In March of the 61st year of Kangxi, the war had just come to an end, and the smell of gunpowder had not completely dissipated, and the whole world had already undergone tremendous changes. Kangxi died in the palace, and the fourth prince Yong, Prince Yong, ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, with the year name Yongzheng, and the news soon spread all over the country.

"Good news, Grand Duke! Kangxi is finally dead, and the new one is Yinzhen, the fourth son of the emperor! Can we take the opportunity to go east? ”

Dong Ce waved a secret report in his hand, his face was a little excited, not only him, but also many generals of the Fu Han Army also followed behind happily, in the eyes of the big guy, without Kangxi, the old thief, this world would be completely different, and the Qing Dynasty was about to end!

For everyone in the Fu Han Army from top to bottom, Kangxi has always been a piece of heaven on his head, although he is extremely old, but no one dares to underestimate him, when he died, the market of anti-Qing forces instantly rose a lot.

The large and small forces in the territory of the Fu Han Army have now completely surrendered to the Fu Han Army, and no one thinks about colluding with the Qing Army anymore, and even many people think that the world of the Qing Dynasty is about to end, so they choose to vigorously support the Fu Han Army, give money and food to people, and most of them wish to become the heroes of the founding of the country.

Ning Yu was drinking tea with Li Fu, who had just come back, he took the blank paper in Dong Ce's hand, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, I told you that this Kangxi ran away and ran away - anyway, he won't live long, and he will die sooner rather than later, but I still have one more sentence to tell you today." ”

"Please advise the Metropolitan Governor!"

Ning Yu stood up and looked at everyone with burning eyes, "In the previous battle, we fought very well, even if we didn't catch Kangxi, I am still very satisfied, because we fought very tenaciously, and no matter how big the sacrifice was, we did not flinch, which shows a problem, that is, even if we put everything aside, the Qing army is not our opponent!" ”

The words warmed everyone's hearts, and everyone couldn't help but show a little smile on their faces, especially Li Shihu, who took the lead in this battle, and his face showed a little bit of pride. With the words of the Grand Governor, even if it is a few more scars on his back, it is worth it.

"However, for the time being, we cannot relax, let alone stagnate."

Ning Yu glanced at the generals, but he couldn't let these boys relax like this, and said: "Although Kangxi has died, the new Yinzhen is definitely not a good character, if we relax, he won't give us time at that time." ”

"Exactly."

Li Fu looked at everyone with a smile on his face and sighed: "The world only knows that Kangxi has a powerful wrist, but in the old man's opinion, the wrist of the fourth prince may be a little more ruthless, if we really underestimate it, I'm afraid we will suffer a big loss." ”

"Nine Dragons won the heir, and finally fought for a cold-faced prince, is it really as amazing as you say?"

Dong Ce frowned, after all, he was still too young, although he had been trained in the Eagle Camp early, but he was very lacking in this regard, and he could only ask Li Fu for advice.

Li Fu said with a smile: "Yinzhen is good at governing the country, and he is even better at taoguang and obscurity, so he can win the big position." Now, according to the intelligence, after this person succeeded to the throne, the first thing was to elect the eighth elder brother Yinxi as the prime minister, which shows the depth of his scheming and far-reaching thoughts. On the surface, it is intended to be eighth, but in fact it is fourteenth. ”

Ning Yu also nodded and said with a smile: "Because of this, we also have to hurry up and prepare." And this time, Mr. Li's return this time also brought good news, that is, our military spending has been settled, and the Eastern Crusade has been paved on the agenda. ”

Li Fu nodded slightly, and said softly: "The so-called Jiangnan is a place where the world's elites gather. Although it is now divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, the two places are still the essence of the world. This time, the agreement with the Huguang Chamber of Commerce was to use the flag fields of Jiangsu and Anhui as bargaining chips. ”

"According to the information we have obtained so far, there are more than 1.5 million mu of flag fields in Anhui and Jiangsu, and these flag fields are all excellent paddy fields, which can be sold for about 20 taels per mu, and if we talk about the real value, it far exceeds 30 million taels of silver, and this has conditions that can be discussed."

"In response to this military expenditure, the prince of Chu asked the subordinate officials to come up with a military expenditure plan together with the household department and the people of the Privy Council, this time if you want to completely take Jiangnan, you need to use at least six official main divisions, and the military expenditure required is about eight million taels of silver."

