Chapter 24 Foundation "Going south" Zhu Chongjiu glanced at Tang Zihao and frowned slightly.
"Excuse me, General Manager."
Tang Zihao quickly stood up, cupped his hands, and explained in a low voice, "It's not that Xianguan intended to eavesdrop on the military plane, it's just that the General Manager and General Wu were too excited to fight just now and didn't notice Xianguan's presence.
Xianguan wanted to dodge. , but it’s too late” "It doesn't matter."
Zhu Chongjiu waved his hand and responded with a smile.
"Zihao is not an outsider to begin with.
But how could Zihao guess that our army is about to move south?"
"The general manager is a man of his word."
Tang Zihao raised his hand again, with a hint of emotion in his words unknowingly, "Since we made an agreement with the red scarf generals in the Gaoyou agreement, within five years If they are not allowed to attack each other, they will definitely not Will take the initiative to violate the oath.
And the Huai'an Army is facing the sea to the east, and apart from General Mao Gui and I, the Red Scarf of Yingzhou, there is only one Zhu Chongba left, so the only place the General Manager can conquer next is the Yellow River. to the north and south of the Yangtze River.”
"The Mongolian and Yuan court north of the Yellow River is a centipede."
Zhu Chongjiu took over Tang Zihao's words and almost said the same thing.
"And in the south of the Yangtze River, since Dong Tuanxiao's death, who can stop the General Manager's attack?"
Tang Zihao suddenly raised his voice, adding eagerly as if he was afraid of being robbed of his limelight, "So, the lower official thought that the General Manager would take over."
When we come down, we will definitely use the rice and food from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to feed the people of Huaiyang, and we will no longer sit back and watch as our life is in the hands of others."
"That's true, but where is the foundation of the emperor you just mentioned?"
Zhu Chongjiu looked deeply at Tang Zihao, suppressing his surprise and responded.
Before this, he had always regarded Tang Zihao as a magician or a qualified propaganda and agitator.
But now I suddenly discovered that this person's knowledge was absolutely extraordinary.
"Here" Tang Zihao's next performance made Zhu Chongjiu even more impressed.
He dipped his fingers into some tea and quickly sketched an extremely simple map on the stone table in front of him.
Then he pointed to a few places close to the Yangtze River and added loudly: "This is Zhenjiang, which has already been captured by the general manager.
I won't be verbose.
This is Changzhou, south and east, and now it is all in the puppet Wu At the hands of Wang Zhang Shicheng, the chief executive was unwilling to be acquainted with him, and his subordinates did not want to be that evil person.
But there is no owner's land below.
Kang Maocai, the general of Huaixi Xuanwei in the Meng Yuan Dynasty, is short-sighted and only knows how to defend Jiqing to prevent General Wang Kerou from attacking the west, but he does not care about the Taiping Road behind him.
Near Dangtu, where the government is located, there is a criss-crossing intersection between the Majiang River and the Yangtze River.
Its intersection is a natural deep-water port, and giant ships with thousands of stones can drive straight in from the Yangtze River."
"You are talking about Caishiji."
Before he could finish his words, Zhu Chongjiu's voice had changed his tone.
He stood up and ordered to Wu Liangmou, "Go and find someone to bring the map over and let Tang Zuo envoy point it out clearly."
He was indeed planning to send troops to fight across the Yangtze River and conquer Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
But his previous strategic idea was to send Hu Dahai's Second Army across the river first, and exchange Wang Kerou's team back to Yangzhou for training.
Then, with Hu Dahai as the vanguard, Xu Da as the commander, and Wu Liangmou as the coordinator, they concentrated the power of the three legions and moved from Zhenjiang to the west to defeat Kang Maocai and seize Jiqing, which is Nanjing, Jiangsu Province in another world.
This method must be very safe.
With three main legions and more than 60,000 soldiers, as long as no irreparable mistakes are made, it is only a matter of time before Jiqing is captured.
