Daming Military Empire

Chapter 395 Strategic Deployment
Zhu Cijiong will naturally not clean up the Zheng family. No matter what happens to others, Zheng Chenggong is absolutely impossible to rebel, because his loyalty has passed the test of history.

In the desperate environment of Nanming, he was still determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty and never wavered. Even if the Manchu Qing threatened the lives of his father Zheng Zhilong and all his relatives, he did not surrender, which shows that his loyalty to Daming has been deeply rooted in his bones.

In fact, with his strength, he could flee far away from home, establish himself as a king, and be at ease, but he did not give up his motherland. Under such difficult conditions at that time, he always obeyed the orders of the Southern Ming court and organized the Northern Expedition several times. It ended in failure, but that was due to the circumstances, not that he was not strong enough, nor that he was not loyal enough.

Until he died of a sudden illness, he never forgot to exorcise the Tartars and restore China's responsibilities. He felt guilty because of the failure of the Northern Expedition. To die with face, if such loyalty is doubted, then who else can Da Ming use!

No, Zheng's family banquet was not over yet, when a loud singing came from outside: "The imperial decree has arrived, Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhihu accept the decree."

This is the voice of Wang Chengen, the eunuch who is in charge of ceremonies, and Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhihu are very familiar with it. They quickly dropped their bowls and chopsticks, ran to the square outside the side hall, knelt down in front of Wang Chengen, and shouted in unison: "Wei Chen Listen respectfully to the hadith, long live long live my emperor."

Wang Chengen immediately unfolded the imperial decree in his hand, and read aloud:

Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said:

Zheng Chenggong, the son of Zhennan Prince, is loyal, wise and brilliant, and skilled in the art of war. He is specially appointed as the Grand Admiral of the Navy, commanding all the navy of the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Zhihu is the deputy commander, assisting him.

This is it.

Such a favor, why should it be added, the Zheng family no longer has any doubts, and they are loyal and unswerving to Daming.

In other words, in the past, there was only the post of Generalissimo of the Army and Horses of the World. When it came to our Emperor Chongzheng, how did he become the Generalissimo of the Navy?
Zhu Cijiong has his own considerations for this point. In the past, the navies of the past dynasties did not exist alone, and they were generally attached to the army. Therefore, a marshal of the world's soldiers and horses is enough, but now the Ming Dynasty is about to enter the era of maritime hegemony, and the power of the navy is rapidly increasing. Expansion already has the potential to compete with the army. In addition, the navy and the army have completely different combat methods. It is absolutely impossible to let the army generals who have no experience in naval warfare command together. Therefore, he set up the navy alone. Marshal post.

There are navy generals and army generals. At the same time Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Zhihu were appointed, Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao also ushered in the imperial decree. They were named army generals and deputy commanders respectively, commanding the entire army of the Ming Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, the eunuchs found the relevant generals one by one, and passed on the emperor's oral order: "Tomorrow morning at Chenshi, a combat meeting will be held at the Nanyang Governor's Mansion to announce the next strategic deployment."

What Zhu Cijiong said about "haste makes waste" is not only to let the entourage take a good rest, but also to think carefully. After all, the army sailed on the sea for five days, and the Mughal Empire is so far apart, so it is impossible That is to say, the information he received in Dongdaying had been delayed for at least half a month. After arriving at Xingcheng Port, he would naturally have to listen to the latest information before making a decision.

Early the next morning, the large meeting room of the Nanyang Governor's Mansion was full of stars, and both sides of the huge meeting table were filled with senior generals of the Ming Dynasty.

