The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 262 Kill Two Birds With One Stone

"Chen Fan Wenhu sees His Majesty,"

"Well, Aiqing is not polite, please sit down,"

"Thank you, Your Majesty,"

"Fan Aiqing, although you are the only candidate in the Guangnan War Zone, if you fail the assessment, I will not let you take the position,"

"Your Majesty, I understand,"

"Okay, let's get started,"

"Your Majesty, the Guangnan War Zone is a new war zone newly established by our dynasty. It is located in a remote location, bordering Annan in the south, and now bordering Mongolia in the west. Therefore, its geographical location has become very important. I believe that the Guangnan War Zone has three main features. The purpose is to prevent the Mongols from attacking our dynasty from the original land of Dali. Although the terrain of Guangnan is complex and not conducive to large-scale cavalry operations, if the Mongols break through, it will directly threaten the hinterland of our dynasty. Therefore, we must Take good precautions, Weichen's plan is to use the local mountain danger to build a multi-route cottage. As long as the traffic arteries are controlled, the entire Guangnan West Front can be defended. The second is to cooperate with the Northern Expedition in three years. You can send troops to the west to conquer the original land of Dali in one fell swoop, and the third is to be ready at all times to go south to the Annan countries and bring the vassal states under our direct jurisdiction."

Fan Wenhu looked at me and continued: "Aiming at the above three points, the military officials in the Guangnan theater plan to divide into two, and the half-box army will be responsible for the defense of the western border. Taking attack as the training direction, according to the local terrain, the mountains will be used as the main place for training, that is to say, we will train the same types of troops as the mountain soldiers in the past, so that the soldiers can freely shuttle between the mountains."

Judging from the expressions of the four, Fan Wenhu's organization is the most clear. After all, Fan Wenhu has been in the court for many years, and he has enough time to make targeted preparations. The only thing that surprised me was Fan Wenhu's plan to regain Annan Plan, I don't seem to have publicly said this in court, if he analyzed it himself, it would be beyond my expectation.

For Jia Sidao's party, I usually only pay attention to their political words and deeds, but I have always ignored their own abilities.

"Ai Qing, continue,"

"Your Majesty, the last point is that there are many ethnic groups in Guangnan. When recruiting recruits, I will try my best to put other ethnic groups first and ensure the equality of each ethnic group. At the same time, I will maintain a close relationship with the local government and strive to gain the support of the local people. "

Compared with regaining Annan, Fan Wenhu's national strategy surprised me even more. Since ancient times, all dynasties in our country have liked to call themselves the Celestial Dynasty, and they like to call themselves barbarians when dealing with foreign races. The war zone, especially the Dali area near the west, has many ethnic groups. Fan Wenhu can put forward the idea of ​​equality of all ethnic groups, which makes me treat him differently.

I nodded and said, "Aiqings, do you have any questions to ask Fan Aiqing?"

Lu Xiufu said: "Master Fan, if the Guangnan War Zone sends troops to Dali and Annan at the same time in three years, will the two armies be enough?"

"Lord Lu, I have calculated that if the two fronts fight at the same time, there will be insufficient troops,"

I took Lu Xiufu's question and asked, "Then what is Fan Aiqing's plan?"

"Your Majesty, I have two plans in mind. One is to expand the army. Of course, this requires your Majesty's instructions. The other is to not increase the source of troops. I think it is temporarily impossible to implement the plan of fighting on two fronts at the same time. Three years later, I will In the name of attacking the Mongolian soldiers in Dali, Annan is going to send troops to assist. If Annan is unwilling to send troops, then the minister will concentrate on destroying Annan on the basis of firmly defending the west, and then turn around and attack Mongolia in the west. If Annan cooperates , the minister will go west first, and then turn around and enter Annan, "

"That's a good way," I said, "my dears, if there are no more questions, this interview is over,"

"I have no problem with the ministers,"

"Alright then, Fan Aiqing, step back and notify the other three to be present at the court meeting tomorrow morning, and I will announce the result,"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take my leave,"

After Fan Wenhu left, I said, "Everyone, you are going to vote. There are three candidates in the Lin'an theater. According to today's interviews, you choose one. There is only one candidate in the Guangnan theater. You vote for it." Or just vote against,"

When I returned to the Imperial Study Room, I opened everyone's note, Guangnan War Zone, Fan Wenhu, four people unanimously agreed, for Lin'an War Zone, two recommended Wang Anjie, and the other two voted for Yin Yinglei.

Regarding the restructuring of the Forbidden Army, my first plan is to break it up first, and it seems that there is no problem.

Fan Wenhu's performance today is not bad, no matter whether someone is behind to give him advice, I will go along with it, after all, I want to give Jia Sidao a face, and I am not alone in the strength of Jia Sidao's party in the court. It can be cleared within a day. After the establishment of the Guangnan theater, I will slowly find a way to control it. With the Xiangfan theater falling, only one Guangnan will be left among the six major military regions in the future. What's the matter? I feel more and more that the imperial power in the feudal society is overbearing. As long as the emperor is strong enough, the powerful officials will be weaker. Unless someone wants to add a yellow robe, otherwise, no matter whether it is a wise king or a tyrant, their status cannot be violated.

