Chapter 733 Di Qing in the Navy
Di Qing stood on the deck and looked at the training of the navy soldiers below. Although the performance of these navy soldiers was quite good in the eyes of many people, Di Qing shook his head secretly because the training time of these people was still too short, and he could only be in shape but not in spirit. Newly established troops like the navy were not considered elite soldiers before they were seen.
Just two months ago, Di Qing was stationed at Gubeikou and was blowing the cold wind. However, he didn't expect that in just two months, he ran to the barbarian land of Vietnam to command the navy soldiers to practice. Compared to the biting cold Liaodong, it was hot summer here. At noon, he even had to bare his shirt to feel a little cool breeze.
Thinking of the completely different situations around the past two months, Di Qing couldn't help feeling like he was in a dream. Two months ago, he received a transfer order from the court, ordering him to temporarily transfer to the navy to command the navy to fight on land. Di Qing had not yet figured out the situation, so he was stationed in the navy. He had been seasick all the way for a long time, and finally finally got used to it.
"Brother Di, you are so amazing. It's less than a month since these kids fell into your hands. Wang really admires you!" At this moment, a short middle-aged man came over and saw Di Qing and immediately smiled. The middle-aged man was named Wang Dong, who was the commander of this navy.
"Commander Wang is polite, but these kids just look good. If they really go to the battlefield, they will probably be difficult to maintain the formation after a while!" Di Qing shook his head and said.
Di Qing only now realized that the mission he was sent to the navy was to attack the Li Dynasty. He had no impression of this small country in the south, and the navy in his hand was all new recruits, which made him a little unfavorable about this expedition. After all, leading a group of new recruits to attack a country was a bit unreliable no matter how you look at it.
"Brother Di, don't think that all enemies are as elite as the Liao army. I have seen the Li Dynasty's army. At most, it is more cruel than ordinary people. There is no way to fight. So as long as our army can exert 30% of its combat power, I feel that I will definitely win this time!" Commander Wang smiled again.
Commander Wang knew what Di Qing was worried about, but he had worked in Guangzhou before and had met the Li Dynasty's navy. If the army in the south was not too corrupt, there would be no need to mobilize their navy and directly send local garrisons to wipe out the Li Dynasty.
"Oh? Commander Wang, can you tell me more about the Li Dynasty?" Di Qing immediately asked when he heard this. This time he cooperated with Commander Wang. The other party was responsible for commanding the battle at sea, and he was responsible for commanding the battle on land. Both sides were not subordinate to each other. However, as a general, Di Qing dared not underestimate any enemy, and was also collecting information about the Li Dynasty along the way.
"No problem, the emperor of the Li Dynasty is now called Li Foma. This man is quite heroic. Some time ago, he sent troops from the sea to raid the port of Chameng people. The King of Chameng was killed by the Li Dynasty's army without any defense, which caused the Chameng army to collapse quickly..."
Commander Wang did not hide his personal information. He now explained his understanding of Li Chao in detail. Now he and Di Qing are people on the same boat. If they fail to attack Li Chao this time, they will be unlucky. Moreover, Di Qing is an army general, so this time he was only temporarily seconded. After the battle, the other party will leave, so the two did not have any conflict of interest, and they were still in harmony during this period.
Di Qing also listened very seriously. Although he had heard of many things before, he still did not dare to be careless, because it was the first time he was commanding an army in a place like the Li Dynasty. He was not familiar with the terrain and climate, and he was not familiar with the enemy. Any carelessness could lead to the failure of this attack. For the proud Di Qing, this was absolutely not allowed.
Just as Di Qing was chatting with Commander Wang, another person suddenly came over and saw that this person who was in his thirties or forties was quite tall, but very thin. His slender face had a pair of triangular eyes, which made people feel uncomfortable when they looked sinister.
"Why is Envoy Liu coming? Is there any news from the Li Dynasty?" Seeing this tall and thin middle-aged man, Commander Wang immediately stopped and smiled and greeted the other party. This person was the envoy on this trip and was responsible for issuing an order to reprimand Li Dynasty. However, it is said that this Envoy Liu came from the Imperial City Department, which is a place where I personally hate ghosts. If it weren't for this trip, Commander Wang wouldn't have had too much interaction with the other party.
"Commander Wang is worthy of being a general recommended by Dingbei Hou. He is indeed extremely smart and he guessed the purpose of his subordinates at once!" The envoy Liu smiled at Commander Wang and said, but although he had no malice, for some reason, there was always a gloomy smile in his smile, which made people feel chilling.
"Well, Envoy Liu is polite. I wonder what answer is there on the Li Chao?" Commander Wang coughed dryly.
Speaking of the reason why Commander Wang was able to take charge of the navy was thanks to Li Zhang's recommendation. When Li Zhang went to Guangzhou, he found that the Guangzhou navy was stronger than other places, especially the navy under Commander Wang, who was more diligent in training and had eliminated pirates many times. At that time, Commander Wang was just a small battalion commander. Seeing that he was a talent, Li Zhang specially transferred him from Guangzhou when building the navy and promoted him to two levels in a row to take charge of the navy.
"Li Foma sent someone to reply, saying that they were going to the port to welcome the imperial edict, but they had objections to the etiquette and hoped to cancel the kneeling greeting ceremony!" Envoy Liu did not say nonsense, and immediately spoke Li Foma's reply.
"Haha, as expected, the Little Li Dynasty dared to be arrogant and didn't know how to write the word "death"!" Commander Wang sneered when he heard this. Although he worked in Guangzhou, his hometown was Qinzhou, and he was close to Li Dynasty. When he was a teenager, he had witnessed the brutality of the Li Dynasty's army with his own eyes. At that time, he was too young to go to fight to kill the enemy, but he never forgot that hatred.
Chapter completed!