After hesitating for a moment, Yang Jiyuan finally said: "Your Majesty, my suggestion is to focus on defense in the Huguang battlefield. The focus is still on Jiangnan West Road. The strategic location of Jiangnan West Road is very important. If we don't capture Jiangnan West Road , the rebels cannot form a single line. Judging from the current military reports from various places in Jiangnan, the three rebels should still adopt a differentiated approach. The main battlefield will be in Jiangxi."
"Using the strategy that if the rebels want to capture Jiangning, they will inevitably seize Jiangnan West Road. And the current situation that the rebel king and puppet dynasty are stationed on Jiangnan West Road. Turn Jiangnan West Road into a big battlefield to lure the rebels in Huguang towards Reinforcements from the east. Even if we cannot solve the Huguang rebels together, we must attract most of the Huguang rebels to the Jiangnan West Road battlefield to reduce the pressure on the Huguang side."
"As for the Fujian Road rebels, they are mainly local rebel guards from the original Fujian Road, and their combat effectiveness is very poor. Not only are many soldiers fleeing, but the military attachés at all levels are now corrupt, and most of them can only go out in sedan chairs. The most important thing is that On Fujian Road, the rebel king was not able to completely complete control. Although the entire Fujian Road guard, including many civilian officials, all participated in the rebellion."
"But before the rebels completely captured Jiangnan West Road, most of the rebel generals on Fujian Road were still at opposite ends of the spectrum. The most important thing is that the rebels on Fujian Road are not monolithic internally. They have become faintly There is a tendency for each to separate itself. Otherwise, the rebel king mobilizes troops and horses to attack the two Zhejiang provinces from the Fujian Road, but the rebels from all over the Fujian Road respond very little."
"You know, the guards in the two Zhejiang Provinces are no better than those in the Fujian Road. Everyone laughs at the older brother, so don't laugh at anyone. If the rebels in the Fujian Road were to attack with all their strength, the two Zhejiangs would have been destroyed by now. Lost it, but it didn't. In this case, either the rebel king did not really control Fujian Road at all, or the rebels in Fujian Road were in chaos themselves."
"The minister's idea is to induce surrender on the Fujian Road. Previously, the rebels raised troops and temporarily had the upper hand in Jiangnan. Most of the Fujian Road Guards were coerced into rebellion by military attachés at all levels. Now the imperial court has achieved two consecutive major victories in Jiangning and Ganzhou. I am afraid that the people within the Fujian Road Rebels are now unstable. As long as the court sends people to say that bygones are bygones, the Fujian Road Rebels may not be without the possibility of winning some part."
"The focus is still on the Jiangxi battlefield. Taking advantage of the important position of Jiangnan West Road and the pressure caused by two consecutive major victories on the rebels, the rebels from the Huguang battlefield were mobilized to the Jiangnan West Road battlefield, which is more important to the court. The most advantageous. Your Majesty, if Jiangnan West Road is not important, why did the false emperor who rebelled against the king and supported him put his trip in Ganzhou instead of moving to other places? "
At this point, Yang Jiyuan, who was equally arrogant, couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the chess game that his predecessor had arranged in advance with the master in front of him when he was in office: "Although Lao Yu said he was a bookish person, it was a bit too much. But now From this point of view, he is much better than Chen. I am afraid that these things were all planned by him in advance. He is indispensable for the formation of Jiangnan's current situation."
"Your Majesty, I was originally a little dissatisfied with Lao Yu. I thought that the reason why he gained your Majesty's respect was because he followed your Majesty to suppress the rebellion in Zhengzhou and was an old friend of your Majesty's in the dormitory. But now I see that I am really not as good as him. A lot. I think that since Lao Yu has set such a pattern, he has actually firmly controlled the opportunity. As long as we don't underestimate the enemy and advance rashly, there will be no big mistakes."
