June 20, early morning.

Bagas, who had just been transferred to the post of commander of the South China Sea Fleet, personally led a task force consisting of 15 new-type warships to sail out of Tamsui Port and ride the wind southward to recruit and eliminate pirate forces along the coast of Guangzhou.

The 1st Division of the Yingzhou Army and the 3rd Marine Division, which had completed the rest and expansion, boarded one transport ship after another, and set sail north under the leadership of Commander Zhu Daolin and Chief of the Navy's General Staff Simeno.

Li Changlong, the new commander of the East China Sea Fleet, sat in Yingzhou and commanded the officers and men of the newly formed Fourth Marine Division under his command to take over the Penghu Islands, seize the time to expand the wharf, and improve coastal defense.

On the night when more than 20 warships and two divisions led by Zhu Daolin arrived at Baoshan Harbor, the assembly point, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant troops led 600,000 troops to enter Henan suddenly arrived.

The anxious Nanjing town guard eunuch Wu Jingxian, Wei Guogong Xu Hongji, and Longping Hou Zhang Gongwei also rushed to Baoshan Port overnight with the urgent report, and Zhu Daolin's battle plan to gather troops north to Liaodong was forced to be resigned.

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In the middle of the night, bright candlelight illuminated the spacious conference room of the Governor of Haiphong's Yamen.

Xu Hongji and Zhang Gongwei, who had dry mouths, held the teacup and looked nervously at Zhu Daolin, who had been persuading Zhu Daolin for two hours and had not made a decision.

The brothers Xu Wenjue and Zhang Deyi, who were dressed as military attachés with three grades, had their hearts beating like a beat, but they did not dare to make the slightest sound, lest Zhu Daolin, who had already made a plan to recover Liaodong, would not care about the safety of Jiangbei at all, and stubbornly led the five divisions assembled in the Baoshan and Longtan camps north to Liaodong.

After weighing it back and forth, Zhu Daolin, who had secretly made a decision, finally put down his burden, looked at the three conscription decrees on the table, and raised his head to look at Xu Hongji with a solemn expression: "Grandpa Guo, Uncle Zhang, with the current strength of the two seniors. Can we keep Fengyang, the ancestral grave of our old Zhu family? ”

The hall was stunned, no one expected Zhu Daolin to ask such abrupt words as soon as he opened his mouth.

Xu Hongji is familiar with Zhu Daolin's character, and if he asks this question, it will definitely not be untargeted, it is likely that he has already had a comprehensive countermeasure, and after thinking about it, he immediately looked at his eyebrows and frowned. Zhang Gongwei, who was also pensive.

Zhang Gongwei hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "If the virtuous nephew has any strategy, just say it, as long as you can keep the land of Fengyang Longxing and keep the 600,000 mobs back to the north of the Yangtze River, we will listen to you if you have any requirements." ”

"That's right! In order to protect Fengyang and Jianghuai, the Holy Lord not only suppressed the impeachment accusations against you by hundreds of high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Fujian Province, Liangguang and Jiangnan, but also denounced the officialdom of Fujian Province and the Zheng family as completely self-inflicted. The demise of the Zheng family, who claimed that the Zheng family, which had always been in violation of the yang and the yin, was more beneficial than disadvantageous to the Great Tomorrow, and then it was protested by the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty. ”

"Dao Lin, you have finally avoided the catastrophe in Fujian Province, but if you don't respect the holy decree to protect Jianghuai, I'm afraid you will have to settle the new accounts and old accounts together, don't talk about a few of us old things when the time comes. Even the Holy One can't protect you! ”

Wu Jingxian said a lot of things bitterly, and the purpose was to ask Zhu Daolin to follow the holy decree and send troops to Jianghuai.

The crowd chimed in. I deeply feel that Wu Jingxian's words are the most necessary, timely, and reasonable.

Seeing this, Zhu Daolin waved his hand again and again, begging everyone to be quiet: "Since this is the case, I will no longer hesitate, but before that, I still need to hear the replies of Grandpa Guo and Uncle Zhang." With the current strength of the two predecessors, can they defend Fengyang, the ancestral grave of the old Zhu family, for half a month under the siege of 200,000 rebels? ”

Zhang Gongwei pondered for a moment, gritted her teeth, and replied with great certainty: "Dezhong's Flying Bear Guard has been stationed in Fengyang. If Deyi is allowed to lead the new right guard who stayed in Jinling to reinforce Fengyang, I am sure that I will hold Fengyang for a month under the siege of 200,000 mobs, but I must immediately transport sufficient food, grass, weapons and ammunition to ensure it. ”

Zhu Daolin immediately stood up, motioned to Xiao Zhe, the adjutant general standing on the side, to open the heavy curtain in front of the back wall, led a group of anxious elders and brothers to the large map, took the five-foot-long baton, pointed to Yichang and Jingzhou in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and said something that made everyone's souls fly.

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After Zhu Daolin said his thoughtful plan, there was silence in the hall, and the needle drop could be heard.

Wei Guogong Xu Hongji and his son and Long Pinghou Zhang Gongwei and his son were all shocked, and Wu Jingxian, who was obese, had round eyes and a face full of incredulity.

Only Shi Qingyang, Simeno and other high-ranking generals who were qualified to attend the meeting quickly recovered their expressions, staring nervously at the map, silently calculating whether the plan drawn up by Zhu Daolin was feasible.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Daolin took the lead in breaking the solemn atmosphere and explained his series of seemingly insidious, unbelievable, and great disasters to the Great Tomorrow:

"The reason why I did this is completely for the revival of my Ming Dynasty, and only by driving the more than 600,000 hungry mobs who can never turn back to the south of the Yangtze River can we eradicate all the Jiangnan family gates that have been devouring the flesh and blood of hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, and can we release the land that has been concentrated in the hands of the landlords, so as to achieve the purpose of appeasing the world and reviving the dynasty."

Otherwise, even the current emperor will continue to be subject to the bureaucratic class and local tyrants who have already formed a huge power, and the great future will continue to erode, and the people will not be able to make a living. Otherwise, we can't do the old and start all over again. ”

Xu Hongji couldn't hold back any longer, jumped up and said, "But...... If 600,000 mobs are allowed to cross the river, what will happen to Jinling? And our thriving Longtan New District, who will be able to keep it then? ”

Zhu Daolin smiled slightly: "Don't be excited, don't forget that the little nephew's family and industry are also in Jinling, in Longtan, since the little nephew dares to do this, he is sure to keep Jinling and Longtan, if you don't feel at ease, then the little nephew will personally sit in the Hushan compound that is on the verge of the river and has no walls." ”

"No, no, absolutely not! You are clearly making an enemy of the world, and your intentions are extremely sinister, if there is a slight mistake, not only will we and countless people in Jiangnan accompany you to die, but I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will also be doomed! Xu Hongji waved his hand again and again, loudly objecting.

Wu Jingxian's face kept changing, as if he saw what he had longed for for a long time from Zhu Daolin's poisonous plan.

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