Chapter 46, the secrets of the Ming family
"Back to the marshal, the marshal controls sixty percent of the empire's army, that is, three million people," Tu Ling responded.
"Then how many armies and navies are there in these three million troops, and you can answer the sword," the old marshal asked again.
"Back to Marshal, the army has two hundred thousand, and the navy has eight hundred thousand," Wu Jianfeng responded.
"It seems that the three of you who were born in a military family still care about military affairs on weekdays, so do you know how many infantry and cavalry there are in the army, and how many ships of various sizes are in the navy?" The old marshal asked again.
"This..., to be honest, Marshal, the content of your question involves military secrets, and we don't know" Hu Yuan smiled awkwardly.
"Hu Zhan Tu Rui, you two have done a good job, for so many years, even the closest people have been hiding it," the old marshal said.
"The marshal has an order, so we naturally don't dare to disobey," Tu Rui responded.
"Now you can tell these juniors about these so-called secrets," said the old marshal with a smile.
"That's right, the Ming family controls 60% of the empire's army, about 3 million people, including 20,000 people in the army, 500,000 light cavalry, 300,000 heavy cavalry, 1.4 million infantry, about 800,000 in the navy, according to the statistics of 20 years ago, there are more than 1,300 ships of all kinds and sizes, as for the ones we want to see today, I will leave a suspense first, you will know when you see it" Hu Zhan deliberately sold a pass.
"Do you know who our worst enemy is?" The old marshal then asked.
"In terms of strength, it should be the Radiant Empire in the south," Tu Ling said.
"Oh, tell me," said the old marshal, asking question after question as if he were his own student.
"The Huiyao Empire is the earliest empire on the mainland, and it is also the country that has existed for the longest time, the regular troops of the Huiyao Empire are about five million, and on the surface, the strength is comparable to that of Hanlin, but the Huiyao Empire has a profound heritage, many masters, and strong national strength, and it is the strongest among all the countries at present," Hu Yuan analyzed.
"Tu Ling, what do you think of the Morton royal court in the north" The old marshal asked Tu Ling directly.
"Back to Marshal, the Northern Morton Royal Court is composed of a group of nomadic tribes, with a total strength of two million people, but all of them are composed of cavalry, strong in combat, and the people are brilliant, but the planting technology is backward, and it needs to trade with other countries all year round in exchange for some necessities of life" Tu Ling responded.
"Jianfeng, tell me about the Violet Empire," the old marshal asked.
"The strength of the Violet Empire is similar to that of Hanlin, with a regular force of five million people, and because it is deep inland, it has no navy, and it is the only country among all countries that maintains neutrality, and it is also the country with the best relationship with Hanlin," Wu Jianfeng said.
"Then who's going to talk about the countries around us?" The old marshal continued to ask.
"Back to Marshal, there are three maritime island countries closest to me, one is Goguryeo; the second is Fuso; The third is Izumo, the strongest of the three island countries, Fuso, with a relatively strong sea power, followed by Goguryeo, which is average and has been at war with Fuso all year round, and finally Izumo, a small country with the weakest strength, and is often bullied by Fuso," Hu Yuan said.
"Tian'er, do you hear, these are the current situation on the mainland, you have to remember, one day you will also come to the battlefield, know some in advance, it is beneficial" said the old marshal.
"Yes, my grandson wrote it down" I don't know if I don't listen, I was shocked when I heard it, it turned out that the Ming family had so many troops in their hands, no wonder Emperor Hanlin couldn't sit still, and he had to do something to the Ming family.
"Marshal Qiyu, Dongping Island has arrived," Ding Balai reported.
"Okay, let's go to the island first," the old marshal got up and walked out.
Dongping Island is not very large, with a radius of more than 100 miles, here is the outpost used by the defenders of Dongping Province to observe the enemy situation at sea, and there are not many troops stationed in peacetime, only 2,000 people, responsible for some daily work things.
After Ming Jiutian and others went to the island, they continued to ride forward, and after turning over Dongping Island, on the back of Dongping Island, Ming Jiutian found that there was no one in such a large area, and it was clear at a glance that there was only a simple port and a small warship, and there was nothing to say all the way, and everyone directly followed the old marshal on the boat.
"The next destination we are going to is the real core secret, so whatever you see today, I hope you will rot in your stomach," the old marshal admonished.
"Yes," several people shouted at the same time.
"The destination of our trip is Tianmu Island," the old marshal said very calmly.
"Tianmu Island? I heard that Tianmu Island has existed since the time of this continent, according to legend, there are many natural formations there, since the beginning of the record, there have always been many people who think that there are treasures and other things in the formation, and more than ten large-scale expeditions have been organized to hunt for treasures there, but all the people who went in did not come out alive, and the people on the mainland did not dare to go after a long time," Hu Yuan introduced in surprise.
"Yes, I also heard that this Tianmu Island is an island with a shape very similar to an eye, so it is named Tianmu Island, not to mention landing on the island, even if it is close to the island, it is already dangerous" Tu Ling introduced in horror.
"What you said is good, but after so many years of research by my Ming family, it has still achieved certain results, although I have not fully understood Tianmu Island, but it is more than enough to do something on the island, after all, Tianmu Island is a very large place, so my Ming family put the base in this place, which is something that outsiders dare not think of," the old marshal introduced.
"Sure enough, the place that others will not suspect is the safest place, not to mention that there is a very perfect natural barrier here, even if outsiders know that they want to come in, they have no chance" Ming Jiutian was also shocked after hearing this.
Everyone turned around according to the road map drawn before, in addition to the fog or fog on the way, the visibility of the place where the fog was the largest was not even a meter, and finally Ming Jiutian and the others saw an island in the distance, saying that it was an island was better than a piece of land, because the area of this island was indeed too large, and the gliding all the way finally approached the shore.
"It's the marshal and the captain, they're coming, and the bloody guards are in line," someone shouted at the top of his voice.
When Ming Jiutian and the others approached, the five hundred blood killing guards had been assembled, all of them were uniform, wearing black armor, black cloaks, black ghost faces, some holding spears, some holding long knives, the unity was that each person had a waist knife hanging on their waists, some carried a shield on their backs, and some carried short bows.
Since the last time he saw the Blood Killing Guard on a mission, Ming Jiutian didn't doubt at all what terrible things the team of five hundred people in front of him could do, walking past the team, the air was revealing the smell of killing, passing through the Blood Killing Guard's square team, and coming to the martial arts platform above.
The old marshal of the "Blood Killing Guard" stood in the center of the martial arts platform and burst into tears.
"Kill...", "Kill...", "Kill...", the five hundred people in the audience responded, if you don't look at the number of people and only listen to the voice, I am afraid that this kind of momentum will take at least 50,000 people to make it.
"Order," the old marshal shouted, and then looked around at the bloody killing guard.
With a "click", he stood up straight, all staring at the old marshal.
"Ben Shuai is here today because of a very important thing to announce, pass the order, from now on everything on Tianmu Island will be handed over to my grandson Ming Jiutian, Ben Shuai, General Hu Zhan and General Tu Rui will resign from all their positions on Tianmu Island and return to Dongping Mansion to serve in the garrison, if there is a violation of the killing, it will not be counted" The old marshal shouted coldly.
"No," the Bloodkiller Guard shouted in unison.
"Tian'er, this place will belong to you in the future, and now you will give a lecture" The old marshal turned to look at Ming Jiutian and said.