Because Wuchang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it naturally comes much earlier than in the north. In addition to the cargo ships and passenger ships, there are also many sampan boats on the rolling river. These sampan boats are the largest number of ships in the river. All year round, the river is full of these sampan boats, either carrying people or transporting cargo, or fishermen cast nets on the river to catch fish.

Since he was promoted to the general of Huguang, whenever he was free, Li Ziyuan would wear casual clothes to the riverside. When he saw the rolling Yangtze River, he often unconsciously recited the "Linjiangxian" written by the anonymous man: "The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away all the heroes. The right and wrong, success and failure turn empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times. The white-haired fishermen and woodcutters are used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine meets each other, and many things in ancient and modern times are all laughing at."

At this time, the irritability and boredom in my heart will fade for a while, and the worries and distresses arising from the desire to get rid of fame and fortune will also be comforted for a moment.

Right and wrong, success and failure turn into nothing!

Even if you work harder, what can you do?

But it's just a vain turn!

But on the other hand, he was unwilling to accept it deep down. For Li Ziyuan, who entered the society at the age of 4 and studied as a saint and passed the scholarship at the age of 17, his path should have been smooth sailing. Although he failed the exam twice and never passed the exam, he believed that one day, he would be able to pass the Jinshi and become an official in the court. At that time, he would naturally shine on his family and live up to his hard study for more than ten years.

When he thought about how full of energy and how full of expectations for the future, the situation in the world was unpredictable, and the Ming Dynasty died overnight. From then on, his fate also changed. He was unable to get a fame and honor at the age of glory. Later, he was plundered into the army as a soldier. In that barracks, he suffered a lot of humiliation. It was precisely because of the encouragement that Han Xin could endure the humiliation under his crotch.

Later, he worked hard in the army for more than ten years, and the battlefield tempered his scholarly spirit, but his deep desire for fame and fortune never faded. It was precisely because of this that he made that choice in Nanjing. He longed to be successful and a day of success. It can be said that this was his lifelong pursuit.

After many twists and turns, from the day he became the general of Huguang, Li Ziyuan felt that he had finally ended his hardships. Now his command not only has more than 200,000 troops, but also has a tax-based person in Dongting Lake with north Huguang, and he can use it. Before Wuchang last year, for the world, Li Ziyuan was just a general under Zhang Cangshui, but now, he has a reputation as the fourth person in the world.

Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan, Zhu Mingzhong... and he was Li Ziyuan. As for Li Dingguo, I have long known where to go.

However, even so, Li Ziyuan still had a heart-wrenching heart. Due to the Zheng family army, he first rebelled from Zhu Mingzhong and then rebelled from Zhang Huang. He took a lot of trouble to achieve everything today. Although he was prominent, insiders and outsiders used "three surnames slaves" to mock him. His reputation was so disgraceful, how could he attract talents from all over the world to be used? Even the local gentry was not ashamed of his character and did not want to enter his shogunate.

Whenever he thinks like this, he feels depressed. For Li Ziyuan, he can only relax on the riverside, which is where he can make his annoyance feel relatively relaxed. The only thing that makes him feel a little relieved is that although the recruitment in Huguang last year was not very smooth and was boycotted by many people, now the soldiers are in chaos. As long as he has a knife in his hand, he is not afraid of others being disobedient, so the recruitment in the end is smooth. Moreover, in recent months, the training effect of the recruits has been greatly improved and the military discipline has become more purified. This has also made him feel a little more comfortable recently.

This afternoon, there was nothing wrong. I remember that the soldiers had been training since the New Year. It has been four months since then and have never had a holiday, so I simply gave them a day off today. Then he came to the riverside, but he did not come here for a walk, but fished here.

If Li Ziyuan had any hobbies, he probably liked fishing. Once upon a time, he thought he was quite talented and often used Jiang Taigong to encourage himself, so fishing became his preference. But now there is no time for him to fish here with peace of mind. After all, there are too many things. Most of the time, he just wandered by the river, but now he caught fish with great satisfaction.

However, even though it seemed relaxed, Li Ziyuan was distracted while sitting on the shore waiting for the fish to bite, and could not be at peace. He first thought of the current governance of Huguang, then the current situation, and then the Hongzhe in Dongting Hunan, and of course Zhang Huangyan, who lives in Nanchang. Finally, what he thought of was the current situation-Zhu and Zheng broke up!

