My life skills in Daming Liver

In the temporary commander's tent near the Shanghai camp, Su Ze was having his last military meeting before going off to the expedition.

"Grand Governor, this is the hydrographic map near Tianjin Wei of Shuntian Prefecture."

Staff Officer Feng from the General Staff Department handed over the hydrographic map.

Feng Shuo was originally the battalion commander under Lin Mojun. After Su Ze discovered his talent in drawing hydrographic maps, he transferred him to serve as a combat consultant.

At this time, Su Ze suddenly received a prompt from the system.

[Leader to draw a hydrological map near Tianjin, skill "Cartography" experience +100, Cartography Lv5, 20/1000]

[Cartography skill breaks through Lv5, free points obtained: 1, remaining free points: 2]

[Cartography skill breaks through Lv5, please choose passive skill:]

Only three cards, one green, one blue and one purple, appeared in front of Su Ze.

It actually came out in purple? Su Ze turned over the card with some surprise, only to see these three passive skills:

[Green Passive - Cartography Master: When drawing a map yourself, cartography skill +1. 】

[Blue Passive—Military Cartography: When surveying and mapping military maps, cartography skills +2. 】

[Purple Passive - Map of the Sea Country: Obtain the original book "The Map of the Sea Country", and gain +3 cartography skills when surveying and mapping foreign maps. 】

Is this still a choice? Su Ze decisively chose the purple passive skill [Sea Country Map].

"Hai Guo Tu Zhi" is the first relatively detailed and systematic work on world history and geography in the history of modern Chinese historiography.

"Hai Guo Tu Zhi" introduces and provides people with 80 brand-new maps of various countries in the world, and narrates the history and geography of each country in detail in 66 volumes.

Of course, this book was written after the Opium War in 1840, which is different from today's world situation, and the map is not very accurate.

However, "Hai Guo Tu Zhi" itself is also a world history book, and Su Ze can make a new book that is in line with today's situation by revising it.

With the further expansion of the Southeast Sea, more foreigners will surely enter the Ming Sea, and their connections with the world will become deeper.

When this war is over, Su Ze is going to compile a "Picture of the Sea Country" about the current world situation to stimulate Ming's desire to explore the outside world!

As for the remaining two free points, Su Ze thought about it and added them to intelligence and charm respectively. Now the attribute panel has become:

Su Ze, male, 27 years old.

Intelligence: 14

Strength: 11

Agility: 7

Charisma: 17

Remaining attribute points: 0

"Grand Governor?"

Seeing that Su Ze was distracted, Staff Officer Feng asked quickly.

Only then did Su Ze come back to his senses and said, "Go on, I'm listening."

When Staff Officer Feng turned around, why did he feel that the Governor was more majestic than before?

He continued to look at the hydrographic map and said: "This is the hydrographic map and the map near Dagu mouth that we secretly surveyed and mapped by pretending to be fishermen near Dagu."

"The south bank of the Haihe River in Dagukou is the throat to Beijing and the barrier to Tianjin Gate."

"The construction of the Dagu Fort began in the Hongwu period. It was also built to guard against Japanese pirates. It originally had ten earthen forts. This earthen fort used General Xuanwei's cannon."

The Xuanwei General Cannon was the artillery used by the Ming Dynasty in the early morning to deal with the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. This kind of artillery was made by binding iron bars into a barrel with iron hoops, and then pouring pig iron on it.

They have poor air tightness, are bulky, and have poor performance. Moreover, these earthen forts have been built for two hundred years. It is difficult to say whether these Xuanwei general cannons can be used today.

"In the 33rd year of Jiajing and last year, the Ming Dynasty built two new forts again. The new forts were equipped with Franco machine guns, with a total of twenty Franco machine guns."

Hearing this arrangement, everyone frowned, but Su Ze smiled and said: "It seems that Ming Ting is not too stupid?"

Staff Officer Feng continued: "The Ming Dynasty has also strengthened the defense force of the Dagu Fort. The Tianjin Left Guard, one of the three Tianjin Guards, is now stationed at the entrance of Dagu."

The Ming court was certainly not a fool. When Su Ze attacked Su Song's second mansion from Zhejiang, he used the tactic of gunboat landing.

The Ming Dynasty increased the defense at Dagukou to defend against enemies coming from the sea.

"What is the strength of Tianjin Zuowei? How is its combat effectiveness?"

Staff Officer Feng immediately said: "The Tianjin Zuowei army has 5,000 troops, but there is a serious shortage of personnel. According to our intelligence estimates, there are only 3,000 troops at most. Their combat effectiveness is also very weak, at the level of the ordinary Ming army."

After hearing this, everyone felt relaxed again. Although defenses were deployed in Dagu tomorrow, the ones defending were Su Ze's partial troops.

