Chapter 23 How to Counteract

Zhang Xuan was surprised by Ruan Jin's appearance, and without saying a word, he was now beaten with ten canes.

These ten rods were not fought because Ruan Jin lost the battle, but because Ruan Jin left his post without permission. In the first battle of Xiangshan Port, the newly formed naval division and the requisitioned civilian ships were almost burned to the ground, although many sailors were evacuated to the shore, and the loss of personnel was not very large.

At this time, the officers and soldiers were still stranded at sea and had not completely withdrawn, and at this time, Ruan Jin, the battalion officer, should have cleaned up the mess in Xiangshan, and it was a mistake in itself to come to Ningbo before the order.

Ten canes fell, Rao is Ruan Jin was physically strong, but he was also a little unbearable, and limped in.

Zhang Xuan said, "Sit." ”

"Yes." As soon as Ruan Jin sat down, he suddenly felt a pain of pins and needles on his buttocks. Immediately stood up again.

Seeing this, Zhang Xuan didn't say anything more, but just asked him to talk about the situation of the battle in Xiangshan.

"This battle is the fault of the last general." Ruan Jin said immediately.

Then he told the situation, and he didn't dare to hide it at all.

Zhang Xuan listened and nodded slightly.

Zhang Xuan doesn't know much about water warfare, he understands everything, Zheng's water surface strength exceeds Ruan Jin I don't know how many times, under this kind of strength and weakness, it is normal to defeat the battle.

Moreover, Nguyen Jin explained the situation of the war in an orderly manner. Zhang Xuan is also very satisfied.

Zhang Xuan was not at the scene of the Battle of Xiangshan, so he didn't know if Ruan Jin was right, but it sounded reasonable, so he glanced at Ruan Jingao.

Don't underestimate this ability to review.

When there is a war, there is very little information about the overall situation, and it is precisely this delay in the transmission of information, and many decisions are made without sufficient intelligence.

It can even be called gambling.

Even after the battle, only a few people understood what was going on in this battle. Even if many people die in battle, their understanding of the war is not comprehensive, and they are confused.

This is the case for a significant number of people.

Zhang Xuan pays attention to the ability to review, and it is also a common means to examine the ability of his subordinates, every time he fights, he will take this person to review, and the content of this review will also be recorded by Zheng Lian.

Ruan Jin can talk about this point, he can only say his name, and Ruan Jin's military ability is still there.

Now is the time to employ people, so naturally Ruan Jin will not be punished. Zhang Xuan ordered that the rod should be punished fifty times, and it would be punished in several times. Demoted to the rank of sentry commander, prime minister of the sea fleet.

Ningbo's water power is still a little bit in Dinghai.

Even so, Ruan Jin is also very grateful, as long as the position is still there, there will be a day when he will rise in the future.

Zhang Xuan appeased Ruan Jin Haosheng again, promising him that as long as he had merit, he would be promoted.

Zhang Xuan's promise of a big cake is not false, but he must first make war achievements

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He sent Ruan Jin and immediately sent someone to invite Cao Zongyu over.

Zhang Xuan fell into deep thought.

"Is this for negotiations?" Zhang Xuan pondered silently.

He sensitively felt that Zheng Zhilong was not very simple in doing this.

Zhang Xuan is not very unfamiliar with this method of trying to gain an advantage over negotiations by winning the war. There is too much such diplomacy in the future.

It's just that for a while, he didn't know where to counter it.

The sea power is in the hands of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family comes and goes freely. Zhang Xuan can only respond passively. How to regain the initiative? Zhang Xuan really couldn't think of a way.

"General." Cao Zongyu said.

"Brother Cao is here." Zhang Xuan said, "Sit." ”

Cao Zongyu sat down, and Zhang Xuan said, "You also know the situation in Xiangshan Port, right?" ”

Cao Zongyu's status in Zhang Xuan's army is very high, and he can almost be said to be Zhang Xuan's deputy. These situations will be reported to Cao Zongyu.

Cao Zongyu said: "I heard about it. ”

"It's trying to make us give in." Cao Zongyu said.

"I think the same thing as Brother Cao." Zhang Xuan said: "It's just how to break the game now? ”

"The general is overthinking." Cao Zongyu said: "A defeat in Xiangshan is nothing at all? It's a big deal not to talk to Zheng. No big deal. The general trend is in me, and I can always turn the situation around. ”

"But time is running out." Zhang Xuan said: "I don't know when the camp will capture the Beijing Division, and we are running out of time. ”

The general trend is in Cao Ying, that's right.

