Chapter 285: Preparations for the Expedition (II)

Lu Liangzhi's concern is justified, now in the Xiaoice period, the output of the land is limited, if the summer harvest and sowing are delayed, then what will the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Leiden eat in the second half of the year? You can't all live on sea fish.

Listening to Lu Liangzhi's words, Li Xingzhi couldn't help but think of a strange book he saw in his previous life, the people of Zhejiang actually survived the famine by eating small yellow croaker, and their living standards were even better than that of Emperor Hongzhi in the Forbidden City.

"Mr. Lu doesn't have to worry, in order to restore the local people's livelihood, the Qingzhou prefect Sun Kewang has collected a large number of refugees, we can recruit young and strong soldiers from Qingzhou, so that not only will the food problem of part of the population be solved, but the summer harvest of Lydon will not be delayed."

Xu Yixian, counselor of the Military Marshal's Mansion, scoffed at Lu Liangzhi's worries, those who are officials are officials, and they don't know the people's sufferings at all.

I didn't see Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, which time they were not beaten by the official army, there were only a few hundred people left, but as long as one or two county towns were defeated, they could immediately gather more than 100,000 people.

"What Mr. Xu said is right, so he ordered Sun Kewang to immediately prepare to recruit 30,000 people to accompany the army, try to select those people who have worked as masons and carpenters, and let him tell those people that the military marshal's mansion is not only full, but also has twenty big coins to take!"

At the end of the Jinzhou War, it was the time when the Jingbei Army went north to Jingjing, Qingzhou was the hinterland of Shandong, and Li Xingzhi wanted to spread the good governance of the Jingbei Army to the people along the Grand Canal through the measures of requisitioning and sending young people.

Of course, after these people arrived in Dengzhou, they still needed to be trained, such as loading the soldiers with medicine and wearing armor, etc., after all, they had many people to play the role of auxiliaries, if these basic things could not be perfected, then the combat power of the Jingbei Army would be greatly reduced.

Qingzhuang was recruited from Qingzhou, Langzhong naturally did not have this need, and the Langzhong brought back by Li Xingzhi from Jinan and Qufu could be enough for this army, but there was a lot of shortage of medicinal materials.

Since the Jingbei Army took control of Leiden, everything was left to be done, and Li Xingzhi also ignored this problem, did not set up a professional medical office, and did not carry out the reserve of medicinal materials.

"Don't worry, the formula of the gold sore medicine is not complicated, when the last general is in Zuo Liangyu's army, every time he goes out, Zuo Shuai will order someone to prepare it, and the materials needed can be found everywhere in the mountains, let's make a part of it first, and then transport it to the front line not too late."

Daniel Zhang, the general of Xinwuzhen Town, got up and made a speech, as a general, he knew that Li Xingzhi's plan was very big, and after returning to Leiden, he saw that the Jingbei Army was strictly armed, the training was extremely strict, and there were stable logistical support measures, which were not comparable to ordinary Daming military towns, and he knew that the Jingbei Army could not accomplish anything, but it was more than enough to occupy Shandong, so he was heartbroken about Li Xingzhi's death.

Gold sore medicine is knife wound medicine, its advantage is that the price is low, the material can be seen everywhere, but the treatment effect is extremely strong, except for the fatal wound that hurts the lungs, the rest of the ordinary knife wounds, almost can be treated.

"Four coins of male turtles, five coins of gallant Nanxing, five coins of blood exhaustion, eight coins of myrrh, nine coins of strychnine, three coins of keel, five coins of southern saffron, three coins of Sichuan Qianghuo, three coins of crab bones, three coins of angelica, one tael of net frankincense, five coins of mouth parsnip, five coins of angelica, five coins of cimicifuga, three coins of calamus, and four coins of Chuanxiong."

Daniel Zhang snapped his fingers and described the main materials of the gold sore medicine like a few treasures.

"Well, my Leiden Mountain is densely forested, and Daze Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, Mr. Lu, you can mobilize the people and let them go up the mountain to collect materials to make gold sore medicine, and our military marshal's mansion is willing to buy it at a price of twenty wen a dose."

Although the people of Lydon are Li Xingzhi's tenants, in order to increase their enthusiasm, Li Xingzhi is still willing to spend a little money.

It is not allowed to be profitable, but I am afraid that some people will follow the example of the craftsmen of the Beijing master to grind foreign workers.

"This time the commander is on this expedition, the defense of Jinan will be handed over to the first town and the new town, Yang Ji, you have the right and acting prefect of Jinan, and you must do a good job of logistics support for Admiral Yang."

"Subordinates take orders!"

Yang Ji was overjoyed, he was just a person from a high background, and the imperial court filled the vacancies, and ordinary people could only be petty officials such as local scholars and county officials.

Although Yang Ji is nearly fifty years old, he is not small in his self-motivation, he doesn't bother to do it at all, he doesn't see that Chen Xinjia can be ranked in the center of the court, in fact, he is the leader of the military department, although he can't compare with Chen Xinjia, it is not difficult to be a county magistrate, a prefect!

Although Li Xingzhi's appointment was a false edict, but in the end, it was the prefect of a prefecture, and Yang Ji happily took over the order arrow from Li Xingzhi's hand.

After the logistical support matters were properly discussed, Li Xingzhi's face turned straight and he began to make arrangements for Shandong's defense issues.

"Zhang Shaoqian, the general of the fourth town, Liu Guoneng, the general of the new fourth town, the commander and the two of you will lead the army out of Qingzhou, reorganize the army, and the day of the marshal's return is the time when you will send troops."

"Whoa!"

Zhang Shaoqian and Liu Wenxiu suddenly received the order, stepped forward, and took Li Xingzhi's order.

"Leyden is the fundamental place of this commander, Wang Zhong, this commander has you as the governor of Leyden, and the new second town will also be handed over to you to call, there must be no omission."

Laizhou and Dengzhou are Li Xingzhi's base camps, and he went out to Liaozuo by himself, and the people who had believed in the old nest naturally guarded it.

Li ...... Marshal, since Dazeshan and Yue Tuo fought, the officers and soldiers of my second town have not been on the battlefield for more than a year. ”

Wang Zhong cried with a sad face, when Li Xingzhi convened the generals to meet, he guessed that it might be his hometown again, originally he still had a glimmer of hope to go to Liaodong, and now Li Xingzhi's military order was issued, that is, he opened his mouth to plead.

"Okay, this time Ben Shuai will go, and next time I fight Dongyu, you will go to Liaodong."

"Whoa!"

Li Xingzhi's words were all said about this, and even if Wang Zhong was depressed, he had to step forward to receive the arrow.

The first town, the new first town, the second town, the new second town, the fourth town and the new fourth town all stayed in Shandong, and the third town, the new third town, the fifth town and the new fifth town were naturally sent to Liaodong.

Li Rui, Zhang Wu, Hui Dengxiang, Daniel Zhang and others will be smiling, looking at Li Xingzhi sitting on the main seat.

Sure enough, after arranging the remaining military horses in Shandong, Li Xingzhi ordered Li Rui and others to be generals.

Of course, Li Dingguo's old base camp and the Green Banner soldiers also went out at the same time, in order to make full use of the Green Manchurian soldiers in his hands, Li Xingzhi also ordered to find out the clothes and armor of the Eight Banner soldiers captured before, so as to confuse the Qing army when he arrived in Liaodong.

"In this battle, our Jingbei Army mobilized a total of four towns, more than 10,000 old base camps and more than 4,000 green flag soldiers, a total of 35,000 troops, and it is also the largest mobilization since the formation of our Jingbei Army.