At present, the main force of the Ming army's southern expedition is concentrated in the Dananguan area, which is inappropriate.
Su Yonglin ordered to leave an army of 35,000 men to stay in the Dananguan area. The rest of the army retreated, taking the initiative to shorten the logistics distance and reduce the logistics pressure. Instead, all the grain and fodder that could be mobilized were transported to the Dananguan area. All provided for the garrison force of 35,000 people.
The list of this garrison force is the 19th Army of the 7th Corps directly commanded by Zhao Yucheng, and the 5,000-strong Second Battalion of Shenji directly under Su Yonglin, all of which are under the command of Zhao Yucheng. In the event of war, Zhao Yucheng will be responsible for commanding. .
If the Li family of South Vietnam really intends to confront the Ming Dynasty, or wants to test the Ming Dynasty's bottom line, Su Yonglin will not hesitate to let them know what it means to be a great country.
After the order was issued, on the third day of February in the ninth year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin personally led the second battalion of Shenji to set out for Dananguan. On the eighth day of February, Su Yonglin led his army to Dananguan.
Dananguan Pass appeared as early as the Western Han Dynasty. It was first called Yongji Pass and later was called Jieshou Pass.
The era has been passed down to the present day, and the name Dananguan has been inherited from the Tang Dynasty. What Su Yonglin is more familiar with is the name it had after Zhu Di sent troops to conquer the south - Zhennanguan.
On the left side of the gate tower is the Zuobi Mountain City Wall, and on the right side is the Youfu Mountain City Wall. It is like a giant python connecting the foothills of the two mountains. It is majestic and has been the main transportation route from Guangxi to South Vietnam since ancient times. It has been valued by military strategists of all ages.
After Su Yonglin arrived at Dananguan, he met Zhao Yucheng and Zhang Yuejing, who was arranging troops to deploy defenses and fight security wars in various places.
Zhang Yuejing hadn't met Su Yonglin for some years. The old brother naturally had a lot to say when they met. He was quite excited and talked a lot with Su Yonglin.
After that, Su Yonglin called Zhao Yucheng and Zhang Yuejing to a small meeting and told them his future arrangements.
In fact, it is very simple, that is, Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road will be turned into the Guangdong Province and Guangxi Province of the Ming Dynasty. Then the First Corps needs to be stationed in Guangxi Province, and the Seventh Corps will be stationed in Guangdong Province.
Putting the two main corps here will put a lot of pressure on the local area, so several other provinces will also be arranged to help and jointly provide the logistics needs of the 200,000 troops.
But it makes sense for them to be stationed here.
The land of Lingnan has just become the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention that there are still some landlords and powerful people who have not been solved through revolutionary means. There are also some local chieftain tribe problems that are more difficult to solve. These require the army to deter them and then use administrative means to solve them one by one. .
If that doesn't work, the military is the last resort to solve the problem.
There is also a use for dealing with the Dali Kingdom and the Li family of South Vietnam.
It is not enough to rely solely on the Eighth Corps, which was just decided to establish in the Sichuan-Sichuan area and has not yet fully formed its combat effectiveness. The First Corps, the most senior elite main battle regiment of the Ming Army, is required to be stationed in Guangxi Province to provide support to the Dali Kingdom from the east. A certain amount of pressure to share the pressure of the Sichuan-Sichuan Eighth Corps.
The Seventh Corps serves as the general reserve and is stationed in the relatively stable Guangdong Province. Once war breaks out on the border, the Seventh Corps can be mobilized nearby.
In addition, arranging a part of the army to be permanently stationed here can also help local construction to a certain extent. Su Yonglin plans to have the army set up a rotation mechanism to help local governments do some construction work when they are short of manpower.
However, this also requires these two main battle corps to stay in Lingnan for a relatively long time. If war breaks out in the future, they may have to move further south.
