Several people in the room heard Jiang Yueguang say this and expressed their opinions one after another.

Yu Yinggui stood up first and said, "Dear sirs, two generals, I believe that we should attack Huguang first. Now, Tan Tai, the general of the Qing Dynasty's southern expedition, is leading his troops to siege Changsha. If we occupy Wuchang along the river, then Tan Tai's army of more than 100,000 will have no way out and can wipe out them all!"

Liu Silai shook his head and said, "What Mr. Yu said is inappropriate. I believe that we should advance eastward and attack Nanjing. If the old man is restored, the whole country will be shaken immediately, and the overall anti-Qing situation will reverse!"

Seeing Liu Silai oppose him, Yu Yinggui said: "If Wuchang is occupied, the Qing Dynasty's army will have no way out. After destroying them, there will be no Qing army south of the Yangtze River. In this way, Nanjing can be captured without bloodshed. Wouldn't it be nice?"

"Mr. Yu, you are so light. The war news changes. What if Wuchang cannot be captured for a long time and the Qing Dynasty will send troops from the north again?"

"Mr. Liu, Huguang has been a must-fight for military strategists since ancient times. If you occupy Huguang, you can enter Henan, Shaanxi, Yunnan and Guizhou in the south, and Hanzhong in the west. How can you abandon such an important place? Why are you so short-sighted?"

Yu Yinggui began to teach Liu Silai a lesson because he was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli. But Liu Silai was not a fuel-saving lamp. He was a Qingliu in Beijing back then, and quarreling was an old business.

Hearing Yu Yinggui scolding her for being short-sighted, Liu Silai sneered: "Is Master Yu said that Wuchang more important than Nanjing? Yes, I heard that our Emperor Shenwu is from Wuchang. It seems that Lord Yu advocates regaining Wuchang because he wants to photograph the emperor's horse!"

When Liu Silai was attacked by a personal attack, Yu Yinggui was furious and cursed: "Zhuzi, the country is always like this by you Donglin Party. You, Liu Silai, want to go east to attack Nanjing, do you still want to control the government affairs like Hongguang Dynasty?"

Liu Silai was a clear stream and naturally was close to the Donglin Party. But Yu Yinggui was different. He was a local official all year round. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, he also replaced Sun Chuanting as the governor of Shaanxi. However, because of unclear accounts, Chongzhen was dismissed. Then there was the Hongguang Dynasty. Of course, turbid streams like Yu Yinggui were not in the eyes of the Donglin Party. He stayed in his hometown in Jiangxi until now. A few days ago, Jin Shenghuan occupied Nanchang, but because no one was available, he invited Yu Yinggui out.

Liu Silai was so angry when he heard Yu Yinggui scolding him. Yes, you Yu Yinggui was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli, I was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli, I was a second-class student, you Yu Yinggui was a third-class student.

Liu Silai sneered: "What's wrong with the Donglin Party? It's better than your eunuch party to drink soldiers' blood!"

Liu Silai was talking about Yu Yinggui's unclear accounts back then. It was a bit too much to say that he was an eunuch. Yu Yinggui was unclear with Wei Zhongxian back then, but was that official innocent in that environment at that time?

When Yu Yinggui heard Liu Silai talk about his embarrassing things, he was so angry that he opened his hands and wanted to go forward to fight with Liu Silai. Liu Silai was originally a censor, but he was an expert in fighting. When he saw Yu Yinggui going to take action, he also set off his posture to prepare to fight back.

Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren were stunned by the sight of him. Jin Shenghuan was originally an officer and rarely dealt with literati. At most, the literati who knew was a scholar, and even the juren looked down on him. Wang Deren was a bandit, and he had never seen this. The two of them opened their eyes today, but they didn't expect that these stinky old ninth groups were also very angry and would start fighting if they had a disagreement.

Jiang Yueguang, who was sitting in the upper head, saw that Yu and Liu were having a fuss and were not right, so he was ready to take action and quickly stood up to stop him.

"Sir, stop arguing!"

In fact, Jiang Yueguang knew very well why they fought, and his butt determined his head. Yu Yinggui had just been appointed as the governor of Huguang by himself. Now he is a short governor, so he naturally hopes to attack Wuchang in the west. What Liu Silai thought of was to occupy the base camp of the Donglin Party, Nanzhili, so that the Qingliu people would have greater voice in the court.

Jiang Yueguang was also the Donglin Party. Of course he wanted to fight Nanjing, but he was also the emperor's personal commander. What Yu Yinggui said just now is somewhat reasonable. Now, Tan Tai, the general of the Qing Dynasty's southern expedition, was fighting with He Tengjiao in Changsha. If he occupied Wuchang and seized the Qing Dynasty's retreat, there would be basically no Qing army in southern China. However, Nanjing's geographical location and political role are too important, and it is difficult to explain to the emperor if he doesn't fight Nanjing.

At this moment, the new Nanchang prefect Chen Fang spoke. In fact, he was not qualified to be a small official like him to interfere in such an occasion. However, seeing the embarrassment of several adults, Chen Fang felt that he should help come up with an idea.

"Mr. Supervisor, several lords, have a plan, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not!"

When Jiang Yueguang was not interested, he heard Chen Fang say this and quickly asked, "What is the plan for the prefect Chen? Tell me quickly!"

"Several sirs, now we only occupy Nanchang, and most of the entire Jiangxi is still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty. I think we should attack other prefectures and counties first, whether we are going east or west, we have to go to Jiujiang. Let's do ours first. As for what to do next, can we ask His Majesty the Emperor of Guangdong to make an idea!"

