Lord of Ming Dynasty

"Hehe," Xiao Fei could only smile, but he couldn't say anything. How could he compare with Wei Wuji, who was the minister of the Ministry of National Defense under the direct management of the governor.

Now that Wei Wuji has also returned to the center, he has officially taken up the job of secretary of the Ministry of National Defense. The front line has been handed over to Jin Qi, and it is impossible to leave the center this time.

"By the way, Commander-in-Chief, all the ministries have been adjusted. The troops that should go back to various places have already gone back, the troops that should be stationed have also gone, and the troops that should be transferred have also been transferred. Now you have arranged for me to keep an eye on the Dajin Kingdom, yes Didn't we fight the Kingdom of Jin after we conquered the Henan Province?"

"Let's be quiet for a few years. We need to develop and stabilize so many lands. Although we have adjusted the people, they can resist our forces and still make trouble underneath. We have to eliminate them spiritually and ideologically, not just occupying land. That’s enough. Our Huaxia Army’s restrictions on those big merchants make those big merchants, especially those whose ancestors were big merchants, very unconvinced. We need a lot of effort to appease them, and use their power to appease the people, so that we can achieve long-term stability.”

After talking with Xiao Fei, within a few days, Gao sent someone to ask Zhang Qiang to send troops to take over her guards, officially announcing that the Dashun Army had joined the Huaxia Army, and that the Dashun Army had completely ended with her nominal leader. fulfilled its historical mission.

According to the news from the Gao family, she imprisoned Li Guo, suspended his leadership mission, and persuaded Gao Yigong. Had to obey her orders, put down their weapons, and surrendered to the Huaxia Army. Some Dashun Army who resisted were dealt with mercilessly.

After knowing the news, Zhang Qiang ordered Xuanyuan Longfei to take the Fifth Field Brigade to leave Wuchang Mansion, and the Seventh Field Brigade Zhu Ge led the army to cross the border and enter Nanyang Mansion, occupying the passage to the north. Wang Neng took over Gao Yigong's Power, guarding Pingdingshan, Xuanyuan Longfei took down the Runing Mansion in less than three days, took down the prominent territory in Henan Province, and attacked Zhumadian from two sides.

Qin Mo, the leader of the No.20 Fourth Field Brigade, entered Wuchang Mansion and took over the defense of Wuchang Mansion.

Then the No.20 Ertiao Field Brigade also entered Nanyang Mansion, under the command of Xuanyuan Longfei.

Xuanyuan Longfei commanded No.20 Second Field Brigade, Seventh Field Brigade, Fifth Field Brigade, and Wang Neng's No.20 Seventh Field Brigade.

Wang Guangtai, the leader of the party, Liu Guoxuan, Gao Yigong, Gao Jie (this Gao Jie is not the Gao Jie who cuckolded Li Zicheng before, but just a general of the Dashun Army with the same name.) Fang Yizhi, the governor of Henan Province, was transferred from the rear. A militia brigade with them was gathered in the city of Nanyang Prefecture for rectification, reorganization, and training. A few days later, they were temporarily appointed as the head of the garrison regiment, and they were stationed in Nanyang Prefecture and Runing Prefecture in various counties. military attache.

Gao was taken back to the Jinhua Center, along with his women's barracks, the families of the officers and men of the Zhongzhen Camp of the Dashun Army, the prince of the Dashun Army, and Li Guo who was imprisoned.

The Dashun Army became history at this moment.

Chapter 5 No.20 Reorganization of the Seventh Field Brigade

The demise of the Zhongzhen Camp of the Dashun Army actually represented the demise of the Dashun Army.

Because there is the Gao family and the crown prince recognized by the entire Dashun army, as a symbol of a country, without its own territory and its own monarch, then it has actually and nominally perished.

Although the Yongli Ming Dynasty had territory, without the emperor, the generals in those territories would not obey the emperor's command. In fact, it was equivalent to losing the territory. After the death of the emperor, all the armies would transfer to other countries. has perished.

The same is true of the Lu State, but its monarch was captured, its generals were dismissed, its people were gone, and its land was gone. Even though there was still a captured emperor and an illusory hope in name, in fact he also perished.

