Wei Bao is not only not bitter, but also very comfortable, and he has been knighted at the age of fifteen.

No matter what the relationship between Wei Bao and Wei Zhongxian is, in short, the relationship between Wei Bao and the Donglin Party is also very good, and in the matter of Wei Bao's knighthood, if the Donglin Party is opposed, Wei Bao will not be so smooth.

Coupled with the emperor's favor, this is simply a life soaked in a honeypot.

When everyone saw that Sun Chengzong was also going to participate in the banquet, they were all relieved.

At this moment, it was the juncture of Jiannu and the Mongols entering the army, and if the Governor did not go, they would have drunk and drummed a little.

Now that the Inspectors have participated, why don't you let go of the drink?

"Lord Wei, you didn't mean enough just now, push me up, you didn't say a word, I was nervous, I didn't say the wrong thing just now, right?" Gao Di was on the way to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce and found an opportunity to drag Wei Baodao.

Wei Bao smiled: "That's very good, Lord Gao, what do you want me to say?" I'm just a prisoner. ”

"Lord Wei, you must not say that, how to retreat from the enemy, I rely on you, you can destroy Jiannu with 2,000 people, now the number of troops in Shanhaiguan is 60,000, 60,000 against 60,000, isn't it a piece of cake to defeat Jiannu?" Gao Di hurriedly said: "After making war achievements, I must be truthful in the book, Lord Wei's credit must be the biggest, I will never dare to be greedy for your Lord Wei's credit." ”

"Lord Gao, you misunderstood, I didn't mean the credit, who is with whom is our brother? Everyone's credit is not the same. Wei Bao smiled and walked with Gao Di's hand, looking very affectionate.

Neither of them rode in the carriage, everyone saw that the Lord of the Prison Army and Lord Jinglu were so harmonious, and they all felt funny as if they were eager to wear a pair of pants, Jingluo and the Prison Army had a good relationship, but most of them had a bad relationship, even if you had a good relationship, it was not good to be like this, right?

"Then why is Lord Wei unwilling to contribute?" Gaudius said.

"It's not that I don't contribute, it's that I'm just a prisoner, whatever position I do, I will do whatever position I do, I broke the slave, it's not for my gambling contract with my teacher, it's not that I want to be in the limelight." Wei Bao said with a smile: "I am a prisoner, originally the work of eunuchs, and you asked me to lead troops to fight, isn't that overstepping my authority?" The greater your ability, the faster you will die, you are all old officialdom, don't you understand? ”

"Hey, I thought Lord Wei was worried about something, it doesn't exist, I said a long time ago, it's okay for me to give up this strategic position to the lord! The intrigues that the lord is worried about are all caused by jealousy among officials, comparing merits, and seeking to be superior. Or Xiong Tingbi and the governor Wang Huazhen were at odds, which eventually led to the defeat of the army and the loss of Guangning. We don't exist. Whether it is my promotion or Lord Wei's promotion, it is a matter of hello, my good, everyone's good, and there is no conflict at all. And we don't have political disagreements, I completely agree with Lord Wei's strategy, no tuntian outside the customs, no people, all as an area to fight against Jiannu, what's the problem? Gaudi was anxious to confess.

Wei Bao smiled: "No problem, please rest assured, Lord Gao, I will contribute!" The chief soldier of Shanhaiguan is my father-in-law, how can I not contribute? You won't be defeated. ’

Gaudi was overjoyed, "That's good." That's good, then it's up to Lord Wei. ”

"Lord Gao said this, I can help, but I have to help secretly, not too publicly, to prevent people from being jealous, do you understand? What is the credit, let's repay the people below, don't keep thinking about how much credit we get. As for ourselves, try to keep a low profile! Wei Bao laughed.

Gao's first expression suddenly realized: "Gao Ming, no wonder Lord Wei is so young, he soared and ascended, and he bowed down!" ”

Wei Bao smiled.

At this stage, in fact, Wei Bao's mentality is already very good.

Although there is no way to exterminate Jiannu, no matter what trick Jiannu makes, Wei Bao actually doesn't care.

Wei Bao didn't regard Jiannu as an object that must be exterminated, so it would be like this.

In addition, Wei Bao felt that Jiannu continued to suffer losses under the Heat, and he would definitely learn to be smarter in the future.

People are not animals, where can they always suffer losses and not have a long memory?

It is not impossible for cavalry to break the heat of the weapon unit, not to mention a large number of cavalry, which has the advantage of mobility.

Wei Bao has no way to take Jiannu, Jiannu is a rising and cohesive tribe, and after defeat, he will definitely find a way not to suffer too much in front of the firearms army.

Wei Bao has no way to fully display the power of the treasure army, otherwise it will attract the attention of Da Ming.

