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"I came so late, I thought the Tartars wouldn't be coming this year." In the military tent in the camp of Huixian County, Chen Xin took the information in his hand and talked to himself, and handed it to Zhu Daichun, Song Wenxian and others who were sitting next to him.

After reading it, he asked Tangma, who sent the letter, "The Houjin soldiers sent grain to Fuzhou, or it may be the military rations sent in autumn and winter, why do they think that the Houjin soldiers are coming?" ”

"As mentioned in the military council, it was the two yellow flags that sent the food, and only a small part left after the escort, and they tried to hide the movement of troops and horses by using the method of coming more and leaving less. According to the tongue confession caught, most of the white-armored soldiers with the two yellow flags have been transferred to Gaizhou, and there are also blue flags and red flags. Therefore, Director Liu believes that it is a sign that the Houjin Association will come in a big way. ”

Chen Xin lowered his head and meditated for a while, then raised his head and said: "There is some truth, I will write a reply letter in the evening, you will bring it back tomorrow, you are far away and hard, go down to rest first." ”

Natang Ma Lizheng saluted, turned and withdrew from the big tent. Chen Xin slowly walked back to his position, Zhu Daichun and the others also finished reading it at this time, Chen Xin pointed at the table with his finger, "This time they can judge in advance, which shows that our scout war will not fall behind, the special service team has suffered a lot of losses this year, but the soldiers are getting stronger and stronger, and they don't die in peacetime, and they will die a hundred times more in a big war." ”

Zhu Daichun had some doubts, and he asked, "Is there any news to confirm within Jiannu?" ”

Wang Mafu continued: "The intelligence collection of Houjin is not up to for the time being, the Tartar armor is extremely tight, and even Zhenyi can't walk around at will. We can only learn about some situations through guò smuggling boats, and we can't directly send spies deep inland,"

Chen Xin asked a few other people: "The intelligence can only be like this, do you think Jiannu will come?" ”

Zhu Daichun thought about the wording for a moment before saying, "My subordinates don't think they will come." Lushun is not an isolated city like Jinzhou. The subordinates have participated in two drills of the Military Command Division, the defense around Lushun is complex and huge, ordinary people will be dizzy when they walk in, only to fill the trench all the way, the trench must be covered by the shield car, will be hit hard by our artillery, just break through the perimeter, the casualties will also be very heavy, for the general should not attack such a living city. Even if you want to attack, you should attack it in winter, because the sea is frozen, and the ships cannot come and go, and you can attack the city wall directly from the ice. ”

Chen Xin smiled: "You are very clear about Lushun. So you think so, Huang Taiji is not you, he may not know what Lushun looks like now. After watching the Jin soldiers, most of them were in winter, but Lushun was different from Liaoxi, they could not take food on the spot and transport grain from Fuzhou Gaizhou. Winter is more difficult than usual, and it is very inconvenient to dig soil and dig city walls in winter. The land grain road is interesting to the sea grain road. If it really comes. It's not in vain that we're going to prepare for one. What do you think? ”

Wang Mafu stood upright and replied to Chen Xin: "Jinzhou and Lushun defense have plans, let them implement the plans, and make temporary adjustments if there are any emergencies." ”

Song Wenxian is also in the tent. Because of the issue of Zijin Liang's sacrifice of prisoners, Xuan Mo and Lu Zhi are still in a lawsuit. Xuan Mo insisted on the principle of territoriality, and the Yamen, the governor of Henan, offered prisoners, and the celebrant and the military department insisted on their own words, and the cabinet said that they would wait for the emperor to decide, and the time would be dragged down. Coupled with the news from the Jinan Intelligence Station, the governor of Shandong had not yet reported the urgency, so Chen Xin had to ask Wu Jianzhong to strengthen the attack.

