Chapter 333: The New Governor of Three Borders is Worried and Walking on Thin Ice
"Ha ha……"
When Pan Jinghua saw dozens of large treasure ships of various types anchored at the large pier outside Baodezhou City, he couldn't suppress a smile on his face.
In the battle that just ended, their Xuanwu Third Battalion easily captured the large dock here and seized all the treasure ships anchored here.
As long as all these large treasure ships are utilized, the large fleet of their Xuanwu Third Battalion can be more than doubled immediately.
Two days ago, Pan Jinghua received a military order from the military headquarters, stating that as long as there were enough treasure ships, the Xuanwu Third Battalion could be immediately expanded to a scale of 50,000 combat soldiers.
This time, the expedition went northward along the Yellow River, and along with it came 30,000 new warrior recruits.
This means that enough new soldiers can be recruited and selected at any time to expand the Xuanwu Third Battalion to 50,000 combat soldiers.
This is definitely great news for Pan Jinghua.
There is no general who does not want to have more and more elite soldiers under his command and to have stronger and stronger combat effectiveness.
"Liu Zhiqing, quickly go and select 20,000 warriors from the new recruits that came on board, and assign them to our Xuanwu Third Battalion!"
Since he has received the letter from the military, as long as Pan Jinghua is not stupid, he will implement this large-scale military expansion as soon as possible, and then report the roster to the military, so that the Xuanwu Third Battalion will have the strength to fight independently in the future.
"Yes! Commander!"
Liu Zhiqing immediately accepted the order and left with a happy face.
His ability was unquestionable. He quickly gathered enough manpower and launched a large-scale military expansion operation in full swing.
All the seemingly complicated affairs became orderly and progressed at a very fast speed under his arrangement.
If everything goes as expected, he will be able to complete the task in three days at most.
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"Everyone, after three days of cleaning up the entire Baodezhou City, we have dealt with all the hidden dangers."
In the meeting hall of Baodezhou City, Wan'er sat in the upper seat and said to Liang Hetang, Liang Qingduo, Pan Jinghua, Liu Zhiqing and other core generals sitting on the left and right in front of her, "The reorganization of the Xuanwu Battalion 3 has been completed. It is time to complete the last step of this round of northern expedition and then go south to join the commander-in-chief."
"Today at 3:45 pm, our army will march north on time, divided into three groups, and strive to capture Yangtu Fort, Tangjiahui Fort, and Huigouzhai Fort, the three water fortresses located in the northernmost part of the Yellow River Basin, in one fell swoop within ten days!"
"Each army is composed of 30,000 Qilin Legion soldiers and 15,000 Xuanwu Third Battalion soldiers. The remaining 5,000 Xuanwu Battalion soldiers will temporarily stay in Baodezhou City, waiting for the new recruits sent by the military to take over from the civilian staff and the craftsmen battalion."
"Yesterday I received a letter from the commander-in-chief saying that Suide Prefecture had successfully fallen into the hands of our army. The southern army has already joined forces with the western army led by Cao Yongxiang. They are preparing to set out at 15:30 today, split into nine groups, and launch a comprehensive sweep of the northern Qin area."
"Within three months, our Fuxing Army must seize the area southeast of Luoshui River and complete the capture of the towns along the Yellow River between Qin and Jin provinces!"
"Only by completing the goal of this operation can our Fuxing Army take the initiative in the next war with the Ming Dynasty court, and avoid being besieged by the government troops from multiple directions and running around!"
"This is the decision of the commander-in-chief. The military has notified the commanders of all combat battalions. No one must slack off!"
The Fuxing Army is growing faster and faster, and Wan'er is the happiest person.
For her, as long as she could help Li Dingguo, it would be enough.
If anyone dares to drag his feet at this critical moment, Wan'er will definitely smash him to death with a hammer without mercy!
"Yes!"……
The commanders of the various combat camps on the scene took the order in awe, then dispersed and got busy.
The final battle of their Northern Army must be completed brilliantly.
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"Farewell Angel!"
