Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 251 Aunt Zhu uses tactics, Zuo Menggeng takes command

After Zuo Liangyu finished speaking, he came to the map in the hall, which was fairly detailed in the Ming Dynasty.

Jinkou Town is located where the Jinshui River flows into the Yangtze River. It is an ancient town with a history of thousands of years. It was originally named Shaxian, and it was renamed in various dynasties. At the end of Ming Dynasty, it was called Jinkou Town.

On Zuo Liangyu's map, Jinkou Town belongs to Jiangxia County, not far from his base camp.

This place is not only adjacent to the Yangtze River, but also connected with rivers and lakes. There are sandbars on the river, and the water potential and terrain are relatively complicated. Compared with the Zuo Liangyu tribe who has been stationed here for several years and has become familiar with the geographical environment, it is considered to have a geographical advantage. .

After looking at the map and weighing it in his mind for a while, Zuo Liangyu decided to show the princess Jian Guo some color here.

Anyway, he was going to raise troops on the side of the Qing emperor, so it's okay to fight the princess of Jianguo first to practice his hands.

So he turned around and said to Xu Ensheng: "I will write a letter later, and I will hand it to Zeng Ying or Princess Jian Guo.

After you go back, if the other party has any request, as long as it is not excessive, you can pretend to agree or satisfy them.

In short, try to delay as long as possible, wait for me to mobilize boats and soldiers, understand? "

"I will understand at the end!"

Xu Ensheng followed Zuo Liangyu outside the customs in the early years of Chongzhen, he was considered a confidant, otherwise he would not be able to be the commander of the navy directly under him now.

He knew that although Zuo Liangyu had 80 troops under his command, not all of them were stationed in Jiangxia.

In addition to garrisons in other places in Wuchang Prefecture, there are garrisons in Jingzhou, Chengtian, De'an, Huangzhou and other places.

Not only do these places need to be garrisoned, but also the army must be stationed in various places in order to have food.

If 80 troops were gathered in Jiangxia, Jiangxia would be eaten up by people eating horse chews alone. After all, there are not 80 people in Jiangxia today.

Of course, not all of Zuo Liangyu's 80 troops were soldiers, but also some of the family members of the soldiers. These days, not only the rogues brought their families, but even the warlords of feudal towns.

It's just that the families of the soldiers are generally settled in various places to farm or do other things, and they will definitely not mix with the marching and fighting troops, otherwise the troops will have no combat effectiveness at all...
Afterwards, Zuo Liangyu asked Zuo Menggeng to write, and he dictated a letter, which was then taken away by Xu Ensheng.

Then he began to issue military orders and dispatch troops.

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Aunt Zhu led more than 1000 troops and more than [-] boats, so of course it was impossible to enter Jiangxia all at once.

When the former army arrived near Jinkou Town, Zhu Yuxi's imperial ship actually stopped at the wharf of Jiayu County in the south of Jiangxia.

Only a county like Jiayu County can provide its army with drinking water, vegetables, and some food and grass.

As for the fact that Jiayu County is actually controlled by Zuo Liangyu, who is unwilling to provide supplies to Aimee Zhu's troops... Thousands of boats are placed on the shore, tens of thousands of elite soldiers landed, and in the name of the Great Ming Supervisor, how dare you say no?

Except for some sailors and soldiers, the elite soldiers from the four towns all went ashore to camp and rest.

Auntie Zhu has gradually gotten used to life on board, so she did not disembark from the imperial boat, and sat on the balcony on the second floor of the palace pavilion, watching the scenery, enjoying the spring breeze and the spring scenery, while using the walkie-talkie to talk to Hong Niangzi, Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan, Liu Wenxiu, the four chief generals in the army, were talking about military affairs.

"Since Jian Guo intends to recruit Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses, why didn't he issue a letter, but asked his ministers to write to him?
In his eyes, I am afraid that the minister is just an unknown person, and restricting him to visit the prison country within three days will probably anger him. "

Hearing Zeng Ying's voice from the walkie-talkie, Auntie Zhu asked with a smile, "Will Zuo Liangyu come to have an audience if I issue a letter from the palace?"

Zeng Ying was speechless for a moment.

Yang Zhan said: "Zuo Liangyu is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and now he is sitting on an army of 80, with obvious ambitions, it is impossible for him to come to our navy to meet Jian Guo.

In my opinion, Jian Guo deliberately provoked him, and gave him time to gather an army so that he could be wiped out in one battle! "

Liu Wenxiu said: "In three days, Zuo Liangyu can at most mobilize soldiers, horses and boats near Jiangxia, and most likely he himself will not appear on the front line. It is impossible for us to destroy him in a single battle."

This is the advantage of having more soldiers and horses.

Even if the quality of soldiers and horses is worrying, but in quantity, it is difficult to be wiped out in a single battle.

Li Zicheng's Shun army was chased and defeated by the Qing army so many times and still persisted, isn't it because of the large number of people.

Yang Zhan heard that Liu Wenxiu denied his judgment, and was about to refute, he heard Hong Niangzi say: "In my opinion, Jian Guo wants to beat Zuo Liangyu hard, beat him sorely, wake him up, let him see clearly Only in this way can he return and accept the reorganization."

Hearing this, Auntie Zhu nodded with a smile, "What Hong Niangzi said is right, I am really just planning to hurt Zuo Liangyu this time.

Therefore, giving him three days is to let him gather the main force of the navy under his command.

