Luo Zhixue knew something about Lu Xiangsheng. Even if he didn't go out to collect information about him on weekdays, as the most outstanding and famous military officer in the Ming Dynasty in the past two years, his information was flying all over the world. Even if Luo Zhixue was just Some of Lu Xiangsheng’s deeds can be learned through ordinary channels.
Luo Zhixue didn't want to be targeted by Lu Xiangsheng too early. Otherwise, with the current scale and equipment level of the Baoxiang Army, coupled with combat experience and the quality of the generals, Luo Zhixue was really worried that he would be completely defeated. In the end, he would be defeated like the original ones. Like the rebel leaders, they were forced to flee deep into the mountains.
He needs time to accumulate strength and cannot attract Mingting's attention in a short period of time.
Only now that he has accumulated enough strength can he stand in the Nanyang Basin and look south to the Jianghan Plain, and in the process deal with the encirclement and suppression of the main force of officers and soldiers led by Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and others.
This also made Luo Zhixue adopt a more cautious strategy when expanding, and his method was different from other rebels.
Luo Zhixue adopted a low-key development strategy, occupied the countryside, and tried not to overly stimulate the Ming court. In this process, he adopted a base area model, which basically controlled the local area, governed the local area, restored people's livelihood, collected taxes to support the army, and then expanded. Way.
However, the various operational strategies of the various rebel forces led by Gao Yingxiang were typical mobile operations, and all of their goals revolved around evading encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers in the process of obtaining food.
Because they do not have a stable base, they cannot set up internal affairs agencies like Luo Zhixue to collect taxes from the controlled areas and raise the army.
This forced them to continuously attack city after city and plunder region after region in order to survive, and in the process, they continued to expand and develop.
But at the same time, this also forced them to expand their scale and need to attack more cities and plunder more food, creating a vicious cycle.
Luo Zhixue doesn't want this, and this model is not in line with his development strategy.
The rogue bandit model seemed to gain momentum all of a sudden, but it lacked foundation and did not implement some of the conditions for developing armaments planned by Luo Zhixue.
The most important thing is that you want Luo Zhixue to fight a group of ancient people. In the traditional contemporary sense, cold weapons are mainly used, firearms are supplemented, and various tactics and tactics still remain ancient wars. To be honest, Luo Zhixue really doesn’t have that ability. , and I don’t have that confidence.
That is the expertise of Li Zicheng, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng, and it has nothing to do with Luo Zhixue.
Luo Zhixue has always been very clear that compared to other contemporary rebel leaders, officers and generals, his advantage lies not in intelligence, nor in his military talent.
It lies in some military technological innovations in his own mind.
If he can't win a traditional war, then Luo Zhixue won't fight like that. Instead, he will change his style and play directly with artillery and guns, and even go one step further and even play queuing to kill.
In this regard, Luo Zhixue has always been very clear about his shortcomings and strengths, so he has never planned to play mobile combat like Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng.
Even Luo Zhixue didn't intend to engage in any advanced art of war, long-distance raids, or surprise attacks with the enemy. Luo Zhixue would not touch them if he could.
He just wants to fight a seemingly stupid and artless war for hegemony: use more and better artillery, more and better muskets, more and better armor, and more and stronger soldiers to push forward. past.
This is the path for hegemony that a time traveler like me should take.
Otherwise, Luo Zhixue was worried that if he played tactics and played tricks with these famous generals in ancient times, he would be played to death without a burial place.
Luo Zhixue's idea is very simple. I think I can't beat you in terms of tactics, so I will play with equipment and logistics, and directly rely on hard power to kill you.
This set of things has been played most smoothly by the Yankees in the history of the earth. They have almost no tactics at all in the war. They just rely on massive tanks, aircraft and cannons to push them all the way.
It may seem like a poor method, but the effect is great.
The status of world hegemon was achieved through this stupid method.
If you want to play the push-pull hegemony planned by Luo Zhixue, you must have a solid base to develop industry and people's livelihood.
Only in this way can we obtain a large number of good ordnance and sufficient food.
The Nanyang Basin and Jianghan Plain must be captured and actually controlled.
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That night, Luo Zhixue couldn't sleep for a long time after the military meeting ended, and didn't fall asleep until midnight.
The next morning, he summoned Guo Quanshu, director of the Personnel Affairs Department, Yuan Gaofeng, director of the Industry Department, Shi Wenbin, director of the Commerce and Trade Department, Huang Chengxuan, deputy director of the Food and Rating Department; Chen Xingkai, director of the Grain Recruitment Department, Wang Daqian, captain of the engineering team and other internal affairs officials. officials.
The above-mentioned people are all the main internal affairs officials who followed Luo Zhixue to Li Qingdian south. Luo Zhixue's purpose of summoning them to the meeting was also very simple.
It is to require all departments in the internal affairs to cooperate with the upcoming military operation of the Baoxiang Army.
He didn't introduce too much about the military's plans. He just talked about the threats from the officers and soldiers, and then began to arrange the tasks.
"The Personnel Affairs Office must do a good job in comprehensive cooperation, speed up the preparation work in each township, speed up inspections, and dispatch elite soldiers to perform their duties, so that the Grain Recruitment Office can fully launch the grain collection work as soon as possible."
