Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 160 Military and Civilian Unity, Invincible
"good, very good!"

At the construction site in the capital, Su Yuan was about to smile as he held the battle report sent by the fast horse.

This is a very brief battle report.

The content on it is very simple: 12 enemies were killed, none of our own side was killed, and only [-] were injured.In addition, fifty Japanese pirates' fast boats were seized.

The corners of Su Yuan's mouth raised slightly. Although he had expected that the Japanese pirates would send troops to attack and was confident that Qi Jiguang could repel the enemy, he did not expect that the record in this battle was so good.

All the Japanese pirates who came were wiped out, none of them escaped, and none of our own troops were killed in battle.

Compared with these records, the fast boats captured are not so important.

Su Yuan said happily: "This battle has played out the prestige of the Bei'an Army, which is very good!" He said to the soldiers who came to report quickly, "Go back and tell the garrison at the ferry that they have made great achievements and everyone will be rewarded. !"

"Yes!"

The fast horse soldiers left, Su Yuan was not happy with himself, he had to find someone to share.

When he went to find Zhou Shu, the latter was in the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of War.

As everything in the capital stabilized, Zhou Shu also found what he wanted to do.

The household department was taken over by Lu Wuyou, and the military department was taken over by Zhou Shu.

She is very interested in all kinds of military guards, confinement, arsenal, etc. Su Yuan also encourages her to do what she is interested in. He doesn't care about the custom that women can't manage military affairs, so he entrusts the Ministry of War to her.

Zhou Shu is sorting out the information of generals in Jiangbei at the moment. After the Jiangbei reshuffle, many generals have been demoted to civilians, but some new generals have also been elected.The arrangement of these personnel's materials is very cumbersome, and Zhou Shu has also been here for a whole day.

After Su Yuan arrived, she raised her head from the pile of books and saw the pile of documents piled up high in her hand, Su Yuan said: "Don't work too hard, just do some every day, there is no need to rush to work. "

"Well, I know. I won't read it after dinner." Zhou Shu held a writing brush in one hand and leaned on his chin with the other, and asked Su Yuan, "What's the matter?"

"Oh, yes. Great news!"

Su Yuan showed her the battle report, and she smiled after reading it.

"General Qi uses his troops skillfully, this will definitely defeat the spirit of the Eastern Japanese."

"More than that!" Su Yuan sat down on the table with a little excitement, "I guess Zhou Cheng will be very angry when Nanzhou receives this news. I heard from the informant that the kid still wants to rely on Dong Wo come to defeat me."

Unlike before, Jin Yiwei had to be sent to inquire about information, now there is no need for Jin Yiwei, and Su Yuan also has many spies.

To be precise, these people are "Zhou traitors".

Ever since Su Yuan captured Beijing and almost unified Jiangbei, there have been secret reports from the south.

Some scholars in the south wanted to secretly join the Bei'an army, hoping that after going south in Bei'an in the future, they could use their merits to rise to official positions.

This can be said to be a very normal behavior.

Not to mention officials, even some big families began to let their children secretly entrust people, trying to connect with the Bei'an Army.

Since ancient times, the favorite of some big families is to bet on both sides.

Su Yuan remembered that when he was watching the Three Kingdoms, the children of the same big family all worked for whoever they were.For example, in the Zhuge family, the three brothers are loyal to Wei, Shu and Wu respectively... There is also the Xunshi family, Xun Yu is loyal to Cao Cao, but his brother Xun Chen is loyal to Yuan Shao...Although it can be said that everyone has different ambitions and identifies with different heroes, eggs are not all It also makes sense to put in one basket.

Some of the great clans in the south of the Yangtze River who originally looked down on Su Yuan and didn't take Su Yuan seriously are now panicking.

Who knew that one day Su Yuan would really go south and set off a war in the south of the Yangtze River. Could it be that they were going to be buried for Da Zhou?That's impossible.

As a result, many children of the big families in the south of the Yangtze River secretly contacted the north. In order to show their sincerity, they would deliberately inquire about some information about the Southern Zhou court and tell the Bei'an army.

It is not difficult to achieve this. The Southern Zhou court was established in a hurry, and many officials were brought up temporarily, and many of them had the support of the Jiangnan clan behind them.These officials themselves are the puppets of these great clans.

It is conceivable that when Zhou Cheng got angry in the hall, many silent officials below had already secretly recorded every word Zhou Cheng said, and told the family back.The family then sent someone to secretly leak it to the north.

Su Yuan was happy to accept this situation.

People come to send information for free, how can there be no reason not to accept it?
In this way, Su Yuan knew every move of the Southern Zhou court, at least not badly.