As for the commander-in-chief of the Lin'an theater, of course it will be much more important. If defending Lin'an is the first choice, then Wang Anjie is suitable. If the Northern Expedition in three years' time is the goal, Yin Yinglei is more suitable.

This Yin Yinglei gives me the feeling a bit like Li Yunlong on TV, he doesn't play cards according to common sense, if he uses it well, he will be a sharp knife, if he doesn't use it well, he may also do bad things, compared to the Guangnan theater On the contrary, it is the commander-in-chief of the Lin'an theater that makes it difficult for me to make a decision.

Just as I was thinking about it, Xiaoqi came to report: "Officials, thank you, thank you for bringing Wenzhang and Zhang Shijie to see you."

"Well, Xuan,"

After a while, Xiaoqi brought the three of them to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, I will see you,"

"Well, no courtesy," I said straight to the point, "I called you here today to tell you about the Imperial Forest Army."

"Your Majesty please instruct,"

"I have already told you about the organizational structure of the Imperial Forest Army. It is organized in squads and platoons. Both Wen Zhang and Zhang Aiqing have seen the power of muskets. Xie Aiqing, you have recently taken the time to go to the Gunpowder Department and experience the power of firearms for yourself."

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

"The Royal Forest Army is a force that focuses on firearms, so its training methods will be different from other troops. Zhang Aiqing, you have been training musketeers. What good ideas and suggestions do you have?"

"Your Majesty, it takes about three months for an ordinary soldier to master the most basic shooting skills of a musketeer. There are not many skills to speak of, and it is much simpler than that of an archer. I think there are only four words. , that is practice makes perfect, as for a sharpshooter like Li Long, it depends on talent."

"Well, well said, practice makes perfect, Zhang Aiqing, among the five hundred musketeers you brought back from Yangzhou, is there any marksman like Li Long?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there is not yet. I will organize a challenge every ten days in the army. Every time, Li Long won the first place. Later, I selected [-] potential gunmen in the army to form I formed a sniper team, taught by Li Long, but there is still no one who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Long,"

"It seems that geniuses in every industry are rare,"

"Exactly,"

I smiled: "Wen Zhang, all of you young guards have joined the Imperial Forest Army, and you will train with adults in the future, do you have the confidence?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, after nearly a year of training, I believe that the young guards will not be worse than others,"

"Okay, have ambition, from now on you and Zhang Aiqing will be the two most important generals under Xie Aiqing's command, and you must not discredit the imperial army."

"Yes, the minister will definitely satisfy His Majesty,"

"Well, the Royal Forest Army, which is dominated by musketeers, is the forerunner of our army. Whether firearms can replace cold weapons depends on you,"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Zhang Shijie said, "Your Majesty, with the deepening of my understanding of muskets, I feel more and more that firearms will replace the existing weapons and become the mainstream configuration of the army sooner or later."

"That's natural. The most critical point at present is the matching of musketeers with other arms before the musket is fully formed. How do you think about this?"

"Your Majesty, I have tried several combinations. After repeated discussions with Mr. Li, I decided to follow the three-two-one combination, that is, three musketeers, two sword and shield players with martial arts skills, and one thrower. The combination of hand methods is the most effective. Your Majesty, when the enemy cavalry is close, the musketeer can put a bayonet on the musketeer, and then transform from a musketeer into a long spearman. Since the musket weighs more than the long spear, during training, Weight-bearing ability is also a necessary training item. Of course, in the usual discussions of the Musketeers, they agreed that the enemy's cavalry should not be rushed in front of them as much as possible. , can protect the musketeers and fight while walking, it just so happens that many members of Wenzhang's youth guards are proficient in martial arts, if they can be combined together, it will be more perfect."

I don't know if this method is effective, but since Li Tingzhi also agrees, there must be a reason. Sword and shield hands are naturally based on swords, and the sword skills of the Fujian Lin family are the strongest among the martial arts families I know , I thought up to this point, and hurriedly said: "Xie Aiqing,"

"The minister is here,"

"You are good at sword skills, and you will be responsible for training these sword and shield players in the future,"

"Yes, Your Majesty, by the way, can I recruit a group of masters from the Lin family?"

"sure,"

"With the help of people from the Lin family, I think we can get twice the result with half the effort,"

I laughed and said, "It's good to be brave. The Northern Expedition is a major event in our dynasty. I welcome martial arts warriors to join us very much."

Wen Zhang also said: "Master Xie's move is very reasonable, and kills two birds with one stone."

Xie Daolin was a little confused and said: "General Wen, why kill two birds with one stone?"

"Master Xie, it is naturally a great thing to have masters from the Lin family to act as sword and shield fighters or to train other sword and shield fighters. Secondly, if His Majesty wants to personally conquer during the Northern Expedition, then the Imperial Forest Army will definitely follow His Majesty. With the help of the Lin family's martial arts masters , Your Majesty’s guarding problem will be easily solved.”

Xie Daolin got enlightened and said, "General Wen is right,"

I smiled and said, "Wen Zhang, you must be thinking, with the guards of the Lin family's masters, you can go to kill the enemy with peace of mind."

Seeing that I saw through his intentions, Wen Zhang said embarrassingly, "Your Majesty, I will follow your Majesty's arrangement."