I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 251 New Army Departures
"At present, the railway line south of Zhending Prefecture is completely paralyzed. More than a thousand Marxist trains are stuck in Zhending Prefecture and cannot go south. There are more than 500 Marxist trains carrying out transportation tasks south of Shunde Prefecture and cannot go north. The transportation tasks on the western line are expected to be seriously affected."

"The following is a list of the victims." Jiang Jianyuan's eyes suddenly turned red, "Jiang Jianwei, Jiang Jianwei."

Jiang Jianyuan's tears suddenly welled up, and he could not read any more. He looked at Zhu Houxuan in disbelief and said, "Your Highness, Jianwei is gone."

Many people present also showed expressions of disbelief. Jiang Jianyuan, Tian Cheng, Jiang Jianye and Jiang Jiangong from the General Staff were all orphans adopted by Zhu Houxuan in the fourth year of Zhengde. However, they were the best among the orphans in the mansion. After completing their studies, they successfully entered the attendant's room and held important leadership positions in the group.

However, there are still many orphans with less qualifications working in various grassroots positions in the group, and Jiang Jianwei is one of them.
Zhu Houxuan hadn't even looked at the list of victims carefully just now. He felt dazed when he heard the news. "Jiang Jianwei?"

His powerful memory instantly recalled the skinny kid six years ago and the scene of him teaching them. Although Jiang Jianwei was not particularly smart, he was a very down-to-earth person.
"I remember that Jianwei was only twelve years old when he entered the palace, and he is only eighteen this year. Such a good time has ended like this." Zhu Houxuan said with heartache. This is the first time that someone he knew has passed away since he traveled through time.
"It's all my fault! I put Jianwei in Neiqiu Station, otherwise he wouldn't have known." Jiang Jianyuan said painfully. He had a good relationship with Jiang Jianwei.
Tian Cheng and Jiang Jianye, who were present, also looked sad. After all, they grew up together and had some friendship in the process of growing up.
"Don't indulge in sorrow. We must pay our debt with blood, and we must understand what we should do next!" Zhu Houxuan said, suppressing the grief in his heart as he saw that everyone in the conference room was becoming increasingly depressed.

"Yes! Blood debt must be repaid with blood!" Everyone was cheered up and said loudly.

"The responsibility for this matter lies with me. The plan went so smoothly that we all forgot that our opponents still have sharp teeth and claws, and that they are ruthless and will eat people without leaving any bones behind." Zhu Houxuan said in a deep voice.

"We should have been alert earlier. This is a salt industry with a profit of at least tens of millions of taels of silver every year. We have made them lose so much silver, how could they let it go? Such a huge profit would drive anyone crazy, and they might do anything crazy." Zhu Houxuan said slowly.

"In a while, I will go to the Leopard Room and ask His Majesty to send out the new army to guard the key points of the group and to clear out this group of bandits. I will never let go of this group of bandits and the masterminds behind them." Zhu Houxuan said in a sonorous voice.

Everyone present listened with solemn expressions.

"Also, I think the casualties at Neiqiu Station were mainly caused by our employees fighting against bandits in order to defend the station. This is a blank in the group's regulations, and I would like to reiterate it here." Zhu Houxuan said, looking around at everyone.

"The Group has always advocated that professionals do professional things. The Group is a commercial organization, and most of its employees are non-combatants who have no combat capability. Therefore, in the face of similar events or force majeure events in the future, the Group requires all employees to focus on preserving themselves. After all, the Group's greatest wealth is its people."

"Understood!" Everyone said. The main gate of the Nan Palace was slowly opened, and Zhu Houxuan's full set of ceremonial guards slowly walked out of the Nan Palace. The incident in Shunde Prefecture reminded him that in order to prevent the salt merchant group from jumping over the wall to assassinate him, this time he did not sit in his prince's elephant carriage, but sat in an inconspicuous carriage in the ceremonial guard.
However, no accidents occurred along the way.
Zhu Houzhao met Zhu Houzhao smoothly in the Leopard House. In order to confuse the salt merchant group, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houzhao had not seen each other for more than two months. Zhu Houzhao naturally agreed to Zhu Houzhao's request.

Or maybe Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to send out the new army. After all, the new army had been established for more than a year, and it was time to pull it out and test the training effect.
After receiving Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict to mobilize troops, Jiang Jiangong of the General Staff took out the plan he had prepared long ago and rushed to Tongzhou with a group of staff.
Zhu Houxuan's every move is now closely watched. His high-profile action spread throughout the capital in a short time, and the mobilization of the new army in Tongzhou shocked all forces in the capital. The rumors of the discord between Prince Jing and Emperor Zhengde were dispelled at this time, and all forces began to quickly adjust their actions after receiving the news.

"General Zhu, I will be your chief of staff and will work with you in this operation." Jiang Jiangong handed the imperial edict and plan to Jiang Bin and said.

Jiang Bin looked at the imperial edict, then carefully put it away, but did not open the plan. He looked at Jiang Jiangong unkindly and said, "What is a chief of staff? A military supervisor or a military advisor?"

At this time, the new army had reached 30,000 people, and all kinds of equipment had been replenished within a year. The combat effectiveness demonstrated by this force also surprised the chief officer Jiang Bin. He had already regarded the new army as the foundation of his own survival, so he was very wary of Jiang Jiangong, the chief of staff who suddenly appeared.

Jiang Jiangong thought for a moment and said, "The chief of staff should be a combination of a military supervisor and a military advisor. I only have the right to make suggestions, and you are the chief officer with full decision-making power. However, if I make corresponding suggestions and you do not adopt them, resulting in failure, I will also report the situation truthfully to my superiors."

Jiang Jiangong's explanation made Jiang Bin feel much more relaxed. This kind of authority did not threaten his control over the new army.
However, he still had some doubts in his heart, and said bluntly: "There are so many noble children in the General Staff, all of whom have family backgrounds in learning. Why did you send a person who changed his career halfway to be my chief of staff for this operation?"

"Because this operation did not go through the cabinet, there was no written order from the Ministry of War. Without the written order from the Ministry of War, the local prefectures and counties would not provide supplies for the new army," Jiang Jiangong explained.

"No letter from the Ministry of War? I thought you didn't take it out. What should we do without supplies? It will be completely difficult to move forward without supplies!" Jiang Bin said in surprise.

"General, don't worry. This matter is urgent and speed is of the essence. The cabinet's process is too slow, so His Majesty sent me here. The supplies for this operation will be entirely handled by the Royal Group, so the General Staff sent me to be the general's chief of staff. After all, I am familiar with both the New Army and the Royal Group," Jiang Jiangong said neither arrogantly nor humbly.

(End of this chapter)