Inside the central military tent, everyone was so angry that their voices were so loud that the door curtain of the central military tent was shaking.
Li Zicheng stood up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.
After everyone's voices died down, he said firmly: "Good! If we win this battle, all the wealth of the Ming court in Jiangnan will belong to Dashun! If we lose, we will retreat to Shaanxi and divide and rule with the Ming court."
"All the generals, listen to my orders!"
"Please give your orders, Your Majesty!" Liu Zongmin stood at the front and took the lead.
He spoke with great emotion and exaggerated gestures.
"Please give your order, Your Majesty!" The others shouted, not to be outdone.
"Liu Zongmin!"
"I am here."
"You lead 20,000 troops on the right wing and attack Lingbi County in three days, and then attack Sizhou. After taking Sizhou, requisition all the fishing boats near Hongze Lake, and then train the navy to create the illusion of attacking Yangzhou."
"Zhu Guobi and Liu Zhaoji who are guarding Huai'an will surely send troops to help after hearing the news. You must find a way to defeat them."
"I obey your order!"
"Yuan Zongdi, I will give you 10,000 troops. When Zongmin attacks Lingbi and Sizhou, the Ming court will definitely send the vassal Shan stationed in Suqian to the south for support. Zongmin will be responsible for besieging the points, and you will be responsible for attacking the reinforcements!"
"Your Majesty, I accept your order."
"Gu Kecheng, lead 10,000 troops to attack Fengyang and find a way to lure out Ma Shiying who is stationed in Fengyang."
"Liu Xiyao, you lead 10,000 soldiers to ambush behind Gu Kecheng. If Ma Shiying underestimates the enemy and advances rashly, you two will attack him together!"
"Hao Yaoqi, Liu Tichun, I will give you 10,000 soldiers to attack Mengcheng County. After you capture it, you will rest and guard against the enemy coming from the west."
"West?" Liu Zongmin was a little confused. "Xiangyang and Chengtianfu in the west are in our hands. I don't think we need to waste troops to garrison here. If the army marches, there is no way to bypass it! Even if a small group of Ming troops can bypass here, they are no match for our army."
What Liu Zongmin said makes sense.
The right time and place are particularly important when marching and fighting.
Since the weather cannot be controlled, the importance of geographical location becomes apparent.
The more open the terrain, the more convenient it is for marching.
Take 10,000 people as an example (for the sake of convenience, modern units will be used for calculations below).
The march was forty miles a day, which took eight hours.
The average march speed was about five miles per hour.
On the narrow road, four people sit in a row, with one meter between the front and back rows.
It would take an hour for all 10,000 people to pass through.
It takes half an hour for eight people to form a row.
It only takes fifteen minutes to line up sixteen people!
This is just a matter of marching time.
If two troops were to fight, the latter would have already deployed their troops to attack while the former's soldiers would still be marching.
The difference is obvious!
Same reason.
The shorter the time it takes to pass through a certain location, the less time the enemy scouts have to react.
The greater the possibility of a surprise attack on the opponent!
This series of questions further illustrates the importance of geographical location!
Li Zicheng shook his head slightly: "Mr. Li and Lady Hong will not stick to Chengtian Prefecture and Xiangyang. They will evacuate at the critical moment to do another big thing."
event?
Liu Zongmin looked up and exchanged glances with the others, but did not ask any further questions.
Li Zicheng was the emperor of Dashun, so he naturally had his reasons for doing so.
Seeing that no one else had any objections, Li Zicheng continued, "The rest of the generals, come with me and march to Fengyang!"
"As you wish!"
After receiving the order, the generals left the central military tent and returned to their camps to prepare.
Liu Zongmin stayed.
After lowering the curtain of the military tent, Liu Zongmin quickly came to Li Zicheng and whispered, "Your Majesty, the people of Suzhou are unwilling to join the Dashun. Are we still going to rob food this time?"
The meaning of Liu Zongmin's words was very clear. Dashun was short of cannon fodder, and the people of Suzhou were unwilling to be cannon fodder.
If you want to use them as cannon fodder, you can only steal their food.
Without food, these people would obediently join the Shun Army and work for it.
Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "A few days ago, Cheng Xiaoyu, a bandit from Suizhou, brought 2,000 people to join the Dashun army. You gave him a secret order to rob the people and force them to join the Dashun army. When they have robbed almost everything, you beheaded him and his cronies for the crime of robbing the people."
"This way, we can not only annex his troops, but also win the hearts of the people and make them join Dashun. It's a three-pronged approach."
Liu Zongmin was startled at first, then nodded: "I accept your order."
"Time is of the essence, this matter must be done quickly."
"I will arrange it right away." Liu Zongmin stood up, saluted, and hurried away.
The actions of the Shun army alarmed Ma Shiying who was stationed in Fengyang.
He sent spies to investigate the news and sent the information he obtained to Nanjing.
......
Inside the Chunhe Hall in the Nanjing Imperial City, the Ming Crown Prince Zhu Cilang was reading.
"If you want to accomplish great things, you need to defeat the three thieves."
"Being still in sitting destroys the thief of anxiety; being content in giving destroys the thief of desire; being active in doing things destroys the thief of doubt. If all three thieves are destroyed, then everything will be accomplished."
"It is easy to defeat a thief in the mountains, but it is difficult to defeat a thief in one's heart
After reading these words, Ni Yuanlu interrupted Zhu Cilang and asked, "Your Highness, what do you think is the key to defeating the three thieves?"
Zhu Cilang thought for a moment and replied, "I think the key to defeating the three thieves lies in a firm will and a stable mood."
"Is your Highness determined?"
"firm!"
“Are you emotionally stable?”
"Stablize!"
"Okay, come in." Ni Yuanlu said to the eunuch Qiu Zhizhong who was standing outside the door with an anxious look on his face.
Qiu Zhizhong couldn't wait any longer, he wished he could just tear his hips apart and walk.
After arriving beside Zhu Cilang, Qiu Zhizhong whispered, "Your Highness, Governor Ma sent a secret letter saying that Li Chuang is heading south!"
"Go south...ah?" Zhu Cilang sat in his seat as if struck by lightning, completely dumbfounded.
He knew very well that there were two places in the south that Qiu Zhizhong mentioned.
One is Fengyang, south of Suzhou, and the other is Nanjing, south of Fengyang.
Both Fengyang and Nanjing were fatal to him.
There is no need to say much about Nanjing, as he himself is staying here.
Where is Fengyang?
The location of the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum!
It is the mausoleum built by Emperor Taizu Gao for his parents and brothers and sisters-in-law.
In the second year of Hongwu, it was planned to be named Yingling, and later it was renamed Huangling.
Although it had been burned down by bandits before, they only burned down the buildings on the ground.
The underground palace was not affected.
(In the eighth year of Chongzhen, the army of Zhang Yichuan, the Sweeping King, and the army of King Taiping arrived at Fengyang City first, followed by the army of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. The cannons bombarded the city walls in turns, and the city walls collapsed. With the help of the traitors in the city, the peasant army climbed over the wall and burned down the imperial mausoleum.)
The imperial mausoleum had been burned once. If it were burned again, he, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty who was so close to him, would lose all face.
You know, his current identity is the regent!
If we lose Fengyang, we will not only let down our ancestors, but also let down our father’s trust.
Looking at Zhu Cilang who was in a daze, Ni Yuanlu said, "Sitting in silence will destroy the thief of anxiety. The more serious the event, the more you need to maintain inner calm. Discipline leads to concentration, concentration leads to wisdom, wisdom leads to awareness, and awareness leads to freedom."
"In this way, you can be a great doctor for the common people."
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