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Chapter 193 The Reborn Liaodong Army
The purpose of Shen Shuren's strategy of provocation and anger is very clear:
Find a way to humiliate Li Zicheng, and if possible, try to make him suspicious of some of the men who have just been subdued.Then proclaim:
"Yang Sichang doesn't have to be afraid of Li Zicheng, and don't rush to attack. As long as he sticks to the tired enemy, wait for Li Zicheng to take the initiative to attack, whether he takes the initiative to attack Nanyang southward, or continue eastward to Kaifeng, with the current cohesion of Li Zicheng, a waste snack, three to five months It is impossible to win any strong city.

At that time, while Li Zicheng is exhausted and depressed under the fortification of the city, there is still time to rescue the attacked target and seek a decisive battle with Li Zicheng."

After disseminating humiliation in this way through private channels, as long as it can anger the other party, there will be nothing more than two consequences:
First of all, Li Zicheng's small universe broke out, and he did not hesitate to attack and increase his combat power, and even changed history and captured Kaifeng.If that's the case, Li Zicheng's loss will definitely not be small, and he can take advantage of his exhaustion to fight again.

And because these provocative and provocative actions did not come from Shen Shuren's own writings, but civil behavior, whether it was the officials of Ming Dynasty or the emperor, there was no way to attribute the blame for the fall of Kaifeng or other places to Shen Shuren. It's not a loss.

Secondly, Li Zicheng's combat power failed to explode, and he really couldn't beat Kaifeng for several months.But he will at least be held back by Kaifeng City, which will be even more beneficial to Shen Shuren and Yang Sichang.The time difference that Shen Shuren wanted could be completely obtained.

However, this kind of exaggeration and anger will take time to ferment, so for the rest of April, Shen Shuren will not be able to see the curative effect of this chess piece for the time being.

Right now, he still has to prepare his army for war, prepare his troops for battle, and be busy with other tasks.

Opportunities are only given to those who are prepared. The time before the opportunity comes is for you to prepare, and it should not be wasted.

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On April [-], just a few days after the start of the propaganda war, in Daye County, Wuchang.

After returning to Wuchang for two months, Shen Shuren finally visited Daye for the first time in person, taking time and energy to pay attention to the latest developments in the military industry, as well as the troops sent to fight in Liaodong before, and their rest after returning.

The terrain of Daye County is mountainous and hilly. Because of the mining history of more than 1000 years, a lot of land is not suitable for farming. There are many swamps and wetlands in the west of the city near Liangzi Lake.

Since the mining and metallurgy industry in Daye County was rectified last fall, the county's land has also been re-planned and rectified.

Those who can build water conservancy and build polders will build polders, and those that are dredged will be raised for fish and lotus roots.

The rest of the land is relatively high and cannot be irrigated. After a little leveling, it should be built with a factory or a military camp.

After more than half a year, Daye County has become the military industry and garrison center of Wuchang Prefecture.After Zheng Chenggong's troops came back at the beginning of the month, they had already rested and stationed here for half a month, and basically recovered their vitality.

Shen Shuren's rule of the army has always been a combination of leniency and strictness, very generous.He knew that the troops who went to fight in Liaodong had worked hard, and many of them still escaped death.So when you come back to rest, you have to give yourself a good meal of wine and meat every few days to comfort you, and you have agreed to take a half-month vacation without practicing, so you have to do it.

For those with minor injuries and illnesses, it is generally extended to a month's rest without drills, and they will not strictly check whether soldiers have pretended to be sick—what is needed after the war is tolerance, and the promised benefits must be fulfilled.In this way, the next time there is a battle and the troops need to be mobilized again, the morale will be high.

Early in the morning, Shen Shuren came to Daye on horseback. Before entering the city, he went straight to the military camp located in the abandoned mine in the west of the city, near Liangzi Lake.

Zheng Chenggong also came out immediately, and respectfully greeted Brother Shen who supported him along the way: "Brother, you are finally here, I heard that you have been envoyed by old Yang Ge recently, you must be too busy.

