"Qi Jiguang's troop training ability is really good. If he is given another month, these 50,000 elite troops should be ready!"
The people in the distance are Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Li Wenzhong and Yang Shiqi.
The speaker was Li Wenzhong.
When Dangtu and Jurong were successively attacked by Daxia soldiers and horses, they did not stay in Jinling doing nothing but transporting grain and grass to the two camps.
In addition to the preparation of grain and grass supplies, Zhu Yuanzhang, while paying attention to the movements of the Song Army and Daxia, appointed Qi Jiguang as the right governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Office to train troops in Jinling.
The Ming Dynasty could not train 50,000 special elite soldiers at one time like Daxia. The soldiers and horses trained by Qi Jiguang were weaker than the white-eared soldiers and the white-robed army.
But it is much higher than ordinary soldiers.
These are all problems caused by limited resources.
Qi Jiguang was a top-notch general in history who wrote down exactly how to train troops and how to command an army.
Especially in terms of military training, even Han Xin, the military immortal who is known as the more the better, cannot compare with him in this aspect.
The complete Qi Family Army belongs to the top special arms.
In the south, he had an unparalleled record of wiping out tens of thousands of Japanese pirates while losing less than ten people. Later, he was transferred to the north and guarded Jiliao for more than ten years. The northern Tatars did not dare to invade the south.
The combat effectiveness of this army was even greater than that of the heroic soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Qi army was too powerful and was feared by the emperor and civil officials, so it could only maintain a certain number of people and could not expand.
Later, some of them were killed by civilian officials due to military pay issues, and most of the remaining troops were forced to disband.
Such a powerful soldier can compete with any special type of soldier at its peak.
However, the Ming Dynasty had insufficient resources at this time. No matter how powerful Qi Jiguang was, the soldiers and horses he trained were inferior and could not reach their due peak.
"Well, these soldiers seem to be cheering up. Qi Jiguang did a good job. We didn't misjudge the person!"
Zhu Yuanzhang also had a smile on his face.
After the shackles of the world were broken, many civil and military officials from the Ming Dynasty came to seek refuge, including Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou.
Zhu Yuanzhang personally read the history of the Ming Dynasty and was almost bursting with anger, but he also had a deep memory of some famous officials and generals recorded in the history books.
Especially Qi Jiguang, he has long been thinking about him.
Qi Jiguang's ancestor Qi Xiang was a soldier of Zhu Yuanzhang. He later died in battle during the attack on Yunnan. He had the hereditary title of General Mingwei. It can be said that Qi Jiguang had received Mingluo from his ancestors to himself.
In the original world, Qi Jiguang was implicated by Zhang Juzheng and was demoted in his later years, but the officialdom was normal, and he was not dismissed from his post and exiled. Besides, when he came, he was not in his later years.
It is impossible to forget the kindness that Ming Dynasty has received from generation to generation just because he was reviled in his later years.
After arriving, it was very normal for Qi Jiguang to continue to serve the Ming Dynasty.
And Zhu Yuanzhang also valued him very much. My ancestor was born in Dingyuan, a descendant of Huaixi, and a top general who has left his name in history. He has always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty... There are not many such talents.
At this moment.
Qi Jiguang, who had already made arrangements for post-training matters, walked quickly towards here.
As a top ninth-level general, Qi Jiguang was naturally smart and had noticed Zhu Yuanzhang and others long ago. However, he was presiding over the formation training at the time and could only put it aside.
"The general will pay homage to His Majesty! I have met the Crown Prince and the Grand Governor!"
As soon as Qi Jiguang came over, he bowed and saluted with great respect.
A trace of satisfaction flashed deep in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. What he liked most was Qi Jiguang's character. He was not like those Huaixi generals in the past, who were all unruly and even dared to pull his sleeves and force him to drink when he got drunk.
"Yuan Jing doesn't need to be polite!"
With a smile on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang patiently said a few words to Qi Jiguang, then pointed to the school field not far away and asked: "These soldiers have been training for several months, how long will it take before they can go into battle to kill the enemy?" ?”
Zhu Biao, Li Wenzhong, and Yang Shiqi all focused on Qi Jiguang and also wanted to know this question.
The month Li Wenzhong mentioned just now was just his own guess.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was a little impatient, he tried to give Qi Jiguang more time to train his troops.
Qi Jiguang raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, at the current speed, in half a month, 50,000 elite soldiers will be able to train!"
"good!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he suddenly became happy and burst into laughter.
He has a deep scheming mind, but in front of the generals in the army, he will only show a bold and generous side, especially now.
But I just laughed twice.
