Chapter Seventy-Three: Two Land Attacks by Troops Disposing of corpses takes the opportunity to truce

Holding the telegram sent by Li Zicheng ordering him to wait for an opportunity to send troops, Liu Zhongmin circled the room twice. Although Liu Zhongmin did not know the words on the telegram, he felt happy to hold the telegram. After turning around twice, Liu Zhongmin immediately asked people to invite the commander of the Yaogang Mountain Jungle Army, as well as Li Laiheng.

The commander of the Mountain Jungle Army is the veteran who has been with Li Jing for the longest time, but he is not very old, much younger than Liu Zhongmin. This person's surname is Jiang, and his name is Wei. There was also a reason why Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He could agree with Li Jing's suggestion and directly promote him to the commander of the Mountain Jungle Army. This person not only has high martial arts, is extremely sober-minded, very assertive, and very rigorous. It's usually inconspicuous, and it's very calm. Even Liu Zhongmin, who rarely puts people in his eyes, looked at Jiang Wei differently after seeing Jiang Wei.

As soon as Jiang Wei entered Liu Zhongmin's lobby, Liu Zhongmin went over and handed the telegram in his hand to Jiang Wei, "Brother Jiang, take a look!" Lord Chuang ordered me to wait for an opportunity to march! ”

Jiang Wei said unhurriedly: "General Quan, I also received a telegram from home, informing me to try my best to facilitate your march into Annam. If you don't invite me, I'll come too. ”

"Oh!" Liu Zhongmin understood that if he could get the telegram, the kiln people would naturally be able to get the news, "This is great!" Brother Jiang, this time our brothers have to cooperate well to make the Annan people completely honest. Lord Chuang and their side have already killed three or four hundred thousand Annan people, and we can't get less than them! ”

"General Quan, I really want to fight side by side with you and clean up the Annan people. However, I have been ordered to cooperate with you in entering Annam, but not to enter the territory of the south bank. So my army can't go out to fight! Jiang Wei explained.

"What? How can this work? Liu Zhongmin was a little anxious, "Such a good thing, our brothers have to do it together!" Besides, are you the strongest in mountain and jungle combat? ”

"General Quan, don't worry!" Jiang Wei waved his hand to signal Liu Zhongmin to steady, "I can take the life of the foreign monarch to some extent, but I can't go too far." Because when we enter the territory of Annam, we still have to send you a section by boat. Capture a few of their passes, and we can support you with artillery fire. However, the military order is like a mountain, and we really can't go too far into the territory of Annam. I think there must be a reason for the kiln gang to give me such an order. General Kwon don't embarrass me. ”

"Alas!" Liu Zhongmin slapped his thigh and said, "What a fucking disappointment!" Okay, you don't go Lao Tzu to go by yourself. Pack up those Annamite monkeys the same. ”

"Yes! During your time in Guangxi, you have slowly adapted to the climate here. In addition, many of your officers have been trained in mountain and jungle warfare, so there should be no major problems in dealing with the Annanes. Jiang Wei comforted Liu Zhongmin and said.

At this time, Li Laiheng came in and sat next to him without interjecting.

Jiang Wei looked up at Li Laiheng and asked, "General Li, Annan's side has reconnoitred again, and there are no major changes, right?" ”

"There hasn't been much change," said Lee, "but many of the troops in Annam have been transferred to Tokyo (Hanoi), but there are a few passes on the border, and they are not small!" But the gates are sealed and no entry or exit is allowed. We went in and out to reconnoitre, bypassing the pass and climbing the mountain. ”

"It's been a war twice, and it's normal to close the customs." Jiang Wei said, "If this is the case, we will act according to the plan, and you will go out of Nanning Mansion and go south along the Zuojiang River and attack in two ways." One way straight to Pingxiang, the other to Siming (Ningming). With a little rectification, we can march into Annam. ”

At this time, although Liu Zhongmin felt that Jiang Wei could not attack Annan with them, he regretted that he could not change the matter, so he no longer insisted on it. He decisively said to Li Laiheng: "Come to Heng! You took 50,000 people straight to Pingxiang, from Zhennan Pass (Friendship Pass) to attack Annam, after entering Annam, don't be polite along the way, you must be afraid of the Annam people. The goal is to go to Tokyo (Hanoi) and meet with the prince. (Tian) Jianxiu will be able to come up immediately, and after he comes, he will also take people to set off, first to Siming (Ningming), and then to the south into Annam. The goal is the same, to clear all the rebels on the way. After we met with King Chuang in Tokyo (Hanoi), we listened to King Chuang's military order to divide the troops. You go first, and when the army comes up, I will follow them with you. ”

Jiang Wei said, "Our ship can basically send you to where you want to go. Especially on Siming's side, I heard the boatmen here say that when the water is big, you can sail the boat directly to Annam for a long distance. In that case, it will be convenient for us to transport troops and materials. Also, after you enter Annam, I will take my army along the border and take over all the border crossings, so that it will be much easier for us to cooperate with your operations in Annam. ”

"Oops! It's great that not only do we have no worries, but we can also get your support from all the gates. Liu Zhongmin danced happily.

