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Chapter 980 Zhu Cihong's Counterattack
In the Nanjing Imperial Study Room, Zhu Cihong stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back, and behind him stood great scholars such as Ruan Dacheng, Chen Zilong, Lu Zhenfei, and Shi Kefa.

At this time, several academicians circulated the information, and their faces became heavy. Ruan Dacheng said: "The high-ranking thief has arrived in Huguang, does he want to conscript himself again?"

This news made everyone a little nervous. Gao Yihuan's arrival on the front line was an encouragement to the morale of the Wei army. In addition, he was about to fight the world, with outstanding abilities and few opponents in the world. Naturally, people felt a little nervous.

Chen Zilong pondered for a while, but shook his head, "Huguang is just one of the battlefields this time. If Sun Kewang and Haoge join the battle, the flames of war will spread throughout the world, and a high-ranking thief will be needed to coordinate the overall situation. He may not be able to personally command a place. He should just patrol the front line to boost morale .”

Ruan Dacheng frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, last year the bandits commanded hundreds of thousands of victorious troops. They went south from Shandong and stopped at the Huai River. Xu Heihu, the general of the Wei bandits, crossed several times by force, but was repelled by Daming. There are few soldiers. Now that the high-ranking bandit has appeared in Huguang, I thought that even if he didn't personally conquer Huguang, Huguang would be the main direction of the Wei bandit's attack."

Zhu Cihong also judged this in his heart. At the beginning when hundreds of thousands of Qing troops went south, two of the four towns in Jiangbei were surrendered. In an extremely critical situation, the Ming army still relied on Jiangfang and the navy to block the Qing army's attack.

After Gao Yihuan proclaimed himself emperor last year, Fengchan Taishan impatiently brought the victorious soldiers and rushed directly to the Lianghuai River, but was also blocked by the Ming army to the north of the Huaihe River.

This undoubtedly strengthened Zhu Cihong's confidence in Jiang Fang, and at the same time, he also judged that it would be difficult for Wei Jun to break through Jiang Fang.

Zhu Cihong already had a judgment in his mind, but he still wanted to hear everyone's opinions, so he asked, "What do you think?"

Chen Zilong pondered for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, I have seen that the behavior of the high-ranking thief in recent years has never been as simple as it seems. Back then, the high-ranking thief encouraged Li Chuang to fight to the death in Guanzhong, claiming that he would go north to attack Luoyang and share the responsibility for Li Chuang. pressure, but instead of going north to Luoyang, he raided Wuguan instead, blocking Li Chuang's escape route, forcing Li Chuang to fight Jiannu, and was finally killed by Jiannu. Besides, when Jiannu went south, His Majesty asked him to send troops For reinforcements, Gao Bandit also vowed to send a large army to rescue, but in the end he raided Guanzhong. It can be seen that Gao Bandit is cunning, and when he appeared in Huguang, I was a little worried."

Chen Zilong's words helped Zhu Cihuang recall the history of Gao Yihuan's fortune. He concluded that Gao Yihuan was a beast, known as a traitor, and good at playing tricks.

"Chen Gebu's statement is wrong!" Ruan Dacheng said disapprovingly: "I think that what the high thief is good at is not to attack the west, but to be good at avoiding the important and taking the light. It didn’t work out, so I chose to go down from Huguang. The Jin Dynasty defeated Wu, the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, and the Yuan Dynasty fell to Song Dynasty. They all went to Wuchang first. The thieves just saw that the two Huaihe Rivers were not connected, so they went to Huguang instead. Moreover, recently the Wei thieves gathered in Huguang, and with the habits of high-level thieves, they didn’t make much fuss, which shows that the target of high-level thieves is Wuchang.”

Chen Zilong frowned and said, "What I mean is to be more careful!"

Ruan Dacheng continued: "The current situation is that the thieves are strong and we are weak. If the Wei thieves are attacking Huguang, but we fortify everywhere and disperse our forces, we will be unable to defend everywhere. If we lose the battle, Sun Kewang and Haoge will be shaken. Now that we know Regarding the main attack direction of the Wei thieves, I think that we must mobilize the main force and focus on defending Huguang."

Listening to the subject's discussion, Zhu Cihong walked back and forth in front of the map for a few steps, then stopped suddenly, waved his hand and said, "Several cabinet ministers, stop talking. This time Ruan Ge department is right, we must concentrate our forces to defend Huguang, and also You must make some achievements before Sun Kewang and Haoge can send troops!"

As he said that, Zhu Cihong walked in front of the map, and said in a deep voice: "With the navy in Jiangfang, I don't have any worries. Back then, one of the four towns was besieged, and two surrendered. I only used Huang Degong for one town, plus tens of thousands of new soldiers. , blocked Jiannu’s attack. Now, there are [-] elite soldiers stationed, so there is no need to worry.”

