A letter asking Mao Wenlong to lead his army to Jinzhou to join the imperial army and fight against Jiannu was soon sent to Phi Island by a warship.

After Mao Wenlong read the holy decree, he raised the holy decree to the generals under him and shouted: "Everyone, we have eaten Your Majesty's grain for four or five years in vain, but we have not fought a single battle for Your Majesty."

"In the past four or five years, we have never had the experience of freezing and starving, and this is all because of Your Majesty's love."

"We people were originally the army of the imperial court, and Your Majesty is even more gracious to us, and now Your Majesty is finally able to use us."

"Your Majesty has given an order, let us lead the army ashore and fully cooperate with Your Majesty's army to attack Jiannu."

"In this war, Your Majesty wants to completely destroy Jiannu, you should quickly gather your troops, bring all the weapons and equipment, and board the ship in three days."

"We must rush to Jinzhou to greet Your Majesty before Your Majesty arrives in Jinzhou."

The generals threw up their hands and shouted, "Obey!"

Every general's face was excited, and there was no fear on his face, and in fact they were not afraid.

They have been trapped on this island for many years, and the soldiers have already been trained in combat power, and the artillerymen have even scratched the bald of this cannon.

After many years of waiting, it was finally their turn to fight.

What's more, they have already heard that this time His Majesty dispatched only 300,000 troops, and the soldiers are all equipped with rifles and artillery like theirs.

It is not an easy task for an army of nearly 300,000 people to go on an expedition.

Half a year ago, that is, when Dolgon first sent Fan Wencheng to the Ming Dynasty to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty had already begun to prepare for this war.

In other words, in some ways, Zhu Youxiao did not expect this negotiation to succeed at all.

Because Zhu Youxiao knew very well that what he wanted was definitely something that Jiannu didn't want to give.

In this case, it can only be decided on the battlefield.

The winner takes all, the loser goes, there is nothing to say.

Now Sun Chuanting's army and Xu Xianchun's army have expanded to more than twice their original size.

Originally, they each had an army of 30,000 men, but now they have expanded to nearly 80,000.

At the same time, in order to prevent any chaos in the Central Plains and the west, Zhu Youxiao directly ordered Wei Zhongxian to go south and temporarily commanded Sun Chuanting's army.

He ordered Tian Ergeng to lead the main force of the Jinyi Guard to the west to prevent chaos in the west.

Zhu Youxiao only left the 50,000 people of the Absolute Voice Guard in the capital and Xinfeng, and was responsible for defending the capital and Xinfeng County.

After such an arrangement, Zhu Youxiao felt a little relieved, he must ensure that there is no chaos in these places.

Zhu Youxiao's next move also made all the civil ministers and military generals in the court know what a big dog is.

Zhu Youxiao really had a lot of money, and he directly took out 20 million taels of silver to use as food and grass materials for this war, as well as some other military supplies.

Zhu Youxiao instructed Xu Guangqi to be the governor of grain and grass transfer this time.

Subsequently, all the troops began to gather in Shuntianfu, after all, whether the army from the west came over, or the army from the south was going north, Suncheonfu was a place that could never be bypassed.

A large number of troops began to march towards Liaodong.

At this time, these armies. It no longer looks like a Ming army, but more like an army of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The main feature is that most of the soldiers are covered with iron armor, and such military equipment rarely appeared after the Song Dynasty. jújíá?y.?? m

But again, Zhu Youxiao had too many ways to make silver, and the silver continued to flow into his pocket, coupled with his new steelmaking technology, and the arsenal that cost twenty or thirty million taels of silver to build, it was enough to bring him a large amount of armor, artillery, and rifles.

In fact, with the armament of these new rifles and artillery, the role of armor has become less and less.

One day, such a thing as armor will disappear into the long river of history and no longer be the standard for ordinary soldiers.

But that time has not yet come, and for the current Ming army, if it is not equipped with armor, it is still too early.

The Ming army also needs cavalry to fight, and Jiannu is indeed powerful, and plum needle arrows can penetrate the human body within thirty steps.

But if they put on armor, it will be very difficult for Jiannu's plum needle arrows to shoot them through.

Colonel Zhu You must give the soldiers a psychological comfort, for the soldiers of this era, with a set of armor on their bodies, their hearts are naturally much more stable.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao's equipment was initially transformed into mules and horses, that is to say, his equipment did not need to be carried on by the soldiers themselves, and was also transported by mules and horses.

In fact, many people have a misconception that when ancient armies marched, armor was worn on the body.

In fact, even in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and even earlier, when armies marched, armor was carried by animals such as horses and donkeys.

That's what is normal.

The upper body of an iron armor is at least forty or fifty pounds, if an ordinary person really wears armor to march, how many miles a day can he run?

This is also the reason why the ancient army was afraid of a surprise attack, if the army encountered a surprise attack, they could not even put on their armor, and they were about to fight the enemy, which was what they feared the most.

The army of the large army went all the way north, and encountered a few light rains on the way, but there was nothing for the people, mainly the wheels of the artillery were stuck in the mud pit, and a few oxen were still panting with a cannon in tow, and the soldiers had to help push it.

After half a month of marching, they finally arrived in Jinzhou.

When he was in Jinzhou, Zhu Youxiao also sighed.

Just Shuntianfu came here, and it was unacceptable to say that it took half a month and the speed of the march was so slow.

This was mainly because they carried a large number of artillery, and the infantry was still the main force of the Ming army, although the armor was carried by pack horses or donkeys, but people had to walk on two legs.

Zhu Youxiao even regretted it a little in his heart, he should insist that the artillery be directly on the ship in Beizhili, and then directly transported to Liaodong.

By the time he arrived in Jinzhou, Lu Xiangsheng and Mao Wenlong had already prepared the military camp for him.

The two governors came to Zhu Youxiao with the generals under their command, and bowed down: "The ministers see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" ”

Zhu Youxiao got down from the warhorse, helped the two people up, and said, "The two Aiqing don't need to be polite!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng and Mao Wenlong were also able to see Zhu Youxiao when they reported on their work last time, and it was nearly a year ago.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

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Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.

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