Chapter 24 Foundation

"To the south?" Zhu Chongjiu glanced at Tang Zihao and frowned slightly.

"The chief manager forgives the guilt..."Tang Zihao quickly got up and arched his hand, explaining in a low voice, "It's not that the chief official intended to eavesdrop on the military plane, it's just that the chief manager and General Wu fought too much just now, and they didn't find that the lower official was there." And the subordinate wanted to dodge, but it was too late..."

"It's okay..."Zhu Chongjiu waved his hand and responded with a smile. Zihao was not an outsider in the first place. But how could Zihao guess that our army was about to go south? ”

"The chief manager is a trustworthy person..."Tang Zihao arched his hand again, and his words unconsciously brought a little emotion, "Since it was agreed with the red turban generals in the Gaoyou covenant that they would not attack each other within five years, they would definitely not take the initiative to break the oath." The east of the Huai'an Army is the sea, and in the west, in addition to General Mao Gui and my Yingzhou Red Scarf, there is only one Zhu Chongba left. Therefore, the only places that the chief manager can attack next are north of the Yellow River and south of the Yangtze River. ”

"The Mengyuan court north of the Yellow River is a hundred-legged insect..."Zhu Chongjiu took Tang Zihao's words, almost in unison with the other party.

"And in the south of the Yangtze River, since Dong Junxiao's death, who can stop the chief manager?" Tang Zihao raised his voice abruptly, and eagerly added for fear that his limelight would be robbed, "Therefore, the lower official thinks that the chief manager will definitely wave Jiangsu and Zhejiang next." With the rice grain of the two Zhejiang, the people of Huaiyang are raised. No longer sit idly by and watch your own life in the hands of others..."

"That's right... But where is the foundation of the emperor you just mentioned? Zhu Chongjiu looked at Tang Zihao deeply a few times, and forcibly suppressed his heart in surprise and responded. Before that, he had always regarded Tang Zihao as a god stick or a qualified propaganda agitator. And now Huo Ran found that this person's insight is absolutely extraordinary.

"Here?" Tang Zihao's next table made Zhu Chongjiu more and more impressed. I saw him dip his fingers in a little tea, and quickly sketched a very simple map on the stone table in front of him. Then he pointed to a few places close to the Yangtze River, and added loudly: "This is Zhenjiang, and it has already been pocketed by the chief manager." The lower officials are not too verbose. This is Changzhou, south to the east, and now it is in the hands of Zhang Shicheng, the puppet king of Wu. The chief manager didn't want to meet him in general, and the subordinate didn't want to be that wicked person. But to the west of Zhenjiang, Jiqing, Taiping, Ningguo, and Guangde are borderless at the moment. Meng Yuan's guard general Huaixi Xuanxuan made Kang Maocai a man with a short eye, and he only knew that he would guard Jiqing with danger to prevent General Wang Kerou from attacking the west, but he ignored the Taiping Road behind him. In the vicinity of Dangtu, Taiping Road, there is a Ma River and the Yangtze River intersecting. At its intersection, there is a natural deep-water harbor, and the giant ship of ten thousand stones can be driven straight into it by the Yangtze River..."

"You're talking about Quarry Rock? Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Chongjiu's voice had changed tone, he stood up, and instructed Wu Liangmou, "Go, find someone to bring the map over, and let Tang Zuo make it clear..."

He was indeed thinking of sending troops to cross the river to fight and attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang. However, his previous strategic idea was to send Hu Dahai's Second Army across the river first, and exchange Wang Kerou's team back to Yangzhou for training. Then, with Hu Dahai as the vanguard, Xu Da as the commander, and Wu Liangmou as the strategy, concentrated the strength of the three legions, from Zhenjiang to the west, defeated Kang Maocai, and captured Jiqing, which is Nanjing, Jiangsu in another world.

This method must be very safe, with the three main army corps and more than 60,000 soldiers, as long as they do not make any irreparable mistakes, it is only a matter of time before they take Jiqing.

