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Chapter 223 Tan Shuai
It's not that Chen Mu never thought that he would be the chief military officer, his qualifications are enough to be the chief military officer.

Zhang Han also said that if there is another war in Guangdong, he will serve as the commander-in-chief, but he never thought that he would go all the way to the north to be the commander-in-chief.

Moreover, Nanyang Wei's official position has not yet been removed. Chen Mu thinks this is too mysterious.

What more could he wish for?Of course, he also did one more thing. He handed over his son and apprentice to Qi Jiguang, and asked him to be disciplined by Qi Shuai's subordinates.

After staying in the governor's yamen of Jizhen for two days, with the maps along the Changping defense zone and the required information, Chen Mu still couldn't figure out why Qi Jiguang, the marshal who murdered the wilderness, gave his yamen this kind of double-sounding cuteness. name.

Going out of the Zhizhi Hall and then entering the governor's office to meet Tan Lun, the atmosphere was very different from the meeting with Qi Jiguang.

Chen Mu's impressions of Tan Lun can be described as varied, no matter which one is inseparable from the two words, Japanese pirates.

As the saying goes, there are two major difficulties in the Jiajing Dynasty, the difficulty lies in the southern Japanese and the northern captives. The Japanese pirates have been in trouble for a long time in the Ming Dynasty. The fighting with the Japanese pirates in the southeast has led to the emergence of a large number of generals who can fight tough battles in the Ming Dynasty. Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, Liu Xiansan People are the leader, and these three are Tan Lun's subordinates.

The meeting with Qi Jiguang, because the two have the same characteristics, completely turned into an arms exchange exhibition. Basically, Qi Shuai showed himself from firearms such as tiger squats and landmines to cold weapons such as wolves and boring handles, pointing out The main points were analyzed to analyze the strength of the military equipment; General Chen also arranged artillery, flintlocks, breastplates, and grenades in a row.

In the end, a consensus was reached and mutual recognition was reached.

Tan Lun is also a practical school, but he is different from Qi Jiguang.

"The general's ability to see Tan means that he has been approved by the Qi family. I don't know what kind of official position Qi Shuai has secured for the general?"

Tan Lun is completely different from Chen Mu's imagination, and his governor's yamen is also completely different from Zhang Han's yamen. The courtyard is full of military barracks. home soldiers.

This is a civil servant who was born as a Jinshi. He was appointed to the Nanjing Ministry of Rites for the first time, but he has been fighting all his life. He looks more like a warrior than a literati. His attire is somewhat similar to that of Chen Lin. He is also covered with armor and a broad robe with bare shoulders. He is not tall but very strong. , looked at Chen Mu seriously.

"Going back to the army gate, Qi Shuai said that he is the deputy commander in chief, guarding Changping."

To be honest, Chen Mu didn't understand what Tan Lun meant. He and Qi Jiguang had already explained their affairs to each other?

"Guarding Changping is Juyongguan. It is the gate of Gyeonggi, where all the previous battles took place." Tan Lun nodded, then waved Chen Mu to sit down, and continued to ask: "What about your official position in Nanyang Guard?"

"Because the artillery is used together, the humble job continues to be concurrently held."

"Don't call yourself a lowly position. My military is weak in Ming Dynasty. Because of Wentian and martial arts, only a seventh-rank official can still drive a fifth-rank military officer. This matter can't be changed overnight, but how can a general have no self-respect? You You are the youngest deputy commander, why can't you see the slightest arrogance in you?"

Tan Lun stared at Chen Mu, just when Chen Mu thought it was a test, Governor Ji Liao looked away and asked: "Only [-] recruits, against [-] Japanese pirates, and five days before the city, what should be the battle?" ?”

This is the test.

Chen Mu shook his head, this is the proposition of Taoism: "If you can not fight, you don't fight, harvest fields, destroy rice, strengthen walls, clear fields and stay behind closed doors."

"Closed the door?"

Seeing that Chen Mu didn't answer, Tan Lun continued to ask, "If there are two hundred old soldiers with complete weapons and two hundred Japanese pirates approaching the city, how can they be invincible?"

