After listening to Jiang Guozhu's analysis, Liang Huafeng's face was even more worried, but she still had a hint of luck: "Even if Governor Zhang and Dong Weiguo's report on Deng Ming's morale and morale was untrue, the number of people could not be too fake, right? Several reports said that Deng Ming brought more than 20,000 troops to approach Wuchang this time. After a long attack on Wuchang, half of the troops returned to Jiangling, and only more than 10,000 people arrived in Jiangxi."

"So what about ten thousand people?" Jiang Guozhu glared at Liang Huafeng. There are many sources of information about Deng Ming's army, and it is not as easy to forge as "Jiujiang Pass". Even if the Governor of Huguang has had a private transaction with Deng Ming, he would probably not fake this kind of information that is easily exposed. Moreover, Wuchang and Hanyang are still in the hands of Zhang Changgeng. Whether he defended it by strength or paid the bank to redeem it, he had only the reason to exaggerate Deng Ming's strength, and there was no motive to conceal Deng Ming's troops, unless he planned to turn against him, and Jiang Guozhu could not see any signs of Zhang Changgeng's unwise behavior.

Therefore, Liang Huafeng was right. Jiang Guozhu estimated that Deng Ming only brought more than 10,000 headquarters, and the soldiers who returned in Wuchang were mostly as Zhang Changgen said in the memorial, the soldiers under the banner of Li Laiheng. Of course, Jiang Guozhu believed that these 10,000 people were definitely not the elite soldiers of Zhang Changgen, but the auxiliary soldiers lent to Deng Ming by Li Laiheng. It was dispensable that Deng Ming gave up the idea of ​​attacking Wu and Han, so that he could not continue to stay in his camp to eat food. The reason why Zhang Changgeng said in the memorial was to put gold on his face further shows that Wuchang cared about the impression that Beijing was very concerned about. Zhang Changgen definitely had no intention of anyway. It has to be said that when the subject of analysis was a colleague in the officialdom, Jiang Guozhu's mind was like an electronic computer, with rapid and accurate calculations, which could be regarded as a complete plan.

"Even if there are ten thousand people, would Admiral Liang still have to fight him?" Jiang Guozhu asked coldly. The key to the problem was not that the enemy had only ten thousand combat soldiers, but that the commander of this army was Deng Ming.

If other generals were carrying more than 10,000 troops, Liang Huafeng and Jiang Guozhu would wonder why so few soldiers could knock the Jiangxi governors out of their armor. However, since Deng Ming was in charge, they had no doubts. Eighteen cavalry burned Kunming and half of Hubei in half a month. After entering Liangjiang, Deng Ming led thousands of soldiers to fight twice a day. Liangjiang Governor Lang Tingzuo was captured, and nearly 40,000 Qing Dynasty Jiangnan troops were deployed outside Dasheng Pass and Nanjing.

It was completely wiped out. If this army was Deng Ming's elite, it would be a group of mobs from Zhejiang. Not long ago, Xinfeng was defeated, and local troops in Chizhou and other places could drive them around. As a result, they were invincible in a few days after meeting Deng Ming. Later, these volunteers, who were not even Deng Ming's subordinates, joined forces with Li Laiheng's Haodong soldiers. After a night battle, the Qing army of the Liangjiang Qing court, including Su Song Navy, was destroyed, and no one could escape.

Regardless of whether Deng Ming used a strategy or not, no one could get it in front of him. Later, although Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, hesitant and concealed his feelings when he reported to the court, he could still see that he must have suffered a great loss. Even the mischievous words such as Deng Ming's deception and defeat of 20 miles came out. Although Jiang Guozhu could not find out how many troops the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi lost through a few simple reports, he felt that if it weren't for Deng Ming's Green Camp that had almost completely destroyed, Li Guoying would not have the need to tell such a big lie. If Li Guoying hadn't lie, Deng Ming would be even more frightening.

"Of course, the last general does not plan to fight a decisive battle with Deng Ming. Deng Mingyuan is a good fight. Our army is stable and lasting." Liang Huafeng also does not want to confront Deng Ming upright. When he felt that Deng Ming's lack of troops was the key: "Deng Ming recruited soldiers in Jiangxi not long ago, and the last general felt strange. What's the use of this hasty mob? It will only drag down Deng Ming's elite. Now it seems that he may not lack armor in his hands, but the armorless soldiers are quite limited, so he needs to join the army with a young and strong man in Jiangxi."

"So what?"

