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Chapter 347 Killing two birds with one stone

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    Having learned the lesson that Nanjing was almost successfully attacked by the war god Zhang Zhang of the Qing Dynasty, Fatty Lu, who is also somewhat stubborn and paranoid, finally gave up his idea of ????building an army with a small number of elites, and decided to follow the example of cruel exploitation by unscrupulous warlords that have been common in Sikong since ancient times.  The people in the south of the Yangtze River, once again expanded the army, planning to expand the army size to more than 180,000, so as not to repeat the same mistakes last time, because the lack of troops was almost taken over by the enemy.

    In fact, this is also a necessary stage for a traveler. As a traveler with the memory of later generations, Fatty Lu is of course deeply impressed by the importance of a streamlined army and streamlined administration and the various harms of redundant troops. What he pursues is the supremacy of weapons and the supremacy of elite soldiers.  , try to reduce the heavy burden caused by the large-scale army on the people, and reduce military expenditures as reasonably as possible. This is also the fundamental reason why the Fat Army is sitting in the essence of the south of the Yangtze River, but only maintains an army size of less than 100,000.

    Fatty Lu's idea is of course good, and it is what people in the south of the Yangtze River want, but it turns out that good ideas may not necessarily be applicable to reality. Fatty Lu completely forgot one thing, what he knew and pursued  The elite troops, streamlined administration, and a small number of elite systems are based on advanced technologies such as industrial productivity, transportation tools, traffic roads, and communication speeds in the 21st century. However, in this era that Fatty Lu lives in, these prerequisites cannot be solved at all.

    For example, the U.S. military, with a total of only 1.4 million troops, the navy, land and air forces, is able to deploy weapons around the world, relying on advanced satellites, aircraft, warships and aircraft carriers. These advanced means of transportation can be used to deploy troops around the world  In any corner, bombs and gunpowder can also be dropped in any region of the world, and every move of any country on the earth can be monitored at any time. At the same time, American industries can also produce these weapons and transportation.  The required weapons, ammunition, gasoline and food are sent to the front line. Only in this way can the global deployment of the US military be maintained.

    However, in the era that Fatty Lu lived in, the maximum grain yield per mu was no more than three or four hundred catties, and the transportation was all carried by horse-drawn people. There was a bit of waterway transportation in the sky, which was slow and costly on the road;  Large-scale and restricted by waterways and water control, it will take four or five days to transfer troops from Gaoyou City, the northernmost line of the Fat Man Army, to Huzhou City, the southernmost line, even if the horses run to death, and at least ten days for normal marching.  When it comes to the battlefield, the day lily may be cold.  The advanced firearms that the Fat Man Army is most proud of are completely produced by primitive handicraft workshops using the most primitive technology.  ?

    As long as your number of soldiers is insufficient, the enemy can exchange three lives, five lives, or even ten lives for one of your lives. When your elite soldiers are exhausted and you are finished fighting, you will not be far from death!

    Besides, Fatty Lu's ambition is to compete for the world with Kang Mazi and old traitor Wu. Since Fatty Lu has such an ambitious ambition, of course the elite soldier Fatty Lu must use it, and the second-rate army and third-rate soldier Fatty Lu must also use it.  Otherwise, where would Fatty Lu go to find so many cannon fodder to consume with the enemy?  Where can we find so many elite soldiers to occupy hundreds of cities, cities and counties?  Is it enough to rely on the less than 100,000 elite soldiers in your hand?  Besides, the elite soldiers in the Fatty Army were originally from the Wu Army. I don¡¯t know how much more similar elite Wu Jun is than the Fatty Army.  Win Wu Jun?

    Fortunately, Prince Zhang Taizhang, who almost succeeded in the sneak attack on Nanjing, sounded the alarm for Fatty Lu, and made Fatty Lu realize his fundamental mistake¡ªfrom a certain point of view, our Prince Zhang really helped Fatty Lu again.  Bundle.  So after learning from the pain, taking advantage of the precious time gained after the repelling of the Qing troops from all walks of life, Fatty Lu immediately started the work of recruiting new soldiers, preparing to expand the two corps of Han Daren and Li Tianzhi to more than 40,000 people each  In order to meet more cruel and severe tests in the future, the Gaode Jiebing Regiment and Li Guodong's navy expanded to more than 50,000 people, and the Central Army Corps expanded to more than 60,000 people.

    The expansion of the army has nearly doubled in one breath. Although the current financial and material resources of the Fatty Army can fully afford it, it is not so easy and simple to achieve this goal in a short period of time. First of all, the selection of qualified soldiers is a big problem  , and then there are the distribution of weapons and uniforms, the training and brainwashing of new recruits, the organization and garrison of recruits, etc., and so on, a bunch of headaches.  But fortunately, Fatty Lu¡¯s civil and military lackeys are quite capable, experienced and capable. Basically, as long as Fatty Lu gives an order, there will be people to execute it, so that Fatty Lu can free up time and energy to concentrate on thinking and  Arranging another major event to lure Kang Mazi to conquer the south of the Yangtze River himself.After Xiaozhuang's old hag, the soldiers flew to report that Zhou Peigong had been found, and now he was living in the post house on Qipan Street in the capital. Tuhai was overjoyed when he heard the news, and quickly thanked Yue Lefujin for his kind stay.  Regardless of the darkening sky, he hurried to Qipan Street to meet Zhou Peigong.

