"King Deren of Jin Shenghuan of Jiangxi Province recovered anyway."
When the good news was delivered to Zhu Yihai, he had just returned to Huai'an from Haizhou, and the Northern Expedition demolition team was still going all out to demolish it, trying to create a new beginning in Xuhuai without city defenses.
"Wan Qing is really courageous and wise, Mr. Jiang Ge is also very commendable." After reading the detailed report, Zhu Yihai also beamed with joy, a rare joy.
In fact, he had been concerned about the situation in Jiangxi and planned it for a long time. He asked Zhang Guowei, Zhang Mingyang and others to reinforce Ganzhou, which also successfully protected Ganzhou as a strategic hub. The Qing troops in Jiangxi and Anhui failed to capture the important town of Ganzhou as they did in history. Facts
He, since Zhu Yihai's Dalong strategy was implemented, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Huguang counterattacked across the board, but the green camp in the south of the Yangtze River was too distracted to concentrate on attacking Ganzhou.
However, compared to the situation in Huguang, the situation in Jiangxi has always been a bit slow.
Before Jin Shenghuan and others, Fuzhou, Raozhou, Yuanzhou, Nanchang, Jiujiang, Ruizhou, Guangxin, and Jianchang were basically still in the hands of the Qing army.
Zhang Guowei and others actually only stabilized Ganzhou, recovered Nan'an and Ji'an, and began to march towards Fuzhou and Jianchang.
Zhang Guowei, Wan Yuanji, Jiang Riguang and others were not overconfident in military affairs and quickly advanced northward, but they were able to seize the conflict between Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong at this time. Such a wonderful drama of alienation and rebellion was indeed very rare.
The Huguang side opened high and kept low. Zhu Dadian underestimated the enemy in the early stage, failed to stabilize the basic market first, and expanded blindly. The Wuzhong claimed to have an army of 500,000, but in the end they were defeated thousands of miles away from Wuchang City.
On the contrary, Zhang Guowei and others did not rush to go north after rushing to station in Ganzhou. Instead, they moved slowly and steadily. They first appeased and united the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers in Ganzhou, and even many barbarian tribes in the mountainous area. Zhang Guowei brought 8,000 Yiwu recruits, and later Zhang Mingyang
He brought another five thousand.
They used these soldiers there, plus the official and righteous troops of Yang Tinglin, Wan Yuanji, Li Yongmao, and Liu Tongsheng, to reorganize the armies.
Yang Tinglin was a native of Linqing, Jiangxi Province. He was a Jinshi at the beginning of Chongzhen and later became an editor of the Hanlin Academy. Due to the impeachment of Yang Sichang, he was appointed as the director of the Ministry of War's official affairs department. He praised military affairs during Lu Xiangsheng's army. Lu Xiangsheng died in battle. Yang Tinglin was impeached and removed from office by Yang Sichang.
His friend Huang Daozhou was convicted and imprisoned, and he was implicated again. Yang resigned and returned home to give lectures in the countryside.
At the end of Chongzhen's reign, Fang was in charge, but before he took office, Beijing fell. Chongzhen hanged himself. Yang Tinglin mourned and started to serve as the king of soldiers. King Fu was established. Some people falsely accused him of recruiting troops and horses for evil purposes, so he was forced to disband his troops. The Qing army captured Nanchang, and the governor abandoned the city and fled.
, all prefectures and counties surrendered one after another.
Yang Tinglin resolutely raised the banner of righteousness with his friends Yushan Zhan Han, Jishui Liu Tongsheng, Ganjiang Governor Li Yongmao, etc., established the Loyalty Society, and recruited loyal warriors from all over the world.
They quickly raised more than 20,000 troops and persuaded the gentry to raise a lot of money and food to defend Ganzhou.
When the Qing army was preparing to mobilize Qing troops from Anhui and Jiangnan to attack Ganzhou, Zhu Yihai sent Huang Daozhou, Zhang Guowei and others into Anhui and Jiangxi, disrupting the Qing army's plan.
After Zhang Guowei arrived in Ganzhou, he read out the decree of supervising the country and appointed Yang Tinglin as the chief envoy to Jiangxi, Liu Tong was promoted to the inspector of Jiangxi, Li Yongmao was still the governor of southern Gansu, and Wan Yuanji was the governor of Jiangxi.
Zhang Guowei reorganized the more than 10,000 troops they brought with them together with the more than 20,000 loyalist rebels recruited by Yang Tinglin and others, and reorganized them according to the imperial camp structure.
