On this day, the two towns of border guards went to the expedition, but also the newly formed Fifth and Sixth Towns of the Yangtze River Navy.

The components of the navy divisions in these two towns are somewhat complicated.

The soldiers selected mainly from the Wuhu Navy (Huang Fei's tribe) were eliminated, followed by the soldiers selected by the Zhenjiang Navy (Zheng Hongkui's tribe), and then mixed with the soldiers selected from the First and Second Towns of the Yangtze River Navy.

Dozens of middle and low-level generals.

However, the navy under Huang Fei and Zheng Hongkui were originally complex in its composition, including the original Ming naval officers and soldiers, pirates and water bandits.

The most famous of them should be Gu Sanmazi, who has a friendship with Yan Yingyuan.

He was repelled shortly after he was defeated by Yan Yingyuan in the attack on Jiangyin and joined Zheng Hongkui's navy, changed his name to Gu Sanfan, and served as deputy general in Zhenjiang naval division.

For the purpose of differentiating and suppressing the Zheng family's forces, Zhu Mai promoted him to the general of the Sixth Town of the Navy.

However, the soldiers of the Sixth Town of the Navy were mainly composed of former Ming officers and soldiers and Zheng family sailors, and there were very few pirates.

Huang Fei was appointed as the general of the fifth town of the Navy, and also served as the admiral of the Huaiyang Navy, and was appointed as the left governor.

In addition, the Seventh Town of the Navy was reorganized, with Zheng Hongkui as the general, and the right governor, and the military affairs of the Navy Division.

The garrison of the Seventh Town of the Navy was changed from Zhenjiang to Jingjiang, which was mainly responsible for combating water bandits from the Yangtze River to Taihu Lake, as well as pirates who invaded the three prefectures of Chang Susong.

The Sixth Town of the Navy led by Gu Sanfan is stationed in Xiali Port.

At this time, Xiali Port is not only facing the sea, but also not far to the west is Miaowan Town. There is a waterway to Tongzhou, the southernmost tip of Yangzhou Prefecture, and Tongzhou is located on the northern bank of the lowest reaches of the Yangtze River, connecting north and south.

Therefore, Clam Port is a very important water and land node.

The fifth town of the Navy led by Huang Fei and Weng Zhiqi's border defense team took the sea route to Haizhou garrison in the northeast corner of Huai'an Prefecture.

Haizhou is located near the sea and is very close to Yuzhou Mountain Island. The Ming Dynasty originally established the East China Sea Zhongsou here, which shows how important this place is.

Considering that this place is very close to Shandong and far from Zhu Daming's other troops on the Huanghuai Line, Zhu Mai sent troops from both the water and the land.

In this way, even if the Qing Dynasty came out to attack, Huang Fei and Weng Zhiqi could not resist it, and they could retreat from the sea without being annihilated.

As for the 12th Town of the Border Defense Army led by Liu Fangliang, he took boats from the Second Town of the Navy and escorted food and grass and other arms, walked north of the canal, and stationed in Suqian.

At the same time, Ainengqi's fourth town of the Imperial Guard will also receive a new transfer order to move to Shuyang from Shanyang (Prince of Huai'an Prefecture) and Andong.

This place is located in the middle of Suqian and Haizhou. There is Shushui flowing from Shandong to the north, and Lianshui River to the south.

Moreover, after passing through Shuyang, Lianshui flows into the east with Shushui, passes through a lake, and flows into the sea in Haizhou.

Therefore, Shuyang is regarded as a water and land transportation hub in the central and northern Huai'an Prefecture and is quite important.

Since the Qing army withdrew into Shandong, the northern part of Huai'an Prefecture was basically in a state of no government, and small groups of bandits and armed bandits fought endlessly with the landlords.

Zhu Mai asked Ainengqi to lead the fourth town of the Imperial Guard to move to Shuyang, one to prevent the Qing army from going south, and the other to clear out and pacify various illegal armed forces in the north of Huai'an Prefecture.

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afternoon.

Zhu Mai came to the Qinglong Camp's resident for inspection.

