The sentence that the prince has become an adult is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for He Feihu, and his mother pointed out another possibility to him, Mrs. He immediately used the dispute between the crown prince and the Fu King of the Wanli Emperor as an example, because the prince has become an adult, and Huangshi has no concubine for a long time, so everyone has made a political investment in the son, that is, Huangshi himself has worked hard to cultivate the prince for many years, and Huang Naiming has accumulated strong network capital. Even if Huangshi has the heart to support his son-in-law now, Mrs. He thinks that she is powerless in the face of the son who has become a party member, at least she can't make a decisive decision.

"Sooner or later, this world will belong to the Duke of Qi, and the position of today's prince is tomorrow's prince." Mrs. He felt that Mrs. Huang would definitely not give up, and the son's mother had been dead for so many years, and the son was not by her side all the year round, so the closer to Huang Shi must be the son-in-law. ”

After Bao Bowen was nominated by Qi Gong as Minister of Industry (in He Feihu's understanding, this is the meaning of Shangshu, and Qi Gong's name change is just to continue to show the world the authority of the ruling minister and the determination to replace the former Ming), Bao Bowen has the intention to let his two sons and seven sons-in-law go to the Ministry of Industry as temporary staff officers, both of whom were their father's helpers, and these sons-in-law were also handsome in the industry of Funing Town, and were later recruited by Bao Bowen as his daughter's husband. But Duke Qi resolutely refused, not only did Bao Bowen not dare to ask for any official positions, but even the adviser and staff officer of the Temporary Ministry of Industry did not agree, and ordered Bao Bowen to persuade his relatives to find a future in a private enterprise outside the government.

"Because Bao Yuanlang and Shizi are too close......" He Feihu said slowly, He Feihu had never thought about this before his mother reminded him.

Mrs. He nodded, and asked again, "Why did Duke Qi choose you?" ”

He Feihu has never served in Funing Town, initially Nanyang used some of the strength of the Funing Army, and he and Huang Naiming did not meet at that time, and then He Feihu has been commanding the cantonment regiment that obeys the orders of the council, although a large number of his subordinates have been trained in Funing Town, but in the end it is still a layer away, and every time the cantonment regiment borrows ships and troops from Funing Town, Yang Zhiyuan also spends money, and never asks for nothing - Yang Zhiyuan is not a member of the Funing system, He Feihu knows that he and Shi Ce receive orders directly from Huangshi, Although Yang Zhiyuan undoubtedly has more trust, and many orders to Funing are also conveyed by him (Zhendonghou did not have the right to command Funing Town at the beginning, but can only control it remotely), but strictly speaking, it is still a parallel system.

"No wonder Qi Gong said: I have never been a member of the group, and I have never been before." He Feihu was already somewhat convinced, and his mother's explanation was far more convincing than Huangshi's statement.

"It's the Shizi Group." Mrs. He reminded: "Isn't the Qing Yuan a person from Duke Qi?" If the Qing Yuan was not, how could Duke Qi give them so much power? ”

"But," He Feihu understood what his mother was saying—the Qing Yuan was a henchman cultivated by Duke Qi for his son-in-law, but he was still a little puzzled: "Why didn't Duke Qi tell me clearly?" ”

"Duke Qi has already made it clear to you, tiger poison doesn't eat children, Duke Qi doesn't want to harm the prince, even if Emperor Xian set up King Fu at the beginning, he will definitely let the prince be a prince of peace, Duke Qi just wants to weaken the prince's henchmen, and doesn't want to hurt his own son." Mrs. He thought that although the position of commander of the Northern Expedition was prominent, it seemed to be an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but if it was dealt with properly, it could also discredit a person, and she repeatedly admonished: "Wu'er must keep this in mind, earnestly!" ”

……

"The order given to our army by the Qing Yuan is to wait for an opportunity to seize Nanjing, and the young marshal orders us to maintain the pressure corresponding to Tianfu," He Feihu made a summary statement to the officers of the Sixth Army: "No matter which order it is, if the Sixth Army suffers heavy losses, it will be impossible to complete it if it is easily suppressed by the Shun army in Changzhou." The first task of our Sixth Army is to preserve itself, and as long as we have strong forces and do not suffer losses, then we will not only seize the strength of Nanjing, but also maintain the pressure of Tianfu. ”

Based on the above reasons, He Feihu ordered the Sixth Army to be on strict alert, and the main force did not press on the border of Yingtianfu but stuck to Changzhou.

When the staff officer began to prepare the plan according to this order, He Feihu returned to his barracks and once again opened the Shunjun textbook compiled by Xu Ping.

