Could it be that this time Dongping City will suffer from soldiers again?

Fu Yanshu's heart trembled suddenly. This unlucky thought is like a nasty little worm that always lingers in his mind, and even if he wants to get rid of it, he can't do it. He was slightly stunned and whispered, "Let's go see General Yemo." ”

The army barracks are also next to the water army. Of the 50,000 troops, 10,000 went south along the coast on naval warships, and 40,000 came down by land. Fu Yanshu is well versed in water warfare, but he has always believed that the navy must not be completely separated from the army, and the navy must have the ability to land and fight, otherwise even if it dominates the water, it will only be like a lame person, so he has attached great importance to the training of the navy and marines in recent years, especially the beach-grabbing landing battle of the navy. With the advancement of firearms, beach-rushing landings are no longer what Shizun used to be. If you blindly keep the old ways, even if you gain an advantage on the water, you are likely to be forced to go ashore, and it will still be empty. Cai Yici also knew what Fu Yanshu meant, once the troops were divided into two routes, advancing by land and water, and then meeting again, they would have to go down to Wuyang City, so this time was the last pre-war meeting. He saluted and said, "Yes." ”

At this time, following them were the two generals of the navy, Huang Shentao and Bai Qingbo. Huang Shentao was originally a member of the army, because he was from Haijing Province, had excellent water quality, and was very familiar with the terrain on the sea. Although he was a halfway monk, he has become a veteran of the navy army for many years. Bai Qingbo was one of the ten governors of the navy in the same batch as Fu Yanshu at the beginning, with similar qualifications and not general abilities, and now he is generally a general of the navy, and these two are the main officers of the navy in this southern expedition. Fu Yanshu was very familiar with them, and asked Bai Qingbo about the current situation in the army as he walked. As soon as he walked to the front of the army camp, the two guards guarding the camp were saluting King Shuiming, Fu Yanshu heard the sound of horses' hooves like a torrential rain inside, and couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "What's wrong inside?" ”

One of the guards said, "King Fu Ming, General Yemo is now training guns and horses with people. ”

In the army, there has always been the title of "Seven Guns of the Empire", but in fact, there are only six people in line, because it is the emperor who is ranked first. In addition to the emperor, the seven guns of the empire were led by Wang Li, the king of Huoming, followed by Pang Songnian, the marshal of the forbidden army, and Wang Zuo of Yemo ranked third. Although Fu Yanshu has the highest status, he usually doesn't use a gun, so he didn't enter this ranking. The other three of the Seven Guns of the Empire were all in Dai Chengxiao's army, and this time two of them came with Yemo Wang Zuo. These two people are Qiu Feng, Kong Shide, and the other is Dai Chengxiao's deputy general Cao Wanlong. These three people, plus an officer named Du Shizhong, were the only four of the ten young officers who were known as the "Ten Auxiliary Lieutenants" in the past. At the beginning, the ten auxiliary lieutenants were famous, had outstanding bravery, and repeatedly went to the battlefield, all of them were famous generals who were killed with a knife and a shot. It's just that Du Shizhong makes a knife and not a gun, so only the three of him are in the seven-gun ranking. The first and second deputies and three generals of Yemo Wang Zuo this time are all great masters of marksmanship, so they will take the time to practice.

There are 50,000 people in the army, and the school grounds are also very large. At this time, there were twenty or thirty people in the field who were fighting, but they were divided into two sides, staggered and interspersed.

The leaders on both sides are Qiu Feng and Kong Shide. As early as the time of the Ten Auxiliary Lieutenants, they were known for their bravery, and now they are all middle-aged people in their forties, and they are even more skilled in guns and horses. King Zuodu of Yemo watched the battle with several generals, and although none of them had ever played, they were all dressed and seemed to be ready to go up at any time. Seeing Fu Yanshu leading people over, Yemo Wang Zuo hurriedly stood up, led several generals to greet him, and said, "King Fu Ming, the last general and others are waiting to welcome you." ”

The army has 50,000 people, and the Yemo King Zuo is the unification army, so there are two lower generals, one of which is Mi Dezhi under the command of Wang Li, the king of Huoming, and Liu Jichun under the command of Shen Yangyi, the king of Fengming. Meade is very old, and he used to be a colleague with the emperor, but he is very modest. Liu Jichun is the right and left hand of Shen Yangyi, the king of Fengming, and Shen Yangyi's deputy general Ren Haizhou, known as a wise general, and is familiar with the southern terrain. Counting up, the five main generals of the Army's Yemo King and the Surrender are all extraordinary heroes. Qiu Feng and Kong Shide, who were each leading a team of people to practice in the field, saw Fu Yanshu coming, and they also stopped the drill and dismounted to come over to meet them. Although Fu Yanshu is a handsome, he is polite to his subordinates, and he returns the courtesy one by one.

