In Zhangjiakou, densely packed military camps stretch for several miles. The soldiers inside are either training or attending classes, ideological education classes, tactical study classes, or literacy courses. There is never any idle time here, and it is always busy.

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Among the long military tents, there is a huge tent in the center. This is Zhu Youxiao's large tent of the Chinese army, but apart from its size, there is nothing special about it.

The big account is also busy at the moment. The staff is located here. All the information collected by Tiangong Company and Dongchang is summarized and analyzed here. After the Dajing Gate exploded, 15,000 cavalrymen

They left the fortress one after another to collect information on the enemy.

The big tent was separated by a curtain. In the front was the staff department, and in the back was the coach's office area and resting area. At this moment, Zhu Youzheng was sitting on the pillar and watching. All these supplies were designated by the logistics department in accordance with the standards, and then went down

Go to the inner palace for production.

The tents, tables, and piers are all standardized, and the shelves are all made of steel. They are light and strong, and can be folded, making them very easy to carry.

"Exit the border wall from Liaodong and cruise the grassland!!!" Zhu Youxiao frowned and thought carefully. He spread out a simple map. The terrain on the border of Liaodong and Mongolia was undulating, but there were still many flat areas that could be passed.

, but this place looks small on the map, but once you are really there, you will realize how vast the world is.

Zhu Youxiao is very knowledgeable these days. He planned to drive Lin Danhan from west to east to the northeast, but when he actually arrived at the grassland, he found that this strategic plan was probably bankrupt. The grassland is really too vast, so he can't do anything.

You can't find it even if you run in one direction.

As the lord of the grassland, Lin Danhan is definitely more familiar with the terrain here than Zhu Youxiao. He can easily throw away the pursuit, which makes people helpless. But fortunately, after Meng Yuan moved to the Central Plains, he tried the sweetness of settling down.

Cities began to be built on the grasslands, such as Guihua City (today's Hohhot) of the Tumut tribe, and Chahanhot City, the last imperial city of the Northern Yuan Dynasty built by Lin Dan Khan.

Once you have a city, you have a target to attack. No matter how the enemy escapes, the imperial city must not be abandoned. The Mongol Khan fled without fighting and abandoned the city. The nature of abandoning the city is the same as the Ming Dynasty emperor abandoning the city of Beijing. It is not possible at all.

It is possible that no emperor would dare to violate the emperor's oath to guard the country and the king to die for the country.

Similarly, Lin Danhan did not dare to run away without a fight, otherwise the reputation of the Golden Family would definitely fall to the bottom. It can be defeated, but it must not escape without a fight. This is also the reason why Zhu Youxiao dared to conquer Mongolia.

, the opponent no longer has a fixed abode. As for siege warfare, the Han people are definitely a few steps ahead of the Mongols.

"In this case, there is no need for Li Tu to come and gather. Let him go out of the fortress and wait for the opportunity to guard against the Jurchens." Zhu Youxiao didn't know that Huang Taiji also wanted to conquer Mongolia, but he had a certain understanding of Huang Taiji. This was absolutely

He is a man of great talent and strategy.

It is impossible to hide the news of the attack on Mongolia. As long as the other side knows about it, they will never sit idly by and ignore it. Instead, they will take advantage of the situation and come over to make a profit, completely conquering several tribes close to the Jurchens and increasing their own strength.

Although it is unlikely that Li Tu's 30,000 cavalry will be able to completely annihilate Huang Taiji, they will definitely be able to greatly restrain Huang Taiji and even defeat him. The combination of breastplate, lance, and short musket is simply astonishing, and even more powerful

What's more, one after another, Zhu Youxiao's cavalry has begun to change into stainless steel breastplates. With such defensive power, the Jurchen cavalry bow cannot break through the defense. As long as they seize the opportunity, they can definitely defeat Huang Taiji.

On his own side, 15,000 cavalry in a 100,000-strong army is about the same. After all, in his military configuration, the cavalry only plays the role of containing, pursuing, and guarding food roads, and is not the main combat force. The real main force is still

Fifty thousand Tianqi II musketeers and 10,000 artillery.

The artillery in both armies is over-allocated, and cultivating qualified talents through actual combat will serve as the basis for future military expansion.

After writing down his opinions on how to deal with it, Zhu Youxiao wrote down the word "ke" as approval, then stamped his private seal and asked the army to rush to Liaodong. As the emperor, he naturally overriding the governor's office.

