Fujian borders Guangdong and Jiangxi, and the vicinity of Xiamen was also divided by Zheng Chenggong, which belonged to the front line for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there were more troops stationed, but Zhejiang belonged to the rear, and the troops were extremely empty. Wang Kefan insisted on letting the South Road Eastern Expeditionary Army attack Xianxialing, in order to close the northern gate of Fujian and prevent Tong Yangjia from going north to support Zhejiang.

This is a matter of principle, and there can be no concessions, if Wan Yuanji and others do not cooperate, Wang Kefan will even forcibly give an order in the name of the governor of the Eastern Expedition, but the twisted melon is not sweet, and he will not use this method unless it is absolutely necessary.

Hearing that Tang Laihe persuaded Wan Yuanji, Wang Kefan breathed a sigh of relief, the Ming army has been fighting on its own for many years, only taking care of its own interests, and now it can cooperate with each other, and it has made a lot of progress. Of course, he couldn't pin all his hopes on Tang Laihe's promise, Wang Kefan specially instructed him that he must personally lead the troops to attack Xianxialing and watch Chen Bangfu and others, lest they shirk or engage in other small actions.

When Tang Laihe asked about the Minnie gun, Wang Kefan was very generous.

"To tell you the truth, there are only three Minnie guns in our army, and if Mr. Nandou wants it, he can give you one."

"So little! Where was this Mini gun made? Is it difficult to make it? ”

"It was made by our Hengyang Arsenal, if the imperial court wants to imitate it, you can send people to Hengyang, we will definitely give it to you, and we will never hide it."

"Seriously! Don't tease me! ”

Tang Laihe originally thought that if Wang Kefan could give himself such an important thing as a mini gun, it would be very good, and the manufacturing method would definitely be regarded as a secret skill and would never be revealed. Unexpectedly, he was so selfless and selfless that he agreed to the imperial court to learn the method of making zuò. Casual imitation.

"A gentleman's word, a quick horse." Wang Kefan said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, since Mr. Nandou has spoken, of course I have to obey the order......"

Tang Laihe praised him fiercely, and then left in a hurry.

Li Yuncong asked suspiciously: "Junmen, do you really ...... Didn't lie to him? ”

"No, what. Do I like to deceive people? ”

"No, that Minnie gun isn't very powerful, how can you give it away casually. And teach them how to make it? After Li Yuncong joined the Chu army, he soon became Wang Kefan's personal secret, and all kinds of things that happened in the Chu army could not be hidden from him, although he did not understand firearms. But I've also heard of the newly built Mini gun. The biggest difference between a mini gun and a flintlock pistol. It is not an exaggeration to call it a militaristic weapon because it has changed from a smoothbore gun to a rifled gun, and the use of conical Mini bullets has greatly increased its range and power.

"Oh, the Minnie gun is still a thing, and if the court can make it on a large scale, I'm thankful that it's too late." Wang Kefan explained casually, frowning and muttering for a moment. Ordered Li Yuncong to find Chen Youlong, the commander of the Zhenxiao camp.

There is such a thing as a war. Be sure to consider the worst-case scenario. Eighty percent of the soldiers and horses of Tong Yangjia, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, were in Fujian, and if Chen Bangfu and Zhao Yin selected them to go wrong and let Tong Yangjia's troops withdraw to Zhejiang, the entire plan for the Eastern Crusade would face failure.

At the critical moment, it is still his own people who are the most reliable, Chen Youlong's Zhenxiao battalion has been fighting with the Miao people in the mountainous areas of Xiangxi for a long time, which is a mountain special force of the Ming Dynasty, and sent them to the mountainous areas of southern Zhejiang to add another insurance to Chen Bangfu and Zhao Yinxuan, and if necessary, they can send troops to seize Fengling Pass and Xianxia Pass.

"Chen Bangfu, this guy, really has a ghost in his heart." After Chen Youlong left, Wang Kefan sent someone to find Quan Xi.

The standard of this military meeting was very high, except for Guangdong and Huguang, which were too far away, almost all the battalion commanders and generals in Jiangxi came to attend, but Chen Bang Fu Tuo did not come due to illness, and only one deputy general was sent as a representative. Obviously, he had smelled something and was wary of Wang Kefan.

The Eastern Crusade had to fight in the enemy-occupied area, and the task of the Intelligence Bureau was very heavy.

"Tan Tai has continued to increase troops to Anqing Mansion in the past few days, the land division is stationed in Pengze, and the water division is stationed in Xiaogushan, with a total strength of nearly 20,000 people, and it continues to increase, which poses a great threat to the flank of the Chu army......"

Dagushan and Xiaogushan are two small islands, located at the confluence of Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River, Dagushan is in Poyang Lake, and Xiaogushan is in the center of the Yangtze River, both of which are good harbors for the garrison of the Navy. The Qing army stationed troops here, and at any time they could take a boat down the south of Poyang Lake and attack Raozhou Mansion on the east bank, Nanchang Mansion on the west bank, and Fuzhou Mansion on the south bank, threatening the rear route of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

"Tan Tai's trick is to knock on the bridge and not cross!"

Li Yuncong looked at the map for a while, and gasped: "He Chen soldiers are at the mouth of Poyang Lake, which is a good means of static braking, our army does not move, he does not move, as soon as our army moves, he immediately takes a boat to the south and cuts off my grain route!" ”

"Yes, is there a way to crack the scales?"

