Thinking about it, Zhu Yongxing finally remembered which local official in history told the whistleblower and guided the Qing army to detour and avoid Da Zhujing's ambush. This is a hidden danger, but because its sin has not been revealed, it is now inconvenient to remove it.

"Your Highness—" Seeing that Zhu Yongxing's face was uncertain, Na Song was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but feel strange in his heart, and called softly.

Oh, Zhu Yongxing subconsciously responded, his sanity slowly recovered, and he had a vague plan in his heart, and he couldn't help but smile slyly. He waved his hand away from irrelevant people and others, and only gathered on a sawtooth protrusion with Na Song, Wu Zisheng and others, and discussed in a low voice.

Tuguan Long Shirong, His Royal Highness didn't see it yesterday! Moreover, before Mu Tianbo entered Myanmar with Yongli, he thought that the future was unpredictable, and the ancestors must continue to worship him, so he divided his two sons into each toast. His eldest son, Mu Zhongxian, married the third daughter of Tuguan Long Shirong and joined the Long family. The family where the second son Mu Zhiliang joined was his son-in-law. Could it be that the father-in-law would betray his son-in-law and defect to the Qing army instead?

Na Song's heart suddenly rose in turmoil, and his eyes when he looked at Zhu Yongxing changed. Yes or no, His Royal Highness Min's plan is feasible, not only can test Long Shirong's heart, but also may give the Qing army a blow, according to it, there is no loss, but it is very beneficial.

The plan was over, Zhu Yongxing felt that he was in a good mood, and the hidden worries were like this, and once they were lifted, his face immediately showed a relaxed demeanor.

Na Song secretly gave Chen Guogong Wu Zisheng a look, a few steps behind, and when Wu Zisheng got closer, he asked in a low voice: "Guogong, does Your Highness have the ability to predict through the gods?" This Long Shirong is the father-in-law of the eldest son of the Duke of Qianguo, and His Royal Highness has never seen it, how do you know that he has the intention of surrendering? ”

Chen Guogong Wu Zisheng frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness doesn't speak lightly, but what you say must be true." He said that the Qing army came from the northeast, and most of them were like this; He said that Long Shirong wanted to surrender. Let's be careful. As for the prophetic prophecy, it must not be announced to the public. Just remember that God's providence is not a lie. ”

Na Song groaned for a while, nodded again and again, and arched his hand: "I have been taught." I've been taught, thank you Guogong. ”

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When you come, you make a lot of fanfare, and when you leave, you are quiet. Zhu Yongxing felt that there was no omission in the Yuanjiang River and the odds of victory were quite large, so he secretly went out of the city at dusk to get on the boat, slowly advanced along the river, and headed for central Yunnan.

The waterways are good, but they are not guaranteed. So, in terms of liaison communications. Zhu Yongxing instructed the establishment of two ways, one is the Yuanjiang waterway; The first is the fast horse by land, that is, the road he took to lead the army from Tengchong to Annam.

Since it is necessary for the three armed forces to link up and coordinate operations, liaison and communication between them are naturally very important. For this reason, Zhu Yongxing also asked Na Song, Wu Zisheng and others to prepare a set of emergency methods, that is, wolf smoke or beacon fire, so as not to be surrounded by Yuanjiang. Inability to get in touch with the outside world.

The signs of the end of the rainy season are becoming more and more obvious, which can be seen in the water potential of the Yuan River. Although the river is gradually becoming shallower. However, the ships taken by the Ming army were not big ships, some were snatched from Annam, some were borrowed from the Yuanjiang River, and some were newly built, which were more than enough to sail in the river.

Three days later. The fleet rendezvoused with the troops sent by King Li Jin at Xishe, which was already under the jurisdiction of Jingdong, and most of the water voyage had been completed.

