The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 276 Instigating Deserters
Afterwards, Zhu Linmi recruited officials from the Propaganda Department and the Household Department to make arrangements, and did not go to sleep until late at night.

A few days later, thousands of Dragon Guards marched south along Taolin River in Quanzhou, heading straight for Zheng Zhilong's hometown Nan'an.The heavy cavalry and artillery battalions in the army were all accompanied by full force, as if they were about to fight a tough battle.

Zhu Linmei, Zhang Jiayu and several officials from the Ministry of Industry were also in the team.

"How far is Nalang Jingye's military camp from here?"

Zhang Jiayu reined in his horse and took out the map, compared it around, and pointed to the bend of the stream in the distance, "Going back to Your Highness, it's been dozens of miles past Anxi, and it should be more than ten miles away."

"The imperial decree should have arrived there, right?"

Zhang Jiayu cupped his hands and said: "Master Li from the Ministry of Rites set out yesterday, and Lang Jingye has definitely accepted the order."

Zhu Linmin nodded. He took the opportunity of going to Nan'an to restart the shipyard this time to solve a matter that had been dragging on for a long time.

At the beginning when the Jianlu soldiers came under pressure, Longwu fled south almost alone.However, the tens of thousands of Ming soldiers in Fujing remained indifferent, obeying Zheng Zhilong's order of "no resistance", and restrained the soldiers, watching the Qing soldiers wreak havoc.

Later, in the name of the imperial court, Zhu Linmi ordered the troops stationed in Fujing to intercept the Jian captives, but no one obeyed.Even before the Shanguan battle, only 6000 troops from Lu Chang and Song Jincheng came to reinforce them.

Now that the Jianlu has been broken, the generals who have done meritorious service will naturally be rewarded according to their merits, but these guys who are living on the salary of the Ming Dynasty but disobeying the imperial court's orders and avoiding the enemy and fearing war have not yet been punished.

They think that there are so many people that the law will not punish them, and the imperial court will not do anything to them for the sake of stability.

But Zhu Linming knew very well that these officers were Daming's cancer.If it weren't for his special existence, Fujing would have been occupied by Jianlu long ago because of the inaction of these people.

In history, after the fall of Fujing, these officers all defected to the Manchus as quickly as possible.Then they immediately turned their heads and went south to help Jianlu attack Guangzhou, and then fought with Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition army.

Let these people remain at large, how can those soldiers of the Dragon Guards who shed their blood for Daming from Longnan all the way to Shanguan not feel chilled?
In addition, let the world see that those who do not obey the imperial court's orders will never have good results, and the imperial court's prestige cannot be questioned!

This Lang Jingye is one of the representatives, with [-] troops under his command, and the station is the closest to Nan'an, he is a good example to set an example.

The Dragon Guards marched four miles away from the Langjingye camp on the lower reaches of the Taolin River and stopped. They dug trenches and set up horses.

But less than half a mile away from Lang Jingye's camp, there were military officials who set up tables and chairs, pulled up huge banners, and wrote: The military department of the Ming Dynasty was transferred to Dianmao.

There are more than a dozen tents behind them, and they obviously don't plan to leave anytime soon.

In the big camp not far away, Lang Jingye was holding the imperial decree sent by the Ministry of Rites yesterday morning and yelled at the general: "Transformation? Don't you want to seize Lao Tzu's military power?! Use Lao Tzu's soldiers as policemen, dreaming!"

The middle-aged officer beside him said cautiously: "General, you can't resist the order..."

"How about I procrastinate?" Lang Jingye snorted coldly, "I won't say no, just take your time, delay him for a year or two, and finally let it go.

"I still don't believe that the imperial court dares to do anything to me. Now tens of thousands of Ming troops in Fujing are watching us. If the assistant king dares to be tough, those guys will definitely join forces to make trouble. I see how he will end up then? !"

As he was speaking, a guard came in to report, "General, a soldier asked if they were going to go outside the camp for transfer, oh, transfer."

"Fuck!" Lang Jingye said angrily, "Who the hell dares to take a step out of the camp, I will kill him!"

Before he finished his sentence, another scout came hurriedly, and he said in a loud voice when he was still far away: "General, general, it's not good, the imperial court sent troops to block the north side of the camp, and they are closing the camp!"

Lang Jingye trembled when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked: "How many people are here?"

"About four to five thousand."

He turned to the lieutenant general and said, "Send an order to put the whole battalion on alert. I don't believe that 5000 people can do anything to me!"

The Tanma continued: "General, looking at the banners and clothing, it seems to be the Dragon Guards under the auxiliary king's command."

Lang Jingye was stunned for a moment, but he still insisted: "Don't be afraid, the imperial court will not dare to use violence."

However, soon there was the sound of rumbling guns. Although no shells were seen falling, the thunderous sound was still shocking.

The soldiers of Lang Jingye's battalion were frightened by the momentum, they all crouched under the wall with their weapons in their hands, and whispered to each other between the sound of the cannonballs.

"Hey, in fact, the imperial court's transformation is quite good. My stupid nephew joined the army a few months ago and became a police officer not long ago. Now he is paid one, two, five dollars a month!"

"I've also heard that you only need to walk around the street for a few hours with a knife in your hand, and then go back to the camp and sit for a few hours before you can go home."

"Don't you need to fight?"

"What the fuck, at most it's just cleaning up the bastards in the city. You don't need to use your hands, as soon as the knife comes out, you will be scared to the ground."

"Is there such a good thing? I don't know why the general stopped me from going there?"

"I heard that the people from the Ministry of War are outside the camp. Go and get a job. After a few days, you will be able to serve as errands in Anxi."

A burst of gunfire interrupted their conversation, and several people looked at each other and nodded in unison.

At the same time, the Ministry of Propaganda began to publicize the transformation of the army near Anxi and Nan'an, and called on the families of the soldiers in the Lang Business Camp to visit the camp, and the imperial court allocated travel expenses.

Whenever someone in the family served as a soldier at Lang Jingye, they were all moved immediately when they heard that the salary had been doubled and they didn't have to stay in the barracks all day.

In addition to being able to travel at public expense, tens of thousands of people came to the Lang Jingye barracks in two days, or sternly ordered, or burst into tears.

On the one hand, the cannon shook the ears, and on the other hand, the relatives were crying. The Lang Jingye camp was crowded with people when it got dark, and dozens or even dozens of people fled the camp together.In just two days, almost [-]% of his troops were reduced!

Except for Lang Jingye's own more than a hundred soldiers, he would not dare to send other people out to stop the deserters—often, two groups of people would disappear without a trace.

After four or five days, Lang Jingye saw that he could no longer hold back, so he had to leave the camp according to the order and hand over the procedures with the officials of the Ministry of War.The sound of artillery outside the camp finally stopped.

Lang Jingye and more than a hundred of his own soldiers still stayed in the village - the Ministry of War still ordered him to hold his original post and not to stay in the station.It's just that the big camp is empty, but I don't know what kind of general he is.

Zhang Jiayu also asked people to carefully identify the soldiers of the Lang Jingye Office. Those who had been killed were only given severance money to return to their hometowns, and the rest were distributed near Anxi to start police training.

Soon, the affairs of Lang Jingye spread all over the place, and at the same time, the Ministry of War announced that it would carry out military restructuring throughout Fujian.

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