Winter just passed like this.

For Zhu Cixuan, it was a very busy winter, and he spent almost the whole winter in the military camp.

Therefore, Zhu Cilang also had an in-depth understanding of the Ming Dynasty's military system, command laws, and soldiers' teachings.

He was like a sponge absorbing countless military knowledge and quickly integrated into this era.

Even Gao Dejie couldn't help but sigh: "Your Highness's command talent is something that the old minister has never seen before."

Zhu Cilang smiled at this.

talent?

Actually not.

What Zhu Cilang really relies on is his knowledge and insights from later generations.

Military theory is constantly developing. The Ming Dynasty's military theory has been a bit backward in the world, let alone from a modern perspective.

This is why in Gao Dejie's mind, what Zhu Cilang proposed often hits the key points.

Zhu Cilang is not the only one who benefits. In fact, what really benefits are Gao Dejie and his 20,000 new troops.

These 20,000 new troops were officially named "Zhennan Army" by Chongzhen. As the name suggests, it was to suppress all rebellions in the south.

Zhu Cixuan brought a lot of things to this Zhennan Army from the perspective of a military enthusiast in the 21st century, including military theories and new organizational systems, but more importantly, ten thousand muskets.

Gao Dejie almost burst into tears and sighed: "Your Highness, the quality of this batch of muskets you sent to transport is really good."

There is really no reason why Gao Dejie sighs so much.

It should be noted that the Ming Dynasty oppressed gun manufacturing craftsmen very seriously. The official price set was far lower than the market price of normal muskets. Moreover, each craftsman stipulated the quantity and must deliver a certain amount of guns to the government every year.

The firearm manufacturing craftsmen are not fools, so who will do the losses? So the guns they handed over to the government are made of the most trashy materials and the most cost-saving methods.

This leads to the extremely high failure rate of muskets in the Ming Dynasty. Many muskets are even broken when they are just sent to the soldiers. There are many failures such as jamming in actual combat and firefighting.

The army that relies on guns to make a living, guns are the worst quality. How do you think this is going to be fired?

In the Yongle era of Hongwu, the "Shenji Camp" that mainly used muskets in the Ming Dynasty had explosive combat power, but in the Chongzhen era, the Shenji Camp was a group of pure smelly fish and rotten shrimps.

But the batch of muskets given by Zhu Cixuan are different. As the saying goes, the system produces must be high-quality products. The power of the muskets fired by the system may be qualified in this era, but the quality is definitely the best in the world.

A stuck? A fire? It doesn't exist.

This is why Gaode is so happy that as a veteran general, he hasn't seen such a reliable musket in a long time.

As for bullets, it is even more not a problem. The most important musket production base in the Ming Dynasty is in Jiangnan. There is a workshop specializing in the production of bullets in Nanjing. Throughout the winter, millions of bullets were densely packed and piled up in the warehouse.

Zhu Cixuan smiled and said, "So General Gao, do you think we can win this time?"

Gao Dejie looked confident: "Your Highness, we will definitely win!"

Zhu Cilang laughed: "What are you waiting for? Go to war and kill this Zhang Xianzhong!"

The convening order was spread from Nanjing and spread throughout Jiangnan.

Spring is here, and countless troops and civilians rushed to Nanjing from all over the south of the Yangtze River.

Under the leadership of Zhang Shenyan and Shi Kefa, the officialdom in Jiangnan underwent a very drastic change in the past winter. After thousands of people landed, Nanjing's control over the entire Jiangnan was also strengthened unprecedentedly.

Not that no one wants to resist, but first of all, we must remember that Jiangnan has only Zhu Cixuan, a regular army. In the face of such an army, all family forces can only be said to be stinky brothers.

Some of the rebels fled overseas by boat after failure, while others hid in the mountainous areas of southern Zhejiang and even Fujian. Simply put, it was not a good idea.

After asking for a number of people, Gaodejie confirmed the final number of the entire army - forty-eight thousand.

This includes the 20,000 new troops that Zhu Cixuan had previously recruited in Nanjing, and the remaining troops were recruited from other places in the past winter.

For this army, Zhu Cixuan spent all the "dividends" of the house searches in Jiangnan.

Fang Gonggan felt very distressed about this: "Your Highness, that's tens of millions of taels!"

Zhu Ciyang disagreed: "Is the Ming Dynasty short of money now? No, it is a lack of army that can be fought!"

Fang Gonggan thought for a moment and said seriously: "Actually, it's still a little short of money. It is said that His Majesty can't even eat two dishes and one soup."

Zhu Cilang waved his hand: "It's okay, my father is used to being poor. Now the Ming Dynasty cannot be poor at all, do you understand?"

Fang Gonggan: "...Your Highness is wise."

Zhu Cilang was in a mighty manner, leading 48,000 troops to bid farewell to Nanjing, and began to go upstream along the Yangtze River and advance towards the territory controlled by Zhang Xianzhong.

The news soon reached Zhang Xianzhong's ears.

Zhang Xianzhong's reaction to this was also very simple - he smashed everything he could pick up on the spot.

"This damn Zhu Cixuan child, I have already agreed to live in peace with him, why do he still have to force each other!"

After venting his anger, a fierce light began to flash in Zhang Xianzhong's eyes.

"Very good. Since you don't want to let me govern the land well, I might as well turn your Ming Dynasty Jiangnan upside down!"

Zhang Xianzhong sent someone to call Li Dingguo and told Li Dingguo about the matter.

After hearing this, Li Dingguo couldn't help but show a surprised expression: "I didn't expect that the Prince of Ming Dynasty was so treacherous. What would the father do?"

Zhang Xianzhong said coldly: "What else can I do? Of course I am going to beat him! You should first bring 10,000 troops to help Jiujiang, and don't let Zhu Cixuan enter our hinterland so quickly. After I mobilize the army, I will join you and kill him will be turned upside down!"

After Li Dingguo took the order and left, Zhang Xianzhong immediately wrote a letter and wrote a letter to Li Zicheng.

The content in the letter is actually very simple, that is, Brother Li Zicheng, I have already worked with the Ming Dynasty as we agreed last year. You have to make a quick effort and start a counterattack from the Central Plains.

After doing all this, Zhang Xianzhong also breathed a sigh of relief temporarily.

"This time, let you, Zhu Cilang, know what is the real army of war!"

Of course, Zhang Xianzhong knew Zhu Ciyang's past achievements very well, but Zhang Xianzhong himself was also very confident. He didn't believe that Zhu Ciyang could really defeat Zhang Xianzhong's elite troops who had fought for more than ten years with the three-month army that Zhu Ciyang had been fighting in the south and the north for more than ten years!
Chapter completed!