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Chapter 499: Central Fengyang

After Li Laiheng's handling, Chief of Staff Li Dingguo and seven or eight governors gathered in front of the map. Zhu Jun sat on a chair and half closed his eyes to discuss the current situation.

Li Dingguo finally pointed his finger at Hubei: "Emperor, in my opinion, if a decisive battle is launched in Hubei, it will be beneficial to our army in terms of terrain. If it goes north to Henan, although the terrain of Henan has mountains, there is also a plain, suitable for cavalry mobility. Manchus are mainly cavalry. In addition, if our army goes north, it will go deeper alone. Therefore, the General Staff unanimous decision was to tempt the Qing army to go south to fight as far as possible."

Li Dingguo paused here: "But Manchus seemed to have seen this, and they probably wouldn't go south easily. My colleagues and I thought of a compromise." Li Dingguo moved his finger to the position of Fengyang Mansion of Zhongdu: "Your Majesty, why not move the battlefield here? Fengyang of Zhongdu is a place of dragons and is located in the north of Hui, and it is also a mountainous place. If our army goes to Zhongdu, let alone this place is only a hundred miles away from the Yangtze River, you can transport food and fodder from Shuntian Mansion at any time to travel north."

Zhu Jun's eyes lit up: "There are all places where Taizu's dragons rise, and people's hearts are available, not to mention that it is only 300 miles away from the East and Beiyang. When the war begins, the Navy and Marine Corps can land and rescue at any time."

Li Dingguo nodded, and the governors of other armies also agreed. What they thought was that it would be better to be able to fight decisively in the place where the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty emerged. It is said that the dragon vein of the Ming Dynasty was in Fengyang, and it is naturally a favorable condition to have ancestors blessed.

Zhu Jun did not have so many gods and monsters in this person's mind. Even if his ancestors had Ling, his classmate Zhu knew that he was a fake, he would crawl out of the underground and get angry. Zhu Jun's brows sank: "Just how to attract the Qing army into Anhui?"

Li Dingguo looked confident: "Zhongdu is the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. The strategic significance is comparable to that of Shengjing, which is comparable to that of Manchu people. If it can go down in one go, its significance is extremely important. The morale and civilian spirit can naturally rise to another level. If Manchu people knew that our army was fighting in Fengyang, they would definitely lead the army to pounce in an attempt to destroy it."

Zhu Jun clicked: "Where is Mu Jianming?"

When Mu Jianming saw the emperor pointing his own words, he immediately stood up: "The emperor doesn't need to give orders. If the last general immediately leads his army eastward within a month, he will be willing to come and see you."

The general couldn't help but laugh and even led 50,000 colonial corps northward Xu Dachang couldn't help but smile. Xu Dachang had been surrendering to the Ming Dynasty for three years, and he had never been discriminated against by others these days. Especially the emperor treats the generals and schools of all armies equally, and he may not be despised in front of the emperor. Occasionally, someone jokes or jokes are the same. He always thinks about his own selfish interests. The superior smiles at him, a joke or a heartfelt word is touching. Xu Dachang is now devoted to Zhu Jun. Not to mention the nationalist night school teaching, the sentence just for the scholar to die for his confidant is enough to make Xu Dachang willing to die generously for the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, news has long been heard from the cabinet that the emperor intends to promote the colonial army to the governor level. If so, then Xu Dachang will naturally become the governor of the colonial army. Although it is only a level upgrade, Xu Dachang is also very excited about the fame and fortune. Isn’t people living just for face?

"Li Qing. You immediately order the navy in the name of the General Staff. Let them go north and cruise on the Tianjin coast first." Zhu Jun pondered for a moment and said slowly: "See the right time at that time. Once the battle begins, the navy must immediately go south and land in Xuzhou, northern Jiangsu and other places. I will give them two days. They must rush to the Fengyang battlefield."

"The emperor means using the navy and marines as a surprise soldier. Suddenly penetrated the Qing army during the decisive battle?" Li Dingguo pondered at the feasibility of this strategic location.

Zhu Junhe nodded. He had been thinking about this plan for a few days. First, he asked the navy to make the illusion of going north to Tianjin to occupy the city of Beijing. Taking advantage of the decisive battle, he suddenly headed south. He quickly landed on northern Jiangsu and along the coast of Shandong. He attacked the Qing army and local fronts from both sides.

As for using the navy to capture Beijing City, there is no need for Zhu Jun. Now the most important thing is to eliminate the main force of Manchu and Mongolia. As long as the main force of Manchu and Mongolia is destroyed, it is only a matter of time before all the lands within the pass are recovered. Although a Beijing city is a heavy blow to Manchu, the most urgent task is to eliminate the main force of Manchu first.

After Li Dingguo decided: "Your Majesty, this plan is available. I will make arrangements immediately.



Zhu Jun smiled, then turned his head and asked Hu Yan, the commander of the Northern Fushu Division: "What's wrong with Wang Fuchen?"

Hu Yan is a person with an introverted personality. He has been silent all the time. When Zhu Jun asked questions, he immediately said: "Wang Fuchen has accepted the emperor's imperial edict. Now he leads Pingliang troops to guard Pingliang. Longyou cavalry cannot pass. It is said that the Longyou cavalry is about to attack the city. Wang Fuchen asked the emperor to transfer some artillery to strengthen the city.

