"Brother Wowzi is here. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Ren Siqi smiled and welcomed Chen Zilong into the study.

"I'm asking the governor to resign." Chen Zilong kept a straight face, ignoring Ren Siqi's courtesy.

"Oh? Why did Brother Wozi say this? Is Siqi slow to treat you? Ren Siqi made a look of surprise.

"The governor treats Zilong very well, but Zilong is here for the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, not to be an official."

"Does Brother Wozi think that I don't want to resist the Qing Dynasty?" Ren Siqi's face also became serious.

"Isn't it? The governor has tens of thousands of troops, why did you give up Wu Song without a single shot? Why was the city of Songjiang broken, and I didn't see you send a soldier to the rescue? Chongming Island has hundreds of thousands of people, strong soldiers and strong horses, but why did they watch the Qing soldiers wreak havoc in the south of the Yangtze River? Or do you have no idea of resisting the Qing Dynasty in your heart, but have the intention of preserving your strength and supporting your own army? ”

Chen Zilong asked Ren Siqi fiercely and aggressively.

Ren Siqi shook his head and sat back in his chair helplessly. Although this Chen Zilong is a rare talent, he also has too strong a personality, and it is not so easy to recover him for his own use.

"Brother Wozi has been coming to my Chongming for a few days, and he must have known something about my Chongming Army's actions, why did he say such words? If I, Ren Siqi, are unwilling to resist the Qing Dynasty, why did I reinforce Yangzhou thousands of miles away, and lose more than half of my troops to save the people of Yangzhou? If I am unwilling to resist the Qing Dynasty, why did I send troops to Jiading, annihilate more than 10,000 enemies, and kill the rebel general Li Chengdong? ”

"It's just that you know about your feat of Yue Guogong, and you chose to come to Chongming in the next place," Chen Zilong's tone softened, "But why did you ignore the fall of Songjiang, and why did you easily abandon Wu Song?" ”

"Brother Wozi misunderstood me, didn't I send a town of soldiers to Songjiang Mansion, but according to the report of the army sent, the overseer Ma Liang took thousands of soldiers to reinforce Songjiang, but he was turned away from the city gate, and he took people to Dianshan Lake in desperation. Ma Yingkui, the town general who stayed in Jinshanwei, reported that when he was ordered to lead his troops to Songjiang Mansion, Songjiang Mansion had already fallen and could only retreat back to Hujiagang Castle. Ren Siqi explained.

Chen Zilong was speechless for a moment, when Ma Liang led his troops to Songjiang, he was in the city. When Shen Youlong refused the Chongming army to enter the city, he did not object. Now Ren Siqi is using this excuse to block him, so that he has nothing to say.

"Brother Wozi must also know that my Chongming Army now only has recruits from the four towns, in order to respond to the uprisings in various parts of the Yangtze River, all the armies of my four towns have been dispatched, and only the water army is left on Chongming Island to guard. However, there were more than 300,000 Qing troops in the south of the Yangtze River, all of whom were battle-hardened soldiers, including more than 50,000 Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers. Under the current situation, it would be good for our Chongming army to protect itself, so how can we talk about a counteroffensive? Wusong is a lonely city by the river, what is the use of guarding it? If people lose land, people and land will survive; If you lose your land, you will lose your land! ”

"If people lose land, people and land will survive; If you lose your land, you will lose your land! Chen Zilong chewed Ren Siqi's words, and the more he tasted it, the more he felt that it was endless. He was a brilliant and amazing man in his own right. It's just that he hasn't led soldiers to fight before, and he doesn't understand the army a little. Although I have read Sun Tzu's Art of War by heart, talking about war on paper and actually fighting a war are completely different things, otherwise I would not be able to hold Songjiang. Now Ren Siqi's words are tantamount to pushing a new portal for him, making him vaguely seem to understand a lot.

