Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 172 The Soul of the Ming Army
The main purpose of the Qing Dynasty's move to the sea order was to cut off the contacts between the coastal residents and the powerful Zheng Chenggong, so that they could not obtain effective food supplies, which caused difficulties.In essence, the Qing government didn't trust its own people and believed that they would definitely support Ming Zheng, so they would rather move the border by violent means.The policy of moving to the sea has indeed brought a great blow to the Zheng family, and it can be regarded as somewhat effective, but the price is that a large number of people are displaced and even sacrificed their lives.

However, the same sea relocation order is a joke to Bai Mingxiu.Bai Mingxiu himself was not short of food. What was ridiculous was that there was no human habitation within thirty miles of the coastal area, and it was even more impossible for the Qing army to guard the long coastline. This led to Bai Mingxiu and his fleet to come whenever he wanted, and even led the The military landing was not even blocked.

The Ming army did not have a dock, so they had to rely on small sampans to land bit by bit. There was no obstacle to the Ming army during the whole process.

However, Zhang Huangyan was also very thoughtful. He ordered his rebels to take action and guard the major arteries around Xiangshan Port. If there was any movement by the Qing army, they would report it immediately, which was considered as a kind of insurance.

Nie Guanyong, head of the 101st Regiment of the Independent Brigade, reported to Bai Mingxiuhui: "Your Highness, our soldiers are in good condition. Now that they have all landed and prepared, we can immediately march to capture Ningbo."

Before Bai Mingxiu led the 104th regiment to participate in the Southwest War, the old independent brigades of the 101st, 102nd and 103rd were instead placed in various parts of Guangdong to maintain localities and build grassroots organizations.This made Nie Guanyong very regretful. He thought that the strength of the 101st regiment was no worse than that of the 104th regiment, but the 104th regiment stole the limelight. Even Zhang Xiong, the former head of the 104th regiment, was promoted by Bai Mingxiu because of his accumulated military achievements. The division commander of the 10th Division of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army Army that was formed.

The deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, who was still following Bai Mingxiu on the expedition, made Ma Zouri from the sidelines: "On the side of Ningbo Mansion, Tian Xiong, the admiral of Zhejiang Province, is stationed in Zhoushan. There are only a few hundred guards in Ningbo, and our Jin Yiwei is here. During the month of activities, a Ningbo Qianzong has already been bribed. At this time, send a letter to this person and order him to open the city at night, so that our army can enter the city without firing a single shot and take over the Ningbo government."

Zhang Huangyan was very surprised when he heard from the sidelines. This pretty woman was wearing a flying fish suit of Jinyiwei.Zhang Huangyan was originally from Yin County, Ningbo. He had been active in Ningbo for many years, but he still couldn't get through the internal joints of the enemy.

Bai Mingxiu nodded and said, "Then you can contact this matter."

Ma Zouri left with fists in his arms, and began to arrange for the local dark line to activate the chess piece that had been arranged earlier.Bai Mingxiu led Zhang Huangyan to set up the Ming army camp in the landing area north of Xiangshan Port.

Zhang Huangyan looked at the military appearance of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army and praised it repeatedly: "This is the appearance of the Ming Dynasty King's army. The soldiers are rigorous and resolute, and their actions are all in accordance with the law. They are as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, and they invade and plunder like fire. With a majestic figure that moves like a mountain, Your Highness has such a strong army, why worry about our Ming Dynasty disappearing?"

Bai Mingxiu was also happy to talk to this Confucian general about the achievements of later generations in governing the army. After all, Zhang Huangyan was only 43 years old at this time, and he was in the prime of life.Similar to Jin Wang Li Dingguo and Ying Wang Zheng Chenggong, he is a very useful person, and Bai Mingxiu is willing to instill a little more "new atmosphere of Ming Dynasty" in him.

"The key to the difference between the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army and the old Ming Army lies in the spiritual core. It is true that I have equipped the Restoration Army with the latest guns and adjusted the method of formation, but basically let the soldiers know why Fighting, what is the nobleness of their actions-they all fought to restore our Han family and rescue thousands of people, expel the Tartars and restore China, which is their greatest contribution in this life, and will be remembered in history. Not only that, my Ming Dynasty Restoration Army has set up political work units since the company. The political and ideological work of the troops is something we will never relax. We care about the well-being of the soldiers, and advocate the law and discipline in the army. Equality, unity and friendship, so that when soldiers fight together, they can look out for each other and never give up comrades in the friendly army. Naturally, great combat power can erupt. In the end, in terms of treatment, I gave six soldiers to the second-class soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army. With a monthly salary of two silver coins, in the military camp they have meals with meat and vegetables, as well as various non-staple foods and other supplies. I am extremely willing to spend money to support the army and maintain morale, even if it costs money to maintain such a thousand-man army. It may be an army of thousands or even ten thousand people in the old days, but as long as they can face ten times as many enemies and win the battle, my money will not be wasted, it is worth it!"

Listening to Bai Mingxiu's words, Zhang Huangyan's heart was agitated, and he admired this young prince even more.

He could see that the thoughts and efforts of many geniuses were combined in such an army.In the Ming Dynasty, although it could not reach the sad state of emphasizing civility and despising military affairs in the Song Dynasty, people despised warriors and did not pay attention to the construction of military system and ideological theory, which also caused a lot of losses in the development of the military.Even after the mid-Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang, who was regarded as the most outstanding military genius of that era, wrote "Ji Xiao New Book" and other masterpieces of the military altar, but after all, these things were not widely promoted in the Ming army. Moreover, the corruption of the Ming army intensified later.

Bai Mingxiu directly smashed everything in the Ming army, and built the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army from scratch, giving this army a military spirit and forming a new style. Zhang Huangyan thought to himself, this is probably the result of the Daming Restoration Army's repeated battles. Victory is the key to bringing the anti-Qing and Fuming cause to new heights.

Not long after, Meng Hui, the captain of Bai Mingxiu's fleet, came to report: "Your Highness, outside Xiangshan Port, we found the ships of the Qing Army's Navy, and the distance is relatively far away. Our frigates have already attacked, but the opponents escaped quickly. I have already called back the chasing frigate, presumably Tian Xiong in Zhoushan should know that we have entered Xiangshan Port soon."

Zhang Huangyan was stunned, and he attached great importance to this. Bai Mingxiu also pondered for a moment and said: "The Zhejiang navy lacks medium and large ships, not to mention us, even Zheng Jing's fleet can't deal with them. Tian Xiong's forces are mainly on the main island of Zhoushan, so that's just right. , Brigadier General Meng Hui, you are now leading two Yongjin-class frigates to cut off the connection between Zhoushan and the mainland, and prevent Tianxiong’s troops from entering Ningbo."

"Yes, Your Highness." Meng Hui saluted and left.

Most of Bai Mingxiu's fleet this time are large merchant ships with a load of [-] to [-] tons. The warships are only the iron-clad ship Donghai on its maiden voyage, plus two Yongjin-class sailing frigates.But even so, two clipper frigates are enough to hang a full Qingshui division at sea.

(End of this chapter)