Isn't this a problem?
"Back to the military gate, I don't know about lowly positions." Chen Mu raised his face, didn't you ask why he was not arrogant, "If two hundred veterans practiced for lowly positions by themselves, and they have all the guns and guns, they really don't know how to lose. Such a battle—— Never lost."

"I know you haven't lost." Tan Lun smiled, patted the books on the table, and said: "In the 45th year of Jiajing, the Japanese invaders came to Qingyuan. There were several Japanese, and the enemy's subordinates killed more than ten enemies; after the battle of Xinjiang against the rebellious army, with the military exploits, thousands of households in Xiangshan were promoted, and you came to repel the pirates several times."

"Ordinary people like you come from such a background. Being able to be a guerrilla general is already extremely accomplished in battle. I think it is a blessing to be able to serve as a commander of the palm seal." Tan Lun frowned as he spoke, and said to Chen Mu: "You give to Tan Mou I have given you a telescope, and I heard that you have given Qi Shuai two guns, are you the only ones who will give you these?"

In Chen Mu's opinion, this is the first time he saw Tan Lun, but in fact, in northern Xinjiang, Chen Mu's name in Guangdong has long been remembered by many people.

"Tan, who was the head of the military department at the time, read the battle report of the conquest of Zeng Yiben. He fought well. The pursuit at sea for several days made great achievements. The telescope must have contributed a lot, right?"

Tan Lun's speech was very exciting for Chen Mu, which made him a little confused about what the governor wanted to say, but since he was asked, he could only hold his fists together and say: "To tell you the truth, the telescope was made at the beginning of the humble job. The most important thing is the sea ship battle and artillery battle, which can seize the opportunity."

"My subordinates believe that the Japanese invaded the southeast because of our weak coastal defenses. If our ships were strong and the guns were strong, the ships would be destroyed before the Japanese reached the shore, so why would the Japanese invade?"

Tan Lun sat upright and asked, "The ship is strong and the guns are strong?"

What a heresy word!

No matter how strong a ship is against fire, no matter how sharp a cannon is, it cannot escape jumping gangs—this is the main theme of East Asian naval warfare!

"Yes, the ship is strong and the guns are strong. My great Ming athlete has practiced ship battles for a long time, and they are all jumping gangs and fire attacks. However, there will be many casualties in every battle. The experienced sailors are all elite. It hurts to die one person, not to mention hundreds of deaths in every battle. Why bother?" come?"

Chen Mu clasped his fists and said: "There are very few good fighters in the court like the army. Courage and discipline can make the soldiers invincible. However, if there are better equipment to reduce the number of deaths and increase the combat power of elite soldiers with excellent courage and discipline, isn't it? Isn't it a good thing?"

Chen Mu's words seemed to him to be talking about the advantages of the Nanyang Guard, but to Tan Lun it meant pointing at the Ministry of Industry, because he had heard too many complaints about military weapons, and everyone knew about such things. But who can do well?
If he could really do well, why would the Third Battalion of Ji Town buy bird guns from Zhejiang and Fujian, and artillery from Guangdong?
It's not that Beijing has too much involvement, and the things made are not suitable and cannot be returned!
"The general has talent and learning, and there are more than [-] registered soldiers in Changping. How long will it take to train soldiers capable of fighting?"

This is a hard word. If Chen Mu hadn't prepared enough homework on Tan Lun's experience on the way to Beijing, one sentence would have covered his future.Tan Lun also asked Qi Jiguang the same thing when he was the magistrate of Taizhou. Qi Jiguang's answer was three years.

And in those three years, all the battles in Taizhou were fought by the magistrate Tan Lun himself. Three years later, the Qi family's army was completed, and the attack was unstoppable.

Chen Mu didn't accept this question at all, and said: "I dare not make a promise without permission. In seven days, I can only give the army an answer after patrolling the soldiers in Changping."

There were twists and turns, Wu Guifang checked his guns, Qi Jiguang asked his squadron to guard Changping for a year, and Tan Lun asked him to train in Changping?
　If it doesn't get better in the next two days, I may ask for a day off, readers and friends, please bear with me.

　　
　
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