"Mr. Xiong, you have eaten Chenmi and you have bad intentions. You have shirked the responsibility before the fight. Tsk, it's really a scheming." Wu Mu said sarcastically, Huang Binqing held back and didn't laugh.

The Chen Mi incident was also the first conflict between Xiong Rulin and Wu Mu. According to the hope of the Lu Jianguo, in order to raise military rations to the south of the Yangtze River, the commander hoped that the commander would withdraw 100,000 shi of aid grain this year in advance. This caught people off guard. In April, many grain ships from Nanyang did not arrive, so they could only use 100,000 shi of rice from the Taipei Warehouse to the Lu Jianguo.

Of course, the new rice in the war preparation warehouse is not this year. In fact, since the establishment of the war preparation warehouse, it is a rule that new rice is used to get old rice. Xiong Rulin is responsible for handing over the grain. When he saw that it is not new rice, he was furious. Wu Mu took the position of loving or not to pull it down. Xiong Rulin had to take it. Although the two had no major conflict, it became what Wu Mu often said.

"Everything is planned, no plans will be eliminated, and it is said that it will be defeated before the battle is the art of war." Xiong Rulin looked serious and wanted to publish a long speech, but Wu Mu said impatiently: "Okay, okay, okay, don't talk about those useless things, just say, what do you want to do in the Battle of Jiangnan!"

Xiong Rulin was criticized again and was full of anger, but he knew that if he had not agreed in advance, the commander would not send troops. Now the United States has stationed 6,000 elite troops in Zhoushan. In addition, the troops stationed in Sijiao Mountain can send 10,000 troops, and the United States' fleet is even more relying on the Jiangnan.

"Hmph, I won't be tempted by verbal skills with you. This time, Wu Shengzhao is a good opportunity. His Highness the Superintendent intends to send 25,000 troops to Songjiang first and then take Nanjing!" Xiong Rulin said.

Wu Mu asked, "Mr. Xiong, although the Qing army is empty in the south of the Yangtze River, there are more than 30,000 Qing elites in Shandong, 50,000 green camps in Zhejiang, and there are even a army of three kings and one lords in the upper reaches. The Green Camp in Jiangxi is also a war of war, and it is attacked from three sides. What should you do if you have 25,000?"

Xiong Rulin said: "There are only 25,000 troops sent here. When our king's army takes Nanjing, His Highness, the governor, is in the south of the Yangtze River, and with a shout, the support of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, will be 100,000 troops, why fear the Qing captives!"

Wu Mu slapped himself in the head and asked, "How many years have you been awakened by daydreaming?"

"Wumu, you have repeatedly violated the enemy, and I don't care about you, but you can't bear to attack our dynasty's plan to restore the dynasty!" Xiong Rulin slapped the table.

"No matter how your uncle and aunt can't bear it, I'll tell you that if you want to have the dream of spring and autumn, you just want to die. If no one of our soldiers comes out, no one will accompany you to die!" Wu Mu even kicked the table over and shouted loudly.

The daydream that Wu Mu mentioned was a political fantasy of the Lu regime. Since King Lu governed the country, this has been the third attempt. Whether it was the orthodox dispute with Longwu or the Wu Shengzhao uprising, the Lu regime always had a fantasy, that is, he thought that the Qing army was brutal and shaved his head was unpopular. As long as he recovered Nanjing, a capital with great political status, he could raise his arms and call out. He could be supported by the gentry and people in Jiangnan near, occupy one side, and divided the world with Yongli and the Qing enemy three times, which would make the Qing court disunited, and the south would turn against him on a large scale.

This daydream was the dream of the entire Ming army in the Southeast. The current Lu Jianguo and later Zheng Guomen suffered heavy losses because of this dream. They threw a large number of elite troops into the estuary of the Yangtze River, and then buried there one after another, exhausting the last drop of blood from the anti-Qing power.

