There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Late June.

In Datong, Shanxi Province, the supervisor went to the camp.

Lu Xiangsheng, the supervisor of the Northern Shanxi Corps of the Zhenming Army, read twice the top-secret information sent by Tingfeng Wei. The Ming Army in Liaodong had negotiated peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the two armies may join forces to attack the Zhenming Army.

Lu Xiangsheng came to the map hanging in the public room and checked the terrain repeatedly.

Among the current territory of the Zhenming Army, the one closest to the Ming Dynasty's capital is the eastern part of Datong Mansion. Now he has arranged for Zhou Rui's Shanxi First Battle Division to set up defenses in that area.

There were 100,000 new troops organized and trained by the imperial court. Due to the lack of veteran leadership, they were always on the defensive and did not launch an attack on Shanxi.

If Hong Chengchou comes with tens of thousands of elite Guan Ning troops, and cooperates with these 100,000 new troops, it is estimated that the Zhenming Army's Northern Shanxi Corps with a total of 40,000 people will be difficult to resist, and must strike first.

Lu Xiangsheng had led troops in battles for a long time, so he naturally understood the reason why military orders from abroad would be ignored. Moreover, the military orders given by Lin Feng also made it clear that they could act randomly, but they must report in time.

So he asked his military commander Zan Hua to come in and order Zhou Rui to lead the Shanxi Combat Division to take the initiative and look for opportunities to defeat the 100,000 new Ming army in front of him.

And dispatched a brigade of the 1st Mobile Combat Division to the eastern border of Datong to coordinate the actions of the 1st Shanxi Combat Division.

He himself wrote an urgent report to Lin Feng, explaining his consideration of arranging the Shanxi Combat Division to take the initiative to attack the new imperial army, and asked for instructions to continue to recruit 10,000 troops in Datong to enrich the combat strength and prepare against the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Preparations for the Allied offensive.

Xiangyang City, Lin Fengxingshao.

During this period, the Zhenming Army made smooth progress in all directions in Huguang.

Fang Xiaoyu was the first to complete the full occupation of Yunyang and led a brigade to Xiangyang to obey orders.

Peng Xing's Hubei Combat Division 1 has occupied Chengtian Mansion, recruited troops to replenish a brigade that was transferred, and restored a strength of 15,000.

Huang Hongchang led Li Guo and Li Dingguo to pacify Jingzhou smoothly. Wan Yuanji, the military supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, led the generals He Renlong, Meng Ruhu, Yang Zhuoran and others to surrender, and allowed Yang Sichang's son Yang Shansong to return home to attend the funeral with a coffin, and fully occupied Jingzhou Prefecture.

On this day, Tian Jianxiu, the new division commander of the Xiangyang Combat Division designated by Lin Feng, also arrived.

"See you, Your Majesty! Thank you for your new appointment, Your Majesty. The last general has just defected to the Zhenming Army and has not yet made any achievements. He is appointed as the division commander. It is really shameful!" Tian Jianxiu said humbly.

"I have carefully considered letting you serve as the division commander of the Xiangyang Combat Division. You have a higher status than Li Guo and others in Li Zicheng's original army, and you also have the brains to lead troops. I believe you can be a good division commander. Yes." Lin Feng encouraged.

"General, I will do my best to serve my Zhenming Army to the death!" Tian Jianxiu said movedly.

"Have you found Li Xin and others there?" Lin Feng asked. He knew that Li Xin was the key adviser to Li Zicheng's success later. Now that Li Zicheng is dead, it is natural to find this capable minister and use it to Zhenming. The army is most in need of advisers.

"Back to the prince, we have found him. I have brought him with me this time, but his wife Hong Niang must also come with me." Tian Jianxiu replied.

"It's okay, let Li Xin come in and meet him." Lin Feng ordered.

After a while, the personal guards led Li Xin in. Lin Feng took a look and saw that the young man was quite handsome. No wonder the red lady insisted on pestering him.

Li Xin was a member of Qixian County, so he was the son of Shangshu Jingbai. Li Xin wanted to clear his name because of his father's accusation, so he gave rice and thousands of stones to help the hungry people, and the people called him "Mr. Li".

At that time, the Red Lady rebelled in Henan and kidnapped Li Xin. Li Xin was a civil servant, and of course he could not rebel easily. He thought of a way to escape and surrendered to the government, who imprisoned him.

The red lady robbed the prison together with the hungry people, killed the county magistrate and returned, robbed him again and made him the village minister.

Historically, the Red Lady took Li Xin to defect to Li Zicheng in December this year, and later changed her name to Li Yan. She helped Li Zicheng propose that "Killing a person is like killing my father, and raping a person is like raping my mother." She wrote "Ying Chuang Wang, He sang the song "No grain required" and put forward political slogans such as "Equal land and no grain".

As a result, Li Zicheng's peasant army won widespread support from the people and grew rapidly, laying a solid foundation for Li Zicheng to invade Beijing and establish the Dashun Dynasty.

Of course, by this time, Li Zicheng had already burped, so naturally there would be no follow-up.

As the Zhenming Army occupied more and more places, Lin Feng felt that there were not many available talents. He thought that Li Xin, who had taken refuge with Li Zicheng, was a talented person, so he asked Song Jilie in Henan to send people to look for him.

After Song Jilie received Lin Feng's order, he sent Tian Jianxiu and others to inquire. Li Xin had a great reputation in the local area, and it didn't take much trouble to find out about the Red Lady's cottage. As soon as she heard that the Zhenming Army was recruiting people to surrender, the Red Lady was a rebel and surrendered immediately.

