Once again launching a war to attack Jiangnan West Road?

Now?

immediately?

Zhou Linzhi thought he had heard it wrong.

"Your Majesty, is this...is this true?"

"Is my order fake?"

Zhao Xing took a deep breath: "The bandits on Jiangnan West Road are too arrogant and cannot ignore them. They must start the next conquest immediately! They must not allow them to grow and grow! Never! Start the next conquest immediately!"

Zhao Xing's order was very decisive. Zhou Linzhi was shocked and quickly advised Zhao Xing not to start the war again, otherwise the problem would be really big and the court's finances would also be on the verge of collapse.

But Zhao Xing could no longer accept this statement.

He was really anxious.

By diverting the conflict, he sacrificed Shi Hao, and he barely got a night of peace.

But after waking up, he found that his situation was still extremely bad. He could not last long with the fierce aura brought by the killing. The distrust and doubts from his ministers still existed widely.

When Zhao Gou escaped, Zhao Xing's uneasiness was unprecedentedly strong.

Thinking of some things before, he sent people to closely monitor Zhao Ji's sons living in Lin'an City, and on the other hand, he was planning a combat operation to save everything.

Things lost because of war must be taken back through war, otherwise, they will not be able to come back.

He urgently needed a victory to stabilize people's hearts, otherwise he was really afraid that the rush of rebels would destroy his dynasty and make his status fall.

What else is more terrifying than this?

Zhou Linzhi had no choice but to do anything about this. He did not dare to persuade Zhao Sheng. He was afraid that his advice would make him the next Shi Hao or Zhang Jun.

But Shen Ying, who was in charge of finance, was fine. He felt that the Privy Councilor who was killed was the Privy Councilor, and other positions were still safe.

So when Zhao Xing decided to launch an attack again, Shen should be quite collapsed.

I just lost a battle and the war is about to start again before my butt is cleaned?

No, your Majesty!

"Your Majesty, the current state of the treasury is really not optimistic. There are too many places to spend money, and I really can't stand the battle again. Moreover, the previous two battles have consumed too much reserves from the local areas. I really can't fight now!"

Shen David tried his best to make suggestions, hoping to save Zhao Sheng's idea.

But Zhao Xing no longer listened to other opinions, and he became sensitive and irritable.

He asked Shen to impose a new tax and launch a war with the new tax. No matter what means or name it is, it must be enough to start a war.

"It doesn't matter if the people suffer, it's not important to have a bad reputation on their backs. The important thing is to quell the rebellion immediately! Suppress the rebellion as soon as possible and restore peace as soon as possible. Do you really have to watch the bandits break the soil and become king on the west road of Jiangnan?!"

Shen David had nothing to say, so he could only follow Zhao Shen's request and start studying how to impose new taxes.

After just studying it, I felt that the people in many places had been tormented by taxation and continued to impose additional taxes, and they were afraid that they would cause trouble and rebel.

Wouldn't it be a little worse to the point?

Shen Gai was very helpless.

Zhao Xing also sent an order to deal with Wu Gong, Ezhou and Hanyang Army officials separately, and then sent an order to Yao Zhong, asking him to lead an army of 30,000 people to station in Wuchang to make further preparations for war.

At the same time, Zhao Xing sent someone to welcome Zhao Gou back.

Although he and Zhao Gou no longer have any father-son relationship, Zhao Gou, as the Supreme Emperor, always stayed outside and led the army, which made him very uneasy.

According to the latest news, Zhao Gou has already rushed to Linhai County, Taizhou at a rocket-like speed. It is said that the next step is to go to Wenzhou. If the situation is not good, it will go directly to the sea and wait for the final result at sea. Just like when he was chased by Jin Wushu back then, he fled to the sea to wait for the matter to calm down.

He is now ordering the Wenzhou governor to prepare a fleet for him, just waiting for specific news.

Good guy, can this be done?

Zhao Xing had nothing to say about Zhao Gou, but he just hoped that he could come back as soon as possible and not delay any further.

After solving these things, Zhao Xing devoted himself to endless butt-wiping action and worked hard for the losses suffered in this war.

He really felt that he was so tired and tired, and could not be motivated in anything. He could feel a little happy besides eating, and even the payment of public food became boring.

Every day, his head is exploding from morning to night. He just wants to sleep at night, but he really can't even lift his head.

But the concubines did not understand his hard work at all, and they did not understand his helplessness. They were all dressed up in a colorful manner. When they saw him, they wanted to pull him onto the bed immediately.

These women clearly want to use him to get pregnant and then gain wealth by relying on the children in their belly.

Living with a group of women he doesn't like at all, doing such things that you don't feel happy at all really makes him very tired.

He doesn't even have a person who can say what he says, nor a person who can communicate emotions and express his fatigue. Every day, he is like facing a group of ungrateful wolves who only know how to ask for but not rewards, empty, lonely and cold.

He could only continue to place all his happiness on food and pursue more extreme delicacies. He felt that only food would not let him down. Eating every day was the only thing he expected.

This winter when all forces are unstable, comes to an end with the arrival of the fourth year of Hongwu.

At the beginning of the new year, Zhao Yucheng received a report from Xu Tong.

It is said that he successfully completed the task of a large counterattack and disgusting Zhao Guan family. Not only did he defeat Qi Fang's troops and captured Qi Fang, but he also led 4,000 troops to attack Lin'an, breaking through the hinterland of the Southern Song Dynasty in one breath, and humiliating the Southern Song court and the emperor.

He sent someone to send Qi Fang to Nanchang, and he himself stayed in the Jianchang Army to deal with post-war affairs. According to him, although he achieved great results, the army suffered great losses and he needed to deal with post-war affairs.

At the same time, he suggested that Zhao Yucheng, although this anti-encirclement and suppression battle was won, the weakness of the peasant army's combat effectiveness was not as good as the elite of the Song army. He suggested that Zhao Yucheng should not stick to this seemingly good opportunity to march out, as there would be problems.

Because the Song army still has an elite force.

Yao Zhong's troops.

This army has not yet entered the battlefield, and the peasant army will inevitably be unable to fight against it.

When the navy was still incompetent, fighting with this army in the Jinghu area with dense water networks was tantamount to self-destruction.

Xu Tong and his instructor jointly suggested that Zhao Yucheng seize the time to train troops and organize grassroots organizations of the Revival Association to carry out large-scale production movements. We must do a good job in spring plowing after the Spring Festival, which is of great significance to the sustainable combat of the peasant army.

This letter was delivered to Zhao Yucheng with Qi Fang's arrival. After Zhao Yucheng read it, he praised Xu Tong's calmness and rationality, thinking that he had just achieved such a great victory but had no pride but reflected on it. This is a very valuable quality.

With this valuable quality, Xu Tong will definitely become one of the outstanding generals of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

At the same time, Zhao Yucheng also recognized Xu Tong's suggestion because no one knew better than him about the lack of professional standards of the peasant army that hastily launched the army.

Lin Xun's death in battle gave him great excitement, making him put away his underestimation of the enemy, and more deeply understood Su Yonglin's words [spect the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically].

The enemy may be very stupid and decayed as a whole, but when implemented in specific operation units, tactical mistakes will still occur due to particularly capable enemies.

Fortunately, God and the bureaucrats of the Southern Song Dynasty helped this time. If this battle started in spring, it would be hard to say what the consequences would be.
Chapter completed!