Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

In addition to the crisis in Zhaoqing during the Battle of Shaoguan, the Ming army in northern Fujian, northwestern Fujian, and western Fujian also suffered frenzied attacks from the Qing army in the first few months of the first year of Wuding.

Among them, Hong Gongzhu, the Fujian General Soldier who was forced to retreat to Yanping Fucheng because of the Jianning Change, had to abandon Jiancheng in the face of the overwhelmingly superior Qing army. The front lines of Huangtian, Julin, Shuikou and Xiongjiang stick to it.The Qing army was unable to continue the attack due to the inability to replenish food and fodder in the field and the difficulty of rearward transshipment. Only then did Hong Gongzhu barely manage to keep Gutian, Minqing counties and the west wing of Fuzhou safe.

At this time, in view of the changes in the battle situation in northwest Fujian and the fact that the Zheng army in northern Guangdong was restrained by Sang's forehead, Yu Chenglong, the Jiangxi governor and leader of Jiangxi admiral who felt that there was no threat to his flanks, no longer had any scruples, so he directed the Jiangxi green battalion from Ningdu to Ruijin. Invaded into western Fujian.Wang Xinhua, the left deputy general of Fujian Province in the Ming Dynasty, led ten thousand troops to defend Tingzhou, but there were no reinforcements outside and no food and grass savings inside. He was only holding on with the fear of the rebels, and the situation was precarious.

As for the direction of northern Fujian, although Zheng Jun's left and right guards blocked the coastal mountain roads layer by layer, the two divisions only had more than [-] people and were not enough to deal with seven or eight times the enemy army. The Qing army used flesh and blood to clear the way. In the end, they reached the line of Baishuigang, Baisha, and Changqiwei, which is only one step away from Luoyuan County.

The entire battle in Fujian was completely unfavorable to the Ming army. Only Zhou Zhenghe, who was sent by Hong Gongzhu to Shaowu, stood out. And it was only because of the time that the Qing army had no time to take care of that the monkey became the king. He was unable to counterattack the two prefectures of Yanping and Jianning, and he did not have the courage to abandon Shaowu and counterattack into Jiangxi.

"The battle reports from all over the country must have been read through by the ministers, and they are surrounded by enemies. It seems that the situation is very critical." In Fuzhou City, Zheng Kezang calmly glanced at the civil servants and generals in front of him. "But Gu thought there was still a chance to make a comeback." At Zheng Kezang's signal, a map was displayed. "Lin Qing, come and explain to everyone."

Lin Sheng walked up to the map and pointed at it: "Early when they invaded Guangzhou, the General Staff Office drew up two strategies to deal with possible counterattacks by the Qing captives. Landing at Tongshan (Fuding) in the north of Ning, cut off the food road for the invading Qing army in one fell swoop, trapped and starved to death in northern Fujian."

Lin Sheng paused: "The advantage of this strategy is to use the convenience of our navy to control the sea power, and attack the weakest places of the Qing captives, but the disadvantage is that once Tongshan changes hands, the Qing army will inevitably counterattack frantically. The two-way attack is bound to be a bloody battle for the Zuohuwei and other divisions, and even if the Qing army in northern Fujian is wiped out, it will only change the battle situation along the way, and it will not benefit the overall situation much, let alone the Qing army in Suzhou. The Tarchief will send more reinforcements at once."

After saying this, Lin Sheng looked at the reactions of the people in front of him, and then he compared his hands. Before he could speak, the few who could clearly see gasped for a while, and some even ignored the fact that they would be impeached by the imperial envoy. Yi's danger yelled: "Ying Tianfu!"

"That's right, another strategy of the staff office is to go straight to Nanjing." Lin Sheng admitted, and the sound of the scene suddenly amplified, but fortunately, Zheng Kezang glared afterwards, which forced the audience to fall into silence. "Yingtian Mansion is the residence of the Taizu Emperor Longxing." Lin Sheng continued. "Once Nanjing is conquered, not only can the traffic between the north and the south of Jianlu be cut off, it is said that rice and grain from the south of the Yangtze River will be used by our vassal, and it will also increase the momentum of our dynasty. If we can encircle Kangxi, the Tatar chieftain, in southern Jiangsu, it will kill two birds with one stone. Therefore, the General Staff Office must use all the nine divisions currently in Dongning and the regiments of the Hailongxiang Division."

After Lin Sheng finished speaking, there was no sound in the hall. It seemed that the previous commotion was just an illusion of Zheng Kezang, and it was Zheng Kezang himself who broke the chilling atmosphere after a long time: "Why don't you talk anymore, is it possible? Do you have any opinions on the two strategies of the General Staff Office? This is not possible, I am afraid that due to the limited strength of our domain, it is impossible to implement both the outline and the plan.”

Zheng Kezang's cold joke did not arouse everyone's laughter, but after a while, Yuanfu Hong Lei stood up and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the strategy of the Lord to enter Jinling seems to be the same as the strategy of the former king to enter Yingtianfu. Exactly the same, but back then"

"Mr. Hong Ge, this matter is different." Zheng Kezang responded lightly. "Back then, my grandfather made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, but today I'm going to fight the slow with the quickest, before the Qing captives react, and I will definitely not give the Qing captives a chance to stick to it." Speaking of this, Zheng Kezang added. "The staff of the staff have worked hard to find out the reality of the Qing captives. Yingtian has [-] people, Zhenjiang [-], Hangzhou [-], and Suzhou has [-] people because of the presence of Tatar chieftain Kangxi. Such a force is enough to defeat them one by one. .”

"My lord, although the Tatar Chieftain Kangxi dispatched the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade to go back to the north for the summer, but the army of the garrison will arrive in the near future. Once our vassal forces are under the Jinling Fortified City, the consequences will be unimaginable." Hong Lei insisted own point of view. "I think that although attacking Tongshan can only suspend the danger for a while, it is better than putting all the troops in danger."

