th headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion, Fan Li, the commander of the teaching team of the Zhenshan Battalion, Liu Zongxi, the chief of the first division of the 2,000th headquarters, and Zhang Wentai, the commander of the warship of the state flood camp, stood at the gate of the state flood camp and waited for Feng Jian to arrive.

Zhao Shougang and others stood at the camp gate. Their faces were full of doubts, and several people didn't know what Feng Jian intended to suddenly mobilize the naval division warships and the soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion, could it be that there was any accident in the floating water division fleet?

After a while, more than a dozen horsemen galloped outside the gate of the state flood camp, and the knights were Feng Jian and Huang Jinjiang and other personal guards.

Feng Jian jumped off the war horse, Zhao Shougang and the others hurriedly came forward to salute, and after a few words of greeting, Feng Jian directly explained what happened to the fleet of the floating water division to a few people present.

At the end, Feng Jian said to Zhao Shougang: "Shougang, don't be distracted, just beware of Kong Youde's rebellious soldiers." I plan to arrange Liu Zongxi's department to Lushun, and quietly control this strategic place in our hands first. ”

Zhao Shougang nodded and said: "My subordinates understand, but will it be too small to send Liu Zongxi and five hundred people to Lushun." ”

Feng Jian shook his head and said, "Now our troops are mainly used to deal with Kong Youde's rebels. Unable to draw out the redundant soldiers, Cheng Yousheng had already dispatched fifteen ships of the floating landscape division, with a total of more than 700 officers and soldiers. Coupled with Liu Zongxi's elite soldiers and horses, it was enough to deter Chen Shi and his officers and soldiers. Chen sometimes stayed in Lushun. He has long been fed up with the exploitation and bullying of Huang Long, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, and now our Huluyan can guarantee sufficient food and salary for his subordinates. Only be careful to make friends with our minds, and never be willing to have crooked thoughts. ”

After Feng Jian finished speaking, he said to Fan Li, who was standing aside: "Most of the officers of the teaching team of the Zhenshan Battalion Teaching Team are from the Qinwei Battalion, they can read and write, and they have been trained by me for nearly a year, and the officers of other units of the Zhenshan Battalion are incomparable in terms of theoretical quality, I hope that this teaching team can become another brave and combative army of our Zhenshan Battalion under your leadership." ”

Fan Li has always been not good at words, he was injured by the Cui family's killer in Pingdu City last year, and after the injury was healed, he was arranged by Feng Jian to be the deputy guard chief of the pro-guard battalion, and he naturally had nothing to say about Feng Jian's loyalty.

After listening to Feng Zhen's instructions, he said with a resolute face: "Commander, rest assured, the Zhenshan Battalion Teaching Team will not embarrass you!" After saying this, he said no more.

Feng Jian knew that Fan Li's character had always been to talk less and do more, so he habitually patted Fan Li on the shoulder, waved his hand at Zhao Shougang, turned around and walked towards the sailor warship, followed by Zhang Wentai, Liu Zongxi, Huang Jinjiang and more than a dozen other personal guards.

The warships of the Pingdu Prefecture Xunying sailed along the Jiaolai River in the direction of Jiaozhou Bay, and in the evening eight warships arrived at the Fushan Military Port.

was welcomed into the fleet headquarters by Cheng Yousheng, Zhuang Yingchang and other fleet generals, and Feng Jian listened to Cheng Yousheng tell in detail what happened to Chen sometimes.

Listening to Cheng Yousheng's self-analysis of his mistakes in the naval battle, Feng Jian was very pleased, not only did not blame Cheng Yousheng, but gave some encouragement.

Regarding Cheng Yousheng's decision to send a naval warship to follow him to Lushun Fortress, Feng Jian did not hesitate to praise Cheng Yousheng's decision.

Zhuang Yingchang and other fleet generals are also aware of the importance of the Lushun fortress, in their view, Lushun is like a transit base, ships to and fro personnel and goods can rest in this stop, once Lushun, the transit station for sailors to and fro, will have a great hindrance to sea transportation.

For the Fushan fleet, it is an out-and-out huge threat, if Jiannu intends to attack, the naval warships can transport the soldiers to various places along the coast of Shandong in a short time, which is simply impossible to prevent, and then it will be a big trouble.