The first one on the left is Zhennan Wang Zheng Zhilong, followed by the new Admiral Zheng Chenggong, followed by

Vice Admiral of the Navy, Admiral Zheng Zhihu of the Nanyang Navy;

Huang Long, commander of the Beiyang Navy;

Jin Yiwei Commander Wang Zhengnan;
Sun Yuanhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War;
Yang Geng, Admiral of the North Sea Fleet;
Chen Hui, Admiral of the East China Sea Fleet;

Zheng Xing, Admiral of the South China Sea Fleet;

The first one on the right is Qin Liangyu, Marquis of Zhongzhen, followed by the new Field Marshal Lu Xiangsheng, followed by

Deputy Commander of the Army, General Cao Wenzhao of the Guanning Army;
Hou Shilu, commander of the First Corps of the Expeditionary Army;
Mao Wenlong, general of the Dongjiang Army;

Qin Gongming, commander of the Dingliao Army;

Ma Xianglin, commander of the Second Army Corps of the Frontier Guard;

Li Mingfu, general of the Wuwei Army;

You Shilu, the leader of the Siam Army;
Wang Xuebing, chief general of the Donghu Legion;
Wang Shiqin, the chief general of the Annan Army;
As soon as the time came, there was a loud chants outside: "The emperor is here." The generals who were sitting immediately stood up with a 'swipe' sound.

Zhu Cijiong bathed in the morning light, with a smile on his face, walked slowly to the main seat, raised his hand and said: "Excuse me, sit down."

After all, he sat down first, and all the generals sat down together with a "swipe".

Zhu Cijiong didn't talk too much, he directly picked up the white wax pole in front of him, pointed to the huge map on the conference table and said: "Everyone, according to the latest information, the 20 main force of the Mughal Empire has arrived near Udaipur, about 20 meters away from Goa. There are still 20 days to go, and the leader will be Dara Shik, the great prince of the Mughal Empire; in addition, there are 20 troops rebelling near Dhaka, and the leader will be the third prince of the Mughal Empire, Orang Zebu; In addition, the Mughal Empire has about [-] troops stationed near Delhi and Kandahar respectively. Attack it."

After finishing speaking, he put down the white wax pole and said loudly: "I ordered Cao Wenzhao to be the commander of the East Army, commanding the Guanning Army, Dingliao Army, Annan Army and Donghu Army, and taking another 30 prisoners. The legion immediately set up and rushed to Ava City in Donghu to assemble, and the assembly must be completed within ten days, and there must be no mistakes."

When Cao Wenzhao, Qin Gongming, Wang Xuebing and Wang Shiqin heard the words, they all stood up and said in unison: "The last general will obey the order."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved for them to sit down, and then continued to speak loudly: "I order that Lu Xiang be promoted to the commander of the South Army, commanding the Tianxiong Army, the Dongjiang Army, the First Army of the Expeditionary Army, the Second Army of the Expeditionary Army, and the Siamese Army. , starting tomorrow, the Tianxiong Army, Dongjiang Army, and Siamese Army will immediately set off and rush to the west of Ceylon Island to assemble. The assembly must be completed within ten days, and there must be no mistakes."

Lu Xiangsheng, Mao Wenlong, and You Shilu all stood up when they heard the words, and said in unison: "The general will obey the order."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved for them to sit down, and then continued: "Yang Geng, Zheng Xing, you are responsible for transporting the troops from the South Road."

When Yang Geng and Zheng Xing heard the words, they immediately stood up and said in unison: "The final general will obey the order."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved for them to sit down, and then continued: "Laixian, pay close attention to the movement of the Batavia United Fleet, and report immediately if there is any situation."

When Wang Zhengnan heard the words, he also stood up with a 'whoosh', and said loudly: "My minister obeys the order."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved for them to sit down, and then glanced around at the generals present, before continuing: "The arrangement in the early stage is probably like this. The day when the Mughal Empire's soldiers approached Goa, it was the Ming Dynasty who launched the attack." At that time, next, let’s discuss the specific combat plan together.”

Before the war, discuss specific combat plans, analyze various situations one by one, and formulate corresponding combat plans. This has basically become the norm in the Ming army.

And the powers of the Mughal Empire and the anti-Habsburg alliance didn't even know that the Ming Empire was about to launch, so how could they be undefeated in this battle!
(End of this chapter)