He put away his smile and said: "In half a month, Yuan Jing's training speed exceeded expectations. He did his best, but half a month is still too long!"
"It takes half a month to train troops, and it also takes time to transfer these soldiers to the front line. When they really arrive, it will take a month in total!"
"Wang Jing, can you give us a month? Huh?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's voice became a little harsh at the end. His eyes sparkled with light.
The few people around him were silent when they heard this.
Li Wenzhong, Yang Shiqi and Qi Jiguang are all top civil servants and military generals, and they know that what His Majesty said makes sense. Daxia's army of more than one million troops was divided into four groups.
Among them, the three major camps of Jiangdong, Zhenjiang, and Lujiang are like three daggers, one of which is against the Song Army Han Shizhong.
The other two daggers were inserted fiercely from Daming's sides.
After the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was considered a powerful force in the southeast. However, it was caught by two groups of troops from the Great Xia Dynasty, and it was suddenly blocked from the left and right, and was in a very embarrassed state.
The soldiers and horses in Jurong and Dangtu accounted for most of the Ming army. Only about 100,000 soldiers and horses were left to garrison Jinling.
Strategically at a disadvantage, the troops are inferior to others, and this is the result of being beaten everywhere.
If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to change the disadvantages of the Ming army, the first thing he needed was not some ingenious plan, but to seize all time to train new recruits. Only with enough soldiers and horses can Ming stand upright.
After a while, Qi Jiguang gritted his teeth and said: "If Your Majesty transfers an eighth-level alien beast to the general, and uses the flesh and blood of these alien beasts to replenish the energy and blood consumed by the training of the soldiers... the general can shorten the time to ten days! "
"In ten days, these 50,000 soldiers and horses can be trained to a qualified physique and strength, and then they can go on the battlefield without dying. This will be considered a training of elite soldiers!"
According to Qi Jiguang's plan, he continued to train the soldiers for ten days to hone their strength.
Then he spent five days teaching me the techniques of close combat and battlefield fighting.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was so eager that he could only shorten the training time again.
Throw the soldiers directly onto the battlefield and hone their fighting skills on the battlefield. In this case, many soldiers will be inexperienced and it is easy to cause unnecessary losses.
"Okay, ten days! That's it! We'll prepare everything you want!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was of course aware of the consequences of shortened training time, but he did not hesitate at all and put a smile on his face again.
"Let's go to the big tent to discuss matters together!"
He took the lead and immediately led everyone to the military camp next to the school field.
Qi Jiguang has stayed in this military camp for more than half a year. There is no decoration in the large tent of the military camp except for a wooden table and a few seats.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the first place.
Seeing everyone standing, he immediately called out: "Sit down, sit down! Biao'er, come to us!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the seat!"
Li Wenzhong also knew his uncle's temper and knew that now was not the time to be polite. He thanked him and then sat on the first chair on the left.
Qi Jiguang did not take the lead, nor did he pretend to be humble. He followed Li Wenzhong and took the second place. Yang Shiqi sat on the right side.
Among the central civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to them, there were also generals Tang He, Liao Yongzhong, Liao Yongan, Geng Junyong and others. However, after Tang He arrived, he was directly sent to Xuancheng to take charge.
Other civil and military schools also have their own important responsibilities.
Especially in the current season, they are extremely busy. There is no time or need to attend meetings where only a few people can make decisions.
Qi Jiguang's participation in it means that he has become a core official of the Ming Dynasty, which is inseparable from his origin and ability.
"Where's the map!"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked his personal guards to hang up topographic maps of various places in the south of the Yangtze River.
This is a topographic map of the mountains and rivers around Jinling. In addition to the terrain of the Ming Dynasty, the prefectures, counties, cities, and garrison stations of the two major provinces of Jiangdong and Zhenjiang are described in detail.
This is the secret military information that the Jinyiwei spies of the Ming Dynasty worked hard to find out.
"Look, this is Xia Jun's current distribution of troops..."
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and pointed at Dangtu, Jurong, Wuxi, Changxing, Jiaxing and other places with his fingers.
"The three major camps of the Xia army, plus the main force of the Xia army where Wang Jing is located, have nearly 1.5 million soldiers and horses, and countless capable civilians are mobilized..."
"With such a huge troop mobilization, we should have taken advantage of the large number of troops to launch a strong attack on our army before the Song army moved north! We are also well prepared for this..."
"However, so far, only Jurong and Dangtu of the Xia Army have attacked us, and the attack is more like a test. The military information reported by Xu Da and Chang Yuchun say that the Xia Army's offensive is not strong!"
