After confirming the specific strategy, Xiao Daheng and Li Hualong went to the army for a more urgent military meeting.
At the end of the meeting, Xiao Daheng ordered Chai Guozhu's deputy, Ji Town's deputy commander-in-chief Liu Guoxiang to lead an elite force and split up with Li Hualong. They would cross Jiangnan from the Huguang area, and then attack Nanjing to deter the rebel army in Nanjing.
At the same time, they would pay attention to gathering the troops, checking the local defense situation, and so on. If there was any urgent information, they should immediately send it to the capital.
Li Hualong knew that he could no longer change the decision of the imperial court. He was angry, but also a little worried.
At this moment, the rebel army was attacking Yangzhou Prefecture from the north, but they had never attacked Yangzhou Prefecture before. What evil intentions were they hiding? Was there any other meaning in this?
That was for sure.
But the imperial court was not willing to take the risk.
If they lost this opportunity, what would the situation become?
Li Hualong did not know. What he could do now was to resolve the crisis in Yangzhou Prefecture, stabilize the front line, and then try to cross Jiangnan to support Liu Guoxiang and achieve his strategic goal.
But he did not know if this would work.
At noon on the tenth day of the ninth month, Li Hualong led the army to make an oath, and at the same time read the imperial decree of the emperor, declaring the rebel army of Jiangnan to be a bandit army, and calling on the people of the world to fight against the bandit army, as a rebuttal to the northern expedition issued by Xiao Ruxun.
But this belated rebuttal did not seem to have enough confidence.
Li Hualong led the army to advance by land and water, and requisitioned a large number of transport ships to transport troops south to reduce the marching time. Liu Guoxiang led eight thousand elites of Ji Town and Li Hualong to advance separately.
At the same time, Jiang Dahai commanded the navy and the army to launch a fierce attack on Yangzhou Prefecture, destroying some of the defensive measures set by Yangzhou Prefecture on the north bank of the Yangtze River with artillery. The firepower of the Zhennan Army's navy was enough to crush the firepower of Yangzhou Prefecture, and they could not fight back against the attack of Yangzhou Prefecture's gunships.
At the same time, they also lost their courage. The Southern Town Army's troops arrived at the city of Yangzhou. At the same time, they launched an attack. At the same time, they used catapults and crossbow arrows to launch a large volume of crusade against Shen Yi into the city of Yangzhou. This was an even fiercer psychological attack on Yangzhou city.
On the fourteenth day of the ninth month, Jiang Dahai received the intelligence that the imperial court had sent Li Hualong to Yangzhou Prefecture with two hundred thousand soldiers. But according to the intelligence analysis, two hundred thousand was just an exaggeration. The real number might not even be one hundred thousand.
"In this situation, even one hundred thousand soldiers cannot be arranged. It seems that the Liaodong Army did not go south. It seems that the Liaodong Army did not go south. It seems that the army did not go south. Ruxun Ruxun 'Governor, and Of Ruxun's Jun's army. Southern Jin, and Ruxun's Hualong, the Wang Li's Southern South flagship of of the Zhan Army.
On the Southern Town Warship, the flagship of the navy of the Zhennan Army, Jiang Dahai sneered as he looked at the intelligence sent to his hand.
Chen Longzheng, who had sent Xiao Ruxun's instructions to Jiang Dahai, stood beside Jiang Dahai and looked at Jiang Dahai in surprise.
"You know so many words now? It's only been a year, right? I remember you only knew about three hundred words a year ago. "
In the face of Chen Longzheng's doubt, Jiang Dahai stuck out his chest proudly.
"Mr. Chen, you scholars are not the only ones who are willing to study hard. The Ruxun Ruxun has a requirement that the higher your position is, the more words you need to know. Those who can't read can't be high officials. I am the Navy Commander. How can I be the Commander if I don't know more words?"
Chen Longzheng looked at Jiang Dahai with interest.
"Not bad. A scholar who has been away for three days must be looked at in a new light. You, the Jianghai University Commander, are no longer an ignorant person!"
"Of course! Right now, I know at least one thousand five hundred words. It's not a problem for me to read, write, and write! I even read books on the art of war! "
"You can read books on the art of war?"
Chen Longzheng was really surprised this time. "There are so many obscure sentences in books on the art of war. How can you understand them? Even if you can understand the words, you won't understand their meaning, right? "
"If I can't understand them, won't it be fine if someone can? Just explain it to me. When I know more words, I will be able to understand them myself! "
Jiang Dahai pointed at an old scholar in his forties or fifties who was standing not far away from him. He had a face full of hardships.
"This is …"
"A scholar from Nanzhi. His name is Jiang Dengge. He is from my family. He has been taking the imperial examinations for twenty or thirty years, but he still failed. He is an old scholar. After our department entered Nanjing, we recruited poor scholars who were willing to work as clerks. He was the first one who came. He can read and read, but he couldn't get an official title. He is almost possessed. If it weren't for the fact that his family has no money to eat, he probably wouldn't have come."
Jiang Dahai sighed.
"If that's the case … these scholars are really pitiful. I've seen hundreds of such people around the Marshal. Many of them were scholars, and some of them were Elementary Scholars. They wasted their entire lives in the imperial examinations, and even when they were old, they couldn't obtain a single title.
Chen Longzheng shook his head and then asked, "Are these people reliable? Are they willing to work for us? "
"Don't worry. Black Water is keeping an eye on them. They know every one of them very well. Even those who are poor and destitute don't dare to take them. You know, after the expansion of Black Water, they almost penetrate every nook and cranny! After I took Zhenjiang, thirty or fifty people went to the north. Now the information has been sent back several times. "
Jiang Dahai took out a note and handed it to Chen Longzheng.
"I see. No wonder the general is not worried about you. But I have to remind you that Li Hualong is not a simple person."
Chen Longzheng said.
"You know Li Hualong? The information said that he is from Henan. "
"He used to be the Liaodong Inspectorate and was the immediate boss of Li Rusong. When in Korea, Li Rusong mentioned Li Hualong more than once. The general has some impression of him. So when we were guessing the candidate for the commander-in-chief on Shen Yicheng's side, the general mentioned Li Hualong."
Jiang Dahai nodded and asked, "Why is this person not simple?"
"Do you think he is simple since he can control the civil officials of Liaodong Army?"
Chen Longzheng smiled, "This man had won a lot of battles in Liaodong. Later, he was badly battered by the imperial censor. His own family members had passed away, so he took the opportunity to go home to worry. For three years, he did not enter the imperial court."
"So what? My navy is on the river. Even if he gets cannons, he can't hit me. He can't pass here. Anyway, my main task is to restrain him, not to break him. Isn't it enough to restrain Li Hualong? "
Chen Longzheng rolled his eyes and said, "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.
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