The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 65
Hearing what Wanji said, everyone, including Zhang Jiayu, fell silent—since Jin Shenghuan had a large number of Hongyi artillery, after Zaokou Fortress was destroyed, the Ming army was bound to attack the west bank of the Ganjiang River and cross the river. The Qing army launched a decisive battle.

Jin Shenghuan's main force came from two major sources. One was the surrendered troops from the Ming army he brought from Nanjing, but their combat effectiveness was mediocre.And there are more than 2 people attached to him, the original elite of the bandits.These people followed Li Zicheng to conquer half of the Ming Dynasty, fought against the Ming army and the Qing army dozens of times, and those who can survive to this day are all ruthless characters who crawled out of the dead!The fighting power is far from comparable to that of the Ming army under Yang Tinglin.

And Jin Shenghuan's deputy Wang Deren was also Li Zicheng's fierce general, a native of Liaodong, extremely fierce.In the first year of Longwu, he led hundreds of cavalry from Jiujiang, defeated the main forces of the Ming army in Nankang and Nanchang many times, and fought all the way to Linjiang. !

Facing such a powerful enemy, if there is no fortress to rely on, even if Wan Ji leads his troops back to the defense, it may be difficult to parry.Of course, if there is a battalion of elite troops like King Chenzhou participating in the defense, they should have a chance to resist the Qing army's offensive.

Zhu Linmi frowned. After Gao Jinku's main force was wiped out in Fuzhou, Jin Shenghuan's plan to attack Ganzhou in two ways had failed, and now he will definitely concentrate all his forces to attack Zaokou.Defense soap mouth is indeed an urgent need.

However, if the fighter plane in the northeast of Jiangxi is lost, the Qing army in Huizhou will have to pay a hundred times more to regain Guangxin when the Qing army goes south.

How to choose?
"From Jin Shenghuan's standpoint, how does he think the Ming army will be deployed?" He suddenly asked.

"Jin Shenghuan is very aware of the importance of Ganzhou." Zhang Jiayu said, "Now that he is concentrating his forces on a fierce attack on Zaokou, it should be expected that our army will mobilize all forces to defend Zaokou."

Zhu Linmi lightly tapped the armrest of the chair, and said slowly: "Then we might as well do the opposite."

"The other way around?" Everyone looked at him in surprise, waiting for the next sentence.

"While the Qing army gathered in Zaokou and other places were empty of troops, we quickly attacked Jianchang and Guangxin with the main force of our army, and even took down the two prefectures of Raozhou and Nankang in the northwest in one go, forming a situation of encircling Nanchang. "

"Absolutely not, absolutely not!" Wan Wanji waved his hands repeatedly, "Even if there is no battle, it will take half a month for the army to reach Guangxin. When we return to Bingzaokou, it will be a month later. Don't say anything at that time Zaokou, even the Ganzhou government..."

"Wandutang, don't worry, what if I have a way to make Jin Shenghuan unable to attack Zaokou within two months?"

"Is what His Highness said true?"

Zhu Linmei smiled mysteriously, "There is something called fairy stone powder. Use it to build a bastion at Zaokou Fortress, and it will be safe."

The others all stared wide-eyed in disbelief...

After half an hour, the generals discussed and decided.

Wanji led his troops to escort the captives, and returned to Zaokou with great fanfare. At the same time, he publicized that Yang Butang ordered all the Ming troops in Jiangxi to gather in Zaokou immediately, preparing to fight Jin Shenghuan to the death.

The Jiezhongxi Department was responsible for recovering the central and southern parts of Jianchang Mansion. There were no large Qing troops in these places, and the strength of the Jiedu Division was sufficient to deal with it.

Yongning Wang Bing encircled Nancheng, where Jianchang Mansion is located, and wiped out the remnants of Gao Jinku here. At that time, he decided whether to go north according to the situation.

The king of Chenzhou directly attacked Guangxin Mansion in the north. Only Ke Yongsheng under Jin Shenghuan gathered three to 4000 troops here, so he was not the opponent of the Longwei Army.After taking Guangxin, the Dragon Guards will continue westward to Raozhou and Nankang. The strength of the Qing army in these places is weak, and with the cooperation of many rebels, they should be able to recover soon.

