Chapter 160: The selection of warriors and soldiers, the land and sea plan "Brother, should we keep these three treasure ships at the big dock here, or should we have the soldiers move them to land and hide them?" Little Douya was running around excitedly. After taking a tour on the treasure ship, he suddenly remembered something and asked Li Dingguo with his little face raised. "No need to bother." After seeing these three mid-quality treasure ships, Li Dingguo had already made arrangements. "It is definitely not a good idea to leave them here for a long time. They will be easily discovered by the passing merchant ships." "It's not a good idea to move them to land and hide them. It would be a waste of such a powerful weapon." He expressed his plan, "Now that we have obtained three of these great treasures, we must make full use of them." "The Tatars on the grasslands basically live near water. Their tribal nests are either near the lakes or near the banks of rivers," "We can use these three treasure ships to transport the logistical materials needed for the army to go on the expedition. At the same time, we can advance by land and water to wipe out all the Tatar tribes along the Jialu River and Wuding River outside the Great Wall!" He survived two life-threatening situations in succession and gained huge benefits from them, which made the speed of the Renaissance Army's development and growth continue to advance at a rapid pace. So now Li Dingguo has become bolder and decided to further accelerate the pace of the continued development of the Fuxing Army.
"Fan Defu, the chief treasurer of the Jin merchant Fan family, was killed, and three middle-grade treasure ships were seized. Our Fuxing Army has forged a deadly feud with the Fan family." "Under this situation, it is impossible to avoid the Fan family's retaliation and targeting." "Fortunately, no one from the Fan family escaped during our two consecutive operations. At least we can block the news for a few months." "We, the Renaissance Army, must take advantage of this rare opportunity to develop in the past few months and make full use of the time to expand and develop at all costs." "Wei Jinfan!" He gave an order to Wei Jinfan, the head of the military intelligence department who had just come to his side, "From now on, all treasure ships of our Fuxing Army will be managed by Hongmei herself, and you and Xiao Douya will be responsible for assisting." "Huang Zhanglong of Xuanwu Battalion was born a fisherman and is very good at swimming. From now on, the Xuanwu Battalion he leads will be independent and transformed into our navy!" "All naval officers and soldiers will be under the jurisdiction of Hongmei from now on. Wei Jinfan, you, Xiao Douya, and Huang Zhanglong will serve as Hongmei's deputies, responsible for the transportation of logistical materials, the mobilization and replenishment of personnel, etc." The new navy that the Fuxing Army is about to build, and even the navy that will be upgraded from the navy in the future, are of great importance. Li Dingguo must send his truly trusted generals to take charge of them in order to ensure that this extremely important force does not encounter any situation that he does not want to see. It is necessary to put some tight restrictions on Huang Zhanglong, who is about to take over as the naval commander. In a few decades, the Age of Discovery will inevitably come, and the navy at that time will definitely be more important than the army. Li Dingguo has made up his mind to take advantage of the opportunity of obtaining the three treasure ships to form a formal navy and start reserving talents for the future navy. Only by distributing the important military and political power among several people, jointly managing and controlling them, and strictly enforcing rules and regulations can we prevent problems before they occur. Coming from the 21st century, he knows too well that human hearts are unpredictable. Once someone holds too much power, it will be difficult for him to control his rampant selfishness, whether he does it intentionally or unintentionally. The human heart will never be satisfied. Never try to test human nature, human nature can never stand the test. Li Dingguo firmly believed that under his leadership, the Fuxing Army should be able to grow rapidly and become a major force that cannot be ignored in the world today. Therefore, some things must be prevented from happening now to avoid chaos and situations that you don’t want to see.
"Little bean sprouts, Wei Jinfan." He then instructed the two people beside him, "You two must work with Hongmei and Huang Zhanglong to formally form the navy." "I will list the specific details, procedures, and corresponding rules and regulations and hand them over to you tomorrow morning at the latest." "You guys can discuss and perfect it, and report it to me for approval, then you can start working according to the rules." "After our army completes the second round of reorganization, the navy soldiers will cooperate with the army soldiers to advance along the Jialu River section outside the pass and wipe out all the Tartar tribes along the coast!" "After this major operation begins, all passing ships in the section of Jialu River outside the pass, no matter whose ship they belong to, will be intercepted and captured!" "Anyway, all the merchants who travel along the outer river are our enemies, no matter who they are." "There is no reason for us to let our enemies go!" "Turning everything the enemy has into food for our army to grow rapidly is the eternal principle of our Renaissance Army, and it will not waver in the slightest for a thousand years!" "One step faster, every step faster!" "For the future of our Renaissance Army, we no longer have to worry about the deadly threats from the Fan family and the Tartars. We must speed up our development again!" "You two should ride on your spirit beast war horses now and return to our temporary base of the large army as quickly as possible. Find Hongmei and Huang Zhanglong and pass on my latest order. Everyone, start to act immediately!" "Time waits for no one. The sooner we build a regular navy, the better!" "Once the navy is formed and the second round of reorganization of the entire army is completed, the next round of attack plan of the Renaissance Army will be launched immediately!" As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Jinfan and Xiao Douya quickly rode on their spirit beast warhorses and rushed in the direction they came from. Plans cannot keep up with changes. Because of the early encounter with the mortal enemy Fan family and the deadly feud, he had to change some of the original development plans and