In Wuchang City, Kong Youde decided to stick to it and wait for the Qing court to recover.

Outside the city, Zhu Youjian led a group of civil and military officials to go out of the camp and peek at the city defense.

"Your Majesty, there has been no surrender in the city, nor any sign of retreat." General Li Guo introduced to Zhu Youjian: "The soldiers in Wanglou found that the Qing soldiers were strengthening the city defense. It seems that Kong Youde is preparing to resist to the end!"

Zhu Youjian looked at Wuchang City. The city was tall and majestic, with flags flying above it, and he sneered: "Kong Youde has been an old thief, and he will not surrender to my expectations!"

Du Yinxi said, "Wuchang's majestic city will be found in the southeast and survived, but lost in the future. If Your Majesty wants to restore Jinling, he will definitely go to Wuchang. Kong Youde does not know the current affairs, so he can only kill him in Wuchang to strengthen His Majesty's reputation!"

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, smiled and said, "Du You are so brave. I will take Wuchang in this battle!"

At that moment, the group followed him to pull the reins and returned to the camp to discuss the siege.

Now that 40,000 Qing troops are defending the city, the Ming army cannot take advantage of the tricks. Zhu Youjian ordered all troops to prepare for the siege.

At night, in the Ming army camp, the military generals dispersed to prepare, and Zhu Youjian, Du Yinxi, Jiang Yueguang, Wang Fuzhi and other civil officials continued to discuss state affairs.

Du Yinxi said: "This time, Jiannu's troops were restrained by the Zhejiang army. Your Majesty launched the Sixth Division and recovered Chu and Gan. This is a wise move. If this battle is a great victory, the dilemma faced by the court can be solved!"

Jiang Yueguang said: "Your Majesty, the previous strategy of He Ge's troops to restrict the vassal states was a failure. The court was not strong and had a low reputation, but it was intended to reduce the vassal states and suppress the vassal states. The result was that not only could it not be able to reduce the vassal states, but it would make the vassal states alert and increase the estrangement from the court. Although the strategy of blocking the vassal states did not directly restrict the vassal states, it was a strategy to truly restore the vassal states!"

The situation facing the Ming Dynasty has improved, but it is still very difficult for the Longwu court.

Emperor Longwu not only wanted to fight against the Qing army, but also prevented the vassal states from falling into trouble, and the foundation of the Changsha court was still not stable, and there was a lack of a solution to the problem.

Previously, He Tengjiao was eager to achieve success and sent Fu Shangrui and others to the local area to prepare to acquire the power of the vassal states to avoid separatist states and threatening the central government. However, because the local government was dissatisfied, it eventually failed.

The strategy implemented by He Tengjiao failed. The Changsha court faced a situation where there were strong barbarians outside and strong vassals inside. The central government was in a weak position and the local government refused to obey orders, so it was not changed.

This made the position of the Changsha court not stable enough. As the emperor, Zhu Youjian urgently needed the cabinet to come up with a new strategy to change this situation and consolidate his orthodox position in the Ming Dynasty.

After Du Yinxi entered the cabinet, he quickly came up with a strategy of "reorganizing the army and preparing for war and fighting for the restoration of Jinling". He did not mention the reduction of the vassal states, but instead emphasized the adjustment of the military, strengthened his strength, attacked Jiannu, and recovered lost territory.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but nodded slightly, agreeing with Jiang Yueguang's words. He Tengjiao's loyalty is loyalty, but his ability is indeed much worse than Du Yinxi. Although Du Yinxi's ability is outstanding, he cannot follow his wishes in everything, have his own opinions, and even dare to oppose his will, which is difficult to control.

"What Jiang Qing said is very much!" Zhu Youjian glanced at Du Yinxi, with a gentle smile on his face, "Du Qing is really a pillar of the country. The imperial court had lost consecutive battles and his reputation was not obvious, and it was difficult to convince the public. If I could seize Wuchang this time and restore Chu and Gan, my reputation would definitely be greatly boosted. At that time, I would lead my troops to the east and restore Jinling, and my prestige would be at its peak. How dare local vassal states disobey my will? The worries of vassal states can be solved, and external troubles can be eliminated!"

