Chapter 155 Overt and covert fighting

"Wang Daxiong, the flag general of the 2000th headquarters of the pro-military camp under the General's Office, showed calmness and command in the pursuit battles in the streets of Quanzhou Fucheng, the battles in the streets of Fuqing City, and the barricade defense battles. He fought bravely,

He has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. In the Quanzhou Battle and the Fuqing Battle, he personally killed four Tatars and nine Green Camp troops. In the two battles of his flag team, the Communists killed and captured 21 Tatars and more than 120 Green Camp troops.

People.

In order to commend the advanced, promote the spirit of bravery and bravery, and inspire the morale of the whole army, the General's Office specially awarded Wang Daxiong the "Second Class Flying Tiger Medal" and the first-class personal combat award. Awarded to all the Second Flag Team "Level Sword"

Medal', and won the first-class collective combat award..."

On the school grounds of the North Camp of Zhangzhou Fucheng, flags were waving, gongs and drums were blaring, and the audience was neatly filled with groups of soldiers with bright uniforms. They were wearing red, yellow, and black military uniforms, and they were lined up.

On the school grounds, looking from top to bottom, it looks like a tricolor flag.

"Sun Xing, Flag Commander of the 2000th Headquarters of the Pro-Army Camp under the General Zhenglu Mansion..." The loud voice of the officer presiding over the ceremony soon rang again, and familiar and somewhat unfamiliar names reached Zheng Chenggong.

In the ears, at the same time, these officers with different looks held their heads high and strode onto the stage, all looking very excited.

Of course, I am excited. As the ten flag generals with the most outstanding performance in the Quanxing War and Fuqing War, today they will not only receive the "Flying Tiger Medal", which represents the highest honor in personal commendation from Ming and Zheng Dajun, and a valuable sum of money.

In addition to the reward, you will also receive a personal interview from Mr. Guoxing himself.

If after half a year of publicity by the teaching team, the "Flying Tiger Medal" and "First Class Combat Award" were once the most coveted honors and prizes for all Ming and Zheng soldiers and grassroots officers, then today's latter item - the National

The fact that Mr. Surname personally presented them with awards was enough to eclipse everything else.

Wang Daxiong, Sun Xing and others quickly stood in front of Zheng Chenggong. They were all excited. There were even two flag generals who saw the national master for the first time. They were so nervous that their Adam's apple kept moving and they swallowed their saliva.

Wang Daxiong was quite proud at this time. He had met Zheng Chenggong several times since he first entered the Huwei camp. This had even become a source of bragging for him in the pro-military camp. The newly promoted people in the pro-military camp

Many of the banner chiefs and even the hundred chiefs who came up had never had the opportunity to have close contact with Mr. Guo Xingye, so they also had special respect for him.

Although Sun Xing is a boring gourd and usually rarely talks, this is not the first time he has met Mr. Guo. He still vividly remembers the last night patrol in the military camp. Therefore, he behaved particularly calmly.

This surprised Wang Daxiong, who still had the leisure to pay attention to his brother.

Zheng Chenggong personally placed a "Flying Tiger Medal" made of copper and iron on each of them, and then said some encouraging words. The ten flag generals saluted one by one, and then walked off the general stage amidst warm applause.<

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Among the most outstanding grassroots officers in the vast system of the Ming and Zheng armies, the one who impressed Zheng Chenggong most deeply was Wang Daxiong, Tiger Guard No. 1. Seeing that Wang Daxiong had now received the Flying Tiger Medal of his own design, he recalled the scene when Tiger Guard Town was first established.

, and Guo Ting specially submitted an application for promotion, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion - it turns out that things have changed so much!

Immediately afterwards, the presiding officer read out the list of medals awarded to ordinary soldiers. Although the number was much higher than that of officers at the flag general level, in total, out of the nearly 9,000 Chinese soldiers, nine

The winning ratio among ten people is not high.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of medals, the proportion of ordinary soldiers receiving three types of medals must be lower. Officers at all levels can choose from 1 in 30 to 10, while ordinary soldiers can only choose 1 in 100. Of course, this is also

It is related to the fact that the Ming and Zheng armies used military formations to fight, and it was difficult to reflect personal strength.

Moreover, a medal is originally a kind of honor, and the reason why an honor becomes an honor must ensure its legendary nature and scarcity. If it is issued indiscriminately, the honor will not be precious, let alone whether it is high-level or not. Almost everyone has a medal.

You already have something, why should you fight for it?