The most important thing is that Wei Bao wants to show it now, but there is nothing to show.

The regular army of the treasure army had only 30,000 troops and less than 5,000 rifles.

The President's Rifle 1625 is immature and is still being upgraded.

Wei Bao estimates that such upgrades will be there until mature steel technology is in place.

The accuracy of handmade rifles varies, and ammunition is scarce.

Inefficient steel production, coupled with the lack of firearms, the supply of grenades, mines, basic artillery shells production is a problem, not to mention the large-scale supply of the regular army.

Therefore, Wei Bao is unable to carry out a comprehensive eradication of Jiannu, so Wei Bao will negotiate peace with Jiannu.

Except for the 30,000 regular troops, the rest were garrison troops.

The establishment of the treasure army is squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions.

There are units at the army level, but they have never been formed, and the treasure army is 80,000 people per army.

The regular army and the garrison may form the strength of an army, but that is not possible, the garrison is scattered all over the place, unless Weijiazhuang or Liaonan is devastated.

Whether the treasure army is a garrison force or a regular army, the military system is the same.

A squad of the treasure army is usually 13 people, a platoon of 40 people, a company of 150 people, a battalion of 500 people, a regiment of 2000 people, a brigade of 7000 people, a division of 25000 people.

Not to mention the army, even the division is not the basic unit of the treasure army.

The basic theater unit of the treasure army is the brigade.

The Shanhaiguan army currently under Wei Bao's control is claimed to be 60,000 soldiers, but Wei Bao only gave five brigades to the establishment, so the Shanhaiguan Military Region is only 35,000 people.

Wei Bao is not afraid that the Ming court will send someone to check his number, he doesn't even have to be like those corrupt officials in the Ming army, someone comes and quickly pulls the people to fill the number, you can transfer the garrison of Weijiazhuang and the garrison of southern Liaoning to fill the number, and 60,000 people can be gathered in two days.

In the Shandong Military Region, the number of troops given by the Ming court was 100,000 army and 10,000 water divisions.

The number of the Baojun naval division in Shandong is indeed 10,000, which is a little more than a little, but the actual army is also five brigades, and it is only 35,000 people.

This is equivalent to the fact that Shandong and Shanhaiguan combined, a total of 160,000 soldiers, Wei Bao only raised 70,000.

Even if the welfare of the sergeants of the Bao Army is higher than that of the Ming Army, Wei Bao can still be greedy for a lot of vacancies.

In addition, there is a garrison unit with one brigade in Weijiazhuang, two brigades in southern Liaoning, and two brigades in North Korea, totaling five brigades and 35,000 men.

Therefore, the total strength of the army of the treasure army is more than 100,000 garrison troops and 30,000 regular troops.

There are 20,000 sailors, 10,000 in Shandong, and 10,000 in southern Liaoning.

The total infantry and navy of the Bao Army are more than 150,000, plus less than 200,000 in logistics.

For a regional organization with a population of more than 6 million, this number of troops is not too much, nor is it too small, and it falls within a relatively reasonable range.

And Wei Bao expects that even if it expands in the future, it will not expand the number of troops in the short term.

From the early days of the establishment of the army, Wei Bao took the line of refinement and optimization, focusing on the development of thermal weapons, mainly emphasizing the superiority of weapons and equipment and the superiority of the quality of soldiers, rather than engaging in crowd tactics.

This is consistent with the capitalist nature of the Heaven and Earth Society.

This time, when the Jiannu and Mongol allied forces attacked, the maximum number of troops that could be dispatched in Shanhaiguan was five brigades, 35,000 men, and there were no rifles, no artillery, and even no mortars and grenadiers.

At most, a certain amount of grenades and mines were invested, and it was impossible for Wei Bao to invest too many resources in the Ming Court's defense system.

If you invest a penny of silver, you have to earn back at least a hundred times, and you have to earn back ten taels of silver.

Gao Di didn't know what Wei Bao thought, because Wei Bao promised to help him find a way, and he was secretly happy.

After a period of music, when everyone went to the Maritime Chamber of Commerce to have a banquet, it was already half of the afternoon.

Wei Bao insisted on asking Sun Chengzong to sit at the top, but Sun Chengzong refused, originally insisting that Wei Bao, the lord, sit at the top.

The two of them retreated for a long time, and under the persuasion of everyone, Sun Chengzong sat on the top.

"Teacher, can you say a few words?" Wei Bao laughed.

Sun Chengzong was worried in his heart, and he was not at ease, so he waved his hand again and again: "Don't say it, I'm here to congratulate Lord Wei and General Wu on their promotion. ”

Everyone laughed.

