The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 54
Zhu Linming unfolded the war report that had just been delivered.

The first line is: In the first month, Zheng Cai abandoned Guangxin Mansion and Shanguan before a battle, and withdrew to Fujian Jianning Mansion.Zhang Jiayu, the supervisor of the army, said it sternly, and issued an edict to punish him severely, so that he was not afraid.Only Xie Lijing, the magistrate of Guangxin, and Zhou Yinsheng, the history of Dianshi, held the city firmly.

This Zheng Cai is the son of Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhilong's second brother.The officials of the imperial court have always accused Zheng Zhilong of being afraid of war, so he sent his nephew to bring two thousand old and weak soldiers to Guangxin Mansion in Jiangxi, which is next to Fujing, to pretend to be.

Now that the Qing army just arrived in Guangxin, he fled away.Even though Longwu issued an edict to severely reprimand him, this guy didn't care and ran all the way back to Fujing.

Immediately after the Di Bao was: Fujian local bandits Yan, Luo, and Zhu three surnames plundered Fuzhou, other thieves plundered Nankang, focused on Jin Shenghuan's prostitution and massacre, and Jiangxi was in chaos.

The more Zhu Linmi looked down, the more she frowned—the situation in Jiangxi was worrisome.

Because of Zheng Cai's escape, the Qing army took advantage of the victory and went south, and the entire Jianchang Mansion was occupied except for the southernmost point.

Jin Shenghuan, the Jiangxi general of the Qing army, sent Gao Jinku to command [-] troops to attack Fuzhou.Jin Shenghuan personally led the main force to attack Ji'an Mansion, and Ji'an was already in danger.

There are three state capitals in the north of Ganzhou, from west to east: Ji'an, Fuzhou, and Jianchang.

Now Jianchang has been lost, Ji'an is in danger, and Fuzhou is also facing heavy military pressure.If these three states are all captured by the Qing army, then Ganzhou will lose all its barriers and face the enemy on three sides, and it will be a matter of time before it falls.

Ganzhou is connected to Fujian in the east and Huguang in the west, and it is also a barrier for Guangdong. Its strategic location is extremely important.If Ganzhou is lost, the Qing army's southward movement to Guangdong will be flat, and Fujian, the capital of the Longwu Dynasty, will face pincer attacks from the north and south by the Qing army.

Zhu Linming put down the residence newspaper, feeling extremely surprised—according to his memory, Jiangxi should be in a stalemate at the beginning of the second year of Longwu, and Jin Shenghuan only had a few state capitals in the north of Jiangxi.

But right now, the main force of the Qing army's Eight Banners has not yet been dispatched, and the battle situation has collapsed to such an extent.According to this situation, Ganzhou Mansion, which had been able to hold on until October in history, may not be long before it will be captured by the Qing army.

Could it be because of the butterfly effect brought about by his time travel?Zhu Linmi pondered for a moment, and ordered all the senior officers of the Dragon Guards to gather immediately and hold a combat meeting of the whole army.

He had a premonition that the flood of war would soon flood to Longnan, and he might not have much time left for training.

After all the officers sat down, Zhu Linmi briefly introduced the current situation, and everyone was deeply worried.

Afterwards, he issued an order that the whole army of the Dragon Guards immediately sorted out their equipment and supplies, maintained the highest state of combat readiness, and was ready to move out to the front line at any time.

The logistics department sent people to notify the two merchants who contracted the logistics supply of the Longwei Army to prepare the first batch of grain and grass materials for half a month, and they will set off together with the Longwei Army in the near future.Follow-up food and grass should also be prepared.

In addition, the first batch of trainees of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty will graduate immediately, and the various divisions of the Dragon Guard Army will be assigned as low-level officers.

Facts proved that Zhu Linming's premonition was very correct. Before the combat meeting was over, an urgent report of military information was sent—Jin Shenghuan's troops attacked Ji'an, and the guard Hu Changyin went out to fight against orders, and the chief soldiers Qiu Long and Zhang Kui died in battle.Zhang'an's rescue failed, and Ji'an's army collapsed.Yang Butang retreated to Zaokou.

At that night, the eunuch Yang Shouming sent the edict of Longwu.

