West Lake Geling, Paradise.

In the half-idle hall, there was the sound of pen, ink, paper and inkstone falling to the ground, and then the traitor Jia Yidao gasped and shouted: "Bastard! Bastard bastard, the old man has long been the king, and he needs to be sealed with the surname Chen? The old man has more than 100,000 acres of fertile land in Taizhou, western Zhejiang, and will he care about tens of thousands of acres of broken granges in the north? The old man's Ge Ling Cidi is bigger than his Zhaoming Palace, and they are all luxurious! There are more treasures in the old man's treasure pavilion than all the good things in the Northland...... The old man will be rare for the prince of the Chen family!? Go and tell the surname Chen, there is an old man, and this Jiangnan is not something he can take casually! ”

Then there was the sound of smashing things in the study, and then several of the maidens who were waiting for them retreated like frightened rabbits. Outside, Weng Yinglong was leading Li Tingzhi in. Seeing this situation, Li Tingzhi asked in surprise: "Taishi, what's wrong?" ”

Weng Yinglong grabbed a small servant and asked, and then replied with a sad face: "Master Li, it was Chen Dexing who wanted to recruit the Taishi, promised the position of the prince, and promised to give a house and land in the north, but the Taishi is a loyal and good man of the Great Song Dynasty, so naturally he can't ......."

Li Tingzhi smiled: "This Chen Dexing really wanted to figure it out, before the battle was fought, he came to surrender." ”

Of course, he didn't know that it was Jia Nidao who took the initiative to send Liang Chongru to contact Chen Dexing -- Jia Rudao was a loyal minister in Li Tingzhi's mind, so naturally he would not betray the country to seek peace.

Li Tingzhi had just entered the door of the study, and saw Jia Rudao walking around there with his hands behind his back, his old and emaciated face full of sickly flushing. Although he could see that he was trying his best to keep his composure, his hands couldn't help but tremble slightly. Liao Yingzhong and another Li Tingzhi looked familiar, but they couldn't remember who it was, and they were standing aside with their hands down. It was as if he didn't dare to say a word.

Hearing the sound at the door, Jia Rudao turned his head to look. Seeing that it was Li Tingzhi, he hurriedly beckoned him to come over. "Xiangfu, Chen Dexing has arrived in Zhoushan!"

Li Tingzhi was stunned, and his face suddenly became a little ugly. The seat of Zhejiang West Road is located in Qingyuan Mansion, just across the bank of Zhoushan!

"So fast? Can the Ming army brigade arrive? ”

Jia Rudao shook his head and said: "It seems that only a few thousand people came with him, and he set up a southern expedition in Changguo County, and he also sent people to requisition land in Changguo County to build military camps and warehouses, it seems that Changguo County is going to be regarded as an old camp." ”

Chen Dexing controlled the sea and was supported by maritime merchants. There is sufficient capacity. The road map of this southern expedition is naturally different from the historical road map of the north and the south. It is not a river or a river, but simply a sea.

The reason for this is, of course, also related to the fact that Chen Dexing's warships and all the armed merchant ships of the maritime merchants who supported Chen were sea ships.

Chen Ming had no stronghold on the banks of the Yangtze River, so naturally he could not develop the Yangtze River Fleet. Chen Ming's navy is all at sea. Moreover, in recent years, the focus of development has been positioned on ocean-going operations, and most of the newly built warships are sail gunboats. There were only a small number of galleys, but they were not intended for inland waterways, but for offshore and windless areas of Malacca. These galleys had a deep draft and were far less fast than the three-decker galleys that were converted to inland waterways.

And the Great Song side. Although there is no advantage at sea, there is a relatively strong naval division on the Yangtze River. If you really want to talk about it, this sailor still has some relationship with Chen Dexing. After the Battle of the Sichuan River, the three-layer paddle battleship designed by Chen Dexing became the main warship of the Southern Song Dynasty naval division. The naval forces under the jurisdiction of the Department of Preparation and Construction along the Yangtze River. There are quite a few such warships. Even after the Lin'an Incident, the number of imperial naval forces in the Southern Song Dynasty was greatly reduced, but the number of three-layer oar-block warships still increased unabated.

The navy army (not the regimental training army) is now under the jurisdiction of Jiang Wanqing (Jiang Wanli's younger brother) who is under the control of the Yangtze River. There are still more than 250 three-deck paddle ships that can fight. On Chen Ming's side, only Xia Gui, Lu Wenhuan, Zhang Sheng, and Lu Wende have a small naval army. The number of three-deck paddle ships is less than 60. Although it has the advantage of upstream, it is still not sure of winning.

Hence the main attack of the Ming army. It will inevitably be launched from the sea. Moreover, the Ming army also controlled the Zhoushan Islands, a springboard for the invasion of the two provinces, and could transport the army everywhere in advance, so that they had enough time to rest and familiarize themselves with the climate in the south of the Yangtze River. You can also buy rice and grain from Annam, Champong, Thailand, the Strait Governorate and other places, and hoard them in Zhoushan.

Jia Rudao snorted coldly: "Chen Dexing doesn't have enough money to fight now...... He came south to Zhoushan, nominally to prepare for the southern expedition, but in fact it was to borrow money, borrow my money from Jiangnan to attack my Jiangnan! He nodded at Li Tingzhi, Liao Yingzhong, and Liang Chongru and sighed, "Sit down...... They all sat down and talked...... Now that the imperial court has gone to Hongdu, the two Zhejiang provinces can only rely on us to find a way to defend them...... Xiangfu, you are in military affairs, tell me, how do the two Zhejiang abide by the law? ”

Li Tingzhi came from Qingyuan Mansion to discuss military affairs with Jia Rudao. Hearing Jia Rudao's question, he replied: "The way of using soldiers, for us and other ministers, is the art of clutching. The combined army is strong, the division of the army is weak, the attack on the enemy must be defeated, and the defense of the city must be strong. ”

The great truth in the art of war, how can Jia Rudao not know? But now when I heard Li Tingzhi say this, I nodded again and again.

