"Then I'll lead the army first." Seeing Li Dingguo's resolute expression, Deng Shan nodded and said, "The blades and armor will be sent down as soon as possible, and the soldiers will be familiar with it earlier." Then he motioned in the direction of the camp, "Two generals come with me." ”

Li Dingguo gave up his hand, then turned his head to his herald and said, "Herald, reorganize the army, enter the camp!" ”

"Yes!"

The herald ran out of the way, and led a few flag soldiers to raise the order flag and wave it, and the non-commissioned officers who had just disembarked from the newly built swift battalion immediately moved under the leadership of the officers at all levels. Although many of them were still in the discomfort of seasickness, they still gritted their teeth and quickly lined up, standing straight one by one, even if they were not equipped with knives and guns, they also showed a murderous spirit.

In less than a stick of incense, 3,000 people had formed a neat four-row column, following the soldiers of the Broken Battalion who led the way.

Deng Shan saw it in his eyes, but he was slightly surprised. A simple whole team can reflect the training and discipline level of an army, although this team of men and horses in front of them is not comparable to the broken camp, but it is far beyond the ordinary Ming army. It seems that it is no accident that they have built a war in Huguang Company, no wonder the Holy Lord will give the name of the Swift Battalion, which is directly under the banner of the Broken Battalion.

Just kidding, in history, it was Li Dingguo's team, who supported the entire Yongli Dynasty with only a corner of Yunnan, and spent 16 years with Jianyu, and once recovered more than half of the territory south of the Yangtze River, and can it be a waste of fame?

What's more, these thousands of soldiers were repeatedly selected from Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, and they can almost represent the highest level of the old-style army.

But the old army is still the old one, and the broken battalions trained in advanced military concepts and equipped with cross-generational weapons can easily outperform them. Therefore, according to Zhu Linmiao's plan, although the operational concept and training will not be improved for a while, the weapons and equipment of the swift battalion can be greatly improved first.

The Jiangning camp was on the edge of the Yangtze River, and Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu followed Deng Shan on horseback, and soon arrived near the Ming army camp.

Li Dingguo looked around, and he was secretly surprised in his heart - Jiangning is in the hinterland of Nanzhili, and he has not heard of the enemy attacking recently, but the Ming army camp is still meticulously arranged.

There are a total of three trenches on the periphery, which are more than one zhang deep. The vehicle was circled on the inside, and the cannons were neatly mounted behind the vehicle, with gunners on standby. There are even several watchtowers two or three feet high around it. And the queue is neat, and the soldiers patrolling with guns can be seen everywhere. It is conceivable that the war will start immediately at this time, and no one will think of attacking the Ming army camp.

He couldn't help but sigh secretly, now this great tomorrow son, not only used his soldiers like a god, killed the Tartars all the way to defeat, but also imposed light taxes, widely relieved the victims, built water conservancy, and cultivated acres of land. At present, although the Ming Dynasty is only half of the south of the Yangtze River, it has shown the appearance of Zhongxing, far better than Chongzhen, Hongguang and other nests......

After entering the camp, several people turned over and dismounted, and Deng Shan pointed to the north side, "That is the station of the swift battalion." ”

Li Dingguo saw that there was an open space, with only dozens of carts and eight or nine tents on it, and he thought that it was a military weapon prepared for the swift battalion.

Deng Shantou led the way, suddenly remembered something, and asked Li Dingguo: "General Li, you came from Huguang just now, how did you clean up the rebel generals over there?" ”

"Back to the deputy commander, Hao Shaoqi was the first to lead the army north at the order of He Tengjiao. The two generals, Li Guo and Gao Yigong, collected the soldiers and horses, let them go through the Tongcheng area, and then attacked them from behind, and surrounded them near Chongyang with General Qin. Later, Governor Mu came with He Tengjiao's letter of persuasion, and Hao surrendered immediately.

In addition, Zhai Dutang's Gui army and Yang Zhanyang's Sichuan army surrounded Changsha. Liu Tiren's troops in the city were newly defeated, and their morale was low, so they only dared to close the city and defend it. However, Changsha City has enough food, but it will be difficult for him to do anything for a while. I heard that General Qin had allocated heavy artillery to the south, and he would definitely be able to open up the situation at that time. ”

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo frowned slightly, "It's just that Wang Jincai, the thief, is a little troublesome." After Hao Shaoqi was surrounded, he sent troops to warn him. Wang Jincai did not dare to confront the imperial army, nor did he want to surrender, so he led more than 10,000 soldiers deep into the hinterland of Huguang and Guangxi, plundering along the way. General Qin Zuoming has led his troops to chase after him. ”

The White Pole Army was included in the third battalion of the Ming Field Army, which shows that its combat effectiveness is not bad. Deng Shan nodded and said, "Although General Qin's department is only 5,000 men, it should be more than enough to deal with more than 10,000 rebellious troops. He smiled again, "At the beginning, I still thought about going to Huguang to quell the chaos, but I didn't know what the Holy Lord had done, and in less than a month, the situation in Chu was decided. ”

Li Dingguo exclaimed: "The saint is the king of Yao Shun, driving Kuang Guo and the world to the heart." He Tengjiao is just following the trend of the times. ”

On the side, Liu Wenxiu interjected with a smile: "Deputy commander, there is another interesting matter. Meng Zhengfa went to cooperate with Jiannu, and at the same time sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and the chief Dolgon showed his sincerity, and even gave 20,000 stones of grain and grass, and more than 30,000 taels of silver to He Tengjiao.

"As soon as Meng Zhengfa and the four hundred thieves who escorted the money and grain entered Wuchang City, Wan Dutang forced the city gate and took them down. This batch of grain and grass was convenient for General Qin to use to clear Wang Jincai's rebellious army. ”

He didn't know that this was not Dolgon's generosity at all, but Zhu Linmiao instructed He Tengjiao to only say that the food was insufficient, although he "blackmailed" Jianjiao. Dolgon only hoped that the Chu army could hold off the Ming army for a while, so he had to grit his teeth and allocate money and grain, but he himself was not rich, so he did not allocate "50,000 stone grain and grass, 100,000 taels of military salary" as required in the letter brought by Meng Zhengfa.

Deng Shan also laughed, "When the thieves learn the truth about Huguang in the future, they will vomit blood and fight three times." ”

As a few people spoke, they had come to the Swift Battalion barracks, and an officer stepped forward to hand over a list to Deng Shan, and saluted: "Your Excellency, the weapons and baggage of the Swift Battalion have been ordered." ”

Li Dingguo took the list from the latter's hand, and saw that it listed sabers, armor, firearms, bows and arrows, and even military uniforms, leather boots, winter coats, coats, quilts, and other items. Because there was a big war recently, he thought about the notoriety of the Ming Ministry of Industry, and said cautiously: "Is it possible...... Let the last general inspect and inspect. ”

"Of course." Deng Shan smiled and motioned to the officers on the side, "Take General Li to count." ”

"Yes!"

Li Dingguo stopped in front of the first carriage, and some soldiers of the broken battalion picked out one of the dozens of large wooden boxes on the carriage and lifted it down, and opened it. It was full of sabers wrapped in oilcloth.

Li Dingguo took one from his hand, squinted at the blade in the face of the sun, and couldn't help blurting out: "Good knife!" ”

The officer in charge of the weapons of the swift battalion came over and said: "General, the swords in the camp are all made of Longnan stainless steel, and most of the blades used against the thieves are broken with one blow!" ”