In Jingdong, the troops to be gathered include more than 13,000 troops under the command of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, and more than 7,000 troops of the Ming army of Annan led by Zhu Yongxing. There are more than 5,000 native soldiers in each Tusi, plus more than 40,000 auxiliary soldiers who are expected to be recruited with the army, and the total strength is nearly 70,000.

Zhu Yongxing has always had a rather ambivalent psychology about the auxiliary soldiers, and he has been trying to find a way to solve it. Because the ratio of soldiers to auxiliaries at that time was really unbearable for him, one to one, or one to two, or even one to three was quite normal, that is, most of the food and grass materials would be eaten by the auxiliaries on the road.

Because of this, although Zhu Yongxing wanted to go north directly, cross the Nanjian and take Dali directly, and cut off the Qing army's defensive line within the three rivers. However, as soon as the strength of the Ming army was not particularly sufficient, the breakthrough in the middle might be attacked by Yongchang, Yao An, and Chu Xiong; The second is the long distance, the baggage carried by the army, and the consumption of a large number of auxiliary soldiers, which made Zhu Yongxing feel helpless.

Therefore, the plan drawn up by the General Staff was to first take Yongchang, and then attack them one by one from west to east. Zhu Yongxing and Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, met in Jingdong, and after the cold noise, they immediately put forward a plan to reform logistics and reduce auxiliary troops.

"King Jin, I plan to allocate the army according to the ratio of soldiers and auxiliaries to one. Recruits and native soldiers who help the war are temporarily counted as auxiliaries, and our army will have 16,000 soldiers and 9,000 auxiliaries, and then 7,000 or 8,000 auxiliaries can be conscripted. Zhu Yongxing was ruthless enough, and he cut the number of people by more than 30,000 with a single sword, "The cavalry only needs 2,000, keep 3,000 horses, and use the rest of the livestock to carry the baggage." By the way, the letter has to collect a lot of large and small vehicles, I don't know how many there are now. ”

"Your Highness, don't worry." Li Dingguo nodded with a smile, ordered someone to serve fragrant tea, and said: "What is said in the letter is unknown, the recruitment of 40,000 auxiliary soldiers is only an imaginary number, with the help of water transportation on the Cangjiang River and Siamese ships, 20,000 auxiliary soldiers are enough, but there is no need to classify the soldiers as auxiliary soldiers and turn the cavalry into infantry." ”

"Then how many miles can our army travel in a day?" Zhu Yongxing was also not satisfied with this number, so he breathed a sigh of relief and then asked.

"Twenty miles a day." King Li Jin replied without thinking.

Thirty miles is already a standard marching speed, and these twenty miles will take almost a month to march alone!

Zhu Yongxing felt that the speed should be accelerated, forty miles a day was the goal he hoped to achieve, and according to his ideas, this was an achievable goal. After all the ordinary soldiers are draped, plus weapons and other items, the weight should be around 30 kilograms, and the one-to-one auxiliary soldiers can reduce the weight by half. In addition, there are horses, vehicles, and water transport boats, which must reach at least thirty miles a day.

"It's a bit too late." Zhu Yongxing stubbornly insisted, "The establishment of a special baggage battalion will be the direction of our army's development in the future." King Jin, my thoughts are like this......"

Regarding the logistics baggage battalion, Zhu Yongxing also watched, learned, and reformed, and took shape after the most difficult plan. It can be said that to a large extent, he still copied Qi Jiguang's approach and absorbed the successful experience.

When Qi Jiguang was defending against the Tatar army in Jizhen, he began to organize a battalion of baggage vehicles, each with 1,120 officers and men. There were 80 artillery carts, one command car, one drum car, and one Yuan Shu car, a total of 83 vehicles. Each vehicle can load rice beans and other city grains at a time, 12 stone and 5 buckets. In this way, a baggage camp could feed 10,000 horses for three days. If you add your own bring, you can guarantee a food supply for six days. In order to ensure the safety of the baggage battalion, the officers and men of the battalion were also equipped with combat weapons such as earthen guns and earthen cannons.

