Chapter 11 The foggy situation (IV)

Although the Qiantang Landing Battle was won, Hong Chengchouque suffered unprecedented failures. Perhaps because he had never suffered a defeat since he was reused by the emperor, his victory made him feel complacent and a little proud and complacent. Although the Qiantang Landing Battle was finally won, the price paid was too high, and his side troops were completely exposed, which had an immeasurable impact on the next strategic goals.

Dragging his tired body and his pale face due to excessive blood loss, Hong Chengchou summoned Song Xiance and Zheng Nansheng to discuss the next battle plan.

"Nan Sheng, what do you think about the current situation of our army?" Hong Chengchou first asked his confidant general Zheng Nansheng who had been following from Xiangxi.

Zheng Nansheng's face was not very good. Maybe he had just arrived from sea to land and had another day of fighting, and his face was exhausted. However, Enshuai took the initiative to ask, and he had to cheer up and ponder for a while before saying, "Master, our army has only 3,000 troops landed on the shore, and after nearly a day of fighting, although his morale is great, the soldiers are exhausted. I suggest that Qiantang be repaired for a few days now, and wait for General Chen Guang to transport the subsequent troops and plan further strategies."

Zheng Nansheng's words sounded very reasonable, and they also revealed the truth. The suggestion was a moderate and average solution. In fact, it was a strategy to keep the best. Hong Chengchou nodded and turned his attention to the calm military Song Xiance's dark face, saying, "Military advisor, what are your good strategies?"

Song Xiance nodded slightly and said, "Master, although our army has captured Qiantang at a huge price, according to my opinion, we have not spent this price unfairly. Although we have exposed ourselves because of this, according to the information we have, the total defenders in Hangzhou Prefecture total less than 20,000. Now the most combative Qin Ruhai tribe has been defeated by our army. Although Qin Ruhai, Qin Kun and his son ran away, they are now a dog of a family, which is not worth worrying. In comparison, the next three to five days will be the most severe test of our army!"

Hong Chengchou's pale face suddenly became solemn, and he lowered his head silently and pondered.

Song Xiance continued: "According to my speculation, Qin Ruhai, Qin Kun and his son should have two directions to escape. One is Haining in the northeast, where about two thousand Haining Wei stationed there, and the second is to flee west to Yuhang or Lin'an, where about less than a thousand soldiers were stationed there, so I infer that Qin Ruhai and his son might flee west."

"But the direction of Qin Ruhai and his son running away was clearly towards Haining?" Zheng Nansheng said in confusion.

Hong Chengchou suddenly smiled at Song Xiance. He already understood what Song Xiance meant and explained: "Qin Ruhai is also a man of war. Since he has become a gang with Zheng Zhilong, it is certain that he is an enemy with the court. Our court navy defeated the fleet led by Zheng Zhihu, Hangzhou Bay will definitely be under my control. He fled to Haining. Even if we don't attack him for the time being, once the court army goes south, it will definitely not escape the situation of destruction. It is different to go west. You can defend and go south at any time. Once he flees to Fujian, the court will not be able to deal with him for a while. Qin Ruhai is a local snake, so it should not be difficult to seize the command of Lin'an, especially when Zheng Zhilong has been planning for a long time."

Zheng Nansheng said in shock: "Master General, is it that Zheng Zhilong may send troops to Zhejiang?"

"This is already a matter of being determined. Otherwise, why would Zheng Zhilong send Zheng Zhihu to lead such a huge fleet?" Song Xiance said.

"But there is no landing army on Zheng Zhi's tiger ship?" Zheng Nansheng failed to turn around for a while. He was most concerned about the situation on the battlefield at the moment, but he still did not have the ability to break out of this box and see the overall situation. Therefore, although he is not stupid, he is always a beat slower than Hong Chengchou and others.

"Hehe, Brother Zheng seems to have forgotten how we built Qiantang." Song Xiance rarely reminded Zheng Nansheng.

"Oh!" Zheng Nansheng suddenly realized that Qin Ruhai had only two thousand people in the organization, but when they landed in Qiantang, they had more than five thousand people blocked him. He didn't understand this, and he was not worthy of being Hong Chengchou's subordinate.

"By my inference, Zheng Zhilong's army has set out from Fujian." Song Xiance said boldly.

Hong Chengchou had already looked at Song Xiance with admiration. He thought he had sent such an ugly military advisor. Hong Chengchou, who was a suave person, did not say it on the surface, but in fact he was still a little resistant in his heart. Now he has picked up the treasure. Now that the emperor wants to transfer him away, he will keep Song Xiance behind him even if he resists the order. With such a think tank, it will be much easier to fight.

"Once Zheng Zhilong's army joins the Nanjing battlefield, it will definitely be a huge pressure for the Southern Expedition Army. There are already more than 200,000 troops in Nanjing. If they attack inside and outside, the consequences will be unimaginable." Zheng Nansheng said worriedly.

"You don't have to worry about this Nansheng. Zheng Zhilong started his pirates and occupied a land in Fujian in just a few years. He was like a separatist, with tens of thousands of armor. I think there were some tricks. As soon as Wei Zhongxian and his son fell, it was his turn, the pirate who betrayed the court. Therefore, he would not misunderstand the truth that his lips and teeth were cold. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's so-called "sending troops to support the king" was only a matter of time. However, before the last resort, Wei Zhongxian refused to summon Zheng Zhilong to send troops to support the king. After all, he also knew that Zheng Zhilong had ambitions, rejecting tigers in the front door and attracting wolves in the back door, even if Wei Zhongxian, a castrator, didn't understand, Cui Chengxiu, the old dog."

"What the Grand Marshal means is to let them bite the dog?" Zheng Nansheng said in a confused manner the more he heard it.

"Haha, Nansheng, listen to me and finish my words." Hong Chengchou continued to analyze: "It is impossible for dogs to bite dogs. As long as the imperial army is in Jiangnan for one day, no matter whether he is Wei Zhongxian or Zheng Zhilong, he will not tear his face. He will definitely endure humiliation and deal with the imperial court together. However, they are a combination of interests. Although they are combined, they always put their own interests first in their bones. There is no danger of breaking through Nanjing for a day. Zheng Zhilong will not raise an army to support the king. At most, at least

The outside of Nanjing City is waiting and looking, so I judged that Zheng Zhilong would not send troops from the sea, but must have been from land. It is not easy to control the speed at sea, and it consumes Zheng Zhilong's own food and supplies, but it is different on land. Once his troops enter Zhejiang, Zhejiang will have to provide all his logistics expenses. Moreover, he can adjust the marching speed at will according to the battle situation, in order to appear under Nanjing City at the most appropriate time and obtain the greatest benefits."

"However, all this may be defeated by us. First of all, the fourth brother of the Zheng family was captured alive by the court. Now another second brother of the Zheng family came. The fleet was wiped out. All this may prompt Zheng Zhilong to change his plan. We will face not only the attack of Zheng Zhilong's army from land, but also the sea. Zheng Zhilong may continue to attack the imperial navy at all costs. With the current strength of the imperial navy, the current strength of the imperial navy is not enough to compete with Zheng Zhilong, so we can only avoid the edge. In other words, we will become a real lonely army next, facing a powerful enemy on the sea and on the road." Song Xiance said.
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