accelerate the further development and expansion of the Renaissance Army. Only by turning the enemies encountered in the future into food for the growth of the Fuxing Army, will we be able to fight against the Fan family and even the Later Jin Tartars after a year or two. Otherwise, the Fuxing Army is likely to encounter a catastrophic disaster in the near future, which will completely destroy its plan to take root outside the Great Wall, and it will have no choice but to flee in the end. That kind of situation was not what Li Dingguo wanted at all. Looking at the backs of Xiao Douya and Wei Jinfan as they left in a hurry, Li Dingguo fell into deep thought. …… Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, three days have passed. The big pier was already crowded with people early this morning. The people gathered at the big pier at this time were not only all the soldiers of the Restoration Army, but also a large army of 150,000 people had gathered at this big pier and temporarily settled down nearby. As long as Li Dingguo and Hongmei were not stupid, they would clearly know that the three large treasure ships they had just acquired, with their superb transportation capacity, were exactly what they urgently needed. Instead of taking 150,000 soldiers and civilians and slowly moving deep into the prairie, it would be far better to use the super-strong transportation capacity of the three large treasure ships to continuously transport 150,000 soldiers and civilians, and then quickly move north along the Jialu River as all the soldiers advance by land and water. Once the soldiers implement the plan of advancing both by land and water and clear out all the Tatar tribes in the section of the Jialu River outside the Great Wall, it will be easy to find a large base along the Jialu River that is suitable for the Renaissance Army to take root and develop stably. After Li Dingguo ordered the Fuxing Army to completely block the section of the Jialu River outside the Great Wall, they would inevitably rob many treasure ships from various forces inside the Great Wall that came to the outside of the Great Wall to trade one after another, causing the Xuanwu Camp, which had just transformed into a navy, to expand rapidly like a balloon. Because of the previous series of wars, the Fuxing Army obtained a large amount of training resources sufficient for use for a period of time. Li Dingguo ordered the full launch of the selection of warriors and soldiers.
Today, nearly 100,000 young men and women have gathered in a temporary parade ground next to the big dock to practice the Tiger Roar Fist enthusiastically. After a series of great battles, they gained a huge amount of various materials, including a large amount of cultivation resources. With such a huge harvest, if you don’t know how to transform it into your own hard power as soon as possible, you would be a fool. Li Dingguo and Hongmei are certainly not stupid, but rather very smart, which is why there is such a bustling scene here now. The hundreds of existing warriors and soldiers serve as instructors for various recruit selection teams in order to screen out a large number of people who are qualified to become warriors and soldiers. This round of training, which will last for half a month, once completed, will be the time for the Renaissance Army to launch its second massive operation. On the nearby river, the new naval chief Hongmei and the four naval commanders Xiao Douya, Wei Jinfan and Huang Zhanglong were conducting actual combat training in the river, leading the naval officers, sailors and boatmen, which had expanded to a scale of thousands. While they were leading the naval officers in training, they would intercept and detain any ships that appeared on the river! Li Dingguo has already issued an order that all personnel on the ships belonging to the Dajin merchants should be killed. As for other small and medium-sized merchant ships, after they were seized and strictly interrogated, the most heinous criminals and the caravan leaders were beheaded. The remaining ordinary boatmen and sailors were screened and verified by the intelligence department, and those who were qualified were all incorporated into their own navy. After the indiscriminate looting operation began yesterday, the newly formed navy of the Renaissance Army has six more low-grade magic weapon ships today. When the warrior selection, which will last for half a month, is over, the five major combat camps will inevitably grow and develop rapidly like a balloon. Half a month later, the rapidly expanding naval fleet only needed two or three round trips to transport the remaining hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to the north. During the Ming Dynasty, the number of treasure ships from various forces that sailed on the rivers outside the Great Wall for many years and conducted trade with the Tartar tribes must have been no less than three hundred. As long as the soldiers of the Restoration Army can intercept 10% of them, it will be enough for this new navy. The northwestern region of the Ming Dynasty has always been a key area for these daring merchants of all sizes to trade with the Tatars. There were at least one hundred treasure ships of various levels, which had been sailing on the main rivers connecting the border, such as the Wuding River, Jialu River, Yechuan River, Qingshui River, Dali River, Shaoli River, and the Yellow River, for many years. Among them, the Jialu River, Wuding River, Yechuan River and Yellow River are the most important and are the main foreign trade channels for these illegal merchants. As long as the Fuxing Army blocked the sections of the Wuding River and Jialu River outside the pass, they would be able to rob at least thirty treasure ships of various levels. If you can get one or two high-quality treasure ships, you will be really rich. Any high-quality treasure ship can transport tens of thousands of soldiers and various supporting military supplies at one time. In the Ming Dynasty, most of the top-grade treasure ships and all of the top-grade magic weapon treasure ships were located in the southeastern coastal area. Those wealthy merchants had a very small number of high-quality treasure ships that traveled back and forth on the rivers on the northwestern border, going out of the border to conduct a large amount of trade with the Tartars. According to rumors, the Fan family alone has three top-grade magic weapon ships, which often appear on the four rivers leading to the outside of the Great Wall: the Jialu River, Wuding River, Yellow River, and Yechuan River. As long as Li Dingguo could rob one of the ships, the harvest would be huge. (End of this chapter)