But as an outsider, the United States knew that the Qing army was cruel and shaving its hair was unpopular, but the Lu State was also unpopular. Just imagine how an army that relied on looting and raising soldiers could get the support of the people? Although the Qing army was cruel, it relied on taxes as military expenditure. Putting aside national sentiments, the Ming army was the one who harmed the people more severely.

In fact, the current situation of the Lu Jianguo regime is like a snake that is devouring its tail. It will sooner or later die in its mouth. The Lu Jianguo regime now has more than 40,000 troops, but the fish and salt tax and smuggling profits in Zhoushan cannot support many people, and most of them go ashore to loot. However, the Qing army in Zhejiang and Fujian is not a vegetarian. The Lu Jianguo regime has a lot of return and returns empty-handed, and often defeats the war, losing troops and losing generals. Success in looting is a temporary wealth, and failure is a disaster.

Looting is not as stable as tax revenue, so for a greater harvest, the Ming army not only robs money and grain but also robs people, plundering Ding Zhuang to Zhoushan for soldiers, but the looted silver and food were used up, and there was no military pay, and there was no food and clothing. The Ming army, who suffered from internal struggles in various factions, could easily surrender to the Qing army, but the Qing army had relatively sufficient military expenditure to support these soldiers. This led to a strange phenomenon. Lu Jianguo was raising soldiers for the Qing army. After several months or even years of elimination, the Ding Zhuang they robbed became veterans, but they surrendered to the Qing army because of lack of food and wages and internal struggles. The Qing army did not need to build ships or train troops, but it accumulated a strong water force. Every time Lu Jianguo plundered the people's hearts to the Qing army, and it was also digging graves for itself.

In the absence of the people's hearts, the idea that the Lu Jianguo regime's raising arms and shouting was supported by the people was completely fantasy. At least in the eyes of the people, although the Qing army had looting, it was a matter of military discipline. At least in Jiangnan, it was not robbed most of the time. However, the Lu Jianguo was not. Looting was a survival problem, and he would definitely rob it. If he didn't rob it, it would definitely be a donation. Not only did the people not want it, but the gentry was also unwilling.

"Hisser Li Mingxun, are you just letting this barbarian talk nonsense here?" Xiong Rulin knew that Wu Mu was an unreasonable person, so he simply found the real master.

Li Mingxun signaled Wu Mu to sit down, his face was full of anger, but he felt a little proud in his heart. The scholar was indecisive to meet a soldier. He could not explain it clearly. Using Wu Mu, a slut, to deal with Xiong Rulin, can be said to be a complete victory!

Li Mingxun did not respond to Xiong Rulin, but looked at Zhu Yihai and asked: "Your Highness, this time he entered Jiangnan, I wonder how much military expenditure his Highness has prepared and how much settlement fee he is preparing to send to the soldiers. How much silver is he going to open up?"

Lu Jianguo is famous for his poverty. In the Boluo expedition, Zhu Yihai went to Qiantang River to work hard. Each soldier gave two coins to reward silver. Many people could not get it, which caused complaints from the soldiers.

"Ahem, saving money is only 70,000 yuan. However, you have delivered the aid food to solve the urgent problem." Zhu Yihai replied.

Of course, 70,000 taels of silver cannot be paid into the silver. There are other ways for soldiers to have no money, but the ship cannot move without sails. Most of the money is still used to repair ships and machinery.

Li Mingxun looked at the generals of the Lu regime, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Lian, and asked with a smile: "What are the plans of all the generals?"

Several people looked at each other without answering. Li Mingxun said, "You are inconvenient to answer. I will tell you that it is a dream to mobilize soldiers to fight. If you don't have any money, you will be accumulating virtue from ancestors. All the commanders and soldiers know this rule. If you don't have money, you can only make promises. The best way is to let the soldiers let go of looting. I think the first one who is unlucky will be Songjiang City."

