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The battle was over, and the enemy was in trouble.

It was not until late at night that Lu Cheng led nearly a hundred carriages and horses back to his base.

Fortunately, Lu Cheng's troops were stationed in a fortress outside Liaoyang City, not in the city. Otherwise, he would not be able to return that night.

After returning to the base, arranging for the logistics personnel to count the supplies, and instructing everyone not to leak the news, Lu Cheng went back to rest.

After a long-distance raid for a whole day, a small-scale fierce battle, and a day and a half of the night on the way back, the soldiers were tired and went back to rest.

The next day, near noon, Lu Cheng had just finished listening to the material data reported by his subordinates when a messenger came to tell him that the governor wanted to summon Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng was not surprised by this, and immediately got up and rode to Liaoyang City.

Seeing Lu Cheng, the governor laughed: "Captain Lu, I heard that you got rich."

"No, you are joking, I just went out to do some side jobs, fighting horse bandits."

"Oh? What horse bandits have nearly a hundred vehicles? Tell me, how did this batch of materials come from?"

In fact, Lu Cheng knew long before he took action that such a large amount of materials could never be hidden from everyone.

Moreover, no matter how covert Lu Cheng was, he could not guard against his own family.

Among the more than 1,000 people under Lu Cheng, there might be a few Jinyiwei hidden among them.

The Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty was omnipresent, and there was absolutely no problem in getting intelligence.

"Sir, to tell you the truth, I am cutting off the supply line of the Later Jin."

"So, you are robbing the supplies shipped to the Later Jin?"

"Yes, sir, you should know about the merchants who transport supplies to the Later Jin, right? Nurhaci was able to grow so fast and accumulate so many weapons and armors, all thanks to the smuggling of these merchants. Otherwise, how could the Later Jin, with its poor mountains and bad waters, get so many supplies?"

"I do know some of this, but it's a pity that those merchants, for the sake of profit, completely forget that they are The people of the Ming Dynasty. I have also suggested to the court to investigate this matter strictly, but those merchants have already bribed the officials to cover for them. "

"Yes, if it weren't for these merchants, the Later Jin might not have developed so fast. Therefore, I plundered these materials, on the one hand, to better train the troops, and on the other hand, to cut off the supply of the Later Jin and buy more time for us. "

"You don't have to say these things, I won't reach out to grab your things. I asked you to come here just to remind you. Be clean when doing things, don't leave any handle. Otherwise, the court's impeachment will definitely fall on me. "

"Thank you, sir."

"Since there are enough supplies, you must train a group of elite soldiers for me as soon as possible. Otherwise, I will hold you accountable."

"Yes, sir, please rest assured. I will train elite soldiers as soon as possible and make meritorious deeds. Sir, how about I go to the Later Jin and cut off a few heads for you? What do you think of the heads of Fan Wencheng and Li Yongfang? "

"If you can really bring back the heads of those two traitors, I will personally submit a petition to the court to ask for merit for you. "

"Sir, you must keep your word."

Seeing that Lu Cheng was serious, Xiong Tingbi said directly: "Captain Lu, don't forget that you are a captain, with more than 1,000 men under your command. You must learn how to be a general, not an assassin."

"Please rest assured, sir, even if I really want to be an assassin, I will be fully prepared. I will never take risks easily."

"You'd better remember what you said."

Lu Cheng could feel that although this old man had a bad temper, he was indeed very caring for him.

Unfortunately, this old man Xiong offended too many officials in the court. He was impeached and dismissed after only one year in Liaodong.

As soon as Xiong Tingbi left, cities in Liaodong were lost one after another. The court had to use Xiong Tingbi again, but the situation was over by then, and Xiong Tingbi was powerless to save the situation. Instead, he was involved in the struggle between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, and eventually died innocently and his head was sent to the nine borders.

If possible, Lu Cheng was also prepared to do something to change the tragic fate of this Mr. Xiong.

Lu Cheng's previous statement that he wanted to assassinate someone was definitely not just talk.

With Lu Cheng's strength as an eighth-level special forces soldier and sufficient guns and ammunition, it was still very possible for him to go to a city in the cold weapon era and kill two people.

Easy.

It's just that there are still many things to do at the moment, and Lu Cheng can't spare time for assassination.

The training of soldiers and horses, the selection and training of officers, Lu Cheng's personal learning of riding and shooting skills, the collection and preparation of food and materials, etc., all need Lu Cheng to take care of it personally.

Busy with these affairs every day, Lu Cheng's desire for talents is getting stronger and stronger.

But there is no way, those real talents will not run to Liaodong to suffer.

Without talents, great talents, Lu Cheng can only cultivate some barely usable "talents" first.

Fortunately, with this batch of sufficient supplies, the pressure on logistics is greatly reduced, and Lu Cheng can also let go of training.

On the one hand, Lu Cheng sent Ding Xian to lead a group of people to form a caravan to go to the interior to purchase food and vegetables to ensure sufficient food supply throughout the winter.

On the other hand, Lu Cheng sent people to set up several recruitment points to continue recruiting people.

Although according to the regulations, Lu Cheng can only have a team of 1,200 people at most, but given the current situation in Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi will only be happy if Lu Cheng can train more soldiers.

Moreover, Lu Cheng only recruited young and strong soldiers this time.

If there are enough young and strong people, the 1,200 soldiers under Lu Cheng will all be young and strong. The rest of the old and weak will be transferred to serve the army.

Anyway, only the number of soldiers is stipulated above, and food and wages are only issued according to the number of 1,200 at most. As for the miscellaneous servants that the generals pay for themselves, the court is too lazy to care.

Of course, if it is a peaceful year, the court has strong control over the local border troops, and this may be brought up.

As time enters winter, the weather is getting colder and colder, and many soldiers and civilians in Liaodong can only struggle in the cold winter.

In this case, the soldiers under Lu Cheng can eat and wear warm clothes, and even take care of their families, which naturally attracted a large number of people to sign up for the army, which also gave Lu Cheng room to choose.

By mid-to-late October, all of Lu Cheng's 1,200 soldiers were young and strong men under the age of 35.

Moreover, Lu Cheng's cavalry team also expanded to 100.

Lu Cheng even selected a team of ten from the 1,200 people and launched more intensive training to train them in the direction of special forces.

Archery, horseback riding, fighting, assassination, poisoning, blasting, reconnaissance and sabotage behind enemy lines, etc., are all training subjects.

Since making some simple explosive packs last time, Lu Cheng has applied to Xiong Tingbi for a lot of gunpowder and started to make more explosive packs, homemade grenades, mines, etc., in case of emergency.

Xiong Tingbi has applied to the court for a large number of military supplies, including sufficient gunpowder.

The gunpowder production capacity of the Ming Dynasty was still very good. The gunpowder depot of Wanggongchang in Yanjing alone could produce 2 tons of gunpowder per day, and the long-term reserve of gunpowder was more than 1,000 tons.

Later, in the sixth year of Tianqi, a huge explosion occurred in the Wanggongchang gunpowder depot, and the explosion shook the entire Yanjing City. The explosion was nearly 800 meters in diameter, causing more than 20,000 casualties, and all kinds of broken limbs flew everywhere, and the whole Yanjing was in chaos.

Even that big explosion has become one of the three unsolved mysteries in the world.

Regarding the use of gunpowder, Lu Cheng, the special forces king in this era, is definitely an expert, and naturally will not let go of gunpowder, a big killer.

Although there is no condition to make guns and cannons for the time being, if a bunch of explosive packs and simple grenades are placed in the storage space, Lu Cheng can turn into a humanoid mortar at a critical moment...