Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Qiang turned his head and said to Zhu Dayou: "Call out a small banner artilleryman, pull those three Hongyi cannons, and put them on the head of Wucheng city, and dispatch a few Flang machine guns, I don't know where they are at the head of Wucheng city. Let Wucheng become a barrier for Jinhua Mansion, Zhu Dayou, tell Zhou Porridge to send another hundred households to Wucheng to strengthen the defense of Wucheng, and after my army leaves, leave a hundred cavalry to defend Wucheng."

Zhao Siyang said: "My lord, you forgot one place. Since you want to attack Taizhou, you must not ignore the defense of Tangxi County."

It's not that Zhang Qiang didn't deploy troops in Tangxi County, it's just that there were only a few cavalry in Wucheng and the county's garrison. Zhao Siyang proposed that Zhang Qiang should of course strengthen this county that is close to Jinhua Mansion, "Well , let Wei Wuji handle it, let him transfer another hundred households, and transfer some prisoners to supplement."

Zhao Siyang said: "My lord, we must prevent the enemy from using the internal resources to attack the city."

Zhang Qiang was very satisfied when he saw that the promoted Zhao Siyang was so insightful and perfected the defense of Jinhua Mansion sentence by sentence. He needed such a talent.

The confrontation with the Manchu Qing is a long-term process. My own strength is still small, and it is impossible for one person to take care of all aspects. There are too many generals in the Qing Dynasty, so many officials of the Ming Dynasty surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. I don’t want to be effective at the time, but if I surrender to the enemy, they can explode ten times, a hundred times their fighting power and wisdom. Li Chengdong used the Qing army to swindle the gate of Tingzhou Mansion, and shot and killed Emperor Longwu in the hall of the mansion. Yes, these people must be guarded against, and the tricks of these enemies must be guarded against.

"Zhu Dayou, organize some people to watch those county towns for me. If there is any disturbance, immediately report to the local guard commander and let them deal with it." Zhang Qiang can only do so at present.

Hu Kui was originally in charge of intelligence and sentry work, but he is also a guard commander, and sometimes he can't do other things separately. Correspondingly, his internal defense and external intelligence and reconnaissance have become weak. He is currently no one available. It can only be used by Zhu Dayou, who is not too capable.

Discussed some issues with Zhao Siyang about Jinhua Mansion and artillery, Zhang Qiang returned to Jinhua Mansion with the guards, Zhu Dayou quickly announced the appointment of Zhao Siyang, and sent a fast horse to inform Zhang Qiang's subordinates of the appointment .

Jinhua Mansion, Zhu Mansion, these are also relatively well-preserved Jinhua architectural courtyards, just like county government offices and government offices. Because of the two Jinhua siege wars, they have become the key areas of the Qing army's siege many times, and many places have been destroyed by artillery fire and the Qing army. , has been dilapidated, and although it has been repaired for two months, it is still not as complete and gorgeous as it was then, so Zhang Qiang can only take office in Zhu's Mansion and regard Zhu's Mansion as his office.

Jin Sheng joined the magistrate's yamen and became the highest-ranking civil servant in Zhang Qiang's team.

At this time, the two were discussing the details of the battle of Taizhou Prefecture.

Chapter 76 Send troops

The two finalized some details one after another, such as food and grass dispatching, logistics transfer and other details. Everyone knows that what is involved in the war is not logistics. Therefore, Zhang Qiang needs to discuss these details with Jin Sheng, the civil official in charge of civil affairs, because this requires Jin Sheng's expertise. To mobilize the people to transfer these things for him, Zhou Porridge sent garrison troops from various counties to escort, guard and protect these civilians.

Next is the generals who sent troops this time, because Zhang Qiang is still facing strong military pressure from the Qing army in the east, northeast, north, northwest, west, etc., so it is impossible for him to dispatch all the generals this time. Take out all the soldiers and troops, but leave most of the troops and generals to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to attack, and after the enemy's territory is taken down, people need to be guarded in various places, so this needs to be carefully discussed, and it cannot be like Zhang Qiang who only has It was so casual in Wuyi County.

Zhang Qiang looked at the map and muttered: "Although the enemies in the northwest and west do not have the ability or motivation to attack us for a while, Wei Wuji has to face the pressure from Quzhou and Chuzhou. Wei Wuji's troops cannot be mobilized, and Wei Wuji can only Stay and take command."

