The news of the fall of Lushun shocked Zhao Ming.This place is surrounded by water on three sides, there are sea ships of Donghai Town in the port, and the width of South Guam Island in the north is only more than ten miles, after the Ming army repaired the old wall here, the whole Lushun Island was closed.If the Qing army wanted to attack Lushun, it could not attack by sea, so it could only attack the frontal wall of South Guam.With the strength of the Lushun Tun army, even if the Manchus sent tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it would be difficult to capture them for a while.Now that Zhao Ming suddenly received the news, it showed that Lushun had fallen directly after a fierce battle for a long time.This is either because the Qing army outwitted it, or because of the huge difference in strength.In the festival hall, Zhao Ming's face sank like water, Hu Weizong walked quickly, saluted and hugged his fists: "Dashuai is looking for me." ”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, "Weizong, do you know about the fall of Lushun?"
”Hu Weizong was slightly stunned, and his face showed surprise, "Lushun has fallen?"
”Then he clenched his fists and bowed his head, "I don't know what I do!"
Zhao Ming was a little angry and said, "Heaven and earth will immediately check this matter for me." ”In recent years, the Heaven and Earth Society has mainly been active in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and its influence has not spread all over the world, although it has sent a lot of personnel to the north to set up branches, but the time is still short, and it has not been able to obtain any important information.Despite this, Hu Weizong immediately clenched his fists, "Obey orders!"
”Zhao Ming waved his hand, "You go and do it!"
”After Hu Weizong left, Zhao Ming leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then stood up and ordered: "Prepare the horse, this commander will go to the camp to inspect!"
”Su Songchang is rich, but he also needs to pay a certain price to occupy him, that is, he needs heavy troops to guard.At this time, due to the lack of materials, Zhao Ming has not expanded the army, but only maintained the number of soldiers at about 30,000.Now, Zhao Ming occupies Su Songchang, and the island of Taiwan has been developed for several years, which can provide a large amount of rice and grain for the army, and the time is ripe for Zhao Ming to expand the army, and it is imminent.This time, Zhao Ming is going to expand the army by 50,000 people, and the newly recruited soldiers are almost twice as many as the original soldiers.The 50,000 newly recruited troops were mainly selected from the Tun army and the Qing army that surrendered voluntarily, although these people were not as elite as the soldiers, but after all, they had received a certain amount of training and participated in the war, so they had just been organized, and they already had a certain combat power.The 50,000 recruits were divided into several large battalions, and there was one outside Suzhou, where 10,000 recruits of the Shence Chinese Army were stationed, and Li Zhongming was responsible for training.At this time, the camp shouted to kill the heavens, and the soldiers were conducting drills, but Zhao Ming rode to the camp gate.A team of cavalry rushed out of the camp, but it was Li Zhongming who got the news and led many generals to greet him."
Dashuai!"
Li Zhongming and others hugged their fists to greet them.Zhao Ming bowed slightly, he had come to the new camp many times, and this time he came, mainly because after hearing the news of the fall of Lushun, his heart was shaken, and he had a premonition that there was a battle to be fought, so he came to check the effect of the training.Now Zhao Ming has too few soldiers at hand, just guarding Su Songchang, he needs at least forty or fifty thousand horses, if the new army does not form a combat force, then he will not dare to move in Su Songchang, and the situation has become passive.Zhao Ming grabbed the reins of the horse, "I'll see how the soldiers are training?"
”Li Zhongming said quite confidently: "Please enter the camp for proofreading!"
”The group ran to the camp gate, turned over and dismounted, and strode into the camp, and saw a team of soldiers on the school field, busy with the exercise.Previously, Zhao Ming presided over the compilation of a "Lu Shi Drill Code" to specifically stipulate military training, and now Donghai Town has already had a relatively complete process for the training of new soldiers.It can be said that according to the drill code, as long as there is enough money, food and ordnance, the instructor can continue to produce qualified soldiers, and it can already form an assembly line operation.On the school field, according to the different time of entering the camp, some teams are still in the practice queue, some are holding muskets or wooden guns for drills, and several teams of people are fighting, and the camp is in full swing.Zhao Ming is very confident in the "Lu Shi Drill Code" compiled by himself, and he is not worried about the training of the army, he cares about the equipment."
Haven't the muskets arrived yet?"
Zhao Ming saw many soldiers holding a model of a wooden gun in their hands, and couldn't help frowning and asking.Li Zhongming said: "Dashuai, there are 50,000 more people at once, and the workshop is really too busy."
Three thousand rods were shipped two days ago, but they were sent to Wu first!
”Zhao Ming said: "There is no real guy, can the training be affected?"
”Li Zhongming said: "There must be an impact, but it's not big, usually during training, I don't shoot long, only a few shots are fired during demonstrations and drills, and when the muskets arrive, let the sons and daughters shoot a few more rounds." ”Zhao Ming was still not suitable in his heart, so he turned his head and ordered: "Send someone to inform Chen Yujie and ask him to speed up production and meet the equipment of the new army as soon as possible." ”At the moment, Zhao Ming inspected the camp, mainly focusing on supplies and equipment.In the evening, Zhao Ming returned to the governor's mansion, and Xie Qian's second piece of information had been delivered."
Dashuai!"
When Hu Weizong saw Zhao Ming coming back, he immediately greeted him, obviously waiting for a long time.Zhao Ming turned over and dismounted, the guards stepped forward to remove the miscellaneous horses, Zhao Ming entered the mansion with a horsewhip in his hand, and said as he walked: "Why, there is news so soon?"
”Hu Weizong hugged his fists and said: "It's specific information sent by Shandong!"
”Zhao Ming took a letter and watched it, and Hu Weizong said: "Dashuai, there is a Liaodong sea ship that fled to the vicinity of Dengzhou and brought back specific news.The Qing army's attack on Lushun this time was due to the landing of warships from the mouth of Lushun, the surprise attack of thousands of Qing troops from the sea, and the frontal attack of tens of thousands of people on South Guam Island, which led to the fall of Lushun!
”Zhao Ming frowned slightly, "The Qing army actually came from the sea!"
”Hu Weizong said: "According to the intelligence, the Qing army ships are very similar to our army's Zhenhai gunboats, the defenders mistakenly thought that it was our army's gunboats, but they were killed by mistake, and the Qing army landed on the shore, the firearms were sharp, the soldiers were armed with flintlock muskets, and there were field bronze cannons, the combat power was strong, and the Tun army was defeated, so it was defeated by the Qing army." ”Zhao Ming was a little shocked in his heart, "Gunboats, flintlock muskets, fast artillery, why does the Qing army have these things?"
”Although these things spread quickly on the battlefield, Zhao Ming did not believe that the Manchu Qing could build them so quickly, especially those gunboats, which were even more impossible.Hu Weizong hurriedly said: "The lowly official has sent people north to find out who is helping the Manchus. ”Zhao Ming frowned, and said in a deep voice: "I also have to send people to Dayuan and Luzon to investigate, only the Netherlands and Spain can help the Manchus, and the commander doesn't believe that the Manchus can build warships by themselves!"
”Hu Weizong immediately clenched his fists, "Obey orders!"
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