"When I arrived in Hebei, it was almost extremely cold weather over there," in the middle of the night, Lin Jian wrapped himself in a big hat and got into the camp tent, sat down by the fire, picked up the iron kettle on the stove, poured himself a bowl of hot water, drank the hot air, and said while drinking, "I also need to prepare more winter clothes, especially boots, this way over, each person walked through two pairs of boots, that is really a normal thing." ”

Jiangning suddenly became cold after winter, like Chongzhou and other places are still late autumn, Lin Mengde wrapped in a cotton robe, baked the fire, and said: "It's too late to buy along the way, the key is to know how long it will take to drive the Dongyu out of the side wall." When Jiangdong Qinwang's division arrives, all the cities in Hebei will be breached, and when the time comes, there will be a shortage of troops, a shortage of materials, and soaring prices......

"Go to Dezhou," Lin Jian looked at the map of the county government spread on the wooden platform, and pointed to the connection point between the Yellow River and the Cao Road on the north line, "Dezhou is a big city, it will not be so easy to fall, and it is close to the river and Cao Road, and the materials are abundant, it is necessary to stock up on some military funds there......" Looking at Sun Jingxuan, seeing Chen Jingxuan's eyes flashing elsewhere, he didn't force him, after all, it was very risky to go to Dezhou to buy military funds with thousands of taels of silver first, and asked Lin Xuhong, "Lin Ji Warehouse Find a few shopkeepers who are familiar with the situation in Shandong and send them to Uncle Mengde, I'll pick ten soldiers here to escort them over, the silver is heavy, it's not easy to carry, bring more gold, and then change it when you get to the ground......"

Zhao Qinmin squinted at the red-hot fire, his side had already completed the handover with Lin Lian, but he had to wait until dawn to take a boat back to Jiangning.

In order to ensure that the three thousand newly recruited soldiers with little experience went north to King Qinwang as scheduled, the requirements for supplies were extremely high, Zhao Qinmin had already thought that Lin Lian wanted to transfer Lin Mengde directly to take charge of this matter, and then borrow boats and people from the Xihe Society and the Lin family, but it did not mean that it was absolutely impossible.

Although the specific marching route will not be announced, Zhao Qinmin can think that Lin Jian and them will generally follow the Cao Road, so as to reduce the pressure on supplies.

At this time, Zhao Qingshan, Zhou Pu, Cao Ziang, Ning Zechen and others came back from patrolling the camp outside, and the tent curtain was lifted, and a gust of wind rushed in, blowing a puff of sparks out of the furnace. Lin tied his hands and burned it, took Wenzha to extinguish the sparks, and instructed the people on the side: "The three thousand people are all new pawns, and they have no experience, so we should pay special attention to fire prevention in the camp, and we must send someone to keep an eye on it, and we can't make a basket out of such a trivial matter." ”

Zhao Qingshan untied the big armor, sat down beside Lin Lian, and asked, "When will the armor be issued, and before departure?" ”

"Bows and crossbows will not be issued for the time being," Lin Jian said, "Knives, shields, guns and spears will be issued tomorrow when people get up, and the armor will be issued according to the temporarily designated martial arts." Walking empty-handed, there is a big difference between holding a sword, shield, gun and spear in your hand, how to march, how to control the rhythm and intensity, a few of you, you have to discuss it with me at night. You can't send troops out tomorrow in a mess, and you can't run out of strength a few days ago. We have to walk nearly 2,000 miles this time, how to train the soldiers in the process of marching, how to let the recruits run in with each other; When you take a break, you have to take the trouble to discuss what kind of training you want to go through. Today I will only gather the five of you here, and tomorrow, all the commanders below will gather together and listen first, and if they can participate in the discussion, encourage them to participate in the discussion. And then down, let the flag-bearers actively participate......"

"Okay," Zhang Yubo interrupted Lin Lian's words, "Don't worry about it, it's almost dawn, you have to leave some time to say goodbye to the beauty......"

Lin Jian smiled, put on his riding boots, and rode towards the Chaotian Post House with a few guards.

Liu Yue'er and Xiaoman all rushed to the north shore, and they were in the post house at this time. During the day, they could only hide in the carriage and could not show their faces, and after the officials left, Lin Jian was so busy that his buttocks were smoking, and he couldn't take time to talk to them.

Three thousand new soldiers went on an expedition to the north to Qinwang, and things could not be arranged overnight, so they had to be mentally prepared to make up for the leaks at any time, so Lin Jian also put it aside for a while, went back to the post house to take a good rest, and set off tomorrow to raise his spirit. But he was on horseback, and his mind was full of military preparations.

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3,000 sets of cold coats, 3,000 sets of military uniforms, 3,000 pairs of cold-proof boots, 1,000 skin wooden plaques, 1,000 straight spine knives, 2,000 spears, 300 foot bows, 50 arm crossbows, 50 crossbows, 200 armor pairs, 50 armor pairs, 12 scales armor, more than 20,000 arrows of various kinds, 300 marching tents, and 60,000 taels of silver......

These were all military assets and ordnance directly allocated by the Jiangning Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War to the Fifth Battalion of the Left Army.

In addition to 60,000 taels of silver, other ordnance materials can be said to be forcibly begged by Gu Wuchen personally led a team to block the Jiangning Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War and other ministries.

I can't say how generous it is, and I can't say how much it doesn't pull out.

Even if the swords, shields, guns and spears are not particularly sophisticated, they can cope with the past, and the key is that there are too few bows and armor.