As for the arrangement of the generals of the Zhongzheng Camp, the formerly captured generals were released from the captive camp and turned into civilians. Those generals who did not actually cause any damage to the Huaxia Army will be given some financial subsidies at the general level. He served as the vice-captain of a small local militia, or a small official such as the chief of security, or the head of the village, so that he could enjoy his old age. Those at the general level were given a small flag of the militia, and the leader of the local government officials, Or a small official in the county government or county comfort, who has a good chance, will serve as a hundred households in the garrison camp, and the boss or something, and those who have a bad chance will directly become ordinary people.

Except for a few generals who had no choice but to take refuge as the commander of the garrison battalion or the head of the garrison regiment, the other generals were sent to other places, such as Fujian Province, to disrupt the reorganization and prevent them from gathering together.

Except for [-] servants or family generals reserved for Gao Yigong and his soldiers, all other soldiers were exchanged with the militiamen and garrison soldiers of Jiangxi Prefecture. They were sent to the new barracks, and some elite soldiers who were old but still able to fight were sent to the militia. Of course, these troops were all sent to Jiangxi Prefecture. It is impossible to let them stay in Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion.

They were all sent to Jiangxi Prefecture.

The garrison battalion soldiers and grassroots officers from Jiangxi Prefecture became the subordinates of Gao Yigong and other generals of the Dashun Zhongzhen Battalion. Only Wang Neng still retained the soldiers and generals of the previously recruited troops, as well as the newly formed No.20 The Seventh Field Brigade retained more than 4000 matchlock gunners, gunners, and cavalry from the original Loyalty Battalion.

The first regiment of the No. 20 Seventh Field Brigade used the skeletons of the former intelligence operations team of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, plus soldiers from Huaihe and Yangzhou prefectures recruited by the Qing army. After the war, almost half of these soldiers were killed or injured. , and later joined some arquebus gunners and gunners from the Dashun Army, plus some captured Qing army arquebus gunners and gunners, and the force once reached 5000 people. The Huaxia Army, the backbone of the Huaxia Army has 500 people, and the total strength has remained at 300.

The second regiment was built by Wang Yuqun's No.19 field brigade of the Huaxia Army. Wang Neng also transformed it and mixed 200 soldiers from the first regiment. The leader of the action team of the Military Intelligence Department in the army was arranged to serve as the battalion commander of a battalion, with 300 elites from the original Dashun Army, 19 backbones of the original No.100 field brigade, and [-] militiamen. , plus [-] captives surrendered by the Qing army, a total of [-] troops.

In this way, nearly a thousand troops were arranged by Wang Neng, which ensured his control and command of the army.

The third regiment was composed of garrison battalions and militia elites from Hubei and Jiangxi prefectures. Wang Neng also arranged for the merged Dashun army elites and Qing army captives to enter it, occupying a force of several hundred people or about one battalion. , guaranteed his control over the battalion.

The cavalry battalion was the standard cavalry led by Wang Neng, and the artillery battalion was the artillery gunners and captured artillerymen in the original Qing army.

The following militia squad, about 1000 people, was selected from the remaining troops. In fact, they were all the Dashun Army that could not be let go. The manpower of the third regiment, as well as the remaining manpower of the third regiment, because it is a second-class combat brigade, has only 500 troops, and the rest of the surplus troops can only be assigned to the garrison battalion of the Dashun army generals such as Gao Yigong. Inside the garrison.

The surplus troops, the eliminated troops, and the prisoners of the Qing army were all sent to Gu Yuesheng in Hubei Province for arrangement.

After grouping them, Gu Yuesheng sent them down to various mountains, passes, and other small places that had to be guarded. One hundred households, one hundred households, arranged for them to disperse them in Hubei Province, and then transferred some prisoners. He and the militia entered Nanyang Mansion to replace these troops and became the militia troops of Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion.

It can be said that the Huaxia Army's control over the captured enemy soldiers and its own army has reached a point of insanity, and its control over the people is also extremely strict, disrupting all arrangements, and sending officials to screen and educate them, trying to transform them into One's own people and army, soldiers, officials, generals.