The strategy Du Yinxi implemented in the cabinet was different from He Tengjiao's secret conspiracy and political means to weaken the vassal states. He implemented a dignified strategy, which was to defeat Jiannu and recover lost territory to enhance the prestige and status of the Longwu court.

This gave the Longwu court a clear goal, which was to attack Jiannu, fight for the restoration of Jinling, and gain prestige, so that the entire Longwu court could concentrate its strength and resources and work towards this goal, and everyone's strength could be carried in the same direction.

If the Longwu court recaptured Wuchang and liberated the land of Chu and Gan, the prestige of Zhu Youjian and the Changsha court would rise.

At that time, if the Longwu court was recapturing Jinling and reviving Nandu, who would dare to resist the court in the local vassal states?

At that time, the Longwu court only needs to give the generals of the vassal states some empty positions and reward more money to acquire the power of the vassal states. Even if the vassal states are unwilling to hand over power and want to fight against the central government, the court has enough prestige to directly define the rebellion of the vassal states and then quell the rebellion. It is also very easy to do so.

This is undoubtedly more convincing than He Tengjiao's inattentiveness to deal with the Qing Dynasty and thinking about reducing the vassal states.

Therefore, although Zhu Youjian did not trust Du Yinxi very much, he supported the strategies he implemented and wanted to rely on Du Yinxi and others to restore the authority of the court and increase his prestige.

After all, if a minister does a good job, his credit will be counted on him.

At this time, Du Yinxi reminded: "Your Majesty, if you can restore Chu and Gan, most of the dilemma of the court can be solved. However, Wuchang has a high city and thick walls, the Qing army in the city is sufficiently strong and the food is abundant, and there is Shang Kexi entrenched in Qihuang outside the city. It is not easy for the court to capture Wuchang. Your Majesty must not underestimate the enemy's carelessness!"

When Zhu Youjian heard the words, his expression became serious. "Don't what you said!" Zhu Youjian paused and said in a deep voice: "You can send people to Jiangxi to urge King Zhu Youyou of Tang, the commander of Jiangxi, and the commander of the State Army, Zheng Chenggong, to march northward, form a pincer attack, and increase the chances of victory of the army."

After Zhu Youjian escaped from Fujian and escaped from Zheng Zhilong's control, he came in to reflect.

The experience in Fujian made Zhu Youjian feel unable to trust foreign ministers. He had to hand over military power to those who could trust in order to avoid losing power and becoming a puppet of foreign ministers and vassal states.

After fleeing to Changsha, he began to arrange his brother Zhu Yuyou to assassinate the title of King Tang and sent him to Jiangxi to command troops. He also appointed his third brother Zhu Yue as King Yu and sent him to Guangzhou to monitor the area.

Zhu Youjian thought that in the crisis of the Ming Dynasty, foreign surnames were always less reliable than Zhu's surnames, and successively promoted a group of children of the royal family.

Now that a few years have passed, Zhu Youjian’s strategy of using the vassal state has achieved certain results. Huguang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong and Guangxi are almost the only ones who follow it.

At the city of Nanchang, Jiangxi, 100,000 Ming troops in southern Jiangxi and Zheng troops in Fujian were set up camps under the city, with a huge momentum.

After the Tang Dynasty King Zhu Yuyou and Zheng Chenggong met in Ganzhou, they raised troops to go north, and they were unstoppable. They collected Ji'an, Linjiang and other places and arrived in the southern suburbs of Nanchang City.

The land of Jiangxi was led by the grandson of Daishan and the prince of Shuncheng of the Qing Dynasty, Luke Dehun, and the admiral Jin Shenghuan Fuzhi.

At this time, in Nanchang City, Luke Dehun and Jin Shenghuan stood at the top of the city, staring at the Ming army camp outside the city.

Jin Shenghuan said in a deep voice: "According to the prince's intention, no troops were sent to guard the way. Now the pseudo-Ming army has traveled thousands of miles from southern Jiangxi and has penetrated into the Qing Dynasty."
Chapter completed!