Author: Zero Romance

As Shi Diwen said, the assassination operation carried out by the Ming Dynasty factory guards against senior officials of Haihan is nothing new. As for this operation commanded by Zhu Zhongyun, the early planning can be traced back to more than a year ago.

When this action plan was first designed, the target was actually not the Executive Committee, but Shi Diwen, the governor of the Donghai Region, and Bai Kesi, who was inspecting Hangzhou on behalf of the Executive Committee.

At that time, there were already rumors in the market that Haihan would move its capital to Hangzhou, and Bai Kesi's visit further confirmed this rumor.

This is certainly a great benefit to Hangzhou, but for the Ming Dynasty, if Haihan really made Hangzhou his capital, it would definitely not be good news.

Although Haihan occupied a lot of territory of the Ming Dynasty in the past, and even got involved in the Liaodong region, its capital city is located on the remote Hainan Island, which determines that its development focus will only be in the South China Sea area, which is still left to the Ming Dynasty.

I thought a little bit about making a comeback.

But if Haihan moved the capital to Hangzhou and turned the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas into the Gyeonggi region, it might mean that Haihan would shift his development focus northward, and in the future, his first goal would probably be to annex the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming cabinet unanimously believed that once this matter was confirmed, Haihan would definitely station a large number of troops there and build defensive facilities to defend Hangzhou. It would be even more difficult for the Ming Dynasty to regain the lost territory in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the future.

Sending troops to counterattack Jiangsu and Zhejiang, expelling Haihan, and regaining the lost territory. Everyone wants to do this, but no one can do it. The gap in strength between the two armies is obvious, and there is no way to do it with just one heart and one heart.

Defeat the Haihan army with powerful ships and cannons.

Therefore, the plan to launch a counterattack on the frontal battlefield in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to retake Hangzhou was unanimously rejected without any controversy during the cabinet discussions.

No one, including the emperor, believed that this plan was feasible, even in theory.

But the imperial court was really unwilling to sit back and watch Haihan move his capital to Hangzhou and complete the preparations for embezzling the Ming Dynasty step by step.

At this time, Jinyiwei proposed a plan to send people to assassinate the senior officials of Haihan headed by Shi Diwen in Hangzhou City, so as to make Haihan doubt the safety of his capital in Hangzhou, and at the worst, let him move the capital.

The plan was stalled for a while.

If it succeeds in one fell swoop, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to Haihan and boost our own morale. If this triggers panic among Haihan's senior officials, Haihan's move to the capital may be cancelled.

The architect of this plan was Zhu Zhongyun, but when senior cabinet officials initially reviewed the plan, most of them were not optimistic about its prospects.

Because the risks of this plan are too great, whether it succeeds or not, it may anger Haihan and restart the war. The armistice agreement that was obtained at a huge cost will then become a piece of waste paper.

This is no joke. The Ming Dynasty finally got a few years to recuperate and recuperate. Now that the peasant armies in rebellion have not been completely wiped out, how can they still be free to resist the offensive of the Haihan army.

Once a war breaks out, it is very likely to be a terrible defeat.

But after all, the Jin Yiwei were the emperor's personal soldiers and had the emperor's trust, so they still got an opportunity to explain their plans in person.

Although Zhu Zhongyun tried his best to persuade the emperor and the cabinet to approve his action plan, Bai Kesi was already on his way to Hangzhou at that time, leaving Jinyiwei with very limited preparation time, which would greatly reduce the probability of success.

Even though Zhu Zhongyun was extremely confident in his plan, he had to admit that this was the biggest shortcoming of the entire plan, and there was no proper solution.

The final result of the discussion was that all parties reached a compromise, that is, the action plan formulated by Jinyiwei was retained, but it was not suitable for implementation at this time. Jinyiwei can further improve the plan, make preparations in all aspects, and wait for the next suitable time.

The opportunity arises.

The cabinet also allocated a special amount of money to Zhu Zhongyun for this purpose and asked him to organize a team on his own to prepare for this matter, which can be regarded as giving enough attention.

After Zhu Zhongyun received the grant, he did three things. First, he personally selected personnel and organized targeted training; second, he found ways to purchase high-end weapons produced by Haihan; third, he sent people to sneak into Hangzhou to purchase multiple properties for future operations.

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Zhu Zhongyun is also a veteran of fighting with Haihan for many years. He knows that Jinyiwei has also been deeply penetrated by his opponent, and it is difficult to say how long his action plan can be kept secret. Therefore, he consciously used many means to block information from the preparation stage.

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The manpower he selected were not members of the Jinyiwei. Instead, they selected good men from various departments of the Ming Army, divided them into several teams, and arranged them to receive special training in different places.

Each team only knew the part they participated in. As for the entire action plan, even Zhu Zhongyun's boss only knew the whole picture but not the details.

In this way, if someone betrays the enemy or is caught by mistake, other teams can still act according to the original plan, minimizing the possibility of interference.

The properties purchased in Hangzhou were all purchased under completely unrelated identities to prevent the Haihan Security Department from following clues to Jin Yiwei.

The so-called Cunning Rabbit's Three Caves, he also prepared three hiding places for each team. Although this cost a lot of money, it also greatly increased the probability of escape.

As for the choice of weapons, Zhu Zhongyun learned from the failed experience of past assassination operations and gave up traditional weapons from the beginning of the plan, choosing to purchase Haihan weapons from special channels.

This channel is a network that Jin Yiwei has run for many years. He is a businessman who does business in Haihan but is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. This person has provided important information to Jin Yiwei many times and said that he has special channels in Haihan that can obtain Haihan military equipment.

standard weapons.

At Zhu Zhongyun's request, this person provided him with four Haihan-made Type 33 rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition for training purposes for the action team.

Although the performance of Type 33 rifles is much better than that of the Ming Army's own muskets, these guns are too old, misfire and jam from time to time, and are obviously on the verge of being scrapped. They are okay for training to familiarize themselves with gun operation, but they need

He used it to carry out assassination missions, but Zhu Zhongyun was worried that he would stab Lou Zi at the critical moment.

Moreover, the number of guns was too small, and each team was assigned one gun, which was far from the firepower intensity that Zhu Zhongyun hoped for. If each team had a few more guns, they might be able to deal with multiple targets at the same time.

After Zhu Zhongyun made a request to increase the supply, the other party said that he could provide multiple Type 33 rifles at one time, but this opportunity was only available once because the rifles previously provided to him were made up of parts from scrapped old guns.

But Zhu Zhongyun wanted too many, so he could only start directly from the arsenal of the Haihan Army.

If such standard weapons were lost from the army in large numbers, it would certainly not be hidden for long. The officer who did this must have committed a serious crime and could only flee immediately after doing it.

And Haihan will definitely trace the whereabouts of the rifle, and maybe he will follow the clues to the merchant, and then implicate the Jin Yiwei.
Chapter completed!