Chapter Ninety-Eight: Before the Heavy Rain Comes, the Wind Comes First

From Jingzhou to Nanjing, the clipper arrived in one day.

Now it has entered the rainy season again, the Yangtze River is rising, and the water flow of the Yangtze River is accelerating, but in this case, the water situation of the Yangtze River is more dangerous.

If you are not careful, you will have to destroy the boat and kill people.

However, before the military situation, there was no possibility of prevarication at all. The boats went in and out of the waves, and only then did they send this urgent report that almost killed people to Luo Yulong.

After Luo Yulong saw it, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately summoned Qian Qianyi, Ruan Dacheng, Zhang Zhen, and Yang Chengzu, Zheng Zhilong and others in the Privy Council to discuss.

"The second half of the southern expedition, will it be okay or not?" Luo Yulong asked.

Ruan Dacheng smiled a little wryly and said, "Don't say anything else, on top of money and food, I really don't have to make a hand." The big hole in the battle of Xiangyang can only be filled now, and all kinds of rewards have just been distributed, and there is indeed no silver in the household. ”

Luo Yulong already knew this.

Don't overestimate Qiu Ba's character, and don't talk about the war without money. The result of Song Taizong's delay in rewarding after the victory in Taiyuan was too profound.

Therefore, after the battle of Xiangyang, Ruan Dacheng did not dare to delay the compensation and reward at all.

However, the foundation of the Xia Dynasty is too thin, although Jiangnan is a cornucopia, but in the case of not exhausting the water and fishing, the annual output is not much, mostly about 10 million taels.

Of course, this is the annual harvest of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan. Although the newly designated land in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is not tax-free now, it does not dare to go too far, and it is extremely popular. In addition, after the city is dedicated, the gentry in the city will pay the money, but this money is generally directly transferred to the army, and it is divided between the generals in the army and the people below.

It is not recorded in the public account.

Therefore, the Xia Dynasty only relied on the income of more than 10 million taels in Jiangnan.

Of course, there were too many cats in the Ming Dynasty taxes. Regarding this, Luo Yulong only understands a little, and he doesn't know as much about people's livelihood as Luo Ru.

Luo Rucai was a bandit before he raised an army. That's a lot of dealings with local governments, after all, Luo Ru is a bandit, and he is the kind of person who collects protection money. The relationship with the government must be good, otherwise the Luo family will not be a bandit family.

Therefore, Luo Ru only knew about the various disadvantages of the lower classes.

But after Luo Yulong became sensible, he followed Luo Rucai to fight in the north and south. There is no understanding of these situations.

Even if you understand, now is not the time to chase after it.

Jiangnan's stable financial resources were an important source of income for the Xia Dynasty. Moreover, the civil and official system of the Xia Dynasty is almost all from Jiangnan, and every move is a big storm.

Luo Yulong looked at Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Zhiyan said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, before and after the Battle of Xiangyang, all the stocks in Nanjing were sent to the front line, and after that, the production was transferred to the water division. Now it is impossible to raise more than 100,000 troops for a while

The logistics that are needed, sweeping the bottom of the box, and supporting the southern expedition of the three or five major armies, can barely be, and no matter how much it is, it will never work. ”

Luo Yulong looked at others, and the others didn't dare to say much, Luo Yulong said: "Could it be that if Longwu Xiao'er makes a big Northern Expedition, we can only sit and guard?" ”

When he said this, Luo Yulong was also a little disappointed in Zhang Xuan, he had just come back from Wuchang, and Zhang Xuan had made such a big basket.

Yang Chengzu said: "The minister thinks that he must not wait for you Nanming to attack first. I set Wuchang in Daxia, but it was only half a year, and half a year was not enough to convince the people. Once there is a war, it is even more difficult for the people to return. ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that he should strike first?"

"Don't I know?" Luo Yulong said: "It's just that the soldiers have no food and salary, and the army has no savings, how can they fight?" ”

In fact, the situation of the Great Xia army was not extremely miserable, not to mention that the military salaries and grain of all departments could be supplied on time, but the salaries and silver of many armies were discounted, and they could not reach the standard of eighteen taels of silver a year for a soldier.

It's just that the grain and grass needed for the garrison of the army are very different from the grain and grass and silver needed when the army marches and fights.

"The minister thinks that His Majesty has misunderstood what Zheng Guogong meant?" Yang Chengzu said.

"Misunderstanding?" Luo Yulong said.