There were newly established 16 battalions of the Superintendent and Superintendent, 10 battalions of the General Supervisor, 6 battalions each of the two governors, and 3 battalions of the Southern and Southern Gansu General Soldiers. There were a total of 50 battalions of soldiers, a total of 20,000 soldiers.
Five combat troops and nine thousand auxiliary troops.
Train the entire army and build ordnance.
He also sent people to recruit Zhang An and other four towns from Changshan District, and obtained 40,000 troops. Zhang An was brave and good at fighting, and his subordinates from Mantong were even more brave, so they were named Longwu New Army.
Afterwards, the censor Chen Xun arrived with 3,000 Yunnan troops, and another 3,000 wolf troops arrived from Guangxi. Brother Liu Yuansheng, the former head of the Ministry of War and assistant in charge of military affairs in southern Jiangxi, also led troops back.
For a time, Nangan was also known to have 100,000 troops.
When Yang Tinglin, Wan Yuanji, Liu Yuansheng, Li Yongmao, Zhang An and others repeatedly requested to send troops northward quickly, Zhang Guowei could still endure his temper and insisted on continuing to reorganize and train troops. He even strongly demanded that the newly arrived guest troops be sent to the barbarian army.
The soldiers were also reorganized and put under unified command.
At his insistence, the Ming army in Ganzhou finally organized a hundred battalions, totaling 50,000 combat troops and 18,000 auxiliary troops. The rest of the old and weak were not left behind to replenish their numbers, but were dismissed.
After that, he practiced and fought at the same time. He used small-scale troops against Ji'an and Jianchang, and he was cautious and victorious.
I have to say that if Zhang Guowei had agreed to the request of the Ganzhou generals and hurriedly led these 100,000 troops all the way north to attack Nanchang, he would most likely have been defeated like Zhu Dadian.
First, there were too many soldiers, not organized, with different orders, good and bad, and inadequate armaments. There were too many soldiers and they could not even supply food and grass. The expedition to Nanchang would easily run into problems.
Another group of people who are not integrated are very likely to flee after being defeated by the Qing army, triggering a complete rout.
After all, whether it is the loyal army, the new Longwu army, or even the wolf soldiers, Yunnan soldiers, volunteers, etc., there are not many generals who can fight, especially those who lack faith.
After all, Zhang Guowei had been supervising divisions on the Qiantang River defense line in eastern Zhejiang for a long time, and he had some experience in integrating troops and horses. Not to mention Zhang Mingyang, the admiral who arrived in Ganzhou to replace Wang Zhiren, followed Zhu Yihai on the northern expedition to Susong and fought many victorious battles.
Royal Camp General.
He knew very well that although the chaotic troops looked numerous, they were useless and had to be integrated.
So I would rather disperse the five thousand soldiers I brought with me, just to erect the skeleton, and have eight thousand Dongyang simple recruits, and then supplement them with barbarians, wolf soldiers and some former official troops, and oil up some veterans
The soldiers were dismissed, and after nearly three months of training and fighting, they could barely pull out the hundred men from the battalion.
Although it is far from enough in terms of armor coverage, firearms and even coordination, it at least has the appearance of a new imperial army.
It is true that Zhang Guowei and his team's strategy failed to push Nanchang to Jiujiang City quickly, but it at least ensured that the basic base of Ganzhou was not lost, and they also encroached on Ji'an and Jianchang to the north.
The skill of sharpening a knife and chopping firewood without missing a beat.
When Zhu Dadian's aggressive tactics failed, Jiangxi was still doing well.
In the end, they even succeeded in taking Jiangxi through the tactics of alienation and instigating rebellion, and added 20,000 new soldiers.
"If there is no more good news from Inspector Zhang, they all think they are lost in the mountains of southern Jiangxi." Several imperial ministers laughed.
Zhu Yihai, on the other hand, kept his composure and did not urge Zhang Guowei too much. He originally taught him the strategy of playing slow and steady.
"It's not easy for Inspector Zhang in Jiangxi. Southern Jiangxi is remote. It's not easy to appease people's hearts, integrate the new army, and train men and horses, especially when there is a shortage of money, food and materials. He has always been afraid that he will lose his composure, especially when
After the defeat of the Huguang army, I was most worried about Jiangxi. Fortunately, it has finally come to fruition!"
The situation in Jiangxi is the kind of situation that has been silent for a long time and then suddenly exploded.
"Your Highness, with the current situation in Jiangxi, how should we deal with it next?"
Zhu Yihai knew that they were asking whether to fight or defend.
For a long time, Zhu Yihai did not advocate a premature offensive and defensive battle with the Qing army. He advocated evading the reality and fighting guerrillas. However, this was also opposed by many people, and some even thought that Zhu Yihai was cowardly and afraid of war.