Therefore, the fleet commander Cheng Yousheng seized the opportunity to directly send the naval warship to the Lushun Fortress to praise it in unison, and now I heard that the commander also praised Cheng Yousheng, which suddenly made Zhuang Yingchang and Niu Liang, the fleet generals, feel confidant, it turned out that the commander had long seen the importance of the Lushun Fortress, hehe, it was really a hero who saw the same!

For being able to secretly control Lushun, in Feng Jian's view, it was a surprise, aside from Lushun's important strategic position, a large area of fertile land within a radius of several hundred miles of Lushun alone is an immeasurable wealth.

At this time, this large area of land was ownerless, and no one cultivated it. Feng Jian can implement the Huluyan agricultural policy as he pleases here, use the advanced farming methods of the Mutual Aid Association to produce grain, and build the southern Liaoning region into another large granary of Huluyan.

Of course, there are still many difficulties in immigrating to Lushun, and there are still many difficulties in producing food here, all on the premise that the Zhenshan Camp must become strong! Feng Jian knows this better than anyone else.

At this stage, it is necessary to encircle the Lushun deputy general Chen Shi, and it is best to let him completely surrender to him.

Feng Jian and the generals of the fleet continued to discuss the follow-up strategy until late at night.

After noon the next day, Lushun Deputy General Chen sometimes had lunch and sat in the guest room hall in a daze, and his heart was uneasy at this time.

He led the crowd to follow the other party's sailor, half of them were forced by the other party's pressure, and the other half was not moved by the favorable conditions proposed by the other party.

I plan to meet the garrison officer of the other party, and dare to promise to ask for food and pay for his officers and soldiers, what is this person, why is he so confident?

When he first arrived at the Fushan Military Port, Chen was sometimes shocked by the huge military port in front of him, and he was very surprised, he saw for the first time the naval wharf built with the help of the coast, and the strange thing was that the entire naval wharf was calm and calm.

When did the imperial court establish a large-scale naval base here? Why was it built like this?

There are more than sixty warships docked at the berth, and these warships in front of him must be Dengzhou Navy warships, and at this time, Chen sometimes completely let go of the idea of defecting to Kong Youde.

Originally, he thought that he could meet with the sailor guard soon when he came here, Chen sometimes even secretly thought about how to get along with this sailor garrison, he was a fourth-grade lieutenant, and the other party was a fifth-grade guard, so it stands to reason that the other party should come to greet him, but now the atmosphere of Daming is arrogant.

In the court, a five-grade person can point fingers at those second-grade scholars, waiters, and even cabinet assistants, and even blame them. The root of all this is that although these people's official positions are small, they have great power, and those high-ranking officials are often empty of dignity but have no real power, so they can only ignore the provocative behavior of these petty officials and swallow their anger, which is a strange officialdom phenomenon in the Ming court.

If the sailor garrison can provide enough food and supplies for himself and his officers and soldiers as promised, what does it matter if he puts down his body to meet him! If he can provide for himself for a long time, what does it matter if he takes refuge in him! Chen sometimes thought about it completely.

However, it has been two days since he came here, but he has not met with the naval garrison, and the naval general who brought him has come once, explaining that the garrison is coming, and he should not be in a hurry.

Chen sometimes has been guessing that the Dengzhou Naval Division should be under the jurisdiction of the Denglai General Army, and there is a coastal defense road supervision in Dengzhou Water City, and when it is transferred from Dengzhou Water City, at least Dengzhou Coastal Defense Road should follow the supervision.

But looking at the current situation, the biggest official in the entire Dengzhou Navy Division is the Navy Division Garrison, and seeing that these Navy Division generals seem to be extremely respectful to this garrison officer, all of this makes Chen sometimes puzzled.

While frowning and thinking, a personal attendant came in from outside the door, bowed down and said, "My lord, someone from outside the court came to spread the word, saying that the Navy Division garrison invited you to meet at the Navy Division Headquarters. ”

Chen sometimes came back to his senses suddenly, the sailor garrison was finally willing to meet, and at this time Chen sometimes had some gains and losses, he vaguely knew that the other party was willing to provide food and salary supplies to himself and his officers and soldiers, and he must have a plan for the Lushun Fortress.! (To be continued......)