Guan Pingzhou had long been ready to be questioned, held his head high, looked at the golden dragon flag on a red background behind the crown prince, and said: "The humble position was proposed in the staff meeting, but it was vetoed. ”

"What was the reason for their rejection of this proposal?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"It's too young to be lowly in office." Guan Pingzhou was obviously not convinced.

Zhu Cihong smiled.

Xiao Mo also smiled.

The establishment of staff officers in the East Palace army first started with Xiao Mo. At that time, the elders of Xiao Mo's family were afraid that he had no experience in commanding the army, and he would laugh and be generous if he went to war after reading only two books, so he deliberately selected veterans who had fought in the war from his family to accompany him, thus creating a staff officer system.

These people naturally became the backbone of the staff of the 1st Guards Battalion, and most of the lower-level staff officers were also trained and taught by them, so on the whole, the staff team of the 1st Battalion was the most mature and conservative. Obviously, the mature and conservative majority, does not like a small number of radical young people.

"That's not a good reason." Zhu Cihong smiled at Xiao Mo.

"I don't see this suggestion in the summary of the General Staff." Xiao Mo was also smiling.

"As soon as the humble post was proposed, the chief of staff accused the humble post of being young and ignorant, and he was right to speak lightly." Guan Pingzhou said with a little excitement.

"Everyone's personality is different, and the care for the younger generation is also different." Zhu Cihong lightly comforted: "The chief of staff ......"

Xiao Mo started an old soldier with the rank of colonel and gray sideburns, whose face was like a wax sculpture, and he stood in place expressionlessly.

"He didn't want you to leave a stain, so he didn't include it in the summary of the meeting." Zhu Cihong said: "Your trick to lure the snake out of the hole has a fatal injury." ”

"Humble duty has the confidence to explain." Guan Pingzhou is still not convinced.

Zhu Cihong asked: "Dongyu Weishenme must move the Southern Route Army, instead of sending another large army from Beijing to attack the third battalion with the Southern Route Army?" The eastern captives were cavalry, and the first battalion was an infantry battalion. It is enough for Beijing to reach Zhending in one day, and the first battalion will definitely not be able to catch up with the vest battalion of Bahana. Do you still think it's a good thing to let the three battalions go deep alone? ”

Guan Pingzhou's confidence was completely gone, and he was speechless for a while.

"It's good to see friendly forces, but you can't just look at this small battlefield." Zhu Cihong nodded at him, and said to Xiao Mo: "If you have vitality, you still have to settle down and hone yourself." ”

Xiao Mo said yes. Signaled Guan Pingzhou to return to the team.

Guan Pingzhou just took a step and said: "Your Highness, the population of the provinces south of Gyeonggi is better than that of Shandong, if our army is short of manpower, why don't you recruit soldiers from the local area?" With our officers alone, even if the army is expanded tenfold, it is not impossible. ”

The provinces of Shunde, Quang Binh, Zhending, Baoding, and Hejian south of Gyeonggi are densely populated, with the population of each province being more than 300,000, and the majority even approaching 500,000. There are a large number of people who are struggling to make ends meet and can be included in the army. Not to mention a tenfold expansion of the army. Twenty times is not necessarily impossible.

"You're new here, aren't you?" Zhu Cihong frowned.

"Yes, the lowly post was sent to the first battalion last month." Guan Ping Chau Road.

"Do you know the history of the first battalion? The original guard battalion defeated the rebellious guards led by Liu Zongmin in four months, what do you think it relied on? Zhu Cihong asked.

"Strict drills, tacit formation, and sophisticated equipment." Guan Pingzhou has obviously also considered this issue.

"There are also these rebellious Zhongquan guards, and they still have veteran fighting experience." Zhu Cihong said: "You haven't found the key point, that is, the morale of the soldiers!" Only warriors who know what they are fighting for. will know how to fight. This is how our army can have a large number of warriors who are not lightly injured in battle, and even if they are the elite of the enemy army. It also crashes when the battle damage exceeds 20%. ”

"Improvised militia, can they do it? By saying these things, you also show that you do not know the reason why our army has set up instructors and do not know what contributions they have made to the war. Zhu Cihong's brows were already furrowed, and he turned to the generals and said: "At first, some people regarded the instructor as a prisoner, but later found out that they were wrong. But there are others who go to the other extreme. That's not a trainer. This, I must say, is also wrong. Give you a bunch of clay puppets, can you fight? Those who set foot on the battlefield with you are living people! If you are a person, you will have a heart, and a person's heart needs to be communicated, comforted, and encouraged. Aren't these things done by the instructors? ”

