"How to take action?" Wu Xiang looked at Zhu Cixiang, shook his head and said, "Your Highness, except for the fifteen model regiments, we don't have any soldiers who can really fight!"
"Isn't there still a navy?" Huang Binqing said, "We can let the Beiyang navy take action... They have been raising them for almost a year, and they have done a lot of business, but they haven't fought many battles!"
After all, Shen Tingyang is a businessman, and he is good at making money from Beiyang maritime trade. Now Zhu Cixiang does not impose a blockade on the Qing Dynasty. Except for a few controlled commodities such as iron, gunpowder, copper, and grain, he can do other business freely. So Shen Tingyang has made a lot of money these days!
But he doesn't just make money and do things. These days, the Beiyang Navy also has two more centipede boats! The castle defense systems of Dengzhou City, Dengzhou Water City and Danya Mountain have also become stronger and stronger.
Among them, both Dengzhou Shuicheng and Dengzhou City have been transformed into bastions, especially Shuicheng, which was almost transformed into a standard bastion!
In addition, Shen Tingyang also built many civil castles on Changshan Island, Shamen Island, Heidao, Xiaozhu Island and Huangcheng Island, deployed garrison troops, and turned these islands into Beiyang Navy activities in the Bohai Bay. reliance.
However, the most important task assigned to him by Zhu Cixi - reopening Dongjiang Town has been delayed and has not been implemented.
Because the concept of Dongjiang Town is too sensitive, the Tartars will become anxious once it is brought up...
That's the chrysanthemum in Dorgon!
Of course, Zhu Cixiang also knew the seriousness of this matter. He turned to look at Hou Xun. The old Hou had now taken over the mission of the Governor of Jiangbei - in fact, he was responsible for the defense of Fengyang Mansion, Guide Mansion, and Kaifeng Mansion. It turned out to be Ma Shiying's fault.
Ma Shiying was appointed Governor of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Governor of Guizhou, and he would soon go to his hometown of Guizhou to take up the post. The reason why Ma Shiying was asked to serve as Governor of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan was because his family had been the commander of the Guizhou Guard for generations. Ma Shiying's ancestral home is in Yizheng County, Yangzhou Prefecture. His ancestor Ma Chengke was awesome. He was a hero who followed Zhu Yuanzhang and conquered the world. He led troops to Guizhou and became a commander. From then on, his descendants developed in Guizhou. Now he is the third in Guiyang Prefecture. One family!
In addition, Guizhou is different from the southeast. There are chieftains and officials everywhere, but the exiled officials are a minority.
This group of chieftains and officials have been married to each other for more than two hundred years and have long formed an intricate interest group. The Guizhou Weima family is one of the core families of this interest group.
So if Ma Shiying's ability in Fengyang was ten, then after returning to his hometown in Guizhou, his ability would at least triple and reach thirty! Because everyone in Guizhou is related to the Ma family, after Ma Shiying goes there, he will need people and food!
Of course, there is some risk in letting Ma Shiying go to Guizhou. The Ma family in Guizhou may become the same existence as the Yang family in Bozhou...
But those are all troubles in the future. For now, Ma Shiying has to work hard, and in the battlefields of Huaixi and Henan, Hou Xun, a great scholar from Henan, can only be used.
"Your Highness," the speaker was Ma Shiying, who was about to go to Guizhou. He had been the governor of Fengyang before and was in charge of the defense of Huaixi. He had more say than Hou Xun, who had just taken office. "The one who can fight in Huaixi is Zhongdu. The total number of new troops in the Eight Guards and One Division is only a few thousand, and they can barely hold a few cities.
In addition, when I was in Fengyang, I also organized some regiment training and repaired nine cities including Sizhou, Xuyi, Wuhe, Linhuai, Changhuai, Huaiyuan, Shouzhou, Huoqiu, and Dingyuan. Including Fengyang, there were ten cities in total. This city can be defended for a long time... If Huang Degong's troops can be transferred south to the cities along the Huai River, and one part of the Yangtze River Navy can go north to the Huai River, and then one part of the Model Army can be mobilized, then the area along the Huai River can still be defended. . "
The ten cities mentioned by Ma Shiying, except for Dingyuan City, are all located along the Huaihe River. In fact, Ma Shiying, Huang Degong, and Zhu Chunchen, who later replaced Huang Degong, were all trying to defend the Huaihe River.
The territory north of the Huaihe River, including the Guide Prefecture and part of the Kaifeng Prefecture currently occupied by Huang Degong, are all ready to give up at any time.
