Chapter Ninety-Five: To Make the Lazy Cow Move
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Zhang Biwu is taking a deep breath! He was thinking, thinking about what to do. Everything was not as he had predicted.
If the whole army retreats, the previous achievements will be lost. The nail of the Qing army in Zhejiang is nailed to the center of Jiangnan, and if this nail is not removed, Jiangnan will never be restless. What an unwillingness!
Zhang Biwu came to Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan. Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan got up, and both of them looked at Zhang Biwu.
Zheng Chenggong was very unconvinced, and said: "King Qi, I heard that you have given an order, don't attack the city again!" For what! My army can fight again! Must attack! ”
Zhang Biwu shook his head like a rattle and said: "Zheng Chenggong, it's not that I don't want to occupy Zhejiang, but the situation is not good!" You've all watched today's siege battle, right? How can these soldiers be used? Most of them were starving people who had fled in all directions, or people who were helpless and had to serve as soldiers to save their lives. If they are not trained, it will be difficult for them to accomplish the set goals! If we continue to fight, the casualties will only be greater! ”
Zhang Huangyan said: "Yes! His Royal Highness King Qi is right! We've got to think about it for the long term! The days when these soldiers came to join us are still young, and many of them are not well trained! ”
Zhang Huangyan turned to Zheng Chenggong and said: "My surname is Guo, I heard that you blindfolded the eyes of the soldiers in order to train the soldiers, so that they could be fearless, you call it training courage." Only if you are bold, you can pierce the sky! But today, if you look at these new soldiers of ours, how dare they be! They're all weak soldiers! Especially my soldiers, except for seven thousand, I was the original. The rest of the men are new to the pitch. It's not going to be useful at all! ”
Zheng Chenggong sighed one after another. "What's the solution?" I want to train too! But there's no time to train me well! Now that this situation is going to be constantly fighting and fighting, who will have the time to train you well. Originally, excellent soldiers survived on the battlefield, as long as he did not die, then he could become an excellent soldier in the future! The battlefield is the best place to train your warriors! ”
Zhang Biwu put his hand on Zheng Chenggong's shoulder and said, "Yes! You're right! But we don't have much money now, and once we suffer heavy casualties and lose badly, it will affect the overall situation! Now we have to find another way! ”
Zheng Chenggong sighed. He is really not afraid of ten being eliminated into one, there are 70,000 recruits who vote for him, as long as there is more than one out of ten, he can have 7,000 elite soldiers, and these elite soldiers will be available.
Zhang Biwu said: "You should have heard that Shunzhi sent Jidu and Li led the army to occupy our Jiangbei land, so as to open up the passage south to the south of the Yangtze River. Now it's not just these horses, but also the army led by Yue Le. Yue Le is the most trusted person in Shunzhi Xiao'er, and now he has even sent out his most trusted brother, so you can know that he has used all the strength to breastfeed! He is telling the world that he is the lord of the world! Not an inch of land will be granted! ”
Zhang Huangyan said: "Then the situation will be extremely unfavorable for us!" The constant build-up of enemy troops. If they take advantage of the land north of the river and fight here. The situation in Jiangnan will be unfavorable! And under the constant war, Jiangnan, which was originally prosperous, will become poor. The land of wealth is not worthy of its name! ”
These are all what Zhang Biwu thinks in his heart, he really doesn't want Jiangnan to suffer the baptism of war.
He asked: "My lord, if we fight against the Qing army in the Yangtze River, what do you think will happen?" The red-haired ghost's navy is claimed to be the strongest in the world, and it has been destroyed by you and my sailors. And the Manchu Qing Dynasty is only an iron hoof across the world, and their sailors are still in the initial stage! The combat power is not very strong! ”
Zheng Chenggong understood and said, "Yes! King Qi means the Yangtze River, and we will use the Yangtze River as the limit to have a big water battle with them! Ha! If you have the Yangtze River natural insurance, then you are not afraid of anything! ”
Zhang Biwu is smiling, he understands that the land of Jiangbei cannot be defended, and what he can do now is to keep some important places, so that he can still have contact with Henan and others.
It's just a rumor that Zhang Biwu wants to give up the place north of the Yangtze River, but what can be done?
Zhang Biwu thought of Wu Sangui again, why did Wu Sangui still stand still? He disturbed Jiangnan, Wu Sangui should have sent troops to Liangguang and captured Liangguang!
Geng Jingzhong's monk Zhixin was suspicious in Guangdong, as long as Wu Sangui sent troops, they would abandon the Manchu Qing and throw themselves into Wu Sangui's account under fear. Why hasn't Wu Sangui sent troops yet? What was he thinking?
Zhang Biwu had already sent an envoy to Wu Sangui. The messenger is Zu Zerun, Zu Zerun came back and brought a message from Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui said that his salary was insufficient, as the saying goes, if you don't let the horse eat grass, how can you let the horse run?
