After Zhao Ming returned to Jiangdong, he learned about the situation in the south and found that during the time he was on his expedition, the general trend of the world had reversed.This time, Doll rolled to death, the Manchu Qing internal struggle for power, and Luckedhun's unauthorized withdrawal of troops, which accelerated the defeat of the Manchus.It is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to defend the country, and it may only take a very short time for a regime that has been hard to build for many years to build up a shelf and collapse.Zhao Ming judged the situation and felt that there was an excellent opportunity in front of the Ming Dynasty now, and if he could seize the opportunity, perhaps the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which seemed to be very powerful, would collapse and collapse in a very short period of time.The Manchu Qing Dynasty now has an extremely unreasonable troop arrangement, the elite soldiers are pressed on the front line, and the interior is extremely empty, once the front line is penetrated, it is impossible to organize a second line of defense in a short time.This means that once the Ming army eliminated the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan, it would be difficult for the Manchus to stop the Ming army's attack.This is like the three major battles that annihilated the main force of the bald man, and then collected the south, like destroying the withering and decaying.The loopholes in the deployment of the Qing army's forces are related to the fact that the Qing army has maintained an offensive posture before, because the Manchu Qing Dynasty was relatively strong, so there was no need for a second line of defense at that time.Now the situation is different, Jin Shenghuan of Jiangxi with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses anyway, the Ming army surrounded and annihilated Kong Youde, the Ming Dynasty won the battle of Chu and Jiangxi, if the Ming army annihilated the 300,000 Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River, then the two Huai, Shandong, Henan, Hebei will be exposed in front of the Ming army, and there is hardly much Qing army defense, the Ming army will be able to sweep the north directly, and recover the Ming River and mountains in a short period of time.In order to end the war as soon as possible, preserve the vitality of the world, and facilitate overseas development in the future, Zhao Ming advised Zhu Yihai that it was necessary to annihilate the main force of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River, and not let the Qing army react and build a second line of defense on the Huaihe River and Xuzhou line.If the Qing army adjusted its deployment, it would not be easy for the Ming army to recover the north.After all, the terrain in the north is dominated by plains, and there are few successful cases in the south and north since ancient times.Zhao Ming's plan was very simple, that is, to take advantage of the Qing army's uncertain psychology of defending Nanjing, not to rush to attack Nanjing, to put down the 100,000 Qing troops in the Jiangnan camp without fighting, and to outflank the Qing army in Jiangbei on both wings first.Seeing that Nanjing was not yet threatened, Azig naturally would not immediately withdraw the troops in Nanjing, and at this time, the Ming army was outflanked from both flanks, and there were still 100,000 Qing troops in Jiangnan who had not crossed the river, and it was also impossible for Azig to retreat without a fight.In short, it was to take advantage of the Manchu Qing's hesitation in Nanjing, leaving behind 300,000 Qing troops.Zhao Ming stated his plan to Zhu Yihai, and Zhu Yihai had to admit that if Zhao Ming's strategy was realized, the world could be determined, and the recovery of the two capitals was just around the corner, but to annihilate the 300,000 Qing army, it would definitely not be possible to rely on Zhejiang soldiers and horses alone, and it would inevitably unite the people of the imperial court.Zhu Yihai thought about it again and again, and was noncommittal to Zhao Ming's suggestion, and did not reply immediately.After everyone discussed for a while, Zhu Yihai prepared a banquet to entertain everyone, and the matter of sending troops was discussed another day.In the evening, Zhao Ming said goodbye to Zhu Yihai and went to the post house to stay.Zhu Yihai sent it to the gate of the palace, and after watching Zhao Ming's figure walk away, he said in a deep voice: "What does Aiqing think?"
