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Chapter 224
The Changping defense area is neither big nor small, and military affairs are very heavy, but the defense task is not heavy. What Qi Jiguang said is the most important thing is to train troops.

From Juyongguan to the northern suburbs of the capital, within a radius of a hundred miles, there are not only majestic passes but also dangerous roads, and the most terrible thing is where the imperial mausoleum is located.

In terms of military status, this is a second line of defense, connecting Gubeikou and Jinshanling to the north, and the Datong defense line of Fangxuanfu to the west can defend the capital after being breached.In other words, although this is the second line of defense, the city of Beijing is behind him.

It can be said that under normal circumstances, there will be no fighting in Changping. Once there is a fighting, this is a place of death.

"The danger of Juyongguan must be strong, which is rare in the world. The general's meritorious service came from the south, and he was young and promising. It was the first time he was stationed at Xiongguan in the north. He was also cautious in everything he did in the past, and he should not be greedy for merit."

The speaker was Wu Dui, the deputy military envoy of Jizhou, who was subordinate to Qi Jiguang, the chief soldier of the Jizhou Liao Dynasty. The question is Jizhou military officials.

In order for Chen Mu to take over the Changping affairs smoothly, Tan Lun specially chose Wu Dui to take him to patrol the defense area.

"Over the years, all Juyong Passes that have been breached are not passes, but are on dangerous roads. Therefore, the general should deploy guerrillas on the dangerous roads to wait for the battle." Wu Dui is business-like, neither domineering nor pleasant, giving Chen Mu the feeling He is very scheming and capable of doing great things, because he sees everything but keeps silent.

During the process of patrolling the soldiers, they saw that many guards were slack and tired, and the soldiers were old, weak, sick and disabled. Wu Dui didn't speak, but did his part to take Chen Mu to see, and made it clear that other things depended on his ability.

However, Chen Mu thinks that this person is not bad, and he is very handable, because when he returned to Changping City, which is the place where Vice President Chen will be stationed in the future, Chen Mu invited him to a banquet, but he asked his servant to refuse, and then sent another person to invite him Chen Mu.

Green lanterns and small wine, no dance, no dance, only the two of them shared tables in the room and drank together, said: "Which places do you think the general focuses on in the town of Changping?"

Chen Mu raised three fingers, put down the wine bowl and said, "Pass, dangerous road, and imperial mausoleum."

"There is another place, Longhu Terrace Palace." Wu Dui pointed in the direction of Longhu Mountain, cupped his hands to the sky, and said, "The place of Dragon and Tiger Terrace is the most important place for His Majesty's palace, and it is also the most important thing to prepare for travel and stay. Over the past few days, the general may have seen that there is a serious shortage of soldiers in many guard camps, and the sand elimination of the old and the weak needs to be carried out urgently. What the general should do is the general's business, and it is inconvenient for Wu to say more."

"But it's Wu's job to organize the army. Any important matters can be passed on to my subordinates for discussion." Wu Dui's words are actually pretty good, meaning that even if you don't care about anything, you have to inform him first. "No matter what the general's plan is, I can only tell the general that there are no new recruits—at most half a month, when the Jinyi guards who went south to recruit troops arrive in Changping to hand over, there may be five or six thousand soldiers, and there will be no more soldiers."

Chen Mu frowned more than ever. He didn't ask about the new recruits, but asked: "Wu Bingbei, I would like to ask, how many troops do Xuanfu and Datong have?"

Wu Dui, who had lived in the Ministry of War for a long time, came to capture these things and said: "Xuanfu is six hundred miles away, with 15 rated soldiers; Datong has a radius of more than a thousand miles, with 13 rated soldiers."

Immediately after, Chen Mu asked, "What about Changping, not counting the guards, how many battalions and recruits are there?"

Wu Dui laughed, this General Chen is very smart!