"Northern Lin Cheng cannot be completely trusted. Transfer Mi Chun to the north, let him take care of both the north and the northeast, the east and the northeast, and let Mi Lin guard alone. In this way, attack Taizhou directly from the south. The border between the government and ours, but we have to leave someone to guard this node in the south, Hu Kui has been with me for so long, he is a talent, let him stay."

Zhang Qiang slid his finger across the map, and finally tapped the map a few times, "A part of Lin Chengcheng's department in Tiaoyunxi County went south, leaving a thousand households under Mi Chun's command to guard Lanxi County. Lin Chengcheng and his The personal guards and two hundred households came to Jinhua Mansion to assemble, transferred the two thousand households of the Duge Department, and his personal guards went to Yongkang County to gather. Hu Kui's troops did not move, and He Jin's troops It is also leaving one thousand households to guard Yongkang County, and the subordinate soldiers and two hundred households are waiting for the army, when the time comes to send troops from Yongkang County to the south."

Jin Sheng said: "Then Xuanyuan Longfei Department?"

Zhang Qiang said: "Xuanyuan Longfei's troops left behind two thousand troops. He took his personal guards and two hundred troops to go south to Yongkang County. His troops are under the command of Milin."

In this case, for Zhang Qiang's expedition this time, only Xuanyuan Longfei, a trusted general, and the newly recruited Qianhu from the Zhao Siyang Artillery Battalion, can barely be considered half trusted. After all, the two of them have only spent a short time together. Although Zhang Qiang entrusts him with a heavy responsibility, it is because he is You Haibo's servant, and he has cooperated well with him before, so he is very optimistic about him.

This time, Zhang Qiang's troops, including 3000 gunfire soldiers and [-] households, plus the cavalry troops of two hundred households stationed in Wucheng, and his own cavalry guards, nearly [-] troops.

Zhao Siyang's artillery battalion is less than 900, and more than 3000 artillery, that is, more than [-] and nearly [-] troops.

After thinking about it, Zhang Qiang decided to transfer part of the arms of each army. Wei Wuji's sword player transferred two hundred households, and his own firecrackers supplemented the past one hundred households, and asked him to recruit another one hundred household youths from the common people. Zhuang trained himself to replenish his lost troops.

There is no need to add three hundred households of archers from Milin, because he is still in charge of Xuanyuan Longfei's spearmen, two thousand households, plus his own two thousand households. , almost almost 5000 people, and a little transfer will only reduce his army by a few hundred people.

Mi Chun dispatched a hundred crossbowmen from there.

These troops were handed over to Xuanyuan Longfei to command, six hundred households, plus Xuanyuan Longfei's two hundred households and the guards, there were eight hundred households, and now there were two thousand households, not a lot.

Including He Jinlin's training department, each with more than 600 people, the combined strength of the two people is more than 200 troops.

Du Ge mobilized troops from two thousand households, and Zhang Qiang suddenly realized that he had mobilized most of his troops, now more than 9000 and nearly [-] troops.

To ensure these people's food, drink, lazard, equipment, weapons, and combat, at least 1 civilian men are needed, and now he has a headache.

Can the people of the stable Jinhua Mansion accept such a heavy burden?

They are all refugees who have just returned, or have been exiled from other places. They have settled down for a few days, and their centripetal force towards the rebel government is not too strong. Will this tormenting them make them escape again?

Zhang Qiang shared this worry with Jin Sheng, and Jin Sheng said: "My lord, I was worried about these at the beginning, so I don't recommend you to send troops, but suggest you to develop steadily. It's already early winter, and the army is going out. It's a huge burden."

Zhang Qiang frowned and paced in the lobby.

Zhou Congee walked in, and Jin Sheng told him what the two Res had previously agreed upon. Zhou Congee said, "My lord, there is no need to worry about this. Don't we still have tens of thousands of prisoners?"

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly at him, and understood what Zhou Porridge was going to say.

Zhou Congee said: "My lord, how did we manage the prisoners before?"

Zhang Qiang did not speak, and Zhou Porridge asked and answered again, "Those who have committed heinous crimes, worked to death, and committed serious crimes. After working, give them hope, complete the task, give them rewards, and exceed the task. For three consecutive months, those who perform well will be pardoned." Their one-year prison sentence, one chance a year, counts as 100 years."

