Chapter 152: Troop Strategy
The surrender of the four kings of the Taiping Army has further strengthened the power of the Luoyang Army, and it has also proved that as long as Huaxia Tian** can continue to develop smoothly, it will win the support of more and more people.
The kings were welcomed into the city, together with more than 20,000 people of the Taiping army, and they were stationed in the city.
Luo Yang had time to talk with several Taiping Army generals all night, and also expanded the circle of talks to Qiu Yuancai and Lan Dashun, of course, accompanied by Zeng Shihe and other three generals,
Later, the title officially recorded in the annals of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom was: "The Tales of the Seven Kings and Three Generals in the Night Qin"
The two sides treated each other frankly, exchanged information and information, Luo Yang also learned more about the situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he found that in fact, the generals of the Heavenly Kingdom were still very loyal to Hong Xiuquan, and in their eyes, Hong Xiuquan was a very good leader.
Luo Yang thought that in the modern Internet, many posts spared no effort to smear Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, is it ulterior motives, he asked the imperial poems of the Heavenly King about the rules of suppression of palace maids, cynicism, etc., several princes were dumbfounded: "What, who is." ”
Luo Yang suddenly realized, if there is really that thing, these princes and generals, it is impossible not to know, besides, the Manchu Qing government, has always had a hobby of castrating words, and the work of the Daxing Writing Prison, after colluding with the Western father to destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it is natural to try to tamper with and erase it, everything that is beneficial to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, all of them are said and manufactured, and everything that is unfavorable is covered up, which is a manifestation of the extreme maturity and viciousness of its political ideology.
To a certain extent, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom suppressed the literati and had contempt for Confucius, so it was natural to be splashed with sewage by unscrupulous literati.
The acquaintance with the kings of the Taiping Army allowed Luo Yang to understand the current situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom more realistically, and also to understand the Qing court and the Qing army from a new perspective.
After resting for a day in Xi'an City, Luo Yang proposed a new decision,
"Princes, generals, the current situation, the pros and cons are comparable, as far as we are concerned, of course, we have to go straight to Shanxi and Hebei, go down to Beijing to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then build a new China, but it is also quite important to sweep away Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia, and stabilize the northwest, and the responsibility of reinforcing the southeast and saving the battlefield in Anhui and Jiangsu is also quite heavy, so this king decides."
In the simple house, Luo Yang's hearty voice made everyone feel like a spring breeze.
His decision has become a sacred part of everyone's minds, and everyone can't think about it, and they have raised their hands in support: "Okay." ”
Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, in Luo Yang's mind, it is not a dog's head gold, a rare thing, isn't it just a wave in the east and a stick in the west, as long as we have the strength, who can't beat it?
"The critical and declining trend of the Southeast Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot be saved." As soon as Luo Yang's words came out, all the generals, especially those who were born in the old Taiping Army, were excited, and as for the four kings of the Taiping Army who had newly surrendered, they were even more enthusiastic.
"Yes, King Rui is right, we can't forget our roots."
"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom, are all Heavenly Kingdoms, and blood is thicker than water."
"Whether it's the soldiers of the Heavenly King or the soldiers of the Wing King, we are all a family, a group of brothers."
"We can't divide each other anymore, and if we mess up ourselves, the kingdom of heaven will be in chaos."
All the generals understood the meaning of uniting against the enemy, because the current Manchu Qing was no longer the original Manchu Qing, but a strong enemy with advanced and sufficient weapons and ammunition with the support of the great powers.
"Okay, well, what you mean, this king knows." Luo Yang was neat: "Now, this king confirms that he will send a force to enter Henan from Shaanxi, and then enter Hubei, or cross Hubei and enter Anhui, to strike at the perimeter of the Qing army's encirclement, and contain the enemy army so that it cannot threaten Tianjing too much." ”
Luo Yang explained the meaning of this move very clearly, there are three points, first, to take care of the wishes of the kings, to help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, to attack and disrupt the division, and to ease the pressure in the southeast, second, to create a false impression for the Qing court, as if the anti-Qing forces in Shaanxi are constantly turning south, instead of secretly aiming at the city of Beijing to divert the attention of the Qing army, third, to express the sincerity of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom to the Taiping Tianguo, and prepare to communicate and cooperate with each other.
On the issue of the troops sent, Luo Yang asked the kings what they meant, and finally, with Chen Decai as the commander and Lai Wenguang as the deputy general, commanding 12,000 people, the southeast rescue,
The number of this army began to surprise everyone, more than 30,000 Taiping troops were still chased by the Qing army and had no place to stand, what can these 10,000 people do, but after Luo Yang revealed the mystery, everyone became excited,
"Thirty flying thunder cannons in our Huaxia army will be transferred, and ten foreign cannons of the captured Qing army will be allocated with a total amount of ammunition, and at the same time, soldiers and craftsmen who can make flying thunder cannons will be dispatched to accompany the expedition, so that the troops can collect resources along the way and make more artillery on their own during the march."
Thirty flying thunder cannons and ten foreign cannons are already a strong equipment for an artillery battalion, and with this sharp weapon, I am definitely no longer afraid of the Qing army.
Not only that, Luo Yang also taught them the method of making their own grenades, as for the method of making improvised bombs, because it is more complicated, it is temporarily retained, however, there are both foreign artillery, flying thunder heavy artillery, and individual grenades, it can be said that the Taiping army of more than 10,000 people was already one of the best equipped troops in China at that time.
After confirming the southeast measures, Luoyang decided to set up a left-behind corps in the area of Xi'an, temporarily stationed there to defend Shaanxi, and in the future, it was an advance team that forced into Shanxi and Hebei.
Qiu Yuancai garrisoned Xi'an, Zeng Shi and garrisoned Weinan, Pucheng, and Lan Dashun led the army to Ankang City, and the troops were reorganized and kneaded, each with a division and a strength of 10,000 people.
Zeng Shihe's army can absorb a few regimental training and young middle-aged people in counties and other areas that have not been destroyed by the Hui army, and Qiu Yuancai's army can select thousands from the people of Xi'an City, train them, and according to Luoyang's requirements, within one to two months, raise new soldiers, and initially see the results of training, and multiply the troops.
In addition, each unit needs to find its own way to build new flying thunder guns, make gunpowder explosives, make grenades, etc., and expand its armament.
Zeng Shihe is the commander of the left-behind corps,
Mixed up his own direct troops, plus almost all the Qing troops in Xi'an City, and the transformed Duolong A's army, etc., and gathered 35,000 people, as a corps to march west to Gansu, carrying a variety of weapons and equipment, food and other materials, and moving towards Fengxiang.
In order to boost the morale of the officers and soldiers, Luo Yang got inspiration from the Frenchman Napoleon, paid attention to rewarding his subordinates with his name, and reaffirmed that Zhang Suimou was the prime minister of Huaxia Tian**, and Luo Bingzhang was the vice minister of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, and concurrently served as the governor of the three northwestern provinces, supervising Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang (at that time it was still called the jurisdiction of the Ili generals), with Zeng Shihe, Li Fuyou, Lai Yuxin, Huang Zaizhong, Wei Pucheng, and the five generals under the original Yiwang were the five tiger generals of Huaxia Tian**, and Lei Zhengjuan, Cao Kezhong, Tao Maolin and the other three generals who surrendered were wise three admirals, and all of them were promoted to admirals.