Luo Mingshou was quite curious, he knew how poor Yang Tinglin was, and since he besieged Nanchang, this is the first time that a silver reward has been issued.

He handed over the command of the cannons to his deputy, and entered the cabin, where he saw more than a dozen sailors carrying rolls of brightly colored brocade cloth.

Luo Mingshou only felt that these brocade cloths were very similar to the ones he had obtained from the Francophile last year, and in surprise he ordered the soldiers to open a scroll, and sure enough, he saw that the word "Luo" was engraved on the cloth scroll, which was a gift he gave to King Chen.

He asked people to recall the officers sent by Yang Tinglin to deliver the salary, and when he asked, he learned that King Chen had donated all the things worth more than 10,000 taels he had sent as military funds.

He was simply shocked. He has seen a lot of officials up and down in the Ming Dynasty, deceiving superiors and subordinates, selfishness, corruption, all thinking of ways to put money in their pockets, and those who have not made a living can be regarded as clean officials, but they have never seen private money to subsidize the country.

This Chen Wangduan is different, Luo Mingshou burst out a little spark in his heart, with such a person, there should be hope for the future of Daming! Follow His Royal Highness King Chen, and there will be great achievements!

Zhu Linmiao entered the barracks and was about to go to see the chasseur company, but a hussar came to report that the camp had arrived in Nanchang and was now more than ten miles to the north.

Zhu Linmiao was a little surprised, he couldn't see the military report of the broken camp these days when he took a boat along the Gan River, and the latest news before leaving Longnan was that they had just passed De'an County at the southern end of the Jiujiang River, and they had arrived in Nanchang after only a few days.

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, it is usually who recruits An's troops and is responsible, and in addition, the battle with Boluo will definitely need the assistance of the force of the Broken Battalion, he thought about it and instructed Shi Lin: "Go and ask General Zhen and Gu Jianjun to come here." ”

"Yes!"

Unexpectedly, Shi Lin didn't go long before he came back, and reported to Zhu Linmi: "Lord Commander, Gu Jianjun, Mr. Yu Qian, Mr. Sun Qian, Mr. Du Qian and others are asking to see him outside the tent. ”

It turned out that as soon as the camp arrived in Nanchang, these people had already galloped to the Longwei garrison.

"Let them in."

The core officers of these broken battalions have all changed into black copycat Dragon Guard uniforms at this time, and the magnificent uniforms have taken advantage of the reckless smell on their bodies to be reduced by ninety percent, and they are a little more powerful.

Several people entered the camp, knelt down on one knee in unison, and said respectfully: "My subordinates pay a visit to King Chen." "The last time Zhu Linmiao left Duchang, he was still the king of the county, and several people congratulated him here on being crowned prince. They were originally going to bring a gift, but they were stopped by Gu Yanwu, with his ability to observe people, he knew that Chen Wang would not like this, and it was better to say that it was better to give a congratulatory gift and make more military achievements.

"Hurry up, please," Zhu Linmiao helped up the generals, but he didn't see Zhen Zhen, and said in surprise, "Why didn't General Zhen come?" ”

Sun Qi, Yu Zhen and the others looked at each other and smiled, and only said, "Your Highness forgives your sins, and General Zhen will be here soon." ”

Zhu Linmiao didn't know what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourd, so she asked about business first.

Gu Yanwu hurriedly reported the recent situation in detail. After the establishment of the Broken Prisoner Battalion, they obtained a large number of sophisticated weapons, and Zhu Linwei sent people to help them train, which caused the combat power of the Broken Prisoner Battalion to soar, and it was simply invincible in northern Jiangxi. It only took more than half a month to quickly recover Raozhou and Nankang.

When the large army entered Jiujiang, the news that Jin Shenghuan was besieged in Nanchang came again, and the Qing army lost all their fighting spirit, and everywhere the camp was broken, they fell in despair. Now that the three prefectures of northern Jiangxi have all been recovered, Zhen Zhen left hundreds of people to clean up the battlefield in Jiujiang, and rushed to Nanchang with most of them.

"The princes have made a lot of contributions to recovering the lost land this time," Zhu Linmiao nodded in praise, "I will then go to the court and ask for a reward for the broken camp." ”

The generals in the tent immediately excitedly said in unison: "Your Highness Xie! ”

"By the way, Your Highness." Gu Yanwu said with a serious expression, "Today, my subordinates received a report from the Hangzhou Prefecture that Lu Boluo brought 14,000 soldiers from the Manzheng Blue Banner, and the pseudo-deputy general Tulai with 5,000 soldiers from the Manzheng Yellow Banner has arrived at the Qiantang Frontline Camp.

In addition, there were more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry, more than 5,000 rebel Li Chengdong, nearly 10,000 Cao Cunxing, Zhang Yingmeng, Fan Shaozu and other troops, and nearly 30,000 miscellaneous troops from Nanzhi and Zhejiang. Nearly 100 cannons. ”

Zhu Linmiao's expression became solemn when he heard this, Boluo's army of nearly 70,000 was definitely an extremely strong enemy.

In later novels, there are often tens of millions of armies, but in fact, they are simply jokes. In terms of military mobilization and supply transportation capabilities in the 17th century, it was not a small battle in which more than 10,000 soldiers could actually fight on the front line. Those who boast of hundreds of thousands of troops mostly include a large number of porters and other people who can't go to the battlefield at all.

With these nearly 70,000 troops, it is almost the limit of the strength that the Qing court can take out to attack the Longwu Dynasty. In particular, there are nearly 20,000 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers, but the Qing army is absolutely elite.

You must know that the total number of soldiers from the Eight Banners who entered the customs was only 1780,000. These soldiers were responsible for defending Gyeonggi, garrisoning various parts of Jiangbei, dealing with Zhang Xianzhong, dealing with the rest of Li Zicheng, dealing with the Mongol rebellion, and so on. Being able to send 20,000 people south from it is already a bloody investment.

In addition, those Mongolian cavalry and Li Chengdong's Dashun soldiers also had considerable combat power. Even if the so-called "30,000 miscellaneous armies of Nanzhi and Zhejiang" are concerned, their combat effectiveness should not be lower than that of the main force of the Ming official army. As for the 100,000 army in the hands of King Lu of Zhejiang, they are not even as good as these "miscellaneous troops".

"You have to set it up early." Zhu Linmiao couldn't help but sigh.

He was a little strange again, and said to Gu Yanwu: "I haven't even seen these military information that Lord Gu said in the imperial court's mansion newspaper, where did you get it?" ”

Gu Yanwu arched his hand and said: "My subordinates were ordered to contact the rebels of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they are still in contact. They would often report the situation there to Jiangxi. ”

When Zhu Linmiao heard this, he suddenly remembered that he wanted to bring Xu Erlu's brother and Fang Yizhi and others to Ganzhou, so he asked Gu Yanwu: "I have a few people who want to be picked up from Shanghai and Huizhou, I wonder if Lord Gu can contact the rebels there for help?" ”

"This shouldn't be difficult, Shanghai can take the waterway, and the Jianyu in Huizhou was embarrassed by the attack of the rebels, and the inventory is not strict." Gu Yanwu immediately said, "Your Highness, please tell your subordinates the details of these people, and your subordinates will then contact the rebels over there." ”

"That's very good."

Zhu Linmiao was about to continue to discuss the military situation, when he listened to Shi Lin's report, "Commander, General Zhen of the Broken Battalion asks to see you." ”

"Let her in."