Chapter 363: Plotting to break the predicament
Author: Skyrim Drive
There are also ministers who are a little knowledgeable in medicine, and when they look at Emperor Chengde's complexion from afar, they feel quite overindulgent. However, it is not easy to admonish, first, it cannot be diagnosed, and this matter is not easy to publicize; second, listening to the rumors from the palace, the emperor has long been out of luck; third, although the emperor often comes to the commander's mansion and flies with General Feng, everyone knows this matter, but it is not put on the table, so it is not easy to put it forward for advice.
The Emperor's illness was a matter of extreme secrecy and could not be inquired into. There was a careful minister, so he secretly inquired about the visit records of the Tai Hospital, and it was found that during the period when the emperor said that he was sick and on leave, the Tai Hospital did not have a visit record! If it was not erased by the Tai Hospital in advance, it was not that the Tai Hospital had not been out of the hospital at all!
General Nafeng hid in the palace for nearly a month before coming out to be reinstated. When asked by a colleague, General Feng only replied lightly: The old wounds need to be healed internally, and he hid in the palace for fear of being disturbed. The cases of "the emperor imprisoned General Feng" and "General Feng hid in the palace" were finally revealed. "Healed the old wounds", the ministers only felt that General Feng looked more glorious and substantial, warm and quiet, and his demeanor was better than before.
After re-serving as the commander of the military and horse capital, General Feng made a bold move and used thunderbolt means to quickly bring about a major purge and rectification of the military and government, which had been thrown into chaos by the emperor and was about to fall into a situation of warlord separation. General Feng led the northern camp of the Gyeonggi garrison with the Zheng Jiajun as the main body to patrol the army again, inspected each defense area one by one, and greatly adjusted the appointment and dismissal of generals among the nine garrison defense areas, and promptly eliminated several major warlords at the initial formation, avoiding the situation of warlords separating their territories, confronting each other, supporting their own troops, and confronting the court.
This major transfer of troops, the transfer of soldiers and defense, and the transfer of generals, General Feng completely disrupted the military system of all forces. Among them, the most striking is the transfer of Chen Danqiu, General Feng transferred Chen Danqiu back to the Qing Southern Army, and ordered him to not only garrison the southern plain swamp, but also to build ships and train sailors in the river flowing into the deep swamp.
At the beginning, General Feng was demoted, and many ministers in the court recommended Chen Danqiu to succeed him as the commander of the soldiers and horses, and he folded a large stack, but the court discussion was shelved by the emperor, but Chen Danqiu's intention to replace General Feng's position was obvious; The enmity between these two people has changed from dark to light, but because they are ministers in the same hall, it is inconvenient to fight openly with each other, and they are at peace for the time being.
Almost everyone thinks that Feng Ran transferred Chen Danqiu from such an important position back to the Southern Qing Army to train the sailors, and it was General Feng who took advantage of his official position to suppress and squeeze out Chen Danqiu. However, General Feng has the authority and is good at military affairs, and he dispatched Chen Danqiu back to the Southern Qing Army in order to train the sailors, and the reason is chiseled, and others are not allowed to gossip.
Chen Danqiu himself was even more indignant, and he also left Chen Danqiu for a secret conversation, and Chen Danqiu asked unceremoniously in the handsome tent: "Drill the water master, who does General Feng want to fight a water war with?" Could it be that Feng Ran still wants to cross the water and take the initiative to attack?
The natural hazards are two-sided, the two natural hazards of the Shui River and the Chilin River, which protect the three countries in the middle, but also trap the three countries in the middle. If Feng Ran wants to cross the river from the water to fight, he doesn't know how many people will die if the boat overturns, and he doesn't know how many people will die when he attacks the other party's crossing.
Crossing the river to fight, heavy casualties, for both sides are the same, this strategy is really not advisable, Sural the Great led the tiger and wolf division of the foggy army, did not dare to forcibly cross the river, for fear of losing too many manpower, can only be stationed along the river, and then try to break through from the Nanzao County to the middle of the three countries. Correspondingly, if the Three Kingdoms in the middle lane want to break out of the trapped situation, they can only break through from Nanzao County.
Chen Danqiu thinks that no matter how crazy Feng Ran is, he will not be arrogant to the point of wanting to cross the river to fight, so Feng Ran asked him to train a sailor, which is a useless target, that is, an excuse to degrade his officials, cut his power, and declare personal vendettas.
Feng Ran listened to Chen Danqiu's questioning, and only said coldly: "Who is fighting a water war with? Of course, it is with Wuhei and Bandits! Could it be that General Chen thinks that the training funds and armaments allocated by the commander are for the general to train and practice?"
"Do you want to cross the river to fight?" Chen Danqiu said: "Do you know how many people will die in the battle of crossing the river?" "Don't take the soldiers as good as others!" Chen Danqiu cherishes the soldiers, and this is also an important means for him to unite the hearts of the army and win the support of the middle and lower-level generals and soldiers.