The governor-general was unable to accompany him, so he could only issue military orders in his own name.

Then, he picked up the second official document, which was sent from the capital governor's office. He took a look at it and immediately felt a little dazed. The cabinet asked for troops to be sent to provide disaster relief.

At the back of the official document, there is an appendix to the cabinet, saying that the city's defense troops entering Shandong will, on the one hand, assist in gathering the victims, and on the other hand, they will also guard against the White Lotus Sect. The defeated troops from Southern Zhili were sent out in Liaodong, and it talks about the White Lotus Sect's success in Shandong.

Home and stronghold, now that there is a major earthquake in Shandong, the White Lotus Sect may take this opportunity to cause trouble.

"So that's it." Principal Zhu You rubbed his face and let out a breath. Xu Guangqi's awareness of borrowing troops to provide disaster relief was too advanced, which made him unable to react for a moment. It turned out that he just wanted this excuse to hide it from the White Lotus Sect and give it to the Jinyi Guards.

Opportunities to enter Shandong for investigation and arrest.

However, this excuse still makes Zhu Youxiao think about it. No matter what, this soldier's disaster relief activity must be used as a model to run publicity. The military and civilians are a family that has always been the direction of his efforts. No matter what kind of corruption the People's Liberation Army has in later generations, he

Its nature has not changed from the beginning to the end. After the great disaster, when the green military uniform appears, it definitely brings hope.

This is the true army of kings! What Zhu Youxiao wants is this kind of army.

Picking up the pen and using simple vernacular, Zhu Youxiao wrote down in detail his thoughts, his understanding of the army of later generations, and his expectations for the king's division. He did not care about the White Lotus Sect.

Instead, all the energy was focused on the launch of this disaster relief activity.

Sent 30,000 city defense troops into Shandong to provide all-out disaster relief.

Zhu Youxiao had also heard of the name Xu Hongru of Shandong Province, but he didn't take it to heart. People of this era may be very afraid of the White Lotus Sect, but in his opinion, it is not worth mentioning at all. As long as he lives

Well, this sect has no future. What's more, in history, he vaguely remembered that Xu Hongru was wiped out two months after he raised his army. This was the Ming army that lost the entire Liaodong in history.

It was unreasonable to come to him. Even the She'an Rebellion only lasted for half a year. It was impossible that Xu Hongru could not be destroyed. Therefore, he did not mention it at all, but concentrated on writing out all aspects of disaster relief.

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"Huh!" After a long time, Zhu Youxiao stopped writing and wrote more than ten pieces of paper in dense regular script, all of which were various publicity and education methods and precautions.

After sealing the official document with great care and attention, he still sent the army to the capital on horseback.

Looking at the messenger who was gradually going away, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The change he was worried about happened. As expected, the heroes of the Ming Dynasty started their own reprocessing based on what they spread. Through this cabinet vote

He could vaguely foresee that an era of great prosperity was coming.

However, it is useless to worry about this kind of thing. No matter how it changes, this era cannot be out of his control. His most important task at the moment is to end the grassland nomads who have been entangled with the Chinese nation for thousands of years, and to consolidate the northern territory.

The boundaries are greatly pushed outwards. Only when the old enemy in the north is solved can the Ming Dynasty have the energy to go south to conquer the ocean and establish its dominance in the Pacific in the next two hundred years.

Dajingmen has almost been repaired. Although there are still some follow-up fortifications, the main body has been built with the powerful performance of cement and will not affect access. Once this function is fulfilled, Zhu Youxiao is confident.

With the powerful tool that Tiangong Research Institute will produce soon, we can definitely solve the border troubles completely.

the next day.

The entire Zhangjiakou is covered with flags, including the sun and moon flags, the Tuanlong flag of the imperial commander, the Yulin military flag with Yinglong as its symbol, the Xiliu military flag with willow branches as its symbol, and the imperial guard flag with the Damingmen gate tower as its symbol, all in different colors.

The flag flutters in the wind, hunting and fluttering.

The endless tents have long been put away and loaded with vehicles, and the huge fleet has also been refitted. The smooth shock-absorbing wheels running on hardened roads have all been replaced with wide wheels with complex ridges like the tires of later generations. The height of the wheels

It is also much higher than before. Although walking on the grass is slower, it is stable and flat, and there will be no problems of being unable to walk or sinking.

This is the horse-drawn version of an off-road vehicle.

