Liaodong Province, Zhenbeiguan, early morning!

With the magic of the sun, the loud bugle sounded, and the familiar tune woke Zhu Youxiao from his deep sleep. In later generations, this kind of trumpet was the sound he heard every day for two years and hated it.

However, after changing the environment, he missed it so much that he even reproduced it. After waking up, Zhu Youxiao did not stay in bed, but immediately got dressed. Outside the door, the orderly was already ready.

hot water and towels. This kind of thing cannot be avoided in military camps in later generations, let alone the feudal dynasties with this level of distinction.

After taking care of his personal hygiene, he walked out of his Chinese army tent refreshed and began his daily training. Having practiced martial arts since childhood, he had long been accustomed to all this. A powerful display of force can not only strengthen

It has your own prestige and can strengthen your body, so why not do it.

When the Habayashi Army was first formed, his physical strength helped him a lot, allowing him to establish his prestige as the commander of his own army.

Therefore, after many years, even after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he never gave up on these things. Being a man for two lives gave him a willpower and execution ability that ordinary people rarely have.

Zhu Youxiao's army was not stationed in Zhenbeiguan, not even in Liaodong Province, but on the vast prairie outside Zhenbeiguan.

The Horqin Grassland and the Songnen Plain are intertwined to form a vast area, where the Horqin tribe of the Mongolian tribe lives.

However, now the vast area here is occupied by Zhu Youxiao. One hundred thousand troops are stationed on the grassland and launched a massive operation, sweeping across the entire Mongolia in Liaodong. The entire left-wing Mongolia, including the Mongolian tribes in Liaodong,

As a result, except for the people gathered under Zhu Youxiao and the Horqin tribe, there were no idle nomadic tribes left.

After extracting all the rebellious adult men and sending them back to the pass to build roads and mines, Zhu Youxiao did not bother to manage the other personnel. Instead, he promoted all the Han slaves who were indispensable to each tribe to manage them.

The identity of the savior and emperor made these people very obedient, but the life they hated before gave them a good understanding of the operation of the grassland tribes. After being divided into layers, a strict management system could be formed.

Although this system is still very rough, for Zhu Youxiao, who first took Mongolia under his command, it is enough to have a system that can be managed in depth. Within the pass, his plan to send imperial power to the countryside has just begun. Mongolia

Although the system is rough, it can be managed in depth.

After that, he divided the nomadic areas, dispatched officials, and set up management centers. To this end, Zhu Youxiao built more than a dozen small towns on the prairie from Chahanhot to Zhenbeiguan (the geography in the front is wrong, and the one in the back is

explain.)

At present, cities are still being built, starting from Baicheng all the way south to the Great Wall. With cement, it will be much easier to build cities on the grassland. Although the city is useless to the Central Army that has been weaponized, it can still be used to resist the grassland peoples.

Very good.

The main force in building the city is these herdsmen. They have to maintain their herding life and at the same time work hard to build the city. If it weren't for Zhang Shize's increasingly abundant cavalry and hussars patrolling and suppressing them every day, I am afraid these herdsmen would also have to fight against the city.

Some landowners in the pass rose up in rebellion as they clamored.

Although some of the suppression was a bit laborious, Zhu Youxiao did not waver in his strategy of taking the city step by step. If he wanted to effectively occupy the Digestive Grassland, this was a necessary consumption.

With the establishment of the city, officials began to be injected into it, and the city defense army of each city also began to be established. The city defense army here Zhu Youxiao did not send people from the Central Army, but used the Mongols who surrendered in Mongolia, and

Those Han slaves were not suitable to be incorporated into the army.

Regarding the ups and downs of riots in Mongolia from time to time, their suppression was even more ruthless, with bloody killings, and soon the entire left-wing Mongolia settled down, and the construction of cities began step by step.

Officials who come to serve in Mongolia are all assigned by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but obviously no one with a right mind will write about being an official in a place like this in the future. It is still a trivial matter if there is no oil and water, but it will cost you your life if you have no political achievements. Every political achievement

, what can I use to get promoted?

Seeing that the emperor broke the unspoken rule that non-Hanlin officials were not allowed to join the cabinet, everyone in the world who thought they had some ability set their sights on the nine bachelor positions in the cabinet. In a place as remote as Mongolia, the emperor would forget you.

, what achievements can be used to impress the emperor?

