Chapter 543: Playing Big Chess

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Deng Shan immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, as long as you make some nitrocellulose and send it to these three places, you can break the city overnight, where can you use it for half a month?" ”

Nitrocellulose? Zhu Linmiao categorically vetoed, "Nitrocellulose is extremely unstable, and it may explode if you shake it hard, so it is not suitable for long-distance transportation."

"The nearest Changzhou can send Yao Qisheng to bring equipment over to make explosives on the spot, but the other two cities still need to be taken by force."

Zhang Jiayu immediately offered advice, "My lord, Wuhu is near the left side of the Yangtze River, and Luo Ming can be sent to General Luo's warship." Just like the original attack on Nanchang, Wuhu Micro City will definitely not be able to hold out for a long time. ”

"Well, it works." Zhu Linmiao turned to the other generals and said, "Linyi, you will lead a battalion of artillery to Suzhou for reinforcements and break the city as soon as possible."

"General Deng, you led your troops to escort Yao Qisheng and others to Changzhou, and you are familiar with the matter of bombing the city, so I will hand it over to you."

Chen Xiongfei and Deng Shan saluted together, "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

"When the Southern Zhili is all pacified, Zhang Huangyan and the Western Route Army can go north to join the division, and the two of them have ......"

Zhu Linmiao looked at Yu Xin as he spoke, and the latter hurriedly replied, "There are nearly 15,000 Ma Bu troops in total. ”

Zhu Linwei nodded and continued, "There are still 3,500 Dragon Guards and new recruits from the Broken Battalion in Longnan and Jian'an, and they will arrive in 20 days at most. At this point, the combat strength of our army should be restored to before the Jurong War, and even beyond. ”

He immediately said: "Although the thieves have lost the important land in the south of the Yangtze River and their vitality has been greatly damaged, the more this is the case, the more they will fight for their lives. The death-defying backlash of a badly injured beast is often the deadliest!

"At present, Dolgon has gathered heavy troops on the north bank, and may attack the south at any time, so we must properly deploy defenses along the Yangtze River, and the focus of this should be in the three cities of Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Jiangyin."

Different from the previous strategic thinking, this time Zhu Linwei did not seek to take the initiative to break the enemy, but temporarily held on.

First of all, the Ming army was not fully prepared, especially on the side of the naval division. If you rashly attack Jiangbei, once the Yangtze River is intercepted by Jianyu warships, even if it is only ten days and half a month, the army is likely to be defeated due to the lack of food and grass.

And the main reason is that the time has now shifted to Daming's side. After the Ming Dynasty recovered Nanjing, it became an advantage in politics, economy, population, morale and other aspects.

According to Zhu Linmiao's plan, we should first concentrate on completing the plan of moving the capital, consolidate the core of the imperial court, and then properly integrate the existing forces of the nine provinces, gather the momentum of thunder and wave the army across the river to the north, and we will be able to complete the battle and recover the Daming rivers and mountains in one fell swoop!

"Huang Qishou, Jin Wu-"

"The last general!"

"Let each of you lead 3,000 men and horses to guard Jiangyin and Zhenjiang."

"Yes!"

"Gan Hui led 2,000 cavalry to station in Xiaohezhai and respond on both sides at any time. There is also the matter of Chen Yi's restoration of Nanjing City, which needs to be stepped up......"

Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Jiangyin are lined up on the south side of the Yangtze River from west to east, and they are all stuck in the strategic points of crossing the Yangtze River to the south.

The generals then deliberated for a long time on the details of the defensive line, and did not dismiss until dinner time.

Although the Yangtze River defense line was very complete, on the way back to Yingtianfuya, Zhu Linmiao always felt faintly uneasy in his heart - a secret report from Beijing said that Jianyu had sent a large number of secret envoys, and only knew that some of them went to Korea and Mobei, and other news was unknown.

He could feel Dorgon playing a big game, but he couldn't see the board of chess for a while.

