Water City.

Joint fleet and naval officers discuss matters together.

The military port water city is not big, with a circumference of two miles, but there is a main fort in the city that is very high. This main fort is still a lighthouse and a watchtower.

Sun Lianhai usually likes to stand on this and work, sitting behind the desk in the top room, you can directly see the entire military port from the window.

At this time, Li Chao stood by the window and looked down at the military port.

"General Sun, I need you to open the armory and hand over the armory to the King of Residents to supplement it."

Sun Lianhai quickly stood up and said, "As for orders, Duke Zhao."

After Li Chao's army of royal supporters obtained 5,000 people from the Dengzhou Navy, it had reached more than 10,000. However, Li Chao's original 5,000 Marine Corps and 3,000 crew members were extremely short of weapons.

Now that he has obtained the weapons of the navy, he can at least enrich his King's Army's equipment.

Turning back from the window, Li Chao sat back on his seat.

"Everyone, the matter of serving the king is urgent. However, local governments must also prevent people from taking the opportunity to cause chaos. Therefore, after discussing with Duke Lu, I decided to select 8,000 elite soldiers to go west to support the king, and stay the rest of the troops and horses to wait for Duke Lu's command."

Li Chao did not intend to bring all the ships, so he finally chose ten three-masted, twenty double-masted speedboats, twenty single-masted communication boats, patrol boats, and thirty merchant ships to serve as troop transport ships, and twenty merchant ships carried food, grass and ordnance supplies.

There are a total of one hundred ships, among which Li Chao's five are warships with naval guns.

In addition to the two thousand crew members, Li Chao selected eight thousand soldiers. Five thousand of them were the Marines trained by Li Chao in Liaodong, and the navy team picked three thousand.

The remaining ships and two thousand people of the navy were handed over to Cheng Yaojin.

"Duke Lu, from now on, you will be the chief officer of the Lianghuai army, temporarily restrain all the prefectures, militias, reserves, appease the Lianghuai area, and suppress the rebellion."

Li Chao held the imperial edict in his hand and the privileges granted by the prince to act. It was reasonable and legal for him to make Cheng Yaojin the temporary general officer of the Lianghuai.

Li Chao reorganized the eight thousand soldiers who entered Beijing to serve the king, and according to the Marine Corps, the 33rd organization, the squad and platoons and battalions. There were ten people in a squad, about thirty people in a row, more than 120 people in a row, about 500 people in a battalion, and more than 1,500 people in a group.

The Eight Thousand Marines formed the Sixth Regiment of the First Brigade.

The reason for this formation is because Li Chao’s main force is the Marines, and the Marines are already accustomed to this unofficial regiment battalion organization.

Select and appoint the leader of the regiment battalion and form the staff office, and everything is being mobilized quickly.

The military port is busy.

Li Chao had just met the governor of Dengzhou who came to pay homage to him. He stood at the window at the top of the tower and was blowing the sea breeze.

"Teacher, I don't know whether I should say it or not." Shangguan Yi stood beside him.

This disciple who once became a monk has grown up in the military for the past two years and has grown very strong and tall. He usually loves reading more than other senior brothers, writes good articles, and studies historical records and Zizhi Tongjian.

"If you have something, there is no need to keep it in your heart."

Shangguan Yi pursed her lips and her eyes shone. He lowered his voice, "Teacher, have you ever thought about a possibility that if the teacher didn't arrive in Hanjing so in time, what would be the result?"

Hearing the words of this smart student, Li Chao turned his head.

"You Shao, you are my student. I can pretend that you didn't hear this." He understood the student's meaning just now.

The Emperor of Supreme Restoration was still very powerful and received support from many people.

The emperor was far away in the Western Regions and could not return to help for a while.

At this time, what would happen if Li Chao didn't arrive in Beijing so quickly? Judging from the current situation, the Supreme Emperor had the upper hand, and Han Jing left the imperial court to guard the Eastern Palace alone. If the royal army did not arrive in time, the Eastern Palace might not be able to hold on to the emperor and rushed back and would be broken.

There are still so many rumors outside that the emperors died in the Western Regions. Once the Eastern Palace is lost, the prince and the prime minister of the court, the Privy Councillors of the Supreme Emperor will fall into the hands of the Supreme Emperor, and the power of the Supreme Emperor will definitely increase rapidly.

At that time, the Supreme Emperor would not say that he would block the emperor in the Western Regions, but would seal the northern gate of Guanzhong and cut off the emperor's food. I was afraid that the emperor would not be able to return for the moment.

The most terrifying thing is that if the Emperor of the West will control the capital and then control the families of the soldiers of the Western Expedition to threaten the soldiers of the Western Expedition, it is afraid that the emperor's army will fall apart by then.

Isn’t the Jiangdu Incident at the end of the Sui Dynasty just because the soldiers of Guanzhong were all thinking about returning to the west and were exploited by Yu Wen and others?

If there was an accident in the Western Expedition Army, the emperor might not be able to come back.

If Li Chao leads his troops into Beijing at that time, what will happen?

Once he entered the capital under the title of revenge for the emperor and crown prince, conquered the capital and took down the Supreme Emperor, Li Chao could completely control the court himself. At that time, a young prince from the royal family was established as the emperor, and Li Chao assisted the regent, but in fact he established a puppet. After stabilizing the situation in the world, he could completely accept the abdication and ascend the throne and become emperor.

This idea is indeed a bit tempting.

Li Chao actually thought about it, but still thought about it very seriously.

But after careful calculations, he concluded that the success rate was extremely low.

The Supreme Emperor can indeed control the capital, but it is difficult for him to stop Emperor Li Shimin from returning. Li Shimin is not Yang Guang. Even if the Supreme Emperor controls the families of the generals of the Western Expedition by then, Li Shimin's ability is unlikely to collapse his troops.

Besides, Li Shimin had several vassal teams in the Western Regions, which was also a strong army.

After all, it's up to the gun.

Li Yuan can only control a capital city, but Guanzhong, Hebei, Hedong, Henan, Lianghuai, Shannan and other places are all controlled by Li Shimin.

Not to mention other people, just Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and Li Ji will definitely not turn to the Supreme Emperor.

After all, the time is not right.

Even if the father and son are in conflict, their strength is still strong. Li Chao wants to play tricks, but there is no chance. If he takes a step back, Li Shimin really can't come back. However, there are so many generals and important officials in the Tang Dynasty, and they will definitely not allow Li Chao to be a powerful minister.

"Don't say this again in the future. I can't take it seriously, but even if people hear it, they will not have a good result to you or me. Do you understand?"

Shangguan Yi took two steps forward, "Teacher, are there any kings, princes, generals and ministers? The students have always believed that if the world is ruled by teachers, it will definitely be better."
Chapter completed!