Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 67 Emergency Report and Decision (12)

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Jing'an got up early and ran to exercise.

The two beauties on the bed were exhausted last night and were still sleeping soundly.

Due to time travel, Zhu Jing'an's physical fitness is far superior to that of ordinary people. Therefore, even if the two women joined forces last night, they were still killed by him one after another.

After Zhu Jing'an jogged for five kilometers, stretched out his muscles, and returned to his room to change clothes and wash up, the two women fell asleep, rubbed their sleepy eyes, dressed and got up under the care of the maid.

Zhu Jing'an spoke while sitting at the dining table and eating fried dough sticks.

"Get dressed slowly and come to dinner with your clothes on, don't be in a hurry."

"We don't have anything to do today. We just go to our parents' place to serve tea and say hello. They are all members of our family. It doesn't matter if it's a little later or a little earlier."

A bite of fried dough sticks and a bite of tofu puffs (salty). There were also peeled tea eggs on the table, which were just perfect to soak in the tofu puffs and eat together.

Zhu Jing'an's face was full of satisfaction.

He is not used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, but this is the best thing.

Well, he is a staunch salty party and is at odds with the sweet party.

When the two women heard this, they speeded up their movements. After getting dressed, they hurriedly washed and dressed up.

Zhu Jing'an, on the other hand, continued to eat breakfast slowly.

While eating breakfast, he read a military book in his hand.

He still understands that there is no end to learning. Since ancient military books can be widely circulated and have been regarded as standards for so many years, it means that they must have merits.

Since there are merits, it is worth Zhu Jing'an spending more time studying.

Zhu Jing'an didn't have to wait long before both women got dressed and Pingping Tingting walked to the dining table.

"I see His Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness Jin An!"

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, he just waved his hand and said.

"No need to be polite, please take a seat!"

"This is a family dinner, there is no need to be restrained, just come as you feel comfortable."

After hearing this, the two of them bowed together again.

"I would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince!"

After saying that, they all sat down and prepared to eat.

Seeing this, Zhu Jing'an no longer forced the two of them to stop being restrained, but lost interest and spoke with a somewhat impatient expression.

"Sit down and eat!"

However, just as the two women here sat down, an announcement sounded outside.

Zhu Jing'an put down the military book in his hand, motioned to the two women to eat their own, then turned around and said.

"Who's making noise outside? Come in and talk!"

After he finished speaking, a Ming army messenger trotted up to him and bowed down.

"For the information to the Grand Governor, it is Li Mu and Li Shangshu who have returned from Guangzhou and are now reporting to His Highness the Supervisor in the Assembly Hall."

"His Royal Highness the Governor urgently summons the Governor to discuss matters!"

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, the expression on his face was obviously serious, but he still stood up immediately and walked towards the direction of the meeting hall.

Before leaving, he put a fried dough stick in his mouth and ate it while walking.

Discussions are matters of discussion, but food must be eaten.

……

Not long after, Zhu Jing'an arrived outside the meeting hall.

Through a door, he could hear the faint quarrels in the council chamber.

Quite intense.

At this moment, the Ming soldier who was responsible for guarding the door shouted.

"The governor is here!"

Following the announcement, the quarrel in the meeting hall decreased significantly.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the meeting hall was opened.

Zhu Jing'an stepped in and looked around, seeing that everyone was clearly divided into two groups, and the atmosphere was tense between them.

Seeing this, he opened his mouth to relax the atmosphere.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with this?"

"Isn't it a good thing that Li Shangshu is back? What are you arguing about?"

When everyone saw Zhu Jing'an walking in, they all bowed and worshiped.

"Your Majesty, please see His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"His Royal Highness Jin An."

Zhu Jing'an heard this, nodded slightly, and then said.

"You gentlemen, please refrain from courtesy and stay on your own terms."

Zhu Jianzhuo, who was sitting on the main seat, saw his son walking into the meeting hall and also spoke.

"It is indeed a good thing that Li Shangshu comes back, but it also brings bad news to our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jing'an sat back in his seat and asked with a frown.

"What bad news?"

Zhu Jianzhuo said with a wry smile.

