Dozens of generals in the big tent of the Chinese army gathered together, Qi Liang, Zhou Meng, Wang Renshou, Han Tianding and other tiger generals were on the left and right, and there were also naval commanders Shi Wu Yingqin, Sima Zhao Yan and others.

Everyone bowed down together, "See the big handsome!" ”

Zhang Xuan sat in the big tent commander's seat, he was the marshal of the three armies, and he was also the chief general of the navy, Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "The generals are exempt." ”

Everyone stood aside, silently waiting for the commander's lecture, Zhang Xuan glanced at everyone, and then said slowly: "Our foundation in the Liaodong Peninsula was uprooted by the Goguryeo people, presumably everyone is as angry as me, this is the benefit we obtained with the war, but they despicably took away it, this account must be counted with them, and not only the Liaodong Peninsula, we want to make Goguryeo feel painful, the first thing I want to tell you today is that the war is in sight." ”

Although the generals did not speak, everyone's eyes flashed with expectation, Goguryeo's behavior in Huilong Town made them gnash their teeth, they had long expected to teach the Goguryeo people a hard lesson, but without a military order, they could only hide this anger in their hearts.

Unlike the generals, Wu Yingqin and Sima Zhao Yan felt that the purpose of the commander's coming today was not as simple as mobilization, they glanced at each other, waiting for the second thing that the commander was going to say.

Zhang Xuan paused for a moment, and then said to everyone: "There is a specialization in art, although I am also the chief general of the navy, but it is only temporary, in fact, my concurrently serve as an obstacle to the development of the navy, if it were not for me as the chief general of the navy, Huilong Town would not be taken away by the Goguryeo people, so after thinking about it again, I still decided to appoint a new navy general, who is responsible for commanding the naval army, rather than being led by me, a person who does not understand water warfare." ”

There was a buzzing sound in the big tent, they were about to usher in the main general, the navy has been established for two years, and there is no main general, which has also greatly dragged down the development of the navy, although the marshal is nominally the chief general of the navy, but basically only asks about the usual affairs of the navy, although everyone dare not say it explicitly, but in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the loss of Huilong Town is indeed related to the fact that the marshal was not in Beihai County at that time, as the marshal himself said, if they had the chief general of the navy at that time, then the army of the Juyang military camp would immediately go back to Longzhen to help, Huilong Town may not be lost.

Everyone's hearts were excited, I don't know who will be appointed as the chief general of the navy, Qi Liang, Zhou Meng and other seven tiger generals are even more nervous, if they are promoted from the current tiger generals, then they will all have hope.

However, everyone also understands that their qualifications are not enough, if they can be promoted, the commander will have been promoted a long time ago, and he will not wait until today, the Lord will inevitably be transferred from the outside, so who will it be?

At this time, Zhang Xuan said to the soldiers beside him: "Please let the old general into the account!" ”

The soldiers walked quickly, not long after, the vigorous footsteps sounded, everyone looked out of the tent together, only to see a white beard veteran walked in, burly, strong, bright armor, a pair of leopard eyes blazing, most of the generals in the tent are young people promoted by Zhang Xuan, they don't know to protect the child, but there are still a few generals who know, such as the tiger Benlang general Wang Renshou, the tiger tooth lang general Zhao Suinian, etc., they were originally born in the Great Sui Water Army, is the old subordinate of the guard, when they saw the former chief general appeared, They all exclaimed together.

Lai Hu'er walked to the middle of the big tent and crossed his hands behind his back, at this time Zhang Xuan stepped forward and said to everyone: "This old general is my Great Sui Lai General, I think everyone has heard of it." ”

When everyone heard that this veteran turned out to be the famous Laihu'er, everyone couldn't help but exclaim together, you must know that for the water army, Laihu'er is the legendary water general, and everyone immediately straightened their waists and was in awe.

Zhang Xuan is very satisfied with this effect, if a general can not be crowned, it will plant the root of the defeat of this army, especially for the navy, everyone is fighting on the water, each commanding the warship, and the military order is particularly important.

Zhang Xuan immediately said: "From now on, General Lai is the chief general of the navy army, and he is also your top boss, I hope you can follow the orders of the general, and those who dare to disobey the order will be dealt with by military law!" ”

At this time, a soldier walked to Zhang Xuan with a plate containing the sword of the commander of the navy, Zhang Xuan picked up the sword, came to Hu'er knelt down on one knee, raised his hands high, Zhang Xuan handed over the sword to him, and said slowly: "The task of the main general is to implement the commander's strategy, the main general on the battlefield can be adaptable, but not against the strategy, I only have this sentence, please come to the old general to remember!" ”

Back then, Hu'er was dismissed for disobeying Yang Guang's will, Zhang Xuan was reminding him at this time, or warning him not to repeat the mistakes of the past, Laihu'er understood in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, said a few more words to the generals and then got up and left the big tent, at this time, Laihu'er sat on the seat of the main general, put the war sword and the big seal on the table, and said majestically: "The old man comes to Hu'er!" ”

All the generals knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the general!" ”

Zhang Xuan's visit to the military port this time is not just to welcome Laihu'er, he has other things, after several years of development, the Juyang estuary in Beihai County is no longer just a shipbuilding and military port, and the weapons workshop in Beihai County is also set up here.