Feng Ran sat down on the main seat in the handsome tent, pointed to the sitting pier in front of the case, and said: "If we want to break out of the siege of the bandit Jia Wuhei, anyone can think of crossing the river to fight, and the Wuji bandit Jia can also think that they failed to attack in the first place, so they will naturally gather heavy troops to defend by the river to prevent us from sneaking attack." General Chen rest assured that the commander also cherishes the soldiers and will not take the lives of the soldiers seriously. ”
"If you don't cross the river, what kind of sailor do you practice?"
"What is the use of the trained sailors, General Chen doesn't have to worry about it. General Chen only needs to train the sailors well. Feng Ran explained lightly: "The southern Qing army has been stationed in the deep swamp for a long time, and General Chen has supervised the southern Qing army, and has many battles with the southern savages, and he has a lot of insight into water warfare, and he has a unique experience in the method of military training, so this commander sent General Chen to the south to train the water division." ”
Chen Danqiu is by no means the only one who trains the navy in the Feng Kingdom, and it is too big to let Chen Danqiu, a commander like him, train the sailors! Although Chen Danqiu did not say anything for a while, he looked unimpressed.
"Ben Shuai heard that General Chen once led his army deep into the abyssal swamp and wanted to encircle and suppress the savages, is this true?"
"The terrain in the swamp is complicated, the water is 6 phases, it is difficult for ships to travel, and there are many miasma and poisonous fogs, which are extremely treacherous, and they do not go much deeper. ”
Feng Ran said: "General Chen, listen well, this marshal sent the general back to train the navy is only one aspect, on the other hand, Ben Shuai wants you to explore the abyss again!"
"Explore the abyss again?" Chen Danqiu couldn't believe it, and he was also a little frightened. Last time, he didn't plan well and entered rashly, and there were many injuries. Fortunately, he stopped at a shallow trial and withdrew decisively, so that he would not be trapped. But the soldiers who were lost at that time died in a very miserable state, and the thought made him shudder.
After listening to Chen Danqiu's brief account of the experience of boldly entering the abyss swamp back then, Feng Ran said categorically: "Explore again!"
Then Feng Ran analyzed with Chen Danqiu and asked him: The water is the second largest river in Fengmeng Da 6, the river is turbulent, and after flowing into the deep swamp, it becomes silent, and even the waves have not turned up, so much water, where has it flowed? Chen Danqiu, as a literati and a Confucian general, was asked a mouthful.
In fact, most people think that rivers can flow as they want, and they have their own rules, and no one has ever thought about why. No one even wondered where the water of the Flowing River had gone after it had flowed into the Abyssal Swamp? Chen Danqiu had penetrated into the Abyss Swamp from the southern and central part of Suoyun Country, and he had not followed the Flowing River to detect it at all, so how could he know the direction of the Flowing Water?
In addition to crossing the river and fighting in addition to attacking from the north, he must think about whether there is a third and relatively appropriate way to break the deadlock? This requires soldiers to have a certain amount of research on topography. In the constant pondering and meditation, Feng Ran finally realized that the water was abnormal, or it was not abnormal, but no one had to figure out where the boiling river water had gone, and how big a swamp would it take to hold the water?
Moreover, since there can be uncivilized savages living in the deep swamp, according to them, they only have leaves around their waists to cover their shame, so it is clear that they do not know how to farm and weave at all, and they can only hunt, pick some wild fruits to eat, and although the life of drinking blood is hard, at least it means that there are people and animals living in the deep swamp! Miasma, poisonous fog, and so on can also be avoided! Those savages who can't even make clothes can't know how to heal, and their methods of avoiding miasma and poisonous fog can only be simple methods handed down from generation to generation, and they can't be very complicated and profound. And they were able to break out of the deep swamp and harass the surrounding people, relying on the fact that they were tall and strong, and most of them were male (male), and they were extremely ferocious. According to their invading of the surrounding people, they regarded people as food as the same as cattle and horses, and ate them all raw! Therefore, Feng Ran guessed that the deep swamp was not a barren land, but there was a great shortage of animals and plants that could satisfy hunger, and whenever these wild people multiplied too much, they had to go out to forage for food, and the wild people had to rush out of the deep swamp and grab food in order to survive. However, it is said that the south of the deep swamp is the uncivilized China Nan Da 6, and it is strange why the savages should not go south, but go north.
"General Chen has been in southern Xinjiang for many years, is familiar with the situation, and has a very high prestige in the southern Qing army. This time, you enter along the Shui River, and Ben Shuai wants you to go in, first, to find out where the water of the Shui Shui has flowed; second, the general situation of the terrain in the deep swamp, where feasible people, where feasible boats, where there are undercurrents, and where to trap people; and third, how to avoid the erosion of miasma and poisonous fog in the swamp. ”