please make me king

Chapter 1604 Sea Threat
"Boom, boom!" With the sound of rumbling cannons coming from a distance, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Water Transport and governor of Fengyang, frowned.

"Military Gate, Mr. Chen is here!" At this moment, a servant suddenly barged in.

"Oh? Hurry up, please, no, I'll meet him in person!" Zhu Dadian couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, and said quickly.

Ever since the "two Li Hong thieves" "offended the border", although he tried his best to resist, he was not as strong as others, and lost consecutive battles.

Now that he has lost Jinan and other places, he has no choice but to retreat to Qingzhou Mansion.

It turns out that the terrain in Shandong is different from other places, but the Taiyi Mountains as the belly, and the surrounding plains and hills as the outer terrain.

The whole Shandong is roughly bounded by Mount Tai and Mount Lu, and is roughly divided into two parts: Qi and Lu.

Among them, the vast plains of Qi land open to the north in the shape of a trumpet mouth. This is also the main reason why the "Five Kingdoms attacked Qi" during the Warring States period and almost wiped out the entire Qi country.

Now the rebel army is coming from the north, just like the story of "Five Kingdoms Attacking Qi".

Jinan, which is located north of the Taiyi Mountains, has already fallen into the hands of the rebels. Once Qingzhou, which is located east of the Taiyi Mountains, is captured by the rebels, Zhu Dadian may have to escape to the two prefectures of Denglai.

Therefore, Zhu Dadian hastily sent someone to summon Chen Hongfan, the commander-in-chief of the coastal army in charge of the Denglai army, to "discuss the big plan together."

This Chen Hongfan was originally from Hongluoshan in Liaodong, and he had a "friendship with the same family" with Wu Sangui, but he made his debut much earlier than Wu Sangui.

As early as the Imjin Japanese Invasion, he participated in the transportation of grain and grass by sea.

Later, he successively worked in Liaodong, Gansu, Zhejiang, Changping and other places. It can be said that he has senior qualifications and rich experience.

However, there is an old saying that goes, "Wisdom does not lie in old age and youth, and a hundred springs in vain without wisdom." It is obvious that Chen Hongfan is the latter.

Although he has old qualifications and rich experience, he has been defeated repeatedly and made no achievements, so he can't make a statement.

Coincidentally, at the time when the rebel army was marching eastward, and when the Jin Dynasty was going south, this Chen Hongfan once handed over a document to the center, "negotiating the peace of Liao (East) and Guang (Ning), and using the sea to plow the court", that is, from Gold after sea attack.

Therefore, Chongzhen made him the commander-in-chief of the coastal army, gave him the seal of the general of Pinglu, entered the prince's junior division, and dispatched naval forces from various towns to prepare to attack Houjin. He happened to escape the previous battle and was stranded in Denglai.

"Marshal Chen, now that the 'Shun Bandit' is raging and the world is not peaceful, how can you teach me?" After the two parties sat down as host and guest, Zhu Dadian couldn't help but said.

"The military sect is joking, the world is so big, the last general is short-sighted, how dare you make extravagant words?" Chen Hongfan smiled wryly when he heard the words, "But if you ask about Shandong, the last general has a plan, I don't know if it will work or not !"

"Marshal, please speak!" Zhu Dadian couldn't help but cheer up when he heard the words, and said quickly.

"Land warfare is the skill of thieves; sea warfare is my specialty!" Chen Hongfan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Nowadays the 'thieves' are persecuting me so much, why don't I make a drastic move!"

"Drawing from the bottom of the pot?" Zhu Dadian guessed three points after listening to him, "Which bottom of the pot is Marshal Chen planning to take?"

"Of course it's here!" Wen Yan pointed to the map.

"Tianjin?"

"Tianjin!" Chen Hongfan nodded and explained with a smile, "Today I have [-] sailors and more than [-] warships, which were originally designed to rescue North Korea and Dongjiang."

"Unexpectedly, Dongjiang surrendered thieves, North Korea surrendered captives, so the navy has no place to use it, and it is suitable for use now!"

"I intend to avoid the real and attack the false, and attack Tianjin. If they are unprepared, they will be seized. If they are prepared, they will be disturbed, and they will not be able to go south!"

"Okay, okay, what a plan!" Zhu Dadian was taken aback when he heard the words, and was immediately overjoyed.

It turned out that since Yang Sichang went south, many soldiers had been sent away, and only five thousand soldiers who dared to fight were left in Zhu Dadian's hands.

Although many recruits were recruited later, they were all recruits who had not been trained before, and it was difficult for them to take on important positions. Therefore, they were beaten by Li Zicheng and Hong Chengchou and retreated steadily.

