The group entered the palace and sat down in the lobby according to the official stairs. Zhu Yihai sat on the throne and Zhao Ming sat on the left.

The two of them exchanged a few more greetings. Soon, Li Chengdong, Fang Guoan, Zhang Mingzhen, Wu Zhaosheng and other generals also came to the hall.

Zhao Ming then stood up and greeted each other. After a few polite words, Zhu Yihai waved his hand and got to the point.

Zhu Yihai said: "The Lone King summoned all the ministers here to liberation Nanjing. Now that everyone has arrived, I wonder what everyone has to think?"

Wu Zhaosheng immediately stood up and clasped his fists, "With your order, I will immediately raise all my troops and run to Nanjing!"

"Wu Duzhen is so bold!" Zhu Yihai Zhuang his words, and then said: "However, the Qing army in Jiangnan has 200,000 to 300,000, with a force of equal strength as the Lone King. The slave chief Ajige has been in charge of Jiangnan for two years and has trained many elite soldiers. If we want to restore Nanjing, we still need a plan."

The great victory of the Longwu court in Chu and Gan made Zhu Yihai very anxious and wanted to take Nanjing as soon as possible. However, the Qing army in Jiangnan was not weak, and it was not easy for the Zhejiang group to recover Nanjing.

Fang Guoan said: "Your Highness, the Qing Dynasty is now in turmoil, and the imperial court is victorious in Chu and Gan, threatening Jiangnan from the upper reaches. Now Ajige is not only attacked on both sides, but Doer in the rear is dead. He loses his political backer and is unstable in the rear. I think that Jiangnan is no longer defended for the Qing Dynasty. Now we have gathered 200,000 troops, and the army is divided into two groups, one from Zhejiang north, passing Huzhou, passing Yixing, Qingyang, breaking Moling Pass, and attacking Nanjing. The leader of Bo'an, from Hudong to the east, advancing westward, trapping Zhenjiang, blocking the Yangtze River, and Nanjing will definitely win!"

Li Chengdong said: "After Ajige came to Jiangnan, he has been staying in Yangzhou. As long as Bo'an can block the Yangtze River waterway, I am sure to conquer Nanjing."

The Yangtze River divided the Qing army in Jiangnan into two parts: Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

Because the Qing army's navy is not as good as the navy in Donghai Town, the Qing army's troops deployed in Jiangnan was very passive.

After Ajige arrived in Jiangnan, he stayed in Yangzhou and did not cross the river to stay in Nanjing because he was worried.

If the Qing army deployed heavy troops on the south bank, if the Jianghuwei Division was defeated by the Ming Navy, the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan would be trapped on the south bank. Therefore, Ajige never entered Jiangning, but chose to station troops in Yangzhou, but he did not give up on the south bank.

The Qing army did not dare to station heavy troops on the south bank, but they were reluctant to leave Nanjing as a treasure land, and were unwilling to give it to the Ming Dynasty to increase the popularity of the Ming army. Therefore, Ajige could only divide the troops into two groups, set up two camps in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and guard the two banks of the Yangtze River.

After the Zhejiang regime recovered Zhejiang and Zhao Ming occupied the land of the east of the lake, Jiangnan became the focus of the Qing army's defense.

The Qing Dynasty assembled 300,000 troops here, including 100,000 camps in the south of the Yangtze River and 200,000 camps in the north of the Yangtze River.

Ajige's plan was that if the Ming army counterattacked Jiangnan, the Jiangnan camp was responsible for defending, and he would sit in Yangzhou, send troops to support him, and use the Nanjing city to consume the Ming army. After the Ming army suffered huge losses in the siege and his morale was sluggish, he would suddenly cross the river and launch a counterattack.

However, he had two reliances on his idea. One was that Jiangxi and Wuchang were in the hands of the Qing army at that time. The Qing army in Jiangbei could cross the river from the upper reaches without fear of blockade. The other was that the Qing army had heavy troops stationed in Zhenjiang to block the Ming army's navy's way westward. The army could directly cross the river from various ferries in Jiangbei to reinforce Jiangnan.

