Looking at Cao Dazhong, who was smiling in front of him, Yang Feng's smile slowly faded, and he asked meaningfully: "What, the emperor asked you to come to Jiangning Army to be a supervisor?" Did your Majesty mean it or was it your idea? ”

Seeing that Yang Feng showed signs of turning his face, Cao Dazhong's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Conscience of heaven and earth, Lord Hou, this is not an idea from our family, but a rule that has been passed down since the years of Chengzu, the reason why His Majesty did not send a supervisor in the Jiangning Army in the past is because the Jiangning Army at that time was very different from the Jiangning Army at this time, Master Hou, you must also understand the difficulties of our family!" ”

"Hey!"

Yang Feng snorted and stopped talking, but he thought about it, the habit of sending supervisors to the army in the Ming Dynasty was already in the period of Chengzu Zhu Di, and it was really not Zhu Youxiao who deliberately targeted him, with the current prestige of the Jiangning Army, Zhu Youxiao was very patient to endure it until now before sending the supervision army.

Looking at Yang Feng, who was a little uncertain, Cao Dazhong also sighed with emotion in his heart. Two years ago, Yang Feng was just a businessman who had just come to Daming from Nanyang to do business, and he didn't even have the qualifications to talk to him, and he became a thousand households in Jiangdong Gate by virtue of the gift he gave himself, after more than two years of hard work, this guy has now climbed to the level of enough to make himself look up, no wonder the old saying goes, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't bully the young and poor!

Time passed, Cao Dazhong's mood became more and more nervous, what he was most afraid of was that Yang Feng would suddenly lose his temper and drive himself out, so that he would not be able to complete the task, not to mention, I am afraid that the future future will also be gloomy.

However, what Cao Dazhong was most afraid of did not come, Yang Feng pondered for a long time before nodding and said: "Since the emperor sent you to be the supervisor of the army, then you can do it, but we have to say it in advance, you have the right to supervise and inspect in the Jiangning Army, you can watch, listen and ask, but you must not interfere in the military operations and other actions of the Jiangning Army, otherwise, if it affects the actions and operations of the army because of you, then Benhou can only ask you to go back and forth from where, can you do it?" ”

Hearing that Yang Feng finally agreed to let him stay, Cao Dazhong was overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded and said: "Don't worry, Master Hou, our family only brought a pair of eyes and a pair of ears this time, you should be one more person who eats idle food, and our family will not interfere in other matters." ”

"That's good!"

Yang Feng nodded, and the matter was settled.

In the past, the Jiangning Army used troops against the Manchus to operate by land, but since Yang Feng's Fujian Naval Division began to take shape, Yang Feng had another idea.

Today's Fujian Navy Division has the first and second fleets, with a total of more than 100 large and small ships, although the real warships that can be called Qingyuan, Ningyuan, Liaoyuan, as well as three sixth-class warships that have just been launched and two captured Dutch warships, a total of eight warships.

However, the Second Fleet has hundreds of large and small ships, including the Daifuku ship, these ships may not be able to be used for combat, but there is no problem at all in transporting people and goods, after Yang Feng and Lu Guangbiao and others calculated, if all these ships are dispatched, 20,000 troops can be transported at one time.

Moreover, compared with the land route, the advantage of sea transportation is more obvious, if according to past experience, if 20,000 Jiangning troops rushed from Nanjing to Liaodong, it would not be possible to do it in a month or even a month and a half, but if it was transported by sea, this time could even be shortened to a week or even less, and this was the advantage of sea transportation.

In this northern expedition, Yang Feng did not use his troops in Fujian, but directly mobilized the army in Nanjing. On the fifth day of the eighth month, when Yang Feng appeared on the Qiantang River with more than 100 large and small ships, Geng Bingyi had already led the 20,000 Jiangning troops who could not be found by Manchu spies for a long time.

After meeting, the two sides didn't have time to catch up, so Yang Feng waved his hand to let the soldiers start to board the boat, and a few hours later, more than 100 ships left the Qiantang River and headed north......