"We thought there must be something wrong with this. Either the Xia army wanted to hold back our army and go south to attack the Song army first, or Wang Jing had some evil idea and wanted to harm our army!"
Li Wenzhong and Qi Jiguang listened very seriously and began to think along with these words.
In fact, Fu Youde and He Ruobi's offensive in Jurong and Dangtu is no longer considered a test.
The two sides had already engaged in fierce fighting in the two places, each losing a large number of soldiers.
However, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, this level of casualties was nothing at all, and there was still a long way to go before a truly fierce fight and all-out attack.
"Your Majesty, it is clear that I have never noticed this situation before!"
Li Wenzhong was a little ashamed.
Yang Shiqi followed up and said: "Wang Jing went south from Jiangyin to Wuxi to garrison, and also sent two to three hundred thousand soldiers to Changxing... Could it be that Wang Jing was preparing to fight the Song army first, and the two troops from Jurong and Dangtu were just used Delay our army?"
"It is possible, but we feel that this is not Wang Jing's plan!"
"Wang Jing is a man who established a country in just a few years and has more than a million elite troops. He is by no means a mediocre person. According to other people's evaluations, Wang Jing can be called a heroic leader and a wise king!"
"The wiser he is, the clearer he is, which side poses a greater threat to the Xia army compared to our Ming Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty!"
"If we were Wang Jing, we would definitely make Jinling our first target!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly.
"If, as His Majesty said, Wang Jing regarded our army as the primary threat, how could he bring all the 500,000 soldiers who went south to Wuxi? 500,000 elite soldiers were enough to defeat the Song army head-on and relieve the Xia army in the south The threat..."
Li Wenzhong frowned and tried to think according to Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas.
Yang Shiqi was proficient in internal affairs. In terms of strategy, he couldn't compare with the few people in the big tent, so he shut up after saying a word.
After a while.
Qi Jiguang, who had been silent, said: "If the Xia army's target is always our army, then Wang Jing's garrison in Wuxi must have other intentions besides frightening the Song army!"
As he spoke, he cupped his hands and said, "General, please use the map!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
Qi Jiguang then stood up, stepped forward lightly, walked to the map, clicked his finger on the location of Wuxi, and then traced his fingers around Wuxi according to the mountains and terrain.
"In addition to the more than 200,000 Xia troops in Changxing, Wang Jing also has nearly 300,000 soldiers in Wuxi... If he is targeting our army, the most likely plan is to take advantage of our army's flaws to lead this army Three hundred thousand elites gave our army a fatal blow!"
"As for the flaws in our army..."
Qi Jiguang pondered for a moment and said: "General Xu and General Chang respectively commanded the main force of our army to be stationed in two places, leaving Jinling empty of troops. Could it be that Wang Jing is preparing to raid Jinling with a surprise force?"
He turned his eyes and returned to the surrounding area of Jinling.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak on the side and also fell into thinking.
"If we are to raid Jinling, we must first attack the key points around Jinling! There are large armies stationed in the east and west. Don't worry, the Yangtze River in the north is also on guard..."
As he spoke, Qi Jiguang naturally looked towards the south of Jinling.
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed and he also looked to the south of Jinling.
The only place south of Jinling that can be regarded as an important gateway is Gaochun.
There was originally a large army stationed here, and it was an important town for the Ming army and the Eastern Jin Dynasty. However, with the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this place became the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and the army originally stationed there was naturally transferred to other places.
Qi Jiguang pointed at Gaochun with his finger, and then saw a big river on the north side of Gaochun... Follow the river eastward, twist and turn, and continue to stretch, and finally flow into Taihu Lake from Yixing.
"not good!"
Qi Jiguang's expression changed wildly. The voice has changed a bit.
"Wang Jing wants to march west along the river from Yixing and attack Gaochun, the gateway to the south of Jinling!"
Once you say this.
Li Wenzhong, Yang Shiqi, and Zhu Biao also changed their expressions, and their hearts were shocked.
Gao Chun!
It was a place that no one had noticed before, but it was not their fault. After the annexation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Gaochun, the gateway to the south of Jinling, existed in name only.
Just like in history, after the dynasty unified the world, the original important places lost their due role.
The river from Gaochun to Yixing is surrounded by wild mountains and forests, barren mountains and rivers. There are countless tributaries and reefs in the river. Before special development and repair, it was very difficult to transport the army from here.
If you want an army of 300,000 to pass here, you will have to lose at least one-third along the way!
However, judging from Zhu Yuanzhang, Qi Jiguang and others, if they can really solve various problems all the way to Gaochun and capture the city, then the Ming Dynasty's heart will be penetrated!
(End of chapter)