Zhu Junhe nodded: "These are not problems. Let's arrange for the people from the Ministry of Works to do it immediately. Wang Fuchen turned against me, which is equivalent to removing 60,000 or 70,000 enemies for me, and he has made an indelible contribution."

After discussing the military, the atmosphere became relaxed. Zhu Jun said a few words to the generals and asked everyone to do their own things. He read the recent newspaper without mentioning it.

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Fengyang was originally named Zhou. In the second year of Kaihuang of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Zhongli County was renamed Haozhou because Zhongli was buried in Haoshui. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang led the people to cause trouble and seize the world. This small town, which was originally not famous, became popular all of a sudden. In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed Zhongli County to Zhongli County, and at the same time built Zhongdu on the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain in the southwest of the prefecture. In the sixth year of Hongwu, Linhao Prefecture was changed to Zhongli Prefecture. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhongli Prefecture was renamed Fengyang Prefecture. The government moved to Xincheng. At the same time, the Taiping, Qingluo, Guangde and Yongfeng townships of Linhuai County were established. In the 19th year of Hongwu, Hongxian 8 was merged into Fengyang County.

The Imperial City of the Ming Dynasty is located in the northwest of Fengyang County. According to the concept of the ancient capital planning "Kaogong Ji", it is called the basic characteristics and follows the tradition of "left ancestor and right society". It inherits the Song and Yuan dynasties and the Ming and Qing dynasties. There are more than 9,000 buildings in the Zhongdu city, including palaces, towers, gates, altars, temples, houses, and halls. The southwest of Zhongdu city is the imperial tomb of the Ming Dynasty. The remains of Zhu Yuanzhang's parents, brothers and sisters-in-law and nephew are buried in the tombs. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor family, and his parents and sisters-in-law died one after another. Zhu Yuanzhang was only 1c to more than a year old and was unable to do so.

When holding funerals, they only used the ceremony of "being evil clothes and covering up three feet" to safeguard their relatives. More than 20 years later, Zhu Yuanzhang was granted the title of King of Wu and ordered his former minister Wang Wen to go to Haozhou to repair his parents' tomb. In the second year of Hongwu, he issued an edict to build the Zhongdu city in his hometown, and at the same time, he issued an edict to build the Zhongdu city for the old tomb. In the eighth year of Hongwu, the Zhongdu was dismissed and the remaining materials of Zhongdu were used to build the parents' tomb again. By the 12th year of Hongwu, the overall layout of the imperial tomb was basic, with city walls outside, protective facilities inside, and sacrificial facilities; tall imperial tomb monuments and pairs of stone statues were erected in front of the tomb, with majestic momentum.

Now, this city, once one of the three capitals of the Ming Dynasty, changed Fengyang Prefecture to Jiangnan Province in the second year of Shunzhi after the Manchus entered the pass, and was changed to Anhui Province in the first year of Kangxi. In addition, the high and broad city walls in the city were also demolished by Shunzhi, and only the outer city walls were used for defense.

The county magistrate of Fengyang County is named Xu Deyou. He has been in office for two years, but it is very noisy than the officials of other prefectures. This place was originally a poor county. Although the Ming Dynasty had built countless attics here, it was now the world of the Qing Dynasty. These long-standing old buildings cannot create much value. On the contrary, because the land here is barren and the cultivated land is less, the complacent people will become poor counties after entering the pass. This is nothing. The so-called Qing magistrate for three years, with 100,000 snowflakes. Although he is the county magistrate of a poor county, he can still scrape a little.

What troubles Xu Deyou is actually the public security in the county. You know, this place was Zhongdu in the Ming Dynasty. The people in the county were exempted from taxes. For hundreds of years, the "troubled people" didn't know what taxes mean. Not only did there be no taxes, every few days, the court would send imperial envoys to worship the imperial tomb. The imperial envoys would not only go to the imperial tomb to worship the imperial tomb. The imperial envoys would also bring a large amount of rewards. The recipients of the reward were naturally Lao Zhu's fellow countrymen. Therefore, when Zhu was in the world, the people of Fengyang County lived a small life as if they were in the water, but now they couldn't. Want to exempt them? The emperor today doesn't believe in Zhu. It's Nurhaci, and this tax cannot be lost.

.Fengyang has been born since ancient times, with a magnificent martial arts, lack of literary talent, and fighting bravely. It is just the principle that the poor and bad people have emerged from the poor and bad people. In addition, the life gap between Manchus in the past few years has been too great, so naturally there are bandits in the country. Either they are heroes who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, or they are thieves who killed the officials and priests of wealthy families. The court suppressed them several times, but in a few months, they will rekindle again. When Xu Deyou first took office, he still wanted to influence him with a soft and far-reaching attitude, but he didn't like you at all. The heroes are relatives and fellow villagers of the former Ming emperor. After hundreds of years of good life, you dare to ask us to pay taxes. Without saying a word, a white knife comes in and a red knife comes out.

It's better in the county town. What the county vassal officers are most afraid of is to go to the countryside to collect grain. They may not be sure to go back after they go on. Especially after the Nanming fights to Jiangnan, the anti-Qing and restoring Ming movement is in full swing. In Xu Deyou's words, as long as it is from Fengyang County, there is no need to pick among ten thousand people. They are all thieves, and they are not only rebellious, but also do what they think of.

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