"The prince wants to... take the sea route to the north to Nanjing?"
Chen Yonghua immediately understood what Zhu Heji was thinking!
The sage prince sent Yang Qilong to travel here and there, and deceived Geng Jingzhong about his true purpose of becoming a "rebel". He wanted Geng to be used as cannon fodder to attract the attention of the Qing army, so that he could go north by sea to attack Nanjing.
This method is really powerful... Fortunately, King Yanping is not so ambitious, otherwise Zheng Jing, who is not good enough, might become another Geng Jingzhong!
Zhu Heji stroked his beard, looked at Chen Yonghua with a serious look on his face and said, "Grandmaster, do you still remember the way to Nanjing?"
"Remember, remember!"
How could you not remember? What Chen Yonghua went through with Zheng Chenggong back then was unforgettable! Thinking about it now makes my heart hurt, it hurts so much!
"Your Majesty," Chen Yonghua was almost in tears, "This road is not easy to travel. Back then, King Yanping Zhong led 3,000 large and small ships, hundreds of thousands of troops, and 8,000 iron men. He launched a large-scale Northern Expedition, but all failed before Nanjing City. ..."
Zheng Chenggong now has a posthumous nickname of "Zhong", which King Zhu Tian took the time to give him when he was eating, drinking and having fun in Jieyang.
Zhu Heji said: "Scholar Chen, don't be sad. Although King Yanping Zhong's Northern Expedition was not successful, it can allow future generations like us to learn lessons from it. If we continue the Northern Expedition by sea, it should not fail."
"Of course!" Chen Yonghua wiped away his tears, "Sir, you have weapons like sugar and medicine, and you have Military Advisor Zhuge and Military Advisor Yang to help you. No matter how strong the city of Nanjing is, it can definitely be conquered in one go!"
"That's natural!" Zhu Heji said confidently, "As long as 20,000 to 30,000 troops can come to Jinling, the city can be broken within ten days!"
Zhu Heji is not bragging, he is the "Great Master"! Moreover, he recently asked Luo Dafa, whose family owns a mine, to go to Shaozhou Prefecture, Lianshan Prefecture and other places to recruit miners, preparing to imitate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in digging pits to buy burying medicine, not gunpowder, but sugar medicine!
"Is twenty or thirty thousand enough?" Chen Yonghua looked at Zhu Heji uncertainly.
"Enough!" Zhu Heji nodded with certainty, "Scholar Chen, how many ships are needed to transport 30,000 land troops to Nanjing?"
"This..." Chen Yonghua frowned, thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I do not agree with the method of transporting 30,000 land troops to Nanjing by water."
Zhu Heji was stunned, "Why?"
Chen Yonghua frowned and said: "Because it is difficult for sea-going ships to move after entering the river. It is difficult to move even when there is no wind or the wind direction is wrong. Back then, King Yanping Zhong sent troops from the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang in late April. He arrived at Dinghai on the 28th and arrived at Dinghai on the 30th. Occupying the entire territory of Dinghai, they did not arrive at Wusongkou until May 19th, and did not arrive at Jiangyin until the first day of June. On June 22nd, the army defeated the Qingyao army at Yinshan in Zhenjiang and captured Zhenjiang City. On the 26th, the vanguard Only then arrived at the gate of Nanjing.
On the seventh day of July, the main force led by King Zhong of Yanping arrived outside Nanjing... At this time, it had been almost three months since the army left the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang. Not only were the division's veterans tired, but it also gave Qingyao time to deploy troops and generals to support Nanjing. "
Chen Yonghua paused and then said: "And there were many survivors of the Ming Dynasty in the Jiangnan area who could be used by me, so the army got a lot of help from them when they moved up the river. Anyway, the civil and military officials also had many... such conveniences They are definitely gone now!
In addition, Shi Lang has now arrived in Jiangxi and will soon start training the Yangtze River Navy. His naval warships are all river ships, which can travel quickly on the Yangtze River... If it took the army two or three months to advance along the river, Shi Lang would have led the navy on the river outside Nanjing. Formed! "
Zhu Heji nodded, looked at Chen Yonghua again, and asked: "What does bachelor mean..."
"You can disembark directly in Ningbo!" Chen Yonghua said, "It only takes eight or nine hundred miles from Ningbo to march along the Grand Canal to Zhenjiang. If the prince can advance fifty miles a day, it will only take more than half a month... Counting the time required to land in Ningbo, the army can reach Zhenjiang in twenty days. Within a month, the army can reach Nanjing City. King Yanping Zhong insisted on taking the Yangtze River waterway because he brought a large number of family members, and Yanping Zhong The king is not good at land warfare. And the prince does not have to bring many family members, and the prince is almost invincible in land warfare, so why should he take the Yangtze River waterway?"
