The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 637
"Your Majesty, although Jianlu has seldom attacked recently, according to reports, Duoduo has been moving troops south, and there are at least [-] to [-] rebel troops in Yangzhou City. Once the Dragon Guards are transferred away from the Jiangnan defense line..."

Zhu Linmei immediately followed Yu Xin's words and said, "Once the Dragon Guards are transferred away, Doduo will definitely take advantage of the emptiness and send troops to the south to commit crimes. The main force of our army is concentrated in Huguang, and we can't take care of both ends. , captured Nanjing, our dynasty is in danger!"

Yu Xin hurriedly said: "In the end, the general does not want to build up the ambitions of others and destroy his own prestige. But soldiers, the important affairs of the country, the place of life and death, must be investigated."

Zhu Linmei interrupted him with a smile and raised her hand, "I just want to make Dorgon and Duoduo believe what I just said." He immediately stood up and said solemnly: "The matter discussed today is related to the Ming Dynasty. Sheji, anyone who leaks without authorization will be punished as treason!"

All the generals stood up and saluted together: "The last general will remember!"

Only then did Zhu Linmei start the topic, "I want to tell everyone a piece of good news. Li Dingguo's victory in Linxiang resulted in nearly [-] prisoners. Changsha has become the court's possession. He Tengjiao surrendered in response to the situation."

He didn't leave time for the crowd to be excited or surprised, and immediately continued: "It's because the deployment in the court just now is a trick to lure the enemy, so that the captives mistakenly judge that our southern direction is empty, and then wantonly invade the south."

He pointed to the map in front of him, "After Yu Xin led the Longwei Army and the Polu Camp through Chizhou, he immediately disappeared and returned to Jiangning and Wanshan in the starry night.

"Looking at the 'empty' South Zhili, Duoduo will definitely not be interested in mere Chuzhou. Therefore, the Polu camp defending Chuzhou will also pretend to attack Huguang Huangzhou via Luzhou, but actually detour around Wuhu , Jianyang, arrived in Jiangning to join forces.

"At the same time, the Yangtze River Navy will go around Wuchang, and then quickly turn back along the current and lie down on the Longjiang River.

"Just wait for Doduo's main force to commit crimes in the south. I will first send a weak brigade to lure them in. Then our army will come out from the left side of Nanjing and quickly rush to the south of the enemy army, and gradually gather them into a semi-encirclement. At the same time, we will divide a part of the troops Intersect the captives on the north side, cut off their retreat, and complete the division and encirclement."

After he finished his overall strategy, he raised his eyes and looked at the general sitting there, "The captives thought that there was no main force of our army in Nanzhi, so they would underestimate the enemy and rush forward. We have a great possibility to wipe out tens of thousands of them to the south of the Yangtze River!

"If it succeeds, there will be no main force to build captives in the south of Shandong, and our army can take advantage of the victory in the Northern Expedition, which will be like a broken bamboo. At that time, depending on the specific battle situation, we will either deploy defenses on the Huaihe River, and then march westward into Henan, or continue northward into Shandong, and our troops will point north. Zhili!"

The Yangtze River divides Nanzhili into upper and lower parts, with Jiangbei accounting for about [-]% and Jiangnan accounting for [-]%.However, during the last Northern Expedition, the Ming army recovered the three prefectures of Luzhou, Chuzhou, and Hezhou that belonged to Anhui for later generations. Now the Ming and Qing Dynasties each occupy almost half of the area of ​​​​South Zhili.

In the Jiangbei enemy-occupied area, there are many important towns such as Yangzhou, Taizhou, Huai'an, Fengyang, Xuzhou, etc., and they are also very economically developed areas.At the same time, entering Henan from the south to the north is almost flat, and crossing the Huaihe River to the north can directly take Shandong.

All the generals looked at each other excitedly and nodded.You know, if you cross the river and attack Yangzhou, if you want to wipe out Duoduo's [-] to [-] Qing troops, you don't know how long it will take and how many Ming soldiers will be sacrificed.However, in the south of the Yangtze River to lure the enemy to encircle and annihilate, no matter the time it takes or the casualties, it will be far less than the frontal force.

