Chapter 53: Organizing the Army
Although Empress Zhang has said many times that Princess Kunxing Zhu Yujiao and Liu Yongxi, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, are a perfect pair of jade, Princess Kunxing took the initiative to mention her marriage for the first time.
In the past, many officials did not approve of this marriage, they thought that since the Ming Dynasty was the world of the Zhu family, then the queen of the prison country and the princess of the prison country were not right, and before the princess got married, there should be a real Ming clan supervisor or support to ascend the throne, and Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi tossed it completely for personal ambitions.
However, after the complete victory in this battle, those dissenting officials and literati wisely avoided this matter even if they did not change their minds, and these civil and military officials present were all vested interests in the real sense, and they wished that Princess Kunxing would marry Liu Yongxi now and determine all the benefits she had obtained now.
Zhang Guowei deeply agreed: "King Yue, with Her Royal Highness the Princess, no matter how difficult it is, you must recover Nanjing as soon as possible!"
Yu Huang also said: "Yes, I hope to celebrate the New Year in Nandu today!"
Only Mrs. Xing sighed faintly but didn't say anything, and Empress Zhang had a smile on her face: "Xiao Xi, are you full of confidence now!" When Nanjing is recovered, when you and Yu Jiao get married, I will let Zhu Meier and Bian Yujing marry together, no matter what you want, Sister Yan will help you do it! I'll inform Mei'er and Yujing when I get back!"
The affairs of Zhu Meier and Bian Yujing, the two female officials, have already been taken into practice, so the civil and military officials present all felt that this was a natural thing, but Tong Yili said it very bluntly: "His Royal Highness King Yue, the glory and wealth of our people are all pinned on this march to Jinling, please be sure to overcome all difficulties to take it, as long as Jinling is recovered, what gold, silver, jewelry, beauty, and jade silk you want are no problem!"
Liu Yongxi also laughed out loud: "Then I will also entrust you with the matter of reorganizing the army, although this matter will definitely offend people, but if you want to recover Jinling, you must reorganize the army!"
For the Ming army and the Qing army, this will be a rare time to recuperate, although many front-line troops on both sides still have frequent combat operations, especially the Zhulu rebel army that went out to the territory of Nanzhili in front of the small court of the prison country has launched a new round of offensive, but whether it is the main force of the Ming army or the main force of the Qing army, it needs to rest.
Although Duoduo wanted to launch an offensive now to completely destroy this small court of the Ming Dynasty, there were only more than 30,000 Qing troops left in Nanjing with him this time, and the morale of the troops was extremely low, so they had to rest for a while to regain their combat effectiveness.
At the same time, the Ming army in Zhejiang carried out a large-scale reorganization while resting and recuperating, and the backbone units were able to enrich their organization while strengthening training and summing up experience, and the new units became the direct victims of this army reorganization, dozens of battalion heads were merged into other units or directly dismantled, and countless old, weak, sick, and disabled personnel who were not suitable to continue participating in the war received severance pay, and Xing Shengping alone dismissed more than 4,000 people.
The whole army has a direct impact on the vital interests of many people, such as the old unit of Chen Wu, the general soldier of Jiaxing, who was completely merged and abolished because of its vulnerability, so Chen Wu could only become a bald commander and was temporarily placed in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.
However, the small imperial court of the state had just won an incomparably brilliant victory, and the top leaders had reached a consensus on this issue, so no matter how many people's vital interests were affected, the reorganization of the army was carried out with great efficiency.
If it is said that in the past, the Vietnamese and Ming armies were mixed, and many troops could only wave their flags and shout, but now every battalion has a certain combat effectiveness and can fight at least a dozen, and the backbone units have been further strengthened in the whole army.
More importantly, this reorganization of the army has allowed the imperial court to establish enough prestige in the army, in the past, the rebels from all walks of life rose up, and the leaders naturally wanted to add whatever title they wanted, and there were dozens of commanders in the rebel army, and the general soldiers and deputy commanders were countless, in this case, the rebels and righteous divisions naturally did not have much fear of the imperial court, and often selectively carried out the imperial court orders.
After the reorganization of the army, although many people were demoted to five or six or even more than ten ranks, they were also included in the system of the Yue Ming army, and the orders of the imperial court could barely be called "orders and prohibitions".
Therefore, everyone is full of praise for Liu Yongxi, but only Liu Yongxi knows very well that his strategy of "reorganizing the army" actually comes from the commander of the Qing army opposite.
There is a very miraculous thing in the history of war in the Ming and Qing dynasties, that is, many Ming troops with sparse combat effectiveness have increased by leaps and bounds after surrendering to the Qing army.
The main reason for such a miraculous change is that the supply of food and salary for the Qing army is relatively sufficient, and there is a set of operating system with clear rewards and punishments, but it is also a very important reason for the Qing army to be ruthless after the surrender of the Ming army.
The inevitable result of large-scale layoffs is that the old, weak, sick, and disabled people leave the barracks, and the withdrawn soldiers and horses naturally become elites, and because of the large-scale reductions, it is only necessary to support half or even less of the original troops, which greatly reduces the financial pressure and makes the supply of food and pay for the troops sufficient.
