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Capture Qingzhou?

Wang Huaxi was secretly surprised when he heard Liu Sheng's words, and then instinctively said with a little worry: "If Qingzhou is captured, His Majesty the Six Prefectures of Shandong will take half of it, and the Chu court will be shocked."

"At that time, even if the central government is short of money and food, Emperor Jiahua will find ways to raise money and food and send an army to crusade no matter how reluctant he is to part with money."

Liu Sheng smiled slightly and said, "What if I send another dozen warships into the Yangtze River to bombard Nanjing?"

Send warships to bombard Nanjing? !

Wang Huaxi's eyelids twitched and his heart skipped a beat.

He has seen the power of the Yijun warships.

The smallest warship has three thousand materials, not to mention its entire body, and is equipped with steel plates and dozens of artillery pieces.

The power of the artillery is more powerful than the Tianwei cannon, the rate of fire is also faster, and the range is as far as four or five miles!

If a dozen such warships really enter the Yangtze River, the Dachu Navy will not be able to stop them. At that time, more than a dozen warships will bombard Nanjing. If they are accompanied by thousands of troops, I am afraid that anyone can break the city of Nanjing!

Thinking of this, Wang Huaxi said with a dry voice: "If this is the case, I am afraid that the entire Chu State will be shocked, and people in Jiangnan will be even more panicked."

"The Imperial Court of Chu will definitely order surrounding armies to support Nanjing and defend the river."

Liu Sheng nodded slightly and said: "If I send troops to raid Jiangbei at this time, I should be able to capture the entire Jiangbei in one fell swoop, right?"

Wang Huaxi's eyes suddenly bulged and he couldn't help but look at Liu Sheng.

But he didn't expect that the purpose of Liu Sheng's fleet to bombard Nanjing was to capture Jiangbei.

The Yellow River in Dachu already diverts the Huai River into the sea, and the prosperity in the north of the Yangtze River is far less prosperous than in the south of the Yangtze River. In other words, there is the benefit of Huaiyan salt, otherwise it may not be as important as Shandong.

Wang Huaxi really didn't understand how Liu Sheng could think of taking Jiangbei.

Is it just to connect with Shandong?
Although he was confused, he still said: "Some of the soldiers from Jiangbei have been transferred to Shandong to support. If some more troops are allocated to support the defense of the Yangtze River, there will definitely be a shortage of troops."

"At that time, if Your Majesty sends troops to attack Jiangbei, it will indeed be overwhelming."

In fact, Wang Huaxi believed that with the well-equipped equipment of the Yi army and the strength of the soldiers, even if the troops from Jiangbei were not transferred, the Yi army would still be invincible. At most, it would need more troops.

While Wang Huaxi was thinking about this, he heard Liu Sheng say leisurely: "Xiong Chu has enjoyed the world for nearly two hundred years. It's time for someone to wake her up."

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Two months later, the New Year has passed, and it is February of the third year of Yongxing in Dawei and February of the twenty-seventh year of Dachu Jiahua.

After half a year of Liu Sheng's governance, the people's livelihood in Denglai and Denglai Prefectures took on a new look. Except for a few gentry and landlords, the hearts of the common people have basically surrendered to the Yi army.

After three months of training, the 100,000-strong garrison also possesses a certain combat effectiveness.

Therefore, on February 12th, Liu Sheng assigned six regiments of the Guards and twelve regiments of voluntary garrison troops to invade Qingzhou.

Although Shandong received reinforcements from the Chu army in surrounding areas, it strengthened the military strength and armament of various cities in Qingzhou.

However, under the suppression of the powerful field artillery of the Xi Army and the attack of the Royal Guards, Changle, Zhucheng, Shouguang, Linzi, Linqu and the provincial capital Yidu were successively lost within ten days.

Only Juzhou, Yishui, Mengyin, and Rizhao are still in the hands of Da Chu because they are blocked by Yimeng Mountain.

But without the support of the Chu army, it is only a matter of time before these places are captured by the Yi army.

