The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 361 The Useless Imperial Forest Army

Although an armed transport ship needs a thousand gold.However, for Jiang Chuan, who has almost consumed almost all his family property because of this expedition, he still needs to make a good calculation to see how many ships he needs to build.

Of course, it can't be as good as in the game, after all, this is the real world.

After these ships are built, the personnel on board need to eat and consume logistics. Even if they don't need to pay military salaries, the consumption of food, clothing, housing and transportation is not a small amount.

What's more, after the naval division is successfully established, it will also consume shells, gunpowder, etc. if it fights. These also need to be replenished in time, and they all cost money.

Jiang Chuan took a final inventory of his family, and finally decided to build [-] armed transport ships for the time being.

According to the speed at which the shipyard can build three armed transport ships at the same time every day, each ship takes one day to complete, and thirty ships can be built in ten days.

Thirty ships, each of which can transport 400 people, if squeezed, 500 people are also possible, then one batch can transport 5000 people.

With 5000 people landing first and playing the front station, it is enough to open up a safe enough landing field for the follow-up main force.

In ten days, according to Li Zicheng's advance speed, it should not be possible to win the capital.What's more, now, Di Qing's left army and Shanjia's forward army are advancing side by side and advancing towards Tianjin Wei.

Hao Yaoqi's 5 troops were wiped out, Li Zicheng would re-acquaint Jiang's army no matter how dull he was, and would definitely dispatch heavy troops to avenge and defend Tianjin Wei.

In this way, the pressure on Beijing will be much less.

At that time, when the navy is [-]% complete, and his surprise soldiers attack Jinan from the sea, Li Zicheng will definitely be in a hurry when the time comes, and the troops besieging the capital will definitely be mobilized again.

At that time, there will be Baishan's right army as a reserve team, so they can take the opportunity to go straight to the capital.

After making a decision, Jiang Chuan issued an order to build [-] armed transport ships.

After the system confirmed, Jiang Chuan's account lost [-] gold coins in an instant.

It will take ten days to build the [-] ships, and Jiang Chuan plans to go back to Shanhaiguan first.

This military port was also named Shanhai Port by Jiang Chuan.

On the side of Shanhai Port, Jiangchuan left [-] guards from the Guard Battalion, and the Engineering Battalion is still undergoing some post-construction.

It is only [-] miles from Shanhaiguan to Shanhai Port, and you can get there quickly on horseback.

As soon as he returned to Shanhaiguan, Hu Zongxian came to report to Jiang Chuan on the military situation in the past few days.

"My lord, since the departure of General Di Qing and General Shanjia, the troops of General Di Qing and General Shanjia have not encountered any large-scale resistance. Only some small-scale battles have occurred, which have basically had no impact on the march of the army." Hu Zongxian was sitting on the opposite side of Jiangchuan. report on the chair.

"Where's Li Zicheng? Hao Yaoqi's 5-strong army was wiped out. It's impossible for him not to move." Jiang Chuan nodded and asked.

"According to the reports from the scouts of the two armies, after Li Zicheng knew that Hao Yaoqi's troops had been destroyed, he really stopped and marched towards the capital, and began to take precautions in the direction of our army. The Dashun army camp has been heavily guarded these days, and everywhere It's a scout riding on horseback, and it's not convenient for our army's scouts to approach, so the specific situation is still unknown." Hu Zongxian said.

"Li Zicheng has stopped here. Their West Route Army from Jinzhou should still be approaching the capital. Is there any news from the capital?" Jiang Chuan asked after pondering for a while,
"Just as I was about to report back to my lord, people from the Black Ice Terrace sent news from the capital just now. Now the defense of the capital is presided over by Meng Junze, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and has been appointed by the emperor as the chief assistant of the cabinet to fully preside over the defense of the capital.

The former chief assistant Wen Tiren of the cabinet was dismissed, and the second assistant Zhou Tingru, the cabinet minister Liu Kongzhao and other Donglin party members were all ordered by the emperor to be imprisoned by Jinyiwei.At the same time, a large number of Beijing officials were dismissed and imprisoned. "

"At the moment when the soldiers are approaching the city and the danger is at stake, these Donglin Party members are still causing trouble because of their own party's self-interest. The emperor will punish them. This Meng Junze is the nicknamed Meng Dapao, who spoke to the king during the court meeting last time." That one, right? This old man is worthy of respect, he seems to be one of the few loyal ministers of Ming Dynasty. The information doesn’t say how the capital’s current defense strength is?”

"The defensive force of the capital is mainly composed of [-] troops from the capital camp and [-] soldiers from the Imperial Forest Army, as well as several thousand soldiers from the five city soldiers and horse divisions. Even soldiers from various government offices have been conscripted to guard the city. According to intelligence reports, the capital city has even begun to issue notices. , ready to conscript the people to defend the city."

Hu Zongxian replied in a deep voice, but Jiang Chuan frowned.

"[-] capital battalions and [-] imperial forest troops, although not too many, should be enough to defend the city. Why do we need to conscript the common people?"

Hu Zongxian shook his head and said: "My lord doesn't know something. The 6 horses look like a lot, but they are actually embarrassing. Most of the people in the Beijing camp are the children of the rich and powerful. Many of these people can't even draw their bows, so they joined the Beijing camp. It is just to mix up the qualifications, so that they can go abroad in the future. In addition, it is said that there are 5 horses, but the situation of empty pay is very serious. It is good to have half of the actual number. In addition, the capital camp has been in Gyeonggi for a long time. The peace has been going on for a long time, there is no battle, the training is deserted, and the military discipline is loose, how much combat power can such an army have left?"

"Let's talk about the Royal Forest Army. Although they claim to be the emperor's pro-army, they are all selected by Yingwu Erlang. But they are veritable embroidered pillows. They are only used as guards of honor on weekdays. They have never experienced a battle. No. I think Meng Junze understands this, so he is preparing to conscript the people to help defend the city."

Jiang Chuan sighed after hearing this, and remained silent, knowing in his heart that what Hu Zongxian said was true.It would be hell if these armies could fight.

"What else did the intelligence say?" Jiang Chuan continued to ask.

"I haven't mentioned anything else for the time being. I only said that Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch who is in charge of the official seal, is the original Li Jinzhong who told the lord that he is wholeheartedly loyal to the lord, but he will do whatever the lord asks." Hu Zongxian thought for a while.

"This old guy is clever. He knows he's going to hold on to my king's thigh now. Where is the messenger now?" Jiang Chuan asked with a smile.

"The messenger came all the way around the Dashun army, and he is eating now. My lord wants to see him, so I will send someone to deliver him now."

When Jiang Chuan was about to speak, Bai Mu hurried in and said, "My lord, General Di Qing sent someone to escort two people over. They said they came from the capital and wanted to meet the lord."

Jiang Chuan froze for a moment, wondering who sent it, could it be the emperor?
But he didn't think about it for a long time, and ordered: "Bring it in." Who sent it to call it in will naturally know.

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