In the war, the area that England could attack was nothing more than the five major commercial ports and Jinkou, which was an area that Yang Meng could not touch, but the defense of these five major ports was mainly based on Guangzhou and Shanghai.

The topography of the five major ports, sea routes, and rivers should be clear to England, and with British pilots, it is easy for the British army to enter the five major commercial ports, and if they want to make an effective defense, it is nothing more than building forts.

The forts of the Qing Dynasty were barely usable, and what Yang Meng had to do was to install new artillery on the forts and build ammunition factories in the five major commercial ports; The second is to deploy a large number of troops in the five major commercial ports.

The fleet is undoubtedly a flexible store, and it is not enough to defend against the British army of 6, one or two thousand, or three or five thousand men, and it is difficult to effectively deal with and delay the pace of the British army without more than 10,000 troops.

There are already more than 20,000 militia groups in Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, and Ningbo, and these three places can need less manpower, and more than 10,000 people are enough, but Shanghai Road is the most likely place for England to capture.

30,000 people, which is a little less for Shanghai Dao! There are more than 20,000 in Guangzhou, 10,000 in Xiamen, Fuzhou, and Ningbo, and 30,000 in Shanghai.

If you want to make such a deployment, Yang Meng also needs to ask the imperial court for orders, the personnel is not too big a problem, Yang Meng has sent a group of new troops to the five major commercial ports, and now these commercial ports should have thousands of usable militia groups, whether to expand the army or not, whether the imperial court agrees or not, the defense of the five major commercial ports, basically has little practical impact, after all, Yang Meng has done things in secret.

The five major commercial ports are near the sea forts, increasing the number of artillery. Added new artillery. It's the biggest problem. Dozens of guns, more than 100 guns, such a small battery, for the fleet, is exactly the target, not to mention the British Indian fleet, the upcoming Ergin fleet alone the thirty warships, these small batteries can not fight.

The large-caliber, high-power white copper cannon, Yang Meng has almost fifty guns in his hand. In addition to the three guns equipped in Humen, there are more than a dozen guns in Guangzhou, and more than 30 guns in Yunnan.

Most of the French coastal defense guns are still in warehouses. The huge cannon cast by the Canton Gun Factory, the heavy cannon imported from Millican. Most of them are also in warehouses, although there are some turrets built by Yang Meng before, most of them are not enough to fight against a fleet composed of dozens of warships.

The appearance of so many shore defense guns on the fort is also a big problem, and after the equipment, whether the imperial court will be diverted for other purposes is also a big problem.

It is a way to withdraw after the temporary equipment is used up, but I am afraid that the British army will poke the right time to play this way, and if any place is captured and the British army has a solid stronghold, then it will be a big problem.

If you can't equip it, you can't do it if you don't equip it, because this war will not cost you more than you can gain in addition to the Qing Dynasty, and Yang Meng is still counting on the Qing Dynasty to carry the black cauldron of dismembering Eros!

"Commander, I'm in trouble, the forts and soldiers of these five major commercial ports are a problem! How should this matter be shared with the court? ”

Dilemma, according to the meaning of the imperial court, it is necessary to wait for England to call and then resist, but in doing so, it is easy to lose the opportunity, Xiamen, Fuzhou is okay, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai Road, is not a place to lose.

The loss of Ningbo endangers the Shanghai Road, the loss of the Shanghai Road, the British will make great use of the Taiping Army, with the cloud smoke consumes a lot of tobacco soil, the Taiping Army and the British who vigorously ban smoking, there is no direct stake, and it is not impossible for the two to cooperate to disrupt the Qing Dynasty.

As for Guangzhou, it must not be lost, and if the other four major commercial ports are lost, Yang Meng still has a chance to take it back, and if he loses Guangzhou, it is almost a losing game.

"Third master, the available people are close at hand!"

Xu Ziwei rolled his eyes and gave the answer with a smile.

"You mean Su Shun? Isn't this taking off your pants and farting? And colluding with the clan is not good for us at all!