Therefore, in the end, those who finally came to the Mongolian grassland were officials who had made mistakes, such as those who were implicated in the Hongwan coup but were not imprisoned, and those who were involved in the suppression of the rebellion in Southern Zhili and who had no clear relationship with the rebel gentry.

For those who are not clear about it, there are some who were picked up by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

As is now popular in the local area, prisoners in prisons are allowed to use their labor force to carry out labor reform tasks such as reclaiming wasteland, building roads, and building cities. This advantage has also been carried out in the officialdom. After making mistakes, scholars were deprived of their honors and were directly sent to the countryside to teach.

The officials who made mistakes were only a little better. They retained their official status, but they were also sent to the border areas to serve as officials and manage common affairs, and their whole families followed them.

Moreover, they must do well even if they have stains, otherwise the whole family will die on the prairie for the rest of their lives. Faced with the heavy burden on the family, these officials can only keep their spirits up and work hard to complete their errands.

For example, the unlucky prefect Chen Xin was captured just because he was confused and exceeded his authority. He was sent to the prairie with his whole family accompanying him. His wife, his children, and even his family were somewhat involved with him.

All the members of the same clan were sent to him.

Zhu Youxiao was never merciless when officials made mistakes, and he was directly implicated. If one person made a mistake, the whole family and even some relatives would suffer accordingly.

Fortunately, Chen Xin's mistake was not very serious, so he was assigned to a relatively good place, Baicheng, which was the original Chahanhot. The geographical advantage here is very superior, there is a valley leading to Xilingol, and it is connected to Liaodong.

It will become the political and economic center of left-wing Mongolia.

Obviously, unlike Guan Nei, this place is close to the provincial capital, so life will definitely be much easier, at least the food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc. will not be too bad.

After sending out all the cavalry and dealing with hundreds of thousands of Mongolian tribesmen, Zhu Youxiao took the remaining infantry to start rectification and training.

And now this magnificent scene has emerged.

From the sky, with Zhu Youxiao's Chinese army tent as the center, countless tents are densely distributed around it. These tents are not scattered randomly, but gathered together in clusters, and between each cluster,

There will be huge gaps left. This is a reserved training ground.

To the south, clusters of tents consciously formed a huge passage. At the end of the passage was Zhenbeiguan, and at the other end was Zhu Youxiao's Chinese army tent. Countless ruts crushed it. Down below, the grass on the avenue is almost not crushed to death.

Due to the long period of stationing and the transportation of large amounts of materials, a wide cement road was urgently built from Zhenbeiguan to Shenyang, which was connected to the previous road from the capital to Shenyang to facilitate the transportation of Zhu Youxiao and the cabinet of the capital. contacts.

After finishing his exercise in the morning and having breakfast, Zhu Youxiao began riding his horse to inspect the military camp to check on the education and training of each unit.

Different troops have different progress and different training methods, so their daily activities are also different.

Just like the Xiliu Army, since it formed an army relatively late and there are few veterans in the army, the first thing to carry out is literacy education, faith education, loyalty and honor education. This will first deepen the tradition, form an atmosphere, and after the will is baptized, After training hard, you will have a higher tolerance.

As teachers, there are local military officers who grew up from the grassroots level, military officers who were dispatched to be Jinshi Juren, and Taoist priests from Tiandi Temple. The subjects they teach are different and the content is also different.

In the military, the Taoist priests of Tiandi Temple are a group of alternative beings. They are not included in the establishment, and they have no military ranks or positions. Their ranks are based on the inner government, and they are also responsible for the unification of ideological fields, psychological counseling and Heal the wounded and rescue the dying.

Their military camp is separate. In addition to Taoist priests, there are also many Jianghu doctors and female nurses. The sources of these nurses are either the family members of some prisoners, or women who have been captured directly from the grasslands. Even, in There are also children running around and babies who need care.

Judging from the rules of the military camp, this place can be called chaotic, but it has a strange sense of warmth. Many soldiers who are bored during training like to linger around here, whether it is to look at the nurses who occasionally show their beauty. , or just looking at those cute children can help them relieve the pent-up emotions in their hearts.

As for Zhu Youxiao, as long as he did anything about this situation, he would be happy to see it, and this is what he hopes Tiandi Temple will do, to spread a positive national spirit, rescue the dying, and take care of the elderly and the weak.