In the case of sufficient vehicles. 1,000 logistics troops can supply 10,000 troops with food for six or seven days, 2,000 for 12 days, and 3,000 for 18 days. To put it more generously, 10,000 soldiers need 6,000 logistics soldiers to supply food and grass, and the rest of the logistics soldiers can carry armor, and the ratio of one to one is more than enough.

“…… The baggage battalion was accompanied by support, and some supplies were also obtained from the local area along the way. The division governor is full and the enemy will not disappear. Zhu Yongxing took a breath for a while and picked up the teacup to drink.

Under Zhu Yongxing's narration, the four main arms of infantry, artillery, cavalry, and baggage troops have taken shape somewhat, and the baggage vehicle battalion has completely gone beyond the traditional framework of a logistical support unit that simply supplies the troops' grain, grass, and ordnance, and has become a kind of combat-oriented logistics unit. This not only reduced the consumption of auxiliaries, but also greatly reduced the materials carried during the march; And because the baggage soldiers are also trained, it is more convenient to organize operations, and they can also supplement the soldiers when necessary.

The more Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, listened, the more serious he became, and his face became solemn. Seeing that Zhu Yongxing stopped, he couldn't help but hesitate and asked, "This is written by Qi Shaobao's "New Book of Ji Xiao"? ”

"Really?" Zhu Yongxing actually didn't dare to call Zhen'er. The materials he has read are vernacular texts on the Internet, and the author indicates that they are based on Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", "Actual Record of Military Training", and "Miscellaneous Collection of Military Training".

"Xia Guan didn't read this in the book." One of the civil servants present arched his hand and said in confusion.

Zhu Yongxing blinked, his face a little red. He pretended to pat his head and said, "That's my mistake, maybe it's contained in "Practical Essentials for Military Training", or "Miscellaneous Collection of Military Training." ”

Li Dingguo shook his head inaudibly, and introduced with a smile: "This is Jin Weixin, the servant of the Ministry of Officials. My Memory Room. ”

Zhu Yongxing nodded politely, he didn't have a good impression of this guy, he just gave Li Dingguo a face, because Jin Weixin was Li Dingguo's most trusted staff.

After repeated failures, when the Southern Ming monarchs and ministers evacuated Kunming, it was the traitor Ma Jixiang who hooked up with Jin Weixin, and Jin Weixin was selfish and bewitched Li Dingguo, and made the wrong decision to transfer to the southwest of Yunnan Province instead of Jianchang to Shu. Historically, it was this decision-making mistake that made Nanming never have any hope of returning to heaven.

In fact, this is also Li Dingguo's biggest weakness - going to extremes. As long as Jin Weixin insisted, Li Dingguo never denied it, and Li Dingguo did not continue to insist on what Jin Weixin opposed.

However, Jin Weixin didn't know Zhu Yongxing's disgust, and he was entangled in the establishment of a baggage battalion, worried that the temporary formation would take time and delay the fighter. Li Dingguo made the same mistake again, and hesitated not to make a decision.

Zhu Yongxing's face gradually became gloomy, and he was also quite disappointed in Li Dingguo. It's a flaw in my personality that is really hard to change.

"Your Highness, our army is about to set off, and changing the military system without permission will lead to chaos...... Jin Weixin said vigorously, but Zhu Yongxing couldn't bear it anymore.

If you don't beat this person's position in Li Dingguo's heart, it will be a disaster in the future; With this person's demagoguery, Li Dingguo will make mistakes in the future.

"Smack!" With a bang, Zhu Yongxing slammed the tea bowl on the table, and the porcelain pieces shattered, shaking everyone in the room.

