The reconstruction of Nanjing City is going on vigorously, but it cannot be restored in a year and a half.

After Yang Chao handed it over to the head of the white craftsman, he immediately set about military issues.

At this time, Zhao Kang and Sun Changfu had already returned to Nanjing, they did not catch up with the battle, and King Sanshun successfully escaped from Jiangnan and returned to Jiangxi to defend before Yang Chao's army returned.

Summoned Xie Fei, Lü Mo and many men back to Nanjing and began to discuss the military situation.

The most important thing is the question of the direction of the attack in the next step.

"Jiangxi, Jiangxi must be defeated! Jiangxi is in the hands of the Tartars, and our Jiangnan flank is always exposed. ”

Lu Mo's opinion is very clear, it is Jiangxi that is handed over to his defense area, and what he said is also very reasonable, this is the flank of Jiangnan, and Azig, Haoge and the king of Sanshun this time are all attacked from here.

"Jiangxi can be stabilized, the last general thinks that it should go south non-stop, most of Zhejiang has been captured by our army, when the momentum is pursued to Fujian or even Guangdong, then most of the south of the Yangtze River belongs to our army!"

Many men advocated southward expansion, with a clear purpose, to seize territory.

His proposal was affirmed by Xie Fei, Zhao Kang and Sun Changfu.

With the strength of Yang Chao's strength, the minds of these subordinates are not simple, and they have long been no longer on the side of the imperial court, Cao Cao and Zhao Kuangyin's problems have been placed in front of Yang Chao, Yang Chao knows very well in his heart that these subordinates have risen one by one Yang Chao will one day be crowned with yellow robes, and they are high-ranking officials Houlu Gonghou Wandai's thoughts.

"We can pursue it south and drive the Qing army out of Zhejiang, but if we want to enter Fujian or even Guangdong, our army's battle line will be too long. The enemy of Jiangxi can cut off our army at any time! ”

Yang Chao sighed that the capture of Zhejiang has political and economic significance, it is a rich land, silkworm and prevention and control center, so it can be properly held in the hands and conceded to the Qing army. Then Su Song, the heart of Jiangnan, will be threatened.

However, it was too much to fight to reach Fujian, and there were many people in Fujian, and the roads were extremely complicated, so it was not easy for the army to enter and get out. If Jiangnan warns and Zhejiang can still mobilize troops through the canal, Fujian will be beyond the reach of the whip, whether it is in military or political considerations. For economic considerations, Yang Chao does not have the conditions to pull the front to Fujian.

"So let's fight Jiangxi first!"

Although Lu Mo also slowly thought about it from Yang Chao's standpoint, he still had a faint concept of the imperial court in his heart.

"Jiangxi! Chekiang! ”

Yang Chao weighed it silently, and he also felt that it was inevitable to attack these two places either/or.

Yang Chao was even about to make a decision immediately, but the unwillingness in his heart suddenly affected him, he thought of being calculated by Hong Chengchou this time, and he was always very passive step by step, and it seemed that every step was led by Hong Chengchou's nose. In addition to the final successful repulsion of Hong Chengchou in Nanjing, other places can be described as a big defeat, if it were not for the new recruits under his command to stabilize the front with huge casualties, and wait for many male reinforcements, Nanjing would also be more auspicious.

In any Ming city, after the city is broken, the enemy rushes into the city, and the one who can still resist is the army under Yang Chao with strict probabilities, and the other armies are unreliable.

"Attack Jiangxi. Attack Zhejiang! It's our best choice. ”

Yang Chao sighed.

The men nodded, as if they had no other choice.

Yang Chao smiled bitterly: "But what we can think of, Hong Chengchou must have expected it a long time ago, and Hong Chengchou may have made arrangements." ”

Zhao Kang snorted: "What did I expect." The dignified division of our army, the battle formation of the dignified one, relies on the strength of the soldiers, not the trickery. ”

Zhao Kang obviously didn't care much about Hong Chengchou.

But Yang Chao has already put away his care, he was played miserably by Hong Chengchou this time, and he no longer dares to underestimate the role of strategy.

Perhaps a strong army can win the battle. Gain tactical superiority, but in the overall situation, at the strategic level, strategy is indispensable, how arrogant the fascist army was, and won so many battles, but the strategic flaws, in the end, did not control them to death, so the strategic issue is also very important.

After this battle, Hong Chengchou is equivalent to teaching Yang Chao a lesson, if the military ability is divided into three levels: the lowest level is the level that only knows how to charge into battle and defeat the enemy by relying on strong soldiers and horses; Medium is the level that is proficient in the art of war and can use the battle formation to defeat the enemy, such as the level of Qi Jiguang; However, the highest level is a person who can combine tactics and strategy, and understands that tactical victory only serves strategic purposes, and this kind of person is a military strategist who is truly proficient in military affairs, and only a few people such as Zhuge Liang and Jiang Ziya have reached this level in history.

Yang Chao thinks that he also reads the art of war, and he thinks that he is also proficient in battle formations, but he has only been wandering at the second level, and he admires Qi Jiguang and ignores Zhuge Liang.