Let Su Shun go to the fold, it will only make the emperor suspicious of us! ”

It is a big taboo to be a minister and a general outside, and it is a big taboo to collude with the clan, although Su Shun is not a prince, but his surname is the same as the four-color stick, and he also has a brother Duanhua who is a prince, and Zaiyuan, who is also a close brother, has a close relationship with Su Shun, and there is no benefit.

Although this Su Shun kept calling the third brother, both of them are carefully grasping this relationship, not exceeding the rules, not being close, this is the bottom line!

"Third master, you are too cautious again, this time the eyes of the text are above the word suspicion.

The third master is always afraid that the court will be too suspicious of us, don't you know that Zeng Zuo of Anhui and Jiangxi has become a big trouble for the imperial court, which is also something that the third master is comfortable doing.

Disbanding Zeng Zuo's Xiangchu Second Army, the imperial court now does not dare to do this, dispersing the Xiangchu Second Army, the long-haired thieves will wreak havoc in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Xiangchu Second Army will not disperse, this Zeng Zuo's threat to the imperial court is far greater than the long-haired thieves.

Zeng Zuo checks and balances Hong Yang, so who will check and balance Zeng Zuo? Now the person who checks and balances Zeng Zuo in the imperial court is the third master, but the third master has few soldiers in his hands, and Zeng Zuo has many soldiers in his hands.

In recent years, the third master has done many things for the imperial court, the third master may not remember clearly, but the imperial court remembers the Qing, the emperor remembers the Qing in his heart, and the name of the loyal and filial piety Yang family was personally sealed by the first emperor.

In the opinion of the commander, this excerpt of increasing troops and expanding the army is at the right time, after the formation of the army, we will build an artillery factory, and the formation of the army will form a local militia like the Guangzhou militia group, so that a few militia groups that do not leave the province are ordinary people in the eyes of the imperial court, even if the number of people is more than Zeng Zuo, the court is still suspicious of Zeng Zuo!

After all, they are facing the long-haired thief, and as the war progresses, the long-haired thief will definitely be defeated! When the time comes, it will not be the third master who will not be able to do the world, but Zeng Zuo, the long hair will not die, Zeng Zuo will not die, and the third master's military power will be hard.

Su Shun, a member of the clan, his brother Duan Huagui is Prince Zheng, and he is good friends with Prince Yi Zaiyuan, this Su Shun is very popular in front of the emperor. There is only good and no harm to him. The minister of the clan who seeks the country. It's very popular right now.

Prince Gong of Jingshi is the emperor's brother, and the emperor does not dare to use it, and Su Shun of the side branch does not have a prince with him, so he is very rewarded, and Su Shun's way to becoming a prince is still very long! Would the emperor abandon such a capable clan? ”

During this time, Yang Meng concentrated on foreign affairs and military training, and was obviously slack off on domestic political disputes. In the past, such a strategy, Xu Ziwei mentioned it, Yang Meng knew how to do it, and today Yang Meng also looked extremely sluggish, after listening to this, his brows still did not stretch.

"Su Shun is not a fool, if we use him like this, he won't suspect us?"

Yang Meng's brain is still immersed in the international situation. The domestic affairs are too distracted, and he doesn't want to think about it too much. Asking questions naturally saves a lot of effort.

"The third master has been slacking off during this time, with Su Shun, why should the third master make a move? Although Su Shun is trapped in the barracks, his ears and eyes are smart! Recently, some soldiers around us have received a lot of silver from Sushun, adding up to more than a thousand taels, this kid is not monitoring the third master, but wants to get some political achievements from the third master.

Su Shun, the task assigned to those pro-soldiers is also simple, only focusing on the war in Jiangnan.

The third master, if Zeng Zuo has some conflicts with the second master, Su Shun will naturally come to the door to show his merits. ”

In Xu Ziwei's view, the domestic situation is the big deal, and seeing that Yang Meng was a little absent-minded, he reminded him.

"During this time, you have to take care of it more, the affairs on the English side are tricky, and a lot of thoughts are involved, you can arrange this matter! Don't do it too conspicuously, just make a small fuss, it's too outrageous, and it's easy to divide the relationship between us and Zeng Zuo.

Although Zeng Disheng is steady, the early veterans under him also have certain demands, and Zeng Disheng is easy to be coerced.

