The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 404 Focus on me
Zhu Linmi frowned when she heard the words, and asked Du Yuan, "What did Fang Guoan do in Qingshanling?"

"Yes, it is to chase the enemy..." Du Yuan then "destroyed" Ma Degong's tens of thousands of horses. Fang Guoan dispatched all the Zhejiang troops to pursue the attack, but he roughly said that he was ambushed in Qingshanling , "Now Zhang Huangyan said that General Zhang has gathered [-] routs and defended Lingqiao, but was blocked by the bandits in the north."

Speaking of this, he was already sweating profusely, "The main force of the Zhejiang army has been lost, but the captives have gained nearly ten thousand stones of Fang Guoan's food and grass, and they feel like they are in a no-man's land.

"Jianguo... Oh, no, His Royal Highness Lu Wang has ordered the defenders from all over Zhejiang to defend the Qingshanling area immediately. However, these are all old and weak soldiers, the number is at most three or four thousand, and they are useless at all.

"We Lord Qian implore Your Highness to send troops to the north as soon as possible, otherwise Zhejiang will be in danger!"

This Fang Guoan!It is simply an enemy!Zhu Linmei looked up to the sky and let out a sigh.All his previous arrangements were based on cutting off Ma Degong's food and grass. Now that he has Fang Guoan's food, he probably won't go to Tonglu again.

He tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and said to Du Yuan: "Does King Lu intend to abdicate and return to the vassal?"

"Not yet, no news yet."

Zhu Linmi then turned to Zhang Jiayu, "When will the imperial edict arrive in Shaoxing?"

"Returning to your lord, the Ministry of Rites has already sailed northward by boat seven days ago, and it should arrive within a few days."

Zhu Linmei nodded and said: "In order to prevent the land of Zhejiang from being poisoned by the Jian captives, if the king of Lu still does not abdicate according to the edict, he can only be punished by soldiers...

"The navy was ordered to block the main roads to and from Shaoxing with warships, and the Polu camp immediately marched eastward with the entire army, crossed Xiaoshan, and entered Shaoxing."

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu responded immediately.

Zhu Linming said to Du Yuan again: "Let Qian Sule write a letter to the defenders in various places in Zhejiang, stating that the situation is critical, and tell them not to embarrass our army, otherwise..." He sighed, "I can only focus on the overall situation gone."

Du Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Master Qian has entrusted General Zhang Mingzhen and Xiong Butang and other important officials to go to Jinhua, Chuzhou and other prefectures to defend the army, and he himself is still admonishing King Lu."

"it is good."

Zhu Linmei asked Du Yuan to go back to deliver the letter first, and then ordered Zhang Jiayu to call the generals to discuss the strategy of marching in the tent.

"My lord, right now the captives can only go to the east, west, and south." Yu Xin was the first to cup his hands and said, "As for Tonglu on the west side, I have broken the barracks for defense, so there should be no danger.

"Although there are important towns such as Shaoxing and Zhuji on the east side, from Qingshanling, you have to cross the Puyang River and Huanjiang River, which is difficult to travel along the way. My subordinates predict that the bandits may go south and attack Dongyang and Jinhua."

Immediately, several people nodded in agreement, "If the captives take Jinhua, they can also detour around Taizhou and Ningbo to plunder food and grass."

"Jinhua has almost no defenders, and it is close to Qingshanling. Ma Degong is likely to go south."

Zhu Linmei nodded and said: "It is indeed possible for Jianlu to take Ningbo, and then rely on the sea to resist." He changed the subject, "However, Shaoxing is the core of the Zhejiang feudal clan. , gather troops to attack Shaoxing."

Zhang Jiayu continued: "Zhejiang is empty everywhere, and the bandits may be divided into many places, and it is especially unknown to harass Shaoxing and Jinhua at the same time."

Everyone discussed for a while, but it was still difficult to decide on a strategy.In terms of a decisive battle, Ma Degong's [-] captives would not be difficult to deal with, but it was not so easy to prevent him from disrupting Zhejiang.

Zhu Linmei stared at the map in front of her for a long while, then interrupted everyone, and slapped on the desk forcefully, "Since we don't know where the bandit army is going, we will take me as the master and make him have nowhere to go!"

(End of this chapter)