"Nanjing Forbidden Army?" Cui Chengxiu chewed on the name of this army.

The Ming Dynasty is somewhat different from other dynasties. The great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang originally established his capital in Nanjing. The Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne and was naturally located in Nanjing. The Yongle Emperor Zhu Di also established his capital in Nanjing when he launched an army to suppress Jingnan.

But after Zhu Di established his capital in Nanjing, the northern frontier, especially Hebei, was harassed by the Mongols. So this warlike emperor moved the capital of the Ming Dynasty to the current capital. This was to guard the country for the emperor, and the king died in Sheji.

However, Nanjing, as the former capital, still retained a complete set of six imperial courts. The palace of the Ming Dynasty royal family was also in Nanjing, so naturally there was a palace with a forbidden army. This is the origin of the Nanjing forbidden army!

The capital has become the irreplaceable capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the six ministries in Nanjing have become a place for retirement. The Minister of War in Nanjing can mobilize hundreds of officers. If he is in charge of the army, it is the Nanjing Forbidden Army. Regardless of

The power or prestige cannot be compared with Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the Nanjing Forbidden Army, it is even worse. The number of positions has been cut again and again, and now it is estimated that there may be only a few hundred people. So much so that Cui Chengxiu felt a little unfamiliar with this army.

"The Nanjing Forbidden Army was transferred northward? Do you know the Qi Army? Do you know the White Guards? These are my Ming Dynasty's Tiger and Ben troops! But what? They were wiped out by the Tatars on the banks of the Hun River! The transfer of the Nanjing Forbidden Army to Liaodong is not enough

The Tatars are stuffing their teeth into each other. Ridiculous!”

"Hahaha! Lord Shangshu doesn't know. After being trained by Lord Shi, the Nanjing Forbidden Army has become a strong force with more than 4,500 soldiers. It is also equipped with the most elite firearms of the Fo Langji people. Their instructors

They are all from Folangji. A letter came from me two days ago saying that the Nanjing Forbidden Army has become comparable to the Liaodong General Army."

"Master Shi? Shi Kefa?" Cui Chengxiu vaguely remembered that last year he seemed to have sent Shi Kefa, the head of the Ministry of War who returned from Liaodong, to Nanjing. His original intention was to ruin Shi Kefa's future, because Shi Kefa had a teacher named Zuo Guangdou. Unexpectedly, in just a short time,

In more than eight months, he actually made such a big noise.

"The Ministry of War did not allocate money to the Nanjing Forbidden Army. How could they buy Folangji's weapons?" Cui Chengxiu turned his mind eight times and did not remember that he had allocated money and food to the Nanjing Forbidden Army. On the contrary, because of Shi Kefa's

During this period of time, he deducted a lot of money and food from the Nanjing Imperial Army.

"The Nanjing Forbidden Army is the foundation of our defense of Jiangnan, so the Jiangnan elders naturally donated generously. The money they spent to purchase firearms was all donated by the Jiangnan elders through crowdfunding." Cui Chengxiu understood as soon as Qian Qianyi said it.

I don’t know how Mr. Shi persuaded the Jiangnan plutocrats to invest money in building such an army. He didn’t even ask for a penny from the imperial court!

"You are so brave, you dare to recruit soldiers privately!" Cui Chengxiu looked at Qian Qianyi with a cold look in his eyes.

The label of privately recruiting soldiers is very big. Why do you want to organize the army by yourself? Do you want to rebel? In fact, the crime behind privately recruiting soldiers is the intention to rebel.

Intention! In other words, you want to do this and have this idea.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, intending to rebel is a sign of beheading. Even if there is an iron certificate in the alchemy book, it is inevitable to commit the serious crime of intending to rebel. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, I don’t know how many people were tricked to death by this crime.

"Haha! Cui Shangshu is wrong again. The Nanjing Forbidden Army is controlled by the Nanjing Ministry of War. Mr. Ma Shiying of the Nanjing Ministry of War is the organizer of this recruitment. The Nanjing Forbidden Army actually has a strength of 4,500 people, and the Ministry of Horse and Soldiers has not added a single soldier.

Not reduced. It’s just that with the support of the Jiangnan elders, the men were replaced with sharp Folang machine firearms. How can this be called private recruitment of troops?"

"The Nanjing Forbidden Army has so many personnel?" The status of the Nanjing Forbidden Army is so low that Cui Chengxiu can't even remember how many personnel they have.

"This kind of thing is well documented. How dare Qian Qianyi, a mere civil servant, to deceive Cui Bingbu?" Qian Qianyi had a smile on his face that didn't deserve a beating. Now Cui Chengxiu really wanted to beat this guy up.