Hong Chengchou respectfully saw off the eunuch who came to read the imperial edict, and did not stand up until the eunuch disappeared into the sky riding on the red bird, the symbol of the current royal family.
In the imperial garden of the capital, the royal family raised a group of red sparrows, the divine birds.
Although the Red Sparrow divine bird weighs only about 100 pounds, it has the blood of the divine bird Vermillion Bird and is one of the top spiritual bird clans in the world today.
It is said that there are still a dozen red sparrows alive in the imperial garden of the capital.
Among them, two pairs are at the peak level of level five, and the rest are level four or level five spirit birds.
Since the Ming Dynasty favored red, since Emperor Taizu founded the country, he has used the red sparrow to read imperial edicts to local officials in order to demonstrate the royal style.
"Congratulations, sir, on your promotion to the position of Governor-General of the Three Borders!"
Hong Yuanfeng, who had just given a pack of fourth-level demon beast inner core to the eunuch who had come to deliver the imperial edict, said to Hong Chengchou with a smile on his face.
"It's expected, nothing to congratulate."
Hong Chengchou looked calm, without much joy on his face, and said solemnly, "This is because the court wants me to wipe out Li Dingguo and his gang of rebels as soon as possible."
"If we can successfully complete the mission, everything will be fine. But if we fail to suppress the bandits or delay it for too long, I won't be able to sit on the position of the governor of the three borders for long."
He has a clear mind and will not be confused by superficial fame and fortune.
It was not that the imperial court wanted to promote Hong Chengchou, but that Li Dingguo was making too much noise.
All the aristocratic families, wealthy businessmen and tycoons in the three northwestern provinces could no longer sit still.
If Li Dingguo continues to cause trouble like this, their losses every day will be incalculable, and they may even be in danger of being exterminated.
The fact that Hong Chengchou can now successfully ascend to the throne of Governor-General of the Three Borders is also the result of the joint efforts of various forces behind the scenes.
They all knew Hong Chengchou's ability and were just going with the flow.
If we were to ask who among the three northwestern provinces is most likely to wipe out Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army, Hong Chengchou would definitely be the most suitable person.
In this respect, even Lu Xiangsheng is far inferior to Hong Chengchou.
Lu Xiangsheng was a very good commander, and his Tianxiong Army was also very capable in fighting, but he was a very upright person, not tactful enough, and even a bit old-fashioned.
If Lu Xiangsheng were nominated to be the governor-general of the three borders, many people would not be willing to do so.
"Yuanfeng, take the dozen or so letters I left on the desk in the study to the Governor's Office and make them into official documents, and send them to Cao Wenzhao and the generals in the three provinces."
"Order the generals mentioned in my letter to lead their soldiers to Tongguan City within three months!"
"Anyone who dares to neglect military discipline will be punished by military law!"
"The Fuxing Army under Li Dingguo is now madly marching south to capture cities. We can't wait!"
"Especially his Xuanwu Corps, which has now reached a terrifying size of 150,000 soldiers and is madly sweeping towards the Yellow River Basin between Qin and Jin provinces!"
"From what I've seen, Li Dingguo's plan seems to be to capture all the fortresses along the Yellow River between the two provinces in one fell swoop, in an attempt to block the path of all the imperial troops coming from Jin Province."
At this point, Hong Chengchou's tone fluctuated, mixed with some shock, "Although I have had a high opinion of Li Dingguo recently, I never expected that I still greatly underestimated his ambition and courage."
"Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army are completely different from the rebels of previous dynasties. They are very different from the rebels in every aspect."
"He doesn't even look like a boy under the age of fourteen. He looks like a ten-thousand-year-old demon. He takes one step and looks three steps ahead. He is also extremely bold."
"Ever since he personally led the army into the pass, although the siege was swift and fierce, almost everyone ignored the internal affairs of the Renaissance Army, which is the most shocking thing."
"According to the latest intelligence we have received from various sources, the Renaissance Army actually has more than 100,000 civilian talents in reserve."
"After the army repeatedly cleaned up all the places they captured, they wiped out all the local tyrants, evil gentry, and unkind rich families."
