Chapter 891: Hangzhou Conference

"Attacking Nanjing, there is no opinion on all." Zhu Houhuang said.

At the very beginning of the meeting, a resolution was reached. The army attacked Nanjing.

After all, Nanjing is empty, almost at your fingertips, and where is the importance of Nanjing, Nanjing, south of the river, even if you don't pass on the list. We will also maintain this wait-and-see attitude.

Even in the whole world, there will be a new understanding of the comparison between the strength of King Yong and the imperial court.

Before getting Nanjing, everyone felt that King Yong would definitely follow in the footsteps of Queen Ning, even if it was a big trouble now, he would have to pull the list in the future.

But in Nanjing, the situation is not easy to say.

Nanjing's important political significance is also the reason why King Ning went straight to Nanjing with his troops.

However, it is a consensus to fight Nanjing.

But how to fight is the problem.

"Hangzhou has been down, and the army is meaningless in Zhejiang. The minister thought that the army should go up the river and directly attack the city of Nanjing, and my sailor was willing to contribute to His Royal Highness. This is the meaning of Huang Shilong.

For the sailors.

It is best to make a contribution in the great war that will determine the world. They know that the real decisive battle must be on land, and there are relatively few sailors who can "plug in" it. So this credit can be grabbed a little, that is, a little.

"Your Highness, it is too risky to be alone and surrounded by enemies on all sides, although our army now has the advantage, it cannot be so risky. The minister thought that he should take the camp step by step and go north along the canal. Along the canal are the essence of the Ming Dynasty, through the canal to the north, the division of troops to occupy all places, with the financial resources of the south of the Yangtze River to support the army, and so on to the city of Nanjing, the army is also invincible. Then use the sailors to block the Yangtze River, even if Nanjing is not down for a while, His Royal Highness can also take Jiangnan as the foundation and stand with Beijing. That's the way to go. Yu Dayou said.

I don't know why, although Yu Dayou is young, he may be risky tactically, but he is becoming more and more stable strategically. It seems that it was put on the spot by Yang Yiqing. Pay more and more attention to the invincible position first, and then wait for the defeat of the enemy

Perhaps, this indicates that Yu Dayou is mature in military affairs, but it is inevitable that there will be a bit of twilight.

Zhu Houhuang thought slightly.

Huang Shilong's idea is too risky.

This method was used by Zheng Chenggong at the beginning. However, the result was not very good, and Zheng Chenggong was defeated under the city of Nanjing. I think it's also because of the loneliness.

But Yu Dayou's method was too slow.

The folk customs in Jiangnan are weak, and being able to entangle with Zhu Houhuang in Zhejiang for a month or two is already where Yang Yiqing's achievements over the years lie.

But Nanjing is Nanjing after all, it is the center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty in the south, the city is strong and the artillery is sharp, and there are many soldiers and horses in the city of Nanjing. For example, Wei Guogong was the governor of Jiangnan soldiers and horses.

On paper, the Nanjing Beijing camp is not inferior to the Beijing camp in terms of heavy troops. However, how many people are on paper and how many people there are in reality are two different things.

With the information of the embroidered guards, the current Nanjing Jingying is already rotten. It is not much different from the health centers in various places. However, Nanjing is Nanjing, there are a large number of weapons in Nanjing, and there are also many suitable officers, after all, the current Nanjing is not the Nanjing of the Southern Ming Dynasty. There are still many junior officers who can fight, whether it is to pacify the "rebellion" of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, or the "rebellion" of King Ning, a group of officers have been trained, and these officers have not yet died.

With these people as the foundation, coupled with the mountains of weapons piled up in Nanjing, it is very easy to pull up a large army, at least much easier than Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing has to build many things by himself, but they are all ready-made in Nanjing.

Once they were given time to prepare, perhaps, the Yong army would really stop at Nanjing. After all, Nanjing's foundation is too thick.

Zhu Houhuang turned his gaze to Qi Jingtong and said, "What does Qi Qing think?" ”

The Yongjun defeated Yang Yiqing.

Zhejiang has become the new base of the Yongjun army, so some people sitting in the rear have come here.

