In fact, Chongzhen was very reluctant to save Jiangnan.

When he was in charge of the Ming Dynasty, the building was about to collapse and he couldn't even get out the 300,000 life-saving money. However, as part of the Ming Dynasty, the relatively peaceful Jiangnan region did not send a single soldier to the north, nor paid a penny or a cent to the northern court.

Don't tell me that traffic between the north and the south has been cut off by rogue bandits. That's pure bullshit.

At that time, Liu Fangliang had not yet occupied Shandong. Even if he did, Gao Jie, who occupied the southern part of Shandong near the Huaihe River, had an army of 100,000. Shi Kefa could have sent him north to help the capital. Give money and food to come to the capital to rescue.

The result was no, and he was almost forced to the point where he decided to kill his wife and hang herself. Now that I think about it, my neck is still tight.

But in the past, Zhang Xianzhong fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and you asked the north to send troops to encircle and suppress him. As a result, I mobilized elite soldiers and strong generals Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo to pursue them. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong was beaten away, but you detained these two armies in the south of the Yangtze River and refused to return, resulting in a complete emptiness of the Ming Dynasty's northern troops, allowing Li Chuang to grow like a breath of air, and let Li Chuang become stronger. The Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed.

Among them, the two Nanjing imperial courts are the main culprits, and you, Shi Kefa, are also one of the culprits.

If it had not been for my violent temper before, I would have killed you with a knife. Now, seeing that I have come back to life, and you are running over to ask for help, how can you show your shame?

So this time, Chongzhen suppressed his disgust for the left-behind officials in Jiangnan. For the sake of the overall situation, in his unwillingness and contradiction, he pushed the decision of whether to save Jiangnan to his two children.

La Men decided that considering the overall situation, he still had to save Jiang Nan.

But Jiangnan must be able to save and not save, and this degree must be grasped well. Don't really drive Li Chuang back to the northwest, or eliminate him directly. Let Li Chuang continue the mission entrusted to him. The task was not completed, how could he run away with the bucket and abandon the task? Being a human being has to have a beginning and an end.

But to secure several bridgeheads for the future recovery of Jiangnan, it is necessary to send generals to take action.

Li Yan likes Zhang Huangyan and thinks he can take on a big job.

Li Yan is still good at judging people. Although Zhang Huangyan did not act as the sole commander and only accompanied Lu Mou in battles, Li Yan saw, kept in mind, and evaluated the military potential he displayed in several battles.

This time he preferred Zhang Huangyan, not only for his military ability, but also for his huge reputation in Jiangnan.

Zhang Huangyan's reputation is not due to the huge family power behind him, but the miracle of his winning three yuan at a young age, which has become a legend in Jiangnan.

If he is only given one army, he will definitely have no problem stabilizing the situation in Jiangnan by relying on his reputation in Jiangnan.

With Jiangnan stabilized and the southerners no longer coming crying, he and his friend the regent can solve the problems in the north.

However, Lu Mou did not dare to really release the future military god. Zhang Huangyan is an upright gentleman, and he must never tell him or let him know his dark thoughts. That would seriously affect your high-level image in his mind.

But if you don’t tell him, Li Chuang, who relied on his ability to lead 30,000 tigers and wolves, and relied on Nanjing’s financial resources to gather the remnant armies from all over the south, have fun and put his trust in him, was destroyed all at once, which would ruin the rebirth of the Ming Dynasty. Daye Road. Therefore, Lu Mou finally set his sights on Yang Songshan, who would be in the future reserve army.

Originally, he was going to give Yang Songshan a different task, but now such a situation occurred, and his independent division could block and defend, so it had to be him.

"The way I look at it, we will take General Yang Songshan's two reserve army divisions and remove one division from the First Army, with a total of 30,000 personnel. As the Military Department goes south to the south of the Yangtze River, let's stabilize the situation in the south of the Yangtze River first."

Although Yang Songshan is young, he participated in the first battle of the rebirth of the Ming Dynasty and has already become famous all over the world. His reputation is now far greater than that of Zhang Huangyan, who is still not famous. Shi Kefa expressed great satisfaction with such a candidate.

"But all future expenses of this army will be provided by Jiangnan."

Shi Kefa certainly made a generous promise.

It turned out that the supply of money and food in the four Jiangnan towns that had reached the south of the Yangtze River earlier was ensured by plundering on the spot. For this reason, there was also a situation where the Yangzhou army pressed on the border, and the city of Yangzhou was in danger and urgently needed the army to be stationed for protection. However, the people of Yangzhou would rather die in battle than to allow Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie from the fourth town to enter the city. This is enough to show that at that time, the Ming army plundered far more than the rogue Qing soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River.

This time when Yang Songshan is sent, you, Shi Kefa, have to ensure the supply of money, food and materials for him. When the time comes, it is up to you whether you will grovel and go to the wealthy families to ask for donations, or whether you will let Yang Songshan rob him.

Of course, it is now in the hands of Qian Tonghe and Wang Chengen, and the land rent and service money from the previous two years is a lot. At this point, Lu Mou planned to send someone to take care of the two of them, and he would cover his money bag and not take out a single penny.

After receiving this important appointment, Yang Songshan, whose face was flushed with excitement, stood up and thanked the emperor, the supervisor, and the regent for their love.

In order to prevent this kid from getting hot and concentrating all his efforts to fight Li Chuang, Li Yan solemnly gave Yang Songshan a mission: "Your three divisions must defend Nanjing Zhenjiang and Yangzhou to defend the bridgehead for our future cross-river operations. Then allocate another force to reinforce those important towns that are still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. General Yang, do you understand?"

Yang Songshan finally reached the rank of military commander and had to stand alone. He was extremely excited and eager to try, ready to show off his talents and regain his father's glory. As a result, Li Yan's arrangement immediately restricted his hands and feet. I was reluctant at the time.

But Li Yan's so-called safe arrangement was exactly in line with Shi Kefa's character and style. At that time, I clapped my hands and applauded.

Both the northern and southern military departments had such requests, so Yang Songshan had no choice but to accept them.

What Lü Mou didn't expect was that although he kept a tiger, he unexpectedly released a calf, which almost ruined the plot set by Lü Mou and Li Yan.

Li Yan took down Yang Songshan's flag on the huge military defense map, and a blank appeared in Shanxi. Waiting for subsequent filling.

Returning to the topic, Li Yan continued: "Now we will continue to implement the army expansion plan of the General Staff and the Ministry of War. The three armies and nine divisions will be reorganized before this autumn. These three armies will all be the army. After the Yellow River thaws next spring, Cross the Yellow River, implement the plan to regain Shaanxi, and then regain the land of abundance in Sichuan, sweeping the entire northwest, forming a semi-encirclement of Li Chuang in the south of the Yangtze River, and then strive to launch a campaign to regain Shandong and Henan in the next year.

Facing the upcoming grand strategy, everyone including Chongzhen was nervous and excited. Everyone is full of confidence in the recovery of Shanxi. Ming Dynasty is finally on the road to recovery again. (End of chapter)

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