On Luoyang City, heavy war clouds shrouded the people, and the people who were pressed couldn't breathe.

Zhao Zhifu is a 'thousand general', belonging to the middle-level officers in Zhang Xianzhong's 'Liang Army' army, a year ago, Zhao Zhifu was just a cropper in the field.

God had no benevolence, forced Zhao Zhifu to leave the land and become a thief, and in a year, Zhao Zhifu followed Zhang Xianzhong in a daze and fought more than a dozen battles until Luoyang was broken, and Zhang Xianzhong became the emperor.

Thinking about it now, Zhao Zhifu feels like a dream.

Do you still have the life to be an official?

Zhao Zhifu thought that he was also a thousand generals, and he was in charge of more than a thousand soldiers, so with this identity, it was always okay to marry a daughter-in-law.

Looking forward to a better life in the future, he heard the letter from the imperial court that the prince came to crusade, and Zhao Zhifu's frightened soul was half scattered.

The joy of being promoted to a knighthood has now disappeared without a trace, and all that remains is the fear and anxiety of the whole day.

And this panic became more violent as the imperial army drove to Luoyang City.

Standing at the head of Luoyang City, Zhao Zhifu could see the imperial court barracks five miles away at a glance, and the banner that hunted and waved in the wind, in Zhao Zhifu's eyes, was the same as the soul banner of the Yama Hall in the mouth of Mr. Storyteller, with the great horror of seducing the soul and killing him.

"Mr. Qian, Mr. Qian."

The guards at the head of the city called twice to wake Zhao Zhifu up, and he sighed: "What's the matter?" ”

"No... It's okay. The guard shuddered: "I see that you have been standing still for almost a quarter of an hour. ”

Zhao Zhifu was stunned, had he stood for so long?

"Mr. Qian, this city is cold, you can go down and rest for a while." The guards had the intention of currying favor with Zhao Zhifu, so they gave their ideas diligently.

Zhao Zhifu glanced at the imperial military camp outside the city again, thinking that on this rainy day, the Ming army should not attack.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhifu felt much more steady, turned around and walked down the city.

Outside the city, the Ming army barracks.

Hong Chengchou was dressed in military uniform and stood high on horseback, and behind him was Cao Bianjiao and dozens of Ming generals.

The most eye-catching thing is the dozens of artillery pieces lined up in a row behind it!

The black muzzle of the cannon is daunting.

"I heard that Dean Sun of the Artillery Academy sent dozens of fireworks to His Majesty, and sent us the artillery that was just built."

Cao Bianjiao rode his horse to Hong Chengchou's side, with a smile on his young face: "This is to test our guns." ”

Hong Chengchou had seen a cannon, but he had never seen this kind of cannon, so he was still a little curious.

"Test guns? Do you still need to try the cannon? ”

"Of course you have to try." Cao Bianjiao was born in the Guan Ning department, and his understanding of artillery was obviously more than Hong Chengchou, and he took the initiative to take on the responsibility of explaining: "The range and intensive reading of the cannon should be tested, and the bearing capacity of the gun barrel should also be tested. ”

Hong Chengchou picked up the horsewhip in his hand and pointed to a row of men standing behind the artillery, who were not soldiers, and people were not people, and asked curiously.

"This is the gunner?"

"It should be called artillery, and people are also soldiers."

"How can there be outsiders in this?"

Hong Chengchou frowned: "Barbarians can also be soldiers in us?" ”

Cao Bianjiao smiled: "Inspector, I don't know, these are called Western soldiers, they were there ten years ago, I heard my uncle say that when the imperial court bought the first batch of Hongyi cannons from Hongmaoyi, Xu Gelao, who was the deputy assistant of the cabinet at the time, sent a hundred Hongyi soldiers to Ningyuan, but then I don't know why they were withdrawn and dismissed.

This group of foreigners looks ugly and weird, but they are good at artillery, most of them have been soldiers or pirates at sea for more than ten years, otherwise they would not have come to us from so far away alive. ”

Hong Chengchou nodded: "Since it was sent by the imperial court, then everything should be arranged by the imperial court, by the way, what about the person in charge, please come over." ”

"Huh."

Cao Changjiao turned his horse around, and soon brought a young man who was not very old, but wore the armor of a general that only the commander (general soldier) was qualified to wear.

Hong Chengchou's eyes were straight.

You must know that before Cao Bianjiao was promoted by Zhu Youzhen to become the assistant director of Jingying Rongzheng, he was also a thousand households in the Guanning department, and his uncle Cao Wenzhao was just a deputy general soldier and a guerrilla general.

None of the two uncles and nephews have a higher official position than the young man who appeared in front of him now.

"The last general, Ding Mingluan, has seen the overseer."

The young Ding Mingluan turned over and dismounted, and hugged his fist at Hong Chengchou.

"Mingluan, good name." Hong Chengchou said politely, then lowered his body slightly, and said to Ding Mingluan: "The dispatch order of the military department said that you are the commander of what artillery?" When did I have such a position in the Ming Army? ”

Ding Mingluan straightened up and explained with a smile: "The superintendent doesn't know, now the military department has been recruited and trained in accordance with the emperor's order, and the artillery of the last general has been organized and trained into the new army system, and this position of commander is appointed in accordance with the new army system. ”

The new army?

Hong Chengchou felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, what is the new army, so what is he now?

"Let's tell me about this so-called new army."

"Yes."

Ding Mingluan organized the language: "The new army is now set up in the Beijing camp, and many soldiers who originally belonged to the Beijing camp have been screened and incorporated into the new army, so it is not new to say that the new is not new.

The name of the new army was given by His Majesty, and it was called the National Protector Army, which means to protect the country.

The military system of the Protector Army has been changed compared with before, originally the Governor's Office (Military Department) of the Five Armies was under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Battalion (border army, local general military town), and now the Protector Army directly governs various arms, such as the artillery to which the last general belongs, the army of General Cao Wenzhao, and the navy of Denglai.

His Majesty personally served as the generalissimo of the three armed forces, and each branch of the armed forces had a marshal, but His Majesty has not yet appointed it.

The military headquarters are set up in each branch of the army, and the town level is the commander, and the last general is the commander of the artillery of the National Defense Army.

The battalion below is the brigade, which is called the team rate, and the brigade below is the squad, and it can be called the squad leader. Each squad consists of ten people.

However, the formation of our artillery is not so complicated, only to the battalion level, and there are no brigades and squads. ”

Hong Chengchou listened quietly, but he didn't understand in the end.

What kind of town, what kind of association, it's just a mess.

Is it necessary to restructure it like this?

Although he couldn't understand it, Hong Chengchou, as a general, especially a senior general, still captured the most critical point in Ding Mingluan's words.

In this system, called the Protector Army, the emperor personally served as the generalissimo of the three armies, but the artillery, army and navy under his jurisdiction did not have a marshal.

Artillery has now understood, that is, the branch of the army responsible for artillery, so the army?

Is it that as long as the army is fighting on land, it is under the control of the army department?

So who will be this field marshal?

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but look at Luoyang.

He has made meritorious contributions to pacifying the sins in northern Shaanxi, and therefore became the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, so can he be the marshal of the army if he goes further?

Now there are several major governors of the Ming Dynasty, and Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, has more than enough to defend and is not enterprising.

Although Yuan Keli, the governor of Shandong, is an official residence, he is also an old man.

Qin Liangyu, the governor of the southwest, is a female streamer, or from Tusi, and is not of Han descent, how can He De be a field marshal?

Thinking about it this way, Hong Chengchou's heart was hot.

The most qualified person is precisely himself.

As long as you destroy Zhang Xianzhong!

Just one step away.