Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 369 Sand Dust Dark Cloud Sea (2)

If others say that they don't want to be transferred to the Dragon Tooth Army, Jin Changtai must think that he has got a cheap offer to be a good boy, or it is intentional.However, he and Zhao Xingde have a very close friendship, so he wouldn't think so, instead he sighed and said: "Looking at the documents of the military government, the military affairs will be handed over within a month. If we are in another army, we can still retain the school lieutenant in the whole battalion , Decline this transfer order. But in this way, it will be difficult to be promoted to general. However, Chengying Military Academy is not recommended by a sergeant, but appointed by the military government, so Brother Zhao cannot refuse this transfer order." He stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Xingde's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "General, there are hundreds of soldiers. Brothers from Liaodong, pick and take them with you. If you are transferred to the Dragon Tooth Army, even if it is a centurion as a centurion Commander, Commander Ten can only be an ordinary sergeant, and they must be willing to follow. The identity of the Dragon Tooth Army is not allowed to be revealed. If it is irrelevant, I can only tell him that Brother Zhao has been transferred to teach the army. "

Zhao Xingde nodded slowly, he looked into the distance, lost in thought.The prefectural and county magistrates in Kanto have never been to any place, so they are called "youhuan" and "post house".The sudden transfer order evoked some emotion in Zhao Xingde back then.Originally, when he was studying in Taixue, he thought that for an individual, this was a practice path of reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles.However, it is detrimental to the governance of the local area. Since officials are passing through in a hurry, they regard the local area as a station and have a lot of energy. They spend most of their energy on seeking promotion and promotion, and spend one or two cents on their current positions. Not bad.

Zhao Xingde transferred to the Dragon Tooth Army, that is the place where dragons and tigers are hidden, and he cannot stand without arms.However, although the situation in Liaodong has improved, it is not possible to take away all capable officers and embarrass Jin Changtai, who will succeed him as the school lieutenant.Thinking of this, Zhao Xingde couldn't help secretly admiring the arrangement of the General's Mansion. Jin Changtai himself was in charge of many military affairs, and he was a close friend with him. It was the safest thing for him to succeed Liaodong.

On the navy gunboat at Shizikou Wharf, Li Sihai ordered Chen Kang to be taken to the guest room, and two sergeants were guarded at the door.He took the military newspaper handed over by Wu Mai himself, and scanned it from beginning to end.A smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he handed the general report to Wu Mai.After Wu Mai took a look, his eyes widened suddenly, and he said in surprise: "The situation in Liaodong is so good, why did you transfer Xiaowei Zhao to teach the army?"

Li Sihai sighed, and said in a low voice: "I'm not afraid that it's not teaching the soldiers."

"What?" Wu Mai was taken aback again. He never thought of doubting the military newspaper in black and white.Generally speaking, the marching Sima is better informed about the news and trends of the imperial court than the captain.But Li Sihai is an ordinary person.He speaks casually, sometimes seemingly irrelevant, even absurd, but often after a period of time, he finds that he has already got the point. "That's it," Wu Mai frowned and said hesitantly, "Lieutenant of the Longya Military Academy." He thought of Zhao De's coming to Liaodong and made many achievements. This sudden transfer was even more strange, and he believed it a little bit. , Sighed, "I lost my mind, I thought, there are still several highly respected captains, even if Captain Zhao has a high merit, it is not his turn to be Chengying's general. In the battle of Liaodong, Lieutenant Li, yours!" The credit is not small."

His last sentence seemed to be a grievance for Li Sihai.According to the usual practice, the generals and lieutenants of the military government are promoted to the Dragon Tooth Army, but when they serve as foreign generals in the future, they often return to the original army, so as not to cause the soldiers to become unfamiliar.Zhao De is the captain of Longya, and he is likely to succeed the general of Chengying Army.At that time, Li Sihai might still be inferior to Zhao De, making Wu Mai quite worthless.

"He may not return to Chengying in the future." Li Sihai said something that surprised Wu Mai again, and then said, "In the future, our fourth battalion will become a big summer navy and open up thousands of miles of sea territory. How can we care about these things." He patted Wu Mai on the shoulder, turned and went back to the cabin.

The Dunhuang Huguo Mansion had just finished the discussion, and the familiar school captains walked together in twos and threes.When the sun was setting, everyone's faces were a little heavy.The Liao Kingdom solved the Jurchen troubles cleanly, and the Mierbo tribe in the north revived.The State of Song sent troops to seize Kyushu behind the mountain, and the captain of the Huguo Mansion discussed and argued day and night.The Anton Military Division, the Military Intelligence Division, Road Cao, the Supplies Division, the Anbei Military Division, and the Prime Minister sent people to the Huguo Mansion many times to explain the specific situation. The Huguo Mansion finally decided to go north first and then south.Before the scourge on the grassland is completely quelled, temporarily retreat to the Song State.Because the Song Dynasty closed Hangu East Pass, the trade between the two sides was cut off, and the workshops and caravans in central Shu and Guanzhong suffered heavy losses.The Huguo Mansion ordered the envoy to see the emperor of the Song Dynasty to restore the trade between Guanzhong and Guandong, Shuzhong and Jiangnan as soon as possible.