The weapons workshop of Beihai County is next to Juyanghe Town, in fact, Juyanghe Town is already a big county regardless of the number and scale, with a population of more than 100,000 people, including shipyard craftsmen and their families, many craftsmen of the weapons workshop and their families, in addition to tens of thousands of fishermen and countless livestock herdsmen engaged in breeding, more than 100,000 people live in Juyanghe Town, making the business here very developed.

The reason why Juyanghe Town has not become Juyang County is that there is a lack of a city wall, there are three weapons workshops in Beihai County, one is Yidu Jiafang, which mainly manufactures armor and shields, and saddles are also made here; The second is the Linzi crossbow workshop, which mainly produces bows and arrows, and large siege weapons and defensive weapons such as trebuchets, stone cannons, battering rams, etc. are also manufactured here.

The third is the Juyanghe Weapons Workshop, which mainly produces swords, spears and other weapons, with more than 3,000 craftsmen, mainly blacksmiths, and their families have tens of thousands of people, all living in Juyanghe Town.

Zhang Xuan is also going to inspect the weapons workshop today, and the person who accompanied him to inspect is the ordnance supervisor Shaoqing Laikai, that is, the eldest son of Laihu'er, Laikai is about forty years old, different from his father's tall and mighty, and looks gentle and elegant, if it weren't for the fact that his appearance is somewhat similar to Laihu'er, how could he not have imagined that he was actually Laihu'er's son.

Lai Kai accompanied Zhang Xuan to the armory, he finally found an opportunity, and asked in a low voice: "May I ask Your Highness, after moving to the Central Capital, will the three major workshops also move together?" ”

Zhang Xuan rode on the horse and said with a slight smile: "We are actually forced to take Beihai County as the center, and it is also because I started in Beihai County, in terms of population and strategic position, Qi County is much stronger than Beihai County, not to mention Zhongdu, if the workshop does not move away, it should also be placed in Qi County It is more reasonable, in fact, since it is to move the capital, then there is no need to maintain a strong Beihai County, Beihai County has its own characteristics, such as animal husbandry, fishery, and there is also a naval army, I am also ready to continue to put the naval army camp in Beihai County." ”

After a pause, Zhang Xuan said again: "As for the ordnance supervision workshop and many craftsmen and their families you mentioned, they must all move to Zhongdu, and the scale of our craftsmen is too small, in the past, there were more than 100,000 craftsmen in Luoyang Ordnance Supervisor, and we only had 8,000 people, which is too far behind, not to mention restoring the previous scale, but at least 50,000 or 60,000 people, in order to support the consumption of our hundreds of thousands of troops, can we support 50,000 or 60,000 craftsmen in Beihai County?" And their hundreds of thousands of families. ”

Lai Kai showed a look of guilt on his face, and said to Zhang Xuan: "Your Highness is far-sighted, and it is really ashamed that you can't consider the future of the weapons prison as a young secretary. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "This is because you haven't felt the pain of weapons, I have been in Beihai County for so many years, I don't know how many prisoners of war I have captured, and I have sent them back, some people say that I want to restore agricultural production, of course, there is a little reason for this, and the more important reason is that my territory cannot afford so many troops."

There is no food, and the armor cannot be made by itself, so it can only be supplemented by the spoils of war, until the Huang family gave us a lot of pig iron, and we built the armor ourselves for the first time, if we want to defeat Li Yuan, we must have a strong weapon manufacturing capacity, and the manufacture of powerful weapons requires the support of tens of thousands of good craftsmen, and tens of thousands of good craftsmen need millions of people as the base, and to obtain millions of population base, we must move the capital, which is interlocking. ”

Lai Kai nodded silently, "The humble position finally understands." At the same time, he feels that he has a great responsibility on his shoulders.

On the avenue, a group of farmers who rushed to pick vegetables and went to the town to sell vegetables, Zhang Xuan looked at their distant backs, and sighed lowly: "This relocation of the capital is really ashamed of the people of Beihai County who have fully supported me over the years, but there is no way, for the sake of long-term goals, I must harden my heart and leave, and I can only wait for the world to compensate the people of Beihai County after the world is decided in the future." (To be continued.) )