Zhu Yihai believed that strength should speak for itself, and the best way to deal with the warlords in the late Ming Dynasty was to first become the largest warlord himself.
"Admiral of Liangjiang, Zhendongbo Zhang Mingzhen and Donghou of Jinzhen, admiral of Jiangxi, Anhui Yuying, Liu Mu led Warrior Town, Wu Sheng led Shizhong Town, Zhang Quan led Banner Town, and Yuying Zuoxiang Town were merged into the control. Zhejiang Province.
Huang Binqing, the admiral of the direct navy, was changed to the admiral of the Yangtze navy and led the navy to coordinate.
The admiral of Zhejiang, the Prince of Jingnan was promoted to the Marquis of Jingnan, and he was directly admiral of Zhejiang. He was the admiral of Zhejiang and Jiangsu Yuying. Wang Meng led Yongwei Town, Zhang Pengyi led Yulin Town, Lu Xiangguan led Zhongsu Town, and the three towns of Yuying Youxiang were merged.
Returned to Jiejie. Zhou Hezhi, the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, was changed to the admiral of the Zhejiang Navy and led his troops to coordinate with the right wing of the imperial camp.
The commanders and some generals of the Zhejiang Navy and the Yangtze River Navy were transferred and officially subordinated to the imperial camp.
The local Zhongsu town was also included in the imperial camp, and soldiers and horses were drawn from the towns in the imperial camp to reorganize and strengthen their strength. Lu Xiangguan was still the chief military officer.
"I personally led Qianniu Town, Shenji Town, Jinwu Town, Fubo Town, Dinghai Town, and Shence Town, which were reorganized from Huzhou Town. Two steps, one cavalry, one artillery and two naval divisions, a total of six towns
The imperial camp stayed in Nanjing."
This time, the imperial camp was readjusted and expanded from the original six-step, one-artillery, one-cavalry, and two-naval division to eight-step, one-cavalry, one-artillery, and four-naval division, making a total of fourteen towns for the imperial camp's pro-army forces.
Others, such as the Jinwu Cavalry, were expanded to 8,000 cavalry, 16 battalions of combat troops, and 2,880 auxiliary troops, making the total army 10,880.
Shenji Town has not only expanded to 8,000 soldiers, but has also been equipped with a large number of artillery, including two batches of artillery purchased from Macau, totaling fifty-four twenty-four-pound cannon and seventy-two three-pound cannon.
A total of thirty-four eighteen-pound guns and more than fifty twelve-pound guns were captured, and they were all assigned to the four-town naval division. Some smaller artillery pieces were assigned to each town in the imperial camp, and some miscellaneous artillery pieces.
Then they were sent to Zhoushan to be used as coastal defense artillery for the city.
Generally speaking, the strength of the imperial camp has also increased greatly this time, from Liu Liangzuo, Ma Degong, Wu Shengzhao, Li Chengdong, Gao Jinzhong, Zhang Guozhu, Yang Chengzu, Yang Dapeng and other departments. Anyway, the green camp is also expanding this time, and most of the elites have been dispersed and absorbed into the army.
The imperial camp was partly adapted into the provincial and town camp.
The six towns of the imperial camp were all expanded into large towns with 8,000 soldiers. Adding in the auxiliary troops, each town had 10,880 soldiers, so the six towns had more than 60,000 troops.
The four land and water towns on the left and right sides still have a strength of 5,000 soldiers and 1,800 auxiliary soldiers, each with more than 20,000 troops.
The total number of the fourteen towns of the imperial camp exceeded 100,000, and there were more than 80,000 fighting soldiers.
Shenji Town not only has fifty-four twenty-four-pound red cannons, but also tens of thousands of blunderbuss. This is a real firearms force.
The Navy of the Four Towns also has more than 30 bird boats and gunboats. The artillery is mainly 18-pounders. In terms of firepower, it far exceeds that of Shenji Town.
Both Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Xiang were Zhu Yihai's confidants. This time they were in charge of the east and west imperial camps, as well as the provincial and town camps in Jiangxi, Anhui, and Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Although the training, equipment, and officers of the provincial and town camps were far inferior.