However, this strategic concept has a huge flaw, that is, it wastes time. Kang Maocai has been operating the Zhongshan defense line for more than a year or two, and he is extremely well prepared. Jiangning, the seat of Jiqing Road, is also famous for being easy to defend and difficult to attack. In case Meng Yuan's side was in a hurry and transferred troops from the north to attack Xuzhou, the Huai'an army would once again face the risk of fighting on two fronts.

And Tang Zihao's strategy today just makes up for this weakness. Avoiding the enemy's heavily defended eastern front, giving full play to the advantages of the Huai'an Army's naval division, and attacking Quarry Rock from the Yangtze River. As long as 3 to 5,000 soldiers and horses successfully land on the shore and build a solid defensive position, a large number of troops can be transported over in a steady stream. At that time, Kang Maocai will face the situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back, and the Zhongshan defense line that he has painstakingly managed will be useless.

"I should have thought of crossing the river from here a long time ago..."The more he pondered, the more Zhu Chongjiu felt that Tang Zihao's mention was reasonable, and he put his hands together in front of his chest and kept rubbing them. Quarry rock, I heard at the beginning, the enemy army stands on the shore like arrows raining down, often" (Note 1)

'Chang Yuchun has already defected to Zhu Yuanzhang now...' suddenly thought of the fate of this peerless general, and Zhu Chongjiu's voice stopped abruptly. Chang Yuchun, like the history contained in another time and space, took the initiative to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang. Judging from the path chosen by the two sides at present, I am afraid that there will be a battle between myself and Zhu Yuanzhang sooner or later. Until then

"The chief manager is worried, quarry rock is easy to defend and difficult to attack? Finding that Zhu Chongjiu's love situation had taken a turn for the worse, Tang Zihao hurriedly explained in a low voice, "Okay, the lower officials there have been there many times, and they know more than one landing site." And as long as Kang Maocai is not there, the defenders may not resist too seriously. ”

"Then there is Lord Lao Zuo..." Zhu Chongjiu heard this, and had to hide the regret in his heart for the time being, and gently arched his hand at Tang Zihao, "Please be sure to mark it clearly on the map, so that our army can lose fewer brothers when landing..."

"That's nature..."Tang Zihao turned sideways and returned the salute with a smile, "Tang will know everything and say everything..."

While speaking, Wu Liangmou had already taken a group of civilian staff officers to take the map. It was spread on the stone table in the pavilion, and prepared pen and ink for Tang Zihao.

That Tang Zihao was not polite, stepped forward, grabbed a sharpened charcoal strip, and marked the terrain around the quarry rock in seven or eight places. And mark the nearby hydrological landforms, one by one in the blank space in the lower corner of the map, note clearly.

When all the work was completed, he put down the charcoal pen and gave it to Zhu Chongjiu for the third time, "With the ability of the Huai'an Water Master, the quarry rock will definitely go down in one drum." However, the emperor's foundation that Tang said earlier refers to more than just seizing Taiping, Jiqing and other roads. The imperial foundation that Tang said is here"

Quickly bowing down again, he grabbed his charcoal pen and drew a circle not far from the quarry. "There are many hills here, among which Dajiao Mountain, Changlong Mountain, Jinshi Pier and other places, there have been people in the open air, picking up black stones. If you forge it, you can get a few catties of fine iron. Therefore, Tang speculated that there should be a huge iron mine hidden here. If the governor sends a capable official to mine it, the Huai'an army will no longer have to worry about iron shortage within ten years..." (Note 2)

Note 1: The Battle of Quarry Rock is a famous battle that often meets spring. After this battle, he made Zhu Yuanzhang completely recognize his bravery. and then reused, and grew into the first military general of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Note 2: The Ma'anshan iron ore ore is of good quality and the burial depth is not large, but it was discovered very late. It wasn't until the end of the Qing Dynasty that someone accidentally discovered iron ore when they were surveying coal mines. Some ores contain more than half of the iron.

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