Regarding the whereabouts of Song Mao and how the Tanzhou soldiers in Hengzhou operate.
Song Yang and Song Tong, uncle and nephew, chatted again.
In the end, I decided not to interfere too much and give Song Mao a chance to be independent.
They only gave him supplies and weapons, and left him to do the actual fighting on his own.
They are not in a hurry to let Song Mao go back. The two guys from Raozhou are making more frequent moves and they will definitely take action within ten or eight days.
It would be nice to ask Song Mao to go with him, as he can learn some modern tactics.
At the end of the first month, the number of squatting tiger cannons reached Song Yang's expectation, and there were even ten more.
There are eighty-three gates in total, and twenty-two of them are on warships.
There are also sixty artillery battalions equipped with squatting tigers.
The one left alone was used by Wang Dabiao to study cannonballs.
Song Chengwang is no longer teaching these days, and is training artillery battles with the officers and soldiers of the Tiger Crouching Artillery Battalion every day.
Song Yang had watched the training and found that some of the tactics he taught were very good.
Sports artillery warfare has basically been practiced.
In fact, the main thing is to train the horses and let the horses pulling the tiger crouching cannon adapt to the explosion of the cannon.
Song Yang also taught ballistics for several days. Now the soldiers can more or less learn the ropes, and their artillery fire is becoming more and more accurate.
On the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, envoys from the Daqian Jiangnan Revival Alliance arrived in Jiangzhou.
Song Yang has called a meeting, and everyone is bound to come.
Although I don’t know what the content is…
"Everyone, please rest for two days. Mr. Wang is busy with other things. The meeting time will be notified later."
The envoys gathered in Jiangzhou, but they were notified that they would have to wait a few days.
Just wait, no one has any complaints.
With delicious food on offer, the accommodation and dining conditions in Jiangzhou are very good.
In fact, it didn’t take long to wait.
On the last day of the first lunar month, Liu Huairen sent an urgent report that Raozhou's troops had moved!
Song Yang grinned happily, this place has been prepared for a long time.
In the afternoon of the same day, all participating troops and equipment boarded the ship and headed straight to Duchang.
The envoys were informed that the two princes of Raozhou were planning to raise troops to attack Jiangzhou.
I was immediately confused. Are these two people stupid?
There is a squatting tiger cannon in Jiangzhou!
They forgot that Raozhou didn't send anyone when they tested the artillery last time.
Because they have been at war, the matter of who will represent Raozhou has never been settled.
So they didn't even know that Jiangzhou had such a magical weapon as the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
Although King Hongzhou is their uncle, King Hongzhou also has a hidden agenda. He wants these two idiots to test the actual combat power of the Crouching Tiger Cannon...
Finally, at Song Yang's request, the envoys were also pulled onto the warship bound for Duchang.
Looking at the two rows of squatting cannons on the warship, the envoys felt their livers tremble.
If it were touched, it wouldn't be like meat.
"I'm really looking forward to the actual combat of the Crouching Tiger Cannon!" Song Mao admired as he looked at the two rows of Crouching Tiger Cannon on the ship.
During these days, he had watched the Chaos Cannon training and had a higher understanding of Jiangzhou's military strength.
"The effect of this cannon is actually average. The power of a truly powerful cannon is ten times... not a hundred times!" Song Yang laughed.
"A hundred times?" Song Mao blinked.
It's not that I don't believe it, but I feel incredible.
He saw a lot of unbelievable things in Jiangzhou. Although it didn't last long, Song Mao, like everyone else, felt that there must be something that Song Yang said existed.
At noon the next day, we arrived in Duchang, and Liu Huairen was already waiting at the pier.
Cui Qiang didn't come. He took the Duchang Fuxing Army and Minzhuang to the front line to repair fortifications.
"Your Majesty, although the Raozhou soldiers seem to be very powerful, they are moving very slowly. It is estimated that it will take another three days to reach our territory in Jiangzhou."
As soon as they met, Liu Huairen began to report on the military situation.
Song Yang waved his hand and said: "No rush, no rush. Let them go for a while. We just wait for work. These two guys... To be honest, I think they are far from the gang of thieves in Tanzhou..."
Song Yang doesn't look down on the two brothers Song Kuo and Song Yu at all.
It has been almost a year since the natural disaster, and we have not done any basic livelihood work. We are just thinking about fighting and looting. Isn’t this the style of rogue bandits?
Even the brother and sister in Tanzhou still want to divide the land and manage the local people.
"Indeed. I have had contact with the two of them. How can I put it... They are quite stupid..." When Song Kuo and Song Yu brothers were mentioned, Song Mao also looked disdainful.
After hanging out with Song Yang for half a month, Song Mao gradually let go.
"Haha! Yes! These two fools!" Song Yang laughed.
Song Tong shook his head. How could he say they were brothers from the same clan... How could he be called stupid?
Obviously a huge fool!
Nothing!
"Um...Uncle Wang, shall we set up the formation now?"
Song Chengwang didn't smile either, and he didn't even hear Song Mao's words.
After getting off the boat, Song Mao became nervous.
Originally he was timid and fearful in Fengzhou.
After hanging out with Song Yang for a while, I finally became bolder.
But when I met Zhen Zhang, I started to be timid again.
"Don't be afraid! Ah Wang, there are many of us accompanying you! Follow the method Uncle Wang gave you to deploy troops, go ahead. If you don't understand anything, just ask me." Song Yang patted Song Chengwang on the shoulder to encourage him.
said.
"Awang can do it!" Song Mao also encouraged.
"Go ahead, if it can't be done, Uncle Seven will help you with the command!" Song Tong said.
"Then...then I'm going?"
"go!"
Song Chengwang struggled with his thoughts for a long time and finally looked away.
