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Chapter 1604 Sending your son to the battlefield

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    Ten days later, as the Yellow River Navy returned to Kaifeng, the imperial capital, the war was further tightened.  From Kaifeng to Goryeo to quell the rebellion, it seemed like thousands of miles away.  In fact, it was much faster than the army's Northern Expedition.  ¡°Moreover, the logistical pressure of officers and soldiers taking warships, river transport, and then sea transport to counter the rebels is almost negligible.  Since the General Counsel Department has prepared a plan in advance, various cities along the Yellow River have military depots.  The counter-rebels marched eastward along the Yellow River. Every time they arrived at a city, they did not need to worry about food.  The people who had their own military depot prepared the meals early and waited for the officers and soldiers to come and eat.  War mobilization is a big science.  The ubiquitous military station system in states and counties along rivers, rivers, and coastal areas can not only be used for foreign operations, but also makes possible domestic counterinsurgency many times easier.  The empire's navy has now been divided into three, namely the Yellow River Navy, the Yangtze River Navy, and the East China Sea Navy. ? Among them, the Yellow River Navy and the Yangtze River Navy belong to the category of inland river naval forces.  Today, the two navies have a total of more than 500 warships and cargo ships, and each navy's ship regularly carries 10,000 shi of food.  The advantage of doing this is obvious, it greatly speeds up the mobilization of the army or the imperial army.  In the First Opium War, the total force was far less than the 7,000 British troops of the Qing army. Being able to quickly defeat the Qing army did have several advantages.  In addition to relying on the power of rifles and artillery, British warships moved rapidly northward, playing a key role in forming a local military advantage by attacking quickly and slowly.  Due to the extremely slow mobilization speed, the Qing army, with a total strength of more than 800,000, could actually fight the British army head-on, at most, only more than 10,000 people.  How could these more than 10,000 classical infantry troops, armed only with muskets and cannons, be a match for the British army, which was armed to the teeth?  The lesson that agricultural civilization was completely crushed by industrial civilization is extremely profound.  The day after the Yellow River Navy arrived, Li Zhongyi issued an order for the First Association to embark on the Eastern Expedition that day.  Before the rebellion was launched, the eldest son and the second son of the emperor had already moved into the palace of Queen Mother Xue at the request of their grandmother.  As expected, when Empress Dowager Xue saw her two grandsons looking like bare-headed monks, she immediately went to find Li Zhongyi and scolded him bloody.  "How did you become a father? Your body is affected by your parents, how can you touch it lightly?" Empress Dowager Xue was so angry that she was trembling all over.  Li Zhongyi accompanied him cautiously and said with a scowl on his face: "Mom, in the newly established army, from the associates to the ordinary soldiers, all their heads have been shaved. Why? Like Korea and the Southeast Asian countries, there are lice everywhere. If you don't shave your head,  With my hair bald, I think about scratching my itch every day, let alone fighting. " People in this era generally have no understanding of the situation overseas.  After Li Zhongyi lied like this, Empress Dowager Xue hesitated again. She hesitated and said: "Then how do you explain to your ancestors when you pay homage to the ancestral temple?" "Haha, mother, it's too late for our ancestors to be happy. How can I blame your good grandson?  Where is your son?" Li Zhongyi deliberately diverted the topic, "This time, if the ministers were not on your side, our whole family might have been imprisoned, right?" "So, your grandson?  All of us have to join the army for training. From then on, our old Li family and the army have to break the relationship between bones and muscles, so that the country can sit firmly." Li Zhongyi knew Empress Dowager Xue's temper and tried to deal with it.  If you take the opportunity to exaggerate about a big loss, you will definitely be heard.  Queen Mother Xue was gagged and still scolded her son, "The emperor is the real dragon emperor, and the princes are little dragons. If a dragon has the power of a dragon, how can it be as bald as a monk?" Li Zhongyi chuckled,  Said: "Mom, Liu Bang, just a pavilion chief, can eventually establish the Han Empire. It has nothing to do with whether he is bald or not." As a result, when Empress Dowager Xue got angry, she pulled Li Zhongyi into the game and won hard.  After eating a lot of golden melon seeds, I finally felt relieved.  On the morning when he returned to the team, Li Zhongyi called his two sons to him, hugged them tightly at the same time, and said affectionately: "Dad's mood is very complicated. He is counting on you to bravely kill the enemy, but he is also afraid that you will be harmed."  Li Jiyi said with a smile: "Dad, if you go into battle to kill the enemy, it depends on your luck. However, the only way to survive is to move forward bravely. If you take a step back, you will be chopped off by the military judge." Li Jixiao is younger than his eldest brother after all.  When he was nearly two years old, he said happily: "Dad is invincible, and my child will be like you and become an invincible general in the future." "Take care." Li Zhongyi shook his two sons vigorously, turned his back,  He waved his hand to indicate thatWe can go.  Until the two sons had gone far away, Li Zhongyi, who had always been domineering, did not dare to look back at them for a long time.  After the whole army is assembled.  "Everyone is here, stand at attention." Co-President Zhang Sanzheng was riding on horseback and said loudly, "The Generalissimo has issued an order. Our troops are ordered to go to the Eastern Kingdom to quell the rebellion. Only by killing the enemy and performing meritorious deeds can we be awarded honors and titles. I will follow the principle  "No more words." "Now, I order everyone to put their guns on their shoulders, turn to the right, and set off based on the first team." "Boom, boom, boom" The military boots hit the ground.  