Li Zicheng and their fight was lively, and the Yaogang side couldn't help but care about the battle situation over there, as long as there was time, these giants in the Yaogang couldn't help but run to the command center to understand the situation.

On this day, Yan Boju was very happy, and Ningde sent people from Hexi to send a lot of good horses. Yan Boju, who was very interested, also came to the command center to chat with everyone, of course, everyone had to listen to Yan Boju carefully talk about his horses and sons, and then everyone could talk about Annan's side.

Hearing that Li Zicheng and the others had killed three or four hundred thousand Annan soldiers, Yan Boju said, "Is this fucking accurate? How big is that Annan? How many people, so many soldiers died at once. When we fought Li Zicheng, we didn't kill so many people! ”

Ouyang He smiled and said, "Mr. Yan, don't worry, these are all messages sent back by Mu Yi and them." When Zhang Fu pacified Annan, there were 48 prefectures, 168 counties, and 3,129,500 registered households in Annan. When the Ming Dynasty attacked Annam three times, the Annam people mobilized 780,000 people to fight against the Ming army, claiming to be 7 million people, but in fact, they could also mobilize one or two million people. After so many years of cultivation and vitality, their population has also increased a lot, and Annan has the ability to mobilize a million troops. ”

"In this way, Li Zicheng destroyed 400,000 of them, and it can't be regarded as completely hurting their vitality!" Lu Chengxiang interjected, "This battle has to be fought for a while." ”

"Yes! Li Zicheng and they in Annan have only just begun, and when the Annan brigade does not dare to confront Li Zicheng, it will be even more difficult to get rid of those who flee and resist separately. Ouyang He explained, "However, there is good news to tell Mr. Lu, they have seized a lot of grain from Haiphong Port, and they have also bought a lot of grain from merchants in Haiphong Port at a low price." It just so happened that when Zheng Zhilong and the others sent Li Zicheng's ship back, they were all empty ships, and they would bring back as much rice as possible. ”

"Good! All right! Well fought! Lu Chengxiang was very happy to hear the news.

Everyone was also infected by Lu Chengxiang's emotions, and they all laughed.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Liu Zhongmin, they will soon march by land. I suppose that after their rendezvous at Tokyo (Hanoi), they took control of the places on both sides of the main river along the Red River. They can then divide their forces to sweep away the remnants of the resistance. However, if Li Zicheng can complete the task of capturing Li Li alive according to the advice we gave him before leaving, then he can take the Son of Heaven to order the princes. ”

Chen Yufeng stood up and came to the map, looked at it and said: "The situation is very good now, but I don't know if Li Zicheng can calm down, and wait for Liu Zhongmin and them to fight almost before attacking Tokyo (Hanoi)." Now that Li Zicheng has 50,000 men, it is difficult to form a complete encirclement of Tokyo. It will not be easy to wipe out the defenders of Tokyo (Hanoi). ”

"Send a telegram to Mu Yi, and let him persuade Li Zicheng to do this." Zhang Zhimu didn't want to send such a telegram to Li Zicheng, lest Li Zicheng be disgusted by others pointing fingers at him.

This time, when everyone talked about the terrible power of coagulation, Zhang Zhimu did not say anything against the use. Zhang Zhimu knew that these Annamite people were the most white-eyed wolves, and when they resisted US aggression and aided Vietnam, the Chinese tightened their belts to support them, but they turned their faces and did not recognize people. To deal with such people, it is also necessary to use some ruthless means. They think that your kindness is weakness, and you use thunderbolts on them to make them think that you are a hero. This time, Li Zicheng must completely convince them, and then slowly transform them. Fortunately, the more than 300,000 people brought by Li Zicheng this time are not ready to return, and the more than 300,000 people who live there should be able to clean up the bones in the back of their heads. Zhang Zhimu even thought that if it didn't work this time, it would be better to completely eliminate them. Li Zicheng can do such a thing. Wu Sangui used this method to solve the problem of rebellion of the Yi people in Yunnan.

Different historical conditions and different methods of solving problems have been accepted by Zhang Zhimu now. Zhang Zhimu knows better that such problems will be encountered in the future. In the future, in the face of the Japanese people, if it is not possible, such means must also be adopted. There is no need for the existence of those nations that live in the world as a threat to the people of the world, and the eradication of the root cause is now permitted by historical conditions and acceptable to everyone.

Seeing that several main leaders were there, Zhang Zhimu said to everyone: "Mr. Lu Bingyi will be back soon, there is one thing, are we determined to do it?" It's the Lanzhou Yellow River Bridge. ”

Lu Chengxiang said first: "You can rest assured that the silver is fine!" ”

Everyone's having fun.