Not only was it a break, but both sides even began to mobilize troops and generals, looking like they could fight at any time. The situation became a bit beyond his imagination!

An hour passed, Li Ziyuan's mind was almost not calmed down, the fish float kept shaking, and there were very few fish that took the hook. It seemed that the fish was deliberately avoiding him today and did not eat the hook at all.

At this moment, a large cargo ship was sailing down the north. Looking at the cargo ship in the river, the cargo ship was different from the common rowing in the Yangtze River. It was a centipede ship with many oars. In the past, such ships were not common in the Yangtze River. However, now in the shipyards in Jiangyin and Yangzhou, there were more than 40 wooden oars. The ship speed was faster than the rowing. There was no wind and the oars were raised and the wind was raised. If necessary, the sails were used together and walked on the water like flying. Because of its large ship, it carried a lot of cargo. At the end of last year, Li Ziyuan customized 6 large centipede ships in Yangzhou, but they were not gunboats, but just cargo ships carrying cargo. However, it did not prevent the ships in Wuchang from installing artillery on the ship after buying back the ship. Later, he ordered the shipyard in Wuchang to imitate dozens of ships to strengthen the combat power of its navy.

The reason why he customized the centipede ship was because when he was conquering Wuchang, Li Ziyuan saw that the Zhongyi Army could roam along the river with its powerful warships. If he was willing, he could naturally become king on the Yangtze River for thousands of miles. Huguang was surrounded by rivers and lakes, and this navy must not be missing. At that time, the two navy armies of the water and land would advance together, which would be the truly majestic Li family army. Because of this, he has never relaxed in the construction of the navy since occupying Wuchang.

"Maybe, you can buy more ships, with more than a hundred small and small centipede ships. The navy is almost on the scale. At that time, if you want to take Nanchang, you can naturally go south along the waterway in Dongting."

Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan was very excited. Since seizing Wuchang, he was angry in his heart when facing the ridicule of the "three surnames slaves", but he knew that unless he made a great contribution, this stigma would definitely accompany him for the rest of his life. It is precisely because of this that he would focus his attention on Hong Chengchou.

"As long as you take Nanjing and cut off Hong Zhe's head, who will dare to call Li a "three-family slave" again?"

Thinking that people nowadays mocked him for being capricious and unfaithful, Li Ziyuan sneered.

"How can the sparrows and swallows know the ambitions of swans? How can you and others know the major plan that Li did!"

As a scholar, Li Ziyuan, of course, cares about his reputation. Naturally, he does not want to be capricious and unfaithful when he lives in the court and the country in the future. Therefore, he naturally longs to make a great contribution, and this great contribution is naturally to take off the head of Hong Chengchou, the world's number one traitor. As long as he takes that person's head over, who in the world will still remember what he did, so that stigma will no longer exist...

But now... thinking about the current situation and the possibility of Zhu and Zheng meeting each other at any time, Li Ziyuan, who was already confident in the future, was suspicious. Could this mean that the Qing Dynasty has its own blessing?

Li Ziyuan, who was originally in a state of chaos, thought this way, and his mind would naturally become even more disordered. At this moment, there were personal soldiers there who preached.

"General, Mr. Yao asks for a meeting."

Mr. Yao, who was mentioned by his personal soldiers, was naturally Yao Qisheng. Since he helped Li Ziyuan win Wuchang, he has gained deep trust. Not only were the affairs in the general's palace handled by him, but also the local affairs were handled by Yao Qisheng, so that Li Ziyuan, who had never had any experience in managing local governments, would not be in a hurry and had no brains at all. It can be said that Li Ziyuan was able to gain a foothold in Wuchang thanks to Yao Qisheng's help. Moreover, most of the time now, he is responsible for civil affairs.

"Sir, please see the military gate."

Yao Qisheng was still as respectful to Li Ziyuan as before, without any slightest sense of being arrogant. After all, he knew very well what would happen if he annoyed these Qiu Bas.

"Xizhi, you are here just in time. I am confused and want to ask you something."

"Is the military gate confused about the current situation?"