"This shows that Deng Ming may not have the ability to occupy the prefectures and counties. He only has 10,000 elite troops under his command. How can he control a large area of ​​territory separately?" Liang Huafeng immediately offered his plan to Jiang Guozhu: "We may be able to strengthen the walls and clear the fields."

"Admiral Liang came from afar and thought that Deng Ming would not capture the city of the capital, the city of the capital. This admiral really coincides with my official." After hearing this suggestion, Jiang Guozhu did not show any surprise on his face, and he did not even take a second to weigh the pros and cons of it and agreed: "Of course we must stick to Jiangning and several cities, but it is not necessary to clear the world."

The reason why he didn't take the time to think about Liang Huafeng's proposal was that after he became suspicious of the two good news, Jiang Guozhu had been thinking: If the worst happens - Zhang Changgeng and Dong Weiguo colluded with Deng Ming because of their respective abacus, how should he deal with it? After repeated thinking, Jiang Guozhu believed that the best strategy was to "strengthen the wall but not clear the wild".

"Strengthen the wall but not clear the wilderness?" When Liang Huafeng heard Jiang Guozhu's strategy, he was shocked: "If he didn't clear the wilderness and let Deng Ming plunder everywhere, his strength would only become stronger and stronger. Isn't it a good way to retreat to the enemy?"

"Admiral Liang only knows one thing, not the other. He thinks so lightly, he is so shallow!" Jiang Guozhu asked back with a smile: "In the opinion of Admiral Liang, what will Dong Weiguo say to Deng Ming about us?"

Liang Huafeng thought for a while and asked tentatively: "In order to get rid of his own disaster, General Secretary Dong must do his best to convince Deng Ming to attack us, right?"

"No doubt," Jiang Guozhu nodded with a smile: "There is no doubt about this, then what would he say?"

The issue of the Governor Jiangning made Liang Huafeng tilt his head and think about it for a long time, but in the end he still couldn't figure it out: "I don't know until I know, so please let the Governor make it clear."

"Admiral Liang said it right just now. Dong Weiguo must have wanted to instigate Deng Ming to come and beat us. There are two reasons for him!" Jiang Guozhu raised his left hand and raised his middle and index finger straight to Liang Huafeng. He pointed his index finger on the left with his other hand and said, "First, it is to blame Jiangdong. In order to destroy the fire in Jiujiang, Dong Weiguo wanted Deng Ming to come to Jiangning to set fire, but why was he so afraid that Deng Ming could not lit the fire, so that he wanted to report victory to Jiangning, Anqing, Yangzhou, Huizhou and Suzhou. Is Deng Ming the grandson's biological father? Why did he put in such a hard work?"

After breaking down a finger, Jiang Guozhu pointed to another one and said, "These are two reasons! Dong Weiguo lost Jiujiang, and he was a real big fool. Now everyone knows it, and the court also sees it very clearly. So this grandson wanted to drag others into the water, hoping that others would be unlucky, and it would be better to be even more unlucky than him, so that the court and the world could see: OK, it turns out that Jiang Guozhu is stupider than Dong Weiguo, and Jiang Guozhu's subordinates are also stupid. Dong Weiguo is not only not a fool, but he is still smart and capable compared to the officials in Jiangnan. This guy - how vicious he is!"

Since he knew Dong Weiguo's intention, Jiang Guozhu could guess the reason he used to convince Deng Ming to be indefinitely: "There are no other methods. One is to arouse Deng Ming's greed and tell him that there is a big fortune somewhere in Jiangnan. Although I don't know what it is, this is easy to guess. You can guess it by watching Deng Ming's actions. Even if you can't guess it, you can send a secret envoy to ask. The other is to make Deng Ming feel threatened, and what can worry Deng Ming? I guess it can only be a navy. Deng Ming is not a bandit, and Yangtze River shipping is his life. If I were Dong Weiguo, I would say that Jiangning is rebuilding Susong Navy and exaggerating the scale of the navy. But at the same time, it is said that the ship has not been built yet. Since Deng Ming feels that it will not take much effort to fight now."

"Yes, but we don't have a navy at all." Liang Huafeng shouted. As the former admiral of Susong's navy, he had always wanted to rebuild the navy after the Battle of Nanjing, but Nanjing did not have the power at all.