Follow the Duchang Guards to the frontline positions to prepare.
Although he strategically despised the enemy, Song Yang would not be so stupid as to do nothing.
In order to prevent the boat from capsizing in the ditch, Duchang had already begun to set up positions.
The trenches and artillery batteries were built early.
When the enemy comes, it's time to hit him head-on.
What Song Yang wants to do now is to visit Duchang County.
Song Yang visited all the counties west of Poyang Lake in Jiangzhou, and even went to Pengze when he inspected the Jiangbei defense line.
This is my first time here in Duchang.
So Song Yang also wanted to see the people's livelihood work in Duchang when he came here this time.
After getting off the pier, you will find the old site of Duchang.
The road has been dredged and raised, but there are still ruins on both sides of the road, and there are signs of being soaked in water.
After walking along the road for three to five miles, you will see a cluster of houses in front of you.
It looks neat and uniform from a distance, imitating the layout of Jiangzhou in terms of urban layout.
When we arrived in the city, the main road had been paved with cement.
All counties are currently engaged in the paving of cement pavements.
However, the cement factory's supply was really insufficient, so only one main road was built.
"Your Majesty, there are people in Duchang..."
Liu Huairen followed Song Yang and introduced the situation of Duchang one by one, although he had already given some basic information when he went to Jiangzhou for a meeting.
However, face-to-face reporting is still required.
From the overall data point of view, Duchang is the best developed among the counties in Jiangzhou.
It has the largest grain reserves and a population of more than 20,000.
Looking at urban construction, everyone is living in adobe houses.
Urban transportation, urban public facilities, supply and marketing cooperatives, workshops, schools, and hospitals are all available.
Although Liu Huairen looks rough, he is still very delicate at heart.
Song Yang would give him a thumbs up for his ability in managing people's livelihood.
I just listened to reports before and had no on-site inspections, so I didn’t have an intuitive feeling.
This time when he came to the casino, Song Yang realized that he had underestimated Liu Huairen.
"Master Liu, the development of Duchang is very good. I am very pleased!"
After walking around in a big circle and returning to the conference room, Song Yang immediately praised Liu Huairen.
"These are all matters within the lower official's scope." Liu Huairen said respectfully, clasping his fists.
"It's worthy of praise to do such a good job in one's job!" Song Yang said with a smile.
"Let's do this, give Mr. Liu a two-level salary increase!" Song Yang said with a smile.
Each county in Jiangzhou is actually responsible for its own profits and losses, but the salaries of officials are fixed.
The salary payment situation is summarized and sent to Jiangzhou every month.
Giving Liu Huairen a salary increase can be regarded as the most direct financial reward.
The three officials in charge of Jiangzhou Prefecture, the prefect, the notice and the magistrate are all vacant.
Song Yang is not in a hurry to make appointments, everyone can just do their job well.
If you want to be promoted, wait until the situation is completely stable.
Following Song Yangqian, although promotion is slow, there are many benefits.
Wages are rising rapidly, and this is a real thing.
Therefore, officials at all levels are still very motivated.
If you do a good job, you will get more salary and bonus.
It is this concept that Song Yang established, which gradually changed everyone's thinking from promotion to work.
In the past, you had to make money first to get promoted, but now you have to work first to make money.
For example, Wang Jinshi, an ordinary blacksmith, because of his three great achievements in the squatting cannon, steam engine, and musket, his current salary level is one level higher than that of a county magistrate like Chen Fu.
Driven by such tangible benefits, people in Jiangzhou are very enthusiastic about work.
On the second day in Duchang, Liu Huairen first took Song Yang to see the situation of the people's land distribution, and then looked at the granary reserves.
In the afternoon, I went to the front line to inspect the construction of fortifications.
"Your Majesty!" Cui Qiang held his fists in greeting from afar.
The last time I met Song Yang was when he went to Hongzhou to attack the Liu brothers and sisters.
"Uncle Wang!" Song Chengwang also ran over.
After spending a day on the front line, Song Chengwang's mentality gradually adjusted.
Through the construction of fortifications and the formation of troops on site, Song Chengwang gradually regained his confidence.
Sheniuwang is back!
"How is the arrangement going?" Song Yang looked at Cui Qiang and Song Chengwang with a smile and asked.
"Your Majesty, please come this way. Let's go take a look at the front."
Following Cui Qiang as we walked forward, we looked at some trenches and breakthrough positions, which really looked like a positional war.
This method of building fortifications was also taught by Cui Qiang of Song Yang.
On the way to Duchang last time, Song Yang gave a temporary training course to the officers.
Cui Qiang studied pretty well.
Song Chengwang was brought up bit by bit by Song Yang, and his theoretical knowledge is more advanced than Cui Qiang.
The two of them complement each other perfectly.
"It's very good. It also separates the front and rear positions."
"It seems that Brother Raozhou is not having a good time this time!" Song Yang said with a smile.
"More than anything, it's not easy! This time they will never come back! Haha!" Song Chengwang laughed.
Others also laughed.
After looking at the positions, Song Yang looked at the soldiers participating in the battle.
The soldiers have high morale and are not afraid of enemies ten times their size.
Of course, Duchang also has a reserve team.
There were 20,000 more people in Duchang, and the Renaissance Army had reached 3,000 people.
These three thousand people are not counted as combatants.
This time, Song Yang simply wanted to test the strength of the Crouching Tiger Artillery Battalion, so he brought out all the Renaissance troops from Fucheng. Their familiarity with the Crouching Tiger Artillery was far greater than that of the Renaissance Army in other counties.
Everyone saw Song Chengwang training his troops.
It is much more convenient to have them to coordinate the work.
At least he won't be so frightened by the volley of artillery that he won't be able to walk!
Everything has been arranged, and now we are waiting for Brother Raozhou to come to our door.