False Eunuch: With Many Children, I'm as Happy as a Fish in Water

The next day, in Lin Chen's study.

In front of the navy soldiers, they were unruly and unruly, like the boss of heaven and the second child of earth. The two brothers ranked third, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun.

At this moment, the look in his eyes was quite respectful, and there was a smile on his face.

The reason why these two brothers were like this was because they were in front of Lin Chen.

"You two did a great job."

Lin Chen heard that during this period, the two brothers expanded the naval force to 5,000 men, and the number of ships increased several times.

When asked about the reason, Lin Chen learned that these were obtained by the two of them from killing water bandits around Cao Canal.

The strong water bandits were rounded up and the chief culprit was killed.

After repeated beatings, these water bandits finally calmed down.

Lin Chen nodded and looked at Zhang Heng with a hint of approval in his eyes.

"By the way, sir, why are we summoned to the capital this time?" Zhang Heng scratched his short, prickly hair and asked in confusion.

According to Lin Chen, the main task of their navy is to maintain the stability of the canal.

When Lin Chen heard this, he did not answer immediately, and instead asked Zhang Heng an irrelevant question.

"How many days will it take to go from the capital along the canal to the sea?"

When Zhang Heng heard Lin Chen ask this question, his face showed a hint of surprise, but he replied honestly: "If you go down the river and don't stop along the way, it will only take seven days!"

"How many days will it take to go north along the coast and reach Liaodong?"

"Go north along the coast?"

After hearing what Lin Chen said, the expressions of the two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun changed slightly.

It seems that hearing the word "coastal" made the two brothers feel a little hazy.

"Sir, you don't know that when a river boat goes into the sea, it's like a mud cow entering the sea. It's of no use at all."

Speaking of this matter, Zhang Heng began to vomit his bitterness.

As a person who has endured hardships, Zhang Heng said that his two brothers operated a river boat to engage in sea trade because of their ignorance.

Before they had gone fifty nautical miles, a wave capsized the entire fleet, and in the end only the two brothers survived.

"Don't worry about the ship." Lin Chen said calmly.

"Don't worry about the ships?"

The two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun looked at each other and gave an uncertain answer.

"Half a month!"

That is fifteen days.

If we set off to Liaodong by land, no matter how urgent the march is, we will have to go for at least a month and a half.

If we switch to taking the sea route, it only takes less than one-third of the time.

The advantages of sea transportation are obvious.

certainly.

Not only Lin Chen knew that sea transportation was convenient.

However, in this era, ocean-going ship technology is not mature yet.

In other words.

Fleets that go to sea often have a narrow escape.

Lin Chen didn't have to worry about this.

You must know that there are four sailing battleships in his system backpack that do not belong to this era.

At full capacity, it can carry 3,000 sailors.

When we reach coastal areas and other places, we can purchase some ocean-going ships to support Zhang Heng's 5,000 navy troops and transport the 15,000 Yulin Guards.

Yes.

Lin Chen only had 15,000 troops who took the sea route to the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty.

Among these 15,000 people, 10,000 are hussars who have completed the transformation of Yulin Hussars card.

Amazing fighting ability.

Among the remaining five thousand infantry, there are two thousand Shenji battalion and three thousand white soldiers.

The land in Liaodong is extremely cold and the terrain is harsh.

From a certain point of view, it happens to be the main battlefield of the Baijie soldiers.

It's just that this time Lin Chen planned to use light cavalry to attack, so he didn't bring too many infantry.

"Go down and get ready, remember to block the news!"

After various thoughts flashed through Lin Chen's mind, he gave instructions to brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun.

"yes!"

Although the two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun didn't know what they were going to do next, they were eager to try and showed no signs of nervousness.

The two of them are now fifth-grade naval attachés.

If he makes meritorious deeds again this time, he can at least move up a bit.

By the time......

"Brother, the governor of Jiangzhou is only a fifth-rank official, right?"

"When the time comes when we go back, I will definitely let that little old man call me "Sir!"

Zhang Heng thought of something, and his face showed a hint of excitement.

After all, the two of them had suffered losses at the hands of the Jiangzhou magistrate, so they naturally wanted to regain their place.

At the same time, Beijing.

The vast majority of ordinary people have learned that the imperial court will send a large army to conquer the barbarians outside the pass.

After learning that there was no need to raise taxes this time, the people turned from worry to joy. After discussing it, Jin Nu was really a barbarian in everything.

It is said that the Jurchen barbarians look like wild boars and have terrifying and ferocious faces that cannot be resisted by humans.

There is also Zhao Kuangyin. Recently, he feels that everything is going very well.

After getting the position of general in the conquest of Houjin, Zhao Kuangyin began to prepare.

The first is to eliminate some old and weak people in the Beijing camp and select the best soldiers to serve as his personal guards.

The second is to mobilize soldiers from Li and Tang areas to Beijing.

As Minister of War, Zhao Kuangyin naturally knew that there were still strong armies in some places.

For example, the white pole soldiers in Sichuan and Sichuan and the Qingzhou horse guard army all have good combat capabilities.

This time, Zhao Kuangyin ordered him to come to the capital.

Continue like this.

In another half month, the army to conquer Houjin can be formed.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin was also paying attention to the battle situation in Liaodong.

The Jurchens of the Later Jin Dynasty did not capture the key point of Jinzhou, so they began to shrink their defense lines, as if they had learned that the Li Tang court was preparing to counterattack.

This is good news for Zhao Kuangyin.

If Jinzhou is really lost to the Liaodong Frontier Army, it will be really troublesome.

"What about Lin Chenjia?"

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly remembered something and asked his staff.

Today his brother went to Beijing Camp to supervise the selection of personal guards.

In addition to Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Kuangyin naturally has capable people around him.

When the staff heard this, they immediately mentioned that Lin Chen had a large navy army under his command.

This made Zhao Kuangyin frown slightly.

"What does Lin Chenjia want to do?"

Murong Fu, who was originally collecting information about Lin Chen, sent a message today, saying that it would be inconvenient for him to show up recently, as if he was wary of something.

This made Zhao Kuangyin very dissatisfied with Murong Fu, a hidden thorn in his side, but it was not easy to get angry.

"Send someone to keep an eye on Lin Chenjia!" Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to be careless and said in a serious tone.

"yes!"

As for Lin Chen, whom Zhao Kuangyin regarded as his formidable enemy, he had already prepared the Yulin Guardsmen to go south by boat.

It was different from the grand occasion when the army left Beijing last time.

This time Lin Chen signaled his subordinates to keep a low profile.

The navy ships docked at the Cao Canal Pier were filled and then headed south along the Cao Canal.

This didn't attract much attention.

After all, there are dozens of merchant ships traveling to and from Caoqudu every day.

This time, Wei Qing was also among the generals who raided the Jurchen hinterland, and naturally there was a surge of excitement in his heart.

Thanks to the fact that Lin Chen valued him but did not make any achievements, Wei Qing could not help but feel a little uneasy and guilty in his heart.

This time, he was finally given a chance to perform!

"But Lin Chenjia, Master Lin?"

Lin Chen, who boarded the ship together, heard a fairly familiar voice.

He looked back subconsciously, with a strange look in his eyes.

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