Chapter 142: Fu Youde's passivity

When the people north of the Yellow River know about the lives of the people south of the Yellow River, will they still want to let the southern army come over? Not to mention, the Beijing Imperial Court naturally increased propaganda on this matter. The people of the North need not know about the complex economic movements.

Propaganda for them is very straightforward. That's how the south will call, and they will exchange all your money for new money like waste paper.

Naturally, the people were not happy.

In addition, the development of industry in recent years has actually been beneficial to all areas under the jurisdiction of Beijing. Especially in the northern part of Shandong. Because Shandong was originally an important place for cotton planting. The development of Beijing's textile industry and the soaring price of cotton have even brought Indian cotton to Beijing, which has caused a war for Shandong cotton.

Therefore, there is no need to promote it overnight, and the common people are spontaneously planting cotton. Even a battle of wits with local officials.

Without him, He Xi also wants to ensure Beijing's grain red line. After all, even if grain can be imported from overseas, in He Xi's opinion, the grain reserves of the Beijing imperial court are still very dangerous. Otherwise, we would not have to invest a lot of money every year to maintain food prices.

If cotton is grown everywhere, the pressure to maintain food prices will increase.

In the end, Hebei originally did not plant much in Fu County, not because he was unwilling, but because the imperial court was strictly controlled. And Shandong is loosely controlled. After all, it is the front line, and the people's will is more important than food. It can't be because of this one thing, the action is too ruthless, so that the local people vote for the south.

That's more than worth the cost.

In a word, Hebei belongs to the hinterland. There is no united front value. Shandong, on the other hand, belongs to the front line and has united front value. And now it's working.

Their cotton is sold to factories in Beijing. Once the Southern Army came over, they didn't think that the Southern Army would buy cotton at Beijing's prices. In order to ensure their own cotton, countless Shandong men spontaneously purchased firearms. Build your own wall. Listen to the orders of the imperial court.

Although doing so, there may be consequences. However, He Xi still let go of the control of firearms and other ordnance.

After all, He Xi's requirements for the people are different.

He Xi wants the people of the Ming Dynasty to participate in the Age of Discovery in the future and take root in any corner of the earth, there must be a cultivation process. And what the original Ming court needed was only some people who were willing to pay food for the court. The obedient people who didn't dare to resist even if they were bullied.

And these Shunmin can't afford what He Xi wants.

Of course, this is also to find a market and effect for Beijing's well-developed arms industry. After all, the more weapons produced, the lower the cost of imperial weapons. All military factories were owned by the imperial court. The money earned is essentially military spending.

This situation has also caused Fu Youde to be passive now.

Fu Youde, who holds the most elite army of the Southern Army, does not seem to have any movement in Jinan Mansion.

Since last year, until now, Fu Youde has not even raised half of the materials he asked for in the rear. In fact, if it is just that it is not raised, it is not impossible for Fu Youde to attack. As long as the supplies in the back can keep up.

But he knew a piece of desperate news.

Zid, who was in charge of logistics, personally wrote to him to tell him. He didn't know when the supplies would be delivered, so he asked Fu Youde to think about the country and tide over the difficulties together.

Fu Youde read this letter and wanted to kill at that time.

For the first time, he felt why the first hero of the early Han Dynasty was Xiao He. It makes so much sense. What to get through the difficulties together is simply a fool's dream. Can he be reluctantly embarrassed, but can the soldiers below? Even if the soldiers below can, but can gunpowder?

There was no gunpowder, or there was no gunpowder halfway through. Let you go to war with burning sticks below?

At that time, the people in the north did not understand the difficulties of the country.

But what can Fu Youde do?

Can he conjure up logistics when he kills people? The military supplies to maintain more than 100,000 troops for the Northern Expedition are simply like mountains and seas. Fu Youde's family property was all smashed into it, and he couldn't hold it.

As a result, the attack that was intended to be a preemptive strike was put on hold.

Fu Youde essentially still wants to complete the original

Plan. He wanted to give something to the rear and let the rear send supplies. But after a little more delay, it didn't have much effect, although the Xuzhou Iron Works had already started production. Firearms produced every day go directly to the barracks. But it's a drop in the bucket.

Moreover, the war at the mouth of the Yangtze River has also affected here.