"The restoration of our Ming Dynasty has been known to the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi. The governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and the generals of Guangzhou have reached a consensus to send troops to suppress our Ming Dynasty."

"My son's strategy of building high walls, hoarding supplies, and slowing down to become king will no longer be implemented..."

"What everyone was arguing about just now is my Daming's next way out."

"What do you think of this, my son?"

Li Mu's source of information should be the Tiandihui.

After Zhu Jing'an heard this, he was silent for a while, with a serious expression on his face, but he still asked.

"What does everyone think of this?"

Although he already had a plan in mind regarding this, he still had to give the people under him a chance to speak.

After hearing this, Han Sigu stood up and said.

"Your Highness, the current dispute mainly exists between civil officials and military generals."

"The opinion of Wang Shoufu and others is that we, the Ming Dynasty, can stick to Jintian Town and wait until the Qing army's advancing army is exhausted before we can fight back."

"Our opinion is to take the initiative and imitate the strategy of the Western thief Li Chuang, running rampant in the place and coercing the people in order to strengthen ourselves and seek opportunities for combat."

"What does the Grand Governor think of this?"

Hearing this, Zhu Jing'an looked at his father and asked.

"What about your father's opinion?"

Zhu Jiazhuo pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

"My father's opinion is to take the initiative to send troops in order to expand his power."

"Now our Ming Dynasty territory has extremely limited human and material resources. If it is blocked by the Qing army, it will be difficult to persist under the Qing army's blockade, let alone develop and grow."

"Therefore, it is necessary for us to take the initiative to expand our territory before the Qing army blocks it."

"However, what Wang Shoufu said is also reasonable."

"Compared with the Qing army, our Ming army is already at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. If we take the initiative to attack again, we will be hitting the stone with an egg."

"Besides, rogue bandits have no future."

"That's why, now that my father can't make up his mind, he ordered someone to invite you here to ask for your opinion."

Hearing this, Zhu Jing'an also murmured in his heart, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

"First of all, what I want to say is that what everyone said makes sense."

Zhu Jing'an first gave everyone a very high evaluation.

But then he continued to talk about his thoughts.

"But if you want to ask the governor for his opinion, you have to take the initiative."

"It's not that I think what Wang Shoufu said is wrong, it's just that for the current Ming Dynasty, we must take the initiative to fight out. Once we are surrounded by blockade, we will face the end of chronic death."

Zhu Jianzhuo asked with interest.

"What about the specific method?"

Zhu Jing'an pondered for a while, and then spoke.

"Our army can divide into two groups and take the initiative to attack the capital city and contain the main force of the Qing army."

"The other army is centered on Wuxuan County and expands to the surrounding areas. While expanding the actual control range of our Ming Dynasty, it also needs to take into account logistics collection, food and grass preparation, ordnance manufacturing... and other related matters."

"In order to support war with war and quickly expand the war potential of our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jing'an's current thinking is very clear, that is, to support war with war.

Use the main force to attract the Qing army's attention.

The rear continues to implement the strategy of surrounding the city from the countryside, expanding its territory while cultivating land and training troops to lay a solid foundation.

Upon hearing this, Wang Shun stood up and asked.

"If the Qing army ignores the main force of our army and chooses to attack Wuxuan County with all its strength, how should the Ming Dynasty respond?"

"When the time comes, when the main force of the Ming Dynasty is gone, won't the remaining people all become the dead souls of the Qing army?"

Wang Shun did not intend to oppose Zhu Jing'an. The party struggle in the Ming Dynasty is still just a sign.

Most of the time, everyone is still discussing the matter.

Zhu Jing'an pointed to Bauhinia Mountain on the map.

"If the main force of the Qing army comes to attack, our partial army can retreat into the Bauhinia Mountains and deploy defenses calmly."

"At this time, it's my turn for the fortress and defense line built in the Bauhinia Mountains by the Ming Dynasty to come into play."

"As long as the troops in the mountains can hold on for a while, the main troops on the front line will definitely be able to return in time to help relieve the siege."

Ever since the Ming Dynasty took control of Zijing Mountain, they began to build fortresses in the mountains and never stopped.