"Shut up, clever and scheming, selfish and selfish, and dare to demagogue people here." Zhu Yongxing reprimanded angrily, turned to Li Dingguo, arched his hand slightly, and said: "King Jin, when the sun goes out of Kunming, is this person slanderous, insisting on going to Yongchang instead of Shu." The king of Jin can know that he discussed with Ma Xiongfei in the dark room, and with selfish intentions, Zuo Sheji's safety was in danger, and the court was trapped in a foreign barbarian. ”

Li Dingguo frowned and was silent, at that time, it was not only Jin Weixin who advocated moving west, some courtiers, including Mu Jianbo, most of the people in Yunnan did not want to leave Yunnan. If it is a mistake in decision-making, it is his own responsibility, and it is not easy to count it on Jin Weixin's head.

"Jin Weixin, you are a native of Yunnan Province, and the relatives of the grave are all in Yunnan, and you don't want to enter Shu, so you still have forgivable circumstances." Zhu Yongxing turned to Jin Weixin and reprimanded loudly: "Ran Ru and the king of Jianchang's general army are resentful of fighting for a daughter, and they are afraid that they will retaliate after entering Shu. turned to bewitch the king of Jin and the court to move west, but there are any? ”

Jin Weixin has never said such a private thing to anyone, and when he was suddenly exposed by Zhu Yongxing, it was like being stripped naked in public and stared at by countless pairs of eyes, he was simply shocked and inexplicable, and subconsciously stretched out his finger. Pointing at Zhu Yongxing, he said in a trembling voice: "You, you, you are, how do you know-"

"How can you avoid the heavens and hide from God if you deceive your heart in the dark room." Zhu Yongxing sneered and watched Jin Weixin slowly fall to the ground.

"Drag it out and wait for it to fall." Li Dingguo scolded angrily and waved his hand to order the guards. put Jin Weixin out of the way.

The room fell into a short silence, perhaps because of Zhu Yongxing's thunderous anger, or maybe it was because the words "how can you avoid the sky and hide from God" were too shocking, and everyone looked at Zhu Yongxing with a little fear.

"The heart is selfless and the world is wide, if you behave frankly, how can you fear heaven and God?" Zhu Yongxing said faintly: "What should be feared, what should be worried, should be ugly, three ghosts and the like." Willing to be a slave dog. The slaughter of compatriots is a clear crime. Heaven will perish. ”

Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, sighed, got up and pondered deeply, "Your Highness, I am guilty. The westward migration that day was a bitter admonition from the likes of the Jin Restoration, but it was also my selfish intention. The town of Shu Wangxun is lined up. I am worried that in addition to the new defeat, far away Yuan (Zongdi) and Hao (Yongzhong) Zhuxun's cave, and I did not ensure that Zhuxun obeyed moderation; If Jingxiang is restored, I am afraid that the imperial court will appoint Hao Yongzhong and other princes to stand side by side with me......"

"His Royal Highness Jin is over." Zhu Yongxing hurriedly got up and returned the salute. He made an exception and used the honorific title, and said sincerely: "I know what His Highness thinks, but it is for his subordinates. The imperial court's measures were also inappropriate, and some officials and gentry were stubborn in their narrow orthodoxy, and even still regarded the Chinese children who were loyal to the court and determined to resist the Qing Dynasty as thieves, which was chilling and made people have to be careful to beware. This is actually a big obstacle to the revival of the Qing Dynasty, and I hate it deeply. ”

"Your Highness, you-" Li Dingguo was very surprised, Zhu Yongxing's words were quite sincere, and they were also very direct and bold, touching the sore spot in his heart.

Born from a bad background, first against the Ming Dynasty, and then against the Ming Dynasty, the original Great Western Army, like the original Great Shun Army, was actually dissatisfied with the imperial court and worried that they would not die well in the future. However, some officials and gentry in the imperial court regarded the alliance with the peasant army as an expedient measure, and they were often deeply hostile to the peasant army in their hearts, and often restrained and restrained them, which added to the worries of the former lieutenants and men of the peasant army.