Yang Chengzu said: "What does Zheng Guogong mean by attacking instead of defending? ”

Luo Yulong repeated the word: "Replace defense with offense." Then he recalled Zhang Xuan's twists and turns, and said: "What you mean is that there is no need for a large army to go south, just send a partial division to attack first, disrupt the position of Nanming, and do not seek to take Changsha in a battle, but only advance the war to the territory of Nanming." ”

Yang Chengzu said: "Exactly. ”

Luo Yulong groaned: "It's just that in this way, isn't Zhang Xuan a little dangerous? ”

Attacking the superior enemy with weak forces, not everyone is Zhuge Liang's, even if Zhuge Liang is out of Qishan, it is not in vain.

Luo Yulong didn't care if Zhang Xuan would return in vain, but was worried that once Zhang Xuan had a good deal, Wuchang would not be guaranteed, Wuchang would not be guaranteed, and half of Huguang would not be guaranteed.

That's a big deal.

Yang Chengzu said: "The minister thinks that Zheng Guogong dares to say this, that is, he is completely sure. Nanjing is thousands of miles away from Wuchang, so it is better not to make it remotely. ”

Yang Chengzu watched Luo Yulong grow up, so his tone was more or less like an elder. It made Luo Yulong a little uncomfortable.

But Yang Chengzu's words reminded Luo Yulong of Luo Rucai's words. Zhang Xuan sent troops to fight, and he may not win a big victory, but he will not be defeated either.

Luo Yulong said: "Okay, I will give him the right to act cheaply, and I will add his power to levy the military affairs of the seven provinces of Nanda, the governor of Hu, Jiangxi, Gui, Guang, Gui, Yun, and Sichuan. Let him decide for himself, I can't control it. However, Xijing stayed in the position, but he had to choose another person. ”

Even though Luo Yulong didn't think Zhang Xuan would

Defeated, but prepared for the worst.

The important land of Wuchang must not be lost, and the army here is also Zhang Xuan's reserve. It must be guarded by a general.

"The minister thinks that it is okay to settle down." Qian Qianyi said.

This sentence tickled Luo Yulong's itch.

Who is Anding Gong? It's Wang Lung.

Wang Lung can be said to be Luo Yulong's most trusted general, even more than Zhang Xuan. Luo Yulong trusts Zhang Xuan because Zhang Xuan is his sister-in-law, but when it comes to feelings, Wang Lung is much closer than Zhang Xuan.

Wang Lung is also a fierce general who charges into battle, but after Luo Yulong conquered the east, he sat in Hangzhou and became much more stable.

The six founding dukes, no, are now the five founding dukes, among which Wang Lung's credit is the shallower.

Zhang Xuan also had outstanding performances in several major battles, but Wang Lung didn't even have this. But this did not prevent Luo Yulong from trusting him.

It is precisely because Luo Yulong loves Wang Lung that the task of guarding Wuchang this time was given to him, which was exactly what Luo Yulong wanted.

If Zhang Xuan is defeated, Wang Long will defend Wuchang without defects, it will be a credit, if Zhang Xuan wins, Wang Long will also be a credit for protecting Zhang Xuan's back road.

It's almost to the point of mixing credit.

Moreover, although Wang Lung is a little powerless to control the army. But after all, it was killed with a knife and a shot. Military capabilities are still there.

There shouldn't be a big basket.

Luo Yulong said: "What do you think Aiqing? ”

As soon as you hear Luo Yulong's words, you know that Luo Yulong has been decided, and naturally no one will refute it, so Wang Lung was transferred to Xijing to stay behind, and it was decided.

Luo Yulong approved Zhang Xuan's plan for the southern expedition, and naturally he also had to give Zhang Xuan some support, and most of Zhang Xuan's demands were agreed.

Batches of ships set off from Nanjing, in the wind and rain of the Yangtze River, upstream, want to come to Wuchang.

Zhang Xuan also received Luo Yulong's holy decree.

"General Quan Zhengnan, Privy Deputy Envoy, Governor of the Seven Provinces Military Affairs. Zheng Guogong Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan repeated his title and said secretly: "The seven provinces of this governor are all empty, and they can't add a single soldier to me." ”

No matter how many titles Zhang Xuan is added, the army he can bring, or the people in their headquarters, will not be one more, nor one less.

However, having this is better than not having this.

Zhang Xuan has the most important power to act cheaply, which is equivalent to the power to decide whether to go to war or not. With this power, Zhang Xuan can put down all other ideas. He needs to think about when to go to war, how to prepare, and where to start?

Zhang Xuan's side is already in full swing to prepare. Longwu also met the three newly sealed marquis in Changsha.

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