Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 190

Naturally, Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian had to promise quickly that they would guard Jiangxi for His Majesty Zhu Youjian.

And Zhu Youjian can only express now that he believes that the two can fulfill their expectations.

But in fact, Zhu Youjian didn't have a bottom line in his heart.

Because from this moment on, he has changed the original track of history, making it impossible for him to control the direction of history.

Zhu Youjian didn't know whether the Qing army led by Azig would return to Beijing in July after repelling the Chuang army.

According to the original history, the purpose of Dorgon to let Azige and Duoduo lead the army south was just to let Azige's troops defeat Li Zicheng's troops and let Duoduo's troops attack Nanming.

But now, Zuo Liangyu's tribe has been annihilated by himself, and the rest of Li Zicheng's tribe has also been recruited by him. The military purpose of the Azige tribe has no meaning, so Zhu Youjian is not sure whether Dorgon will make Azige change. The military purpose is to return to Beijing in advance, or to join forces with Duduo's Ming Dynasty to launch a two-way march.

Zhu Youjian can only plan for the worst, that is, the Azig and Duoduo tribes will attack Daming at the same time.

The road of Azige will go from Jiangxi or Fengyang to Jiangnan via Huguang, and the road of Duoduo will go from Henan to Fengyang or Shandong and then into Huaiyang.

In any case, besides Fengyang, Shandong Huaiyang, Yingtian and other places controlled by the First, Second and Third Armies of the Guards, Jiangxi is undoubtedly the most important fortress.

Jiangxi is different from Huguang. The north of Jiangxi is on the river and the south is on the mountains. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Jiangxi has always been a concentration of a large number of rich gentry and rich merchants in ancient times. The ruling foundation in Jiangxi is not weaker than Huguang, and has a certain defensive foundation.

It is not impossible for Zhu Youjian to ask Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian to guard Jiangxi.

"The importance of Jiangxi is not only to guard the west gate of the south of the Yangtze River, but also, once Jiangxi is lost, our Ming court will have no way out. If we cannot enter Guangdong, Guangxi or Yunnan and Guizhou from Jiangxi, we can only go to Fujian and Zhejiang, and then we will be punished by Zheng Zheng." It's controlled by Shi!"

When Zhu Youjian said this, Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian became more aware of the heavy burden on them, and for a while they were not in the mood to even participate in the matter of granting the three orphans to the Duke of Fengguo.

"Jiangxi is important, but don't think that as long as Huang Aiqing and Yuan Aiqing are under great pressure, Fengyang, Anqing, Luzhou, Quzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Sizhou, and Yingtian controlled by the First, Second and Third Armies of the Guards , Xuzhou, Shouzhou and other prefectures are the top priority. Raising an army for a thousand days is used for a while. What is the purpose of your training for so long? Isn't it for a decisive battle with Jiannu today, so that they will never come back! Now the Duduo tribe is still in Henan, but Henan is also the place of the Four Wars, so what is certain is that it is not difficult for the Duduo tribe to occupy the entire territory of Henan. No one will know where the attack will come from, but I don't want one of you to surrender directly, in that case, I will definitely not let anyone go!"

When Zhu Youjian said this, Li Banghua, Zhou Yuji and others hurriedly nodded and said yes. At this time, they also knew how heavy their responsibilities were.

As for how to defend specifically, Zhu Youjian will naturally not give orders blindly. After all, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and no one knows what the next step will be. A king like him who has not been there in person can only stand aside and watch.

After arranging the arrangements of the army, Zhu Youjian turned his attention to Bo Chengyi Liu Kongzhao: "Liu Aiqing, how is your warship built? The Jiangnan area has always been a place where the water system is developed, and both water and land are important. , although the Qing army is very weak in water warfare, but now the Qing army has a large number of our Han soldiers, so if the Qing army cannot be prevented from crossing the river, the crisis for our Ming Dynasty will be even more serious, do you know?"

"In addition, I don't want my Ming Dynasty to be in a passive defensive state all the time. If I have a powerful navy, I can also go to the hinterland of the Qing army to attack him. Why bother so much now!"

When Zhu Youjian said this, Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity uncle, cupped his hands and replied: "Please rest assured, your majesty, I have asked the Ministry of the Navy to step up supervision and build hundreds of warships. Although they cannot sneak attack on the hinterland of the Qing army, they can also resist them on the Yangtze River." Stop the offensive of the Qing army."

Zhu Youjian nodded and nodded. In his opinion, as long as Huguang can hold it now, there is no need to worry about the Fengyang and Jiangxi theaters. If Huguang can't hold it, there will be two theaters in Jiangxi and Fengyangfu to guard Jiangnan The key.And once Jiangxi and Fengyang do not report, then he can only let the Third Guards Army retreat to Sizhou and Quzhou, let the First Guards Army retreat to Huaiyang, plus the Second Guards Army, do The last resistance until retreating to Hangzhou.

Zhu Youjian even wondered if he would have to give up defending Jiangnan and flee westward to Guangdong and Guangxi with the guards once he was about to lose his hold in Jiangxi.

But in the end, Zhu Youjian felt that places like Guangdong, Guangxi or Yunnan and Guizhou were still underdeveloped areas in this era, and their economic strength was completely inferior to that of Jiangnan.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian's final instruction to the military and military officials in front of the imperial court is to stick to Jiangnan!

The entire imperial military meeting lasted for nearly a day and a night, and the monarchs and ministers almost did not have a good night's sleep. From how to defend each place, to what the court should do if a certain place is lost, almost Zhu Youjian and the officials present All conceivable results came to mind.

Even Zhu Youjian and the civil and military officials present had made such an assumption that once the Qing army was successfully resisted and the Qing army's attack was blocked, the Second Guards Army could choose a certain place to attack because of the mobility of defending Gyeonggi. The Qing army counterattacked in a local decisive battle, trying to annihilate a part of the Qing army, so as to achieve the strategic effect of defeating the Qing army that may attack from two directions. Once only one arm of the Qing army is broken, there is a chance to carry out a thorough Another way to counterattack and wipe out the Qing army.

For this reason, Zhu Youjian and the civil and military officials present directly summarized the future war situation against the Qing army into three possible stages, namely the three stages of defense, partial counterattack, and annihilation of the Qing army.

"In the first stage, dear friends, you don't have to worry about the loss of a city or a pool. You should try your best to let the Qing army cause the greatest damage when capturing each city; In the end, we are looking for an opportunity to wipe them all out!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian said that, he fainted on the ground. The overload of work for several days had exhausted his body to the extreme.

And at this moment, the civil and military officials who had already made up their minds to fight against the Qing army couldn't help but panicked when they saw this, and hurriedly called someone to call the imperial doctor.

It wasn't until Zhu Youjian woke up weakly again that the civil and military officials breathed a sigh of relief, and even Liu Fangliang felt that if His Majesty Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, was gone at this moment, the sky would collapse.

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