Zhu Ruofan talked about this matter as a joke and listened to Ding Shengming.

"County magistrate, the spies of the Ming people are becoming more and more unscrupulous. I am afraid that some of us Laizhou people are willing to accomplice the tiger. If such rumors are not settled immediately, they will spread extremely quickly. At that time, Jiangnan will be in chaos. If Jiangnan is in chaos, how can Jiangbei defend?"

They are all from Laizhou Township, and Zhu Ruofan and Ding Xuanming have always had a good relationship. By coming to Ding Xuanming to receive the materials and wages of our army, Zhu Ruofan and Ding Xuanming mentioned this matter.

Dante's expression made Zhu Ruofan's heart suddenly feel suspicious.

"Mr. Ding Jun., you won't tell me. This is actually not a rumor, right?" he asked in a trembling voice. "The general is really ready to blow up Lai River?"

Ding Shengming nodded helplessly: "The General is indeed prepared for this. But this is also the last resort. It will never be used unless it is absolutely necessary."

Zhu Ruofan stared at Ding Shengming in shock for a while, then suddenly stood up and walked out.

"Ruofan, where are you going?" Ding Shengming asked behind him.

"I want to see General Xu and make a clear statement." Zhu Ruofan said loudly.

In the general's public room, Xu Junsheng stared at Zhu Ruofan in anger, waved his hand and asked the other people in the public room to retreat.

"Where did you find out about these things?" he asked in a cold voice.

"General, is there any need to ask where to find out? Jiangnan has begun to spread, and it is said with a nose and eyes. At first I thought this was just a trick of the Ming people, and I even said it to the governor of Ding County as a joke. Unexpectedly, is this really something like this?" Zhu Ruofan said angrily. "South of the Red River, there were 200,000 young people gathered near Laizhou City. The Lai River broke its mouth and hundreds of thousands of people were not allowed to live. Do you know, General?"

"You mean the people are already rumored?" Xu Junsheng's heart was alert.

"Otherwise, where did the General think I heard it?" Zhu Ruofan said angrily: "General, you will never be able to do such a counter-intentional act."

Looking at Zhu Ruofan, Xu Junsheng slowly calmed down. No matter how the news received by the people, what he needs to solve now is the reaction of the people after they know the news.

"This is just the final move and it may not be implemented." Xu Junsheng said slowly: "Unless we can't hold on."

"Even if we can't defend it, we can't do this crazy act!" Zhu Ruofan said sadly: "General, Wen is so destined to advise, Wu is so destined to fight. If we lead troops to fight, we will die if we die. But what are the people? We defend our country and our country. Even if we cannot defend our country, we cannot let them die in vain!"

"When the country is not protected, how can we have a family?" Xu Junsheng heard Zhu Ruofan become more and more distorted, and he was reprimanding him. "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. Every Qi people must have the awareness of sacrifice for the country. How can they be an exception?"

"General!" Zhu Ruofan raised his tone, "The people of Laizhou have first fully supported the construction of the Navy in Daqi over the years, and now they have strongly supported us in resisting the Ming army. They have undertaken heavy taxes and never stopped corvee. What else do you need to ask them? Why haven't they done their best for Daqi?"

"Where will the hair be attached?" Xu Junsheng slapped the table and shouted: "Zhu Ruofan, you won't understand the consequences of our inability to defend Laizhou, right? You are not a civilian, you are a general of the Great Qi. If you lose Laizhou and lose control of the Honghe estuary, the entire Honghe Basin will be in danger. Don't you know? There are more than tens of millions of people in Daqi in the entire Honghe Basin. Even if you are a mere Laizhou, you will have only one million people. Don't you know which one is more important?"

Zhu Ruofan was a little desperate. Of course he knew the consequences of not being able to defend Laizhou, and he just couldn't accept such a way of doing things.

"General, even if he wants to flood Laizhou, can't he remove all the people in Jiangnan?" He was almost begging.

"Retreat?" Xu Junsheng sneered: "You are still from Long Xiangjun. Have you been fed the dogs with all the knowledge you have learned? What is our purpose? How to defend Laizhou? Of course, we must effectively annihilate a large number of Ming troops to shock the other side. Now the main force of the Ming army is mainly concentrated in Changning County, opposite Luzhou. The only thing that attacks our Laizhou is a partial division, and it is transported by the navy. The journey is long and the logistics supply is difficult. As long as we can annihilate this Ming army, it will be extremely difficult for the Ming people to organize another army to come. This is not something that children can play house and can be mobilized at will."

"At the end, the general is willing to lead his troops to attack Crab Bay and fight to the death with the Ming people!" Zhu Ruofan said loudly.