Zhou Cheng wanted to join forces with Dongwa to deal with him, and he knew it well.

As for whether the intelligence from the north will be leaked to the south?Surely will.

Previously, there was only one city and one corner, and Su Yuan was able to strictly control the leakage of information, but now that the entire Northland is under his control, it is inevitable that someone will spy secretly.

But Su Yuan didn't care.

Because only a few people know his core information, and it doesn't matter if the non-core information leaks out.

Some of the reforms and constructions he has carried out are all clear cards, and the South will know about them without revealing them, but knowing is knowing, and learning cannot be learned.

Su Yuan was able to search out all the money of major families and corrupt officials and use it for people's livelihood.Zhou Cheng dare?If he dared, Nan Zhou would have to change to a new emperor immediately.

"However, after suffering such a big loss, Dongwo will definitely not let it go." Zhou Shu said softly.

Su Yuan said with a smile: "It's better not to let it go, and send more people. That way there will be more Japanese pirates thrown into the sea to feed the fish, haha."

Zhou Shu was amused by him, and said: "The fish in the East China Sea can be a real treat."

After finishing speaking, she felt that what she said was inappropriate, so she gave Su Yuan a blank look.

"Yes." Su Yuan gave her a thumbs up, "I like your remarks."

"...you this person."

"That's great." Su Yuan continued.

Zhou Shu was speechless for a while, and shook his head while holding his forehead.

After Su Yuan shared his joy, he stopped disturbing Zhou Shu.

On the way back, he felt that Qi Jiguang had fought such a beautiful battle, so he only asked Kuaima to inform Youshang, which seemed a little less important.

Anyway, the ferry was not far away, so he simply went to the ferry himself on horseback.

When he arrived, he saw a happy scene.

I saw all the people in the fishing village smiling, carrying wooden baskets in their hands, some with dried fish, some with eggs, and some with homemade pancakes, and sent them to the soldiers.

The villagers of the three villages have lived in the ferry for so many years, and every time they encounter Japanese pirates, they have to run away, but this time they let out a bad breath.

Killing more than 400 Japanese pirates in one go, this is a good record that Dazhou has never had, and the common people are very happy.Not only happy for this battle, but also happy for a bright future.

They were sure in their hearts that with the Bei'an Army stationed at the ferry, they would no longer have to worry about the intrusion of the Eastern Japanese, how could they not be grateful.So they took everything they had at home and used it to repay the Bei'an soldiers.

This kind of simple feeling moved Su Yuan very much.

He knew that the soldiers and the people should be one body, and only when the soldiers and the people love each other can they be invincible.

Qi Jiguang is persuading the villagers at the moment.

"We appreciate the kindness of the folks, please take all the things back! The prince gave us a lot of military pay for the Bei'an Army, and the folks don't need to spend any more."

How could the villagers agree to force things into the soldiers' hands, and simply put them on the ground if they didn't pick them up.

Su Yuan walked over at this time, and when Qi Jiguang and others saw him, they immediately saluted and said, "See you, my lord!"

Seeing this, the villagers knew that this handsome man was the Prince of Bei'an, they knelt down excitedly and shouted: "The grass people have seen the prince!"

"Everyone, get up quickly."

Su Yuan said, and then he smiled at Qi Jiguang and said, "Jiguang, since the folks are so enthusiastic, you can just accept the things. In return, you should shoulder the responsibility of protecting the people from being disturbed in the future."

Qi Jiguang immediately said: "The general obeys the order, please rest assured, the prince will definitely fulfill his mission and prevent any fellow villagers from being harmed by Japanese pirates and other foreign enemies."

"Ah."

Then Su Yuan chatted with the enthusiastic villagers for a while, and when the villagers returned, he and Qi Jiguang walked and chatted.

"Jiguang, you fought this battle beautifully. You wiped out the enemy without losing a single person on your side. You have completely displayed the prestige of the Bei'an Army! When the Japanese pirates hear your name in the future, I'm afraid they will be so scared that they will have nightmares."

Facing Su Yuan's praise, Qi Jiguang shook his head humbly: "The last general has no credit, the credit is all due to the soldiers sent by the prince. They are all brave and well-trained in combat, and those masters of the rivers and lakes sent by the prince are just now. Because of them, only one soldier survived."

"Jiguang, don't be humble. You, the commander, are the key. It is a great achievement. But those masters of the rivers and lakes are indeed very useful in such small-scale battles."

In large-scale corps battles, Jianghu masters are of little use, at best they are super soldiers, unable to change the situation of the battle.

But in such small-scale wars involving hundreds or thousands of people, the role of Jianghu masters is magnified several times.

