"Okay!" Seeing that the two of them had no objection, Zhao Ming stood up and ordered: "Carry the sand table in!"

Joining the army in the tent, immediately ask the soldiers to arrange sand tables in the middle of the large tent.

At this time, Zhao Ming continued, "I thought about it two things. First, let the court release the crown prince, second, to dismiss the traitors such as He Tengjiao and start the main war faction. What else can you add to?"

Zhu Youjian was the emperor, which is the consensus of the whole world. The Zhejiang clan recognized Zhu Yihai as the crown prince of the Longwu Dynasty, which means he recognized Zhu Youjian's identity. Therefore, even in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions controlled by the Zhejiang clan, the gentry, people and the army recognized Zhu Youjian as the emperor.

It is not an easy task for the gentry, people and even the army to directly oppose the emperor.

Therefore, Zhao Ming only used the banner of clearing the king's side to inform the world that Zhao was not against the Longwu court, but the treacherous minister He Tengjiao.

To this end, some demands need to be made, saying that as long as the court agrees to release Zhu Yihai and dismiss He Tengjiao, Zhao Ming will stop.

Zhang Mingzhen thought about it and shook his head, saying that there was nothing to add.

Li Chengdong said: "If Your Highness is released, Your Highness can no longer stay in Nanjing. In addition, we will officially establish a vassal state and within the defense zone, we will pay taxes and appoint them by the officials."

Anyway, the negotiations were asking for a huge price, Zhao Ming nodded and said, "You can add these."

At this time, Gu Yanwu said: "Your Highness, the sand table is ready."

Zhao Ming then walked over and said, "Everyone comes and take a look!"

At this moment, Li Chengdong, Zhang Mingzhen and others surrounded him, and they saw that the sand table basically showed the situation in Jiangnan.

At this time, Gu Yanwu said: "Your Highness, the two great generals, the court now has 300,000 troops in Jiangnan, and the only one we can use is 160,000. In terms of military strength, we are at a disadvantage, but the equipment is better than the court, and the army is stronger than the imperial guards."

Li Chengdong said: "This is naturally. We have worked with the Tartars for many years. They are just picking up bargains. If our Zhejiang Army had not fought to the death, the court would have been over."

Li Chengdong always looked down on the Longwu court and was very dissatisfied with it.

Gu Yanwu continued: "The 300,000 troops in the imperial court, of which 150,000 soldiers were in Jiangbei. They were led by the former army governor Jin Shenghuan and the left army governor Li Guo. They were mainly stationed in Yizhen, Liuhe, and the old Jiangkou area, and fought against the 100,000 troops of Governor Li and Zhang Duzhen. The other 150,000 were stationed in Jiangnan, of which 50,000 were led by Liu Chengyin, stationed in Zhenjiang, blocking us from advancing westward, and the other 100,000 were stationed in Nanjing!"

Before Zhao Ming returned to the army, the Longwu Dynasty had almost decided. In addition to the 300,000 troops, there were nearly 100,000 troops from Fang Guoan, Zhejiang. It was considered to be the garrison on the Huaijiang line, which totaled at least 500,000. Li Chengdong and Zhang Mingzhen needed to garrison in Huai'an to prevent the Qing army from moving south, and only 100,000 people could be used. After the army gathered in Yangzhou, they could only watch Zhu Yihai sit in Xiaoling Mausoleum and did not dare to march towards Nanjing.

Now Zhao Ming has come out and regained control of Zhejiang, but the Zhejiang army's troops are still not as powerful as the army controlled by the Longwu court.

Although Li Chengdong looked down on the imperial army, he still shook his face in the face of the open number gap.

Now, he and Zhang Mingzhen are in Yangzhou, and are seen by Jin Shenghuan and Li Guo, and they are hard to do anything. According to the news he learned, the court seemed to continue to increase troops to Jiangnan, so he asked: "As far as I know, the court has the intention of borrowing troops like Sun Kewang. In addition, Zheng Chenggong, Fujian, may also send troops north. I wonder how Your Highness is going to deal with it?"

Zhao Ming's insider also provided him with information. After learning that he had seized Hangzhou and controlled Zhejiang, the Longwu court did send him a message to Zheng Chenggong to Zhejiang from Fujian, and ordered Liu Xiangke, the Minister of Rites, to move troops to Chengdu.

