After listening to Zhu Daolin's words, Sun Lide, who was in charge of building the city and supervising the displaced people in Liaodong, was excited: "General, in the past few days, hundreds of young people in Liaodong have asked to join our Dongjiang New Army, can you implement the conscription plan in advance?" ”

"yes, yes! Nearly 80,000 Liaodong people captured from the battlefield are all on the island, many of them are unwilling to move to Yingzhou Island, and at least thousands of them are begging to join our Dongjiang New Army! ”

Duan Yuxuan, who had just taken over the post of director of the Dongjiang New Army, also reported loudly, and all eyes immediately fell on Zhu Daolin's face.

Zhu Daolin pondered for a moment: "The 80,000 people on the island still have to be sent to Yingzhou, and within half a month, more than 30 transport ships of the East China Sea Fleet and the North Sea Fleet will arrive, and these 80,000 people will be sent to Yingzhou in three batches. ”

"As for the conscription plan, it can be started in advance, I will give you a month, as long as you meet the recruitment standards of our army, as many as you want, and immediately after the conscription, you will concentrate on the Phi Island camp to start training......"

"When I go back, I will transfer 300 instructors from the Qingdao base, and the quartermaster department and major factories directly under the headquarters will also give you full support in terms of weapons and equipment, military salaries, and salaries."

The generals were amazed to hear this, and all of them enthusiastically stood up and thanked their commanders from the bottom of their hearts.

Originally, the Dongjiang New Army thought that it would be good to be able to recruit 6,000 recruits, but they didn't expect Zhu Daolin's extra favor this time to allow as many as he wanted.

Previously, lieutenant generals and colonels had discussed the issue of recruiting new recruits on the spot to expand their strength more than once, and this matter was not only related to the next more severe battle situation in Liaodong, but also related to the vital interests of each officer, such as promotion, promotion, and promotion.

The excited generals knew why Zhu Daolin was suddenly gracious. It was all forced by the post-war situation.

The ambitious Zhu Daolin is now facing three major problems.

First of all, it is necessary to ensure the tranquility of Korea in order to obtain greater benefits, and as long as the Liaodong Tatars are kept out on the west bank of the Yalu River, they will be able to meet the financial needs of the Dongjiang New Army to the greatest extent through various means of trade, economic erosion, and political co-optation, and lay a solid foundation for bringing the whole of Korea under their own influence in the future.

Secondly. The Liaodong Tartars, who have suffered heavy losses, will definitely launch a crazy retaliatory action.

No matter how wise and forbearant Huang Taiji is, no matter how far-sighted he is, he can't bear the heavy losses brought by this Liaodong Campaign, even if Huang Taiji can endure it temporarily and not be blinded by hatred, dozens of princes and grandsons around him will have red eyes and roar like thunder to retaliate.

The only thing that Zhu Daolin couldn't determine was that after Huang Taiji received the bad news, he would choose which direction to retaliate from.

Due to the Jiulian City and the estuary camp in the upper reaches of the Yalu River, it has been razed to the ground. The only shipyard under Huang Taiji was also burned down, thousands of craftsmen fled to the last two castles at the foot of the North Mountain, and all were burned to death, all the ships along with the rudimentary rafts and stored shipbuilding timber were looted back by the Dongjiang New Army, and the few pitiful offshore ships at the coastal garrison docks were also blown to pieces by seven or eight warships of the North Sea Fleet.

Under such circumstances, even if Huang Taiji and Liaodong Tatars had a monstrous hatred, they could not cross the Yalu River to retaliate. You have to wait for the Yalu River to freeze in winter.

As a result, there are only two directions left for the revenge of Huang Taiji and the Tartar army:

The first is to directly lead the main force of 50,000. Turn around and head south from the Duolun region of Mongolia to attack the front line of the Ming Xuanda!

This situation has already been written into the recital, and yesterday it was handed over to Zhang Yizhen, the deputy general of the Dongjiang New Army, who escorted more than 4,800 Tartar heads into Beijing to report the victory.

The second direction of retaliation of the Liaodong Tartars can only be Jinzhou, and Shang Kexi, who is on Guanglu Island, has led 3 five days ago. 000 subordinates and more than 2,000 family members moved to Jinzhou, and the strength of Huanglong's troops guarding Jinzhou has increased to more than 9,000 people, even if Huang Taiji led a large army to attack. I can't gnaw on Jinzhou Jiancheng for a while.

What's more, without nearly 10,000 traitors such as Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, who surrendered to the Tartars of Liaodong, and without the more than 300 large and small warships, more than 200 general cannons and more than 3,000 skilled craftsmen sent to Huang Taiji in vain, Huang Taiji and the Tartar army under his command could only attack Jinzhou with bows and arrows and human lives, and with Huang Long's resourcefulness and bravery, they could support at least a few months.

At that time, if there is a danger, the 6,000 elite soldiers of the 2nd Marine Division, which will be stationed in Guangludao, will be able to calmly support the nearest one, and within half a year, the Liaodong Tartars will not pose any threat to Zhu Daolin and the Dongjiang New Army, and Zhu Daolin can take this opportunity to quickly increase his strength and occupy more territory.

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After returning to Phi Dao, the base camp of the Dongjiang New Army, from the new city on the banks of the Yalu River, Zhu Daolin was finally able to exhale quietly.

The successful launching and conclusion of the Liaodong Campaign, the forced reversal of the Korean people's minds, the forcible recovery of Tieshan City and more than 100,000 mu of land that had been lost for several years, the rapid construction of fortifications by seizing the time difference, and the captivity of 80,000 Han people in Liaodong to enrich Yingzhou were enough to make Zhu Daolin, who had worked hard for half a year, deeply satisfied, and basically completed the strategic plan he had set in his heart.

On the morning of 18 May, Zhu Daolin again convened a military meeting of the Dongjiang New Army to determine plans for army building, political education, military training, and foreign liaison in the next six months, and to make arrangements for military operations to carry out long-term infiltration and reconnaissance in the deep areas of eastern Liaodong.

After the meeting, Zhu Daolin planned to lead a total of 300 personal guards of Zhang Yipeng's assault battalion, which had been attached to the Dongjiang New Army six months ago, to leave Phi Dao by boat, passing through Liugong Island, Qingdao Base, and Baoshanwei at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and finally returning to Jinling.

Zhang Yipeng and other 300 guards have matured rapidly after half a year of strict training and baptism of war, but they still need to be improved in terms of basic military theory and vision, and these 300 elites who are incomparably loyal to Zhu Daolin will enter the military academy when they return to Jinling, systematically study for one year, and after graduation, they will be promoted to one or two ranks, and then sent to the main forces to shoulder heavy responsibilities.

Just when the military meeting was about to end, an urgent report was hurriedly delivered to Zhu Daolin: the minister sent by Emperor Chongzhen arrived in Dengzhou five days ago, and he would take the Dengzhou naval warship to Phi Island to announce the decree!

After careful consideration, Zhu Daolin decided to stay on Phi Dao for the time being, waiting for the arrival of the minister, and took this opportunity to send Li Yuming, the governor of the Dongjiang Army, the treasurer of the Phi Island branch of the Sihai Commercial Bank, and the treasurer of the Phi Dao branch of the Sihai Qianzhuang Phi Dao branch to Anzhou City to request a meeting with the representative of the Qinming faction and the business partner and Anzhou defense envoy Li Kan. (To be continued.) )