In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the heat around Beijing is unbearable, but the Xishan Mountains on the outskirts of Beijing are cooler due to better vegetation coverage.
At the Xiangshan New Army Camp, the flags were fluttering today, and even the first brigade that was out on patrol returned to its base because the Ming Emperor was going out of the city to review the new army.
After several months of construction, the five brigades of the new army have become an army. All 16,000-strong troops have been integrated into the army, and the five brigades of the new army have been fully staffed.
After traveling for more than a year, he finally managed to get an army with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses and a decent combat effectiveness. This army is what Zhu Youjian relies on to face the upcoming ultimate test.
Since time traveling, Zhu Youjian felt that he had done a lot of things, but when he looked back, he realized that for such a big country, these things were only a drop in the bucket and did not make any big change in the overall situation. What did the Qing army do outside the Pass?
There is no news, but bad news comes every day about what the peasant army is doing. Li Zicheng once again came to Kaifeng with troops, and Zhang Xianzhong was not idle. After being blocked by Ma Shiying in the Lufeng area, he turned westward and was using troops in the direction of Wuchang. So
, it is estimated that there will still be a decisive battle next year that will determine the direction of one's own destiny.
Judging from the current battle reports, Zuo Liangyu is not powerful at all. It is said that he has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, but he is retreating steadily in the face of Zhang Xianzhong's offensive, losing cities and territory one after another.
This guy is not good at fighting, but he is very active in asking for money. He has been given the finance and taxation of Hubei province, but he is not satisfied yet. He uses the excuse that the bandits are causing trouble and cannot collect taxes, and sends a letter to the capital asking for payment. He can't reach out to ask for payment.
Forget it, they also levied additional thief wages in Hubei and thought of all the ways to make money.
If it were not for the sake of the overall situation, the new army cannot be sent out at this time. Otherwise, Zhu Youjian would even think of sending the new army out, and first chop off the head of Zuo Liangyu, a scourge. He has seen scammers, and he has also seen shamelessness.
Yes, but people like Zuo Liangyu are really rare throughout the ages.
Why don't you just do the opposite! It's a bit unbearable to rely on the name of Daming Company in this way, which is useless and ruins the reputation. The angry Zhu Youjian hurried to Xishan to inspect the new army camp. It was so smooth.
Good luck.
On the temporary military parade platform in Xiangshan, Zhu Youjian, accompanied by Liu Yuanbin and others, breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the new troops of the Fifth Brigade enter the school grounds one after another and conducted a drill in formation.
"Yuan Bin, Ruo Hai, I reviewed the new army today. Generally speaking, your new training work in the past few months is quite satisfactory. I am very relieved. You have to work harder in the next month.
.I plan to mobilize four new military brigades north to Miyun in August, leaving one brigade to garrison in Miyun, and the remaining three brigades to go out and go to the grasslands to fight in lieu of training. It will take about April for the new army to
See blood on the battlefield, adapt to the war, and wait for the new army to be used next year."
"I humbly accept my order!" Liu Yuanbin and Cao Ruohai stepped forward and agreed.
"Cao Ruohai is the commander-in-chief of the third brigade of soldiers and horses in this battle out of the customs. All the troops and horses leaving the customs are under your command. Yuan Bin is responsible for staying in Miyun to provide support for the troops leaving the customs. The first purpose of leaving the customs is to train troops.
, the second is to shock the tribes near the border wall and let them know that the military officers and soldiers cannot be underestimated. The third is to guard against autumn and prevent the Donglu army from entering the pass again this year. Ruo Hai, don’t go too far after leading the troops out of the pass.
The three hundred miles outside the border wall is the range of activities, and I want complete peace within the three hundred miles of the border wall with Miyun as the center."
"I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust in my humble position, and I will definitely exert the power of our Ming Dynasty's new army outside the Pass." Cao Ruohai expressed his determination to the emperor with an excited expression.
"After Commander Cao leads his army on the expedition, Yuan Bin, you can't be idle. After Ruohai leaves the customs, you set up a recruitment office in Miyun and recruit two new brigades of fully-formed troops. Use these three to four months to train them.
At the same time, it is necessary to build two more regiments of cavalry, two regiments of artillery, four regiments of labor and transport troops, and recruit one or two more regiments of miscellaneous soldiers. After Ruohai and the others meet, the new army will be reorganized into two regiments.
The organization of a division. Each division has three reorganized brigades, one division cavalry regiment, one division artillery regiment, two divisions labor and logistics regiments, as well as division guard messenger companies and other miscellaneous units. Reorganized division-level operations
The total strength of the unit is about 13,000."
"The general has taken the order! We will complete the men and horses within these three months."
It's not like recruiting troops all the time in the capital. Zhu Youjian's idea for the remaining new recruits is to recruit troops from the Miyun Xuanhua area. This area is considered an important border defense town, with many military surplus and strong folk customs, making it a good source of troops.
It is also a real strategic area. Not to mention now, even in later generations, the Xuanhua area was also the garrison area of the ace army of the Beijing Garrison Region.
After discussing the upcoming work arrangements with Liu Yuanbin and Cao Ruohai, they continued to review the New Army. After watching their drills, Zhu Youjian asked the entire army to assemble the entire team and personally gave training to all the New Army.
"My fellow soldiers, I feel very sorry to have you all brave the scorching heat today to carry out review and joint drills. However, today's Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, so we are not allowed to practice in winter and practice in three periods in summer, so as to train a force that can quell the chaos in the world.
I have no way to give an explanation to the people of the world. Countless people who have fallen into the hands of bandits and thieves are eagerly waiting for your rescue. I hope you will not slack off."
"Serve the Ming Dynasty and fight to the death for the people!" Amid the cries of the soldiers, Zhu Youjian ended the review.
In the next six months, the New Army will conduct customs patrols and further expand. Zhu Youjian's idea is to reorganize the New Army into two divisions before the end of the year, plus a few independent brigades, so that the size of the New Army reaches 30,000
With 30,000 new troops at hand, we can launch a major military operation next year. As for whether to deal with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we will talk about it at that time. Anyway, we will not be stuck in the capital and Beizhili like now.
After inspecting the New Army, Zhu Youjian was given an injection of chicken blood. After returning to the capital, he felt a little uncontrollable.
"Someone is here to send Grand Master and Jian Heng to the dormitory. I have important military matters to discuss with them." The so-called important military matters were actually Zhu Youjian's plan to send an imperial edict to Zuo Liangyu. This fool did it.
The fact is so irritating. Although there is nothing that can be done to him now, it is always possible to send an imperial edict and give him a lesson, right? It makes people endure it like the third grandson, and it is really hard to suppress this tone.
As soon as Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia arrived, Zhu Youjian took the memorial about Zuo Liangyu and cursed: "Zuo Liangyu, the traitor, led a large army to sit in Wuchang, but he lost land and cities one after another. He also conscripted and set up troops in Hubei.
Robbery. Is he still an officer and army of our Ming Dynasty now? He is worse than a bandit! Grand Master, my soldiers, how can we control the scourge of being an officer and an army but actually being bandits? "
How to control it? You ask us, who should we ask? Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia could only remain silent in response to the emperor's questions. Of course they knew who Zuo Liangyu was, but with the current shortage of soldiers and pay, who