When Ning Yu heard this, he sighed in his heart, this war is really burning money, and the speed of burning money is really not ordinarily fast, of course, for taking Jiangnan, this money is nothing.

"At present, the Qing army only has some green battalions left in Jiangnan, if it is really difficult, it is nothing more than the regimental training in those places, although the combat strength of these people is not high, but the number is not less than 100,000, if our army attacks Jiangnan with 60,000 troops, it is enough, no matter how little, I am afraid it will be overstretched."

Cheng Ming, who has not spoken, is a little interested when he talks about attacking Jiangnan, I don't know how many midnight dreams I have had, this forty-year-old general is still thinking about attacking Jiangnan.

Li Fu smiled when he heard this, "If you say that these eight million taels of silver, the Fu Han Army can't take it out at the moment, the meaning of the prince of Chu is very simple, this land mortgage method is good, and the military expenses will come out of it." ”

"To put it simply, after returning to Wuchang City this time, the Huguang Chamber of Commerce, the Anhui Chamber of Commerce and the Jiangxi Chamber of Commerce are equivalent to jointly investing and taking down the mortgage rights of 500,000 mu of flag fields at a price of 15 taels of silver per mu, totaling 7.5 million taels of silver. Coupled with the original silver, it is enough to take Jiangnan. ”

After everyone heard this, they suddenly became very excited, this is rich, but it is different. The days when I used to buckle the rope are afraid that I will leave completely.

With the arrival of this good news, Ning Yu also began to reorganize the whole army, and at this point, Ning Yu planned to personally serve as the head of the whole army rearmament department, and some other generals of each division were also temporarily transferred to the banner of the whole army rearmament department, so as to facilitate the reorganization of the whole army this time.

In this army reorganization plan, Ning Yu planned to completely abolish the original garrison division, and build five new main divisions, namely the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth divisions, and set up a separate Praetorian Guard Division, plus a Metropolitan Governor Guard Brigade, and the actual number of the whole army reached about 100,000.

For the original main division, Ningyu also made certain adjustments. First of all, the number of the main division remained unchanged, it was still 10,000 people, divided into five regiments, of which four regiments were flintlock pistol regiments, and the number of each regiment was still 2,000 men, and the remaining regiment was an artillery regiment, with a number of 1,000 men, equipped with 24 6-kilogram thunder cannons and 12 12-kilogram thunder cannons.

In addition, each main division will also have a divisional guard battalion and a divisional grenadier battalion, with a total number of 10,000 people, which can achieve one aspect of the combat goal.

Of course, in the original main division, although there was also a grenadier battalion, but at that time, Ning Yu had very high requirements for the grenadier battalion, and few people in the army could meet this requirement, plus there was not enough equipment such as plate armor and grenades, so a grenadier battalion was built in total, which was later expanded to 1,000 people.

Now Ning Yu has changed his thinking, in this battlefield, the role played by the grenadier battalion is too huge, often as a pioneer at a critical time, directly blowing up the enemy's formation, thus playing a decisive role, so Ning Yu also wants to further expand the establishment of the grenadier battalion.

Of course, in view of the previous limitations, Ning Yu also thought of many methods, the most important of which was to lower the standard of the grenadier battalion, and then select people from each division to establish it, the full number of people was also 500 people, and the equipment was also equipped with grenades, plate armor and horse chopping knives, and carried out strict training.

Of course, in addition to these 100,000 people, there are garrison regiments like those in various places that have not been included in the calculation, so for the current Fu Han army, the actual number is no less than 130,000.

Relatively speaking, these 130,000 people are apportioned to Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu, which is about to be attacked, which is not too much, and for the finances of the Fu Han Army, it is still within the current affordable range, especially for Ning Yu, who has now made a small fortune, it can still be a little bigger.

In Ning Yu's plan, the first garrison division that was guarding the three passes of Yiyang was reorganized into a Praetorian Guard Division, and the division commander was Ning Zuyi, the commander of the original first garrison division, which was well deserved.

At the same time, the person who served as the chief of staff of the division was the original deputy division commander Xu Chengliang, and the Praetorian Guard Division was still stationed on the front line of the three passes in Yiyang, and the defense of Wuchang was handed over to the palace guard battalion and garrison regiment.

