The route of the march mentioned by Zhu Linwei is basically the same as that of Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition to Nanjing in the thirteenth year of Yongli in history.

However, at that time, Zheng Chenggong ordered his soldiers to board the warship and march, and occasionally went ashore to capture the city along the way, while Zhu Linmiao was mainly in charge of the army, and the sailors were only responsible for supplies.

It should be said that the route chosen by Zheng Chenggong was very scientific, basically avoiding all the strongly-defended towns, and going north without hindrance.

Shanghai in the twentieth century was indeed an international metropolis, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was only a small town, not to mention the garrison, and there was not even a decent city defense. And after Jiading was repeatedly slaughtered, there were ten rooms and nine empty rooms in the city, and there was no defense.

Only Jiangyin City, which is the eastern gateway of Nanjing, is strong. However, Zheng Chenggong chose to bypass Jiangyin without attacking at that time, jumped to the north bank and captured the defense-empty Guazhou, and used Guazhou as a springboard to capture Zhenjiang on the opposite bank, and the troops approached Nanjing.

At this time, the Qing troops in Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou and other places south of Nanjing had to honestly return to Nanjing. If Zheng Chenggong had taken Nanjing in one fell swoop at that time, it would have been easy to pocket these places when he turned back.

However, Zheng Chenggong also made a fatal mistake, that is, relying too much on boats. Until he entered the Yangtze River, he insisted that his troops march by boat, but the Yangtze River flowed from west to east.

His sailors wanted to sail from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Nanjing, but all the way was against the current, and they could only rely on slender men to drag the warship forward, and the speed was extremely slow. So much so that the Qing army near Nanzhi had walked back to Nanjing on both feet, and he was able to rush to Guazhou, and at this time Jianyu had completed the defense deployment of Nanjing.

However, Zhu Linmiao is naturally very clear about this series of problems, so he wants to use the right aspects of Zheng Chenggong to do, and at the same time avoid the problem of making the army go against the current.

He continued: "There should not be too many bandit troops stationed in these towns along the Eastern Route Army, and a battalion of hussars can take them. The main force of our army followed closely, and only needed to march quickly all the way, and the troops would come to the city of Nanjing before Hong Chengchou could react! ”

Zhang Jiayu, who was sitting at the front of the officers, looked at the map and said worriedly: "My lord, if you go north along the coast to Nanjing, you must pass through Jiangyin. The city fortress here is very strong, and last year, Yan Yingyuan only led thousands of soldiers and people in the city, and blocked tens of thousands of thieves outside the city for 81 days.

"If our army is blocked by Jiangyin, it may be difficult to have the effect of a surprise attack on Nanjing."

Zhu Linmiao shook his head with a smile and said, "We will not attack Jiangyin, but will climb the north bank of the Yangtze River and bypass Jiangyin to the west." He pointed to the confluence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River on the map, "and then quickly take Guazhou, and then cross the river south to take Zhenjiang." At this time, it is the captive army in Jiangyin City that is in a hurry, and we are sitting in Zhenjiang and waiting for him to attack the city. ”

The three cities of Nanjing, Zhenjiang and Jiangyin are lined up from west to east on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and it can be said that Jiangyin and Zhenjiang are the two gateways on the east side of Nanjing. However, the first "gate" is usually stronger, and the Zhenjiang City behind it is much simpler, and the enemy is not prepared, Zhu Linmiao believes that Zheng Chenggong's old-style army can take this city, and the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Guard Army should not be a problem.

"When our army besieges Nanjing, Hong Chengchou will hurriedly transfer all kinds of thieves back to defend Nanjing, and we can set up ambushes everywhere, surround points and send reinforcements, and eat these hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in one bite!"

Historically, Zheng Chenggong also successfully besieged Nanjing, but he underestimated Jianlu's ability to mobilize, and he was still unaware when more than 100,000 Qing troops rushed to Nanjing. As a result, his army was caught off guard by the enemy, and was finally defeated with hatred.

