On October 12, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Xinyang County was in the camp of the Runing Legion.

"There have been two night marches in a few months, and it has made those boys miserable." Xue Yongli said with a smile.

"Will these boys be tormented? They're in good spirits! Every time the cavalry trained, I had to go around the weaving workshop, and the shopkeeper of the Ma family came to me several times to complain. Wu Shigong's words immediately caused Xue Yongli to daxiao for a while.

"But soldiers still have to be raised. When this time is over, there should be no major battles, and the legions take turns to fight, so that they all have time to rest for a while. These horses and firearms must be maintained! Wu Shigong continued.

"Yes. Another batch of children is about to retire! If you don't have a family, you should also care about the Yang family. Xue Yongli also nodded.

"How? Is it difficult this time? Wu Shigong asked.

"It's a little difficult, but it should be fine. Defeating the thief army should be nine times out of ten, but it is a little difficult to meet my uncle's requirements. If we want to divide the thief army, and then drive a small group of thieves to Dabie Mountain, I am afraid that the thief army will not listen to us! ”

"If you don't obey, let our knives do it. But Uncle Wynn doesn't have to be reluctant, just do your best. The Shaanxi bandits that Zug let go of last time are now in Dabie Mountain. I heard that it is also thriving there, so it is no problem without the thief army of Xiangyang to join. Wu Shigong said with a smile.

When my uncle said this, it reminded the little one of Zug's boys. These days, he always thinks that he didn't fight well last time and let go of so many thieves, so now he is listless in everything. ”

"Actually, he still fought well in that battle! It's Yao Liang who stirred up in Xinye County and changed Jihua! No one could have predicted this in advance. But I don't have to comfort Zug, if he can't get out on his own, then I'm really going to castrate him. ”

Wu Shigong's words made Xue Yongli a daxiao for a while. After laughing, Xue Yongli said again: "General Li has gone to Nanyang City now, and the patrol is a little empty. The small one thinks that two more corps will be formed. to be able to turn us around. "Xue Yongli is always thinking about expanding the army.

Because of the arrest of Sun Wei, the general of Nanyang, Li Lu was promoted to the general of Nanyang, so he took his group of rabble to Nanyang a few days ago. However, although the personnel composition of Li Lu's regimental training town is mixed, its combat effectiveness is not bad, the equipment is good, and the number of people is also 4,000, so this transfer has made the troops here in Yexian much weaker.

Wu Shigong also understands this, but he still has to consider it comprehensively. Although the finances of the Runing Army are now relaxed, Wu Shigong is still not ready to spend lavishly. The number of soldiers increased. It is difficult to reduce, so Wu Shigong's first choice for expanding the army is still a compulsory soldier similar to the escort of the reclamation merchant house.

So Wu Shigong said: "I have also considered this. I want to first organize the Shizhong Heavy Regiment and Yao Liang's regiment into a main battle corps, and then restore the engineer regiment. Then draw out the Guide Corps. Thus there were two mobile corps. ”

"There's nothing going on over there now, and it's a bit of a waste to put another legion there. But now Yu Acid Ding is blocking Ruzhou, and it has also reduced some troubles for us. Coupled with the mobile forces we arranged in Kaifeng Mansion in the future, Guide Mansion should be able to cope with it. ”

"Here's what I thought: Enlightenment took away most of the Marine Corps. It is necessary to let Rubao build another marine regiment of sailors. Build another artillery regiment directly under it. However, the regiment was mainly armed with new heavy nine- and twelve-pounder guns. ”

"And in Guide there was an independent regiment and a cavalry battalion. That's enough to settle down. In this way, even if the current needs are met, the scope of military expansion is not large. Otherwise, Mr. Deng would not be able to explain there! ”

Xue Yongli pondered it carefully and found that this arrangement was also quite proper, and it would not be discounted by Deng Qifan. So he nodded and said, "That's good." ”

This time, Wu Shigong led the Runing Legion to be a bait. It is necessary to attract the attention of the spies of the peasant army and cover Xue Yongli's military operations. So after communicating for a while, Xue Yongli said goodbye to Wu Shigong and went back to the camp to prepare for the departure of Tiger Roar Town.

Send Xue Yongli away. Wu Shigong returned to the inner tent, and Mei Yun hurriedly stepped forward to change Wu Shigong's clothes. While changing clothes, Wu Shigong asked Zhu Qilan and Carelli on the side: "Did you have a good time by the Huai River today?" ”

Zhu Qilan and Carreli nodded excitedly. But Mei Yun said with a smile: "Sister Ka is fine, but Sister Lan is not." She ran crazy on the boat, and when the boat shook, Sister Lan almost fell into the water. ”

Zhu Qilan immediately pursed her lips and said, "Didn't you say that you would keep it secret for Lan'er?" Sister Mei's words don't count. However, Sister Ka said that she had been on a big ship more than ten times larger than this one, husband, is this true? ”

Wu Shigong smiled and nodded: "Actually, Li'er's boat is not the biggest, there is an ancient named Zheng He, he has been to the West seven times, and his boat is more than ten times larger than Li'er's." "Wu Shigong also has a sense of national pride, so he brought Zheng He out.

"Husband is a liar, right?" Carreli looked incredulous.

"It's true!" Mei Yun also received a good haode education in Xue Mansion, "That Gonggong Zheng was in the Yongle period of this dynasty, and it is recorded in the history books." ”

"Oh? Zheng He is also a eunuch? Wu Shigong asked strangely.

Mei Yun nodded and said with a smile: "Uncle may have forgotten about reading too much." ”

Wu Shigong laughed a few times, knowing that Mei Yun was covering up for himself, so he immediately changed the topic, pointed at Zhu Qilan and said, "If you are so naughty again, I will immediately drive you back to Runing and Xiu'er to be your companions." ”

Zhu Qilan spit out her fragrant tongue and whispered, "Lan'er doesn't dare." But Xiu'er couldn't come out this time, she was sad. Who gave her a baby? But husband, when are you going to let Lan'er have a baby? ”

Listening to Zhu Qilan's innocent words, Wu Shigong and the others all laughed. Wu Shigong had no choice but to say: "There will be one!" But what kind of baby do you want? ”

Zhu Qilan tilted her head and thought for a while, and said, "I want to give birth to two exactly the same as Sister Xiuzhu." But Sister Xiangka's is also good, and the weird ones are also cute. ”

"Haha——!"

……

This time, Wu Shigong was quite relaxed, purely taking this trip as a vacation. Wu Shigong thought to himself: "Don't have another accident and make your vacation end early again!" ”

On the evening of October 14, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Xue Yongli led 12,000 people from Huroar Town to Xiangyang. (To be continued......)