So Yang Chao decided: "Don't fight Jiangxi, and don't fight Zhejiang." Lü Mo is responsible for the steady defense of Huizhou, and there must be no mistakes; Many men sit in Zhejiang, firmly guarding the line from Hangzhou to Hengzhou, which is currently controlled, and do not go south for the time being. ”

All the officers were a little confused, they really couldn't understand Yang Chao's deployment.

Zhao Kang said: "Then where do we fight?" ”

Lu Mo said: "It's better to stop fighting for the time being." ”

Many men sighed: "It's okay to be obscure for the time being. ”

Yang Chao shook his head: "Fight, don't hesitate to fight!" Tao Hui must be Tao Hui, the governor only needs three years, but the Qing army did not even give me three months, and attacked one after another, so that my army and people were exhausted. If we don't fight, it will be a show of weakness, so that the Qing army will think that our army is unable to forge ahead, and it will inevitably become more rampant in the future. Either they will continue to attack us, or they will abandon us and attack other areas. So we have to fight, and we have to fight hard, to hurt the Qing army at once, to let them know that we are a tiger with sharp claws and fangs. They will not dare to attack us easily, and they must also divide most of their forces to contain us, so that we can rest and recuperate, and we can also share most of the pressure on our allies. ”

Yang Chao gave the officers a good analysis of the strategic intentions.

But these people don't agree very much in their hearts, their positions are different, like Zhao Kang still wishes that the Qing army would fight other regions, where the Ming army was eliminated, especially the elimination of the small imperial court, when the whole of China fell, the Yang family army defeated the Qing army in the identity of expelling the Tartars, it was the version of the Zhu Ming Dynasty again, and when Yang Chao wanted to be the emperor, there was no resistance.

However, Lü Mo felt that this strategic line was very correct, both military and political.

But they have a question: "So where do we fight?" ”

Yes, where to hit, where is the direction of attack, not Zhejiang, not Jiangxi, where will it be?

"Here!"

Yang Chao pointed to the map copied through the full map of the Ming Emperor.

"Shandong!"

Several generals couldn't help but be surprised.

No wonder they were surprised, if Yang Chao was still the Yang Chao of the past, he would never dare to attack Shandong, at least not at this time, but through this lesson, Yang Chao knew that if he did not seize the strategic initiative and blindly passive, he would always be beaten.

In the case that the cavalry is inferior to the opponent, it is impossible to make up for the strategic passive situation through tactical initiative, so it is necessary to make bold plans and hold the initiative in the hands directly through strategic deployment.

"Fighting Shandong, as a posture of the Northern Expedition, may not be Beijing, making it difficult for the Qing army to sleep. I want to see if Dolgon will dare to maintain a large army in Jiangnan if our army advances into Shandong, and whether he will dare to put Hong Chengchou on the side of our army's couch. ”

Take the initiative yourself and let the enemy be passive, this is the way of war that Yang Chao likes.

"Northern Expedition!"

"Collect the Central Plains!"

"Why don't you fight Henan?"

Several generals couldn't help but pop out these words.

The words Northern Expedition and the Central Plains were expressed in poetry by patriotic literati in the Southern Song Dynasty for a long time, and Lu You and Xin Qiji did not see hope in their lives, even the common people were also looking forward to returning to their hometown in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, but unfortunately the Southern Song Dynasty court did not give them this hope until its demise.

These two words seem to be deeply rooted in the hundred beliefs of Jiangnan, so the officers are very sensitive to these two words, for them, it is not only a complex to recover their homeland, but also a powerful stimulus to make meritorious contributions, because these two words allow them to think of a hero through the ages, Yue Fei, who has a high reputation among the people, and has been a god for generations to build temples and worship Yue Fei, Yue Wangye!

But in the case of the Northern Expedition, it seems that Henan is the Central Plains, which is more historical.

But Henan is not a political center and does not have much political significance.

Yang Chao said: "The Northern Expedition is not yet time. Dashan Shandong is just putting on a strategic posture to express an attitude to the Qing court. At least 150,000 Qing troops were deployed in Shandong, of which 50,000 were the main forces of the Eight Banners, and our army could not dispatch 150,000 people to the Northern Expedition. ”

"Who is that to send?"

This question is what makes them more concerned.

The first Northern Expedition of the Ming Army, who commanded it was a matter of merit, and I believe that the generals who led the troops would immediately move the world.

"I'll go myself!"

Yang Chao's attitude was very resolute, he had to attack in person, which was the best feedback for the Qing court's sneak attack on Jiangnan.

Zhao Kang couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and then asked, "Then I will ask for my life to go with me." ”

"The last general, please also ask for your life!"

"The last general will ask for his life!"

"The last general will also go."

Other officers have expressed their stance that no one wants to miss this opportunity, this opportunity to make a name for themselves, and an opportunity to enter the history books.

"Lu Mo, Xie Fei and many men stayed in Jiangnan to guard against the Qing army in Jiangxi. Zhao Kang and Sun Changfu went north with me, leaving 10,000 cavalry in Nanjing. A total of 50,000 people, together with Li's 5630,000 army, transferred 20,000 troops from Wang Pu, attacked 100,000, and attacked Shandong! ”

The Northern Expedition of 100,000 people was just like that, less than 100,000 people, there was no momentum, and it was impossible to shake the Qing court. (To be continued.) )