After all, if you want to be like Fu Erdan last time, there is no room for implementation to achieve the purpose of assaulting Wuchang by bypassing the defense line. Therefore, the garrison of Wuchang still did not maintain much.

But even so, the garrison regiment plus the palace guard battalion, plus the martial arts students in Wuchang City, plus the apprentices of the Eagle Battalion, the total number of people has increased to 5,000, plus the cannons on the city wall, it has become difficult to conquer.

In this reorganization plan, it is not so much a garrison as a reserve. The Praetorian Guard Division was composed of four flintlock pistol regiments, plus a reinforced artillery regiment of 2,000 men, and was equipped with a total of 36 six-pound mine guns, 12 12-pound mine guns, and 12 heavy 18-pound guns that had just been developed.

In addition, the Praetorian Guard Division will also organize a division-affiliated guard battalion, a division-affiliated baggage battalion, and a 1,000-strong division-affiliated grenadier battalion, with a total number of 12,000 people, as the elite strength of the Fu Han army.

As for the Governor's Janissary Brigade at the rear, it was expanded on the basis of the current guard battalion, and was organized into two flintlock regiments, a reinforced artillery regiment, and a reinforced grenadier regiment, with a total number of 8,000 men

When a plan was presented to everyone, they were quickly fascinated by the vast blueprint in it, but it also raised a deep question, that is, can this plan be realized?

Indeed, for the current Fu Han army, this plan is actually a bit too advanced, even too heavy, these 100,000 people alone need 100,000 people, 100,000 flintlock guns, plus the artillery of the 9th division and 1 brigade, all of which are as high as more than 400 guns, which requires the cost of money and manpower, which can be called extremely terrifying, and it is extremely difficult to realize.

Ning Yu had a smile on his face, "This plan is only a first draft at present, and it will be submitted to the Privy Council after the Governor's Mansion further improves." Then the Privy Council will take it to the government hall for review, which was not originally realized in just one or two months, and the whole plan may take about a year to be realized. ”

Dong Ce had been listening silently, but he raised his hand and asked, "But in this case, wouldn't it be difficult to realize our plan to set Jiangnan?" "If you wait for a year here, I'm afraid the daylilies will be cold.

Ning Yu smiled, "Who said that you have to wait until the end of the reorganization of the whole army to attack Jiangnan?" The first stage of the reorganization plan of the Ninth Division and the First Brigade was to be completed by mid-May, and the reorganized divisions involved were the main force of the Eastern Crusade. ”

When the generals heard this, they were shocked, and they could naturally understand that the so-called first batch of reorganized divisions naturally emerged from among them, except for the first and third divisions that were originally the main divisions, the commanders of several other garrison divisions all felt a little hairy in their hearts, and if they were not reorganized, it would be a big shame.

In all fairness, in this decisive battle with Kangxi, among the non-main divisions, the greatest merit was Uzhijing's garrison second division, followed by the garrison sixth division besieging Yue Zhongqi, and Xu Mingyuan's garrison fifth division was a little less brilliant, although it was said that he had been following the main division in the battle, and there was indeed no chance to be alone, but this reason could not convince others.

Xu Mingyuan's face was slightly gloomy, of course he wouldn't think that this was aimed at the Fifth Division, but he was still a little annoyed in his heart, if he had been more resolute in his attitude of fighting for the siege of Anqing, maybe there would be some opportunities, but now he would be a little helpless to think about it.

Everyone followed Ning Yu to a spacious room in the Governor's Mansion, which had been opened up as the operational staff office of the entire Governor's Mansion, and there was a large map of Jiangnan hanging on the wall, and some small marks were made with pencils.

Ning Yu held a long wooden stick in his hand, but it was pointed at Anqing City, and said softly: "According to the plan, the first batch of reorganized divisions will have a total of four, in addition to the first and third divisions of the main force, there are two divisions that will be selected from your three garrison divisions. ”

After finishing speaking, Ning Yu glanced at everyone with some ill will, but saw that the big guys had become a little nervous at this time, staring at Ning Yu with burning eyes, as if waiting for him to announce the answer.

Ning Yu didn't continue to sell Guanzi, he nodded at Anqing at the moment, and said softly: "These two divisions are the Second Garrison Division and the Sixth Garrison Division, and they will be reorganized into the Fourth Division and the Fifth Division respectively. ”