They didn't expect that Su Ze was going to lead the main force himself! Go north and land in Dagu to attack the capital!

Su Ze looked at the map and continued to ask: "Tell me about the troops that Ming Ting can mobilize near the capital."

Staff Officer Feng pointed to a larger map and said: "This is a map near the capital. After our army lands in Dagu, the first enemy will be the Ming army of Tianjin Guard."

"There are 10,000 Ming troops in the Tianjin Guard. Although these Ming troops are not strong in combat effectiveness, their persistence in Tianjin will greatly delay our attack on the capital, so we must capture the Tianjin Guard quickly."

Lin Liangjun immediately raised his hand and asked: "Why must we attack Tianjin Guards? Can't we attack the capital directly after landing?"

Su Ze looked at Lin Liangjun and said, "You still ask why? Go back and copy the "Military Drill Code" for me ten times!"

Lin Liangjun immediately withered, and Su Ze looked at Lin Deyang who was gloating about his misfortune and asked: "Lin Deyang, tell this idiot why we have to attack Tianjin!"

Lin Deyang immediately stood up and said, "Yes! Chief!"

"Because of the Nord Canal!"

Su Ze nodded and said: "The canal connecting Tianjin and the capital is called the North Canal. It is spring now, the rainy season in the north. Our army has heavy equipment such as artillery. If it is not transported by water through the canal, it will fall into the quagmire."

Su Ze motioned for Lin Deyang to sit down, and then asked Feng Shuo:

"The Ming Dynasty is near the capital. What other troops are there?"

Feng Shuo immediately said: "According to the information from the capital station, the Ming court mobilized 50,000 capital troops to go south. There should be between 20,000 and 30,000 people left in the capital camp."

"In addition to the capital camp, there are Miyun Guards, Yanqing Guards, and Huailai Guards near the capital. These guards have cavalry and can support the capital."

"Jizhou and Xuanfu are not far from the capital. If the Ming court responds in time, troops can be deployed from these two nine border guards to support them."

Su Ze asked: "Approximately how many people are there in total?"

Feng Shuo said: "Ten thousand cavalry and fifty thousand infantry."

Su Ze also frowned. No wonder it was said that all the elites of the Ming Dynasty were in the north. After having mobilized 39 thousand elite cavalry to go south, the Ming court still had so many soldiers in the north.

However, no officer present was worried about the number of Ming troops. Lin Mojun, who had been silent, asked:

"Ming Tingzi, there are so many soldiers in the capital. Even if we attack the capital, it will be difficult to capture the emperor, right?"

Everyone looked at Su Ze, who nodded and said, "The staff department has also done calculations in the war game. With our current strength, we only have a 10% chance of catching the emperor at most."

Su Ze continued: "But this 'Operation Capital' was not originally intended to destroy the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop."

"We were too short-lived."

Su Ze said: "In the southeast region, industry and commerce are developed, and coupled with long-term operations, we can quickly capture the four prefectures of Fujian, Zhejiang, Susong, Chaoguang, but Lin Deyang and Lin Liangjun, tell me about the situation in Jiangxi."

Lin Deyang said: "People in Jiangxi are quite afraid of us, and local scholars refuse to cooperate with us."

Lin Liangjun also nodded and said: "We have a serious shortage of officials in Jiujiang Prefecture and Anqing Prefecture. Military control is still enforced in Jiujiang."

Su Ze said: "Jiangxi is a place that has rebelled against the Ming Dynasty many times in history. This is still the case here. You can imagine the situation in the north."

Everyone was silent. Su Ze was right. The influence of the Ming Dynasty had not dissipated so quickly.

Just like Zhang Juzheng who persisted in fighting against Su Ze despite repeated defeats, including Qi Jiguang who had been "recuperating" in the southeast for a long time and still refused to serve Su Ze.

Su Ze's efforts to clear land in the southeast, revitalize industry and commerce, and develop maritime trade all took time.

"So the purpose of this battle is not to defeat the Ming court at once, but to undermine the prestige of the Ming court and leave more time for Southeast Asia to develop."

"As long as there is enough time, the future is on our side!"

Su Ze said decisively.

Everyone was excited when they heard this. Su Ze said to Feng Shuo: "Continue to introduce, if we attack the capital, how will the elites from the Nine Sides going south react?"

Feng Shuo turned over the deduction results of the staff department and said:

"The best response for the Ming Dynasty is to continue to attack Su Song south and change homes with us."

"Susong is an important industrial town in the southeast of our country. After our army moves north, only Nanjing's Fifth Brigade will be stationed along the Yangtze River. The Fifth Brigade has just been built and may not be able to stop the Nine-Border Jingqi."

