For the next eight days, Wang Xian spent the next eight days in the barracks, and eight days later he was supposed to go home, but it was the twentieth day of the winter month, and suddenly there was a decree to spread that Zhu Zhanji would go to court the next day. Zhu Zhanji wants to study in the morning, so he will not go to the court, this time the emperor specially ordered him to go to the court, naturally there is a big event to announce, and he must be among them.

After receiving the order, Wang Xian and Zhu Zhanji both guessed that it should be a matter of the Northern Expedition. Sure enough, when he came back from the next court, Zhu Zhanji excitedly shouted at him: "Yes, it's going to the north, hurry up and gather the generals, and I want to read out the holy decree."

The drum of the tent rumbled, and in the time of thirty breaths, all the generals gathered together, and the queue was straight, standing with their heads held high, and the birds were silent...... Just by looking at the military appearance of the officers, you can feel the combat effectiveness of this army. Thinking about Wang Xian's appearance when he first arrived, it was like a cloud, this was all sharpened by rì and one rì, and there was no room for half a point of opportunism.

Accompanied by Wang Xian, Zhu Zhanji strode to the front of the hall, and all the generals took off their helmets, knelt down on one knee, and said in unison: "Meet Your Highness, see the military advisor"

"There is a will." Zhu Zhanji stood in front of the generals and said in a deep voice.

"Listen to the hadith" more than 100 voices are like one person.

Zhu Zhanji read aloud the handwritten edict of Emperor Yongle.

"Long live the emperor and long live the emperor," the generals replied loudly, because they had been prepared, and no one felt sudden, but they were all excited and enthusiastic.

"Everyone," Zhu Zhanji put away the holy decree and said in a deep voice: "A good man should gallop on the battlefield and make meritorious contributions at this time."

"Meritorious service, at this time" The generals repeated the words of His Royal Highness Taisun, and the desire for meritorious service awakened in everyone's blood.

Wang Xian looked at a room of warmongers who were happy to ask about the war, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, the Ming Dynasty passed through the two emperors of Hongwu and Yongle, and now it is the youthful period of blood and strength, and the officers and soldiers are full of pride in making meritorious contributions, and they do not take the Mongolian Tartars in their eyes at all, nor do they take bloodshed and sacrifice seriously. The self-confidence of the empire is reflected in the self-confidence of the soldiers, and this is not false at all.

In the Chinese military tent, he was also infected by that fanatical atmosphere, and he had the urge to be a good man as a horse leather shroud, but as soon as he returned to the room, he calmed down...... Nima, this is going to the battlefield, although it should be safe to follow the grandson, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, who can say for sure? Isn't it just a mixed meal? It's so desperate

But there is no regret medicine in the world, unless he wants to be a deserter and nail his whole life to the pillar of shame, he can only go on hard. After adjusting his mood, Wang Xian issued an order to cancel all vacations a year ago, and the whole army entered a state of second-level combat readiness.

In the regulations of the young army designated by Wang Xian, the second-level combat readiness is second only to the state before the army goes to war, and the main tasks of the army at this time are five: first, in-depth mobilization of combat readiness, and the whole army strictly guards its posts; Second, to collect intelligence and closely grasp the enemy's movements; Third, we should pay close attention to the implementation of logistics, equipment and other supports; Fourth, pay close attention to combat training; Fifth, it is necessary to draw up operational plans and conduct exercises in advance.

In addition to the five, there is one that is not written on paper, and that is the establishment of a communication system for dúlì.

When the regulations were first formulated, the generals had no objection to the five items on paper; But in the other item of the paper, even the wise Ru Mo privately said that the cost of establishing and maintaining a communication system was too high, and since the imperial court had a complete post system, why bother to squeeze out the already tight military spending?

However, Zhu Zhanji was very much in favor of this article, and he even privately thought that the first four articles were all normal staff levels, and only the fifth article could best reflect Wang Xian's outstanding points, and he would not be in vain to treat him with such courtesy.

However, for the reason, it is inconvenient to explain to the generals, he just said lightly that he would pay this money when the time comes, and he did not need to take it out of the military spending, so he decided on this item.

There are already certain rules, and there will be no panic when the battle is about to go, and at the later meeting, Wang Xian will assign specific tasks. The mobilization for combat readiness was personally handled by His Royal Highness the Grand Sun; To collect intelligence and formulate the battle plan, Wang Xian handed it over to Mo Wen and others to Wu Juren; The training was led by the Xue brothers; Logistics and military support, he handed it over to Wu Wei. As for the communication system, under Zhu Zhanji's instructions, he was personally responsible for setting it up.

The order was issued, and it was said that it would be good for each to perform his duties, but the result was that Wang Xian became the most tired, because everything needed to be checked and summarized by him, and others only needed to concentrate on one aspect, but he had to ask about everything. I was so busy from morning to night that my feet didn't touch the ground, I couldn't take care of eating, and I slept for less than two hours every rì.

At this time, he was young and strong, and the benefits of insisting on practicing martial arts were revealed, although he worked with high intensity, Wang Xian was still able to maintain a strong jīng strength, and used the jīng secret of a certified public accountant to check and fill in the gaps in all aspects, so that the preparation for war would not go wrong.