Every day, when he was on patrol, he also liked to go here the most. Not only could he comfort the sergeant with an injured hand, but he could also relax himself. No, after walking around inside, there were many children around him. .

He lightly kicked his foot, kicking away a three or four-year-old kid wearing crotchless pants who was holding his calf and gnawing at it, and then said to the orderly who followed him, "Take out the things. "

"Yes, Your Majesty." The orderly responded, and then took off the baggage behind him. There was nothing unusual inside, just some maltose. However, in this era when even salt is a scarce commodity, these are just ordinary things in the eyes of modern people. Even inferior things are out-and-out luxuries.

Not to mention these Mongolian orphans, many adults will not be able to eat them in time.

As soon as the maltose was taken out, the orderly was surrounded by a group of children. A pair of children stared at him instinctively with eyes that were extremely hungry for sugar.

Fortunately, the young orderly had dealt with such scenes many times and had already become resistant to those bright eyes. Otherwise, someone else would really be in a hurry.

"Haha!" Seeing this scene, Zhu Youxiao laughed heartily. Then, he ignored the orderlies who were surrounded and could not move, and left with the guards.

Letting the horse under his crotch roam freely, Zhu Youxiao would see wherever he went.

In the Xiliu Army, there are everywhere the sound of reading, reciting students, and the familiar pinyin sounds of aboba. Mandarin and Chinese pinyin are gradually spreading with the increase of the army. During Zhu Youxiao's lifetime, he was very

There is hope to see this common Han language spread throughout the empire.

In addition to the sound of reading, there are also the sounds of speeches, either impassioned, low-pitched complaints, or solemn oaths, all kinds of situations. Although the situations are different, in general, they are in a positive state.

atmosphere.

While strolling, I quickly passed the range of the Xiliu Army and arrived at the base of the Yulin Army.

Different from the sound of reading loudly, there is indeed an atmosphere of chilling and rustling autumn wind here. As the army with the most veterans and the origin of all the Central Army, the military construction here has always been the best, regardless of the training of soldiers and ideological education.

, the military medical system and skill training have always been superior to all troops.

At this moment, Li Yuyu and his men were rehearsing the latest military formation tactics. As soon as Zhu Youxiao appeared, he was discovered by Li Yuyu, who was also patrolling the training unit, and he immediately took the

The officers from the staff trotted over.

"See Your Majesty." Although he was still wearing armor, Li Yuyu still gave a big salute. This was his reverence from the bottom of his heart. For Li Yuyu, only by building up the army of His Majesty the Emperor can he realize what he felt deep in his heart.

The deepest dream.

Starve to death without plundering, freeze to death without demolishing houses, and drink horses and fish in the sea.

"Everyone, get up." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand with a look of helplessness on his face. As for Li Yuyu's attitude, he said several times that there is no need to be so cumbersome in the military, but the other party didn't listen.

He was always like this during the war, which made others reluctant to face the saint with Li Yuyu.

After all, Li Yuyu, who is the number one person in the army, has already knelt down. How can you not kneel down?

However, no one criticized Li Yuyu's actions. After all, as the leader of the three Lis in the army, their temperaments and ideas were widely circulated. Li Yuyu's thoughts were widely circulated.

I know a lot about it.

"How is the new tactical arrangement training going?" Zhu Youxiao asked after everyone got up.

"The progress is going very smoothly. The Type 2 muskets are very powerful. After removing the cover of the spear phalanx, the musket shooting alone can also resist the cavalry charge." Li Yuyu answered carefully, and then described in detail.

Based on the training situation, these tactics were designed by Zhu Youxiao, so he naturally understands them.

While listening, the two of them were discussing, while everyone else was waiting for the monkey. As for the training, it still continued, and the formation of troops was very lively.

After setting off from Zhangjiakou, after fighting all the way, Zhu Youxiao found that the army's tactical construction was lagging behind. The armor-piercing range of the Apocalypse II musket was only fifteen meters longer than that of the I, but it was a qualitative leap. And not only that,

In terms of effective range, the second-type musket completely exploded the first-type gun, reaching an astonishing two hundred meters.

At this distance, as long as it is not armored, it can cause damage of varying sizes.

In terms of production technology, the second type is faster. After all, rolling iron sheets can only be done manually, but for forging and drilling, hydraulic machinery can be used. This speed is more than an order of magnitude faster. From manual to hydraulic, there is nothing
To be continued...