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Chapter 352 The Fake is Real

At the beginning, Shi Kefa was afraid that Zhu Changping would lose ground because of his timidity. For example, he asked the Ming troops in the upper reaches of the provinces to gather in Nanjing to prepare for the war. This might cause the upper reaches of Sichuan, Huguang and other provinces to lose some peripheral deep land due to insufficient troops.

Seeing that Zhu Changpan still had the guts to consolidate the entire southern front, Shi Kefa finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was quite comforted: "Your Majesty is wise, courageous and decisive, it is indeed a blessing to the world! Since ancient times, if we want to defend the southern half, we must not only focus on Wu Yue.

Instead, they must be paid attention to together with Jingchu and Bashu, so that they can hold each other!Otherwise, as long as the upper reaches are lost, the court will not last long.Therefore, as long as there are enough troops around Nanjing and there is no danger for the time being, you should not deploy too many troops around and damage the area.What His Majesty saw today is in harmony with the art of war! "

After Zhu Changqian had a flash of inspiration, he was praised by his subordinates, and he couldn't believe it: "I... just said it casually, does it really fit the art of war? Shi Qing don't need to be too modest, you know soldiers, if you need to check for leaks Filling in the gaps, though blunt."

Zhu Changping was used to cowardice and modesty, and it was rare for the other party to accept it completely, and he didn't try to persuade and fine-tune it at all, which made him a little unconfident.

After repeated confirmation and analysis by Shi Kefa and Zhu Shuren, he regained his confidence, and he could just do as he was told.

After Zhu Shuren received the order, he thought to himself: In fact, the emperor's words can't be regarded as correct, but the details are a little bit wrong, and the final result should not go wrong.

Because Zhu Shuren had read history books, he knew that Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo in Jiangbei would not be able to hold Duoduo for too long. Even though Liu Zeqing had reaffirmed his orders from the Nanjing court, his weakness in combat had not changed.

And although Liu Liangzuo is already a grasshopper on Fu Wang's rope, this only affects Liu Liangzuo's inability to vote in Nanjing, and it does not mean that he cannot sell Fu Wang to the Tartars.

Calculated in this way, the Huaibei puppet regime's army would be good enough to hold Duoduo for a month. Basically, they came all the way steadily and steadily.

But historically, it took Duduo more than three months to go south, two of which were actually wasted in attacking Shangqiu and Kaifeng in the Conggui and Bo areas, and assisting Azig in dealing with the remaining intruders in Henan.In fact, it was the remnants of the Chuang army in eastern Henan, which together with the two Huai Ming armies took Doduo three months.

Zhu Changqian did not estimate the containment force of the flanking Henan Chuang army on Duoduo, but overestimated the containment force of the Huaibei Ming army, one increase and one decrease. Although the calculation process was full of errors, the final conclusion was the same. The error term is just offset because stupid people have stupid blessings.

Zhu Shuren didn't bother to point out the problems here, and directly chose to return to his post and deploy defenses: He knew very well that overestimating the containment power of the allies is more or less a factor to boost the morale of his own side, so there is no need to point it out, father If the emperor misunderstood, it would be better to misunderstand for a few more months.

Zhu Shuren just found a place where only the two of them were left after leaving the Hall of Martial Arts with Shi Kefa, and confessed a few more words in private:
"Brother Xian, although Your Majesty is rare to be brave and resolute, we, as ministers, have to be cautious in the specific implementation. We can't expect too much from Liu Liangzuo's trash.

You still have to make a proper strategic retreat plan, just hold the Jiang defense, the Huainan defense line, and recover together when I come back.There are too many property poor people in Yangzhou City, if necessary, they can make excuses in advance and evacuate to the two wings without disturbing people's hearts.

I think if Duoduo really went south from the East Road to the riverside, he would definitely choose Guazhou to cross the river. Yangzhou is the core base for his southward crossing to Nanjing, and he is determined to win.If we are short of troops, it is not a good thing to care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, and lose too many troops.When I come back, I will definitely be able to work with you to repel Dodo! "

Zhu Shuren didn't want to say this in front of Zhu Changpan, because he was afraid that his father-in-law's cowardice would worsen and become suspicious again.But for Shi Kefa, who is in charge of the Ministry of War, we still have to make it clear, so that Shi Kefa is a little psychologically prepared, so as not to lose ground.