We have been waiting for you to hand over and inspect these troops who have been withdrawn from Liaodong. After the handover is over, I will officially go to Jiujiang to take up the post as the magistrate. "

Jiujiang is adjacent to Wuchang, from Daye County along the Yangtze River, after Xingguo County, you will arrive at Jiujiang, first to Ruichang County, and then to Dehua County in Jiujiang Prefecture at the mouth of Poyang Lake.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong's current residence is only two counties away from his future residence.

After the appointment of local officials in the Ming Dynasty, there was a three-month handover period.The Ministry of Officials was promoted to Zheng Chenggong in early March. In theory, it would be no problem to arrive in May. Now there are still [-] days, which is definitely enough.

And Zhang Mingzhen, who was sent to Liaodong with Zheng Chenggong before, did not return to Wuchang this time.Because he is already the chief guard of the Nanjing household department, responsible for coastal defense, and now needs to be stationed in Zhoushan to inspect the defense of the Yangtze River Estuary.

When there is a sea transport fleet from Nanzhili going north, Zhang Mingzhen will also send warships to escort.

However, Shen Shuren was not worried that Zhang Mingzhen would escape his control.Even if he is not an official in Huguang, Zhang Mingzhen is still determined to follow the Shen family and be a loyal subordinate of the Shen family——

What's more, now Zhang Mingzhen's theoretical direct supervisor is Shen Tingyang who has been added the title of Minister of the Ministry of Households.Is there any difference between being a general for your father and being a general for your son?
Shen Shuren exchanged greetings with Zheng Chenggong, and then walked side by side, asking casually about the current situation in the army, while inspecting the soldiers' condition with their own eyes.

"Jiujiang is not far from here, so I can take office in time. By the way, I have been busy recently. How many people have you brought back? I can't even remember clearly."

Zheng Chenggong: "In the original battle of Liaodong, a total of 4000 friendly troops were rescued, and Cao Bianjiao and Li Fuming retained 6000 people to fool the court.

After counting the thousands of battle losses and the 7000 North Korean blunderbuss soldiers who came to surrender as an organization, our army finally actually increased its troops by [-].

When I went there, there were 8000 Cao Cao soldiers and [-] sailors. After returning, most of the sailors and Cao Cao soldiers had to stay in Nanzhili and Zhoushan, so I actually brought back [-] people.

At Zhang Junmen, there were actually 500 soldiers left to protect the canal, but only 500 were old men, and [-] were Liaodong soldiers.As you said, the old must lead the new. Whenever the army is expanded, at least one-third of the loyal veterans will be retained, and two-thirds of the new troops will be expanded. "

Shen Shuren nodded, quite satisfied with this number.

In the end, the Battle of Liaodong actually netted 7000 people, but not all of them were brought back.Because the 5000 people who were used as capital at the beginning were all elite soldiers selected from Huangzhou, and the sea escort stalls became bigger and bigger, leaving 4000 people who did not come back.

When Shen Shuren finished Erhe last year, the total force expanded to more than 2.Later, it was designed to force Zuo Liangyu to move the town, unable to take away the guards of Wuchang and Hanyang.

Shen Shuren also accepted these local miscellaneous troops, screened out the bad and kept the good for training, and added new blood. Finally, at the beginning of this year, he actually had more than 3 troops, and the theoretical full number was [-].

Now 4000 people have been taken away to Zhoushan to be in charge of maritime protection and navigation, and 3000 people have been brought back from Liaodong. After the increase and decrease, the actual net increase is [-] people.

Therefore, the current full strength of Shen Shuren's army is 8000 plus [-], which is [-] people. With a little recruiting, the rounded number is almost [-].

Of course, Shen Shuren's [-] is a real [-]. He doesn't eat empty pay, and he doesn't play tricks. The training and morale are not comparable to other Ming troops in the same period.

At most, only the Guan Ning Army can beat the Shen Jia Army in terms of bloodthirsty ferocity in battle.In terms of weapons and equipment, even the Guan Ning army has no advantage over the Shen family army.

"How many people are currently stationed at Daye's side? I haven't been here for a few months, and the camp is already full of fields. It's doing well."