Royal camp, but now the shelves are basically set up.
This time, there are four provinces on both sides. Each province retains two town battalions. The four provinces are eight town provincial battalions. Together with the attached local regiment training, it is also quite large.
In addition, Wang Zhiren, the governor of the capital camp, was granted the title of Marquis of Wuning, and his camp was restored to three battalions this time, with each battalion being a large town of 8,000 people.
Fourteen towns are the imperial camp, three towns are the capital camp, and eight towns are the provincial camp.
The imperial camp of 120,000 people and the provincial camp of more than 70,000 people totaled almost 200,000 troops.
Zhu Yihai also spent a lot of money to expand this time. Although he didn't say that he would become an army, he only had hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
It can be said that at least for now, even after the new expansion, the Qing army south of the Yangtze River is far less powerful than Zhu Yihai.
This still does not include Jiangxi Jin Shenghuan, Yunyang Wang Guangen, Hunan Zhu Dadian, Badong Li Chixin, Hanzhong He Zhen, Guanzhong Wu Dading, Chongqing Qin Liangyu, Bozhou Wang Yingxiong, Fujian Zheng Zhilong and other local armies.
Zhongshan.
After Zhu Yihai ascended the throne in Xiaoling, he stayed and camped at the foot of Xiaoling Mountain.
At the imperial meeting, Zhu Yihai came up with this new plan to expand the entire army and divide the troops into three groups. Basically, everyone agreed. The imperial camp developed rapidly and never stopped expanding, but its combat effectiveness has always been good.
It has always been a mobile war, moving to Wuyue, and even attacking Qilu. Now it has to be divided into three. The emperor's intention is very obvious.
Although there are a few veterans who feel that the emperor relies too much on the imperial camp, and they have no secret intention to imitate the emperors of the Tang Dynasty in building the Northern Ce Shence Army, but after all, this is the merit of the imperial camp.
The previous defeat of the Wuzhong in Huguang had dealt a huge blow to the imperial court. Everyone had little confidence in the old army and the army that had returned anyway.
"Your Majesty, there are 120,000 troops in the 14th Town of the imperial camp, and the number of combat troops is 88,000. The current food and salary standards put a lot of pressure on the army, and now the pension standards have been raised. Those who die in battle will be given fifty taels of pension, and there will be another 50 taels of pension.
Give ten taels of silver for burial, which is sixty taels of silver.
There are frequent wars now, and it is common for hundreds or even thousands to die in a battle." Yu Dafu worriedly said, now the lowest auxiliary soldiers in the imperial camp are one qian a day, three taels a month. The upper-class soldiers are one qian a day, a month.
Four two five.
When traveling out of the province to fight, he also received an extra two cents of food per day.
Each soldier was given six measures of monthly rations.
The food, clothing, clothes, armor, swords and guns provided by the soldiers in the camp are all provided by the army.
There are also rewards for killing enemies in battle and meritorious service. For example, if you capture a horse, you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and if you grab a barrel of gunpowder, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver.
There are also silver subsidies for the disabled, ranging from thirty taels to five taels depending on the level.
Although half the salary is usually paid, it is not that half is deducted, but the remaining half is paid during New Years and other holidays.
For Yu Dafu, who is in charge of Liangtai, this pressure is not small. Liangtai currently has a lot of money in his hands, but he still feels a lot of pressure to spend money every day.
"I feel that the sixty taels of silver given by the court to a soldier who died in battle is not much. It was a human life, and it was a sacrifice for the country."
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"Can it be the same? The soldiers of the Imperial Guard fight as soldiers, risk their lives to defend the country, and sacrifice their blood. This is noble and worthy of respect. Our respect cannot just stay in words. It must be implemented in practice. We cannot let the soldiers
There is blood and tears, and the soldiers are risking their lives, so we have to pay them generously, not only to be able to support the soldiers, but also to enable them to support their parents, wives and children, and even to return to their hometowns and buy properties after they retire, without worrying about their livelihood."