"Set off!"

Following Zhu Youxiao's order, the huge team began to move slowly. At the forefront were 15,000 cavalry. With the rumble of horse hooves, they quickly dispersed after passing through the Dajing Gate.

, starting with the basic unit of class ranking, masking the characters.

Coverage range...five kilometers.

The cavalry was not followed by spearmen, but by a smaller number of artillery. The artillery carriages pulled by horses and mules creaked through the gate and arrived on the vast grassland, densely arranged together.

After forming their formation, the artillerymen who came out for the first time looked excitedly at the scenery in front of them. The endless sky and earth were connected in a line in the far distance. The grassland was still covered with ice and snow. It looked plain white, with occasionally exposed areas.

In this place, you can see the dry grassland below. Under the dryness, there is a breath of spring.

After the artillery, there were 50,000 musketeers. They came out one after another, forming a dense formation, surrounding the artillery in the center. After that, there were 30,000 spearmen, Xiliu Army and Yu Lin.

Each army has ten thousand soldiers.

The armor-piercing range of the rifle has been increased from 60 steps to 70 steps. Oh, that's wrong. According to the latest distance definition standard of Tiangong Research Institute, it has been increased from 90 meters to 105 meters. This distance is a qualitative change.

It has already exceeded 100.

From a distance of 100 meters, for the most powerful Jurchen warriors of this era, the arrows fired from this distance have little lethality. Even the longest range projectile will not be able to deal with enemies wearing iron breastplates and cowhide skirts.

, the spear infantry with iron helmets basically have little lethality.

Within this range, Zhu Youxiao's musketeers can easily defeat the Jurchen warriors' double armor, iron armor, and even other non-iron armor units. The killing distance will be doubled. Such a huge attack distance makes Zhu You

The school drastically reduced the number of spearmen and increased the number of musketeers.

However, the battlefield is changeable. Although the musketeers attack sharply, their reloading is still a bit slow. This is a common problem with muzzleloaders. Moreover, for muskets, the ballistic trajectory is not very stable and the attack accuracy is not enough. They can only rely on a large number of gatherings.

Form battle lines to make up for these deficiencies.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao thought again and again, and still retained a certain amount of heavy infantry with spears. Judging from the current form, this configuration may last for a long time, because no enemy can threaten Zhu Youxiao's tactics, even if there are now

Even if rifled muskets come out, due to cost considerations, he will not install them.

This is the same as the United States in later generations. It is enough to maintain a generation gap and do not need to be too advanced. Of course, if they are faced with Western infantry, Zhu Youxiao will probably grab the rifling and arm himself in a matter of seconds.

A soldier. He would not be stupid enough to play battle line tactics with the barbarians in the West. Whoever shoots from behind, whoever shoots from closer range, and whoever can withstand a higher casualty rate will win.

These educated, hard-thinking, and capable soldiers in his army are not expendables, but organizers of his grassroots political power and executors who change the atmosphere of the entire empire. They cannot die on the battlefield so easily.

Of course, it is useless to say so much. With the transportation of this era, it is not certain whether the infantry of the Ming Empire can compete with the Western infantry during Zhu Youxiao's lifetime.

After the spear infantry came out, they stood on the outermost edge and formed the largest hollow square formation. Since the number of people was sparse and the area was the largest, the array was not very thick, only three rows. However, they looked at the deep cold light shining on their bodies.

Iron armor, no one thought that these three rows of spear arrays could easily pass through.

The Ming Dynasty favored red. In terms of the Five Virtues, this dynasty was a fire virtue, so the army wore red military uniforms. The famous Yuanyang War Coat was red. However, Zhu Youxiao decided that red was too bright for military uniforms, so he did not use it.

, the color is the same as that of the police, black. It just adds a red cloak at the back, which is considered to be in full compliance with the fire virtue theory.

At this moment, under the biting cold wind, the red cloaks were fluttering high, making every soldier of the Ming Empire look energetic. Black and red were mixed, which symbolized the colors of iron and blood. A sense of solemnity filled the entire army.

Array.

It seemed that the heaven and earth were also shocked by this murderous aura. The wind blew loudly, as if it was crying.

After the soldiers came out, the logistical equipment became heavy. These were not attached to the army, but the masters recruited by Tiangong Trading Company, a total of 20,000 people, who were responsible for the transportation of supplies and the cooking of food.
To be continued...