Let’s talk about changing the strategy tomorrow!

It's getting late now, go to bed!

In the middle of the night, he went to toss the large group of people in the General Staff from his sleep, which was a bit unprofessional.

...

On the second day, in the conference room of the General Staff Department in Guangzhou City.

Zhu Hongyu sat upright in the main seat, with a cup of tea and some pastries in front of him, some Chinese and Western, all looking very attractive.

However, Zhu Hongyu's attention was not at all about these pastries.

Looking around for a while, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"Yesterday's strategic plan to restrain the Qing army for King Geng Jingzhong of Jingnan, Gu has realized the huge crisis hidden in it."

"The fundamental reason lies in the misjudgment of the strategy..."

"The most important thing now is to re-formulate a practical strategic plan to prepare for future wars."

Zhu Hongyu told his own problem directly.

Quite straightforward.

For Zhu Hongyu now, he is not afraid of making mistakes, but he is afraid that he will not recognize him after making mistakes.

This is the deadliest!

When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Your Highness is still very rational!

There are many talents in the General Staff of the Ming Dynasty now, and they are basically smart people with high IQs.

Faced with the three-sided combat plan formulated by Zhu Hongyu, although many people were also blinded by the temporary victory and did not notice the danger.

However, some people must have noticed the danger!

However, due to Zhu Hongyu's face, no one dared to raise it in person.

Now Zhu Hongyu can realize the problem by himself.

He also raised the problem very openly, admitted his mistakes, and expressed his intention to re-formulate relevant strategic plans.

It's a good thing for everyone!

General Staff Minister Xu Bin stood up and said.

“The General Staff’s suggestion is!”

"In Jiangxi, King Yanping can send troops from Longyan Prefecture to break into Jiangxi, restrain the strength of the Qing army in Jiangxi, and share the pressure for Geng Jingzhong."

"In Hunan, our army can appropriately strengthen its military presence towards Hunan!"

"But focus on confrontation, and do not send troops rashly!"

"Our army should now focus on preparing for the food and supplies for the Northern Expedition. When the war in Guangxi is over, it will be a good time to make a big move to go north."

“…”

Xu Bin's idea is very simple and clear.

That is to first control the scale of the war in Jiangxi and Hunan, and give priority to the war in Guangxi.

After the war in Guangxi is over, we will concentrate on fighting the war in Jiangxi and Hunan!

The reason why Zheng Chenggong sent troops to Jiangxi was simply to share a certain amount of military pressure for Geng Jingzhong!

Upon hearing this, Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly and said.

"Maybe it can do it!"

"The General Staff continues to improve the combat plan and properly polish the details of the plan."

"Weapons are major issues of the country, and we must not be careless!"

“…”

Everyone agreed in unison.

Zhu Hongyu also got up and left the conference room, and then summoned Zheng Chenggong.

Since he was about to let Zheng Chenggong send troops from Fujian and attack Jiangxi, he naturally had to communicate with Zheng Chenggong in advance.

Although Zheng Chenggong is nominally his subordinate, the relationship between the two is actually more like a partner.

Zhu Hongyu can't instruct Zheng Chenggong at will!

"This time the attack on Jiangxi, Lao Taishan must remember to control the scale of the war!"

"For the Qing army in Jiangxi, we should focus on restraint!"

"As long as we can share the pressure for Geng Jingzhong, we must now focus on the Guangxi war. When the Guangxi war is over, it will be time for us to go north in a large-scale manner."

Zheng Chenggong nodded vigorously.

"Old minister understand!"

Zhu Hongyu continued.

"The court will provide everything needed for this Guangxi war, including military expenses, food and weapons!"

"Old Taishan can do it with confidence!"

"Old Taishan can use this battle to train troops and make up for the shortcomings of his troops in land warfare."

"Calling the time, the main army of the Qing court is almost supposed to go south. By the latest this winter, the Qing court army will probably be able to kill to Jiangnan."

"I must make corresponding preparations in advance!"

While speaking, Zhu Hongyu looked at the north, his eyes full of solemnity.

He received the information sent back by the Jinyiwei!

The Qing court assembled heavy troops in the north, with a total of 200,000 Green Camps and 20,000 to 30,000 Eight Banners, ready to go south in a mighty manner.

And, this is just a warrior.

If you include the civilians who accompany the army, 500,000 people will be the foundation!

To be a little exaggerated, it is a million troops!

Calculate the time, at most, the Qing army will suppress it from the north this winter.

Facing such huge military pressure, how could Zhu Hongyu not feel nervous?

Zheng Chenggong also sighed and said.

"Now the Qing court's military strength is indeed above our Ming Dynasty!"

Nowadays, Zhu Hongyu has about 100,000 troops directly in his hands, including the Restoration Army and the Guiyi Army.

Among them, the scale of the troops of the Restoration Army is still expanding, and now there are nearly 70,000 people.

Before the final battle this winter comes, this should reach the number of 100,000!

As for the Guiyi Army, Zhu Hongyu now has about 20,000 Guiyi Army.

After conquering Guangxi, Guangxi Green Camp will be incorporated, and this number should be increased to 50,000!

If the next battle to attack Hunan and Jiangxi goes smoothly, the Ming army should be able to continue to recruit a large number of Green Camp soldiers.

This number should be able to rise again!

If Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo's troops were included, then it was included.

By the time the decisive battle begins, the total force of the Ming side will probably be nearly 200,000.

It seems that it is no less than the troops mobilized by the Qing army to move south!

But the accounts cannot be settled like this!

The more than 200,000 troops mobilized by the Qing army this time were all war soldiers, which could be used for mobile forces on the battlefield.

And Zhu Hongyu's 200,000 troops can be used up to half on the battlefield!

Not to mention anything else, Zhu Hongyu could not mobilize the troops from Li Dingguo alone.

Because it's too far away!

In addition, Zhu Hongyu also needed to leave a certain number of defenders in the local area to ensure local safety.

Luzon, Qiongzhou, Guangzhou and other places all need a certain number of troops to garrison!

At that time, all Zhu Hongyu could do was to hand over the task of guarding the place to the second-line troops such as the Guiyi Army.

Then concentrate the elite troops and pull the elite troops to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army heading south!

Try to narrow the gap between the number of troops and the Qing army.

However, there are a large number of militia and local gangs under their rule, but militia and gang training are at most used as civilians.

When we arrived at the battlefield, the militia was probably inferior to the Green Camp soldiers!
To be continued...