"If you can receive such an honor after death, why not stain the battlefield with blood?!"
Wu Laoliu's voice was full of longing, as if he had seen his future.
You can also receive this honor after death!
His adjutant chuckled and then spoke.
"Indeed, how can one's own incense compare to the imperial sacrifice?"
After saying this, the adjutant continued to speak.
"After this battle is over, it's time for you, battalion commander, to be promoted to the regiment headquarters, right?"
Wu Laoliu nodded slightly and said.
"Almost, almost!"
"Compared with joining the regiment headquarters, I would rather stay in the camp and go to the battlefield with my brothers to make contributions."
"The regiment headquarters doesn't have as many opportunities to make meritorious deeds as in the battalion!"
In the camp, Wu Laoliu was the director of a department, and he was responsible for commanding before the battle.
There are certainly many opportunities to make meritorious deeds!
But if he entered the regiment headquarters, Wu Laoliu would be at most a deputy regiment, or in charge of military law, logistics, etc.
To put it bluntly, he is just an adjutant!
The chances of making meritorious deeds will naturally be reduced!
But if Wu Laoliu wanted to go further, joining the regiment headquarters was the only option.
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In the cabin of the ship, Zhu Hongyu took off his wet clothes, revealing his muscular upper body.
Stepping into the bathtub, the hot water soaked into almost every pore on his body.
Exhaling a heavy breath, Zhu Hongyu enjoyed the feeling of the cold and wetness in his bones being dissipated bit by bit by the hot water.
Counting the time, it is now the end of the seventeenth year of Yongli.
Now, it is the coldest time of the year.
Zhoushan, located near the mouth of the Yangtze River, is considered to be halfway south, but due to the influence of the small glacier climate during the late Ming Dynasty, the temperature was not much higher.
The daily temperature hovers around freezing!
It rained heavily today, and the temperature even dropped to below zero.
Even with Zhu Hongyu's physique, it is possible to catch a cold in such a cold winter rain.
While soaking in the bath, Zhu Hongyu casually gave instructions to the eunuch serving beside him.
"Send the order to the Logistics Department and ask them to prepare ginger soup and hot water for the soldiers!"
"Let the logistics department prepare to distribute warm winter clothes to the soldiers!"
“Jiangnan is not as cold as Lingnan in winter!”
Most of the Ming army were southerners from Nanyang or Guangdong and Fujian. Not to mention the north of the Yangtze River, even the climate in the south of the Yangtze River was somewhat difficult to adapt to.
Most of the eunuchs serving Zhu Hongyu now are old men from Longwu who lived in the Southern Ming Dynasty and lived through several dynasties.
After the fall of Longwu Yongli and other regimes, these eunuchs lived in seclusion among the people to avoid the war.
It wasn't until Zhu Hongyu returned to Guangdong that these talents emerged again and volunteered to continue serving the Emperor of Heaven.
Although they were physically disabled, as the royal family slaves, they were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
Then, Zhu Hongyu accepted them.
After a simple review, some of them with families were kept by their side to serve them, and their families were placed together.
For the remaining people who had no food and clothing, Zhu Hongyu also made simple arrangements for them.
For example, arrange for them to work in various factories, divide the fields for them, and let them farm their own land.
Let them be able to feed themselves!
For those who really have no ability to work, we arrange some sewing and starching work.
It is impossible to be rich and wealthy!
But taking care of their own food and clothing will definitely not be a problem!
Since these people came to vote on their own initiative, even if it was just to win over people's hearts, Zhu Hongyu couldn't leave them without a solution.
Since he was away fighting, it was difficult to take women with him in the army, and in addition, he had eunuchs around him.
When Zhu Hongyu went on an expedition this time, he brought several eunuchs with him to take care of his food and daily life.
After a while, Zhu Hongyu got up from the bathtub. The eunuch beside him was very discerning and came up to get a dry towel to help him dry the water on his body.
After changing into dry clothes and putting on a thick woolen cloak, a warm feeling came over me.
