Chieftain Chen's people were running around Xining, bringing news to the chieftains about the shops in the city.
Within three days, the news spread to fourteen chieftain families, and an uproar immediately arose in this border military town.
Everything that can be divided in Xining City has long been divided. Now, except for Qi Guoping, whose father was killed in Liaodong, and the court rewarded him with some land, the remaining 13 chieftains have not added any wealth to their families during their tenure.
At this moment, with such an opportunity before him, there is no doubt that Chen Shiwen's mood is getting worse and worse.
He wished he could give himself a mouthful... How did he grow such a brain?
Since everyone is thinking about borrowing money from Liu Chengzong, why not just ask Liu Shizi for a hundred shops, lend him three thousand taels, and take care of it yourself!
Why are you dragging all fourteen toasts here if you are not so nervous?
This is great, everyone in the family came in.
Yang Dingrui walked around the city of Xining, asking the old people in the city how deep the heaviest rain in Xining had flooded the city, and then he made a warehouse plan to raise the ground by three inches. .
Fourteen chieftains mobilized frantically, digging mountains, quarrying rocks, and cutting down forests to obtain wood outside the city, as if sending troops to war, and sent them into Xining City continuously.
Liu Chengzong was finally relieved.
After autumn, the mountains on the Beichuan River turned red. He asked Fan Sanlang to go to the silver shop and order a set of silver jewelry for his mother with four taels of silver. He spent the afternoon with his mother watching the scenery on the river bank.
But the mother is still worried. She has been worried since her two sons rebelled.
"Mom, you should eat some meat. You'll look bad if you don't eat meat."
His mother had not eaten meat for a long time. Liu Chengzong knew the reason and made a vow to eat meat for their two brothers who were walking on the knife's edge.
This is still to blame for him. He is busy with military affairs and only focuses on doing military work, but spends less time with his family and more time away from his family.
No matter where the mother was, the news that came every day was that her son was fighting with the government and the army, and that his son had gone to lead the soldiers.
Which father and mother can feel at ease?
His mother did not answer his words, but just said: "Lion, Xining is very good, but when will we enter Qinghai? Once we enter Qinghai, we will not fight with others, right?"
In the past, my mother had never wanted to go to Qinghai, but the big commotion in Xining City in the past few days really scared her. Countless natives came out of the mountains in such a mighty force that her good impression of Xining was wiped out. It seemed like this place It has become the most unsafe place in the world.
Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "Fourteen chieftains commanded 30,000 men to use all their strength to move earth and rocks and carry big trees. Xining is safe. They are no match for Big Brother."
Mrs. Cai glanced at Liu Chengzong, who was confident of winning, and sighed silently.
She said to herself that you don't know how confused the elder is.
To be precise, since the beginning of the war, everyone she has met has been confused. No one knows how long the days of wandering will last.
It happened that her second son was crazy and crazy, so he just kept his head down, which made him really find a way out.
But listening to the tone of his son's words at this time, it seemed that Qinghai was more dangerous than Xining: "The war has been fought, and we have made peace with the court, so why are we still fighting?"
"Mom, stay in Xining. Together with my eldest brother, I will take you over when the city of Qinghai is firmly established. Eat more meat and stop praying for me. Even if there is a Buddha, he cannot save all sentient beings if I try to save him."
The mother was angry, eating fast and chanting Buddha's name under the influence. She couldn't see her son being so arrogant, but she knew that she couldn't persuade him, so she didn't persuade him. She just smiled and said: "How can you say that?"
After finishing speaking, a Tangqi came galloping along the coast. When he got close to the guard, he dismounted and conveyed a few words. Fan Sanlang stepped forward and said, "Commander, the Tangma sent to the West Sea has returned. We have news about Chen Qindai."
"knew."
Liu Chengzong replied, looked at his mother, and sighed with embarrassment and apology: "I thought it would be a while, but this..."
