The first day of the first month of the first year of Hanxing.

At the foot of Bijia Mountain, more than 50 miles south of Jinzhou.

This place has been out of the radiation range of the wooden track, but under the overtime construction of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that the wooden track will be able to receive it in half a month.

The sky was about to darken, and smoke had risen in the camp of the Ming army.

The generals who had just finished the meeting of the General Staff Division walked out of the tent of the Chinese army in twos and threes, and suddenly heard the sound of chaotic footsteps approaching, as if a large group of people had arrived.

Li Dingguo raised his eyes and looked over, and the first thing he saw was the banner in front of the team that read "Wayi", which was the first battalion of the Wa Army that had been guarded by Huashan for a long time.

He remembered that a few days ago someone had mentioned that there were Japanese soldiers coming to participate in the war, and he couldn't help laughing: "Why are these Japanese soldiers short and thin? ”

Deng Shan on the side also glanced at it, and continued: "I saw them when I was in Laizhou Port, and they are thinner than this." In recent days, I have gained some weight. ”

Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "It's so weak, it's useless to go to the battlefield." ”

"General Li doesn't know anything, although the Japanese are thin and weak, but they have a ruthless spirit, and they are good at fighting, so it's better than nothing."

"With my tens of thousands of Ming field troops, the thieves are just like chickens and dogs, but I don't know why the saint wants to send people to Liaodong, because they have to waste grain and grass."

Deng Shan also shook his head.

The two of them couldn't understand Zhu Linmiao's idea - they didn't expect much combat effectiveness from the Japanese soldiers to participate in the war, but mainly to form a precedent for the Ming Dynasty to mobilize and command the Japanese military, and gradually formed a practice to lay a good foundation for the establishment of colonies in Japan in the future.

Of course, these Japanese soldiers can fight some battles to some extent, and they are much better than the North Korean soldiers. In addition, the Japanese soldiers are not their own people, and they are not distressed when they die, even if they can reduce the casualties of a Ming soldier because they participate in the war, it is worth it.

Then there was a team under the banner of "Chao Min" walking by.

"Second brother, this is a North Korean soldier, right?" Liu Wenxiu came up and said, "Oh, there are still a lot of people, I'm afraid there are two or three thousand people." ”

Deng Shan continued: "Look at the banner, it should be Li Liang's person, Min Chengxiao is the general, it seems that there are 2,500 soldiers." ”

Li Dingguo had no foundation in the DPRK and was not very well-informed, so he doubted at the moment: "I heard that Li Liang and Li Ying of North Korea are each supporting troops to compete for the throne, why can they send so many people to Liaodong?" ”

Deng Shan said with a smile: "General Li doesn't know, then Li Liang has been seriously ill recently, and he is about to lose to Li Ying." ”

Liu Wenxiu was even more strange, "Now that it is in decline, shouldn't it be more stubborn and can't be held, how can it still divide the troops?" ”

Deng Shan said: "Li Liang is making a desperate bet. General Liu thought, if Li Ying sent troops to attack him when he was reinforcing Liaodong, wouldn't he be demolishing the Ming Dynasty?

"Li Liang just has to rely on the 3,000 men and horses of the loyal battalion stationed in the DPRK to protect himself. The more he tried his best in Liaodong, the more Li Ying didn't dare to move. ”

He was not bad at all, Li Liang got Jin Shangxian's advice, and sent the most elite forbidden army to Liaodong, just to curry favor with the Ming Dynasty. Originally, he planned to send 4,000 men, but due to the shortage of food, it was reduced to 2,500 men.

Seeing this, Li Ying on the other side knew that he couldn't do it at this time, and he didn't want Li Liang's side to show favor to the Ming Dynasty, so he had to send more than 1,000 people to Liaodong to participate in the war.