Now Wu Xingzhi is sitting in Fujian, and He Wenyuan, as the governor of Zhejiang, appeases everyone, of course, Zhu Houhuang's affairs in military affairs, and he is not at ease to give He Wenyuan "control", so Qi Jingtong, who was originally sitting in Dongyong, also came to Hangzhou.

With the army fighting in Zhejiang. Dongyong's affairs are much less.

Because the army has recruited a lot of people in Fujian and Zhejiang, and some materials can be obtained from Fujian and Zhejiang, there is no need to transport them from Dongyong, only a large number of weapons are consumed, so that Dongyong can be supplied, but these things are few in the Shaofu system.

Even if it were, Wu Xingzhi was already preparing to build an artillery field in Fujian to replenish weapons for the front line. After all, Min Tie was very famous throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, under Zhu Houhuang's consideration, Qi Jiguang sat in Hangzhou, and Xu Song temporarily sat in Dongyong. Anyway, most of the supplies that Dongyong supplies the army now are the Shaofu system.

Moreover, the Yongjun won a series of big victories, and the Dongyong banknotes actually rose slightly, from the original seventy percent to eighty percent, if it weren't for Zhu Houhuang's forced gentry to buy a large number of treasury bonds along the way. Today's banknotes have long been able to pay a premium.

Although the treasury bonds and banknotes issued by Zhu Houhuang are two different things, they are almost all the way in the eyes of outsiders.

If it weren't for Zhu Houhuang's victory, it would be impossible to say that this banknote would have been reduced to waste paper. However, even so, the face value of government bonds is only one or two percent.

Qi Jingtong said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that although Nanjing is important, it is not Nanjing that really determines the victory or defeat of the world, but Beijing. ”

How others don't know. Qi Jingtong has been thoroughly trained.

Qi Jingtong had broken his legs and couldn't go into battle, and for him, he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.

He could not go into battle, and Zhu Houhuang often asked him to preside over the rear, and later served as a privy envoy. It can be said that the Privy Council, an institution, was provided by Zhu Houhuang and Qi Jiguang was responsible for the implementation. There are many similarities between the Privy Council and the staff of later generations, and it can even be said that Qi Jingtong has long been above others in the formulation of strategic plans day after day, militarily, at least others only look at one place and one time, but what Qi Jingtong can see is the strategic form of the entire Ming Dynasty and the Yongjun.

Zhu Houhuang asked, "So what does Qi Qing think?" ”

Zhu Houhuang has always decided that this battle should be resolved quickly. Because no matter how you fight, it will consume the vitality of Daming itself. And Zhu Houhuang has long regarded Daming as his own, so naturally the less losses the better.

Qi Jingtong said: "As the minister said at the beginning, the Ming attack on Nanjing is intended to be in Beijing, so it is not important whether Nanjing is down or not, it is important to let Beijing know that Nanjing is in danger." The minister thought that the soldiers were divided into three ways, all the way as Lord Huang said, from the Yangtze River upstream, but when they arrived near Nanjing, they captured one or two cities as a stronghold, and the soldiers came to the city. The second way, as Lord Yu said, pacify the south of the Yangtze River, and then join Lord Huang, the minister thought that he should also send an army to the west, cutting off the possible reinforcements from the upper reaches of the river to the south. Let Nanjing become a lonely city, so Beijing is in a hurry, so it has to dispatch the border army as soon as possible, to the south, if Mongolia recuperates for several years, has been revitalized, the troops of the nine sides, it is absolutely impossible to draw too much, taking advantage of the gap between the first batch of border troops to the south, the minister thought that when the big ship took a boat to attack Tianjin Wei, the soldiers came to Beijing Division, and won Beijing in a war, then the world was owned by His Royal Highness. ”

Zhu Houhuang listened.

In terms of grand strategy, Qi Jingtong has never changed. But there are some points to be discussed.

"Lord Qi, in this way, I'm afraid the troops are a little insufficient." Yu Dayou said: "In my lord's opinion, this time the troops should be divided into four routes, all the way along the river, all the way along the canal, and all the way west to intercept reinforcements, as for the north to attack Tianjin Wei is another way, and our army can only use 100,000 troops, and these 100,000 cannot be completely sent, and then divide so many troops, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”