After receiving the imperial edict, Liu Cheng entrusts military affairs to the military commander Murima, the chief of staff Li Zhifang, and rushed back to the capital overnight to attend the imperial meeting of the Ganqing Palace.

From the day Jirgalang was defeated, Liu Cheng clearly realized that every day passed, it was nearly one day away from Chen Wen's Northern Expedition. This understanding was not only Liu Chengyou, but also the relatives and nobles of the Qing court were very clear. So after they received Liu Cheng's initiative, they had the ambition to guide North Korea together, form a new army, and establish the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.

After taking all the measures, the Qing court gained a rapid suppression of Wu Sangui anyway, which really continued its life. However, the threat from the south was increasing, especially the news from the Seizhu and smuggling merchants, which always made them unhappy.

In recent years, Chen Wen has successively annexed Liu Qingtai, Geng Jimao, Hao Shangjiu, Shang Kexi, Fan Wencheng and Sun Kewang's large territories in southern Huguang, and the occupied area has been more than doubled.

The improvement of strength is the most obvious from the map, and the most terrifying thing is that Chen Wen's method of attacking Jiangnan gentry in Suzhou last year was really shocking. Goods worth tens of millions of taels of silver were only used for only half a month, and they directly burst the belly of Jiangnan gentry. Liu Cheng clearly remembered that when he heard this news, from Shunzhi to several banner masters, to those Eight Banners and important officials in the court, no one was so shocked that he had not recovered for a long time.

The enemies in the south are becoming stronger and stronger. The Qing court can only hope for the new army. All resources must be poured into it, so that Chen Wen can use the terrain of the north and the combat power of the new army to destroy the Ming army in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Only by destroying the main force of the Ming army in the Northern Expedition of Jiangsu and Zhejiang will they have the possibility of annexing the Jiangnan region again, and everything can be solved.

The thoughts were full of the figures of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Liu Cheng rushed back to the capital day and night, for fear of wasting a slight time.

The capital city and Tianjin Weixiao Station were more than 300 miles apart. Liu Cheng hurried back in less than three days. The speed was so fast that even Shunzhi was shocked, and then praised Liu Cheng's loyalty to the country.

"The emperor is too proud. Without the Qing Dynasty and without the emperor, there would be no slaves today. The slaves dare not do their best to repay the emperor's kindness of his grace."

Liu Cheng lay on the ground of the Ganqing Palace and said these words of loyalty. Shunzhi sat on the dragon throne, very satisfied with this. Liu Cheng is now a relative and noble official who led a new army as his husband, especially the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The Qing court must make all decisions against the south, and he must seek his opinions to be at ease, otherwise the chance of victory will always be reduced too much.

Now that Liu Cheng rushed back earlier than expected, Shunzhi hurriedly convened a meeting of imperial fronts. Soon, the banner masters and powerful officials of the banner masters in the court arrived. Shunzhi prepared seats for the banner masters of each banner, and at the same time, he also left a seat for Liu Cheng, the prince-in-law, and everyone immediately looked at him.

"Dear princes have already received a notice before my dear come. I have read this report. I have the latest report here, so I just took it out and discussed it."

There are two contents of the report. One is that Chen Wen is expected to be enthroned by the ruling state. The news spread and was also learned by the spies lurking in Nanjing in the Qing court. The second is that the amount of grain and grass stockpile of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Yangzhou and Huai'an increased, and the frequency of horse probation attacks in the north and south of the Huaihe River increased.

What these two things mean is almost self-evident. Even the Qing court now knows that the Ming Dynasty has gone far away. Since Chen Wen accepted the title of governor, he was not in a hurry to become emperor. He obviously wanted to use the body of the Qing Dynasty as a stepping stone to ascend to the supreme throne. The Northern Expedition may have entered the final preparation stage and there is not much time left for them.

He dragged his tired body into the hall until the memorial was received. Liu Cheng felt that he was full of energy immediately, and his fatigue disappeared. After carefully reading the memorial, Liu Cheng also understood the meaning. Then he respectfully returned the memorial to Wu Liangfu who was waiting, and then told Shunzhi and his relatives present what he thought.

Liu Cheng's view is no different from what they discussed before, and it can even be said to be more detailed, because compared to them, Liu Cheng has a better understanding of the mobilization mechanism of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Chen Wen rarely has the habit of concealing these things. This person is almost blatantly prepared, and he is never afraid of the number of opponents. He also has to fight with him to achieve strategic reversal from tactical victory.

"...From the battle behind Simingshan Palace, it can even be said that when Chen Ni planned the first Siming Lake battle for Wang Ni, he had a special interest in the main battle. In previous battles, Chen Ni rarely avoided the main battle, and often led his army to rush forward to fight against his opponent."