On the deck of the Qingyuan, Yang Feng Liu Xi and more than a dozen Jiangning Army officers looked at the seascape in the distance, looking at the beautiful sunset that had already slanted westward, Yang Feng couldn't help but say with emotion: "The seascape of this sea is really beautiful, just like the girls in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, no wonder so many people like the sea." ”

After listening to this, Liu Xiang smiled: "Hou Ye only knows one thing but doesn't know the other, this sea is indeed like a charming woman when the wind is calm, but once it is angry, it will be like the destruction of the world, and I don't know how many ships have been buried at the bottom of the sea since ancient times, so Hou Ye should not be deceived by the scene in front of him." ”

When the officers of the Jiangning Army behind him heard Liu Xiang refute Yang Feng's words like this, many people's brows furrowed a little. Yang Feng was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then laughed: "Deputy Admiral Liu is right, so the sea is like a moody child, whether it is happy, angry or calm, it has its own unique charm, not to mention that it can also bring unexpected wealth and hope to everyone, which may be the reason why so many people still go to sea one after another despite knowing the danger of the sea." ”

Liu Xiang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this: "What the Hou Ye said is that although the sea is full of dangers, it can also bring great benefits to everyone, so although the Ming Dynasty has banned the sea for more than 200 years, the maritime trade during this period has never stopped. Although the last general went to sea with the elders of his family, although he has experienced many dangers in the past ten years, and has lost many brothers during the period, he has never complained about it, which may be the charm of the sea. ”

Yang Feng couldn't help but glance at Liu Xiang approvingly, and only by going to sea all year round can he cultivate Liu Xiang's bold atmosphere and even the temperament of seeing death as home, in another time and space, she was forced to fight with Zheng Zhilong's army at sea after being constantly squeezed into the living space by Zheng Zhilong, and finally although she was defeated, under her desperate counterattack, Zheng Zhilong's younger brother Zheng Zhihu was still caught in a fishing net and thrown into the sea to drown alive, and then calmly committed suicide. This kind of person who is ruthless to himself and to his enemies is not something that can be cultivated by the ladies who are raised in the deep boudoir.

Perhaps Yang Feng stayed on Liu Xiang for too long, and Liu Xiang, who was slightly reddened by the pretty face, brushed the hair on his forehead with his hand and asked deliberately: "Master Hou, this time you are going north to Liaodong, do you want to include Guanwai in the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop?" ”

"In one fell swoop, will the customs be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty?" Yang Feng couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, "If you want to conquer Guanwai, it is not easy, it has to take tens of thousands of troops to spend more than ten years of hard work, and Guanwai is a bitter cold place, and the army is not easy to station, if you want to completely incorporate Guanwai into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you need the long-term unremitting efforts of the imperial court, and vigorously immigrate, otherwise it will not work by military means alone." ”

Liu Xiang asked puzzledly: "Then why did Master Hou lead the army on an expedition this time?" ”

Yang Feng smiled faintly: "The Manchu people originated from the white mountains and black waters, and they are fierce and brutal by nature, whether it is Nurhachi or Huang Taiji's ambitious generation, they are always thinking about how to invade the pass to replace the Ming Dynasty, once the Manchus are allowed to enter the pass, it will mean a huge disaster." ”

"Entering the main gate?"

Hearing this, the sailors and the officers of the Jiangning Army, including Liu Xiang, couldn't help laughing, in their opinion, this was simply a big joke, just with the tens of thousands of troops of the Manchurians, they also wanted to subvert the Ming Dynasty, how could this be possible?

Seeing everyone smiling so happily, Yang Feng sighed lightly in his heart. If he wasn't a person from another time and space, he wouldn't believe that a minority with a population of only hundreds of thousands outside the Guanxi could replace the Ming Dynasty, but in fact this happened to him, in the two hundred and seventy-six years since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, the backbone of the Han people was broken again, and countless Han people were forced to keep ugly money rat whips under the threat of keeping their heads without hair and hair, so that they were called pig tails by Westerners in later generations, which became a joke.

"But since I've come to this time and space, the Manchu Qing entry must not be allowed to happen again, Huang Taiji...... I'm coming! Yang Feng secretly clenched his fists.

After five days of turbulence at sea, the fleet finally arrived at Lianyun Island, which is less than 10 miles away from Gaizhou, on 13 August.

At this time, Lianyun Island was not a famous tourist attraction in later generations, now it is just a small island that is inaccessible, after the fleet anchored in Lianyun Island, Yang Feng ordered the troops to go to the island to rest for two days, so that the troops can recover their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Some people may think that Yang Feng's order is a bit redundant, since the troops have arrived at their destination, they should be put into battle as soon as possible, why do they have to grind and recuperate, if they let the Tartars know the arrival of the fleet, wouldn't it lose its suddenness and concealment?