"Mr. Hong Ge's words are outrageous." Lin Xian at the side saw Zheng Kezang's displeasure, and immediately stood up to refute Hong Lei. "The following official sees that as long as the navy of this feudal domain is still there, even if the Lu division is wiped out, the Qing captives will never be in danger of crossing the sea. In this case, why not fight hard, so even if the world cannot be reversed in one fell swoop, it is bound to be It disrupted the steps of the Qing army."

"Who are you?" Hong Lei glared at Lin Xian. "It's just a surrendered general. It's still light to say that you have ulterior motives, and you dare to speak out here." Lin Xianzi didn't dare to talk back to the veteran, so he had to endure Hong Lei's humiliation in silence, but Hong Lei didn't seem to give up, scolding After finishing Lin Xian, he turned around and spoke to Zheng Kezang. "I ask you to punish this traitor."

"Old Hong Ge, that's enough." Zheng Kezang's face was extremely gloomy. "This strategy has nothing to do with Lin Qing, so there is no need to criticize it." There are quite a few surrendered generals and commissioners in Zheng's army. According to Hong Lei's opinion, Zheng's army will collapse if it does not fight, so what Zheng Kezang said They will not adopt Hong Lei's suggestion. "Let's discuss the matter as it stands." After speaking, Zheng Kezang ordered Hong Lei to sit down, and then looked at Ke Ping and others on the other side. "Does Ke Qing have any ideas here?"

Unlike Hong Lei, the nominal Yuan Fu, Ke Ping was the actual prime minister of the Zheng regime in the Ming Dynasty. Regarding Zheng Kezang's intentional avoidance of Hong Lei, Ke Ping hesitated for a while, and asked: "Maybe it is possible to attack Tongshan directly from the east?" It’s better to transfer luck, but if you attack the sky and the sea is long, how can you supply it.”

"Uncle Jieyang has built more than [-] warehouses in the Dudu's Mansion in Daqu Mountain, fully storing food for [-] troops for half a year." Under Zheng Kezang's signal, Sun Youlao, the left deputy general staff, answered. "In addition, most of the main force of the Northern Fleet has also been taken back. At that time, they will act as the responsibility of fast transshipment with the Zhoushan Squadron and other departments to ensure the supply of food to Dongning and Jiangnan."

Li Jing, the warehousing and transshipment manager of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Shaoqing in charge of the Taipu Temple, interjected immediately and asked, "Then once the windy season enters, how can we ensure that the sea transportation will not be interrupted?"

Lin Heng, the Secretary of the Military Affairs Experience Department and the head of the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, replied: "The summer grain in the south of the Yangtze River has already been collected by then, which is enough to meet the needs of the war."

"Of course." Gu Tongshan, the secretary of the Yingtian Experience Department and the left servant of the household department, curled his lips. "Let's not talk about whether we can defeat the Qing army in Yingtian, Zhenjiang, Suchang, Songjia and other places in just a few months, and control the entire southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang. However, if there is a war, it will inevitably be severely abandoned. Even if there is any output at that time, all If it falls into the hands of this vassal, the food may not be enough."

"Japan and North Korea have agreed to sell grain on credit to the feudal clan," Lin Weirong, the secretary of the Commercial Experience Department and the head of the Shaoqing Temple of Honglu Temple, vowed. "Guangnan, Chenla, and Siam also agreed to increase the sale of grain to the feudal clan. Therefore, even if there is a famine in the south of the Yangtze River, the feudal clan still has enough power to guarantee military supplies."

"It's easy to say that Japan and North Korea agreed to sell grain and fodder on credit, but what about the money to buy grain from Guangnan, Chenla, Siam, Tini, etc.?" "The years of fighting and the repayment of the money borrowed from the Japanese before, the feudal clan is already poor, so what can they use to buy rice from various countries."

Lin Weirong retorted with some dissatisfaction: "Isn't the master's method of planting clams to get pearls can harvest several stones of pearls every year? Why do you say that there is no money?"

To this, Liu Chongxi retorted without hesitation: "Master Lin, don't you know that rare things are valuable? Pearls are also worthless if there are too many pearls."

"Okay." Zheng Kezang couldn't listen anymore. "I asked you to discuss the battle strategy, not to listen to your bickering." Zheng Kezang is actually right. The problem of military rations is not only encountered when attacking Jiangnan. Even if he only chooses a conservative plan, Zheng Jun also needs to eat , so it is not the key to selection. "Zheng Qing, what do you mean?"

Zheng Bin's official position seems to be high and powerful, but in fact it is just a false title, but it also suits his mind. When Zheng Kezang asked him, he squinted his eyes slightly, as if it was nothing to do With a high-pitched look: "The Lord has made a complete plan, I just need to bow my head and obey orders, and I have no other suggestions."

Zheng Kezang frowned, but for this uncle, he had no choice but to look at Zheng Yingping: "What does Zheng Qing think?"

With Zheng Bin's jewels in front of him, Zheng Yingping also responded modestly: "It's all up to the Lord to decide."

Zheng Kezang shook his head: "Of course Gu also wants to make a perfect decision, but the situation is so unfavorable, it is not always possible to fight and end up with the end of the father, you have to fight, otherwise you will not be reconciled Woolen cloth."

Hearing about what happened to Zhu Jin back then, Hong Lei, who had been sullen since Zheng Kezang refused to let him speak, was also touched. He cupped his hands again and said, "I implore the Lord to think carefully, lest the old story Repeat."

Under his leadership, a group of officials bowed down one after another: "I implore the Lord to think twice."

Zheng Kezang also stood up: "I have made up my mind, I will fight to the death"