The 50,000 Yan troops were stationed on the other side of the Baigou River, waving their flags, and the mountains were full of barracks and soldiers busy with drills, and the roads behind were dusty, and the carriages and ox carts that could not see the end at a glance were full of things, and they were constantly transporting grain, grass and baggage to the front line from Beiping Prefecture.

Xu Hao handed over the daily management of the Shenji Battalion to Zhang Fu to be in charge, studying information every day or giving orders indiscriminately with a pat on his head, even if there were descendants who had been mixed up in the Weihai Master Academy for more than a year, he couldn't help but complain about his own adults.

Li Qiu, who was promoted to 100 households, went outside and entered the tent and said, "I haven't found the eldest young master anywhere, and I don't know where to hide." ”

Xu Hao didn't raise his head and said, "Don't pay attention to him, I'll talk about it after the battle." ”

Xu Song, who was standing on the side, now respects the third brother like a god, holding his chest up and his head without squinting, hanging a clairvoyant mirror on his chest, two short muskets diagonally across his waist, a special belt full of gunpowder filled with bamboo, and his backpack is full of lead bullets and other things.

Xu Hao's personal guards maintain the scale of thirty people, most of them are composed of people from the Xu family, and a few are the children of Mu Yi and other relatives and friends.

And the personal army team subordinate to him is led by Li Qiu and composed of hundreds of elite soldiers selected by the Shenji Battalion, which is the guarantee of life on the battlefield.

At present, there are less than 30 sergeants in the Shenji Battalion who are issued with flint muskets, but there are about 300 new arquebuses with relatively simple structures, and the most valued new artillery has been produced nearly 100 guns, and the range is getting farther and more accurate, using solid bullets and flowering bullets, and more bronze cannons weighing thousands of gold are being cast in a hurry, of which more than 40 are transported, and the rest Xu Hao intends to put them on the head of Beiping City.

The tactics of three consecutive attacks were strictly followed by Zhang Fu, and the queue naturally became a compulsory subject, and they had to be practiced several times a day. The total strength of the Shenji Battalion is 3,000 people. Fifteen hundred of them were armed with muskets and muskets, practicing marching and marching and fists and kicks, and five were sentry, three of whom were musketeers, and two of them were shielded and long knives to guard the left and right, and they were immediately replaced by those who died in battle.

The artillery team of 500 people, in addition to artillery, is also equipped with inherent firearms box cars, etc., Xu Hao is still digging talents. The cavalry of 1,000 people was led by Mu Hui, and there were more than 2,000 war horses alone, in addition to the 800-man subordinate army. There are more than 1,000 horses, responsible for transporting miscellaneous labor, etc.

Xu Hao did not carry out drastic military innovation under his command, first, he was not proficient, second, there was no need, and third, he did not have that energy, and the military system of the Ming Dynasty was already perfect enough, and the military household system gradually existed in name only, and the Qi family army was a recruitment system.

However, Xu Hao, who likes to pat his head, is not idle, and he feels that the military rank is quite good these days, it is simple and clear, and everyone has a head. No, all day long, the general banner of Xiaoqi is hundreds of households, and all kinds of generals are not officials who are proficient in this, even he is confused.

Therefore, Xu Hao tried to promote it in the Shenji Camp. All soldiers who enlist in the first year are second-class soldiers, and in the next year, they can be promoted to first-class soldiers, receive a military salary every month, and subordinate subordinates must obey their superiors.

Three years of soldiers from corporal to sergeant. Because of merit, he can be promoted to a non-commissioned officer, recommended by his boss to study at the academy for two years, and then transferred to a lieutenant officer after returning. Further up, you have to slowly observe the results.

Xu Hao had a lot of fun, Zhu Di didn't say a word about this, as he paid more attention to firearms, the more he was interested in using the Shenji Battalion as the future guard of the Son of Heaven, and the Praetorian Guard could be different from the ordinary guards, so as to let Xu Hao mess around.

Xu Hao also formulated the regulations that the upper limit of the military age of the Shenji Battalion should not exceed 45 years old, and the minimum age of military service should not exceed 16 years old.

What is really meaningful is to popularize the literacy rate and completely break down the barriers that military households are not allowed to study and farm, so that military artisans and peasant households and even businessmen can be on the same social status and can freely choose their occupations.

It is ironic that the source of this qiē obstacle is the future Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, of course, the current Jianwen Emperor will not be convinced, so what about the Zhu Gaochi brothers? Xu Hao faintly had an answer.

In short, the road of a thousand miles begins with a single step, Xu Hao ordered that sergeants under the age of thirty must read and write, learn arithmetic and ninety-nine multiplication and division tables, military orders are like mountains and cannot resist below, and ordered people to make blackboard chalk and other things, and forcibly invited dozens of Luodi Xiucai to teach homework, and the captain from the Sailor School taught astronomy and geography, hoping to slowly and subtly change the public.

On this day, there was a drum sound, Xu Hao glanced at the soldiers who were sitting on the sand with sad faces and practicing writing, laughed, wore a modern military uniform sewn with strong fabric, and went straight to the handsome tent with ease.

Xu Hao's identity is between a military attache and a strategist, because Zhu Di and others don't care about his novel clothes, and Xu Hao's recent unconventional actions are numerous, and he has long been surprised.

Taking advantage of his free time, Xu Hao, who resolutely cut his short head, looked more energetic, slowly tidied up his placket, straightened the beret on his head, and the hand-sewn straight military uniform made of woolen materials made of wool more and more He stood out from the crowd, with two rows of golden buttons on his chest, dazzling colorful military emblems on his shoulders, and his shirt and pants were very straight and fitting.

