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Chapter 230 Wuchang Troop Training
When Zhu Yijiong expanded his army and established reserves, Longkodo was also not idle.

Wuchang.

The New Army, Huai Army, Hubei Army, and Hunan Army organized by Longkodo are all training, and the total strength has reached 10.

But it’s only one hundred thousand, no more.

Although Huguang is known as the world's granary and is indeed full of money and food, now not only him, but also the emperor in Beijing must rely on Huguang for support.

Sichuan provides northwest frontier defense.

Being able to allow Longko to train an additional [-] troops is already considered a powerful force in Huguang, the world's granary.

According to the current plan, the Huai Army currently has [-] troops, the Hubei Army has slightly more troops at [-], the Hunan Army has [-], and the New Army has [-].

The original Lianghu Green Camp has all been eliminated.Except for some that were really unusable, the rest were all converted into civilian craftsmen.

Longkodo, wearing the standard cotton armor worn by generals of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, was constantly inspecting the soldiers' training in the school grounds from a high place.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"..."

A group of pikemen in cotton-padded clothes were sweating profusely and repeatedly practicing stabbing.

It has to be said that compared with his colleagues in Daiqing, Longko Duo is really a good soldier.

This would have to be replaced by those Qing generals who were defeated by the Ming army before. I am afraid that now these soldiers will be too cold to train.

Cotton coat?

It doesn’t exist. I can’t even eat enough. What kind of cotton-padded clothes do I need?

However, after looking around again and again, I saw that in addition to the spearmen, there were sword and shield soldiers.

There are very few archers, and there are no muskets at all.

Not only the newly formed Huai Army, Hubei Army, and Hunan Army, but also the core New Army of the Green Camp, there are few who practice musketry.

Good guy, this is directly related to the two extremes of later generations.

Later Qing armies, even the famous Huai army, only focused on firearms shooting and did not focus on hand-to-hand combat.

To tell a joke, the Huai army was completely defeated that year because it was defeated by the Japanese army in hand-to-hand combat.

The same thing happened in Yiwuli, and the Qing army was also defeated by the British's bayonet charge.

Now it's completely the opposite. Regardless of the Huai army's new army, they all focus on practicing hand-to-hand combat.

The blunderbuss was almost abandoned.

In fact, this aspect is due to the lack of money in Longkodo's hands and the inability to equip all armies with firearms.

On the other hand, it was also the previous battles that made Longkodo realize that the Ming army's hand-to-hand combat was too powerful.

Longkodo couldn't guess how these rebels practiced, but it was just like that, giving money and wages, and clear rewards and punishments.

There is a saying that goes like this: The Ming army is not satisfied with its pay, and if it is fully paid, it is invincible. Where can it be fully paid? Jianzhou Huangtaiji.

Rough words are not rough.

Moreover, Longkodo was also on the defensive. He recruited and trained new troops to fend off the rebels, but the rebels were Han Chinese, and the Huai Army, Hubei Army, and Hunan Army were also Han Chinese.

He also had to guard against rebellion by these new Han troops.

Up to now, these new Han troops don't know that there are new firearms and ammunition in Daiqing.

It has been popularized that the Ming army's magic method is a special firearm.

As for the flower bomb workshop, Naqiha, the governor of Hubei, was in charge, and Wang Zhishu, the governor of Pianyuan, was responsible for the transportation of money and grain between the two lakes.

"Report! Commander, the court angel has arrived."

An Eight Banners soldier ran over quickly, knelt on one knee and reported.

"I'll go there right away."

……

Huguang Governor's Yamen.

"Master Long, please accept the order!" the eunuch who delivered the order said with a smile.

"The slave accepts the order!"

Longkoduo was silent for a moment, but still raised his hands and accepted the imperial edict. "Sir Long, we're going to say goodbye right now. We won't see you off." Seeing that Long Keduo had accepted the order, the eunuch who delivered the order didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with him, so he hurriedly said goodbye and left.

"Eunuch, go slowly!" Longkodo also didn't leave him alone. He just looked at the imperial edict in his hand and fell into deep thought.

This imperial edict was given to him by Yongzheng.

The opening of the imperial edict was very rude, and he was scolded in full fury.

