The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 360 Advance or Retreat?

"How can you fuel the arrogance of the bandit..." He Kai turned his head angrily, and was about to continue to reprimand, but saw that the person who spoke was Lu Zhenfei, a cabinet scholar and one of the three Tuogu ministers.

He frowned to put away his anger, and said, "Why did the Luge Department make such a statement?"

Lu Zhenfei cupped his hands at him, and then bowed to Zhu Lin: "Your Highness, as far as I know, I have less than [-] elite soldiers in the field in Thailand. Although there are [-] garrisons in Fujing and Jiangxi, there have been more troops recently. Drilling, but its combat power is limited in the end, and it needs to defend the area, so it is not suitable to mobilize in large numbers.

"There are also 3 horses in Guangdong and Guangxi, but most of them came from the old guards or rebels. It is even more embarrassing to fight. Even in Yunnan and Guizhou, they are still suffering from captives and bandits. The imperial court still needs to send troops to help, and it is absolutely difficult to divide the troops. Enter Zhejiang.

"Looking back at the Eastern Captives, Hong Chengchou gathered more than [-] soldiers and horses from Henan, Shandong, and Nanzhi in the past, and then Le Ke Dehun led [-] Jianzhou soldiers. Now Nanjing has hundreds of thousands of grains, and the soldiers are well-organized. When the tiger looks at the land of Zhejiang, it is the time when the edge is sharp.

"Your official is trying to lure me to a decisive battle in the Quzhou area with the intention of the Hong thief. Although Quzhou has a fortified city, the surrounding area is flat. Besides, not long ago, the captives have gained the advantage of boats and ships."

As he said, since Zhang Mingzhen accidentally buried the Zhejiang Navy, the Qiantang River has become the world of the Qing army.In fact, even if the Zhejiang navy did not burn its own warships due to the headwind, when Zheng Zhilong brought the huge fleet that surrendered to Jianlu into Hangzhou Bay, King Lu's navy would definitely be unable to resist.

Lu Zhenfei continued: "Against many disadvantages, if I use [-] to [-] troops to forcefully take down the [-] to [-] bandit army, but I am right in the arms of the captives, it would be very unwise."

He Kai stared and was about to refute, but Zhu Jizuo from the Ministry of Rites responded, "According to Luge Ministry's intention, could it be possible that we just watched the captives from the east and the criminals from the south?"

"No." Lu Zhenfei obviously did his homework. Not only was he very clear about the situation of both the enemy and us, but he had already thought about the strategy, and then said, "If you stop, you should stop. Instead of wasting troops in Quzhou, you should abandon it and use it to fight against the enemy. Heavy troops stationed in Guangxin Mansion, Jiangxi Province, and firmly guarded the mansion to govern Shangrao.

"Shangrao City is surrounded by Yuxi, Chuxi, Shangrao River, and Fengxi. It is appropriate to fortify the rivers everywhere. Also, if the waterway is not connected to the Qiantang, the achievements of the naval forces will be lost, and the Jiangxi garrison will be able to rush to help. And the fairyland on the north side of Fujing Xiaxiong Pass only needs to be guarded by a few thousand soldiers, and even a million thieves cannot enter."

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately attracted many echoes.

"What the Ministry of Lu Ge said is very true."

"The Luge Department's strategy is the safest."

"Shangrao should set up defenses in Quzhou's four attacking places."

Of course, the voices of opposition are not small, and He Kai is one of them.He glanced at everyone, and said loudly: "The Lu Ge Department is too careful.

"Quzhou is an important pass for me to go north, so don't abandon it lightly! The officials thought that we should send a large army into Quzhou, build high fortifications, and accumulate food and grass widely. Then we stationed troops in the two cities of Suichang and Longyou on the east side of Quzhou, and used them as horns. , Gongwei Quzhou.

"In this way, although there are many bandits, I can still block them with the city. After a long time, the captive soldiers will run out of food and will go away. Our foundation in the west of Zhejiang will not be lost.

"And after I have completed my training in the southwestern regions, I will gather heavy troops to recover eastern Zhejiang, and great things can be expected."

