Steel Dynasty - Chapter 786

[Chapter 785 Prelude to the Northern Expedition]

A fallen leaf floated into the study from the window.

Xiao Ming looked at the withering sycamores outside the window and said: “In short, attacking the King of Chu now will not do any good to the north. At present, we still need to use this superficial calm to establish the industrial system of the north.”

Speaking of this, Xiao Ming looked at the map in the study. Speaking of it, his current position was somewhat like the Jin Dynasty during the Southern Song Dynasty.

At that time, the Jin Dynasty had Mongolia in the north and the Southern Song Dynasty in the south. Now it has the Golden Horde in the north and the King of Chu in the south.

Because of this, he didn’t want to end up being attacked from the north and the south, and now he was going to find a way to cripple the Golden Horde.

When he takes control of the Golden Horde and the industry and commerce in the north matures, it will not be too late to take care of the King of Chu at that time. After all, it is impossible for France to help the King of Chu reach the same level as Europe in terms of technology. In this era, France has to travel back and forth. A year and a half.

Their main purpose is to obtain wealth from the King of Chu, and it is not cost-effective at all to devote all their country’s efforts to helping the King of Chu.

Moreover, there are many ways to destroy the previous cooperation between King Chu and the French. He only mentioned one of them in the court.

“Where is Meng Youliang now?” Xiao Ming suddenly asked.

Wang Xuan was startled for a moment, and then said: “According to the emperor’s order, we have been secretly communicating with Meng Youliang. According to the latest information obtained by the official, Meng Youliang is currently on Treasure Island in Yi’an County.”

“Treasure Island?” Xiao Ming is here I quickly found this place on the map.

The location of Treasure Island in Nghe An County is Nan’ao County in contemporary Shantou, and it is the only island county in contemporary Guangdong Province.

This Nan’ao County is composed of twenty-two islands near the main island, of which Treasure Island is one of them.

“Yes, Nghe An County is an island, and it is also a place where merchant ships on the Great Yu Route are transferred. It is easy to find ships coming and going here. Now Meng Youliang has gathered a group of privateers in this place.” Wang Xuan said.

Xiao Ming nodded, “In that case, you now send someone to tell Meng Youliang to start plundering merchant ships traveling between France and Lin’an from now on. Thirty percent of the proceeds from these merchant ships will go to him, and the rest will go to the court.”

“Yes, Your Majesty .

.” Wang Xuan bowed and responded.

This Meng Youliang’s identity is very special. The court does not recognize his identity, but he is also a private plundering power of the Chongqing Kingdom.

Meng Youliang usually works as a pirate, but after receiving orders, he will specifically plunder the forces targeted by the Chongqing Kingdom.

The main reason why Wang Xuan came here this time was for Meng Youliang’s matter. After explaining this matter, he asked Wang Xuan to go back, and he carefully looked at the map in the study. At this time, his eyes stayed on Pingzhou City outside the mountains. .

Since the British wanted to support the barbarians, they would not give them this opportunity. This time they wanted to defeat the Golden Horde in one fell swoop.

But before that, he must complete military reforms and implement political orders to facilitate the Northern Expedition.

So in the next three months, he began to focus on supervising this matter, and a revolution in internal affairs and the military was launched vigorously in the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

…

Youzhou, since Lei Ming received the order of military reform, he has begun to implement it from top to bottom. It is different from the previous name of the army of the Chongqing Kingdom.

The army he now leads is called the Third Army of the Tigers of Chongqing, and he is the commander of the Third Army. Under him there are four division commanders, twelve brigade commanders, and a large number of battalion commanders and companies. long.

After the reform of the musketeers, the cavalry and artillery also made corresponding changes. Now he has three cavalry divisions under his command, and the artillery is assigned to all levels of the army.

After completing the organizational reform, he ordered a military exercise. To his surprise, this military exercise surprised him. After changing the organization, he found that the command of the army was more flexible.

Because each company and each battalion is an independent unit, he can bring these units together or separate them to act independently.

“Commander, we found that the barbarians are increasing their troops to Pingzhou City, and at least 300 artillery pieces have been transported to Pingzhou City.”

Just after the military exercise ended that day, a hunting cavalry suddenly galloped from outside the city to report to him. trends on.

Being in Shanhaiguan, he also has the responsibility of monitoring the barbarians.

“Three hundred artillery pieces. Did the barbarians transport all their wealth to Pingzhou City?” Lei Ming frowned.

Gong Ziming, the commander of the first division, said: “Commander, it must be that our frequent military exercises during this period have made the barbarians afraid.”

“It’s not necessarily that they are afraid. In my opinion, they have premeditated this. These three hundred artillery pieces are not It can be pulled out easily,” Gu Fangxiong, commander of the Second Division, said loudly.

The hunting cavalry who came to deliver the news was breathing heavily, and he continued: “In addition to artillery, the barbarians also dug intertwined trenches outside Pingzhou City, and planted spurs on the trenches!”

Lei Ming and Hu Bendi The generals of the third round suddenly looked grim. One of the regiment leaders said: “These are all things from our military academy. How come all the barbarians have learned them? Now Pingzhou City will be difficult to defeat.”

“The secret guard said that there is now a The British are training the troops of the Golden Horde, so this is not surprising at all,” Lei Ming said, “But this also shows that the barbarians are starting to look at us seriously.”

After saying that, the generals laughed at the same time. The barbarians had never looked down on them before. , this city on the grassland will not even station troops.

Because they were confident that they could use cavalry to defeat any army in Chongqing.

While everyone was talking, a general in charge of logistics came in and said, “Commander, a batch of muskets for recruiting prisoners has just arrived from Qingzhou.”

Lei Ming and others’ eyes lit up when they heard this. Bashu was famous during the time, and now every army hopes to install the muskets as soon as possible.

He mused: “The muskets have arrived. It seems that the emperor is determined to go on the Northern Expedition this time. Soldiers, it’s time for you to make contributions. If anyone embarrasses me, I will kill him.” “

Yes, commander!” The generals collectively performed a military salute, and then ran out in a hurry to receive the new muskets.

…

Jinling City.

Lu Fei also completed the reform of the army’s establishment in the past three months. The army under his command was now officially renamed the First Army of Huben of Dayu Kingdom.

When he got this title, he was so excited that he didn’t sleep all night, because this just showed the emperor’s trust in him, otherwise the title of the First Army would not be his.

“There is an order from the Military Aircraft Department. The Huben First Army will order its first division and second division to rush to Shanhaiguan within three days.”

Lu Fei read the order he had just received to his generals.

“What about our third and fourth divisions?” the two division commanders stood up at the same time and asked.

“You stay in Jinling City to guard against King Chu.” Lu Fei said seriously.

The two division commanders sat down dejectedly upon hearing this, while the division commander who received the order was beaming with excitement.

After enduring so many years of humiliation, they are finally rushing to the grassland to regain their lost homeland.

(End of chapter)