"Let Ma Shiying put your proposal into practice. After the Ministry of War has discussed it with all the ministers, your Majesty will make a decision." Cui Chengxiu said that he should go through formal channels. Generally, this kind of official document will be taken home by Wei Zhongxian to fill the fire pit and weigh the legs of the table.

.I want to get a reply in the next life!

"Cui Bingbu really wants Li Xiao to be free and easy? After another three to five years, Li Xiao will have no one to check and balance his wings. I don't know how Cui Bingbu will deal with himself by then.

This man is extremely ambitious, notwithstanding the fact that he is now submissive to all of you. But it has become so bad that not only Cui Bingbu may not even be able to die at the age of 9,000. I would like to ask Li Xiao when he came to Beijing, did he pay homage to Mr. Cui or 9,000 years old?

He is just a commander-in-chief of Liaodong soldiers. Whenever he comes to the capital privately, he should pay a visit to Mr. Cui, the commander of the military department.

It can be seen that in his heart, he has no respect at all for the Lord of the Ministry of War who is still nine thousand years old. If he becomes the leader the next day, hey!" Qian Qianyi sneered twice.

Cui Chengxiu shivered involuntarily. He had been worried about the future all day today. This future is not very far away, probably three to five years from now. According to his physical condition, it should not be a big problem to live to that age.

"The Nanjing Forbidden Army only has more than 4,500 people, but Li Xiao has 20,000 elite warriors under his command. Liaodong is his territory now, how can you fight with him?"

"Master of the Ministry of War, the soldiers are all made by fighting. Although the Nanjing Forbidden Army only has 4,500 people now, when Li Xiao first came out, the number of soldiers was only 1,800. Li Xiao is no more than a bastard, he has to do business everywhere to support himself.

His soldiers.

But the Nanjing Forbidden Army has the support of Jiangnan elders. This is beyond the reach of the eight Li Xiao. As long as the Nanjing Forbidden Army is given enough training, it will definitely become as strong a force as Li Xiao. When the time comes, the imperial court will also have a force that can follow suit.

Li Xiao's strong force to contend with. Qian Qianyi invited me, I hope the Lord of the Ministry of War will think twice."

"You go back for now, I will give you an answer tomorrow." Cui Chengxiu sent Qian Qianyi back. He had not yet figured out what these guys wanted to do. Is it true that they went to Liaodong to train troops as they said? There are still such loyal kings these days.

Patriotic guy? Nonsense!

Before figuring out Qian Qianyi's purpose, Cui Chengxiu had to make careful calculations.

If Qian Qianyi were the roundworm in Cui Chengxiu's belly, he would be so angry that he would spit out a mouthful of old blood.

The reason why the Nanjing Forbidden Army asked for war was really to train troops. Although this was just Shi Kefa's idea, it was supported by the Jiangnan plutocrats represented by Ma Shiying and Qian Qianyi.

Shi Kefa's idea was very simple, to train an elite army for the Ming Dynasty. Ma Shiying and the Jiangnan plutocrats did not think so. What they wanted was to build a strong army to protect their interests.

Wei Zhongxian massacred the Donglin Party in the capital, but the Donglin Party was actually helpless. Isn't it because, although the Donglin Party had many officials in the court, it did not have a strong force in its hands, allowing the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian to

The party is afraid.

Lessons from the past! The Jiangnan plutocrats found that simply supporting the Donglin Party in the court could no longer protect their interests. They decisively took another path and had a reliable and powerful force to protect the wealth in their hands.

Compared to Wei Zhongxian's appetite, the amount of money needed to raise soldiers is really not that much.

So when Shi Kefa asked to imitate Li Xiao and recruit soldiers in the famous compulsory recruitment, the plutocrats in Jiangnan had the money and the strength to contribute. Ma Shiying, who was also a representative of the Jiangnan plutocrats, immediately gave the Nanjing Forbidden Army completely to his control. In this way, Shi Kefa

In just half a year, you can purchase equipment, recruit and train soldiers.

Now, after more than three months of training, the soldiers, taught by instructor Fo Langji, have mastered the same linear tactics as Li Xiao. Shi Kefa even bought thirty-six artillery pieces to form a powerful artillery force.

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Seeing that winter was coming again, Shi Kefa had participated in the Battle of Jinzhou. He knew that Tatars generally like to invade in winter, so he asked Qian Qianyi for help. Please mobilize the Nanjing Forbidden Army to enter Liaodong in advance so that they can adapt to the terrain and climate of Liaodong and fight better.

Cui Chengxiu, who had been thinking about it all night in his study, finally figured it out. Early the next morning, with a pair of panda eyes, he approved the documents for the Nanjing Forbidden Army to enter Liaodong to fight. This was the first time since he took office as Minister of War that he had to

Daming Jiangnan worked hard and did not receive a single benefit for himself.