The generals lowered their heads and agreed to this fact. Xiong Rulin saw that the generals did not say anything and said, "My king's army will raise military funds in Songjiang. When the food and money are sufficient, he will carry troops west and take directly to Nanjing. The generals will naturally restrain military discipline!"

"What's wrong with me, the people of Songjiang? I'm going to be bullied by you!" One of the people shouted, who was the representative sent by Lin Shizhang, Chen Dachun, son of Chen Youlong, and the Shen family was from Songjiang.

Huang Binqing said: "I wonder if Chen Zilong worked hard for this matter but caused jackals to his hometown. I really don't know if he regrets it?"

"General Huang is really not hurting when he stands and speaks. He laughs for fifty steps, but a hundred steps, right?" Zhang Mingzhen said coldly.

Huang Binqing did not answer. Which of the military leaders here, except for the friendly forces of the United States, did not rely on looting to raise soldiers?

"Everyone, even if you want to do extraordinary things, it is a forced one. But I want to ask, are you unintentionally participating in this Jiangnan Incident? If so, why pretend to agree and delay time?" Xiong Rulin asked loudly.

Li Mingxun said: "The purpose of the establishment of the Anti-Qing and Imperial Unified Front was to unite all forces to expel the Tartars, but this does not mean that we must obey your orders unconditionally. In fact, at the beginning of the union, this was already a consensus, so our United Nations will participate in this Jiangnan change, but will not follow your neither rigorous nor realistic plan."

"What do you think?" Xiong Rulin asked.

"The Qing army has a strong power. Although there are few soldiers in Jiangnan, it is a place that the Qing army must fight for. The enemy is strong and we are weak. Our command does not think that the superior of the governor has the prestige of raising his arms and no one can recover Jiangnan for your army. Therefore, we will not participate in the attack on Nanjing. We have only one goal, that is, to use this Jiangnan change to attack the Qing army as much as possible." Li Mingxun explained.

"What can be better at attacking the Qing throne than capturing Nanjing?" Xiong Rulin asked.

Li Mingxun smiled: "Of course there is, that is, to cut off the canal transportation. As long as the canal transportation is cut off, the whole world will be shocked. Even if it is cut off for only one or two months, it will be enough for the Qing emperor to jump off his feet."

Wang Zhiren frowned and asked, "What is your intention? Is it just for the navy to fight?"

Li Mingxun shook his head: "No, Jiangnan is empty, and the coalition forces are taking advantage of the situation. Before the Qing army reacts, they can restore many cities. However, restoring the land does not depend on defending the land. If the enemy troops are under the brink of the territory, they should retreat if they retreat."

Seeing that the Ming generals hesitated, Li Mingxu pointed to the thin red line on the sand table from Shandong to Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and said: "This time we attacked Jiangnan, our army will not cross the canal, Taihu line, the war is east of the canal, and the coalition forces can fight together. If it is west of the canal, then your army is please give it your own."

"But the first priority of this change in Jiangnan is to seize Nanjing!" Zhang Mingzhen said.

Wu Mu knocked on the table: "That is your great dream of spring and autumn, it has nothing to do with our country. We say we don't agree with you, so don't force us!"

"Stay for half an hour and then discuss again." Zhu Yihai ordered that most of the hall walked out, leaving only a dozen kings and ministers of Zhu Yihai. Huang Binqing laughed and accompanied Li Mingxun. The reason was that Huang Binqing wanted to go with Hezhong this time.

Li Mingxun knew that Zhu Yihai was a little hesitant. Zhu Yihai was firm in fighting the Qing Dynasty and was ambitious, but this did not mean that he had outstanding abilities. In fact, this kind of situation was very common. There were many incompetent loyal ministers in the Ming Dynasty, and there were many people who were incompetent and self-righteous.

Half an hour later, when Li Mingxun returned to the hall, he saw the officers with subtle expressions. It was obvious that there was a quarrel just now, but the result was still the Ming army insisted on entering Nanjing.

