Chapter 1910 is not simple
In fact, the conflict of interests between the Ming Dynasty and Fujian is quite complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few sentences. Not to mention An Daoshi, an outsider, even Dong Shangyi, who has inside information channels, may not know the secrets. Neither the monarch nor the ministers, plus Haihan, wanted to destroy the current situation, so they tacitly maintained the current balance. When the Fujian military sent troops overseas, most of them did so quietly and secretly, neither reporting to the court before taking action. Ask for instructions and report, and will not ask the court for credit or reward after the completion.
But even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to dispatch the Fujian Ming army to northern Xinjiang to resist the Qing army, it would probably not issue a direct and public order. Otherwise, if Xu Xinsu becomes stubborn and refuses to listen to the dispatch and refuse to send troops, the situation will become very embarrassing. The wise approach is to communicate with the Fujian side and Haihan first to determine their willingness and general arrangements for fighting in the Liaodong area, and then issue transfer orders to Xu Xinsu. This can truly have the effect of smoothing the flow of the situation. Moreover, when the Fujian Ming Army achieved results in Liaodong, the Ming court could confidently take credit for its achievements.
Of course, by then the Ming Dynasty could also concentrate its superior forces and launch a counterattack against the Qing army on the northern front while Haihan was taking action. In the previous Battle of Jinzhou, the Ming Dynasty missed the opportunity due to lack of information, and this year's Battle of Korea has been on the sidelines, which is equivalent to missing two great opportunities to attack the Qing army. If you can't seize the opportunity next time, all the military attaches from the Minister of War to the next level can be dismissed and go home.
Dong Shangyi shook his head slightly when he heard this and said: "There are so many powerful generals in our Fujian Army. The opportunity to fight... my little brother may not get his turn!"
The Fujian Ming Army was certainly a strong force in the Ming Dynasty, but when fighting overseas with the Haihan Army, most of the time they could only serve as auxiliaries on the battlefield. Even so, the Fujian generals scrambled for the opportunity to lead troops once or twice a year. Xu Xinsu's nephews and descendants who held important positions in the army were naturally the first choice. They had rich experience in leading troops and had studied abroad in Sanya. After receiving professional training, their command capabilities are indeed far beyond those of the older generation of military attachés.
Although Dong Shangyi has a family background, his qualifications are still relatively young after all, and he has not yet gone to Sanya to study advanced military courses. Xu Xinsu will naturally not send him to lead troops in battle. The next time the Haihan Army launches a war in Liaodong, Dong Shangyi may not be able to make it, and he himself is not optimistic about it. Therefore, for him, it was an enviable experience for someone like Adoshi to have the opportunity to fight under a famous Haihan general like Takahashi Minami.
After dinner, Dong Shangyi suggested taking a walk in the military camp, but An Daoshi was worried that he would go to the wrong place because he was unfamiliar with the environment. There are many forbidden areas in the army. If you break in by mistake, you will inevitably get into trouble. Immediately, they declined Dong Shangyi's invitation, saying that they had to go back to the barracks to pack their things - their personal belongings had been delivered from where they stayed yesterday.
Early the next morning, the camp's wake-up call sounded at dawn. An Daoshi and others were also awakened from their sleep by the sound of the call, only to see Dong Shangyi and several other Ming army officers already getting up and dressing. Andao Shi asked curiously: "Why did brother Dong get up so early? Is it possible that we have to get up early to train?"
Dong Shangyi said: "Brother An doesn't know something. This morning exercise is one of the rules set by the Haihan Army. As long as you are stationed here, regardless of whether you have enrolled in school or graduated, you must participate in this activity. Brother An, get dressed quickly. Otherwise it will be too late to wait. ”
When An Daoshi heard that this was the rule set by Haihan, he could only abide by it. Fortunately, the content of this morning exercise is quite simple, and it happens to be his strength - running.
Dong Shangyi waited patiently for the North Koreans to pack up, and then took them to a nearby playground. There are three sports fields in the army base, and the field Dong Shangyi led the way to is the closest to the camp where they live.
Andao Shi noticed that there were several flat tracks on the periphery of the school field. He had seen similar designs on his way south and knew that these were facilities specifically for running. The Haihan Army seems to have a special liking for running training. Whether they are soldiers or officers, they are required to maintain excellent physical strength and physical condition during their military service, and the main training measure is running.
