Poor Family Chapter 709

  Chapter 709 Military camp initial training

Although Li Yanqing's extremely harsh training conditions made it difficult for everyone to adapt, in the end, Gao Qiu decided to accept Li Yanqing's plan. The army, these years, the imperial army's combat power has been criticized conservatively, and he is also under great pressure.

  In the ensuing closed-door deployment meeting within the army, Gao Qiu fulfilled his promise and divided the army into 300 small battalions, each of which would be headed by Li Yanqing's personal soldiers.

   After making this arrangement, everyone understood the real commander of this army.

   "Does Li Fuyin feel that there is really no hope?"

  In the big tent, Li Gang was still a little reconciled. If the command of this army was not in his own hands, he would still be a little brooding, and he would not be able to explain it to the prince when he went back.

  He was even more worried that once the officials retreated south, they might take away this newly trained elite army.

  Does Li Yanqing know where the problem lies? The problem is that Li Gang doesn't know that Gao Qiu has secretly pledged his allegiance to the prince, and he still thinks that Gao Qiu is the loyal lackey of the emperor Zhao Ji.

  Li Yanqing took a sip of tea and said with a slight smile: "Gao Taiwei has already pledged his allegiance to His Highness the Crown Prince."

  Li Gang was taken aback, "What did you say?"

   "Lieutenant Gao handed over his sword to His Royal Highness, and I am the middleman."

  Li Gang finally understood what Li Yanqing meant, and he was overjoyed. When did this happen?

   "Just yesterday morning, I handed over his saber to His Highness the Crown Prince. This matter is relatively secret, and His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want too many people to know about it."

   Li Gang breathed a sigh of relief, "Why didn't you tell me earlier, I almost stayed up all night because of this incident last night."

   "It's not too late for you to know now!"

Li Yanqing also felt lighthearted. He said casually before that Cao Yan would be in charge of the capital, but now that he thinks about it, it is impossible. Cao Yan is now responsible for the safety of the entire family, and he has to do all the affairs of the family himself. The titular title.

But this is only a subjective reason, and the more important objective reason is that Gao Qiu is unwilling to give up the position of coach. Undoubtedly a fatal blow.

Therefore, Gao Qiu would rather take refuge in Prince Zhao Huan secretly, and also maintain his loyal position in the hearts of the officials on the bright side. This is the real reason why Gao Qiu agreed to Li Yanqing's personal soldiers to enter the camp. come out.

In the afternoon, the first large-scale actual combat training began on the Martial Arts Field. The sky was covered with dust and the sun was covered with dust. Two thousand soldiers were fighting on the Martial Arts Field with wooden knives and guns. Dozens of cavalry were fighting in the crowd. The referee constantly clears out the soldiers who have been 'shot' or 'knife'.

On the temporary wooden platform next to it, a group of high-ranking officials were doing the first actual combat exercise. Gao Li was quite satisfied with it. These soldiers worked very hard, and each of them was desperately fighting each other. I haven't seen such a wonderful rehearsal for many years.

   "How does Li Fuyin feel?" Gao Qiu smiled and asked Li Yanqing next to him.

  Li Yanqing was a little disapproving of the drills of the two armies. He could see that these soldiers were deliberately acting as a majority, and they were not fighting to defend some kind of honor.

  Once the high-ranking officials watching the battle leave, it becomes a question of whether these soldiers are still interested in fighting.

  The reason for this is also clear in Li Yanqing's heart. These forbidden soldiers are old soldiers, far less innocent than the rural soldiers. It is probably not enough to rely solely on defending collective honor. Perhaps the soldiers can only be mobilized by rewards and incentives.

   "If Li Fuyin has any suggestion, just say it!"

  Gao Qiu saw the hesitation in Li Yanqing's eyes, and he knew in his heart that this hesitation was actually dissatisfaction, but he didn't point it out because of his own face.

  Gao Qiu called Xu Ning, Dong Ping, and Zhang Qing to listen to Li Yanqing's suggestion together.

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly and asked, "Have these brothers ever drank blood?"

  The three of them looked at each other, and their faces became a little unnatural. Among the three, only Zhang Qing followed Gao Qi to fight Liangshan, and he returned in a big defeat.

  As for Xu Ning and Dong Ping, both of them were coaches, although they also had lives in their hands, it is completely different from what Li Yanqing said about drinking blood. People asked if they had been on the battlefield.

Even Xu Ning and Dong Ping have never been on the battlefield, let alone these soldiers, Dong Ping wants face, he is still thinking about how to answer, but Xu Ning is a straightforward person, he shook his head and said: "No, these **** sons are all I grew up drinking water from the Bian River, it is very nourishing, where did I drink blood?"

  'Growing up by drinking the water of the Bian River' is a self-proclaimed name of the people in the capital, just like the people in the capital of later generations said that they grew up with the roots of the imperial city.

Xu Ning's words made Dong Ping's eyes flash with displeasure. Although the three of them were in control, Dong Ping obeyed when it came to official rank. Before Gao Qiu introduced Dong Ping, this was actually the subconscious telling Li Yanqing that this The army was headed by Dong Ping, and Dong Ping himself thought so.

There are official rules in the officialdom, and the army is also a part of the officialdom. Who should speak and who should speak are all about priority and inferiority. Gao Qiu called the three of them together because he respected Li Yanqing, but it doesn't mean that it is necessary. Talk about the rules.

Li Fuyin asked about the situation of the soldiers. Dong Ping hadn't spoken yet, but Xu Ning next to him took the conversation away, obviously breaking the rules. This made Dong Ping extremely dissatisfied. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, a trace of dissatisfaction still appeared in his eyes He came out, but was spotted by the extremely shrewd Li Yanqing.