"Li Xin, I heard that you have a great talent. Are you willing to serve my Zhenming Army?" Lin Feng asked.

Upon hearing this, Li Xin immediately stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Compared to your prince, Li Xin's talent is like a firefly compared to the sun.

The policies proposed by the prince to clean up the backlog of cases, crack down on large households, curb land mergers, vigorously collect commercial taxes, renovate the city, and stimulate the economy are very effective, and Xin has long admired them. Now that I have the opportunity to serve under the prince, it is truly my lifelong wish! "

"Okay! Li Xin, as long as you have talents, our Zhenming Army will definitely give you a broad space to display your talents." Lin Feng promised.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Xin will do his best!" Li Xin replied. He was also a person with political pursuits, otherwise he would not have surrendered to Li Zicheng in history. Now he has a Zhenming army that is many times better than Li Zicheng's troops to rely on. , he is naturally willing.

"Okay, Li Xin, you will stay in my palace as a tribute to the army for now, and then you can use it according to your needs after you are familiar with the situation." Lin Feng ordered.

"Yes!" Li Xin answered and stood aside consciously.

At this time, Ma Ang hurried in, handed Lin Feng an urgent report and said: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from Governor Lu of Northern Shanxi."

Lin Feng opened it and took a look, his brows began to tighten, then he put down the letter and ordered his personal guards to call Fang Xiaoyu, Luo Kai and others.

He came to the map and looked at it carefully. After a while, he saw Fang Xiaoyu and others arriving. Lin Feng said to everyone:
"Everyone happens to be here, and I have some news to report to you. Seeing that my Zhenming army is strong, the Ming court and Manchu have reached a collusion. Hong Chengchou led the Guan Ning army to enter the pass again and prepare to attack us. Manchu may also send a large army assist.

Next, we have to face the situation of fighting against the imperial court and the Manchu-Tatar coalition. At present, their attack direction should be concentrated in Shanxi. Therefore, we must adjust our troop deployment as soon as possible and concentrate our efforts on dealing with the coalition forces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. "

Fang Xiaoyu stood up after hearing this and said: "Your Majesty, I think to deal with the attack of the Ming and Qing coalition forces, we can follow what you said, they fight theirs, and we fight ours. It doesn't have to be blocked by water or soil, or blocked by soldiers, or be held back by them. Walk with nose in your mouth.

Now that we have occupied Jingzhou, we can completely move down the Yangtze River from Jingzhou, capture Nanzhili, and cut off the Ming Dynasty's largest source of tax revenue. They will soon collapse without a fight. "

"Xiaoyu's suggestion is good. We cannot deal with it passively. We must have our own combat ideas. But we must first analyze the strength of the enemy and ourselves. Ma Ang, do you have a grasp of the strength of the Ming and Qing coalition forces?" Lin Feng then asked.

"The specific strength of the troops is not known yet. The Ming Dynasty has at most 70,000 to 80,000 troops in Liaodong. They will definitely leave some to garrison key areas. I judge that at most 50,000 troops can enter the pass, and there should be no more than this number of Manta troops. .

Therefore, I think we can predict the enemy based on the number of 100,000. Including the court's 100,000 new troops already on the border of Datong, the total force should exceed 200,000. " Ma Ang analyzed.

"Jiandou and the others have taken the initiative to fight against the 100,000 new troops from the imperial court, trying to defeat them before Hong Chengchou arrives," Lin Feng said.

"If these 100,000 people can be defeated first, the pressure we face in Shanxi will be much less, and it will be feasible to fight on both sides." Ma Ang continued his analysis.

Lin Feng stared at the map hanging on the wall, mentally calculating the situation of the troops.

Lu Xiangsheng's Northern Shanxi Corps consisted of his 1st Cavalry Division, Zhou Rui's 1st Shanxi Combat Division and Zhou Zhiwei's Longquanguan Combat Division, totaling 40,000 people.

This time he asked for instructions to expand the army by 10,000, which happened to expand the two label divisions to a strength of 20,000. Fifty thousand people should be enough to defend.

A little further down is the direction of Taiyuan. Currently, only Ma Mingjie's new Taiyuan combat division, plus the thousands of people in Taiyuan City, can only be responsible for defending the city.

Yang Heng's 1st Mobile Combat Division is in the Pingyang Mansion area and can be mobilized for attack.

Further south is the Luoyang and Kaifeng area. Here is the Henan Corps of the Zhenming Army. There are four Henan Combat Divisions of Lu Jun, Deng Hao's Second Henan Combat Division, Zhou Yuji's Third Henan Combat Division, and Panda's Luoyang Combat Division. The division, with a total strength of 5.5, is where troops can be mobilized for support.

On the Hubei side, Youfang Xiaoyu's Longnan Corps is mainly responsible for his Second Mobile Division and Hongtu's Third Mobile Division. One of Li Xiongxing's personal guard brigade has completed its combat support mission and returned to construction.

In addition, there are Peng Xing's Hubei Combat Division 1 and the newly formed Xiangyang Combat Division.

The Fugu Combat Division, Yan'an Combat Division, and Xi'an Combat Division in Shaanxi are mainly responsible for defending key areas and are very difficult to mobilize to support operations.

Lin Feng took a careful inventory in his mind. There were so many divisions and it was dizzying to remember their names. The strength was not enough. It seemed that they had to continue to be optimized.

(End of this chapter)