However, such an arrangement obviously caused chaos and busyness in this place, other places, and every involved place and department for a period of time, which led to a decline in the combat effectiveness of the frontline troops.

Therefore, the No. 20 Seventh Field Brigade was unable to form combat effectiveness for a period of time. Pingdingshan was taken over by the Seventh Field Brigade and became the headquarters and base camp of Brother Zhu. The No. 20 Seventh Field Brigade was transferred back to Nanyang Fucheng. For a period of time, Nanyang Fucheng is chaotic and busy. Even the commander-in-chief Xuanyuan Longfei didn't want to enter Nanyang Fucheng. Instead, he just stationed in Xinyang County, where Wang Guangtai was stationed, and communicated with Brother Zhu through a messenger. The two discussed how to attack the Qing army. Nanyang Mansion was left to Wang Nenglai to clean up the mess, waiting for Fang Yizhi, who was promoted and appointed, to arrive at Nanyang Mansion to take over the civil affairs of this place.

But even so, after the arrival of the fourth cavalry brigade, Xuanyuan Longfei and Brother Zhu each formed a regiment, plus the cavalry brigade and artillery brigade, to attack the [-] Qing army entrenched in Zhumadian.

Within ten days, several towns were conquered, and more than 1000 Qing troops were killed and captured. The Qing army added 700 troops from Zhoukou County, and was defeated by Brother Zhu's brigade-level cavalry battalion and personal guard cavalry battalion. Thousands of remnants were in a panic Returning to Zhoukou County, the Huaxia army captured more than 15 enemies, killed 16 people from the Qing army, and the enemy fled more than [-] people. Brother Zhu sent a battalion of more than [-] troops to station at important passes to guard against them, and then withdrew. Continue to send troops to capture the villages and towns near Zhumadian. The two armies face each other. On No. [-], they encircled the Qing army in Zhumadian. Ma Bao, the commander of the Qing army, fled. On No. [-], the Qing army surrendered.

The Huaxia army wiped out the Qing army in this area.

The two armies reconciled, Xuanyuan Longfei moved the headquarters to Zhumadian, directly commanding the whole army, and put the cavalry brigade on the flank of the town in the salient.

Chapter 5 Seventeen Takes the Road to a Dead End

The Qing army retreated, and the Huaxia army gained a firm foothold in Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion, but Xuanyuan Longfei did not rush to attack, but waited for the troops of the two mansions to gradually recover to a stable state, and the generals of each battalion found their own soldiers, The number of soldiers in the battalion is full, and they will train for a period of time before marching.

The [-]th Cavalry Brigade is now headed by Xuanyuan Longfei. He has to be the temporary commander of the troops and the commander in chief of the campaign, managing some miscellaneous forces, such as the garrison, the militia, and the prisoners of the punishment battalion. And the convicts, it can be said that every day is full of opportunities.

Now the troops have to exchange the Dashun Army troops from the Zhongzhen Battalion with Hubei Prefecture and Jiangxi Prefecture, and also straighten out the ordering of the defensive and offensive troops here, reorganization, garrison, and a series of situations. This is also the time to test him. If he passes this test, he will become the commander of the second division.

Admiral military affairs, admiral official position, although he has long been an admiral, and later a series of adaptations removed him and changed him to a general soldier, and then became an admiral, but he has always led a cavalry brigade or a field brigade, He has never led more troops before, so this time, as long as he gets through this difficulty, he will become a veritable admiral.

He was adjusting the deployment, and the Qing army was also adjusting the deployment. Feng Quan hurriedly urged Hong Chengchou to come back, while deploying troops to deal with the attack of the Huaxia Army.

Two new army towns were deployed in the direction of Hefei Prefecture, with [-] soldiers and horses, and a supervising army of about [-] people from Niulu in the Qing Dynasty. More than [-] green battalion soldiers were transferred from the Ming Dynasty Guards. Another two thousand Han army flag troops were sent.

