"Brother Lin, you are very good at managing the army." Wei Ze praised Lin Fengxiang at the gate of Fucheng. This is really not a kind word, Wei Ze has fought a lot of battles and accumulated rich experience in warfare. Even though Lin Fengxiang's troops were besieged for three months, they still had considerable combat effectiveness. This is not only the discipline of the army, nor is it only the blood of the troops just after the battle.

Weeser attaches the most importance to military training, and no matter how good a man is, it is impossible for the troops to suddenly burst out at a level of physical fitness that they simply cannot achieve. At least a third of Wei Ze's elite troops were able to fire five shots in a minute, and with the Qing army's suzhì, physical condition, it was impossible for them to come close and give Wei Ze's troops a substantial blow anyway. But in front of Wei Ze, the troops led by Lin Fengxiang could do it. Even if they would suffer heavy casualties, Lin Fengxiang's troops would still be able to make Wei Ze's troops pay the price with their lives.

Even knowing this, Wei Ze did not have the slightest fear. After this series of battles, even if there are fierce generals like Lin Fengxiang, there are troops under Lin Fengxiang who have experienced expeditions and hardships. Wei Ze still thought that he only needed to pay a small price to solve Lin Fengxiang and his subordinates.

Of course, Weeser was just thinking about it. Whether it is one's own or the enemy, one can't help but think about whether or not one can win the battle, which is really a hopeless disposition in a man's personality. Even if Weezer would never make a move to a comrade in the trench, he could not completely solve his own fighting spirit in his mind.

"Brother Wei, I didn't wait for you to rush to Fucheng, so I came to you by myself!" Lin Fengxiang said in a somewhat heavy tone.

"What's wrong? Was there a big loss when breaking through? Wei Ze hurriedly asked.

Lin Fengxiang saw that Wei Ze's attitude was quite serious when he asked, and he smiled bitterly: "That's not true, I'm ready to break through a long time ago, Brother Wei, after you capture Fucheng, the Qing demons in Tianjin didn't dare to stop us, as soon as we left the camp, the Qing demons dispersed." We walked to Fucheng with such a swagger. ”

Wei Ze breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that there are no casualties, and you don't have to worry about running out of firewood." If you fail to defeat Beijing this time, you may not be able to defeat it next time. Brother Lin doesn't have to be in a hurry. ”

After finishing speaking, Wei Ze invited Lin Fengxiang into the city. Fucheng was once the stronghold of the Qing army besieging the Taiping army, and Shengbao, the minister of the Qin Mission, who was divided by Wei Ze, once led a heavy army to be stationed here. When Wei Ze went north, the Qing army in Fucheng turned into Rufeng and went to "defend Beijing", leaving a large number of tents and other materials in the city.

At the banquet for Lin Fengxiang and other generals, Li Kaifang asked Wei Ze with a serious attitude: "Brother Wei, doesn't the king of the east want us to go on a northern expedition?" ”

It was difficult for Wei Ze to answer this question directly, and Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, did not mean this. The Northern Expedition was a strategic setting that Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, attached great importance to, and even when Wei Ze came to the rescue, Yang Xiuqing asked Wei Ze to continue the Northern Expedition as much as possible after rescuing the vanguard of the Northern Expedition.

However, Wei Ze felt that the Northern Expedition strategy was quite a nonsense strategy, and at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy was still to map the south first, and then implement the Northern Expedition. Where have all the dynasties seen the thing of clinging to the Northern Expedition before gaining a firm foothold in the south. Of course, it can't be said that there is none, and everything that does so is basically finished. Therefore, Wei Ze resolutely did not support the idea of continuing the Northern Expedition now.

Before trying to subdue Li Kaifang, Wei Ze decided to determine Lin Fengxiang's attitude first. There is no point in arguing over such strategic issues, and no matter what the reasons or excuses are, the parties have basically already determined their own positions and then found reasons based on them.

The last thing Wei Ze wants at this time is to waste time, if even Lin Fengxiang supports the continuation of the Northern Expedition, then Wei Ze doesn't have to make any persuasion efforts at all. At this time, time is countless times more precious than any gem, and it is impossible for the Northern Expeditionary Army to stay stupidly in Fucheng.

Looking at Lin Fengxiang, Wei Ze said with a straight face: "Brother Lin, what are your plans?" ”

Lin Fengxiang showed a look of embarrassment, he knew what Wei Ze's attitude was, and he knew that Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan both advocated carrying out the Northern Expedition. So far, although the Northern Expeditionary Army has suffered certain setbacks, they are all small setbacks, the Northern Expeditionary Army's troop losses are very small, and even because of being trapped, the cohesion and obedience of the troops have been greatly improved. If we only look at it from the favorable side, the Northern Expeditionary Army regained the initiative in the campaign after receiving reinforcements. Wei Ze is a fierce general, and Lin Fengxiang knows how well Wei Ze can fight. Not to mention the previous achievements, just look at Wei Ze's ability to break through the Qing army along the way and conquer Fucheng.