The two sides began to agree on specific combat plans. This time, the Ming army was led by Wang Zhiren and commanded more than 20,000 troops from the mainland, mostly from the troops of Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen and others. Zheng Cai, who was still on the Fujian front, sent 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers to Wang Zhiren, and sent Zheng Lian to lead the navy to help with the battle, which was still a trick of internal fighting.

Wang Zhiren took charge of the command, Chen Tingyang supervised the army, that's all, and there were more than 300 soldiers.

The commander's headquarters has four field battalions, one land battalion, and the assistance of the garrison battalions in Chongming and Sijiao Mountain, as well as artillery, engineers and boat bridge troops, which can deploy more than 15,000 troops. The navy has sloop schooners of fifteen years old, plus eighteen galleys, four Calais sailing boats, nearly one hundred fast crabs, and nearly 10,000 naval personnel. It can be said that this is the largest military operation in the history of the United States.

According to the plan agreed by both sides, a joint fleet was formed to go north and land on Songjiang Prefecture. Among them, the Ming army went to Songjiang, and the Hezhong stationed in Chongming, each with its own bases. Then they went up the Yangtze River. Suzhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture and Zhenjiang Prefecture were the United Nations War Zone to create a quiet rear for the coalition forces, and it was necessary to prevent the Qing army from going north in Zhejiang Prefecture. The joint fleet was separated in Zhenjiang Prefecture, and the Hezhong cut off the canal, and the Ming army continued to attack Nanjing.

Obviously, the coalition forces focused completely differently. The United States stabilized the rear, while the Ming army took the initiative to attack and both offensive and defense.

Songjiang City.

Wu Shengzhao looked at the seals and imperial edicts on the table, picked them up and looked at them one by one. The seal was the seal of General Pingjiang. In order to grant him the title of Wu Bo, Wu Shengzhao smeared the wine in the glass, rubbed his hands, and said to himself: "Hong Chengchou, Tu Guobao, you two dog slaves, don't let me have a good time, I have to kill you two!"

"Admiral, all the adults have arrived at the hall." A personal soldier said at the door.

Wu Shengzhao focused his head, took the knife and walked out, followed by more than ten murderous personal soldiers. Just this morning, he invited a group of officials from Songjiang to the Admiral's Office. Wu Shengzhao walked in, looked around for a while, waved his hand, and the personal soldiers stepped forward and found seven or eight people. Yang Zhiyi, the co-minister of the sea defense of Songjiang Prefecture, and the official Chonglang, the official of Lijiantuan, were either confidants of Tu Guobao or traitors who reported to Nanjing.

"Wu Shengzhao, what are you doing?" Yang Zhiyi shouted.

Wu Shengzhao asked: "Didn't you always want to know what I want to do? I tell you that I want to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway!"

"You really want to rebel!" Yang Zhiyi shouted: "Wu Shengzhao, your family is all in Nanjing. Haha, I'm worth it with them to be buried with me!"

Wu Shengzhao snorted heavily, and his personal soldiers drew their swords and killed some people on the spot. Wu Shengzhao cut off his braids and said to everyone: "The Qing Dynasty has no way, and God will punish him. Now I have 5,000 elite soldiers under my command and 100,000 royal troops overseas. I should drive directly to Nanjing and restore the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty!"

Everyone was forced to the dead end and followed Wu Shengzhao to cut off their braids.

"Brother, we have controlled the various government agencies of Songjiang Prefecture. Songjiang is in hand and is waiting for you to leave!" The deputy general of the Central Army, Zhan Shixun, walked in and said with his fists.

Wu Shengzhao waved his hand and asked everyone to go out, pulled Zhan Shixun over, and said, "What's wrong with me telling you another thing?"

Zhan Shixun grinned and said, "Don't worry, those little ladies have already taken control and will be sent to your mansion right away."
Chapter completed!