Chapter 1181: Final Preparations

More than a dozen militia armies in various parts of the Ming Dynasty received support from all aspects of the Far East Company, and in a few months, they attacked one after another and conquered a large number of targets. Among them were many well-fortified prefectures and county towns, which not only captured a large number of supplies, but also cleared a large number of targets for the Far East.

In the past, the strength of these homeless armies was very average, and the field battle actually relied on the elite rush of the respective old battalions that could fight, and won the battle of all the homeless people who were coerced, but once defeated, the formation collapsed instantly, and then scattered and fled. As long as the elite of the old battalion is still there, the exile army will not collapse, and if the flag is waved anywhere, a large number of exiles will be gathered again immediately.

When attacking the fortification, because of the lack of sufficient siege equipment, it was mainly the displaced people who took their lives to fill it. Even so, when encountering a well-defended city, it often falls short.

But since the Wandering Army had a Far Eastern Fire Support Battalion, it became very simple. No matter how powerful the city is, the engineer units of the vitality support battalion can be successfully blasted in a short time. The opponent with relatively poor defense can even solve the battle with only seventy mm infantry guns. If necessary, it can also receive all-round support from the airship units of the Far Eastern Army.

Moreover, the intelligence department was also involved in the whole process, and the intelligence station in the Central Plains of the Far East obtained a large amount of valuable information in a few years through various channels and means.

In particular, according to the different situations of the information, the first thing to solve was the gentry landlords and merchants who owned the most land in the Daimyo.

Although these people generally hid in fortified cities such as prefectures and counties, the special service teams formed by the Central Plains Intelligence Station of the Ministry of Intelligence often went deep into the relatively large cities such as various prefectures and provincial capitals of the Ming Dynasty, and constantly launched attacks on various important targets.

In addition, the company also sent troops to various base areas in Daming, and with the assistance of the Ministry of Intelligence, it took action against targets in the northern provinces of Daming. The Central Military Commission also dispatched a large number of special operations teams to various parts of Daming, and they also joined the operation.

Of course, the targets chosen by the Ministry of Intelligence for the various base areas and special operations squads in the Far East are all targeted by some local tyrants and gentry who have committed the most heinous crimes and are in the fish and meat towns, and their actions are not so vigorous.

In short, although the Far East Company had not yet gone south to the Central Plains, the Ministry of Intelligence had already launched a series of operations in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. Many gentry, landlords, merchants, and tyrants were brutally exterminated.

This also caused a huge panic in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and even shook the Ming court. In Daming, even if the people die, it is not a matter. But if the gentry and jinshi died unexplained, then the matter would be a big deal.

If the town was broken by thieves, if the gentry class died at the hands of the thieves, it would be able to say the past, but a large number of the gentry class were slaughtered all over the city without explanation, and it would not be fooled.

The gentry in various parts of the Daimyo, including Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai, and even Tongsheng began to jointly write to the imperial court, asking the Ming government to handle the case within a time limit, and to give justice to the dead gentry.

The hundreds of officials in the Ming Dynasty were also excited, and they handed them over one by one like snowflakes to ask for strict investigation. Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty ordered the local government to solve the case within a time limit, but it was a vigorous scene anyway, but in the end it was all over.

This also made the rumors in all parts of the Ming Dynasty loud and easy, and countless princes and nobles and businessmen fled to the capital, and hired a large number of bodyguards to wait for them every day. But such a tragedy still happened one after another.

The Far East's actions in various parts of the Ming Dynasty were not aimed at the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. Although the king of the Ming Dynasty occupied the most land, his family wealth was also the most abundant. However, the Far Eastern Army was not in a hurry, and only wanted to wait for the main forces to move south, and then finally liquidate.

The nobles, bureaucrats, and eunuchs from all over the country who privately occupied a large number of official lands did not take action, and they were also prepared to confiscate the land they occupied after the Far East occupied the Central Plains, and all their family property would be confiscated.

The situation in the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more chaotic, the Far East Army is also in full swing to prepare, and the participating units of the Northwest Field Army, the Northeast Field Army, and the Southern Field Army are all conducting intense winter training.

In addition to the tactical and physical training of a large amount of exercise, the content of the winter training is also the training of the troops entering the territory of the Ming Dynasty and how to deal with various situations, the customs and dialects of the Daimyo in various places, and how to get along with the people of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is different from other countries and regions, and the Far Eastern Army cannot take iron-blooded measures to deal with the people of the Ming Dynasty unless it is absolutely necessary. Although it can deter and intimidate, it is absolutely impermissible to let the Far Eastern ******** deal with the people of the Central Plains.

Members of the Standing Committee and members of the Central Military Commission also held many meetings to study and study the various problems encountered by the Far Eastern Army after it entered the Ming Dynasty and the ways to deal with various emergencies.

When the Far Eastern Army went south to the Central Plains, the main task it faced was not to fight a war, but how to cooperate with the Nationalities Committee to carry out grassroots work on a large scale and strive to stabilize the situation north of the Yangtze River at the fastest speed.

The Central Military Commission has set very high demands on all the units participating in the war, that is, they must advance into the territory of Daming as quickly as possible, and every time they occupy an area, the working group of the Nationalities Affairs Committee, which is closely behind the main force, must take over the local political power as soon as possible with the cooperation of the armed police force and the militia force, and quickly establish local administrative organs.

The participating units of the Far Eastern Army not only had to quickly occupy the Central Plains, but also adopted different tactics against the exiled army and the Ming officers and troops in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The policy adopted for dealing with the displaced armed forces in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, especially several military groups such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, which had gradually become a climate, was to drive them south as much as possible and force them to cross the Yangtze River into the Jiangnan region.

When necessary, it is necessary to make secret contact with various thieves, and even provide them with support such as crossing rivers and supplies. Anyway, these gangs of thieves from Jiangbei don't want to mix in the north in the future, so let's go to the south to scourge.

However, the Ming officers and troops must be resolutely wiped out, and they must not be allowed to cross the Yangtze River, and they must do their best to annihilate them. Of course, the attack should not be too strong, try to capture as many prisoners as possible, and then carry out a unified training transformation.

Avoid forming a rout battle, causing the daimyo officers and armies to scatter everywhere and causing chaos everywhere. Moreover, some Ming troops who had corrupted discipline and committed many evils in the localities should be severely punished.

At that time, the inland river fleet of the Admiralty of the Far East Army will control and block the entire waterway of the Yangtze River, and not a single ship in the north of the Ming Dynasty will be allowed to cross the river, except for allowing the various wandering troops to cross the river. Once a boat is found trying to cross the river, it will be confiscated immediately, and those who dare to resist will be resolutely eliminated. (To be continued.) )