Although Yang Jiyuan did not say it explicitly in the end, he reminded Huang Qiong tactfully. Yu Mingyuan's previous deployment seems to have worked wonders now. In this case, it would be better to follow Yu Mingyuan's previous plan. Blindly rushing for success will only lead to big problems. However, although it was not stated explicitly, in the end Yang Jiyuan proposed that the 30,000 troops and horses trained in Lianghuai should also be handed over to Cao Rui.
Huang Qiong could naturally hear the intention behind his words. However, Huang Qiong did not make up his mind immediately, but fell into deep thought. Seeing that Huang Qiong did not answer him for a while, Yang Jiyuan was about to persuade him, but he was stopped by Fu Yuanshan. Fu Yuanshan shook his head slightly, indicating that he should be calmer and give Huang Qiong some time to think. This kind of matter that affects the overall situation cannot be settled at the first touch.
He also knew in his heart that Fu Yuanshan, as the prime minister who coordinated the overall situation, was actually under much greater pressure than himself. Although Yang Jiyuan is a bit of a fool, he is not blindly ignorant of good and bad. Since Fu Yuanshan, the prime minister, can tolerate it, it doesn't matter no matter how much I endure it. After all, I really can't worry too much about this matter. When Fu Yuanshan stopped him, he followed the prime minister's example and sat on the chair.
Sipping the tea slowly, Huang Qiong did not rush to make up his mind. Both of them are relatively upright officials, so they cannot afford the famous tea in the palace unless the whole family is scrimping on food and clothing. I just happened to catch this opportunity today, why don't you taste it? So Huang Qiong, who was looking at the map and was deep in thought, thinking over and over again in his mind, ignored what the two of them were doing.
It wasn't until it was almost time to eat that Huang Qiong stood up and looked at the two generals in front of him, one civil and one military, but still said nothing. It wasn't until the two of them looked at each other with horror that they said decisively: "Then according to your suggestion, the next stage will focus on Jiangnan West Road. If during the Jiangxi War, the Huguang rebels stand still, let Cao Rui fight Then it passes through Jiangxi and goes straight to Huguang."
"Prime Minister Fu, during the Jiangxi War, you must personally arrange and coordinate the supply of food and grass on the Jiangnan West Road. You must ensure the supply of food and grass for the officers and soldiers on the Jiangxi battlefield. Privy Minister Yang, you must ensure the required artillery for the battlefield in both directions. Supply of medicine and artillery shells. At the same time, you must always be prepared to go south. When necessary, if the battle situation in Jiangnan requires it, I will also send you to Jiangnan."
After giving instructions to Fu Yuanshan and Yang Jiyuan, Huang Qiong pondered for a while, and finally transferred all the 20,000 new troops trained in Lianghuai to Cao Rui. After the rebels began to forcefully recruit troops in the controlled areas, there are now nearly 300,000 rebels. Cao Rui's army and horses are indeed too few. Even if the two battalions transferred to the south are elite, they are not three-headed and six-armed, and it will not work if the strength of the troops is too disparate.
After hesitating for a moment, Huang Qiong told Yang Jiyuan alone that he must prevent the rebel navy from entering the river from Haikou and directly attack Jiangning Mansion along the river. Let him immediately give Cao Rui an order to keep some of the rebel cannons captured on Jiangnan West Road for his own use, and then transfer the rest to Jiangning Mansion immediately to strengthen the defense of Jiangning Mansion. And asked Jiangning Mansion to take precautions.
Huang Qiong was always a little worried about the huge maritime force in the hands of the rebel king, which was said to be a merchant fleet but could be transformed into a navy at any time. The imperial court had many naval establishments along the coast. From Guangnan East Road to Hebei Road, there were naval divisions on all coastal roads. But judging from King Yong's report, these naval forces only had small boats that could not go out to the open sea, and the interiors were extremely decayed.
