Chapter Seventy-Seven: Expansion of the Army
"Lord Commander," after Su Chengyu finished ordering the construction of the fortress, Zhang Jiayu said, "Do the more than 1,000 Fujian soldiers under him want to be merged into the Dragon Guard Army?" β
Su Chengyu has seen Zhang Jiayu's troops, it is really that in addition to the young and middle-aged, there are all kinds of soldiers, presumably Zheng Cai took a lot of effort to pick out these people at the beginning.
He thought for a moment and said to Zhang Jiayu: "You pick out these soldiers under the age of thirty and send them to the Longnan Longwei Army recruit camp for basic training. As for those over thirty, they will be given the severance money and let them go back to Fujing. β
"Yes!"
"As for the officers, I am preparing to recruit the second phase of the Royal Officer Academy, you choose some with good qualifications and let them study in the Officer Academy."
"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu was puzzled again, "Dare to ask your lord, what is this Royal Officer Academy?" β
When Su Chengyu explained the situation of the Officer Academy to Zhang Jiayu, he immediately said that he also wanted to study in the Officer Academy.
"You're better a lecturer." Su Chengyu smiled, and then nodded again, "It's okay, you can be a student and a lecturer." β
In the end, he called Ying Tianxiang and asked him to explain the various rules and regulations of the Long Weijun to Zhang Jiayu.
That night, Su Chengyu finally finished handling other affairs, gathered all the officers, and conducted a post-war summary of the Battle of Fuzhou.
He first praised the performance of the Dragon Guards in this battle - they were disciplined, and they were not afraid to face several times the enemy in the first actual battle, and they played the results of their training in Longnan.
"I have been to the imperial court, and I believe that the court's commendation will come down soon."
When all the officers heard this, their faces were overjoyed.
After that, some problems that arose were summarized, such as the slow movement of artillery, the incomplete preparation of the battle plan, the insufficient number of engineers, and so on.
In the end, Su Chengyu took out the written rectification plan of the Longwei Army and said: "First of all, we must transfer 500 people from the reserve battalion in Longnan to supplement the troops. Recruit training is carried out on the way to Guangxin.
"After replenishing the casualty vacancy, an artillery company, three infantry companies, and a dragoon company were expanded.
"Among them, the artillery company is temporarily headed by Zhao Zhibi, and all four artillery companies are merged into the first artillery battalion, with Chen Xiongfei as the battalion commander."
This time the artillery had the problem of inconsistent orders during combat mobilization, which was one of the reasons for the slow movement of the artillery.
Therefore, Su Chengyu decided to set up an artillery battalion, although it could not be fully established for the time being, but it could make the artillery accustomed to the unified command of the battalion commander.
"This time, 450 military horses were allocated to the artillery, and the cavalry artillery of the whole battalion was completed as soon as possible."
Chen Xiongfei and Zhao Zhibi immediately stood up and saluted, "Yes!" β
"The three newly built infantry companies and the first and second independent infantry companies were merged to form the fifth infantry battalion."
Su Chengyu continued to order: "Liu Guoxuan has been promoted to the commander of the fifth infantry battalion, and these recruits must be trained well!" β
Liu Guoxuan's performance in this battle was very good, one second-class merit and ten third-class merits were all two independent companies, and Liu Guoxuan himself also made a third-class merit. This historical governor of Taiwan's army and navy really didn't cover it!
"Yes!" Liu Guoxuan saluted and said loudly.
His previous dream was just to be a sentry commander, but he didn't expect that after following the king of Chenzhou, he had already become a captain officer in less than half a year, and when converted to the rank of the imperial court, he should be a sixth-rank military attachΓ©!
"The dragoon company is temporarily handed over to the Zhu family for training."
"Yes!"
"In addition, now there is an abundance of military horses, and all officers at the company general level and above are equipped with horses. The Logistics Division has an additional 150 horses. Another hundred horses were sent back to the Longnan military camp for recruit training. β
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At the same time that the Longwei Army held a post-war summary meeting, the 800-mile expedited military report had arrived in Fujing.
Long Wu couldn't hide the smile on his face, and he was happy to go back and forth in the study - Fuzhou was victorious, killing 5,300 enemies and capturing 6,100 people, and the losses of the Ming army were almost negligible.
"This is my biggest victory since the founding of the Longwu Dynasty!" He couldn't help but raise the newspaper in his hand.
"Congratulations to the emperor," Pang Tianshou was also smiling on the side, "This is really God bless me." β
Zhu Yujian has not been so happy as today in the past ten years, the Ming army not only achieved a great victory, but also the main force to repel the Qing army this time was his nephew Zhu Linmiao, who was cultivated by him.
"I really didn't see the wrong person!"
He looked at the reports of Chen Zhou Wang, Wan Yuanji, Zhang Jiayu and others, and took all the credits in them.
When he saw the battle strategy proposed by King Chenzhou to stick to the soap mouth to attract the main force of the Qing army, and then take advantage of the weakness to enter, sweep the eastern and northern provinces of Jiangxi, and finally encircle Nanchang, he looked even more satisfied and couldn't help nodding.
Jiangxi is the place where the government decree of the Longwu Dynasty is the most accessible, and even Fujing cannot be compared. Moreover, Jiangxi's geographical location is very important, and it belongs to the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, so Jiangxi has always been the most ideal place to build the capital in Zhu Yujian's heart. It's just that the Ming army was not able to catch up with the whole territory of Jiangxi before, and it was never able to completely control the whole territory of Jiangxi.
Now the military situation in Jiangxi is very favorable, and if the emperor's nephew's plan can be implemented smoothly, his long-standing dream can be realized. At that time, get rid of Zheng Zhilong's constraints, and Long Xiang will be able to show his strength and realize the long-cherished wish of Zhongxing Daming!
Zhu Yujian secretly decided in his heart that this time he must find a way to get Zheng Zhilong to take out more military funds to fully support this military operation.
As for Wan Yuan Ji and Zhang Jiayu mentioning the situation of the collapse and escape of the university scholar Su Guansheng's department, he is in a good mood now, so he just issued an order to apply for punishment.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Yujian praised the victory of Fuzhou in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, especially the performance of King Chenzhou in this battle, and he did not hesitate to praise it, and issued an order that the battle of Fuzhou was the first victory of the Longwu Dynasty! Copy the state capitals of the Ming Dynasty.
Huang Daozhou stood in the first shift of civil officials, and his face, which had always been unsmiling, also revealed a touch of joy, and he glanced at a royal historian in the back row with very hidden movements.
The latter immediately understood, and went out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the king of Chenzhou led the army to make great achievements this time, set up Fuzhou, and destroyed the main force of 15,000 people in the warehouse, which is enough to violate the system at the beginning. Please reinstate the lord of King Chen. β
Immediately, He Kai, Zhu Jizuo and others came out to second.
Wang Xiaozhong couldn't see the face of Zheng Zhilong, who was standing at the top of the honor, but even if he only looked at his back, he could feel a chill.
He immediately stood up and said: "Whether the military information reported by Jiangxi is exaggerated and wrong still needs to be verified, and the matter of the title will be discussed at this time, are you in a hurry?" β
Another subordinate of the Zheng family continued: "In a corner of Fuzhou, tens of thousands of Dongyu are watching from the side, and the night is not guaranteed." If we want to talk about military merits, it is not too late to discuss it when Jiangxi Dading is determined. β
"Humph!" He Kai said angrily, "If you wait to enjoy peace in the peaceful land of Fujing, but you talk about the merits of the front-line soldiers, aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of the heroes?!" β