Wang Xian's performance also fell in the eyes of the subordinate officials of the East Palace, because he was not worried about Zhu Zhanji and his friends, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent Yang Pu and Jin Wen to assist the grandson in the camp. It should be said that Zhu Di's vision is very sharp, at least the subordinate officials found for the prince are all people with valuable character and both ability and integrity, Yang Pu and Jin Wen came to the same conclusion after observing the number of rì - under Wang Xian's dispatch, the young army is working well, and they will only add to the chaos if they intervene halfway.

When the two were in the military exercise before, they were impressed by Wang Xian, and now they have seen his work ability with their own eyes, and they respect him even more. There are people who respect me, I respect people, Wang Xian naturally respects the two of them very much, and humbly asks them for advice in case of trouble, the two of them are here to help, if they can't intervene all the time, it will be embarrassing, so they naturally work very hard to help him come up with ideas, and they get along very well.

It was busy from morning to noon, and the three of them had time to eat lunch hot on the stove. Seeing that Jin asked for poor food, holding chopsticks in one hand and pressing his temples with the other, Wang Xian asked with concern, "Is Master Jin uncomfortable?" ”

"It's okay," Jin Wen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The problem that has fallen from the cold window for ten years, I have a headache when I am tired, just take a break." ”

"It's me who is wrong, I make Master Jin too tired." Wang Xian said apologetically.

"Is Zhong Fang taunting me? I've only shared less than 20% of you," Jin Wen scolded with a smile: "Don't pay attention to me, otherwise I'll have to find a crack in the ground to drill into." ”

"Hehe," Wang Xian asked Yang Pu again, "What about Master Yang?" ”

"I'm fine, and I don't have a headache." Yang Pu is silent, but he is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and sometimes he will laugh coldly.

"That's good, but you still have to get out of the air to get some fresh air, it's always good to change your brain." Wang Xian said with a smile: "In the afternoon, the prince is going to the baggage camp to accept some things, why don't you put aside the case for the time being and come together." ”

"It's fine." The two gladly agreed. After lunch, Wang Xian and the two went to look for Zhu Zhanji, and then went to the baggage camp together, and saw that the generals were already there, and they were judging around the two cars. There were also several carpenters and blacksmiths on site.

Seeing that His Royal Highness arrived, the generals hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Zhu Zhanji nodded, and said to the two masters as if showing off: "I came here today mainly to see the chariots improved by the craftsmen. During the last exercise, we found that the original tank formation was not enough to protect the soldiers. After I came back, I studied it with the military advisor and Mo Wen for a while, and wanted to transform it into a new type of combat vehicle with flexible movement and strong protection. ”

"What's the new method?" Jin asked curiously.

"If you don't see it, you will know that Lu Dao ......" Zhu Zhanji smiled and pointed to the two modified chariots and said with a smile.

As Zhu Zhanji spoke, Wang Xian smiled at the young craftsman with an old face: "Brother Kuai's improvement in such a short period of time can be described as fast." ”

This craftsman's name is Kuai Xiang, and in a group of craftsmen, this young man is the youngest, but obviously he is the leader, and when he heard this, he just said lightly: "Don't praise the military advisor first, see if you can satisfy Your Highness." ”

"Just take a look." Zhu Zhanji said that he personally went down the field, and made a chariot with his hands, while explaining to the two masters: The biggest improvement of this car is that each car is equipped with eight folding wooden planks, which are usually placed on the rollers, and all of them are opened and set aside during the battle to replace the trunk. When unfolded, the baffles of each car were one and a half feet long and six feet high, enough to resist arrows. Each vehicle also has a ring card on the edge of the bezel, which can connect many vehicles side by side and arrange them in a round or square formation to resist the onslaught of enemy cavalry. Moreover, the two ends of the carriage can also be opened, so that the soldiers can defend behind the car formation, and the soldiers on the car can attack the enemy with long weapons and firearms, and the enemy cavalry will retreat."

After listening to Taisun's explanation, Jin Wen felt very good, looked at Yang Pu, and the latter said slowly: "Listening to His Highness say this, this seems to be specially designed to restrain the Tartar cavalry, which can prevent bow and arrow strikes and cavalry conflicts, so that their long skills cannot be used, and we can rely on the chariot formation, use spears, bows and arrows, and fire guns to resist the enemy, right?" ”

"Master Yang is absolutely right." Zhu Zhanji nodded and praised, worthy of Master Yang, who is known as a wise man, this kind of thing that he has never been exposed to can be easily understood.

"But what if the enemy flees?" Yang Pu asked.

"This ......" Zhu Zhanji was a little embarrassed, in fact, he also had a lot of complaints about this turtle tactic, but every time Wang Xian could convince him.

"That's not our job." Wang Xian relieved the siege for the grandson and said: "The imperial court has three thousand battalions and Long Xiang Guards, this is their business, and the duty of our young army is to guard His Highness." I think, it is impossible for the emperor to let His Royal Highness the Taisun charge, right? ”

"Makes sense." Yang Pu nodded, he felt that Wang Xian's train of thought was extremely correct.

"No way, who made our young army mainly infantry?" Zhu Zhanji felt a little faceless, and hurriedly said: "But there are also two thousand cavalry, and I will pick out one thousand jīng cavalry as a pro-army, which can charge for my emperor."

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