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he gently supported his forehead and said, "Okay, I won't talk about other questions yet." At present, it is better to actively build fortifications and prepare for war. The initiative is still in our hands. ”

"Your Highness," Xiao Mo stepped forward and said, "The last general asked His Highness to send a reserve battalion as an assistant, although he didn't need to serve his death, he could get familiar with the battlefield as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded: "You discuss with Min Zhanlian, since the training aspect has been handed over to him, you must respect his opinion." ”

Xiao Mo retreated.

You Shiwei and other old people are a little curious, military affairs have always been decided by the general, but this highness often shows two personalities: arbitrariness and avoidance, which is really unaccustomed. Naturally, they didn't know that Zhu Cihong's arbitrariness was in decision-making, and he was never willing to interfere too much in this kind of cross-departmental coordination.

In the future, when the establishment is large, there will be friction between all armies and departments, is it all up to him to reconcile and make decisions?

……

"Keep it up! The progress of the third stage has gone up, and the cooking cakes have been moved! A man with a tin horn shouted.

A group of sturdy people, shirtless, saw someone remove a basket of white-flour cooking cakes on the side of the road, and their hearts were anxious, and they sweated harder and harder, shouted in unison, pulled the arm-thick hemp rope, pulled the huge stone high, and immediately smashed it down.

With the blessing of potential energy, the heavy grinding stone smashed the piled up soil and was pulled up again.

The frail old and young men on the side, after pulling up the stone, quickly raised the splattered sand again, and waited for the stone to be tamped. After this layer is paved, the people behind will pave a different layer of soil to ensure that the dirt road can be more drained without raising ash and mud.

Women and children brought salt water and beckoned their men and neighbors to rest. But stimulated by the progress of the project—the basket of white-flour cookcakes—few people stopped what they were doing and continued to work hard.

As far as the eye can see, wheelbarrows are rushing to deal with the haode soil.

The entire dirt road stretches forward at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Huang Desu wore a short coat, a hat on his head, and brought a scribe to record the progress of each section. In this busyness and exhaustion, he almost forgot that he was just a criminal official who had made meritorious deeds and could be stripped of his power at any time. The efficient distribution of labor in the East Palace and the inspiring material rewards opened his eyes - it turned out that the people could work so hotly.

"Mr. Huang, it seems that a big official is here over there." The scribe suddenly pointed not far away.

Huang Desu looked over, and sure enough, there was a group of people surrounding a young man. He thought about it, and heard that the East Palace, which is in charge today, is also very young, and he likes to pay private interviews with micro-services, so he is about the crown prince?

"Go over and greet you." Huang Desu said and stepped forward.

Just as the two sides were approaching, the guard next to the young man stopped Huang Desu: "Who is coming?" ”

"Xiaguan Dezhou Zhizhou, Huang Desu." Huang Desu hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.

The young man separated from the guards and stepped forward and said, "Huang Zhizhou." Are you in charge of the progress of this piece of work? ”

- Most likely His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

Huang Desu tried to maintain his composure and said, "It's Xia Guan." ”

"The progress is slow, these are dirt roads, and the paving is still too slow." The man dissatisfied.

"The ...... of the palace" Huang Desu was suddenly dazzled by a cloud of silver under the sun, only to find that the young man had three silver flowers on his shoulders, flickering in the sun.

This is the rank of the East Palace army, Huang Desu recognized it, it turned out that it was not the crown prince!

"Soil tamping seems simple, but it also takes a lot of work." Huang Desu immediately changed his words.

The officer squinted and said, "I'll give you a few more rammers, and you'll have to speed it up." The gun trucks over there had broken down several times on the dirt roads. ”

The rammed earth truck is two four-wheeled vehicles with pillars of a height of several feet, which are parked on both sides of the road to be repaired, and can be fixed by holding the wheels against the stones. Then a transverse column with movable pulleys is erected on the pillar, and the person below pulls up the grinding stone and compacts the loose soil. From the point of view of the system, it is like a small model of the gantry crane, which can greatly accelerate the efficiency of rammed earth. (To be continued......)

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