Now Chen Hongfan, the commander-in-chief along the coast, is not only willing to obey his orders, but also offered to attack Tianjin to ease the pressure on Shandong. How does this make Zhu Dadian unhappy?

And at this moment, Zhu Dadian thought of something else.

Now the Lu Wang Clan headed by Yang Sichang is in a hurry to crusade against the Fu Wang Clan, if he gets the help of this person, it will be like a broken bamboo.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but promise: "If this matter is accomplished, the governor will report to His Majesty and Elder Yang Ge, and we can look forward to worshiping the general and ennobling him at that time!"

"So, then the general will accept the auspicious words of the army, thank you in advance!" Chen Hongfan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and couldn't help but hurriedly bowed.

When the dispute between the two was settled, Chen Hongfan bid farewell to Zhu Dadian and went to Denglai.

Denglai is the abbreviation of Dengzhou and Laizhou. It is located in the hilly area of ​​eastern Shandong, roughly located in the later Shandong Peninsula, across the sea from the Liaodong Peninsula.

Since the later Jin Dynasty rose in Liaodong, the Ming court set up a navy here to contain Liaodong.

When Chen Hongfan arrived in Dengzhou, he recruited deputy envoy Huang Sunmao, deputy commander Jin Riguan, and Bai Dengyong, and told them his plan in detail.

Everyone pondered for a moment, Huang Sunmao took the lead and said: "We just got the news in the past few days that the 'Shun Bandits' sent troops to Liaodong, all thanks to the navy to transport food and grass."

"It's better for me to take the opportunity to cut off its waterway and let its [-] troops sit and wait to die, making them unable to go south!"

"Deputy envoy Huang's words are wrong!" Unexpectedly, as soon as Huang Sunmao finished speaking, the deputy commander Bai Dengyong retorted.

"What does it have to do with me when the 'Shun Bandit' competes with the Eastern Captives? Even if we try our best, it is a thankless task."

"Since that's the case, why don't we threaten Beijing and Tianjin, making it difficult for him to be safe day and night, and dare not go south?"

"Oh? I don't know what Vice General Jin thinks?" Seeing the dispute between Huang Sunmao and Bai Dengyong, the deputy commander of military preparations, Chen Hongfan couldn't help asking the deputy commander Jin Riguan.

"Everything. Everything depends on the commander in chief!" Jin Riguan hesitated for a moment, guessed a bit, and then said.

"Vice Envoy Huang's plan is good, but far away water can't quench his thirst!" Chen Hongfan saw that Jin Riguan had no intention of objecting, so he opened his mouth.

"Now Qingzhou City is at stake, and the court is in turmoil. Even if the 'Shun Bandit' defeats Liaodong, what does it have to do with me?"

Chen Hongfan's idea is very simple, that is, to draw from the bottom of the pot and attack what must be saved.

The Gyeonggi area has a huge impact, and once one's own navy appears on the nearby sea, the rebels cannot help but recall their troops.

As long as Zhang Shun recalls his troops, the siege of Qingzhou can be solved, and his goal will be achieved.

"This... this is true!" Huang Sunmao, the deputy military preparation officer, pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and had to admit.

If he follows his method and cuts off the rebel army's sea transportation line, it will certainly deal a heavy blow to the rebel army's Liaodong strategy.

But after all, it is a matter of making wedding dresses for others, so there is no need to do anything extra.

Then Chen Hongfan saw that the deputy military preparation officer Huang Sunmao agreed with his opinion, so he said happily: "In this case, then there is Lao Huang, the deputy envoy to supervise the navy, and go to seek the thieves."

"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders!" Huang Sunmao frowned when he heard the words, and finally stood up to accept orders.

He is the deputy envoy of military equipment, able to command the guerrillas of the deputy commander-in-chief and participate in general operations.

"Okay, then you will lead the battalion of Wang Guerrilla, Vice-General Bai, Vice-General Liu, and General Wu Can to attack!" Chen Hongfan couldn't help but continued to order.

"Both large and small ships and your two hundred ships must defeat the Tianjin navy, and then burn and kill them. It will be a great achievement to make people panic in Gyeonggi!"

Although Chen Hongfan sent out a lot of generals, in fact, apart from Wang Gueran's [-] soldiers, the other participating generals and deputy generals only led hundreds of people each.

With these [-] soldiers, if they wanted to capture Tianjin and threaten the capital, it would be tantamount to nonsense.

However, if they could take advantage of the rebel army's lack of defense and burn and kill in Tianjin, it would definitely shock the capital, severely hit Zhang Shun's prestige politically, and cause some ambitious people to move around.

At that time, whether Zhang Shun is willing or not, he must mobilize a large army to deploy defenses to neutralize the threat posed by the Denglai Navy, and then the precarious Shandong can take a breather.

(End of this chapter)