021. In the end, we still have to face the practitioner
Zhu Yang thought for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
Although the system of the Ming Dynasty had both desirable and undesirable qualities, Zhu Yang wanted to change it.
But there is no time now. The most important thing now is to expand the territory and stabilize the territory of the Taiping Army.
Zhu Yang nodded: "What Mr. said is true."
Gu Yanwu actually wanted to reform the Ming system, but now was not the time for reform.
Stability is the most important thing.
Seeing that Zhu Yang was no longer young and energetic, Gu Yanwu felt more confident.
Lord, why worry about failure?
"I am not very good at organizing the army, but there is one thing I need to explain, that is, regarding the status of civil and military officials, we can neither control military force with civil service nor defeat civil service with force."
This is a conclusion that Gu Yanwu came to after reviewing many battles and learning from the pain after the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
The right way is for civil servants and military officers to coordinate with each other and check and balance each other.
Zhu Yang couldn't agree more with what Gu Yanwu said.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty showed such decline on the battlefield in the late Ming Dynasty is inseparable from the use of civil society to control military force.
This must be corrected.
"Sir, what you said is absolutely true. I will make a rule here. Our Taiping Army will never allow civil servants and generals to overthrow each other. Once discovered by me, I will kill you without mercy. Have you all remembered it?"
When Zhu Yang said this, a wave of evil energy rose into the sky, and the temperature in the entire hall dropped several degrees.
Everyone couldn't help but shudder.
They all also understood Zhu Yang's taboos, and naturally they had to be more cautious in their actions in the future.
"We will discuss the specific affairs of the army later. Please continue, sir."
Gu Yanwu said again: "Now we only have Jiangyin. The strategic space is too small and it is easy to be overthrown by the Qing government."
"I have also studied the terrain of the entire Jiangsu Province in the past few days. If we want to gain a solid foundation, then at least we must capture the entire Changzhou Prefecture, and then take a peek at all the state capitals south of the Jiangsu River, so that we can
Use the navy to resist the Qing army going south, and then expand our territory and strength westward and southward. When we unify the entire south, we can send troops to the Northern Expedition, completely annihilate the Tatar court, and restore our Ming Dynasty."
Good guy, Gu Yanwu has created a Ming Dynasty version of the Longzhong pair.
Except for Zhu Yang, everyone else looked at Gu Yanwu as if they were looking at a god.
Among the people here, except Liu Laichen, all of them are stupid. How can they have such insight?
At most, they only know about Changzhou Prefecture and JS Province. As for looking at the whole country, they do not have such strategic vision.
The main reason why they followed Zhu Yang was revenge.
As for seizing the whole country and restoring the Ming Dynasty, they simply don't dare to think about it.
Now Gu Yanwu showed them a picture of the whole country, which immediately opened everyone's eyes.
Zhu Yang clapped his hands and said, "Sir, you are far-sighted and can see thousands of miles away. You are truly the master of our army."
After speaking, Zhu Yang said to everyone: "Everyone, do you have any objections?"
Everyone shook their heads.
They couldn't even think of any objections.
"Since everyone has no objections, let's implement the plan set by sir."
"I will give you three days to assemble the army and prepare for war. After three days, the troops will march forward and capture the capital of Changzhou."
Changzhou Prefecture has a total of eight counties. Except for the fact that Changzhou Prefecture still has troops, the other counties have very few troops. As long as Changzhou Prefecture is captured, the other counties can send troops to mop up the troops.
Liu Laichen and Xu Dingchuan are responsible for the army's reorganization.
After three days of reorganization, the entire Taiping Army instantly expanded to about 8,000 troops.
Most of them are Green Camp soldiers.
Mainly the soldiers who surrendered last time. In the battle of Qinwangshan, the 7,000 troops brought by Chen Cai, except for the 500 flag soldiers who were killed, the remaining 6,500 green camp soldiers, and several hundred people followed Chen Cai.
After running away, about 6,000 people were left, about 1,000 were hacked to death, and the remaining 5,000 people surrendered.
An army in the feudal era would generally surrender if the casualty ratio exceeded 10%.
Those who can exceed 30% and still not surrender are the elites. The elites among the 50% elites. As for all of them dying in battle, they will only travel under very extreme circumstances.
An ordinary army would be on the verge of collapse if it suffered more than one casualty.
Unfortunately, the Green Camp soldiers brought by Chen Cai were not elite, and were even worse than the average army.
So, I voted.
Zhu Yang didn't care that most of the soldiers surrendered, because he was confident that as long as he won a few battles and gave these green camp soldiers a few acres of land, these people would follow him wholeheartedly.
Yes, Zhu Yang decided on a policy.
That is to exchange military exploits for land.
To put it bluntly, it is the old-fashioned method of military merit.
This method is old-fashioned, but it works.
For the Chinese, the most important thing is land.
Zhu Yang was not thinking about launching an industrial revolution, it was not the time yet.
Let’s take out the Military Merit Lord first.
Anyway, I am blessed by the Golden Light Divine Mantra, so there is no need to rush.
Liu Laichen and others prepared for war, while Zhu Yang wanted to strengthen his strength.
Now Zhu Yang's luck value has exceeded 10,000 again.
It's time for the third reinforcement.
You must know that Zhu Yang has now offended two sects, the Eastern Demon Sect and the Wutai Sect.
These two sects are not easy to mess with. Without strengthening, Zhu Yang will always feel uneasy.
After preparing the elixir, with a thought, the luck value was suddenly reduced by one thousand.
The familiar severe pain hit him, Zhu Yang's face suddenly turned pale, his whole body was shaking, and he was dripping with cold sweat.
After one stick of incense, the strengthening is over.
Zhu Yang did not go to see the results, but directly stuffed the prepared elixir into his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it into his belly. A large stream of heat flowed throughout his body, and Zhu Yang felt deep inside his body.
The feeling of hunger that I felt was reduced a lot.
Zhu Yang swallowed sixty pills in a row before the hunger pangs were completely gone.
And the elixir obtained from that guy Yu Chiyuan has been exhausted.
This means that if Zhu Yang wants to strengthen for the fourth time, he must get supplements again.
The most important thing is that worldly supplements are of little use to Zhu Yang.
It must be that kind of immortal elixir that can work.
Or fairy birds, monsters, etc., that's fine too.
In short, if he wants to strengthen, Zhu Yang must face the practitioners.
Putting aside his thoughts for the time being, Zhu Yang felt his own strength.
This time it is about ten times stronger than last time.
In other words, Zhu Yang's arms now have a strength of one hundred thousand kilograms.
If blessed with the golden light divine spell, Zhu Yang's arms would have a strength of 300,000 kilograms.
What a huge force this is, 150 tons of force.
He is already a superman.
And this enhancement is an all-round enhancement, not just strength, but also speed, hardness, reaction level and mental strength.
Let's put it this way, ordinary mental spells have no effect on Zhu Yang now.
Of course the biggest surprise is not this.
The biggest surprise is the spell given by the third enhancement.