In the southeastern suburbs of Daliang, there is a river called Yushui. At the end of it, where it bends and merges into the Cai River, there is still a vacant military camp. This was the once famous Yushui Camp in Daliang.
The garrison camp of the Yu Shui Army under the command of Zhao Yuanji, the fifth son of the emperor.
Stepping into this Yushui camp, it is undeniable that the mood of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was a bit complicated.
After all, the original owner of this military camp defeated the Shunshui army he once commanded.
"..."
Standing under the gate of the military camp, Zhao Yuanzuo stretched out his hand to touch the old wooden pillar and murmured: "I didn't expect that it would be this military camp. It's a bit ironic... This is the ridicule of your military department towards me.
What?"
Behind Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, Xu Guan, the left minister of the Ministry of War, lowered his head and said in a neither arrogant nor humble tone: "Prince Zuo has misunderstood. Now, the only complete military camps in the suburbs of Daliang Jing are Junshui Camp and Yushui Camp..."
Junshui Camp is the garrison of the Junshui Army, and only Yushui Camp is vacant."
Has it been abandoned? My Shunshui military camp back then... Huh! Come to think of it.
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, smiled mockingly and walked into the military camp.
I wonder what Yuan Ke would think...
Zhao Yuanzuo sighed slightly, and in his mind he couldn't help but think of his former Fifth Prince brother Zhao Yuandai, who had a great relationship with him.
Has King Yu, who was a skilled archer and horseman, now reduced to a useless person who coughs up blood at every turn? Yuan Ke... I am afraid that his life is not as easy as when I was in Nanliang.
Zhao Yuanzuo turned his head slightly and glanced at a nephew behind him from the corner of his eye. That was his fourth brother, the other son of the current Emperor of Wei, the fifth emperor Qing Wang Hongxin.
He is also the fifth son of the emperor, but this boy is really far behind Yuan Ke back then...
Zhao Yuanzuo looked at Qing Wang Hongxin calmly.
To be honest, Zhao Yuanzuo was not surprised that Emperor Wei would send a trusted person as a supervisor to monitor Zhao Yuanzuo. After all, he would do the same thing if it were him.
But what Zhao Yuanzuo didn't expect was that the supervisor sent by Emperor Wei was actually Prince Qing Hongxin, who was called the Fifth Highness like his old enemy Zhao Yuandai. This made Zhao Yuanzuo feel a little complicated.
Especially when he discovered that people from the Ministry of War addressed Zhao Hongxin as His Highness the Fifth Prince, his complicated feelings became even more intense.
What are you thinking about? Yuan Si? This "Fifth Highness" is not the other "Fifth Highness". Simply using this title to put pressure on me, you are really...
Zhao Yuanzuo shook his head silently.
Ah, this kid looks excited. Is he just starting out? It’s too easy for others to see through his mind. Not to mention he’s not as good as Yuan Qi, he’s not even as good as the kid who was revered as King Su... He’s called this kind of young kid.
As a supervisor, I was really underestimated!
"Third uncle?"
Perhaps he noticed that the King of Nanliang in front of him turned his head to look at him from time to time. King Qing Zhao Hongxin asked doubtfully.
Zhao Yuanzuo looked at Zhao Hongxin for a few times, smiled lightly, and immediately walked towards the camp and went deeper.
As I walked, my eyes suddenly opened up. It turned out that a group of people had arrived at the school grounds inside the military camp.
At this moment, I saw rows of soldiers standing neatly in the camp's campus. From a distance, it looked like a sea of people.
Have you finished recruiting new recruits?
Zhao Yuanzuo turned to look at Xu Guan, the left minister of the Ministry of War: "Who are these people?"
Seeing this, Xu Guan took a few steps forward and whispered: "Reporting to the King of Nanliang, these recruits are county guards drawn from various counties in the country. Our military department has selected fifty counties. Every year
One hundred county guards were recruited from each county, totaling 50,000 people."
County guards... County soldiers?
Zhao Yuanzuo smacked his lips in disappointment.
The county soldiers are the guards responsible for public security, anti-theft, and suppression of thieves in the local county. Although they are much more disciplined than the recruits who have just joined the army, it is a pity that these people have no experience on the battlefield. After all, the battlefield
Legion operations on the battlefield are completely different from small-scale bandit suppression in local areas.
Therefore, if possible, Zhao Yuanzuo actually prefers veterans who have been on the battlefield, because this can reduce a lot of his work.
After thinking about it, Zhao Yuanzuo turned around and said to Xu Guanyan: "Secretary Xu, I heard that our great Wei Gang had a war with the Chu State... There were several armies with good records."
"Is the King of Nanliang referring to the dredging army?" Xu Guan frowned and said.
He thought to himself, "You don't want to directly recruit the dredging army, do you? That is our Daliang garrison that guards the capital."
"Not the dredging army."
Zhao Yuanzuo shook his head.
You must know that as far as he knows, the Jun Shui Army is the capital guard army that replaced the Shun Shui Army and the Yu Shui Army. It is an army reorganized from the surviving soldiers of the Yu Shui Army. It is currently the most elite army in the Wei Dynasty.
One of the six armies, known as the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison, Zhao Yuanzuo did not think that Emperor Wei would hand over such an elite army to him.
What's more, even if he, Zhao Yuanzuo, was given such a proud and powerful general, it would be difficult for him to give orders to him.
"It's not the dredging army..." Xu Guan hesitated and looked at Zhao Yuanzuo.
"It's the Zhaoling Army, the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army..." Zhao Yuanzuo truthfully stated what he was thinking.
