Launch another war against Jiangnan West Road?
Now?
immediately?
Zhou Linzhi thought he heard wrongly.
"Your Majesty, this...is this true?"
"Is my order false?"
Zhao Yan took a deep breath: "The bandits on Jiangnan West Road are too arrogant and cannot be ignored. The next conquest must begin immediately! We must not allow them to grow and develop! Never! Start the next conquest immediately!"
Zhao Xun's order was very decisive, and Zhou Linzhi was shocked and quickly advised Zhao Xun not to start another war, otherwise the problem would be really big and the court's finances would be on the verge of collapse.
But Zhao Xun could no longer accept this statement.
He was really anxious.
By diverting the conflict and sacrificing Shi Hao, he managed to get a good night's sleep.
But after waking up, he found that his situation was still extremely bad. The ferocious aura brought by killing could not last long, and the distrust and doubts of him among the officials still existed widely.
At the moment when Zhao Gou escaped, Zhao Min's uneasiness was stronger than ever.
Recalling some of the previous events, on the one hand, he sent people to closely monitor Zhao Ji's sons living in Lin'an City, and on the other hand, he was planning a combat operation to save everything.
What is lost due to war must be regained through war, otherwise, it will not come back.
He urgently needs a victory to stabilize people's hearts, otherwise he is really afraid that the swarm of rebels will destroy his dynasty and make his status fall.
What could be more terrifying than this?
Zhou Linzhi was helpless about this. He did not dare to admonish Zhao Jun. He was afraid that his admonishment would make him become the next Shi Hao or Zhang Jun.
But Shen Gai, who was in charge of finance, was fine. He felt that the person who was killed was the Privy Councilor, and other positions were still safe after all.
So when Zhao Min decided to attack again, Shen should be quite crushed.
You just lost a battle and are starting another war before your butt is wiped clean?
No, Your Majesty!
"Your Majesty, the current state of the treasury is really not optimistic. There are too many places to spend money. We really can't afford another battle. Moreover, the previous two battles have consumed too many places' reserves. We really can't fight now. Woke up!"
Shen Gai tried his best to remonstrate, hoping to restore Zhao Xun's idea.
But Zhao Min could no longer listen to other opinions and became sensitive and irritable.
He asked Shen to levy new taxes and use the new taxes to launch a war. No matter what method or name is used, it must be enough to start a war.
"It doesn't matter if you suffer from the common people and get a bad reputation. What matters is to put down the rebellion immediately! Putting down the rebellion as soon as possible will restore peace as soon as possible. Do you really want to watch the bandits tearing apart the soil on Jiangnan West Road and becoming king?!"
Shen Gai had nothing to say, so he could only obey Zhao Min's request and start studying how to levy new taxes.
Just after researching and researching, I feel that people in many places have been tortured by taxes and are suffering miserably. If they continue to increase taxes, they are afraid that they will cause trouble and rebel.
Wouldn't it just add insult to injury then?
Shen Gai was very helpless.
Zhao Hao also sent an order to deal with Wu Gong and Ezhou and Hanyang military officials separately, and then sent an order to Yao Zhong, asking him to lead an army of 30,000 people to Wuchang to make further preparations for war.
At the same time, Zhao Min sent people to welcome Zhao Gou back.
Although he and Zhao Gou no longer have any father-son relationship to talk about, Zhao Gou, as the Supreme Emperor, always stays outside and brings troops with him, which makes him very uneasy.
According to the latest news, Zhao Gou has hunted eastward at a rocket-like speed to Linhai County, Taizhou. It is said that the next step is to go to Wenzhou. If the situation gets worse, he plans to go directly to sea and wait for the final result at sea, just like when he was killed by Jin Wushu. Chase that way, escape to sea and wait for things to calm down.
He is now ordering the Wenzhou governor to prepare a fleet for him and is waiting for specific news.
Good guy, can this still happen?
Zhao Hao had nothing to say to Zhao Gou, he just hoped that he could come back as soon as possible and not delay any more.
After resolving these matters, Zhao Yan devoted himself to the endless wiping operation, working hard for the losses suffered in this war.
He really felt that he was so tired, so fatigued that he couldn't energy up for anything. He could feel some happiness except eating, and even paying the public rations became boring.
His head is about to explode from being busy from morning to night every day. At night he just wants to sleep, and he really can't even lift his head.
However, those concubines did not understand his hard work or his helplessness at all. They were all dressed up and wanted to pull him to the bed as soon as they saw him.
These women clearly wanted to use him to get them pregnant, and then gain wealth from the children in their bellies.
Living with a group of women he didn't like at all and doing something that didn't make him feel happy at all really, really made him very tired.
He didn't even have anyone with whom he could talk to his heart, no one with whom he could communicate his emotions and talk about his fatigue. Every day was like facing a group of white-eyed wolves who only knew how to take but not know anything in return, feeling empty, lonely and cold.
He can only continue to pin all his happiness on food and pursue more extreme delicacies. He feels that only food will not let him down. Eating every day is the only thing he looks forward to.
This winter, in which all forces were unstable, came to an end with the arrival of the Spring Festival in the fourth year of Hongwu.
At the beginning of the new year, Zhao Yucheng received Xu Tong's report.
It is said that he successfully completed the major counterattack and disgusted Zhao Guanjia's mission. Not only did he defeat Qi Fang's troops and capture Qi Fang, he also led four thousand troops to attack Lin'an, penetrated the hinterland of the Southern Song Dynasty in one breath, and severely defeated the Southern Song Dynasty court and the emperor. It was humiliating.
He sent someone to send Qi Fang to Nanchang, while he stayed at the Jianchang Army to deal with post-war matters. According to him, although he achieved great results, the army suffered heavy losses, and he needed to deal with the army's war. subsequent matters.
At the same time, he suggested to Zhao Yucheng that although the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign was successful, the weakness of the peasant army's combat effectiveness as compared to the elite Song army was fully exposed. He suggested that Zhao Yucheng should not stick to this seemingly good opportunity to march abroad, as that would cause problems.
Because the Song Army still has an elite force.
Yao Zhong's troops.
This army has not yet entered the battlefield, and the peasant army will certainly not be able to fight with it in the field.
With the navy still incompetent, competing with this force in the Jinghu area where water networks are densely covered would be tantamount to self-destruction.
Xu Tong and his instructors jointly suggested that Zhao Yucheng seize the time to conduct large-scale military training, and organize the grassroots organizations of the Renaissance to carry out large-scale production movements. They must do a good job in spring plowing after the Spring Festival, which is of great significance to the sustainable fighting of the peasant army.
This letter was sent to Zhao Yucheng with the arrival of Qi Fang. After reading it, Zhao Yucheng praised Xu Tong's calmness and rationality, thinking that he had just achieved such a great victory but was not proud but reflected on it. This was very special. Valuable quality.
With this valuable quality, Xu Tong will definitely become one of the outstanding generals of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
At the same time, Zhao Yucheng also recognized Xu Tong's suggestion, because no one knew better than him the lack of professionalism in the hastily organized peasant army.
Lin Xun's death in battle gave him a great stimulus, which made him stop underestimating the enemy, and more deeply understood Su Yonglin's words "Contempt the enemy strategically, and value the enemy tactically".
The enemy as a whole may be very stupid and decadent, but when it comes to specific action units, tactical mistakes will still be caused by the emergence of particularly capable enemies.
This time, thanks to the help of God and the bureaucrats of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is hard to say what the consequences would be if this war started in the spring.
But there is a high probability that Nanchang will not be able to hold on.
