Seeing the 10,000 well-organized elite soldiers on the beach of the Yellow River, Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction and said to his left and right: "Mr. Sun is indeed my best soldier. He trained 10,000 elite phalanx soldiers for me in such a short period of time."
Upon hearing this, Cao Wenzhao, the commander-in-chief of the Zhangqian Army, replied with a smile: "Isn't it the ancestral military skills taught to Mr. Sun by Master Long Live? To be honest, I have led troops for many years and am familiar with military books, but I have never seen them before. Such a simple yet useful formation diagram!”
Zhu Youjian laughed loudly: "Of course, our ancestors conquered the world through hundreds of battles. The phalanx passed down from him has also been tempered by hundreds of battles. Of course, it must be simple and practical."
Cao Wenzhao nodded slightly. He was a general with rich experience in actual combat. Of course, he knew that complex battle formations were impractical. Because setting up a battle formation is time-consuming, the more complex the battle formation is, the longer it will take to unfold. Moreover, complex battle formations are difficult to move and can easily turn into dead formations once set up.
Therefore, a truly useful battle formation must be simple and practical!
And...there is never an undefeated formation in the world, only undefeated soldiers.
Therefore, a simple and practical formation, coupled with equally practical armor, coupled with rigorously trained elite soldiers, plus an excellent officer corps, is the best combination... In fact, strict training is the key You can also relax appropriately. As long as the national strength is strong enough and it can achieve a similar exchange ratio with its enemies, a country like Ming will be invincible.
Zhu Youjian smiled and said to Cao Wenzhao: "With these 10,000 elite soldiers, plus the more than 2,000 cavalry and 12 3-pound cannons we brought, we can defeat the same number of Eight Banners soldiers!"
Is it really that powerful?
Cao Wenzhao was a little skeptical, but thinking about how the young emperor had used his troops like a god in the past year or so, he could only say in a flattering tone: "Your Majesty has used his troops like a god, and I admire you very much."
Zhu Youjian laughed and walked towards the springboard that had just been set up. At the other end of the springboard, Yang Hao, the general counselor of the Zhangqian Army, Sun Chuanting, the infantry deputy general of the Zhangqian Army, Bi Ziyan, the governor of Shaanxi, Zhu Yousong, the crown prince of Prince Fu, Fan Jingwen, the governor of Henan, Xu Ruolan, the Shanggong Secretary, and Liu Yingkun, the eunuch guarding Luoyang. The others all lined up to welcome the Holy Master.
Seeing Zhu Youjian disembarking from the boat, the group of people quickly knelt down and saluted, respectfully greeting the saint. Zhu Youjian smiled and asked everyone to get up, then walked to Sun Chuanting and said with a smile: "Mr. Sun, you have worked hard these days... It is not easy to train 10,000 elite soldiers!"
Sun Chuanting said humbly: "With the military documents granted by His Majesty, the generals sent, and the money and equipment allocated to me, it is not difficult for me to train my soldiers."
Of course Zhu Youjian would not let Sun Chuanting recruit and train soldiers with his bare hands... Although in his previous life, Sun Chuanting had really trained many Qin troops with the limited resources of Shaanxi. But this time Prosecutor Zhu You showed his ability, and Sun Chuanting also benefited from it.
Not only did he get the "Book of Taizu's Phalanx", but he also got more than 20 young guards to serve as generals of the battalion and the fire gun team below (the basic unit of the tent-front infantry is a battalion of about 1,000 people, and below the battalion It was a team of about 100 people), and some foreign generals and soldiers hired by Sun Yuanhua were assigned to serve as firecrackers and spear instructors. In addition, they also got a lot of turtledove firecrackers that passed the quality standard.
"Mr. Sun, do we still have enough fire guns for the infantry? Is the quality good?" Zhu Youjian asked about the fire guns again.
Sun Yuanhua only bought Zhu Youjian 2,000 turtledove fire guns made in Foshan that day, which was not enough for the 10,000 infantry here. Besides, Sun Chuanting had 20,000 infantry under his command!
Sun Chuanting replied: "I got 2,000 turtledove fireguns from the army's warehouse in front of the account. Pang Eunuch also brought 1,000 turtledove fireguns to me from Quanzhou... Although they are second-hand goods, they are still good. It can be used. However, the right army of the infantry has no muskets to use, unless the left army's muskets can be used evenly."
Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor, went south with Sun Yuanhua, but he did not come back together. Because he also has a mission, which is to negotiate with Zheng Zhilong about recruitment.