In fact, Yang Feng did this as a last resort, you must know that the Jiangning Army is a pure army, and tens of thousands of people have been bumping on the sea for five or six days along the way, and most of them are seasick, not to mention fighting ashore in their current state, many people can't even walk steadily, how can they put into the combat state, so seizing the time to rest has become a top priority at present.

However, although the troops have to rest, it does not mean that the army will do nothing, at least one unit will land ashore immediately, that is, the Jiangning Army's night brigade.

After more than a year of development, under the leadership of Zhao Boss, the number of the night brigade has expanded to more than 1,500 people, and the training and equipment have also been enhanced, and through the relationship between Yang Feng's cheap old man, Jiang Ningjun has obtained more than 30,000 high-quality war horses in the past year or so, which also makes one person and three horses become the standard configuration of the night not collected.

The other troops had to rest for two days, but they couldn't do it if they didn't collect it at night, and after a short rest for two hours, Boss Zhao took a thousand people to the black land outside the pass.

Gaizhou, formerly known as Gaizhouwei, was established in the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1371), stationed with more than 5,000 Ming troops, but unfortunately it was occupied by the Manchus a few years ago, and became a stronghold deployed by the Manchus in the south, and stationed a Niulu people all the year round, the purpose of which is to prevent the attack of the Jiangdong army on the Phi Island.

Niu Lu, who was stationed in Gaizhou, belonged to the Blue Banner, and Niu Lu's name was Bomu Bogol, who was not tall but unusually strong, and his temper was not very good, and he belonged to the artillery type like a typical Manchurian.

Today, Bomu Bogol led more than 100 vest soldiers and infantry soldiers out to patrol as usual, but today's Bomu Bogol was a little absent-minded, because he just robbed a North Korean woman a few days ago, this fair-skinned North Korean woman is very interested in Bomu Bogol, these days Bomu Bogol is almost a pawn, and he doesn't even have the heart to patrol, he just wants to go back to drink with the North Korean woman after the patrol is over.

Bomu Bogol, who was riding on a horse, looked up at the sun overhead, feeling the scorching heat, and his heart became more and more unhappy. Wiping the sweat on his forehead and shaking it vigorously, Bomu Bogol scolded angrily: "This ghost place is really fucking evil, when it's cold, it can freeze those words, but when it's hot, it can roast people, next year Lao Tzu will follow the instructions to transfer out of here, and never come back in the future." ”

Seeing this, a vest soldier next to him smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, next year it will be the turn of Zhenghongqi to garrison here, even if my lord wants to stay here, I'm afraid he can't do it." ”

Bomu Bogol laughed, took off the hat on his head and wiped the beads of sweat with his sleeves before saying: "But don't say it, the North Korean girls here are really good, there are no less than ten North Korean girls who have been on Lao Tzu in the past six months, and the North Korean girls are both tender and obedient, which is much more fun than those rough girls who are full of people." ”

Someone around joked: "Don't you want to wait until a few months to go back and bring back a women's army, be careful that your sister-in-law will overturn the vinegar jar at home when she knows!" ”

"Hahaha......"

The cavalry next to them all laughed, the mother-in-law in Bomu Bogol's family is a famous woman in the banner, not only strong, but also strong, it is said that when she was not married, she never needed the help of others to kill pigs, she could cover the circle alone, which shows the strength of this woman. And after marrying Bomu Bogol, he did not change his fierce nature, and Bomu Bogol was managed by her obediently.

Hearing the laughter around him, Bomu Bogol couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable on his face, and snorted lightly before saying: "Usually I just let that woman go, but if she dares to jump again after going home this time, I will repair her fiercely and let her know how good I am." ”

Hearing him say this, the people around him laughed even harder.

"Pimple ......"

Just as everyone was laughing, a faint sound of horses' hooves came to everyone's ears, and Bomu Bogol listened to it for a while and said, "No, where did the cavalry come from around here?" ”

As soon as his words fell, a burst of dust and smoke was lifted in the distance, and then a group of red cavalry poured into everyone's sight.

Seeing the cavalry coming towards them on the opposite side, Bomu Bogol's face immediately changed, and then a terrible voice rang out.

"Not good...... It's the cavalry of the Ming people! ”