"How?" Wu Xiang looked at Zhu Cihong, shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, except for the fifteen model regiments, we don't have any soldiers and horses that can really fight!" ”

"Isn't there still a sailor?" Huang Binqing said, "You can let the Beiyang Navy Division move...... They have been raising for almost a year, and they have done a lot of business, but they haven't fought much! ”

After all, Shen Tingyang is a trader, and he is good at how to make money in the Beiyang sea trade - now Zhu Cihong does not blockade the Qing Dynasty, except for iron, gunpowder, copper, grain, and other controlled commodities, other transactions are done casually. So Shen Tingyang has made a lot of money these days!

But he didn't just make money and do nothing, and these days there are two more centipede boats in the Beiyang Naval Division! The castle defenses of Dengzhou City, Dengzhou Water City, and Danya Mountain have also become more and more solid.

Among them, Dengzhou Water City and Dengzhou City have been rebuilt into fortresses, especially Water City has almost been changed into a standard fortress!

In addition, Shen Tingyang also built many civil castles on Changshan Island, Shamen Island, Heidao, Xiaozhu Island and Huangcheng Island, deployed defenders, and turned these islands into the support for the activities of the Beiyang Navy Division in Bohai Bay.

However, the most important task assigned to him by Zhu Cihong, the reopening of Dongjiang Town, has been delayed and not implemented.

Because the concept of Dongjiang Town is too sensitive, once it is proposed, the Tartars will be anxious......

That's the chrysanthemum in Storm Dolgon!

Of course, Zhu Cihong also knew the seriousness of this matter, he turned his head to look at Hou Sui, Lao Hou has now taken over the mission of the governor of Jiangbei - in fact, he is responsible for the defense of Fengyang Mansion, Guide Mansion, and Kaifeng Mansion, which is the same as Ma Shiying's errand.

And Ma Shiying was sent by the governor of Yunnan-Guichuan and the governor of Guizhou, and he was about to go to his hometown of Guizhou to take office in the near future - the reason why Ma Shiying was sent to the governor of Yunguichuan was because his family had been the commander of Guizhou for generations. Ma Shiying's ancestral home is in Yizheng County, Yangzhou Prefecture, the ancestor Ma Chengke is awesome, he is a hero who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, led troops into Guizhou as a commander, and his children and grandchildren will develop in Guizhou, and now he is the first in Guiyang Mansion!

In addition, this part of Guizhou is different from the southeast, there are Tusi officials everywhere, and the liuguan are a minority.

These Tusi officials have been married to each other for more than 200 years, and they have long formed an intertwined interest group. The Weima family in Guizhou is one of the core families of this interest group.

Therefore, if Ma Shiying's ability in Fengyang is ten, then after returning to his hometown in Guizhou, his ability will at least triple, and he can have thirty! Because Guizhou is related to the Ma family up and down, after Ma Shiying goes, he wants people and grain!

Of course, there is also a little risk of letting Ma Shiying go to Guizhou, and the Ma family in Guizhou may become the same existence as the Yang family in Banzhou......

But that's all trouble in the future, and Ma Shiying has to make a hard trip now, and on the battlefields of Huaixi and Henan, you can only use Hou Sui, a Henan Confucian.

"His Royal Highness the Prince," the speaker was Ma Shiying, who was about to take up his post in Guizhou, he had been the governor of Fengyang before, presiding over the upward defense of Huaixi, and had more say than Hou Sui, who had just taken office, "Huaixi's upward ability to fight is the new army of the Eight Guards in the Central Capital, with a total of only 10,000 people, which can hold several cities."

In addition, the minister also held some regimental exercises in Fengyang, repaired Sizhou, Xuyi, Wuhe, Linhuai, Changhuai, Huaiyuan, Shouzhou, Huoqiu, Dingyuan and other nine cities, plus Fengyang, a total of ten cities can be guarded for a long time...... If Huang Degong's troops can be transferred south to the cities along the Huai River, and the Yangtze River Naval Division can go north to the Huai River with one part and then mobilize a model army, then the Huai River can still be defended. ”

The ten cities mentioned by Ma Shiying, except for Dingyuan City, are all located along the Huai River - in fact, Ma Shiying and Huang Degong, as well as Zhu Chunchen, who later replaced Huang Degong, are all fighting the idea of guarding the Huai River.

North of the Huai River, including the territory of Guide Mansion and part of Kaifeng Province, which is now occupied by Huang Degong, is ready to be abandoned at any time.

