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The location is naturally to be changed, but from the tavern in the city of Huangzhou, changed to the best Wangjiang Tower in the city, although the owner of the Wangjiang Tower has already escaped, but its cook is still there, previously detained by Chen Shuyang in the yamen, become its exclusive cook, and now, it has been released out of the yamen, because there is no life, the cook and the original shopkeeper, together, will re-open this Wangjiang Tower.

But just a moment's effort, on the round table in the private room on the second floor of Wangjiang Building, a few dishes were placed, the dishes were extremely fast, after sitting down, facing all kinds of delicacies on the table, Lin Zhiping just picked a little light to taste, but for the wine in the cup, he never refused, compared to the delicacies of the mountains and seas, the wine and food is his favorite, and the aroma of the wine permeated the entire box.

After a few glasses of wine, Lin Zhiping, who was slightly drunk, put down the wine glass, looked at the person in front of him, thought about the entourage standing outside the door, and faintly guessed the identity of this person in his heart.

"This wine is not drunk in vain by the general! What doubts does the general have, just say it! ”

"Oh!"

Zhu Yifeng, who had always been curious in his heart, smiled, this person is a little interesting, he was "invited" here by himself because he was unwilling to talk about it in detail, and after a few glasses of wine, he said something to solve his doubts.

"In that case, then I want to know, why does my brother think I'm short-sighted?"

"The short-sighted person is not just a general, that is, the Hongyang, who has never been short-sighted,"

If it were someone else, I am afraid that he would not dare to say so, but Lin Zhiping noticed that the banner of "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" floating on the city had already been removed at some point, and as for the notice of Na Anmin, there was no mention of "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", they were obviously not people on the same road.

"Take Wuchang as an example, after Hong Yang and the two went down to Wuchang, their practice was all to coerce the people of the whole city into the camp, it seems that the soldiers are strong and strong, and the momentum is huge, but in fact they don't know that the people in this city are not like the village husbands, they can neither eat hard, nor have a brute force, if it is not bad as expected, within a month, the captives will be unbearable and flee back eight or nine times out of ten...... Moreover, now it seems to be a huge momentum, but in fact it is hundreds of thousands of people who are not engaged in production and have no combat power, and their current momentum used to be brave, but now it is all based on momentum, but hundreds of thousands of people are not producing, and where does their food and grass come from......"

Lin Zhiping's comments made Zhu Yifeng nod, it is true, it can be said that they coerced the whole city It was a mistake, in history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom incorporated the people of the three towns into the army, which was equivalent to emptying the entire Wuchang and turning it into a mobile and non-productive city, which made the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom overstretched and tired of dealing with the food problem in the future.

"Then in my brother's opinion, what should Hong Yang do, is the best policy?"

With a snort, he drank a bowl of wine, and Lin Zhiping, who was so drunk that he even spoke with a big tongue, said with his eyes full of drunkenness.

"In fact, it is also simple, after capturing Wuchang, the first thing it should do is to leave tens of thousands of people and a certain amount of grain and grass to defend Wuchang, settle their families here, and then select the strong young people of the three towns to join the army, and go down to the south of the Yangtze River with the veterans in the army, attack Jiangning, not only do not have to bear heavy logistical pressure, improve the quality of the troops, but also get a steady stream of support from Wuchang."

"But don't forget, brother, the minister of the Qin Mission, Qi Shan, led an army of more than 100,000 troops all the way south in Henan, approaching Wuchang, if his troops besieged Wuchang, what should happen?"

Is it just a guy on paper? Thinking of the comments of later generations on several missteps of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, on the issue of whether to stay in Wuchang or to defend, the biggest dispute is the army known as "100,000" led by Qi Shan, and there is Xiang Rong under the city of Wuchang, because of this, there are many people who agree with those who abandon Wuchang.

"Northern Expedition!"

After spitting out these two words, Lin Zhiping hiccuped.

"When taking Jiangning, send a partial division all the way, along the way to plunder the land and coerce the people, with the barrenness of the north, it can naturally become an army of tens of thousands, when the erosion of Henan, the division of the Northern Expedition, send a partial division, cut the back road of Qi Shan, and then supplemented by Jiangning all the way against the river reinforcements, so inside and outside, even if Qi Shan has the ability to reach the sky, what can it do?"