"In the past, Chen Ni mentioned it when he was giving lectures with slaves and other officers on Tiantai Mountain. The weaker he was, the more he would choose guerrilla warfare to avoid the main force battle, and attempt to strengthen his strength by accumulating small amounts. In contrast, the stronger the side, the more inclined to the main force battle, and determine the outcome in one battle, so that he could digest the fruits of victory as much as possible. Although Chen Ni has always been a side with fewer troops, he firmly believed that the army he trained was stronger, so he chose this way. The arrogant person is true, but talent is rare at the moment."

What is beyond ability is arrogance, and what is within ability is the master of skill and courage. Liu Cheng's analysis gave enough face to the relatives and nobles of the Qing court, because many of these guys' relatives and friends were defeated by Chen Wen's men, and many of them were directly killed by Chen Wenzhen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

After Liu Cheng said that, the relatives and noble officials were thinking. It took a moment before Shunzhi took out the new memorial and recited it to everyone in the hall.

"...It has been confirmed that the Zhejiang bandit Niu Shoushan Camp participated in the training of two newly formed bandit soldiers, one is the elderly Guard Division and the other is the young Guard Division. The two units set off on the first day of September and targeted Jiangbei..."

"Old Guard Division? What is this? Is it not because the Zhejiang bandits found a group of old men to fight."

Fu Shou's joke is not funny at all. This prince who has only participated in the two battles of destruction of the country, North Korea and quelling rebellion against Wu Sangui, and has shown mediocre performance that he can personally lead a new army. It is entirely because the Qing Dynasty's talent has withered and the banner prince of Fu Shou's name is both due to the fact that this person is really capable.

After the joke was finished, the hall was silent, making Fushou very unable to come to the stage. Seeing this, Shunzhi had to speak, and it would be better to lead the words down on this topic than to be completely unhappy.

"I think that this old guard division is probably composed of veterans of Zhejiang bandits."

"What the emperor said is very much. It should be formed by the elderly bandits among the Zhejiang bandits. Panlong is used on the flag. It must be the killer weapon of the Zhejiang bandit Chen Ni."

Fu Shou usually disagrees with them, the head coach and deputy coach who quelled the rebellion of Wu Sangui, but when the emperor spoke, the servants could not help but give him face. At this time, Tunqi took over the conversation, and then looked at Liu Cheng who was still thinking, waiting for the "expert" to answer questions and answer questions to everyone.

"Mr.?"

"The slave is here."

"What do you think?"

Liu Cheng's thoughts were seen by Shunzhi. When asked, the latter had to get up and reply: "I thought that what the emperor said was very much, it must be composed of the old soldiers under the Zhejiang bandits. I remember that Chen Ni, the Zhejiang bandit, had a direct army that was later expanded into a Guards camp. The Guards Division now should have the same principle."

With the old things in front of you, everything seems reasonable and everyone is convinced. But they don’t know or understand. Chen Wen is actually a fan of a Continental God of War more than a hundred years later. However, his two troops were formed at the same time and cannot distinguish the order according to the time of formation. In addition, the purpose of the formation is completely different, so he gave such a strange name.

Liu Cheng explained this a little, and stopped mentioning it, and instead said to Shunzhi: "I think that the names of these two armies can be distinguished, but we must also pay attention to their organization, weapons, and tactics. Since Chen Ni specially arranged a training camp that was so strict that it was impossible to penetrate, these two armies would definitely be his trump card!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present immediately turned their eyes to Zhu Zhixi. Zhu Zhixi had just been interrupted by Fu Shou, and now his eyes were gathering, he hurriedly continued to recite.

"... The elderly Guard Division is a cavalry organization, with weapons mainly sabers and cavalry lances. Because the distance is too far, it is not fully understood, so it will continue to follow up. The young Guard Division is mainly an infantry organization, with a small number of cavalry. The infantry are all musketeers, and there are no spearmen. In addition, the musketeers carried by the young Guard Division are strange, without a fuse."

With this statement, everyone here decided that the cavalry was the king of war in this era. For example, in the Qing army, although there were many war horses and there were many below horses and infantry battles in the army, and horses were mainly used to pursue them, but the cavalry were all the prides in the army. Not to mention anything else, those Bayala soldiers always used cavalry as the main combat method.

Since the elderly Guard Division is a cavalry organization, there is nothing to argue about in the veterans. There is no suitable horse-raising land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and of course the cavalry is composed of veterans. This is the simplest truth. It is just that the strangeness of the young Guard Division is not as clear as the former.

"Why don't you have a spearman, why don't you resist horses? Just rely on those guns and swords?"

"And there is also that musket that doesn't even have a fuse. How to fire it? Isn't it that there is no fuse on it when the spy saw it?"

