[Happy Spring Festival, going out during the festival, there may be some days that cannot be updated, forgive me]

Five days later, Nguyen was sitting in the main hall of Quy Nhon's camp Nguyen Phuc Yuan, who had changed out of his civilian clothes and was wearing an ochre red python robe and a crown adorned with a golden tiger head. Because of the 'slackness' in the number of etiquette, the Confucian scholar in front of him did not say a word, but in order to gain a good reputation, even though he could see through the other party's little bit of self-esteem, he still patiently changed into an official uniform and made a polite corporal.

And after getting the other party's courtesy, the Confucian scholar on the other side also accepted it when he saw it, and collected his own self-esteem. Dressed in soap-colored clothes with neatly layered black scarves, coupled with a folding fan gently swaying in his hand, he made a full bearing of self-proclaimed Zhuge Kongming on weekdays, and this person was Chen Dehe's good son-in-law - Tao Weici.

"A few days ago, I heard Mr. Luxi (Tao Weici) from Ling Yue, and I hope to give advice to the south."

Tao Weici is forty and eight this year, perhaps because of the ups and downs in his early years, so he has a little more city government, but when such an opportunity falls in front of him, he also has a little less arrogant attitude, after listening to Ruan Fuyuan's inquiry, he bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Since the Buddha Lord has personally gone south, he must naturally know the current form of my south. ”

"I want to hear about it." Nguyen Phuc Yuan asked for advice.

Tao Weici smiled on his face, and his left hand, which did not hold a fan, stretched out three fingers and stood in front of his chest, "It's nothing more than a tripartite arrangement, Guangnan has always been west and no road, and it is difficult to go north, so the Lord should try his best to go south." ”

'There is no way to go west, and it is difficult to go north...... Ruan Fuyuan savored the meaning of Tao Weici's words, and couldn't help nodding secretly in his heart, this person is indeed an insightful person.

"Ling Yue once told me that he should first take the land of Champa and the barbarians, and I think it was also what Mr. Su Rili told him, but I don't know if there is a specific strategy?" Now that he has found the right master, Ruan Phuc Yuan naturally cares about the details of the strategy, he is not a second ancestor who only likes to talk in generalities.

I saw Tao Weici close the folding fan, tap the palm rhythmically with the fan bone, and thoughtfully, "I think that the matter of the Southern Expedition should be sooner rather than later, and it will change later. ”

"But the new thieves who have emerged in the south are quite tricky." Nguyen Phuc Yuan said tentatively.

"It is precisely because of the trickiness of the thief that I will say that late will change."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I think that the thief is said to be a kind of overseas Chinese, claiming to be the remnants of the Song Dynasty, and regardless of its truth or falsehood, but they are now building in Shuizhenla, and they are also taming the people and soldiers, which is by no means comparable to ordinary bandits, and it cannot be treated as an ordinary Nanban, its ambition is not small, if it is not cut off as soon as possible, it will be a big trouble for my southern henchmen."

"That's what you see, sir? But the previous use of troops was defeated. ”

"It's just that the determination of the Buddha is not enough, even if the thief is fierce, but after all, there are few people, I have heard the business travelers and expatriates say that they gather at the mouth of the Jiulong River no more than a thousand, and the rest are all princely coercions, all of them are goods at both ends of the head of the rat, as long as the Buddha can gather the elite soldiers of the main camp to suppress the force, then the south can be flat. Once the Cham and Gaoman places are pacified, the land is changed and the river is restored, and the business is good for more than ten years, then there will be enough capital to compete for the short and long in the north. ”

"That's true, but the north side is a little unstable after all."

"The Zheng family is now taking care of themselves, the Buddha does not take advantage of this time to go south, it is the way to abandon himself, as for the defense of Hengshan, there are some ways to go down here."

