Chapter 789: Prelude to the Northern Expedition

A fallen leaf floated into the study from the window. E Novel WwんW. 1XIAOSHUO. COM
Xiao Ming looked at the dying phoenix tree outside the window. He said, "In short, there is no benefit to the north for attacking the King of Chu now. At present, we still need to use this apparent calm to establish the northern industrial system."
Speaking of this, Xiao Ming looked at the map in the study, and speaking of it, his current position is somewhat like the Jin Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty.
At that time, the Jin Dynasty had Mongolia in the north and the Southern Song Dynasty in the south. Now he 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 flanked by the north and the south, and now he had to find a way to defeat the Golden Horde.
After he cleaned up the Golden Horde, the business in the north will mature. It will not be too late to clean up the King of Chu. After all, it is impossible for France to help the King of Chu reach the same level as Europe in terms of technology. One and a half years.
Their main purpose is to obtain wealth from King Chu, and it is not worthwhile to help King Chu with all their power.
Moreover, there are many ways to disrupt the previous cooperation between the King of Chu and the French, and he only said one of them in the court.
"Where is Meng Youliang now?" Xiao Ming asked suddenly.
Wang Xuan was taken aback. He said: "According to the emperor's orders, we have been in secret contact with Meng Youliang. According to the latest information obtained by the subordinates, Meng Youliang is now on Treasure Island in Yi'an County."
"Treasure Island?" Xiao Ming quickly found this place on the map.
The location of Treasure Island in Yi'an County is Nan'ao County in contemporary Shantou, which is the only island county in contemporary Guangdong Province.
This Nan'ao County consists of 22 islands near the main island, of which Treasure Island is one of the islands.
"Yes, this Yi'an County is an island, and it is also a place where merchant ships transit on the route of the Great Yu State. It is very easy to find ships to and from here, and now Meng Youliang has gathered a group of privateers right here." Wang Xuan said.
Xiao Ming nodded, "In that case, you are now sending someone to tell Meng Youliang and let him looting the merchant ships between France and Lin'an from now on. 30% of the merchant ships' income goes to him, and the rest goes to the court."
"Yes, the emperor." Wang Xuan bowed.
The identity of this Meng Youliang is very special. The court does not approve of his identity, but he is the power of the great Yu country that has been privately stealing.
On weekdays, Meng Youliang's identity is a pirate, but after receiving orders, he will specifically rob the forces targeted by the Great Yu Kingdom.
This time Wang Xuan was asked to come here mainly for Meng Youliang's matter. After confessing this incident, he asked Wang Xuan to go back, and he carefully looked at the map in the study. At this time, his gaze stayed on the city of Pingzhou in Shanhaiwai. .
Since the British wanted to support the barbarians, he would not give them this opportunity, and this time they would defeat the Golden Horde in one fell swoop.
But before that, he must complete the military reform and the implementation of the decree to facilitate the Northern Expedition.
So in the next three months, he began to focus on this matter, and a reform of internal affairs and the army was carried out vigorously in the country of Da Yu.
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Youzhou, since Lei Ming received the order of military reform, it has been implemented from top to bottom, which is different from the previous name of the Dayu team.
Now the army he leads is called the Third Army of the Great Yu Kingdom Tiger Ben, 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 have also made corresponding changes. Now he has three cavalry divisions under his command, and the artillery is assigned to all levels of armies.
After completing the organization reform, he ordered a military exercise. To his surprise, this exercise surprised him. After changing the organization, he now has more flexibility in commanding the army.
Because each company and each battalion is an independent unit, he can group these units together or separate them to act separately.
"Commander, our current barbarians are adding troops to Pingzhou City, and at least three hundred artillery pieces have been transported to Pingzhou City."
Just after the military exercise was over on this day, a cavalry cavalry suddenly galloped from outside the city to report to him the movement on the grassland.
In Shanhaiguan, he also has the responsibility to monitor the barbarians.
"Three hundred artillery pieces, did the Barbarian transport all the family assets to Pingzhou City?" Thunder frowned.
Gong Ziming, the commander of the First Division, said: "Commander, it must be our frequent military exercises that scared the barbarians."
"I don't have to be afraid. I think they have planned for a long time. These three hundred artillery can not be pulled out at will." The second division commander Gu Fangxiong said loudly.
The cavalry who came to pass on the news panted, and he continued: "In addition to the artillery, the barbarians also dug intertwined trenches outside Pingzhou City, and placed spurs on the trenches!"
The generals of Lei Ming and Hu Ben in the third game suddenly looked difficult, and one of the leaders said: "These are all things from our military academy, how the barbarians have all learned it, now Pingzhou City is difficult to fight."
"The secret guard's news says that there is an Englishman training the army of the Golden Horde, so this is not surprising," Lei Ming said, "but it also shows that the barbarians are starting to look at us squarely."
After all, the generals laughed at the same time. The barbarians had never looked down upon them before, and the city on the grassland would not even send troops to station.
Because they are confident that they can use cavalry to defeat any army in the country.
While everyone was talking, a general in charge of logistics walked in and said, "Commander, a group of conscripts have just been transported from Qingzhou."
When Lei Ming and others heard this, their eyes lit up. The power of this musket was well-known when the Bashu was put down. Now every army hopes to install the conquest musket as soon as possible.
He groaned: "The conquest muskets have arrived. It seems that the emperor is determined to expedite the Northern Expedition this time. Soldiers, here is the time for you to make contributions. If anyone embarrass me, I will shave him.! "
"Yes, commander!" The generals collectively gave a military salute, and then ran out in a swarm to receive the new musket.
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Jinling City~EbookFREE.me~Lu Fei completed the reform of the military organization at the same time in these three months, and his army is now officially renamed the First Army of the Great Yu Kingdom.
When he got this title, he was so excited that he never slept all night, because it just showed the emperor's trust in him, otherwise the title of the First Army would not match him.
"The Ministry of Military Aircraft issued an order, and the Huben First Army ordered the first division and the second division to Shanhaiguan within three days."
Lu Fei read the command he had just received to his generals.
"What about our third and fourth divisions?" the two commanders stood up at the same time and asked.
"You stay at Jinling City to guard against King Chu." Lu Fei said sternly.
The two commanders sat down dejected when they heard the words, while the commander who received the order was excited.
After so many years of humiliation, they are finally going to the grassland and regaining their lost homeland.