Zheng Chenggong has always attached great importance to the construction of military honor and spirit, military uniforms, military songs, military discipline, as well as the three categories of individual and collective medals currently being trialled: Flying Tiger, Warrior, and Sharp Sword, as well as the combat rewards behind the medals, retirement benefits, etc.

etc., are all part of the military’s honor and spiritual construction.

He always believes that spiritual strength is one of the most important factors to ensure that the army can continue to fight in adverse situations. In order for the Ming and Zheng armies to grow into a powerful army that truly scares the enemy, they must not only win smooth battles, but also win battles.

Fighting against the wind, and having to win a tough battle that the enemy can't figure out why he lost.

Medals play an irreplaceable role in this. Through the design of the medal selection system, soldiers and officers are encouraged to dare to attack and pay attention to cooperation on the battlefield, which can form the unique combat style of the Ming and Zheng armies.

Of course, this is just a useful supplement and part of improving the professionalism of the army. Zheng Chenggong’s ultimate goal is to cultivate a truly professional army that is born for combat.

Gan Hui, Wan Li, Guo Ting, He Wenxing and others standing on the side of the general stage also applauded as the award ceremony was going on. Those who were commended among them had already gone up. Among them, Guo Ting stood for the night attack on Quanzhou City.

For his outstanding performance, he received the highest reward among several battalion officers.

Of course, as battalion officers, they don't think this so-called reward is nothing. The pro-military battalion under Guo Ting expanded into a shelf battalion with two thousand headquarters, and Fuqing City was merged into Xinghua Prefecture. He can still guard the front line.

This is the true reuse and reward. Even Gan Hui is a little jealous when he sees it.

This time, due to issues with combat arrangements, Wanli began to exert force in the second half of the Quanxing battle, and his performance in the Fuqing battle was also very outstanding. However, because Zhang Shiyao shared the credit of the former and was quite aggressive in the Fuqing battle, he finally

Still ranked below Guo Ting.

However, this time Wanli did not complain everywhere. Instead, he went to ask Gan Hui about the loopholes in his deployment during the street fighting stage of the Fuqing War. At the same time, he also took advantage of being stationed in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou and often participated in the war situation deductions of the General Staff Headquarters.

, and established a good relationship with Huangshan, but the literacy problem still bothered him.

Zheng Chenggong naturally sees these changes in Wanli. As long as the opponent's performance is not bad, in the next round of army expansion, Wuwei Battalion will definitely be fully staffed first. If the time is right, Wanli can even lead a town by itself.

His military ability is also top-notch among the Zheng army. Especially after learning some theories recently, his strategic and tactical level has been rapidly improved.

But He Wenxing was a bit embarrassed among the battalion officers of Zheng Zhongjun in the Ming Dynasty. The battles of Quanxing and Fuqing were mainly siege battles. His cavalry had no chance to make meritorious deeds, which gave him almost no chance to expand the army next time.

time, the hope of taking a step forward.

Naturally, there were inevitably some factions and small groups within the Zheng army system in the Ming Dynasty. Although they did not have the opportunity to join forces under Zheng Chenggong's strict system design, they were still in contact with each other.

But the problem is that He Wenxing only joined the Zheng Army during the Zhangzhou War two years ago. He has no foundation at all in the Ming and Zheng systems, which made him feel a sense of crisis. After all, military achievements often depend on

It’s not the key to getting to the next level, it’s the issue at the top of the mountain that Mr. Guo Xing also needs to weigh.

Now, the problem facing He Wenxing is that he has neither a mountain top nor enough military merit. Unless he can rely on his cavalry to break out of his own mountain while establishing unparalleled military merit, he will become an admiral of the first army.

, it’s just wishful thinking.

Of course, Zheng Chenggong attached great importance to and invested heavily in the construction of cavalry, as well as the General Staff Headquarters's future plan for the Ming and Zheng armies, in which cavalry would become the main combat force. These gave him the confidence to continue to concentrate on training troops.

After all, in the deduction conducted by the General Staff Headquarters, in the future Fuzhou War, the main force of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army in Beijing will definitely participate. At that time, encirclement and reinforcements will be inevitable, and the Fuzhou Plain will also become the core area of ​​the battle between the two armies.
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A battalion officer who doesn't want to be an admiral is not a good general. Several battalion officers appear to be calm on the surface, but in fact they have their own concerns. Although the admiral Gan Hui does not have such a strong sense of crisis, he can also feel that these generals under him are

No matter what, sometimes I have to worry about these things.

But the military is still simple. The Civil Affairs Bureau, the Commercial Affairs Bureau, and the Maritime Trade Department are full of overt and covert struggles. Everyone wants to have more funding for their departments, add more institutions, and recruit more manpower during the budget at the beginning of the year.

