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Twelve mountains in Wuchang City, Meiting Mountain is one of them, it is 3 miles south of Gaoguan Mountain, Meiting Mountain top originally Ming Taizu divided the imperial tablet, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang marched into Wuchang, had been stationed in Meiting Mountain, pleased to hear that Chen Li surrendered and the sixth son of the emperor Zhu Zhen was born two good news, here heard the sixth son, he was very happy to say: "Zichang, to Chu Fengzhi". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoLater, after Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he made Zhu Zhen, the sixth son of Hongwu, the king of Chu, the third year of Hongwu. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Zhen was in Wuchang, set up the imperial inscription of the king of Chu in Meiting Mountain, and built the "feudal pavilion", Zhu Zhen did not forget the grace of his father, often looked at the imperial capital from afar, so he built "Chu Wangtai" again.

Since then, the area of Meiting Mountain is called "Chu Wangtai", and whether it is regarded as a pavilion and a platform, it has long been gone at this time, only a little old base remains, if it is not the old base in the barren grass, who can think that there was a "feudal pavilion" and "Chu Wangtai" here.

At this time, strolling in it, looking at the rolling river in the distance, perhaps, at this time, the "Chuwang" is on the river trial, but now Zhu Yifeng just wants to be quiet, so he will come to this deserted "Chuwangtai".

Staring at the north, the mind that seemed to be calm would have some anticipation instead.

"Looking north to the ......"

With this word in his mouth, Zhu Yifeng knew why he was so imaginative, wasn't it because he was unwilling to miss this good opportunity in front of him?

"Governor Dadu, when you look at the rivers and mountains in the north, have you ever thought about the land south of the Yangtze River?"

Just when Zhu Yifeng's words fell, suddenly, a voice came from behind him, with some Hunan accents in the voice, and when he turned back, he only looked at two people, it was Hu Linyi and Zuo Zongtang, why are the two of them here?

In fact, Hu Linyi and Zuo Zongtang also came to the "Chuwangtai" after watching the launching ceremony of the "Chu Wang", but they never thought that they would meet the governor here, and when they heard the sentence "The country looks north", Hu Linyi couldn't help but say such a sentence.

People always change, and the current Hu Linyi and Zuo Zongtang, although they have not made a choice on the surface, in fact, they have already made a choice, but they still have the last concerns. But Zhu Yifeng's words aroused the words of the two.

"The land of Jiangnan?"

"In the eighteenth year of Yuan Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned the Confucian scholar Tang Zhongshi and asked Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Taizu of the Song Dynasty to pacify the way of the world.

Standing on this "Chu Wangtai", Hu Linyi first talked about history, and then continued.

At this time, although Zhu Yuanzhang had 100,000 troops, he still occupied very little territory, and he was surrounded by enemies on all sides. To the east and south is the Yuan army, to the southeast is Zhang Shicheng, and to the west is Xu Shouhui, although they are both anti-Yuan forces, but Zhang and Xu are hostile to each other with King Xiaoming. However, the main force of the Red Turban Army led by King Xiaoming and Liu Futong in the north greatly contained the Yuan army, and the strength of Zhang Shicheng and Xu Shouhui was not enough to annex Zhu Yuanzhang. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to break through each other, thus laying the foundation for the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, and the situation where today's metropolitan governor is in is not as bad as Zhu Hongwu back then, but it is very similar......"

In fact, in the past period of time, whenever the two were alone, when they talked about the situation, they would always involuntarily talk about the future of the Han Righteous Army, in their opinion, today's situation of the Righteous Army is comparable to Zhu Yuanzhang back then.

It is precisely because of this that when he heard the phrase "the country looks north", he hurriedly lobbied, for fear that it would change its strategy and affect the overall situation in the future.

"Dadu Governor, now Jiangning's Cantonese bandits are at the end of the limelight, their eastern expedition to the west, and the Northern Expedition, it seems to be the limelight, unstoppable, in fact, it is the end of the strong bow, but it was first called the emperor in Jiangning, and now it is the east and west to fight, naturally attracting the attention of the world, so that the government ...... The attention of the Qing court must have attracted it......"

The slight change in Hu Linyi's words fell on Zhu Yifeng's ears, only making his eyebrows raise slightly, but just these slight changes, he knew that he had made a choice, however, he did not immediately break this point, he knew that the reserved nature of the scholars made them scruple and would not take the initiative to defect to themselves, and the reason why they made this suggestion now actually showed the scheming of the two.

"Although today's Cantonese bandits are on the northern expedition, the north is almost erosive, the Qing court soldiers are attracted by the northern expedition of the Cantonese bandits, it should have been our northern expedition, in order to enrich the opportunity of strength, but today's north has already been eroded, such as Henan, although the population is large, but it is deeply affected by the Yellow River, floods and droughts are frequent, if you occupy Henan, not only can not get its strength, but also affected by it, and even in times of disaster, you also need to transfer Hubei rice grain for relief......"

