If the Rus officially declare war on the Zhou Dynasty and send a powerful fleet to attack Shunfeng Port and all the major ports along the East China Sea, how will we deal with it?
Now I have enough troubles in the east. I can't even capture a small Yizhou Island, let alone become an enemy of the Rus Kingdom, which has a powerful naval fleet.
Fortunately, there are tribes from the northern Xinjiang as a buffer in the middle. Otherwise, it would be even harder for the Rus to attack directly from the northern continent.
Xiao Chen believes that the current huge threat to the Great Zhou is the Russian fleet, so either we don't want to fight, or if we want to fight, we have to hurt him, and we are afraid of fighting.
Destroy as many of his warships as possible in one or more battles. If you can give them a devastating blow, that would be even better.
As for how to fight? Xiao Chen said that Rong Chen would have to think about it.
In short, once the strategy is formulated, it must not be changed. No matter how difficult and stressful it is, it must be resolutely implemented.
Because all interests are weighed, the war with the Russians is certainly inevitable.
So the question comes again, how to deal with the aftermath?
Xiao Chen believes that this battle is just a local battle. As long as we don't openly declare war with Ross, the possibility of them officially declaring war with us, the Great Zhou Dynasty, is actually not high.
There are many reasons, so I won’t go into details one by one. I will just talk about the aftermath.
Our strategic purpose is only to regain Tongfeng Harbor, not to start a full-scale war with Ross, so this speed must be mastered.
Li Wanjiang nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "It's great that you think so, Aiqing. I mean the same thing."
The battle in Minzhou is basically over. The Tianxuan Society rebel Xiao Xinghan has retreated to Yizhou Island. It is still because our navy is too weak that we cannot completely wipe it out at the moment. Fortunately, they are full of energy this time.
They are seriously injured, and I predict that they will never dare to send troops again within a year or two, so I can send part of the navy to go north.
However, it is certainly unrealistic to rely on our navy to regain Shunteng Port. The main thing is to launch an attack on land. After all, fighting on land gives us a relatively strong advantage.
By the way, Xiao Chen, I don’t know how many soldiers you have now?
Li Wanjiang seemed to just ask casually, but Xiao Chen had to answer carefully.
"If you go back to the emperor, I probably have more than 20,000 to 30,000 troops at present." Xiao Chen startled the emperor as soon as he said this.
"How many?" Li Wanjiang was startled. As far as I know, you are recruiting troops in Changshan Prefecture. There are probably more than 10,000 soldiers at present. I thought you would tell me how many thousands there are, but unexpectedly you got it all at once.
Thirty thousand people came, and you are so candid!
"Your Majesty, these soldiers can only be used to fool the northern Xinjiang tribes and frighten the Rus people in Shunfeng Port. In fact, they are just a bunch of rabble." Xiao Chen sighed and told the 'truth'.
The truth is that Jiang Zi, who was ordered to march north, scraped together from here and there, only had a total of seven or eight thousand soldiers, of which three thousand were old and weak, three thousand were new soldiers, and only one thousand heavy cavalry could be used for combat.
I won the battle with Xianbo by luck, but suffered heavy casualties. In the battle with Wanyan Pingqiu outside Yinshan Mountain, I lost several thousand people. Among the ten brothers I brought out, there were
Nine of them were wrapped in horse leather and died on the battlefield...
In order to prevent the northern Xinjiang tribes from going south again and to guard against the westward invasion of the Rus in Shunfeng Port, I had no choice but to recruit some soldiers, but most of them were displaced people. In fact, I recruited them to prevent them from freezing and starving to death.
In addition, it also prevents them from wandering around and causing chaos.
They are unable to fight at all. They usually only maintain the security inside and outside the city. Their main purpose is to show off their bluff to the Russians and northern Xinjiang tribes.
To be honest with the emperor, I have also built a navy. There are currently several thousand people, most of whom are fishermen. As for fighting? Hahaha...
Therefore, if the emperor wants to regain Yanyun County, he must send troops there. There is really nothing I can do.
The Russians not only have a powerful naval fleet in Tsongfeng Port, but also have at least 10,000 cavalry. If I go to fight them with my rabble, it will be like a meat bun beating a dog, and I will be eaten as much as I can!
Xiao Chen's words were 70% false and 30% true. True and false mixed together sounded just like the truth. Even Li Wanjiang couldn't tell what the truth was?
After all, his sources of information are still very limited, and they may not be so accurate.
But if it's true as Xiao Chen said, it's not a bad thing. After all, what Li Wanjiang is most worried about is that this guy is so self-reliant that he won't lose his big tail.
"Let me think about it." Li Wanjiang's words were basically an agreement.
"Your Majesty, I, the general who conquered the north, should return the title of marshal to the Emperor. From now on, I will be the governor of Yanyun County. The troops I have will be under my control, and they will be organized in the name of the governor's personal soldiers.
Okay." Xiao Chen followed Li Shi's suggestion and took the initiative to hand over his military power.
Although he just proposed to have military and political power, the military power of the governor and the military power of the general are completely different things.
The governor only has the power to organize, mobilize and command troops similar to civilian armed forces, and in most cases, these are temporary.
Mount your horse to manage the army, dismount your horse to manage the people, it's just a saying.
But you also have to look at the situation. For example, based on the current situation in Yanyun County, Xiao Chen must have both military and political power. Whether he is a general or a governor, it is just a formal name for him.
"Uh... I'll think about this again. After all, when we attack Shunfeng Port in the future, Aiqing, you still have to take responsibility." Li Wanjiang hesitated for a moment, but did not make a decision immediately.
"Then please first ask the emperor to send a capable general to help you, so that I don't have to worry too much about the military." Xiao Chen then took the initiative to ask Li Wanjiang to send someone there.
"That's not necessary. I think those people under your command are quite good at leading troops." Li Wanjiang answered quickly this time.
Because he knew in his heart that Xiao Chen's subordinates could not be commanded by anyone whom Li Wanjiang sent, and they would definitely be sidelined. Instead of doing this, it would be better to be more generous and not send them at all, so as not to arouse the resentment of Xiao Chen and his subordinates.
The two chatted until late at night, and it ended when Gong Shouli came in to remind the emperor that it was time to rest.
Overall, the conversation was pretty good, both parties felt quite satisfied, and felt that things were proceeding as planned...but one of them must have felt wrong.
Don’t even know who it is?
After Xiao Chen returned from the palace, he immediately claimed to be ill. After hearing the news, people came to visit him in an endless stream. The emperor heard that he was ill again and sent seven or eight waves of doctors to treat him.
Among them were the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital, and some so-called 'miraculous doctors' invited from outside the palace. In short, the emperor had nothing to say about Xiao Chen's 'consideration'.
However, after these doctors came to see him, they were unable to make a diagnosis. Mr. Xiao only had one symptom, which was a fever. Once the fever started, he fell into a coma. It was impossible not to fall into a coma, because his body was hot to touch.
It's really hot, just like the iron pipes of the heating system! This chapter has been completed!