Then, the conversation suddenly changed and continued to Zhang Wu: "Vice General Zhang, after removing the moths in the troops and raising the salaries and food of the soldiers, the morale of the soldiers is very high. However, we still have to solve the various problems faced by the garrison. ”

"Otherwise, with our current strength, we will not be able to confront the increasingly powerful Shaanxi rebels."

"Maybe you don't know yet, Zhou Qianhu, who is in charge of reconnoitring the enemy, has just sent a piece of information. Shaanxi rebels have captured Huairen County outside Datong Province. As long as they continue to go north, they can enter Datong Mansion in half a month at the latest. ”

"So, the Shaanxi rebels don't have much time left for us to prepare. We must seize the time and increase our strength. ”

Zhang Wu's brows furrowed, and he subconsciously asked: "My lord, you say, what should we do....as long as it is the order of the adult, the last general will go to the sword mountain, and it will not be too late to go down to the sea of fire." ”

Regarding Zhang Wu's obvious desire to belong to himself, Wei Zheng did not give an answer immediately. Because, Wei Zheng hasn't really understood Zhang Wu yet, and he doesn't know if Zhang Wu is trustworthy, whether he will have the courage to follow him all the time, and even turn his face with the court...

Under Zhang Wu's scorching gaze, Wei Zheng, who had pondered for a short time, immediately gave an answer.

"For now, the first thing we need to solve is the problem of troops."

"According to the custom and the meaning of the imperial court, the total strength of the defenders of Datong Mansion should be fifteen thousand. However, now we have less than 8,000 people. In other words, the army of our Datong Mansion still has a shortage of at least 7,000 people. ”

"So. We are in a hurry to delay now. It is to solve the shortage of 7,000 people. Let's get the defenders of Datong Mansion back to full strength. Because only in this way can we have confidence in our hearts when facing the rebels in Shaanxi. ”

"My lord means to expand the army......" Zhang Wu's eyes lit up and asked Wei Zheng.

"That's right, it's the ......expansion of the army," Wei Zheng affirmed loudly.

"Now the territory of Datong Province is full of displaced people, and I believe that as long as our army expansion order spreads. The homeless people in Datong Mansion will be like wolves smelling blood, quickly flocking to Datong Mansion. When the time comes. We can select the 7,000 most suitable soldiers from among the tens of thousands of displaced people. ”

"Not only that, but this army expansion action also helped our incoming Lord Wang Peng Wang to gather all the displaced people in Datong Mansion outside Datong City, saving Lord Wang the process of collecting and organizing the displaced people."

As a military general, no one doesn't like to have a large number of generals, and Zhang Wu, as a deputy general, is no exception.

Therefore, after listening to Wei Zheng's first decision, Zhang Wu's eyes quickly shot out two hot gazes. He shouted in support of the witness: "My lord, the last general fully supports your decision and immediately expands the army. Strengthen the strength of the garrison of Datong Province...."

"Okay, then this matter is settled...."Wei Zheng affirmed in a firm tone.

Subsequently. He asked an inexplicable question to Zhang Wu again: "Vice General Zhang, what do you think of the Tiger and Leopard Army I brought to Datong Mansion?" ”

At the mention of the Haw Par Army, a look full of envy immediately appeared on the accountant's face.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he replied with a fiery face: "My lord, the Haw Par Army is very well equipped, even the three major battalions in the capital are not as good as the Haw Par Army..."

"In addition, although the last general has not seen the Haw Par Army in battle. However, at the invitation of General Zhou, he observed two training exercises of the Tiger and Leopard Army. I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it..."

"Just from the training, the last general can be sure that the Tiger and Leopard Army personally commanded by you, Lord Commander, has surpassed most of my officers and troops in terms of combat effectiveness. In particular, the firearms unit under the Haw Par Army is definitely one of the best among all the officers and armies under our Ming Dynasty..."

Wei Zheng nodded noncommittally, and then continued to ask: "Since this is the case, then I will tell you that the longest of these soldiers under my command has only gone through more than four months of training. The time period has just been trained for a month and a half, do you believe it or not? ”

"What......impossible...absolutely impossible......"Zhang Wu retorted as if he had heard a big joke, with a face full of incredulity.

Before Wei Zheng, who was smiling, could explain, Zhou Shuyuan had already taken the lead and affirmed: "General Zhang, what the adults said is true, the thousands of elites under the Tiger and Leopard Army are all trained by the adults..."

Hearing this, Zhang Wu's gaze at Wei Zheng was a little more adoring from the heart.

Then, he said with emotion: "My lord, now I finally know why the Haw Par Army was able to defeat the Tartars many times in a short period of time. It turns out that all of these qiē are from the hands of you... It was so shocking to me..."

Wei Zheng waved his hand and replied: "Vice General Zhang, I sued you for this, not to let you say how powerful I am. Rather, I want to tell you that the Haw Par Army has its own set of training methods, and training in this way can turn ordinary people into soldiers in a short period of time, and soldiers who can defeat the Tartars..."

Hearing this, Zhang Wu seemed to understand something, and asked with a hesitant expression: "My lord, what do you mean..."

At this time, Wei Zheng no longer hesitated, and said bluntly: "My meaning is very simple, if the Datong Mansion garrison wants to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time and defend Datong Mansion, it must use the training methods of the Tiger and Leopard Army to train troops. ”

"In addition, with a large number of thousands of generals leaving the garrison of Datong Province, we must have enough officers to join the garrison to ensure the integrity of the garrison's command system. Only in this way can the Datong garrison really get on the right track and begin to train troops. ”

Wei Zheng's idea to put it bluntly is to mix sand with the garrison of Datong Mansion and share the right to garrison his own troops in Datong Mansion. Because, after a series of expansions, the garrison of Datong Province has surpassed the Tiger and Par Army several times in numbers.

As the commander-in-chief of Datong Mansion, Wei Zheng would never allow such a huge military force to be in the hands of non-descendants.

Although Zhang Wu is full of reluctance to have the military power in his opponent. However, since the Tiger and Leopard Army entered Datong Mansion, Zhang Wu was ready for this day to befall him.

Besides, since I watched the Haw Par Army and learned about the General Guard. Zhang Wu, who only wanted to be a good general, had already made the idea of joining the Wei Zheng and even joining the Tiger and Leopard Army.

Therefore, in the face of Wei Zheng's gaze at him, although Zhang Wu was reluctant in his heart, he replied without hesitation in his mouth: "My lord, even if you don't mention this opinion, I will ask the chief soldier to transfer at least one hundred officers from the Tiger and Leopard Army into the Datong Mansion garrison to train and improve the combat effectiveness of the Datong Mansion garrison." ”

"Now that the Lord has shaved this opinion, the last general will definitely raise his hands in agreement. In addition, after the Datong garrison completes the expansion, the total strength is likely to exceed 10,000. With so many soldiers, with the ability of the last general, he absolutely can't command it. Therefore, the last general implored your lord to send a general to assist the last general in commanding the garrison of Datong Mansion. ”

"Of course, it is also okay to let the last general cooperate with the generals sent by the adults to command the garrison of Datong Mansion together........."