"General Yu!"

"The humble position is here!"

After hearing Yang Zhen's promise, Yu Liangtai's voice became louder and more determined when he answered.

"You gave us a good idea!"

"You shouldn't take on a humble position. I believe that even if it is a humble position, the governor will sooner or later find the right direction for the first battle."

Yu Liangtai did not dare to take credit and quickly gave in.

"Haha, in this Northern Expedition to the Qing Dynasty, you will be included in the Eastern Front. When the time comes, listen to my orders and go north with me!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

"Don't rush to accept the order. Let me ask you, how many battalions, regular troops, auxiliary troops, and warships are there under your banner on the East Road?"

"This is the Naval Battalion on the East Road of Denglai. There are currently five battalions of the Chinese Army, front, rear, left and right, with 3,500 regular soldiers and more than 3,000 auxiliary soldiers such as oarsmen and boatmen."

Hearing Yang Zhen's straightforward inquiry, Yu Liangtai felt as uneasy as Yuan Jin had just felt.

But when he thought that Yuan Jin basically answered truthfully, Yang Zhen not only said nothing, but also increased the number of staff for Yuan Jin, turning Yuan Jin from a co-defensive general without a regiment to one with a regiment.

Yu Liangtai's heart became excited again when he saw the battalion's co-defensive soldier.

Saying more or less is risky and unnecessary. Since it is very likely that the expansion of the regiment camp will be allowed on the spot, what is the point of saying more or less? It is better to tell the truth.

"As for the warships, the total number of ships on the West Road was not as large as that of Yuan Zongbing. The total number of small and large ships in Beizhi was 210, but the large ships accounted for 60% of the total number of ships, more than 200 materials, and 400 materials.

Large ships account for almost 30%.”

"Where are the gunboats equipped with artillery? How many are there?"

"Reporting to the Governor, more than 200 warships under Beizhi's banner have been equipped with artillery, mainly the general cannon, Fran machine cannon, and tiger squat cannon. There are also a dozen or so equipped with sky cannons, but the ones equipped with Hongyi heavy cannons

, only four."

Yang Zhen listened to what Yu Liangtai said and compared it with some data in his own impression. There was basically no difference, so he said to him:

"Well, let's see, the Navy is my Jinhai, the four beams and eight pillars of the Second Town, the three regiments and camps of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, plus several regiments and camps of Songshan, Anton and various horse infantry armies, the Army Division already has

Eight regiment camps.

"As for the Navy, not many meet the conditions to set up a regiment camp on its own, and you, Denglai East Road, can be counted as one. From now on, the Denglai East Road Marine Corps Camp will be expanded to Denglai East Road Marine Corps Regiment Camp. Before the end of March, it will be

The expansion and establishment are completed according to the regimental camp regulations."

"In my humble duty, I obey my orders. In my humble duty, I thank the Governor for his support!"

"In addition, the problem of heavy artillery ships does not need to be many, but it must be there. You already have four heavy artillery, so that's it. I will allocate you six more heavy artillery, mix them with the existing large and small artillery and firearms, and train ten heavy artillery ships as standby. Assistant Manager

Camp Affairs Office, the heavy artillery for Jinhai West Road and Denglai East Road must be delivered together as soon as possible!"

"Thank you for your humiliation, Governor!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Yu Liangtai bowed his head to the ground.

Zhang Degui also quickly stood up and accepted the order.

Yang Zhen ordered him to sit down, and then turned his attention to Yan Shengsan who was standing.

At this time, Yan Shengsan was also looking at Yang Zhen expectantly with bright eyes.

"Haha, by the way, there is also the Navy Camp on Jinhai South Road."

Hearing Yang Zhen mention the naval camp on Jinhai South Road, Yan Shengsan felt excited.

"The situation on Jinhai South Road is a bit complicated. Various people and affairs are mixed together. We need to find another time to sort it out."

When Yan Shengsan heard this, his heart suddenly sank.

However, just when he felt that there was no chance of being upgraded to a regiment camp this time, things suddenly took a turn for the worse.

"But the South Route Naval Battalion can be upgraded to a regiment camp in advance. In fact, among our original naval divisions, the first to meet the conditions for establishing a regiment camp was the South Route Naval Battalion. It has the most large warships, the most heavy artillery, and has the most military achievements.

Very significant.”

What Yang Zhen said is actually the truth.

In terms of strength, the South Naval Battalion can now beat all other naval fleets.

After all, a Lelang has sixty heavy-duty Hongyi cannons, and twenty of them can fire new types of explosive shells.

In addition, the 200-material warships and 400-material warships also have the largest number.