"I'm not worried about our soldiers' fighting and fighting will, and their ideological awareness is absolutely reliable. It's just that homesickness is human nature, and it's difficult not to be with family for a long time, so I have some ideas.
First, let's create a system for family members to visit relatives with the military, so that the wives and children of soldiers stationed far away from home can go to the garrison to stay with the soldiers for one or two months, and the expenses will be borne by the army.
Secondly, we can also improve the family leave system a little bit. The farther away from home, the longer the family leave time, and the rotation system also needs to be calculated to make it smoother.
Thirdly, and a more important point, I want to implement a rotation system for the army. If an army is stationed in one place for a long time, it will be stationed in another place, inland, and somewhere closer to their hometown. , convenient for visiting relatives, what do you think? "
Su Yonglin, Zhang Yuejing and Zhao Yucheng preliminarily elaborated on their views on these issues, which were agreed by them.
They also believe that having soldiers stationed far away from their hometowns for a long time will cause some psychological problems in the soldiers, so they deserve attention.
"It's okay for the Seventh Corps. The hometowns of the main members are all in Jiangxi Province, and they left their hometown not long ago, so their thoughts and emotions should not be very strong. However, the hometowns of the main combatants of the First Corps are all in the Central Plains, in Shandong and Henan. They have indeed left home. It’s a long time coming, and if there is a concrete implementation of family leave, I would like to ask the Chairman to start with the First Corps.”
Zhang Yuejing hopes to seek some benefits for his men. Su Yonglin also agrees with this suggestion. The First Corps is indeed hard-working and meritorious, and it is mostly composed of veterans of the Liberation Army. His hometown is indeed far away from Lingnan.
However, the most important thing in this system is not the family leave of soldiers, but the rotation of the army. No matter what kind of army it is, if it is stationed in one place or has been fighting for a long time, it will inevitably come into contact with some local people or groups. .
Whether it is an emotional connection or a financial connection, it is very detrimental to the military.
The longer they are stationed, the closer the connection is. If the court wants to move them, it means moving the interests of more people, and the greater the obstacles. Once something bad happens, it will directly become a warlord.
At that time, coffee cups worth a thousand dollars a piece, goats worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a piece, etc. can be thrown away, and then something serious will happen.
So at this time when the world was not yet peaceful, Su Yonglin had to set the rules in advance.
After saying these things, Su Yonglin started to talk about some current matters.
"There hasn't been much movement on the Li side of South Vietnam yet, but I think we are well prepared and it is necessary to prepare for war in advance."
Zhang Yuejing didn't have any opinion. This battle had nothing to do with him anyway. He had other things to do.
However, Zhao Yucheng felt that this matter was worthy of discussion.
"Does the Li family of South Vietnam dare to offend the majesty of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Compared with the Song Dynasty back then, South Vietnam was still a weaker party, but they still invaded the Guangdong and Guangxi areas many times. It can be seen that the Li Dynasty has a lot of ideas about the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, and they are trying their best to fight the lions and rabbits. We must not relax. "
As he said that, Su Yonglin looked at the Dananguan Pass under the setting sun and said slowly: "The Dananguan Pass has not been repaired for a long time. I think it is necessary to repair it, and we can also place our artillery at the Dananguan Pass. , enhance defensive firepower to prepare for emergencies."
Although Zhao Yucheng did not think from the bottom of his heart that the Li Dynasty of South Vietnam had the courage to invade the Ming Dynasty's border, but since Su Yonglin said it, he would do it.
He's used to this.
He began to arrange for the army to contribute to repairing the Great Nanguan Pass, and following Su Yonglin's suggestion, he placed artillery on the Great Nanguan Pass and in some dangerous places to enhance the defense of the Great Nanguan Pass.
Zhang Yuejing soon left with the army to do business elsewhere, while Su Yonglin went to take a look at the group of Southern Song Dynasty bureaucrats and big landowners who had been captured.
Especially the Nankong Sect.
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