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Chapter 264: Looking at the situation, the Yangtze River Navy!
"Now the Chuang army has occupied the western and northern parts of Yanzhou, and has also entered Tai'an Prefecture and Feicheng in Jinan Prefecture.

Zhang Guowei, the governor of water transportation in the Ming Dynasty, led the remaining troops of Supervisor Biao and Liu Zeqing to defend Dushan Lake, Jining Prefecture, Fuzhi Ziyang, and Ningyang. "

Liu Sheng asked someone to take out a map of Shandong, and based on the map and Xunfengwei's intelligence, he and Ma Shimin and other accompanying clerks from the Military Affairs Hall analyzed the situation in Shandong.

Seeing Wang Yangji coming, Liu Sheng motioned for him to come and listen - the situation in Shandong was not a secret.

Ma Shimin said: "The Ming army has suffered a new defeat, and many rebels have risen in Shandong. Zhang Guowei may not be able to hold on for long."

According to Xunfengwei's rough estimate, there are now 40 million rebels in the three prefectures of Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Jinan in Shandong Province alone!

These three prefectures accounted for more than half of Shandong's area. At this time, the Ming Dynasty could only control major cities such as Fuzhi and surrounding areas, and most of the areas fell into the hands of various rebels.

However, compared to the Shandong Rebel Army, which has become a prairie fire, the performance of the Chuang Army was somewhat disappointing.

He pointed to the map and said: "The Chuang army is currently blocked by Ziyang (Government of Yanzhou Prefecture), Licheng (Government of Jinan Prefecture) and Liaocheng (Government of Dongchang Prefecture). It is obvious that they lack the ability to conquer fortified cities.

If it were delayed longer and allowed Ming Dynasty to catch its breath, the situation in Shandong might recur. "

Ma Shimin smiled and said: "If the Chuang army is strong in attacking fortresses, they will not leave Kaifeng alone."

After listening to Ma Shimin's words, Wang Yangji looked at the map of Henan aside.

Now Kaifeng Mansion is actually divided by the Ming Dynasty, Chuang Army, and Yi Army.

The Wei army occupied the southern area south of Xiangcheng, Linying, Yancheng, Xihua, and Chenzhou.

In the Ming Dynasty, only Xiangfu (Kaifeng Prefecture) was left in Kaifeng Prefecture south of the Yellow River, and the three surrounding counties of Zhongmou, Chenliu, and Lanyang, together with important market towns such as Zhuxian Town, formed a small small town outside Kaifeng City. defensive circle.

All the remaining prefectures and counties in Kaifeng Prefecture were occupied by the intruders!
Suizhou, Ningling and Kaocheng in the northwest of Guide Prefecture were also captured by the Chuang army!

Liu Sheng said: "Now it depends on the ability of the Breaking Army to absorb the Shandong Rebels - when Li Zicheng was in Henan Prefecture, he relied on gathering many hungry people and refugees and surrounded the city with 10 people. It took two or three days to clear the city. With the help of the army rebels, Luoyang was captured.

If he wants to break through the strong cities such as Ziyang, Licheng, Shangqiu, etc., he may have to use similar methods. "

"Didn't you say that Li Zicheng annexed Li Qingshan's tribe in Caoxian County? Such an action may make many Shandong rebels wary and wait and see."

Ma Shimin couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this. He was no longer as optimistic about Li Zicheng as before.

It wasn't that he thought it was wrong for Li Zicheng to annex Li Qingshan's tribe, but he did it too hastily and looked too ugly.

Liu Sheng smiled and said nothing.

Li Zicheng has not yet annexed Luo Rucai's department.

If he went straight to the middle camp and beheaded Luo Rucai like in history, it would be ugly.

Thinking of the way Li Zicheng treated other rebels, Liu Sheng couldn't help but look at Yingshan and Huoshan in the Dabie Mountains.