As he spoke, Tao Weici took out a scroll from the sleeve of his robe, the scroll had not yet been fully spread, and Nguyen Phuc Yuan had already discovered that it was a map drawn on it, judging from the text on the side of the map, it should be a Quang Binh place, and between the mountains and the sea in the middle of the map, there were two fortresses and a long wall connected (note: the map of Annam is west and east). The scroll continued to pull, and after the map there was a detailed drawing of the wall, which was at least two feet high according to the dimensions indicated above.

Tao Weici pointed to the main points in the map and explained, "In the past, when I went south from Tokyo, I studied the hydrology and geography of the Zhengjiang River (the dividing line between Zheng and Nguyen forces) for a long time, and got this idea. There are two of these walls, one is called Changyu, one is called Changde, since the east of the Zhengjiang River, Rilihaimen (note: now Donghai Haikou) all the way to the west and reaches Congshan, thinking that it is the gateway to the north. Its critical place is placed in the large and small artillery positions to guard, this base is a success, then I can retreat to guard the portal, and when the world changes, then the order of a general out of the city from the sea plagiarism, the Lord of the Buddha since the army to the north, then the north can be determined. ”

Ruan Fuyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Mr. said a word, which made my mouth stop. ”

Tao Weici only smiled and said: "A little bit of tongue, how to get the Buddha's eloquence, only this is the former Li Taiwei (Li Changjie) 'Southern Mountains and Henan Emperor's Residence, which is completely divided into the Book of Heaven." The deep meaning of these two sentences. ”

"What a 'clear division in the book of heaven', this is a gift from heaven to me." Hearing this, Ruan Phuc Yuan suddenly got up and saluted Tao Weici, "If I don't give up, I am willing to take Mr. as a military advisor, and I hope that Mr. will help me Ruan Phuc Clan." ”

At this time, Tao Weici buried his face under his shoulder, his smug look flashed, and only a solemn voice was heard in the hall, "Weici dares to disobey his orders." ”

"Since Mr. is already our military advisor, I hope to plan the strategy of the southern expedition in detail to relieve my doubts."

"What's the use of relieving doubts, isn't the Buddha Lord already having a plan in mind about the Southern Expedition?"

"Why did you say that, sir?" Ruan Fuyuan said in surprise.

"I heard that the Buddha just added food to Ruan Zhangqi before he went south."

Ruan Fuyuan's face was quite strange when he heard this, but he immediately snorted. Zhangqi is an Annan martial artist, and there are more than one or two members, but when it comes to Ruan Zhangqi here, Ruan Phuc Yuan knows that he is referring to his nephew Nguyen Phuc Xuan, who is the son of his brother Nguyen Phuc Ha. Since last year, Ruan Fuyuan's younger brother Ruan Phuche Cha and Ruan Phuche have secretly communicated with Zheng Song's son Zheng Ji due to internal disputes, and want to lead Zheng Jun south for internal affairs. Originally, Zheng Jie sent his henchman Ruan Qi to lead an army of 5,000 troops to respond to Rili Haikou, but it was his nephew Ruan Fuxuan who led people to quickly capture Qia and Ze, and secretly imprisoned them without making a noise. Because of this credit, Ruan Fuyuan quietly added the title of Shiyi to his nephew, but he still did not make a statement.

Originally, because of the face and the north, this matter has been kept secret, and the court does not know much except for a few cronies, but Tao Weici can also hear it while sitting at home, which is really a little surprising, and I don't know who he has befriended in the sun.

But now that the words have been spoken, Ruan Fuyuan no longer conceals it, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Tao Weici.

There was not a single word on the envelope, but the fire paint on the seal had long been torn open.

Ruan Fuyuan looked at Tao Weici with a rather solemn expression, "This is a secret letter from my aunt at home." ”

Ruan Phuc Yuan's aunt Ruan Phuc Ngoc Xiu is Zheng Song's concubine in the West Palace, in fact, about the Zheng family, in addition to the spies sent to Tokyo by those cronies Lang Party, more reliable news has always been transmitted secretly by this aunt.

