Bac Ninh Jingluo Mansion, Yang Chengying set up a banquet to bid farewell to Kong Youde.

Kong Youde had been guarding Anshan before, and had been fighting with the Houjin army for a long time.

Both sides suffered casualties on both sides, and the battle line remained at Anshan.

Because of this, after Yang Chengying feasted the generals of Anshan, he set up a separate banquet to entertain Kong Youde.

"Come, let's have a drink first."

Yang Chengying personally poured wine for Kong Youde.

Kong Youde hurriedly got up, holding the glass in both hands, and looked down at the wine glass being filled with wine.

"Sit." Yang Chengying finished pouring the wine and raised his hand to signal.

Kong Youde sat down at this time.

Yang Chengying smiled: "I haven't seen you for a few months, and you and I have become estranged." ”

"Jingliu is the master of his subordinates, how dare his subordinates be on an equal footing with Jinglue."

These years of experience have made Kong Youde, an illiterate miner, become calm.

Yang Chengying was a little unhappy with this change in his heart, but he didn't say anything more.

He had no choice but to change the subject: "I will reorganize the soldiers and horses in your area and reorganize the Third Army, and the burden on your shoulders is much heavier. ”

Kong Youde was only in command before, because the troops that Yang Chengying placed in Anshan were all veteran meritorious troops.

Such as the forward battalion, the guard battalion, the firearms battalion, and the artillery battalion.

These units are old, but with the development of the army, they have fallen behind.

Although Kong Youde came out very early, he led the army independently.

However, in the face of a group of people with similar qualifications to him, he is also a little immobile.

As time passed, veterans were discharged one after another, and new recruits were filled.

The time is finally ripe for them to be reorganized into an army.

Therefore, when Yang Cheng met with the officials of various prefectures and counties and the generals of various armies this time, by the way, he reorganized all the troops in Kong Youde's jurisdiction into the Third Army of the Army.

Kong Youde served as the commander, Peng Qigu served as the deputy commander, Li Weiluan served as the supervising army, and Lu Shanji became the chief of the general staff.

"After a slight lift, the final general will definitely bow to the best and die."

Kong Youde said: "And the reorganization of the strategy is very timely. Huang Taiji regarded us as the object of training, and the Eight Banners took turns to fight guerrilla warfare with our army. ”

"Oh? How's that going? Yang Chengying asked.

"That's it. Huang Taiji's heart is good, and he wants to take this opportunity to train his troops. ”

Kong Youde said in a somewhat mocking tone: "Actually, that's completely impossible. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"There is a rotation system in the army, and there are rules and regulations for retirement, replenishment, and promotion. The Eight Banners are an army headed by the Jurchen nobles and desperate.

The two sides were in contact for a short time, and their strength was comparable. But after a long-term confrontation, the other party began to play tricks. ”

Kong Youde went on to cite the matter of Zilharang and Dorgon.

These two are on the front line, and they have never worked hard.

Last year, they spent the New Year on the front line and were reprimanded by Huang Taiji.

"That being said, their combat power is still there, and we can't underestimate them."

Yang Chengying said: "What's more, I want to go to Chaoyang to do a major event related to the future direction, and the front line must be stable." ”

"Big deal? Could it be said? Kong Youde thought of the steam engine.

Yang Chengying gave him an affirmative nod: "You guessed right. The steam engine was successfully manufactured, and the next step was to put it into practice. I had to deal with this matter personally. ”

"At the salt and iron meeting, what you said about 'fighting a big battle' is a lie!"

"How can this be considered 'deception', this is called tactical deception, and I say this for a reason."

Yang Chengying said with a smile: "The imperial court is arsoning with the enemy in the Carriage Gorge, and the Central Plains will kill the peasant army, and it will last for a long time, and I don't want to get involved." ”

Kong Youde understood, and he told the court that he was going to fight a big battle with the Tartars, and he had no time to pay attention to the peasant army.

In fact, even if you want to pay attention to it, you can't help it.

The strange rules of the imperial court make it so that fighting on its own soil is no different from that of a foreign country.

If you run out of food, you don't rob the people, and you have no way to live.

robbed the common people, opened this opening, and military discipline fell instantly.

If you want to pull it back, it's hard to climb to the sky.

Soldiers' military discipline is as big as the sky, and without military discipline, fighting a war is a waste.

"In addition, I also want to make Huang Taiji nervous." Yang Chengying said.

"He estimates that it will be difficult to make you nervous in a short period of time. Zhenglanqi has killed so many people, and everyone is in danger. ”

Kong Youde suddenly thought of something, "Jinglu, did you guess that this would be the result when you killed the Derge?" ”

"Well...... Yang Chengying thought for a moment and replied, "Guess one or two." If Huang Taiji wants to become a real Great Khan, he has to start with the four major Baylors. ”

He could never say that this was a contradiction between the monarch and the banner lord, and it was irreconcilable.

Kong Youde nodded: "Yes." However, the consequences are also very obvious, whether it is a blue flag or two white flags, there are different degrees of self-preservation tendencies. ”

"They are afraid that they will not be able to win, and then they will be rectified by Huang Taiji."

"Huang Taiji should be aware of it, and no longer urge them to fight hard, but spend all his thoughts on internal politics."

"Okay, let him be busy, be busy." Yang Chengying said meaningfully.

Kong Youde immediately thought of the steam engine.

He asked, "Is that steam engine really useful?" ”

"Of course it works, and it's more useful than ever. It's just that there are several types of steam engines, which should be used in mining, weaving and other aspects. ”

Yang Chengying snapped his fingers and introduced Kong Youde: "What I want to do is to develop a machine suitable for these industries on the basis of this steam engine." ”

"After that, we will have a steady supply of ammunition."

"It's not just ammunition, there's something you didn't expect, you'll know in the future."

Hearing this, Kong Youde's eyes lit up.

"By the way, your daughter Kong Sizhen is five years old this year."

Yang Chengying said suddenly.

"I was five years and three months old." Kong Youde had an honest smile on his face.

"It's time to read."

Yang Chengying said: "I invited Shang Jinghui, a female bachelor, from Jiangnan to teach specifically for women. You send your daughter to the girls' school and let her teach you. ”

"There is a saying, a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, why do you want to learn that?"

Kong Youde was a little puzzled.

"Let me ask you, do you have a visit between the ladies?"

Yang Chengying decided to enlighten him.

"Skewers." Kong Youde didn't know what to do.

"Then let me ask you again, what did Madame say when she came to the door?"

Yang Chengying said again.

"Well...... this" Kong Youde never asked in detail.

"There are some words, some things, it is inconvenient for you to come forward, so let your wife Tian E replace you. She is literate and can help you do it. ”

"I understand." Kong Youde's eyes lit up, "When my subordinates go back, they will send their wives and children to Bac Ninh Mansion and let Sizhen also enroll in school." ”

"You're my old subordinate, so I told you these things."

Yang Chengying smiled: "You can't tell anyone else. ”

"Please rest assured." Kong Youde clenched his fists.