Zhang Mingzhen is back, and old wounds have not healed yet new ones have been added.
"Zhang Qing was injured again?"
"I'm fine, just a minor flesh wound. I followed the order and led my cavalry to pursue the captives all the way to the ford in the north. The Tatars were eager to escape, and tried to ambush me and others through the grass in the ford. I was already prepared and did not let the captives succeed.
After a cavalry battle, everyone has a winner and a loser. I failed to keep the Tartars behind, so please forgive me."
"Zhang Qing kills the Tartars again. Is this an achievement or a fault?"
"If you run away, just run away. Anyway, there will be more opportunities in the future. When the time comes, you can get it back with the capital and profits."
"They didn't run away. The Tatars withdrew to a shallow grassland. There was still a group of Tatars there. I came back to ask your highness to allow me to take the infantry and kill them all."
Zhu Yihai was very energetic when he heard that there was a boat, "How many people are there to help the Tatars and how many boats are there?"
"There are about three to four hundred people to help, but they all look like fake Tatars. There are about dozens of boats. They should be the boats carrying these Tatars."
"Are they still there?"
"Those Tatars were very arrogant. After they retreated there, they didn't rush to evacuate. I guess they saw that I lacked a few horses and were probably unconvinced by the defeat. They retreated unwillingly and may come back again.
beat."
Zhu Yihai pondered.
"This is in line with the behavior of the Tatars. They have always been bold and arrogant, but if they really dare to come again, it will not be a bad thing. I am planning to cross the sea to Haining, and I am worried that the presence of these Tatars will leak the news."
Zhang Mingyang was surprised, "Why does His Highness suddenly plan to go to Haining?"
"Interrogating the prisoners revealed that Haining is still in the hands of our Ming army. There are some loyal soldiers who are still defending the territory for the country. The Tatars have returned from attacking and are preparing to increase their troops to attack again, so I plan to go to the rescue."
"This is too dangerous." Zhang Mingzhen said that even if Haining in Jiangbei is still in the hands of the Ming army, it is easy to get there across Qiantang Bay, but if it is held back by the Tatars, it will be difficult to come back.
"I think it is better to go to Shaoxing first, meet with Yu Gong and others, and then unite all the volunteers, and then consider the rescue of Haining."
"In this case, it will definitely be too late. The Tatars are already sending troops. We will go to Shaoxing first and then plan the rescue. The day lilies will be cold by then. If we want to rescue, we must send troops now, and it is best to cross the sea directly from here.
, in order to avoid the Tatar surveillance of the Qiantang River."
Zhang Mingzhen felt that Lu Jianguo really wanted to go out all the time. He insisted on going to Shaoxing in Ningbo, and then he had to go to Haining halfway.
"Your Highness, the north of the Yangtze River is almost completely occupied by the Tartars. It is too dangerous to cross the river at this time. If Haining has been lost, why not throw yourself into a trap? Even if Haining is still there, we are now outnumbered.
It may not have much effect.”
"Hou Fu, Gu has been thinking about a problem for a while. The building will collapse and the situation is decadent. It is too difficult to reverse the situation. Yu Gong is now trying to build a defense line on the Qiantang River, but Gu thinks this can only be a temporary solution.
It is absolutely impossible to make a comeback based on this."
"We have to take a different path before we can find a chance to break the situation. The appearance of Chen Wu made Gu know that there are so many people in Sanwu, including King Yiyang, who are resisting the Qing Dynasty. He also knew that Sanwu
There are still so many righteous gentry and unyielding people in the land of Wu."
"So I'm thinking, why do we have to block the river and defend it? Why can't we jump out of this three-acre area in eastern Zhejiang and turn passivity into initiative?"
"We should open a new battlefield in the Sanwu land occupied by the Tatars, go around behind the Tatars, attack their weak points, and attack their supply transportation lines. We must face our own weaknesses now and cannot easily follow them.
It would be unwise for him to confront him head-on, but we cannot just sit back and wait for death, we must take the initiative to attack Wu and Yue, and the two places will be dead."
"We must not only defend Yue territory, but also help recover Wu territory."
