Peace negotiations will be held in the summer and will not be concluded until the end of autumn.

First, the Western Xia took advantage of the weakness to enter the territory swallowed, and all of them had to be spit out, and the situation in the last years of Xuanhe of Song Huizong was restored.

Second, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to occupy the city of Henan Army and the Kaluochuan River Valley, as well as the Zhenwu City and the Haomen River Valley, which are indisputable Chinese territory.

Third, the two countries are about the country of father and son, with the Ming Dynasty as the father and the Western Xia as the son. The lord of the Western Xia should call the Ming Emperor his father.

Fourth, the two countries have resumed trade. The Ming Dynasty was not allowed to prevent the Western Xia from selling green and white salt to the Han land, and the Western Xia was not allowed to prevent the tribes within the territory from selling horses to the Han land.

The treaty is very concise and clear on these four points.

What kind of country of father and son, brother country, if it can't achieve an overwhelming victory, in fact, it will take advantage of words.

But if it develops to the level of destroying the country, such as the Ming Dynasty destroying the Western Xia, then many places can take advantage of the problem!

In addition to the treaty, there is another case.

Western Xia promised to return Yinzhou, but Xiao Heda still occupied Yinzhou. This is very delicate, the territory belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers belong to the Western Xia army, and Xiao Hedaka is difficult to stay there.

However, Western Xia still had to supply grain and grass, and after being afraid of cutting off food, Xiao Heda directly led his troops to join the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the situation in the northwest, the situation in the south is more concerned by Zhu Ming.

"This Li Bao, what does he want to do?" Zhu Ming had a headache and threw the letter sent by Wang Yuan on the table.

Zhang Bo has already returned from Shandong, and is currently serving as a squire in the military department, giving a brief description of the situation to the people attending the meeting: "After the Jingjiang flood receded, our army's water division fought many times with the puppet Chu water division. Because of the sharpness of the firearms, our army's naval division won several battles, and the remnants of the pseudo-Chu naval division no longer dared to leave Dongting Lake......"

"After our naval division took control of the Yangtze River, General Li first captured Yidu and Baishui Town, and then used artillery to take Songzi, completely ensuring the ......safety of Sichuan's eastward transportation of materials."

"Then waved the army to attack the public security, although the city was taken, but the pseudo-Chu soldiers fought to the death in the streets, and our army was killed and wounded more than 4,000 people. Among them, more than 600 were killed and seriously wounded, and General Li ordered the southern expedition to be stopped. The prince's 1,000 heavily armored guards, as well as 6,000 Kuizhou soldiers, were transported to Haimen in batches to practice riding a sea ship......"

After listening to the content of the letter, he said: "It seems that the morale of the puppet Chu side is high, and after General Li captured Yidu, Songzi and Gong'an, he thought that the casualties of continuing the assault were too great, and he planned to attack the southeast first. ”

Wang Yu said: "But all the grain and grass have been transported to Jingxiang. Even the two Huai New Army, except for some stationed in Huainan, the rest were also transferred to the Jingjiang area. He said that if he hits the southeast, he will fight the southeast, and the soldiers and grain and grass will fly over? ”

Zhu Ming rubbed his eyebrows and said: "It is precisely because of our large-scale deployment of troops and grain that Zhong Xiang and Zhao Ji's attention have been attracted, and no one would have thought that Li Bao would go to the southeast." ”

Zhang Bo was puzzled: "General Li only transferred 7,000 troops to Haimen, and then transferred the army's grain and grass on a large scale, which will inevitably attract the attention of the enemy." How can he, these 7,000 soldiers, take the southeast? ”

Zhu Ming said: "Judging from the news sent back by Xizuo, some of the soldiers in Zhao Ji's hands are suppressing thieves in Fujian and Jiangxi; Part of it is arranged in the direction of Jiangzhou, and troops may be sent to help Zhong Xiang fight at any time; Part of it was fortified south of the Yangtze River. On the contrary, in Hangzhou, there are only 3,000 forbidden troops newly compiled by Zhao Ji. ”

"He wants to take a sea ship directly to Hangzhou?" Shi Yuangong exclaimed.

"Definitely." Zhu Ming couldn't cry or laugh.

Li Bao, who was in another time and space, took a ship directly from Hangzhou to attack Shandong, and he could also annihilate tens of thousands of Jin Guo troops.

Now Li Bao, what is it to take a boat from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Hangzhou?

With the weak character shown by Song Huizong, an army of 7,000 suddenly appeared outside Hangzhou, and it is conceivable what kind of reaction it can have.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Because of this kind of tactical thinking, although it has been used before, it has not achieved much due to various factors. For example, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he let all the way cross the sea from Shandong and cooperate with the main force to attack the Korean Peninsula.

But you can't say no, sometimes you have to play some new tricks in war.

When Zhao Kuangyin destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was a pioneering pontoon bridge to cross the Yangtze River, and Li Yu laughed at this child's play when he learned the news.

A pontoon bridge several miles long, and the army stepped on the pontoon bridge to cross the river, what is it if it is not child's play?

Then, the Southern Tang was gone.

Two days later, Zhu Ming finally received a handwritten letter from Li Bao.

The letter described in detail the situation on the battlefield of Jinghu, and around Dongting Lake was Zhong Xiang's base camp, and although the people there had a hard time, they all regarded Zhong Xiang as the savior of the world.

No matter how good the military discipline of the Ming army was, the local people never bought it.

Every time the Ming army sent troops, not far away, there were people who reported to Zhong Xiang. Any small fishing boat in the Yangtze River may take the initiative to provide information to Zhong Xiang, and it is impossible for Li Bao to kill all the people along the way.

There is also a puppet Chu army that does not want to die in a war, and the closer it is to Dongting Lake, the more difficult it is for the puppet Chu defenders to fight.