As Shen Shuren asked, he inspected and saw the military barracks and towns that had sprung up in front of him. He was afraid that the scale had expanded to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

In fact, it is impossible for the barracks to be fully occupied. During construction, a sufficient margin must be reserved in advance to prepare for future military expansion.

The barracks houses that I saw in front of me were at least earth-walled houses with wooden rafters covered with tiles, and even the walls of the better ones could be covered with bricks.

As a long-term resident, Shen Shuren would definitely not let the soldiers live in rag tents, because the durability is low, and the tents will often rot, but it can't save money.

In the past, other warlords in the late Ming Dynasty also lived in tents when stationed for a long time, mainly because they did not want to invest too much at one time, or felt that they had to move towns frequently and could not take their houses with them.And if you live in a tent, even if the durability is low and rotten, you can solve it yourself, whether it's robbery or looting, anyway, the general will not care if the burden is pushed down.

Shen Shuren has already regarded Wuchang as his own core territory to build, and it can be seen that he has never considered the question of "whether the imperial court may transfer him away in the future".

What he did also made the soldiers have a more sense of belonging to Shenfutai. Serving as a soldier here, at least the accommodation conditions are more than [-]% higher than that of the guards and military towns in the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Chenggong had a better understanding of the surrounding situation, and explained while pointing out: "Wuchang Mansion currently has 5 troops stationed, your [-] troops, and the remaining [-] are in Xiangyang, Hanyang, Huangzhou and other places.

On the Wuchang side, the main backbone is the local soldiers that Zuo Liangyu could not take away at that time, plus the 7000 people who came back this time, there are also thousands of veterans you brought from Huangzhou, and the other veterans basically did not move.

In fact, strictly speaking, the subordinates of General Liu Guoneng Liu in Xinyang Prefecture, Henan Province, as well as the troops of Huang Degong Huang Zongbing in Anqing and Luzhou are all under the control of your elder brother, but they are not direct descendants, and you have not troubled them yet. . "

Shen Shuren was stunned for a moment. His power has expanded too fast recently, and he is indeed a bit confused. He hasn't communicated with Liu Guoneng and Huang Degong in depth yet, and he has to allocate some military pay and equipment to them later, and slowly and completely subdue them.

Liu Guoneng had more than 1 soldiers and horses last year, and later they were divided into several thousand Erhe prisoners of war and reorganized. It was only because Henan was poor and the army food was not enough that it was impossible to expand the army more.But there must be 5000 people in Liu Guoneng's place.

Liu Guoneng is also very loyal to Shen Shuren, and always thinks of him well. He remembers that Shen Shuren helped him arrange his son to Nanjing Guozijian, so that he can have a scholar background in the future.

Huang Degong had been under Shi Kefa's subordinates for the previous six years, and it has been less than half a year since Shi Kefa was transferred to the post of Governor of Water Transport.The original friendship between Shen Shuren and Huang Degong can only be regarded as cooperation and colleagues, and it cannot be said that Huang Degong bowed to him.

But Huang Degong also had more soldiers than Liu Guoneng. After all, several prefectures in Anhui had much better finances and food than the hard-working Henan in the late Ming Dynasty, and they could afford it. Huang Degong had at least 2 soldiers.

Shen Shuren has to work hard this year so that Huang Degong's loyalty to him can exceed the degree of righteousness to his old boss Shi Kefa. If Shen Shuren can fight a few victories to establish his prestige, this matter will be more assured.

When Liu Guoneng and Huang Degong can completely control it, Shen Shuren's troops will further expand from [-] to [-].Even considering Liu and Huang's empty pay, at least [-] is still available.

At that time, if we destroy Zhang Xianzhong in the west and reject Li Zicheng in the north, we will be basically sure.

Shen Shuren couldn't help rubbing his temples:
"Indeed, the army that needs to be rectified and the people's hearts that need to be gathered are too messy, and they need to be slowly integrated one by one. Come on, take me into the camp to have a good look. These troops withdrawn from Liaodong, drill How is the situation and whether you are adapting to the new equipment."

(End of this chapter)