However, because he knew Wei Ze's thoughts and Wei Ze's ability, Lin Fengxiang was in a very embarrassing situation. The most capable troops asked to retreat, while the most incapable troops asked to continue fighting, but the most incapable troops Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan were Lin Fengxiang's closest old brothers, which made it difficult for Lin Fengxiang to determine which side he should stand on to speak.

Seeing that Lin Fengxiang did not jump out to oppose it with a clear attitude, Wei Ze breathed a sigh of relief, and he said: "You have all fought Nanjing, there are only many Qing troops in Nanjing, and after I captured Yuhuatai, the Qing army is hiding in the city." But even so, how much effort did you spend on fighting Nanjing. As for Beijing, there must be 30,000 or 40,000 Qing troops guarding the city alone, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 Qing troops outside the city, including Seng Lingqin. We can't take Beijing. ”

Judging from Lin Fengxiang and Ji Wenyuan's slight nodding movements, they compared Wei Ze's point of view. However, Li Kaifang was still unconvinced, and he argued: "Even so, as long as Beijing is captured, or even if Beijing is not captured, the East King will send reinforcements to come!" ”

"Even if the king of the east sends a large number of reinforcements, we will capture Beijing. So what do you think will change after we take Beijing? Weser asked.

"This ......" Li Kaifang didn't think so far ahead, and when Wei Ze asked him like this, he also groaned a little.

"Bring the map!" Wei Ze ordered.

What came up was a map of China, and Wei Ze pointed to Beijing on the map and said, "Everyone, even if we conquer Beijing, do you think the Qing Demon will be defeated?" The Qing demons can withdraw to Chengde, they can go to Xi'an, and no matter how bad they are, they can still run to Guanwai. I can tell you clearly, we just order the people, and we don't know the arrangement of the Qing Demon, where the Qing Demon Emperor will go, we can't grasp it. ”

"What if it's defending the city?" Ji Wenyuan couldn't help but favor Li Kaifang again.

Wei Ze couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, "Hehe, you were all killed from Yangzhou before the Northern Expedition, and in Yangzhou for a few months, have you heard of Caoyun?" ”

"Know a little." Ji Wenyuan told the truth.

Wei Ze ordered his staff officer to find a map of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, "You see, most of the people walking on this canal are grain. The Manchu Qing Dynasty's food supply in Beijing was almost entirely dependent on the outside, and we waited in Beijing, and not only the officers and troops directly under Beijing came up to fight with us like moths to a fire, but also the Qing troops from other provinces would also be mobilized to fight with us. And the most important thing is that Beijing's grain needs to be transported from other cities, and we don't have much food ourselves, how long do you think we can hold on? ”

Lin Fengxiang seemed to be persuaded by Wei Ze, but Li Kaifang still had a stiff mouth, and he argued: "Qing demons can't fight any battles......

"If the Qing Demon can't fight, how can you be blocked by the Qing Demon outside Tianjin City for so long and can't move?" Weser was also really running out of patience, and what he said was already very unkind.

This is a reality, the Northern Expeditionary Army has not yet captured Beijing, but it is already powerless outside Tianjin. It's just that Wei Ze said it so bluntly, which hurt his feelings. But Wei Ze showed no signs of maintaining his feelings, his expression became more stern, and his voice became louder, "In this situation, we can't defeat Beijing, and we can't destroy the Manchus if we defeat Beijing, and we can't hold Beijing after we defeat Beijing." So which of you can sue me, why do we continue to attack Beijing? ”

Lin Fengxiang and Ji Wenyuan were silent in the end, only Li Kaifang still muttered: "The East King has an order!" ”

"Humph!" Wei Ze sneered, "Since the East King has an order, I am now the King of Qi who is the Prince of the East King, and I have the highest position in our army. If you have any grievances, when we return to Tianjing alive, we will talk to the king of the east. At that time, you don't have to be taboo, no matter how I force you to return to the teacher, you can sue the king of the east. However, now I sue you as the king of Qi, and you will return to my teacher immediately! Out Now! ”

Li Kaifang finally stopped talking, although Ji Wenyuan was also a little unhappy, but he obviously didn't have the courage to resist Wei Ze. As for Lin Fengxiang, he looked relieved. Lin Fengxiang's appearance made Wei Ze quite happy, the three main generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army were all prime ministers, and they were all subordinates of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, and they were all valued by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east. Among these three prime ministers, the most valued by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, is undoubtedly Lin Fengxiang.

Even without Lin Fengxiang's support, Wei Ze believes that he can cope with the past. Even if the Northern Expedition is not successful, as long as the Northern Expeditionary Army is still there, then the Northern Expedition can be repeated after the subordinates are rectified. But if the Northern Expeditionary Army is gone, everything will be in vain. Wei Ze firmly believes that Yang Xiuqing can be very clear about this.

Of course, with Lin Fengxiang's support, Wei Ze was even more afraid of Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan's attacks. Their opinions could not influence Yang Xiuqing's will.

With a tough attitude, Wei Ze subdued the three core generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army. After eating, Wei Ze immediately ordered the three of them to lead the troops to Linqing.

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