"Your Highness, Zhejiang Province used to be subordinate to Jiangnan East Province.
Later, the imperial court split Jiangnan East Road into Jiangnan Province, Zhejiang Province and Fujian Province, with Tianmu Mountain as the boundary, Jiangnan Province in the north and Zhejiang Province in the south.
Xuanju in the former Gangseo-do was also included in Gangnam-do. ” Hangzhou.
Zhang Chao accompanied Chengqian to climb Tianmu Mountain in Lin'an, Hangzhou, overlooking the south of the Yangtze River.
The southern army went north, and the soldiers took Hangzhou without blood, which can be regarded as determining the overall situation of Zhejiang.
Since then, the prefectures of Vietnam, Ming, Taiwan, Wen, Kuo, Wu, Qu, and Mu have changed their flags one after another, and the soldiers and horses sent out have been successful.
Hardly any decent resistance was encountered.
Former parliamentarians and chamber of commerce representatives from all over the country have risen up to become the leading party.
"Teacher, where will we send our troops next?"
asked Cheng Qian.
Standing on Tianmu Mountain, to the north is Jiangnan Road, and then north is the Yangtze River.
To the west, it is Jiangxi Road, Poyang Lake, Ganjiang River, Hongzhou, Jiangzhou.
"What does Your Highness think?"
"The hearts of the people are attached, and I think we can go straight to Hanjing."
Cheng Qian was also encouraged by the current situation.
Last time, he easily won the entire territory of Fujian, and this time he entered Zhejiang, and it was also smooth sailing, which made Cheng Qian think that the hearts of the people in the world were attached.
"Your Highness."
Zhang Chaosheng reminded Cheng Qian, "The southeast has only developed in recent years because of maritime trade, and in the early days of Wude, the status of the southeast was far inferior to that of the Central Plains.
Especially in military affairs, the imperial court in the Wude Dynasty and the early years of Zhenguan has always been heavily defended against the Turks in the north, as well as Tuyuhun in the northwest.
The army was stationed in Guanzhong, Longyou, Hedong, and Hebei. ” The economy of the southeast has indeed risen in recent years, but the imperial court has deployed very few troops here.
In fact, there are only 30,000 sailors in the imperial court, which is still repeatedly expanded.
However, these 30,000 sailors were subordinate to the Northern Ya Forbidden Army, and they were stationed in Dengzhou, southern Liaoning, Pyongyang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and other places, and even in Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake, as well as in the Yangtze River, Han River, and Yellow River.
Even on the edge of Hanjing, there is a sailor of 5,000 people.
The 30,000 men were scattered, including the 5,000 fleets deployed in Xindu.
For a long time, the naval division has not been taken very seriously, the Tang Dynasty is still the Continental Armyism, and the naval division is just for the army.
In the absence of a major war, the sailors were scattered all over the rivers, lakes and seas, and in fact, they were used by the imperial court as a private team.
The most elite army infantry, the most elite of which was deployed in Gyeonggi.
The other hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Southern Yafu are subordinate to 800 military governments.
These 800 military offices are not evenly distributed throughout the country, but are mainly deployed in Gyeonggi and the Central Plains.
It is centered on Hanjing, and then Chang'an, Luoyang, Xiangyang, Youzhou, Taiyuan, Jingzhou and other government military clusters.
As for the southeast, although it is rich, because the southeast has always been no threat, there are actually very few soldiers in the imperial court here.
Not only are they few, but even their combat effectiveness is much weaker, and their equipment is also poorer.
For example, the number of cavalry in the southeast is very small, and even the generals here are much weaker than those in the north and the Central Plains.
It can be said that it is precisely these reasons that allow Zhang Chao to quickly control Lingnan after raising the flag in Lingnan before.
When he marched into Fujian and Zhejiang, there was little resistance.
But the further you go to the Central Plains, the higher the combat effectiveness of the army there, the more numerical and equipped, and even the stronger the ability of the generals.
If you go to the main roads of Hubei, Henan, Huaibei, Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei, most of the soldiers there, even if they are government soldiers, are experienced in battle.
The generals there are also much more loyal to the emperor.
"Teacher's Meaning" "The minister's meaning, the soldiers are sent in two ways.
All the way from the sea to attack the coastal roads south of the Yangtze River, attack Su Changrun, and then attack Yangzhou, the first important town in the east.
If Yangzhou and Runzhou go down, then I have the mouth of the Yangtze River, and I can defend it if I want to attack and retreat.
It was even possible to blockade the Yangtze River and impose an economic blockade on the Hanjing court. ” "On the other hand, attacking Jiangxi by land from Zhejiang, you don't need too many troops, and you don't need to rush, you can fight slowly."
"At that time, the two divisions of water and land will meet in Jiangzhou, Jiangxi."
This is the ideal state, but Zhang Chao actually doesn't recommend rushing too much.
Don't look at the imperial court's successive losses and falls, it is Li Shimin's elite who has not yet been dispatched.
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Zhang Chao plans to take every step of the way, expanding his territory on the one hand, restoring the local economy on the other, and at the same time taking the opportunity to win people's hearts.
Now the economy in various places has begun to erode due to war and economic crisis, if you don't hurry up to save the market, after a long time, even Zhang Chao and they will be powerless to return to the sky, and the blow will definitely be huge.
"Your Highness, in fact, we are now invincible.
If we can occupy the coastal areas and restore the economy, then we can win the hearts and minds of the people, and at the same time, we can fully grasp the initiative.
Your Highness, don't forget, now in the four sides, there are our people attacking the city and plundering the land. ” "If the emperor comes with a large army, the forces in other directions will inevitably weaken.
If the emperor defends in all directions, then we can develop on the four sides with peace of mind.
