This cold winter is too long for the tribes outside the Guan, and it is very hard, there is a shortage of materials outside the Guanwai, most of the time it relies on burning and looting to obtain resources, and every operation in the past can grab a lot of Dongdong, but this year it is miserable, the soldiers have suffered heavy losses, and a lot of food and other military materials have been consumed, but they have not even been able to break through a border city, and they have not been able to grab a grain of food.

In addition, after the end of the Eight Great Emperors, the Ming border customs are very strict, in addition to ceramics, tea, silk and other luxury goods, grain, iron ore and other important things are difficult to get, even if you spend a lot of money to buy a little bit, it is not enough to stuff your teeth, which is simply worse for the clan outside the Guan.

In order to solve the material problem, he racked his brains, and the whole person lost weight, looking much older, I don't know how many circles he drew to curse the little faint monarch in the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Liaodong, and Cao Bianjiao, who guarded Phi Island, choked to death by drinking water, and drowned in the toilet pit, but the more he drew a circle and cursed, the happier people lived, but the more he lived, the more unhappy he became.

Huang Taiji was ambitious, bent on entering the Central Plains, and sent a large number of secret spies to lurk in the nine sides, although due to various reasons exposed, many secret spies died, but there were still a few people who successfully lurked and secretly transmitted the collected information back.

Daming's Xiaodujun due to military innovation, the unfair treatment of the old and new armies, caused a mutiny among the generals of the old army of the nine sides, although it was quickly suppressed, but the army's morale was unstable, coupled with the forced implementation of the reform and reorganization of the new army, nearly half of the troops were reduced, and some new recruits were re-recruited to supplement the eggs and other news, all of which were passed back one after another, so that the eyes of Huang Taiji and all the clan chiefs flashed green, and they howled that the opportunity had come.

The nine-border defense line is too long and requires a large number of troops to be garrisoned, Chongzhen, the little faint king, actually reduced the army, not to mention the reduction of troops, and there was a mutiny, many people died, causing the army to be unstable, this is a big stupid move to self-destruct the Great Wall, and it seems that the circle circle that has persevered has still played a role.

When he received these news, Huang Taiji was as excited as if he had eaten a hundred viagra, and his physical strength was instantly full, and he called a meeting of all his henchmen and cronies to discuss an important military meeting on the conquest of the Ming Dynasty.

The clans outside the Guanxi are ready to move, and they are making all kinds of preparations before the war for the invasion of the Daming border pass, while the nine sides of the Daming Dynasty are so busy that people are overwhelmed and anxious.

According to Zhu Jian's real idea, he was not in a hurry to immediately reorganize the old army on the nine sides, but wanted to delay it for a year or two, and wait for the major new armies and the royal military academy to train and train more military talents and political work officers, and then take a certain opportunity to start the reorganization of the old army.

Although the ideal is good, but the reality is skinny, the general of the old army of the nine sides reacted too strongly, forcing him to start the emergency plan in advance, raise the butcher knife, and eliminate the unlucky ones who made the most trouble.

Although there are psychological preparations, and some relevant preparations have been made before, but once the matter is implemented and implemented, it is really anxious, not to mention several new armies such as Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao, the governor of Liaodong who supported the Son of Heaven to reorganize the old army, and even Zhu Jian, who was far away in Beijing and hid behind the scenes for remote control, was anxious, which perfectly interpreted what it means to move the whole body.

The old army laid off a large number of personnel, eliminated many old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were many bad habits that were difficult to change, and soldiers and officers who could not endure hardships, these people were forced to retire, and the retirement military expenses paid alone were astronomical, if it were not for Zhu Jian's small treasury to be full, he would not be able to take out this money, and there would be no need for the attack of the Guanwai clans, and the nine-border defense line would collapse on its own.