Li Bao said in the letter that he could do it with his existing forces to forcibly destroy the puppet Chu, but it was very likely that more than half of the casualties would be killed in the end.

It's better to take Hangzhou directly!

Zhu Ming thought about it and decided to trust the front-line coach, and replied with only one sentence: "You can act cheaply and pay attention to the wind and waves at sea." ”

After sending out the letter, Zhu Ming ran to talk to his father.

After briefly explaining the situation, Zhu Ming couldn't help but complain: "This Li Bao, in order to hide the transfer of troops, only told Wang Yuan, who was with the army. Without my permission, he forcibly ordered Wang Yuan to transfer the 1,000 heavily armored guards from the established battlefield. ”

"Can he win?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zhu Ming said: "There are tens of thousands of troops in hand, so you have to run around the rear with thousands of soldiers. It's a battle like a nervous break, who can guess what he's doing? It is estimated that Hangzhou can be easily taken. ”

"It's enough to win battles, talents, there are always some willfulness." Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile.

"It's not just a matter of self-determination," Zhu Ming said, "and I can already guess how he will fight." If Song Huizong is caught, the southeast can be passed on. If Song Huizong ran fast, Li Bao would definitely repeat his old tricks, frantically recruit new troops in the southeast, and take advantage of the chaos of the situation to absorb a large number of rebel troops. He will definitely be able to seize the southeast, but most of the southeastern roads will be a mess, and he will have to spend time slowly dealing with the aftermath. ”

Zhu Guoxiang comforted: "If Li Bao doesn't mess up the southeast, Song Huizong will also make a mess there." Long pain is better than short pain, and it should be treated early when it is hit early. ”

Zhu Ming shook his head: "I understand the truth, but no matter how much Song Huizong exploits, he can't compare to the destructive power of the military disaster." Lianghuai's ass has just been wiped for him, and there is still shit in some places, and then he has to wipe his southeast ass again. ”

"If the army marches south in the future, won't there be a military disaster in the southeast? At that time, there will definitely be chaos everywhere. Zhu Guoxiang said.

Zhu Ming said: "There is a large army, and the chaos is controllable. In this way, when the time comes, there will be chaos everywhere, and burning, killing, looting, and waving our banner. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "You care too much about one thing and lose the other, how can there be a perfect thing in the world?" ”

"I know, so I agreed with his idea," Zhu Ming said, "but I'm still a little unhappy in my heart, and I want to find someone to complain." Li Bao is a normal person, but as soon as he fights, he becomes a madman, and he changes his battle plan many times without authorization. I'm not afraid that I won't be able to control him, but I'm afraid that he will go too far in the future and make me have to kill him. ”

Zhu Guoxiang persuaded: "The subjective initiative of subordinates is very important, don't deliberately suppress it, otherwise everyone will be afraid to do things in the future." When he returns to Beijing in triumph, he should be rewarded and beaten. ”

Zhu Ming complained: "It's a fart to beat him, and I've beaten him a few times, so I didn't take it seriously." ”

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Hangzhou line in.

The palace here has been under construction for half a year and has had to be downsized due to a lack of suitable timber.

Song Huizong felt very aggrieved, the palace he personally designed, and changed the drawings because of the shortage of raw materials.

Even so, it was not easy to find ready-made timber, so I had to demolish some surrounding temples and transport the pillars and beams in the main hall.

"Your Majesty, the people of Yixing have made a rebellion, gathered at Junshan Incense Burner Peak, and have captured Yixing County!" The eunuch Li Yan rushed in.

Song Huizong was not in a hurry: "Where is Zhu Mian?" I remember him working around Taihu Lake. ”

Li Yan said: "It was Zhu Mian's father and son who used the name of building a palace to expropriate around Taihu Lake, which forced the people of Yixing to rebel!" ”

"Summoning his father and son to Beijing." Song Huizong said.

"Yes!" Li Yan bowed and retreated, with a triumphant smile on his face.

Li Yan is also cultivating henchmen to collect money, and now that the territory is so big, he and Zhu Mian's father and son are in a competitive relationship.

Song Huizong was also impatient with Zhu Mian's father and son, and after thinking about it, he couldn't wait for these two to come to Hangzhou. He called Cai You and said: "You go to Suzhou to trap Zhu Mian and his son, collect their private soldiers, kill them to vent the anger of the people, and then announce that taxes will be reduced and reduced next year, and this year the Tugong around Taihu Lake will no longer be levied." ”

"Yes!" Cai You was ordered to retreat.

Leaving Xingzai, Cai You was in a trance.

Zhu Mian's father and son amassed countless amounts of money, and also annexed hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and dared to raise private soldiers, it stands to reason that they deserve a thousand cuts.

But Song Huizong has long known these things, but he has not done it until now, which is nothing more than using Zhu Mian's father and son as tools.

A tool for collecting money, a tool for quelling chaos!

Cai You was ordered to clean up the situation, and it was inevitable that he would feel sad that the rabbit was dead and the fox was dead, maybe it would be his turn one day?

I don't know how long this small court in the southeast can last, and Cai You thinks it would be good to last for five years.

Where do you go from here?

On Cai You's way to Suzhou, more than a dozen sea boats set off from Haimen and headed for Hangzhou silently.

This kind of sea vessel is called a sea ship, a common offshore merchant ship in the Song Dynasty, with a deadweight of only 120 tons and a deck about 10 meters wide.

Who would have thought that the ship was full of soldiers and food and grass?

Until this time, the Ming soldiers on Jingxiang's side didn't know where their boss was. All departments were temporarily under the unified command of Wang Yuan, and the troops were divided to guard the key cities, and then let the sailors cruise vertically and horizontally, in case Zhong Xiang suddenly led the troops to counterattack.

(End of chapter)