Jin Sheng didn't care about these things, after hearing this condition, the muscles on his face throbbed a few times, his mouth curled up a few times, his eyes drifted away, and he still slandered Zhang Qiang in his heart. Is this called magnanimity and kindness?

Zhang Qiang doesn't think so. Although it's just a slim hope, under the circumstances of such intensive labor operations, as long as they suffer for three months, their workload can be reduced, and there is still hope of being released. This cannot stop them from working hard. Go for it, hope is better than no hope.

This is the serious crime, what about the lesser crimes?

Those who performed well for three consecutive months were transferred to the group leader of the prisoner camp, responsible for monitoring the labor of other prisoners.

What about those who had just surrendered their troops and were forced to fight the Ming army?He was appointed as a supervisor from the very beginning, and he was still at the level of a small captain.

As for the surrendered soldiers of the Ming army, those who performed well for a few months and wanted to serve the rebels after screening were immediately re-educated, and then added to the garrison troops in various places to become soldiers of the rebels.

This is one of Zhang Qiang's current sources of soldiers, and it is also a very important source of soldiers.

Even some Han army flags who performed well and were themselves ordinary people were recruited as rebel soldiers.

Zhou Porridge said: "My lord, we can transfer 2000 of these captives to participate in the task of transporting luggage and supplying food and grass. Lord Jin will mobilize 2000 young and strong people from the Jinhua prefecture, and then transfer some 9000 young and strong people from other counties. With [-] people, you can guarantee the combat mission of your large force.

In fact, they can arrange for the captured county towns in the next period of time to act as supplementary soldiers or guard soldiers in the county town. More and more, diluting the strength of the troops.

Of course, they and my escorting garrison alone are not enough to guard them. Sir, you also need to send at least one thousand households to guard them.Prevent enemies from attacking them. "

Zhang Qiang thought for a while, the army of a thousand households commanded by Zhou Porridge could not be moved, it was the guard force of Jinhua Fucheng, after he left, there was only one thousand households and one guarding force left in Jinhua Fucheng.

The garrison forces also need to escort the food, supplies, and the captured soldiers to escort the food and supplies for themselves.Zhang Qiang glanced at the map, thought for a while,

In this way, from Xuanyuan Longfei's troops, two hundred households will be transferred for you to supplement the troops in Fucheng.

Chapter 77 Quick Attack

After thorough thinking and long-term preparations, at the beginning of December, Zhang Qiang, with more than 9000 troops and more than 7000 civilian troops in charge of supplies, set off from Yongkang County in a mighty way, passed through Nan'an Town, where Du Ge was defending, and directly attacked Xin'an county seat.

The Qing army in Xin'an County has a lot of troops, more than 3000 troops.

The small county in this big mountain was panicked. The county magistrate appointed by the Qing Dynasty led the county people to defend the county. The defense appointed by the Qing Dynasty was a general of the Ming army. An unknown person on the list could not resist the attack of Zhang Qiang's army at all.

Zhang Qiang didn't need to worry about this battle at all. Although Lin Chengcheng had a good life since he joined Zhang Qiang and was stationed in a county, he still had no credit for it. Although He Jin was unwilling in every possible way, he was still forced to lead his old bandits. , Zhang Qiang sent his supplementary troops to capture Yongkang County, which made Lin Chenggong feel a little bit of pressure.

So this time without waiting for Zhang Qiang to speak, he took his own troops and was willing to be the vanguard. Along the way, he attacked cities and villages, conquered several important towns of the enemy in succession, and wiped out many strong villages of the stubborn Ming Dynasty gentry. The country gentry surrendered to the Qing army, but still insisted on governing their own small place. Zhang Qiang would not allow them to do so.

After sweeping the outlying villages and towns of Xin'an County, Zhang Qiang's army finally surrounded Xin'an County. Fortifications, on the fourth day, the peasants pushed the siege equipment, and under the cover of two soldiers and horses, attacked the city wall, but failed to conquer it. On the fifth day, they attacked again. Ten people fought bloody battles for two hours, and finally captured the city wall, and then He Jin followed and rushed into the city.

On the sixth day, Zhang Qiang had already sat in the lobby of the county government.