"Since the Battle of Lanyang, General Xu has been looking for the focus of the enemy army in every battle, he is always looking for a key point that can turn the overall situation around, and then put all his strength into this point, he doesn't care very much about those places that are insignificant to the battle situation, even if there is an opportunity to bully the weak with the strong, he is not enthusiastic." He Feihu repeatedly pondered Xu Ping's combat style, savoring the thinking patterns that emerged from Xu Ping's words: "Unlike Qi Gong, General Xu seems to think that accumulating small victories into big victories is a waste of time, and he attaches great importance to the final word. Yes, General Xu is different from Qi Gong, he can't accumulate small victories into big victories, he really can't afford to consume them, but this is already his style. ”

"As long as the pressure from Ying Tianfu is not great, he will definitely try his best to draw troops to prevent the young marshal from outflanking Jiangbei, and will risk leaving only the least defensive force in Nanjing, because the young marshal's strength advantage General Xu will eventually suffer heavy losses, and he will have to draw the few remaining troops from Nanjing to replenish the consumption. At this time, I will attack fiercely, and the Sixth Army of the Qing Yuan will seize Nanjing instead of the young marshal, and then cooperate with the young marshal to annihilate General Xu to share the honor, and the young marshal has also suffered a lot of vitality because he has borne the main force of General Xu for a long time, and the strength of the Qing Yuan can compete with the young marshal. He Feihu made his own decision.

……

Guards Battalion, Armored Battalion, Avant-garde Battalion, Rear Guard Battalion, Marksman Battalion, Sniper Battalion and Nutao Battalion (Second Cavalry Battalion), in addition to the Sanxi Battalion, the commanders of the elite units of Dashun gathered together, Xu Ping looked at these senior officers in front of him, in addition to Li Laiheng, Liu Zongmin, Chen Zhe and others, there were also commanders of various battalions and wings, and laughed: "Except for the King of Jin and the Marquis of Jingjiang, the heroes of Dashun are all in my small tent." ”

Because Huguang's Shun army's counterattack went smoothly, Li Zicheng had already issued an edict to give Huguang the position of Marquis of Yu Shenhe, and now the people in the camp also have high or low titles, only Xu Ping has nothing, and Shun Ting is obviously unwilling to give him a low-level title - this will be an insult, and of course the prince cannot be restored immediately before an inch of merit has been made.

"I am glad to hear that the general has come to command us, and the officers and men of the three armies are all cheering," Li Laiheng, the grandson of the king of Dashun, was overflowing with excitement, and the news of Xu Ping's arrival in Jiangpu had spread all over the north and south of the river, and the morale of the officers and men of Shun was unprecedentedly high, and the officers also ordered to kill cattle and sheep for their subordinates to celebrate. Although Xu Ping only has the status of the governor of Shandong and Nanjing at the moment, and not a general, no one feels inappropriate for Li Laiheng to call him like this: "Just wait for the general's order to go and attack the Ming bandits!" ”

Xu Ping asked the staff officer to spread out the map for everyone, it was a topographic map of Anqing Mansion and Luzhou Mansion, he no longer greeted but immediately explained to everyone: "Today's danger lies in the west and not in the east, in the north of the river and not in the south of the Yangtze River!" I will immediately lead the army to relieve the siege of Anqing and Luzhou...... The Jiangnan army was ordered to cross the river immediately, and we must send troops as soon as possible without a moment's delay. ”

In the statement just now, Xu Ping explained that all the field forces of Yingtianfu should be transferred and sent to Anqing without leaving any land, and as for the local troops and militia groups, they should also participate in the transportation of materials for the city of Nanjing, transport craftsmen, workshops, and stocks to Jiangbei for protection, and at the same time temporarily shoulder the responsibility of defending the Yangtze River.

"Is the general going to give up Nanjing without a fight?" Li Laiheng asked in surprise, he had put a lot of effort into deploying Yingtianfu's defenses, and Xu Ping's order was to abandon all the strongholds along with Nanjing.

"He Feihu's eleventh town and twelfth town, well, now they are called divisions, these two divisions plus He Feihu's guards have a total of 30,000 people, Nanjing is so big, I just leave 10,000 people may not be able to save everything, in this case, why keep people, do you want to give it to him for nothing?" Xu Ping asked all units to start preparations immediately, and immediately set off to cross the river, and the guards battalion immediately set off as the vanguard with the armored battalion after a short rest.