Since Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by Zuo Liangyu in Huangzhou Prefecture and retreated into the Dabie Mountains, tens of thousands of peasant troops have gathered in this area, and they have been divided into at least six groups!

Now that winter is coming, life for Zhang Xianzhong and the five Gezuo tribes will definitely be difficult.

According to the information sent back by the Xunfeng Guard who sneaked into the area, the Fifth Department of Revolutionary Zuo, under the lobbying of Zhang Xianzhong, was preparing to send troops to Luzhou Prefecture.

A conservative estimate is that they will seize some market towns and cities for the winter; if everything goes well, they will probably take advantage of the situation and capture Luzhou Prefecture.

Speaking of which, both Yang Heqing, who had stationed troops in Yiyang Prefecture, and Zhao Deyou, who was now in charge of Yiyang Prefecture, had sent people to the Dabie Mountains to have direct contact with the five Gezuo troops to recruit and surrender.

However, the rules for the recruitment and surrender of the Wei tribe were there, and the conditions given to the leaders of the fifth Gezuo tribe could not be accepted at all, so the recruitment and surrender of the Wei tribe could not proceed.

Liu Sheng remembered that in history, Zhang Xianzhong and the five Gezuo tribes seemed to have caused quite a stir in Luzhou and Anqing.

He successively defeated Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong's troops who came to suppress them. Unfortunately, they won first and then lost. Zhang Xianzhong had conflicts with the Fifth Gezuo Division, which caused the Fifth Gezuo Division to avoid Henan and join Li Zicheng.

Zhang Xianzhong was defeated in Huguang, and taking advantage of the emptiness of the Ming army in Huguang at that time (in history, Zuo Liangyu participated in the battle of Zhuxian Town), it really took off across Huguang.

Now that Huang Degong is gone in Jiangbei, only Liu Liangzuo is left. The north still needs to deal with the Chuang army, but Zuo Liangyu's tribe is entrenched in Jiujiang and Anqing in the south.

Under such circumstances, if Zhang Xianzhong and the five Gezuo tribes broke out in Jiangbei, they might suffer a worse defeat than in history.

Of course, if something happens to Zuo Liangyu, things may change in other ways...

After listening to Wang Yangji's report on how to persuade him to surrender, Liu Sheng was in a good mood.

Xu Wenqi said he would do hard labor for three months first, maybe because he wanted to take the opportunity to learn more about the Wei tribe, or maybe because he was not able to surrender immediately due to some factors, but in the end he was interested in surrendering.

In this way, next year he will have another useful talent under his command, a governor of the Ming Dynasty, which will bring considerable political significance.

Thinking of this, Liu Sheng immediately asked Xunfengwei and Shengjiewei to arrange manpower to go to Zhejiang Renhe to attack the front station. While carrying out espionage work, he also made preparations to pick up Xu Wenqi's family.After finishing all this, seeing Wang Yangji still waiting in the palace, Liu Sheng suddenly felt that this man did have some talent in persuading surrender.

So I came up with another task.

"Zhang Kuang, the magistrate of Mianyang, was captured in Honghu after the city fell the day before yesterday. He will be sent to Jiangxia today. Since you are here, why not stay in Jiangxia for half a day to persuade Zhang Kuang."

Wang Yangji felt highly motivated after repeatedly persuading him to surrender, and also held the important post of Hubei's Right Chief Envoy.

He immediately responded: "My subordinates will do their best to persuade Zhang Kuang to surrender!"

Not long after Wang Yangji left, Liu Changhe came to visit again.

"At the end, I will see the commander-in-chief!"

Liu Sheng walked down, patted Liu Changhe's shoulder, and asked with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for a few months, right? How is the situation over there with the Second Division?"

Liu Changhe had previously served as the brigade commander of the Second Division, and after receiving a military order not long ago, he brought more than [-] officers and soldiers from the Second Division to Jiangxia to report.

He relaxed a little after hearing this and replied: "Everything is fine in the second division, except that Commander Peng and all the soldiers can't hold themselves back.

