The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 698 Personal conquest and strategy (for subscription)
Daming Palace, Fengtian Hall!
Zhu Hongyu sat upright on the dragon chair, dressed in a straight military uniform, exuding a powerful coercion from his tall and straight body.

A pair of tiger eyes patrolled the Fengtian Temple, so sharp that people dare not look directly at them.

Under the coercion of Zhu Hongyu, an important court official knelt on the ground and trembled.

Zhu Hongyu snorted coldly and said.

"This time the Northern Expedition, I want to personally conquer!"

"I want to personally watch me, the tiger and wolf of the Ming Dynasty, break through the mountains and rivers, and regain the capital!"

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in the main hall were all silent when they heard the words.

It seems to be using silence to express their attitude.

They oppose the emperor's personal conquest!

"Your Majesty, in this Northern Expedition, my Ming Dynasty is absolutely sure, and there is no need for Your Majesty to go on the expedition!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, if a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and a son of a rich man does not sit on his throne, why would Your Majesty go to the front line to take risks?!"

"The frontline soldiers are mighty and fierce, I'm afraid there will be something unbearable!"

"Your Majesty, the old rules of civil castle are still in front of us! Your Majesty must not leave Beijing easily!"

"..."

Manchao civil and military persuasion earnestly, but Zhu Hongyu only felt that they were noisy.

They are unwilling to let themselves, the emperor, go to the front in person, which is understandable to be honest.

After all, I am the emperor, so it is better not to do such things as imperial conquests!
Today's Daming is in the upper hand, not the time when the emperor's personal conquest is needed to turn the tide!
As the emperor, Zhu Hongyu really didn't need to go to the front line to take risks in person!
However, Zhu Hongyu's idea of ​​wanting to be conscripted by the royal driver is quite firm, facing the persuasion of his courtiers, he said calmly.

"You don't need to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind on this matter!"

"The matter of the Northern Expedition is related to the rise and fall of our Ming Dynasty, and only the imperial conquest can be at ease!"

"As for the old things about Tumubao, everyone is too worried. I am not a frail emperor who grew up at the hands of women in the deep palace like the orthodox emperor. I can be what I am today because I fought on the battlefield."

"I will not command blindly on the battlefield!"

The change in the civil fortress back then was actually the result of the blind command of the Ming God of War.

It was fine to lead the army out of the fortress within half a month of preparing food, and even ignored the fact that the weather at that time was not suitable for the army to go out.

The Ming army braved the wind and snow and endured the hunger and cold to go out. After being surrounded by the Wala people to the Tumu Fort, the Emperor Zhengtong kept advising him.

It is necessary to move the camp to the side of the river when the army is surrounded by the Wala cavalry regiment.

Then the Oirats seized the opportunity, took advantage of the Ming army's move to camp, and launched cavalry to charge into the formation when the Ming army moved to the camp and the formation was chaotic, defeating 50 Ming army elites in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, based on the hard stronghold that the Ming army built in the civil fort, even if the Wala people attacked the hard stronghold by force, the Ming army could still hold it.

Not only Zeng shaves his head, but Daming is also proficient in the trick of forming a strong village and playing dumb battles.

When the reinforcements from the Nine Sides arrived, it would naturally not be a problem to break the siege of the civil fort.

To put it bluntly, if it wasn't for the fact that the Ming God of War didn't have a little military knowledge, didn't listen to the advice of Zhang Fu and other veterans, and relied on his own wishful thinking to command blindly, the change of the civil fort might not have happened at all.

And will Zhu Hongyu command blindly?
the answer is negative!

Over the years, Zhu Hongyu has been hanging out in the army, and many victorious battles were personally commanded by Zhu Hongyu.

The real emperor!
His level of military command is not necessarily inferior to that of Ming Dynasty's Taizu Chengzu and the two horse emperors.

Seeing Zhu Hongyu's resolute attitude, Manchao civil and military are also not good at saying anything.

Once an emperor with real power made up his mind to do something, he couldn't stop it!
They could only bow down together, and then spoke.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Seeing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly in satisfaction, and then opened his mouth to make arrangements.

"Command the staff to prepare to form a staff group immediately, so that we can go north with the army!"

"Order the guards to prepare for the departure!"

"From now on, the Government of the Five Armed Forces and all departments of the cabinet must work together, and all affairs must make way for the Northern Expedition!"

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty bowed down again.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Zhu Hongyu got up from the dragon chair, flicked his sleeves and went to the harem, and said.

"Retreat!"

……

Everyone in Ming Dynasty is preparing for the Northern Expedition!

As time goes by, the temperature gradually rises after the beginning of spring, and the war atmosphere among the people in the south of the Yangtze River is also getting stronger and stronger.

"Report to Your Majesty, for this Northern Expedition, the combat plan given by the General Staff is to divide the troops into two groups, and the first route will attack by sea!"

"The army set out from Nanjing, entered the sea along the Yangtze River, then went north, and went straight to the Bohai Sea!"

"Then attack Tianjin. After landing in Tianjin, follow the Haihe River into the Tonghui River, and then advance from the Tonghui River to force the capital!"

Xu Bin said.

Now everyone in Daming has a strong ocean thinking!

In combat, maritime superiority is often given priority.

Just like the Northern Expedition strategy formulated this time, there is nothing else, it is to rely on its own maritime advantage, and then use sea transportation to transfer food, grass and logistics for the army, so as to gain a strategic advantage.

After Zhu Hongyu heard the words, he pondered for a while and asked.

"Does my Ming Dynasty have enough ships to transfer a hundred thousand troops, as well as the food and supplies needed for the army to fight?"

Zhu Hongyu also has ocean thinking, but he also knows that it is by no means an easy task to transport a hundred thousand troops by sea in one go.

Not to mention this era, even during World War I and World War II, it was not easy to use sea power to transfer an army of 10 people.

After Xu Bin heard the words, he opened his mouth to explain.

"My Ming Dynasty's current sea transportation capacity, even if it is to recruit private ships, can only undertake the transportation capacity of 5 people at most."

"So, the plan formulated by the staff is to divide the troops into two groups!"

"In addition to taking the sea route and attacking Tianjin, there is also a route going northward to attack the cities along the way, as well as Baoding City."

Undoubtedly, along the canal is the prosperous place of Ming Dynasty second only to Jiangnan in this era.

With the canal as the main traffic artery, it is impossible not to be prosperous!

Even after so many years of war, because the war in the north ended relatively early, the banks of the canal are relatively intact.

This also makes the power of the vested interest class along the canal will be very strong!
For the Ming army, even if the entire [-] troops can be transported to Tianjin by sea, it is quite necessary to send a soldier along the canal to promote the military power of the Ming Dynasty to the towns and state capitals along the canal matter.

Xu Bin continued.

"In order to prevent the situation of the Battle of Saerhu, I was defeated after the division of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the soldiers and horses that went straight to Tianjin by sea, or the soldiers and horses that went north by the canal."

"Single out, all of them have the strength to undertake the overall war!"

To put it bluntly, the enemy is expected to be lenient.

Both armies have the strength to complete the Northern Expedition alone.

(End of this chapter)