The answer is clearly no.

Don't look at the internal and external troubles of the Lichao now, the wind and rain are shaky, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the rotten ship has three inches of nails.

What's more, there is an extremely feared southwest next to it.

Once Yingzhou is taken, the southwest will inevitably turn the spearhead, and there will be no way to retreat at that time.

Zhu Kang didn't dare to take this risk.

Especially in the face of great talents, if he faces other people, he still has some confidence.

But in the face of that person......

His eyes flashed, and after a moment of silence, he finally said, "Immediately mobilize the Lotus Water Master and the red-clothed cannon to defend!" ”

Compared with Jiangnan, Yingzhou is the foundation, and only by keeping this root can we slowly figure it out.

And once you lose that root, then everything will start all over again.

This is not as good as before, there is still Ning Wangfu to rely on, if Yingzhou is really lost, then the last reliance will be gone.

So for Zhu Kang, it is not difficult to make such a choice.

Lin Bai also understood this, so he went straight to Yingzhou.

Of course, he can directly send troops to Jiangnan, but in this way, if the battlefield is placed in Jiangnan, it will be the people of Jiangnan who will suffer, and in addition, he will also take into account Lao Zhu's feelings.

The imperial court has been supported many times, but it is still beaten by the Yingzhou army, if the southwest army comes, the Yingzhou army will be defeated, what will the Manchu civil and military think? What will the people of the world think?

Unlike before, the great talent is the four princes of the dynasty, representing the imperial court.

Now that the great talent is the king of the southwest, the court is still suppressing the southwest many times, if this is the case, Lao Zhu's face will definitely not be able to hang up.

And the direct military to Yingzhou is different.

Zhu Kang will inevitably mobilize the main force to return to defense, so that the pressure on the imperial court will be less, and it should be no problem to repel the Yingzhou army.

Outsiders don't know the reason, and they think that the imperial army repelled the Yingzhou army, Lao Zhu's face has been preserved, and the face of the imperial court has been preserved, even if someone in the court knows the inside story, it doesn't matter.

The talented man felt like he was his heartbreak.

Get! For the sake of a few beautiful ladies, I don't care about these.

"It's already in the Jiangnan Sea!"

On the deck, Yang Mingli looked out at the surrounding sea.

He was the captain of the Banshu, and the route was already quite familiar.

Hearing this, Tie Ying shouted: "It's finally here, there should be news from Jiangnan, right?" ”

As he spoke, a ship at the end of his line of sight was slowly approaching this direction, with the sign of the Southwest Navy Division Camp on it.

"It's your own people!"

Yang Mingli's face was happy, and he immediately arranged for the ship to approach.

Soon, the figure above was clearly visible, and the first general led a group of soldiers to hurriedly salute Lin Bai, "I have seen the prince, the fourth lady, General Yang ......"

Lin Bai nodded, and then asked, "Why are you here, and what is the situation in Jiangnan?" ”

The leader of the general hurriedly said: "Back to the prince, General Shen received the news that the prince was about to return, so he arranged several warships here to wait for the prince's return, and at the same time pay attention to the battle situation in Jiangnan. ”

"At present, most of the territory of Jiangnan has fallen into the hands of the king of Yingzhou, and Jinling has been besieged for several days, but fortunately, it has not been lost for the time being......"

He gave a brief account of the situation.

The situation is not much different from when we set out from Changjin County, maybe some areas have been lost, but Jinling is still there.

After all, it is an important place, and the imperial court will inevitably defend it, and it is naturally not so simple to capture it.

Not to mention that it is just a few days, and it is normal to attack the city and pull out the village, sometimes for months.

Lin Bai nodded, and then asked, "Where is General Shen?" ”

The leader said: "There was news before, saying that it was about to arrive in Yingzhou, and in addition, Yingzhou has also received the news, and the last general heard that the king of Yingzhou has been mobilizing the Lotus Water Division and is preparing to rush to Yingzhou to support." ”

Lin Bai sighed and asked, "They haven't returned yet?" ”

The general shook his head and said, "The last general has been staring, not yet, and they have just received the news not long ago." ”

Yang Mingli said: "These bitches raised them, now they know how to defend themselves?" It's a pity that it's just this lotus water master? ”

This guy's eyes were full of disdain.

It's no wonder that he is so, although the Lotus Water Division is powerful, it is not worth mentioning at all compared to the Southwest Water Division, at least he thinks so, although the two have not yet gone head-to-head for the time being, but the Southwest Water Division, which is equipped with a red-clothed cannon, is not afraid of any opponent at all.

Even if the Yingzhou Army also collected some red-coated artillery, these were not a problem.

The other party just collects it, and it can't make it at all.

When the shells run out, it's a pile of scrap metal.

This is secondary, and the most important thing is that this thing needs to be practiced, especially in this vast sea.

A casual bomb on land, not to mention seven, seven, eight, eight, or eight, should be about the same, and it can always play some role.

But on the sea, it's different, the accuracy is not enough, and it stirs up some waves.

I think that at the beginning, the accuracy of the Southwest Navy Division Battalion was also extremely poor, and it was only after countless training that it slowly found some feelings, and the Yingzhou Army did not have such an opportunity.

Lin Bai's eyes flickered, and he groaned for a moment and asked, "How many battleships did General Shen leave behind, and how many red-coated cannons did he equip with?" ”

The general hurriedly said: "Back to the prince, there are three warships, one medium warship, and two small warships. ”

Small warships can only be equipped with one redcoat cannon, because the recoil is too large, while medium warships can be equipped with about four, don't look at the number, but compared to the corsairs, and other ships, it is definitely a dimensionality reduction strike, range and power, which is not at all comparable to the current warships.

Three warships, on this sea, can definitely go sideways.

If you add the Banshu, this large battleship, not to mention.

The Banshu was a large warship, fully equipped with ten red-coated cannons, plus three other warships, a full sixteen red-coated cannons, such a fleet was rampant on the seas, and there was nowhere to go.

"Sixteen to twenty, it's still a bit less!"

The genius muttered.

Wu Qiaojun seemed to see his intentions, and said: "It's not too little, the Southwest Water Division Battalion is well-trained, and the Lotus Water Master has just come into contact with the red-clothed cannon, and it is estimated that how to use it has not yet been completed." ”

Lin Bai's eyes lit up slightly, it was so reasonable.

In that case, let's do it!

Immediately, he ordered: "Continue to keep an eye on the Yingzhou Army, the Lotus Water Master, when they will go to sea, this king must know as soon as possible." ”

The general hurriedly received the order.

Yang Mingli looked puzzled and asked, "Brother-in-law, don't we rush to support General Shen?" ”

Lin Bai smiled and said: "Of course you have to support, but you don't have to rush to Yingzhou, you can also support here, as long as you defeat the Lotus Water Master, isn't it the best support?" ”

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