Sitting directly next to Li Ziyuan, Yao Qisheng knew that there was nothing wrong with this matter at the moment.

"It's this matter, Xizhi, do you think those two people will really fight? What if they fight, wouldn't they be profitable by the Tatar soldiers? Then, what if the Tatar soldiers head south?"

When the continuous questions were revealed from Li Ziyuan's mouth, Yao Qisheng only looked at him until his voice fell.

"The military gate thought that if the Zhu and Zheng armies met each other, who would win and who would lose?"

"this……"

Yao Qisheng’s question made Li Ziyuan think for a moment, and then said.

"In my opinion, the Zhongyi Army has a greater victory. If we talk about what Zhu Mingzhong has, it is that he is not only good at training troops, but also good at using surprise troops. Since the rise of the army, he has won by surprise. If he takes action against the Zheng army, he will do it with surprise."

Although he didn't have long time with Zhu Mingzhong, Li Ziyuan knew Zhu Mingzhong's character well and he was good at using surprise weapons. However, Li Ziyuan did not know that the reason why Zhu Mingzhong was interested in using surprise weapons was influenced by many military warfare examples in later generations, especially special operations.

"Well, that's true. Taking Nanjing, defeating Jiangbei, and defeating Dasu. The Zhongyi Army is indeed very brave, but in the final analysis, it still remains the word "shock victory". Although King Yanping has long been famous, although Zheng's army is good at water warfare, it is not good at land warfare. As far as he uses troops to Fujian, it is just like this..."

Compared to Li Ziyuan's slight capture of Wuchang, the Zheng family's army from Zhejiang to Fujian was not very smooth, and they failed to conquer Fuzhou until today. It was precisely because of this that Yao Qisheng came to this conclusion.

"So if the Zhongyi Army can defeat the navy with the Yangtze River, it will only take place in the morning and night."

Li Ziyuan's affirmation made Yao Qisheng nod, and then shook his head and said.

"Although the Zhongyi Army is good at Lu Zhan, don't forget that Zhu Mingzhong was born in the Zheng family, and he is Zheng Chenggong's sister-in-law. Even if he raises troops, he will never have any worries. If he has any worries, how could he raise troops easily?"

Yao Qisheng's words made Li Ziyuan nodded with consent.

"So, I don't know what the truth will happen! Whether to fight or not is a problem, and to what extent it is also a problem."

"Yes, so at this time, we have to consider what we should do!"

"What should we do? Please make clear!"

Staring at Yu Fu on the water surface, seeing that he was moving, Yao Qisheng did not answer Li Ziyuan, but pointed at Yu Fu and said.

"Military gate, the fish are caught!"

At this time, Li Ziyuan naturally had no mood to consider the fish he caught. For him, the most important thing is now.

"Xizhi!"

Li Ziyuan seemed a little unhappy about Yao Qisheng's constipation. However, he also knew that this was the so-called pride of a literati.

"Please teach me!"

Once again, Li Ziyuan gave Yao Qisheng enough face.

"Military, the most important thing for us now is which one should we choose for the two companies."

Yao Qisheng said slowly.

"According to common sense, we should naturally be friends with the strong, but in the eyes of the military, who is the strongest of the two families?"

Yao Qisheng's rhetorical question made Li Ziyuan fall into silence. It took him a long time to say.

"Their two families can be said to have their own strengths and weaknesses. If they want to separate a strong family, it may not be easy."

The reason why Li Ziyuan said this is not that he did not know that the Zhongyi Army was better at land warfare, but that he had his own considerations.

"King Huai always cares about his work and always leaves a slightest bit of affection."

With his eyes fixed on Li Ziyuan, Yao Qisheng said this. It can be said that if Li Ziyuan was Zheng Chenggong's subordinate, there would be no Li Ziyuan in this world long ago. How could there be so many things now?

"What do you mean by Hee-ji?"

Li Ziyuan looked at Yao Qisheng and asked.

"Nanjing?"

"Nanjing will definitely ask for military service!"

Yao Qisheng said affirmatively.

"But is the military gate willing to be driven by Zheng Chenggong?"

When Yao Qisheng's words fell, Li Ziyuan fell into silence. He just looked at the rolling Yangtze River and was silent... ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
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