Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 57 The Battle of the King of Jin to Kill the Thieves ([-])

The city of Kunming was shrouded in gloom and gloom. Before Wu Sangui and Ai Xing'a sent out troops, everyone in Wu Sangui's Pingxi Palace was very satisfied, but now everyone in the city is trembling with fear and sitting on pins and needles.Ordinary people in Kunming are also worried. After all, the outbreak of war is traumatic for them. They and their relatives may die in the war, or lose all their property and become refugees.

Although many people yearn for the Ming Dynasty, most ordinary people still care about their own wealth and life. Maybe they may be inclined to the Ming Dynasty to rule them, but no one wants to face the tragedy of war.

After the Ming army defeated Wu Sangui's elite cavalry, Wu Sangui ordered the Qing army to close the city gate, and immediately repaired the city wall while the Ming army stopped shelling.As a result, that night, Li Dingguo sent artillery to the city of Kunming to continue shelling the city wall, and Wu Sangui's efforts to repair the city wall were all in vain.

After the success of the night battle, Li Dingguo was also very emotional: "In the old days when leading troops to fight, there were many things in the military books, such as many strategies and formations, but many things were always specious. I don't know whether it is easy to use or not. It is corroborated with military books of previous dynasties and has benefited a lot. "The Art of War in the West" pays attention to the details of the new army's combat, marching, logistics, etc., so that the army has rules to follow, and the battle advances and retreats. Tonight, the shelling of Kunming City, if there is no artillery, it will be fine. According to military regulations, there are azimuths and artillery firing angles recorded during the day, and every attack has a final conclusion, so it may not be as effective."

He has deeply felt that the soldiers of the Ming army he led at this time may be the bear soldiers who were chased to pieces by the Eight Banners soldiers and Wu Sangui before, but they have experienced some tempering, especially the modernization brought by Bai Mingxiu. The training methods and thorough ideological education are completely different at this time.

Apart from anything else, Li Dingguo was confident that with such a powerful army, he could defeat any enemy with similar strength.

Wu Sangui defended the city, and Li Dingguo ordered the Ming army to bombard the Kunming city wall from time to time every day, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and even at night.After several days in a row, the city walls of Kunming have been blasted to pieces. The soldiers of the Qing army even resented the defense of the city walls because they don’t know when the Ming army will start shelling. Once the shelling starts, they may will suffer.Moreover, the Ming army’s bombardment was still irregular and fixed. It was all about luck. Every time they went to the city to be on duty, it was a life-and-death lottery for the soldiers of the Qing army.

Li Dingguo did not station all his troops in Kunming. Yunnan as a whole was still very large. He constantly dispatched troops of the Restoration Army of the Ming Dynasty, usually a regiment leading several troops of vassal armies and troops of chieftains. When encountering resistance, they Fighting, constantly recovering the state capitals in various parts of Yunnan.At this time, there were only a small number of Eight Banners troops in Yunnan, and they were too weak to fight. They would be defeated by a hasty contact with the Ming army.At this time, a large number of Han troops who originally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty returned to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo's attitude towards the Han generals who surrendered is very clear, that is, to surrender their military power, and then come to Li Dingguo's headquarters in Kunming to stand by.If you don't agree to surrender like this, it's okay, then the Ming army will mercilessly defeat this army.

All of this was actually arranged by Bai Mingxiu for Li Dingguo. For Bai Mingxiu, the generals and troops who would go back and forth were not as good as the ten times smaller, but loyal and capable Daming Fuguo Army.After leading the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army for a period of time, Li Dingguo also saw the key, so he also insisted on implementing Bai Mingxiu's policy. The newly surrendered Qing army will not be used for the time being, and will be sent to the training center for training and education first, and then readjust the organization , After becoming the real Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, they will be sent to the battlefield.

It was like a Ming dynasty whirlwind blowing across Yunnan. The decadent dynasty that had seemed to be on the verge of death and sunset unexpectedly sprouted new vitality.

Chengjiang Mansion, also known as Yuxi in later generations, after the arrival of more than 2000 soldiers and horses from the Ming army, the garrison here surrendered.When I lost here before, it was basically the same drama.The common people in Chengjiang Mansion were all very panicked.When the Qing army came, there were some atrocities. In the era of military disasters, people had no way to reason. Burning, killing and looting were commonplace.In fact, not only the Qing army, but even the Ming army did not harm this land at that time. Everyone regarded the army as an evil thing and kept them at a respectful distance.

It's just that this time in the ranks of the Ming army, there are also people who have never been followed by the Ming army before.

"Order the officers of all units to strictly control their own movements. The three major disciplines and the eight precautions must be thoroughly implemented. If anything violates discipline, I will take him for questioning!" Hou Xiaoqun, the regiment leader, looked at himself seriously. said his subordinates.

Hou Xiaoqun's temperament is very ordinary, which is very different from Ming soldiers, because Hou Xiaoqun is not from this plane, but a mercenary from Bai Mingxiu's system.Hou Xiaoqun is an officer of the Red Royal Fusiliers from "Age of Empires 3" left to Li Dingguo when Bai Mingxiu left.In the mercenary army, he was actually a battalion commander.But later, Bai Mingxiu realized that every soldier in the elite troops in his hands was actually a very precious asset, so he directly asked Li Dingguo to break up the entire regiment, and the officers were directly promoted to lead troops with higher ranks. Soldiers can also be used as small military officers or senior non-commissioned officers, so that more troops can be brought together at once.

In fact, Bai Mingxiu's idea was really effective. With these seed officers and non-commissioned officers, the new Great Ming Restoration Army, which was originally composed of the defeated Southern Ming army and the surrendered Qing army, soon gained a certain combat effectiveness.These mercenaries themselves have not been employed by Bai Mingxiu for a very long time, ranging from ten months to several years.

Especially those like the Red Royal Musketeers, which belong to the elite of the mercenaries, any soldier who is dragged out is extremely good, so their abilities are actually used to train and guide more soldiers of the Ming army, but it is more suitable of.If they could cultivate a group of soldiers with [-]% or half of their ability, that kind of Ming army would be terrifying.

So instead of using them as a whole system on the battlefield, it is better to split them up and send them to each new group of troops.In this Ming army, there are not only capable officers like Hou Xiaoqun, but also political officers, that is, instructors.In Bai Mingxiu's view, an army would die if it didn't do political work, so he recruited some more capable talents from the mercenaries to serve as the instructors of each army.

(End of this chapter)