"Well, it makes sense, Qingyuan Town fought against Aru Ash, if you hadn't rescued everywhere in time, maybe our army would have been broken by the Tartars." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said.

"So, I have an idea, that is, to train a new army in Chuzhou!" Zhu Han stated his purpose.

"Forming a new army? What kind of new army? Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became interested.

"I just have a preliminary charter, the new army pays attention to standardized training, whether it is drills and marches, or operational command, it has a set of completed standard processes, and the weapons used are also extremely streamlined, so as to facilitate command, and equipped with the latest weapons." Zhu Han said.

"That makes sense, the new weapon is good! Qingyuan Town won a big victory, thanks to your new artillery, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with the Tartar ironclad soldiers! Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Therefore, in Chuzhou, we must not only train a new army, but also set up a new weapon workshop, and all the craftsmen agree to deploy it." Zhu Han said.

"No problem, it's all up to you!" Brother Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and attached great importance to this issue.

As for how to organize and train the new army, Zhu Yuanzhang also gave Zhu Han full authority.

Among the 50,000 or 60,000 rebels, Zhu Han carefully selected more than 3,000 recruits.

All of them are in accordance with the old method, with honesty and reliability as the principle of selecting troops.

These more than 3,000 new troops, divided into four parts.

They were 1,000 spearmen, 1,000 musketeers, 800 sword and shield men, and 200 cavalrymen.

Since taking Chuzhou City, the rebels have captured a large number of horses left by the Mongols, and the number of cavalry of the rebels has finally been able to reach thousands.

In addition, Zhu Han also expanded the original engineer team to 500 people, including an engineering team of 300 people and an artillery team of 200 people.

As an additional new class, musketeers and artillerymen are all unarmed, and can only do some basic drills.

And Zhu Han was in Chuzhou City, busy experimenting with the manufacture of muskets and artillery.

Although there are a large number of craftsmen in Chuzhou, they lack manufacturing experience, and there are many problems with muskets and artillery, which must be tried and tested.

Just when Zhu Han was immersed in the development of Dingyuan and Chuzhou.

Under the leadership of Liu Futong, the Northern Red Turban Army is in full swing.

Yingzhou.

The base camp of the Red Turban Army.

"Generalissimo, I just got the news that Zhu Yuanzhang led the army to capture Chuzhou, and Cheng Aru Ash was killed in the Tartars!"

A thin-looking rebel general said.

"Mr. Guan, do you say that Zhu Yuanzhang's ability is a little too powerful?"

The expression on Liu Futong's face changed, with some joy and some worry.

The general known as Mr. Guan, whose name is Guan Duo, is the general of the Chinese army of the Red Turban Army and Liu Futong's right-hand man.

"Generalissimo, this is always a good thing, our Tartar soldiers in the south have been swept away, and we can rest assured that the Northern Expedition will be carried out." Guan Duo said.

The current strategy of the Red Turban Army can be described as blooming everywhere and attacking from all sides.

They not only attacked Shandong in the east, Bianliang Kaifeng in the north, and Shaanxi in the west, but also attacked the Luzhou area of Hefei in the south.

This led to the enemy on all sides, and now the Yuan soldiers in Huainan and Jiangbei have been swept away, which relatively reduces the pressure on one aspect.

"Chuzhou is a good place, there is plenty of food, there are many people, I went to see it back then, but it is much better than here in Yingzhou, at least there is no drought." Liu Futong said suddenly.

When Mr. Guan heard this, he immediately understood what Liu Futong meant.

"Generalissimo, do we want to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for food and money?" Guan Duo said.

Liu Futong smiled, "Hehe, you still know my thoughts!" ”

Guan Duo also smiled, "Zhu Yuanzhang has newly occupied the territory, and it is also appropriate to give some filial piety to the generalissimo." ”

The Red Turban Army in the Central Plains is nearly a million.

But there is one fundamental problem that has not been solved, and that is the lack of food.

Whether it is Xuzhou, Yingzhou, Bozhou, or Haozhou, all of them are short of food.

In particular, the Yingzhou area occupied by Liu Futong has almost no harvest this year, and if it weren't for the successive victories of the Red Turban Army, which seized some grain stocks and barely fooled their stomachs, maybe hundreds of thousands of troops would have gone hungry.

It's already autumn now, and it won't be long before winter begins.

If the Red Turban Army didn't accumulate more food, it would be really difficult.

"However, we can't ask for this food in vain, we still have to give Zhu Yuanzhang some benefits." Guan Duo said.

He can be called Mr. Guan by the Red Turban Army, naturally he has some skills, not such a reckless man.

"What good is it for him? Gold and silver or promotion? Liu Futong asked.

Although the Red Turban Army was huge, it also captured a lot of gold and silver treasures.

However, now that the war is in chaos, no matter how much gold and silver treasure there is, it cannot be eaten or drunk, and only grain is hard currency.

Moreover, the various official positions in the Red Turban Army have gradually proliferated and become less and less valuable.

The leaders of the rebel army who held the titles of Marshal of the Capital, Marshal of the Deputy Capital and Marshal alone already had nearly a hundred people in the Red Turban Army!

Almost a county town, with several marshals.

"Lao Peng and several of them in Xuzhou all claim to be kings, it is better to give Zhu Yuanzhang a king, listening to the majesty will definitely satisfy him." Guan Duo suggested.

When Liu Futong heard this, he immediately became angry in his heart.

Although the leaders of the various departments in the Red Turban Army all respect Liu Futong as the big leader, everyone is acting on their own in the territory.

Because of the proliferation of marshal titles from all walks of life, many leaders of the rebel army have swelled up to the sky and have called themselves various 'kings'.

From the head of the army with tens of thousands of people to the bandits and bandits with only more than 1,000 people, they all claim to be such and such kings.

Liu Futong is the big leader, but he still has only one title of generalissimo.

"The name is not right, the word is not good. It doesn't hurt to give him a king's name. Liu Futong said.

As long as Zhu Yuanzhang can be asked to support some food, it doesn't matter if he gives him a king name.

When Liu Futong said this, he suddenly thought of another question.

"By the way, how is the investigation about Han Lin'er's news?" Liu Futong asked.

Han Lin'er is the son of Han Shantong, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, that is, the son of the true founder of the Red Turban Army.

Since Han Shantong was killed by the Yuan army, Han Lin'er and the others fled and went into hiding.

Liu Futong has been looking hard and wants to help Han Lin'er.

"I had some eyebrows just now, it seems that someone has seen him in the Yangshan area of Bozhou!" Mr. Kwan said.

"Hurry up and send someone to find it, and tell me as soon as you have news!" Liu Futong said.

Now that the Red Turban Army is strong, it must have a justifiable origin.

Liu Futong had already thought about it, didn't Han Shantong claim to be a descendant of the Zhao Song royal family, and when he found Han Lin'er, he asked Han Lin'er to restore the surname Zhao and reopen the Great Song Dynasty.