”Zhang Huangyan, a think-tank around Zhu Yihai, said that Zhao Ming's proposition is indeed very attractive, but Zhu Yihai just wants to take Nanjing as soon as possible at this time, so as not to have too many dreams at night.If you want to annihilate the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan, you must unite with the imperial court, and at that time, Zhu Yihai will not be able to monopolize the credit of recovering the southern capital, and even the credit may be snatched away by the imperial court.Zhang Huangyan obviously knew Zhu Yihai's scruples, as well as what he was thinking, he pondered a little, and then said: "The Duke of Zhao is unmatched, he has just returned from the Korean War, and he doesn't know much about the attitude of the imperial court towards His Royal Highness, but there is absolutely no problem with the original intention of the Duke of Guo, what he wants is to let the Ming Dynasty recover the rivers and mountains as soon as possible, drive out the Tartars, and let His Royal Highness obtain greater merits." ”Zhu Yihai nodded when he heard this, "The Lone King also knows that Bo'an has a righteous heart, and he doesn't mean to blame Bo'an!"
”Zhu Yihai wanted to recover Nanjing first and get the credit, but this was tantamount to giving up the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Azig army, which was to make the people of the world suffer for a few more years.Take Nanjing first, it is obviously selfish, Zhu Yihai is not like Zhao Mingming to say, and he does not dare to show it, so as not to ruin his image.This difficulty of his needs to be empathetic and take the initiative to understand it, but Zhao Ming doesn't seem to have experienced it, or has realized it, and pretended not to know.Zhang Huangyan immediately said: "Actually, the minister thinks that His Royal Highness can completely agree with Zhao Guogong's strategy. ”Zhu Yihai frowned, "What does the Qing family mean?"
”Zhang Huangyan smiled and said: "His Royal Highness needs the power of Zhao Guogong to recover Nanjing, because he is worried that Azig in Jiangbei will reinforce the Qing army in Nanjing.Therefore, as long as Azig cannot reinforce the Qing army on the south bank, it will not affect His Highness to take Nanjing.Whether Zhao Guogong attacked Zhenjiang and blocked the river according to His Royal Highness's thoughts, or crossed the river to attack Yangzhou and Huaijiang, in fact, the purpose of containing Azig could be achieved. ”Zhu Yihai turned around, looked at Zhang Huangyan, raised his eyebrows and said, "The Qing family has a point!"
”Zhang Huang said, "According to His Royal Highness's previous proposal, the Duke of the Kingdom raised troops from Hudong, went up the river, attacked Zhenjiang, and cut off the connection between Nanjing and Jiangbei, and His Royal Highness led the army to Nanjing.At that time, although His Highness recovered Nanjing, the main force of the Qing army fled to Jiangbei, and it would be difficult to annihilate them. ”Zhang Huangyan paused and continued: "Now that Guogong wants to cross the river north to attack Yangzhou and Huai'an, and contain the army of Azig, His Highness can agree.At that time, there will be a prince to contain Azig, His Royal Highness does not have to worry about Azig, he can set up troops in advance and go straight to Nanjing. ”Zhu Yihai took over the conversation, "In this way, although it is not so easy to recover Nanjing, it can annihilate the Qing army in Jiangnan, and even severely damage the Azig army." ”Zhang Huangyan nodded, "Your Highness is wise!"
”Zhao Ming meant that after outflanking the two wings and trapping Azig in Yangzhou, he would attack Nanjing, so as not to retreat in advance of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River, and he wanted to annihilate the 300,000 Qing army.Zhang Huangyan saw that Zhu Yihai was eager to recover Nanjing, so he gave Zhu Yihai a compromise plan, and when Zhao Ming went north to outflank Azig, he raised troops to attack Nanjing.In this way, it will definitely be difficult to completely annihilate the Qing army, but the Nanjing defenders will definitely not be in a hurry to retreat when they see that the Yangtze River is not blocked, and the Zhejiang department will have the opportunity to eat the Qing army on the south bank, and even after cleaning up the Qing army on the south bank, cross the river to the north to attack Azig who was pinned down by Zhao Ming, and inflict heavy losses on the Qing army on the north bank.Zhu Yihai groaned for a while, and suddenly bowed his head heavily, "Well, the words of the Qing family are feasible!"
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