After discussing for a long time, Zhu Bomu and Li Dao finally came to the same conclusion as they had at the beginning. They wanted to directly destroy Zheng's army and force the other cities of Jiaozhi to surrender.
Things had returned to the beginning. However, it did not mean that the Embroidered Uniform Guards did not make any contributions this time. On the contrary, the city sandbox of the Rising Dragon Mansion was extremely important to Li Dao and Zhu Bomu.
After studying the sand table of the Rising Dragon Mansion, Li Dao brought Zhu Bomu to the sand table on the north bank of the Red River.
This sand table was relatively large. The layout on it was the current layout of the Ming army and Lord Zheng's side. There were many flags on the sand table, and each flag represented a thousand troops.
On the sand table, the flag of the Ming army was only one-third that of the Zheng army. Although they were not alone this time, they were still 200 miles away from the Southern Mountain's City. There were still 15,000 people from Taiyuan and Hongji who were eyeing their escape route.
This was also the reason why Zhu Bomu had sent 5000 elite troops to escort the rations and supplies from the Southern Mountain's City.
Looking at the situation of the two armies on the sand table, Zhu Bomu touched his chin, as if it had become a habitual action.
After a while, he said," Now that the army is at a stalemate, why don't I lead the 3,000 Battalion and the soldiers from before to take down Hongji, Xin 'an, and Haiyang, the two prefectures and counties closest to us!”
" Hongji and Xin 'an..." Hearing Zhu Bomu's words, Li Dao first considered it as an official.
It was also good to let Zhu Bomu conquer two prefectures and one county. After all, Zhu Bomu was the emperor of Ming Dynasty. Although he had not officially restored the country, his status was unquestionable.
Moreover, if he took the initiative to let Zhu Bomu attack, he could also let go of his hands and feet.
Although he did not have the three thousand elite cavalry of the Three Thousand Battalion, he still had the Divine Arms Battalion and the Five Thousand Battalion. If he had the chance, he could quickly defeat Zheng without affecting the overall situation.
If Zhu Bomu attacked, he could also practice the art of war he had learned these days. Thinking about it, Li Dao nodded and said,""In that case, please send out your troops.”
As he said this, Li Dao also hinted to Shen Lian to protect Zhu Bomu. Shen Lian nodded to show that he understood.
After obtaining Li Dao's permission, Zhu Bomu began to mobilize the troops and supplies. First, it was the elite troops of the 3,000 Battalion, followed by the 1,000 cannon fodder soldiers who were responsible for logistics and taking down the city.
These 1,000 people only needed to run to a position 150 meters away from the city with their crouching tiger cannons and blast open the city gate.
After breaking through the city gates, Zhu Bomu would naturally lead the three thousand battalions to wipe out the enemy forces within the city!
Zhu Bomu didn't bring much food, only a month's worth of food. After all, if he couldn't take down any of the cities in half a month, then Zhu Bomu would have to bring his troops back.
Li Dao didn't tell him about this, but he could guess that Li Dao's reason for agreeing to let him attack the two prefectures and one county was to send him away.
Compared to taking care of one person out of thousands of people, the battle between hundreds of thousands of soldiers was more dangerous and had more concerns.
As Zheng Jun could not understand the Ming army's flag signal, they only saw the Ming army wave the flag and did not know anything else.
This was the benefit of following a brilliant general. Zhu Bomu could be said to have no obstacles at all. He led 4,000 people and rushed to the city closest to him, Haiyang County!
Haiyang County was located on the Red River Delta, bordering Hongji in the north. It is 150 miles away from the North Bay in the east and the Dragon Mansion in the west.
Haiyang County extended along the left bank of Jin River. Apart from the land, it also included some islands, covering an area of 1503 square kilometers.
The mountains took up 15% of its total area. The north was the middle reaches, and the south had lower terrain, most of which were plains.
There were 360 islands in the east, both big and small, connected to Halong Bay at the same time. This was a natural port city, so Zhu Bomu set his sights on this place because he wanted to build his first branch base here.
Now that Zhu Bomu did not have a navy, this was unacceptable to him. Whether it was attacking Ruan in the south or taking Luzon in the east, he needed a large navy.
Taking down Haiyang County, then building a branch at the natural port of Haiyang County, and developing the navy here, this was Zhu Bomu's intention to attack the two prefectures and one county.
One county represented the establishment of a branch, while the two prefectures were Zhu Bomu's means of collecting resources.
It was impossible for Zhu Bomu to massacre the city to collect resources, but it did not mean that he did not have people he could kill. The aristocrats of Jiaozhi were his targets.
Zheng was a good talent. During his reign, he maintained peace with the Nguyen family and tried to continue the reform policies of the previous Lord Zheng.
In order to protect the farmers who had lost their land, he formulated many new policies on finance, military, justice, and the imperial examination, including the establishment of the Institute of Martial Arts, the establishment of the imperial examination system, and the remeasurement of the fields.
However, his reforms caused some internal strife, but the history books still said that under his rule, it was still called:
" At this time, we inherited the cause of peace. There was no war, and there was nothing in the world. The court made many things, the laws were complete, the discipline was complete, and the people paid tribute. The country returned to the land. It was called the era of extreme prosperity."
However, he tried to restrict private land ownership and redistribute the land of the villages. Not only did it not work, but the problem became even more serious in the next ten years.
Similar to the novel, the reform policy formulated by Zheng made the Zheng regime stronger, but it increased the burden on the people.
This caused the hatred of the people in the north of Jiaozhi towards the leader of the Zheng regime to deepen. On the other hand, the Zheng regime could not expand due to its unfavorable geographical location, but the population continued to grow, which led to more and more farmers losing their land.
It could be said that the people in the north of Jiaozhi now hated the nobles of Jiaozhi.
After Zhu Bomu massacred the nobles of Jiaozhi, he distributed the land to the people of Jiaozhi and formulated a stable tax system. This would only make the people of Jiaozhi, who had a heavy tax burden due to the reduction of land, grateful to him!
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