Zhu Cihong turned around, clenched his fists, and looked excited, "Since this is the case, no matter what the high-ranking thief's plans or strategies are, I will fight according to my own strategy, and I cannot be led by the high-ranking thief by the nose."

"Please make it clear, Your Majesty!" Ruan Dacheng, Chen Zilong and others hurriedly bowed.

Zhu Cilang said in a deep voice: "Whether the high bandits attack the Huaihe River or Wuchang, my strategy is to defend from the east and attack from the west. Use the river defense to block the Wei bandits in Huaibei, and use the opportunity of the Wei bandits' main force to besiege Wuchang to launch a counterattack in central Hunan." The first step is to mobilize troops so that the imperial court can form an advantage in the central Hunan area and defeat the Wei thieves who attacked Changsha. The second step is to take advantage of the momentum to collect Changde and Yuezhou to boost the morale of the army, and at the same time let Sun Kewang and Haoge see The strength of Ming Dynasty. Only if this battle is won well, these two people will attack with all their strength. At that time, Sun Kewang will attack Bashu and Haoge will threaten the north. If the rebels of Wei attacked Wuchang for a long time, and ordered the soldiers occupying northern Hunan to cross the river and capture Jingzhou and Xiangyang, the main force of the rebels of Wei would be wiped out in Wuchang and Hanyang. In this way, I will take Jingxiang, and Sun Kewang will take Bashu. Stand weak!"

If the situation really develops like this, then the tripartite situation will be established.

The few bachelors in the cabinet didn't have any new strategies to do, so they were speechless for a while and just nodded.

South Zhili, Guazhou Ferry in the south of Yangzhou.

Zheng Chenggong led a navy and stationed here.

Although the matter of going north to take Beijing failed, not only failed to take Beijing, but lost more than 6000 elite imperial troops, Zhu Cihong still trusted Zheng Chenggong.

Of course, for Zhu Cihong, there was nothing he could do about it. The Ming Dynasty's own navy was only average, and Jiang Fang had to rely on the Zheng family's navy, and he couldn't do without trust.

"Your Majesty, regarding the matter in Beijing, I have failed to live up to my high expectations, and please forgive me!" Zheng Sen knelt down on one knee with a face of shame.

Zhu Cihong helped Zheng Sen up, "I don't blame Ai Qing for this matter, it was Feng Quan's treacherous official who deceived me, it is a blessing that the Qing family can come back unscathed." As he spoke, he stared at the river, "Ai Qing, I entrust Jiang Fang to you, you have confidence."

Seeing Zhu Cihong's trust, Zheng Sen was moved, "Your Majesty trusts me, and I will definitely do my best to protect the river."

Looking at the giant ship cruising in the river, Zhu Cihong solemnly supported Zheng Sen and said, "Very well, the safety of Jiang Fang and the safety of Nanjing, I will leave it to you. I hope that the Qing family will live up to my expectations."

"I understand!" Zheng Sen solemnly clasped his fists.

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Henan, Nanyang Prefecture, this is Gao Yihuan's lair, and it is also an important channel between Guanzhong and Huguang.

Since last year, Wei Jun began to increase troops from Guanzhong to Huguang, but a large number of soldiers and horses set off from Guanzhong, but did not go to Huguang, but stopped in Nanyang.

Within a few months, the scouts of the Ming Dynasty discovered that the Wei army had transferred troops in Guanzhong, thinking that they had gone to Huguang. In fact, there was no need to transfer troops, and all of them quietly left one in Nanyang.

Now Nanyang has secretly assembled [-] troops, scattered and stationed in dozens of barracks in Nanyang Mansion. Wei Jun strictly sealed the news, and even the people of Nanyang didn't know that there were so many troops gathered in the territory.

This morning, another group of cavalry rushing to Huguang stopped in Nanyang and secretly entered a barracks, preparing to carry out a secret operation with the Wei army in Nanyang.

Huang Bingzhong, who went to Nanyang first, arranged for Hu Dawei's [-] well-equipped cavalry to enter the camp to rest.

"Mr. Hu has worked hard all the way!" Huang Bingzhong clasped his fists and said.

Hu Dawei smiled and flattered each other, "Thank you, Mr. Huang, welcome!"

"Haha~" The two looked at each other and smiled, and entered the big tent together.

Huang Bingzhong and others walked to the sand table, and he sighed: "Your Majesty ordered me to hide troops here, to attack Runan, bypass the Huaijiang defense line of the Ming army, and go straight to Yangzhou. I was a little worried at first, but Duke Hu If you help me, I will have a bottom line in my heart."

Runan is also Gao Yihuan's lair, which was later occupied by the Qing army, and was taken over by the Ming army a few years ago.

It is located in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, with many mountains and hills. Gao Yihuan planned to enter at an angle from now on, gather and annihilate the main force of the Ming army in Huainan, and then launch the battle of crossing the river.

(Thank you for your support, I helped Dabo pull fish this morning, a little late)
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