Zhao Ming didn't know whether Sun Kewang would tread this muddy water, but Zheng Chenggong would probably obey Zhu Youjian's orders and send troops to Zhejiang.

Although Zhao Ming and Zheng Chenggong had a strong personal relationship, compared with his personal relationship, Zheng Chenggong was more loyal to Emperor Zhu Youjian.

Donghai Town expanded at sea, to a certain extent, to seize the original interests of the Zheng family. Now Zheng Chenggong is the head of the Zheng family, and there are huge competition between its Nanyang Company and Huaxing Company. There are many conflicts between the two sides. The Zheng family definitely supports the Longwu Dynasty, wiped out Zhao Ming, and thus restore the Zheng family's power at sea.

With these two points, Zhao Ming estimated that Zheng Chenggong was anxious to obey the emperor's orders and attack Zhejiang.

In this way, Zhao Ming was attacked from many sides.

However, Zhao Ming dared to raise an army, so he had expected this a long time ago, and he also had his own reliance in his heart.

Zhao Ming smiled calmly and said, "I have already learned about these news. Therefore, I am eager to summon two people to discuss the major issues!"

Zhang Mingzhen clasped his fists and asked, "What does Your Highness need us to do? We will definitely obey our orders!"

"Okay!" Zhao Ming then said confidently: "Since the reinforcements from the court may come to support us, we must be very quick!"

Li Chengdong said: "How can soldiers be fast?"

The gap in military strength lies there, and it is not easy for the Zhejiang Army to get close to Nanjing. Li Chengdong thought about it, but he didn't know how Zhao Ming's plan to be quick.

Zhao Ming said confidently: "The two supervisors of the town only need to take the initiative to restrain Jin Shenghuan and Li Guo, but they will not go to Jiangbei to return to the army. The lonely king stepped on Zhenjiang and approached Nanjing."

Li Chengdong admitted that Zhao Ming could fight, but this was a bit too big.

There are 150,000 official troops in Jiangnan, as well as the defeated troops of Fang Guoan and others, while you, Zhao Bo'an, have only 60,000 people, of which 40,000 are fence-headed soldiers just cast in Zhejiang. How can you seize the Zhenjiang and Nanjing, which have heavy troops to defend?

"Your Highness, you have used the strategy of bombing the city for a long time, and the court must be prepared!" Li Chengdong couldn't help but say with a calm face.

Zhao Ming smiled slightly. He once used the method of destroying the city outside Nanjing with Li Chengdong. Li Chengdong was afraid that he would use the tunnel to bomb the city again.

Zhao Ming laughed and said, "Li Du Town is too worried. Now the Lone King has a better way!"

The flowering bullets and mortar cannons show their power in the South China Sea and even the stunning defense can be captured. Zhao Ming has enough confidence to capture Zhenjiang City.

This is because Zhao Ming has mortar cannons and flowering bullets, and the second is because, as far as Zhao Ming knows, Liu Chengyin, the guard general in Zhenjiang City, was just a fool, and he relied on his in-law relationship with He Tengjiao, and it was not difficult to defeat him.

Speaking of which, Zhao Ming is named Zhao Tiebang, and Liu Chengyin also has a name, named Liu Tiebang.

However, iron rods cannot be compared with iron rods. Liu Chengyin is a drunkard scoundrel and has a stubborn personality, which is far inferior to Zhao Ming and is not at the same level at all.

When Li Chengdong heard Zhao Ming's words, he was stunned and immediately became confused. Could it be that Zhao Ming had some new means?

Li Chengdong and Zhao Ming are also considered old acquaintances. They know Zhao Ming has many methods and can't help but be curious.

Since Zhao Ming said so, Li Chengdong no longer doubted this, but was itchy, "I don't know what the means are, can Your Highness tell me?"

Zhao Ming shook his head and said nothing, just saying, "When you take down Zhenjiang, you will know!"

When he said this, Li Chengdong was even more curious.

The next day, Zhang Mingzhen crossed the river and returned to Yangzhou, preparing to command the Yangzhou Zhejiang Army to launch an attack on Jin Shenghuan and Li Guo. However, Li Chengdong learned that Zhao Ming was about to attack Zhenjiang, so he only sent his generals to Yangzhou, but he was not in Zhao Ming's army and refused to leave. It depends on how Zhao Ming broke the city.
Chapter completed!