Even if Geng Zhongming couldn't believe it, Zhu Yihai could still send a force to cross the Bohai Strait to attack Lushun.

"I have been reading Sun Tzu's Art of War for a long time. Sun Tzu talks about the word "power" throughout the article. I have pondered for a long time and figured out the way. It can be said in one sentence: Establish absolute advantage, and then you can win. If you cannot establish overall absolute advantage, then establish local absolute advantage.

Absolute advantage, that's what war is like, through various methods, you can establish absolute advantage, and then you can win."

In terms of the overall situation today, the Ming Dynasty experienced the fall of two capitals, and the original upper-level organization completely collapsed. Zhu Yihai reorganized and restored it, and now half of the country is stable, but the momentum is still weaker than the Tatars.

In this case, we have to find ways to establish local advantages to defeat the Tartars.

The Tatars had an absolute advantage on the Western Front, so Zhu Yihai went to the Eastern Front to establish their absolute advantage.

War is just like playing chess. No matter how powerful your rook is, you can still use your pawns to capture the rook, horse and cannon.

We must seize the initiative in the war and establish an absolute advantage. We cannot fight head-on without even the slightest chance of winning, let alone be led by others to fight passively. That is the way to defeat.

Zhu Yihai stationed 50,000 troops in Denglai. Previously, the 50,000 troops attacked Kongyou Deden Prefecture with 500 troops. This was a hundred-fold advantage, coupled with the cover of North Korean ships, so he could easily capture it.

Then he surrounded Laizhou with an army of tens of thousands, Geng Zhongming's ten thousand, which was still an absolute advantage several times over, and with the addition of surrender, he conquered another city.

Now 50,000 troops are fully occupied in Denglai, and they have just defeated Tiemenguan and Haizhou, occupying a physical advantage.

When the Qing army comes to attack, it can only draw troops from Huainan and Beizhi. However, if troops are drawn from Huainan, the strength of the front line in Huainan will be sharply reduced. The middle and left armies of the imperial camp will establish an absolute advantage.

Zhu Yihai not only held Denglai, but also had a partial division in Haizhou and Tiemenguan, which could serve as surprise troops.

This strange army at Tiemenguan can go straight to Jinan along the Daqing River, threatening the capital of Shandong, Haizhou. This army can also threaten Huai'an and Xuzhou.

"All kinds of craftsmen among the hungry people in various places were selected and sent first to Changdao, and then to Zhoushan, Yuhuan and other places in the rear, or to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. These craftsmen are talents and cannot be treated as ordinary farmers working in the fields. It is too wasteful.

, you have to treat them preferentially.”

"Scholars among hungry people should also be treated with preferential treatment and used according to their abilities."

Huang Zongxi nodded in response. It seems that the emperor is determined to fight a defense battle of Denglai this time. This is a battle that the Ming army has never fought before. In the past, it was mainly a guerrilla movement. For example, in the last Northern Expedition, although it reached Changping, it captured

Xuzhou, Huai'an and other places quickly evacuated and did not defend.

But now, the emperor has to guard Denglai.
Chapter completed!