Chapter 60 The wind will rise
Fu Youde is inspecting the construction site at the moment.
This construction site is nothing else. It will lead to the river.
The canals of the Ming Dynasty are actually the canals of the Yuan Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty did not put much effort into the canals. In the 24th year of Hongwu, a flood caused a section of the Huitong River to be abandoned. And maritime transportation is developed. The role of the canal declined. Coupled with the large-scale construction in Beijing and the subsequent seizure of heir apparent. This section of the canal has never been cleaned.
At this time, Fu Youde ordered the cleaning of Huitong River, which is the canal from Linqing to Xuzhou.
The reason why Fu Youde is like this is that he has his own ideas.
After he came to Jinan, he told Tang Shengzong about the previous war. Although Fu Youde was not as keen as Xu Da, he already felt the difference. Fu Youde even used his intelligence capabilities to quickly figure out the situation in various places south of Hejian Mansion.
It can be said that from the Yellow River to the north of Daqing River. I went to Hejian Prefecture, a local county, and frantically contacted the north and the south, making it clear that they were just fagots.
In the north, there are only a few people in the county to urge local officials to increase supplies, and there is nothing to disturb the people.
Although soldiers have gathered in Hejian and Jinan. But the prefectures and counties in between still seem to be living in peace.
Fu Youde even sent people to find out the defense of Hejian Mansion.
Although not fully understood. But it is impossible for Tie Hyun to keep such a big move completely secret.
Fu Youde already understood the general situation.
Fu Youde suddenly felt a little tricky.
Tie Xuan worked hard and the Hejian defense line was basically formed. If you want to bypass it, there are only two ways. The first way is to go through Shanxi and attack the enemy. But Fu Youde also knew the logistical disaster this would bring.
Coupled with the existence of King Jin. This strategy should not be used unless absolutely necessary. The next step is to go straight to Tianjin across the sea.
But Fu Youde also felt unreliable.
Fu Youde fought a Japanese landing battle. It was only because he had fought it that he realized how difficult it was to fight a landing battle. Moreover, Tianjin, Yingkou, and Lushun ports all have complete forts. There is also a navy in Liaodong. The navy of the Ming Dynasty is now in the southeast, fighting against King Jingjiang.
Well, poor King Jingjiang is already defending Jingjiang City at the moment.
However, it will take some time to completely quell the rebellion of King Jingjiang and transfer the Ming Navy back from the south.
Therefore, there is only one way for Fu Youde, and that is to attack by force.
Fu Youde has fought many battles in his life, and it is not like Fu Youde has never fought such a forceful attack. Fu Youde is not afraid. But he knew that in this kind of war without any tricks, many things depended on logistics.
So Fu Youde wanted to wait until the canal in the rear was repaired. Wait until autumn arrives, and the wheat in Shandong and Henan will ripen, and then they will attack them in a big way and have a big battle.
Head straight for Hejian Mansion.
As for the prefectures and counties from Hejian Prefecture to the Yellow River, they are just in the hands of the Northern Army. If Fu Youde wants to take them, he can take them with his backhand. But Fu Youde felt that once these prefectures and counties were captured and the Hejian Prefecture was attacked, the surprise would be lost.
After all, with these prefectures and counties in the south and the defense line of Hejian Prefecture, there will be a sense of luck. Fu Youde can quietly send troops and arrive at the city overnight. It would be best to seize the city in one fell swoop, break through the Hejian defense line, and reach the walls of Beijing in one fell swoop.
This is what Guo Ying said about Fu Youde, his unforgiving style when he is in power.
However, Fu Youde never expected that the imperial edict from Nanjing would arrive at this time.
Fu Youde read the imperial edict, although he didn't say it directly. But the implication is already obvious.
Fu Youde thought for a long time, then suddenly sighed and said, "Summon the general and prepare to send troops."
Fu Youde is an ambitious person. But Fu Youde's ambition is very limited. His biggest ambition is to surpass Xu Da and become the number one in the army. Now Xu Da has truly recovered from his illness and has faded out of the army. Even when Zhu Yunwen asked Xu Da about military affairs several times, Xu Da stopped raising any objections. Even when he attacked Xu Da's old troops, Xu Da pretended not to have seen it.
Fu Youde understood very well that under this situation, Xu Da’s position in the army
The status cannot be maintained for a few more years.
