Hundreds of boats raced, the whip was broken, and the 40,000 Ming army marched by land and water to Ganzhou!

This is a battle of life and death, related to whether the Ming Dynasty can hold on, these 40,000 Ming troops are the capital of Emperor Longwu Zuihou, and it is related to whether he can sit firmly on the throne of the emperor, this is also the first time that the Gongyi battalion has launched a frontal battle with the Qing army, and it is related to whether Wang Kefan's overall jihua can be implemented.

If you win, you will be alive, and if you lose, the general trend is gone.

Emperor Longwu also knew this very well, and when he swore to send troops, he made an oath in front of tens of thousands of soldiers to live and die with Ganzhou with the respect of the Son of Heaven, and would never retreat back to Guangdong!

The officers and men of the three armed forces were enthusiastic and their morale was greatly boosted.

Everyone who is a soldier has considered whether he will be killed, and the fear of death is unavoidable for everyone, but ordinary soldiers are the most humble, and when the emperor said that he would fight to the death with everyone, everyone was willing to fight hard.

Can the Qing army be defeated? Everyone still has no bottom in their hearts, but let's die, die with the emperor, it's worth it!

For Emperor Longwu's personal conquest, not too many people raised objections.

Now with Emperor Longwu, basically are more loyal courtiers, there is no kind of person who specializes in singing against the emperor, everyone who is qualified to put forward opinions understands that the imperial court has reached the point of exhaustion, Emperor Longwu must win this battle, must personally win this battle.

However, in terms of specific tactical arrangements, there were serious disagreements within the Ming army, and Zuihou still relied on the authority of Emperor Longwu to achieve unified command.

On the fourth day after Emperor Longwu arrived in Nanxiong, he swore to send troops and lead the army to Ganzhou, which was unanimously opposed by all civilian officials, and Fu Guan, Guo Weijing, Lü Daqi and He Wuqi all fiercely stated that they must not launch the Ganzhou campaign in such a hurry.

After the Gongyi battalion left Jiangxi. Jin Shenghuan strengthened the offensive on Ganzhou, and there were more than 60,000 troops surrounding Ganzhou, these Qing troops were originally the elite of the Dashun Army and Zuo Liangyu, and the overall quality was significantly higher than that of the Ming army, and there were more than 20,000 Qing troops in the areas of Nanchang Mansion, Ji'an Mansion and Yuanzhou Mansion, which could support the Ganzhou front line at any time.

The Ming army only had 40,000 people, plus the troops of 10,000 yuan in Ganzhou City, but only about 50,000 people. There is obviously no chance of victory, so it is better to continue to wait for reinforcements in Nanxiong and mobilize more troops.

Guangxi's reinforcements are still halfway there, putting pressure on He Tengjiao, and some more troops can be transferred from Huguang. When the Tang King escaped from Fuzhou, he also brought some men and horses. And Guangdong still has some potential. If you get it together, you should be able to get 20,000 or 30,000 people.

In addition to this, the water division was not ready.

The sailors of the Ming army were Chaozhou pirates who had just been appeased, and their small and medium-sized ships were transported to the front line and could enter the Gan River at any time through the tributaries, but there were still dozens of large warships that could not enter the Gan River basin. It is being transferred by land, and it will take at least half a month to arrive......

How can you fight if you are not prepared?

But Long Wu used only one sentence to block them back - a rabble. Advantage in the quick battle!

Guangxi was the least enthusiastic about the Ganzhou Campaign, and Zhai Shiyun used various reasons to shirk the delay, which caused Guangxi's troops to be delayed, and it was unknown when they would be able to reach Nanxiong, and even whether Zuihou would arrive at Nanxiong.

As for the reinforcements of Huguang, Guangdong, and Tang Wang, they were all far away and could not quench their thirst.

As for the problem of the sailors, they can still fight without large warships.

These 40,000 Ming troops are all patchwork, the quality is uneven, if the time in Nanxiong is too long, the salary, military discipline, morale ...... There will be problems, and there will be contradictions between each other, and there will be no need to fight with the Qing army in Zuihou, so he will cross first.

Besides, if you bring in another 20,000 or 30,000 miscellaneous troops, the effect will not be much better, one plus one, sometimes less than two.

The longer the stay in Nanxiong, the longer the reaction time for the Qing army, and when the Ming army transfers tens of thousands of horses, the Qing army will also transfer tens of thousands of horses, and the result of zuihou is even more unfavorable......

All the civil servants had nothing to say.

Emperor Longwu went on to teach everyone that the matter of fighting a war should not be wishful thinking, that we should proceed according to the actual situation on the battlefield, and that we should dare to give it a go when the weak are fighting against the strong......

The civil servants no longer put forward their opinions, but the generals still have doubts.

According to the battle Jihua given by Emperor Longwu, the Ming army will advance all the way along the Zhangjiang River to Ganzhou.

This jihua is a bit too simple, right?

All wars, we must pay attention to the effective play of a force, cooperate with each other, what pincer offensive, separate road joint attack, go hand in hand, surrounded on all sides, sound east and west, the ...... given by Emperor Longwu is completely like a layman in command, a hammer deal, whether it succeeds or not, it is him.

Hit it so directly, at the beginning, because of the concentration of troops, it must be overwhelming, but the Qing army can also easily judge the movement of the Ming army, and use the main force to meet the attack, to Zuihou is completely fighting strength, and the Ming army is definitely not an opponent.

