Chapter 262 kills two birds with one stone

"Chen Fan Wenhu see Your Majesty."

"Well, Aiqing is exempt, sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Fan Aiqing, although you are the only candidate in the Guangnan Theater, if you fail the evaluation, I will not let you take the position."

"Your Majesty, the minister understands."

"Okay, let's get started."

"Your Majesty, the Quang Nam Theater is a new theater of operations in our dynasty, its location is remote, south of Annam, and now the west borders Mongolia, its geographical location has become very important, the minister thinks that the Quang Nam theater has three major purposes, one is to prevent the Mongols from attacking our dynasty from the original Dali land, although the terrain of Quang Nam is complex, not conducive to large-scale cavalry operations, but if it is broken through by the Mongols, it will directly threaten the hinterland of our dynasty, so we must take precautions, Weichen's plan is to take advantage of the danger of the local mountains, to establish a multi-road cottage, As long as the communication arteries are controlled, the entire western front of Quang Nam can be defended, the second is to cooperate with the Northern Expedition three years later, if the opportunity exists, you can send troops to the west to conquer the land of the former Dali in one fell swoop, and the third is to be ready at all times to go south to the countries of Annam and bring the vassal countries under the direct jurisdiction of our dynasty. ”

Fan Wenhu looked at me and continued: "In view of the above three points, the military forces of the Quang Nam Theater plan to divide them into two, with the half-chamber army responsible for the defense of the western border, and the danger of the mountains to defend the territory, while most of the soldiers take attack as the training direction, and according to the local terrain, they will use the mountains as the main training place, that is, they will train the same types of troops as the mountain soldiers in the past, so that the soldiers can shuttle freely between the mountains. ”

Judging from the expressions of the four people, Fan Wenhu's organization is the clearest, after all, Fan Wenhu has been in the DPRK for many years, and has plenty of time to prepare for the surname, the only thing that surprised me is what Fan Wenhu said about the plan to recover Annam, which I don't seem to have said openly in the DPRK, if it was analyzed by himself, it would be beyond my expectations,

As for Jia Rudao's party, my usual focus is only on its political words and deeds, and I have always ignored their own capabilities.

"Aiqing, continue."

"Your Majesty, last but not least, there are many ethnic groups in Quang Nam, and when recruiting new soldiers, the minister will try to give priority to other ethnic groups and ensure the equality of all ethnic groups, while maintaining close relations with the local government and striving for the support of the locals."

Compared with the recovery of Annam, Fan Wenhu's national strategy surprised me more, since ancient times, all dynasties in our country like to call themselves the Celestial Empire, for foreign races, like to be commensurate with barbarians, even for foreign races in the territory, there is also a heart of discrimination, Guangnan Theater, especially near the western Dali area, there are many ethnic groups, Fan Wenhu can put forward the view that all ethnic groups are equal, but let me treat it differently,

I nodded and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any questions to ask Fan Aiqing?" ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Lord Fan, if the Guangnan Theater sends troops to Dali and Annan at the same time in three years, will it be enough to use the military strength of both sides?" ”

"Lord Lu, the minister has calculated that if the two fronts fight at the same time, the troops will not be enough."

I took Lu Xiufu's question and asked, "Then what is Fan Aiqing's plan?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister considers two plans, one is to expand the army, of course, this requires His Majesty's instructions, and the other is that without increasing the source of troops, the minister thinks that it is not possible to implement the plan of fighting on two fronts at the same time for the time being, three years later, the minister intends to attack the Mongolian soldiers in Dali in the name of letting Annan send troops to assist, if Annan is unwilling to send troops, then the minister on the basis of holding the west, first concentrate forces to destroy Annan in one fell swoop, and then turn to the west to attack Mongolia, if Annan cooperates, the minister will go west first, and then turn back and enter Annan."

"It's a good approach." I said, "Ladies and gentlemen, if there are no other questions, this interview is over." ”

"There is no problem with the ministers."

"Okay, Fan Aiqing, you step down, and by the way, inform the other three, they will be there tomorrow morning when the court meeting is there, and I will announce the results."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister retires."

After Fan Wenhu left, I said: "Everyone, it is up to you to vote, there are three candidates in the Lin'an Theater, according to today's interview, you can choose one, and in the Quang Nam Theater, there is only one candidate, you can vote for yes or no." ”

Back in the imperial study, I opened everyone's note, Guangnan War Zone, Fan Wenhu, the four unanimously agreed, for the Lin'an War Zone, two recommended Wang Anjie, and the other two voted for Yin Yinglei,

For the restructuring of the forbidden army, my first step plan is to break it up first, and it seems that there is no problem with this.

Fan Wenhu's performance today is not bad, whether or not someone is giving him advice in the back, I will push the boat with the water, after all, I want to give Jia Yidao a face, for the strength of Jia Yidao's party in the court, I can't clear it in a day, and after the establishment of the Guangnan Theater, I will slowly find a way to control it, with the fall of the Xiangfan Theater, there will only be one Guangnan left in the six major military regions in the future, and it will not be a difficult matter, I feel more and more that the hegemony of the imperial power in feudal society, as long as the emperor is strong enough, The weaker the ministers will be, unless someone wants to add another yellow robe, otherwise whether it is a Ming monarch or a tyrant, their status cannot be violated.

