During the period of waiting for the news of Kaifeng City, Wu Shigong was not idle, he began to seize the time and make all the preparations for his own expedition.

Wu Shigong went on this expedition and didn't want to take many people and horses with him. Because Wu Shigong's rated number of soldiers is 2,200 people, and there are still more than 1,000 military households in the previous thousand households. So this time, Wu Shigong brought all his men and horses, and the full number of people was 1,200.

And Wu Shigong is indeed ready to take away his rated soldiers. In addition to the pro-soldier team, Wu Shigong planned to take away five cavalry hundred-man teams and five motorized infantry hundred-man teams, plus the artillery team to take away ten three-pounder guns, so that there were more than 1,300 people in total.

On this expedition, Wu Shigong was not prepared to bring too much artillery. Originally, the Jin army besieged the city after the rescue, and it was not to attack the city, so it was pointless to bring too much artillery. And three-pounder guns, even if they can be useful in field battles, also have a certain power in sieges, so it is enough to bring these guns. Therefore, Wu Shigong also left the two six-pounder guns he had worked so hard to build at home this time.

And the main reason why Wu Shigong did not bring all the cavalry was that Wu Shigong was very optimistic about the prospects of his expedition. So many famous armies of the Ming army were defeated by the Houjin army, and with Wu Shigong's more than 1,300 people, they wanted to turn the tide? That's pretty much doing your dream fart.

So what is very difficult to talk about is that Wu Shigong took his own army, just thinking that in case the Ming army was defeated, Wu Shigong could escape smoothly with his army.

And if Wu Shigong brought all the cavalry, the speed of escape would drop a lot, which was also contrary to Wu Shigong's original intention.

This may sound paradoxical, but in the era of cold weapons, this cavalry was not the fastest to maneuver? How could it be that after all the cavalry, the speed of escape decreased?

In fact, this is the result of Wu Shigong's repeated exercises. During the exercise, the Runing Battalion found that the cavalry was indeed the fastest in a short march.

However, as long as the march is long, the mixed team of cavalry and motorized infantry is the fastest to maneuver and can best ensure combat effectiveness. In fact, this principle is also very simple, the cart of motorized infantry can carry the army's grain, grass, armor and weapons, which can also greatly save horsepower and make the horse have the strength to run farther.

Moreover, when camping and sudden enemy attacks, the cart formation surrounded by large carts can also bring a certain defensive capability to the army.

And these days, Wu Shigong has mixed the expeditionary troops that are ready to be taken away, training and exercising together, and increasing their running-in. Of course, Wu Shigong did not tell the news of the expedition to his soldiers. At this time, it is also unnecessary to spread random news to shake the morale of the army.

In addition, Wu Shigong also immediately arranged for Xue Qiang to set up the Internal Affairs Division. Out of concern about the sudden expedition, Wu Shigong also raised the training requirements for the soldiers of the Internal Affairs Division, and asked Xue Qiang to completely compare the drills of the Runing Battalion to train the soldiers of the Internal Affairs Division.

In addition, the number of soldiers in the Department of Internal Affairs will also reach 2,000. However, they were only basically equipped with cold weapons, and the number of horses, armor, guns, and artillery was very small.

Wu Shigong also emphasized the following precautions to Xue Qiang: Xue Qiang was required to not only maintain internal order and maintain the order of the salt market in the two prefectures and two counties, but also prevent riots among the people in the two prefectures and two counties. Wu Shigong didn't want his roots to be subject to any internal turmoil, so in this regard, Wu Shigong gave Xue Qiang the power of autocracy, so that he could mobilize the soldiers of the Internal Affairs Department at any time to eliminate all possible sprouts.

There is also the question of the composition of the soldiers and leaders of the Department of Internal Affairs. Wu Shigong was going to incorporate the militia formed by the local gentry into the Department of Internal Affairs on a large scale, and if any of the gentry hindered this action, Wu Shigong would also forcibly use the Runing battalion to disband the militia under the control of the gentry.

For the current Wu Shigong, he still has the peace of mind that the armed forces of these two prefectures and two counties are in his own hands. However, the earliest one is now the militia in Yu Zilian County, and because of some historical problems, Wu Shigong still kept him.

But in order to compensate, Wu Shigong will also give the children of the gentry a large number of official titles of the head of the internal affairs department. Of course, this official title was not recognized by the Ming court, but with power, the children of those gentry should also be satisfied.

However, the main leaders of the Department of Internal Affairs will be Wu Shigong's soldiers who were injured in the battle and retired from the service, which is also a guarantee for Wu Shigong to control his own Department of Internal Affairs.

The next step is to prepare the weapons for the army. The 500 motorized infantry who went out this time brought 200 heavy firearms, and Wu Shigong's personal army was originally a firecracker in each person's hand, plus the medium-sized firecrackers in the cavalry, so the ratio of the number of firearms owned by Wu Shigong's army this time would reach an astonishing ratio in the Ming Dynasty, and even in the entire Shijie at that time.

In view of the weakness of spears and spears in hand-to-hand combat with the miners in the last battle, Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop rushed to produce a batch of axes and guns to equip the expeditionary army. It should be said that this army is simply armed to the teeth.

What's funnier is that when Wu Shigong inspected the artillery team. Liang Hui, the commander of the artillery team, showed off the new artillery shell - shotgun as if he were offering a treasure in front of Wu Shigong.

In fact, the shotgun of this artillery has long appeared in the Ming army. However, Liang Hui, the people of the original artillery team, are all from some wild roads, and they don't know at all, or they don't know how to make shotguns. Therefore, Wu Shigong's artillery team has been established for four or five years, and it was only a few days ago that the shotgun was finally manufactured.

This is also thanks to the craftsmen who repaired the artillery that the Ming army gave to Wu Shigong when Wu Shigong was in King Qin at that time, when he exchanged artillery with other Ming troops. Under their inspiration and guidance, the artillery team will finally be able to make and fire shotguns. And understanding this situation, Wu Shigong almost fell down immediately, his own army is too amateurish, it seems that there are still many places for the Runing Battalion to study in the future!

And Wu Shigong had another harvest when he was king, that is, after attacking Luanzhou City, Wu Shigong asked Qin Liangyu for the few enemies and a swarm of bees captured by Qin Liangyu.

After returning to Runing Mansion, the craftsmen under Wu Shigong also imitated these two weapons. And this time on the expedition, the 10,000 enemies are definitely useless, so Wu Shigong is not ready to bring it. And Wu Shigong brought a swarm of fifty bees, preparing to escape in the grassland outside the Guan, and surprise the pursuing Houjin army.

Of course, preparing for the expedition is one thing, and delaying the expedition is another. After some discussion with his staff, Wu Shigong also prepared a "secret weapon" to delay time after understanding the rules of Ming Dynasty officialdom.