If Zhu Yihai hadn't been fighting the Qing Dynasty on the front line, he would have been labeled as stupid, weak or even running away.
Now the lake has collapsed and Changsha has been lost.
Jiangxi is blooming instead.
Zhu Yihai also sighed.
If Huguang is undefeated and can completely smash the upper reaches and demolish the important towns of Jingxiang, Xiang and Wuchang, then the Qing army will not be able to gain a foothold in the upper reaches, and the two important towns of Nanchang, Jiujiang, Jiangxi and Jiujiang, which are located downstream, can also be defended.
But now that the upstream Huguang is completely defeated, Jiangxi is no longer easy to defend.
But if we just give up like this, upstream Huguang will have even less support to rely on if it wants to stabilize and turn over.
This put Zhu Yihai in a dilemma. He thought it would be wiser not to rush into a head-on confrontation with the Qing army for the time being. After Nanchang and Jiujiang were captured, they could be demolished first.
When the Qing army comes, they have to retreat first. Unless they stay in the city of Nanchang, Jiujiang, even if they are willing to stay in the city, they still need food, grass, equipment and supplies, so the Ming army can make fuss outside.
But he also had to consider the newly recruited troops such as Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren and even Dongman Zhang An. They accounted for half of the Jiangxi army. There were also some guest troops who were reinforcements from Yunnan, Guangxi and Fujian. They also had to consider.
Now if Jin Shenghuan is asked to abandon Nanchang and evacuate from Jiujiang, and let them fight guerrillas, they probably will not accept it. They will think that this is an attempt to take away their territory.
"In this way, Wang Deren will guard Jiujiang, Jin Shenghuan will guard Nanchang, and Zhang An will be transferred to guard Nankang."
"Inspector Zhang is based in Zhangshu Town, Linjiang. Zhang Mingyang led a group of troops to go west to Hunan to help suppress the rebellion."
This arrangement actually divided Jiangxi's troops into three groups. One was Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren and others who originally belonged to the Qing army. They still guarded several prefectures in northern Jiangxi and guarded along Poyang Lake. They also controlled the Dongman Zhang An group.
The largest local army was sent to northern Jiangxi for reinforcements.
The supervisor, General Zhang Guowei, led a group of troops to garrison in central Jiangxi and established a second line of defense to keep the Ming army at a certain distance from Jin Shenghuan and others, lest they worry about being annexed by the Ming army in terms of men, horses and territory.
Zhang Mingzhen took guest soldiers from Yunnan, Guangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and some Jiangxi soldiers to Hunan to help suppress the rebellion.
Jiangxi is divided into two parts, north and south.
In northern Jiangxi, these newly surrendered soldiers were used to defend the city, while in southern Jiangxi, Zhang Guowei was in charge.
The two armies temporarily kept their distance.
Under the current circumstances, it is not appropriate for Zhang Guowei to immediately go north to Nanchang to reorganize Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren's troops, and even Zhang An's Xinlongwu Army. At this stage, they can only send some officers there, and cannot fully reorganize and control them.
Therefore, it is better to put them together and put them to the north. On the surface, they are dividing the territory for defense, but in fact, they are to attract Huguang to teach them a lesson. At the same time, they also have the intention of using them to defend against the Qing army.
"Jin Shenghuan is granted the title of Marquis of Nanchang, admiral of the Jiangxi garrison, and Wang Deren is the Marquis of Jiujiang, the chief military officer of the Jiujiang garrison. Zhang An is granted the title of Marquis of Nankang, the chief garrison of Nankang."
"The standard camps in the three towns are five thousand each, and each has two deputy generals, two thousand each."
Zhu Yihai gave each of the three men nine thousand troops as payment.
"Let them defend northern Jiangxi? Can they defend it?" Chen Qianfu asked suspiciously.
"We have to let them try it first, otherwise they won't be willing to evacuate. Let them divide their forces to defend the important town in northern Jiangxi, and then Inspector Zhang can cooperate from the outside."
"We can also support you with a fortune of ten thousand yuan."
Although he said so, Zhu Yihai was not very optimistic about those surrendered generals, but it was exactly what he said. They had to give them a try, otherwise they would not be willing to give up these territories.
It's better to let them defend. When they can't defend or suffer heavy losses, Zhang Guowei can let them retreat or send reinforcements, and he can reorganize these towns.
"Tell Inspector Zhang not to put too much hope in them, but to intensify the reorganization and training of troops and horses, and to stock up on food, grass and equipment. In the end, we have to fight this battle on our own."