"Lord Yang is following in the footsteps of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting."

Zheng Xunrui said such words, Zhou Yanru, Xu Wanghua and Yang Tingshu and others were not surprised at all, intelligence shows that when the second batch of 100,000 Shicao grain arrived in the capital, Yang Sichang led an army of 100,000 to Taiyuan, Henan, ready to exterminate Li Zicheng and his subordinates, you must know that Li Zicheng claims to have a million army, Yang Sichang only relied on 100,000 morale of the army, in a vain attempt to exterminate Li Zicheng, this is looking for death.

However, Yang Sichang's ability, everyone is also clear, in order to be able to completely exterminate the Liukou, Yang Sichang proposed an ambush on all sides, four positive and six corners of the combat deployment, to give a heavy blow to the Liukou, if it were not for the provincial governors are not united, are all for their own interests, the Liukou may have been completely exterminated.

Time has passed, and now the situation is completely different, the strength of the imperial court has been greatly reduced, especially after the defeat in the Battle of Songshan, the imperial court has almost no ability, and the south is basically controlled by the Zheng family's army, the imperial court has lost its strong support, everything depends on Zheng Xunrui's eyes, in this case, it has become an almost impossible task to exterminate the Liukou.

"Yang Sichang has been forced to a dead end, if he can't do anything in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, he will also be cornered, Lord Wang, the lower officials think that Yang Sichang must be cautious in the battle, plus with the assistance of the border army in Datong, Shanxi, I am afraid that some achievements will be achieved in a short period of time."

"Lord Zhou is right, Yang Sichang's ability is still good, but it's a pity that he, like his father, was born at the wrong time, and it is impossible for the imperial court to completely exterminate the Liukou, and he didn't do it before when he had the strength, let alone now. On the contrary, once Yang Sichang loses, Li Zicheng will definitely lead the army and aim directly at the capital, and at that time, it will be impossible for the gods to save the situation. ”

Zheng Xunrui's words. made everyone silent again, although everyone thought of such a possibility, but it was still uncomfortable to see the Ming Dynasty court fall suddenly.

Zheng Xunrui also has this idea, people can't be completely ruthless and unrighteous, although when doing things, you need to eliminate all interference and emotional factors, but when making judgments, you still have pity.

"Alright. The battle situation between the imperial army and the Liukou is to let the Investigation Department care about it and report the battle situation at any time, and our attention should still be focused on Fujian and Yunnan, and on Zheng Zhilong, Mu Tianbo and others, Lord Lin, you can tell me about the current situation of the Zheng family's army conquering Fujian. ”

Lin Zonghui, the left attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, was actually in charge of the affairs of the Military Department.

"Yes, the 60,000-strong army led by Lord Zheng. On the 15th of this month, he departed from Jiaxing and headed for Fuzhou, Fujian. On the 13th of this month, the 10,000 naval divisions led by General Ding Baokun set out from Penglai in Shandong Province and headed for Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian. Lord Zheng decided to launch an expedition on both land and water at the same time, and the Zheng family army completely defeated Zheng Zhilong's main water division, and the battle was basically over. ”

"According to the information collected by the Investigation Bureau, the combat effectiveness of the guards in Fujian is not very strong, and the most powerful army is the army recruited by Zheng Zhilong. Compared with the establishment of the Qi family army back then, the total number of people was about 5,000 people, and these people were only Zheng Zhilong, who had little intersection with the Fujian Guard's army, and these 5,000 people were also stationed in Quanzhou. ”

"The strength of Zheng Zhilong's sailors is very strong, according to the intelligence of the Investigation Bureau, the sailors under his command have more than 3,000 large and small warships, and the strength of the sailors is as high as 200,000, including Koreans, Japanese and black slaves, etc., Chongzhen six years, Zheng Zhilong defeated the Dutch East India Company, completely controlled the hegemony of the sea, Chongzhen seven years, Zheng Zhilong exterminated the pirate Liu Xiang, speaking of which Liu Xiang was once Zheng Zhilong's brother."

"From the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Xunrui focused on building Quanzhou Mansion and Jinjiang, Nan'an County, to which Quanzhou belongs, is Zheng Zhilong's hometown, but Zheng Zhilong believes that the geographical location of Anhai Town in Jinjiang is more important, so Chongzhen chose this place as the base camp in three years, and spent a lot of money to build a mansion here, and his family members are all placed here, in addition, it is also necessary to emphasize that Zheng Zhilong's wife is Japanese, which is probably the only one among the civil and military officials of the imperial court."

"The sailors of the Zheng family's army, whether in terms of warships or troops, cannot be compared with the sailors under the command of Zheng Zhilong, but in terms of combat effectiveness and the power of the warships, Zheng Zhilong is far inferior, especially the Hongyi cannon and the Furlong machine specially built for the warship by the Firearms Bureau, which are extremely powerful and have a long range, which can hit the opponent to the greatest extent."