Xu Junsheng looked at Zhu Ruofan with sarcasm in his eyes. "General Zhu, how dangerous the Crab Bay is, you haven't even defended it. Now do you think we can win if we counterattack Crab Bay?"

Zhu Ruofan's face was flushed.

"We can't win if we take the initiative to attack." Xu Junsheng said: "So we can only wait for the Ming people to attack. For more than a year, I have been working hard to manage the Jiangnan defense line. Wherever the Ming people want to capture, they have to do their best. What we are waiting for is their troops to attack. When the battle is at its most stalemate, they exploded the Lai River and flooded the Jiangnan in one fell swoop."

"Where are our people?"

"Of course, we will perish with the enemy!" Xu Junsheng said coldly: "Killing one hundred enemies will cause one thousand to lose, but we can afford to lose this thousand, but the Ming people cannot afford to lose this hundred. If we lose this army, at least within a year, they will be unable to organize a large army to cross the sea to attack our Laizhou. We can defend Laizhou and the entire Red River Basin."

"The thousand-mile sea area is owned by the enemy."

"Above the Thousand Mile Seas, there are not many places for large troops to land." Xu Junsheng sneered: "Even if there is, as long as the Red River Basin is still in our hands, we will have room for revolt. As for small troops to harass combat, it is not hindered by the overall situation."

Zhu Ruofan stood blankly, standing on Xu Junsheng's position, and on the position of the entire Daqi country, this strategy seems to be nothing wrong, but on the position of Laizhou people, it is a big mistake.

"General, the news has been leaked now, and the Ming people probably knew it a long time ago." Zhu Ruofan said: "This plan is no longer feasible. More importantly, this news will cause a stir in Laizhou."

"It is not difficult to make the people of Daqi believe that this is completely annihilation plan of the Ming people, right?" Xu Junsheng said disapprovingly: "For this matter, locals like Ding Jung-guard and you, I believe that the effect will be very good. As for the people of Ming, what if they know? If they are afraid and dare not attack, then I will have the right place. Isn't the result we want to defend Laizhou? If they don't come to fight, that's right."

"What if they take a detour?"

"Detour?" Xu Junsheng laughed: "Zhu Ruofan, you are also a famous general. Come and see, how do they take a detour? This way, it won't be able to defeat our Honghe Basin. This way, I encountered the city of Daqi along the way. They may be able to win, but how long will it take? And whether it can win is another matter? This goes against the strategic intentions of the Ming people. If they want to fight hard, why should they choose us?

Isn’t this side more affordable to fight in Changning and Luzhou? They have no risk of logistics yet? Going on a detour to attack? Hahaha, logistics can drag them to death. Even if a soldier only eats one pound of grain a day, tens of thousands of soldiers will be tens of thousands of pounds a day. How much is a month? Is it enough for them to transport them from a navy to travel thousands of miles? Once they get ashore, the supply line will be lengthened, and it will be even more difficult. Without the Honghe River, how many can they transport by chariots and shoulders?”

Suddenly, a long alarm sound came from outside, and then, a buzzing and familiar voice sounded in their ears again. These days, the Ming army's airships have to patronize Laizhou City almost every day, and bombing has become a fact that Laizhou people have to accept every day.

"What if Mingren learned about this news and sent their airships first to blow up the Lai River embankment?"

"I really want them to do this and it will really blow up. First, the Jiangnan country will become a marina, and their march will become difficult. I will not be afraid of them if I only go all the way on the water. No matter how powerful their warships are, they can still drive into the Honghe River? Second, their actions will only make our Qi country more united and fight against it. Even in Laizhou, when facing Ming people, everyone will only have hatred and no other, right?" Xu Junsheng said with a smile.

Zhu Ruofan took a deep breath: "General, please let me defend Jiangnan. I will do my best to defend Jiangnan. I will not use this final method until the last moment."

Xu Junsheng stared at Zhu Ruofan for a while, and suddenly smiled, "Okay, I will transfer Liao Bing back, and Jiangnan will be handed over to you. Zhu Ruofan, this time, I hope you can keep it."

"I will keep it." Zhu Ruofan said resolutely: If you can't keep it, even if the water floods the south of the Yangtze River, hundreds of thousands of times will become food for fish and turtles." Even if you die, you will keep it."

Amid the rumbling explosions outside, Zhu Ruofan left the general's headquarters. Xu Junsheng opened the window and looked at the airship that dropped bombs unscrupulously in the sky, his heart full of sourness. He is not a vicious and inhumane person. How can he be without guilt when doing such an inhumane thing? But what can he do? Looking at the airship in the sky, his heart felt powerless again.

"It's snowing, it's windy. The weather is as bad as it is, it's going to be!" He closed his eyes and murmured.
Chapter completed!