Chapter 150
"This is the soldiers of our Hanzhou!?" Cao Xiong led almost all the senior management personnel of Hanzhou to review the marines at the barracks outside Heishan Fort.

All Marines are dressed in navy blue military uniforms, with large pockets sewn on both sides of the chest, armed belts around their waists, and black peaked military caps with a crossed sword badge embroidered in the middle of the caps.

The 220 marines lined up neatly in ten rows. Both musketeers and spearmen carried their weapons on their shoulders, while short soldiers held a single sword and pointed diagonally at the ground.

The entire team looked extremely clean and neat, and at the same time showed a chilling atmosphere.

"Report to the Commander, all 220 members of the Marine Corps are in place. Please review!" Niu Hu stepped forward from the queue and reported loudly to Cao Xiong.

The only difference between Niu Hu and Li Fade and other seven or eight officers and ordinary marines is that one to three yellow stars are embroidered on the two collars, indicating their positions in the army.

Cao Xiong looked at the military uniforms of this team that were completely different from those of the previous Ming soldiers, and it seemed to be more neat, more concise, and more energetic.However, that hat is too simple.

"How about proofreading?" Cao Xiong asked Yu Fukun quietly, turning his head.

"Battle formation, attacking and fighting, closing the team and practicing, do it all again?"

"That line, show me everything. Look at our Han Zhou Erlang's training for several months!"

Yu Fukun took two steps forward and ordered loudly, "Start the parade!"

After Niuhu promised loudly, he immediately returned to the queue and began to conduct military exercises in accordance with the parade procedures summarized and completed in the past few months.

A small artillery team of 20 people was drawn from the coastal defense team, first launched 4-pound and 6-pound small artillery, and conducted four rounds of shelling on the predetermined target.Then more than 100 musketeers lined up in five teams and started marching and shooting, which also took four rounds.

At this time, the team had advanced about 30 meters, and the spearmen who followed quickly rushed out of the musketeer formation and stabbed towards the imaginary enemy, while the remaining short soldiers drew their knives against their spears. The left side of the pawn covers and assists the attack.

Fu Jinbiao and the other cavalrymen looked at Yu Fukun eagerly, hoping that he would also issue an order to let the cavalrymen show their faces.

Yu Fukun glanced at them, smiled, and waved.

Fu Jinbiao and a few cavalrymen were overjoyed, drew their long sabers, patted their horses and rushed out.

"Hey, we still have cavalry!" Cao Xiong couldn't help laughing when he saw a few cavalrymen wielding long knives and hacking at non-existent enemies.

"I had a little extra horses, so I hired a few cavalry to investigate the surrounding situation. I heard from Fu Jinbiao that deep in the interior, not all are forests, but there are many meadows. When it expands in the future, the cavalry will also be useful. .” Yu Fukun said.

"Really? Then when our big ship is free, we will bring back more horses. Not only will we get more cavalry, but the transportation of people on horseback will also be much faster than before!" Cao Xiong nodded and said.

At the end of the military exercise, Niu Hu commanded the team to assemble again, and quickly returned to the review field to stand in line again.

"Well, it looks good! In July, it's time to see the real story when you're on the battlefield!" Cao Xiong said with a satisfied nod.

"Please speak to the commander!" Niu Hu said loudly.

"Boys of the Marine Corps!" Cao Xiong walked up to the Marine Corps and said loudly: "In a few days, I will take you to an island in the South China Sea to fight those natives! The war is for us Chinese continent, for the survival of thousands of us, and for a better and stable life in the future!"

"I don't want to lie to you. Fighting is going to kill people, even if the opponent is very weak! But I hope you can be more vigilant on the battlefield, show all the levels and skills you usually train, follow your commander, and listen to him. Fight bravely. If any of you die, we will definitely bring your bones back and erect a monument for you to be remembered by future generations. If any of you are injured, we will try our best to cure you. Hello. If any of you is disabled, we will support you for the rest of your life!"

"In Daming, you are one of the many starving people. But in our Hanzhou, you have to live like human beings! Even if you die, our Hanzhou Erlang will die as a hero. Every Hanzhou person will remember you , because, you are fighting for them!"

"For Han Zhou, for myself, follow me to earn a good future?"

The soldiers of the Marine Corps raised their weapons together and shouted loudly.

"For Hanzhou, kill! Kill! Kill!"

"The Dutch asked us to send out no less than 300 men for the landing operation. The marines plus the artillery team had more than 240 people, and the total was only more than 50. ... There is a difference of more than [-], so should we use local soldiers to make up for it? "Outside the review field, Cao Xiong said as he walked.

"Soldiers from the countryside!" Qi Tian and Pan Qifeng looked at each other, it was not impossible, they were just recruiting vacancies from immigrants.

"Don't we still have a team of 70 to [-] indigenous servants. Take them away, okay?" Yu Fukun said suddenly.