"If we cannot do this, we can only expect our soldiers to have good military discipline and high morale, and it will be difficult to ask them to be loyal."
"Now is a special period. Money should be used first to support the army, fight wars, and treat soldiers well, rather than building palaces and beauties to enjoy luxury."
Zhu Yihai told everyone very directly, "The Tatars treat the Green Camp as lackeys. As a result, you have also seen the combat effectiveness of the Green Camp. Is there anyone who can fight, and is there anyone who is reliable? Or in the past, I used to fight against the soldiers of the border army against the garrison."
What about the soldiers? The soldiers are as pitiable as beggars. The result is that a few small tribes like Jianzhou Jurchen almost took away our Ming Dynasty. Isn’t that enough vigilance?"
"Look at why the Tatars are able to fight? As long as their bannermen reach the age of ten, they will start to take assessments. After passing the assessment, they can receive corresponding money and food. After going to the battlefield, they will not only receive food and salary, but also receive rewards for meritorious service, and even
You can also divide the spoils and plunder.
Therefore, the Eight Banners can fight, is willing to fight, and likes to fight.
Bagala will be given two hundred taels of silver for each soldier killed in battle, one hundred and fifty taels of silver for the horse and infantry, one hundred taels for the armor and clothing, seventy taels for the green camp horsemen, and fifty taels for the infantry.
Our death pension is only fifty, but it is only their minimum green battalion infantry standard.
It’s not that our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty couldn’t defeat the Tatars, it’s not that they were inherently weaker than them. I think back then our Ming army once plowed the courts and swept holes and swept across the Jurchens in Jianzhou. Why can’t we do it now?
How can the soldiers fight if they lack training, have poor armor, and have insufficient food and pay?
"I'm still saying the same thing. The number of people in a town ranges from 6,800 to 10,800. The average food and salary for a soldier is only about 50 taels a year. Plus the cost of armor, training, pensions, etc., it's less than a hundred.
2.120,000 imperial camps, calculated as 12 million per year, can guarantee an elite force that can fight and dare to fight. Isn’t it worth it?”
"Can't we get 12 million taels of silver a year now? We can get it. Even if we work hard, we can still squeeze out 20 million taels a year."
"Now we tighten our belts and bite the bullet, it's worth it."
Zhu Yihai told everyone clearly not to fantasize about negotiating peace or thinking about dividing the river. This is impossible. The Tatars still have the upper hand. They are dispatching troops and collecting food and grass. Once they slow down, there will be more
A fierce offensive.
Therefore, we cannot stop for a moment, we must continue to attack and develop non-stop.
"Strive to annihilate all the Qing troops south of the Yangtze River within three years, or drive them all to the north of the Yangtze River, and drive them across the Qinling Mountains and Huaihe River within five years."
Everyone was encouraged by Zhu Yihai's words, but not many truly believed them.
After all, after the Qing army entered the pass, the momentum that swept the world was too fierce. Although it has suffered a setback now, it is still not a real main force battle, but various guerrillas and attacks, not even the Qing army.
Main force.
Now Zhu Yihai has the intention of fighting a big battle here in Jiangning, but everyone is still worried.
Most of them believed that the emperor's plan to fight the Qing army in Jiangning was a lie. He might still mobilize the Qing army as before, and then find opportunities to sneak around and attack, to avoid the reality or something like that, or just take advantage of the opportunity to wipe out the corrupt Soviet Union.
Song, Anhui and other places will withdraw their troops.
Therefore, it was obvious that Jiangnan was pacified in three years and Qinhuai was restored in five years.
Of course, this slogan is still very encouraging.
And everyone thinks it is at least more reliable than Yuan Chongzhen’s five-year Pingliao period.
If Jiangning Yuying Zhongjun Group, Su Song Yuying Right Wing Group, Anhui Yuying Left Wing Group, and Zhejiang Yuying Group, if these four major front army groups can really be established and stabilized, they will not be able to say that Jiangnan will be leveled in three years and five years.
Restoring Qinhuai can at least stop the Qing army from moving south, right?