The Huaihe River is in the hands of King Fu, and Huainan is safe to defend after all, and Duoduo's troops have a lot of red barbarian cannons. If they stick to Yangzhou, there is no guarantee that the city walls of Yangzhou in history will not be destroyed by heavy artillery in a few days.

Zhu Shuren wanted Shi Kefa to broaden his mind and trade space for time when appropriate, so that no more tragedies like the Ten Days in Yangzhou occurred in history.If the people can evacuate in advance, they should evacuate more, and don't be unprepared.After Zhu Shuren has dealt with the enemy forces in the Huguang area, he will naturally get his money back with interest.

Shi Kefa thought about it carefully, nodded in agreement with Zhu Shuren's statement, and finally just let out a long sigh:
"What the virtuous brother said is in line with the art of war, but if the foolish brother really loses Yangzhou easily, I am afraid that the court will be full of turmoil. The fame and fortune of the foolish brother alone is a small matter, but if the foolish brother loses his official position due to the crime of temporarily losing land in the future, the virtuous brother will be fine. It is necessary to find another strong support from the DPRK and China to maintain the overall situation.

In this land of the south of the Yangtze River, there are quite a few literati who rebel against Lijin and do not want to spend money to fight, and even surrender literati. You have to be careful about this!My dear brother, you must not rely on you as His Majesty's son-in-law, and be negligent in guarding against it with a clear heart! "

After hearing these words, Zhu Shuren wanted to laugh: Shi Kefa is worried that he won't be able to deal with his political enemies due to internal fighting?
But he didn't want to touch on these topics, so he just responded with a smile: "Brother Xian, don't worry, you and I have known each other for five or six years. Back then, I was just a supervisor, and I sent a letter from Wu Siye from the Imperial Supervisor to Yang Ge in Hefei. Old man, you took good care of me back then.

With the support of our Shen family and Zhu family, there are some temporary setbacks, so why not fight!It's not that I can't take it back!As long as Doduo is defeated in the end, everyone will have no faults, so why be so pessimistic! "

Zhu Shuren still hoped that Shi Kefa would help him stay in the court for a few more years. After all, he is still the main governor of the local government. If he wants to control the army, it is impossible for him to really enter the court.

Even back then, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao had to have one in the capital and the other to lead the army outside, but if there was one less, the Sima family would not be able to usurp Cao Wei, and they would have been overturned long ago.

Zhu Shuren can count on his father, Shen Tingyang, to be in the court, but Shen Tingyang is still a bit weak. He only understands finance and civil affairs, but not soldiers, and he doesn't know how to coordinate overall defense.After a few years of transition, wait until Zhu Shuren is older and his credit and prestige can hold the place, and then he can slowly figure it out.

Of course, Shi Kefa's current support for Zhu Shuren is entirely out of selfishness and to save the world. He doesn't think Zhu Shuren has any unspeakable ambitions.If the Han people are gone, what is the interest of the old Zhu family?
Shi Kefa is also considered a man of righteousness, a person who has read a lot of poetry and books. He has read Zhu Shuren's "Theory of Rogues" repeatedly, and he deeply believes that "the rise and fall of a country is the result of eating meat. The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of everyone". It has already been deeply rooted in his heart.

After explaining Shi Kefa's main policy for the next stage, Zhu Shuren added one last point before leaving Beijing:
"Brother Xian, there is another matter. I guess that His Majesty has recently ascended the throne, and we are all in Nanjing. Outsiders and even enemies must know about this, or at least guess it.

In order to prevent Duoduo from advancing rashly, we can also supplement it with the method of making a false move real, and a real move false.When I was in Wuchang and the main force was also in Wuchang, it was announced to the outside world that I was in Nanjing and the soldiers were also in Nanjing.

Even when the situation is tense in the future, you can learn the trick of "Dong Zhuo goes out of Luoyang at night and marches into the army during the day" a few times, so that the civil and military in Nanjing firmly believe that foreign soldiers are coming to serve the king, so as to stabilize people's hearts.