"Abandon Nanjing ...... without a fight" Chen Zhe, Liu Zongmin, and the commanders of the guards and sniper battalions did not react because they had communicated with Xu Ping earlier, but the Jiangnan Shun army, which had been defending in Yingtianfu for several months, seemed very hesitant, not considering the military and economic value of the city, and the mere political meaning was enough to make people feel that they could not be so hasty.

A moment later, Li Laiheng asked on behalf of Nanjing Shunjun: "General, the imperial court has clearly ordered to hold Nanjing, has the general informed the imperial court of this matter?" ”

"Outside, the military order is not subject to it, and in addition, to report to the imperial court is to report to Nanming," Xu Ping has always said that he will obey the order to resolutely resist in Nanjing and wait for backup, but today he clearly told everyone here: "When our army sets off, I will immediately send an eight-hundred-mile rush to inform the Lord and the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

"Now the Ming army surrounds Anqing and Luzhou with 30,000 troops in two towns, and the two prefectures are completely under their world, in addition to these two towns, Qi Shizi also has another four towns under his command, plus the direct command is estimated to have 70,000 people." The commander of the armored battalion said with some concern that the tens of thousands of Shun troops in Luzhou and Anqing were surrounded in the city and could not send reinforcements, nor could they collect intelligence for the reinforcements, even if Xu Ping searched for the field forces in the north and south of the Kongjiang River, there were about 40,000 of them. Attacking the enemy's army in enemy territory does not seem to be very likely to break the siege.

"Maybe we have a better way," Li Laiheng didn't have time to report something to Xu Ping, he took out a document from his bosom and handed it to the other party: "General, the last general thinks that he can attack the Ming army in Changzhou first." ”

When Xu Ping looked down at the document, Li Laiheng roughly introduced the situation to Chen Zhe and Liu Zongmin: "Qi Shizi clearly ordered Chen Wei, the chief military officer of the 11th town under He Feihu, to lead troops along the river from east to west...... Tang Desheng, the chief military officer of the twelfth town, ...... from south to north The intention is to use the strength of the two towns to attack Yingtianfu before the general crosses the river, and deter our army from daring to ...... west."

Liu Zongmin was very surprised when he heard it, because Li Laiheng's intelligence was very accurate, and the strength and movements of the Ming army were not vague at all, so he couldn't help but ask: "How did you know this?" ”

"The Ming army is too paralyzed and careless." Li Laiheng laughed and said, he intercepted a team of Ming army envoys, and found the detailed orders of the Ming army from the other party: "This is a confirmation order, it is to reconfirm the military order that has been issued to the Ming army in Changzhou before, and it is really heaven to help me to write down such an important order in such detail." ”

"It can't be a ploy, right?" Liu Zongming asked.

"It's not like a ploy," Chen Zhe had already taken the first page of Xu Ping's reading and looked at it, and his intuition told him that this was a real military plan: "If He Feihu is really carrying out this order......

Chen Zhe felt that there was a good chance to inflict heavy losses on the Ming army in Changzhou, and then take advantage of the situation to surround them in Changzhou, even if they could not be annihilated, they would greatly boost the morale of the Shun army, and there would be a great chance that the Ming army would become harmless and thus gain greater freedom of action - and the best thing was that there was no need to abandon Nanjing.

"Humph!" Before Chen Zhe finished speaking, Xu Ping suddenly slapped the unfinished military plan on the table, and the way the order was described gave him a sense of familiarity at the beginning, until he remembered that the Changqing Battalion had also been recorded on paper like this. The format is not exactly the same, but the tone and thoughts of the command are as traceable as handwriting, and everyone saw the burning anger in Xu Ping's eyes: "Send troops immediately and go to Anqing to clean up the old thief of Jin Qiude!" ”

Everyone was taken aback by Xu Ping's sudden outburst of temper, and even Zhou Dongtian felt strange - he hadn't seen the information in Zhong Guinian's hand.

"Immediately send troops!"

Xu Ping roared again, but no one answered him, and almost all of them had a thought at the same moment: they would not raise troops because of anger.

In particular, it seemed that it was a good opportunity to give up: first weaken the Ming army on one side while ensuring that Nanjing was not lost, and then concentrate on dealing with the long-driving Ming army Ling's wing, which, if successful, would bring the tide of battle into the orbit familiar to Xu Ping and Shun's army...... Xu Ping, on the other hand, seemed to intend to disobey the imperial court's orders, first giving up important places that were almost impossible to lose, and then leading his army to take the initiative to attack the powerful groups in the enemy's territory.

"I don't think General He will be a person who unconditionally enforces military orders," Xu Ping saw everyone's doubts, and he forced himself to calm down and began to explain: "I am completely unfamiliar with these two town commanders under General He, or the young man who calls the division commander according to Nanming's name. ”

"They heard that they still learned the general's military books." Someone said.