It is very dangerous to go deep alone, and if you can't do it, the Ming army will fall into the encirclement of the Qing army, and the whole will be wrapped in dumplings, and even Emperor Longwu himself will not be able to escape.

However, Emperor Longwu's attitude was very resolute, and he did not explain much to them, and directly ordered the expedition.

Unlike civilian officials, the generals were accustomed to obeying orders, and although they were full of confusion, they still honestly followed the troops.

He Wuqi and Lü Daqi stayed in Nanxiong to organize logistics, Fu Guan and Guo Weijing followed Emperor Longwu on the expedition, marched fifty miles north into Jiangxi, and set off from Nan'an Mansion in the upper reaches of the Zhangjiang River, and the Ming army advanced by land and water, officially launching the Ganzhou Campaign.

The large warships of the naval division did not arrive, but the Ming army collected more than 30 large transport ships and selected the largest and strongest ship for Emperor Longwu to ride.

There was a yellow dragon flag on the bow of the ship, and two cannons were temporarily installed.

Although this handsome boat is very handsome, it is not a real warship in the end, and the main force of the naval division is small and medium-sized warships, including 80 Cantonese fast crabs, 80 long boats, more than 200 sampans, and dozens of bamboo rafts.

The sailors went straight downstream, and the infantry advanced along the banks of the Zhangjiang River, and after marching more than 100 miles, they entered the control of the Qing army.

The first checkpoint in front of the Ming army was Nankang County on the west bank of the Zhangjiang River.

Nankang County is the southernmost fortress in the area controlled by the Qing army, in order to prevent the Ming army of Guangdong from going north to rescue Ganzhou, Jin Shenghuan has long been deployed here with heavy troops, although it is only a small county town, there are more than 6,000 defenders in it, and there is a naval camp on the bank of the Zhangjiang River.

Emperor Longwu, accompanied by Wang Kefan, personally inspected the city defense of Nankang County, and then issued an order to bypass Nankang County and directly attack the Qing army's naval camp.

"Bixia, isn't Nankang County fighting?" Liang Zhiren, the general of Guangdong, did not understand that there were several other generals with him.

"Nankang County is not easy to fight, just jump over and knock out his sailors......" Emperor Longwu's answer was very crisp.

"Yes!" Liang Zhiren didn't dare to say anything, but he was secretly muttering in his heart - this is going to be a fate!

Defeat the naval division of Nankang County, the Qing army will not have the ability to intercept the Ming army's transport ships, and the Ming army can carry out logistics transportation through the Zhangjiang River, but Zhangjiang County is still under the control of the Qing army, and the Ming army's transport ships will not be able to use the nearby wharf ferry, and the transportation capacity will be greatly affected.

This is still secondary.

Nankang County is stuck on the back road of the Ming army, and it is dangerous to throw such a large lump of Qing troops here at any time, and if the Ming army loses the battle, there is no chance to retreat.

Of course, the benefits of not fighting Nankang County are also obvious, after the repeated construction of the Qing army, the city defense of this county is very strong, and there are thousands of Qing troops guarding it, it is difficult to break the city within three or five days, and there is too much time delayed here, and the battle behind it will not be easy to fight.

All in all, Emperor Longwu was taking a risk, and he didn't think about retreating at all.

"General Liang, are you a little worried?" Emperor Longwu suddenly asked.

"Oh, Weichen doesn't dare, but ignoring Nankang, it's really not in line with the common sense of the art of war......" Liang Zhiren is a military general's character, and he can't hide what he has in his heart, fighting is not a joke, and if you see a problem, you must raise it, even if the other party is the emperor.

"I know the risks involved, but I have to." Emperor Longwu earnestly taught Liang Zhiren: "Our army is weak against strong, and we can only win by surprise, and the only chance to win is to concentrate all our efforts on attacking the enemy's vital points." ”

"I wish to hear Bixia Gaojian!" Liang Zhiren saluted respectfully, and nodded secretly in his heart, Emperor Longwu's words made some sense.

But this is not enough, it is too vain to win by surprise, how to win by surprise, how to attack the enemy's vital points, this is the crux of the problem.

"There is a saying in my hometown, slaughtering a cow is to slaughter the throat, my set of tactics is called the cow knife tactic, you know, five fingers press the flea, one can't hold down the ......"

Emperor Longwu explained seriously, his tone couldn't suppress some excitement, and Liang Zhiren and other generals were dumbfounded, not understanding that the dignified Emperor Weishenme was so good at slaughtering cattle, and Weishenme was so familiar with fleas.

The Ming army was originally the weak side, and then divided into several ways to attack, it became Liu Bocheng's five fingers to press the flea, and one could not hold down.

The cattle knife tactic is a valuable military wealth of the People's Liberation Army and the most brilliant achievement of Xu Shiyou's life, which is very suitable for the situation of the Ganzhou Campaign.

In front of the bull, man is weak, and if he wants to kill the ox, he must stab it in the vital point.

Jin Shenghuan spear besieged Ganzhou, built a large number of camps around Ganzhou, strong fortifications, the depth of defense is very long, if the positional battle is carried out step by step, it will be dragged by the superior strength of the Qing army, and it will be a war of attrition that is unfavorable to the Ming army.

Therefore, the Ming army wanted to concentrate all the liliang, kill a bloody road from the encirclement of the Qing army, and drill into it to fight, like a sharp knife, straight into the choking throat of the Qing army. (To be continued......)