Lan Li has been in charge of soldiers for his whole life and knows the truth that soldiers are worthy of gods. Although he has not achieved his goal in Zhao Hongcan, he now has nearly 60,000 troops in his hands no matter what. Although one-third of these troops are soldiers with low combat power, soldiers are also soldiers. If they are used well, they will be useful for the faction.

After Lan Li rectified his troops, he soon commanded the troops to set off and head towards Longmen. He had to fight a good battle at Longmen. Even if he could not defeat Yang Xu's partial army, he had to make this Ming army lose the power to continue to march into Guangzhou, thereby eliminating the disadvantage of Guangzhou's two-sided attacks.

In order to prevent the news from being revealed, Lan Li's army marched extremely fast. Unfortunately, the 23,000 soldiers dragged down the army. When the front line had already left Guangzhou thirty miles away, the soldiers behind had just left the camp. This made Lan Li both angry, angry and helpless.

"Ship Lan, why don't I bring people to urge these guys to speed up the pace," a deputy general suggested.

Lan Li thought about it and shook her head and said, "Forget it, no matter how fast these people are, they will not be much faster, so let them follow behind."

After saying that, Lan Li looked up at the sky and said, "I ordered the former army to rush to the northern mountain to set up camp before dark today, and there must be no mistakes!"

Longmen, Yang Xu's troops began to garrison on the spot after taking Longmen. Longmen is a small county, originally belonging to Zengcheng, but it was only established during the Hongzhi period. It has only been more than a hundred years since then.

Of course, the small Longmen could not be stationed by the army, so Yang Xu set up camps around Longmen County and used them as a base to rest.

In the battle of Chengxiang, Nian Gengyao was defeated and died. After the war, Yang Xu used his head to worship his colleagues who had their family destroyed because of Nian Gengyao. Finally, he cried three times and ordered Nian Gengyao's body to be crushed and bones were raised to ashes, and a monument was erected in Chengxiang as evidence.

The great revenge was finally repaid, and Yang Xu had no worries anymore. Now he just wanted to advance westward and successfully take Guangzhou with Ma to recover his hometown for the Ming Dynasty.

But unexpectedly, just when everything went well, the battle of the South China Sea broke out, causing Ma Gongcheng's main force to suspend attacks on Guangzhou. Yang Xu, as a partial master, could only stop and temporarily stationed at Longmen to wait for subsequent orders.

However, as a good general, Yang Xu did not do anything at Longmen. During his station at Longmen, he continued to attack around him on a small scale. On the one hand, he was to clear away the remaining forces of the Qing army in the local area, and on the other hand, it was also to make the Ming Dynasty's smooth rule in Guangdong. Because of what Yang Xu did at Longmen, he fought all the way from Fujian to stabilize the rear and also won the hearts of the local people.

Guangdong belongs to the south. During the Southern Ming Dynasty, Guangdong's resistance to the Qing army was extremely fierce. Guangdong people had different senses towards the Qing and Ming dynasties. Compared with the Qing Dynasty, there were quite a few local people in Guangdong who missed the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Guangdong's Tiandihui and Hongmen were powerful, which made Guangdong's people who returned home again and again.

Many people even came to join the army when they learned that Longmen was stationed. Yang Xu did not accept the righteous men who joined the army at first, but later more and more people were. Some Tiandihui and the leader of the Hongmen came to join the army. After soliciting opinions from Nanjing, Yang Xu deleted and selected some of these people, selected some with no bad record, innocent life, and young and strong young people. As for the others, although they failed to join the army, Yang Xu also comforted them and at the same time asked them to form a local security organization to consolidate the Ming Dynasty's rule in Guangdong.

This effect is indeed good, and because of this reason, Yang Xu increased his troops by thousands in a short period of time. Now his army in Longmen has exceeded 40,000. If it weren't for the logistical pressure, the number of people would be even greater.

On this day, Yang Xu arrived at the military camp early in the morning. This was his habit. After getting up in the early morning every day, Yang Xu's first thing was to go around the military camp, check out the soldiers' morning exercises and training, and then handle some military official duties. After finishing, he would have a meal in the army and then return to his own camp.

The weather in the south is different from that in the north, especially Guangdong is warm as spring all year round. Although it is still far from summer, it is a bit hot this day. Some soldiers in the barracks are conducting queue training, some are conducting shooting training, and some are practicing battle formations, which are lively and well-organized.

"One, two, one! One, two, one!"

Amid the command, the team training of the new recruits looked a little bit. Yang Xu, who was born in the Qing army, did not accept this team training when he first saw this team training in the Ming army. He thought that these things were just a fancy way. However, the facts later told him that these seemingly simple team training can improve the cooperation and tacit understanding of soldiers, and can also make the soldiers form a conditioned reflex of orders, so that they can better execute the commands issued by the commander on the battlefield.

After a long time, Yang Xu realized that not only this kind of queue training, but also musket teams, artillery training, etc. were organized and formed by Zhu Yicheng when he rose up. With the continuous improvement over the years, a complete set of models has been formed.

This model can transform an ordinary farmer into a quasi-soldier in a very short time. If you go to the battlefield again, the quasi-soldier will be transformed into a real soldier. The reason why the Ming army is elite is because of these complete training modes. Yang Xu couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion about Zhu Yicheng. Those who can be for ordinary people but cannot, and those who can create such a miracle, are the real true dragon emperor!

Standing aside, looking at the recruits who had already left very well, Yang Xu couldn't help but nodded slightly. With the development and development of firearms, the use of firearms in the Ming army began to increase and the proportion gradually increased. These recruits were all trained as musketeers. According to the current progress, it would probably not take long to become a qualified musketeer.

"Master! There is an emergency military report!" Just as Yang Xu was impressed, a hundred households rushed to report.

"Military newspaper? Where did it come from? Is Xin'an ready to attack Guangzhou?" Yang Xu's first reaction was that Ma Gongcheng had ended, the Battle of the South China Sea was over, and the Ming army defeated the Portuguese fleet, so the next step was to attack Guangzhou. For this reason, Yang Xu had already prepared and was waiting for the news.

"It's not Ma Shuai's side, but the brothers of the Tiandihui came from Zuotan Town urgently, saying that a large number of Qing troops appeared in the west."

"West? A large number of Qing troops?" Yang Xu was stunned. Isn't Guangzhou in the west? Did the Qing troops in Guangzhou come to him? Thinking of this, Yang Xu frowned and looked solemn. He asked the hundred households to lead the way immediately. He had to meet the brothers from the Tiandihui who were sending letters and ask clearly what was going on.
Chapter completed!