Ruan Fuyu Xiu gave birth to a son Zheng Qiao, but because the relationship between the Zheng family and his mother's family has many suspicions, this sister-in-law is not valued by Zheng Song, and now Zheng Song is sick, Zheng Qiao's two brothers and uncles are eyeing each other, no matter who is on the throne, I am afraid that Zheng Qiao's sister-in-law will not be able to tolerate it, and it is his aunt whether it is for her mother's family or her son, it can be said that this is reasonable.

But Ruan Fuyuan was able to take this letter to Tao Weici, which was a sign of trust in him, how could he not teach the new military advisor to be moved, "The Buddha treats me like this, Wei Ci dares not to die?" ”

After speaking, he took the letter and read it, Ruan Fu Yuxiu not only explained clearly the current situation of the Zheng family's struggle for power in the secret letter, but also revealed the physical condition of her husband, which seemed to be less optimistic than expected. Zheng Song is now in his old age, and with the repeated blows in previous years, I am afraid that he will run out of oil and run out, but the more this is the case, the more unstable Tokyo will be, so it is indeed a good time, but Ruan Fuyuan hesitated in his heart that his aunt actually hoped that he could take the opportunity to move north to help her orphan and widow ascend to the throne. Nguyen Phuc Nguyen did plan to take the opportunity to go south, but if his aunt and cousin were included, he would have more thoughts about Tokyo and couldn't help but hesitate.

After reading the secret letter, Tao Weici let out a long sigh and said: "Military affairs must not all be the righteousness of relatives, and what the old princess said in the letter should make the Buddha firm in the heart of the southern expedition." ”

He looked at Ruan Fuyuan's inquiring eyes and continued to explain, "The minister once read the "Three Kingdoms", and saw the "Biography of Guo Jia" in Liaodong. The Buddha should ponder these words. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ruan Fuyuan suddenly had a hint of enlightenment, if it was really as his aunt said, his own army would lead the army north, it would be difficult to guarantee that the Zheng family would not join forces to come to the enemy, but it was better to put forward the strategy proposed by Tao Weici and go south first, so that the north could not be more chaotic.

"Sir's words are really like seeing the sun through the clouds." Thinking about this, Ruan Fuyuan was even more impressed by Tao Weici's insight.

But Tao Weici was not carried away by the praise, he had to set some difficult conditions for Fang Liu, "But the Buddha still has to be arranged." ”

"This has already been arranged, I sent a lot of spies to Tokyo before, and Gao Ping also sent people there."

Gaoping's soil emperor Mo, the ancestor Mo Dengyong was originally a minister of the Li Dynasty, usurped the throne and stood up for the Mo Dynasty, Mo fell into internal friction after the death of Dengyong, after decades of tug-of-war was finally expelled from Tokyo by the Li Dynasty, and now rely on the protection of the Ming Dynasty to entrench in the northern border of Gaoping and the area, although militarily at a disadvantage, but the new monarch of the Mo Dynasty has always coveted Tokyo, a little ambition to go south.

"Mo Jingkuan is naturally useful, but the Buddha master over there in Datong must not be forgotten." Tao Weici reminded.

"You mean the Xuanguang Town Martial Arts?"

"Except for the lord of Qi, there will be no one else, and now the prince of Hejun (Wu Degong) in Datong City is not a person who is willing to be lonely."

The Wu clan of Xuanguang Town was called the master of the Li Dynasty because he was born in Qiu Pei of the Xuanguang Muwu Prefecture Datong Society of the Li Dynasty.

His ancestor Wu Wenmi led his troops to serve righteousness in the anti-Mozambican war, and he was able to Xuanguang after the Li Dynasty recovered the north. But when he arrived at Wu Degong, he gradually became widowed with the imperial court, and secretly colluded with the bandits to occupy the surrounding land, plundered the local people of Donglan and Xilan, and even secretly communicated with Gaoping Mo's family, echoing each other.

