The Southern Court meeting was held as scheduled, but the atmosphere was quite solemn. Today's topic was military affairs. The meeting had been held for five consecutive days, but no result had been reached yet.

"The Daning Navy has arrived at Pingyang Mansion and will soon enter Jiangzhou. I would like to ask Your Majesty and the three kings to decide as soon as possible how to deal with it!"

Wu Guiqi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War of the Southern Dynasties, had a high-pitched voice. He was originally from a local wealthy family. In his early years, when Guan Ning went south to quell the chaos, he knew the current affairs and followed the imperial court.

Guan Ning would not deal with everyone, so he would naturally have to win over some people. As a local powerful figure, Wu Guiqi became one of them and was given a title. He had only a name but no real power.

This is to appease the local Tu tribe.

When the Southern Dynasty was established, Wu Guiqi could not withstand the temptation of persuasion and also participated in the rebellion. He was still wise and turned over some of his family property, so he was not included in the investigation. He was also supported by Wen Xu as Minister of the Ministry of War.

This is an important position, and it can be considered a high position, but Wu Guiqi regrets it to death. How could he be fooled by lard and rebel in the first place?

I thought I could make some money and gain some power.

But what’s the result?

No money was caught, and a lot was thrown away.

Where is the right?

Although he is the Minister of the Ministry of War, who can listen to him?

Is it the King of Huainan or the King of Zhennan?

This is a mess!

There is no worst, only worse!

The Daning Navy is about to arrive, but they haven’t sent out any troops yet?

It's so ridiculous.

Wu Guiqi continued: "Pingyang Prefecture Yin Zhangjun has changed his story and said that he would like to welcome Daning Navy to come."

"It is said that the Daning navy is like a dragon swimming out of the sea, running across the river, unstoppable... If we don't send troops, we will reach Lin'an!"

silence.

Still silent.

This is not the first time such a scene has occurred.

Lu Zhengyuan, who was also in the court discussion, almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

He's already determined.

Fang Jie is "one of our own."

Until now, what he has said is to pay the autumn tax and not to resist.

This was certainly a wise choice, but it was wrong for the Southern Dynasties.

They have already rebelled, and yet they still pay autumn taxes. Isn’t this stupid?

What do you want those people who are still waiting to rebel against you to think?

What do you want the people who have followed you to rebel to think?

Rebellion is rebellion. There is no way out except for going all the way...

Fang Jie must understand this truth, but he is unwilling to fight.

Of course, his reasons are also very good.

There were not many people in the Southern Dynasties who knew military matters. Dong Zheng, the king of Zhennan, definitely had the most say. After all, he was the general of the Nanfu Army.

But he was selfish. He didn't want his army to resist the Daning Navy, so he refused to send troops on the pretext of guarding Lin'an City...

Then, long discussions came to no avail!

Wen Xu was the only one who was really anxious, but he was also anxious.

"King Zhennan, the elite Daning navy has come out. The Zhennan army cannot resist it. Please send troops as soon as possible, at least to stop it at Pingyang Mansion!"

Wen Xu stood up.

"We really can't delay it any longer!"

"The Zhennan Army is just an army, how can it resist the Daning Navy?"

"I have made arrangements to mobilize merchant ships and fishing boats..."

"Are you kidding me?"

Dong Zheng said: "The Daning, the first ship of the Daning Navy, is seven or eight feet tall. Fishing boats in front of it are like children in front of adults. How can we block it?"

The power of the Daning Navy has spread, making everyone frightened. This also shocked many people. This was the first time they knew that the Daning Navy was so powerful.

"Lin'an is the top priority!"

Dong Zheng said in a deep voice: "The navy can run rampant in the waters, but it will not be able to defeat our army on land..."

"General Dong, if others don't know it, don't you still know it?"

At this time, Fang Chi said: "The Daning Navy has assembled a firearms battalion, and there are not many swordsmen. The warships can dock directly at Jiangqing Lake outside Lin'an City, and the Yuanwu artillery can directly bombard Lin'an."

Dong Zheng's expression changed slightly, and he said angrily: "Then let them bombard Lin'an. The people who will be injured are the people of Daning, so what does it have to do with us?"

"This is a bad idea!"

Wen Xu's face was gloomy.

They have thought of this method. If it is irreversible, they will threaten the people of Lin'an City...

But if they really did this, the Southern Dynasties would really lose the support of the people.

"King Huainan, are you going?"

"Just taking the new recruits to practice?"

Fang Jie shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to, it's really that I can't. The training time for new recruits is too short and they can't even carry their weapons. What's more, we haven't got all the weapons and equipment yet. Letting such new recruits go to war will easily cause mutiny."

, or mass surrender!”

"When that time comes, the gains will outweigh the losses..."

This reason is also very good.

The new recruits had not established military discipline and did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Southern Dynasty. It would only take an instant for them to collapse...

"So we won't fight?"

Wu Guiqi stood up

"I can't be the Minister of War!"

If he quits, is there really nothing he can do?

"In my opinion, we should just pay taxes honestly."

Lu Zhengyuan said: "What we need is time to train the new army and replenish the equipment. The Jianghuai area is rich and will become richer under my rule. We can just collect taxes."
Chapter completed!