After acting as the Governor of Liangjiang, the most important thing for Jiang Guozhu was to restore the Qing government's rule on the verge of collapse in Jiangnan, which undoubtedly required priority to rebuild the army; then he had to undertake the logistics of the Dasu army, and there was still no resources to rebuild the navy; later, although Dasu left Jiangsu, this year's canal transportation was about to begin, assisting the Governor of the Canal to clear the canal and build ships to ensure transportation... These things exhausted all Jiang Guozhu's strength. If there were any mistakes in the canal transportation in order to rebuild the navy, Jiang Guozhu knew that Beijing would kill him.

"Of course we didn't. I had this idea after Deng Ming left last year, but I gave up immediately." Jiang Guozhu once summoned Anhui and Jiangsu's large number of shipbuilders came to Nanjing, asking them to work together to come up with the cheapest way to rebuild Susong Naval. This way of horses running fast and not eating grass does not exist. Zhuge Liang drove for a long time and couldn't get a feasible solution. In the end, it was left unresolved: "If Zhang Chao paid the tax bank in Jiangxi according to the old rules, maybe I still have a way to imagine, but he didn't pay it in the end, right? But Dong Weiguo would not be so honest. He would definitely want Deng Ming to say something with ignorance. Maybe he would also say the matter of the boatman I summoned last year to say, so that Deng Ming thought we were rebuilding a powerful navy. Anyway, Deng Ming went to Jiangnan to make trouble."

Liang Huafeng sighed. Of course, he knew the most about the twists and turns. However, no matter how eagerly he hoped to rebuild the Susong Naval Commander, Jiang Guozhu was indeed unable to bear this huge project. Later, Jiang Guozhu also reminded Liang Huafeng that he was now the Admiral of Jiangnan rather than the Admiral of Susong Naval Commander. Everything must be seen from the height of the entire Jiangnan Green Camp, and he cannot hold on to the utmost of the small Admiral of Susong Naval Commander.

Under Jiang Guozhu's teachings, Liang Huafeng finally gave up the idea of ​​giving priority to restoring the navy. His subordinates, like Liang Huafeng, were no longer in a hurry to rebuild the Susong navy. They followed the waters and became generals and deputy generals from all over the country. If they wanted to establish power and rebuild the army, they would not have given up the allocation because of their old feelings for the navy.

After counting out all the worms in Dong Weiguo's belly, Jiang Guozhu quoted a story that Deng Ming told him through an envoy: "Two people went into the woods to hunt and encountered a tiger. One of them immediately put down their bows and arrows and tied their shoes tightly at the fastest speed. The other person was puzzled and asked him: 'What's the use of tying your feet? You can't run past the tiger.' The other answered..."

"You don't need to be able to run past the tiger, you just need to be able to run past you." Liang Huafeng murmured, and at the same time, a complex and unspeakable expression appeared on his face.

"How do you know?" Jiang Guozhu was surprised and blurted out the question. As soon as he said it, he suddenly realized: "It turns out that Deng Ming also told your messenger that he had heard of this story."

Liang Huafeng didn't say a word, obviously he made a promise.

"Deng Ming's story is very well told. At that time, he was the tiger. The four of us were divided into two groups. In the end, Governor Lang and Admiral Guan unfortunately fell behind and were eaten by the tiger." When talking about Lang Tingzuo, who was killed by them, Jiang Guozhu's tone did not show any hatred for the enemy, nor did he express the slightest sense of the winner.

"Oh." Like Jiang Guozhu, Liang Huafeng had no hatred for Guan Qizhen or Lang Tingzuo. In private, he often recalled the story that Deng Ming told, and felt that the metaphor was really accurate. The situation at that time and his mood were no different from the hunter who tied his shoelaces. When he suddenly heard Jiang Guozhu tell this story, Liang Huafeng was also filled with emotion, and his face showed a sad look of a rabbit and a fox.

In order to strengthen the persuasion, Jiang Guozhu also gave an example in front of him: "The King of Pingxi is the best proof of this story. The King of Pingxi runs the fastest every time, so everyone else was eaten by a tiger, but he was named king."

Li Guoying once used Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou as an example to illustrate that today Jiang Guozhu coincided with the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi: "For example, Kunming fire, when facing Deng Laohu, did King Pingxi come forward to fight the tiger? No, just like when he was in Jinzhou, King Pingxi ran away again, and ran faster than Hong Jingluo again. Deng Laohu failed to burn King Pingxi to death, but burned Hong Jingluo to death, King Pingxi still won, and the vassal state still got it. Hong Jingluo, who could not escape Pingxi, had to sacrifice himself to feed the tiger again, resulting in a destruction of the entire clan."