If we can destroy the main force of Zuo Liangyu's navy in one battle, we will be able to hurt him without affecting the subsequent recruitment of his troops. "

"I understand."

Zeng Ying and others responded one after another.

Afterwards, several people discussed the specific military plan for the water battle three days later on the walkie-talkie.

After the meeting was over, Auntie Zhu turned off the walkie-talkie, and said to Hao Guangming through the mobile phone video: "If Zuo Liangyu's department can be successfully incorporated, I'm afraid Du Yinxi will need to be transferred to Wuchang to sit in charge."

Hao Guangming said: "Didn't Du Yinxi say that He Tengjiao is in Zuo Liangyu's army, and that He Tengjiao will be in charge of food and grass in Changsha at that time.

As you said, Du Yinxi transferred him to Wuchang - this matter is not troublesome, as long as you send him a telegram.

Then let him try to regain Yuezhou Prefecture, and then you can achieve your goal of letting him occupy the river and guard Hunan. "

"Ah."

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Three days later.

The sails of the river near Jinkou Town are like clouds.

It was Zuo Liangyu who also dropped the Changdeng Department Navy Division who was originally stationed in Hankou Town.

There are a total of more than 300 warships, more than 500 large and small civilian ships that can be used for boarding battles and arson ships, and the navy will have 8 soldiers.

In addition, the chief soldier Lu Guangzu led tens of thousands of troops to garrison the north bank of the river, and the chief soldiers Zhang Yingxiang and Wu Xueli each led tens of thousands of troops to garrison the south bank of the river.

If counting the forcibly recruited civilian husbands, Zuo Liangyu can be said to have mobilized 10,000+ troops in this battle, so he is known as an army of 30.

Zuo Liangyu was unable to take command in person because of his serious illness, so he ordered his son Zuo Menggeng to be the commander in chief, with Chang Deng, Xu Ensheng, Lu Guangzu, Zhang Yingxiang and Wu Xueli as assistants.

It is hoped that with a big victory in this battle, Zuo Menggeng's prestige in the army will be greatly enhanced.

Zuo Liangyu felt that his illness was getting worse and he might not last long, so he wanted to help his son really control the army as soon as possible.

Zuo Menggeng's handsome ship (flagship) is a [-]-seat warship that is rare on the Yangtze River today.

Even without counting the sails, the height from the bottom of the ship to the top of the pavilion on the deck is as high as three or four stories, tall and majestic, imposing.

There is only one such warship in Zuo Liangyu's department at present. It was originally regarded as Zuo Liangyu's handsome ship, but now it is sent out for Zuo Menggeng.

Now that the war has not yet started, Chang Deng and Xu Ensheng, who are the captains of the navy, are all on Zuo Menggeng's handsome boat, either bragging or flattering.

"Young Lord, put your heart in your stomach. Our navy has four hundred warships, fifty or sixty patrol ships, two or three hundred other warships, and civilian ships of various sizes. Five or six hundred ships.

Even if the navy of Princess Jian Guo really has an iron boat, it will still be surrounded by us and seized.At that time, the young master can replace the handsome boat with an iron boat. "

It was Chang Deng who said this, a middle-aged man like a black tower, he was thinking of Zuo Menggeng inside and out, but from the look on his face, it was obvious that he didn't respect Zuo Menggeng very much.

Chang Deng's loud voice made his ears hurt, Zuo Menggeng couldn't help taking a step to the side.

Seeing this, Xu Ensheng immediately smiled and said, "Young Master's [-]-material handsome boat is already the most majestic on the Yangtze River, why do we need to replace it with the [-]-material iron boat?

With the little Marquis in command, the final general felt that not only the iron boat could be captured in this battle, but even the Jian Guo princess might be able to capture it. "

Zuo Menggeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said: "If you can capture Princess Jian, I will definitely ask my father to reward the two of you, even if you can become a knight in the future, it is not impossible."

Hearing Zuo Menggeng's promise, even though Chang Deng looked down on him like this, he couldn't help but be encouraged, and his fighting spirit was high.

"Look, my lord, in this battle, Chang Deng will definitely defeat that Yangtze River navy admiral Zeng Ying, and capture Princess Jian Guo alive!"

After finishing speaking, he thumped off the boat and took the boat back to his own boat.

Xu Ensheng took out an exquisite long tube as if conjuring, handed it to Zuo Menggeng, and said, "Young Lord, this is a telescope passed down from overseas red barbarians, it is like a clairvoyance that allows people to see far away.

After a while, you can use this to see the battle situation in front of you, and maybe you can see the princess of Jian Guo. "

As he spoke, he began to teach Zuo Menggeng how to use the telescope.

Historically, the telescope was invented by a Dutch optician in 1608.

Because of its practicality, this thing spread quickly. By 1609, Galileo had invented a 40-fold astronomical telescope.

Of course, most of the telescopes that have spread to the East with the navigators are monoculars, that is, binoculars that can only see eight times, ten times, or even ten times farther.

After Zuo Menggeng learned to use binoculars, he immediately came to the top of Shuaichuan Building, looked towards the west of the river, and happened to see ships with the flags of Sun Moon Dragon, "Daming Navy" and other flags appearing.

The first ones are three black ships with metallic luster on the hull, tall chimneys at the stern, and black smoke rising into the sky.

Zuo Menggeng also saw this strange iron boat for the first time, and couldn't help muttering: "Mother, they really have iron boats..."

(End of this chapter)