The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 527

Deng Shan immediately cupped his hands carelessly and said, "Your Highness, as long as you make some more nitrocellulose and send it to these three places, you can destroy the city overnight. How could it take half a month?"

Nitrocellulose?Zhu Linmi vetoed it categorically, "The nitrocellulose is extremely unstable, and it may explode if shaken vigorously, so it is not suitable for long-distance transportation.

"Only Changzhou, which is the closest, can send Yao Qisheng there with equipment to make explosives on the spot, but the other two cities still need to be taken by force."

Zhang Jiayu immediately suggested, "My lord, Wuhu is near the Yangtze River, and General Luo Mingshouluo's warship can be sent there. Just like the attack on Nanchang, Wuhu's small city will not last long."

"Well, this method is feasible." Zhu Linmi turned to the other generals and said, "Lin Yi, let you lead a battalion of artillery to Suzhou for reinforcements, and break through the city as soon as possible.

"General Deng, lead your troops to escort Yao Qisheng and others to Changzhou. You are familiar with bombing the city, so I will leave it to you."

Chen Xiongfei and Deng Shan saluted together, "I obey the order!"

"After all the southern Zhili is pacified, Zhang Huangyan and the West Route Army can go north to join forces. The two of them have..."

Zhu Linmei looked at Yu Xin while talking, and the latter quickly replied: "There are nearly 5000 horse infantry troops in total."

Zhu Linmei nodded and continued, "There are still 20 Dragon Guards and Polu Camp recruits from Longnan and Jian'an who are heading to Nanjing, and they will arrive in at most [-] days. By then, our army's combat strength should be restored to what it was before the Battle of Jurong. , and even beyond."

He immediately said seriously: "Although the thieves lost the important place in the south of the Yangtze River and their vitality was seriously injured, the more they did, the more they would fight to the death. The backlash of a seriously injured beast is often the most deadly!
"Right now, Dorgon is gathering heavy troops to lay on the north bank, and he may go south for a sneak attack at any time. We must properly deploy defenses along the Yangtze River to counter them. The focus should be on the three cities of Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Jiangyin."

Different from the previous strategic thinking, Zhu Linmi did not seek to take the initiative to destroy the enemy this time, but waited for it temporarily.

First of all, the Ming army has not yet fully prepared, especially the navy.If you attack Jiangbei rashly, once the Yangtze River is blocked by Jianlu warships, even if it is only ten and a half months, the army is likely to be defeated due to insufficient food and supplies.

The more important reason is that the time has now turned to Daming.After the Ming Dynasty regained Nanjing, it became an advantage in politics, economy, population, morale and other aspects. Now the urgent thing is to build the captives.

According to Zhu Linming's plan, we should first concentrate on completing the plan to move the capital and consolidate the core of the imperial court, and then properly integrate the existing forces of the nine provinces, gather the force of thunder and march across the river to the north.
"Huang Qishou, Jin Wu—"

"The end is here!"

"Let you each lead 3000 troops to guard Jiangyin and Zhenjiang."

"Yes!"

"Gan Hui led [-] cavalry to station in Xiaohezhai, and the two sides will respond at any time. There is also the matter of repairing Nanjing City in Chen Yi's hands that needs to be stepped up..."

Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Jiangyin line up on the south side of the Yangtze River from west to east, and they are all stuck in the strategic point of crossing the south. As long as these places are stable, the south bank will be safe.

The generals then discussed the details of the defense line for a long time, and they didn't disperse until dinner time.

Although the deployment of the Yangtze River defense line is very complete, Zhu Linmi always felt uneasy on the way back to the Yingtianfu Yamen. The secret report from Beijing said that Jianlu had sent a large number of secret envoys. I only know that some of them went to North Korea and Mobei, and others The news is completely unknown.

He could feel that Dorgon was playing a big game of chess, but he couldn't see the board clearly yet.

Just like the secret envoy going to Mobei, it stands to reason that if the Khalkha tribe was defeated by Duoduo, they should have sent their envoys to Beijing to have an audience. Going with great fanfare, but why do you see it in secret?

As for going to North Korea, it is not uncommon for most of them to ask for food and soldiers.And where did the other emissaries go...

There is also the navy side.It has been more than half a month since the last hurricane. Luo Mingshou also sent a boat out, but only found the Canton Signal and three small boats of seventy to eighty tons.

According to the officers and soldiers of Guangsignal, they and the main force of the navy were washed away by the huge waves, but the main warships such as Shaowu and Guangzhou should not have suffered much damage, but they have not received any news from the navy.

Could it be that the main force of the navy was destroyed by the storm... Zhu Lin hurriedly waved away this terrible thought. If the cover of the navy is lost, the Ming army will be extremely passive on the Yangtze River, and it will be difficult to recover within half a year.

After the car stopped outside the Yamen of Yingtian Mansion, Shi Lin called his soldiers to set up wooden steps beside the car, opened the car door and said, "My lord, we're here."

He hadn't finished speaking when he caught sight of two sneaky figures at the opposite street corner from the corner of his eye. He immediately turned to block Zhu Linmi, pointed at the two figures and shouted, "Who?!"

A group of personal soldiers moved as fast as lightning, and before the two could turn around, more than a dozen firecrackers were already on their heads.

"Master, please spare me!" One of them shouted in shock, "I have something important to ask His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince!"

"Where's the little thief, didn't he come to assassinate?" A soldier searched the two of them up and down, but found no weapon, and asked, "Tell me, what is your origin?!"

"Small, my name is Liang Xiuxing, and he is from the Liang family in Shanxi. Ah, my brother forbids Xiuyan."

A moment later, a personal soldier relayed what he said to His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince.

Liang Xiuyan's younger brother?Isn't this one of the eight "locust merchants" who "cooperated" with themselves to deliver supplies to the Sunite Department?Zhu Linmi looked at the two with great interest. The leader did look somewhat similar to Liang Xiuyan, but she didn't know why he took the risk to come to Nanjing.

He signaled to Shi Lin, "Take them to the side hall and ask what's the matter."

"Yes!"

After Zhu Linming had dinner, she was about to go back to her study to deal with official business, when she saw Shi Lin approaching and said, "My lord, that person surnamed Liang only said he wanted to see you, and he didn't ask for anything else. Do you want to use torture? "

Zhu Linming raised her hand to stop him, "Bring him to my study."

"Yes!"

Just as Shi Lin turned around, a soldier came outside and said, "My lord, Jin Yiwei Beizhen ordered Master Gu to see you."

Daming's intelligence chief must be here for something important.Zhu Linming then ordered Shi Lin: "Lock up that surnamed Liang first." Then she rushed outside and said, "Let Mr. Gu wait in the main hall."

"Yes!"

Gu Yanwu and his entourage consisted of three people, one of them, Zhu Linmi, still had an impression, it should be Xie Hong from Qianhu in Beizhen.

Before the three of them knelt down to bow and salute, Zhu Linmei first supported Gu Yanwu and said, "Master Gu, you don't need to be too polite, but what's the matter?"

"Returning to Your Highness, it's Gao Yigong and others from the Zhongzhen Camp in Jingzhou who are in a hurry to report." Gu Yanwu gestured behind him, "This person is General Gao's nephew Gao Song, who just came from Huguang with Xie Hong at noon."

　Thanks: Gu Yi'an for your generosity!I am so grateful, thank you!
　　
　
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