Wang Kefan nodded, Tan Tai relied on the advantage of having a sailor to put an elite army at the mouth of Poyang Lake, which was indeed very sharp, like a sharp knife aimed at the waist and eyes of the Chu army, which immediately made people feel like a man on his back and did not dare to move.

"In this ......, military affairs are not my forte, so I can only reluctantly plan."

Li Yuncong hesitated, and after thinking about it for a long time, he said: "If you want to break the momentum of Tan Tai knocking on the bridge and not crossing, there are only two ways. One is-for-tat, deploying heavy troops between Nanchang Mansion and Raozhou Mansion, Tan Tai will give a head-on blow as long as he dares to come, and the other is a tooth for tat, and also try to cut off the grain route of the Qing army...... No, no, our army doesn't have a water division, this method will definitely not work, it's better to attack Peng Ze directly and defeat the 20,000 Tartars in one fell swoop......"

Wang Kefan frowned, stared at the map for a long time and did not speak.

Li Yuncong's two methods are not good.

The so-called-for-tat is actually a passive defense, sending heavy troops to protect their supply lines.

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to draw a horseshoe-shaped defense line around the southern part of Poyang Lake, and even if it cooperates with Jin Shenghuan, the Chu army will have to invest a large number of troops, and there is not enough strength to attack Nanzhili and Fujian...... If it is really like this, the happiest thing is probably the Southern Road Eastern Expeditionary Army, the Chu army is carrying Tan Tai in the northern part of Jiangxi, and they are relieved to boldly attack Fujian, completely making wedding dresses for others.

The so-called-for-tat for tooth is to take the initiative to attack Pengze County at the mouth of Poyang Lake, first have a decisive battle with Tan Tai, and then launch an eastward crusade after victory.

This plan looks very beautiful, but in fact it is not operable, the Qing army has a water division to transport back and forth, and can continue to transfer reinforcements from all over the country, the Qing army in Pengze County is now only 20,000 people, if the Chu army goes, the Qing army may become 40,000 people overnight, 60,000 ......, small Pengze County, is not a weakened version of Stalingrad, after the Chu army falls in, it will face a protracted and bitter battle, even if it can win in the end, there is no strength to continue to attack Nanzhili and Zhejiang.

All in all, the Chu army did not have a naval division in Jiangxi, so it could not have a decisive battle with the Qing army in Pengze County.

(The Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War II, and there were many reasons for the defeat of the German army, one of which was that it did not go all out to capture the dock and cut off the supply line of the Volga River, so the Soviet Red Army sent a steady stream of reinforcements, and finally dragged the German army to death.) ）

-for-tat,-for-tat, neither of these methods is good......

"In fact, there is a third method, which will be calculated." Wang Kefan's thoughts were clear, and the brows that were twisted just now had been loosened, and he said with a smile: "Tan Tai has set up heavy troops at the mouth of Poyang Lake, just to cut off my grain route, okay, if you want to cut it off, I will open the gate and invite him to enter the hinterland of Jiangxi to see what tricks he can make." ”

"Think twice!"

Li Yuncong hurriedly persuaded: "The grain road is cut off, isn't it child's play!" Once the army runs out of food, it will immediately collapse, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers will collapse without a fight, and it will be out of control! ”

"Afraid of what? We went to Jiangnan, which is rich in the world, are you afraid that you won't be able to raise food? Wherever the king goes, the people will inevitably pick up the pulp in the pot and welcome it, and there will always be a way to raise food...... Even if there is really no food, tens of thousands of troops can't starve to death, borrow some food from those big families, they have to give me a face. ”

Wang Kefan's tone was flat, as if he was narrating a very ordinary thing, but Li Yuncong felt a sudden tightness on his spine.

"No, that's not right! The military gate forcibly borrowed grain, which will inevitably lead to complaints, and lose the hearts of the people in Jiangnan...... "Bringing tens of thousands of troops to borrow grain, this is simply Li Chuangliukou's style, if Wang Kefan really does this, I am afraid that he will be drowned by the foaming stars."

"I understand the meaning of leaping scales, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, right?" Wang Kefan shook his head: "This sentence is very reasonable, but it is not a universal axiom. The people of Jiangnan are oriented to the Ming Dynasty, but they are paying grain for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we only lose face, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty has fallen into benefits, using the money and grain paid by Jiangnan to recruit troops and buy horses, and then come to beat us again, don't ...... this face."

Li Yuncong turned out to be Wen An's staff member, and he was very sensitive to political issues, and when he heard Wang Kefan's murderous anger, he couldn't help but persuade again and again, which made Wang Kefan laugh.

"Are you afraid that I will go on a killing spree, like Li Chuang, chasing stolen goods and helping to get paid? Don't worry, this town has its own measure, and it won't take this step until the last resort......"

……

A few days after the spring equinox, the camp launched a fierce attack on Jingzhou, and Huguang took the lead in the war, and after several days of fierce fighting, the city was broken in one fell swoop.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhijian and Wang Jincai attacked Jiayu County, and the Chu army's sailors suddenly came out of Dongting Lake and attacked the Qing army's sailors transporting reinforcements. The warships of both sides launched an artillery battle on the Yangtze River, and the roar of the cannons was clearly heard at the head of Wuchang City.

Jin Shenghuan immediately sent troops and sent 20,000 elite soldiers north to attack Jianchang County, which was close to Jiujiang Prefecture, to put pressure on Tan Tai......

These battles were only sentinel battles, and the real offensive had not yet begun. (To be continued......)