Wei Bao no longer forced Sun Chengzong to speak, and said to Wu Xiang: "Dad, say a few words." ”

Wu Xiang hurriedly stood up: "I have nothing to say, I, Wu Xiang, am a person with no ability, and I can have a small achievement, which is completely the credit of my good son-in-law, and I rely on the generals and adults, I Wu Xiang did it first as a respect, and the words are all in the wine!" ”

Everyone applauded, just waited for this time, got up together, and drank a glass of wine, many generals couldn't even hold back the fire, and when they came up, they let people change to a big bowl of wine.

After a round of drinking, at the suggestion of the two great eunuchs, Liu Chao and Li Yongzhen, everyone asked Lord Wei to say something.

Wei Bao said with a smile: "My mentor and father-in-law have said it, I have nothing to say, I just say one sentence, everyone can rest assured, since my father-in-law has received the position of the general army of Shanhaiguan, the entire Jiliao, where there is something, is the business of our Shanhaiguan garrison!" Jiannu and the Mongols must be allowed to stand in and climb out! ”

The crowd applauded, laughed, and drank happily.

The happiest thing is Lord Wei's statement, and this time, everyone is relieved.

Sun Chengzong's mood also improved inexplicably, and so did Gao Di.

Sun Chengzong knew that since Wei Bao said so, he would definitely be responsible.

Sun Chengzong was worried about the border defense of the Ming Dynasty.

Gao Di was mainly worried about the unfavorable situation of the war, and he was personally blamed by the imperial court, but now that he heard Wei Bao say this, he was happier than Sun Chengzong, and knew that there must be no problem.

The feelings have been discussed for a long time just now, and I am talking about a ghost, if there is Wei Bao's words, what else is there to discuss?

After a drinking feast, I ate from mid-afternoon until dusk, and there was still no appearance of ending at all.

Sun Chengzong said goodbye when the sky was about to be dark, and there were a few elderly officials and generals who were fighting hard because they were already drunk and were helped away.

The remaining dozens of people are becoming more and more courageous.

"Brother, it's not that I'm reluctant to drink, our four special wines are strong, more than 60 degrees! Don't drink from a bowl. Wei Bao said to Zhang Zhiji with a smile.

Zhang Zhiji smiled: "It's okay, I'm happy, Xiaobao, you were knighted at the age of fifteen, and being a brother is really happy for you!" ”

Wei Bao smiled, and when he saw that Zhang Zhiji couldn't say anything, he simply didn't say anything, and persuaded Zhang Zhiji to let go and drink!

Quickly get this guy down, and Wei Bao himself can leave.

Otherwise, anyone can not accompany the wine, and they can't not accompany their uncle.

"Brother Sanfeng, come here, help me accompany my brother more, although you are both my eldest brother, but now you are in Liaoxi, you are the master." Wei Bao called Wu Sanfeng to his side.

Wu Sanfeng also wanted to make friends with a noble prince like Zhang Zhiji, and he was eager to do it, so he hurriedly said to Zhang Zhiji: "It is my honor to have the honor to accompany the prince." ”

"Hey, you're welcome, we're all family." Zhang Zhiji smiled and beckoned Wu Sanfeng to sit down, seeing that Wu Sanfeng was respectful to himself, now that the Wu family controls the entire Liaoxi and Shanhaiguan, with tens of thousands of troops, Zhang Zhiji also wants to contact the Wu family more.

The two hit it off and drank together.

Wei Bao wanted to leave, but was stopped by two people.

"Xiaobao, where are you going? Today is your big day, you're gone, what's it? Zhang Zhiji saw that Wei Bao wanted to leave, and pulled Wei Bao with a smile.

Zhang Zhiji really has no one to play, he is familiar with Wei Bao alone, there are many people who respect Zhang Zhiji's wine, they all want to have a relationship with the Guogong Mansion, or people who are older than Zhang Zhiji, Zhang Zhiji can't play together.

"No, I'll give you a little relief." Wei Bao smiled.

"Don't be relieved, you also said a small solution just now, it will take half an hour to come back when you go, and it is estimated that it will be enough to sleep." Zhang Zhiji said with a smile.

Wei Bao really went to take a lunch break just now.

Wei Bao has a habit of taking a lunch break every day.

"Didn't you miss my sister when you didn't see me for a while?" Zhang Zhiji said with a smile. A mouthful full of wine.

Wei Bao smiled, "I was really told by my uncle." ”

"Don't fool me, how is it possible? Xiaobao, don't I know what you're thinking? You are very famous in Beijing, and they all say that you are a lover, marry a concubine, and your majesty will personally marry you, and your majesty will recognize your concubine as a royal sister, how beautiful is your concubine, and can you catch up with my sister? Zhang Zhiji said as if unintentionally.

Wu Sanfeng heard that Zhang Zhiji asked so directly, and couldn't help but glance at Wei Bao, wondering what Wei Bao said.