Many courtiers also agreed with his proposition.

"Yes, that's exactly what it should be!"

"The righteousness of the captives, don't back down!"

"Quzhou is not easy to get, so we should stick to it."

Lin Zunbin, the servant of the household department, coughed lightly, and said, "It is a dangerous move to enter and defend Quzhou. If there is a mistake, tens of thousands of captives will rush into Jiangxi..."

Someone immediately retorted: "Quzhou Prefecture has a large population. If it is acquired by captives, it must be used as evidence to harass Guangxin from west to west."

"Therefore, it is even more necessary to strengthen Guangxin's defenses. Raozhou, Fuzhou, and Jianchang are all near Shangrao, and they can deploy troops and food at any time. It is easier to defend than Quzhou!"

"Quzhou can collect grain locally, but it is cheaper to go north from Xianxiaguan to supply..."

"I think the adults have forgotten the warships of the bandit army. If there is a battle in Quzhou, the navy division will rush to help day and night..."

"If you keep Quzhou, you can keep the state capital, the rich land of Zhejiang. Only these two state capitals can be worth the tax of Guangdong..."

"Master Li's words are wrong. How can there be any taxes in the place of war? Even if it can be defended, it will be a thousand miles of corruption after the thieves retreat."

Soon, almost all the officials joined the debate, and the courtroom immediately became noisy, and the voices became louder and louder.In fact, they had already started arguing long before the court, but at this time it just continued from outside the Meridian Gate to the front of the Wenhua Palace.

It took Zhu Linmei a while to understand. At the moment, she was both angry and funny. She wanted to go to the Northern Expedition to recover the two capitals, but the officials in the court and the central government were debating whether to defend Quzhou or retreat to Shangrao.

He was a little puzzled in his heart. It didn't mean that the officials at the end were all particularly radical. In military affairs, they never retreated.It was under their persecution that the Chongzhen Dynasty still carried the money to the death in the face of the situation of weak national power, and was finally dragged down by life and death.

But today in front of the Wenhua Palace, all the officials tacitly agreed to stick to it, and the struggle was only a matter of where to guard.Could it be that the sun came out from the west?

In fact, not all officials in the late Ming Dynasty were "secondary forces". They naturally knew that it was right to do what they could and to be stubborn.

But this buddy Chongzhen was extremely irresponsible and suspicious. During his 17 years in power, he changed 20 cabinets and [-] ministers of the Ministry of War.

Therefore, the officials at that time were all terrified, and only dared to say the most "politically correct" words-that is, impassionedly shouting to kill the captives-but never put forward a feasible plan based on reality.

But the officials of the Taizheng Dynasty all know that His Royal Highness is a practical and decisive person, so what they play in front of the palace are all suggestions that they think are the most suitable for dealing with the current situation - stick to the enemy , Waiting for the newly recovered Southwest regions to recover.

After the ministers quarreled for a while, they suddenly realized that His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince had not said a word.Representatives of the two factions, Lu Zhenfei and He Kai hurriedly motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then Qi Chao stepped up and said: "Your Highness, please make a decision."

Zhu Linmei looked around at the courtiers with a smile, cleared her throat, and said in a loud voice: "Although the king of Lu has disobedience, the land of Zhejiang must not be easily captured by thieves. I have made up my mind, and I will start to play the Holy Majesty on the same day, and send my troops to the north to help Zhejiang. To retreat the bandit army, and then..."

He had just said halfway, when Lu Zhenfei, He Kai and the others suddenly "put aside their suspicions", they clapped their hands together and said anxiously: "Your Highness, please don't..."

Several people looked at each other, and finally, represented by Lu Zhenfei, said: "His Royal Highness, the Lu Fan occupies the Zhejiang Province and calls himself Jian Guo, which is no different from conspiracy. , but it should never be, and it will eventually be a major problem for me.

"This time when the rebel army attacked, Lu Fan would not abdicate, and he would not ask our court for help. If I use the army to help him, it will be no different from a rebellion..."

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