Mrs. Cai looked reluctant to give up, but she nodded and said: "Go and take care of your important business. Mom doesn't need you to accompany her. Just let Sanlang go shopping with her."
"Hey." Liu Chengzong agreed, looked at Fan Sanlang and said, "That's you, Sanlang."
Without him having to say anything, Fan Sanlang smiled brightly and said, "Commander, don't worry, the scenery here is beautiful. I'll sing a song for the old lady."
With yellow leaves everywhere under his feet, and the sound of clear singing floating in the air, Liu Shizi said goodbye to his mother, got on his horse, and headed towards the snow-capped green mountains in the north.
Mrs. Cai looked at the lion's retreating figure, and there was deep worry hidden in her eyes as she was proud of him.
There is no mother in the world who prays for her children to be victorious and save the world. Even eating fast and chanting Buddha's name is just to pray for their safety.
When the person was no longer in sight, Mrs. Cai lowered her head and said softly to Shan: "I believe you can win."
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Liu Chengzong took two pieces of clothing and a small book into Chen Tusi's yamen. After a while, he frowned and called out to the two painters in the team. Finally, he took Chen Shifo, who knew Mongolian language, in and kept the oil lamp burning in the main hall of the yamen until the next day. It was turned off in the morning.
They are deciphering the code sent by Chen Qindai.
Chen Qindai had a checkered life at a young age. He had the blood of two ethnic groups. He had worked with several masters and learned a variety of crafts.
He is also good at whipping up animals for blacksmithing, working as a bandit to rob, and straightening the bones of wounded soldiers. He is bold, careful and skilled in martial arts. He is a great young man.
Only my literacy is really limited. I only started to learn culture when I entered the Lion Camp. I know almost 200 Chinese characters plus Mongolian characters, and I can only write about 50.
The information he sent back was done very carefully, and it cannot be said to be clear at a glance. It is basically a guess.
It took Liu Chengzong and others two hours to roughly figure out the logic of deciphering Chen Qindai's code.
The two pieces of clothing are the khaki military uniforms of the Lion Camp, with a top and bottom trousers. On the back of the top, there is probably a map of Qinghai, because the Qinghai Lake in the northeast corner is very easy to recognize and understand.
The map is far from detailed, but there are mountains, rivers, and rivers, and the direction can be roughly understood, but it is slightly different from the topographic map of Qinghai in the lion's mind.
Anyway, if there was no lake, he would still believe it was northern Shaanxi.
The strangest thing is that the map is circled in circles. Liu Shishi thinks this may be a division of power?
But the things on the pants are hard to recognize. They include swords, guns, sticks, axes, hooks and forks, kittens, birds, chickens and tigers. The whole thing looks like a child's innocence.
As for the small notebook distributed by the Lion Camp to the commander, the first few pages are relatively clear.
They were all recorded in the camp with words such as "The emperor is ruthless, the gentry has no right", "One is declining, the other is rising, we are invincible" and other words. The handwriting is crooked, and you can tell at a glance that you are learning to write.
There is also a page in the middle with a painting of a Mongolian woman. The words below are "Fight back to Monan and bury my mother." It should be a portrait of missing my mother.
The second half of the book is really weird. There are pictures on every page, mixed with various typos and Chinese and Mongolian made-up characters.
Liu Shishi prides himself on the fact that our level of education is considered to be one of the best in the Ming Dynasty, but he really can't understand this 'Qindai style'.
Not only could he not understand it, but Chen Shifo, who knew both Chinese and Mongolian characters, could not understand it either.
Liu Shishi regretted it in his heart. At that time, he was so patronizing that Chen Qindai could speak well in Qinghai. Unexpectedly, Chen Qindai did not come back, and he could not accurately convey the news.
In the middle of the night, Master Chen got tired of looking at each other in a pair of trousers, so he threw his trousers and clothes on the ground and bowed to Liu Chengzong: "Commander, if that doesn't work, I'll go to Qinghai. I've been to that place where he is."
