Li Laiheng personally placed the newly arrived 5,000 infantry troops, and when he knew that the imperial court was intensifying the opening of the Central Plains, and that more Jiangnan merchants would send food later, he was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
No, in the meeting hall of the Pidao General Military Mansion, he couldn't help but excitedly settle accounts with Li Guo and the others: "Now our military strength in Dongjiang Town is eight thousand infantry, six thousand cavalry, and only combat troops." That’s nearly 15,000. With so many troops, is it enough to fight a big war?”
"That's a must!" Gao Yigong said excitedly after hearing this, "Jianlu would never have imagined that we would have five thousand more infantry troops. His grandma almost tricked us before. This time, we must Just find your place!"
Li Guo, on the other hand, was more calm and just said with a smile: "I took a look and found that there should be many people in this batch of infantry who have never seen blood, and they have been on a boat for so long, so they need to be trained for a while. "
Having said this, he paused and then said: "The best way is to train the new recruits and veterans together, so that they can be trained as quickly as possible. When the war comes, the veterans can be specially mobilized to form an elite backbone. ”
"What the foster father said makes sense!" Li Laiheng said with a smile when he heard it. "The child didn't say that he wanted to fight immediately. Let's train them first. We will also step up our investigation of the situation on Jianlu's side. It will take time to set a target. !”
Gao Yigong did not object to what they said. But he still excitedly reminded: "Where else can we fight? Jinzhou is fine. If things go wrong, it will be convenient for us to retreat to the sea! If..."
At this point, he looked at Li Guo and Li Laiheng and said in a louder voice: "Let's be more ruthless. If we take it by surprise, I think we can attack Zhenjiang Fort! Anyway, if we can't defeat it, the navy will be waiting on the Yalu River." , we can still evacuate!”
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Zheng Hongkui, the commander-in-chief of the Denglai Navy, and said, "How's it going, Lao Zheng, is there no problem with the Navy?"
In ordinary meetings, Zheng Hongkui does not have the opportunity to speak. Because the war was fought on the shore, it had nothing to do with the navy. Therefore, he did not participate in most military discussions. He just cooperated with the army's actions anyway.
This time, it was the navy that brought troops. He was also happy. After the meeting, he didn't say anything.
At this time, when Gao Yigong asked him, he immediately smiled and said: "As long as there is water, don't ask the navy if there are any problems!"
Hearing this, Gao Yigong and others couldn't help laughing.
If only the Army could be as confident as the Navy!
After laughing, Li Laiheng looked at Li Guo and asked with a little excitement: "Logically speaking, Jinzhou is also the place where we are most likely to fight! Apart from that, it's Fuzhou. But, along the coast Jianlu in these places also understands this and has always been on strict alert! If we really want to attack Zhenjiang Fort, I think we can try. At least Jianlu didn't expect that this is our opportunity! What do my adoptive father think? "
After hearing this, Li Guo nodded with a smile and said: "Surprise is a good thing, but we must also know whether Zhenjiang Fort can be attacked? How many troops are stationed at Jianlu, and what is their combat power? As for the siege..."
Having said this, he turned to look at Zheng Hongkui and said, "When the time comes, can I trouble the Navy to move a few more Hongyi cannons ashore and bombard Zhenjiang Fort? It should be no problem, right?"
In fact, the best use of solid-shell artillery in this era was not to defend a city or to fight in the field, but to attack a city or blast through a tight formation.
Naturally, these battle-hardened veterans know this very well.
After hearing this, Zheng Hongkui immediately smiled and said: "No problem, you can have as many doors as you want!"
The main force of the Denglai Navy is the Zheng family's fleet, which is fighting against the Western Yi. How could it be possible that the Hong Yi cannon with the longest range is not on the warship.
After hearing this, Li Laiheng immediately said loudly: "Okay, let's do it! The soldiers will be trained first, and the news will also be investigated. In order to prevent the news from leaking, people were sent to several places to investigate, and it must not be known that there are five Those who have arrived in the Thousand Infantry Army will inquire about this matter."
The arrival of the five thousand infantry troops was the biggest cost in starting a war against Jianlu. If the people sent out are caught by Jianlu, there is a possibility of leakage.
If Jianlu knows about it and is on guard, it will be hard to take advantage!
On the Dongjiang Army's side, they decided on their next move as soon as the five thousand infantry arrived and prepared for it.
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At this time, Zhang Mingwei had actually led his troops back to the capital.
Previously, when he was on Juehua Island, he instructed the navy to set up a suspicious formation in order to make Jianlu think that the imperial army was actually still on Juehua Island and attract Jianlu's attention. Then he sent a clipper to notify the Pi Island side.
In fact, the troops that went on the expedition have withdrawn to rest.
The 20,000 Beijing Fusiliers set out in high spirits, and now they have returned almost intact, which makes many people overjoyed.
In fact, even the 20,000 Beijing Fusiliers themselves were confused on this point.