These 1,000 turtledove fire guns were what Zhu Youjian asked for from Zheng Zhilong through Pang Tianshou - it was a lot of money, but Zheng Zhilong could still get it if he had a way. In order to show his sincerity, Zheng Zhilong readily agreed to this condition and quickly raised 1,000 turtledove fire guns.
"No need," Zhu Youjian waved his hand, "3,000 turtledove guns for 10,000 people is not much...anything less will not be enough. I have sent a mission to Shen Tingyang to go to Guangdong to purchase. It should be next year A batch will be shipped, and by then the Right Army’s fire blunderbuss should be available.”
That's right, Zhu Youjian asked Shen Tingyang to buy it instead of making iron and building a factory himself... He is not a time traveler from later generations, so he likes to climb technology trees. He is a reborn feudal emperor who is responsible for running industry. Not so persistent.
Moreover, the current surroundings of Beijing are not suitable for large-scale metallurgy - the iron ore needed for ironmaking must be dug in the mountains of Xuanfu, and the wood needed for charcoal must be cut down in Yanshan. The location of the Xuanfu Iron Mine and the dense forests of Yanshan are not places with convenient transportation. There is no water transportation and can only rely on land transportation. The cost is quite high and requires a lot of labor. However, the food supply around Beijing is difficult and is not suitable for gathering more people.
So Zhu Youjian could only buy ready-made fire guns from Foshan... Although the distance was long and the price was not cheap, the quality was still relatively reliable.
The dock was not a place for talking. After a few words, Zhu Youjian ended his conversation with Sun Tingyang, and after a few words with other officials present, he saw that the knights of his own army had already disembarked with their horses. After getting on the boat, he got on his horse and headed towards Tongguan Acropolis.
Tongguan Acropolis is built on the mountain. It is very large, with a circumference of more than 20 miles. The east, west and north walls are made of earth and are about 5 feet high. On the south and southeast corner, it goes down the mountain and cuts out crenels on the mountain, more than 10 feet high.
Now the entire Acropolis is under the control of Sun Chuanting's 20,000-strong army. Zhu Youjian's palace was located in a mansion in the Acropolis. Because Xu Ruolan arrived a few days earlier than Zhu Youjian, arrangements had been made, and Zhu Youjian could check in immediately after arriving.
"Long live my lord, this is the account book for the slave's takeover of Fu Fan's property... This is the list of Shanxi merchant shopkeepers, stewards, and clerks that the slave has hired. Please take a look at them all."
Zhu Youjian had settled down in the palace and was preparing to pass on the meal and have a good meal. Widow Xu has come to report with the account book and roster.
"Well," Zhu Youjian glanced at her, "So happy...what's the good thing?"
"Of course I am happy to see Long Live Lord." Xu Ruolan smiled, "In addition, I also dug out a lot of grain reserves from Fu Fan's village in Henan... totaling more than one million stones!"
"More than one million stones?" Zhu Youjian was stunned, "Dig it out? How?"
Xu Ruolan smiled and said: "Of course I will dig it from the village leaders... This is only part of it. When the slaves clear all the accounts, they can dig out three million stones!"
The property of Prince Fu's Mansion is not small, but its management is not very good. At least in the eyes of Widow Xu and her Shanxi merchant team, it is simply a sieve leaking money everywhere.
Moreover, none of the eunuchs and subordinates used by the eunuchs who helped manage the property of Prince Fu were decent... Widow Xu was not very evil, and she had already cleared this amount. If she were replaced by a traitor, she would be No problem doubling it!
"I know that Shaanxi is short of food," Widow Xu said to Zhu Youjian in a flattering manner, "So I will clear the account of the farm first... In addition, I can also recruit some people to move more than one million stones into the farm." Shaanxi. If the calculation is better, the loss on the road can be minimized."
"Well done!" Zhu Youjian was extremely satisfied with Widow Xu's ability to do things. "This is a great achievement...I will promote you later, and you can take credit for it!"
"My slave, thank you, Long Live the Lord." Widow Xu kowtowed quickly to express her gratitude.
Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "Ruolan, you don't have to thank me, I want to thank you! But the food doesn't have to be transported to Shaanxi..."
"If it's not shipped to Shaanxi? Where will it be shipped?" Widow Xu asked.
"Ship to... Nanyang!" Zhu Youjian thought for a moment and said, "It must be kept properly."
