The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 242 Dorgon's plan
Judging from the performance of the Dragon Guard Army, professional soldiers graduated from military academies, led by professional officers trained in military academy, have at least ten times the combat effectiveness of the traditional army of the seventeenth century.

The third is the manufacture and development of advanced weapons and equipment.Although this has the technical support of later generations brought by Zhu Linming, it also depends on craftsmen and technical personnel of this era.Therefore, following the military reform, the second thing to reform is the Ministry of Industry.

Zhu Linmi believes that if these reforms can be implemented smoothly, Daming will have an extremely powerful elite army.At the same time, this army will not incur too much expenditure, at least it will not cost millions of taels of military pay every year like the Guanning cavalry in the late Ming Dynasty.

The reform of the military system was imminent. Zhu Linming locked herself in the study after dinner, sorted out the previous ideas of the military reform, and wrote out the specific implementation terms.

The next day, he showed the written military reform plan to several cabinet scholars.He said he wanted them to give their opinions, but in fact he didn't expect these old masters to have any profound thoughts on the military system. Showing them this is mainly to give them some advice first, so that the government and the opposition can have a psychological preparation.

At the same time, he has ordered Zhang Jiayu to start implementing some specific tasks quietly.

For example, a lot of literate and experienced officers were transferred from the Dragon Guards to join the Ministry of War, but they are currently only serving as chief officers temporarily.

The counting of guards in Jiangxi and Fujing and the measurement of garrison fields have also begun.

Zhu Linmei also specifically ordered Zheng Guangying to transfer a lot of Jinyiwei personnel to various places to secretly investigate the situation of the guards' officers illegally occupying the farmland.

As for Zhu Linmi, the private soldier of the warlords, he didn't even intend to count them.The imperial court didn't contribute much in the war before, so don't expect the imperial court to allocate a penny to you.Since it is your own servant, I'm sorry, please take care of it yourself.

Zhu Linmi didn't forget that these warlords were all mercenaries watching when Jianlu invaded. The stop of payment was just the beginning, and it was inevitable to deal with these guys one by one in the future.

That night, Zhu Linmi was instructing Zhang Jiayu on the reform of the military system at the Ministry of War, when an officer from the Ministry of War rushed over, saying that there was a battle report from Quzhou.

Zhu Linmi's heart tensed when she heard the words, could it be that Liu Guoxuan couldn't stand it?
He unwrapped the paper on the mansion newspaper and unfolded it, only to see that there was a report saying that Dai Xiuyuan from Jiangxi led his troops to reinforce Quzhou, and there were nearly [-] defenders in the city, and Quzhou was originally a place where the prisoners stored grain, so there was plenty of food and grass in the city.Right now Liu Guoxuan is calling for strong men to strengthen the city wall, and with more than ten thousand soldiers from Zhejiang besieging the city, it should not be a problem for Quzhou to hold on for three to five months.

Now that the crisis in Quzhou was resolved, Zhu Linmi also let out a sigh of relief.With Quzhou in hand, this place can be used as the starting point for the northern expedition to Nanjing in the future, which is much more convenient for deploying troops or storing food.

He handed the residence report to Zhang Jiayu, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, there is this Dai Xiuyuan. But I don't know how he knew that there was a change in Quzhou, and he led the army to reinforce it in advance."

Zhang Jiayu read the battle report, but also shook his head and said: "I will find out by writing to Quzhou to inquire. Now that we have this support army, we can take a while to break the barracks. Mr. Gu has been marching in a hurry these days."

Zhu Linmei suddenly remembered something, and said to Zhang Jiayu: "I remember that Dai Xiuyuan was very strategic during the Guangxin battle, and Quzhou relied on him to solve the predicament. This is a talent. When Quzhou is settled, he can be recruited back to heaven. Xingfu reports, I have other important tasks for him."

"Yes!"

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Dorgon looked around at everyone in front of him, "Let's talk about it."

Since the Shunzhi Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, Dorgon has monopolized power, and it has been a long time since a meeting of kings and ministers was held.

The reason for the reopening of the meeting of kings and ministers to discuss politics this time is because Boluo lost [-] troops in Fujian, of which more than [-] were lost in the Eight Banners.

Seeing that no one made a sound for a long time, Ying Erdai stood up and said loudly: "His Royal Highness, in the battle of Fujian, more than half of my strong men were killed or injured. This revenge must be avenged!"

"Yes! We must avenge this great revenge!" Tan Bai gritted his teeth and continued, "Zhenghuangqi also suffered heavy casualties. We should immediately mobilize troops and march south again!"

"Yes! Nanzheng!" The rest of the people also echoed angrily.

Dorgon frowned, thinking that what you guys say is useless.Transfer troops?Right now, the Qing Dynasty is fighting in Mobei, Sichuan, Shanxi, and Huguang at the same time. Where is the source of troops to adjust?It's a pity that Duoduo is fighting in the grassland, otherwise he will be able to help me find a way.

He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "The matter of the southern expedition needs to be discussed in a long-term way. But we don't have any heavy troops in the southeast right now. If the southerners take advantage of the victory and attack the north, how should we respond?"

"This..." The person who was shouting for revenge just now fell silent.

Ji Erhalang coughed to break the silence, "Hey, well, the southerners won only a small victory. Their puppet emperor died for the first time, and the young boy ascended the throne. It will not be long before there will be civil strife. It only takes time to mobilize troops to attack. can break it."

In time?Dorgon rolled his eyes at him, secretly thought, nonsense!Wait a few more months and Nanjing may be gone!

Fan Wencheng pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "The Regent, Zhu Yihai from Zhejiang Province was restored to be the Supervisor of the State not long ago, and separated from the imperial court of the southerner Taizheng. It was Fujian who wanted to go north, but couldn't pass through Zhejiang.

"But Zhu Yihai only governs half of Zhejiang, and was defeated by our army before, so he should have no intention of attacking me. I think that it is only necessary to order Master Hong to strengthen the defense line in northern Zhejiang, and then transfer Chengbei Le's troops to station in Nanjing. Big problem.

"If the battle to Mobei is successful, Prince Yu's army will be able to return.

The court of the Southern Ming Dynasty is actually no more than Jiangxi and Fujian. How can it be my opponent of the Qing Dynasty?Its last victory was really a fluke, if His Royal Highness Prince Yu led his troops to march south again, he would definitely get revenge on Fujian. "

The Shuncheng Baylor he was talking about was Luck Dehun who was fighting in Huguang, and Prince Yu was Dorgon's younger brother Duoduo.

Dorgon sighed lightly when he heard the words, but in fact he also intended to do so.

Although Luck Dehun's troops are elite, they only have more than [-] people. They have been entangled with Li Zicheng's troops in Jiangming for a long time in Huguang, and have not achieved much results. It is better to transfer him to guard Nanjing.The loss is nothing more than the newly opened Huguang battlefield.

It's just that Duoduo's expedition to Teng Jisi, I don't know how long it will take to win.

He nodded and said: "Luck Dehun will go to Nanjing. But Prince Yu's army has been dragging in Mobei, but it gave the southerners a chance to breathe."

After Ning finished, I bowed and said: "His Royal Highness, when Teng Jisi said that he wanted to belong to the Khalkha tribe, he just wanted to pay less taxes and tributes to the Qing Dynasty.

"Perhaps we can send envoys to Mobei to proclaim the edict, which will satisfy his wish of Teng Jisi, and he will never mention the matter of Beifu again. In this way, Prince Yu can return to Beijing immediately."

(End of this chapter)