Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said, "Da Mu, what you said does make sense. But Ningbo is so close to Zhoushan, are you really at ease? General Gan is indeed loyal, but now there are only 10,000 people in Zhoushan, if Shi Lang leads his troops to attack, can he really hold it? If the relatives of the soldiers were killed by the Eastern Captives, have you ever thought about the consequences? ”

"Of course I know this, but I don't think Shi Lang has the courage to attack Zhoushan at all!"

Zheng Chenggong said very firmly: "Brother Cangshui, if we look forward and look backward, we won't be able to do great things. You can't have both ends of a rope, you have to have a choice. ”

"I'm afraid that this choice will have irreparable consequences."

Zhang Huangyan paused and said, "Why don't you think about it carefully?" ”

"Don't think about it, I have made up my mind, and I will concentrate my forces to attack Anqing first. Only when Anqing is laid down, my heart is at peace. ”

Zheng Chenggong's attitude on this matter was very resolute, and he did not give Zhang Huangyan a chance to express his opinion at all.

"Brother Cangshui, I'm going to review the army. Tomorrow morning, we will start now! ”

With that, Zheng Chenggong turned around and left.

"Big Wood!"

Zhang Huangyan wanted to persuade again, but Zheng Chenggong had already gone away, so he had to shake his head helplessly.

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Zhejiang, Ningbo Prefecture.

A group of high-ranking officials of the Qing court gathered together, and the atmosphere was very awkward.

Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, was the largest, and seeing that it was not a way to go on like this, he cleared his throat and said: "This governor summoned you today to discuss a countermeasure. Although Zheng Thief now occupies Nanjing, he does not actually control any important towns except Guazhou and Zhenjiang. As long as we gather our forces to attack, we still have a chance to recapture Nanjing. ”

Admiral Guan of Jiangning hurriedly continued: "What the Governor said is right, Zheng Thief is desperate to lead his troops to take Nanjing, which is the time for pride and complacency. They must be unprepared at the moment. General Mandoroni of Anqing Mansion has 30,000 elite soldiers, and if we attack Nanjing on two fronts, we will definitely be able to defeat the Zheng thief. ”

The two sang and harmonized, which was naturally said to the officials in Ningbo.

Lang Tingzuo meant to mobilize all the troops of Shaoxing, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Huzhou and other prefectures, and put together an army of 100,000 people to march towards Nanjing.

Only in this way can the mouth of the court and the emperor be blocked.

Otherwise, with the loss of Nanjing, the emperor would have a reason to take off his head.

Nowadays, it is not important whether Nanjing can be recovered quickly, the most important thing is to show a positive attitude.

"Your Excellency the Governor, there will be a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

At this moment, Shi Lang suddenly spoke.

"What does General Shi suggest?"

Lang Tingzuo forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, he didn't want to hear different opinions at all at the moment.

"The last general feels that attacking Nanjing at this time is not a good choice."

As soon as these words came out, civil and military officials began to discuss one after another.

"Tell me about it."

"Now the focus of Zheng Thief's defense is definitely concentrated near Nanjing, and it is difficult for us to take advantage of the attack at this time. Even if Nanjing can be recaptured in the end, it will definitely suffer heavy losses. At that time, the imperial court will definitely blame the governor. If you want to win, you have to think of something else. As the saying goes, attacking the heart is the best, and the last general will have a plan to mess with the hearts of Zheng thieves. ”

Lang Tingzuo hates Shi Lang's routine of saying half and half left, isn't this appetizing?

"All of you here are trustworthy colleagues, so General Shi will say it directly."

"Yes!"

Shi Lang paused for a moment and said with a smile: "The last general heard that when Zheng Thief led his troops to attack Nanjing at the beginning of this year, he brought the soldiers' families with him. But this time, when the Ming thieves attacked Nanjing again, they didn't seem to see the families of these soldiers. So, where did the families of these soldiers go? It's impossible to disappear into thin air, right? ”

Lang Tingzuo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and urged: "Keep talking." ”

"As far as the last general knows, Zheng Thief settled the families of these soldiers in Zhoushan. Pirates are pirates after all, wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, and dogs travel thousands of miles to eat. Zheng thief, it's a dog that can't change eating, so it's just a little pattern. ”

Shi Lang stopped to observe Lang Tingzuo's expression, and saw that Lang Tingzuo showed a satisfied look, so he continued: "The last general still knows Zheng Thief very well, Zheng Thief is closer to the island and reef from the bones, and feels safe on the island. In addition, when he attacked Nanjing at the beginning of the year, he suffered a big loss with his family, and he said that he would not bring his family with him this time. He felt that he could rest easy by settling his family in Zhoushan, but if we crossed the sea to attack it, Zhoushan would be at our fingertips. ”

Guan Xiaozhong frowned and interrupted: "It's just a Zhoushan, how can it be compared with Nanjing." If the emperor knew that after we lost Nanjing, we would not think about counterattacking but going to Zhoushan in the first place, and he would definitely be furious. ”

"Don't be busy denying the last general, and listen to what the last general has to say."

Shi Langpi smiled and said: "Actually, the purpose of attacking Zhoushan is not to control these islands and reefs, but to control the families of those soldiers. What would Zheng Chenggong think if he learned that the thief's family was in our hands? What will his soldiers think? I don't think it's far from the chaos of the army. ”

When Lang Tingzuo heard this, he immediately praised and applauded.

This Shi Lang is really a vicious and ruthless person. Why didn't he see it in the first place?

Shi Lang's analysis does make sense.

All people are flesh and blood, and it is impossible to really jump out of the Three Realms and not in the Five Elements.

The families of these Ming soldiers are also human beings, so they naturally have their own emotions.

The most vulnerable part of a person is often not himself, but his loved ones.

When one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, he naturally dares to fight and rush, and he feels that there is nothing he can't let go.

But after starting a family, the most vulnerable part of their hearts will always hook them.

When Zheng Thief heard the news, he couldn't suppress it even if he wanted to. I see, ah, it's not far from the soldiers mutiny. ”

"That's a brilliant plan."

Guan Xiaozhong also came back to his senses at this moment, and praised repeatedly: "In this case, we should attack Zhoushan as soon as possible." By the way, General Shi, how is your sailor? Can you afford to fight? ”

Shi Lang said with a smile: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days is a while. Although the last general did not train for as long as a thousand days, there were still 100 days. Now the sailors in the hands of the last general are only slightly inferior to the main force of Zheng Thief, but it is not difficult to deal with some old and weak soldiers. Moreover, the main island of Zhoushan is actually not difficult to attack, and the thieves can't defend it at all! ”

"Good!"

When Lang Tingzuo heard that Shi Lang was so confident, he also had confidence in his heart.

With General Shi's words, the governor will be able to make up his mind. Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Chenggong, don't you want to do something that people in the world dare not do, this governor will let you know the price of being young and frivolous! ”

Lang Tingzuo glanced at the civil and military generals, and said in a deep voice: "Pass on the order of the governor, immediately assemble the sailors, and go to sea early tomorrow morning to attack Zhoushan!" ”

Shi Lang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

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