Chapter 462 Sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight

"Head, let's have a cup of tea first,"

At this time, Xia Bomin's guards served tea cups to them one by one, and Xia Bomin, who had not spoken much, said with a smile, "The authentic Longjing is produced on Shifeng Mountain. ”

"Okay."

Lin Xiao smiled and picked up the tea cup, made a long voyage, and rode ashore for more than ten miles, and he was indeed a little thirsty.

As soon as the lid of the cup was lifted, a faint fresh and tender fragrance wafted to the tip of his nose, and Lin Xiao couldn't help but sniffle, enjoying the familiar taste of green tea.

If Lin Xiao has any hobbies, drinking tea is the biggest hobby, after marching and fighting, whenever he has time to sit down and think about problems, the guards don't forget to make him a pot of good tea.

However, since the crossing of more than a year, he has rarely drunk green tea, although South China is a tea producing area, but the locals are accustomed to drinking black tea and oolong tea, and rarely see green tea that is not resistant to storage.

However, as a native of southern Jiangsu, Lin Xiao drank the most in later generations, naturally the green tea of his hometown, among which Biluochun was the best, but he also tasted Hangzhou West Lake Longjing, which ranked first among the top ten famous teas in China, and he was no stranger to the unique fragrance of special Longjing tea - although in later generations, the authentic goods that were really produced in Shifeng Mountain, people at his level must be blessed to taste.

Lin Xiao pursed his mouth with great enjoyment, carefully blew the mouth of the cup, and watched with great interest the delicate leaves tumbling up and down in the shallow green tea soup.

Although the tea cup in the hand is not a transparent glass, at a glance, in the white porcelain cup, the color of the tea soup is tender green and bright, and the delicate tea leaves are flat and straight......

Lin Xiao took a sip, and in the clear aroma, there was a sweet taste with a faint tender chestnut taste, which suddenly filled his teeth and cheeks......

Lin Xiao couldn't help but close his eyes slightly, and let the fresh and mellow tea soup stay between his teeth and cheeks and the base of his tongue for a few seconds before swallowing it gently.

Although the early summer of July has long passed the season of new tea, the one in this cup is obviously the best Longjing, which should have all kinds of color, fragrance and taste, which is better than the so-called new tea he tasted in later generations......

couldn't help but take a few more sips, Lin Xiao put down the teacup and talked about business, he asked in a deep voice, "Is there something...... I don't know the situation, so you can introduce it and give me your opinions. ”

"What?"

"Nanjing...... What is the current situation? Do we want to make a move, and how are we going to do it? ”

"This thing,"

Li Tao smiled, and also took a sip of the teacup, only then did he not hurry, and said in a chattering voice, "My opinion...... Stand still, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

"Still?"

Lin Xiao's brows jumped, as if he didn't understand what Li Tao meant.

"I think so too, head,"

At this time, Xia Bomin saw the opportunity to interject, "Lao Li discussed this matter with us...... At present, the Qing army retreated to Jiangbei, the main force fled to the Hefei area, Hong Chengchou swept away the grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River, but the two Ming armies did not want to forge ahead, not only did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but confronted each other in the periphery of Nanjing and southern Anhui......"

"Hong Chengchou in Hefei?"

Lin Xiao's eyebrows jumped again when he heard this.

"Yes, this place is now called Luzhou Mansion, Hong Chengchou retreated here with the remnants of the army,"

Li Tao continued, "However, the Qing court is obviously unwilling to fail, and in less than a month, Qing reinforcements from all over the country have flocked to it, and more than 100,000 people have gathered in several prefectures in Jiangbei, so the current situation is more complicated......

"In addition, Chuzhou, Hezhou, and Anqing ...... There are also Yangzhou Mansion and other places, which are still in the hands of the Qing army,"

As he spoke, Li Tao stood up, beckoned Lin Xiao to a long table with a map, pointed to the map and said, "Chuzhou is on the other side of Nanjing, and Lu Wangbing is less than 10,000, but it occupies 16 counties in the four prefectures of Taiping, Yingtian, Zhenjiang, and Changzhou along the river, and the river defense is very empty...... If Hong Chengchou makes a desperate counterattack, Nanjing will not be safe at all. ”

"Where is Zhang Tongchang's location?"