Liang Huafeng nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied. The wonderful life experience of King Pingxi fully demonstrates that if you want to succeed, you don't have to fight a tiger. As long as you run faster than your companions, you can become a winner in life.

"Now Deng Ming is still the tiger. Governor Zhang, Zhang Chao, Dong Weiguo and we are racing. Governor Zhang runs the fastest and is basically fine. Dong Weiguo is at the end and wants to drag others down. And indeed, as Deng Ming said, we don't need to run faster than tigers, as long as it is not the slowest one. As Admiral Liang said, Deng Ming lacks troops and cannot occupy the city at all, so he didn't take Wuchang and Hanyang, and he wouldn't stay in Jiujiang without leaving. I dare say that it won't take long before Zhang Chao can recover Jiujiang, and it is probably Dong Weiguo who personally led his troops to recover. Deng Ming doesn't even want Wuchang and Hanyang. How could he want Jiujiang? And Yangzhou? Although we don't know where Deng Ming will come to now, we are sure that he will not have the intention to occupy a certain place for a long time. If Deng Ming attacks a certain place, for example,

Anqing, it must be that he felt threatened, or wanted to reserve a way out, or had insufficient food and grass to loot our warehouse." Jiang Guozhu analyzed it and then proposed targeted countermeasures: "So we are strong but not clear about the country. If Deng Ming does not attack the city, let him collect supplies. If Deng Ming does not leave for a day, we will not leave the city for a day. If Deng Ming does not leave for a day, we will not leave the city for a day. If he sees the road of retreat, he will not have to worry about food and grass. What else does he have to do to attack our city? We are not racing against tigers. Our real enemy is Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo, so we must not be pulled back by them. Dong Weiguo lost his troops and was defeated and captured. Zhang Chao used non-human things. Even if they recovered Jiujiang, they could not change all this. As long as we do not let the city fall and not be captured by Deng Ming alive, we will run as fast as the governor of Huguang. The one who fell to the end was Zhang Chao, Dong Weiguo, and the tiger caught them in the end."

Hearing this, Liang Huafeng couldn't help but be amazed at Jiang Guozhu's wonderful ideas, and when he didn't know that the more exciting one was actually still behind.

"I could have completely let Dong Weiguo survive by himself, that is, I immediately took the banner of aiding Jiangxi, and ordered an army to go to Nanchang by land in the name of acting as the governor of Liangjiang. This army does not need to be very elite, just a larger number of people. In the eyes of the court, I am a responsible official, and the worst is that I can say that I am eager to seize credit. As for the matter of sending the Lu Army to Jiangxi, I can also explain it very well, just that Zhang Chao said last year that he would not pay the tax silver.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of the canal, I had to give up Susong Navy. Now seeing Dong Weiguo winning consecutive battles, Deng Ming was helpless with the ships transporting grain, and of course he thought that the Yangtze River was worry-free. Deng Ming did not have a large number of unarmed men. I thought that Jiangning could only walk on water. At that time, I had to give up some villages and towns and stick to the major cities. It was because Dong Weiguo said that Deng Ming Navy was not good, and he also said that he was at the end of his strength, so I was transferred.

A large number of mainland troops entered Jiangxi. No matter what Deng Ming messed up here, even if he killed the governor of the grain transport, it was Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo's fault. Who told them not only not to pay taxes and silver, but not only to block the bad news, but also to report military information? Even if Zhang Chao knew that the people I sent were all strong men, he would not believe it to the court. I sent troops to rob me of me. Will there be some people who sent a mob to compete for me? The court would only believe that he wanted to shirk responsibility.

But blinding me first and frame me later." When talking about this seamless countermeasure, Jiang Guozhu was excited and regretful. He was excited because Jiang Guozhu really liked this plan too much and had fantasized more than once that day it was implemented. If he personally led this group of mobs into Jiangxi, it would be a fatal blow. Not only could he perfectly shirk all responsibilities, but he could also angrily report the real situation in Jiangxi to the court as a witness.

Jiang Guozhu never thought of immediately exposing and reporting the collusion between Zhang Chao and Deng Ming. This kind of thing is not only difficult to explain, but also causes bad associations in the court. After all, Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng also have unclear past events. Moreover, this incident will involve the governor of Huguang, Zhang Changgeng, who is already an opponent that cannot be despised, and the governor of Huguang is an enemy that is too powerful. Now Jiang Guozhu is only acting for the governor of Liangjiang and cannot afford to provoke such a powerful person.