Chen Fang's words woke up the dreamer. Yes, most of Jiangxi is still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty. It is better to stand firm first and let Emperor Shenwu be upset.

Jiang Yueguang nodded in admiration, "Mr. Chen has really solved a problem for me!"

"Two generals, how many soldiers do you have in your hands now?"

Seeing that Jiang Yueguang finally asked about him, Jin Shenghuan quickly replied: "There were originally 15,000 people, plus the 30,000 people brought by the lord, a total of 45,000 people!"

Jiang Yueguang nodded and said, "Now, in addition to Nanchang, Jiangxi has several prefectures and counties under the control of the Qing Dynasty?"

Jin Shenghuan lowered his head and calculated it, saying, "Our territory includes Ruizhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, Nanchang Prefecture, Linjiang Prefecture, Ganzhou Prefecture, Nan'an Prefecture occupied by the Guangdong New Army in the south, and Guangxin Prefecture, Raozhou Prefecture, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Nankang Prefecture, and Jiujiang Prefecture occupied by the Qing Dynasty."

"Not care about the other prefectures for now. Nankang Prefecture, which occupies the Poyang Lake waterway, and Jiujiang Prefecture on the Yangtze River, are too important and must be taken down first."

Jiang Yueguang lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "General Wang Deren obeyed the order!"

Wang Deren quickly stood up and bowed and said, "I will be here!"

"General Wang, you will bring 20,000 people to attack Jiujiang and Nankang north. We must ensure that the Yangtze River waterway is in our hands!"

"Abide by the orders of the generals of the commander!"

After Jiang Yueguang finished speaking, he turned to Jin Shenghuan, "General Jin, you will take the remaining 20,000 people to recover other prefectures and counties!"

Jin Shenghuan also stood up and bowed: "Abide by the orders of the generals of the commander!"

"Mr. Liu, Lord. Chen, your mission is to restore Nanchang's popularity as soon as possible, and to recruit 50,000 soldiers within two months. No matter where we decide to fight, soldiers, weapons, and food are all needed!"

Liu Silai frowned and said, "Sir, it is easy to recruit soldiers. Jiangxi is a grain-producing area and grain is easy to solve. It is just that these weapons are not easy to deal with. A fire in Nanchang, the entire Xicheng was burned out. There is really no workshop that can make so many weapons!"

Jiang Yueguang glared at the culprit Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren and the others, and said, "Don't worry about the weapons. The emperor did not know the wealth of Guangdong. His Majesty the Emperor prepared a large number of weapons in Ganzhou. I will write to the censor Zhang, asking him to transport the weapons quickly."

Liu Silai heard that the most difficult one was solved, and he was very happy and bowed down.

When Jin Shenghuan heard about the incident in Ganzhou, he asked: "Mr. Supervisor, Nanchang has been taken down. Can you ask the Guangdong New Army to assist in defense?"

Jin Shenghuan and Guangdong New Army had fought with each other. They knew that these guys had strong combat power and that the pressure would be less if they were to help him.

Jiang Yueguang nodded and said, "That should be true. Ten thousand new troops have been in Ganzhou for almost half a year. They should be active. I will give orders to Zhang Jiayu in a while!"

Jiang Yueguang thought it was a bit too simple. He thought he was the supervisor and was responsible for all the wars in Huguang and Jiangxi. Can't he even send ten thousand new troops to be transferred with one order? But the facts proved that he really couldn't transfer it.

After Jiang Yueguang's order arrived in Ganzhou, it was a pity that Zhang Jiayu saw that Jin Shenghuan was not killed by the Qing Dynasty. It seemed that Ma Mingyuan's mission had not been completed. When Jiang Yueguang asked the Fourth Division of the New Army to move to Nanchang, he couldn't help laughing. Jiang Yueguang took himself seriously. Not to mention Jiang Yueguang, the new army could not even move his Majesty's tiger talisman.

Zhang Jiayu thought about it and respected the old senior Jiang Yueguang of Shilin. He picked up a pen and wrote him a letter. The General Office of the Operations Department explained the detailed operation process to Jiang Yueguang. He said that he had no right to mobilize the new army, and only His Majesty of Guangzhou had the right to mobilize.

As for the weapons, Zhang Jiayu had no restrictions, so he packed the armor and weapons of Jin Shenghuan's captured soldiers and sent them all to Jiang Yueguang.

Jiang Yueguang was so angry that he was so angry after receiving Zhang Jiayu's letter. When has it been said such bureaucratic words? But the regulations are regulations, and what the emperor said is the law.

Jiang Yueguang had to be patient and wrote a memorial to His Majesty in Guangzhou, first explaining the situation in Jiangxi. With everyone's efforts, Jiangxi has already been corrected. The next step is to ask the emperor what to do? Should we go west to seize Huguang or east to occupy Nanjing. In addition, Jin Shenghuan's troops were insufficient, so he begged His Majesty to transfer 10,000 new troops from Ganzhou to Nanchang to help defend the city.

There were no high-speed rail or expressways in the Ming Dynasty. Jiang Yueguang's letter was delivered to Zhu Hongsan, Guangzhou after half a month. Zhu Hongsan was very happy to get news from Jiangxi anyway. If Li Chengdong from Fujian was successful, then half of the country in Jiangnan would fall into his own hands.

After seeing the good news, Zhu Hongsan no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the Military Affairs Office to issue an order to Ganzhou Zhangjiayu, ordering the Fourth Division to move to Nanchang, Jiangxi, and to ensure that Jiangxi is in his own hands.
Chapter completed!