"Zhang Tongchang's 30,000 horses mainly occupy the four prefectures of Huizhou, Chizhou, Ningguo, and Guangde in southern Anhui, among which the forward, in the area of Gaochun and Huangchi, confronted Zhang Mingzhen's people......"

"According to this, Zhang Mingzhen really doesn't have many people stationed in Jiangfang,"

Lin Xiao frowned and said puzzledly, "Then we ...... Why stand still? ”

"I know what you're thinking, but please listen to me slowly,"

Li Tao looked up at him, "First of all, we don't have enough troops, and we can't go north for the time being, and we can't intervene in them......"

"...... Troops"

Lin Xiao scratched his head and muttered.

"Yes, you don't know, Jiao Lian from Jiangxi...... Unwilling to get involved in this bloody infighting, his people stopped in Nanchang and Raozhou to focus on military training,"

Li Tao lowered his head and pointed to the map, "He has always wanted to attack this place-Anqing, but ...... Maybe he really wanted to do it with us, saying he was waiting for your orders......"

"Oh,"

Lin Xiao nodded and said thoughtfully, "What about Feng Suqin's independent battalion?" Didn't you strengthen the two main forces to her, why has there been no action? ”

"Their grain and grass problems have just been alleviated, but they are probably still busy organizing farmers to farm, and they have no time to move eastward for the time being."

Li Tao straightened up, looked at Lin Xiao with a faint gaze, and played with taste, "Besides, this girl's heart is not small, she has also expanded some troops and is training in Jiujiang." ”

"What about us?"

Although he knew that there was a shortage of troops everywhere, Lin Xiao still asked.

"It's even more difficult on our side, there are more than 70 counties in Zhejiang Province, Xiao Xia and Wang Xing are divided into northern and southern Zhejiang, and they have to transfer people to reform the countryside, and the troops have long been exhausted,"

Li Tao drew a circle on the map with his hand, and said with a faint gaze, "And Liu Xulei only has two main battalions and four independent battalions in his hands, with a total of less than 4,000 people, but he has to defend the thirteen counties of Suzhou and Songjiang, and on average, each county only has about one platoon of the main force, and he has to divide the troops to defend the ......."

"It's true that China is just too big,"

Lin Xiao shook his head with a wry smile, touched his chin and said to Xia Bomin, "It's really embarrassing for you, you better start recruiting as soon as possible." ”

"I've already started to do it,"

Xia Bomin smiled and said, "I have set up recruitment offices in Jinhua and Shaoxing, Yiwu soldiers...... I like it. ”

"Yiwu soldiers?"

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and said with a smile, "You kid, do you want to follow the example of the sages and get a Zhejiang army too?" ”

"Hehe, the folk customs here are really strong......"

Xia Bomin scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled evilly.

As a soldier, he naturally knew that at the beginning, the Zhejiang soldiers formed by Qi Jiguang to resist the Japanese were attracted to the courage of the local youth in Yiwu, and almost all of them recruited new recruits from here.

"Okay, as long as you can recruit people, I agree that you will be expanded to a division-level unit, or even a corps-level unit, you will train the troops first, but you will have to wait slowly for the equipment......"

In Lin Xiao's plan, with the continuous expansion of the territory, it is imperative to expand the whole army, but the equipment is really unable to keep up in a short period of time.

At present, the various units can only build up the shelves first, and each battalion and each regiment can only be temporarily mixed with a small number of elite main forces and ordinary soldiers, and this problem can only be completely solved after the completion of Shanghai's industrial base......

After speaking, Lin Xiao turned his head to Li Tao and said: "Lao Li, you continue to ......" Please Baidu "throw the book network" Thank you for your support!