At this time, after hearing the news of the Houjin attack, Song Wenxian was full of worries, "My lord, if the whole division of Jiannu comes this time, my Dengzhou Town will resist Jiannu alone with the strength of a town, and my subordinates believe that we should ask for help from the Ministry of War and the Jiliao Governor, and ask them to dispatch Liaozhen to contain it, and send Juehua and Tianjin Sailors to help." ”

Zhu Daichun said with some disdain: "The main force of Liaozhen was wiped out last year, and now even if a few Jiannu sentinels pass through Jinzhou, they are so frightened that they will not dare to cross half a step east of the river." ”

Song Wenxian turned to Zhu Daichun, "Even if Liaozhen is not good, Juehua Sailor is always useful, let them appear at the mouth of the Sancha River, Jiannu will always leave some more men and horses, and it will be useful to reduce the enemy's strength." ”

"That's what Mr. Song said." Chen Xin nodded, and said to Wang Mafu: "The reply letter to Dengzhou should be clearly written, and please ask Lord Wang to send a report to the Ministry of War." Write the wording of the military department eagerly, and ask for some more things by the way, Liang Tingdong still owes me two hundred horses for the war horses he promised last time, so let him make up for it quickly. ”

Chen Xin said while thinking about it, "The reply letter emphasizes a few points, the first and second general of the third battalion will be transferred to Lushun, and Dengzhou will requisition all the merchant ships in Hong Kong from the trading company to speed up the transportation of military supplies. After the Jin soldiers do not come, once the attack, it must come very fast, let Liu Pojun strengthen the scout sentry, preset the ambush area to start laying mines to run, Liaoning immediately began to clear the field according to the first step of the plan, Jinzhou grain storage at any time ready to fire and oil, alarm to ignite, all the alfalfa near Nanguan harvested, once it is confirmed that the enemy brigade is coming, all the crops in the field near Lushun will be damaged, not a grain of grain is left outside the position, poison is applied to the water source or rotting animal carcasses, the surrounding mountains, forests and grasses, can be burned all. In addition, Yang Yunnong of Dengzhou made a trip to the islands of the Dongjiang River, and once the Houjin army gathered in Lushun, he asked the islands to effectively attack Xiuyan and other places along the coast of Liaodong and cut off the grain route on the east road. ”

Wang Mafu brushed and wrote down, his memory was very good, and his writing was also very fast, Chen Xin taught him some shorthand, and now he has become Chen Xin's very convenient confidant.

Chen Xin had already prepared for the Houjin attack on Lushun, and did not see any panic, he said lightly to Wang Mafu: "Tell them to fight according to the plan, Liaozhen is afraid of Tartars, we are not afraid of Tartars, I Dengzhou Town is a professional soldier, and I joined the army to fight." ”

Wang Mafu asked Chen Xin, "My lord, do you want to go back to the town?" ”

Chen Xin smiled and said: "Of course I want to go, compared to chasing and killing those half-people and half-bandit homeless, I prefer to deal with Jiannu, killing Tartars is my biggest hobby, but I still have some things to deal with, let Tangma return with the letter first." ”

Wang Mafu immediately said: "Then the subordinate went down and informed the guards to prepare for the trip." ”

"Wang Mafu, you stay in Linxian County and assist Zhu Yingguan."

Wang Mafu didn't seem to expect that he stood in place in surprise, Chen Xin had never told him that he would leave him in Henan, and Zhu Daichun had a calm expression.

Chen Xin said lightly: "This place is not as good as Dengzhou, the affairs are huge and the manpower is slightly smaller, Zhu Daichun may be difficult to deal with alone." I intend to leave you to assist the battalion officer, before I leave, I will convene the commanders of all departments to give lectures, still with Zhu Daichun as the main officer, I will set up a new post of chief of staff in the fifth battalion, which will be held by Wang Mafu, you have the right to build on military affairs, and the right to make decisions lies in Zhu Daichun, and when it comes to urgent military affairs that are difficult to decide, the chief officer, the deputy battalion officer, the battalion judge, the battalion instructor, the chief of staff, and the non-commissioned officer chief will make joint decisions. In the end, it is still up to the commander-in-chief to take the decision, and the orders decided by the commander-in-chief must be carried out, unless all the officers said above unanimously object. In addition, Wang Mafu is in charge of the detachment personnel of various departments of the General Military Office in Linxian County, including cantonment affairs, mobilization, military affairs, military quartermasters, and foreign affairs. ”

Zhu Daichun agreed loudly, and Wang Mafu stayed for a while before he reacted. Thanks to Chen Xin's promotion, he didn't seem to be mentally prepared.

