Chapter 676 New Instigator

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After Brother Wei went out, Zhang Zhun continued to think about the Grand Canal strategy.

The attack along the Grand Canal requires a series of cooperation between the various branches of the Hu Ben Army, and the Hu Ben Army also requires unified understanding and spontaneous allocation of resources for the Grand Canal strategy. Once the whole body is activated, all aspects must be carefully measured. This is not a short-term behavior, but a long-term strategy, and involves many aspects.

Unfortunately, due to his background, there are very few people around Zhang Zhun who have strategic vision. It seems that Yang Zhiyuan, Hao Linyong, Yang Zixuan and others have a certain tactical vision. Strategic vision is basically zero. It’s difficult. In this day, there are not many scholars, and there are no military academies at all. Ordinary people don’t even know the terrain, mountains, rivers, roads and bridges of the country, what strategic vision is there?

Why were the top military officials in the Ming Dynasty basically all civil servants? In addition to the strategy of using civil war, many military generals had no strategic vision, which is also an important reason. It seems that there are very few people like Qi Jiguang after all. Most Ming Dynasty officers only know their own acres and three parts of the land, and they have little knowledge of the general trend of the world and the overall military affairs of the whole country.

Let’s not talk about other things, culture alone is a huge obstacle. There are currently more than 100 generals in the Ming Dynasty, and less than 30% of them are literate. It is like Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, He Renlong and others, but they simply don’t recognize the big words. With such a cultural level, it is indeed impossible to coordinate the entire affairs.

It is not a matter of overnight success to improve the culture of the army. The cultural people of the Ming Dynasty basically had a better way of living and did not need to be Qiu Ba at all. It is also said that a good man would not be a soldier, and a good iron would not be nailed. It is impossible to find cultural people among the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers of the Ming army. The Ming army did not have forced cultural training measures.

In the past, Qi Jiguang was able to recognize some commonly used characters in order to allow grassroots soldiers to recognize some commonly used characters, which was more conducive to reciting strict military laws. The rule that recognizes one character every day was created by Qi Jiguang. Under the strong advocacy of Qi Jiguang, the cultural level of the Qi family army was indeed higher than that of any other Ming army. It can be said that the combat effectiveness of the Qi family army is also closely related to cultural education. Unfortunately, no one has implemented such regulations after Qi Jiguang.

Since its establishment, the Hu Ben Army has actively implemented the rule of knowing one word every day. Now, more than a year has passed, and the effect can only be said to be average. Under the strong constraints of military law, each soldier can basically barely complete the task. However, there are indeed not many outstanding talents. The military households have inherent shortcomings in learning cultural courses, which is definitely not something that Zhang Zhun can easily change.

Suddenly, Zhang Zhun felt someone approaching her. When she looked back, she saw a familiar figure. It was Hong Niangzi. The guard at the door probably knew about Hong Niangzi and Zhang Zhun, so she let Hong Niangzi come in without reporting. Hong Niangzi was worried that it would affect Zhang Zhun, so she tiptoed in. To the eyes of others, it was a bit mysterious and shameful.

Zhang Zhun was thinking about the Grand Canal strategy, but he had no idea about Hong Niang. Although Hong Niang's face was flushed, her chest was high and her plump buttocks were erect, it was indeed very tempting. He said strangely: "What are you... here to do?"

Zhang Zhun said casually: "You come to me, is there anything wrong?"

Wang Shide said respectfully: "Xiaosheng heard from his uncle that the adults lacked some counselors. Xiaosheng happened to have some culture and wanted to serve the governor, so he took the initiative to meet Yang Zhiyuan, the commander of the Biaozi Camp. After he talked to Xiaosheng, he suggested that Xiaosheng come directly to the governor. Therefore, Xiaosheng dared to come."

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully, looked at Wang Shide for a moment, and said slowly: "Yang Zhiyuan introduced you to be a staff officer, right?"

Wang Shide said respectfully: "Xiaosheng has also learned some basic knowledge of marching and fighting under the disciple of Teacher Huguang. Commander Yang did have such suggestions."

Zhang Zhun looked him up and down again, then looked at the map on the wall and said deeply: "You should look at the map on the wall first, what are your thoughts?"

Wang Shide looked up at the picture and said cautiously: "Sir, you should let a fleet enter the canal immediately and control the line from Dezhou to Weishan Lake. If possible, your fleet can stay in Weishan Lake."

Zhang Zhun asked calmly: "Why?"

Wang Shide said in a casual manner: "Weishan Lake is located at the junction of Henan, the southern Zhili and Shandong. It can attack and retreat and defend. As long as there is enough infantry assistance, it can monitor the three provinces. As long as the adults station gunships in Weishan Lake, Yanzhou Prefecture will be cut off from the outside world. Whenever the adults want to recover Yanzhou Prefecture, they can recover Yanzhou Prefecture whenever they want."

After a slight pause, Wang Shide continued: "In ancient my country, there were differences between Poyang Lake Navy and Dongting Lake Navy. Emperor Taizu and Chen Youliang's thief battle was held in Poyang Lake. It can be seen that the status of gunships in inland rivers is still very important. The army of adults has a large number of gunships. The young student thinks that the governor may use the canal, Yangtze River, and Yellow River as the backbone and gradually unfold."

"The warships of the governor's warships do not have to be fought, and it is also very important to be responsible for logistics supply. Transportation on land is costly and slow, and is easily intercepted by the enemy. Relatively speaking, water transportation costs are low, fast, and relatively safe. The so-called "soldiers take the lead before the food and grass moves, as long as the adults control the big rivers and can transport troops and supplies in large quantities, the enemy will no longer be the opponent of the adults."

"In fact, as long as you occupy half of the southeast, the world will be basically settled. The bandits in Shaanxi cannot accomplish great things. At that time, the adults can go from northern Zhili to Shanxi, imitate the former Li Tang march route and pacify Shaanxi. After Shaanxi is settled, the army can enter Sichuan. After the army enters Sichuan, they can go downstream and attack Huguang. At this point, the world will be completely settled."

Zhang Zhun asked curiously: "Where are you studying?"

Wang Shide said respectfully: "He Fengsheng."

Zhang Zhun was obviously very unfamiliar with this name. After thinking about it for a while, he had no impression of it. In fact, this He Fengsheng was not a simple person. He once served as the chief minister of the court. What's even more rare is that this person was actually a deaf and mute. It seemed incredible that a deaf and mute man served as the chief minister of the Ming Empire. However, he did.
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