"Am I not right?" Zhu Yongxing helped Li Dingguo back to the chair and said with a smile: "King Zhao entered Burma to take over, and when he heard the edict, he returned, isn't he worried that the court will be suspicious and settle accounts in the future?" The King of Jin garrisoned Burma and did not dare to move lightly, isn't it also full of concerns, fearing that the court will be unexpected, and rumors will spread to him? ”

"Your Highness, you-" Li Dingguo shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It is really admirable that you are so perceptive and outspoken in your words. ”

"If you don't say anything, you can't untie the knot." Zhu Yongxing looked around at the people in the room, and said loudly: "Since ancient times, loyal ministers and righteous people have no matter whether they are from noble or low backgrounds. As a respected official, the world enjoys a good fortune, and when it comes to the word loyalty and righteousness on weekdays, but it is also eloquent, and when it comes to the big festival, when it is in danger, he will put these two words aside, as long as the whole body protects the family, avoids disasters and seeks blessings, so he is willing to rebel and rebel. ”

After a pause, Zhu Yongxing continued: "There is a person who is not a high-grade person, who is not a clear stream, even when he is in trouble, he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and betrays his lord and surrenders to thieves, people only say that this generation knows how to be loyal and righteous, and it is not enough to be deeply responsible." I don't want to be sad and miserable, but I can only arouse loyalty and courage, and I don't avoid knives, saws, axes, and axes. This can not only be passed on to future generations, but also save one's own life from disaster in other years. It can be seen that the things of loyalty, regardless of whether they are from high or low backgrounds, are the only ones who practice it, and the more loyal they can do, the more they can move people's hearts. ”

Passing on the name to future generations, avoiding disasters in other years, regardless of noble or low origins, those who are practicing are enough to move people's hearts...... The meaning of these words is very deep, coupled with Zhu Yongxing's deep hatred of narrow orthodoxy as he said earlier, it is a clear signal to the military generals of the Great Western Army. Although this disguised promise remains to be seen, it is still very important to inspire and dispel doubts.

Moreover, since Zhu Yongxing left Myanmar and entered Yunnan, he has been constantly using practical actions to prove that he will do what he says. He did not hesitate to give rewards, rewards and punishments were clear, and there was no arrogance and discrimination, most of the promotions and appointments were not old bureaucrats, and he also properly arranged the disabled and retired soldiers in the army. All kinds of words, coupled with actions, could not but make these generals feel wise and benevolent towards him.

In troubled times and dangers, it is necessary to pull out the talents of chaos, Zhu Yongxing has undoubtedly created such an image well. Unconsciously, his prestige has faintly surpassed that of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, and he is the only one who looks forward, hoping to find the reputation of the official lord from him, and there are more and more Wenchen generals who will be safe in the future.

The family surnamed Zhu, the imperial court stayed, and the righteous name was in hand, Zhu Yongxing had conditions that Li Dingguo could not match.

After this round of thunderous anger and warm words of consolation, no one objected to the establishment of the baggage camp. Although it is newly built, the land distance is not too far, and the materials, grain and grass to carry are not too much. It was only necessary to travel from Jingdong to the east and west of the Lancang River, and wait for the ships built by Li Dingguo's troops in the early stage and the ships aided by the Siamese State to come to the rendezvous with grain and grass supplies.

For the counteroffensive in western Yunnan, the food and materials aided by the Jin Line in the early Siamese State were distributed to Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, plus their own requisition and Tusi reciprocation, which was already able to support a counteroffensive campaign. They hoarded the grain, transported it, set up supply depots, and processed it into rice. In addition, there is also waterway transportation on the Lancang River, and the troops have no heavy artillery to carry, so the requirements for the transportation capacity of the newly built baggage battalions have been greatly reduced, and there is room for expansion, adjustment, and improvement.

Zhu Yongxing was also satisfied with the preparatory work of Li Dingguo's department, and the production of military dry food, rice, greatly reduced the logistical pressure on the army. (To be continued......)