In addition to their group of overseas students, there are at least a thousand Haihan soldiers gathering here. Although there are many people, it does not feel noisy at all. Everyone is returning to their seats silently, and there is no need for anyone to direct them. And every time a square formation is assembled, you will hear a Haihan officer shouting a few slogans in a high tone, and then lead the team to start morning exercises.
The so-called morning exercise consisted of running a circle around the playground. An Daoshi looked at it and felt that the distance of this circle was at least nearly a mile, but the speed of running was not too fast, so it was not difficult for him. He is an Orion himself and travels through the mountains and forests all year round, so his physical strength is naturally not a problem. When competing at the Datongjiang base, he won first place by relying on the advantage of "being able to run".
"The rules here are to gather and run ten laps every morning before going to have breakfast. But we don't have instructors yet, so we have to rely on self-consciousness." Dong Shangyi told Andao Shi what he knew.
"Then let's run!" Andao Shi didn't think about being lazy, and took the initiative to stand at the front of the team to control the running speed. In fact, they had already started this kind of training when they were at the Datongjiang base, and Andao Shi, who was known for his ability to run, was specifically responsible for controlling the running speed so that the speed of the entire team could be maintained above the level required by the Haihan people.
However, there are more than 40 people studying abroad in their group, and not all of them are as easy to talk to as Dong Shangyi. Several Ming army officers who came from Guangzhou were not interested in the Koreans. Seeing that Andao's stone appearance was not amazing but they wanted to lead the race, they were quite disdainful and made some mocking remarks.
Although Andao Shi was unhappy, he did not dare to cause trouble here, let alone offend the people of the Ming army, so he could only pretend to turn a deaf ear. However, in Dong Shangyi's eyes, this was more like a sign of confidence, and he was not willing to engage in a verbal dispute with the Guangzhou guy.
Sure enough, after starting to run, under the leadership of An Daoshi, the speed of the dozen or so North Korean students maintained a very consistent pace, and they looked quite neat. Dong Shangyi couldn't help but secretly marveled, saying that the Korean army was obviously weak and had low combat capabilities, but the officers selected to study abroad seemed to be quite capable. He has been running here for a few days and has observed Hai Hanbing's training methods. Naturally, he knows what it means for this group of people to run in an orderly rhythm.
But what Dong Shangyi didn't know was that after the war, these North Korean officers were selected to the Datongjiang base to receive training from Haihan. The content was almost all based on the most basic physical training. This circle running was practiced every day. The project has been practiced for more than a month. Not to mention ten laps, even twenty or thirty laps, Andao Shi can lead them to finish the race at a relatively stable speed. In other words, running may be the only advantageous event for North Korean students.
The Fujian Ming Army has sent a large number of military students to Haihan over the years. In fact, they have known these training methods for a long time. Dong Shangyi was already receiving such training before he came to Sanya, so there will be no strenuous performance. On the other hand, there were a few students from the Malta Blue Country. I don’t know whether it was because they didn’t have a good rest or because they were not good at running. In the last few laps, it was obvious that they couldn’t keep up with the team and were dragged further and further away. The performance of North Korean trainees gave Dong Shangyi a new understanding of it. Although this project does not fully reflect the combat effectiveness of an army, Dong Shangyi believes that the personal physical fitness of the officers, who are the backbone of the army, is also the strength of the army. An important part of the game, the performance of the North Koreans at least shows that they are not bad in this aspect.
An Daoshi never imagined that an ordinary morning exercise would make other overseas students secretly judge him. For him, these ten laps were really just a warm-up, and he didn't even breathe much.
The water tank next to the playground contains specially sourced mountain spring water. Dozens of faucets are installed on the water tank to control the water flow and can be used by multiple people at the same time. Andao Shi turned on the faucet and washed his face, then took two sips of water with both hands. He felt that the cold mountain spring water was slightly sweet. This reminded him of his hometown. Before he joined the army, every time he came back from hunting in the mountains and walked to the spring at the entrance of the village, he would drink a few mouthfuls of mountain spring water like this to relieve his fatigue.