News of the fall of Qingzhou reached Xiangjing, and everyone from Emperor Jiahua to the common people were shocked.

In the Chengtian Palace in the Imperial City of Xiangjing, Emperor Jiahua's cultivation in the Tongtian Pagoda was interrupted last year, so he started over again. This time, he finally persisted for 27 days and mastered the immortal technique.

Needless to say, at that time he did feel that he was more "pure" than before, and he felt as if he were in a state of ecstasy.

Therefore, in the next month or so, although Da Chu's various problems still bothered him, his mood was not that bad.

Unexpectedly, I would receive news of the fall of Qingzhou today.

"What does Lin Youge, the governor of Shandong, do for a living? Didn't I ask him to strengthen Qingzhou's military strength and armaments? I even gave him more than 10,000 troops and horses from Jiangbei, but he still lost Qingzhou?!"

Emperor Jiahua stood on the steps, roaring angrily.

Once Qingzhou is lost, Shandong will lose half of it. This has never happened since the founding of Da Chu.

Moreover, if the news spreads, the world will definitely be shaken, and more ambitious people will be ready to take action.

Those unscrupulous people will definitely be encouraged, and they will not pay attention to the Chu government, and there will be more rebels.

The most important thing is that in the twenty-seventh year of his reign, he actually lost half of Shandong. How embarrassing was this?

When the time comes to record it in the history books, his posthumous reputation as Emperor Jiahua will be completely ruined!

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Cabinet minister Gao Sheng said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Lin Youge learned that the pirates had invaded Qingzhou, so he led Fu Biao to support him and took up residence in Yidu."

"According to the defeated soldiers who escaped from Yidu, when the pirates broke into the city, Governor Lin committed suicide on the city gate tower."

After hearing this, Emperor Jiahua raised his brows and said angrily: "Killing himself? Do I want him to kill himself? I only want him to defend Qingzhou!"

After saying that, Emperor Jiahua noticed that several cabinet ministers and the Minister of War and other ministers in the palace had strange expressions. Only then did he realize that what he just said hurt his ministers' feelings.

No matter how wrong Lin Youge was, he committed suicide after all. The emperor not only did not grieve, but complained instead. Wouldn't it make his ministers feel sad?

Although Emperor Jiahua's abilities were average, he still had this awareness after being the emperor for decades.

He then sighed remedially and said: "Well, since he committed suicide and died in the city, it is useless for me to blame him. Let's ask the Ministry of Rites to negotiate a better posthumous gift for him. The Ministry of War should provide compensation for his son. Cheng Fenglang.”

Chengfeng Lang was a seventh- or eighth-grade scholar in Dachu, with no real value. For a feudal official who committed suicide in the line of duty, he could only be regarded as ordinary.

After all, Emperor Jiahua still resented Lin Youge for failing to defend Qingzhou.

But the scene was finally fooled.

In order to divert the attention of the ministers, Emperor Jiahua looked at the chief minister Wu Mian and said: "Didn't Yuan Fu say that the pirate Liu Sheng would retreat after plundering the two houses of Denglai? Now they have occupied the two houses of Denglai. Not to mention, in less than half a year, we have captured Qingzhou and have the intention of occupying Shandong."

Wu Mian was actually very puzzled.

Hearing the emperor's question, he had no choice but to blame the situation and said: "Logically speaking, the pirates are based on the sea and should not occupy Denglai and Denglai."

"Now that they have abandoned Denglai and captured Qingzhou, I am afraid they have seen the weakness of Shandong's defense and have undue ambitions."

The implication is that the reason why this group of pirates was out of character was not because he had miscalculated, but because Shandong's soldiers and horses were not strong and their weapons were not well prepared.

As for whether this issue is the responsibility of the governor of Shandong or the court, it has nothing to do with Wu Mian.

Hearing this, Emperor Jiahua hated Lin Youge even more, and believed that it was Lin Youge's dereliction of duty that gave the pirates an opportunity to take advantage of him. (End of this chapter)