In their opinion, if they go to Liaodong to fight against the Jianlu, many of their comrades will die. After all, they were Jianlu, and the flintlocks had a close range. Jianlu also had muskets and artillery.
Unexpectedly, the entire war process was beyond their imagination.
The long-trained shooting scene of lining up and walking in unison did not appear. Their role seems to be just to shoot the prisoners.
Really, Jianlu rushed out of Jinzhou City and fired guns "bang bang bang". As a result, Jianlu was killed and injured everywhere, and then the war was over!
It would be great if every war was like this!
Of course, these fusiliers all know that this is impossible!
However, no matter what, let them all realize that the wars commanded by Duke Xingguo always have the lowest casualty rate. This is a fact. In other words, fighting with Duke Xingguo is the most exciting war!
They were happy, and so was Emperor Chongzhen!
In a great victory, our own casualties were pitifully few, and the Jianlu were killed, not to mention more than 20,000, and one of the Jianlu's, Heshuo Prince Zheng, whose surname was Aixinjueluo, was captured alive. This really made him come back. So happy!
Sure enough, if Duke Xingguo is sent, the war will become easier and smoother!
While Emperor Chongzhen admired his ability to discern people, he went to the Ancestral Temple again and asked for Ji'erhalang from the Jin Yiwei to show off.
Then, just like before, the slave chieftain was beheaded alive at Caishikou in the capital.
This Jierhalang suffered all the "entertainment" from Jin Yiwei along the way, but in the end, he ended up being chopped up alive, which is what he deserved.
This can also be seen from the reaction of the people in the capital. This man named Aixinjueluo was the leader of the Liaodong Jianlu. The wars for so many years and the wasted deaths of millions of people were all a good thing that these slave chiefs drove out.
Therefore, the people in the capital robbed him of his flesh and wanted to go back to pay homage to their relatives and friends who had been killed by the captives. So in the end, when they didn't have enough money, they all paid for it.
Zhang Mingwei doesn't worry about these things.
After returning from the war, he devoted himself to his new studies.
The first draft of the pinyin dictionary has been completed on the way, and the rest will be handed over to Zhu Yuanyuan, whether she asks Chen Yuanyuan or someone from the palace, to revise it and publish it. In short, Zhang Mingwei only needs to see the results in this matter.
The share auction of Daming Transportation Construction Group ended just two days before Zhang Mingwei returned.
If all the auctions at the capital were converted into one share, each share would be worth three to two or five cents.
It can be seen that there is actually a lot of private money. According to the words of later generations, if you have a good investment project, you will never have to worry about investing money.
According to Zhang Mingwei's own estimation, if there were not some people who still had various concerns about this auction controlled by the imperial court, the price of this share auction would definitely be more than this amount.
The auction at Yingtian Mansion has not been reported to the capital yet. There are more rich people in Jiangnan, so there should be no shortage of auctions there.
In this way, Daming Transportation Construction Group will be rich. It just so happens that we can recruit more manpower and start construction of multiple railways at the same time.
The railway from the capital to Jiangnan must be built, and the railway from the capital to the Central Plains must also be built. These are necessary whether based on people's livelihood or other considerations.
The construction of the railway from the capital to Shanhaiguan is, for the time being, mainly based on military purposes. But from a long-term perspective, after the imperial court regains control of Liaodong, it will also carry out large-scale development of Liaodong. It depends on God's mood whether we rely solely on the sea route. This railway is the main artery to Liaodong and must be built.
In addition to these three-day railways, other places can also be built if necessary. Including the railway to Hetao, the railway to Guangzhou, etc.
Zhang Mingwei gave suggestions on these matters, and of course he didn't worry about specific matters. Naturally, someone else will communicate and coordinate with Daming Transportation Construction Group to handle these things.
At this time, he met Emperor Chongzhen, who was still excited, and began to formally discuss the household registration reform.
This is a big deal. There have been rumors about it before, and the response from the public has been good. Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew the benefits of household registration reform.
To be precise, the first step in household registration reform is the reform of military household registration.
From now on, military households will no longer be hereditary. Soldiers will receive pay, and retired households will become farmers. If they have served in the military for long enough or have achieved military merit, they can still receive pensions when they are old.
In the plan, there will be a further step, that is, all soldiers can receive this pension. It's just that those with long service life have many collars, and those with military exploits have many collars.
There are many places where money is needed right now, so we can only do this step by step.
In addition, the reform of military pay was piloted in the Beijing camp.
This is because the families of the soldiers and soldiers of the Beijing camp must be placed in the capital. This has been a rule since the establishment of the Beijing camp. This provides a possibility. That is to say, all the soldiers in the Beijing camp will open an account at the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, and the military pay will be directly deposited into the account of the soldiers in the Beijing camp. It doesn't matter whether the soldier in the Beijing camp keeps the passbook himself or his family keeps the passbook to receive the military pay.
In the future, military pay will no longer be distributed through military generals and military supervisors.
