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Yang Jian quickly conveyed the news of Raozhou's request for annexation and his own construction to Fuzhou. Eight hundred miles were urgent, and in less than a day's work, the letter was delivered to Geng Jingzhong.

"Let's talk about it, hehe, although we have expected such a thing for a long time, it still came a little earlier than we expected. But I didn't expect it to be in such a critical position, Yang Jian's mention," Geng Jingzhong said with the letter sent by Yang Jian.

"If my Mawei Army goes north at this time, it will not be a problem to pay a certain price and hold Raozhou. However, if the navy wants to reach Poyang Lake in Raozhou, it must go north and enter through the Yangtze River, so that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang parts will not be indifferent. Whether it's blocking the shipping lanes or fireship raids, etc., it's unpredictable, and things aren't so easy to do. Li Guangdi said with a frown.

"Although Chief of General Staff Li is right, it is a little dangerous for the navy to go north at this time, but it is not so strict. The largest warship of our Mawei Navy can't move, but small and medium-sized warships are still okay, even if all of them only send fifth-level warships, they can sweep through the imperial navy. Let's just say that what can the imperial court do about my Mawei Navy now? Fire ship? Where did the imperial court go to prepare so many fireships at one time? As far as the imperial navy's little background is concerned, it is simply not enough for a few rounds of shelling by my Mawei navy. "Yao Qisheng has traveled in the north for a long time and knows the situation of the imperial court sailors very well.

"The sailors of the Qing court basically accepted the guards of the sailors from the former Ming Dynasty, and whether there were twenty new warships of more than 100 tons after the Qing court won the world is a problem, and this has not yet counted the combat power of the sailors of the guards. Do you think the Imperial Sailor will be the opponent of our Mawei Navy Warriors? Anyway, I'm not only concerned about this. Yao Qisheng said with a smile. Therefore. I don't think there's a problem at all for our Mawei Navy to enter the Yangtze River north and then into Poyang Lake. On the contrary, our entry into the Yangtze River will definitely bring great pressure to the imperial court. What's more. Raozhou can also hold it steadily! ”

"But whether Mr. has you considered it, our action will immediately attract the attention of the imperial court and Wu Sangui. Originally, we were insignificant to both sides, and even if they won or lost after the big battle, we would not pose a mortal threat to them. And now if we had done this, the outcome would have been different. The imperial court and Wu Sangui will no longer despise us, and will definitely pay attention to it and take strict precautions. In this way, it has become a situation of three kingdoms competing for hegemony. This has a great impact on our strategy. Li Guangdi spoke.

Geng Jingzhong raised his hand slightly and said, "Hey, Brother Li, I agree with this. What we are asking for is to let the imperial court and Wu Sangui fight first, and we will not appear in it. There is still a gap between our strength and the two of them, so we just make a fortune in silence. ”

"In this way, our Mawei Navy can't move for the time being, but Raozhou must send someone to save it, this is the first city that takes the initiative to belong to us, if we don't say this, all the cities below can only rely on our soldiers to take it down one by one!" Yao Qisheng frowned slightly and said.

Li Guangdi also frowned tightly: "Then let Yang Jian continue to send people over to help." If we don't have enough manpower, it's not like we can't transfer another one or two thousand people. Nanchang Fubao was also preserved. But the Jiujiang Mansion and Nankang Mansion on the side should not be moved. The junction of Raozhou and Nanchang is mostly blocked by Poyang Lake, but Nankang and Jiujiang are different, a large area of land and Nanchang want to connect, and it is still a smooth road, easy to attack and difficult to defend. Our forces are already very scattered, and it is still too difficult to deal with the attack of tens of thousands of troops in the imperial court! ”

"Okay, as Chief of General Staff Li said, what do you think?" Yao Qisheng asked.

Geng Jingzhong didn't have any opinion on the overall strategy, after all, it was proposed by himself. As for the situation in Raozhou, he also has some opinions of his own: "The two gentlemen are indeed very thoughtful, but I think there is something to add!" From the perspective of the two, this Poyang Lake is connected to the Yangtze River, and some of the imperial court sailors have camped here. However, half of these sailors were transferred to a section of Jingzhou in Wuhan, and their control over the lower reaches of the Yangtze River east of Poyang Lake was extremely weak. ”

Geng Jingzhong took a sip of water and continued: "At this time, if we send a fleet north into the river, we don't need to completely wipe out the imperial navy, just defeat it and drive it out of Poyang Lake. To put it simply, we need to control a large section of the Yangtze River east of Poyang Lake, which can not only make the imperial court and Wu Sangui feel that we are not too much of a threat, but also defend Raozhou and expand our influence in the north. This degree is really hard to control! ”

Geng Jingzhong's words also opened up Li Guangdi's thinking again, and this is indeed the case, and this is not the case that the navy cannot be sent north at all, and the number and scale of this dispatch need to be discussed. It's not okay to send too much, and it's not okay to send too little. "The third- and fourth-level warships can't enter the river, so let's send the fifth-level warships, plus many auxiliary warships, so that the strength of our Mawei Navy is not so great in their eyes, and it doesn't make them look down on us. The imperial court fought a decisive battle with Wu Sangui, and the imperial court sailors were not of great use, so the scale of the fleet sent north was comparable to that of the imperial court. With the strength of our general's cannon and general's artillery, even if the total tonnage of our fleet is less than that of the imperial navy, we can be sure to defeat the imperial navy. ”

"Haha, Chief of General Staff Li is good at calculation, so please continue to worry about it. The number of these warships should be controlled, as for choosing those warships to go to, hehe, you should discuss with Admiral Wang and other naval commanders. Now that they heard that there was a battle to fight, they should not be able to sit still! Yao Qisheng said, here, it seems that he has seen the scene of the admirals running to the colonel's yard to find Li Guangdi and making noise.

"Hehe, I don't need to worry about this, this matter will give General Wang Zhenbang a headache, I just need to give an order on behalf of the governor!"

Prince Jane's time in Nanchang had been very difficult since five days earlier, and he received five consecutive 800-li expedited recitals within a few days. The Fujian Mawei Army is in full bloom and attacking many state capitals at the same time, and the latest news of their arrival is that they are the most recent in Nanchang, and the Raozhou Mansion has openly rebelled! Raozhou Mansion is the third largest mansion in Jiangxi, and there are nearly 3,000 green battalion soldiers, and this rebellion really caught Rabu off guard. The Mawei Army has already taken Guangxin Mansion, and this Raozhou is attached to them, and they will definitely send people to defend it.

However, the number of troops he can control in Jiangxi is only in the early 30,000s, and it is scattered in the three state capitals, but now it is not good to directly lead more than 10,000 Qing court soldiers to send them to death, and let the Qing troops in other cities all come back, the Mawei army will inevitably follow, and it will be more passive when the time comes! As a result, the horn is sad at the moment, as if he has fallen into the wellmouth where there are natural enemies everywhere, and he can't go up and down, and after going down, he will find out what is really tired! (To be continued......)

PS: I just took my wife to meet my parents today, and the manuscript was used up, and I started to code words after eating, and I just finished coding it in a few hours, brothers, please give me a little energy in the New Year!