Zhu Dadian defended Jinhua City for three days, and it stands to reason that his letter for help should go to Fujian or Shaoxing Mansion.

But until the city was destroyed and martyred, Shaoxing Mansion did not receive any letter for help.

And the Longwu Dynasty has not been in contact with each other since they killed each other with Shaoxing Mansion.

As a result, he did not consider asking for help from the Shaoxing Mansion at all.

It was in such a ridiculous situation that Jinhua City was attacked by Duoduo and Fang Guoan.

As a consequence, the back of Shaoxing Mansion was installed by the Qing army with a thorn, a thorn in the heart.

Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

Before the Shaoxing Mansion could react to the fall of Jinhua, another bad news came.

On the battlefields of Wuchang and Jiujiang, the Ming army was defeated and routed in the south.

The Qing army marched south, Huguang all the way to Changde, and Jiangxi all the way to Raozhou.

Once the battlefields of Wuchang and Jiujiang were defeated, the consequences would not only be to move the battle line south, but also to encircle the entire Zhejiang army within the encirclement of the Qing army.

Wu Zheng was summoned and rushed to Shaoxing Mansion overnight.

"The minister has seen His Highness the Prison State."

When Wu Zheng arrived, the hall was already full of people, and even Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was sitting next to Zhu Yujiao.

Perhaps it was the urgency of the military situation or the first time to convene such a major military meeting, Zhu Yujiao asked directly in a little panic: "Lin Anbo, how to respond?" ”

Wu Zheng had no choice but to smile comfortingly at her and said, "The minister is here to discuss a safe strategy with the princes, and please don't worry." ”

Zhu Yihai said: "Jinhua Mansion fell into the hands of the Qing army, so Shaoxing Mansion has to bear the attack that will come at any time. ”

Zhang Guowei disagreed: "Jinhua Mansion is located in a key pass, and it is good to be able to recover it, but there are many priests in Jinhua City, I am afraid it is very difficult." Now the battlefield of Huguang and Jiangxi has been defeated, the Qing army has arrived at Raozhou Mansion, at this time send a large army to recover Jinhua, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of enemy troops in Jinhua City, can it be recovered, just say that the Qing army in Raozhou is reinforced, and then it will become a war of attrition, what strength does Shaoxing Mansion have to deal with the Qing army that is attacking from the north? ”

This is also true, now there are three main forces in Shaoxing Mansion, one is the Four Davids controlled by Zhu Yujiao, the second is Wang Zhiren's Department, and the third is Wu Zheng's Department.

In order to recover Jinhua City, it is necessary to draw a large army from these three people.

In this way, the defense power will naturally be reduced, and if there is a stalemate in Jinhua, then with the financial resources of Shaoxing Mansion, it will definitely not be able to afford it.

Zhu Yihai frowned and said, "What does Zhang Shangshu mean to sit back and watch the fall of Jinhua Mansion and ignore it?" ”

It was rare for the prince of Xingguo to open his mouth and say: "This prince thinks what Zhang Shangshu said is reasonable. Now Shaoxing Mansion is besieged on three sides, and the counties are occupied by the Qing army, which is commonplace, and if the army is recovered one by one, the Ming army has long been exhausted. ”

"You ......." Zhu Yihai didn't argue with Wang Zhiren after all.

Wang Zhiren said: "From my father's point of view, the Qing army occupied Jinhua and connected with Raozhou, which can no longer be stopped, and now the plan is how to keep Taiwan and Wenzhou." Hundreds of miles of Jinhua and Taizhou, if Duoduo rushes, I am afraid that it will fall in two or three days. ”

Zhang Guowei said: "Xingguo Gong's worries are reasonable, if Taizhou falls, the road to the south will be blocked, and Shaoxing Mansion will become an isolated city." ”

Sun Jiaji said: "I don't think Duoduo will attack Taizhou, although Jinhua is lost, but judging from the three days of the Qing army's slaughter of the city, the casualties of the Qing army are not small, and the people in Jinhua City may not resist." Jinhua was undecided, so he rushed to Taizhou, which is not very likely. ”

Xiong Rulin said: "What Sun Shilang said is extremely true, Duoduo is not a mediocre person, Jinhua is located in a key pass, he can naturally think that our dynasty will send troops to fight, at this time, he will not divide his troops to attack Taizhou." According to Xiong, Duoduo will wait for the Qing army in Raozhou to meet before making a move. ”

…… After some arguments and arguments, it is clear that the intention of recovering Jinhua has been ruled out.