Moreover, Jiang Guozhu also hopes to become the official Governor of Liangjiang one day, and he needs to maintain a good relationship with Zhang Changgeng at that time. Such a favorable alliance as Governor of Huguang will not only be of great benefit to his career, but also help him withstand the storm from the Dongdong. As long as Wuchang is still in the hands of Zhang Changgeng one day, he will not need to face all the pressure from Deng Ming.

Unless facing the tiger of Deng Ming, there is no competitive relationship between the Governor of Liangjiang and the Governor of Huguang, and there is no benefit in fighting with Zhang Changgeng. Even if Zhang Changgeng is defeated, the court will not allow Jiang Guozhu to serve as the Governor of Huguang. In order to better avoid tigers, Jiang Guozhu also needs Zhang Changgeng as his companion, and he has to pull him if necessary. Otherwise, if all his companions are eaten up by tigers, he will have to race against tigers next time. Jiang Guozhu had asked Liang Huafeng to stand at the height of the Jiangnan Admiral to look at the problem, and of course he himself must also stand at the height of the Governor of Liangjiang to see the overall situation. Jiang Guozhu's political enemies are only competitors in Liangjiang.

"Zhang Chao's expression would definitely be very interesting at that time, and I could witness it with my own eyes, and Dong Weiguo, who was full of bad water, would be too regretful. He didn't think about why he was foolish with me? If he couldn't play with him, how could I be the acting governor of Liangjiang and he was just a small governor?" Jiang Guozhu laughed at Dong Weiguo ruthlessly in his heart, thinking that the other party was simply playing a big axe in front of Lu Ban's door, and the regret was because he could not really realize this plan, because there was an annoying obstacle here.

This obstacle is Zhu Guozhi, the right governor. He was originally a tribute student of the Ming Dynasty. After the Qing army advanced south, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and spared no effort to assist the Qing army in suppressing the Han people's resistance. Therefore, he had a prosperous career and rose to the top. When Lang Tingzuo became the governor of Jiangxi, Zhu Guozhi was one of his confidant officials. He also used his achievements to carry the banner to become naturalized by the Qing Dynasty and became a member of the Eight Banners. He was the right person in the eyes of the Qing rulers.

In Deng Ming's original world, Zheng Chenggong's victory in Zhenjiang led to Jiang Guozhu's house being raided and removed from office by the Qing court after he withdrew from the army. Zhu Guozhi took over as the governor of Jiangning. After obtaining this important position, Zhu Guozhi immediately began to implement a new policy in Jiangnan and severely suppress dissatisfied remarks against the Qing court. Even the accusation of corrupt officials would be regarded as a dangerous sign by Zhu Guozhi and rose to the height of attempting to betray the court. In the 18th year of Shunzhi, Zhu Guozhi sheltered the corruption county magistrate and ruthlessly massacred the whistleblower. The process was basically the rehearsal and rehearsal of larger-scale literary inquisitions.

In Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Yunnan, Zhu Guozhi devoted himself to accumulating the Qing court, and brutally suppressed the remarks and thoughts suspected of anti-Qing, blatantly accepted bribes, and unscrupulously withheld military pay. He won the title of "Zhu Baidi" among the people. Zhu Guozhi's colleague in the officialdom also called him this nickname behind his back. However, Zhu Guozhi was favored by the Qing rulers and expressed great appreciation for his bloody suppression of the Han people. Whether it was a regent like Sony, Oboi, or Xuanye after taking power, he was very favored to Zhu Guozhi. After Wu Sangui raised his army, he executed Zhu Guozhi, and the Zhou soldiers who hated him shared his body and ate it, but the bones remained.

Zhu Guozhi's sentiment of irreconcilable to those who resisted the Han people deeply moved Xuanye. In order to commend his loyalty to the Qing court after his death, the Qing court wrote books and biography for him, and repeatedly promoted his deeds to the whole world, rising to the height of a loyal and good model. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the praise of Zhu Guozhi's great sentiment did not stop but continued. In the "Draft History of Qing Dynasty" written by some Han people, Zhu Guozhi was also a sage.

The appearance appears; in the TV series "The Emperor Kangxi", Zhu Guozhi is full of righteousness and clean style. When Wu Sangui raised his army, he used a long plot of Zhu Guozhi's conversation with his wife to show his noble sentiment of having no time to seek self-success for the country. At the last moment of his life, Zhu Guozhi refused Wu Sangui's persuasion to surrender, denounced his reactionary behavior of splitting the motherland, shouted the slogans of equality between Manchu and Han to the officers and soldiers of the Zhou army, and was executed generously, and passed away with a smile.