In Zhao Yuanzuo's view, these three armies have all experienced wars. Even if the latter two are surrendered troops from the Chu State and are not highly trained, their advantage is that the sergeants and soldiers have experienced the tense atmosphere of the battlefield.
These local guards who have never even set foot on the battlefield are far superior.
After hearing Zhao Yuanzuo's request, Xu Guan, the left minister of the Ministry of War, showed a troubled look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Yuanzuo asked in confusion: "My king only requires that each of the three armies deploy a thousand people to serve as the backbone of the new officers. Is this request not too much?"
Xu Guan hesitated again and again, and finally told the truth: "Your Majesty, I don't know that the Zhaoling Army, Yanling Army, and Shangshui Army are the newly established armies of His Highness Prince Su. Our Ministry of War... wants to deploy soldiers from these three armies.
,I’m afraid…”
King Su? Is that that boy?
Zhao Yuanzuo thought for a while, and suddenly he remembered the eighth prince who had the audacity to eavesdrop on their conversation when he and Emperor Wei were talking in the imperial garden.
That kid should not be difficult to get along with...
Zhao Yuanzuo was a little surprised. After all, because of the scene in Shiliting a few days ago, he still had a good impression of Zhao Hongrun. The only thing he had some resistance to was that this son was the son of the emperor, and the son of the other emperor Wei behind him.
Like a son.
Perhaps noticing the confusion in Zhao Yuanzuo's eyes, Xu Guan looked embarrassed and spoke vaguely.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanzuo turned around and asked King Qing Hongxin: "Does His Highness King Qing have an idea?"
"I'm afraid it's because of the Smelting Bureau."
It may be because he just arrived at the Ministry of War, or it may be that the people in the Ministry of War do not like Qing Wang Hongxin, the fifth son of the emperor. Therefore, Qing Wang Hongxin did not protect the Ministry of War, and said with gloating: "As far as Xiao Wang knows,
, the Ministry of War has always been in conflict with the Eighth Prince’s brother Hongrun, and a few days ago, it was because of the bet between the Smelting Bureau and the Bingzhu Bureau..."
He told Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, exactly what happened, but Zhao Yuanzuo frowned.
……madness!
Zhao Yuanzuo glanced at Xu Guan coldly, ignored the embarrassed Xu Guan, and walked straight to the front of the school ground.
If possible, he certainly hopes to recruit a group of veteran soldiers with battlefield experience from the Zhaoling Army, even the Shangshui Army, and the Yanling Army, and promote them to the rank and file of the new army. This will greatly ease his need to train the new army.
However, due to the grudge between the Ministry of War and King Su, his hope became empty talk.
Forget it, just train like this.
Zhao Yuanzuo sighed slightly. After all, he and Zhao Hongrun were not familiar with each other, and their relationship was not good enough to shame his nephew for help.
While walking, Zhao Yuanzuo thought of something again, frowned and asked: "Shilang Xu, Your Majesty has ordered me to go on an expedition to Longxi before the end of the year. I don't know what the weapons and equipment of my new army are like, or where your military casting bureau is.
Already?"
"this……"
Xu Guan couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
It's no wonder, after all, the Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo asked about the pain point of their military department.
Iron swords are easy to talk about. Not long ago, because of the assistance of the Metallurgical Bureau, and later because of the protection of Emperor Wei, we got the new technology of the Metallurgical Bureau to mass-produce iron swords. Not to mention 50,000 iron swords, even thirteen
With ten thousand iron swords, the Ministry of War is extremely confident that it can be completed on time.
The problem lies in the other weapons and equipment besides the iron sword, such as guns, daggers and other long weapons, as well as shields, armors, and daggers hidden in boots.
For the elite troops of the Sixth Battalion, a set of equipment can contain many things. How can they build it by the end of the year alone?
With the help of the Metallurgical Bureau, this would be easy to say, but now, the people from the Metallurgical Bureau have clearly let out the news: You, the grandsons of the Ministry of War, will be fooled if you lose... Go and play by yourself, grandson! I don’t want to
Here you go!
In the past, if someone from the Smelting Bureau had been so insulted, people from the Bingzhu Bureau would have come to the door. But this time, Bingzhu Bureau, knowing that he was in the wrong, could only act honestly with his tail between his legs.
"..." Zhao Yuanzuo glanced at Xu Guan, and was too lazy to pay attention to the turmoil of the Ministry of War and the Metallurgical Bureau, and said calmly: "No matter what, please be sure to get the weapons and equipment for this new army of my king before the end of the year, otherwise,
If Your Majesty takes the blame, I will not bear the fault for your Ministry of War's negligence."
"Yes, Your Majesty..."
Xu Guan wiped his cold sweat again and thought to himself: For the current plan, I am afraid that the only way is to temporarily postpone the replacement of equipment for the Sixth Battalion of the garrison, and first collect the 50,000 sets of equipment for the new army...
But this is not a foolproof strategy after all. You must know that the generals stationed in the Sixth Battalion are all difficult to talk to. Nangong of the Suiyang Army is fine, but the Dredging Navy, Fenxing Fortress, Chenggao Pass, Nanyan, etc.
The generals are not easy to talk to. God knows if they will send people or personally kill themselves to Daliang after learning that the weapons and equipment that should have been given to them have been given to the new army of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo.
Our department's compound was overturned.
After much deliberation, the only solution is to seek help from the Manufacturing Bureau. Only the new technology of this group of people can help the Ministry of War overcome this disaster.
But……
Xu Guan, the left minister of the Ministry of War, sighed secretly.
It is not easy to resolve the conflict with the Smelting Bureau!