"You don't need to count those, general." He raised three fingers and said, "The [-] battalion soldiers are led by the General of Longhutai, stationed at Longhutai; Troop strength. The other generals have also seen that Yanqingwei has jurisdiction over five thousand-household offices along the Juyongguan pass. Yanqingwei used to be called Longqingwei, but it was renamed in the first year, including the left and right guards, and the banner army is also full."

"Other than that, it's the new recruits sent by the guards in Jinyi half a month later."

Are you kidding me?
Changping has a registered army of over [-] soldiers. In fact, he can only use the [-] households in Yanqing Sanwei, and the newly recruited southern soldiers range from [-] to [-], depending on Jinyiwei's mood.

The imperial court did not lie, counting the old, weak, sick and disabled guards, they were in the early [-]s.

Chen Mu thought that he had passed the test when he obtained the official position of deputy commander of Jiliao West Road.When he met Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun, he thought that every sentence in the dialogue and every action in the behavior was a test.

He was wrong, his fame was not enough to make Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang look at him, everyone boasted about his military exploits and summed up his tactics, but he was not transferred to fight.

Wu Dui saw that Chen Mu was in a daze, and said with a smile: "The soldiers in the world are weak, but the battalion is strong, and the recruiting is stronger than the battalion. Everyone knows that. Only in Guangdong, there is a thousand households in Xiangshan who refuse to accept it. They ruled the army for two years and fought with the flag army. Lingdingyang Tuen Mun naval battle, chasing the leader of Fujian and Guangxi pirates to heaven and earth, there is nowhere to escape."

"Such a record, if it's recruiting soldiers, is far inferior to the Taizhou victory; if it's a battalion, it's not as good as the Xinjiang battle." Wu Dui drank a glass of wine, pulled up his sleeves, exhaled foul breath, and cupped his hands at Pianchu: "My ancestors first set up the Banner Army Guards, proud of raising millions of soldiers without consuming a single grain of food for the common people. It has been nearly two hundred years, and the descendants are incompetent. The guards have collapsed and reduced to millions of servants and tenants. Talking about soldiers is like talking about tigers. , Aren’t you ashamed of your ancestors?”

"As strong as Tan Qi and other commanders, they don't want to drive the guards to recruit soldiers. Only General Chen can turn decay into magic and make them exhausted. The guards recruited the Danhu Gou army. After two years of training, they defeated the Japanese pirates in Guangxi by sea and land. , Strengthen the spirit of my military department!"

Maybe it was because he drank too much wine, Wu Dui's spirit also became bold, and he clasped his fists and said: "To tell you the truth, when the general is recruited to the north, not only are the cousins ​​of the Ministry of War ordered, but also the chief assistant and the second assistant agree. It's just one thing. ——The Guards turned against evil.”

The burden on his shoulders seemed to suddenly become heavy, so he raised a guard army, and now he has become the pioneer of the entire imperial guard army's revolution, which made Chen Mu a little hard to accept.

He couldn't intervene, so he just listened to Wu Dui's words.

"Zhang Cifu played Chen Qishu in the early years of Longqing, with the intention of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but it was not adopted because of the wide-ranging impact of the reform. In Changping, no one can stop the general. It is best to recruit sergeants from the royal guards, but it is not suitable. It doesn't matter."

"As long as the Yanqing Three Guards Banner Army can practice and be self-sufficient, it will be a great achievement for the general. Even if there is no military achievement, it will be just around the corner to be promoted!"

Saying goodbye to Wu Dui, riding a horse back and forth in the garrison surrounded by family soldiers, the slightly drunk Chen Zongbing had a complex look of boredom and not much happiness on his face.

The test has only just begun at this time.

"Logistics, and his mother is here to do logistics."

"Master Chen is a warrior!"

From Qingyuan to Nanyang, from Nanyang to Changping, build warships and new weapons, huh?Who is Master Chen behind?

If you don't hold onto me, you will be able to farm!

Chen Mu viciously slapped the "Banner Army Production Drill Manual" on the table.

　Good morning, today is better.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)