In this world, after receiving the secret order issued by the court to pursue the defeat of Zhenjiang, dismiss Jiang Guozhu from his post and raid his home, Guan Xiaozhong sent him to be a slave, Lang Tingzuo immediately transferred Zhu Guozhi from Jiangxi, preparing to recommend him to the court as the governor of Jiangning. However, the development trajectory of this world was different. Before Zhu Guozhi arrived in Nanjing, the situation of the war changed again. Deng Ming captured Lang Tingzuo alive and wiped out the Qing army and the land armies under the city of Nanjing. Zhu Guozhi had to stay in Chizhou Prefecture because of the isolation of traffic.

When Deng Ming withdrew his troops and Zhu Guozhi was able to set off again, Nanjing was already earth-shaking. Lang Tingzuo was killed in treason. Jiang Guozhu, who turned the tide, acted as the governor of Jiangning, and formed an alliance with the new Jiangnan admiral Liang Huafeng. Dong Weiguo, who was far away in Jiangxi, believed that there must be a gap between the two. At first, Zhu Guozhi thought this way, thinking that the previous conflict between Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng could not be eased and resolved. However, after several tests, he was surprised to find that due to some unknown reasons, the alliance between Liang Huafeng and Jiang Guozhu was extremely stable and could be described as unbreakable.

Of course, Jiang Guozhu, the confidant of Lang Tingzuo, would not have any favors to him. Moreover, he knew that Zhu Guozhi was also his competitor. Although he was not as threatened by Zhang Chao, he was also on the list of candidates for the Governor of Liangjiang in the court. Zhu Guozhi not only covets the position of Governor of Liangjiang, but also knew that if Jiang Guozhu was proud, his career would become dark. If he could not ascend to the throne of Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Govern

Although Jiang Guozhu regarded Zhu Guozhi as a thorn in his eyes and a thorn in his flesh, he could not do anything to him, because he knew that the court's balance technique was used to urge him to work hard for Beijing, and it was also a tool to monitor him. Because he knew that Zhu Guozhi would not stand on his side in the dispute over the governor, Jiang Guozhu would not reveal any secrets to him, especially those who were intrigue with Zhang Chao. If he told Zhu Guozhi, it would be no different from telling Zhang Chao.

Jiang Guozhu was unwilling to let Zhu Guozhi stay in Jiangning, a key place. The prefect of Anqing lost the city and was captured by Deng Ming. Jiang Guozhu asked Zhu Guozhi to go to Anqing to see the prefect as an magistrate. After the grain transportation began, Jiang Guozhu once wanted to transfer Zhu Guozhi to assist the grain transportation governor. This assistance work was never thankless. With achievements, he was the governor of the grain transportation. If he had any mistakes, he would become a scapegoat for the grain transportation governor's office.

But after repeated consideration, Jiang Guozhu did not dare. What if Zhu Guozhi achieved something? Or Zhu Guozhi used the money from embezzlement to bribe the Governor of the Grain Transport and formed a relationship, wouldn’t this add a bargaining chip to Zhu Guozhi to compete for the position of Governor of Liangjiang? Besides, even if Zhu Guozhi could not create opportunities for himself, he would have done something wrong with sabotage and put in disguise to Zhang Chao? Jiang Guozhu did not dare to say that such a thing would not happen, but felt that it was very likely - if Zhu Guozhi successfully used the Grain Transport and dragged Jiang Guozhu off the horse, Zhang Chao would definitely be willing to repay him after he succeeded.

In the end, Jiang Guozhu had to send one of his confidants to assist the governor of the Cao Transportation, and repeatedly told him that the confidant would do the things well and not give Jiang Guozhu any chances. It doesn't matter. After becoming the governor of Liangjiang, there are many opportunities to deal with Zhu Guozhi, so there are no need to rush to see him.

After Deng Ming invaded Jiangxi, the forces of Jiangsu and Anhui gathered in Anqing one after another, and Zhu Guozhi's power suddenly expanded rapidly. However, Jiang Guozhu did not take it seriously before. Those who sent to Anqing in advance were Lang Tingzuo's remaining forces. If Deng Ming's army suddenly arrived, it would be used as cannon fodder to consume the Ming army's aura.

The troops that arrived one after another were not the troops that Zhu Guozhi could control. Although these green camps could not be called Jiang Guozhu's direct line, they would only obey the orders of the Governor of Liangjiang. According to Jiang Guozhu's original schedule, the elite Liangjiang Green Camp commanded by Liang Huafeng, who would be sent to Anqing next, would be the only one who would suppress Zhu Guozhi after Liang Huafeng arrived in Anqing, and would not give him any credit.