Jiangnan is in hand, even if the Zheng family harasses him every day, Cao Ying gritted his teeth and held back the shipbuilding for a year or two. There is absolutely no problem in turning the tide within three years.

The reason why it takes three years is to take into account the speed of shipbuilding. As well as the issue of sailor training.

But does Zhang Xuan have three years?

No.

Zhang Xuan and Cao Zongyu privately deduced the situation in the world, and felt that the situation in the world was still relatively chaotic, and within two or three years, it would become clear.

When the time comes, Daming, the giant, will fall to the ground.

After dividing the corpse of the Ming Dynasty, there may be one side that has an absolute advantage, and next, the final battle to unify the world. Or rather, a situation of confrontation between several parties has been formed.

No matter what the situation is, it is impossible for Cao Ying to stay in Zhejiang with manpower and material resources.

"I want to be fast enough to cut through the mess." Cao Zongyu said: "There is only one way. ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly stopped Cao Zongyu and said, "Brother Cao, don't say it, we all wrote it on paper." ”

Cao Zongyu said: "Okay. ”

Zheng Lian brought a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, the two of them wrote, and the exchange was opened, Zhang Xuan looked at it, and what Cao Zongyu wrote was: "Enter Fujian." ”

Zhang Xuan himself wrote, "Attack Fujian." ”

"Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing." Zhang Xuan said: "But where to draw people

Horse? ”

Zhang Xuan only has more than 40,000 people, distributed in five prefectures and counties, and the mobile force in Ningbo is only 20,000, Yang Shenzu's army, and the Runing army. And Yang Xuan's ancestral department is stationed outside the city, and there are people in the city, but the Xiping camp, plus Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers, the number of Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers has expanded during this period of time, about one or two thousand people, after all, his personal soldiers are in charge of some experimental troops. For example, He Hutou's fire team, as well as the artillery team, and other large and small armies.

There are quite a few more of them.

With so many men and horses, it is only enough to garrison, where can we send men and horses to attack Fujian.

Isn't there a lot of loopholes everywhere? Won't there be smoke everywhere then?

Zhang Xuan sighed lightly and said, "I'm afraid I'm going to ask for troops in Nanjing." ”

This was the first time Zhang Xuan was ready to ask for reinforcements. Zhang Xuan was used to solving problems by himself before, but the problem in front of him was extremely tricky, so it could only be like this.

"Report." Zheng Lian said: "Jiaomen Mountain's letter from Lord Zhang. ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he didn't say a word, and tore it open to take a look. Then he sneered and said: "Is this a slap and a sweet date?" ”

Cao Zongyu took it and looked at it, but saw that the negotiation process was written on it.

Zhang Su said that Zheng Cai first aggressively said about Xiangshan, saying that the Zheng family's sailors were extremely strong, so the coastal land was the place where they attacked, and said, let Zhang Xuan stop building a sailor. It's all in vain.

Then he said that he could promise Cao Ying to increase the commission to half percent.

But Zhang Su got Zhang Xuan's advice. If we grit our teeth and insist that an agreement is reached on the basis of an armistice, there will be no possibility of a negotiation.

Zheng Cai then retreated.

He promised that Zhoushan would withdraw from the Yangtze River. This was Zheng's last step back. If you can't reach an agreement yet, then let's fight for three or two months, and then talk about it.

Zhang Su didn't dare to make a decision, so he reported this matter.

Zhang Xuan sneered and said: "On the other side of the Yangtze River, it is Zheng Zhilong's main direction of attack, and it seems that he can be Shen Tingyang's master." ”

That's true. The main force on the Yangtze River is Shen Tingyang's fleet.

Although Shen Tingyang's strength is somewhat different from that of the Zheng family, for Cao Ying, these differences are negligible.

"It's just that if we want to enter Fujian, we also need time to prepare." Cao Zongyu said: "Why don't you take a step back for the time being? ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and said, "How is the situation in Ningbo City?" ”

Cao Zongyu said: "There is a little chaos, after all, many big businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River have come, and there are many more people in Ningbo City, and there is naturally a little chaos when there is nothing to do." ”

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly and said, "Since this is the case, let's make a step forward and tell Zhang Su that agreeing to the first transaction is only this time." ”

Originally, Zhang Xuan was going to make a place like a customs trade area, but now that this situation is in this situation, he has to collect it.

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