I want to be emperor

Chapter 109 The best strategy for traversers: flat push
Luo Zhixue knew something about Lu Xiangsheng, even if he didn't go out to collect news about him, but as the most outstanding and famous civil servant in the Ming Dynasty in the past two years, news about him was flying all over the sky, even if Luo Zhixue only Some deeds of Lu Xiangsheng can be known through ordinary channels.

Luo Zhixue didn't want to be targeted by Lu Xiangsheng too early, otherwise, relying on the current size and equipment level of the Township Protection Army, coupled with combat experience and the quality of the generals, Luo Zhixue was really worried that he would be completely defeated. Like the leaders of the rebel army, they were forced to flee back to the depths of the mountains.

He needs time to accumulate strength, and he cannot attract the attention of the Ming court in a short time.

Only now that he has accumulated enough strength, can he gain a foothold in the Nanyang Basin, look south to the Jianghan Plain, and in the process deal with the encirclement and suppression of the main force of officers and soldiers led by Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and others.

This also made Luo Zhixue's strategy more cautious when expanding, and the method was different from other rebels.

Luo Zhixue adopted low-key development, occupied the countryside, and tried not to over-stimulate the Ming court. In this process, he adopted the model of the base area, which is basically to control the local area, govern the local area, restore people's livelihood, collect taxes and support the army, and then expand Way.

However, the rebel troops headed by Gao Yingxiang, their various action strategies are typical mobile operations, and all their goals revolve around avoiding the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers during the process of obtaining food.

Because they don't have a solid base, they have no way to set up internal affairs agencies like Luo Zhixue, collect taxes from the controlled areas and support the army.

This also forced them to continue to attack one city after another, plunder one area after another, and continue to expand and grow stronger in the process in order to survive.

But at the same time, this will force them to expand in size, and they need to attack more cities and loot more food, creating a vicious circle.

Luo Zhixue didn't want this, and this model didn't fit his development strategy.

The Rogue model seems to be gaining momentum all of a sudden, but it lacks foundation, and it has not implemented some conditions for the development of armaments in Luo Zhixue's plan.

The most important thing is that you want Luo Zhixue and a group of ancient people to fight in the traditional sense of the present, with cold weapons as the main weapon and firearms as the supplement, and various tactics and tactics that still stay in ancient wars. To be honest, Luo Zhixue really doesn’t have that ability , nor that confidence.

That is the expertise of Li Zicheng, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng, which has nothing to do with Luo Zhixue.

Luo Zhixue has always been very clear that compared to other contemporary rebel leaders, officers and generals, his advantage does not lie in intelligence, nor in military talent.

It lies in some military technology innovations in my mind.

If you can't fight traditional wars, then Luo Zhixue doesn't fight like this, but changes to a familiar one, playing artillery and guns directly, and going further and even playing queuing and shooting.

In this regard, Luo Zhixue has always been very aware of his shortcomings and strengths, so he has never planned to play mobile combat like Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng.

Even Luo Zhixue didn't intend to play any advanced art of war with the enemy, such as long-distance raids, surprise attacks, etc. Luo Zhixue would not touch it if he could.

He just wants to fight a stupid looking, artless war of supremacy: with more and better artillery, more and better guns, more and better armor, more and stronger soldiers pushing all the way past.

This is the path that he, a time traveler, should take to fight for hegemony.

Otherwise, Luo Zhixue was worried that if he played tactics and mind with these famous ancient generals, he would be played to death without a place to die.

Luo Zhixue's idea is very simple. I think I can't beat you in tactics, so I will play equipment and logistics, and directly rely on hard power to kill you.

This set of things, in the history of the earth, the Yankees play the most smoothly. They have almost no tactics at all in war, they just rely on a large number of tanks, planes and cannons to push them all the way.

It seems that the method is not very good, but the effect is leveraged.

The status of the world's hegemony is achieved by this stupid method.

And to play the flat-push hegemony that Luo Zhixue planned, then there must be a solid base for the development of industry and the development of people's livelihood.

Only in this way can we obtain a large number of good weapons and sufficient food.

The Nanyang Basin and the Jianghan Plain must be captured and actually controlled.

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That night, Luo Zhixue couldn't fall asleep for a long time after the military meeting ended, and he didn't fall asleep until midnight.

The next morning, he summoned Guo Quanshu, director of the Civil Affairs Department, Yuan Gaofeng, director of the Industry Department, Shi Wenbin, director of the Commerce and Trade Department, Huang Chengxuan, deputy director of the Food and Pay Department; official.

The above-mentioned people were all major internal affairs officials who went south to Liqingdian with Luo Zhixue. The purpose of Luo Zhixue calling him for a meeting was also very simple.

It is to require all departments of the internal affairs to cooperate with the upcoming military operations of the Township Protection Army.

He didn't introduce too much about the military's plans, but after talking about the threat from officers and soldiers, he began to arrange tasks.

"The Office of Officials should do a good job in coordinating the work in an all-round way, speed up the preparatory work of the townships, speed up inspections, and deploy elite soldiers to perform their duties, so that the Grain Collection Office can fully carry out the grain collection work as soon as possible."