This is for sure. He has lost the whole of Jiangnan. Even if the responsibility does not lie entirely on him, as the governor of Jiangnan, he cannot escape the blame.

It would be unjustifiable not to issue an edict and rebuke him.

Immediately afterwards, Yongzheng appeased him and appointed him governor of the six provinces of Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.

Of course, this is just an appointment. At present, Guangxi has too much to take care of itself, Yunnan and Guizhou are in turmoil, and Sichuan has to support the northwest border defense. The only thing that can actually be mobilized is the wealth of the two lakes.

However, none of this matters.

What's important is that the second half of the imperial edict actually requires him to send troops in the spring of next year, march eastward to Jiujiang, and then wait for an opportunity to go down the river and march directly to Nanjing.

Yongzheng, on the other hand, moved from the north to the south, opened up the Huai River, and marched into Huaiyang.

Yongzheng even reminded him at the end that he had issued a decree to the rebel Wang Linjun of Guangdong, granting him a reward from the town of Guangdong, and asking him to go north to cut off the false retreat.

March troops in three directions, encircle and set up a net.

Looking at this slightly hasty and ridiculous invasion plan, Longkodo felt that it was natural.

The emperor has no choice.

Water transportation to the south of the Yangtze River has been completely cut off, and war is raging in the north. They rely entirely on blood transfusions from Huguang to survive, but they can only barely survive.

Next spring is basically the last chance.

If we don't take advantage of the fact that Pseudo-Ming has not been established for long, and if we defeat them in one battle, we will at least suffer heavy losses, then there will be basically no fighting in the future.

Moreover, the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty just happened to give their great ancestor Kangxi the evil posthumous title of Emperor Zhaozongshun.

The emperor proposed to send troops at this time, and no one dared to object.

Longkodo narrowed his eyes slightly: "Here comes someone!"

"Commander!" Eight Banners soldiers came in immediately.

Longkodo said: "I am sending you an order from the commander-in-chief. From now on, the three armies will change from a small drill every three days and a big drill every fifth day to a small drill every two days and a big drill every four days. This order is for the whole army...including the Eight Banners." .”

"Yes!" The Eight Banners soldiers retreated and gave the order.

Longkoduo thought about it, but still felt uneasy, so he immediately wrote and sent an edict to Wang Zhishu, the governor of Pianyuan.

In order to prevent Wang Zhishu from violating the law, he also specially used the newly obtained governor's seal of the six provinces.

The content of the edict is very simple, which is to urge and warn Wang Zhishu.If there is something wrong with the two lakes of money and food, or if the delivery is slow, then ask him.

There is no way to change the exercise schedule from three days to two days. It is still a cold winter.

It may seem like just shortening one day, but the training intensity is doubled.

If the food cannot keep up, the soldiers will not have enough to eat, but it will really kill people.

In ancient times, food and salary were the foundation of the army, which was also the main reason why the combat effectiveness of the southern green camp was so low.

One exercise every three days and one exercise every five days is just talk. In fact, in addition to the empty salary, the food and salary have long been almost eliminated by the greedy officials above.

If you don't have enough to eat, you probably won't be able to practice even one drill for five days. In addition, generals often like to treat their soldiers as domestic slaves.

How can this army have such incredible combat effectiveness?
The so-called long-term absence of war can only be regarded as a direct cause at most.

Just because they don't fight, officials dare to be greedy for food and salary without restraint. Then the soldiers don't have enough to eat, and their combat effectiveness becomes worse and worse.

In comparison, the northwest border of the Qing Dynasty almost did not have this problem, because the original Kangxi and the current Nian Gengyao were really good at killing people.

This is especially true for the Ming army.

If you have to compare, the Ming army is full of professional soldiers who are completely off-duty. Not only do they do one thing a day, but they also have meat every day, and they are fully paid, rewarded, and pensioned.

The difference in military expenditures between the two sides is several times greater.

Say so!

One soldier on Emperor Zhu's side can cost as much as at least four or five soldiers under Longkodo. As for the Green Camp, the difference is even greater.

The Ming army's ability to sweep across the south did not rely solely on luck.

　Suddenly I remembered that the Emperor of Japan is not orthodox (ω)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)