"If Lieutenant Yang is not busy, let's go to Huayue Tower."

Yang Ren turned his head and saw that it was Yu Zangyun, a lieutenant of the Tiger Wing Army.Both of them are from Guanzhong.This Huayue Building is named after the Five Sacred Mountains Huashan, and it is the gathering place for fellow villagers in Guanzhong. Yu Zangyun warmly invited him, and Yang Ren smiled and said, "Then respect is worse than obedience."

In the past ten days, the Huguo Mansion discussed the war between the Song Dynasty, and Yu Zangyun and him shared the same hatred. They all argued that the Kyushu behind the mountains was originally a place where the Liao and Song Dynasties fought, and for this reason, lightly attacking the Song Dynasty was not a good idea for the Xia Kingdom. There is no gain or loss.Because the Song State has a large land and a large population, once a war starts, the people and material resources that can be used are almost endless, and the war to attack the Song Dynasty is difficult to end in a short period of time.Among the school lieutenants of Guan's body, the two are the most popular, and they finally persuaded the other school lieutenants to give up the idea of ​​attacking the Song Dynasty.

The two sat down in the Yage on the third floor of Huayue Building, Yu Zangyun smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "This time, Xiaowei Yang's words of righteousness saved Sangzi from the pain of swords and soldiers. .” After speaking, he raised his wine glass.

Yang Ren laughed and said: "Where is that, Yang also thanked Yu Xiaowei on behalf of the Guanzhong fathers and elders." .When it comes to the interests of Guanzhong, Yang Ren cares several times more than Yu Zangyun.He is a lieutenant of the Baiyu Army, not like Yu Zangyun, who is a member of the Tiger Wing Army.

Sure enough, after drinking for three rounds, Yu Zangyun sighed: "I never expected that Zhu Yanheng would almost fall into the hands of the grassland barbarians. If it wasn't for Chen Chong's wisdom and courage to save the crisis, the consequences would be unimaginable." He put the wine glass away. On the table, he said regretfully, "Chen Chong has the talent of a general, and he has made great contributions. Not only did he not be reused, but he was transferred back because of this, which is a waste of talent."

Yang Ren picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "It must be that the military mansion loves His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." He changed the subject, "There is also a person who has made meritorious deeds, and Zhao De was also transferred back. It is really strange. A while ago Although there were some rumors and gossips in Japan, the Military Intelligence Department later clarified it. Liaodong is now employing people. I don’t know why the military government transferred him back. Is it just because of the bad relationship with the Kanto, and Zhao De is from the Kanto? Zhang Shanfu It doesn't seem like such a narrow-minded generation."

"Lieutenant Yang doesn't know something," Yu Zangyun smiled and said in a low voice, "This is for the Huo Gun Gun Battalion."

"The matter of the Huo Gun Gun Camp?" Yang Renqi said, "Didn't it be clarified a long time ago that it has nothing to do with Zhao De?"

"No, no," Yu Zangyun shook his head, "It's not the Firebolt Gun Battalion of the Song Dynasty, but the Firebolt Gun Battalion of our Dynasty. He was transferred back to train the Firebolt Gunners." He was a member of the Huyi Military Academy Wei, the news is better than others. Seeing that Yang Ren was still unclear, he explained again, "A musket gunner can 'shoot' bullets from a distance, and can stab a spear close up. It is indeed useful. Although the training of musket gunners is incomparable to the elite soldiers of our dynasty, their combat power should not be underestimated if they can conquer foreign vassals. And the military intelligence department learned that the Liao Kingdom had experienced it in Hejian and Suzhou successively, and it is also In the Xi army, we should try to establish a firecracker battalion. In this way, how can we fall behind others? And to train the firecracker spear battalion, there is no better candidate than Zhao De."

"Guanzhong will try to train one hundred battalions, and the [-] regiments will use firecracker guns for training. I know this." Yang Ren frowned and said, "But if Zhao De came to train the firecracker battalion, don't send him to Anton. The military commander was transferred to the Dragon Tooth Army, what is the reason? It would be a waste of talent to use elite sergeants as gunners."

"Brother, the Dragon Tooth Army trains not ordinary gunners, but centurions." Yu Zangyun picked up a glass of wine and said with a smile, "This Zhao De was specially transferred back to train officers. He is from the artillery battalion. He is from a family background and has the qualifications of Chengying. He can intimidate the elite, and he has personally led the Fire Gun Gun Battalion to fight in battle. It is perfect to use him to train officers."