"In terms of the deployment of Zheng Daren's troops, it is mainly to attack the naval division under the jurisdiction of Zheng Zhilong, and at the same time attack Fuzhou and Quanzhou, and strive to defeat the land army under the jurisdiction of Zheng Zhilong in the shortest possible time, of which the naval division is commanded by General Ding Baokun, and the remaining 60,000 troops are divided into the front army and the middle army, the front army of 30,000 people is directly commanded by Zheng Daren, responsible for attacking Quanzhou and Jinjiang and other places, and the Chinese army of 30,000 people is commanded by Liu Zeqing, deputy commander-in-chief, to attack Fuzhou and other places."

"After careful study, the Ministry of War believes that the operation of the Zheng family army in Fujian should be based on the operation of the naval division, and the time it will not take too long to exterminate the army on land under the command of Zheng Zhilong, but the conquest at sea is not easy to estimate accurately." ……

Lin Zonghui said very clearly and clearly.

Although Lin Zonghui used to be the governor of Yingtianfu and had never been involved in military affairs, after entering the Nanjing Military Department, he was diligent and studious, and his progress was rapid.

After Lin Zonghui finished speaking, everyone was very satisfied, but Zheng Xunrui's face was a little serious.

"Zheng Jinhong's document says one thing, that is, I am worried that it will be difficult to completely exterminate the sailors under the command of Zheng Zhilong, and since the ninth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong has moved a large number of people to Ryukyu, everyone knows that Zheng Zhilong was a pirate before, and he is very familiar with the situation at sea, once we can't completely defeat the sailors under Zheng Zhilong, then Fujian, Guangdong and even the coastal areas of Zhejiang may encounter Zheng Zhilong's harassment, and in such a situation, it is almost difficult for us to stabilize the situation in the south."

"During the Jiajing period, the Japanese invaders wreaked havoc on the southern coast, and Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and even Nanzhili all suffered greatly, and the lesson here is profound, and we must not allow such a situation to recur."

"In my reply to Zheng Jinhong, I specifically mentioned this matter, in fact, Zheng Zhilong's land strength is insignificant, and it can't make any big waves at all, Zheng Jiajun wants to exterminate these guard troops, but it's just a gesture, even if it is Zheng Zhilong's five thousand elite sergeants, they are not Zheng Jiajun's opponents, but the sea power is not necessarily."

"Just now Lord Lin said, the strength of the Zheng family's naval division is far stronger than Zheng Zhilong, but you must know that sea combat is different from land combat, the sea is endless, and it is very difficult to find an opponent, Zheng Zhilong is proficient in navigation, he is completely able to lead the sailors under his command to come and go without a trace, and at that time, it is we who are in a passive position."

"Of course, we need to be strong in battle, and we need to completely defeat the opponent, but in every battle, we need to analyze the situation and make accurate judgments.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" cloud, the way of using soldiers, attacking the heart for the top, attacking the city for the bottom, the heart for the top, the war for the bottom, this sentence must be understood by you, we deal with Zheng Zhilong, we also need to start from this aspect, the purpose of our war is to completely stabilize the south, not to think about how many people to kill, how much to win, Zheng Zhilong is not a rogue, let alone a Houjin Tartar, after all, he is the governor of the Ming Dynasty, the general army of Fujian, when we fight with him, don't always think about killing them all."

"Of course, I also said that if Zheng Zhilong doesn't know what to do and blindly resists to the bottom, then don't blame me."

"According to this line of thought, the military department will think about how to arrange the troops, this battle is very crucial, if it is fought well, it will be able to stabilize Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places, and if Zhejiang and Nanzhili are not defeated, they may be affected, so the military department needs to warn Zheng Jinhong that there is no need to be too anxious to fight, and it is not too late to start a fight after everything is arranged." ……

Zheng Xunrui personally commanded and arranged many battles, and this arrangement should not be a strange thing, but to everyone's surprise, Zheng Xunrui did not emphasize the use of blitzkrieg operations, but asked Zheng Jinhong to make all preparations before starting a fight, which is too strange.

Of course, Xu Wanghua, Lin Zonghui and others understand, they know that Zheng Xunrui must have eyebrows in his heart, but Zheng Xunrui will not say the arrangements of relevant parties.

Xu Wanghua and Lin Zonghui and others expected to be good, Zheng Xunrui did have ideas in his heart, according to the analysis of historical materials, he had a basic judgment on Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong was born as a pirate, did not have and thorough faith, surrender and loyalty to the Ming court is also driven by interests, and later after surrendering, Jin Tatar also started from these aspects, his son Zheng Sen is different, has a very strong goal, and is willing to fight for the goal for life.

To deal with people like Zheng Zhilong, it is also necessary to consider from the aspect of interests, once Zheng Zhilong's interests are pinched, he will be obedient, of course, Zheng Xunrui will not make the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty, he will not let Zheng Zhilong continue to control the army, such a person is better to be idle, arrange a place for him to retire with peace of mind, do not worry about food and clothing, and do nothing else.

From this point of view, Zheng Xunrui naturally has a way to deal with Zheng Zhilong.

This can be regarded as Zheng Xunrui's luck, dealing with people like Zheng Zhilong is much easier than dealing with some pedantic scholars and scholars, as long as he grasps the key, he can make Zheng Zhilong bow his head, and those who claim to be saints are not so easy to deal with. (To be continued.) )