Chapter 302 Southward!

"We go south from Taizhou, and then we can conquer Jiangyin, Changshu and Taicang all the way south to surround Pingjiang Road. First, we isolate the Pingjiang River, and then work together to take down the Pingjiang River. These areas are the granaries of the world. We have occupied these places, so we don't have to worry about the problem of grain in the future. " Shi Nai'an pointed to the map on the wall and said to Zhang Yang.

After beating away the tars, there was a light in front of him. Taking this opportunity, he went south and occupied these rich places first. As his base, with a greater source of income, he could raise more soldiers and horses, and then occupy more territory.

Although these ideas are a little disgraceful, the justice of fighting the tars is the most important. It is also very important to accumulate your own strength. Without strength, how can you survive in this troubled world?

At the beginning, he fought against the tars in Gaoyoufu City, but did not see other righteous troops to help him. Now, the tars have been repulsed. The fruit of this victory cannot be picked by others. Not to mention far away, there is a neighbor Zhu Yuanzhang nearby. While the tars are unable to fight back, he captured Jiqing and changed its name to Yingtianfu.

The generals were all here. They sat together and looked at Mr. Shi's explanation, and everyone's heart was full of heroism.

Nowadays, Gaoyou Mansion is already solid. Now, if you want to develop, this place is far from enough. To develop to the south and cross the Yangtze River, it is a hundred times richer than here.

Everyone is eager to try, but they also know that they must leave someone to guard here, and it must be the army that the eldest brother trusts the most. This is the birthplace of the rebels, and there is no room for loss.

"Brother, our second battalion is willing to be the pioneer of Big Brother!" Soup and reaction are the fastest, take the lead.

Other generals also asked for orders one after another: "Brother, we have been in the camp for a long time. Let's go to the camp!"

Zhang Yang looked at his group of people with a smile. Under his leadership, he had won so many battles and cultivated the army's active fighting spirit. Everyone wanted to kill the enemy and make contributions, and the rewards for military achievements were also rich.

"This time we are going south, but we have to leave some guards in each big city, and we have to be the most effective troops. Baoying, salt field, Xinghua, Gaoyou and Taizhou are all our fundamentals, and we can't afford to lose." Zhang Yang said.

"So, we have to leave at least one main battalion to serve as a guard. This task is only performed by the most elite and effective second battalion." Zhang Yang said.

Tang He's face immediately turned into a donkey's face. What's the logic? The combat effectiveness of your army is the strongest, so do you want to stay? Good steel should be used on the blade!

"Big brother, our camp..." Tang He wanted to defend a few words, but he couldn't just hit the eldest brother's words like this. He had to fight for the opportunity. Everyone was eating meat in front of him and making himself greedy in the back?

"The second battalion stayed, and two thousand-person infantry also expanded into cavalry. The main force was stationed in Gaoyoufu and Taizhou. In this way, once there is a situation, the military information will be transmitted through the carrier pigeons and urgently dispatched to attack instead of defense." Zhang Yang said.

With 4,000 people in a battalion guarding so many places, there must be a shortage of troops. Therefore, if you turn all these people into cavalry, you can rely on the powerful machine power and the power of fire. If there is a war situation, you can quickly help each other.

Tang He heard that he was going to turn his infantry into cavalry. In this way, the 4,000 people under his command, except for the artillery and spearmen and other support arms, the other three thousand-person troops, have become cavalry, which is almost the same. In this way, my army is the most effective force.

Tang He showed a satisfied expression.

"In addition, we need to recruit another 20,000 people. These people are also trained in the port of killing. Shanchang and Dingchen are jointly responsible for the specific work." Zhang Yang continued.

If Tang He has been satisfied with the supplementary war horse just now, Tang He is more happy to train the new army. Since he finished training the new army last time, Tang He has never experienced the feeling of training people again. That feeling is really cool!

"After the army marched, Shanchang sat in the Gaoyou Mansion and coordinated all the work in the rear. All the affairs of the salt farm were handed over to Shide." Zhang Yang said.

"Yes, please rest assured that it will be in order here." Li Shanchang said.

People make every use of it. Li Shanchang's strengths are logistics. As a staff member, Li Shanchang is good at ** all aspects of relations, so that all work can be completed smoothly, or to focus on economic construction, Li Shanchang is also a good hand. Zhang Yang handed this place over to Li Shanchang, and he is very relieved.

Moreover, Li Shanchang and Tang and others are restrained from each other. They lead the army in front of them to attack the city and land, and they don't have to worry about the fire in the backyard. Especially their family is in Gaoyou Mansion, so there can't be an accident.

"The remaining seven battalions, set out with me and march to the south of the Yangtze River!"