"Haining is a good opportunity this time. Bolo, the commander-in-chief of Hangzhou, thinks that Haining is just an isolated city, so after the failure of the last attack, he deployed more troops this time, but they will not be very powerful. We happened to be caught by surprise, so we followed
It’s the same this time, take the initiative and wait for the rabbit.”
Zhang Mingzhen was greatly stimulated by Zhu Yihai's bold idea.
I think it makes sense, but I also think it's too dangerous.
"Your Highness, I am willing to lead troops to rescue Haining. Please go directly to Shaoxing. This way we can get the best of both worlds without any delay."
Zhu Yihai shook his head.
"This idea was proposed by Gu, so Gu is going to go in person. We only have this few troops now. If we divide our troops further, we will be even weaker."
Of course, these are not actual reasons. The reason is that Zhu Yihai is not willing to sit in the rear and wait for news. He wants to go to the end personally, recruit troops, train soldiers, and even command the army.
"Hou Fu, the location of Haining is too important. Look at the map carefully. It is located in the east of western Zhejiang, north of Qiantang Bay, with Hangzhou in the west, Ningshao in the south, Jiaxing in the north, Songjiang Prefecture in the east, and the connecting canal.
It is connected to the sea and adjacent to Hangzhou Bay. We now use Ningshaotai as the base camp for the resistance. If we can control Haining, it will be like holding a sharp knife on the waist of Hangzhou, and we can also connect with King Yiyang of Sanwu and others.
Soldiers and horses are righteous and brave."
"Wu and Yue join forces to fight against the captors together, so that we can be close to each other. Otherwise, if we block the river to defend ourselves, we will actually block the ground to imprison ourselves. Then we will be isolated and helpless."
"Your Highness wants to attack Hangzhou?" Zhang Mingzhen asked.
As a result, Zhu Yihai shook his head, "Sooner or later, we will have to fight Hangzhou, but it is impossible to fight Hangzhou now. We must not fantasize about a decisive battle with the Tartars and then be able to make a comeback or something. This is impossible. The only thing we can do
The only thing is to accumulate opportunities little by little, fight with the Tartars piecemeal, and look for opportunities to defeat them one by one, rather than finishing them off in one battle."
This is a strategic level conversation.
Most people don't understand even if you say it.
But although Zhang Mingzhen was just a guerrilla before, he was a veteran member of the Communist Party after all. He could still hear and understand these things clearly. He admired Jian Guo's calmness and wisdom, but he was still worried that he was too bold.
"Your Highness, campaigns and attacks are all matters of the general. Your Highness can coordinate the overall situation from behind."
"My loneliness is gone, you don't need to persuade me any more."
"Young Master, go and have a rest first. We will talk about how to destroy the group of Tatars in the northern ford in a while, and then cross over to the north."
Zhang Mingzhen had no choice but to retreat.
Sitting alone in the room, Zhu Yihai looked at the map.
He became more and more determined to move to Haining, not because he thought he was so powerful, but because in such troubled times, he always believed that he had to take a different path to have any chance.
To truly control an army, or even influence the transformation of a new army, is something that cannot be replaced by others. This is the only capital, and Zhu Yihai cannot borrow it from others.
Zhang Mingzhen is very loyal. There are many such loyal ministers, such as Zhang Huangyan, Huang Zongxi, Wang Zhiren, etc., but they all have their historical limitations. For example, Wang Zhiren is a very old Ming warlord, and the lack of discipline among his troops is a small problem. What else?
Seizing land and food from friendly forces, suppressing the rebels, oppressing the people, extorting donations and extorting pay, etc. In short, these are all things that an old Ming warlord did, and he actually did the same thing.
Although his loyalty is true, don't expect the combat effectiveness of his troops to be very high.
Not to mention how loyal his soldiers were to Ming Dynasty.
Just like Bihuang Degong and Gao Jie, they were both known as loyal and loyal, but many of their generals were traitors to the country. This shows that there is a problem with the entire system.
As for the voluntary soldiers such as Sun Jiaji, Xiong Rulin, Zheng Zunqian, Qian Sule, Liu Dadao, Huang Zongxi and others, they are also more situational. They are essentially landlords' armed forces and security groups. We cannot count too much on them.
Zhu Yihai, the supervisor, wanted to become a military leader and hold a real pro-army, rather than having a group of warlords support him as the supervisor.