"Do not talk!"
The pants thrown by Chen Shifo were covering his clothes. Liu Chengzong's eyes widened when he saw them, and he suddenly realized: "This is a set. Look at the paintings on these pants, they are facing the big and small circles on the map."
After that, he pointed to the Shanghai-North section of the map, drew a chicken on his pants, and quickly flipped through Chen Qindai's notebook: "In the upper left corner, there is a page in this book where I have seen this chicken."
Turning to that page, sure enough, Chen Qindai's name was written on it. The top was Beilai Daiqin, the bottom was Donglai Qindai, and the next eight were written side by side, with Hundred Households written at the back.
It will be much easier to understand if you understand his logic.
This means that the place where he is is occupied by a small Mongolian nobleman with a force of 800, which is about three Chen Shiwen.
Then the pictures, paintings, and notebooks were matched one by one, and Chen Shifo, who grew up in Xining, corroborated the information, and the information sent back by Chen Qindai was quickly compiled.
The next day, Liu Chengzong sent a message to Liu Chengzu and the military generals, inviting people to discuss matters at Beichuan River in the evening.
When everyone gathered, Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "We have just arrived in Xining. This place is not bad, and everyone looks good."
With that said, the guards unfolded the map of Qinghai and spread it in the middle of the Chinese military tent.
This map was based on the one sent by Chen Qindai as a reference, combined with Chen Shifo's dictation, and was re-drawn by the Shiziying painter. Basically, only northwest Qinghai is more accurate.
Liu Chengzong said: "There is news about Chen Qindai. In Haibei, a small Mongolian noble named Dai Qing followed and sent a map of the situation there."
"This Dai Qing came from Mobei, and he has about 800 riders; there are also his accomplices in Qinghai, all coming from Mobei."
"Chen Shifo said that this was because Hu Duntu, who had been inserted into the Han tribe, acted against his will and the tribe was separated. One group surrendered to the Donglu and the other fled to Mobei. The Mongols in Mobei fought for these herdsmen, but they lost."
Cao Yao narrowed his eyes: "Donglu is even more powerful."
Among the people, only he and Feng Ru had seen the Donglu, but Cao Laothief had met the Donglu ten years ago. At that time, even the Ye He tribe was not completely conquered by Nurhachi.
In the past, Cao Yao could not have imagined that Donglu would have the ability to fight against the Ming Dynasty while also competing with Chahar Khan.
He reminded Liu Chengzong: "Commander, don't underestimate Donglu."
"I will not underestimate them. I think that if we can survive until the imperial court collapses, the only one who can compete with us for the world is Donglu."
The generals were all sitting, and Master Chen, who was wearing a red robe, was standing behind him. Hearing the words, he took a breath of cold air and took half a step back, remaining as silent as a cicada and not daring to say a word.
This, are the people from the Qinghai Xuanwei Department so tough to talk to?
The old man was smoking his pipe on the small table: "It's too far away. Now we should be prepared for the invaders to invade Qinghai. We can only win but not lose in Xihai. If we win, Xining will still be Xining. If we lose, we will be attacked from both sides... It's a full game." All lose."
"Da is right."
Liu Chengzong nodded and said: "So I am here to discuss something with you today, just one thing, military establishment and training."
"The first is the Xining Battalion. Our people have fought in several tough battles, and half of them are also heroes in the frontier army. However, when they were in the army, the types of ordnance that were carefully crafted in Yulin and Gansu were of a single type, and other miscellaneous weapons were cut corners and difficult to use."
Liu Chengzong said, and said to his brother: "Xining is a good opportunity to get familiar with various types of ordnance, such as rockets, mines, tanks, and various types of muskets and light artillery."
"If Xining has it, we will use it; if Xining doesn't have it, as long as we have heard of it and know how to make it, we will make a batch with the best quality."
"We may not be equipped with these variegated weapons in the future, but we must not have seen them before, used them before, and do not know their appearance and power. Otherwise, someone will die on the battlefield."