"They took agricultural production as their main development direction. In each newly occupied area, they built various basic water conservancy facilities, recruited all local craftsmen, and built large farms covering tens of thousands of acres with complete basic water conservancy facilities." "Most of the local civilians and beggars were recruited by them to join the construction of countless large farms covering tens of thousands of acres in a unified plan."
"At the same time, they are also planting various crops and raising various poultry and livestock. Now, every area they occupy is bustling with activity!"
"I originally thought that the food crisis they would soon face would be completely resolved as soon as the autumn harvest season comes, and there will be no more problems in this regard in the future!"
"The large farm covering 10,000 mu that they are building on a large scale is too perfect, according to the blueprints drawn by the intelligence personnel."
"It has everything from living areas, planting areas, breeding areas, and even aquatic areas!"
"The large number of craftsmen who have recently joined the Restoration Army have not only built complete ditches of various sizes in various large farms, but have also built a large number of large water wheels to fully utilize the local water resources, which can easily solve the current drought problem."
"Since the local tyrants and evil gentry and the wealthy and unkind families in the occupied areas were all swept away by the various armies of the Restoration Army, most of the farmland in all places is controlled by the government affairs department of the Restoration Army. They can do whatever they want without encountering any resistance."
"Hey!"
Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh deeply and said, "This Li Dingguo is incredible!"
"I even wonder if he is the reincarnation of Shennong!"
"The natural disasters, refugee problems, and the problem of unity between the military and the government that have plagued our Chinese land for countless thousands of years have been easily solved under Li Dingguo's planning!"
"If this continues, in less than a year, the areas they occupy will be able to become places where people have enough food and clothing and live and work in peace and contentment."
"Even I didn't expect that Li Dingguo's most powerful aspect was not his ambition and military ability, but his unique understanding of people's livelihood."
"We in the Ming Dynasty are completely different."
"Even if I wanted to imitate the production model of the Renaissance Army in Xi'an Prefecture, it would be impossible."
"Unless I want to lead my soldiers to the wilderness and open up new fields."
"If I dare to do that, within a month, an angel will come with the Royal Guards and escort me to the capital to await trial."
There was a hint of helplessness in his words.
With Hong Chengchou's intelligence, how could he not see the huge potential of the development and growth model formulated by Li Dingguo?
But throughout the Ming Dynasty, in all places where humans gather, the interests of all parties have been divided.
Anyone who dares to touch the interests of officials, gentry, wealthy families and powerful people will inevitably be attacked by the crowd and will soon be doomed to die and his family will be destroyed.
Unlike Li Dingguo, who pushed everything down and rebuilt it, he could naturally implement new policies at will.
Who is he, Li Dingguo?
He is the number one traitor in the world today!
Anyone who dares to oppose will have their property confiscated and their entire family exterminated, without even the leisure to discuss this with you.
A moment later, looking at Hong Yuanfeng's hurriedly leaving back, Hong Chengchou's eyes flashed with confusion, and he thought to himself, "Is this world really going to change?"
"When the time comes, what should the Hong family and I do?"
Even though Hong Chengchou didn't want to admit it, the Fuxing Army's rising power was right before his eyes.
Compared to the lifeless Ming Dynasty, which was in rapid decline, the Fuxing Army was full of vitality, growing rapidly, and was even more powerful!
This was also the reason why Hong Chengchou did not feel happy at all after receiving the imperial edict and being promoted to Governor-General of the Three Borders.
To be honest, Hong Chengchou doesn't even have 30% confidence that he can defeat Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army.
After obtaining the massive population and land resources within the Great Wall, the Fuxing Army has formed a large-scale and routine development model. God knows how big they will be in a year or two?
In particular, according to intelligence from all sides, the Renaissance Army has a large number of new psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts.
Relying on the combat effectiveness of their various main combat legions, it is not difficult to destroy some large ghost domains, and they can easily harvest a large number of soul beads for consumption of psychic cannons and spirit crossbow carts.