If there were only ordinary soldiers, even if there was an ambush, it would be unrealistic to fight first without killing any of them.But there are masters in the rivers and lakes, they use their inner strength to block the front, and the enemy is killed before their inner strength is exhausted.

This made Su Yuan feel that perhaps a small army equipped with a few masters of the rivers and lakes is the most reasonable elite force.

If this is the case, then he has taken the right move by recruiting the major Jianghu sects into the Bei'an army.

Now he has only incorporated the sects of Mobei, and then he will also incorporate the sects of Qingzhou, Jingcheng, Xuzhou, and Qinzhou.

When he incorporates most of the Jiangbei sects into the Bei'an Army, if he wants to build an elite squad of warriors and soldiers, he can easily build dozens of them.

At that time, who else in the world can stop his progress?

Thinking of this, Su Yuan was also a little excited, but he quickly calmed down.

Walking with Qi Jiguang to the ferry, there are five or six well-built multi-oar boats parked here, and several rows of small boats are tied with ropes beside them.

"These small boats are probably used by Japanese pirates."

"Yes."

"How do they compare with this multi-oared boat?"

Qi Jiguang thought for a while and answered: "East Japanese small boats are small in size. They can turn around and turn quickly. This is not as good as multi-oar boats. But compared with stability, speed, and number of people, multi-oar boats are better than others. Dongwa small boat."

Su Yuan nodded: "That is to say, the Dongwa small boat is more flexible, but the multi-oar boat is more comprehensive."

"Yes."

"The construction cost of such a small boat should be very low." Su Yuan looked at it and said, "I'm afraid there are at least a few hundred of them in Dongwa."

Qi Jiguang said: "Yes, but after this setback, Dongwa should not dare to attack again in the short term."

"Dogs can't stop eating shit. If they don't come here in the short term, they will definitely come when they have the opportunity. You can't wait for the dog to show its teeth when you beat a dog... In my hometown, dogs that have bitten people are always taken out and killed."

"I will understand at the end."

Although he won a complete victory this time, it does not mean that Su Yuan forgave Dong Wo.In fact, he had to take revenge and go back.

Because this is a de facto act of aggression by Dongwa, and the aggression cannot be counted just because Su Yuan defended properly.

It's like a thief who gets caught after stealing something, and forgets after getting it back?Certainly not, and must continue to be held accountable.Otherwise, if you stole something as long as you return it, then everyone will be a thief.

Dongwo is equivalent to this thief, and Su Yuan must punish him.

Qi Jiguang said: "My lord, by the end of September, fifty paddle boats should be completed. By then, we will have the initial naval combat power. If your lord wants to attack the Eastern Japanese, then you can try to do it."

Late September...

Su Yuan pondered for a moment, and said: "Let's talk about it at that time, the inside must be settled first, and I still want to calm down the south of the Yangtze River first. But if the Eastern Japanese give me eye drops, I don't mind beating them to a half first." .”

There is still more than a month until late September, and Su Yuan can still summon the soldiers of the heavens at least five times.If he can summon powerful troops these five times, he may consider going south in one go.

If he failed to summon a powerful unit, he would have to think about it.

Because now that Zhen Miao is no longer by his side, Su Yuan can't be as careless as before.If there is no truth, he will form an absolute crush no matter in terms of arms or strength under the premise of ensuring his own safety.

Let the enemy not even have the guts to "touch" him, look down on the wind, and have nightmares when they are scared, this is the result he wants.

Afterwards, Qi Jiguang showed Su Yuan some spoils seized from the Japanese pirates.

Among them, the equipment of the ashigaru and the samurai is nothing to look at, even the little general, Ono's samurai sword, compared with Su Yuan's sword, it is garbage among garbage.

The only thing that interested Su Yuan was what was found from the corpses of several ninjas.

There are darts, short daggers, long needles, drugs... these are not important, what is important is the smoke bomb the size of an egg.

After throwing it hard on the ground, black mist will be released after the collision, thereby hiding the body and preventing the enemy from seeing the ninja.

Su Yuan was not very interested in its effects, but in the technology contained in it.

This should be regarded as a hidden weapon.Things related to this aspect are not common in the northern martial arts. He had heard from Chu Changning that Tangmen, who dominates the rivers and lakes in central Sichuan, is very good at making and using various hidden weapons.

As for the so-called hidden weapons, there is actually a certain connection with mechanism technology.A master of hidden weapons also has the potential to become a technology expert.

Holding the black smoke bomb, Su Yuan thought to himself: "If there is a chance to incorporate the Tang Sect into the Bei'an Army in the future, maybe we can discover a lot of engineering talents."

(End of this chapter)