Although Shangqiu and Suiyang were also fortified cities, these two castles were not built along a large river that could allow sailors to travel at any time, and they were easily blocked by the Tartar cavalry.

At that time, Shangqiu and Suiyang will become lonely "points", just so that the Tartars can play around the point to help—that's the Tartars' specialty!

"That's okay...... Zhu Cihong patted the case in front of him, "Guarding the river must guard Huai...... As long as the cities along the Huai River can be defended, the Yangtze River will not be worried. For the defense of the Huai River, there is Mr. Laohou. ”

Hou Sui replied: "If there are old ministers, there will be Huai Fang, and the guards who do not teach the Tartars to have nothing to worry about are on the Yangtze River." ”

"Defending Huai" is not to defend the Huai River, but to fortify along the Huai River. If there were nine riverside castles along the Huai River that were still in the hands of the Ming army, then the Tartars from the north would be surrounded by troops. A castle is divided among three or two thousand men, and an army of twenty thousand is divided.

And even if three or two thousand people are real Tartars, they can hold the land route, but they still can't do it on the water route. In this way, the logistics line of the Tartars may be cut off at any time! Therefore, it is impossible for the Tartar army that broke through the Huai River to stay on the bank of the Yangtze River for a long time, and it is impossible to go all out to cross the river and fight.

If Zhu Cihong's Yangtze River sailors can play normally, the castles along the Yangtze River, such as Anqing, Wuhu, Chizhou, Taiping, Tongling, Nanjing, Pukou, Yizheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, etc., can be firmly defended.

Then Zhu Cihong's rule in the southeast is as stable as Mount Tai......

Thinking of this, Zhu Cihong's mood suddenly improved-the lord of the southeast, that is also the leader of the country!

And now it's the Age of Discovery, and the Europeans have begun to evolve to line up to be shot, and the barbarian cavalry or something is about to become a legend.

As long as the southeast can be stabilized, the victory of the Northern Expedition is only a matter of time!

"Okay!" Zhu Cihong patted the case again, "It's decided, we have to go to Dolgon's trouble...... can't let Li Zicheng jump over the wall and run into Huguang. ”

He thought for a while, "Shen Tingyang doesn't dare to go up, so let Su Guansheng go up...... Su Guansheng was bold, so he made him the governor of Liaodong, Denglai and other military affairs, and the governor of Denglai. ”

Listening to Zhu Cihong's order, Wu Xiang, the secretary of the military department, shook his head again and again, this hatred is too big, right?

Even the governor of Liaodong is here! Are you still planning to counterattack Liaodong? You're digging up the roots of the tartars and don't let them live.

"His Royal Highness the Prince," Wu Xiang was timid, frowned, and persuaded with a frightened face, "We don't have an inch of land in Liaodong, what's the use of setting up a governor?" Will the Tartars be afraid? ”

Zhu Cihong was right when he thought about it, it didn't seem strict to set up a governor without an inch of land.

"Yes, yes," Zhu Cihong nodded, "I have to get some territory!" That Juehua Island was taken down and a Juehua County was set up as the residence of the governor of Liaodong. ”

Ah, and there is another governor of Liaodong......

"Chitose Lord, Juehua Island can't be defended!" Wu Xiang hurriedly advised, "In winter, the sea near Juehua Island will be frozen......"

"That's a good thing." Zhu Cihong smiled, "How can you come over without freezing?" ”

Wu Xiang gasped, he still has to fight on Juehua Island!

Zhu Cihong thought for a while, "Let Penglai County Order Zhang Huangyan be compatible with the Juehua County Order, and lead the Penglai people to build a city on Juehua Island." Then let Nanjing Shixuetang and Wuxuetang send officials who are proficient in city building to the north to assist Zhang Huangyan.

In addition, Dongjiang Town was also established in Liaodong...... It's right there, it's on Zhangzi Island! Does any of you know about Zhangzi Island? ”

Zhangzi Island is quite an amazing place!

"Zhangzi Island?" Wu Xiang shook his head, "The old minister has been in Liaodong for half his life, and he has never heard of it. ”

"To the south of the big and small Changshan Islands, it is the southernmost part of that archipelago." Zhu Cihong is very familiar with Zhangzi Island, and he has been to investigate...... It's a very good place, with abundant fishery resources and a lot of seafood.

Prince Zhu smiled and said to Huang Binqing: "I have to find someone who is proficient in water warfare to be the chief soldier...... Huang Weishuai, why don't you let your uncle Cai Cong have a hard trip. ”