Wanli 1592

Chapter 825 Wuxia Amon
The specific strategy was reconfirmed, Xiao Daheng went to the army with Li Hualong to hold a more urgent military meeting.

After the meeting, Xiao Daheng made a decision to let Chai Guozhu's deputy, Liu Guoxiang, the deputy general of Jizhen, lead an elite group to split up with Li Hualong, cross the south of the Yangtze River from the Huguang area, and then rush to Nanjing to carry out a deterrent attack on the rebels in Nanjing.

At the same time, pay attention to gather and guard against the army along the way, check the local defense situation, etc., and send urgent information to the capital immediately, etc.

Li Hualong knew that he could no longer change the court's decision, and besides being resentful, he also felt a little worried.

At this moment, the rebels are going north to attack Yangzhou Mansion, but they have never attacked Yangzhou Mansion before. What is the evil intention behind this?Is there any other meaning here?
Definitely.

But the court was unwilling to take the risk.

If such an opportunity is lost, what will the situation be like then?
Li Hualong didn't know that what he could do right now was to relieve the crisis in Yangzhou Mansion, stabilize the front line, and then try to free up his hands to cross the south of the Yangtze River to support Liu Guoxiang and realize his strategic goal.

Just don't know if it will work or not.

At noon on September [-]th, Li Hualong led the army to swear an oath, and at the same time read the emperor's "imperial decree", announcing the Jiangnan Xiao rebel army as a bandit army, calling on the people of the world to crusade against the bandit army, as a rebuttal to Xiao Ruxun's Northern Expedition.

However, this long overdue rebuttal does not seem to have enough confidence.

Li Hualong led the army to advance by land and water, and requisitioned a large number of water transport ships to transport troops south to reduce the marching time. Liu Guoxiang led 8000 elite people from Jizhen to march separately with Li Hualong.

At the same time, Jiang Dahai commanded the navy and marines to launch a very sharp attack on Yangzhou Mansion, destroying all the defensive measures that Yangzhou Mansion had set up on the north bank of the Yangtze River earlier in the morning, and the firepower of the Zhennan Army Navy was enough Overwhelming the firepower of Yangzhou Mansion, they had no power to fight back against Yangzhou Mansion's gunboat attack.

While losing troops and defeating generals, they were basically frightened. The Zhennan Army Marine Corps approached the city of Yangzhou and launched an attack. Yangzhou City carried out a more violent blow.

On September 20th, Jiang Dahai received information that the imperial court sent Li Hualong as the governor to lead 20 troops south to Yangzhou Prefecture to help.

"Under such circumstances, even 10 people cannot be arranged. It seems that the Liaodong Army did not go south. The commander's guess is correct. If the Liaodong Army does not go south, they can only use Jizhen soldiers as the main force. The number is not enough. The Beijing camp is mostly useless, and this army is probably the main force that Shen Yitong can use!"

On the Zhennan Ship, the flagship of the Zhennan Army Navy, Jiang Dahai looked at the information delivered to him and sneered.

Chen Long, who had sent Xiao Ruxun's instructions to Jiang Dahai before, was standing beside Jiang Dahai, looking at Jiang Dahai with some surprise.

"You know so many characters now? It's only been more than a year, right? I remember you only recognized more than 300 characters a year ago."

Facing Chen Longzheng's questioning, Jiang Dahai puffed out his chest proudly.

"Mr. Chen, you are not the only ones who are willing to work hard to learn how to read and write. The commander has requirements. The higher the position in the future, the more you must know more characters. Those who cannot read cannot be high-ranking officials. I am the commander of the navy. How can you be the commander-in-chief if you don't know a little bit more?"

Chen Long was looking at Jiang Dahai with great interest.

"Okay, don't wait three days to look at me with admiration, and you Jiang Dajun will no longer go down to Amon!"

"That's natural! Now I can recognize at least [-] characters. This kind of reading, writing, and writing is no problem! I even read military books!"

"Can you read military books?"

Chen Longzheng was really a little surprised at this moment: "There are so many obscure and difficult sentences in the book of war, but you can also understand them? You can understand the words but don't understand the meaning?"

"I don't understand. It's fine if someone understands it? Just explain it to me. When I recognize more characters, I can understand it myself!"

Jiang Dahai pointed to an old Confucian scholar in his 50s or [-]s standing not far away with a weathered face.

"This is……"

"Tongsheng from Nanzhi, named Jiang Dengge, is from my family. He failed to pass the imperial examinations for 30 or [-] years. The old boy was born. After our department entered Nanjing, we recruited poor scholars who were willing to do clerical work. He was the first one to come here and recognize him. I have read the books, but I can't pass the exam, and I'm almost in trouble. If it weren't for the fact that the family really didn't have money to eat, I probably wouldn't come."

Jiang Dahai sighed.

"That's it... these children are really pitiful. I have seen more than a hundred of them around the commander-in-chief. Many children and some scholars have spent their entire lives in the imperial examination. Go mad!"

Chen Longzheng shook his head, and then asked: "Are these people reliable? Are they willing to do things for us?"

"Don't worry, Heishui is staring at them. Everyone has been investigated and knows their roots. It's not that the poor and poor don't dare to take it. Don't mention it, those Heishui expansions are almost pervasive! After I took Zhenjiang, there were 50 people. I went to the north, and now the information has come back several times."

Jiang Dahai took out a note and handed it to Chen Longzheng.

"So that's the case, no wonder the commander-in-chief is not worried about you, but let me remind you, Li Hualong is not a simple person."

Chen Long said.

"Do you still recognize Li Hualong? Intelligence says he is from Henan."

"He used to be the governor of Liaodong, and he was Li Rusong's immediate boss. Li Rusong mentioned this Li Hualong more than once when he was in North Korea. The commander had some impressions, so when we speculated about Shen Yiguan's leadership and coach, the commander mentioned it. This Li Hualong."

Jiang Dahai nodded, and asked again: "Why is this person not simple?"

"Can control the civil servants of the Liaodong Army, do you think he can be simple?"

Chen Longzheng smiled: "This man has won many victories in Liaodong, but later he was burned out by the officials, and a relative died in his family, so he took the opportunity to go home and go to Ding You. He has not entered the court for three years."

"So what? My navy is on the river. Even if he gets artillery, he can't hit me, so he can't pass here. Anyway, my main task is to contain rather than break. As long as Li Hualong is contained, isn't it enough?"

Chen Longzheng rolled his eyes: "Aren't you afraid that they will find another place to cross the river and kill you by surprise?"

Jiang Dahai looked at Chen Longzheng.

"You can think of it, but I can't think of it? They put tens of thousands of people in the front and came to save Yangzhou. How many people can they send to attack me from the side and rear? Shen Yiguan doesn't have many troops. They are now eager to think. We need to open the canal, but don’t forget, even if there is no Nanjing and Zhenjiang Mansion, as long as my navy is still there, they will never want to open the canal waterway!"

(End of this chapter)