From the entrance to the mountain to the fortress deep in the mountain, the Ming Dynasty built a total of eight checkpoint fortresses, blocking all access to the mountain.

It is called the Eight Great Passes by outsiders!Especially after cement was "invented" by Zhu Jing'an, the fortresses in Bauhinia Mountain were transformed into cement.

Moreover, the Ming army also laid many traps on the mountain.

Zhu Jing'an even arranged for miners to dig many tunnels extending in all directions in Zijing Mountain.

It is used to reserve supplies and to escape through tunnels at critical moments.

The current Bauhinia Mountain is, to put it bluntly, a large-scale military fortress complex, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Such a fortress complex could be considered difficult even during World War II.

It would be completely unrealistic for the Qing army to capture such a fortress in a short period of time.

Zhu Jianzhuo nodded to his son.

"What my son said makes sense."

He spoke immediately.

"Send the order and prepare the entire army for war."

"Speed ​​up the pace of troop growth. As a price, the recruitment conditions can be relaxed appropriately in order to attract more soldiers to join the army."

"We will further strengthen the training intensity of the recruit camps so that the recruits can complete basic training as soon as possible and then replenish them to the various units."

"In other words, all ministries in the DPRK and China must fully cooperate with the army. In the next period of time, all affairs in Ming Dynasty must give priority to enhancing the combat effectiveness of the army."

"Everyone in the army must prepare for the upcoming war."

"This battle will be a battle of life and death for our Ming Dynasty!"

"Generals, we should encourage each other!"

After hearing this, everyone stood up and said.

"His Royal Highness the Supervisor is wise, and I will obey your orders!"

After the Ming Dynasty's civil and military officials left, Zhu Jing'an was left alone.

Zhu Jianzhuo looked at his son and asked.

"What do you think of this battle, my son?"

Zhu Jing'an pondered for a while, and then spoke.

"Fight, after all, we have no other choice, right?"

Zhu Jiazhuo nodded and continued to ask.

"My father has not paid much attention to the army recently. How is the current expansion of our army? How much has the army expanded to?"

Zhu Jing'an nodded in response.

"Returning to my father, our army's current strength has expanded to more than [-] men."

"Set up four thousand-household commanders respectively!"

"Among them, the main force is spearmen, with a total of 2000 people."

Because the spearman is indeed cheap and easy to use, and it is extremely cost-effective.

"Among the remaining 2000 people, there are [-] sword and shield bearers, [-] musketeers, and [-] archers."

"The remaining 300 people are artillery troops and a small number of reconnaissance cavalry..."

Zhu Jing'an briefly stated the current status of the Ming army to his father.

Including the strength of the Ming army, weapon preparation, etc.

Zhu Jianzhuo nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.

From his son's words, he could know that the current expansion rate of the Ming army was actually extremely impressive.

From the end of the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Wuxuan County Government in early October, until now when the new year is approaching, the size of the Ming army has directly expanded from just over 1000 people to 300 people.

It has doubled several times, and this speed is not unpleasant.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Jiazhuo spoke again.

"From the current point of view, the strength of our army is still somewhat insufficient. Is there any way to speed up the expansion of our army?"

Zhu Jing'an thought for a while and came up with a plan that he had been thinking about for a long time.

"When I return to my father, I will stick to the old method of using the fields as bait."

Zhu Jianzhuo nodded.

"Tell me in detail!"

Zhu Jing'an scratched his head and said.

"To put it bluntly, it means changing the policy of dividing fields according to military merit that our Ming army currently implements. The policy should be to allocate fields to new recruits when they join the army."

"However, at this time, the soldiers who were allocated the land only had the right to use it, but not ownership. The ownership still belongs to Ming Dynasty."

"Only when a soldier assigned to the field has achieved sufficient military merit, or has been disabled and died in battle, or has served for a certain number of years and is discharged in accordance with regulations, can the ownership of the field be transferred to him as a reward."

"Of course, the distribution of military merits must also continue in parallel."

"What do you think, Father?"

When Zhu Jianzhuo heard this, he frowned and thought deeply.

After a moment, he nodded and said.

"What my son said makes sense, so let's do it accordingly!"

