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In the city of Yinchuan, the work of selecting soldiers for the Western Expedition began to be carried out intensively, the only son in the family did not want, and the southerners did not adapt to the cold in the north, and among the 20,000 Qin troops, only 2,500 people were finally selected.

Every soldier who marches west will immediately receive a settling-in allowance of ten dragon coins. If you don't want to ask for money, you will set aside five acres of fertile land for your family.

Two thousand and five men, all armed with Type 69 flintlock rifles, 200 rounds of ammunition each, and another 100 rockets and 1,000 rockets. Each was accompanied by three horses.

As for the 50,000 Mongol soldiers, they were still armed with traditional sabers, bows and arrows.

Qin Mu then made another decree and transferred him to be the deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Before making the decision to go west, Qin Mu did not consult with any ministers. This kind of thing, discuss and discuss the daylily and it will be cold.

Anyway, the settling-in fee of more than 20,000 dragon coins is not a big amount, if the officials of the DPRK and China talk about this, it is a big deal for Qin Mu to pay for it, and Qin Mu can still pay for this money.

Before setting out for the expedition, Qin Mu called Li Ding, pointed to the map and said: "Tsarist Russia relied on the Gosatk soldiers, the Cossacks were very brave, ruthless, like to use spears as weapons, and were very good light cavalry, and it was they who became the most important force in the eastward expansion of Tsarist Russia."

But there is one thing they are undisciplined and do not want to dismount and fight, so they can only be on guard against their attacks, and they have nothing to fear in the face of flintlock rifles and rockets.

If you could, you would wipe this race out of this world, and without the support of the Cossack cavalry, Tsarist Russia would definitely not be able to expand eastward. ”

Li Ding immediately clenched his fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Chebai is a rare brave general, and I hope you two can work closely together, but you must always remember that these two thousand five hundred well-equipped soldiers are the foundation of your control over five hundred Mongolian soldiers. It must be in hand at all times, and even chelation must not be touched by him, and if it is not necessary, let them charge as little as possible, and try to save as much ammunition as possible. ”

"Your Majesty don't worry, the minister understands."

"General Li, you have to remember that Ci is not in charge of the army, no matter who stands in front of you, he has only one identity. That's the enemy. This was one of the secrets of the success of the Mongol expedition to the west. I asked you to prepare some historical materials for the Mongolian expedition to the west, you read more on the way, to see what experience is worth learning, I earnestly hope that you can achieve this immortal feat, on the Ula Mountain to erect the boundary monument of Daqin. ”

Qin Mu Yin's instructions made Li Ding very moved, he bowed solemnly, kowtowed, and said, "The minister is going." I don't know when I can see the face of the sky again, I hope that Your Majesty will take care of the dragon's body, and on the day of the minister's return, you will definitely give your Majesty a thousand miles of territory in person. ”

Li Ding bowed repeatedly. The eyes are slightly red, and it is thousands of miles away, the mountains are ethereal, and the road ahead is boundless. It's hard to count, and I don't even know if I'll be able to come back.

Qin Mu was also very moved, and got up and patted him on the shoulder. Then he asked someone to take his giant sword and said: "General Li, I don't have anything more for you, this giant sword started in Huichang with me, I have always been a sword, and I will give it to you for the time being."

"No, no, no, this sword is a thing used by His Majesty, and its meaning is extraordinary, and the ministers really dare not accept it."

"General Li, go on, let it go west with you on my behalf, and when General Li returns triumphantly, it will be returned to me."

"The minister is grateful for His Majesty's generous gift, and the minister can only repay His Majesty's grace in case of anything, and the minister will bow again, and His Majesty will take care."

The next day, Li Ding took 2,500 Qin troops to embark on the vast road to the west, and Qin Mu personally sent 200 li to buy wine in Keyimun and bid farewell solemnly.

The flag is fluttering, the sound of thousands of horses is roaring, the strong man is going, thousands of miles of mountains, and the poor sea. I don't know how many people have returned, I don't know what year it is, the beacon smoke is long, the blood shadow and knife light, a little tragic.

But a country, a nation, needs such unhesitating pioneers.

The Son of Heaven personally sent two hundred miles, so that the soldiers of the expedition were inexplicably moved, everyone drank the liquor prepared by the Son of Heaven in Keyimen, and then bid farewell to the Son of Heaven, sang the war song of Daqin, and officially embarked on the long journey.

Old Qin, restore my rivers and mountains.

Blood is not shed, and death is not a truce.

The world is in turmoil, how can you be healthy?

Qin has sharp soldiers, and swords have edges.

Black-clothed Xuanjia swept through the Eight Desolations.

Return to Japan in triumph, and congratulate the emperor again.

Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity.

Outside the Keyi Gate, thousands of troops and horses with loud war songs, galloping away with a righteous attitude, bringing up billowing smoke and dust, such as the Yellow Dragon all the way to the north, they will converge 50,000 Mongolian troops in the city of Wuthorn Sea, and then turn over the Yin Mountain, cross the Hanhai, out of the desert north, wade into the North Sea, and launch a magnificent expedition that is destined to go down in history forever.

In March 1870, the whip of God was swung again!

Qin Mu returned to Yinchuan City and immediately recruited Sima An, Gu Junen and other ministers to redeploy the garrison of the Northwest Frontier Army, and appropriately reduce the garrison on the border, and at the same time transferred Ma Yongzhen, Meng Ke and other important generals back to the court, which was suitable for the implementation of the improved version of the military change method.

All garrison generals will be rotated regularly to prevent the generals in the army from taking root over time and threatening the stability of the country.

As the 69-type flintlock rifle began to gradually equip various armies, the combat mode of the Qin army was very different from that of the cold weapon era, and the problem of soldiers not knowing the generals and soldiers caused by the change of military methods would not have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the Qin army. This is also the reason why Qin Mu dares to change generals regularly.

In the Song Dynasty, the garrisons in various places were also rotated from time to time, which was very costly.

Now Great Qin's change of tactics is mainly just a rotation of generals.

As for the garrisons in various places, only the garrison of Gongwei Gyeonggi rotated with the border army inside and outside every three years, and the strength of each rotation was 30,000.

This is mainly to ensure that at least 30,000 troops in the garrison defending Gyeonggi are fierce and good at fighting.

To avoid the phenomenon of the middle and late Song and Ming dynasties, there were 120,000 garrisons in the Gyeonggi airspace, but in fact all of them were rotten, and once the border army was defeated, the Gyeonggi garrison could not play any role at all, and it collapsed at the first touch.

Ma Yongzhen, Meng Ke and other major generals of the Qin army originally had the intention of avoiding suspicion, after all, in all dynasties, the founding generals had to hand over their military power after the country was stable.

Whoever does not hand over the military power, even if the emperor does not say it, the officials of the court and the central government will not be at ease, and the imperial historian will not let you go.

Therefore, the implementation of the law was basically not met with any resistance, and after Meng Ke, Ma Yongzhen and others received the order, they immediately handed over their military power and prepared to return to Nanjing to become their own grandfather.

How to arrange the generals of the garrisons in various places is mainly to be drafted by Gu Junen, the left servant of the military department, and submitted it to Qin Mu and the cabinet ministers for discussion and implementation, and this matter will not be elaborated.

The province of Ningxia was returned to Great Qin, and due to the devastation of the war, it was urgent to appoint officials to govern.

After Qin Mu consulted with Sima An and others, he immediately appointed Mo Qingyuan, the former prefect of Yan'an, as the political envoy of Ningxia, and the former Tongzhi of Yanzhou as the envoy, and ordered the general Qu Nan to be the commander of the capital to guard the Hetao.

As for the herdsmen who had been eaten up by the army, they moved to northern Shaanxi and Guanzhong to replant, and some of them were directly resettled in the Yinchuan area.

After arranging the chief officer, Qin Mucai returned to Chang'an.

When passing through Suide, Qin Mu unexpectedly heard that the tomb of the first Qin general Meng Tian was on the bank of the Dali River in the west of the county, so he stopped driving, went to the tomb of Meng Tian to worship, and wrote the handwriting "The tomb of the general Meng Tian of the Qin State" to engrave the tablet and stand in front of the tomb, and plant six green pines on the side of the tomb.

After the first emperor unified the world, he sent Meng Tian to lead 300,000 troops and the supervising army to garrison Shangjun, build straight roads, build the Great Wall, and chase the Xiongnu, with outstanding military achievements.

But after all, Qin Mu is the Son of Heaven, and he sacrificed a pre-Qin general with such fanfare, at first some people didn't know what he meant, and when they saw the eyes of the soldiers of the class, they understood the emperor's deep meaning.

The Son of Heaven's move was not only a tribute to the pre-Qin generals, but also a formal rehabilitation of the unjust death of Meng Tian. It is also an encouragement to the current soldiers of the Qin army.

The subtext is that the Son of Heaven can treat the pre-Qin generals so favorably, if the generals make meritorious contributions, will the Son of Heaven treat you badly?

In addition, Qin Mu also took the opportunity to improve the status of military generals in disguise, after the Song and Ming dynasties, the status of military generals was extremely low, and Qin Mu hoped to change this phenomenon. To sacrifice Meng Tian is to release such a meaning.

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