So far, the Ming army has formed an encirclement of Nanchang Mansion, the core of Jiangxi, and the war situation in Jiangxi will become extremely favorable!
As for Zhang Jiayu's men and horses, they had already lost their vitality after the battle of Fuzhou, so they stayed in Jinxi to recuperate.

As for Su Guansheng, everyone intentionally or unintentionally ignored his existence.He himself was self-aware, so he took the remaining [-] Xinwei troops to Ganzhou, under the name of reinforcing Ganzhou's defense.

After Zhu Linmi returned to her army tent, Wan Ji and Jie Chongxi came to visit one after another. They both praised Zhu Linmi first, and then tentatively asked if they could share some of the new type of bird guns equipped by the Dragon Guards.

To be honest, Zhu Linmi originally planned to popularize flintlocks within the Ming army, but after hearing Yang Tinglin's "send" heavy artillery to Jin Shenghuan today, she immediately dismissed this idea.

If such a sharp weapon as the flintlock falls into the hands of Jianlu, with the current weak combat effectiveness of most of the Ming army, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty's defense line from Huguang to Zhejiang will collapse immediately.

In the end, he declined the request of the two, but promised to provide them with a bird gun with stronger firepower.The two also left happily.

A while later, Zhang Jiayu also came to Zhu Lin's tent, and brought an officer with him.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhang Jiayu said: "This time in the battle of Shuangchenhe, His Highness wiped out fifteen thousand Qing troops with a battalion of troops, like a wind and a cloud, which really admired the officials."

He bowed and bowed deeply, "Your Majesty thinks carefully, it is impossible to do anything with only a thousand remnants of soldiers in your hands, I hope you can follow His Highness on the saddle, back and forth, and do your best. If you can learn His Highness's art of war and formation, it will be a great fortune."

Zhu Linming was overjoyed, Zhang Jiayu is a rare military talent!With [-] weak soldiers, he was able to command the east and west of Jiangxi and call for the wind and rain, which is a testament to his military talent.

There is no reason to hesitate, he hurriedly supported Zhang Jiayu and said: "With the help of Yuanzi, the Dragon Guards are really like a tiger with wings!" Yuanzi is Zhang Jiayu's nickname, and Zhu Linmei heard others call it a few days ago.

"How about Yuanzi staying with me as the staff officer of the Dragon Guard Army?"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for not giving up, and for what I wish!"

Zhu Linming corrected him with a smile: "In the Dragon Guards, I am only the commander of the legion, so don't call me Your Highness."

"Yes, Commander." Zhang Jiayu immediately changed his address, and then he pointed to the officer behind him, "Master, this is Chen Yi. He once organized a rebel army in Guangxin, and then followed his subordinates to fight in various places in Jiangxi."

Chen Yi hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Zhang Jiayu continued: "Brother Yi is good at building fortifications. I heard that the bastions and fortifications mentioned by the lord are somewhat similar, and I think he may be able to contribute."

Zhu Linming was overjoyed, he originally planned to let Song Yingxing build Zaokou's bastion, it would be best if there were more professional candidates.

He immediately took out a pen and paper, simply drew a hexagonal bastion, and then explained the main points to Chen Yi one by one.

As expected, Chen Yi was familiar with earth and rock engineering, and he quickly understood what Zhu Linming meant, and then described his specific construction methods for building this "city".

Zhu Linmi didn't know much about architecture, so she could only try to draw a clear picture of the structure of the bastion, labeling various parameters in detail, and she had to rely on Chen Yi, an architectural expert, for the rest.

Finally, he wrote down the cement, that is, the mixing ratio and usage method of the fairy stone powder, and handed it to Chen Yi in detail, asking him to return to Zaokou with the Wandutang army and start construction as soon as possible.

Afterwards, Zhu Linmei asked her own soldiers to order the Longnan Cement Plant to transport all the produced fairy stone powder along the Ganjiang River to Zaokou from now on.

The Longnan Cement Plant has been expanded twice, and now it has an output of 27 jin every three days, but he was still worried that it would not be enough, so he sent people to Ganzhou again and ordered all the stocks and even the freshly sold fairy stone powder All sent to soap mouth.

After all, military needs must have the greatest priority in any era.

　Today, Kawenka is very powerful, and the update is very late, I am deeply sorry.

　　
　
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