Once the strength of the rebels far exceeds that of the imperial court, the merchant fleet can turn into a navy at any time and sail up the river. It can reach Wuchang Mansion from the top and attack Jiangning Mansion from the bottom. Not to mention seizing strategic locations along the river, simply stationing at Jiangning Mansion would be enough to cut off the connection between the north and south sides of the river. By then, it may be very difficult for the reinforcements in Jiangbei to think about reinforcing the battlefield in Jiangnan.
After Fu Yuanshan and Yang Jiyuan left, Huang Qiong personally wrote a secret edict to Cao Rui. Let him concentrate his forces first and deal with the rebels on Jiangnan West Road first. At the same time, he must be prepared for a long-term battle on Jiangnan West Road. And beware of the eastward transfer of Huguang rebels at any time. As for marching to Guangnan West Road, don't worry about the rebels' lair. At the end, Huang Qiong also added that it would be better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of them.
After the secret decree was sent out, Huang Qiong's mind was on the Yangtze River again. Cao Rui has arrived at Jiangnan West Road, and Jiangning Mansion now needs a favorable person to take charge. It's just that the person who controls the military and political affairs of Jiangnan East Road may not necessarily only want military generals, but he must not know anything about military affairs. At least if necessary, he would be able to lead an army to resist the rebels who would most likely move up the river.
After thinking about it for a long time, Huang Qiong still couldn't figure out this candidate. In fact, it is not that there is no one at all. King Yong, who has now been ordered to return to the capital, is a quite qualified candidate. But Huang Qiong gave up this choice after pondering for a long time. Jiangning Mansion now seems to be in the rear, relatively safe. But if the opponent has a powerful navy, it may not be really safe there.
If King Yong is sent, if any danger arises, some people may become unsafe again. If something happened to King Yong, he might be full of words and might not be able to explain clearly. What's more, now that his seventh sister-in-law is pregnant again, she is destined not to go with him. And if there is no reliable person to take care of it, I really feel a little worried about King Yong's temperament.
As for releasing Yang Jiyuan now, Huang Qiong has never even thought about it. Jiangnan already has a Cao Rui. If Yang Jiyuan is put down, it will not be a strong alliance, but a mutual restraint and interference. These two masters have always had the final say and only think that they are right. If two people with the same personality are put together, there will be no room for two tigers in one mountain.
After standing up, Huang Qiong walked around the Wende Hall for a long time, but could not think of a suitable candidate. It wasn't until the eunuch came to ask for instructions on where to eat dinner and pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly that Huang Qiong stopped thinking. After stopping to think, Huang Qiong went to Duan Jin's place to have a meal. He Yao and Duan Jin's bedrooms are next to each other. You can go to her place to play with your children for a while.
When they arrived at Duan Jin's place, Huang Qiong discovered that not only He Yao was there, but Situ Huanshuang and Cai Shi were also there, as well as the other girls. Only then did Huang Qiong realize that most of the women around him didn't know how to cook food at all, and they probably couldn't even tell the difference between different types of vegetable oil. Except for a few who have been housewives, there are actually very few people who can cook.
Today there was someone who specially cooked for everyone and prepared a table of Dali-style wine and food. Of course, they didn't cook it themselves, but it was Huang Qiong's first time attending the Dali Dynasty meeting. Among the several Dali women who paid tribute to Huang Qiong by the Dali envoys, some of them were good at cooking. And this person was discovered by Duan Jin only today. Duan Jin took out some food and asked her to prepare the food.
In the palace, most of the emperors and concubines lived in the imperial dining room, where they were provided with customized meals every day. Of course, in order to please the emperor, some concubines who knew how to cook also found ways to buy a small kitchen in the palace. In order to take advantage of the opportunity, he used the food he was good at to make the emperor, who was made the same as the imperial dining room and made eating the biggest headache, come to his palace more times on weekdays.
Of course, Duan Jin did not have this awareness and cooked the food himself for Huang Qiong's more picky taste. She also came from a royal family, and even though she had traveled around the world for several years, she had always stayed away from cooking. As for He Yao, she knew how to cook it, but the taste always made Huang Qiong feel like she was living in the shadow of being poisoned at any time.