There are [-] Green Battalion Soldiers in Lu'an County, [-] Banner Soldiers of the Han Army, [-] Khalkha Mongolian Cavalry, and [-] Villagers in the countryside.

In Buyang County, two thousand Horqin Mongolian soldiers, five hundred Jurchen soldiers, one new army, and three thousand green battalion soldiers were stationed. The newly expanded Xinjun Town.

Huainan Mansion heavily deployed three new army towns, with [-] Han army banner soldiers, and the strength reached [-].

The original strength of Zhoukou County was 1000, but it was defeated after World War I. Three thousand soldiers fled, more than 1000 soldiers were captured, more than 6000 soldiers were killed, and more than 3000 soldiers were lost. He had to add another There are more than [-] troops in the new Xinjun Town.

In Xuchang Mansion, [-] Green Battalion troops, two new army towns, [-] Jurchen soldiers, [-] Mongolian soldiers, [-] Han army flags, and [-] township braves were recruited to defend the city.

As the soldiers of the Qing army increased to the defense line one by one, Xuanyuan Longfei became more and more worried. The Qing army was rampant. According to statistics, there were nearly 20 soldiers.

Although I have two elite first-class field brigades composed of hundreds of battles, each brigade has only more than 9000 troops, Wang Neng's field brigade is just a new second-class field brigade, and its combat effectiveness is slightly worse. More than 8000 troops, plus the garrison battalion led by several generals of the Loyalty Battalion, the incoming militia troops, and a cavalry brigade with 4 soldiers and horses, but more than [-] troops.

The military strength is a bit stretched.

After the adjustment of Jinqi's troops, there are also troops with slightly inferior combat effectiveness mixed with first-class, second-class, and third-class field brigades with uneven combat effectiveness. The defense must be good, but the offense must not be good either. Hong Chengchou early In the cities along the Yangtze River, the county government has completed complete fortifications. Once they attack, they will definitely suffer heavy losses. Zhang Qiang will definitely not do this loss-making business, and the Huaxia Army will definitely not do it. This is why the Huaxia Army has been reluctant to move The reason for Hong Chengchou's part of the Qing army.

He reported the situation to Zhang Qiang who was still in Changsha Mansion.

Zhang Qiang listened to the messenger's report sent by Xuanyuan Longfei, thought for a while with his cheeks on his hands, and said to the messenger: "Just keep it safe, don't attack, let's spend time with them."

The 24nd Guards Brigade is still stationed in Wuhan Mansion. Wuchang Mansion has a newly transferred 20th Field Brigade. Qin Mo was originally assigned to be the garrison commander of Hu-Guangzhou and the commander of No.20 20th Field Brigade, but now No. The [-]th Fourth Field Brigade was transferred to Wuchang Prefecture. Zhang Qiang thought about it and transferred the No. [-]th Fourth Field Brigade to Xinyang County. Let the Fourth Cavalry Brigade exist as a mobile unit in the hands of Xuanyuan Longfei, so that it can support troops in other places at any time .

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Qiang realized that his troops were still not enough. The territory was getting bigger and bigger. The troops in his hands had to not only guard the place, but also undertake offensive tasks. Don’t worry if a state does not let a field brigade go. Put a cavalry brigade and act as a mobile unit.

Now he has several lines of defense. One or two field brigades need to be deployed along the east and south coasts to prevent the enemy from landing. A mobile field brigade and a mobile cavalry brigade have to be placed; the defense line along the Yangtze River confronts Hong Chengchou's Qing army, and it is necessary to visit seven or eight field brigades and two cavalry brigades; At least one field brigade or one guard brigade for defense; from Guangzhou to Hubei Province, facing the Four Mountains and Shaanxi-Gansu, at least three field brigades should be placed in the direction of Yunnan-Guizhou, and a division should be placed in Hubei Province to guard against the Dajin Kingdom in Shaanxi-Gansu. The government and the Runing government have set up a division, and the rear needs reserve troops from Changsha and Wuhan to support the defense line, and the number of troops is becoming more and more insufficient.

Originally prepared to attack, when it came to the critical moment, they found that they were besieged on all sides, the territory was too large, and the troops were too few to attack.