As for Wuchang, although I have already returned, I will never publicize it to the outside world. Anyway, there are heavy troops there, and I am not afraid of the enemy's contempt. If I dare to despise, I can take the opportunity to make the enemy suffer a big loss! "

When Shi Kefa heard it, his eyes lit up again. This strategy of deception has to be said to be beneficial but not costly. It does not need to increase costs at all, but it can greatly improve strategic efficiency.

Where the strength is strong shows weakness, allowing the enemy to bump into it head-on, while where the strength is weak shows muscle, so that the enemy does not dare to hit, no matter how much deception effect can be achieved, it will definitely help.

However, to implement this strategy, there is also a precaution, that is, to do a good job of keeping it secret.

Zhu Shuren reminded: Since the time of the late emperor, the Beijing court has been infiltrated by Tartars and trespassers.How many corrupt officials took the gold, silver and jewels privately given by the tartars and thieves, and secretly cooperated with the enemy to leave a way out for themselves!
The situation in the south was not much better at that time. Although the Tartars and bandits did not infiltrate south at first, Zhang Xianzhong infiltrated Yang Sichang's shogunate to a minimum, and could leak confidential military information casually.

Therefore, Zhu Shuren could only let Shi Kefa know about Zhu Shuren's plan, and that there were still a limited number of generals Zhu Shuren had left here.And those civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty had to keep it in the dark!

In this way, it can be ensured that even if those unscrupulous civil servants in Nanjing city secretly collude with the enemy to stay behind, what they reveal can only be false information!Because these dog officials themselves have been deceived!
When Shi Kefa heard this reminder, he was also very depressed. He really didn't want to imagine that those Donglin colleagues would be so unscrupulous.But after calming down, he had to admit that Zhu Shuren was right.

His own morals are fine, but the others are just... alas.

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After finishing the final strategic deception plan with Shi Kefa, Zhu Shuren returned to Wuchang secretly as promised.

Because it took a few more days to make final arrangements, he did not leave Beijing until August 24, and it was already the third day of September when he returned to Wuchang.

As for his troops, those who mobilized from upstream to downstream did so with great fanfare. In fact, when they mobilized back, their flags and drums died down, and the whole deception was carried out in an orderly manner.

The enemies outside would not wait for anyone. Zhu Shuren was so low-key, but Li Zicheng, who was squeezed out of living space and lacked food and wages in the Funiu and Tongbai Mountains, couldn't hold back anymore.They didn't dare to fight the Tartars, just like how they fought Zuo Liangyu in history, they tried to coerce Zuo Liangyu and rob Zhu Shuren together.

Especially when I heard that Zhu Shuren was still in Nanjing, participating in his father-in-law's enthronement ceremony, he was stumbled. Even a considerable part of Zhu Shuren's troops went to help his father-in-law maintain the situation. Li Zicheng even underestimated the enemy and rushed forward.

I feel that this is the only golden opportunity. If Zhu Shuren returns to the defense in person, the probability of his success will be even lower.

As for Zuo Liangyu's tribe, they also had no choice. Since the emperor changed from Chongzhen to Emperor Longwu Zhu Changqian, Zuo Liangyu knew very well that he and Zhu Shuren had accumulated too many personal enmities in the early years. If the court listened to Zhu Shuren, he would be finished sooner or later.

When Li Zicheng broke into the hinterland of Nanyang Mansion and wanted to force him to go south together, Zuo Liangyu also chose to push the boat along, but said that he would never be Li Zicheng's subordinate, at most he could only be regarded as a de facto coalition.

At the same time, Zhu Shuren has quietly come to the front line of Xiangyang in person, and his inner thoughts are very clear: since Zuo Liangyu dares to go south, then he himself, plus Zuo Menggeng, father and son must be killed!Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin were guilty of usurping and killing the king, and they must be punished, but Liu Fangliang, Li Yan and other generals tried to recruit them to surrender and let them fight the Tartars!

History has been changed, and Zhu Shuren can't hope for another drama of "Jiugongshan armed to kill Li Zicheng".
But in any case, the idea is established, that is, let the Han armed forces complete the beheading operation with the least cost!Then pardon the rest, and be inspired by the righteousness of the nation!

(End of this chapter)