The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

"If you can get such an honor after death, what's the harm in blood staining the battlefield?!"

Wu Laoliu's voice was full of yearning, as if he saw his future.

Even after death you can receive this honor!

His adjutant chuckled, and then spoke.

"That's true. How can your own incense be compared to the court's sacrificial offerings?"

Having said all this, the adjutant continued to speak.

"After this battle is over, battalion commander, you should be promoted to the regiment headquarters, right?"

Wu Laoliu nodded slightly and said.

"Almost, almost!"

"Compared with entering the regiment headquarters, I would rather stay in the camp and go to the battlefield with my brothers to make contributions."

"The regiment headquarters doesn't have as many opportunities to make meritorious service in the battalion!"

In the battalion, Wu Laoliu's rank is a supervisor, and he is in charge of the battle command.

There are naturally many opportunities for meritorious service!
But if he entered the regiment headquarters, Wu Laoliu would at most be a deputy regiment, or be in charge of military law, or logistics.

To put it bluntly, he was an adjutant!
The chances of meritorious deeds will naturally decrease!

But if Wu Laoliu wants to go further, joining the regiment headquarters is the only choice.

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In the cabin of the ship, Zhu Hongyu took off his wet clothes, revealing his muscular upper body.

Stepping into the bathtub, the hot water almost soaked every pore on his body.

Exhaling heavily, Zhu Hongyu enjoyed the feeling that the dampness in his bones was dispelled by the hot water little by little.

Calculating the time, it is already the end of the 17th year of Yongli.

Now, it is the coldest time of the year.

Zhoushan, which is located near the mouth of the Yangtze River, is half of the south, but due to the influence of the small ice river climate in the late Ming Dynasty, the temperature is not much higher.

The daily temperature hovers around zero degrees!

It rained a lot today, and the temperature even dropped to below zero.

Even with Zhu Hongyu's physique, it is possible to catch a cold in such a cold winter rain.

While taking a bath, Zhu Hongyu casually gave instructions to the eunuch who was waiting beside him.

"Send an order to the logistics department to prepare ginger soup and hot water for the soldiers!"

"Let the logistics side prepare the warm winter clothes for the soldiers!"

"This south of the Yangtze River is incomparable to Lingnan, and it's extremely cold in winter!"

Most of the Ming army were southerners from Nanyang or Guangdong and Fujian. Not to mention the north of the Yangtze River, even the climate in the south of the Yangtze River was somewhat difficult to adapt to.

Most of the eunuchs serving by Zhu Hongyu's side now were from Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, who lived through several dynasties in Yongli.

After the fall of the Longwu Yongli and other regimes, these eunuchs lived in seclusion to avoid the war.

It wasn't until Zhu Hongyu called back to Guangdong that these talents reappeared, and Mao recommended himself to continue serving Da Tianzi.

Although they are physically handicapped, as the royal family slaves, they still have some loyalty to Daming.

Then, Zhu Hongyu accepted them.

After a brief review, some of the family members were kept by their side to serve them, and their family members were placed together.

Zhu Hongyu also made simple arrangements for the remaining people who had no food or clothing.

For example, arrange them to work in various factories, allocate fields for them, and let them cultivate the land by themselves.

Let them be able to support themselves!
Those who are really unable to work are arranged to do some mending and starching work.

Impossible to be rich!
But taking care of their own food and clothing is definitely not a problem!

Since these people took the initiative to vote, even if it was to win people's hearts, Zhu Hongyu couldn't let them have nothing to do.

Because of going out to fight, it is not easy to bring women in the army, and now I have eunuchs by my side.

So Zhu Hongyu brought a few eunuchs with him to take care of his food and daily life when he set off this time.

After a while, Zhu Hongyu got up from the bathtub, and the eunuch at the side looked very winking, and came forward to help him wipe off the water on his body with a dry towel.

After changing into dry clothes and putting on a thick woolen cloak, a warm feeling surged up.

Zhu Hongyu strode to the command room on his own ship. Zheng Chenggong and others had already changed their clothes and were waiting for him here.

Zhu Hongyu looked around, then spoke.

"The battle in Zhoushan went very smoothly. Our army almost wiped out the Yangtze River Navy of the Qing army. Only a few Qing prisoners escaped from the battlefield by chance!"

"In addition, all the troops deployed by the Qing soldiers on Zhoushan Island were wiped out by our army!"

"Including more than a thousand Manchurian Eight Banners stationed in Nanjing!"

"As well as Jiangnan, Jiangbei and other places, the elite green battalion has nearly [-] people, and rescued more than [-] people who were harmed by the Qing captives..."

"It can be described as a big victory!"

Zhu Hongyu recently discovered that war is really a smoother fight!
At the beginning, when the Ming army landed on the mainland for the first time to fight, the green battalion soldiers in Qiongzhou and Guangdong were quite good in terms of combat effectiveness and fighting will.

At least they are brave to fight!
Although the fighting strength of the Ming army surpassed that of the green battalion of the Qing army, it was not so easy to win.

You have to go through a lot of hard work and waste a lot of hands and feet!
However, when the Ming army achieved a great victory in Xin'an in Guangdong, Shang Kexi, who beheaded the Qing court's King Pingnan, shook the world.

After the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army faced the Ming army, not to mention their combat effectiveness, their fighting will fell off a cliff.

It's like the green battalion soldiers in this battle, although they are known as the elite of the green battalion in Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

But after facing the Ming army on the island, the surrender is called a speed.

When the generals heard the words, they all flattered him.

"His Royal Highness Jian Guo completed his military virtues, and he will definitely be able to recreate the great achievements of Emperor Taizu!"

"Our army's northern expedition is unstoppable, all thanks to the command of His Highness Jian Guo!"

"His Royal Highness Jian Guo Sheng Ming!"

"..."

Zhu Hongyu waved his hand, motioning everyone to stop and stop flattering, he continued.

"The battle in Zhoushan is over, and our army's next battle plan is to attack the Yangtze River, deal a head-on blow to the Qing court, and cut off the possibility of the Qing army continuing to develop the navy."

"Destroy the Longjiang Shipyard!"

Xu Bin asked from the side.

"I wonder if Your Highness has any plans to attack and recover Nanjing?"

Zhu Hongyu shook his head and said.

"No!"

"Don't hit Nanjing!"

"Because if we are defeated, our army will not be able to leave. We can only fight to the death in Nanjing with the Qing army that is pouring in from all directions!"

Zhu Hongyu's understanding of strategy has always been sober and pragmatic.

Nanjing City, which was the capital of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, is the place where the ancestors are buried, the resting place of Zhu Yuanzhang after his death, and the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Zhu Hongyu knew the political significance of recovering Nanjing.

But Zhu Hongyu knew better that he could not afford to lose Nanjing after taking it down.

If he captures Nanjing, he will fall into a strategic trap and bear the burden of Nanjing City, which cannot be thrown away.

Lose the huge advantage of being able to move around at will in terms of strategy!

Forced to fight to the death with the Qing army in Nanjing, a city that is easy to attack and difficult to defend!

Once the war reached a stalemate, the main force of the Qing army was mobilized from all over the country to the Yangtze River.

With the tens of thousands of people Zhu Hongyu has now, how could he possibly be able to withstand it?
Rather than withdrawing from Nanjing in a desperate manner after capturing Nanjing, it is better not to fight at all!
Zhu Hongyu will not launch troops against Nanjing until he can absolutely guarantee the safety of Nanjing after taking Nanjing.

Zheng Chenggong looked at Zhu Hongyu who was sober in the world, and his heart was full of emotion.

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