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Chapter 293 Crusade Edict

In the next eight days, Wang Xian spent in the barracks. After eight days, he was supposed to go home. It was the [-]th day of the winter moon, and suddenly there was a decree for Zhu Zhanji to go to court the next day.Zhu Zhanji didn't go to court because he wanted to study in the morning. This time the emperor specially ordered him to go to court. Naturally, there was something important to announce, and he must be among them.

After receiving the decree, both Wang Xian and Zhu Zhanji guessed that it should be a matter of Beizheng.Sure enough, when he came back from court, Zhu Zhanji excitedly yelled at him: "Yes, it's going to be marched to the north! Hurry up and call all the generals, I want to read the imperial decree!"

The tent-raising drum sounded rumblingly, and within thirty breaths, all the generals gathered together. The queue was straight, their heads held high, and there was no sound, and there was a chill... Just by looking at the military appearance of the officers, one could feel the combat effectiveness of this army.Thinking about Wang Xianchu's appearance when he first arrived, it was completely different. This was honed day after day, and there was no room for opportunism.

Accompanied by Wang Xian, Zhu Zhanji strode to the front of the hall, and all the generals took off their helmets in unison, knelt down on one knee, and said in unison: "Meet Your Highness, see the military adviser!"

"There is a purpose." Zhu Zhanji stood in front of the generals and said in a deep voice.

"Your servants are listening to the hadith!" More than a hundred voices sounded like one person.

"The above said: The Vala remnants not only killed their lords, but also arrested and killed the court envoys, invaded and plundered the border, violated the heavens and abused people, and punished righteously! You wait for your horses and horses to fight hard, make great efforts, make your ambitions, work hard, and achieve success together. Great work! Thank you!" Zhu Zhanji loudly read out Emperor Yongle's handwritten letter.

"I will accept the order! Long live my emperor!" All the generals responded loudly, because they had already prepared, so no one felt the suddenness, but all of them were excited.

"Everyone," Zhu Zhanji put away the imperial decree, and said in a deep voice: "A good man should gallop on the battlefield and make meritorious deeds. This is the time!"

"Make meritorious deeds, right now!" The generals repeated the words of His Royal Highness, the desire to make meritorious deeds revived in everyone's blood.

Wang Xian looked at a room full of warmongers who were delighted to ask about the war, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. After the two great emperors Hongwu and Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, now it is the youthful period of youth, and the officers and soldiers are full of pride in making contributions. The Tartars took it seriously, and didn't take bloodshed and sacrifice seriously.The self-confidence of the empire is reflected in the self-confidence of the soldiers. This is true.

In the camp of the Chinese army, he was also affected by the frenzied atmosphere, and he had the urge to be a good man shrouded in horse leather, but he calmed down as soon as he returned to the room... Nima, this is going to the battlefield, although it should be safe to follow the grandson Very, but the battlefield changes rapidly, who can say for sure?Isn't it just a mess?Is it worth working so hard?
But there is no medicine for regret in this world. Unless he wants to be a deserter and put his whole life on the pillar of shame, he can only bite the bullet and go on.After adjusting his mood, Wang Xian issued an order to cancel all vacations before the year, and the entire army entered a state of second-level combat readiness.

According to Wang Xian’s rules for the young army, the second-level combat readiness is second only to the state before the troops go into battle. At this time, there are five main tasks for the army. Closely grasp the enemy's movements; third, pay close attention to the implementation of various guarantees such as logistics and equipment; fourth, pay close attention to training before combat; fifth, formulate combat plans and conduct exercises in advance.

In addition to the five items, there is another one that has not been written on paper, which is the establishment of an independent communication system.

When the regulations were first formulated, the generals had no objection to the five items on paper; but for the item outside the paper, even the wisest Mo Wen said in private that the cost of establishing and maintaining a communication system was too high. With a complete post, why bother to occupy the already tight military expenditure?
But Zhu Zhanji strongly agrees with this one. He even privately thinks that the first four are the normal staff level, and only the fifth one can best reflect Wang Xian's excellence, and it is worthwhile to treat him with such courtesy.

However, it is inconvenient to explain the reason to the generals. He just said lightly that he would pay the money at that time, and he did not need to pay it out of military expenses, so he settled this item.

With certain rules in place, there will be no panic before the battle. At a later meeting, Wang Xian will assign specific tasks.The mobilization of war preparations was personally handled by His Royal Highness Taisun; Wang Xian entrusted Mo Wen and other martial arts experts to collect intelligence and formulate combat plans;As for the communication system, under Zhu Zhanji's instruction, he was responsible for establishing it himself.

After the order was issued, it was supposed to be good for everyone to perform their duties, but it turned out that Wang Xian became the most tiring one, because he needed to check and summarize everything, and others only needed to concentrate on one aspect, but he had to take care of everything.I was so busy from morning till night that I didn't even have time to eat, and I couldn't sleep for two hours a day.

At this time, he is young and strong, and the benefits of insisting on practicing martial arts are revealed. Although he works hard every day, Wang Xian can still maintain vigorous energy. Nothing goes wrong.

