Wanli 1592

Chapter 828 Will Mr. Chai be willing to lead his troops to take the initiative to attack?

As a typical inland empire, the Ming Empire paid far less attention to the Navy than to the Nine Frontier Army.

The Daming Navy fought against Zhang Shicheng at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China and then to Yongle's voyage to the West was the peak period.

After Yongle, the navy became more and more deserted, and a large number of seagoing ships slowly rotted like that. It was not until the Japanese pirates were in chaos during the Jiajing period that the navy regained a little bit of vigor. People are interested.

Before Xiao Ruxun raised his troops, apart from the Burmese navy, Ming only had one navy in Guangdong, which was of no use. The one in Xiao Ruxun’s hands was far superior to the Guangdong navy, and it swallowed the Guangdong navy directly to become stronger. The entire coast of Daming is invincible.

As a literary commander, Li Hualong is very familiar with land battles and cavalry battles, but he never thought about water battles or even sea battles. Of course, he probably wouldn't think about them either.

Chen Lin, who was originally the only one who could compete with Xiao Ruxun's navy, also joined him under Xiao Ruxun's support. Naturally, Li Hualong had nothing to do with this navy. Facing the repeated northern offenses by the Zhennan Army navy, he could only passively defend and be beaten passively. , and tried his best to procrastinate for time until he could have some warships in his hands.

He finally understood that if he didn't have a warship in his hands, it would be impossible to compete with the Zhennan Army's navy. On land, he could only fight and fight hard, but under the superior firepower of the Zhennan Army, he was indeed It was very hard to support.

He felt that he had indeed fallen into an insidious trap. He couldn't cross the river to fight, but he had to deal with the Zhennan Army navy who might commit crimes from the north. He was already very tired to deal with their invasion, and he couldn't think about his own attack at all. strategy.

Thinking of this, Li Hualong deeply hated Xiao Daheng's short-sightedness and Shen's consistent ignorance!Giving up the strengths of the land battle and trying to compete with the opponent on the water, this is simply an extremely stupid thing!

But it has to do this, otherwise, once Yangzhou is gone, the entire canal route will be exposed to the attack range of the Zhennan Army navy, and they can directly attack the capital along the canal northward, which is an unacceptable ending for Li Hualong.

Even if the grain road is opened up, if the capital is gone, what's the point?
In this way, they can only continue to entangle with the Zhennan Army Navy along the canal, making it impossible for the superior forces to get out as if they are stuck in a quagmire, tired of defense, and unable to even attack.

The navy of the Zhennan Army can fire cannons on the water, and can also let the troops land on the shore for land battles. It is like no one's land, but he has no good way to stop it. He wants to use cavalry to contain it, but the speed of the cavalry No matter how fast the fighting power is, the Zhennan Army will attack them with firearms and crossbows on board without disembarking, and they will be powerless.

For four consecutive days, after several fights, although the imperial army suffered little losses, their morale was seriously low. There was nothing they could do about those warships. Basically, they didn’t want to compete with those warships anymore. This put a lot of pressure on Li Hualong.

"No, passive beating is not the way to go on like this. We must take the initiative to curb the arrogance of the rebels! Even if it's just a single attack, at least let the rebels know how powerful we are!"

Li Hualong thumped the table in front of him, and said to his subordinates.

The subordinates looked at each other in blank dismay.

We also know this, but what method should we use?

You always say this and expect us to find a way, we are also very embarrassed!
"Master, if we don't have warships, it is impossible to cross the river, and the navy of the rebels will stop us."

A subordinate said tentatively.

"Of course the governor knows! But the rebuilding of warships takes time, and the rebels are allowed to come and go freely in our defense area like this. Before the warships are rebuilt, the army has already collapsed! How can the governor have the face to face His Majesty? "

Li Hualong's voice was as loud as ever, which made the subordinates even more uneasy.

Especially Chai Guozhu, at this moment, he smelled a strong smell of being a villain.

Most of the dead are my subordinates!

Are you the elite soldiers of Ji Town trained by me?You have no face to face His Majesty, can I do it?
Li Hualong has always been a strong man, all he needs to do in war is that the general dare to die, he must follow his strategy, and no objection is allowed.

He had heard of his strong Chai Guozhu, but he didn't expect Li Hualong to be so strong. When he came here to fight, he didn't discuss anything with Chai Guozhu. They were all cold orders to dispatch troops.

At this time, another civil servant tentatively said to Li Hualong: "Master, I heard that there is a mage in Yangzhou City who has powerful magic power and can communicate with the Dragon King. Why don't we ask the mage to go out and discuss with the Dragon King in Jiangzhong and offer sacrifices. Please ask the Dragon King to swallow all the rebellious sailors into the bottom of the river, wouldn't that be all right?"

As soon as this remark was made, several civil officials immediately echoed it, and the rest of the officials also began to chat in low voices. Even the military commanders were whispering to each other, as if they had hope for this method.

Then Li Hualong slapped the table hard.

"Bastard thing! You don't talk about strange powers! How can there be any magic in the world? How can there be any dragon king? They are all bluffing and cheating people! Have you read all your books into the dog's belly?!"

Li Hualong's anger made the officials terrified, and they quickly pleaded guilty.

Li Hualong let out a heavy "hum", then pondered for a while, then turned his gaze to Chai Guozhu who had been silent all this time.

"Chai Zongbing, what do you think?"

Li Hualong's sudden question made Chai Guozhu feel inexplicably horrified. He raised his head and looked at Li Hualong.

"The last general... The last general thinks what the supervisor said is true!"

Chai Guozhu didn't dare to say anything more. He knew that Li Hualong didn't like generals talking too much. He answered any questions he asked, and shut up if he didn't ask you. Saying even one more word is presumptuous.

"Oh? What do you mean? Then Mr. Chai is willing to lead his troops to take the initiative to attack once?"

what?
Chai Guozhu looked at Li Hualong in surprise.

Li Hualong's face was serious, his eyes were solemn and cold, it seemed that he was not joking.

This……

The rest of the generals seemed to be a little uneasy, and the civil servants seemed a little surprised.

Although he is a military general, he is also the chief general after all. He does not allow the other deputy generals to lead others, but he wants the chief general to go out in person.

Li Hualong has his own ideas.

Before leaving for the expedition, Liu Huangshang came to Li Hualong according to Shen Yiguan's intention, and told him about Chai Guozhu, saying that Chai Guozhu had made great military exploits under Xiao Ruxun's command, and was very appreciated by Xiao Ruxun, so he should also be appreciated by Xiao Ruxun There is little help, so there may still be some questions in mind.

Liu Huangshang suspects that Xiao Ruxun's progress is so terrible, not because he has more troops, but because he has found someone to support him. It may be that the military generals in Liangguang, Yunnan, and Guangxi were rebelled by Xiao Ruxun and directly helped him to raise troops to cause chaos. so fast.

This is very scary. Xiao Ruxun's old ministries are all over the world, and Chai Guozhu is one of them. Li Rusong will not come immediately. Although Chai Guozhu is here now, he must be on guard against him and send someone to watch him. Don't let him make any changes. Chance.

This is what Liu Huangshang told Li Hualong.

(End of this chapter)