But if you knew that there would be enemy troops coming to Nanjing, the situation would be completely different. Encirclement and reinforcement is the most respected tactic of the people's army in later generations, and facts have proved many times that it is indeed very effective.

Zhu Linmiao finally concluded: "The strategy of the Eastern Route Army is like this, not to attack the city, to advance lightly, to attack Nanjing, and to ambush the enemy. Then he pointed to the Huizhou Mansion on the map, "In addition, since Hong Chengchou has requisitioned the Qing troops in Huizhou and Anqing, how can we not admit his great affection?"

"West Road, transfer Jiangxi garrison 8,000, from Guangxin out of Quzhou, through Kaihua into Huizhou. Then go all the way north, Funingguo, Chizhou, Taiping Prefecture, and reach Wuhu. Hold the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and form an east-west flank attack with the East Route Army on Nanjing. ”

This is the route of Zhang Huangyan's march to Anhui when he followed Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition. Of course, there is no concept of Anhui at present, only Anqing, Huizhou and other state capitals belonging to Nanzhili.

In the past, Zhang Huangyan led only 6,000 men and horses to recapture the 24 counties of the four prefectures and three prefectures of Anhui. So Zhu Linmiao unceremoniously ordered his Western Route Army to copy it.

He looked at the generals sitting there and said, "It's just that the commander of the Western Route Army has not yet been selected, do any of you want to go to Huizhou?" ”

Everyone wanted to lead the army north with His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King and attack Nanjing, but no one responded for a while.

Seeing this, Zhang Jiayu arched his hand and said: "My lord, my subordinates recommend one person to lead the Western Route Army." ”

"Oh? Who is it? ”

"It is the former head of the Ministry of War, and the current commander of the Ganzhou garrison, Chen Bangyan. This man is ...... with military affairs"

"Chen Bangyan?" Zhu Linmiao was happy, and Chen Bangyan was still very familiar with him. This person was ranked among the three loyalists in Lingnan, and after the fall of Guangdong, he organized a righteous army to resist the Qing Dynasty, once recovered Shunde, and besieged the city of Guangzhou. Tong Yangjia, the governor of Jianyu and Guangzhou, was forced to transfer Li Chengdong, who was storming Guilin, back to Guangdong for emergency relief. At that time, Yongli was still in the city of Guilin, and if it weren't for Chen Bangyan's impressive fight in Guangdong, the Yongli Dynasty would probably end here.

There are now two of these Lingnan three loyalties, Zhu Linmiao thought of this, and said casually: "I don't know where Chen Zizhuang is now?" "This Chen Zizhuang is the last loyal of the three loyalists in Lingnan, who once besieged Guangzhou with Chen Bangyan and is good at commanding sailors.

Zhang Jiayu was a little surprised and said, "Your Highness recognizes Jisheng?" He is currently the commander of the Guangdong Customs Department. ”

Zhu Linmiao was even more surprised, "Yuanzi still knows Chen Zizhuang?" This is very good, so that Chen Bangyan and Chen Zizhuang can lead the Western Route Army into Huizhou together. ”

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh a little, in history, Lingnan Sanzhong had been defeated and captured around the second year of Longwu, and they all denounced Jianjun and died generously. Now that history has begun to reverse, the three loyalists no longer have to die with hatred. Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that all his previous efforts had been worth it.

Zhang Jiayu hurriedly said: "The subordinates then went to Ganzhou and Guangzhou, and transferred them to Wandu Hall to lead the troops. ”

After the overall strategic plan was finished, the chief staff began to discuss the details of the operation.

First of all, Yu Xin raised the issue of the weapons and equipment of the broken camp, and now there are a total of 4,000 Type II Chasseur guns that can be allocated to the broken camp, and a total of 8,500 flint guns are in stock and newly made, and there are still nearly 2,000 soldiers who still have to use the original bird guns for the time being.

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