Wang Hongyu also immediately praised General Lu Qin for being tall and majestic, and he had long wanted to know him and ask him about the past on the battlefield.

The two generals, one old and one young, can talk together completely, and even talk about weapons, war history, and ancient figures.

This is actually a credit for book and magazine publishing.

The number of books and magazines sold to the Baoding army has all been counted, and it is natural to count which directions the generals led by Lu Qin like. So when we meet now, it's like an old friend who is very familiar.

Lu Qin took Wang Hongyu to inspect his town barracks, only to see that the army was practicing the formation, and it turned out to be a phalanx of spears, muskets, and artillery.

In terms of training level, it is no less than the Zhejiang soldiers and white pole soldiers before the bloody battle of the Hunhe River.

The heavy armor rate is also more than 30%, and the armor rate is even more than 80%.

It's clearly a strong army.

But there is a gap in mental outlook.

It can be seen that there are hundreds of energetic family members in the town barracks, and there are also hundreds of veterans with good morale, but the others ......

I have to say that even the soldiers in the town barracks have hundreds of people who are thin and weak, yellow and weak, and it is estimated that nearly half of the ordinary battalion soldiers are not good, and the guards are eighty percent weak.

Without enough food, a certain amount of oil and water, meat, fruit trees, and dairy products, it is very normal for a soldier to be weak.

The physical condition of the new army under his command has surpassed these battalions so far, and it will get better in the future.

However, before its establishment, Eight Banners relied on a mixed economy of fishing and hunting, nomadic herding and planting, and its sturdy body was very strong. Now they have been relying on looting and exploiting the coats, and the main forces of the Eight Banners are completely fed, and the poor coats are consumed quickly.

This method of some people eating enough first, and some people starving to death to make leeks, really made Jiannu's elite body of the Eight Banners better than the Ming army.

But after all, it must be built on the basis of looting, once it cannot rob other people's grain and livestock, the Eight Banners do not have enough food and meat to maintain combat effectiveness.

The company's own production system has taken shape, the future prospects are excellent, and productivity and production relations are rapidly improving.

If the enemy cuts us long, the advantages of continuing to develop will expand.

Considering the Liaodong front, Wang Huazhen's front line recruited those soldiers who were not strong in combat power, and were mixed with spies and swingers, and Xiong Tingbi was overshadowed by him to a certain extent, of course, he couldn't fight a decisive battle at this time.

Now is not the time to preside over Liaodong by himself, after all, the court and industry are still unstable, lest Liaodong be troubled and impeached.

Lu Qin also shared his views on the war in Liaodong.

"At this time, the offense is not suitable for attacking, and the defense is not like a defense, what is the boss thinking?"

This is not polite at all, but it hits the nail on the head.

Wang Hongyu looked at the situation map of the Liaodong front with Lu Qin and Han Jun.

At present, Wang Huazhen has spread a large number of troops on a fortress west of the Liao River, implemented the principle of dividing the land and defending the land, and laid out the 20,000-foot cavalry along the 120-mile defense line, using the strength evenly, and adopting a passive and passive defensive deployment.

Half of his new recruits were refugees from Liaodong, and it was said that their morale should be good, and they had a deep hatred for the enemy who invaded their hometown, but the actual situation was not good.

At first, some refugees were not resettled, and they hated the Ming Dynasty as much as Jiannu; Some refugees were frightened by Jiannu and tried their best to flee to Guannai as tenants, some fled to coastal islands, and some crossed the sea to Shandong and North Korea......

Seeing this situation, Wang Huazhen was gentle with the Liao people, and many generals were promoted and appointed, and refugees were also treated favorably. It seems that the people's will tends to be bright, but there are great hidden dangers inside.

"Daming has been defeated twice, even if it is gentle to the refugees, many people have no confidence in Daming, and feel that they will be defeated if they fight again." Wang Hongyu knew this truth last time he went to Liaodong.

"It's true that the common people are very honest and won't believe what they say." Han Jun also felt that Wang Huazhen was relatively immature in this matter.

"I have long thought about going to fight Jiannu, but the various departments of our Ming army rarely cooperate, 10,000 against 10,000 do not suffer at all, 60,000 against 60,000, there is no coordination to fight."

As a general in the army, Lu Qin saw the biggest drawback of the Ming army.

Nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in Baoding Town fought against the two banners of Jiannu, which was more than enough.

Xuanfu Town can play 2 flags, Datong Town can play 2 flags, and the broken Ji Town will not lose to 2 flags.

However, Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhen, and Baoding were together, and they were basically defeated and invincible against the Eight Banners together.

It's a pity.

The relationship between the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu, Datong, Jizhen, and Baoding is actually quite good, and there is also movement between soldiers and generals, but there are few joint training, and there is no unified general.

On the contrary, the relationship between the Eight Banners is not very good, but there are many opportunities for joint training, often fighting together, and Nurhachi has absolute leadership, and he is as agile as using his own hands and feet to command.

Wang Hongyu pondered slightly.

This problem is fatal.

This time I returned to the capital, and strived to train the soldiers and horses of Teng Siwei, Baoding, Xuanfu, and Jizhen with the Hunhe Army, the Shennong Army, and the Southwest New Army.

It's a bit of a difficult idea to implement, but it's not as easy as appointing an official or starting a local industry.

Not only civilian officials, but even Wu Xun will oppose it.

It seems that some clever approach is needed.

This time, Wang Hongyu did not take the dry road to Beijing, but took a boat down the river to Tianjin, and he wanted to make some arrangements in Tianjin.

He was to train troops in Tianjin and open a port.

Tianjin is the intersection of water and land connecting Jizhen, Liaodong, grassland, Beijing, Beizhili and Shandong, or the mouth of the sea connecting the Bohai Sea, the geographical location is very important.

There are six rivers converging in Tianjin, which are:

The North Canal, which connects the Grand Canal, is the food lifeline of Beijing, Liaodong, Jizhou and Xuanda.

Sanggan River - connecting Liangxiang and Xuanda, and also connecting the South Canal to Liangxiang, which is the grain channel of Yanqing and Xuanda, and the grain transported by the Grand Canal supports the food shortage in the nine sides.

The direction of Baigou and Baoding also relies on the waterway to connect with Beijing through the North Canal through Tianjin.

A large number of rivers in Zhending and Shunde Prefecture, including the Hengshui, Shahe, and Futuo River tributaries, as well as the water of many rivers, converge to Baiyangdian and finally reach Tianjin via Baoding.

The main stream of the Futuo River directly turns with the Grand Canal and finally reaches Tianjin.

That is to say, the water of Taihang Mountain does not pour water in the west and the north of Zhili, and finally converges in Tianjin into the sea.

Tianjin's unique geographical location and land and water transportation determine that the future will not be satisfied by a Wei, it will become a commodity distribution center, a military and political town.

The early development of Tianjin is Wang Hongyu's major deployment, Wang Hongyu arrived in Tianjin after a few days of inspection, was shocked by the concentration of several major rivers at this time Wei River, which is the amount of water in later generations, but also from the south to transfer water?

At this time, Beizhili can develop many paddy fields, and once you arrive in Tianjin, you really know how unique Beizhili is.

As long as the water conservancy is newly built, the high-yield cold-tolerant crops will be transferred to Beizhili.

To ensure that Beizhili was not plundered by Jiannu many times, of course, this place can supply a lot of food.