"As long as the steel and cement are okay, let's do it!" Chen Yufeng said, "The railway on the Hexi side will have to be repaired sooner or later. Now the blast furnace in Baotou has been minted. The open-hearth furnace will be put into operation next year, so we will make up our minds to build a dual-purpose bridge for railways and highways in Lanzhou. ”

"Then divide half of the technicians who built the Hequ Bridge to build the Lanzhou Bridge." Zhang Zhimu said, "Mr. Lu Bingyi will arrange this matter when he comes back. In addition, there are two bridges to be built, one is the Kaifeng Yellow River Bridge, and the other is the Baotou Yellow River Bridge in Baotou. Let's see which bridge should we build first? ”

This is a difficult issue to choose, each with its own importance. In fact, Zhang Zhimu had already planned to build the Baotou Bridge. However, King Zhou came to Zhang Zhimu many times to build the Kaifeng Bridge. In fact, after the Tongguan Bridge was built, the Kaifeng Bridge could be slowed down. So Zhang Zhimu asked everyone's opinions on this matter here. After discussing for a while, everyone agreed to build the Baotou Bridge first. Because this bridge is open, the defense of the north is more deep, and the response will be faster when something happens. Especially after the Baiyun mining area in Baotou is put into production, the connection with Shanxi and Shaanxi will be closer. In this way, Zhang Zhimu told King Zhou. If the conditions are ripe, Zhang Zhimu still wants to build a railway from Baotou to Xi'an. There are too many places that need to be built in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Zhimu must ensure the focus. Because these priorities will lead to the development of production, and only when production develops can it support other construction projects. Now what Zhang Zhimu is looking forward to most is that the Baotou Steel Mill can make steel. In this way, both railways and shipbuilding can have sufficient steel. Railways are the foundation of development, and the investment that is now being made in railways is the most worthwhile investment, and it cannot be overstated that it has contributed to the process of industrialization. The question now is how to get the entire Ming Dynasty to join this process of industrialization. The land reform enabled a large number of landlords to exchange land for silver, which provided a good financial basis for the industrialization process. Because the landlords themselves will find a way for their own funds.

Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Lu will settle this matter when he comes back. However, the Yellow River is about to freeze, and after this matter is decided, we will go to Lanzhou and wait for the opening of ships next year. ”

"This is the plan for next year, and when Mr. Lu comes back, we will also plan for the entire future traffic situation." Zhang Zhimu said, "It's just that I think the bridge in Lanzhou should be grasped quickly, so I will discuss it with you today." ”

Every time there was news from Annan, Zhang Zhimu would send a telegram to Emperor Chongzhen to tell him the news.

Emperor Chongzhen was happy to hear the news of Li Zicheng's continuous victories, but he was unspeakably uncomfortable. Why did these people become capable people after leaving the court, and why did these people raised by the court be so poor. The imperial court once sent more than 800,000 troops to pacify Annan at most, but Li Zicheng only went to 50,000 people, and killed more than 400,000 Annan people. If the Yaogang people helped to beat the Annan people like this, there would be no suspense for them to send troops to Liaodong. These kiln workers are really never ambiguous in their work. It has been two years since Zhang Zhimu asked the imperial court for some maps and fortifications of the Liaodong region last time, no wonder the kiln gang people will be a fatal blow as long as they make a move. No opponent can stop this kind of approach. Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen inevitably wanted to think about how Zhang Zhimu would treat himself in the end. Although Zhang Zhimu vowed last time in Kaifeng that he must support himself as the emperor. But it's still very unpleasant to put your fate in the hands of others.

Li Li on Annan's side was still very obedient, and the next day he received a letter from the kiln gang people asking them to dispose of the corpse, and he really sent a large number of soldiers to transport the corpse. But the corpse was not disposed of for a day. Before dark, Li Li sent men to shoot a letter with bows and arrows at the Dashun army camp asking for the corpse to be transported again tomorrow. Of course, Song Xiance agreed.

Li Li also wanted to take advantage of the time to dispose of the corpse and think about what to do next? He also had an idea in his heart, if the Haiphong port side could succeed, it would still be a blow to the Ming army. Although he suffered heavy losses, his army had already attacked the position of the Ming army, and the losses of the Ming army were not small. In particular, he saw that although the Ming army fired the horrific shells from the ship today, these shells were selectively attacked. This shows that their shells are also very limited. Otherwise, they would have used such a powerful weapon a long time ago, and they would not attack several places like this, but covered them all.

Thinking of this, Li Li felt a little confident in his heart, and discussed this matter with his cronies, and everyone admired Li Li's observation. By disposing of the corpses, Le Lai gathered a number of troops. However, in the evening, news came from Haiphong Port, which overturned Le Li's determination to continue the offensive.

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