It was just a discussion on how to consolidate the defenses of Taiwan and Wenzhou.

This made Wu Zheng very helpless.

In fact, Wu Zheng didn't want to recover Jinhua, because Jinhua to the south is the boundary of Fujian, for the Longwu Dynasty, the crisis is more urgent, and the sky should naturally be borne by the tall man, and the low man should be coaxed.

Now that the 100,000 troops of Shaoxing Mansion are attacking any city, it should not be a big problem to capture it.

But the question is, what about after the capture?

The bigger the territory, the more troops are needed, this is an obvious truth.

And Jinhua City has been beaten to pieces, plus the Tartars slaughtered the city in three days, it is obviously worth the loss to use all their strength to recover such a city.

Qian Sule spoke, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he pointed the finger at Wu Zheng.

"Does Lin Amber have a high opinion?"

Wu Zheng could only speak, "Gao Jian can't talk about it, just throw bricks and lead jade for the princes." ”

"Jinhua is occupied, and Shaoxing Mansion is exposed to the Tartar soldiers. Fortunately, the Tartars need to take into account the counterattack of the Longwu Dynasty, so in the short term, the probability of attacking Shaoxing Mansion is not large. But if you choose to sit idly by, the truth of cold lips and teeth is clear to all the princes. ”

Wang Zhiren opened his slightly squinted eyes and said, "Lin Anbo, I have something to say." ”

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "Okay." Then I'll say it directly, and my meaning is simple, just eight words. ”

"What are the eight characters?"

"You hit yours, I'll hit mine."

Wang Zhiren frowned and said, "You mean to replace defense with offense?" ”

"It's not a hit, but it's not far off. I don't care about defense, really wait until the Qing army launches a siege of Shaoxing Mansion, all defense is empty talk, since the Qing army is moving south, why can't I go north like a bamboo? ”

"You mean the Northern Expedition?" Wang Zhirenrao expected Wu Zheng's whimsy, and was also surprised by Wu Zheng's boldness.

"Exactly, although it is a bit arrogant to go on a northern expedition with 100,000 people, but to recover Fuzhou and Songjiang, and the troops are coming to Tianfu, this should not be arrogant, right?"

Everyone was stunned.

Yes, now the soldiers of Hangzhou Mansion have entered Jiaxing Mansion, which is only two or three hundred miles away from Suzhou and Songjiang.

It should be a no-brainer to recover these two prefectures.

But attacking Tianfu in the north, this is a bit ...... Arrogant.

Yingtianfu, as the former capital, has no defense capability comparable to Hangzhou, Jiaxing and other prefectures.

Therefore, the ministers in the hall never thought of counterattacking Ying Tianfu.

In their minds, what they think about the most is defense, how to hold this hard-won territory.

This is indeed a sadness.

Looking at the shocked expression, Wu Zheng said loudly: "The Qing army is invincible, and it is already a proud soldier, which I deeply understand after the battle of Hangzhou City. Although Hangzhou has 70,000 troops, most of these 70,000 troops are surrendered, and those who can really be sent to the battlefield are probably less than fifty percent. These people will be afraid of a strong enemy, but if they are used on the battlefield of the tailwind, they can fight bravely to kill the enemy. Instead of returning to Shaoxing Mansion and Duoduo to fight in Jinhua, it is better to go on a northern expedition to avoid the enemy's edge and attack the enemy's weakness, in order to encircle Wei and save Zhao's merits. ”