But now the plan has changed. Deng Ming is powerful. Without a navy, it is impossible to block him outside the Liangjiang River. Gathering heavy troops in Anqing is tantamount to giving up the mainland. If you want to ensure that all important cities are not controlled by the Yangtze River, you will have to disperse your elite troops in various key cities, and Liang Huafeng cannot rush to Anqing.

"If Zhu Guozhi is not there this time, I can carry out my plan and force Zhang Chao into a desperate situation." Jiang Guozhu was struggling to find the best countermeasure and felt that things became a little troublesome. With Zhu Guozhi's time bomb, Jiang Guozhu certainly did not dare to leave Jiangning and go to Jiangxi. If Zhu Guozhi was put outside, he might see the flaws and then report to the court desperately - if Jiang Guozhu wins, Zhu Guozhi's future will become very bad. Now Zhu Guozhi is almost nothing, Jiang Guozhu must beware of his intimidation: "Forget it, now I would rather put him in Jiangning City than let him cause trouble for me outside."

If Zhu Guozhi is transferred back to Jiangning, although it will cause some trouble when Jiang Guozhu tries to gain a tacit understanding with Deng Ming, he feels that as long as he is careful, it can be compensated, and it can also be done by Liang Huafeng, an ally who leads the troops.

Soon Jiang Guozhu made up his mind. He still stayed in Nanjing and asked Liang Huafeng to go to Yangzhou to protect the canal transportation from harassment. At the same time, he dispatched some troops to assist local troops in ensuring Anqing, Suzhou and other prefectures. If Deng Ming wandered back and forth on the Yangtze River, he had to let him do it. As long as these key cities are protected, there will be no major defeat and the canal transportation is not cut off, Jiang Guozhu will run steadily in front of Zhang Chao, and is in par with Zhang Changgeng.

...

After receiving the first half of the city redemption fee sent by Dong Weiguo, Deng Ming immediately returned Jiujiang to him. This batch of goods with a market price of up to 300,000 taels of silver in Jiangxi, and the remaining 300,000 Deng Ming said that he could wait until he returned to pass by Jiujiang. Dong Weiguo also hinted on behalf of Zhang Chao that if Deng Ming wins a big victory, Jiangxi can also provide a batch of additional goods.

"Why do we feel like their thugs?" Ren Tang suddenly said something like this on the way to Anqing.

"Well, officers and soldiers died on the battlefield. It is not only our country but also our country's enemies. This feeling is really bad." Deng Ming sighed: "Maybe we can only comfort ourselves, just act as the enemy is willing to bear part of the pension for our fallen soldiers."

"Don't the admiral plan to issue a manifesto this time?" Ren Tang asked angrily again.

"What kind of manifesto?" Deng Ming has always disliked publishing manifesto. The primary reason is that his classical Chinese writing ability is very poor, and there are not many aides around him who are good at this. Secondly, Deng Ming also felt that such manifesto had no practical significance and most people could not understand it. After years of destruction, the gentry's fear of the Qing Dynasty had penetrated into the bones. If the Ming army did not show its strength to expel the Qing army, the gentry would not dare to submit to the submission: "Besides, after the proclamation, what should I do if a scholar really led his tribe members to join the army? You also know that we would not stay in Jiangnan for a long time."

"But issuing a manifesto is not only a call, but also makes people all over the world understand the admiral's ambition to expel the Tartars and restore the two capitals. If the admiral is worried that there are gentry to surrender but cannot protect them, the admiral can completely stop calling them to surrender in the manifesto." When Deng Ming came to Jiangnan last time, he only brought a small number of troops and sneaked into the territory of the two rivers in an impersonation. Of course, it is impossible for a manifesto to happen. Moreover, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan jointly issued a manifesto, and even if Deng Ming did not issue it, it would be fine: "I heard that the admiral issued a letter when he attacked Huguang last time. Jiangnan is rich in humanities, so why did he give it to the scholars of Jiangnan without saying a word?"

"The last time I issued a manifesto in Huguang was just to boast about the 570,000 army I commanded." Deng Ming laughed when he heard it. The manifesto was not a political declaration in a strictly speaking, because it did not clearly mention the purpose of sending troops, and did not guarantee the treatment of officers and soldiers. In essence, it was Deng Ming who wanted to be familiar with the gentry of Huguang, so that they had an impression of themselves: "It seems that there was no gentry who came to inform me because of my gentry. Hu Quancai's levy and levy in Wuchang was definitely more effective than my gentry."

