The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 66 Expansion of the Army
"Master Commander," Zhang Jiayu reported after Zhu Linming had finished building the bastion, "will the more than 1000 Fujian soldiers under his command be incorporated into the Dragon Guards?"

Zhu Linmei had seen Zhang Jiayu's troops, and there were all kinds of soldiers except young and middle-aged men. Zheng Cai must have spent a lot of time picking out these people.

He thought for a while, and said to Zhang Jiayu: "You pick out these soldiers who are under 30 years old and send them to the new barracks of the Longnan Dragon Guards for basic training. As for those over [-] years old, give them severance money and let them return to blessings." Beijing."

"As ordered!"

"As for the officers, I'm preparing to recruit students from the second phase of the Royal Military Academy. You select some with good qualifications and let them enter the officer academy to study."

"Obey!" Zhang Jiayu asked again in confusion, "May I ask my lord, what is this Royal Military Academy?"

After Zhu Linmei explained the situation of the military academy to Zhang Jiayu, he immediately stated that he would also enter the military academy to study.

"You, let's be a lecturer." Zhu Linmei smiled, then nodded again, "Alright, you can be a student as well as a lecturer."

Finally, he called Ying Tianxiang and asked him to explain the various rules and regulations of the Dragon Guard Army to Zhang Jiayu.

That night, Zhu Linmi finally finished handling other affairs, and called all the officers to conduct a post-war summary of the Battle of Fuzhou.

He first praised the performance of the Dragon Guards in this battle - strict discipline, not afraid to face several times the enemy in the first actual battle, and achieved the training results in Longnan.

"I have submitted to the imperial court, and I believe that the imperial court's reward will come down soon."

All the officers were happy when they heard the words.

After that, some problems were summarized, such as slow artillery movements, incomplete preparation of battle plans, insufficient number of engineers, and so on.

Finally, Zhu Linmei took out the rectification plan for the Dragon Guards that he had written and said: "First of all, we need to transfer 500 people from the reserve battalion in Longnan to supplement the troops. The recruit training is on the way to Guangxin.

"After supplementing the casualties, we will expand another artillery company, three infantry companies, and one dragoon company.

"The artillery company is temporarily headed by Zhao Zhibi, and all four artillery companies are merged into the first artillery battalion, with Chen Xiongfei as the head of the battalion."

This time the artillery had the problem of inconsistent orders during combat mobilization, which was also one of the reasons why the artillery moved slowly.

So Zhu Linmei decided to set up an artillery battalion. Although it can't be full for the time being, it can let the artillery get used to the unified command of the battalion.

"This time, 450 army horses were seized and given to the artillery, so as to complete the artilleryization of the entire battalion as soon as possible."

Chen Xiongfei and Zhao Zhibi immediately stood up and saluted, "Yes!"

"The newly built three infantry companies were merged with the independent first infantry company and the second independent infantry company to form the fifth infantry battalion."

Zhu Linmei continued to order: "Liu Guoxuan will be promoted to the commander of the Fifth Infantry Battalion, train these new recruits well!"

Liu Guoxuan performed very well in this battle. One second-class merit and ten third-class merits were all from two independent companies. Liu Guoxuan himself also made third-class merits.This historical governor of Taiwan's land and navy really wasn't built!

"Yes!" Liu Guoxuan saluted and said loudly.

His previous ideal was just to be a postmaster, but he never thought that after following King Chenzhou, he would become a captain officer in less than half a year. In terms of court rank, he should be a sixth-rank military officer!
"The dragoon company will be temporarily handed over to the Zhu family for training."

"Yes!"

"In addition, now that there are plenty of military horses, all the officers of the company commander and above are all equipped with horses. The Logistics Department will allocate 150 more horses. Send another [-] horses back to the Longnan Barracks for recruit training."

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At the same time that the Longwei Army held a post-war summary meeting, the Babaili urgent military report had arrived in Fujing.

Long Wu couldn't hide the smile on his face, and he was happy to go back and forth in the study-the victory of Fuzhou, 300 enemies were killed, and 100 were captured. The loss of the Ming army was almost negligible.

"This is my biggest victory since the establishment of the Longwu Dynasty!" He couldn't help raising the pond newspaper in his hand.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty," Pang Tianshou was also smiling all over his face, "This is really God's blessing to my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yujian had never been as happy as he is today in the past ten years. Not only did the Ming army achieve a great victory, but the main force in repelling the Qing army this time was none other than his nephew Zhu Linming.

"I really didn't see the wrong person!"

He looked through the memorials of Chenzhou Wang, Wanji, Zhang Jiayu and others, and approved all the meritorious deeds.

When he saw King Chenzhou's strategy of sticking to Zaokou to attract the main force of the Qing army, then taking advantage of the vacancy, sweeping the eastern and northern provinces of Jiangxi, and finally encircling Nanchang, he was even more satisfied and couldn't help nod.

Jiangxi was the place where the Longwu Dynasty's government orders were most accessible, and even Fujing could not compare with it.Moreover, Jiangxi's geographical location is very important, and it is a fertile place in the south of the Yangtze River, so Jiangxi has always been Zhu Yujian's most ideal place to establish a capital.It's just that the Ming army was not strong enough to fully control the entire territory of Jiangxi.

The current military situation in Jiangxi is very favorable. If the emperor's nephew's plan can be implemented smoothly, his long-standing dream will come true.At that time, Zheng Zhilong's restraints will be thrown away, and he will fly nine days, and he will be able to flex his muscles to realize the long-cherished wish of Zhongxing Daming!

Zhu Yujian secretly decided in his heart that this time, he must find a way to get Zheng Zhilong to spend more military expenses to support this military operation with all his strength.

As for Wanji and Zhang Jiayu's mention of the collapse of Su Guansheng's Department, a senior scholar, he is in a good mood now, so he just issued an order to warn him.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Yujian praised Fuzhou's victory in front of civil and military officials, especially King Chenzhou's performance in this battle.Copy the state capitals of Ming Dynasty.

Huang Daozhou stood in the first class of civil servants, and his usually serious face showed a look of joy, and he winked at a censor in the back row with a very concealed movement.

The latter immediately comprehended, went out of the class and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the king of Chenzhou led the army to make great military exploits this time, ordered Fuzhou, and wiped out the main force of [-] people who entered the treasury. Please return to Lord Chen Wang."

Immediately, He Kai, Zhu Jizuo and others came out to second the proposal.

Wang Xiaozhong couldn't see the face of Zheng Zhilong who was standing at the top of his rank, but he could feel the chill even just looking at his back.

He immediately stood up and said, "Whether Jiangxi's reported military information is exaggerated or wrong still needs to be verified. Are you in a hurry to discuss the title of title at this time?"

Zheng's subordinates continued: "In a corner of Fuzhou, there are tens of thousands of Eastern captives watching, and they will not be safe at any time. If you want to discuss military achievements, it will not be too late to discuss it after Jiangxi Dading."

"Hmph!" He Kai said angrily, "You are sitting and enjoying the peace in the peaceful place of Fujing, but you talk about the military achievements of the frontline soldiers, aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of the heroes?!"

(End of this chapter)