Chapter 789: Prelude to the Northern Expedition
A fallen leaf drifted through the window into the study. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xiao Ming looked at the withering sycamore outside the window, and he said: "All in all, attacking the king of Chu now is not in the slightest benefit to the north, and we still need to use this apparent calm to establish the industrial system in the north." “
Speaking of this, Xiao Ming looked at the map in the study, and speaking of which, his current position was somewhat similar to that of the Jin Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty.
At that time, the Jin Dynasty had Mongolia in the north and the Southern Song Dynasty in the south, and now he has the Golden Horde in the north and the king of Chu in the south.
Because of this, he didn't want to end up being caught between the north and the south, and now he had to find a way to cripple the Golden Horde.
When he cleaned up the Golden Horde, the industry and commerce in the north became mature, and it was not too late to clean up the king of Chu at that time, after all, it was impossible for France to help the king of Chu reach the same level as Europe in terms of technology, and it would take a year and a half for France to travel back and forth to the local area in this era.
Their main purpose was to obtain wealth from the king of Chu, and it was not cost-effective to help the king of Chu with all the power of the country.
And there are many ways to sabotage the previous cooperation between the King of Chu and the French, and he only said one of them in the court.
"Where is Meng Youliang now?" Xiao Ming asked suddenly.
Wang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and he said: "According to the emperor's orders, we have been secretly in contact with Meng Youliang now, and according to the latest information obtained by the lower officials, Meng Youliang is now on Treasure Island in Yi'an County. “
"Treasure Island?" Xiao Ming quickly found this place on the map.
The location of Treasure Island in Nghe An County is Nanao County in contemporary Shantou, which is the only island county in contemporary Guangdong Province.
This South Australian county is made up of 22 islands near the main island, of which Treasure Island is one of them.
"Yes, this Yi'an County is an island, and it is also a transit place for merchant ships on the route of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, where you can easily find ships to find and go, and now Meng Youliang has gathered a group of privateers in this place." Wang Xuan said.
Xiao Ming nodded, "In that case, you now send someone to tell Meng Youliang that he can start plundering the merchant ships between France and Lin'an from now on, and thirty percent of the proceeds from these merchant ships will go to him, and the rest will go to the imperial court." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xuan bowed in response.
This Meng Youliang's identity is very special, and the imperial court does not recognize his identity, but he is a privateer force in the Great Yu Kingdom.
On weekdays, Meng Youliang's identity is a pirate, but after receiving the order, he will specialize in plundering the forces targeted by the Great Yu State.
This time Wang Xuan came over mainly for Meng Youliang's matter, and after explaining this matter, he asked Wang Xuan to go back, and he looked at the map in the study carefully, and then his eyes stayed on Pingzhou City outside the mountain.
Since the British wanted to support the barbarians, he would not give them this opportunity, and this time he would defeat the Golden Horde in one fell swoop.
Before that, however, he had to complete the military reform and the implementation of the decree to facilitate the Northern Expedition.
So in the next three months, he began to focus on supervising this matter, and a reform of internal affairs and the army was vigorously launched in the Great Chongqing State.
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Youzhou, since Lei Ming received the order for military reform, it began to be implemented from top to bottom, which is different from the previous title of the army of the Great Chongqing State.
Now the army he led is known as the Third Army of the Great Yu State, and he is the commander of the Third Army, and under him there are four division commanders, twelve brigade commanders, and a large number of battalion commanders and company commanders.
After the reform of the musketeers, the cavalry and artillery were changed accordingly, and now he had three cavalry divisions under his command, and the artillery was assigned to all levels of the army.
After completing the reform of the establishment, he ordered the exercise, which surprised him to the surprise of the exercise, and after the change of establishment, he found that the command of the army was more flexible.
Because each company, each battalion is an independent unit, he can bring these units together, and he can also split them up to act independently.
"Commander, we found that the barbarians are increasing their troops to Pingzhou City, and at least three hundred artillery pieces have been transported to Pingzhou City."
At the end of the day's exercise, a chaser suddenly galloped from outside the city to report to him the movement on the grassland.
In Shanhaiguan, he also has the responsibility of monitoring the barbarians.
"Three hundred cannons, did the barbarians transport all their family assets to Pingzhou City?" Lei Ming frowned.
Gong Ziming, the commander of the First Division, said: "Commander, it must be that our frequent military exercises during this period of time have scared the barbarians."
"Fear is not necessarily, in my opinion, they have already premeditated, these three hundred artillery pieces are not something that can be pulled out casually." Gu Fangxiong, the commander of the second division, said loudly.
The chasper who came to deliver the news gasped, and he continued: "In addition to artillery, the barbarians have also dug intersecting trenches outside Pingzhou City, and planted spurs on the trenches! ”
The faces of the generals of the third game of Lei Ming and Hu Ben suddenly turned ugly, and a regiment commander said: "This is all the stuff of our military academy, how can all the barbarians have learned, and now Pingzhou City is difficult to fight." ”
"The news from the Secret Guard says that there is an Englishman training the troops of the Golden Horde right now, so this is not surprising at all." "But it also means that the barbarians are starting to look at us. ”
After that, all the generals laughed at the same time, the barbarians had never looked down on them before, and the city on this steppe would not even send troops to garrison.
Because they were confident that they could use cavalry to defeat any army of the Great Yu Kingdom.
While everyone was talking, a general in charge of logistics walked in and said, "Commander, a batch of conscription muskets has just been transported from Qingzhou. ”
Lei Ming and the others' eyes lit up when they heard this, the power of this musket was famous when it pacified Bashu, and now every army wants to install a conquest musket as soon as possible.
He muttered: "The muskets have arrived, it seems that this time the emperor is determined to go on a northern expedition, soldiers, now is the time for you to make contributions, if anyone embarrasses me, I will scrape him.!" ”
"Yes, Commander!" The generals gave a military salute en masse, and then rushed out to receive the new muskets.
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Jinling City.
Lu Fei completed the reform of the army establishment at the same time during these three months, and the army under his command is now officially renamed the First Army of the Great Chongqing Tiger.
When he got this title, he was excited and never slept all night, because this just shows the emperor's trust in him, otherwise the name of the first army would not be his turn.
"There is an order from the Military Aircraft Department, and the First Army of Huben will order the first division and the second division to go to Shanhaiguan within three days."
Lu Fei read the order he had just received to the generals under his command.
"And what about our third and fourth divisions?" The two division commanders stood up at the same time and asked.
"You stay in Jinling City to guard against the King of Chu." Lu Fei is colorful.
The two division commanders sat down dejectedly when they heard this, while the division commanders who received the order were dancing with excitement.
After so many years of humiliation, they are finally going to the grassland to regain their lost homeland.