Qiming 1158

Chapter 676 Su Changsheng's Social Bullshit
Zhou Zhi held a pre-war mobilization meeting on the ninth day of the third lunar month.

At the meeting, Zhou Zhi explained the current Southern Song military arrangement, which gave the officers and instructors a general understanding of the battle situation.

After understanding, Zhou Zhi announced the specific tactics, assigned tasks, what the first division did, what the second division did, what the third division did, what the cavalry did, and so on.

Zhou Zhi was good at fighting in the wild and attacking the city, but in the crucial issue of water warfare, Zhou Zhi was not good at it and did not know much about it, so he kept his promise and fully respected Zhou Mancheng's opinion.

Zhou Mancheng believed that the Song army's navy in the Huaihe River was just a patrol fleet, and the Daming navy could handle them with a small fleet, and there was no need to worry about other problems at all.

In contrast, the current situation of the Song army is obviously that it does not intend to compete with the Ming army in the Huaihe area, and takes the initiative to put the battlefield on the edge of the Yangtze River.

"Song's move, on the one hand, can lengthen our army's supply line and increase the difficulty of our army's transportation of grain from Shandong to Huainan, and on the other hand, it can also buy them time to set up their own defenses. They do not intend to confront me head-on, only intend to Defense, without the determination to fight in the field, belongs to cowardice before a battle."

Zhou Mancheng pointed to the Song Army logo on the military map, expressing his disdain for Song Army, and then said: "Song people are timid and dare not confront me head-on, but our army does not have to worry about Song people. If the main force of the division is placed in Zhenjiang and Jiankang for defense, then the main force of our navy can take the initiative to attack and destroy the Song army navy!"

Zhou Mancheng boldly put forward the idea that the navy would take the initiative to attack and take the lead in destroying the main forces of the Song army's Jiankang and Zhenjiang naval forces.

In this regard, the navy officers under Zhou Mancheng's command naturally strongly supported them. They have long been eager to play against the Song Jun navy, who has always been known as an elite, to show the style of the Daming navy.

And Zhou Zhi has doubts about this.

"Although we have guides who are familiar with the hydrology of the Yangtze River, our army has never had experience in fighting in the river. Is it dangerous to take the initiative to attack?"

"Having a guide who is familiar with the hydrology of the Yangtze River is already a great help for our army. China is full of famous mountains and rivers. Who dares to say that he has traveled all of them? Fighting against an unfamiliar enemy is a common thing in military affairs. Are you fighting in Guanzhong?"

That's true.

The second action group of the Skynet Army not only provided the army with the information of the Song army, but also provided the army with a guide who was familiar with the hydrological conditions of the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River and the Hangzhou Bay.

They were all born in the Song Dynasty, either fishermen or sailors on boats. They lost their livelihoods for various reasons. When they were desperate, they were rescued and absorbed by the Second Action Team of the Skynet Army led by Su Changsheng. From then on, they were determined to serve the Ming Empire.

Their participation provided great help to the Ming army navy. Some experienced fishermen and sailors could even explain some of the undercurrents of certain segments, which helped the Ming army navy reduce non-combat attrition. Great credit.

Of course, these credits should also be attributed to the second action team of the Skynet Army that Su Changsheng led.

From generals such as Zhou Zhi and Zhou Mancheng, down to ordinary soldiers, they can feel the significance of the rich intelligence support for their operations all the time.

Obviously, the sieve-like intelligence defense network of the Southern Song Dynasty had little defense against the actions of the second action group.

In this regard, Su Changsheng also felt very happy.

He established a firm foothold in Jiaxing House through Yao Hongfang's relationship, and jumped up to become the de facto superior of Yao Hongfang, and absorbed Yao Hongfang into the second action group.

By controlling his own industry and Yao Hongfang's industry, he gave full play to his social bullshit.

He got to know a lot of people in high society, controlled the government and business contacts in Jiaxing Mansion, and built a huge intelligence network.

Today I have a drink with the nephew of the magistrate of Jiaxing County, tomorrow I will have a drink with the son of the magistrate of Jiaxing County, and the day after tomorrow I will have a heartfelt exchange with my cousin who has passed the sentence of Jiaxing County.

