golden scales

Across the six-mile-wide river, if you don't use a telescope, you can only see the outline of a person.Even with binoculars, it is impossible to see faces clearly.Long Fucai saw the killing on the opposite side from the beginning to the end with a binoculars, and could barely tell that it was a small-scale duel between the Han people and the Jiannu.

—Is it our scout?There shouldn't be so many scouts gathering together.

Long Fucai was puzzled, and was also considering how to report this matter to his superiors.

"It should be the rebels."

After hearing the report, Tan Ning came to a more reliable conclusion.Although the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were able to capture the city smoothly, the vast countryside has never been without the intervention of the ruling power-it was not until the Eastern Palace system that this situation changed.With villages as supply ports and bases, there is room for rebels to survive. Although rebels and bandits are often separated by a line, they occasionally cross the line.

"We don't have the strength to cross the river to fight now. It's really heart-wrenching to watch the fire from the other side." Zuo Guangxian was quite depressed.

Dan Ning thought for a while, and said, "How much do we have left in Shanxi?"

"The armor was given to the inspection department and the labor camp, but the weapons are still there, and some are going to be remade." Zuo Guang first said: "Can these things be given to the rebels? What if they become enemies? "

Dan Ning shook his head slightly, and said, "Let them exchange the heads of slaves. Or..." He suddenly thought of a good idea: "Or how about we send some people to recruit the rebel army? Although the army can't cross the river, the less It’s no problem to go to some. Each rebel army assigns a combat staff officer, a training officer, even a Taoist priest!”

Zuo Guangxian's eyes lit up, and he said: "That's right, our people will never become enemies! General, this matter must be reported to Xingyuan as soon as possible. Once our people have roots in Shaanxi, the battle to recover Shaanxi must be used Our third division!"

Now the First Mountain Division has occupied Tongguan, and deployed defenses on the front lines of Qinling and Daba Mountains.There is the gateway to Shaanxi, and everyone thinks that it will be the task of the First Mountain Division to attack Shaanxi at that time.If the Third Guards Division can penetrate into northern Shaanxi, at least they can get a share of the pie.

Successive victories filled the Donggong army with confidence that they would win.He no longer has any fear of Jiannu and Li Chuang.Especially after the myth of Jiannu's invincibility was shattered, everyone felt that Jiannu could fight to see how good his family was.This kind of mentality unintentionally fits the essence of "despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically".

Dan Ning handed over the front-line command task to Zuo Guangxian, hurried back to Taiyuan from Pingyuan, and submitted this report to the General Staff of the Metropolitan Government.

The report was quickly sent to Zhu Cihong from the General Staff, and Zhu Cihong also held a meeting immediately.

Zhu Cilang said: "The power of harassment in the enemy's rear is probably greater than what you think. In this way, as long as the volunteers accept the combat staff and training officers we send, they can apply for food, weapons, armor and other items every month. This kind of material. Of course. It can only be given after the combat staff officer and training officer come back at the same time. To prevent them from being held hostage."

Dan Ning quickly responded: "What Your Highness said is true. The general will arrange the manpower now."

You Shiwei was dissatisfied with the frivolity and agitation of this young major general, and said coldly: "You have staff officers who can be called out, don't you have many training officers?"

The training officers are all sent by the general training department, one carrot and one hole.Where are the tannins?

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "Please send someone from the General Discipline Department, preferably with military experience. But as for the staff, I hope to be selected from the students of the Staff College."

You Shiwei was slightly taken aback, and said: "Your Highness, those students have not yet gone through the battle formation. To put it bluntly, they are all just talking about war on paper."

The newly established staff college is mainly aimed at those who have a first-class diploma or above. In addition to those who have transferred to the military, more of them are local students and recruits.In accordance with the habits of Ming literati.Medicine, Feng Shui, Art of War, Calligraphy and Painting, and Temperament must be minors in one or more subjects, so most of these people are passionate scholars who have read some military books and war strategies and are full of fantasies about war.

And because he has only read military books but does not know the actual practice, he will naturally be regarded by You Shiwei as a man who talks about war on paper.

"Those rebels are made of mud?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "If the staff officers we send have the ability to seize military power, they won't be the generation who talk about soldiers on paper. Since they can't win military power, we don't have to be afraid of them talking about soldiers on paper."

You Shiwei turned around in his head twice before realizing this logic, and he said sincerely: "What Your Highness said is absolutely true. It is true to send them to experience and kill the enemy in front of the battle."