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The Jinzhou Pier was very lively today. Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou and others came to see these black pipes being transported off the ship. These black pipes were so thick and big that an ox cart pulled by two oxen could only pull one. Those guide rails were not light either.

The cattle pulling the cart were so tired that they kept moaning "moo" and "moo".

"Why are there only so many guide rails?" Yuan Chonghuan has seen the power of rockets and knows that these things need to be installed on guide rails to launch.

"There are sixty guide rails in total. Thirty rails are prepared at the head of Jinzhou City. The other thirty rails are loaded on three modified cargo ships." Since Li Xiu made great contributions in the Jinzhou War last year, Li Xiao felt that

, using gunboats to bombard the shore is an absolute weapon to attack the Jurchens. Since the Jurchens started, they have only relied on cavalry to conquer the world.

But the cavalry rides horses after all, not tuna. The Jurchen Eight Banners can gallop on land, but they cannot pose a threat to sea targets. In the Battle of Jinzhou last winter, Li Xiu used naval gun bombardment to greatly help the people in the city.

Yuan Chonghuan.

Nurhaci couldn't do anything even if his head was filled with smoke. Jinzhou City was close to the sea.

Zu Dashou was so surprised that such a big guy could fly out by himself. It could also explode, for God's sake! The mortar shells are so big, but the power of the explosion is already so great. The size of this thing, this

How many mortar shells must explode with such force?

"Let's go! Go into the city and have a look." Li Xiao and Sun Chengzong have been staying in Shanhaiguan. This time they came to Jinzhou mainly to inspect Jinzhou's city defense. The city wall that was repaired last year was almost destroyed during the Jinzhou War. It must be said that

, the Dutch artillery still caused huge damage to the Jinzhou city wall.

Since the beginning of spring this year, Yuan Chonghuan has mobilized the people to start repairing and repairing the city wall. More than half of the cement produced by the Changxing Island Cement Factory was supplied to Jinzhou. When the demand was at its peak, Li Xiao even reduced the supply to real estate development projects in the capital in order to

Ensure the progress of the Jinzhou City Wall project.

It is now September, and the weather in Liaodong will turn colder in October. By then, there will be no way to meet the deadline.

Looking from a distance, Jinzhou's city walls are not black as before. Instead, they are bright gray. Li Xiao knows that this is the result of using a lot of cement. It must be said that Yuan Chonghuan is very good at laying bricks.

After the Jinzhou War, the dilapidated Jinzhou City is now full of vitality.

There are densely packed civilians on and off the city wall, and the houses in the city are also undergoing final renovations. The newly built houses are not like the old blue brick houses. Now they are all red brick and large tile houses, and the walls inside have to be painted with white ash.

It is considered a qualified house.

Li Xiao patted the thick city wall and was very satisfied with the construction project. Although he knew that as the power of artillery became more and more powerful, things like city walls would eventually be eliminated, but now the city walls can still be used by those who are not strong in field combat capabilities.

Ming army, very good protection.

"Have the winter bullets been issued yet?" Li Xiao suddenly remembered that at a critical moment last year, the gun failed to fire due to the shrinkage of the barrel.

"Winter bullets have been transported to two ships, and they will be shipped one after another in the future. Will this thing really not cause problems again?" Thinking of the danger caused by the gun being unable to fire last year, Ao Canghai felt a little scared. If there was no critical moment,

Li Xiu bombarded the sea ice desperately, causing the sea ice to crack and forming an isolation zone. The cavalry with the red flag rushed into the military formation, and everything was over.

The Ming army, accustomed to using firearms but not accustomed to close combat, was no match for the powerful Eight Banners force!

"No way! The fisherman gave me a guarantee!" Li Xiao was unsure, but now he could only say this. Once the soldiers don't believe in the guy in their hands, the consequences will be disastrous.

"That's good!" Ao Canghai rubbed his hands. This year, his mission is still to defend Juehua Island. He has prepared a large number of mortars. He also prepared huge bombs for the trebuchet. Even without Li Xiu's help this time, he

He can also explode thick sea ice himself.

After walking through the city gate, Li Xiao discovered that Jinzhou's city wall was nearly ten meters thick.

"Today's city walls are all solid, and the military roads are built from the outside. With this thickness, even the Tatar artillery can't do much." Yuan Chonghuan had suffered enough from the Dutch artillery, and this time he destroyed the Jinzhou city wall.

It has been built to a thickness of ten meters. This time, even if the Dutch set up hundreds of artillery pieces, they are not afraid. I don’t believe that your artillery can chew through a ten-meter-thick city wall.
Chapter completed!