The situation during Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition to Nanjing was somewhat similar to the situation when the Taiping Rebellion invaded Nanjing. Neither had a reliable base. If the entire army's family members were not brought along, everyone would be uneasy.
Zheng Chenggong did not bring his family with him during his first Northern Expedition. Li Shutai, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang at the time, took the opportunity to attack the island that Zheng Chenggong used as his lair, forcing Zheng Chenggong to return for reinforcements.
Zhu Heji's current base in Guangdong is relatively secure. Except for the two "loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty" Geng Jingzhong of Fujian and Liu Jinzhong of Chaozhou, and the "three-party loyal minister" Zu Zeqing, all other Qing troops have already Stay away from Guangdong.
So in theory, the Guangdong base area should be rock solid!
But "accidents" are always inevitable!
While Zhu Heji was waiting for the birth of his child in Dahao. His father-in-law, Qiu Hui, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty and the Zhongyong Hou who was stationed in Chaoyang County, suddenly received a military report that he could not believe.
"Abba...it's not good. Geng Jingzhong from Fujian and Liu Jinzhong from Haiyang County have gone crazy together. They are leading 30,000 troops to kill Jieyang County and Chenghai County!"
The person who roared into the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi in Chaoyang County was Qiu Hui's adopted son, named Qiu Bao. He was now the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, leading two thousand elite troops - this was the main force of the Qiu family's army division!
In addition to these two thousand supervisory standards, the Qiu family army now has eight city defense battalions including Jieyang, Chaoyang, Chenghai, Puning, Huilai, Mianhuzhai, Dahao and Haimen, each with 300 people.
In addition, Qiu Hui also asked his son Qiu Rong to rebuild the Nan'ao Navy. This navy has 3,000 people and dozens of warships, and is stationed in Nan'ao, Dahao and Haimen.
In other words, the only forces Qiu Hui can muster at hand are his own garrison camps in Dubiao, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Dahao, Haimen, etc., as well as the sailors stationed in Dahao and Haimen... .At the end of the day, it’s just over four thousand.
Four thousand versus thirty thousand...it seems to be over!
"Zhongyonghou! Zhongyonghou... send troops quickly!"
"Boss, boss, what should we do? Come up with an idea quickly!"
"Send troops quickly!"
"Boss, Geng kills people like crazy. We can't let him kill all the Chaozhou people in Jieyang and Chenghai!"
"Yes! Qingyao likes to massacre the city the most!"
At this time, Qiu Hui was serving wine in the Yamen to entertain the right deputy military advisor "Yang Xiuqing"... Deputy military advisor Yang nominally came to Chaozhou with Zhu Heji who came to Dahao to greet his wife and children.
Because Zhu Heji went to Dahao to "wait for his son", Deputy Military Advisor Yang took his place and went to meet with the leading figures in Chaozhou counties...so he was having a drink in the Chaoyang Governor's Office at the moment. In addition to Yang Qilong, there are also a lot of "big guys" from Chaozhou counties.
These "big guys" didn't know how to understand their boss Qiu, so they suddenly got angry and shouted that Qiu Hui should send troops to fight Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong's 30,000 troops!
How can Mr. Qiu have such ability? He is just a pirate and a merchant. If he wants to go to sea to fight, Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong will definitely not be his opponents. But on land...how could Qiu Hui defeat Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong's 30,000 men with four thousand men?
"Really, really 30,000?" Qiu Hui still didn't believe it - Geng Jingzhong and Liu Jinzhong had been so timid ever since Shang Kexi jumped in, how could they be so fierce all at once? Don't they know that Da Lao Hui's uncle is the invincible third grandson?
Qiu Hui's adopted son Qiu Bao looked horrified and nodded repeatedly: "There are really so many thirty thousand! Liu Jinzhong and Wu Qifeng came out in full force! Geng Jingzhong also sent Zhao Desheng, Ma Weixing, and Zeng Yangxing to lead 15,000 troops to help ...Abba, we can’t defeat them, what should we do?”
what to do? Da Lao Hui suddenly ran out of ideas, but when he was panicking, he suddenly found that Military Advisor Yang was waving a paper fan, looking calm and calm... It seemed that he had a plan to retreat from the enemy. Got it!