If you include the hundreds of large and small Japanese ships brought back from the Japanese Nu Kingdom, the total number of large and small ships alone is enough to defeat all other naval camps.

"Also starting today, the Jinhai South Road Naval Battalion will be upgraded to the Jinhai South Road Naval Regiment Battalion. Yan Shengsan will be the deputy general of the Jinhai South Road Naval Regiment Battalion, and will still be under the control of Zhang Degui, the chief military officer of Jinhai South Road!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Yan Shengsan and Zhang Degui quickly bowed and received the order.

In fact, the strength of the South Road Naval Battalion, including not only the number of ships, artillery and heavy artillery, but also the number of soldiers, has long been the size of a regimental camp.

Today is just a formal public confirmation.

Of course, after confirmation, tasks will naturally need to be arranged.

"Lao Zhang, Province Three, and the South Road Naval Regiment and Battalion are the same as the Naval Regiment and Battalion under General Yuan and General Yu. Those who are short of personnel must be replenished as soon as possible, and those who are not going well must be straightened out. Before the end of March, we must be able to leave the port at any time.

Fight!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Zhang Degui and Yan Shengsan bowed again to receive the order.

"Commander, I am humbled to come to this side of the West Road——"

Seeing that everyone else accepted the order with great enthusiasm and was allowed to expand, but he could hardly say anything on his side, Wu Chaozuo, the commander-in-chief of the West Road Assistance Guard, became a little anxious.

And looking at the time, it was indeed getting late. The military meeting had started in the morning, and it was already afternoon. Seeing that the sun was setting, the meeting was about to adjourn. Wu Chaozuo thought that he had to ask for instructions anyway, otherwise he would have come all the way.

It’s not in vain.

"Haha, I was about to say Deng Lai West Road."

"Please supervise me!"

Wu Chaozuo stood up quickly.

"How many troops do you have on Denglai West Road?"

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, there are now five battalions, fifteen sentries, and 4,500 people, all of whom are infantry."

"All foot soldiers?"

"That's right, Governor, my humble subordinates were originally the foundation of the prison camp. Later, isolation camps were set up on Chenghuang Island and Tuoji Island. There was really not enough manpower, so according to the instructions of the general town government, we recruited some young and strong refugees and gathered together a group of people.

Fifteen hundred people were divided into two isolation camps."

When Wu Chaozuo heard that Yang Zhen seemed dissatisfied with the situation on Denglai West Road, he immediately explained.

"Later, Beizhi was ordered to serve on Denglai West Road. He was allowed to open up wasteland and resettle 3,000 households of refugees as settlement households, and could recruit one soldier from each household. Beizhi was then expanded to five battalions under the banner of Denglai West Road.

, each battalion has three sentries, with a total of fifteen sentries and 4,500 men."

"Where are the auxiliaries?"

"In the prison camp under the humble command, there were originally a group of Qing captive Tatars who served as slave laborers, and now there are still thousands of them. Therefore, each battalion has not recruited auxiliary soldiers. In addition to the regular soldiers, the various miscellaneous servants in the camp are mainly composed of

The slaves bear it.”

"Well, very good. The auxiliary soldiers should pay less and have less food, but if you can avoid it in normal times, it's better not to do it. The West Road you came to is not the place of the Fourth War. There are 4,500 regular soldiers to take care of those isolation camps.

, maintaining it without causing trouble is a success."

"I understand the humble position!"

"I have heard that the chaos in Yanzhou Prefecture in Dongchang Prefecture has been settled. Li Qingshan has been taken to the capital for public display. It is expected that a large number of refugees will come east soon."

"Reporting to the Governor, this is still the case. As I was about to leave this time, I heard that a large number of refugees had come east and arrived at several relief camps we set up in the west of Wei County."

Wu Chaozuo responded immediately to Yang Zhen's reminder.

Because the relief camps on Denglai West Road have always been located in the westernmost part of the Denglai area, southwest of Shandong and north of Zhili, including Zhongzhou and Huaibei, they are often the first to feel any disturbance.

"When Li Qingshan gathered people to cause chaos in Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture, he gathered a large number of refugees from Beizhi, Central Plains, Shandong, and Huaibei. In the first month of the year, the imperial court mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress them. Hundreds of thousands of refugees there fell trees and scattered monkeys overnight.

As a result, refugees came here to beg for food, and our relief camps became overcrowded.

"Relief camp?"

Since the plague epidemic in Dengzhou Prefecture subsided, Yang Zhen has never had a serious understanding of the plague situation in the Denglai area as well as relief, isolation, quarantine and other matters.

Although not long ago, it seems like it was a long time ago when I think about it.

Now he was a little surprised to hear that the people under Deng Laixi Road were still busy with these things every day.
To be continued...