Zuo Ji is high and slippery, and this mule looks at the situation, not Ende, and wants to prevent him from turning against the water. ”

Although Yang Meng didn't pay much attention to the design of Su Shun, once he was on top of personnel, he would stare at him.

"How's the payout? The two lakes and Anhui Jiangxi, no matter how many soldiers there are or how few soldiers there are, the sailor regimental training is the master, we only need to let the second master intercept part of the second army of Hunan and Chu, and Zeng Zuo will inevitably speak out.

This matter is a trivial matter in Jiujiang, or between Zeng Zuo and the second master, but in Su Shun's ears, it is a big deal.

The matter of expanding the army and casting artillery, let's go to the fold first, the court will inevitably have to take care of it, a month or two of time, a little hesitation will pass, if Su Shun is at this critical time, the last fold by the third master to balance Zeng Zuo, we expand the army and cast the cannon excerpt, that is, the matter of pushing the boat down the river. ”

After saying this, the matter of designing Su Shun was over, and Xu Ziwei lowered his head and began to deal with official documents from various places again.

"Hmmm! That's a good idea, so be it! Later, you let Yu Biao take out the deployment of troops and firepower of the five major commercial ports.

Xiamen, Fuzhou, and Ningbo expanded their troops by 10,000, Shanghai Province with 20,000, and with Feng Guifen's Jiangsu and Zhejiang Lianyong as the backing, 20,000 people were barely strong. ”

After Yang Meng's defense was deployed in Yu Biao, Xu Ziwei's fold went up, and then, he waited for the imperial court's edict to expand the army and cast artillery.

Su Shun, who stayed in the barracks to train soldiers, also felt a little bored these days, day after day of high-intensity physical training, endurance, and fighting training, it was undoubtedly a kind of torture for Su Shun's clan, although his ability had risen sharply during this time, but his Su Shun was not a rough camp of battlefield fighting, and a very human minister was his Su Shun's future.

Yang Laosan, although he is rough and arrogant on his face, but the city in his heart is extremely deep, except for staying in the barracks for half a month at the beginning of the training, these days, Yang Laosan's whereabouts are erratic.

In addition to training, Su Shun will also inquire about some things around Guangzhou, in general, this Yang Laosan is really a loyal and good general who thinks about the court, such a person only produces one for decades, and the emperor can be such a loyal and good general, it is definitely a blessing!

Yang Laosan is loyal to the country, Su Shun is going to tie up, don't look at Yang Laosan now in the opposition, but over time, this Yang Laosan can not be a very good minister, and Yang Laosan applauds, for him Su Shun, there is only good and no harm.

On this day, Su Shun spent more than 1,000 taels of silver to make friends with Yang Laosan's personal soldiers, and finally brought him a good news, Yang Er, who served in Jiujiang, had a conflict with Zeng Zuo, and Yang Laosan scolded Zeng Zuo in the yamen for being ungrateful, which was a big selling point in Su Shun's view.

There are many ways to befriend Yang Laosan, so that the emperor can promote Yang Laosan, is undoubtedly one of the best means, as a clan, Su Shun from his own point of view, analyzed the role of Yang Laosan to the imperial court, in order to train the duties of the Eight Banners New Army, he gave the imperial court a copy of Yang Laosan to expand the army, check and balance Zeng Zuo's fold.

Although Su Shun is good friends with Zeng Zuo, but sometimes, he still has to come out of the interests of the Qing court, after all, the country is a Manchurian country, even if Su Shun looks down on those idle banner people, Zeng Zuo such a Han hidden danger must be reported to the court in advance.

Su Shun's excerpt, there is still a considerable weight, after reading Su Shun's excerpt, for the military aircraft in the past few days to discuss the expansion of Yang Sange's army, the four-color stick also has a plan, Yang Sange is loyal and brave, Zeng Zuo focuses on the long-haired thief, and then the military exploits will inevitably be prominent, rather than let the Manchurian people balance Zeng Zuo, it is better to let Yang Sange, a loyal and brave minister who is also a Han person, balance Zeng Zuo. (To be continued......)

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