This matter had nothing to do with Song Wenxian, he stood quietly on the side. Thinking about Chen Xin's appointment in his heart, although Wang Mafu has little qualifications, he is Chen Xin's adjutant, in charge of the attendant room, and is undoubtedly Chen Xin's most confidant. Chen Xin didn't hide it from him when he arranged things, he was the person who could best understand Chen Xin's true intentions, and he was also the most loyal, and arranging him to be a deputy was a kind of promotion. It does not affect Zhu Daichun's military command and ensures the smooth flow of the most important military orders. However, Wang Mafu was also in charge of various divisions and tun affairs, but he was allowed to decompose the power of this enclave, in case the personal power of the chief official was too strong. In addition to the decentralization of Wang Mafu and various functional institutions. The trading company also controlled the food and salary of this army, plus the families and assets of the Dengzhou soldiers were under the control of the general military government. Only in this way can Chen Xin's effective command of this expatriate force be ensured.

Song Wenxian admired Chen Xin's arrangement in his heart, and knew more about Chen Xin's personnel strategy, and secretly reminded himself in his heart that just looking at Chen Xin's layout of the Central Plains, he knew that he had great ambitions, but in Song Wenxian's view, there was really nothing to fish in the Central Plains, there were thousands of miles of terracotta here, there was a lot of hostility in the surrounding countryside, and the road to officialdom was not opened, it was difficult to develop and grow in the short term, and it was too wasteful to leave a team.

Zhu Daichun turned his head and glanced at Wang Mafu, and took the initiative to say: "The coder has obtained the true transmission of Lord Chen's art of war, I wish that a certain person can get the help of the coder, this place will definitely become another important place in my Dengzhou Town, if there is anything wrong with the official in the future, please give me advice." ”

Wang Mafu hurriedly said politely: "Don't dare, don't dare, many subordinate affairs are unknown, and you have to ask Lord Zhu for advice, especially the military affairs ......."

Chen Xin knocked on the table, "Okay, they are all soldiers, don't be so mother-in-law, let's talk about the specific things next." Zhu Daichun, you remember, Wang Mafu is your subordinate, how to manage is how to manage, don't because he is out of the chamber, you shrink back, we don't have so much attention in Dengzhou Town, I only recognize reason and do not recognize relatives. ”

The two had to stop praising each other and wait for Chen Xin to speak.

Chen Xin stood up and walked to the map, pointed to Huixian and Linxian and said to the two: "Next, I will assign you goals, don't ask me why, just remember that everything we have done is for the future of Dengzhou Town, that is, for all of us." Your first task is to stabilize the Tunpu area of Linxian County, clear the trade routes between Linxian and Huixian, and stop large-scale attacks on the Liukou in addition to these two places, and focus on small forces of combat and cavalry training, and do not pursue the Liukou endlessly. If Xuan Mo has an order for you to suppress the coward, you can deal with it. Once the rogues break through to the Central Plains, report to the official immediately, and the official will deploy your next mission. ”

Chen Xin turned his head to stare at the two of them, "This matter can only be known to the two of you, and you must not disclose it to anyone, otherwise it will be punished as the crime of leaking secrets." After the war horses and armor promised by Liang Tingdong came over, they continued to send them to Henan, and first trained a reserve thousand headquarters in the tunhu, and a variety of alfalfa in the tunbao should be able to supply these cavalry. Henan Liukou is raging, and under the mud and sand of the displaced people in Weihui Huaiqing, they have recently collected less and more of the displaced people in Beizhili. ”……

After the arrangement, the two officers left, only half of the friends of Song Wenxian were left in the account, Chen Xin cocked his feet, took out Liu Minyou's letter from his arms, opened it and read it, opened his mouth in surprise, and quickly read the following, which was written about the preparations for the production and sales of the textile industry.

