Chapter Seventy-Six: Strategy

In the main hall of the Chongwang Mansion.

Luo Rucai was sitting on the dragon chair, the civil and military officials sat down, arranged neatly, plus the red official robes of the civil officials, as well as the bright armor of the military generals, the bright hall, and the solemn guards, for a while there was really some feeling of being above the court.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Luo Rucai is dressed in a python robe and a gold crown on his head, although the appearance is unsatisfactory, but his clothes bring out his majesty, and he really has a bit of temperament.

"Our army parted ways with King Chuang, and now I am temporarily living in Runing Mansion, but Runing Mansion is not a place to stay for a long time, so I ask you to teach me where to go."

"The King." Luo Dain was the oldest, and he was the first to say: "Didn't the king say a long time ago that he wanted to go down to Jiangnan?" We are all waiting to go down to Jiangnan. ”

"Yes, go down to Jiangnan." I don't know who shouted first, for a while the solemn atmosphere was instantly broken, and for a while some people said that there were beauties in Jiangnan, some people wanted to rob Jiangnan's goods, and so on, and it instantly became a vegetable market.

Luo Rucai frowned suddenly, but he also knew that it was no wonder for them. Liu Bang's old brothers, dare to fight with fencing on the top of the main hall, as for them to abide by the rules and discuss matters like the Ming court, it is simply impossible.

Zhang Zhen immediately got up to maintain order and shouted a few silences. But no one birds him at all.

"Boom." Luo Rucai slammed the golden crown on his head on the desk and said, "Whoever gives us nonsense again, Lao Tzu cut him." ”

For a while, everyone was sitting in a precarious position, not daring to move for half a minute.

"Alright." Luo Rucai realized that his subordinates, let them be honest, they couldn't last long, and they lost the interest in cosplay. said: "What should be done, Zhang Xuan, you said, it is your opinion to go down to Jiangnan, now you can tell me, how to fight this Jiangnan?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Yes." ”

He only felt that his chest was rolling, and he said the big plan he had prepared for a long time, and said: "How to attack Jiangnan, the marshal is familiar with the road, and even the generals, there are many people who drink the water of the Yangtze River, from Runing to the Yangtze River, there are no difficulties and obstacles, it is nothing more than crossing the river." However, there are some changes in the situation now, that is, Zuo Liangyu's house has retreated too much, and he has retreated to the Jiujiang area for fear of breaking into the king's military might. If you want to cross the Yangtze River from the area of Anqing Mansion, you will not only face the problem of boats, but also Zuo Liangyu's army, although Zuo Liangyu's army is running fast, but we have to admit that Zuo Liangyu's army is still quite combative. ”

Many people agree with this.

Zuo Liangyu has a skill, but Zuo Liangyu is now also facing the problem of uneven quality under his command, Zuo Liangyu's headquarters has also recovered a lot, but those soldiers on the periphery are just outcasts

Nothing more.

But even that can't stop the crowd.

The army of 800,000 is claimed to have 400,000 even if it is discounted, and even if there are miscellaneous fish, 400,000 miscellaneous fish is also a big problem.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion below.

Cao Ying and Chuang Camp are separated, and the main force of Cao Ying is only about 50,000 or 60,000. The cavalry is around thirty or forty thousand, which is the absolute main force of Cao Ying. But on the river, Cao Yingjing did not have much room to play.

"Since Zuo Liangyu is so difficult to bite, let's not fight Jiangnan." Yang Chengzu said.

At one time, there were many people who responded to the agreement.

"Rogue thoughts." Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.

Most of these generals are rogues and don't want to fight tough battles, but where can they not fight tough battles in the world. However, Zhang Xuan didn't want to have a hard top with them, and immediately said: "Therefore, we have to go far and near." ”

As soon as Zhang Xuan clapped his hands, someone immediately sent a map, and he asked two or three soldiers to pull it away.