Now Liu Yongxi is just taking medicine according to the prescription, under normal circumstances, this kind of reform in the Ming Dynasty will only give up halfway because it offends too many vested interests, but the small court of the Yue Ming Dynasty has not yet formed a strong vested interest group, and the highest level of power has formed a consensus on this matter, and this matter is still promoted by Liu Yongxi himself, so the whole process of the whole army can be described as uneventful.
And a very unexpected situation is that although the whole army was completely promoted by Liu Yongxi, the frustrated people did not dare to vent their grievances on big people like Liu Yongxi, and the most scolded were Xing Shengping and Wang Zhiren who presided over the whole army, but this also means that the imperial court has established its own prestige.
During the period of the whole army, the situation in the world also changed dramatically, and the envoy sent by the Tang King arrived in Zhejiang with the edict, but when the Yue Ming small court was still talking about whether to read the edict, the envoy of the Tang King decided to withdraw the edict.
In another time and space, whether to read the edict of the Tang Dynasty and whether to formally obey the Longwu court triggered a power struggle between the Lu Jianguo regime, and in the end, it was Zhang Guowei and other ministers who decided to hang the sun and the moon together.
And the current situation is completely different, although Emperor Longwu is a virtuous Ming clan and has the support of Zheng Zhilong and the Fujian military and civilians, while Zhejiang is only two women and a teenager, but the whole Zhejiang believes that orthodoxy is by no means in Fujian, and the Longwu Dynasty, which has not yet fought with Jianyu, has asked Zhezhong to obey their orders is simply a fool's dream, and even the envoys sent by the Tang King see it this way.
Then the envoy of Huizhou Jinsheng sent a messenger to accept the land and became the first vassal of the small court of the supervising state.
Although the Tang Dynasty and Zheng Zhilong also tried their best to win over Jin Sheng and the Southern Anhui Righteous Army, but so far the Tang Dynasty regime has not been able to fight with the Qing army, but the Yue Ming Dynasty has almost annihilated the army of Jianjian into Zhejiang, and the Qing army is full of corpses on the Hangjiahu Plain.
And Jin Sheng and the Southern Anhui Righteous Army are also facing a very real survival problem, although their combat effectiveness of the Righteous Army is not weak, another time and space under the siege of the Qing Army for more than three months, but the combat effectiveness of the Righteous Army with Huizhou Township Soldiers as the main body is still not the opponent of the Qing Army's regular army, not to mention that the Qing Army also dispatched a small number of Eight Banner Army.
Although due to the strong rise of the Yue Ming, southern Anhui gained more living space, but in the siege of the Qing army, they still needed the full support of the Yue Ming court, and Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi also gave a clear answer, Jin Sheng was appointed as the military governor of the military department Shangshu Hui Ning Chi Tai military affairs, and other leaders of the rebel army also had their own rewards, and at the same time sent Tianmen Bo Xing Shengping to lead 20,000 troops to aid southern Anhui Governor Anhui.
The Southern Anhui Righteous Army was slightly dissatisfied with the decision of Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi, after all, Tang Wang used the position of a scholar to win over Jin Sheng, while Zhejiang only gave a military secretary, and the status of Tianmen Bo Xing Shengping was significantly higher than that of Jin Sheng, but he was only slightly dissatisfied and didn't even dare to raise objections: "Niangniang has a holy judge, and Huizhou is very honored!"
Xing Shengping's march into southern Anhui can be said to be the first round of offensive launched by Liu Yongxi, and at this time, Duoduo finally waited for the reinforcements he thought about at night: "King Su, we haven't seen each other for a long time!"
Although Duoduo can be said to be possessed by a declining god, and everyone thinks that he is about to fall, the prince who led the reinforcements to the south expressed great sympathy for him: "Eqike, tell me what is going on with this entry into Zhejiang?" Is it because of the shaving order!"
Others would definitely not dare to accuse the regent and the shaving order like this, but the Prince Su in front of him is different.
Prince Su Haoge is the eldest son of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, and for a long time the eldest son of the emperor was regarded as the heir of Huang Taiji, but in the struggle for the throne he was an out-and-out loser, and was cut down twice, and in October of the first year of Shunzhi, Fulin ascended the throne in Beijing to restore the original title and Prince Shuosu.
But Haoge is only restoring the title, in December of the first year of Shunzhi, Duoduo and Haoge are leading the army to fight a decisive battle with Li Zicheng, and Haoge can only be responsible for sweeping away the Jining Manjiadong bandits, and this year's southern expedition Haoge was also thrown into idleness.
But now that Duoduo is in super trouble in Jiangnan, the regent Dolgon has finally reinstated Hauge, but Hauge's resentment is nowhere to vent, so as soon as they meet, he asks about the most sensitive issue of shaving hair.
And Hong Chengchou, who was beside Duoduo, hurriedly said: "King Su, this time the big setback in Zhejiang is mainly because of underestimating the Jinhua thief and Liu Yongxi, by the way, how many soldiers and horses did you bring to the south this time?" ”