But that was several years ago. Andoshi only returned home twice after joining the army. After the war broke out this year, he took his family from his hometown to the south to escape the war and never went back. I heard that the village in my hometown was looted by the Qing army and turned into ruins. I will never go back in the future.
Andao Shi wiped the water on his face and pulled away from his memories. He knew why he was here and what his mission was. He must master enough power to protect the people and things he cares about in the future, and every moment in Sanya, he is working hard for this goal.
At the same time, Li Ming, who was invited by the local Sanya Chamber of Commerce to host last night, was still in a deep sleep after drinking. This was the first time he had been drunk since Zhoushan Island. The old foxes who were doing business did not rush to persuade him to drink when they came. Instead, they brought a large group of young women to perform playing and singing, and then sent two beautiful little girls to serve Li Mu.
It was already difficult for Li Bo to refuse someone else's toast at this time. The two little girls stuck to him like plaster, which made him feel a little distraught. He hasn't touched a woman since he went abroad, but he has been busy with things recently and can't think about it. Now I can relax and be arranged like this...
Fortunately, Li Xi was also present. When he came out to use the toilet, he secretly vaccinated Li Shu: "These women are tools raised by businessmen, specially used to bribe high-ranking officials. If they accidentally get them, what's wrong with them?" If it does, it will also become a big trouble. The prince can just act when the occasion arises. Don’t have other thoughts, be careful of being taken advantage of by traitors.”
Li Jiu Jin woke up most of the time. He knew that Li Xi had been here longer and knew more inside information, so he would not deliberately fabricate sensational information to deceive himself. As the crown prince of the Joseon Dynasty, if anything happens in Haihan Kingdom, it will bring disgrace to the country.
"Fortunately, you warned me, otherwise I might have been stupid!" Li Shu sighed: "Then I will find an excuse to send these women away. I always feel that these old foxes across from me want to have a drink with me. If I drink too much tonight, it will be up to you to deal with the aftermath.”
Li Bo's hunch was right. People like the Sanya Chamber of Commerce hoped to get more information and promises from Li Bo so that they could profit from the cross-border trade between North Korea and Haihan. To make the Crown Prince of Joseon relent, you would naturally have to try to make him happy, or simply get him drunk.
Li Pu returned to the banquet, and soon dismissed the singers, dancers and wine girls in the hall on the grounds that "the family and the country are not in peace, and it is difficult to have fun." When everyone saw that there was no way to make the Joseon Crown Prince happy with their beauty, they had no choice but to do the next best thing and took turns raising glasses to toast Li Bo.
Li Pu couldn't shirk it, so he could only raise a glass in response. After this back and forth, he soon became too drunk. Seeing that Li Pu couldn't hold on any longer, Li Xi took the initiative to suggest that the day should end here. The prince was too tired and needed to go back to rest. When everyone saw that the prince was already drunk, no matter he was really drunk or pretending to be drunk, the drinking game could not continue, so they could only send Li Shu off respectfully.
Li Shu's drunkenness was not entirely fake. He was indeed very tired after the day. He went to visit Victory Port early in the morning, then took a train to Sanya Port, and then took a boat to drive around Sanya Port all morning. At noon, I had lunch with Ning Qi and Zhou Hengxing from the Sanya Port Management Committee. In the afternoon, I rushed to visit the Shengli Port Shipyard, and then in the evening I went to a banquet hosted by the Sanya Chamber of Commerce. It was a full day, and even though he was in good health, he was really tired. Under such circumstances, he would naturally not be able to survive having to play cartwheel with a bunch of old mall foxes at the wine table.
After returning to the embassy, Li Pu fell asleep and had no energy to review the gains of the day. He slept until the next morning. Li Su felt his stomach growling with hunger and woke up automatically from his sleep.
"Li Xi, what are your plans for today?" Taking advantage of breakfast time, Li Pu took the initiative to ask about today's schedule.
"There are no special arrangements for today, but shipbuilding and agricultural technicians are going to school. Would the prince want to take a look?" Li Xi asked.
Li Shu shook his head and said: "No need...have the navy officers reported for duty?"
"After visiting the shipyard yesterday, I have already gone with the Haihan people." Li Xi responded: "There are also a dozen people who went to Luhuitou Peninsula, and all their luggage has been sent there."
(End of chapter)