Chapter 530 I want to fight a short and quick battle
Chu State has two water forces.
One group is the river navy, and the other group is the ocean fleet.
What Jiang Qian really controls is the river navy, and its leader is Wang Pu. As for the maritime fleet, although Jiang Qian has been working hard to add sand to it in recent years, the effect is not particularly good.
There are many reasons for this, and the most important one is that the Chu court had never really controlled the maritime fleet in the past.
Because the real owners of the maritime fleet are actually the powerful aristocratic families of Chu State. These wealthy families control the maritime fleets and carry out ocean trade, and they are truly extremely wealthy.
Although the imperial court also appointed General Lou Chuan to fully control the maritime forces, little effect was achieved. Fortunately, these maritime forces were not of the same mind and fought fiercely internally. Sometimes after going to sea, they even fought They would attack each other, which resulted in this originally very powerful force becoming richer as it got richer, but its influence on government affairs was not very great, far less than that of the Inland River Navy, which could even influence the situation.
After Jiang Qian came to power, he did not give up control of this power. This is one of the reasons why Zhu Chi rose rapidly after opening up maritime trade with foreign countries.
The Zhu family was originally a wealthy family. Now with the support of the Chu State and outside the customs, it has quickly occupied a place in the ocean trade. Today, the Zhu family's fleet has become an important part of the Chu State's maritime power. A part of it.
Jiang Qian believes that Zhu’s strength is her own strength.
At least so far, Zhu himself thinks so.
But it’s hard to say what will happen next.
The most typical characteristic of aristocratic families is that they will never completely bind themselves to a certain force, and will only go to the dark side unless there is no way out.
The generals of Chu State's building fleets were just arrogant and could not give orders to the fleets at sea, but Wang Pu's inland navy was full of prestige and responded to every call.
The leader of the Flood Flag had been lurking in the Chu Navy for many years. After Jiang Qian came to power, he quickly rose through the ranks and helped Jiang Qian completely control the Inland River Navy.
"It shouldn't be!" Wang Pu, whose body is as thin as a javelin, has a look of confusion on his face, "If this Li Dachui is really Li Jimin's son, then it can be said that even the water of Three Rivers cannot wash it away. How could the hatred help He Zudao come to fight with us? "
Right now, the Chu State has already After receiving the exact information, He Zudao prepared to attack Yong'an County from the direction of Xiangfan. At present, Xiangcheng County Governor Feng Kuan had assembled nearly 30,000 troops. The battle was imminent, and the new Yong'an County Governor He Jiong had also A letter asking for help was sent. Because of Lin Heng's death, Yongan is still in a mess and has not been sorted out!
At this time, the Shujun navy suddenly took action and captured Badong and Zigui, which was equivalent to cooperating with Feng Kuan to fight together. Losing Badong and Zigui would open the door to Jinghu Lake, which was absolutely intolerable to Chu State. If even the Jinghu area is lost, then the entire Jianghan Plain is at risk of total collapse. "He's not helping He Zudao, he's helping himself!" Thinking of a guy who might still be watching the sunset by the river, Jiang Qian felt a little itchy, and subconsciously exerted force on her bare feet on the Jiangshan Sheji Map. After picking it, the entire Jinghu area was immediately wrinkled.
As if aware of his gaffe, Jiang Qian stretched out his foot and pulled it a few times, flattening the map, and said: "He Zudao, this person is not clear-headed, Dong Yi The hammer is hitting the west, and he still can’t accurately position himself, so let’s help him find his position.”
Lin Yunqi stared at the map and said, "What does the Queen Mother mean, is she going to give He Zudao a hard blow?" Fight them back!" Jiang Qian raised his head and looked at Wang Pu: "Old General Wang, use the main force of the navy to recapture Badong and Zigui for me, and let the guys on horseback outside the pass take a look. It's up to us to talk about the water affairs. Forget it!"
Everyone in the room laughed, Wang Pu cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, but once the main force of our navy leaves, the support for Yong'an will be greatly weakened. The governor of Jionghe County is afraid that it will be even more difficult. Furthermore, I read the information from the Ministry of War. Shu County’s navy is fully equipped and its combat power is not weak. Since the Queen Mother wants to break Shu County’s outstretched claws, then The time must be more relaxed, so that I can arrange it calmly, otherwise the other person will shrink back under the pain, and there will be some trouble in the future. A small injury can only be healed, so that he does not dare to be on the water again. If he covets us, then he must be crippled at once!"
"Before defeating the Shu Commandery Navy, you don't have to worry about matters on land!" Jiang Qian looked down at the map on the ground and said: "He Zudao is just suffering from scabies and his strength is limited. No matter how hard he tries, he can't make much of a difference. But it's different over in Shu County. It really makes them stand firm. Once Li Dachui enters the border, he will be even more powerful, so , the young eagle cannot grow its wings and must be cut off early."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
As long as Da Chu completely controls Dajiang, Shu County will no longer be able to threaten Chu State.
“On Yongan’s side, we still need to transport the reinforcements there as soon as possible!” Zhou Zhengdao: “Queen Mother, I think that when Wang Pu’s navy sets out, the reinforcements can also be transported over by water. , we can arrive faster!”
“Na Wei has just arrived in Beijing, and the Southwest Yi soldiers have not set off yet!” Lin Yunqi shook his head.
"What's the point of fighting? I don't think we can drag our feet. We must use lightning speed to cover our ears and let him know the strength gap between us with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai!" Zhou Zheng said: "The southwestern Yi soldiers No, we can transfer Danyang Tiger Ben there first. Danyang Tiger Ben followed the Queen Mother in the Battle of Xiangfan five years ago. He is rich in experience and loyal. Moreover, there is no way to compare the current army with the Eight Towns in Jiangnan five years ago. Compared with the soldiers, there is a lot of difference. Comparing the two, one will disappear and the other will rise. It will take a moment to defeat them."
Jiang Qian muttered: "The words of Governor Zhou are not unreasonable. Opposite bases cannot give the enemy a chance to gain momentum. Some time ago, due to Lin Heng's incident, we lost Fancheng, which boosted their morale a lot. If we really let them win a few more battles in Yong'an County, their morale will be even higher. "You are so excited. Governor Zhou, you are also a veteran. If you want to fight a short and quick battle this time, how much force should you put into it at once?"
Zhou Zheng glanced at Lin Yunqi and said: "Privately, I have also discussed with Lin Shilang. In the current situation, either let He Jiong trade space for time, make camp step by step, gradually resist, and wait for the southwestern barbarian soldiers to come up, or we can Invest all your strength and completely defeat the opponent in one go! If you choose the second strategy, you will have to invest at least 50,000 reinforcements at one time. "Danyang and its surrounding major towns only have a total of 80,000 tiger soldiers!" He Han shook his head and said: "In this case, Danyang will be empty."
"Are there enemies around Danyang?" Zhou Zheng dismissed it: "Mr. He, if you don't understand military and national affairs, don't do it. Nonsense! If we win this battle cleanly, and General Wang also defeats the navy in Shu County, He Zudao will be able to recognize the reality and force him to make a quick decision to surrender to us. Having achieved this goal, hey, Queen Mother, our next step is to put the Northern Expedition on the agenda.”
(End of this chapter)