Zhang Yu shook his head and said: "The parents of the body hair and skin, is it a little unfilial to shave the hair?" ”

Xu Hao said casually: "Filial piety is filial piety, cutting hair is cutting hair, hair will continue to grow if it is cut like nails, and the excess will have to be removed, what is not filial piety?" In fact, the words of the sage may not be right, there were no firearms in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, could it be that the sage said that he would not be allowed to use them, so he had to abandon them? Besides, it's fun to have long filthy hair full of lice? You smell the smell of the tent, and you can smoke people to death. ”

Zhu Di couldn't help frowning, and said unhappily: "Xu Hao is right, you take a bath and wash your hair more when you are fine, every time you are called, there will be a stench." ”

Suddenly, most of the generals were giggling indifferently, and Xu Hao said speechlessly: "If you don't pay attention to hygiene habits, you will get infected if you are injured, and you will lose your life when you are strict, you are not unclear." ”

Zhu Gaoxu leaned over and said enviously: "This dress is really good-looking, and my brother will send me a few sets when I go back." ”

Xu Hao felt that Gao Xi was very tasteful, worthy of the royal family, smiled and showed him the pocket of his jacket, and said, "Okay!" In the future, sailors will have to dress up in the same way, and it is inconvenient to wear heavy armor when sailing on the water, so even if the two ships are engaged, they can easily kill the enemy. ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "This suggestion is good, that is, how can you kill the enemy on land in a cloth suit?" ”

Xu Hao said: "Can you change into armor then, it's not immutable." ”

Most of the others thought that Xu Hao's dress was not optimistic, and there were many discussions, saying that Du Du was not like a fool. Xu Hao didn't care about this, habits are not formed in a day, why are robes and coats eliminated? There must be an inevitable reason, as a cultural tradition, it is natural to preserve, but it is too unreasonable to wear it at any time because of choking and waste food, Xu Hao has long wanted to complain about the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, it is too tasteless.

Just as Xu Hao was pondering whether to change the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion into modern military uniforms, Zhu Di waved his hand and ordered everyone to be quiet, and suddenly the handsome tent became silent.

Yao Guangxiao said: "Last night, a lieutenant Zhang Bao crossed the river to take refuge, saying that Geng Bingwen's entire army had a total of 300,000 soldiers and horses, in addition to the 40,000 pioneers who were defeated, Xu Kai, the governor of Hebei, is currently stationed 60,000 troops in Hejian Mansion. The Chinese army arrived first with 100,000 people, half of them were stationed in the south of the Hutuo River, and half of them were stationed in the north of the Hutuo River. ”

All the generals looked puzzled, and Qiu Fu asked, "Why did you let people go back?" Our army is not prepared for it, but now it is better to make it prepared? ”

Zhu Di explained: "Otherwise, I didn't know the truth before, so I wanted to cover up his unpreparedness. Now I know that half of the camp is in Henan and half in Hebei, so that Geng Bingwen knows that our army is coming. Geng Bingwen has always been good at defending but not good at attacking, and he is old and conservative, so he will transfer the people on the south bank to the north, and resist me, but he will be defeated in one fell swoop.

He also learned of the defeat of Xiongxian and Juzhou, in order to seize his morale, and the so-called art of war is the first to be true, that is, this is the case. If he does not know the reality of our army, although he can defeat the army on the north bank, the people on the south bank will cross the river by taking advantage of the fatigue of our army, and our army will fight hard while the other division will wait for work, and the victory or defeat will be unpredictable. ”

All the generals are convinced, and the confidence to win the 300,000 army that dares to win more with fewer victories is only possessed by King Yan, who has never been defeated. Xu Hao also secretly praised Zhu Di for his strength, if he confronted King Yan, even if he relied on sophisticated firearms, he would be beaten and lose his armor.

Qiu Fu said: "What if Zhang Bao is here to deceive him?" ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Since he took the initiative to commit himself to me, he should be sincere and don't have to doubt." Even if he repeats it, what is the loss of going to one to protect me? If you do it alone, why not? ”

Xu Haoxin said that Zhu Di is not only good at responding to changes in the times and making full use of the art of war, but he is so good at using psychological warfare, he is really handsome. Moreover, there is no doubt about employing people, showing the excellent quality of a military commander, no wonder that it swept the entire Beiping Mansion in a short period of time, and there are so many soldiers who swear allegiance to follow him.

I am afraid that even Xu Da is not as good as Zhu Di in this regard, because Zhu Di is not only good at fighting, but also outstanding in all aspects of military and political affairs.

Not only Xu Hao is convinced, but among the generals, especially the generals who have recently been defeated and surrendered, who is not convinced? In just a few words, they all admired the extraordinary courage of King Yan, and felt that it was difficult to match it, and in the future, they would only obey orders.

Xu Hao didn't know that there were such side effects, the coach was so strong that the generals below felt that they could just obey orders in everything, and they were too lazy to use their brains. In the future, the victory or defeat of the whole army is between Zhu Di's thoughts, but no matter how good the commander is, he is just a mortal, and there will always be times when he can't think about it.

When it comes to mobilizing the enthusiasm of the following, brainstorming, and Zhu Di, who likes the power in the warrant, is not as good as Xu Da, who is modest and good at adopting generals, and is far inferior to the former emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, who knows how to make good use of people.

That night, the Yan army set up camp from Baihegou and marched to Wuji County, which was dozens of miles away from Zhending Mansion, Zhang Yu led two thousand light cavalry as the vanguard scout, and Xu Hao led the Shenji battalion to walk at the end. (To be continued......)