The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 634
"Raise troops at the same time? Flood the river to rule?" Zhu Linmi narrowed her eyes slightly when she heard the words, remembering that the Jian prisoners who hijacked Zhu Linyuan were all captured and committed suicide after being captured. They were obviously dead soldiers who had undergone strict training. "No wonder the Jian prisoners are willing to surrender. With such a large capital, it really is not a small plan.”

He Tengjiao immediately bowed his hands to compliment, "Your Majesty has strategized, even if the captives are cunning and unreasonable, it will be nothing in the end."

However, Zhu Linmei shook her head in thought, "It's not enough to break the trick, there may be a lot of potential in it..." For a moment, he fixed his eyes and said coldly, "This time I want to teach these thieves to lift stones and smash them. own feet!"

He Tengjiao was taken aback, "Your Majesty said..."

"It's possible to implement the same strategy as before to fix the general situation in Huzhou," Zhu Lin said. "After the situation in Wuchang stabilized, you made a big claim that you defeated the imperial army and horses, saying that you would take advantage of the victory to support the king of Tang and establish an independent imperial court. Nanjing also Will cooperate with you to build momentum.

"At the same time, you must reward Meng Zhengfa heavily, and then promise high-ranking officials, and then secretly order him to bring your handwritten letter to the north to contact Jianlu, asking them to do this..."

"This, can this work?!"

"The captives made such a big show in Nanjing, and when they were enjoying themselves, they made an appointment with you to raise troops at the same time to attack Daming, so I'm [-]% sure that they will fall into the trap."

Zhu Linmei glanced at him, and continued: "Master He, you have been involved in a major treason case this time, if you can take this opportunity to make great contributions, I will be able to excuse you from the court."

He Tengjiao bowed hurriedly when he heard the words: "Thank you Lord Long En, I will try my best to make the thieves enter the urn."

Immediately, Zhu Linmei summoned Mu Yun, the governor of the staff who accompanied him, and ordered in front of He Tengjiao: "This time, it is related to the general situation of the lake, and it must be very dangerous. You bring two hundred soldiers and follow Mr. He at any time. , take good care of him."

"Yes!"

"As for these people," he signaled to He Tengjiao's guards around him, "it's hard to guarantee that none of them will leak the news, so let's stay on my warship for the time being."

Then he looked at He Wenrui again, "This is He Dutang's son, right? You don't have to take risks in Wuchang City, follow me to Nanjing, and act as a messenger between me and Naifu."

He Tengjiao knew in his heart that this was to replace his personal bodyguard to prevent himself from betraying others, and taking He Wenrui away was naturally a hostage.But he could only still show his gratitude, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion."

Zhu Linmi gave Mu Yun detailed instructions, and left a secret decree, then took He Wenrui and He Tengjiao's hundreds of guards on board, and ordered them to pull anchor and return to Nanjing.

When He Wenrui boarded the Guangnan Galese warship, he was shocked—the ship under his feet was actually equipped with more than a dozen cannons, the largest of which was at least [-] catties, and the hull was extremely thick. A cannon weighing less than [-] catties is no different from scratching an itch.

After setting sail, he was surprised again, the ship used both oars and sails, cut through the waves, and traveled very fast, except for the small centipede clipper ship in the Huguang Navy, no warship could catch up with this speed.He was stunned in his heart, the imperial court had such a sharp weapon!Fortunately, the conversation did not collapse just now, otherwise, with these seven warships, I and my father might have to leave their lives in the Yangtze River...

The fleet sailed through the Jiujiang River, and Zhu Linmei received Li Dingguo's report on the defeat of Liu Tiren's Department in Changsha in Linxiang, which described the battle in detail.

It turned out that when Li Dingguo was facing the enemy, he sent scouts out eighty or ninety miles to investigate—it was probably the "psychological shadow" left by the rogue bandits who were often besieged by the government and the army—and it was reported that someone was recruiting a large number of civilian ships to the east of Dongting Lake.

He was keenly aware that there was something wrong with it, so he sent his confidants to investigate and found out that Changsha's [-] troops had arrived at the shore of Dongting Lake and were boarding a ship.

After repeated deduction, Li Dingguo determined that the Changsha soldiers were going to bypass the imperial court's Yuezhou defense line from Dongting Lake, so he decisively abandoned Changshui, marched hurriedly for a day and a half, and rushed to Linxiang Ferry in advance to set up an ambush.

No wonder He Tengjiao was scared all of a sudden, Zhu Linmei smiled in his heart, it seems that he had received the news of Linxiang's defeat and his previous "intimidation", so he had to bow his head and surrender.

Looking at the battle report in his hand, he couldn't help nodding his head slightly. This Li Dingguo is really a general. He only brought three thousand people, and the weapons in his hands are not much better than the old Ming army, but he has such a strong fighting power. No wonder he can rely on his own strength. It has supported the Yongli Dynasty for more than ten years.

He immediately thought of how to properly arrange these former Daxi troops.In addition, there is also the Zhongzhen Battalion, which originally belonged to the Dashun Army. Although the elite of these peasant troops are powerful in combat, they used to make a living by looting and killing after all, and they had many enmities with the former imperial army. Improper, may be a hidden danger in the future.

"Now there are more soldiers and horses in hand, and the sources are more and more complicated," he mused. "It seems that a collective reorganization of the Ming army is necessary."

There was nothing to do in the boat, so Zhu Linmei asked someone to fetch a pen and paper, and concentrated on planning in the spacious conference room.

"This Li Dingguo's marching speed is extremely fast, which can be described as erratic. Historically, his military discipline reputation is not bad, but he can be considered for inclusion in the Polu camp."

Li Zhanshen can bring at least 5000 troops from the original Daxi Army. How can we not waste the combat effectiveness of this team?He frowned, and wrote down the words "Li Dingguo" first, but he didn't continue for a while.

He also listed a series of advantages and disadvantages of Li Dingguo's department on paper.

Advantages: The commander is skilled in the art of war, fast in marching, strong in combat ability, rich in roaming combat experience, strong in regional adaptability, daring to risk his life, and strict military discipline.Disadvantages: Remnants of rogue habits, poor equipment, unfamiliar with new weapons, only use old battle formations.

He recalled the various types of arms in his previous life, and suddenly found that there was a type of arms that was very similar to the characteristics of Li Dingguo's department. He couldn't help but smiled and picked up the pen, and added six words at the end—quick reaction force.

(End of this chapter)