"Yes, I've heard about it too, so I'm fighting them, I'm in the light, they're in the dark, I'm going to be more cautious. And the gang in the west," Xu Ping waved contemptuously in the direction of Anqing on the map: "I'm more sure of them." ”

"The most important thing is: if we want to turn the tide of the war, we must defeat the four towns under the command of Qi Shizi, it is useless to only consume the two towns of General He, once Anqing and Luzhou are lost, the Ming army will be able to draw out the troops of the two towns. Moreover...... "Xu Ping saw a report of the Nanming Constituent Assembly before he came, which mentioned that this year's industrial output value of Nanming has reached 15/1000 of the total output value.

After Xu Ping said this number, some officers who understood the meaning of this number immediately smacked their tongues, and Li Laiheng immediately asked Chen Zhe: "How many are there in Shandong?" ”

"I haven't calculated according to their method," Chen Zhe said hesitantly, "But if you use their algorithm, Shandong can probably have five thousandths, right?" ”

From Chen Zhe's tone, everyone could hear that he himself had little confidence in his words, Shandong was already an extremely industrially developed area under the rule of the Shun army, much stronger than Henan and other places.

"This is bragging!" Lee Lai Heng instinctively denied this information.

For Huangshi, he doesn't think there is anything in this output value ratio, which is probably the level of the early Westernization Movement, and now China is not like the Manchu Qing Dynasty in his previous life, when it could be imported industrially and the Southern Ming Dynasty had to rely on its own development, from the perspective of British development, it may be able to increase to more than 10 percent of the total output value after 50 years. (Nanming is worse than the international situation when Britain developed industry, and there are no countries such as France in the surrounding area, and there is absolutely no industrial input but industrial output.) ）

But for Xu Ping, this is already unimaginably developed, Zhou Dongtian shook his head and said: "I have checked it repeatedly, it doesn't look like bragging." ”

"That is to say, Nanming's productivity is about 20 times that of our Dashun, that is, for every gun we make, Nanming can make 20 guns, and for every pound of gunpowder we produce, they can produce 20 catties." Xu Ping raised his voice slightly and said: "We can't win by slowly consuming He Feihu's two towns, and then slowly consuming the Qi Shizi army, Nanming will continue to replenish their consumption, and we will be dragged down and grinded to death." To turn the tide of the war, we must quickly defeat the four towns of Qi Shizi, relieve the siege of Anqing and Luzhou, and then turn around against He Feihu without stopping for a moment, destroy the Ming army and regain Zhejiang, and attack Fujian to defeat them before the Southern Ming can arm more soldiers. ”

"Give up Nanjing, the whole army marches west!" After Xu Ping gave the order this time, everyone in the tent immediately responded,

……

The messenger with Xu Ping's haste had just departed, and galloped north to deliver his report to Shun Ting, in which Xu Ping explained to King Shun and the prime minister his determination to be desperate.

The Guards Battalion and the Armored Battalion had lined up in a neat formation, waiting for Xu Ping's review and lecture, and the main forces of several other battalions had also crossed the Yangtze River. At the same time, he made full use of the important materials for the relocation of Nanjing by the people and the local army, and he estimated that he would have a little time, and the Ming army would have to wait a while longer to judge that he was indeed singing an empty city plan, and then he would enter Nanjing, and as for the pace of pursuing him, he would lag behind greatly because of the acceptance of Ying Tianfu.

"General, please review the three armies."

After the guard's voice, Xu Ping walked slowly to the general platform, and in the military formation in front of him, Hu Chen, Gao Chengcang and other people who had just returned to the team after hearing that they had been pardoned were also looking at their commander.

"Wu Wang Chitose!"

I don't know who shouted the first first, followed by the enthusiastic salute of tens of thousands of people: "Chitose!" His Royal Highness Chitose! ”

"Our goal is Quanzhou." Xu Ping completed the mobilization of his one sentence: "Go!" ”

"The general is so courageous." The team rolled to the west, Chen Zhe whispered compliments behind his back, he found that if he said at this moment that he was going to meet the local army or to relieve the siege, it would inevitably make the soldiers feel that the road ahead would be difficult, and Xu Ping's slogan was much more powerful, and Zhou Dongtian, who thought of going with him, also praised: "Take the law from the top." ”

"You two are about victory—" Xu Ping glanced back at the two of them, and since seeing the report of the Constituent Assembly on military expansion and production, the two of them have become more and more pessimistic day by day: "Have you lost confidence?" ”

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