After the cadres entered the barracks and sat down, Fu Yanshu said: "General Wang Zuo, you are ready to leave tomorrow, right?" ”

The emperor's original request was to leave ten days ago, but Fu Yanshu received information from Xuanming Lei's secret envoy that half of the Sunflower King's army stationed in Wuyang City had left on the 23rd of last month, and now the garrison of Wuyang City was empty, which was really a good opportunity to attack, so he decided to set off early. Wait for the night Mo Wang Zuo said: "Everything is ready, there is no problem." Fu Yanshu nodded and didn't say anything more.

The soldiers are fast, but there are also clouds, "if you want to be fast, you can't reach it". If you blindly pursue speed, it will be self-defeating. This southern expedition has to face foreign races from foreign lands with incredible war equipment, even if all the veterans here are experienced in a hundred battles, they can't help but be a little apprehensive. Seeing that Fu Yanshu didn't speak again, Yemo Wang Zuo couldn't help it, and asked, "King Ming, what is the battle method of the Sunflower King Army...... Is it true? ”

In order to avoid causing panic, this news is currently only down to the rank of general. Counting it, only Cai Yici is a lieutenant, and he has not yet reached the rank of general, but because he is Fu Yanshu's deputy general of the Chinese army, he can also make an exception.

Hearing the question of Yemo Wang Zuo, the other people all looked at Fu Yanshu. When they knew that the Sunflower King Army actually had such an attack method, they all felt incredulous, and even thought that it could be Xuan Minglei who was alarmist. Although it was just Yemo Wang Zuo asking, it was also a question they shared.

Fu Yanshu exhaled deeply, paused, and then said: "Xuan Minglei's personality is certainly despicable and shameless, but he is really a famous general in the world, and he will never create rumors because he is afraid of war." There will certainly be no falsehood in this matter. ”

Xuan Minglei and Fu Yanshu are brothers, but when the north and the south were split, the two parted ways, and Fu Yanshu broke off his kindness to this junior brother, and he was even called a "thief" at the beginning. After the success of the North-South peace talks, of course, he could no longer be so ruthless, but Fu Yanshu never mentioned Xuanminglei. His sister and brother-in-law are all in Wuyang City, and he has been there more than once, but he has never met Xuan Minglei. It's just that now I have to mention this junior brother, even though he is as calm as possible, there is always a faint hatred in his voice.

Yemo Wang Zuo could also hear Fu Yanshu still have hatred in his heart when he talked about Xuanming Thunder. This brother is the top general of the north and the south, and he is very legendary, and he is always talked about, but when he saw Fu Yanshu's hatred, he still did not hide his kindness when he talked about Xuanming Thunder, which was extremely fair, and he secretly admired it in his heart. But now it's not a matter of admiring these things, he said, "It's true......"

To deal with the kind of battle equipment of the Sunflower King Army, he really has no bottom in his heart. Now there are more and more muskets and muskets in the army, but for this tactic of the Sunflower King Army, firearms don't seem to play a role, and the only one who can compete is the airship team. However, there are only thirteen expensive airships in the army, and this time the southern expedition brought six ships. It's just that even if there are six airships, Yemo Wang Zuo still doesn't feel enough. I originally hoped that this news would be exaggerated, but listening to what Fu Yanshu said, there should be no exaggeration, so I really don't know how to deal with it.

He was pondering, and Liu Jichun on the side raised his hand and said, "King Fu Ming, is there no one in Wuyang City who should be in harmony with the outside?" ”

Fu Yanshu pondered for a moment and said, "Of course this will not be without. According to Xuan Minglei's secret report, several people in the Wuyang ruling government have always had the heart of resistance. But these people have no soldiers in their hands, so they can't be of much use at the moment, and if we can't have a reasonable result, most of these people will not come out. ”

Wuyang City has fallen into the hands of the Sunflower King Army. It is said that the rule of the Sunflower King Army over Wuyang City was not extremely cruel, so although there were rebellions in the city from time to time, they were not as frequent as expected, and foreign trade has even resumed more than eighty percent, and the lives of the people of Wuyang City have not been greatly affected. It's just that when the war is going on, the customs will definitely be closed, and if the situation is not good, the people will be angry with the Imperial Army. After all, for so many years, although Wuyangcheng has submitted to the Great Qi Empire on the surface, it has always regarded the empire as the enemy of the final war, and the current generation of young people in Wuyangcheng have little sense of identity with the empire. Although few people talk about this, Fu Yanshu clearly sees it and is deeply worried.