"Expand the army as soon as possible. We must expand the size of our army to more than 6000 men before the Qing army invades."

Hearing this, Zhu Jing'an smiled and said.

"Father, don't worry. It's just expanding the army to 6000 troops. It's not a big problem."

"It's already the end of the twelfth twelfth lunar month, and it's almost the New Year's Eve. The Qing army is also celebrating the New Year. Even if the Qing government sends troops to attack, it will most likely have to be after the New Year's Eve."

"After all, we, Ming Dynasty, have at least one month to prepare for the war."

"enough!"

Zhu Jianzhuo nodded after hearing this.

"So best!"

……

Soon, with the Ming Dynasty's deliberate promotion, the news that the Ming army was serving as soldiers to divide the fields spread in Wuxuan County and surrounding counties.

It immediately aroused great discussion.

During this period of time, the Ming army had actually taken control of the entire Wuxuan County except for the county seat.

And expanded its influence to several surrounding counties.

After the crusade failed, the magistrates of each county tacitly chose to cover up the situation.

The current Ming army, apart from not deliberately attacking cities and territories, is not small in scale and momentum at all.

With four thousand soldiers, they are all fighting soldiers. No matter where this force is placed, it can definitely be regarded as a powerful force.

You know, the Qing court's garrison in Guangxi was only 3000 people.

This is still talking about the total number of troops on the roster. As for how many of the 3000 people are empty pay, it is not enough for outsiders.

From this point of view, the Ming army, which actually had four thousand soldiers, could not be considered weak.

During this period of time, righteous men often came to volunteer their services to the Ming Dynasty and expressed their willingness to fight for the cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty for the rest of their lives.

Although the identities of these martyrs are relatively unremarkable, most of them are bandits, salt dealers, water bandits, and wanted criminals by the court, but this is not important.

As long as they rebel against the Qing Dynasty, they will be Ming Dynasty's own people.

……

Dongxiangling Village, Liu family.

Inside the thatched house, the light was dark.

On an Eight Immortals table passed down from Liu Feng's great-grandfather's generation, there was a dim oil lamp.

The lights are like beans, but they are the only source of light for the family at night.

Liu Fengshou sat in the position of the head of the family, smoking a dry cigarette one after another.

The head of the cigarette rod flickers, on and off.

The family sat around a table and sighed.

"It seems that the Chinese New Year will be here in a few days, and our family still owes Mr. Wang's family four, two, three, and seven cents of silver..."

"If the money is not enough, Mr. Wang is afraid that he will ask his servants to come to urge him. I am afraid that he will not be able to survive this year."

Liu Fengshou took out the last puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke from his nose.

The pressure from life almost crushed the back of this man who had just turned forty.

Against the background of the lights, his face appeared flickering, and the boundary between light and dark was almost blurred.

As soon as Liu Fengshou said this, the air pressure in the hall dropped a little lower.

Their family dug food in the soil and worked hard all year round to harvest the food. After excluding the land rent paid to the landlord's family, the rest could only be sold for about ten taels of silver.

Including the taxes to be paid to the court, the usurious loan from the master last year, plus the family's daily expenses for firewood, rice, oil, salt, food, clothing, housing and transportation...

At the end of the year, there is basically not a penny left.

Not only is there no surplus left.

We even need to imitate someone in later generations who claims to be a world policeman, but is actually a world-wide oil thieves, borrowing new debts to repay old debts to survive.

Moreover, it has to be a good year.

If we encounter a bad year like this one, after a year of hard work, not only will we not be able to pay back the money we owed last year, but we will even owe more and more...

Just when the family was frowning and sighing.

Liu Hua, the eldest son of the Liu family, spoke.

"Dad, if that doesn't work, I'll go serve as a soldier for Lao Zhu's family!"

"I heard that serving as a soldier for Lao Zhu's family will not only divide the land, but also give you a settlement allowance of 20 taels of silver."

"If our family could have these 20 taels of silver, wouldn't we be able to pay back the money we owe Mr. Wang?"

Liu Hua has never been a peaceful master. He had often mixed with green-skinned gangsters of the same age in the town, and he even got the nickname Liu Sandao because of this.

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