"The subordinates just lost their words, and I hope the governor will forgive me!" Chen Zilong respectfully saluted Ren Siqi, "Please also ask the governor to give Zilong some guidance, what does it mean to 'save people and lose land, and people and land exist; If you lose your land, you will lose your land'. ”

"Huh. Brother Wozi lost his square inch because of the fall of Songjiang, in fact, with your intelligence, you should be able to imagine it.

At present, although the Qing army is violent, it has successively broken through Nanjing and Hangzhou, and even captured Emperor Hongguang, and its troops seem to be unstoppable. However, in the eyes of discerning people, the hidden dangers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were very great. The total population of the Manchurians was more than 200,000, and all the men, whether old or weak, could have an army of 100,000 at most. With such a small population, wanting to swallow the entire Ming Dynasty is tantamount to a snake swallowing an elephant, and it is easy to swallow and it is very difficult to digest. In Sichuan, there were thieves resisting, Jingzhou had the remnants of the Shun army, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi had countless people raising their minds, all of which involved the energy of the Qing army, and their rear was not stable at all.

The Manchurians live in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, and they cannot adapt to the humid and hot climate in the summer in the south of the Yangtze River. And the water network in the south of the Yangtze River is dense, and the so-called South Ship and North Horse are not a place where the Eight Banners Iron Horse can run rampant. I expected that in less than a month, the Eight Banners would inevitably withdraw to the north.

Rather than fighting with them at the height of the Qing army's momentum now, it is better to wait for the withdrawal of the main force of the Eight Banners and take advantage of the situation to sweep the entire Jiangnan. Now, whether it is Jiading, Wusong or Songjiang, it can be occupied by the Qing soldiers. As long as we keep the forces in our hands, when we counterattack in the future, these cities and lands will be returned to our hands. This is 'the people who have lost the land, and the people and the land have survived; If you lose your land, you will lose your land! ”

After listening to Ren Siqi's analysis, Chen Zilong's spirits were greatly lifted, and he suddenly saw the hope of recovering the entire Jiangnan.

"In the opinion of the Governor? When will the Eight Banners withdraw, and when will we launch a full-scale attack? ”

"According to my judgment, at the end of August, at most the main force of the Eight Banners will be withdrawn in early September." Ren Siqi thought about it, and according to his memory, in history, the Duoduo army was evacuated after suppressing the uprisings in various parts of Jiangnan in August. Now the entire Jiangnan is still resisting except for Jiangyin, and most of the other rebel armies have been suppressed, and the discrepancy with history is not very big. Therefore, the main force of the Eight Banners should still be withdrawn at the end of August.

"As for the all-out attack, we have to wait for the opportunity, and wait for the Qing troops in Jiangnan to be the weakest. But it won't be long. What I want to do now in Chongming is to use this limited time to recruit troops as much as possible, build ordnance and armaments, train soldiers, and accumulate strength. And all these things are complicated, Chongming Island is very short of talents, and I hope that Brother Wozi can help me. ”

"Whatever the governor said, as long as it is for the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, I, Chen Zilong, will die with all my might!" Chen Zilong bowed again and solemnly assured Ren Siqi.

"Okay, well, with Brother Wozi to help me, why worry about big things?" Ren Siqi took Chen Zilong's hand and laughed happily. Chen Zilong is a famous person in Songjiang, and his appeal is extremely strong, and if he stays in Chongming, more and more talents will choose to join Chongming.

"In the future, Brother Wozi will be my Chongming Army to join the army, and he will be in charge of the grain and ordnance!" Ren Siqi officially sent out the invitation. Although there is a logistics department and an ordnance department in the governor's office, with the ability of Cao Changjiang and others, as the scale of the Chongming army grows larger and larger, they are not qualified for such complicated work, so Ren Siqi decided to set up a post above them to join the army, in charge of the deployment of wartime food and ordnance.

"Dare to disobey!" Chen Zilong readily agreed. (To be continued.) )