Zhu Hongyu strode to the command room on his ship. Zheng Chenggong and others had already changed their clothes and were waiting for him here.
Zhu Hongyu looked around and then spoke.
"The war in Zhoushan went very smoothly. Our army almost wiped out the Qing army's Yangtze River Navy, and only a few Qing prisoners managed to escape from the battlefield!"
"In addition, all the troops deployed by the Qing captives on Zhoushan Island were completely wiped out by our army!"
"Including more than a thousand Manchurian Eight Banners stationed in Nanjing!"
"As well as Jiangnan, Jiangbei and other places, nearly 10,000 elite green camps rescued more than 7,000 people who were harmed by Qing captives..."
"What a great victory!"
Zhu Hongyu recently discovered that war is really getting smoother and smoother the more it is fought!
At the beginning, when the Ming army first landed on the mainland to fight, the green battalion soldiers in Qiongzhou and Guangdong were quite good in terms of combat effectiveness and fighting will.
At least they all dare to fight!
Although the Ming army's combat effectiveness exceeded that of the Qing army's Green Camp, it was not easy to win.
You have to go through a hard battle and use up your hands and feet!
However, when the Ming army achieved a great victory in Xin'an in Guangdong and killed King Pingnan of the Qing Dynasty, Shang Ke was delighted and shocked the world.
After the Green Camp soldiers of the Qing Army faced off against the Ming Army, not to mention their combat effectiveness, their fighting will dropped off a cliff.
Just like the green battalion soldiers in this battle, although they are known as the elite of the green battalions in the south and north of the Yangtze River.
But after confronting the Ming army that landed on the island, they surrendered quickly.
When the generals heard this, they all opened their mouths to flatter him.
"His Royal Highness Jian Guo will certainly be able to recreate the great achievements of Emperor Taizu once he develops martial virtues!"
"My army's Northern Expedition is unstoppable, and it all depends on the command of His Highness Jianguo Ruoding!"
"His Royal Highness the Supervisor of the Kingdom, His Majesty!"
"..."
Zhu Hongyu waved his hand to signal everyone to stop and stop flattering, and then he spoke.
"With the war in Zhoushan over, our army's next battle plan is to invade the Yangtze River, give the Qing government a head-on blow, and cut off the Qing army's possibility of continuing to develop its navy."
"Destroy the Longjiang Shipyard!"
Xu Bin asked from the side.
"I wonder if Your Highness has any plans to attack and recapture Nanjing?"
Zhu Hongyu shook his head and said.
"No!"
"Don't attack Nanjing!"
"Because after defeating them, our army will not be able to leave, and will have to fight in Nanjing with the Qing troops that are pouring in from all directions!"
Zhu Hongyu's understanding of strategy has always been sober and pragmatic.
Nanjing City was the capital city when the Ming Dynasty was founded. It was the place where the ancestors were buried, where Zhu Yuanzhang rested after his death, and where the Xiaoling Mausoleum is located.
Zhu Hongyu knew the political significance of regaining Nanjing.
But Zhu Hongyu knew better that he could not afford to lose Nanjing after winning it.
If he captures Nanjing, he will fall into a strategic trap and carry the city of Nanjing with a huge burden that cannot be thrown away.
Lose your huge strategic advantage of being able to move around at will!
Forced to fight the Qing army in Nanjing, a city that was easy to attack and difficult to defend!
Once the war reached a stalemate, the main force of the Qing army was mobilized from all over the country to press along the Yangtze River.
With the tens of thousands of people Zhu Hongyu now has on hand, how can he possibly be able to carry it?
Rather than withdrawing from Nanjing in despair after capturing Nanjing, it would be better not to fight at all!
Zhu Hongyu would not use troops against Nanjing until he could absolutely guarantee Nanjing's safety after taking Nanjing.
Zheng Chenggong looked at Zhu Hongyu who was awake in the world, and his heart was filled with emotion.
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