Guo Quanshu stood up and said: "General, don't worry. This time we go south, our Civil Affairs Office has prepared fifty people in advance for various township affairs. After we go south, our Civil Affairs Office continues to recruit talents. Recently, we have recruited people who can read and write." There are thirty-six document holders, which is enough to ensure the initial personnel needs after this trip south."
Luo Zhixue smiled and nodded: "Okay, I can rest assured that Mr. Guo will do his job."
Luo Zhixue then gave tasks to several other people one by one.
He asked Shi Wenbin to continue his efforts, completely open up the channel of Fenghe Trading Company, and ask them to urgently order a batch of strategic materials. It would be best to urgently purchase a batch of finished gunpowder. The more strategic materials such as saltpeter, sulfur, and iron materials, the better. .
Shi Wenbin remained optimistic about this: "Fenghe Commercial Bank's intention to cooperate in depth with us is very obvious, otherwise the uncles and nephews of the Li family would not come to our Li Qing store in person. They also mentioned it yesterday , if we need it, they can urgently mobilize a batch of supplies."
Speaking of this, Shi Wenbin smiled and said: "These are people who are not afraid of anything to make money. As long as the order we give is big and the price is high, they will dare to transport these things over in truck after truck."
Luo Zhixue said: "That's good. You can tell them and let them do business with confidence and boldness."
Luo Zhixue then asked Yuan Gaofeng of the Industrial Department to do a good job in the production work of the Songshan Village Arsenal. He must rush to produce a batch of muskets and other ordnance to go south as soon as possible, and ensure that the second batch of artillery, which is what the second artillery sentry has been waiting for, Construction work on six 600-pound cannon.
At the same time, he also asked Wang Daqian of the engineering team to cooperate with the Industrial Department to complete the construction of the barracks at the Li Qingdian Arsenal as soon as possible.
The Industrial Department is only responsible for the design of the factory buildings and the construction of equipment. The engineering team is responsible for the leveling of the area and the construction of the factory buildings.
The engineering team in the Baoxiang Army is also highly qualified. An engineering team had been set up during the Sanshui Village period to build Wuli Pass, barracks and other matters.
Subsequently, he was responsible for a series of construction work on the defense line of Songshan Village.
After going south this time, Wang Daqian, the captain of the engineering team, and a group of craftsmen under him also went south with the army. They were responsible for the construction of a new arsenal, as well as the construction of docks and barracks.
In addition, their essential work, which is to build defensive facilities, is missing.
The engineering team is currently building a fort on a low hill near the river in Li Qingdian. However, this fort is only a preventive measure, and no artillery has been deployed yet. It is still unclear whether it will be used in the future.
But, regardless of whether it can be used in the future, this thing must be repaired in advance to prevent the army from going south from being defeated. After retreating to Li Qingdian, there will be a fort that has been built in advance.
After a series of tasks were assigned, these internal affairs officials left one after another, but Luo Zhixue himself did not stop.
As soon as the internal affairs meeting here ended, he held a military meeting without stopping.
This military meeting was not to discuss grand strategy and general direction issues, but to listen to the detailed tactical arrangements reported by Ernst & Young.
At this time, An Yongduo pointed to the crude map and reported to Luo Zhixue: "According to our prediction, the enemy's troops going north will range from three thousand to five thousand, and there is a high probability that they will go north along the west bank of the Baihe River. In the end, he came straight to our Li Qing store."
"At the same time, it is not ruled out that they will send part of their divisions to go north along the Yahe River. After meeting with more than a thousand officers and soldiers in Nanzhao County, they will advance westward from the north bank of the Baihe River, eventually forming a two-pronged pincer attack."
The predictions mentioned by Anyongduo are actually not difficult to guess. It is certain that the Ming army will go north, and the only way they can take is to go north along the Baihe River.
As for whether the troops will be divided into Nanzhao County along the way, it actually doesn't matter.
Just listen to An Yongduo continue: "The enemy's ultimate goal must be to aim at our Li Qingdian. After all, they should also know that we are different from those bandits and cannot fight on the move. There is Li Qingdian." Tactical support point and logistic supply point.”
"As for our strategic goal, according to your instructions, General, the priority in early operations is to delay time. While delaying time, we must also protect our strongholds in each township as much as possible."
Luo Zhixue nodded and said: "Delaying time is important, but it is equally important to ensure the normal work of each township. We cannot let them disrupt the normal work of each township. The local money, food and soldiers are related to our continued military expansion in the future, and must not be allowed. There is a loss.”
Anyong said: "That's right. Therefore, after our many discussions, we believe that the battlefield should be moved southward. On the one hand, it is to preserve the strategic security of several townships in the rear. On the other hand, it can also avoid Nanyang, Zhenping, Nanzhao, etc. The local officers and soldiers are united, and we must strive to let them fight independently."
"In terms of specific tactical ideas, on the one hand, cavalry harassment is used to slow down their marching speed and attack their logistics lines, while the 1st Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Battalion and artillery posts are the main force, flexibly and mobilely attack the enemy's partial divisions, causing the enemy to The army did not dare to boldly march northward because it was a rat-proof weapon."
"As long as there are no big problems, we can definitely get half a month, or even a month is possible."
After listening to Anyongduo's report and Anyongduo's detailed combat arrangements, Luo Zhixue finally said: "If it is feasible, just act according to the plan."
