I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1018

In the end, Yang Shiqi gritted his teeth and reluctantly agreed.

In fact, it is not too accurate to say that you want to grit your teeth.

Until now, the turmoil of the tea-horse case has not really passed, and every court meeting, someone still brings up this matter.

Needless to say, these people should be those nobles in Nanjing who paid money to bribe them to intentionally stimulate Li Tian, ​​Yang Shiqi and others.

If Li Tian hadn't been suppressing this matter all the time, Yang Shiqi, the chief assistant, would have been unable to sit still.

Even if Li Tian didn't ask him to do this this time, it is estimated that Yang Shiqi would agree with Yang Dao to go to Mongolia in the end.

After all, the disaster was caused by Yang Dao, and Yang Dao had to do it himself if he wanted to make up for this mistake.

If Yang Shiqi blindly shielded him and didn't think of a way to solve this matter thoroughly, their Yang family would never be able to stand up and be a man.

This time it can be said that Yang Shiqi made another bet.

If they won the bet, Young Master Yang said that they could continue their prosperity and wealth for decades. If they lost the bet, it is estimated that he, the chief assistant, would not be able to continue being the chief assistant.

The entanglement and struggle in his heart may only be understood by himself.Outsiders simply cannot understand it.

The discussion on Yang Dao's matter is over, and the three days and three nights of their discussions are completely over.

This can be regarded as Li Tian has arranged everything properly before leaving for Nanjing.

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A few days later, the new army completed initial adaptation training.

Zheng He came to ask for an order to set off, and Li Tian specially arranged a grand departure ceremony for him.

It is said to be grand, but in fact it is not so eye-catching. Only Li Tian, ​​Wang Fu and others and a few big men in the army were present.

Since this is a secret mission, the new army is destined to not be as solemn as the previous army's departure, causing a lot of trouble in the city.

There is actually a reason why Zheng He and others set off so many days in advance.

Although the basic training time for the new army is not short, the equipment and equipment have only recently been completed.

If they want to have good combat effectiveness when they arrive in Nanjing, it is essential to train while driving on the road.

But in order to keep going and keep training, their traveling speed is specified not to be too fast.

So they have to leave early.

Beijing is more than 1000 kilometers away from Nanjing. Even if you march 20 kilometers a day, it will take more than [-] days.

You must know that the army of this era is not like the army of later generations. The luggage is pulled by cars and trains. The team can travel as fast as it can, and it is even possible to march more than 100 kilometers a day and night.

Traveling [-] kilometers a day is still very difficult in this era when there are no roads and no cars or trains to help transport luggage.

But Li Tian had already considered this.

There are 2000 of them, and Li Tian equipped them with nearly [-] horses.

These horses are not war horses, but pack horses, which are specially used to pull carts and transport food and supplies.

With these horses, the burden on the new army will be much less, and their marching speed can be increased to the limit they can achieve.

Another very important point is that because the new army does not wear armor, the weight of the materials they carry is far lower than that of ordinary Ming soldiers.

Even if each of them carried a few days of rations, enough ammunition for a small-scale assault battle, and personal sleeping bags and other materials, all of them added up to only twenty or thirty catties.

These things together are as heavy as the armor of other arms.

On this point alone, the new army has a great advantage over them.

It can be said that they can be regarded as traveling lightly every moment.

Because it was a secret operation, it was inconvenient for Li Tian to disclose more information to them.

I can only encourage them a few words casually, so as not to make them too nervous.

But what Li Tian didn't expect was that these recruits not only didn't have any sense of nervousness about going to the battlefield, but even screamed excitedly, as if they couldn't wait to set foot on the battlefield and show their skills.

The reason why they have such a reaction is actually the past.

This group of recruits, saying that they are recruits, is not entirely correct.

They all had a certain amount of service experience. Basically, except for a few sons and brothers who had never been on the battlefield, everyone else had some experience.

After all, they were selected from various big camps in the capital to be light and strong, and they were not completely raw.

Many of them had followed Zhu Di in the Northern Expedition to Mongolia.

They are not unfamiliar with such things as marching and fighting.

Therefore, there is still a big difference between them and the pure recruits in Li Tian's imagination who don't understand anything and have never experienced anything.

Cheng Guogong and Yingying Gong, who came to see off together, couldn't help but pursed their lips and laughed when they saw the morale of these recruits.

Can't stop sighing in my heart,
"This is what a soldier should look like. We can lead this kind of team in this life. It is really a blessing that we have cultivated in eight lifetimes!"

In fact, I can understand why they are so happy!

After all, the new army was trained by the three of them together, and the two of them also arranged for many of their cronies to be among them.

Once the new army proves its combat effectiveness in the following days, it proves that the new army area has a lot to do.

It is conceivable that Ming's army will definitely develop in this direction in the future.

As the founders of this new type of army, they will definitely be in the absolute leadership position in the future.

And those trusted subordinates they arranged in the new army will also grow into members of the backbone general group of the new army in the future.

In this way, the status of the two of them will be more stable. As long as they don't make any big mistakes, this kind of wealth and glory is absolutely indispensable.

The departure ceremony was simple and fast, but extremely solemn.

Waiting for the new army to walk out of the barracks slowly under the command of several officers riding tall horses.

Seeing this group of neatly dressed and gorgeous new military uniforms, the high-spirited and confident team slowly stepped into the long street and marched towards the distance.

Li Tian's heart couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm.

This new army can be regarded as being built by him alone. Almost all the things they wear and use in their hands are invented and created by him.

In a sense, they are similar to Li Tian's own son.

He has high hopes for them, and it is still unknown what surprises they will bring to him in the future.

Now that they are embarking on a new journey, Li Tian is like a son whose father sends him off to the battlefield, with worries and expectations in his heart.

(End of this chapter)