Now, the Longwu court has recovered Jiangxi and Wuchang, and the upper reaches are occupied by the Ming army. Ajige has no choice but to rely on Zhenjiang and blockade the waterway.

Zhu Yihai did not attack Nanjing and waited for Zhao Ming, but needed Zhao Ming's navy to break through Zhenjiang, break the last reliance of Ajige, and divide the Qing army's two camps, south and north.

As a result, the upper reaches were occupied by the Longwu court, the lower reaches and the Nanjing River were blocked by Donghai Town, and the 100,000 Qing troops in the Jiangnan camp lost contact with Ajige, and the Zhejiang faction was confident of taking Nanjing.

Otherwise, if the Zhejiang Group attacks Nanjing, Ajige continues to send troops from Jiangbei to reinforce. The Zhejiang Group, as the attacking side, will definitely not be able to use Ajige.

Zhu Yihai looked at everyone, "Everyone has this opinion?"

Fang Guoan, Li Chengdong, Zhang Mingzhen, Wu Zhaosheng and other generals nodded slightly, and Zhu Yihai then looked at Zhao Ming and asked, "What do Bo'an thinks?"

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the upper reaches of Wuchang and Jiujiang are trapped. The Qing army in Nanjing has been surrounded by three sides, and the river surface may be cut off by me at any time. In this case, I think that for the Qing Dynasty, Nanjing is no longer in defense. If the Qing army is smart enough, it should actually give up Nanjing and save the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan. Otherwise, Chu and Gan would lose tens of thousands, and the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan would suffer heavy losses, and the Qing army would have no soldiers to use later!"

"What does Bo'an mean?" Zhu Yihai was a little confused and did not understand what Zhao Ming meant.

Zhao Ming explained: "I am not suspicious of regaining Nanjing now. In terms of the situation, Wuchang is revived in the upper reaches, Hudong is occupied by me again. In addition, the Qing army has no naval advantage, Nanjing is already the treasure of our Ming Dynasty. What I am worried about is that the Qing army in Jiangnan will run away, which will make us miss the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan!"

As he said that, Zhao Ming looked at everyone and asked, "Your Highness, there is a map!"

Zhu Yihai hurriedly asked someone to bring a map and hung it up. Zhao Ming then got up and walked to the edge of the map, and everyone surrounded him.

Zhao Ming then said: "If I were the Qing army, in the current situation, I would inevitably withdraw from Nanjing and preserve 300,000 Qing troops in Jiangnan. Only in this way can I have troops and build a second line of defense. Otherwise, once the battle in Jiangnan fails and the Qing Dynasty has no soldiers in my hands, then I, the Ming Dynasty, can take advantage of the situation to sweep the north. Now the Qing army in Jiangnan is attacked from three sides and obviously has no chance of victory. Therefore, I think that when Your Highness raises his troops, most of the Qing troops in Nanjing will flee."

Zhu Yihai understood Zhao Ming's meaning, "Is Bo'an worried that the Qing army in Jiangnan will escape and cause trouble for the future recovery of the north?"

Zhao Ming nodded and said, "I think that now is a good opportunity. You can take advantage of the opportunity of internal strife in the Qing Dynasty to annihilate the Qing army in Jiangnan in one fell swoop, and then sweep across the north. In this way, the Qing Dynasty can be destroyed and the world can be determined. If the main force of the Qing army escapes, there will be a fight and the people will suffer more than a few more years."

Zhu Yihai actually just wanted to take over Nanjing before Longwu Jianling went down, but he never considered whether the Qing army in Jiangnan would escape. However, if he could keep the Qing army in Jiangnan and annihilate the Ajige Corps, he would naturally be happy.

"What do Bo'an thinks?" Zhu Yihai asked seriously.
Chapter completed!