The reform of the People's Army has not officially begun. With the People's Army ceased to fight with the Ming court, the People's Army stationed in the border area is taking leave in batches, including officers.

In late February, Fang Nan, Minister of War Hu Zhuang, Commander of the Navy Zhou Yi, Wang Shengrong of the First Army, Yan Han of the Second Army, He Yan of the Third Army and others gathered together, saying that it was a meeting, but in fact it was just everyone who told their own stories and told what they encountered when leading troops to fight. Tea, melon seeds, peanuts, etc. were placed on the table.

After a series of stories, everyone was talking and laughing while eating and drinking. The whole conference room was lively and the relationship was no different from before.

When they were young, they were all a teenager in Qingshan Village. They played and grew up a little. They were students of Fang Nan. They learned knowledge from Fang Nan and grew up a little more. They participated in the formation of the People's Army and became officers. The soldiers under them ranged from dozens to hundreds to thousands.

Now they are still young, the oldest Hu Zhuang and Wang Shengrong are only twenty-five years old, but now they have become generals who command tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

All of this changed very quickly, but the friendship has not changed yet. When we got together, we were still discussing that your daughter and my boy would marry her.

Fang Nan enjoys the current scene very much. Everyone is not alienated by changes in status. They are still like when they were young. You can punch me while talking and laughing, and I can also kick you back.

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The People's Army and the Ming court temporarily ceased the war. Zhu Yijun and his ministers could not forget the shame that the People's Army brought to the Ming court. At this time, the Ming court was "one of all" and actively expanded its army, prepared for war with all its might, preparing for the recovery of Guangdong and exterminated the People's Army.

Song Yingchang and Mei Yousong successively led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the People's Army, but were both defeated by the People's Army. The strength of the People's Army impressed the Ming court. In order to wipe out the People's Army, Zhu Yijun ordered Li Chengliang to be the commander.

Li Chengliang, whose courtesy name is Ruqi and his pseudonym was Yincheng. He was born in 1526. He was from Tieling, Liaodong. His ancestors avoided the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty and returned in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Chengliang was a rare talent for generals. During the 30 years of guarding Liaodong, Li Chengliang led the Liaodong cavalry to win the victory one after another. The martial arts of the border commander was unprecedented in 200 years.

In the early stage of Wanli alone, Wang Gao, the leader of the Jurchens in Jianzhou, and his son Atai tribe, defeated the chief of the Han tribe Tuman several times, and the chief of the Taining tribe quickly defeated Hai; he planned to kill Qing Jiafu and Yang Jifu, the leader of the Yehe tribe in Haixi.

Li Chengliang's name is no less than that of another general of the same era, Qi Jiguang.

However, as Li Chengliang continued to develop in the officialdom, he was arrogant and extravagant. He took all the merchants and people in Liao and even falsely reported his military achievements. If it lasted for a few more years, Li Chengliang would be impeached by the censors and removed from his post. However, Li Chengliang is still a general in the Ming court, so Zhu Yijun handed over the task of exterminating the People's Army to Li Chengliang.

Although Li Chengliang is a little arrogant now, after receiving the emperor's order, Li Chengliang, who is already 60 years old, looks cautious. He knows what happened in Guangdong. Song Yingchang and Mei Yousong have successively led hundreds of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress the People's Army and are defeated. Perhaps Song Yingchang and Mei Yousong are both mediocre in Li Chengliang's eyes, but the strength of the People's Army has made Li Chengliang cautious.

No matter how cautious he is, Li Chengliang is still very confident in leading his army to defeat the People's Army. The power given by the court is Li Chengliang's confidence. Li Chengliang already knew that the court had expanded its army at least 500,000, and up to one million in order to wipe out the People's Army.

As the commander-in-chief, Li Chengliang naturally had to sit in the front line of Jiangxi. Now Li Chengliang was on the way to Jiangxi, and while marching towards Jiangxi, Li Chengliang learned about the several battles between the Ming court and the People's Army.

The thunder, firearms, guns, cannons and other firearms were the first to attract Li Chengliang's attention. According to the Ming generals who fought with the People's Army, the strength of the People's Army lies in various sharp firearms. There are many new recruits in the People's Army, but they rely on various sharp firearms to defeat the Ming army with a larger number of people.

Li Chengliang is best at cavalry and knows a little about firearms. Guangdong is not suitable for large-scale cavalry combat. This time Li Chengliang did not mobilize cavalry when he went south, so firearms became the focus of Li Chengliang's attention.

The Mingting of the Zhentian Thunder could be built, and Li Chengliang issued an order to build more new troops of Zhentian Thunder equipment in various places.

The Ming court cannot build the muskets with a longer range and greater power that the People's Army uses, mainly because there is no reference object. Li Chengliang issued another order, ordering people to find a way to get a few muskets from the People's Army.

In Li Chengliang's view, even if the People's Army strictly monitors the muskets, with the number of muskets equipped by the People's Army, they can find ways to get back a few muskets and get the People's Army's muskets, and the Ming court can find ways to imitate them.

As for artillery, the People's Army's artillery is similar to the Ming Army's artillery, and is even inferior to the Ming Army in terms of quantity, so there is no need to pay attention to this.

Li Chengliang clearly realized that as long as the Ming army was equipped with a large number of thunder and the kind of muskets used by the People's Army, it would be no problem to destroy the People's Army by relying on the advantage of the number of people.

However, training for the new army is also a very important issue. The new army that has just been expanded has little combat power and is cannon fodder sent to the battlefield.

Firearms and training the new army, Li Chengliang grasped two key points. It takes time to build firearms, and it also takes time to train the new army.

Li Chengliang suddenly felt some concern in his heart, worried that the People's Army would launch an attack suddenly before the Ming army was ready, which was not a good thing for the Ming army.

"You have to be careful about this." Li Chengliang thought, touching his beard.

In order to wipe out the People's Army, the Ming court has now expanded its troops in various places under its rule. Officials from all over the country resolutely carry out the task of recruiting young and strong people from all over the country, but the tasks required to be carried out by officials from all over the country.

Obviously, this is a good opportunity to get rich. For most officials, being an official is to make money and not caring about other things. Just complete the recruitment of young and strong people.

The Ming court assigned a large amount of silver to recruit young and strong troops to expand the army, but the silver was deducted layer by layer when sent to various places. In many places, even a single piece of silver could not be obtained from the young and strong troops who joined the army.

In order to complete the task, many local officials do not pay the young and strong family settlement fees and directly catch the strong men. At this time, there is a very good opportunity to make a fortune.

There is a young and strong person in your family who is in line with age who needs to join the army. If you give money, you can stop joining the army and take it away without paying money.

Farmers certainly can't afford to pay, but many middle-aged and lower-level families in the city can afford to pay. These families are the key targets of officials. If they don't want to be arrested, they will pay them quickly.

The lower-level people were arrested and strong men were strong. The middle-level families were losing money to avoid disasters. The wealthy families were watching the show, and the officials made a fortune one by one, and all sentient beings were in various ways.
Chapter completed!