"Indigenous servant?" Cao Xiong looked at everyone suspiciously.

"Oh, it was when the indigenous tribes in the deep inland were conquered. Let the indigenous people who were the first to join us join the armed forces. They have fought against the indigenous tribes a few times with the marines and local soldiers, so they have some combat experience." Qi Tian laughed. explained.

"Okay, let them make up for the missing people. Although they dispatched 700 people, half of them are Javanese natives. It doesn't make sense, let the blood of our wise people flow in that place for nothing. Kingdom of Aceh!"

"Is it too hasty to leave in two days?" Qi Tian asked.

"The Dutch asked to gather in Batavia before July [-]th. There is not much time left. This time, we will go to Aceh for a maximum of two months, and we will come back. At that time, we will rest a little longer. !"

Everyone was silent, Cao Xiong and the others took more than four months to get a population of more than 5000 in Daming this time.It was promised to attack Aceh with the Dutch East India Company at the beginning, so they couldn't break the promise without reason, so they had to rush to Batavia with people.

"You must come back alive?" Zheng Hualian looked at Qi Dajiang tearfully, "Even if it's not for me, you must be for the child in my belly!"

Qi Dajiang gently embraced Zheng Hualian in his arms, "I was sailing a large ship and landed again to fight. There is no danger. ... But I am sorry for you. I went to Daming and asked people to search around Qingyuan County, but they couldn't find you. family..."

Zheng Hualian shook her head, her family was poor, or she might have gone to another place to escape the famine.Looking for family members is nothing more than a trace of concern in the heart.

Now, she has a husband and a child in her womb, and all her hopes for life rest on this family and her husband.Hanzhou is stable, there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and her husband is also a loving one. As a woman, it seems that she should be satisfied.The family, since leaving Daming, can only be a thought.

"Ping'er, aren't you a medical craftsman? Why do you want to go out with the army?" Xu Laoshuan looked at his son in surprise.

Xu Yanping stopped what he was doing and turned to look at his parents.

"Father, mother, when the Marine Corps goes out to fight, there must be casualties. As a military doctor, it is natural to follow the expedition and treat injured teammates nearby....Don't worry, I will be behind when the battle is fought!"

"But swords have no eyes on the battlefield. If something happens to you, your father and I will do it!" Xu Yanping's mother covered her mouth and sobbed softly.

Xu Yanping was the only young man who followed in the battle. As Peng Laogui's apprentice, he had been studying medicine for nearly a year.Although it cannot treat major injuries, it can also handle simple minor illnesses and trauma first aid bandages.The most important thing is that marine soldiers, knowing that there is a medical craftsman accompanying them, will also be a psychological comfort on the battlefield.

As a mature man, Xu Yanping was extremely excited about this expedition.Coming to Hanzhou from Luzon, I have seen thousands of miles of waves.In Jianye City, he learned to read and write with Qi Tian, ​​and because he was interested in medicine, he studied medicine with Peng Laogui.

From trembling with fear at the sight of bloody wounds, to now he can calmly cut open the body of a dead body and carefully study the internal structure of the human body.Xu Yanping and his master Peng Laogui sometimes want to find a living person to try.However, due to the moral sentiments left in his heart, he did not implement it for a while.

Now, besides seeing the outside world, Xu Yanping also wanted to verify his medical skills while following the marines to the kingdom of the natives.

"I told Lao Yu yesterday about my future arrangements." Cao Xiong looked at the brothers of the Qi family and said solemnly: "From now on, I and your brothers will fight for you, and you can just stay at home and do construction. After I die, Xiaotian, you take my seat, Dajiang, Dalu, you two must take good care of Xiaotian."

Qi Dajiang and Qi Dalu nodded in agreement, "I and Dalu are both rough people, so I can't manage this foundation of Nuoda. The fourth brother has studied, understands changes in machines, and can manage them. We will do our best to protect Xiaotian."

"Very good!" Cao Xiong said with a smile: "We will build a country in the future. This is something I have never thought about before. Now, we have several cities in Hanzhou and a population of several thousand. We have established a foothold here. In the future, we will slowly lay a solid foundation, immerse ourselves in development, and accumulate strength. When we have a population of tens of thousands, we can pull out the flag and make an emperor!"

Qi Tian was also moved in his heart, Cao Xiong really treated the brothers as his own children, and even got involved with the "establishment of the reserve".

Regarding becoming Cao Xiong's successor, Qi Tian did not pretentiously give in.No one knows better than him the general trend of the development of this era.He can see through the road of development in the future and the twists and turns in it better than anyone else.

Now, various foundations of Hanzhou have been established or are being established, and he is very confident that in the next decade or so, Hanzhou can be built more prosperous and stronger.

It may be difficult to bring Daming back from overthrow.However, it is still very easy to build the largest paradise and shelter for Han Chinese overseas.

(End of this chapter)

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