Wang Xian's performance also fell into the eyes of the officials in the East Palace. Because he was worried about Zhu Zhanji and his friends, His Royal Highness sent Yang Pu and Jin Wen to the camp to assist the grandson.It should be said that Zhu Di's vision is very sharp. At least the officials he found for the prince are all people with noble character and both ability and political integrity. After several days of observation, Yang Pu and Jin Wen came to the same conclusion --Under Wang Xian's dispatch, the young army is functioning well, and their intervention will only add to the chaos.

The two had admired Wang Xian during the military exercise before, and now that they have seen his work ability with their own eyes, they admire him even more.A Taoist respects me one foot, and I respect others one foot. Naturally, Wang Xian also respects them very much. He humbly asks them for advice in every situation. They are here to help. She worked very hard to help him with ideas and got along very well.

This day was busy from morning to noon, and the three of them had time to eat lunch hot on the stove.Seeing Jin Wen's poor appetite, holding chopsticks in one hand and pressing his temple with the other, Wang Xian asked with concern, "Is Master Jin uncomfortable?"

"It's okay," Jin Wen shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It's a problem that has fallen in the cold window for ten years. When I get tired, I get a headache. Just take a rest."

"It's my fault, I made Master Jin too tired." Wang Xian apologized.

"Is Zhong Fang taunting me? I only shared less than [-]% of your share!" Jin Wen scolded with a smile: "Don't pay attention to me, or I'll have to find a crack in the ground."

"Hehe," Wang Xian asked Yang Pu again, "Where is Master Yang?"

"I'm fine, and I don't have any old headaches." Yang Pu said little, but he was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and sometimes he would joke out of nowhere.

"That's good, but I still have to go out to breathe fresh air. It's always good to change your mind." Wang Xian said with a smile: "The prince will go to the baggage camp to check and accept some things in the afternoon. Why don't you put aside the copybooks for a while and go to the warehouse for a while. get up."

"Alright." The two agreed happily.After lunch, Wang Xian and the two went to look for Zhu Zhanji, and then went to the supply camp together, where they saw that the generals were already there, commenting around the two cars.There were also several carpenters and blacksmiths on site.

Seeing His Highness arriving, all the generals rushed forward to salute, Zhu Zhanji nodded, and said to the two masters as if showing off: "I came today mainly to see the chariots improved by the craftsmen. In the last exercise, we found that the original The formation of chariots is not enough to protect the soldiers. When I came back, the military division, Mo Wen and I studied it for a long time, trying to transform it into a new type of chariot that is flexible in action and strong in protection. "

"What kind of new method?" Jin Wen asked curiously.

"You'll know if you look at it..." Zhu Zhanji smiled and pointed to the two remodeled chariots.

As soon as Zhu Zhanji spoke, Wang Xian smiled at a mature young craftsman: "Brother Kuai has successfully improved in such a short period of time, which can be described as amazing speed."

This craftsman is called Kuai Xiang. Among the group of craftsmen, this young man is the youngest, but he is obviously the leader. After hearing the words, he just said indifferently: "Military division, don't praise it first, and see if you can satisfy His Highness."

"Just take a look." Zhu Zhanji said, leaving the field in person, and started to operate the chariot. He also explained to the two masters: The biggest improvement of this chariot is that each chariot is equipped with eight folding wooden boards. It is usually placed on the car roller, and it is fully opened during combat, and it is erected on one side to replace the car box.After unfolding, the fenders of each car are [-] feet long and [-] feet high, enough to withstand arrow stones.There is also a ring card on the edge of the baffle of each vehicle, which can connect many chariots side by side and form a circular or square formation, which can resist the impact of enemy cavalry.Moreover, the two ends of the carriage can also be opened so that the soldiers can defend behind the formation of the carriage, and the soldiers on the carriage will attack the enemy with long weapons and firearms, and the enemy will retreat! "

After listening to Taisun's explanation, Jin Wen felt very good, looked at Yang Pu, and the latter said slowly: "Hearing what your Highness said, it seems that this is specially designed to restrain the Tartar cavalry, it can prevent bow and arrow shooting, cavalry conflict, So that their long skills cannot be displayed, we can rely on chariot formations, spears, bows and arrows, and firecrackers to fend off the enemy, right?"

"Master Yang is absolutely right." Zhu Zhanji nodded in praise. As expected of Master Yang, who is known as a wise man, he can easily understand such things that he has never touched before.

"But what if the enemy flees away?" Yang Pu asked.

"This..." Zhu Zhanji was a little ashamed. In fact, he also had complaints about this kind of tortoise warfare, but Wang Xian could persuade him every time.

"This is not our duty." Wang Xian relieved the grandson: "The imperial court has three thousand battalions and Longxiang guards. This is what they should do. The duty of our young army is to guard His Highness. I think, It is impossible for the emperor to let His Highness Taisun charge forward, right?"

"It makes sense." Yang Pu nodded, he felt that Wang Xian's train of thought was absolutely right.

"No way, who made our young army mainly infantry?" Zhu Zhanji felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "But there are also two thousand cavalry. Charge for my lord!"

(End of this chapter)