"The main thing is to train them to write war diaries and reports." Zhu Cihong didn't even have such high expectations as You Shiwei. He suspected that when these staff officers arrived in Shaanxi, they might just sit in the base area and copy and write out their plans. Those who could come to the front line would never many.

Of course, rather than letting them go to the front to drag others down, it would be better to stay in the village and do copywriting.

"The main task is to be done by the trainer, so that the rebel army understands the meaning of resisting the Qing army." Zhu Cihong said: "This matter must be reported to the General Discipline Department, and Qin Governor to arrange it."

You Shiwei suddenly smiled a bit treacherously, and said: "I'm afraid Governor Qin will be in Taiyuan soon."

"Oh? Are you guys connecting in private?" Zhu Cihong joked.

"I don't dare!" You Shiwei panicked and said, "It was the Military Intelligence Department who received the notification from Dongchang that Governor Qin had left Jinan five days ago and said he was coming to Taiyuan to Xingyuan."

Zhu Cilang knew that the Military Intelligence Department under the General Staff was an organization for communicating information with Jin Yiwei.

"Why did Dongchang care about Governor Qin? How did you get involved with Dongchang?" Zhu Cihong was curious about this.

Dongchang is now only responsible for counter-espionage work, targeting Manchurian and rebellious spies, and more directly speaking, targeting businessmen from Shanxi.Why do they pay attention to the Metropolitan Government?This is the responsibility of the Military Justice Department.And if Qin Liangyu wanted to come to Xingyuan, he should indeed ask for instructions first.

Of course, in this era where communication conditions are all dependent on people and horses, Qin Liangyu can't be harsh on this point.Theoretically speaking, the governors of the Fourth Headquarters of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion should follow Xingyuan. After all, the crown prince is the soul and brain of this army.

It's just because Qin Liangyu is too old, and Li Changling is also old, neither can bear the pain of a long conquest.However, Wang Shiqin wanted to travel between various ordnance factories, gunpowder factories, artillery factories, and firecracker factories, so he had no conditions to follow Xingyuan.

You Shiwei heard the crown prince's question, and quickly explained: "This report is not a formal report, but an irrelevant piece of news mentioned in the exchange between intelligence agents."

Zhu Cihong was not sure at the moment: Is it a good thing or a bad thing for intelligence officers to gossip like this... If strict orders are imposed, I am afraid that valuable information exchanges in the future will be hindered.

"As for Dongchang, they have cooperated with our military intelligence department many times." You Shiwei said: "They often have news of bandits and bandits, and they need to mobilize multiple inspection departments and village braves to eliminate them. The coordination relationship is only I will do it."

The Inspection Department and Xiangyong still belong to the military system, and the Ministry of War needs to issue a transfer order, and the General Staff Department issues military orders based on the transfer order.The inspection department and the townspeople of each county will act according to the military order only after they have obtained the military order-often obeying the command of the local county magistrate or county lieutenant.

This procedure is formed spontaneously according to the responsibilities and specifications of each department.This is also the fun of management. If responsibilities are not clear, the execution procedures will be chaotic, which means that the designers are lacking in some aspects.

After listening to You Shiwei's report, Zhu Cihong went through this line in his mind, and found that apart from some minor problems in the final implementation stage, it was actually working well before, so he couldn't help being a little proud.As for the last small problem, it is not a problem now. It can be solved by resetting the powers of the command and envoy in the future, or directly classifying the county lieutenant as a military officer, so that inexperienced civilian officials will not be allowed to lead the army. The soldiers fought.

After attending the meeting, Dan Ning went to Niu Chenghu's department, which was called an inspection, but in fact he wanted to see if he could get a chance to fight.Although Niu Chenghu is the battalion officer, if the division commander is on the front line, it is naturally up to the division commander to decide.Right now, the Yellow River will soon enter the ice flood season. By then, the river will be covered with large ice blocks, and it will be impossible to cross the river. Therefore, the only place where we can hope to fight a battle is the north.

However, when the war drums were beating, people discovered that the north was not the north of the Shanxi battlefield, but the north direction.

After careful defense, the Jiannu South Route Army finally chose to advance on a large scale, hoping to break through the Zhencang defense line of the Ming army and push all the way to the Huaihe River.

There is no other reason, and if the consumption continues, the army supplies will be exhausted, and the army's morale will be slackened. The result can only be defeat without a fight.

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