Chapter 140: Guanzhong Beacon Fire

Qu Neng thought about it, and he had to admit that he was inferior to this old man in many things. Qu can fight in the northwest, more about attacking and fighting hard. On the one hand, the popularization of firearms and the emergence of new methods of firearms have made it impossible to play any tricks on the battlefield.

On the other hand, Qu Neng's ability is actually limited.

Qu Neng could only coordinate all parties under the collective opinion of the staff officers and complete the task step by step, although he was victorious, but in essence he was full of ingenuity, and there was no aura like Xu Da, Fu Youde, and even Geng Bingwen who fought in battle.

Geng Bingwen, who creatively focused on defending the city. Of course, everyone knows that defending the city must defend the wilderness. But the level of attention is never the same.

The loss was too great, so he cowered in the city.

Geng Bingwen almost put the battlefield outside the city, turning the siege battle that was originally going to be carried out into a continuous field attack and defense, arranging strongholds one by one, these strongholds were intensive, and the northern army attacked on a large scale, and most of them were killed. Qu Neng could only send a small number of troops to grind little by little, so after fighting for several months, it was not only that Qu Neng was not careful, but the battlefield situation could only be like this.

Moreover, Geng Bingwen even personally led the team to carry out several assaults against Qu Neng's weaknesses, which made Qu Neng break out in a cold sweat. It is necessary to adjust for a while before going on the offensive.

Geng Bingwen's overall strategy was no different from when he fought against Zhang Shicheng's 100,000 army in Changxing City. It's defense plus counter-attack. It's nothing more than a change of tactics.

This kind of change made Qu Neng's staff officers and even the staff officers of the Beijing General Staff Department talk about it. Of course, there are thousands of ravines and ravines near Yan'an, which is conducive to defense.

But let's also talk about one thing, that is, is the city wall still important in the future?

As long as a great effort is not made to build the city wall to the level of Nanjing and Beijing, it is unlikely that it will be of any use in the face of artillery attacks. And the Niang city wall has been built to the extent of Nanjing and Beijing, which has cost a lot of money.

Isn't it necessary?

Qu can understand Geng Bingwen's talent. But I also pity Geng Bingwen's talent. Because he believes that the future Changxing Marquis Mansion will not be as good as him. One of his father-in-law is already in sight. And the exploits of his son's establishment at sea, Guogong did not dare to think about it. But it is possible for an earl, or a marquis. At that time, a double lord will not be much more decent than Geng Bingwen and Geng's family.

The difference between one thought is like a cloud of mud.

At first, he was still a guest at the door. In the future, the Geng family is likely to come to beg for themselves.

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In the spring of the third year of Longwu. Yan'an fell, and the flames of war burned to Guanzhong. This incident shook the world.

Immediately there was a chain reaction. That is the fall of Xiao Guan.

The first part of the Northern Army went south from Xiaoguan, although it was blocked by the Southern Army in the valley of the Jing River. But everyone can see that it is a matter of time before Guanzhong falls.

And the Guanzhong beacon fire is the beginning.

Almost at the same time.

A flotilla appeared at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

This fleet is none other than Fang Chengfeng, who has been silent for a long time.

After Fang Chengfeng conquered Taiwan, he devoted himself to north-south trade. The goods from Beijing were transferred to Nanyang through Penghu, as well as Fujian and other places. After all, for Beijing, the commodity market is more important than one or two victories on the battlefield.

Because without a huge consumer market, Beijing's industrial upgrading and expansion would not be possible. And if these things cannot be accomplished, Beijing's military spending will not be able to support them.

There is no current military prestige in Beijing.

So Fang Chengfeng is in Taiwan, and it is better to be still than to be still. So they could only repel the provocation of the Fujian sailors, and then they did nothing else.

This is no longer the case.

The war has entered the next phase.

He Xi is ready to wrap up.

Naturally, this chess piece should be used.

As soon as Fang Chengfeng appeared at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the entire Jiangnan was in a sensation, and the civil unrest that had been spreading for several months and had been pacified began to surge again in an instant.

There are also countless new slogans to slander Zhu Yunwen's legitimacy and claim to support Beijing Yunyun. These rebels have risen up one after another.

After all, what Ding Xian did to the scholar had already broken the two sides.

