Chen De was silent, but in his heart he was analyzing the meaning of the crown prince's words. With his upbringing, as well as his life experience from childhood to now at the age of eighteen, he will not take human life seriously at all. Just as the butcher's son is not afraid of blood, would he, the son of a general who went into battle at the age of fifteen to kill the enemy, have mercy on the lives of a bunch of "sinners"?

As the saying goes, it is difficult to find three-legged toads in the world, and there are so many two-legged people that you can catch them again when you die!

- Is it because of my father's treason, is the prince finally going to take me down?

Chen De's heart was painful, and he realized that in addition to the righteousness of the crown prince, he seemed to have more closeness and dependence.

It's like a big brother......

Zhu Cihong saw that Chen De's face was gray, and knew that he had gotten into the tip of the horns, so he slowed down and said, "I asked you to take care of this engineer battalion and the prisoner camp just to sharpen your temperament. I read history books, and there are truly talented celebrities, but there are not many. However, those who can make immortal feats, such as those famous generals who were the founding of our dynasty and auxiliary transport, are often thoughtful and prudent, so they can naturally be invincible and wait for the enemy to defeat themselves. You are good enough to raise a battalion of soldiers, but your temperament is not polished, and you get along with violence in everything, how can you become the commander of a town? ”

Chen De's brows were relieved, and a sour feeling rushed straight to the root of his nose, and he held back stiffly, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the father of the last general......"

Zhu Cihong pressed his hand: "Everyone has their own fate, and Er's father really has a place where he is out of line." But you have come with me all the way, and have made no mistakes, so how can I punish you for his sins? ”

"The last general is sad in his heart...... Chen De finally choked up: "The son can't say that the father is wrong, and the minister can't betray the king's kindness, and now the last general really has no place to go." ”

Zhu Cihong stroked Chen De's back: "You work hard, make military achievements in the future, and come to atone for your father's sins." ”

Chen De knelt on the ground and bowed, "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness." ”

"Don't thank me yet." Zhu Cihong said loudly: "From today." The death target for the engineer battalion is one person per ten days, and the prisoner camp is fifty people per ten days, and the progress of the project must be accelerated, and I will also send people to carry out quality inspections, and the requirements will be stricter. ”

"The last general commands!" Chen De is a smart person, not to mention that Zhu Cihong has already spoken so thoroughly. Whipping up the project alone is obviously inefficient and wasteful. I had to find a way to go the other way. Although he has no bottom in his heart now, but people have the same heart and the same reason, as long as he brainstorms and chooses experienced old builders to supervise the work, it is better than whipping him at every turn.

Thinking of this, Chen De felt guilty in his heart. I only thought about leading my troops to fight, but I didn't think about whether I had the ability. almost failed the crown prince's hard work and missed the opportunity to atone for his father's sins.

Zhu Cihong untied Chen De's heart knot. He also ordered people to bombard the section of the wall with a tiger squat cannon, and hit the wood to hit the walled gate, although the quality is still worrying, but it did not collapse immediately.

"And reinforced." Zhu Cihong left four words, turned around and went to inspect the next place.

Now the Shun army has the habit of attacking the city with artillery, and there is no shortage of records of the Qing soldiers in the original historical script who used artillery when attacking the city. This Lexia defense line is the fundamental line of defense, and it must have extremely strong defensive power. And now the high standards are required, which is also to provide experience and rules for future construction.

In Zhu Cihong's opinion. The dock fort will be the main point of defense of the Ming army for a long time in the future. Only after the recapture of the Loop did there be sufficient horses to carry out an offensive defensive strategy. In the case of insufficient mobility. The mode of defense with dock forts and artillery, with each other as horns and strong walls to clear the wilderness, is the best way to fight against the Manchurian iron cavalry.

"Xiao Mo." Zhu Cihong turned around and shouted.

"The end will be." Xiao Mo had already put on the epaulettes of the gold emblem, and stepped forward as a general to respond.

"There are still a few hills on the side of Xiao Donglou that can be used as a peripheral defense line, but your side is facing the open plain. But what are the plans? Zhu Cihong asked.

