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

Chapter 608: Results of Military Training

After listening to all the plans, many participants fell into a long state of unconsciousness, including Zhuang Jiye.
After listening to all the plans, he felt his scalp tingling. He suddenly understood why Zhu Houxuan did not agree with his offensive plan and said that defense would help win the hearts of the people in the south. Now it seems to be true.
Yes, just defend quietly and wait for chaos to break out in the South and the government to lose popular support. Then the people in the South will naturally come over. If we attack, it may arouse the people in the South to unite against the enemy and backfire.

"Your Highness, this strategy can defeat a million soldiers!" Zhuang Jiye stood up and said to Zhu Houxuan with conviction.

Zhu Houxuan smiled and said calmly: "Although our plan is good, we can't let our guard down. The only way for the enemy to break through is to win a military victory over us on the battlefield, so the Ministry of War has a heavy burden."

"Don't worry, Your Highness!" Jiang Jiangong stood up immediately. He already knew what to do next. Under a series of financial offensives, it was not the Beijing government that was anxious, but the two governments in the south.

"I will go to the front line soon to command the army and wait for the Southern Army to attack!" Jiang Jiangong said, patting his chest.

"Our army will definitely win the final victory. We chose the battlefield, the logistics are extremely smooth and sufficient, the soldiers are well-rested, the terrain and the people are on our side, I can't think of any possibility of the enemy winning!" Jiang Jiangong said confidently.

"Okay! I've been waiting for you to say this!" Zhu Houxuan said with a smile.

As the north-south front stabilized, the front became quiet. Winter was coming anyway, and the weather this year was colder earlier than in previous years, so there were fewer small-scale exchanges of fire on both sides of the front. However, in the hinterlands of both sides, they were accumulating strength intensively.
At this time of late autumn, a training ground outside Nanjing City was a scene of bustling activity.

Prince Xing Zhu Houcong and a large group of officials were on the high platform, looking at the soldiers lined up in neat rows below the platform.
Wuding Hou Guo Xun is showing them the results of his one-month training.
However, there were only 15,000 soldiers in the audience, and 5,000 of them were kicked out of the team for various reasons in the past month. Some were physically punished to death or disabled, some were eliminated due to poor quality, and some ran away because they could not stand the high-intensity training.
The 15,000 people who stayed behind were extremely afraid of him as the head coach. Firstly, it was because of Guo Xun's strict military law during training, and secondly, it was because Guo Xun's methods of dealing with deserters were very cruel. In one month, he used cruel punishments to kill many deserters in front of all the soldiers.
The only thing that made the soldiers happy was that their military pay was quite high. Guo Xun did not exploit the soldiers or deduct their pay, and they also had good food during training.

The only difference is that the military pay was changed to something called gold yuan notes, which the officers said were stronger and more useful than the previous silver yuan notes.
The soldiers did not have too many doubts about this, because they had been using silver dollar notes for the past decade or so, and they were quite receptive to paper money, so they did not suspect anything.
Zhu Houcong and the other officials were quite satisfied when they looked at the soldiers below.
Guo Xun was quite capable. No matter what means he used, he could make the soldiers below obey him completely.
"Mr. Guo has trained these soldiers well in the past month!" Zhu Houcong nodded and praised, "It's getting late, Mr. Guo, come have dinner with me and talk about the training method."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Guo Xun said gratefully, "But don't worry, Your Highness! There is still a project that I haven't shown you yet. You will definitely be happy after seeing it."

"Oh?" Zhu Houcong's interest was aroused, and he said with a smile: "Then show it quickly!"

Guo Xun slowly stepped back and asked the soldiers on the platform to wave the flag.
When the officers below saw the flag waving on the stage, they immediately issued orders, and the soldiers on the parade ground immediately lined up in an orderly formation and marched in one direction.
Zhu Houcong frowned because he didn't see anything unusual. The officials around him also looked puzzled, not understanding what Guo Xun was doing.
"Is this what Mr. Guo wants me to see?" Zhu Houcong said with a surprised look on his face.

"Don't worry, Your Highness! It will start soon!" Guo Xun said confidently.

Zhu Houcong nodded and continued to look at the soldiers on the march. He soon saw the soldiers walked out of the barracks and came to a small river near the barracks. Although it was called a small river, the river was hundreds of meters wide.
Then he saw the soldiers stop at the same time, and then turn to face the river under the orders of the officers. He suddenly felt that things were getting interesting.
He stared closely at the dark procession by the river, and the officials on the platform also stared closely at
Following the officers' orders, the troops on the riverside began to move, and they walked towards the river in mechanical steps.
There was a cry of surprise from the platform, and everyone realized what the soldiers were going to do.
Everyone on the platform watched the soldiers marching toward the river.
The soldiers on the riverside walked towards the river under the orders of the officers. Although their speed slowed down, the whole team was still moving towards the river.
The first row of soldiers quickly stepped into the river. The river water in late autumn was still bone-chillingly cold, and the soldiers' pace soon slowed down after entering the water, but they did not stop advancing.
The officials on the platform watched this scene with great interest. They also wanted to know how far these soldiers could go.
Although the river was in its dry season, it was still quite deep, and the water quickly flooded over the waists of the soldiers in the front row.
One third of the soldiers in the entire queue stepped into the cold river, and a black human wall appeared in the entire river (the uniforms of the soldiers of the Nanjing government were black because black dye was the cheapest).
The soldiers advanced more slowly and with more difficulty, but the officers still urged them forward. Some officers even took out their whips and whipped them in the air. The sound of the whips popping in the air could be heard clearly by the officials on the platform.
The soldiers continued to move forward. The river water had already submerged the chests of the soldiers in the front row, but the officers still ordered them to move forward.
The soldiers in the front row were obviously panicking, but they continued to move forward despite the officers' scolding. Some soldiers lost their balance and fell into the river.
"Enough, enough! This is a strong army, don't let it be wasted here." An official couldn't help but say.

Yan Song and Xia Yan looked at the soldiers in the river coldly without making any statement.
Guo Xun ignored the official who was speaking and ordered his men to beat drums.
(End of this chapter)