"But it's a text for the elders of Huguang," Ren Tang still refused to give up and stubbornly persuaded: "The admiral came to Jiangnan for the second time, but he still cherished the ink like gold and left no word for Jiangnan. Is the admiral also a bandit? Only the wandering bandits committed the crime, fearing that others knew their identity and whereabouts."

"In essence, I am here to commit crimes, kidnap, monopolize business, and smash competitors' places." Deng Ming said in his heart, but of course he would not say this clearly. After careful consideration, he felt that what Ren Tang said was indeed reasonable.

"The best way to show the people of the world that we are determined to be irreconcilable with the Tartars is to go to Beijing, throw a spear at the city gate with my own hands, or shoot an arrow." When several other confidant officers were summoned to discuss the matter, Deng Ming first explained the political significance of this move to them.

After some consideration, Deng Ming agreed with Ren Tang's statement. As his strength continued to expand, he really needed to show his irreconcilable momentum to the people of the world. If he could enter the city of Beijing and throw a spear at the gate of Beijing in imitating Hannibal, Deng Ming was sure that it would be a perfect political statement. However, the Qing Dynasty in the Gyeonggi area gathered heavily, and Deng Ming felt that it was too risky to go wherever he went, and it would be more costly to throw a spear simply; and if he went to Guangdong and Fujian to throw a spear, it would be difficult to tell whether it was incompatible with the Gyeonggi court or the monk was happy. Geng Jimao swears to be incompatible. Besides, the elite troops of the Sanfan tribes are not easy to deal with than the Qing army in Gyeonggi. Moreover, there is a complex geography, remote location, and poor information transmission. In short, investment is more disproportionate. In comparison, Ren Tang's method is indeed the most feasible.

Soon everyone agreed to the proposal of issuing the manifesto. As for Deng Ming's proposal, in the manifesto, the purpose of the expedition was not discussed, and scholars were not required to surrender, and Ren Tang did not express his objection.

"I have ten victories, and ten defeats!" This is the title given by Ren Tang. Deng Ming thought this title was very good, and it was enough to show the people of the world that they were determined to live with the Qing Dynasty. He could also promote his strengths and point out the prospect of the enemy's inevitable failure. Besides, the theory of ten victories and ten defeats is famous, and it is found in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Although many people are illiterate, they may have heard of this famous saying by Guo Jia because they like storytelling.

Zhou Kaihuang is a good example, and he immediately agreed: "This question is good and very auspicious." He believed that the reason for the good luck was because Cao Cao finally won, and Yuan Shao really failed.

But there were also voices of opposition, and Mutan muttered: "The Admiral is not Cao Cao."

"Who said that the admiral was Cao Cao? Don't think about it." Ren Tang loudly defended this topic. As the suggester of this topic, he was very satisfied with this topic. Ten wins and ten losses are Guo Jia's famous work. Although he did not successfully convince Deng Ming to agree to stay and defend Jingzhou last time, he played Zhuge as Guo Jia. Jiangnan was full of scholars. If this manifesto was very popular, everyone knew that it was the topic he thought of Ren Tang. Wouldn't it be admired by heroes and praised by famous scholars, and would even link him with Guo Jia. Although the contents were different, they were both far-sighted ten wins and ten losses.

After suppressing the emergence of opposition, Ren Tang turned to look at Deng Ming again: "Please continue talking." Although Ren Tang thought of borrowing this topic, he could not immediately make the content.

"Manzhou is the great enemy of our Han family. We have a deep hatred for blood. Everyone is united in the enemy and will definitely defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. This is a victory."

"The admiral said it well!"

"The admiral said it well!"

Seeing that everyone was eating a trick, Deng Ming became more motivated: "Our soldiers practiced with great care and had a harmonious relationship. Well... they all had enough food and drink before sending troops. They were far beyond the reach of the soldiers brought by Manzhou. This was the second victory."

"The admiral is right."

Although he described the enemy as a hungry army without any evidence, Deng Ming has found two victories at the moment. After pondering for a long time, he found another one: "Our army is famous, heroes admire it, and come to surrender from all directions. The military strength is growing day by day, and the Tartars are notorious, and everyone in the world despises them. The fugitives are getting bigger every day, and this is the victory of three."

Although there is no evidence for this article and it takes effect for a long time, it is always right to say that the other party is bad.
To be continued...