A crunching sound.  The soldiers marched out of the barracks in a mighty manner. The bright bayonets on their rifles gave off a soul-stirring cold light under the sunlight.  From the military camp to the dock, you must pass through a large residential area.  There is no other way. After more than ten years of recuperation and the promotion of mercantilism, the residential area outside Kaifeng has expanded several times.  People like to get together and watch the fun.  Residents along the street crowded on both sides of the street shouting at each other.  The army team wearing new military uniforms made everyone feel very fresh, and they pointed and said anything.  "Why are you all shaving your heads?" "Hi, we are all monks in the temple." Someone took it for granted and gave a ridiculous explanation. Unexpectedly, it actually aroused the resonance of the common people.  "It's incredible. All the monks in the temple came out to serve as soldiers to eat food?" "Hey, as soon as the mantra was recited, the enemy fled" However, when the artillery was pulled out of the military camp by pack horses, the people's opinions changed again.  "I heard that this kind of copper guy is so powerful that it can blow up the northern captives hundreds of feet away, killing and injuring countless people." "Isn't that right? My uncle's cousin's brother-in-law is an artilleryman. According to him  "Say, the Beilu are most afraid of this big bronze guy." Since the newly formed army is a combined arms force, its weapons and equipment are very different from those of the old Forbidden Army.  The dozens of artillery pieces in the artillery mark alone, plus ammunition trucks and other vehicles, stretched a long distance on the streets.  The scale of the combined army of infantry, cavalry and artillery is too large. The first bid at the head of the team has arrived at the military dock, and the baggage bid at the end of the team has not yet left the military camp.  Li Zhongyi is a very pragmatic guy. He never engages in showy things like farewell parties.  After the first target arrived at the dock, the boarding operation was immediately launched after joint verification procedures by the General Staff Headquarters and the Military Justice Department.  Today¡¯s Kaifeng Military Pier is filled with ships of all sizes from the Yellow River Navy.  According to the action plan issued by the General Staff Headquarters, five warships of the Navy were parked side by side.  As long as these five warships are filled with officers and soldiers, they will set off immediately.  Then, five more warships docked, still parked side by side, so as not to occupy the limited military dock space.  The soldiers boarded the ship and just walked up with their legs.  The artillery standard is a 12-pounder, but it takes a lot of effort.  In this era, there was no large-scale lifting equipment, so heavy artillery and ammunition trucks could only be loaded onto ships by being tied up with ropes and pushed by people on their shoulders.  The three infantry and engineering units all boarded the ship and headed eastward. The officers and soldiers of the artillery unit, cavalry unit and baggage unit were still burning the midnight oil to fight.  At this time, Li Zhongyi quietly came to the dock without alerting anyone.  He put his hands behind his back, pursed his lips, and stared at the westward warships on the Bian River.  Unlike what modern people imagine, the Bianhe River cannot directly flow eastward to the Yellow River.  The warship must first go westward, and then turn into the Yellow River after reaching Zhengzhou.  Zhang Sanzheng had long guessed that the emperor would definitely come, so he deliberately delayed his departure until the end.  No, it happened to keep him waiting.  "Your Majesty, don't worry, your minister is here." Zhang Sanzheng walked to Li Zhongyi's side and did not salute in a big way, but just made a promise in a low voice.  As the emperor¡¯s confidant, Zhang Sanzheng naturally knew what the emperor was most worried about at this moment.  ¡°However, Zhang Sanzheng didn¡¯t want to, and couldn¡¯t pierce this layer of window paper.  In a word, some things can only be done in private, but cannot be said openly.  "Well, how can you see a rainbow without going through wind and rain? The emperor who grew up in a greenhouse will lose these thousands of miles of mountains and rivers sooner or later." Li Zhongyi turned around, looked at Zhang Sanzheng calmly, and ordered, "Don't engage in privileges, let them be upright.  "Join the battle." Zhang Sanzheng agreed, but he knew in his heart that if he really killed a prince, even if the emperor was broad-minded and didn't care about him, what about the empress dowager and the prince's biological mother?  The emperor¡¯s mood at this timeIt must be very confusing.  Zhang Sanzheng had already made up his mind, not only to let the two princes see blood, but also not to let them get hurt.  Is it difficult?  It's really difficult.  ¡°However, Zhang Sanzheng is no ordinary person.  He relied on his true ability to ascend to the throne of the Commander of the Guards and the First Coordinator. He was by no means a person who lived up to his fame.  Even if his butt was kicked and he was demoted from his official position, Zhang Sanzheng did not want the emperor to suffer the pain of losing a son.  At dawn, all the equipment of the First Association was on board. Only then did Zhang Sanzheng formally bid farewell to the emperor, boarded the handsome ship and headed west to Zhengzhou.  War is a delicate science, and the devil is hidden in the details.  How many miles the counter-rebellion fleet travels every day, where to eat lunch, where to use dinner, and where to replenish food and water are all detailed in the action plan formulated by the General Staff Headquarters, and they must be strictly implemented.  That¡¯s it.  If something goes wrong along the way, the higher-ups will definitely be held accountable.
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