marquis of jingan

Chapter 666

Chapter 666

After the prefect of Fuzhou was "suspended", the co-prefects of the prefect's yamen took over the affairs of the prefect's yamen for the time being.

Before taking office, this fellow prefect was called by the new governor, Cheng Tingzhi, to have a conversation. As soon as he returned to the magistrate's yamen, he approved a piece of land for the anti-Japanese army outside the city... or Fuzhou Wei, and it was more expensive than Shen Yi's original report. The land is much bigger.

This land is located in Langqi Town, Linhai, Fuzhou Prefecture.

On the second day after the approval of the land in Langqi, Shen Yi's three thousand-household battalions moved to the outside of Fuzhou one after another.

Shen Yi asked them to camp in Langqi Town and rest in place.

And here will also be the location of Fuzhou Wei in the future, and Fuzhou Shipping Department will probably be built here.

Although it is not too close to Fuzhou City, this is the diversion point of the Minjiang River estuary. It can be said that it is very suitable for the Shibo Department to be built here.

All ships entering the sea from the Minjiang River must pass through here, and they must also pass through the future Fuzhou Shipping Department.

Even Shen Yi went to Langqi to see it in person, and the three pieces of land he handed over to Fuzhou magistrate's yamen were all in Langqi Town.

The day after the anti-Japanese army arrived in Langqi Town, Shen Yi went to Langqi Town again, and met Xue Wei in the barracks of the anti-Japanese army in Langqi Town.

At this time, Xue Wei had already begun to mobilize his two thousand-household camps, preparing to go south to Guangdong.

Shen Yi took Xue Wei together to inspect the camp, and then Master Shen walked in front with his hands behind his back, and Xue Wei followed behind him with his hands down.

After walking for a while, Master Shen asked, "When are you planning to leave for the south?"

"tomorrow…"

He lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Shen, these two thousand-household camps are not in a hurry, and they are not too tired at the moment. They can go south to Guangdong directly after two days of rest. If the subordinates want to go south earlier, it is better to go earlier Learn about the situation in Guangdong."

"Um…"

Shen Yi nodded slightly and asked, "Do you want me to go with you?"

"Do not…"

Xue Wei shook his head, his gaze was firm: "Mr. Shen, if General Ling can clean up the pirates in Fujian, his subordinates will definitely be able to clean up the pirates in Guangdong for Mr. Shen!"

Shen Yi said indifferently: "When he attacked Fujian, he had three battalions of thousands of households under him, and you only had two."

Xue Wei bowed his head and said: "Two thousand-household battalions are enough. Mr. Shen, we are already very experienced in dealing with Japanese pirates. The two warships and a dozen small boats from Yueqing are already on their way to Guangdong... "

"This time, the subordinates will not make the same mistakes as before."

Shen Yi took out a document from his arms, and handed it to Xue Wei.

"I received information from the Dibao Division that there are only a lot more Japanese pirates in Guangdong than in Fujian. Don't be careless. Take this document with you."

Xue Wei took it with both hands, lowered his head and asked, "Mr. Shen, what is this?"

"This is my handwriting."

Master Shen said calmly: "Xu Ni formed the Guangzhou Guard while suppressing the Japanese in Guangdong, so that the problem of insufficient troops will no longer exist."

The Guangzhou Guard was supposed to be established together with the Guangzhou Shipping Department, but Shen Yi worried that Xue Wei would suffer in Guangdong due to insufficient numbers. Although the newly recruited soldiers are far less useful than the old soldiers, it is always better to have more people than fewer. have advantage of.

After all, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese Army, recruits went to the battlefield and trained while fighting.

After handing over this document.Shen Yi took out another booklet from his arms and handed it in front of Xue Wei.

"This is some of the methods of training and employing soldiers that I copied from the predecessors. Now that you are more literate, you can use it to ponder and ponder it. Maybe it will be useful at critical times."

This pamphlet is part of Shen Yi's copy from General Zhao's "Navy Master's Essentials".

In other words, it was Shen Yi's own reading notes.

He excerpted what he thought was useful for fighting against the Japanese army and suppressing the Japanese, and made this pamphlet.

He finished copying this thing at the end of last year, and it should have been handed over to Xue Wei early, but there were too many things during this time, and he forgot about it.

It can be regarded as a simplified version of what the navy always wants.

It's not that Shen Yi was so self-preserving that he didn't want to pass on the whole book of the Navy Master to Xue Wei. In fact, that book was what the former General Zhao had learned all his life. There were too many and too complicated. He was barely able to read all the characters, and it was impossible for him to accept the whole book in a short time.

Xue Wei took the booklet with both hands, took a deep breath, and with a plop, knelt down in front of Shen Yi, bowing his head deeply.

This man who was born and died on the battlefield, his eyes were a little red at the moment, he lowered his head deeply, and his speech was a little choked up.

"The subordinate is incompetent, let you bother..."

Xue Wei was very young, and his parents were gone. He grew up in Linhaiwei, and basically no one cared about him.

Up to now, Shen Yi should be the person who cares about him the most.

Moreover, Shen Yi treated him very well.

Before, when his qualifications were not enough to serve as Qianhu, Shen Yi personally took him to Wusha Island to learn his military exploits, and abruptly lifted him to the position of Qianhu.

Now, the anti-Japanese army is cleaning up the Japanese pirates in Fujian...