The strategist's words seem a little cold, but this is exactly what the strategist must, the strategist must first benefit, and Henan's "natural disadvantage" for the rebels, not only can not use the advantages of their manpower, but will even tie up the energy and financial resources of the rebels, of course, this is only one of them,

"Furthermore, if the Metropolitan Governor waives his army to the north, passing through Henan, Henan is located in the Central Plains, and can threaten Gyeonggi or enter Shanxi, such a dangerous place, can the Qing court turn a blind eye? At that time, as far as the Qing court is concerned, the metropolitan governor will inevitably turn the disease of scabies in his eyes into a problem for his henchmen, on the other hand, the Jiangning Yue bandits, there are the metropolitan governors in the north, and they can naturally slowly figure it out, so that the metropolitan governor is the little Ming king at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Futong ......"

Hu Linyi's words only made Zhu Yifeng feel a chill in his back, isn't this the truth, now the attention of the Qing court is attracted by the Taiping Army, this is the time for him to carefully manage his strategy, if he is now on the Northern Expedition, wouldn't he be making the current good situation worse?

"What Runzhi said is extremely true, but now the division of the Northern Expedition of the Cantonese bandits has already crossed the Yellow River, and it is unstoppable.

This is also Zhu Yifeng's concern, although the Taiping Army of the Northern Expedition was defeated by Jinghai in history, it does not mean that this time and space are also the same, after all, in comparison, the Northern Expeditionary Army seems to have been strengthened. In case they capture the Jingshi, they will occupy the "highest point".

"Not to mention its Northern Expedition Division, it is already the end of the strong crossbow, that is, it has captured the Beijing Division, what can it do?"

Zuo Zongtang, who had been silent, first chuckled, then looked at the north and said.

"When Emperor Hongwu Northern Expedition, with 250,000 soldiers divided into two roads, before it could function, although so, the Yuan Court also avoided Mobei, today the Taiping Army is only a few tens of thousands of troops to the north of the expedition, although the Qing army's combat power is far from it, but under its heavy obstruction, it has already been the end of the strong crossbow, even if it is lucky to capture the Beijing Division, the Qing court only needs to avoid outside the pass, it can still be adjusted to Shandong, Shanxi and other places outside the pass, attack the northern expedition to the Guangdong bandits, and then a few months of harsh winter is coming, the southerners are not tolerant of the bitter cold in the north, and how can they be with Shandong, Shanxi and other places are around the official army? In a few months, the division of the Northern Expedition of the Cantonese bandits will be defeated by the Qing army, even if it is barely to maintain an undefeated situation, the world is one-third, and it is not known who will die in this world. ”

"This is Zhu's appearance, so in the opinion of the two brothers, where is Zhu going to be sent today?"

Regarding the opinions of others, Zhu Yifeng naturally accepted them with an open mind, especially when he found that the time for the Northern Expedition was not only immature, but might even lead to his own defeat.

"The current situation, the Guangdong bandits are in the east and the west, and they are in full swing, although the division of the Northern Expedition is the end of the strong crossbow, but there is a sharp and unstoppable trend, looking at the Guangdong bandits, they have the potential to swallow Liuhe, but they burn the Confucian Temple, destroy poetry and books, believe in cults, and defeat people, so how can it last? Today, the Metropolitan Governor is in control of Hubei, and he is competing for the world with the Cantonese bandits, and how can he seize the world in just one place, so he should take advantage of the present opportunity to expand his strength in the future! ”

Zuo Zongtang did not immediately answer Zhu Yifeng's question, but continued to say his opinion.

"So in Zongtang's opinion, the Governor of Dadu should march into Hunan!"

"Hunan!"

Zuo Zongtang's suggestion made Zhu Yifeng stunned at first, and looked at the two of them in surprise.

"That's right, it's Hunan, Hunan and Hubei in general, there are Dongting fish and rice, its wealth is far from Henan can be compared, now, Hunan's soldiers are brave, all gathered in Yuezhou, although it seems to be the road to Hunan with the righteous army, but it is full of loopholes!"

Hu Linyi explained softly on the side that in the previous half a month, they had talked about the future of the rebel army at night, and in the end, they all set their eyes on Hunan and their hometown.

"Full of loopholes?"

His brows jumped slightly, Zhu Yifeng looked at the two of them puzzled, the reason why he had not attacked Jingzhou and Yuezhou so far was precisely because the two places had become horns and helped each other, coupled with his scruples about the great name of Zeng Guofan, that he was cautious on this issue, and now they say that there are loopholes there?

"It is full of loopholes, although now Yuezhou and Jingzhou are each other's horns, and Yuezhou has to be supplied by Hunan Province, and it is precisely because of this that the Metropolitan Governor has not crusaded,"

When mentioning Yuezhou and Jingzhou, Zuo Zongtang's tone did not have the slightest politeness.

"The reason for such caution is that if the righteous army attacks Jingzhou, Zeng Disheng will definitely wave his army to save him, otherwise he will not be tolerated by the Qing court, but if our righteous army sends troops to Yuezhou with tens of thousands of elites, will the officials and scholars of Jingzhou send troops to save Yuezhou?" (To be continued.) )