If it is an internal dispute between the Zheng family, these external forces can indeed be used.

But Tao Weici didn't think that this was enough, "However, the north is only a containment after all, and the southern expedition still needs to work hard, and the thief's side is not easy to get along with." ”

"Sir, please."

"The matter of the southern expedition should be divided into five roads, this first is naturally the main soldiers, in the past, the strength of the thief war, in the next thought that at least six main battalion soldiers should be raised, before it can be pacified in one fell swoop."

Ruan Phuc Yuan nodded yes, the main battalion in Quang Nam is about 3,000 people, and the six battalions of soldiers and horses are 20,000 people.

"Second, Hoi An's Franc Robot and their instructor's firearms battalion should also go south together, and the Franc Robot's sailor warships must attack by sea, so they must bring more muskets and artillery."

This Ruan Fuyuan also thinks it should be, I heard a few times ago that although the number of thieves is small, but the firearms are good, but the number of firearms alone is not afraid, and now Hoi An can also gather hundreds of large and small artillery, and it is also necessary to pick one of the light ones to go south with the army, I heard that the thief city is not strong. He immediately agreed, and later asked Ling Shi Si to send someone to Hoi An to negotiate.

Tao Weici continued: "In addition, the barbarian tribe of Xishan also asked the Lord of the Buddha to issue an order to ensure that the water house, fire house and other princely states should raise troops to respond, thinking that it was a momentum. ”

Nguyen Phuc Nguyen nodded in acquiescence.

"As for the fourth road, you might as well send a confidant to take the west mountain road to Wudong, and you only need to go down the big river from the south of Ailao, which can be reached in more than ten days."

"My son-in-law is now secretly communicating with the thief, I'm afraid I can't count on it."

"Now the form is different from the past, Siam has been persecuted in the west in the past two years, otherwise he would not have built a new capital in Wudong, as long as he recaptures the mouth of the Kowloon River, Zhenla can rely on me, why fear Siam? As long as I understand the stakes, I believe that Benha Nong will still make a move, but this is just an idle move, it is to make the thief unable to take care of each other, even if Benha Nong is not willing to help me, he will only watch from the sidelines, and when the army arrives, we will release this news, which can also distract the thief and beware. ”

"It's already the fourth way." After talking about it earlier, Ruan Fuyuan became more interested in Tao Weici's last strategy.

Tao Weici said with a smile: "Then there are the Dutch, I heard that the Dutch East India Company had a conflict with the thieves in Java two years ago, and suffered a lot of losses, this time they can contact the country of Madalan to contain it on the island of Java." ”

He continued his analysis, now that the thieves had built a new port in the original Yacha Garda, the Mataran Kingdom Sutan was very annoyed, and it had long intended to go west, but it seemed that the time had not yet come, if they could be contacted, the north and the south would be attacked at the same time, but it would indeed make it difficult for the thieves. In addition, the Dutch fleets in various passages can also harass, especially the reinforcements of the thieves in Borneo can only come from the sea, even if I heard that they are sharp in naval battles, but as long as they can delay for some time, the land will be swept away, and there will be no naval affairs.

"In addition, the Dutch also have trading posts in Phnom Penh, and they can also move in the west during the war. I have heard some news from the south that the thieves are planting rice in the fields at the mouth of the Jiulong River three crops a year, and the seedlings are only planted in the third season. This matter of contact will be delayed for about a month or two, and the Buddha Lord happened to secretly send a large army south, and when the news from all over the country returned, he would immediately start pulling out, and then the rice would be ripe, and it would be possible to meet the enemy because of the grain. ”

Seeing that Tao Weici was so 'calculated', Ruan Fuyuan slapped his thigh in excitement, "According to Mr.'s plan, this time in the southern expedition, I will take Mr. as a compliment to the army." ”

"The minister dares not to die." Tao Weici bowed to the ground again when he heard this.

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