However, this strategic concept has a huge flaw, which is that it is a waste of time.
Kang Maocai has been running the Zhongshan defense line for more than a year or two, and he is extremely well prepared.
Jiangning, the administrative seat of Jiqing Road, is also famous for being easy to defend and difficult to attack.
If the Meng Yuan side is overtaken and dispatches troops from the north to attack Xuzhou, the Huai'an army will once again face the risk of fighting on two fronts.
The strategy Tang Zihao presented today exactly made up for this weakness.
Avoiding the enemy's heavily defended eastern front, taking advantage of the Huai'an Army's naval superiority, they attacked Caishiji from the Yangtze River.
As long as three to five thousand soldiers and horses successfully land ashore and build a solid defensive position, large troops can be transported there in a steady stream.
By then, Kang Maocai will face a situation of being attacked from both sides, and the Zhongshan defense line he has worked so hard to build will be in vain.
"I should have thought of crossing the river from here."
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The more he thought about it, the more Zhu Chongjiu felt that Tang Zihao's suggestion made sense.
He put his hands together on his chest and kept rubbing them.
"Caishiji, I heard before that the enemy troops stood on the shore and rained arrows, often" Note 1 Chang Yuchun had already defected to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Chongjiu's voice suddenly stopped as he suddenly thought of the fate of this peerless warrior.
Chang Yuchun took the initiative to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang, just like the history contained in another time and space.
Judging from the paths currently chosen by both parties, there will probably be a battle between himself and Zhu Yuanzhang sooner or later. until then "The chief manager is worried.
Caishiji is easy to defend but difficult to attack."
Realizing that Zhu Chongjiu's mood had taken a turn for the worse, Tang Zihao hurriedly explained in a low voice, "It doesn't matter, I've been there many times before, and I know more than one landing point.
And only Kang Maocai Without it, the defenders may not be too serious about resisting.”
"Then I have to thank you, Mr.
Zuo Shi."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Chongjiu had to hide the regret in his heart for the time being, and gently cupped his hands towards Tang Zihao, "Please be sure to mark it clearly on the map so that our army can land when it lands." , less loss of brothers” "That's natural."
Tang Zihao turned sideways and returned the salute with a smile, "Tang knows everything and says everything."
While they were talking, Wu Liangmou had already brought the map with a group of civilian staff.
It was laid flat on the stone table in the pavilion, and pen and ink were prepared for Tang Zihao.
Tang Zihao was not too polite, stepped forward, grabbed a sharpened charcoal stick, and marked the terrain of Caishiji with seven or eight marks with three strokes.
And the hydrological landforms near the mark were clearly marked in the blank space at the lower corner of the map.
When all the work was completed, he put down the charcoal and handed Zhu Chongjiu a third time, "With the power of the Huai'an navy, Caishiji will definitely fall in one go.
But the emperor's foundation that Tang mentioned earlier means It’s not just about capturing Taiping, Jiqing and other roads.
The emperor’s foundation that Tang said is here.”
Quickly bowing down again, he grabbed the charcoal and drew a medium-sized circle not far from Caishiji.
"There are many hills here, including Dake Mountain, Changlong Mountain, Jinshi Dun and other places.
Someone once picked up a black stone in the open air.
After forging it, you can get several kilograms of refined iron.
So Tang speculated that there must be a hidden place here.
There is a huge iron mine.
If the general manager sends a capable official to mine it, the Huai'an army will no longer have to worry about iron shortage within ten years."
Note 2 Note 1: The Battle of Caishiji was Chang Yuchun’s famous battle.
After this battle, he made Zhu Yuanzhang completely recognize his bravery.
Then he was reused and grew into the first military general in the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Note 2: The Maanshan iron ore is of high quality and not buried deep, but it was discovered very late.
It was not until the late Qing Dynasty that someone accidentally discovered iron ore while surveying coal mines.
Some ores contain more than half of the iron content
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