Immediately, everyone began to repeatedly discuss the specific operational details, perfect the plan, etc., and did not give up until it was confirmed that there were no omissions.

Zhu Linmei asked the junior officers to sort out the battle strategy, and said to the generals: "In the future, there will be more and more troops in the imperial court. In order to plan for the Northern Expedition, we must first reorganize the entire army to facilitate future command and dispatch."

He took out the reorganization plan he had written earlier, and said: "First of all, I will no longer be the commander of the Dragon Guard Army, but concurrently be the Minister of the Ministry of War."

Everyone was surprised that the emperor also served as Minister of the Ministry of War? !This is unprecedented in all dynasties.

But Zhu Linming knew very well that an emperor who didn't know about soldiers but only cared about military affairs would either be destroyed by an internal coup or by foreign invasion.

He wants to set an example for his descendants, asking them to engrave in their bones that "although the world is safe, forgetting the battle will be dangerous".

He continued: "The Dragon Guard Army, the Polu Camp, and the Baigan Army will be unified into the Daming Field Army sequence. In the official official documents later, the designations of the three divisions will be changed to the First Field Army Battalion, the Field Army Second Battalion, and the Field Army Third Battalion. Fight on weekdays. The original name can still be used.

"The training methods and weapons of each battalion will remain unchanged for the time being, but the military flags, military songs, passwords, organizational methods, military merit acquisition, etc. will be uniformly based on the Longwei Army. The military salary will be adjusted according to the annual combat power assessment. The specific regulations are determined by the Yu Xin is in charge of drafting."

"Yes!"

Zhu Linmei looked at Yu Xin and said, "Yu Xin, you will take over as the commander of the Dragon Guard."

"Yes!"

"Zhen Zhen, you will still be the commander of the Polu Camp, but you will be renamed the Commander of the Polu Camp."

"Yes!"

"The third battalion of the Field Army, that is, the commander of the Baigan Army will be appointed by Qin Yiming. In the future, it will be directly under the command of the Ministry of War, and the military equipment, salaries, food and supplies of the Baigan Army will also be allocated by the Ministry of War."

Since Qin Yiming was in Sichuan, Zhang Jiayu, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and saluted, "The last general will write about Sichuan later."

Zhu Linmei nodded to signal him to sit down, then turned to Shi Lin who was standing behind him and said, "The personal barracks of the Dragon Guards will break away from the Dragon Guards immediately and become an independent imperial camp, with Shi Lin as the commander of the imperial camp."

"Yes!"

But Zhen Zhen continued: "Your Majesty, there are only more than [-] people in the personal barracks, how can this be possible?"

Zhu Linmei nodded and said: "Shi Lin can pick some people from various departments of the field army. At the beginning, there are more than a thousand people in the imperial camp. When the battle in Yangzhou is over and the supply of troops is abundant, gradually increase to three to 4000 people."

Although Zhen Zhen didn't speak anymore, he still felt that he was not safe enough, and secretly decided to deploy more soldiers from the Polu camp near the Forbidden City.

As for the minor changes in the local garrison, Zhu Linmi only mentioned a few words, and then began to announce the new establishment of the Navy, "Navy Admiral Zhu Chenggong."

"The end is here."

"From now on, you will be in charge of all warships and coastal defense forts in Ming Dynasty." Zhu Lin said, "At present, the main force of the navy is organized into the Pacific Fleet, and you will also be in command.

"The Yangtze River Navy is organized into a marine police fleet, responsible for the defense of the Yangtze River and the Great Lakes, under the command of Luo Ming.

"The current naval infantry is an independent army, which will gradually increase to 1 people, under the command of Liu Guoxuan.

"In the future, the East China Sea Fleet will be formed to take charge of the North Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu areas. Admiral Zhu is about to start planning."

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