Just like this secret envoy who went to Mobei, it stands to reason that if the Khalkha tribe was defeated by Duoduo, they should have sent an envoy to Beijing to meet him, or Dolgon sent someone to Mobei to announce the pardon, etc., it must also be done with great fanfare, but why did they secretly see it?

As for going to North Korea, it is not uncommon for them to ask for food and soldiers. And where did the other envoys go......

There's also the sailor's side. Since the last time he encountered a hurricane, it has been more than half a month, and Luo Mingshou has also sent a boat out, but only found a wide signal and three boats of seventy or eighty tons.

According to the officers and men of the Guangzhou Signal, they and the main force of the naval division were scattered by the huge waves, but the main warships such as the Shaowu and the Guangzhou should not have suffered much damage, but they have never received news from the naval division.

Could it be that the main force of the sailor division was destroyed by the storm...... Zhu Linmiao hurriedly waved away this terrible thought, if he lost the cover of the sailors, the Ming army would be extremely passive on the front line of the Yangtze River, and it would be difficult to recover for half a year.

When the car stopped outside the Yamen of Yingtianfu, Shi Lin beckoned his soldiers to set up the wooden steps next to the car, opened the car door and said, "My lord, it's here." ”

Before he finished speaking, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of two sneaky figures on the opposite street corner, and immediately turned sideways to block Zhu Linmiao, pointed at the two figures and shouted, "Who?!" ”

A group of pro-soldiers moved as fast as lightning, and before the two of them could turn around, more than a dozen firearms were already on their heads.

"The military master spares his life!" One of them exclaimed, "I have something important to find His Royal Highness!" ”

"Where is the thief, isn't he here to assassinate?" A soldier searched the two up and down, but found no blades, and asked, "Say, what is your origin?!" ”

"The small, small one's name is Liang Xiuxing, and it is from the Liang family in Shanxi. Ah, my brother is secretive. ”

In a moment, one of his own soldiers relayed what he had said to His Royal Highness the Vice-Chancellor.

Liang Xiuyan's younger brother? Isn't this one of the eight "locust merchants" who previously "cooperated" with themselves to deliver supplies to the Sunit Ministry? Zhu Linmiao looked at the two with interest, the appearance of the leader was indeed somewhat similar to Liang Xiuyan, but he didn't know why he took the risk to come to Nanjing.

He then motioned to Shi Lin, "Take them to the side hall and ask what is the matter." ”

"Yes!"

When Zhu Linmiao had dinner and was about to go back to the study to deal with official business, he saw Shi Lin approaching and said, "My lord, the person surnamed Liang only said that he wanted to see you, and he didn't ask for anything." You see, do you want to use torture? ”

Zhu Linmiao raised her hand to stop, "Take him to my study." ”

"Yes!"

Shi Lin just turned around, but a personal soldier said outside the house: "My lord, Lord Gu, the commander of Jinyi Weibei Town, asks to see you." ”

The intelligence chief of the Ming Dynasty must have something important to do. Zhu Linmiao then instructed Shi Lin: "Lock up the person surnamed Liang first." He rushed out of the house and said, "Let Master Gu wait in the main hall." ”

"Yes!"

There are three people in Gu Yanwu and his entourage, and one of them, Zhu Linmiao, still has the impression that it should be Xie Hong, a thousand households in Beizhen.

Before the three of them knelt down to bow and salute, Zhu Linmiao first supported Gu Yanwu and said, "Lord Gu doesn't have to be polite, but what's the matter?" ”

"Returning to His Royal Highness, it is a high merit of the Jingzhou Loyal Battalion and an urgent performance." Gu Yanwu gestured behind him, "This person is General Gao's nephew Gao Song, who just came from Huguang with Xie Hong at noon. ”

Thanks: Gu Yi'an Ran gave me a generous reward! Under the thanksgiving, thank you!

(End of chapter)

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