Zhang Biwu understood, in the past, Zhang Biwu went to Wu Sangui and said that Wu Sangui would become independent, so Wu Sangui first asked Zhang Biwu if Zhang Xianzhong's treasure was obtained by Zhang Biwu. In order for Wu Sangui to become independent, Zhang Biwu of course had to tell the truth.
Now that Zhang Biwu is extremely suspicious of Wu Sangui to stir up the situation, he will come to the price and sell, and let Zhang Biwu give him money.
This money, you can't give less, give less, you can't pump this lazy cow to act, give more, and fatten a tiger, and then eat yourself. It's a real headache.
"This Wu Sangui! Damn Wu Sangui! Zhang Biwu scolded. Zu Zerun didn't dare to look at Zhang Biwu, lowered his head, and said, "Wu Sangui also said that if His Royal Highness the King of Qi is embarrassed, then forget it...... He's going to send troops, just because it might take a long time to raise money......"
Zhang Biwu waved his hand and said, "Okay! Go down! Zu Zerun saw that Zhang Biwu's face was a little ugly, but fortunately Zhang Biwu didn't blame him, and he had no choice but to go down.
Zhang Biwu smiled bitterly and said, "Ming Yan, look, Wu Sangui is asking me for money!" People say that Wu Sangui is capricious, but it's not false at all! He's really like that! It's terrible and hateful! ”
Zhang Huangyan asked: "King Qi, if we want to say that we are begging Wu Sangui now, we have to give this money even if we are reluctant!" Everything you do has to pay a lot of money! It's just how much do you think this blood should be? ”
Zheng Chenggong also said: "You can't go too hard, so as not to fatten Wu Sangui, the tiger, but we will suffer in the end!" ”
Zhang Biwu is naturally clearer than anyone else, he said: "I can understand if you don't say it!" This blood is going to go down! And it's going to be more! That's a million taels of silver! I don't know if I'll be able to get this hungry tiger out of the way! ”
Zheng Chenggong was surprised and said: "One, one million taels!" That's an astronomical amount! Isn't Wu Sangui still dissatisfied? Does he want more? Oh, my God! If anyone gives me money and allows me to expand my territory, I will thank him a thousand times! On the contrary, I want to use this as a threat to ask for a price! It's really unreasonable! ”
Zhang Biwu replied with a wry smile: "Ming Yan, it's just so unreasonable!" And if I can give him a million to send troops, I will return Amitabha! Because Wu Sangui is determined, I can't help but rely on him! And the number of Zhang Xianzhong's treasures is amazing and huge. It's just a million taels, and it's just a drop in the bucket! I can afford to give it, but I gave it all at once, I'm afraid that Wu Sangui's appetite will be too big, but I want more! ”
When Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan heard this, they immediately came to their senses, because they had also heard about Zhang Xianzhong's treasure, and it seemed that it really existed.
Zheng Chenggong really wants to know how much money this treasure is, but it's better not to ask.
Zhang Biwu looked at them and said: "I got this treasure of Zhang Xianzhong, in order to win over Mongolia, I spent one million taels of silver, and then when I was breeding war horses and cultivating cavalry, I smashed more than two million taels of silver, and I also spent two million on firearms. And during this period of time, I spent nearly 10 million taels. If I hadn't had so much money to smash, my army's combat power wouldn't have suddenly increased so much! And I have so many firearms! ”
Finally relieved, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan were also strange, Zhang Biwu was suddenly able to raise so many soldiers, and he could also have so much money to raise war horses and cavalry, and he could also make many firearms and buy a lot of Hongyi cannons, which really benefited from Zhang Xianzhong's treasure!
Zhang Biwu looked at Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan and said: "To tell the truth, I don't know if you believe it or not, I haven't carefully estimated how much money Zhang Xianzhong's treasure is, I just know how to spend money constantly." What I can say is that Zhang Xianzhong's treasures, these are priceless! It's worth a lot of money! ”
Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan were surprised, there are still rare treasures! These things are auctioned for money. It's just that now that there are wars everywhere, there may be a lot fewer subscribers, and these rare treasures that are originally worth most of them will depreciate, and they won't be able to sell for a good price!
Zhang Biwu also knew the way, he said: "I just want to capture the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, and then see which family has the money, can subscribe to some treasures, if so, I can raise a lot of military salaries!" ”
Zhang Biwu knew that this was a step he would take in the future, but he couldn't release it all at once, scarce things were expensive, and it was good to release them slowly.
Of course, this is a matter for the future, and now how to deal with Wu Sangui, a hungry wolf, how much money do you have to give him?
Zhang Biwu just thought about it, he knew that Chen Zhilong was not a businessman, he was a civil official, and he talked about profits, which was not what he was good at. But who are you going to send? Zhang Biwu naturally couldn't go in person.
Zhang Biwu thought about it, Zheng Chenggong knew what Zhang Biwu was thinking, so he said: "King Qi, my cousin Zheng Tai can go!" He is the God of Wealth of our Zheng Jiajun! If he is there, are you still worried about not succeeding? Brother Tai has been in business with my father for many years, and he is very familiar with this aspect. If he goes, he will succeed! (To be continued......)