The rest of the soldiers also had the vices of the old army, but they were not very serious, although Zhu Jian was not satisfied, he had to stay, and even acquiesced in some of their vices, as long as they were not excessive, they could only turn a blind eye. There are too many layoffs in the troops, and some new recruits need to be recruited to replenish them, whether they are veterans of the old army or new recruits, they must undergo new military training.

In order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, this requires a large number of grassroots officers and political work officers to build up the skeleton of the troops, but there are too few student officers of the Royal Military Academy, many of whom graduated ahead of schedule and are assigned to various units.

In the old army, the grass-roots officers were barely scraping together, and the political work officers were pitifully few and seriously lacking, and there were many units with only one or two political work officers in a battalion-level unit, and the workload was huge and the pressure was also great, and the only thing to be thankful for was that these political work officers were fanatical emperor fans, and no matter how hard the work intensity was, because of loyalty and fanaticism, they were gritting their teeth and holding on, but because the work intensity was too great, if they could not supplement some political work officers to share their pressure, not to mention anything else, the body would collapse first.

These can barely make do, but senior officers are a little difficult to find, there is really too much talent, there are many chief military officers in various states and towns, but many of them are war scum, not in the list considered by Zhu Jian at all, Zhu Jian, who was in a hurry, had to reactivate Mao Wenlong, who was refrigerated by him, and reused He Renlong and other generals who made mistakes like Mao Wenlong, to be honest, these guys were considered fierce generals who could fight in the late Ming Dynasty of the original history, and made a lot of military exploits, and then they were arrogant, disobeying orders, etc., which is a very serious matter in the army.

In order to avoid similar incidents again, Zhu Jian had to summon these generals who were about to rush to Liaodong to take up their posts into the palace and give them a warning lesson bluntly.

Most of the generals are straight men, and they don't like to go around the bends, so they are scolded by the civil officials for being vulgar, what culture, in fact, Zhu Jian doesn't like to go around the bends, and he says a sentence and leaves a sentence, which is ambiguous, so that you can bother to guess, and the civil officials who are partial to the Ming Dynasty like this tune, so that he can only talk about people when he meets people, and he talks nonsense when he talks about ghosts.

For Mao Wenlong, He Renlong, these straightforward generals, of course, the more you talk on the surface, the better, what I don't like, what I hate, what I worry about, what I like, all stacked on the table, open up, when it comes to this, it depends on your performance, don't blame me for not being emotional.

Mao Wenlong had mixed feelings at this time, he was taken off when he was most proud of officialdom, and he sat on the cold bench for a few years, even if he couldn't figure out why he was taken down, Zhu Jian had already made it clear to his face, he felt the most, he thought that this life would be over, but he didn't expect the bee to turn around, and there was a chance to take charge of the army again, of course, you have to take advantage of it.

Unlike Mao Wenlong, He Renlong is full of gratitude, because of Zhu Jian's wing effect, there have been some deviations in history, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other famous people's armies were wiped out in advance, He Renlong did not have much opportunity to show his ability, although he also had some military exploits, but because Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng, Li Xin, Cao Bianjiao, etc. would be too dazzling, and his light was covered.

He Renlong's current official position is only a general, and then he is the deputy chief soldier or chief soldier, don't look at it as only one step away, but for many generals who have not been able to make great achievements or have a backstage, it is a mountain that cannot be climbed, but now, he has the favor of the Son of Heaven, promoted to division commander, and is in charge of a division's troops, which is equivalent to the level of a general officer.

Zhu Jian put some warnings on the table, explained them clearly, and finally made up some new combat theories based on muskets and artillery, and as for how much they could understand, it was their business; if they wanted to continue to be promoted, they had to study hard and work hard to make progress, otherwise they would be replaced by new generals who had made many military exploits and eliminated from the military circles.

If there is enough time, all kinds of shortcomings can be slowly made up for by time, but the number one mortal enemy, Huang Taiji, is too good at seizing the opportunity, and has already gathered troops and grain and grass outside the pass, ready to commit a border, which is the most fatal thing.