"The Ming court's central strategy is to stay in Xuzhou, so that the Ming court can control Shandong and the northern part of South Zhili. These areas are relatively rich and can also put pressure on our Yangtze River defense line."

"The next best option is to give up going south and return to the capital. That would be a waste of food and grass. The fatigue of the soldiers will give us the opportunity to defeat them while waiting for work."

Su Ze frowned and said: "The staff's deduction is too underestimating the enemy. The Ming Dynasty's nine-sided elite cavalry still has combat effectiveness."

Su Ze also has no confidence in his heart. At present, his weapons have not caused generational crushing in the cold weapon era.

You must know that in the timeline before Su Ze traveled through time, in the Battle of Salsh at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens used cavalry to defeat the Ming army's firearms troops.

Although the army of the late Ming Dynasty could not be compared with the elites in Su Ze's hands, wars are always full of surprises, and no one can determine the outcome of the war before the decisive battle.

Su Ze continued: "The people of the capital are not interested in us. This battle is mainly to mobilize the elites of the Ming Army and undermine the prestige of the Ming court. If we can get peace for one to two years after this battle, it will be a full achievement. "

"Military order from the Governor's Office: The First Brigade, the Second Brigade, and the Third Brigade will rest in place for five days and board the ship immediately on April 1st to head north!"

"Follow the order!"

On April 1, the Shanghai docks were lined with thousands of sails. This time, in order to transport the troops north, Su Ze mobilized almost all the cargo ships in Shanghai that could sail.

For this matter, Lin Mojun started making preparations since the end of the year, hoarding supplies, familiarizing himself with sea charts, and secretly setting up supply stations along the way.

Just when the Southeast New Army boarded the ship and prepared to give the Ming Dynasty a "big surprise", a "small surprise" was sent to the capital through expedited military intelligence.

Nanjing fell! Fengyang fell!

This was Zhang Juzheng's urgent military message to the Ming Dynasty court when he retreated to Xuzhou.

After receiving these two pieces of military information, Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet, was buzzing.

Although they had been mentally prepared for the loss of Nanjing and Fengyang, and the court had made such a decision, this result was still too heavy for everyone to accept.

What was lost was Nanjing, one of the two capitals! There is also Fengyang, the ancestral mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty!

After seeing the detailed report on the "fall" of Nanjing and Fengyang, Xu Jie's blood pressure rose again.

Fengyang turned out to be a prisoner of the clan who opened the city and dedicated it to the city. However, Nanjing fell in one day, and the new army trained by Linhuai Marquis and Gao Gong surrendered to the enemy.

When this military information is sent to the palace, no one knows how many people will be in trouble.

Anyway, Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet, will definitely be the first to suffer misfortune. Who makes him the second most responsible person after the emperor?

Xu Jie took out the apology form he had prepared and asked officials from the General Affairs Department to send it to the palace.

Since the Jiubian Jingqi went south, Li Chengliang still reported military news to the emperor every day.

It can only be said that Li Chengliang caught the emperor's itch very well. He described the military camp life in detail and gave Emperor Jiajing a feeling of being in control of the army. This made Emperor Jiajing, who was already extremely insecure, feel at ease.

Li Chengliang's son was promoted to Yin Guan, and his wife was granted the title of imperial edict.

Even the eunuchs in the palace feel that life has been better recently. The emperor is in a good mood, so he will not punish the eunuchs at will.

In the Li Jian, Huang Jin's head was buzzing as he looked at Zhang Juzheng's urgent military information and Xu Jie's vocabulary.

After looking around, Huang Jin finally made up his mind, and headed towards Yuxi Palace with these two memorials in his arms.

At this time, the Wanshou Emperor was meditating and cultivating. Huang Jin was anxious but did not dare to disturb him. He stood at the door of the quiet room until Emperor Jiajing finished meditating, then he knelt down and raised the two memorials above his head.

"Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body!"

Jiajing also felt a thump in his heart. Huang Jin was his companion who had been serving him since Prince Xingxian's palace and had experienced too many things with the emperor.

To say that there is no emotion, this relationship of nearly fifty years is naturally emotional.

The emperor had never seen Huang Jin so out of his mind. He quickly walked over and picked up the memorial. When he saw the news of the fall of Nanjing and Fengyang, his body also shook.

Huang Jin immediately stood up and supported the emperor. Jiajing grabbed Huang Jin's arm. Huang Jin immediately understood and said: "Everyone who is serving you, please get out!"

The eunuchs and maids left quickly. After everyone left, the emperor could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and threw the two memorials on the ground.

He yelled: "Su Ze! Su thief! I will crush you to ashes!"

Immediately afterwards, the Taojun Emperor roared madly:

"What a deception! My ancestral grave was dug up by a traitor!"