Guo Quanshu got up and said: "General, don't worry, this time we are going south, our official affairs office has prepared 50 people in advance for the affairs of the townships. After going south, our official affairs office is still recruiting talents. There are 36 people, enough to ensure the initial personnel needs after going south this time."

Luo Zhixue smiled and nodded: "Okay, Mr. Guo is doing things, I don't worry."

Afterwards, Luo Zhixue gave tasks to the others one by one.

He asked Shi Wenbin to make persistent efforts to completely open up the channel of Fenghe Commercial Bank, and ask them to urgently order a batch of strategic materials. It is best to be able to urgently purchase a batch of finished gunpowder. The more strategic materials such as saltpeter, sulfur, and iron materials, the better. .

Shi Wenbin maintained an optimistic attitude towards this: "Fenghe Commercial Bank's intention to carry out in-depth cooperation with us is still very obvious, otherwise the uncle and nephew of the Li family would not have come to our Liqing store in person, and they also mentioned it yesterday. , if we need it, they can urgently mobilize a batch of supplies.”

Speaking of this, Shi Wenbin smiled and said: "These are people who are not afraid of anything in order to make money. As long as we give you a big order and a high price, they will dare to ship these things over by truck after truck."

Luo Zhixue said: "That's good, you tell them, let them do business with confidence."

Then Luo Zhixue asked Yuan Gaofeng of the Industrial Department to do a good job in the production of the Songshan Village Armory. He must rush to produce a batch of guns and other ordnance to go south as soon as possible, and he must ensure the second batch of artillery, which is the second artillery sentry. Construction of six [-]-pound guns.

At the same time, he asked Wang Daqian of the engineering team to cooperate with the Industrial Department to complete the construction of the barracks at the Liqingdian Arsenal as soon as possible.

The Industrial Department is only responsible for the design of the plant and the construction of the equipment, while the leveling of the site and the construction of the plant are the responsibility of the engineering team.

The engineering team in the Baoxiang Army is also very experienced. An engineering team has been established during the Sanshui Village period to build Wuli Pass, barracks and other affairs.

In the follow-up, he was responsible for a series of construction work of the defense line of Songshan Village.

After going south this time, Wang Daqian, the captain of the engineering team, and a group of craftsmen under him also went south with the army. They were responsible for building a new arsenal, and at the same time, they were also responsible for the construction of docks and barracks.

In addition, their essential work, which is to build defense facilities, is also missing.

The engineering team is currently building a fort on a short hill near the river in Liqingdian, but this fort is only a preventive measure, and there is no artillery deployed for the time being. Whether it will be used in the future is a matter of debate.

But, regardless of whether it can be used in the future, this thing must be repaired in advance, in case the army going south is defeated in the future, there will be a pre-built fort available after retreating to Li Qingdian.

After a series of tasks were divided, these internal affairs officials left one after another, but Luo Zhixue himself did not stop.

As soon as the internal affairs meeting here was over, he held a military meeting non-stop.

And this time the military meeting is not to discuss the big strategy, the general direction, but to listen to Ernst & Young's detailed tactical arrangements.

At this time, I heard Er Yongduo report to Luo Zhixue while pointing to the crude map: "According to our prediction, the enemy's northward strength ranges from three thousand to as many as five thousand. There is a high probability that they will go north along the west bank of the Baihe River. In the end, they came all the way to our Li Qing shop."

"At the same time, it is not ruled out that they will send some partial divisions to go up along the Yahe River, and after reuniting with more than a thousand officers and soldiers in Nanzhao County, they will advance westward from the north bank of the Baihe River, and finally form a two-pronged attack."

The predictions that Ernst and Young said are actually not difficult to guess. It is certain that the Ming army will go north, and there is actually only one way they can go, going up the Baihe River.

It doesn't really matter whether they will divide their troops to Nanzhao County on the way.

I just heard An Yongduo continue: "The ultimate goal of the enemy army must be targeting our Li Qingdian. After all, they should also know that we are different from those thieves. Tactical support points and logistical supply points."

"And our strategic goal, according to your instructions, General, is to delay the time in the early stage of the battle, and while delaying the time, we must also preserve our strongholds in various townships as much as possible."

Luo Zhixue nodded and said: "Delaying time is very important, but it is also important to ensure the normal work of the townships. We cannot let them disrupt the normal work of the townships. The local money, food and military resources are related to our continued military expansion in the future. There is a loss."

Ernst & Young said: "That's exactly the case. Therefore, after our various discussions, we believe that the battlefield should be moved southward. On the one hand, it is to preserve the strategic security of several townships in the rear. On the other hand, it can also avoid Nanyang, Zhenping, and Nanzhao. The local officers and soldiers are united, and we must strive to let them fight on their own."

"In terms of specific tactical ideas, on the one hand, cavalry raids slow down their marching speed and attack their logistics and supply lines, while the first and third infantry battalions and artillery posts are the main force, flexibly attacking the enemy's divisions, making the enemy The army is afraid of throwing rats and dare not go north boldly."

"As long as there are no major problems, we can definitely win half a month's time, or even a month's time is possible."

Luo Zhixue listened to Ernst's report and Ernst's detailed combat plan, and finally said: "It's feasible, let's follow the plan."

(End of this chapter)