In this way, they could set up complete defensive positions at various checkpoints in the occupied areas and wait for the government troops to attack.
What's even more outrageous is that Li Dingguo has the magical ability to create all kinds of spiritual weapon suits. The hundreds of thousands of warriors and soldiers under his command each have a set of spiritual weapon suits, and they are at least mid-grade spiritual weapon suits!
The Fuxing Army's advantage in military equipment is even far greater than that of the Ming Dynasty.
They also have millions of spiritual beasts and war horses!
Intelligence from all sides showed that every soldier in the four continental corps of the Renaissance Army was equipped with two spirit beast war horses, which were at least mid-grade dragon-scale horses.
How do they look like a group of traitors?
Compared with the armaments of the Fuxing Army, the Ming Dynasty's official army is like a group of beggars!
The reason why Li Dingguo dared to lead his army into the pass was not because he had no confidence, but because he had sufficient foundation to support him behind the scenes.
The various intelligence received recently made Hong Chengchou finally understand that Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army were completely different from other rebels, and there was a huge difference between them.
Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou felt even more depressed.
In a word, Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army he founded are now too powerful to be controlled.
With the strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is possible to eliminate them, but this requires a prerequisite: unity from top to bottom and joint efforts from all major forces.
But how can the Ming Dynasty, which now looks like the end of the world, do this?
It's like a patient who is terminally ill and beyond recovery. If you want him to recover, there is no hope at all without using strong medicine.
"Hey……"
Hong Chengchou sighed deeply and walked towards the study with a gloomy face.
He needed to think carefully before he could formulate a suitable strategy to contain Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army, so as to avoid a setback in the near future, or even a high possibility of returning empty-handed.
The uncle and nephew Cao Wenzhao, whom he is about to recruit, are very powerful in martial arts, but they may not be able to win in a head-on confrontation with Li Dingguo.
Rumor has it that many level five masters were killed by Li Dingguo, including some who were at the peak of level five.
No matter how powerful Cao Bianjiao was, he could not withstand the siege of a large-scale military killing formation.
The most urgent task before sending troops is to solve the problem of the large amount of money, food and supplies needed for the army to go on the expedition.
If this problem is not solved, it would undoubtedly be a joke for him to lead the government troops to encircle and suppress the Fuxing Army.
"It's time to have a good talk with the major forces in the three northwestern provinces, especially the big Shanxi merchants."
Hong Chengchou had already made a plan in his mind, "As long as these major forces don't want to be exterminated by Li Dingguo and his Fuxing Army, they can't stay out of this time."
"First of all, in terms of treasure ships, I must make these major forces bleed heavily to gather a fleet of more than a hundred large treasure ships for me."
"There are also various spiritual soldiers, spiritual cannons, spiritual crossbow carts, and other weapons of war that we must have, and we need a lot of them!"
"They will also need to fill dozens of large treasure ships with various spiritual food and daily necessities."
"As for transportation tools such as large horse-drawn carriages, tens of thousands of them are needed to meet the needs of the logistics soldiers."
"Hum..."
Hong Chengchou sneered to himself, "If these officials, noble families, and wealthy people can't get enough of what I want, I will just hold back for now."
"I want to see if these people can still sit still as Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army advance rapidly in Qin!"
If Hong Chengchou was not stupid, he would have thought that this was definitely the best time for him to ask for a huge sum of money.
As long as the major forces in the three northwestern provinces do not want to die or be wiped out, they must meet the demands he put forward, so that Hong Chengchou can send troops as soon as possible to wipe out Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army in one fell swoop.
Hong Chengchou was able to collect all the latest intelligence about the Fuxing Army, and he could also collect information about those deeply rooted aristocratic families, wealthy merchants and tycoons.
What Li Dingguo and the Fuxing Army are doing now is completely aimed at digging out the roots of these powerful forces!
If they don't find ways to stop it, they will face a catastrophe.
As long as the demands made by Hong Chengchou were not too outrageous, they had to do their best to provide hundreds of thousands of government troops with enough money, food and supplies to encircle and suppress the Fuxing Army.
(End of this chapter)
