Chapter 700: Special Forces
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. In the second year of Yongle, the army went out to fight against the strong enemy, and those who died in the battle received a pension of 50 taels for ordinary soldiers, and 100 taels for 100 households! Thousands of households get a thousand taels! All family members of the deceased are entitled to preferential treatment. Xiao Yingzi read aloud, this is a reward for all lost soldiers.
Fifty taels of silver may not be much for these officials, but many of the soldiers are children of poor families, and fifty taels of silver can make them live a good life.
Although these ten taels of silver are a little insignificant for a dead person, after all, it is the intention of the imperial court, and it is much stronger than continuing to increase troops even if the dead are not finished before, right?
When the soldier's business is over, the next step is the reward for the living.
Each soldier was five taels of silver, and the last remaining 30,000 people were promoted, which was the best reward.
After that, Liu Sheng was sealed and waited for.
As for the rest, it seems that there is no way to seal it anymore.
Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, and Zhu Neng's titles have reached the top, and they can only be given a lot of money.
As for Hu Ye, the credit this time is the greatest, so big that the tender dog was directly crowned the Duke of the Kingdom!
But Hu Ye's age is too young, he is only nineteen years old now, if he is given the title of Duke of the Kingdom now, it is a little too sensational, even if it is Zhu Di, he does not dare to give Hu Ye a seal like this, although the credit is completely enough, but it is also necessary to guard against the world's leisurely public, otherwise the words such as Hu Ye is his illegitimate son will become more and more popular.
Hu Ye doesn't care about this, he is a very good candidate for Fanchang, if he really gives him the title of Duke of Fanchang, he is really a little uncomfortable.
After that, a grand banquet was held, and the envoys of various countries in the Ming Dynasty were invited, and even Bei'an Sanjin was invited.
During this period, Zhu Di naturally preached the national strength of the Ming Dynasty and made the envoys of those countries. Go back to their king to pass the word well, and give the Ming Dynasty an offering in a proper manner, if there is the slightest disobedience, the army of the Ming Dynasty can fight over at any time.
Although Zhang Yu broke an arm, the momentum was still there, and he said a few words during the period, and his majesty did not diminish back then, which made all countries hear the change of color.
That Bei'an Sanjin was even more frightened, originally he thought that Hu Ye was already the most capable of fighting in the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't expect that there would be such a powerful general. Xindao went back this time, and he must warn Ashikaga Yoshito, Kuramiya Minoru can fight, but the Ming Dynasty must not be provoked.
Last time, he could send 10,000 navies to help Kuramiya Minori, and next time he could send tens of thousands of soldiers to exterminate the Wa Kingdom.
After the banquet was over, Zhu Di called everyone, he wanted to listen to the report of this military operation, to see what were still shortcomings.
"Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty. Please punish the emperor! ”
After coming to the main hall, Zhang Yu said straight to the point.
"What do you mean by Shimei? Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, not to mention that this time you have won a great battle, destroying 250,000 enemies! That's a big credit. Where did sin come from! Zhu Di came over to help Zhang Yu and said loudly.
"But the emperor ......"
Zhang Yu also wanted to say, if he hadn't attacked lightly, how could he have fallen into the enemy's trap? If it weren't for Hu Ye's sudden exertion. It's really all gone. If Song Sheng's army hadn't arrived in time and took Hami City, it would not have been possible to end the battle so quickly.
He didn't think he was going to have the war that it should have done. Just jumping into the fire pit with his own soldiers, he is not worthy of being this great general.
"No, but!"
Zhu Di roared, then glanced at Zhang Yu's right arm, and said loudly, "Your arm is the best proof!" It's not your fault! It's that the enemy is too cunning! The inner ghost is too insidious! I don't even let go of my wife and children! It's also strange that I didn't know anyone back then, and I didn't see through his fake surrender before I ......"
"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about what we have gained from this operation." Zhu Di changed the topic as he spoke, as the saying goes, no one is perfect, it is impossible not to make any mistakes, and it is impossible for him to punish Zhang Yu for this.
"Your Majesty, the most important thing to solve now is the equipment problem of our army! Especially the equipment of the soldiers of the North! ”
Zhu Neng suddenly took possession, this goods was the first person to fight against the Timurid Imperial army, the five thousand people he brought with him were almost all covered with membranes, if it wasn't for Hu Ye's hot air balloon to save him, he would have turned into a pile of white bones.
"Aren't the equipment of our soldiers good enough?"
Zhu Di frowned, now the equipment of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the most luxurious, much better than Tatar, North Korea or Annam, how can such equipment not be good enough in Zhu Neng's eyes?
"Your Majesty, compared to the surrounding countries, the equipment of our soldiers is naturally good. But I have fought with the soldiers of the Timurid Empire, and I know that their strength, especially their equipment, our arrows cannot penetrate their armor at all, and their scimitars can easily cut through our clothes. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been ...... in the first place."