Hearing Zhang Yang's words, the rest of the people sat upright and waited for the eldest brother's order.

"Mo Tianyou, lead the fifth battalion, march east, and take Rugao."

"Yes, big brother."

"Zhao Zixiong, lead the sixth battalion and take Tongzhou."

"Yes, big brother."

"After you two take Rugao and Tongzhou, take down all the salt farms along the coast for me, and the good manager will be responsible for integrating them with our salt industry." Zhang Yang ordered.

Nowadays, the whole Gaoyou Mansion has fallen into its own hands, and Yangzhou Road has only one Taizhou City, and everything is Tartars. In the east, it is Rugao and Tongzhou. If you take these two places, you will have no worries and you can go south with all your strength.

"Xu Yi, lead the seventh battalion, take Taixing in the south, and open the entrance of our army to the south."

"Yes, big brother."

Rugao and Tongzhou in the east, and Taixing in the south, all these places were taken down, and the situation was reversed. I'm afraid those officials and gentlemen on Yangzhou Road can't sleep at ease. There are themselves in the east and Zhu Yuanzhang in the west. Their good days are over.

Moreover, after occupying all the salt farms in these places, they also controlled half of the salt production in the country. In the future, the salt industry will have the final say. The imperial court can't collect salt tax and lost the transportation. Grain prices in the north will soar. Let's see how most of the people in the capital can stick to it!

Zhang Yang, from later generations, naturally knows that war is not only to destroy the tars physically. In this kind of economic war, it is to eliminate the economic ability of the tars from the source, and see how they can toss around.

"After occupying Rugao, Tongzhou and Taixing, good people have to work hard to divide the fields in these places as soon as possible, so that the people can get benefits, so that they can support us from the heart. Lizheng from all over the country should also elect highly virtuous people from the villagers to serve, so that our government Right, firmly rooted in these places.

"Yes, big brother." Li Shanchang knows that these things must be handled properly, otherwise it will affect the reputation of the eldest brother. Besides, since the occupation of Taizhou, the surrounding areas are eager for the rebels to go there as soon as possible and liberate them.

If these places are occupied, the area actually controlled by the eldest brother will nearly double the area. Although the eldest brother was exempted from taxes for three years, the grain harvested by the people in these places, if they want to sell it, they have to do it through themselves, and there is still a profit to make in the middle.

In this way, the finance will be more abundant.

"When attacking these cities, you need to pay attention to strategy. The tars come to attack our Gaoyou Mansion. Everyone has seen their ending. You have to take advantage of the advantages of the weapons in your hands to suppress the bows and arrows of the enemy's city from a long distance, and then use the God of War cannons and scattered cannons to open the city wall. In short, you When we fight, we can do it in any way, but we must not consume too much troops. If anyone loses too much to me, I will withdraw his official.

"Yes, big brother." Mo Tianyou, Zhao Zixiong and Xu Yi replied, thinking about how to fight a beautiful siege and make the eldest brother satisfied.

The surroundings are well arranged, and the rest is the arrangement to the south.

"Bian Yuanheng. The sailors of the fourth battalion went south from Taixing, crossed the Yangtze River, landed near Jiangyin, opened up a stable landing site, and transported troops across the river in batches.

"Yes, big brother."

Although the navy has more than 20 large ships, it is still far from enough to transport themselves. There are 16,000 people in the four battalions, plus the base camp and more than 20,000 people. The ships of the navy are still far from enough. Besides, those ships are equipped with steam engines, and after the cannons, the places that can be used to transport personnel are greatly reduced.

When the Pingjiang River is down and there is a shipbuilding base in Pingjiang, at that time, you can build a real warship according to your own ideas, instead of the current kind of modified by a cargo ship.

Although the Yangtze River is a natural danger, at this time, crossing the Yangtze River is not a big problem at all, because the most lacking thing for the tars is the navy. It is impossible to have countless large ships to patrol back and forth in the Yangtze River Channel.

In addition to the dangerous and key places, such as Jiqing, quarrying, etc., the tars will only arrange heavy troops to guard them. In the south of Jiangyin, the water flow has slowed down, and their own steam engine ships do not need to rely on other power. Therefore, the Yangtze River is not a problem for themselves.

First, the water army enters the upper reaches of Jiangyin. As long as the beach head position is occupied, the warship can continue to transport the army across the river and cross the Yangtze River, which is much easier than Zhu Yuanzhang.

"The people in the south are waiting to be rescued from the iron hoofs of the Tutar. Since we have risen up and resisted the tyranny of the Tutars, we must take the world as our responsibility to save our brothers and sisters!" Zhang Yang said, "After getting ready, we will leave within five days!"

"Yes, big brother!" Everyone replied with one voice.

(to be continued)