After drinking another glass of wine, Lin Zhiping, who was drunk, had already begun to sway.

And his words made Zhu Yifeng's whole person fall into contemplation, if this is really the case of the three routes, the situation is completely different, Qishan's army is contained under the city of Wuchang, and whether it is Jiangning in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, or Anhui to Henan, there are no troops to stop, and the Qing army is also no soldiers to adjust, and when the three-way army becomes a momentum, it is the time for it to stabilize the Central Plains......

“…… At that time, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan four provinces will be connected together, and it will be a pity to worry about the grain and grass from the soldiers! Short-sightedness is like a flood, this providence is so, what can be helped? ”

The long sigh in his ears made Zhu Yifeng frown, took a sip of wine, looked at Lin Zhiping, who was already drunk, and asked tentatively.

"Now Hubei is empty, and the cities are even more ownerless, in the opinion of the elder brother, the younger brother sent troops to seize the city, I don't know what the elder brother thinks?"

"Huh? Empty city? ”

Opening his drunken and hazy eyes, Lin Zhiping was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly smiled as if he had figured out something.

"I know, you, you want to take the opportunity to stand on your own, this is not bad, such as the empty city along the river, the Cantonese bandits went down to the city and abandoned, the official army pursued all the way to the process without entering, this magistrate is even more fleeing, killing and killing, your abacus is good, you fight well, you fight well......"

praised his mouth, but Zhu Yifeng still noticed that there was no praise on his face.

"Huangzhou is in the middle, down to Jiujiang, up to Yueyang, the soldiers are only thousands of tired soldiers, and there are only more than ten cities along the river, since the Guangdong bandits have gone, the defense is naturally lax, the Guangdong bandits can be along the river to conquer the city, then you can take the city along the river, this abacus ah......"

In addition to the praise, Lin Zhiping, who was already a little drunk, dipped some wine in his hand and drew a curve on the table.

"Okay, what a big Yangtze River, no, the long snake formation......"

Long Snake Formation!

Hearing these three words, Zhu Yifeng, who was originally proud of his plan to "steal chickens", suddenly felt a cold sweat come out of his back, this "stealing chickens" along the river is really good, but the biggest problem is...... Yangtze!

The Taiping army can go all the way down the river to Yueyang and Kejiangning, then the Qing army can also do the same, unless they first set up the sailors and rely on the strong ships and artillery to cross the Yangtze River, otherwise they are not a long snake formation that cares about the head and tail? Moreover, if the Qing army sent an elite all the way to cut off the snake's belly and set up a fort along the river, then at that time, his long snake formation would be cut into two parts that did not care about each other......

There is no strategic depth!

That's the biggest problem!

What was on your mind before? It seems appropriate to take advantage of the reality of the emptiness along the river, to seize the city without much effort, and then to have its own territory, and then to rely on the strong ships and guns of Western-style ships to run rampant along the river, which seems appropriate, but in fact there is no strategic depth, and there is no room for maneuver without strategic depth, and without this margin, it is equivalent to nothing?

"Thank you, dude, for ......"

Before Zhu Yifeng got up to say thank you, he heard a snoring sound, and Lin Zhiping actually fell asleep!

Looking at Lin Zhiping, who was sleeping soundly, Zhu Yifeng's expression became more and more solemn.

"What should I do?"

Sitting at the table, facing the delicious food on the table, Zhu Yifeng did not have a trace of taste, looking at Lin Zhiping who was sleeping soundly, he was a little envious of this person, at least he didn't have to think about these problems, and now, he has no way out, in fact, for Zhu Yifeng, now is not the best time to rebel, compared to now, he prefers to wait a few more months, since he has "hooked up" with the knife club, Shanghai has become the first choice, after all, there is a convenient sea transportation, but now, He had no choice but to protect himself.

But how to crack this long snake formation right now?

“…… How can you ......"

In that squeak, the wine bowl on the table was knocked down by Lin Zhiping, and the wine flowed down the table, all the way to the "long snake array", there was a lot of momentum to rush the long snake array, looking at the wine flowing on the table, Zhu Yifeng's tightly knit brows suddenly raised again, since the water rushed from other places, why couldn't he discharge the flood first!

Thinking of this, the melancholy on his face suddenly dissipated!

"Yes, that's right, that's it!"