"Your Highness," Xiao Mo owed, "It is precisely because the periphery of our defense line is all plains, and the last general hopes to build a beacon tower after the completion of the main walled fort." Anticipate the enemy in advance. ”

"You're very sound in your thinking." Zhu Cihong nodded: "For the lack of large-scale cavalry in our army today, it is a good way to warn and hold on." But there's no rush right now. Because the main force of the Luo camp is in Dongchang Mansion, it can act as our eyes and the first line of defense. When he goes south, I will have a sharp weapon to equip your battalion first. ”

Xiao Mo only recently learned that Luo Ying was originally a unit of the East Palace system, and he was naturally amazed by the crown prince's genius. Hearing that there were still sharp weapons, the general was even more itchy in his heart, and asked, "Your Highness, is it a red-clothed cannon?" ”

"It's not." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Actually, it's not unusual, now the technical college is being developed by Shiyan, and it will soon be able to equip your battalion." But you still have a mission. ”

"Don't dare to disobey the general." Xiao Mo hurriedly said.

"You went to see Luo Ying, how did you feel?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Xiao Mo's tongue was knotted, and he finally said bluntly: "The rabble, with the guard camp...... Oh, the Guards Battalion is completely different. ”

"Not bad." Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "After Zhu Jiajun passed, Luo Yukun knew that he was integrating his forces. Before that, hehe, it can be said that it is the same as the thief ten years ago. ”

Xiao Mo suddenly felt alarmed, and asked tentatively: "Your Highness wants my battalion to send officers to help him train his soldiers?" ”

"You have the instinct to be a general." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Exactly, I hope to draw a mandarin duck formation bureau and a square formation bureau from you to be a teaching team in the past." ”

Xiao Mo secretly complained in his heart, his side was also short of officers. The East Palace is extremely strict with the promotion and awarding of officers, and in addition to fighting bravely, they must also master various diplomas. For example, a soldier must have a C-class diploma to be promoted to a non-commissioned officer, a second-class diploma to a lieutenant, and a first-class diploma to a colonel officer or above. Staff officers are even stricter, and the requirements are one level higher than those of officers of the same rank.

"Your Highness," Xiao Mo was embarrassed, "shouldn't this be a matter of the training department?" ”

"The training department itself has to train the teaching team, and it really can't spare manpower." Zhu Cihong said: "Don't expect to retreat! Zhu Jiajun and Chen Chong are both your former subordinates, don't you, the old chief, support them? ”

"Your Highness, there are tens of thousands of people in Luo Ying!" Xiao Mo said bitterly. Everyone in the East Palace knew that if the crown prince explained the task in a negotiated manner, it would be a bargain and he would never be blamed. If you don't make it clear now, you will only be punished obediently if you can't complete the task in the future.

"It's not the whole Luo camp." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "In the future, all battalion leaders must control the establishment to facilitate their subordination, so it is enough to screen out 3,500 people and train them into independent guerrilla battalions." ”

"Selecting one-third of 10,000 people is not something that can be done in one fell swoop." Xiao Mo relaxed slightly.

Zhu Cihong glanced at him indifferently: "In the future, the establishment will be expanded, and three battalions will be set up with a 'division', maybe this guerrilla battalion will still be with your first guard battalion." ”

"Will the last general be able to hire a group of people with vicious eyes?" Xiao Mo hurriedly asked.

He knew very well that the Second Guards Battalion on Xiao Donglou's side had already said that it would rebuild the Tianxiong Army, and it would definitely not be merged with the First Battalion. According to the crown prince's attitude of leveling the bowl of water, the only reserves that could be unified were the cavalry battalion, the firearms division, the reserve battalion of tannins, and Luo Yukun's independent guerrilla battalion.

And only the independent guerrilla battalion has combat experience, and the quality is significantly better than that of the new battalions that came out of the drill. Xiao Mo himself stumbled over from the Drill Sect, and knew what experience meant to a fighter, so of course he seized the opportunity to pull the independent guerrilla battalion together.

"Absolutely." Zhu Cihong pursed his lips and smiled, but his mind flew to Laizhou.

The technical college was served by Wang Zheng as the sacrificial wine, Tang Ruowang as the secretary, and Wang Yongchun and Yongshun as the teaching affairs. In fact, it is because Wang Zheng is old and undertakes all the general affairs of the college, so that Wang Zheng has enough energy to devote himself to scientific research.

The first order received by the Technical College was what Zhu Cihong called a "sharp weapon", a kind of lookout and early warning equipment suitable for use in open areas.

The name of the academy is as follows: Giant manned Kong Ming lantern.

Commonly known as: hot air balloon. (To be continued......)

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