What special interests and likes each person has, what special things each person wants to get or the purpose to achieve, he knows through various means.

His instinct for intelligence made him extremely concerned about the collection of intelligence. Whether it was national intelligence or personal intelligence, he would collect it, and he would also pay special attention to the hidden corners that normal people could not pay attention to.

He will write down all the useful information he gets in a small notebook, and when he needs to use someone's relationship, he can supply it on demand and prescribe the right medicine, so every shot he makes is very successful.

For example, the nephew of the county magistrate in Jiaxing County is very jealous of the head oiran of a certain brothel in the county, but the schedule of the head oiran is very full.

After Su Changsheng learned about it, he paid the money to bribe the prostitute, learned about the "schedule" of the oiran, and learned that the nearest day was covered by a friend of wine and meat in the shopping mall, so he paid for the guests and met with him. He enjoyed the wine, and in just a few words, he got the "schedule" in his hands, and he also negotiated a deal along the way. Everyone was very happy.

The nephew of the county magistrate was very happy, and after a time of ecstasy, he recognized Su Changsheng as his brother in the rivers and lakes, and reciprocated.

Su Changsheng quickly grasped a lot of official political news in Jiaxing Prefecture and Jiaxing County from him.

By taking the upper-level route, the more he walked, the better the road became. Su Changsheng had become a "generalist", "a well-informed person" and "a person with great powers" in the eyes of some big people in some places. can be done.

This made Su Changsheng's news channels more open.

While taking the upper-level line, he also continued to absorb ordinary people at the bottom who were full of hatred for the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty. scattered into the Southern Song Dynasty.

Or arrange them to work in certain stores, or send them to the mansions of some big people as servants, so that these little people who would otherwise die play a huge role and collect a lot of useful little information.

And the most useful is of course Yao Hongfang.

With the help of his identity as a private salt dealer and his contacts with the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, Su Changsheng could even get in touch with some higher-ranking officials and military information that he had not been able to contact yet.

This time, it is mainly due to Yao Hongfang's credit for learning the movements and specific conditions of the Mingzhou navy in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Yao Hongfang and an officer who was transferred to the Mingzhou Navy not long ago were "old acquaintances".

This officer used to be the leader of the Southern Song Dynasty official fleet to seize smuggled salt by sea.

Mainly, this guy prefers money to his duties, and prefers to take money easily than thrilling maritime operations, so the two exchanged frequently after that, and Yao Hongfang gave him no less money.

After going back and forth, this officer became Yao Hongfang's friend, and often provided Yao Hongfang with some information on naval patrols, helping Yao Hongfang escape several sudden raids.

This time, Xin Qiji passed the mission to Su Changsheng, and Su Changsheng told him about it, and he thought of the officer, so he found a reason to call him out, gave him gold, and then described his needs.

When the officer saw Jin, his whole body was not well. Hearing that what Yao Hongfang wanted to know was the problem of the Mingzhou navy, he hesitated and told Yao Hongfang what he knew.

Then I asked Yao Hongfang a question.

"Will the Northland navy come to attack the Great Song navy?"

"This is not something I can decide. I can only say that I should pay more attention in the recent period of time. It is best to find an excuse to avoid it early, or to retire from illness or injury. As long as you stay away from Lin'an, you will definitely be safe."

The officer obviously had no loyalty to the Southern Song Dynasty, so he nodded slowly, took the gold bars brought by Yao Hongfang into his arms, and hurried away.

In this way, Yao Hongfang informed Su Changsheng of the truth of the Mingzhou navy, and then transferred to Zhongdu, which helped the Ming army navy understand the truth of the main force of the Southern Song navy.

In terms of intelligence, Su Changsheng has infiltrated the Southern Song Dynasty into a sieve, and a lot of military intelligence has been detected by Su Changsheng. Even the internal disputes about war and peace in the Southern Song Dynasty court were also learned by Su Changsheng through Yao Hongfang's channel, and then passed on to China. All.

When war was imminent, the Ming Empire, from the emperor down to an ordinary citizen, began to prepare for the war, while the Southern Song Dynasty court continued to perform traditional arts.

Quarrel.

(End of this chapter)