Let Fu Youde understand that it is impossible for him to wait for sufficient logistics to engage the Northern Army.

Although Nanjing gave Fu Youde the right to decide, that is, Fu Youde could fight as much as he wanted. But in reality, Fu Youde has many options there. There is simply no choice...

Fu Youde himself wanted to go north, because he knew that sooner or later he would not be able to hold it. And even if you can hold on to it now, what if you can hold on? There will definitely be problems in the future. Therefore, to attack, it is necessary to seize the strategic initiative.

Even though the attack may fail, Fu Youde himself is confident that he will retreat in his entirety.

There is a loss, but there is not much loss.

But as long as it can interrupt the offensive of the Northern Army. That's enough.

Otherwise, it will be a long time. The morale of the military from top to bottom is very unbearable.

There was no future for the Yugoslav army.

But the chips in Fu Youde's hands are simply not enough.

What kind of iron wall is on the north side?

Fu Youde naturally knew.

The reason why Fu Youde needed a large amount of logistics materials to start was that he knew that he would inevitably use firepower to knock out these places one by one. Otherwise, it will be difficult to advance an inch, as if the Northern Army fought in Shaanxi.

If there is not enough gunpowder, after breaking through the defenses, and encountering the main force of the Northern Army, there will be no strength to fight again.

After all, in the age of firearms, soldiers were only the carriers of movement, and gunpowder was the strength of warfare.

If he doesn't go north, Fu Youde will have to go west.

Go to support the Luoyang battlefield.

But Fu Youde knew very well that as soon as he left, the Shandong battlefield would inevitably attract a counteroffensive by the Northern Army. Even if there are people left to defend it, many places will be lost. What's more, the trend of Harbin's southward movement is difficult to resist.

Even he felt that the worst result would be that the sailors of Ha Thorn Buhua and Fang Chengfeng's sailors would converge and open up, and all the ports along the coast. The Northern Army was even able to go directly along the coastline into the Yangtze River.

That's a big problem.

It's just that the naval superiority of the Northern Army is much greater than that of the Southern Army.

He even felt that it would be difficult for him to maintain the current balance of power even if he did not move westward.

After all, no matter how powerful the army is, it can't run to the sea.

What's more, once he moved westward, it meant that the entire defense line, the Southern Army was in a passive position, and there were no other mobile forces. Because of the events on the Yangtze River, it is impossible for the rear forces to go north.

In the end, it was very difficult for Fu Youde to decide.

Fu Youde thought about it, but he still had to wait.

What exactly are you waiting for?

Fu Youde didn't know either, he was waiting for variables.

to decide on a further strategy.

Guanzhong was caught in the flames, although there were many problems and it seemed very dangerous, but Fu Youde still believed in Geng Bingwen's ability. It's not that I believe Geng Bingwen can hold the northwest. Instead, I believe that Geng Bingwen can at least hold Tongguan.

Defense of the Western Front.

Geng Bingwen proposed the Qinling, Tongguan, and Yellow River defense lines, Fu Youde naturally knew.

He was very reluctant to get to this point in the future, but the situation had already developed to this point. Fu Youde had no other way.

The most important thing in leading troops to fight a war is to seek truth from facts.

Acknowledging reality. How many soldiers fight and how many battles, if you can't do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it.

The battle was raging in the north, and it was impossible to lose nothing. And the Northwest has become a chicken rib. Purely militarily speaking, the input-output ratio in the northwest is too low. Investing three points of materials in the northwest can only produce the effect of one part of the Shandong battlefield.

If the court is rich, it will be fine.

Now the Nanjing Imperial Court is almost out of breath. Since it can't be maintained, it's not impossible for the Northwest to give up. It's just too weak to give up on the initiative, it will

Lose hearts and minds. Therefore, Geng Bingwen abandoned the northwest and shrank his forces to the Guanzhong region. With the Qinling Mountains and Tongguan in the back, it is quite good to play with the enemy.

As for Shanxi, Fu Youde naturally doesn't want to give up, but he must also accept the reality. If there is a choice between securing Shanxi and securing Luoyang, Fu Youde chooses Luoyang. And not Shanxi.

If Shanxi can be guaranteed, it will be guaranteed, and if it can't be guaranteed, it will be fine. However, the defense line of the Yellow River in the Qinling Mountains and Tongguan must not be lost.