If you don't even dare to fight, how can you become a warlord, and how can you form a new army that truly belongs to you?
There was a knock on the door.
Yang Boxing's voice sounded, "Your Highness, Mr. Shen is here."
Zhu Yihai said to his confidant who had just been promoted to captain of his flag-bearer battalion, "Please come in, Mr. Shen."
Shen Wenzhong has also just been promoted, and is now a sixth-grade Imperial College student, an absolute confidant.
This talented scholar who once gave up his life to go into business and lost all his pants and became a beggar is now absolutely loyal to Zhu Yihai and his ability to do things is not bad.
"Your Highness, this is the account book for today's rewards and pension expenses."
Zhu Yihai took it but didn't read it, "I'll show these to Mr. Shen." He was currently on tour, and Song Zhipu, the academician he appointed, stayed in Taizhou.
There was not a stable team of accompanying ministers around him. Shen Chenquan was already considered a high-status minister. Zhu Yihai did not have the energy to take care of all the general affairs, so he left them to him.
"Mr. Shen asked me to send a copy to His Highness for viewing."
"Just leave me a backup in the future. I'll take a look at it when I have time. If I don't have time, Mr. Shen will handle it on my behalf." This is almost equivalent to the privilege of cabinet ministers or even chief ministers, but in special circumstances, Zhu Yihai doesn't care.
this.
What he is mainly thinking about now is how to fight the Tatars and how to win more victories little by little.
Shen Wenzhong stood there, "Your Highness, the Huang family in Meishan Village is very nice to have a granddaughter."
Zhu Yihai smiled and said, "Why, Huang Lao Village Chief has taken a liking to you? That's good. You are still young. Now it is appropriate to remarry and start a family. How about I come here to be a great matchmaker for you?
?”
Shen Wenzhong blushed and explained.
It turns out that he is the matchmaker. Zhu Yihai now lives in the home of the Huang village owner, or in other words, the patriarch of the Huang family in Meishan village. He is also a clan member of Huang Zongxi. He is considered a powerful family here and owns many floating beaches.
, these are areas that do not pay taxes, and usually they only need to be managed by the county government.
He can be considered a relatively powerful rural landowner, and his family is still engaged in farming and education.
Patriarch Huang Lao fell in love with Zhu Yihai today, especially when he saw that there was no one around him. He heard that the eldest son of the prison country, the third son was kidnapped when Yanzhou was attacked by the Tatars, and his whereabouts are unknown. The second son followed him south and was named Lu
The prince later stayed in the southern capital, but the Tatars died in the war after they went south.
Now, although Lu Jianguo has a third princess in Taizhou, he still has no heirs. Patriarch Huang thought that he had a granddaughter who was of marriageable age, good-looking, well-informed and knowledgeable about etiquette, so
I just wanted to ask Shen Wenzhong to help me propose marriage to Jian Guo.
Hearing this, Zhu Yihai was speechless for a moment.
"How can I have time to think about this when I am alone?"
"Your Highness, I think that Your Highness has some ill-considered thoughts. His Highness has gained great popularity since his righteousness. However, although His Highness is young, he has no heir, which is worrying. If His Highness can have an heir, everyone will feel more at ease. Your Highness
When you are young, even if you worry about state affairs, you still have to take care of things in your backyard sometimes. Although the prisoner princess is here in Taizhou, she is not around after all. I still ask your highness to help the country and find a few good people. If you can give birth to a prince as soon as possible,
It can also inspire the people of the country and bring peace to the world..."
Shen Wenzhong made a long speech, and Zhu Yihai had no chance to refute it.
"I excuse myself." Shen Wenzhong said and left.
Zhu Yihai was a little confused.
He picked up the account book and flipped through a few pages when Yang Boxing's voice sounded outside the door again. Then the door opened and a beauty from the Jiangnan water town came in.
Slim, gentle and elegant.
The girl came in, a little shy.
"Slave Huang Wanrou pays homage to His Royal Highness Jian Guo."
Yang Boxing on the side smiled and said to Zhu Yihai, "Your Highness, this is the granddaughter of Huang Laozhaizi. I admire your Highness as a hero and come here to pay homage. I will take my leave first!" After saying this, he left with a smirk on his face.