In fact, there are better candidates.

That is Ling Su.

Ling Su was born as a general, and his family has thousands of households. He has learned the art of war, and he is from a "specialized class". If Ling Su is used, Shen Yi doesn't need to spend so much thought, just let Ling Su lead the troops to the south.

Xue Wei knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "If the subordinates have the ability of General Ling..."

Shen Yi helped him up, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Ling Su's ability may not be as powerful as you think, otherwise how could Linhai Guard's thousand soldiers and horses be defeated by two hundred Japanese pirates?"

"He just gave you some experience."

Shen Yi patted Xue Wei on the shoulder, and said lightly: "Do you know why I use you?"

Xue Wei shook his head: "Mr. Shen loves you..."

"Because you were the bravest in the entire Linhai Guard when you faced Japanese pirates outside Linhai City."

"This brave word..."

Master Shen said slowly: "This brave word supported the later anti-Japanese army."

"Using you in the first place really meant buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars."

Shen Yi smiled, and said: "But later, I found that you are still useful, at least you listen to it and are willing to learn."

"This time in Guangdong to suppress the Japanese, I hope you can prove that you Xue Wei is not a dead horse bone, but a real horse with a thousand li."

To be honest, Xue Wei is not as good as Ling Su at this stage, but compared to Ling Su, Shen Yi is more optimistic about Xue Wei's growth. In just two years, Xue Wei has grown from a pawn who didn't know anything , and now he has become a deputy commander who is very qualified in leading and training troops.

His current ability is more than enough to be a thousand households.

Although Xue Wei's growth rate is still a bit slower than Shen Yi's requirements for him, but this is not because he is stupid, but because Shen Yi lifts him up too fast.

Because "promotion" was too fast, so Xue Wei's ability could not keep up with his promotion progress.

And his personal growth rate is actually very amazing.

Xue Wei bowed his head deeply and said: "Mr. Shen, don't worry, if I can't complete the job in Guangdong, I will die in the south, and I will have no face to come back to see you!"

"If you don't move, you will die."

Shen Yi patted Xue Wei on the shoulder, and said: "After the Japanese pirates in Guangdong are cleaned up, you will stay in Guangzhou and start recruiting troops to form the Guangzhou Guard. For the two thousand-household battalions under your command, one will stay in Guangzhou and the other will stay in Guangzhou." When I return to Fuzhou, I have another appointment, as for who goes and who stays, it depends on your own arrangements."

"If nothing else..."

Shen Yi touched his chin with a calm expression: "At that time, you should be the commander of the Guangzhou Guard."

"Ling Su, he will be the Commander of the Fuzhou Guard."

"The remaining commanders of the three guards can only choose someone from thousands of households to take charge of them."

Xue Wei bowed his head deeply and said: "Mr. Shen, this subordinate is willing to stay by your side and not to be any commander."

"If you are asked to be a commander, you will do it."

Master Shen narrowed his eyes, and said lightly: "After this year, I may not be in the southeast. During the time I am not in the southeast, remember to find a wife and leave a descendant for the Xue family. In a few years..."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi smiled: "It's too far away, let's talk about future things in the future."

"Right now, you should finish the errands in Guangdong first, and then I will tell you about the future."

Xue Wei bowed his head respectfully: "This subordinate obeys!"

Shen Yi waved his hand at him and said, "I've just told you this, you have to travel far tomorrow, so go down and rest."

Xue Wei stood up, clasped his fists and said, "This subordinate will leave."

Shen Yi said "hmm" and yawned: "Go and call Liu Mingyuan, I have something to tell him."

Liu Mingyuan is one of the three Qianhu battalions who went to Fuzhou this time, and he is also the Qianhu who will stay in Fuzhou.

"Yes."

Xue Wei answered yes, and strode away. Soon, Qianhu Liu Mingyuan trotted all the way to Shen Yi, cupped his fists respectfully and said to Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen..."

Shen Yi is sitting on a rock in the corner of Daying right now, he pointed to the rock next to him, and said with a smile, "Sit down and talk."

Liu Mingyuan nodded and sat down silently.

"Are you wronged?"

Shen Yi smiled and asked: "Xue Wei was a pawn in Linhaiwei back then, and you were a hundred households when you were in Linhaiwei, but now he climbed on top of you..."

Liu Mingyuan was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head: "Mr. Shen, this subordinate turned from Linhaiwei to fight against the Japanese army back then in order to fight against the Japanese pirates. He didn't intend to get promoted and get rich, so there is no grievance."

"Deputy Marshal Xue is indeed more capable than his subordinates..."

"You can think so."

Shen Yi rubbed his temples with his hand, and said, "Xue Wei will go out tomorrow. After he leaves, you will recruit new soldiers in Fuzhou to form the Fuzhou Guard."

"After the formation of Fuzhou Wei, in the second half of the year, I will give you another camp of one thousand households. You go to Quanzhou to form Quanzhou Wei."

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Liu Mingyuan's eyes lit up.

He knew in his heart that the Commander of Fuzhou Guard was basically Ling Su, and he couldn't beat Ling Su.

And send him to Quanzhou, then the commander of Quanzhou Wei...

Even if it's an acting commander...

It's already tempting enough.

Liu Mingyuan bowed his head deeply.

"Subordinates... obey!"

(End of this chapter)