Zhu Neng said with some annoyance, at that time, it was one thing to underestimate the enemy, but the gap in equipment did exist, and if the equipment was better at that time, it would not have been a mess.
"So ......"
Zhu Di muttered, if there is still a gap between the current equipment and others, he doesn't know how to improve it, after thinking for a while, Zhu Di suddenly said, "Fanchanghou, this problem will be solved by you, two years later, I need my soldiers to take on a new look, otherwise I will only ask you." ”
Hu Ye was taken aback by this sudden remark, what is this? Why do you want to find me for everything? Let me re-equip your army?
"The Emperor's ......"
Hu Ye naturally won't agree, this is definitely not a good errand, it is Zhu Di's benefit to get it right, and if it is not good, it is not good to do it himself, in short, there is no benefit.
"What? Do you want to resist the decree and not be respectful? ”
Zhu Di snorted coldly, and the cold eyes made Hu Ye immediately shut up, this kind of thing can only suffer a dumb loss, didn't you see that Zhu Di didn't even mention his great contribution in the war? It's clear that you're set to eat yourself.
"Wechen doesn't dare." Hu Ye said helplessly.
"Also, supply is also a big problem, in the past, when fighting in Guanzhong, supplies could be replenished in large quantities, but once the battle line is lengthened, or it is too far, supply becomes a problem. If we have enough gunpowder, we don't need to go out of the city to meet the battle, and we can directly use a large-scale bombardment of hot air balloons to destroy all the enemies. If it weren't for Song Sheng's timely arrival and the delivery of a large amount of grain and grass, we would not have been able to complete the deterrence of Tatar and Warat. Therefore, the top priority is to solve the problem of grain and grass, and there is also the problem of transportation of grain and grass. Qiu Fu also said loudly.
"The problem of grain and grass should be solved soon, and as for the transportation of grain and grass, ......"
Zhu Di glanced at everyone, Hu Ye hurriedly lowered his head, what kind of joke, let yourself change the equipment for your army, you have already used a knife to put your own blood, don't think about going to build a road for you yourself.
Zhu Di also knew that it would be a bit too much to let Hu Ye manage this matter again, so he let Hu Ye go, and after thinking for a long time, he made a decision.
"Let King Han be responsible for this matter, otherwise he will always make trouble." Zhu Di said casually.
It turned out that during the days when Zhang Yu led the army, Zhu Gaochu still did not break the mind of competing with Zhu Gaochi, and at the instigation of Yu Zhongmou, he used various methods to constantly let all kinds of small shrimp to impeach Zhu Gaochi.
"The emperor is wise." Everyone spoke, and Hu Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.
To improve the transportation of grain and grass, it is nothing more than to improve the means of transportation and roads.
The means of transportation will not change, they are all horse-drawn carriages, and even if they are hot air balloons, they can only be used to transport some urgent things, such as gunpowder, medicinal herbs and other life-saving things.
Food, which is heavy and abundant, has to be transported by horse-drawn cart.
So road construction has become the first priority, let Zhu Gaochu manage this matter, it can be regarded as finding a serious thing for Zhu Gaochu to do, don't always think of some crooked ways.
"There is another one, that is, now that the days have been peaceful for a long time, the soldier's vegetarian has also decreased a lot." Zhang Yu said very directly, although the current soldiers are strong for Tatar and North Korea, but for the Timurid Empire, they are a little weak.
Especially the Celestial Guards, which are perverted armies, and only Zhang Yu's family will be able to resist.
However, after this battle, Zhang Yu's family was completely killed and wounded, and there were still hundreds of divine guards that day, not to mention how many guards there were around the lame Timur, no one could say.
"I also know that I have drawn up a holy decree to let the state capitals of all parts of the country strengthen the training of soldiers." Zhu Di nodded, he also realized this, he had paid too much attention to the Shenji Battalion and the Flying Battalion over the years, but neglected the training of the rest of the infantry.
The Shenji Battalion and the Flying Battalion were used to attack fortified positions, and as for large-scale encounters, they still had to be completed by cavalry and infantry, so he no longer abandoned his roots and strengthened the training of soldiers.
"Your Majesty, this is far from enough." Zhang Yu said loudly.
"Not enough? What does that mean by Shimei? Zhu Di asked curiously.
"Your Majesty, what Weichen means is that a special team should be formed, just like the Divine Machine Battalion and the Flying Battalion." Zhang Yu said.
"Divine Machine Battalion and Flying Battalion?" Zhu Di frowned.
The reason why the Divine Machine Battalion and the Flying Battalion are special is that their weapons are very special, but now he has no other special weapons in his hands, so why set up a special team? What to do with them?
Hu Ye was also taken aback when he heard it, he could hear it, Zhang Yu meant that he wanted Zhu Di to set up a special force! Just like the Heavenly Guards! (To be continued......)