It is true that the so-called scholars in the south cannot be compared with the gate valve families of the Northern and Southern Dynasties at all. The family of gate lords in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they really have an army, and many people in the family are really able to fight and produce talents.

But they still have local power.

If you're cornered, don't you resist? The strength of the scholars is also very impressive, even if it shows that the morale of Jiangnan is soft, after the Qing court entered Jiangnan, after a shaving order, there were countless rebels who rose up one after another, and there was only the three massacres in Jiading.

The resistance was unsuccessful, but it was not that they did not dare to resist.

And now the morale in Jiangnan is not too soft. After all, more than 20 years have passed since the troubled times, and maybe an old man who does not show up all year round was a man of the year on the battlefield.

Find out the genealogy of Dr. Daishi, and you know that the ancestors of these people are not very honest between the Yuan and Ming dynasties. What organizes militias, gourd soldiers, and so on. Between the Yuan and Ming dynasties, it was not only the reshuffling of the Yuan army and the Ming army, the princes of all walks of life, and even countless local forces, and there was no place that was not chaotic.

In this case, these urgency will not be polite to Nanjing.

Not to mention, they see hope for success.

These things naturally have the means of Ji Gang and Gu Wangsun. However, Ji Gang never thought that what great things these people could accomplish was nothing more than using them as cannon fodder to attract the attention of the Southern Army.

As for how many of them died, it doesn't matter at all.

Zhu Yunwen was even more shocked. It was almost impossible to believe that the Northern Army Naval Division would appear in the Yangtze River. An order was immediately given to withdraw the Nanjing camp from Jiangnan. Let the Yangtze River sailors go out to meet the enemy.

In fact, a long time ago, in the Nanjing court, someone mentioned such a possibility.

But for a long time. Nothing like this happened. The people of the Nanjing court were all put down. I thought that the northern army would not dare. This is also the essence of the Nanjing court.

The Nanjing court, or most of the ancient courts, was essentially a sustaining court. Any reform is beyond the limits of their capabilities. Naturally, there will be a backlash, and the Confucian bureaucracy has been sticking to the old ways since the beginning of ideology.

In the face of fast-paced warfare, it is difficult for them to adapt.

It's just that the Yangtze River Sailor is not Fang Chengfeng's opponent at all.

This has been known for a long time.

The Yangtze River Naval Division and the Yangtze River Estuary and the Northern Army Naval Division fought a big battle for two days. But as a result, the Yangtze River Naval Division was empty. The Yangtze River Sailor is actually not strong.

The Yangtze River Water Division was the main force of Zhu Yuanzhang's big break with Chen Youliang's Water Division. And more than 30 years is not too long for a wooden ship. If in other eras in history, the sailors of thirty years ago would have been able to be used thirty years later.

But now, it is a product of two eras.

No, it should be the product of three eras.

The Yangtze River Sailor should be a product of the pre-Hongwu era. The water war has been updated several times.

It's not that Zhu Yunwen is unaware of this. But what could he do?

If the naval division of the Northern Army is allowed to run rampant on the Yangtze River, then the problem is too serious.

Not to mention, the political impact of this, after all, Nanjing is on the edge of the Yangtze River, and if the Northern Army Navy Division runs rampant on the Yangtze River, it means that Nanjing is not safe. This will bring a great blow to Zhu Yunwen's prestige.

Just say a little and you know the harm.

Most of the supplies in the north were transported to the front by water. And the water transport is mainly the Grand Canal, as well as the Han water. These rivers all pass through the Yangtze River.

Once the Northern Army's naval division appeared in the Yangtze River, the transportation of these materials would be paralyzed.

The front line is fighting, and there have been problems with front-line supplies for various reasons. Now that the supply is no longer available, the already unfavorable form of the front line will have big problems.

This is also the reason why He Xi asked Fang Chengfeng to appear here.

Let the sailors capture the city of Nanjing, don't even think about it. of the Northern Army

The water master is powerful. But Nanjing's Beijing camp is also elite, not to mention the Nanjing city defense system established by Zhu Yuanzhang, which has countless heavy artillery.

The sailors did not have many foot soldiers, and it was impossible to conquer Nanjing City.

After all, Nanjing Jingying was not the Qing army at the end of the Qing Dynasty, they really dared to fight hard.