This time it was no longer a secret decree. Zhu Linmi knelt down to accept the decree. Eunuch Yang read out loudly: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial nephew, Wang Linmi of Chenzhou, led the new Longwei army to Fuzhou immediately to help Wanji win the captives." It is advisable to quickly advance northward to consolidate the battle situation..."

In fact, all the soldiers that can be mobilized in Ganzhou have already gone to Ganzhou or Fuzhou at this time.Including the 2000 soldiers from Yunnan's general Zhao Yinxuan and the [-] soldiers from Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, have all entered Jiangxi, and even He Tengjiao sent [-] soldiers, but they just walked out of Huguang slowly.

On the other hand, because Zhu Linmi's training was in accordance with the secret decree, the Ministry of War did not know of the existence of a new Dragon Guard army two days ago.

It wasn't until Zhu Yujian learned that the situation in Ganzhou was extremely dangerous, so he checked all the forces that could be transferred to Ganzhou, and suddenly remembered that there was a nephew who had received the true biography of the immortal, and he trained a battalion in Longnan.

In fact, he didn't expect this new army to have much combat power, and based on the idea of ​​multiple people with multiple strengths, he ordered Zhu Linmi to reinforce Fuzhou.

Early the next morning, the dispatch order from the Ministry of War was also sent to the Longwei Barracks.So far, the new army of Longwei has finally registered in the imperial court.

The mobilization and assembly speed of the Dragon Guards was extremely fast.Less than a day after Zhu Linmi received the imperial edict, the whole army was ready to break out of camp and set off.

On the one hand, this benefited from the new logistics system. When the officers and soldiers of the First Battalion of the Dragon Guards were mobilizing for combat, Zhao Ji and the Zhen family had thousands of buddies, porters, and stewards preparing logistics supplies for them.

These merchants often transport goods to different places and are familiar with shipping large quantities of materials.For them, preparing food and grass for the Dragon Guards was no different from selling goods in the past, it was something they had done thousands of times, so the efficiency was astonishingly high.

On the other hand, the training level of the Dragon Guard Army is also quite high. On weekdays, every soldier puts his marching equipment neatly. The school field lined up.

If it weren't for the loading of military supplies such as tents and paving equipment, the infantry and cavalry could go to the front line to fight.

At noon, the entire army of the Dragon Guards gathered at the school grounds, waiting for the command of the regiment to give the last instruction before departure.

Standing on the wooden platform, Zhu Linmei looked at the dark crowd in front of her, and suddenly felt a sense of heroism in her heart. This is my power, and it will also be the power of Daming to look down on the world!

On the far left is the cavalry array.Heavy cavalry in shining armor in the front row, and hussars armed with pistols and cavalry swords in the rear.

The Dragon Guard has 1 integrated cavalry battalion, that is, the first cavalry battalion, which has 2 heavy cavalry battalions and 5 hussar battalions under its jurisdiction.Zhu Jiadi was appointed as the battalion general.

In addition, there are two independent heavy cavalry companies, namely the 2th Cavalry Company and the [-]th Company.Zhao Shichao served as the company commander of the two companies.

The cavalry has 657 officers and soldiers and 700 horses.

In the middle of the school field is the largest infantry formation.The standard infantry of the Dragon Guards is equipped with a flintlock with a bayonet, a standard steel helmet, and a two-foot steel shovel.The assault infantry is issued an extra set of knee-length cotton armor.

There are 4 integrated infantry battalions, from the first infantry battalion to the fourth infantry battalion, each battalion has 3 assault infantry companies and 4 ordinary infantry companies under its jurisdiction.The camp leaders are Yu Xin, Huang Qishou, Li Ying and Liu Chang.

In addition, there are two independent infantry companies, the independent first company and the independent second company, with Liu Guoxuan serving as the company commander.

In addition, the infantry also has a dragoon company under its jurisdiction, and the company commander Xia Fuxian.

Dragoons are actually infantry on horseback. They generally adopt the combat method of dismounting and shooting with rifles, but they are also issued with cavalry swords. When necessary, they can also temporarily serve as hussars.

Regarding the ownership of the dragoons, Zhu Linmi repeatedly studied with the officers at the army's combat meeting, and finally considered that it could increase the tactical flexibility of the infantry, so it was assigned to the infantry.

The infantry of these 4 battalions and 3 companies is the core force of the Dragon Guards, with a total of more than 2500 officers and soldiers.

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