It is the map north of the Yangtze River, Zhang Xuan said: "This is the Huai River, I have checked the Huai River water transport, and I have prepared a lot of ships in Runing Mansion. Fengyang is the capital of the Middle Kingdom, Ma Shiying does not dare not defend it, and the city defense of Fengyang, everyone also knows, even though the imperial court has repaired a lot in recent years, it can't stop tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in my Cao camp. ”

Before the end of the Ming Dynasty, the city wall of Fengyang, the central capital, was never repaired. It simply cannot be compared with Nanjing Beijing.

Many people here have followed Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong to break through Fengyang City, so they naturally know this. They all nodded yes.

"Only in Fengyang to annihilate Ma Shiying's main force, Yongwei Battalion, then north of the Yangtze River, there is no opponent of my Cao Ying. It will be much easier for us to move then. You can attack the canal in the east and cut off the Cao Yun, you can attack Shandong in the north and attack the Beijing division in a situation, or you can divide your troops to harass the Yangtze River along the Yangtze River. But I think the best way is to seize Huai'an, because Huai'an has food. Zhang Xuan said.

"Huai'an has food, how much is there?" Luo Rucai said.

"I don't know how much, but Huai'an is the hub of Caoyun, millions of stone grain are transported into Beijing every year, it's hard to say, at least hundreds of thousands of stone grain should be there."

"Hundreds of thousands of stone grains." As soon as this number came out, many people gasped, not too little, but too much. Especially for those who have gone hungry, this number is even more discerning.

"The emperor actually has so much food?" Li Rugui gritted his teeth and said: "But we Henan people are starving to death, this Huai'an must be beaten." ”

In fact, Zhang Xuan is not very clear about how much grain there is in Huai'an, but he knows that there must be grain in Huai'an and even on the canal. This is a great economic upheaval between the north and the south

vein, no food is the problem.

"Let Zhang Xuan finish." Luo Rucai said.

"Yes." Zhang Xuan said: "What I value most is not Huai'an's grain, but Huai'an's ships. There are a lot of ships on the canal, as long as we capture these ships and take Yangzhou, we can directly cross the river and occupy a landing point on the south bank. ”

"Uncle, you are mistaken, the boats in the canal can't go on the Yangtze River." Rodain said.

"Would you like to ask Lord Luo to elaborate?" Zhang Xuan really hadn't heard of this, and immediately asked.

Luo Dain took two puffs of dry tobacco and said: "Uncle, the boats in the canal are all trough boats, and the boats in the Yangtze River are all river boats, and the draft is different. ”

Although what Luo Dain said was not clear, Zhang Xuan thought of the photos of the canals in the history books, and he felt a little clear in his heart.

Zhang Xuan didn't have any data on how wide the canal was, but he had the impression that the canal was not too wide, and the water would not be too deep if it was dug by the population, and when it was transported in the canal, it was almost ship-to-ship, but the Yangtze River was different. The Yangtze River is so windy and rough that even modern ships have sunk in the Yangtze River. Not to mention this era.

"I just want to cross the river with a trough boat, even if it is to connect the boats with ropes, and use it once, can I?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Rodain thought for a moment and said, "I can only look at the sky." ”

When the weather is good, even a plank can cross the sea, and when the weather is bad, even a ship can be flooded in the Yangtze River. That's really a panacea.

Zhang Xuan was secretly depressed in his heart, and said secretly: "I don't have any conflict with Luo Dain, why did he suddenly target me?" ”

Before Zhang Xuan could figure out what was going on, Luo Ru opened his mouth and said, "Zhang Xuan's rough plan, that's it, does anyone have other ideas?" ”

For a while, everyone stopped talking.

I have to say that there are many people in Cao Ying who dare to fight and kill, but there are too few people who plan roughly, although Zhang Xuan is talking on paper, but many people will only kill people with knives and rush into battle, but they will not talk about soldiers on paper.

"What about Zuo Liangyu?" Wang Lung thought for a long time and said, "Zuo Liangyu is a hard bone. ”

"Zuo Liangyu may not have been in Jiujiang all the time." Zhang Xuan said: "Zuo Liangyu's self-respect for the army has made many people dissatisfied, recently I heard that Huanghu is going to fight Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu is afraid that he will have to rescue, and even if Zuo Liangyu has been in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as we land on the south bank, is everyone afraid of him Zuo Liangyu can't succeed?" It's a showdown. ”

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