Although Shangqiu and Suiyang are also fortified cities, these two castles are not built along the river that allows the navy to travel at any time, so they can easily be blocked by the Tartar cavalry.
At that time, Shangqiu and Suiyang will become isolated "points", which are just suitable for the Tartars to surround the points and call for reinforcements - that is the unique skill of the Tartars!
"That's enough..." Zhu Cihong patted the table in front of him, "To defend the river, you must defend the Huaihe... As long as the cities along the Huaihe River can be defended, the Yangtze River will not worry. The defense of the Huaihe River is Here we have Mr. Laohou."
Hou Xun replied: "As long as the old ministers are here, there will be Huai Fang. They will not teach the Tartars to go to the Yangtze River without any worries."
"Guarding the Huaihe River" does not mean guarding the Huaihe River, but setting up defenses along the Huaihe River. If the nine riverside castles along the Huaihe River are still in the hands of the Ming army, then the Tartars coming from the north will be surrounded by separate troops. A castle is divided into three to two thousand people, and an army of 20,000 is divided.
Moreover, even if three or two thousand people are real Tatars, they can still guard the land route, but not the water route. As a result, the Tartars' logistics line may be cut off at any time! Therefore, the Tartar army that broke through the Huaihe River could not stay on the banks of the Yangtze River for a long time, nor could it go all out to fight across the river.
If Zhu Cixiang's Yangtze River Navy can function normally, the castles along the Yangtze River, such as Anqing, Wuhu, Chizhou, Taiping, Tongling, Nanjing, Pukou, Yizheng, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, etc., can be firmly defended.
Then Zhu Cixi's rule in the southeast is as stable as Mount Tai...
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang felt better all of a sudden - the Lord of the Southeast is also the leader of the country!
Moreover, now is the Age of Discovery, and Europeans have begun to evolve towards queuing up and shooting. Barbarian cavalry and the like are about to become legends.
As long as the southeast can be stabilized, the victory of the Northern Expedition is just a matter of time!
"Okay!" Zhu Cixiang patted the case again, "That's it, we have to go find trouble with Dorgon... We can't let Li Zicheng jump over the wall and sneak into Huguang."
He thought for a while and said, "Shen Tingyang doesn't dare to go, so let Su Guansheng go... If Su Guansheng is bold, let him be the governor of Liaodong, Denglai and other military affairs, and the governor of Denglai."
After hearing Zhu Cixiang's order, Wu Xiang, the Minister of War, shook his head repeatedly. Isn't this hatred too great?
Even the governor of Liaodong is here! Are you still planning to counterattack Liaodong? You are trying to dig up the roots of the Tatars and prevent them from living.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince," Wu Xiang was timid. He frowned and tried to persuade him with a look of fear on his face, "We don't have any land in Liaodong, so what's the use of setting up a governor? Will the Tartars be afraid?"
Zhu Cixiang was right. It seemed imprudent to set up a governor when there was no space.
"That's right," Zhu Cixiang nodded, "We need to get some territory! Take Juehua Island and establish Juehua County as the residence of the governor of Liaodong."
Ah, we want to set up a governor of Liaodong...
"Master Chitose, Juehua Island cannot be defended!" Wu Xiang hurriedly advised, "In winter, the sea near Juehua Island will freeze..."
"That's a good thing." Zhu Cixiang smiled, "How can the Tartars come here without freezing?"
Wu Xiang took a breath, the fight was still going to start on Juehua Island!
Zhu Cixiang thought for a while and said, "Let Zhang Huangyan, the magistrate of Penglai County, be compatible with the magistrate of Juehua County and lead the Penglai people to Juehua Island to build a city. Then let Nanjing Shi Xuetang and Wu Xuetang send officials who are proficient in city building to go north to assist Zhang Huangyan.
In addition, Dongjiang Town has been established in Liaodong... right on Zhangzi Island! Do any of you know about Zhangzi Island? "
Zhangzi Island is a quite magical place!
"Zhangzi Island?" Wu Xiang shook his head, "I have lived in Liaodong for half my life and have never heard of it."
"It's south of the Big and Small Changshan Islands, the southernmost part of the group of islands." Zhu Cixiang is very familiar with Zhangzi Island. He has gone to investigate... That place is very good, with rich fishery resources and seafood. a lot.
Prince Zhu smiled and said to Huang Binqing: "We have to find someone who is proficient in water warfare to be the commander-in-chief...Huang Weishuai, why don't you let your wife-in-law Cai Cong do the hard work?"