Fu Youde only needs to pacify Beijing and become the first person in the army. Just as a matter of course.
However, after getting many things, Fu Youde suddenly realized that there were so many things that needed attention. It was not easy to be the first person in the army.
In the Hongwu Dynasty, Xu Da had always played this role. In a certain situation, he was the protector of Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and others. Now when Fu Youde was about to take over the scepter, he suddenly felt a little timid. Fu Youde, who never knew what fear was on the battlefield, was afraid not of things on the battlefield, but of things outside the battlefield.
For example, how to maintain the relationship with the emperor.
As the number one person in the army, Fu Youde must have the emperor's trust. Without the emperor's trust, he would not be able to hold this position for long. In addition, Fu Youde must also have his own authority. If he does not have authority, he will completely listen to the emperor's yes-man. What's the point of Fu Youde's position?
Not to mention, the emperor's decisions are not always correct.
If Zhu Yuanzhang was still here, there would be no need for Fu Youde to explain. Zhu Yuanzhang would know what Fu Youde wanted to do as soon as he saw Fu Youde's arrangement. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang had any ideas, Fu Youde dared to push back. After all, when talking about matters, even if he has any opinions, Zhu Yuanzhang is still reasonable.
But not anymore.
Because Fu Youde knew it, but he couldn't tell Zhu Yunwen clearly.
Prince Zhu Yunwen's education was very complete. Naturally, there will be no lack of military education, but on this point, Zhu Yunwen failed. The reason is very simple. What scholar-bureaucrats such as Fang Xiaoru like to see is a benevolent king. Rather than the emperor who is close to his ministers.
As for military matters, even if there are many famous generals to teach, sometimes it is difficult to learn clearly. It's already pretty good to be able to do it on paper.
Not to mention, without excellent teachers, Zhu Yunwen had almost no military knowledge. Zhu Yuanzhang did intend to teach some, but Zhu Yunwen was not very interested. After all, in Zhu Yunwen's view, military force is used in troubled times, and literature is used in prosperous times. Now that is It's prosperous. There is no need for this knowledge at all.
Of course, Zhu Xiongying is a little better than Zhu Yunwen in this aspect, but it is still quite limited. After all, He Xi had led troops to fight in person, while Zhu Xiongying had only experienced the atmosphere of war. Some things are simply impossible to figure out without doing it yourself.
Under such circumstances, Fu Youde's letter to argue military issues was likely to be interpreted by Zhu Yunwen as a political issue. In other words, Fu Youde had other ideas about the emperor's disobedience.
Therefore, even if Fu Youde knew it, taking action now was actually not a good idea. But he could only order preparations and set off immediately, and at the same time find a way to tactfully tell Zhu Yunwen that there was actually a better way.
There is no way not to be tactful, Fu Youde doesn't like it, Zhu Yunwen does the same thing again.
Others may be swinging between north and south, or have other ideas, but Fu Youde considers the issue completely from Zhu Yunwen's side. After all, Fu Youde's daughter will now be the queen. Under such circumstances, how could Fu Youde not do his best? .z.
It is precisely because of this idea that Fu Youde wants to do a good job in all aspects, and he thinks more.
He didn't want his actions to cause the emperor's dissatisfaction with the Fu family. thus affecting the overall situation.
Compared with these problems, the disadvantages caused by the start of the war are not too important.
So Fu Youde immediately sent troops. Shandong Dusi and Henan Dusi sent troops respectively with the purpose of recovering the counties south of Hejian Prefecture. This was not a difficult task. Fu Youde's army slowly moved northward along the canal, carrying a large amount of baggage, artillery, gunpowder, food and grass, etc.
Slowly but surely come to Hejian Mansion along the canal.
There is only one purpose, to break open the copper and iron walls of Hejian Mansion with a hard hammer.
It's just that before the war in Hejian Prefecture started, there were reports of success one after another, flying toward Nanjing. Otherwise, they would recover a certain county and a certain prefecture. Although this was all given up by the Northern Army on its own initiative, it did not prevent Nanjing from making a big splash.
It can even be said that this situation is what Nanjing needs.
What Nanjing needs is a victory to reverse the impact of two defeats.
To stabilize Zhu Yunwen's position, it is actually not too important whether these victories are real victories.
