Chapter 6: Siege of Nanjing (Five)

The next morning, Zhu Yinglong arrived at Qionglin Garden again, and dozens of generals gathered here to hold a military meeting in the imperial front.

In addition to the navy, all the troops crossing the river were replaced with new military uniforms, and the generals and officials also changed into the latest military uniforms. Although many of them were not used to it, this dress was an order issued by Zhu Yinglong himself, and it would be replaced without changing. More smart generals have guessed that after the victory of the Southern Expedition, the court will carry out a huge reform of the army, and smart people already know how to take the team.

Zhu Yinglong came today to announce the news of yesterday's great victory in the Navy, and then to hit the generals before the war, and severely announced several combat disciplines, strictly enforced military discipline, and boosted morale. It ended in less than half an hour.

"Yuan Aiqing, has your battle time been set?" After the meeting, Zhu Yinglong summoned several important generals including Yuan Chonghuan alone.

"I have planned two times and asked the emperor to decide!" Yuan Chonghuan said, "One is early tomorrow morning, and the other is three days later. Both times have their own advantages. In the early morning tomorrow, we can take advantage of the other side's panic and catch him off guard, so that Wei Yan has no time to react. We can attack according to the scheduled plan. Three days later, we can adjust the attack plan based on the reaction of the other side. This can be used to oppose the opponent's generals during this period. This will be very beneficial to our landing battle, and there will be fewer casualties."

"What about your opinions?" Zhu Yinglong raised his head and glanced across the faces of Hong Chengchou, Chang Yanlin, Lu Haotian and others, and asked.

"Your Majesty, I think that if some generals of the puppet rebels on the other side can surrender and see the strength of the imperial army, I believe they will make a clear choice." Hong Chengchou was the first to stand up and said, "He could hear that he agreed to crossing the river in three days, but he didn't say it clearly.

However, this also coincides with some of Yuan Chonghuan's thoughts. He has always been steady and tended to be behind. Stabilizing and steady is his style. This is also the reason why Zhu Yinglong chose him as the head coach of the Nanzheng. The Nanzheng involves the overall situation of the country. Although a safe general is somewhat inadequate in making progress, it is enough to win step by step.

"Your Majesty, war is about fighting quickly. We don't need to miss it with such a good fighter." Lu Haotian stood clearly on the former.

Chang Yanlin pondered for a long time before saying, "Your Majesty, I will fight sooner than later."

Zhu Yinglong's mouth smiled. According to his age, Lu Haotian and Chang Yanlin could be included in the young and strong sect. They hoped to express their abilities with their military achievements, especially Lu Haotian. He has been idle for almost a year and has finally waited until he is on the battlefield, so he can't wait for a day. Besides, Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou are among the powerful sects in the middle of the year. They all have a distinct personal command style. Yuan Chonghuan prefers to be steady and defensive, while Hong Chengchou likes to take odd steps and attack, and is a general who connects the past and the future.

Zhu Yinglong, who is also a young man, also likes to take risks and use strange tricks, but he will still agree with Yuan Chonghuan's plan, but he agrees with Hong Chengchou in his heart. His little grudge between him and Hong Chengchou is just caused by the status of both sides and the gap between the times. If he was in Hong Chengchou's position, he might have done so.

"Old Zhuo, my think tank, I want to hear your thoughts." Zhu Yinglong's eyes finally fell on Zhuoba's Gu Jingbubo's face.

Zhuoba slowly opened his eyes. He had been closing his eyes before, and said softly: "It doesn't matter which time to cross the river. What is important is that what the emperor wants is a complete Jiangnan, not a broken Jiangnan."

"This sentence is about the point." Zhu Yinglong's eyes lit up. Zhuoba was worthy of being called a wise man by the Miao people, and his ability to see people's hearts is far above that of the generals.

Chang Yanlin seemed to have some understanding, his eyes were confused at first, and it soon became clear. It seemed that he worked very hard, which made Zhu Yinglong very pleased.

"Emperor, I'm not here..." Hong Chengchou wanted to say something, but Zhu Yinglong did not let him continue, but waved his hand to stop him, "Hong Aiqing doesn't need to say anything more. I have decided to cross the river in three days."

"Yes, the emperor." Everyone said in unison.

The generals dispersed to cross the river three days later. Zhu Yinglong stayed with Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou. Regarding the incident of sending a side teacher to land on the coast of eastern Zhejiang, he considered one night yesterday and checked in detail the information sent by Shadow from Fujian in the past half month. Zheng Zhilong seemed to have no sign of going north. There were also sporadic news on Taiwan, saying that Zheng Zhilong had always had a disagreement with the Spaniards and the Dutch on the island. All three parties wanted to monopolize Taiwan (i.e. Xiao Liuqiu). There were constant incidents of gunfire. Zheng Zhilong relied on Fujian and continued to increase troops in Taiwan, which had become a

As the most powerful one, the Dutch relied on being a sea coachman, with strong ships and powerful guns, and occupied the south. The most unlucky one was the Spaniards. The chicken coop (Keilung) occupied was directly threatened by Zheng Zhilong. According to the current situation, Zheng Zhilong should be restrained against the Dutch, and then drove the Spaniards into the sea, occupied northern Taiwan, and then turned back to deal with the Dutch. However, on land, did he really want to give up Fujian? At least the Zheng family showed no signs of large-scale migration to the sea, which shows that Zheng Zhilong still had ambitions for the inland, so he had to guard against it, so he left the two for the final discussion.

"I do not agree with such risky actions. Our army lacks military strength. If one is transferred, it will need to be redeployed. Although we still have time, we will be in a shortage of force when using it, let alone we will be able to fight sooner or later. I ask the emperor to consider it carefully." Yuan Chonghuan had a clear attitude against Hong Chengchou's adventurousism.

"The General's worries are good, but if Zheng Zhilong does not send troops to intervene, let alone if we have Zheng Zhibao in hand, it would be a pity that such a great opportunity would be missed in vain!" Hong Chengchou tried to say tactfully, because Yuan Chonghuan is his current boss after all, and the war is coming, the most taboo thing is that the generals and generals are disagreeing with each other and suspicious of each other. He cannot make this mistake and dare not make it.

"Have that Zheng Zhibao interrogated?" Zhu Yinglong asked with a heart moved.

"Without an imperial edict, the weak ministers dare not try it without authorization."

"Where are people?"

"It has been handed over to Lord Zhou Wenyuan."

Zhu Yinglong ordered someone to summon Zhou Wenyuan. After seeing the ceremony, he asked, "Have Zheng Zhibao asked anything useful?"

Zhou Wenyuan smiled bitterly and said, "Weichen and others have used all their energy to feed themselves. Zheng Zhibao just refused to speak. His mouth was like the stone in the pit, which was smelly and hard."
Chapter completed!