    When it was completely dark, Tuhai went to the post house on Deqipan Street and handed the famous thorn to Geshha in front of the door. After a while, Zhou Peigong in a Confucian robe greeted the door in person, and knelt down to Tuhai without saying a word.  , said excitedly: "Slave Zhou Peigong, please greet Enxiang. I haven't seen you for many years, can Enxiang be well?"

    "It's okay, it's okay." Tu Hai swollen his face to look like a fat man, and reluctantly nodded. When he looked closely at Zhou Peigong's appearance, Tu Hai couldn't help feeling sad and jealous. Not seeing him for two years, Zhou Peigong not only didn't look old at all, but also became more and more mature.  He is handsome and elegant, handsome and natural and unrestrained, with thick, black and bright eyebrows that are set apart, revealing a sense of pride and spirit.  Looking at his wrinkled hands and gray beard again, Tu Hai couldn't help but sighed in his heart, "People are different."

    "Enxiang, Enxiang, please come in quickly." Zhou Peigong hurriedly led the way again, and asked affectionately: "Enxiang must have not eaten yet, right? This servant just asked someone to arrange a meal for Enxiang."

    "I haven't eaten the meal." Tu Hai nodded, and said again: "But I came to you today because I have something important to discuss with you."

    "That's just right, the servant hasn't eaten yet, and the servant asked someone to arrange dinner and wine, how about we talk while eating?" Zhou Peigong asked again hastily.

    Seeing that Tuhai nodded, Zhou Peigong hurriedly explained, and personally led Tuhai to the back hall, served tea for Tuhai with both hands, nodded and bowed and kept asking for his health, and his respect was exactly the same as when he was in Tuhai's shogunate.  After a while, the exquisite wine and dishes were brought into the back hall, and Zhou Peigong drove away the soldiers and servants in the room, and then invited Tu Hai to the table, and sat across from Tu Hai, and personally poured wine for each cup, Tu Hai continued to be humble  thank.

    After a long time of hypocritical politeness and greeting each other, Tuhai finally realized that Zhou Peigong also came to the capital just the day before yesterday, and he had already met Kang Mazi once, and when he asked about the situation during his meeting with Kang Mazi, Zhou Peigong did not answer directly, but instead asked  Said: "En Xiang, do you know that the master already has the idea of ??driving the Jiangnan battlefield?"

    "That's why I came back." Tu Hai said with a wry smile: "At the end of February, the master issued an ultimatum to Lord An, ordering Lord An to come up with a record that satisfies the master before March 23rd.  Otherwise, the master will have to personally conquer."

    "Enxiang, has Prince An done the job assigned by the master?" Zhou Peigong asked.

    "If it's done, I won't come back to the capital." Tu Hai's smile was even more bitter, and he hurriedly introduced the situation of Yue Le's attack on three fronts and four fronts, but failed on three fronts and three fronts.

    "Oops!" Zhou Peigong slapped the table, and repeatedly complained: "Prince An's battle has ended like this, the master must make up his mind to fight by himself!"

    "We must not allow the master to conquest himself!" Tuhai shook his head quickly, and was about to communicate with Zhou Peigong. When he agreed on the tone, there was a report from Zhou Peigong's soldiers outside the door, "Tutang, Mr. Zhou, there are people coming from the palace!"  , is Li Yinzhi, Eunuch Li, the Chief Eunuch of the Empress Dowager¡¯s ancestral palace.¡±

    "Please." Tuhai and Zhou Peigong were overjoyed together, and hurriedly got up and went out to greet them. As soon as they walked to the front hall, Li Yinzheng, the personal eunuch of the old witch of Xiaozhuang, hurried into the hall and sang before he could salute: "The old ancestor of the empress dowager  Orally, Tuhai and Zhou Peigong kneel to accept."

    "The slave is here, the ancestors are thousands of years old." Zhou Peigong and Tu Hai quickly knelt down together.  Li Yinzheng sang: "The Empress Dowager's ancestor, Junzhi, wrote Tuhai and Zhou Peigong and followed Li Yinzheng into the palace to see your Majesty. I respect you."

    "Slave complies with the decree, and our ancestors will be a thousand years old." Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong happily agreed, saying that it would be great if they could see the empress dowager's ancestors, as long as she can stand by our side, things will be easy  too much.

    "My lords, please get up and go with the slaves, the ancestors are still waiting for you in the palace." Li Yinzheng urged.  Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong agreed, and just about to get up, there was a new voice of singing and shouting outside the door, "Eunuch Zhang, the chief manager of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, has arrived."

    Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong to react, Zhang Wanqiang, Kang Mazi's personal eunuch, walked in quickly, and sang directly: "The emperor's lord ordered: Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong will immediately enter the palace to meet you. Hereby."

    "How does the emperor know that I have already entered the capital? Do you know that I am here with Zhou Peigong?" Tu Hai cried out again in his heart, and secretly said: "Too bad, to see the ancestors of the emperor and the empress dowager at the same time, there are many things that cannot be agreed in advance, the emperor  And so impatient, maybe tonight, the emperor¡¯s master will decide whether or not to conscript himself.¡± (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, yours  Support is my greatest motivation.) (Remember this website URL: www.hlnovel.com)?Support is my biggest motivation.  )(Remember this website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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