The elder brother nodded in agreement, and the one who was most excited about this was naturally Cao Yao: "Commander, can you make the magic arrow and the wind chasing gun?"
"Do it, do it, do it, try it."
After Liu Chengzong decided on this matter, he continued: "In addition to this matter, the army will be reorganized and three additional battalions will be established in addition to the Xining garrison camp, corresponding to the infantry and cavalry artillery."
The previous efforts to build various types of ordnance to enhance the military's understanding of armed forces were not surprising to everyone. It was basically the consensus among the military and did not cause any reaction.
However, when Liu Chengzong planned to organize a third battalion, it immediately caused an uproar in the Chinese army commander's tent.
Although everyone knows that the military is seriously overstaffed, at this moment, everyone still looks at you and me and I look at you.
This means they are getting promoted!
But by this time, when Liu Chengzong mentioned the third battalion of infantry, cavalry and artillery, basically everyone knew who the battalion would be.
The Lion Battalion has three sentry commanders with the most obvious characteristics of commanding troops. They are Wang Wenxiu who commands the infantry to fight tough battles, Yang Yao who leads the cavalry to encircle and encircle them, and Cao Yao who is good at using artillery.
When it comes to infantry, cavalry and artillery, it must be the three of them.
Then Liu Chengzong spoke, and everyone looked like this: "Wang Wenxiu is appointed as the commander-in-chief of the infantry battalion, Yang Yao is appointed as the commander-general of the horse battalion, and Cao Yao is appointed as the commander-in-chief of the artillery battalion. They are divided into three battalions. Each battalion is under the jurisdiction of three generals of Qian and six generals. There are thirty members, one hundred captains, sixty captains, three hundred captains, and three thousand four hundred soldiers."
The three of them looked happy, but Cao Yao noticed that Liu Chengzong had changed the names of generals. Those who commanded more than a hundred people were called generals, and those who commanded more than a hundred people were called chiefs. They separated generals and captains in terms of names.
"Each of them has three thousand generals, and it's up to you to select them. The workers and aunts are weaving letters of appointment. When you report the candidates to me, I will stamp them. But don't think that promotion is just a good thing... Soldiers must be rotated. .”
"You can think of these three battalions as training camps. Your mission is to lead and train new soldiers with veterans and strong soldiers with weak soldiers. You can teach officers and soldiers the tactics of infantry, cavalry and artillery. In summary The experience of all previous wars.”
After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, he said to the three of them: "So I suggest that in the selection of General Qian, based on past military exploits, people without military exploits cannot be recommended. These nine Generals must learn their skills well. In the future, when the military strength is expanded, each battalion will be selected. With one thousand in total, we can form another battalion."
"In addition, I will lead a Chinese military camp of 2,000 people, and I will be in charge of the camp. All officers who are promoted to captains, captains who are promoted to hundred commanders, and hundred commanders who are promoted to generals must go to the central military camp to study."
When everyone heard this, the looks of the sentry commanders who had lost the battalion general became much better. It seemed that no matter how they were promoted, they would all have a share, it was just a matter of sooner or later.
After agreeing on the matter, Liu Chengzong encouraged everyone and then sent people to disperse. Dinner was already prepared in the camp. It had been a long time since everyone had eaten together.
When the people in the tent were almost gone, Mr. Liu raised his head and wondered what he was thinking. He thought for a moment and said, "Lion, Li Bei wants to see you."
Liu Chengzong was sorting out the map, but when he heard this, he paused and laughed suddenly: "Ma Ke was thrown into prison after seeing him once. Of course he wants to see me, and I am not in a hurry to see him."
"Let's act out a scene of killing Marco. I'll kill him and Da Lai will persuade him. He shouldn't want to teach others to assassinate me now, right?"
Liu Chengzong smiled: "It would be easy to spare Marco, as long as Li Bei comes to my Chinese military camp as an instructor."