"As you say, if you combine your troops, you will be strong, and if you divide your troops, you will be weak...... The truth is correct, but it is not easy to join forces. Xiangfu, you say, is there any way to combine the two Zhejiang and hundreds of thousands of troops into one place? ”

Jia Rudao's face was pale, and he couldn't help but walk briskly again. Li Tingzhi also frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Taishi, it is impossible for hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the two Zhejiang provinces to be combined...... However, there are 6,000 Chu Yong and 30,000 Wurui troops under the command of Xia Guan, and they can drive to Lin'an. ”

Jia Rudao was stunned for a moment, "What about Qingyuan Mansion?" Qingyuan Mansion is not guarded? ”

"Qingyuan Mansion will be handed over to Shi Yanzhi."

Shi Yanzhi is the nephew of Shi Miyuan, and when Shi Miyuan was in power in the past, there was a saying that the Manchu Dynasty was full of Mingzhou, which shows that Shi Miyuan spared no effort to promote the township party. Therefore, the Shi family has great influence in Qingyuan Mansion, and there are many disciples, and Shi Yanzhi has been able to respond to every call. Therefore, the strength of the Qingyuan Prefecture regiment training army is also relatively strong, with no less than 15,000 people in the whole army, and the equipment is also quite sophisticated. There are not only a large number of armor and various crossbows, but also a lot of cannons and heavenly thunder arrows.

Jia Rudao raised his right hand and snorted: "With only 10,000 people, can you still block ten times the Ming army?" ”

Li Tingzhi smiled, shook his head and said, "Of course I can't stop it, but Shi Yanzhi is not a person who will sit still and wait to be killed, even if he is willing, they are afraid that the Sanming historian will not be able to...... At that time, he can only drive the army to Lin'an to join us. ”

This is no longer a normal command, it is completely a matter of mutual calculation and coercion among the military leaders, and the command is chaotic to this point, and the odds of winning this war are naturally unimaginable.

Jia Rudao counted with his fingers, there are almost 30,000 people in his hands who can fight, Li Tingzhi will bring another 36,000, and Shi Yanzhi may bring another 15,000...... That's almost 80,000 people. Lin'an City can be defended.

"Food, enough food?" Jia Rudao asked.

"Half a year's inventory can always be gathered," Liao Yingzhong replied, "Several large warehouses in Lin'an can always be filled after the autumn grain comes up, and if the Ming army besieges the city, it is a big deal to drive out the ordinary people in the city and let them eat the Ming army." In this way, the saved food will be enough for us to eat for a few years. ”

"Here's a way!" Jia Rudao said in a deep voice, "After the autumn harvest, we must transport the grain into Lin'an City as much as possible!" Even if you grab it, you have to grab the food! ”

Grab food? Outside the city of Lin'an, it seems that there is no field that belongs to the common people, right? Li Tingzhi and Liao Yingzhong glanced at each other, this Jia Rudao is really hard enough.

Jia Rudao then said: "Qunyu, is there a way to squeeze Tiandaozhuang?" ”

"It's already arranged," Liao Ying said in the middle, "Let the spies of the Imperial City Division pretend to be depositors and use the Heavenly Dao tickets we have confiscated to cash out the money." At the same time, the students also asked people to engrave the plate of the Heavenly Dao ticket, and printed millions of ......"

Liao Yingzhong is a master of book carving, and there are many skilled carvers at home, so it is naturally not difficult to carve out the version of the Tiandao ticket. Although it can't be exactly the same as the real one, it can still disrupt the financial order of the Ming Dynasty - if there are a large number of fake Tiandao tickets on the market, then there will be problems with the circulation function of Tiandao tickets! Those merchants who hold True Heavenly Dao tickets will also exchange Heavenly Dao tickets for real money.

"Good!" Jia Rudao clapped his hands, "The method of fake tickets is good!" Ying Long! ”

"The subordinates are here." Weng Yinglong replied with a forked hand.

"When will the 10,000-pound big gun be cast?"

"It will be cast before the end of the month!" Weng Yinglong replied. Jia Rudao is now very addicted to heavy artillery, and in two months, he ordered the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau of the Liangzhejiang Manufacturing Division to cast 10,000 catties of guns.

"How many are there?"

"I'm going to cast 10 doors at once, and if I'm lucky, I can make 2 doors." Weng Yinglong replied.

Ten thousand catties of big guns naturally cost more than 10,000 catties of bronze, and ten doors are more than 100,000 catties of bronze, which is about 20,000 catties of copper coins. If two doors are available, the scrapped eight doors can still be melted and reforged, but in the smelting process, there is still a loss of two or three percent. In other words, two 10,000-pound cannons consume at least 40,000 or 50,000 catties of bronze, not counting labor, this is the cost of casting cannons. It's not cheap, but for the Southern Song Dynasty, it's not to the point where it can't afford it.

Jia Rudao waved his hand violently, "When is it!" Still a little family? Ten thousand pounds of big guns cast hundreds of doors for me! ”

"Hundred doors? That cost at least 2.5 million catties of bronze...... There were only more than one million copper coins in Lin'an's treasury, and if so many cast cannons were to be taken out, the money to reward the soldiers would not be enough. ”

The regimental training army is also a mercenary, and it can't be done without copper coins!

"Then ask the rich people in the city to donate copper! The old man is also guarding the city for them! Jia Rudao paused, "The old man takes the lead and donates 100,000 yuan!" (To be continued......)