Even the Dongcheng Lieutenant Horse Infantry was more than sixty percent of the armored foot soldiers; There were 3,000 people in the five battalions of the left army, and only 262 pieces of armor were actually allocated, which could only meet the ration of military attachés at the grassroots level, which was really pitiful.

Good armor and strong bows are hard to find, but it is not a problem that can be solved by how much silver is needed, because the materials required for good armor and strong bows are very complex, and the production is extremely limited. A pair of standard scale armor, a total of more than 1,000 pieces of cold-forged steel armor using yang and yin double lines overlapping and interlocking, Jiangning Weiwei Temple under the jurisdiction of the scale of the armor workshop is second only to Yanjing, the number of scale armor made every year is less than 100 pairs, but also to the army in the senior military attaché monopoly.

The king of Qinwang in the north rushed to Yanjing, and the Dongyu had already withdrawn, so naturally everyone was happy. If Yanjing and Hebei are still in a state of adhesion, Lin Jian will lead the division of King Qin, and it will be impossible to say that he will not fight in a battle.

At that time, the imperial court will have a unified deployment for the Qinwang soldiers in the world, and whether to fight or not is not completely determined by Lin Bin.

The 3,000 men of the 5th battalion of the left army are all new soldiers, and if the armor is not strengthened, it cannot be seen.

In addition to the more than 260 pairs of armor directly allocated by the Jiangning Ministry and the Academy, Gu Wuchen used the power in his hand to make up more than 120 pairs of armor for Lin Jian in Jiangning, and more than 100 pieces of stainless steel Mo knife and step bow were also made; In addition, Lin Jian also squeezed out more than 100 pieces of armor from Xisha Island.

In addition to transporting 200 carts of mules and horses loaded with baggage, Zhao Qinmin and Zhang Yubo also purchased 300 horses in Jiangning, which could also allow Lin Jian to make up half a battalion of cavalry infantry. Most of the new soldiers are homeless people from the north, and there are not many who are good at riding, but there are many who can ride horses.

With more than 200 pairs of armor and more than 300 horses, Lin Jian will concentrate on strengthening the first battalion of the left army, which he personally commanded.

The more than 600 soldiers of the first battalion of the Left Army were all selected from Xisha Island after more than a month of military training and through three days of running for 500 miles. Lin Jian asked Ao Canghai to serve as the deputy battalion commander, directly commanded the first battalion on his behalf, and sent more than ten guards who had been following him for a long time to serve as the commander of a team of sixty people. Whether it is the quality of the soldiers, the organization and command system, or the armor and equipment, the first battalion of the left army has been able to directly accept combat missions.

From Jiangning to Hebei, except for Hongzepu and Liu An'er's department, there were no other large forces entrenched along the way, but there were many small bandits, bandits, and water bandits. Lin Jian will generally move along the Cao Road, but he will not be particularly honest, and he will always use these small groups of bandits and bandits to test the knife for the new pawns along the way. In order to avoid accidents, there must always be a barely usable and strengthened army and horse in hand.

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Lin Lian rode to the Chaotian Post House, Liu Yue'er and Xiaoman were already in the courtyard, listening to Lin Lian coming in with riding boots, seeing that the stubble on his chin was messy, he was very distressed.

"Your leg injury is just right, you are going to leave when you say you are leaving, you will not pity yourself at all......" Liu Yue'er put the big sword handed over by Lin Tie on the table first, and helped him take off the armor with Xiaoman, seeing that the scar on his arm had not disappeared, he couldn't help but feel distressed.

Lin Lian stabbed Liu Yue'er's delicate face with a stubble, and said with a smile: "Where can everything be done by yourself, King Qin of the North, Li Zhuo deliberately forced me to stand up, I want to retreat, wouldn't he be careful?" After I leave, the two of you will live in the Lin family's new house and take care of the Seventh Lady, so that I can rest assured......"

"The Seventh Lady is also in the pavilion, saying that she will go to the temple on the mountain to burn incense tomorrow." Liu Yue'er said.

Lin Lian's heart moved, but it was almost dawn at this time, and he didn't know if she had fallen asleep, and it was not appropriate for him to go over to find someone.

"You go over," Liu Yue'er leaned against Lin Lian's chest, raised her eyes to look at him, and whispered, "I feel relieved when I see you, I slept with Xiaoman first." ”

"I really think that others don't know," Xiao Man pushed Liu Yue'er's shoulder next to him and said coquettishly, "I said that the aroma on his body is very different a few times, and you still cover it up for him." What do you see in his eyes now? I'm not afraid to let outsiders know that I cut the Seventh Lady with a knife-like eye......"

No matter how thick-skinned Lin Lian was, he couldn't help but blush, stretched out his hand and pinched Xiao Man's face, and said with a shy face: "Although it is not appropriate to meet in private, many things in the estuary still have to be secretly presided over by the Seventh Lady, and I want to explain to her...... Xiaoman went with me. ”

"I don't want to be hated!" Xiao Man looked disdainful, not believing Lin Lian's lies, but trusting his own instincts.

Lin Lian, Liu Yue'er, and Xiaoman talked for a while by the candlelight, but Liu Yue'er pulled Xiaoman to sleep first, and then he left the yard in embarrassment, and the lantern was not hit, and he took the two of them from the middle of the post house to the small courtyard where Gu Yingsleeve lived and knocked on the door.

In the fragrant and warm house, Gu Yingsleeve couldn't wait for the maid to bring tea to cover the door and leave, then threw herself into Lin Lian's arms and said, "I want to give away a wish and give myself to you." You go north to King Qin, I can still worry less...... You're so tired these days, you lie down, I'll serve you, I've asked someone about this, and I know how to serve a man! ”

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PS: Ask for a red ticket.