The emperor was tolerant, allowing the ruling government of Wuyangcheng to maintain considerable independence, and then attracting talents from Wuyangcheng to the north by allowing southerners to go north as officials. While this is a good way to resolve disputes, it also divides people. Most of those who identify with the empire have gone north to become officials, and those who remain are those who do not agree with the empire even more. In fact, Cheng Diwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has long been aware of this, and he once asked for a change, but it is difficult to return, and it is not something that can be changed in a year or two, so he can only hope for time. In fact, this article has also begun to be done, for example, the textbooks of Wuyangcheng Wenwu and Wuwu schools, which have been allowed to be compiled by themselves in the past, have only allowed some adjustments on the basis of the imperial textbooks over the years, and the adjustment part must also be inspected by the Imperial Ministry of Rites, so many places in the textbooks have been changed, but the previous generation has grown up, and this generation has been greatly influenced by the previous generation. If you can't get it right, the people of Wuyang City may even stand on the side of the latter between the empire and the Sunflower King Army in order to continue their usual thoughts. Liu Jichun is a wise general, and he obviously sees this.

The pre-war meeting, though not very formal, was much talked about and did not end until dusk. Ye Mo King Zuoliu Fu Yanshu had dinner in the camp, and even when he was eating, he still considered the itinerary of the southern expedition. Departing on September 5, it will take about ten days to arrive at Wuyang City. Xuan Ming Lei reported that the main force of the Sunflower King Army had left on August 23, so it was unlikely that they would rush back on the 15th or 6th, so the key to success in this battle was whether they could successfully crack the new tactics of the Sunflower King Army.

On September 5, when the autumn wind gradually rose, in the emperor's special envoy, Zhou Qide, the secretary of the military department, the southern expeditionary army was divided into two parts, water and land, and marched south. After many years, the Central Plains has risen again, and a major war will break out again.

Fu Yanshu was well versed in water warfare, commanded well, and lined up large and small warships and headed south. 20,000 naval troops, plus 10,000 army troops on warships, the rest are not as many as the land soldiers under the command of Yemo Wang Zuo, but because there are warships, it is even larger.

The warships of the Imperial Army are divided into four classes: Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon. The Yue-class is actually a small sampan, with a shallow draft, and is used when landing on the beach, the Snow Class and the Flower Class are the main warships, and the Wind Class used to be a super giant ship, with a hull of more than 30 zhang, but with the rise of ironclad ships, the overly large warships are no longer applicable, and the Empire also retains a total of two Feng-class battleships, one is the Xuanwu with only the actual scale of the Hua-class. The Xuanwu is eighteen zhang long, but because it is an ironclad ship, it is also classified as a wind class. Similarly, the Hua-class battleships are two ten-zhang long, but in fact, there are only snow-class ironclad ships Weiyuan and Fuyuan.

The ironclad ship is expensive, it is a powerful empire, and now there is only this one wind class and two flower-class ironclad ships. Among the "four far" ships of Wei, Zhen, An, and Fu led by the Hua-class battleships, the other two Zhenyuan and Anyuan ships have the same hull as Xuanwu, but because they do not have iron armor, their combat power is far inferior to that of Weiyuan and Fuyuan. And this time, the Empire used all three ironclad ships. These three ironclad ships, especially the Xuanwu, which carried more than 800 people, were even more powerful. All warships are equipped with two sets of power, the Ruyi machine and the sail, the sail is used in the tailwind, and the Ruyi machine is used in the windless, which also doubles the speed of the warships compared with the past. Originally, it took more than a month to get from Dongping City to Wuyang City, but now it has also been almost halved.

However, Fu Yanshu still felt uneasy.

His master was known as the world's No. 1 water war general, and he was indeed victorious in the first half of his life. However, in the last stage of his life, this famous general, who was almost worshipped as the god of naval forces, suffered defeats in a row, especially when the ironclad appeared, and when his master found that his tactics had been subverted almost overnight, the sense of loss made him vomit blood on the spot.

When the master died, Fu Yanshu was by his side. It is precisely in view of this that Fu Yanshu has always been soberly aware of the truth that if you sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, so in the years he has been in charge of the imperial navy, although there has been no war, he has been striving for perfection in terms of war equipment and tactics, and he will never dare to relax in the slightest. However, reality is always faster than expected, over the years, he has thought of almost everything, but he has not expected this tactic of the Sunflower King Army.

Will it lose? Fu Yanshu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and shook his head gently. Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, he is not afraid of losing, he is afraid of the 20,000 naval soldiers and 10,000 army troops behind him. His reputation is small, but the life and death of 30,000 colleagues is a big deal. What's more, you have to face enemies you have never seen before, and tactics you have never heard of.