"See Your Majesty!"

Ning Jianglong, the general of the Qinglong Camp, led the guerrilla Yan Yingyuan and other generals to greet him at the gate of the camp.

"Flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the ceremony, Ning Jianglong, Yan Yingyuan and others stood up and took Zhu Mai and the Imperial Guard into the barracks.

The camp of Qinglong Camp is actually the former residence of the Caojiang Navy, and it is a water village built on the Yangtze River.

Zhu Mei did not understand sailor training. She came here this time just to see how the water camp was repaired. Ning Jianglong had previously reported that there were many disrepairs here, so Zhu Mei transferred military funds to order the repair.

Because in Zhu Dashi's plan, this place will most likely develop into a naval school or naval school in the future.

After entering, I saw that many places in the Shuizhai were indeed renovated, so Zhu Ni nodded easily.

After visiting, she asked: "In addition to soldiers, does the establishment of Qinglong Camp have other needs?"

Because Qinglong Camp belongs to the Imperial Guard, soldiers were selected from the first, second town and the Imperial Guards.

As for the first and second towns of the Navy, the shortage of the personnel was added to the selected troops of Huang Fei and Zheng Hongkui's troops.

Because Qinglong Camp planned to train a battalion first, with about 3,000 people, the problem of soldiers has now been solved.

Ning Jianglong is in his early forties, has an ordinary appearance, a low-key and down-to-earth person. He was transferred from the First Town of the Yangtze River Navy.

He was originally the chief of the Chongqing Navy Navy, but later he was assigned to Zeng Ying's command and went to Sichuan to join Zhu Meiyu.

He also made some contributions in the First Town of the Navy, and he accumulated merits to the generals.

Although he was transferred to Qinglong Camp, he was actually promoted. After all, the position of the Imperial Army is one or two levels higher than that of other troops.

After hearing Zhu Mai ask about the needs, Ning Jianglong hesitated for a moment and said, "There is no shortage of Qinglong Camp in other aspects, but the warships are a little short. If...... it would be great if there were one or two armored warships."

Ning Jianglong mustered up the courage to say the last sentence, because he knew that the iron-armored warship was precious.

Zhu Meiyu smiled after hearing this and said, "Don't worry, General Ning Shen, since Qinglong Camp is an imperial guard, if there is a new iron-armored warship sent over in Sichuan, there will be one of Qinglong Camp."

Ning Jianglong was very happy to receive the promise, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "I will definitely practice Qinglong Camp!"

Zhu Mai looked at Yan Yingyuan again and asked, "What do you think during this period of time?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I feel very fulfilled." Yan Yingyuan said with his fists, "The formation and training of the navy are not easy, and many places are very different from what I thought before. However, I will have the confidence to be a good water.

Commander."

Yan Yingyuan's words were plain but full of confidence.

In fact, Yan Yingyuan originally knew a lot about the navy through Gu Sanfan. It was only because the Qinglong Camp warfare was biased towards the first and second towns of the navy. It was important to use artillery, muskets and other firearms, which made Yan Yingyuan think very much.

different.

Zhu Mai wanted to encourage Ning Jianglong again, Yan Yingyuan and several other Qinglong camp generals said a few words, and then saw Lian Qiao approaching and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Telecommunications Office received an urgent telegram from Huguang Governor Du Yinxi, saying that Li Zicheng is likely to be

Dead.”

Hearing this, Zhu Mai was slightly stunned and then said, "Set back to the palace!"

Ning Jianglong and Yan Yingyuan were only ten steps away from Zhu Mei, and he couldn't hear the whispers that Lian Qiao was in Zhu Mei's ear.

Seeing that Zhu Mai suddenly asked the car to return to the palace, they were very curious, but they did not dare to ask more questions, so they could only lead other generals to send him off with respect.

Although Zhu Mai was anxious to read the detailed message, she did not urge the team, but returned to Zijing City at a normal speed.

Then she went straight to the back hall of Wuying Hall and got the message from Du Yinxi from the telecommunications office.
Chapter completed!