Fengyang Prefecture's Ming army now has less than [-] troops. Not long ago, thousands more soldiers and horses were transferred to the north to support Shandong. Seeing that other troops were making achievements, the soldiers were all looking forward to the commander-in-chief's order to fight eastward. "

"Don't worry, wait until next year, the Second Division will have plenty of battles to fight." Liu Sheng said with a smile, then changed his words and asked: "On the way here, you should have thought about setting up a navy, right? Tell me, you What do you think?"

This time Liu Sheng not only removed Liu Changhe and more than [-] soldiers from the Second Division, but also removed many people from the First Division, the Third Division and the independent brigades.

Altogether, there are approximately [-] people.

These generals and soldiers all have some experience in water warfare. The purpose of being transferred to Jiangxia is to form a formal Yangtze River Navy!
Previously, the so-called "Navy Division" of the Wei tribe was all served by soldiers from various ministries and temporarily recruited boatmen - the navy was on the ship, and the infantry was on board.

Doing this will only lead to smooth sailing, but it is not a long-term solution.

Previously, the reason why Yang Heqing's First Division fought fiercely with the Ming army led by Xu Wenqi on the Yangtze River for half a day before winning was because the soldiers were disadvantaged in water battles.

Even though it was equipped with a lot of artillery and muskets, it was almost killed by the Ming Navy.

The First Division conducted a post-war summary as usual, and Yang Heqing reported this situation to Liu Sheng.

Only then did Liu Sheng come up with the idea of ​​forming a formal inland navy - as for the navy, he would not consider it until the world was basically unified.

Hearing this, Liu Changhe said matter-of-factly: "Before the two Yangtze River water battles between the First Division and the Third Division and the Ming Army, our Yi Army had not actually fought a real water battle.

Therefore, my subordinates felt that if a formal navy was to be established, people who were good at water warfare should be recruited as soon as possible among the soldiers and generals of the Ming army.

Learn from their useful experience and find out water warfare methods suitable for our troops..."

After listening to Liu Changhe's words, Liu Sheng nodded slightly, feeling that he had made the right choice to lead the Yangtze River Navy.

Liu Changhe, like Hu Dongliu, was just a fisherman on Rushui.

After following Liu Sheng, he served as the first captain of the fishing team because of his outstanding performance, and was later promoted to the brigade commander of the standing army.

Influenced by Liu Sheng, most of the generals of the Yi tribe are actively learning and improving themselves through reading, attending military schools, post-war summaries, and analysis of battle cases, so they are making rapid progress.

The same is true for Liu Changhe.

After Liu Changhe finished speaking, Liu Sheng gave some targeted instructions and specifically asked some things that the navy should pay attention to during the training process, and then ended the conversation.

Finally, he returned to the throne, stood with a serious face and said: "Major General Liu Changhe obeys the order!"

Liu Changhe immediately performed a military salute and loudly said: "The last general is here!"

"Liu Changhe is hereby appointed as the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division. From now on, we will start to organize and train our Yangtze River Naval Division. We will tentatively organize three brigades. On the day the division is completed, Liu Changhe will be promoted to lieutenant general!"

When Liu Sheng finished reading the official military order and asked the bodyguard to send the general order over, Liu Changhe responded excitedly: "The last general takes the order!"

Before he came here, he thought that the Yangtze River Navy only had one brigade. Unexpectedly, there were three brigades, or temporary ones, making him the fifth division commander of the Kuei Department!
And you can be promoted to lieutenant general on the day you form an army!

It should be noted that Yang Heqing, who has the highest military rank in the Wei tribe, is also a general, and was promoted after capturing Huangzhou Prefecture.

The lieutenant generals only had three brigade commanders from the Guards and Peng Youyi, He Lianyue, and Shen Wandeng.

In other words, when the navy becomes an army, he will become the seventh lieutenant general and division commander of the Kuei Department!

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