When we accumulate strength, the four sides will attack at the same time, and we will enter Hanjing in one fell swoop. ” Cheng Qian asked worriedly, "If we don't take advantage of the victory to march into Hanjing, won't we give Hanjing a chance to break through?"
"Just because we don't attack Hankyung doesn't mean we're stagnant.
In the next stage, we will attack Jiangxi and Jiangnan, and if we can capture them, we will be able to capture Huainan and Huaibei in the next step.
We have a strong sailor, we have the advantage of river and sea mobility, and occupy the coast, in fact, we are in an invincible position. ” Yangzhou, Runzhou, and Dengzhou are all important towns in Jianghuai and economic cities.
Although the military strategic position is not as good as that of Taiyuan, Youzhou, Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, in terms of economic strength, it is far superior.
If they really want to get to that point, half of Datang's country will be held in their hands.
And without the coastal economy, the imperial court would not be able to hold on.
On the way back to Hangzhou from the mountain, Ma Zhou and Zhang Chao walked side by side.
"Wen Yuan, you have always opposed the direct attack on Hanjing, what is the reason?"
"I don't hide it, I thought that the imperial court was not weak, on the contrary, the Hanjing imperial court was strong and strong, and there were many generals.
As for us, although the journey was smooth, the most elite ones who could fight were only tens of thousands of horses and horses of the Nanyang Naval Division, and the rest of the armies still lacked the ability to really fight tough battles. ” "We can win all the time, but we can't afford a big defeat."
These victories are not enough, but a big defeat may cause the Southern Army to collapse.
Zhang Chao has always been very cautious, it is because he has been with Li Shimin for many years and knows how powerful this emperor is.
Maybe he's a little messy now, but his ability to command troops is still there.
This emperor is usually very personable, but once he is in a hurry, his eyes are extremely dangerous.
Even if Qin Qiongcheng bit Jin and others against the emperor, there were still a large group of loyal generals under the emperor.
"I hope to wait a little longer for our army to get more acquiescing."
"The generals of the equal frontier land have more advantages."
"In fact, we are not in a hurry to march into the Central Plains now, and it is also a containment of the Hanjing Imperial Court, we are here, then we are always the first target of the imperial court, and they dare not draw too many troops to encircle and suppress the Protector Army in the border areas.
You see, now, the imperial court doesn't dare to use the soldiers of the Central Plains, but wants to let the vassals of the border and the soldiers of the north to encircle and suppress them?"
Zhang Chao would never despise the emperor.
The emperor may not be able to engage in the economy and people's livelihood, but when it comes to war, it is definitely a famous marshal.
He now avoided a premature decisive battle with Li Shimin.
Zhang Chao even believed that if he really led the army to attack Hanjing directly, Li Shimin would definitely let them go all the way deeper, and then fight a decisive battle in Xiangyang or Jiangxia.
At that time, Zhang Chao's lone army went deep, and once he was defeated, there was no way to retreat, and he would be surrounded by the emperor.
"Don't worry, the fruits of victory are just around the corner, and sooner or later they will be ours.
We are in a hurry, in fact, the emperor is more anxious than us.
We should have the initiative and not march according to the emperor's wishes. ” "If we want a decisive battle, we will fight a decisive battle with the emperor on the coast."
Zhang Chao said with a smile.
In the port of Hangzhou, after the 50,000 troops were annexed, now the imperial court actually has no sailors.
Even if they rush out to build ships now, it is not so easy to train skilled sailor soldiers.
Hankyung.
"Your Majesty, Wang Chengen asks to see you."
Wu Meiniang called in a low voice.
Li Shimin opened his eyes with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
"Why are you here, didn't I ask you to take care of the crown prince and Princess Jinyang?"
"His Royal Highness and the princess want the concubines to bring them to see Your Majesty, saying that they believe Your Majesty."
"What about them?"
"When they saw that His Majesty was asleep, they couldn't bear to disturb him, and they waited by the side for a long time, and they were already asleep."
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Wu Meiniang pointed to the side.
There, Li Zhi and his son were asleep.
Li Shimin's face softened a little, he sat up straight and pinched his somewhat numb shoulder.
Wu Meiniang immediately stepped forward smartly, stood behind the emperor, and kneaded his shoulders for him.
"The pheasant slave has been okay lately" "Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has studied very hard."
"Okay, go and call Wang Chengen in."
Wang Chengen was very surprised to see that it was Wu Meiniang who came to call him.
"Thank you Wucai for informing our family."
"You're welcome."
Wu Meiniang nodded.
In the temple.
"What's the matter?"
Li Shimin asked Wang Chengen impatiently.
Recently, the six doors are extremely incompetent, which makes Li Shimin very dissatisfied with Wang Chengen.
"Your Majesty, the eldest princess of Pingyang has sent another letter, and he offers to exchange hostages."
"Change hostages" Li Shimin narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, the eldest princess of Pingyang proposed that if Her Majesty handed over the abolished crown princess Zhang to her, she could send Qin Wangtai back."
Zhang Chao's daughter changed his son, one for the other.
Fair enough.
If it had been earlier, maybe Li Shimin had changed.
But now, he refused.
"I don't have those three sons anymore, let Sanniang keep them, it's her nephew anyway.
As for Zhang Fanghua, if you want to change, then take Zhang Chao to exchange" Wang Chengen stepped back.
Li Shimin leaned back on the chair, and Wu Meiniang immediately went over to help him massage.
"Wu Clan, do you think I am very ruthless and even don't care about my own son?"
"The concubine doesn't dare."
"Do they think that I can't see through their tricks, and that I will make Zhi'er the crown prince, and they will return Li Tai.
This is trying to do something, how can I do what they want."
Wu Meiniang boldly asked, "But will this be a little cruel and unfair to King Qin?"
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