How to handle and balance these things, Gan Hui feels like his head hurts just thinking about it.

The awarding of medals is still going on. After Zheng Chenggong finished awarding medals to the officers at the flag general level, the remaining medals were awarded to Gan Hui, Wan Li, Guo Ting, He Wenxing, and the Chief of Staff of the General Staff Department.

Chief of Staff. This is not only because there are many people who have won medals, but Zheng Chenggong cannot go out personally in order to ensure that the standards of the previous medals are not lowered. It is also because Zheng Chenggong wants to use this to strengthen the authority of the staff.

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After the awarding ceremony, the soldiers and junior officers who received the medals all received an additional three days of leave. During this time, they could go home to visit relatives and enjoy the prosperity of Zhangzhou Fucheng.

But Zheng Chenggong was not so relaxed. From beginning to end, he worked almost all year round. Even though the staff department had handled a lot of military affairs for him, Hong Xu also made outstanding achievements in civil affairs, but Hai

He needs to personally review trade and local inspections, as well as new institutions that are built one after another.

As the Ming and Zheng versions of the Navigation Regulations were promulgated at the beginning of the year, the Dutch, who had been committed to building Batavia as the center of the East Asian trade network, began to carry out various countermeasures behind the scenes, even in early February.

At that time, merchant ships with "Zheng" tokens were openly robbed at sea.

This is a real business war, with both high-level conspiracy and unabashed violence, both of which can even come out of the same person's mouth without any conflict.

Although Zheng Chenggong planned to use his production advantages and trade regulations to seize the trade initiative step by step, and eventually completely defeat the Dutch. But he showed no mercy in the face of the Dutch's plunder.

Of course, for the ultimate goal, just after the Quanxing War, Zheng Chenggong wrote a letter of protest to the Dutch Taiwan Commercial Office and made an almost naked threat. Then not only did Zheng Hongkui begin to restrict trade with the Dutch, he also

He also ordered the Nanyang Navy to retaliate in kind. When the Dutch robbed one of his merchant ships, he seized two illegal Dutch merchant ships.

After some discussions between the Dutch governor of Taiwan and the governor of Batavia, considering the decisive role of Ming Zheng in trade and its influence in Southeast Asia, East Asia and other seas, they had no choice but to cover up the truth about the premeditated robbery, arguing that it was the wrong ship.

, and returned all the looted goods and ships.

Originally, Batavia thought that Ming and Zheng would also issue a similar statement to return the ship and its cargo on the grounds of misunderstanding. However, at the end of March, Ming and Zheng unexpectedly made demands for fines and compensation.

After all, the ships were detained because they violated Ming and Zheng rules. The proportion of Chinese on board was wrong. This was not a misunderstanding. Zheng Chenggong was about to use the topic to scare the monkeys! In the process of intercepting these ships, the Nanyang Navy lost several

A small boat and dozens of sailors on board are also included in the compensation.

Before this incident, Zheng Hongkui had already reached trade agreements with Indochina countries such as Annam, Siam, Cambodia, and Champa. This has always been the place where the Zheng family had an advantage. Under Zheng's offensive of large purchase orders in the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch

The ability to counterattack was further lost. In Malacca, Bahrain and other places, the Ming and Zheng Dynasties also further penetrated. This was a key step in dismantling the Batavia trade circle.

Because of Ming and Zheng's preparations, the matter did not end as it did in the original history. It ended after the Dutch returned the looted merchant ship cargo, and the Dutch were involved in a larger whirlpool.

Zheng Chenggong's purpose was actually to get the Dutch East India Company to officially recognize his "Navigation Regulations". The astronomical compensation was just a cover. This is where we can talk.

In fact, this was an unacceptable plan in the negotiations. When the Dutch recognized the "Navigation Regulations" in the face of the huge purchase orders issued by Ming and Zheng, and in front of the free money, then the compensation would naturally be unnecessary.
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"After being beaten up, these red-haired people had a very good attitude!" Feng Chengshi chuckled, and then handed the letter to Zheng Hongkui: "They still don't want to acknowledge the regulations we promulgated, nor do they want to pay compensation, but they are asking us to

The plan to expand trade must be tempting, otherwise the attitude will not be so humble."

"To make money, red-haired people are also human beings. In order to make money, being humble doesn't matter. If we pay more money, I'm afraid we can even make them kneel down." Zheng Hongkui smiled arrogantly, and the Dutch were forced to this point.

His contribution is not small.

"They still want to maintain their original trade lines. This is just to make more money. If we increase purchases from Taiwan and Nanyang, they can also make more money. How they choose depends on their trade-offs.

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To be continued...