As for the commander of the Lin'an Theater, of course, it will be much more important, if the Gongwei Lin'an is the first choice, then it is suitable for Wang Anjie, and if the Northern Expedition War three years later is the goal, it is more suitable for Yin Yinglei,

This Yin Yinglei gives me the feeling that it is a bit like Li Yunlong on TV, he will not play cards according to common sense, if he uses it well, he will be a sharp knife, and if he does not use it well, it may also be bad, compared to the Guangnan Theater, but it is the commander of the Lin'an Theater that makes it difficult for me to decide,

Just as I was thinking about it, Xiao Qi came to report: "Official, thank you for your lordship and Wenzhang and Zhang Shijie to ask to see." ”

"Yes, Xuan."

After half a ring, Xiao Qi took the three of them to the imperial study,

"Your Majesty, Ministers."

"Yes, excuse me." I got straight to the point and said, "I have called you here today to talk to you about the Imperial Guards. ”

"Your Majesty, please."

"I have already told you about the formation of the Imperial Forest Army, and it will be formed in the form of squads and platoons, Wen Zhang and Zhang Aiqing have both seen the power of muskets, Xie Aiqing, you have recently taken the time to go to the Gunpowder Division to experience the power of firearms."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"The Imperial Forest Army is a unit based on firearms, so its training method will be different from other troops, Zhang Aiqing, you have been training musketeers, do you have any good ideas and suggestions."

"Your Majesty, it takes about three months for an ordinary soldier to master the most basic shooting essentials of a musketeer, and there are not too many skills at all, compared to archers, I think there are only four words, that is, practice makes perfect, as for a sharpshooter like Li Long, it depends on talent."

"Well, that's a good point, practice makes perfect, Zhang Aiqing, the five hundred musketeers you brought back from Yangzhou, and there are no marksmen like Li Long."

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no yet, the minister will organize a challenge competition every ten years in the army, and every time Li Long won the first, later, the minister selected thirty potential gunners in the army to form a sniper team, which is taught by Li Long, but there is still no one to stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Long."

"It seems that geniuses in all industries are rare."

"Exactly."

I smiled: "Wen Zhang, all of you young guards have joined the Royal Forest Army, and you will train with adults in the future, do you have confidence?" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, after nearly a year of training, the minister believes that the young guard will not be worse than others."

"Okay, if you have ambition, in the future, you and Zhang Aiqing will be the two most important generals under Xie Aiqing, and you must not discredit the Imperial Forest Army."

"Yes, the ministers will definitely satisfy Your Majesty."

"Well, the Royal Forest Army, which is dominated by musketeers, is the forerunner of our army, and it depends on you whether firearms can replace cold weapons."

"Your Majesty rest assured." Zhang Shijie said, "Your Majesty, with the deepening of the understanding of muskets, the minister feels more and more that sooner or later, firearms will replace the existing weapons and become the mainstream configuration of the army. ”

"That's natural, and the most important thing at the moment is that before the musket is fully formed, the question of how the musketeers will be paired with other troops, how do you think about this?"

"Your Majesty, the minister has tried several combinations, and after repeated discussions with Lord Li, it was decided that according to the three-two-one preparation, that is, the combination of three musketeers plus two sword and shield players with martial arts and one thrower is the most effective, Your Majesty, when the enemy cavalry attacks closely, the musketeers can load the muskets with bayonets, and then transform from musketeers to pikemen, because the weight of the muskets exceeds the spears, so when training, the weight-bearing capacity is also a necessary training item, of course, the musketeers in the usual discussions, It was unanimously agreed that the enemy's cavalry should not rush to the front as much as possible, and the reason why the sword and shield men were required to be proficient in martial arts was because once the enemy was close, they could protect the musketeers and fight and walk. ”

I don't know if this method is effective, but since Li Tingzhi also agrees, there must be a reason, the sword and shield hand is mainly based on knives, and the knife technique of the Fujian Lin family is the strongest in the martial arts family I know, I thought about it and said busily: "Xie Aiqing." ”

"The minister is here."

"You are good at swordsmanship, and you will be responsible for training these sword and shield hands in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty, by the way, can the minister recruit a group of masters from the Lin family."

"Absolutely."

"With the help of the Lin family, we must be able to get twice the result with half the effort."

I laughed and said, "That's good, the Northern Expedition is a major event of our dynasty, and I welcome martial arts warriors to join." ”

Wen Zhang also said: "Lord Xie's move is very reasonable, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Xie Daolin was a little confused and said, "General Wen, what is it to kill two birds with one stone." ”

"Lord Xie, it is naturally a great thing to have a master of the Lin family to act as a sword and shield hand or train other sword and shield hands, and secondly, if Your Majesty wants to conquer in person during the Northern Expedition, then the Royal Forest Army is bound to follow Your Majesty, with the help of the Lin family's martial arts masters, Your Majesty's guard problem will be solved."

Xie Daolin realized: "General Wen is right. ”

I smiled and said, "Wen Zhang, you must be thinking that with the escort of the Lin family's masters, you can rest assured that you can kill the enemy." ”

Wen Zhang saw that I saw through his intentions, and said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the ministers obey Your Majesty's arrangement. ”