Song Wenxian looked at him curiously, and Chen Xin's expression looked very strange.

Chen Xin turned his head to look at Song Wenxian, and stayed for a while before saying, "Wang Tingtry to recruit him as a son-in-law!" Damn, why can't this good thing be my turn? ”

Song Wenxian was also stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "Lord Chen fought well in Henan with the regimental training camp, but he made a wedding dress for Mr. Liu, he is the chief soldier of the regimental training." ”

Chen Xin shook his head again and again, and waited for Song Wenxian to stop smiling before saying: "The most annoying thing is that this other person doesn't appreciate it at all, he doesn't want to." ”

Song Wenxian arched his hand and said: "Then I still have to go back to persuade Master Chen to persuade him, this matter is only good for my Dengzhou Town, and I can't even think of marrying with Du Ye's family." It's also Lord Chen, you have a fateful lady, Wang Tingqian's daughter can only be small when she comes, otherwise he may really find an adult, you are a quick son-in-law of Chenglong. ”

Chen Xinbian flattened his mouth, changed the topic and said to Song Wenxian: "It's okay not to say it." The current thing is that Zijin Liang is dragging it, or Mr. Song, you are going to run. Xuan Mo gave some benefits, we have to set up camp in Lin County, Henan must pass this pass, Zijin Liang's prisoner sacrifice, you turn around in the middle, end the matter earlier, you follow the prisoner to Beijing Division. ”

Song Wenxian saw that there was no one in the tent, and said to Chen Xin tentatively: "My lord, this place where Henan is thousands of miles away and birds don't, why do adults pay attention to this place in Henan and put such a large battalion?" ”

"This is closer to the Grand Canal, the westernmost part of my garrison is Changyi, to the Grand Canal to cross Qingzhou, Jinan, Dongchangfu, the Grand Canal is the lifeblood of the north, but also the lifeblood of our trading company, no matter what the situation, I also want to ensure that the Grand Canal has the power to control, Linxian is not far from the canal, and can threaten Linqing and Dongchang at any time." Chen Xin did not hide it in front of Song Wenxian, the two had already colluded, and they both knew Chen Xin's ambitions.

Song Wenxian said in a low voice: "In this way, the subordinates will understand, the canal is more important to the imperial court, as long as the canal is cut off, Jingshi will be a dead city." ”

Chen Xin breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "In addition to Jingshi, Jiangnan also relies on this waterway, Jingshi and Jiangnan, thinking that the power and economic land, are all related to the Grand Canal, do not let some soldiers near the canal, how can I sleep well." ”

"My subordinates understood." Song Wenxian saluted with sincerity, he didn't expect that when Jiannu attacked southern Liaoning, Chen Xin was still thinking about the layout of the Grand Canal.

Chen Xin casually pointed to the map and said to Song Wenxian: "This place in Henan, we now occupy a place in northern Henan, south of the Yellow River, looking at Kaifeng Luoyang is extremely important, in fact, it doesn't matter to me at all, I care more about Nanyang, Xiangyang to Wuchang line, the Department of Foreign Affairs also has an agency in Linxian County, Mr. Song, you tell them, go to these places more, now that the trading company has arrived in Nanyang, you will also follow the past." ”

Song Wenxian nodded and said: "My subordinates remember, this line is the road from Henan to Huguang, and it is also the granary of the world, no wonder adults attach importance to it, so that it can also connect the Sichuan side." ”

"Exactly." Chen Xin stood up and said, "If one day I can occupy Wuchang, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are all within my army, and there is a canal to transport troops in the north, and the richest place in the entire Ming Dynasty can be reached overnight." With this guarantee, business can be done easily, and the trading company and the military prestige complement each other. ”