"Eighty times this is the case, if you don't go into battle, why are you clamping a fuse?"

“…”

My relatives and nobles said one by one, and the problems arose one after another, but in the end they all fell on Liu Cheng. But this time, Liu Cheng no longer thought about it, but really spread his fear.

"That thing is without a fuse. It is called a flintlock musket. It is a kind of musket that can be fired without a flintlock. Zhejiang bandits have been developing for many years and have been used in the army. However, the production speed is limited, the residual rate is high, and the cost is far higher than that of ordinary muskets. Even a flintlock musket can buy three ordinary muskets, so it has not been popularized, and it is only left to a small number of elite troops for use. Now it seems that this is probably his trump card."

Liu Cheng said a little bit, and most of the relatives and nobles did not understand what this meant. However, as the president of the Imperial Guard, Jidu, the original Prime Minister of the New Army Training Office, still had a certain understanding of weapons. Without a fuse, direct excitation means that the steps of loading and firing should be taken several steps less, and the rate of firing will inevitably be improved.

"Can it be possible to fire without a fuse?"

Fu Shou was unbelievable, but he also accidentally mentioned the point. Liu Cheng explained to everyone: "The flintlock fire gun uses a complex trigger and flint to fire Mars to ignite gunpowder. Zhejiang bandits use granular gunpowder, which is more powerful, but the firing cannot be guaranteed. This is a problem. At least when I was in Zhejiang, it is not easy to say whether it is still the case or not."

"Chen Ni is like this, probably because he wants to use it to exert the power of the musket. This idea is similar to the tactics of our new military advisor Fatsi and the Spanish phalanx. However, he is too relieved about the gun and sword. This is probably a double-edged sword, and it depends on who can use it better."

From the outside to the inside and from the use of weapons, Oboi quickly realized the difference in tactics. The formation of the new army can be said to be the one who knows the essence of tactics best among the relatives and nobles of the Qing Dynasty except Liu Cheng. The Gustav phalanx was able to eliminate the Spanish phalanx because she could better exert the power of the musket.

According to John Thompson, in today's continental land, all countries are following Sweden. The transformation of Gustav II, the Nordic lion, has long been imitated by the continent, and there are such battles on the battlefield. It is the most advanced and powerful battle formation in the world today.

When I learned from Taixi, the original Spanish phalanx was broken by Chen Wen, but the casualties of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also the highest in history. The Thai phalanx had the effect of other stones on the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so the Qing court chose the Gustav phalanx. The facts have proved that this most powerful tactic in the world is indeed powerful, and Wu Sangui is the best proof.

When the Qing Dynasty learned the Thai warfare techniques, such as Liu Cheng, Oboi and even Ji Du, it was difficult for them to understand the core ideas of the warfare techniques. Now, based on their experience, they realized the possibility of a double-edged sword, and when they had a calculation in their hearts, their fear was not as huge as before.

"This gun sword is supposed to be a weapon for the musketeers to defend themselves. I think it's better to prepare for the new army and be prepared for any trouble."

"Your Majesty, I have seen the sleeve-type gun sword of Zhejiang bandits. I have to transform the musket to use it. With the current production capacity of the Tianjin factory, I really can't catch up with the progress. I feel that it's better to plug a gun head, which can work."

The self-defense weapons that the new army had not prepared before were the same as Chen Wen at that time, both of which were equipped with a waist knife for the infantry. But now that Chen Wen's army has, they are preparing for the new army, and they are as prepared as Shunzhi said.

However, in addition to the facts, Liu Cheng's advice also has selfish intentions. His weapons of the Wuwei Right Army have not been completely replaced, and they are still from the Wanguo brand. The first person to waste production capacity is the first to suffer, but the gun tip only has a group of carpenters.

After the production of the gun sword was decided, Liu Cheng sighed secretly. He saw the current situation of the Tianjin factory with his own eyes. In recent years, he said that he learned from the continental region, but in fact he was only touched on insignificant aspects such as tactics and astronomy. The European system was inconsistent with the slavery of the Qing court, and it did not show cross-age superiority as in history. Their institutional improvements, especially the new policy headed by the Tianjin factory, were more about learning from Chen Wen.

I just learned it over and over again, but I can only learn it on the surface. Not to mention anything else, with the resources of the Tianjin factory, if it were as efficient as the Military Industry Department, even half the efficiency, the weapons would have been completed in such a long time, and I would not have been able to cram the situation so temporarily.

Now that things have come to this point, Liu Cheng has nothing to say. The intelligence report here ended, and the imperial meeting had the next direction of action, and it was over. However, before Liu Cheng got up and said goodbye, Shunzhi said something that almost made him faint to the ground.
Chapter completed!