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly, and turned his gaze to Dong Ping again. Dong Ping felt a little more comfortable. Although he was young, he understood the rules better than some people who lived for nothing.

  Dong Ping said in a calm manner: "Although none of them have been on the battlefield, their parents, wives and children are all in the capital. I believe their blood will burst out in critical moments!"

'high! This is Gao Ming! Li Yanqing secretly praised the same meaning, but Dong Ping was able to say it more completely. Although Dong Ping also admitted that these soldiers had never been on the battlefield, he was able to make up for this loophole. Parents, wives and children are all in the capital. Is it to defend the country?

  Xu Ning felt a little disapproving, Dong Ping just said it nicely, the war was really horrific, and it was really uncertain whether these turtle sons would take off their military uniforms and escape home.

   But Xu Ning also needs face, he can't belittle his subordinates too much, besides, he can feel the dissatisfaction of the person next to him! He just snorted coldly in his heart and said nothing.

  Li Yanqing nodded with a smile, "I will arrange craftsmen to build a training wall in the barracks later, so that the brothers can conduct training in defending the city."

  At this time, Zhang Qing, who had been silent beside him, suddenly asked, "Can we use the old Biancheng for training?"

Li Yanqing's heart moved. This is really a good suggestion. He didn't expect that the biggest problem with his training plan is to build a simulated city wall. It will take at least ten days and a half a month. If the project is large, it will even cost More time, if there is a ready-made city wall, of course it is best.

The old Biancheng mentioned by Zhang Qing is located twenty miles northwest of the capital, and only ten miles away from their current camp. It was originally the outer defensive military city of Tokyo, but it was abandoned twenty years ago. Li Yanqing knew that A military city, the height of the city wall is only three feet lower than the capital city, which can be used as a simulated defense training.

  Li Yanqing said happily: "This is a good idea, so that you don't have to wait for the city wall to be repaired before training, and you can pull the army over for training tomorrow."

  Gao Qiu also agreed to this plan, and he immediately asked the three rulers to formulate a detailed rule, which he could implement after reading it.

In the afternoon, Li Yanqing, Li Gang and Gao Shen returned to the capital together. All three of them were relatively silent along the way. When they approached Xinfengqiu Gate, Li Yanqing asked Gao Shen who had been silent today: "There is no large guard at the top of the city?" Weapons, I heard that the inventory is also insufficient, how to solve this?"

Gao Shen smiled slightly, "You don't need to worry about this. His Royal Highness mentioned this issue two months ago. Currently, there are fifty-two large-scale trebuchets in stock, and only ten artillery pieces. One hundred and fifty large trebuchets and one hundred cannons have been dispatched, and there are also some large defensive weapons at Yingtian Mansion, the Privy Council has issued an order, and they should arrive in a few days."

   "Then when will you install Uptown?"

   "I'm going to ask Li Shilang about this."

Li Gang also heard their conversation, and he said: "When Ying Tianfu's defensive weapons arrive, they will go to the city to install them immediately, and the installation can be completed in at most ten days. , responsible for manipulating these defensive weapons, but hey! I can't command this Xiang army!”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly and said: "It is a good idea to let the Xiang army be responsible for manipulating large-scale siege weapons. According to my experience, they can master them after three days of training at most, so I suggest maintaining the status quo for the time being, just like I said before. , get everything ready, once the situation changes, you can immediately take advantage of the trend, and there is no time in time."

  Li Gang nodded, "Speaking of preparations, I'm really a little short on firearm preparations."

   "Oh! Which aspect of the firearm is insufficient? Is it because the raw materials are not enough, or..."

"The raw materials are enough. The key is the firearms craftsman. The military inspector also made iron fire mines. But in the previous experiment, five of them were tested, but none of them exploded. I am still looking for the reason. I am afraid that the ice will still freeze. Once the reason is found, it will be too late for Tie Huolei."

Of course, Li Yanqing knows that making iron fire mines is far more difficult than earthquake thunder. The key is to find that delicate balance. If the medicine is less and the iron is thick, it will not explode. If the medicine is thin and the iron is thin, it will have no lethality. The success rate is also extremely low, and it was not until after going to Jingzhao Mansion that the breakthrough was made. At present, the best craftsmen who make iron fire mines are all in Jingzhao, including four gunpowder smiths and ten blacksmiths.

  Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said: "Let's do this! I will send a letter to Jingzhaocheng tomorrow morning, and within seven days at the latest, the best craftsmen who make iron fire mines will come to the capital."

  Li Gang was overjoyed immediately, "Then I'll just wait and see!"

After entering the capital, Li Yanqing did not go back to the Cao Mansion to rest, but came to the Kaifeng Mansion. He didn't really care what happened to the Kaifeng Mansion. He only cared about whether his two staff members could successfully replace him to perform the functions of staff. It was Li Yanqing's idea long ago, he didn't have time to worry about the trivial matters of the Kaifeng Mansion, so he wanted to split up the duties and powers of the Kaifeng Mansion Governor and hand them over to his two aides.

Li Yanqing arrived. In front of the gate of the Kaifeng government office, he got off his horse and walked quickly towards the government office. Just as he walked into the backyard of the Plum Blossom Hall, Cao Ying greeted him anxiously, and said anxiously to Li Yanqing: " Yin, something happened!"

  Li Yanqing waved his hand lightly, "Don't worry, let's talk in the room!"

  (end of this chapter)

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