As they were talking, someone behind them laughed and said, "What are you talking about?" I can't even take care of eating. ”

When several people heard the familiar voice, they hurriedly turned around and saluted, "Meet Your Majesty." ”

Then Deng Shan said: "Your Majesty, the last general and others are looking at reinforcements from all walks of life. ”

"Not counting reinforcements, the Daming Field Army doesn't need them to rush to help." Zhu Linmiao corrected, "The official name should be the Servant Army. ”

"Yes." Several people responded in unison.

Liu Wenxiu immediately discovered the "New World" again, pointed to the distance and said, "Huh? There are still Kunlun slaves? ”

At that time, there were already many blacks living in the Ming Dynasty, mostly guards or servants, and the Ming people called them Kunlun slaves.

Zhang Jiayu said on the side: "Ah, this is a servant army from Australia and Guinea colonies. In particular, there are nearly 500 Australian soldiers. ”

Zhu Linmiao also followed Liu Wenxiu's expectations, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. He knows the quality of the Australian natives, and it is not easy to train the natives into warlike soldiers who are forbidden in this half a year.

He turned to Zhang Jiayu and said, "That Lin Yaocen did a good job. Xiaoquanzhou, Xiaojianning, Nanfan, in just a few months, Australia has built three walled cities. By the way, it is said that more than 10% of the meat needed for this Northern Expedition was sent by him. ”

Zhang Jiayu thought for a while and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Australia supplies 30,000 catties of kangaroo meat and 25,000 catties of fish meat for the army every month. ”

"It seems that it was the right place to build a cannery over there." Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "That kangaroo meat has been shipped all the way, and the selling price is almost the same as that of pork in Shandong." In the future, a glass factory should be built there, and the price of this meat can be reduced by two percent.

"Speaking of which, the former Governor of Australia, Sun Fu, has been plagued by epidemics, and it is not appropriate to have no Governor over there. It's better to give Lin Yaocen the post of governor. ”

Zhang Jiayu's heart jumped, Lin Yaocen had only been in the Jinshi for more than half a year, and he was about to be promoted to a fifth-grade senior member, and His Majesty was really eclectic in employing people.

When the six hundred Mongolian cavalry sent by Teng Jisi from Chahar passed, Zhu Linmiao was about to enter the tent for dinner, when he saw Zhao Shichao riding his horse and said: "Your Majesty, the horse is returned, the thieves are fortified in the area of Tashan ten miles ahead, although the specific strength is still unknown, but it is always about three or five thousand." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and took out a piece of paper from his arms, "I didn't probe carefully enough before, so I didn't know until I ......."

On the side, Deng Shan said indifferently: "If it is tens of thousands of thieves, you still need to prepare for deployment." However, there are thousands of thieves, and I can lead my troops to go forward, and I can defeat them in one day. ”

It's no wonder that he is full of confidence, and now the camp under his command also has all kinds of elite weapons, all of which are new-style first-type infantry guns, plate armor cuirasses, and with the artillery battalion, there is really no pressure to deal with three or five thousand prisoners.

Zhao Shichao said solemnly: "General Deng doesn't know, according to Tanma, the thieves built a watchtower on the eastern slope of Baitai Mountain and Yushan, but it is quite strange. ”

He immediately handed the paper in his hand to Zhang Jiayu, "My lord, this is the thief's watchtower painted by Tanma." ”

Several people looked at the paper together, and they were all stunned - a pentagonal building was located halfway up the mountain, with two layers of walls, low on the outside and high on the inside, and a "battlement" at each of the five corners, on which cannons were arranged.

It's a fortress!

Although Tashan is called a mountain, it is actually a narrow depression, which is the only passage to Jinzhou in the north. These two forts clamped Tashan on the left and on the right, and if the Ming army wanted to pass through here, they would inevitably be shelled by the forts on both sides.

Zhang Jiayu also had some research on the fortress under Zhu Linmiao's ears and eyes, and couldn't help squinting and shaking his head: "If there is no deviation in the painting of the Tanma, there will be a big problem with this fortress." Such as this place, and here, are all dead spots of cannon fire on both sides, and only the defenders at the head of the city can defend against ......"

(End of chapter)