Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 692 Cheng Lin's Strategy
"Why did the situation rot so quickly? Didn't it mean that I, the elite of the Qing Dynasty, couldn't do it?" Fei Yanggu's face was gloomy, and he was furious.

But after getting through the initial rage, Fei Yanggu stopped throwing things, destroying things, and even executing ministers to relieve his anger, because it didn't help.

After calling in an eunuch, Fei Yanggu asked, "Has Chenglin left yet? The war is already so urgent, yet he still stays in Mo Jing."

The eunuch replied: "Your Majesty, Lin Shuai is still in Mo Jing. However, Lin Shuai has worked hard all day, dealing with military affairs, and it is said that he has not closed his eyes for two nights."

Fei Yanggu was furious: "What's the use of his hard work? He can only be useful on the front line. He must be resentful because I put him under house arrest before, so he did this on purpose!"

The eunuch didn't dare to answer, because in the eyes of most people, Emperor Qianlong, Fei Yanggu, was mean and ungrateful and self-willed.Because he was afraid that Chenglin's great achievements would shock the emperor, he was detained without guilt. Now because of the urgent war and the Western Qing Dynasty was worried about the collapse of the country, he quickly invited Chenglin out and worshiped him as the general who protects the country, even if he was polite and face-conscious. But after all, the heart of a virtuous and loyal minister has been hurt, and it will not be easy to make up for it.

The eunuch had no choice but to say: "I will go and urge Lin Shuai to leave as soon as possible."

Fei Yanggu can't arrest Cheng Lin again at this juncture, because Fei Yanggu has finally seen clearly that the invincible Qing Dynasty is bullshit, and those who always boast that they can punch the Daming armored division and step on land Those in the team are all beaten to death by the Ming army now, and only Cheng Lin is a sincere person who says he can't beat them.

He couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart: "Is it true that loyal words are harmful to the ear and good for deeds? Cheng Lin is a great loyal minister. It seems that I really mistrusted him."

"Go quickly." Fei Yanggu said to the eunuch.

However, after the eunuch left, Fei Yanggu felt upset again.Now the Western Qing Empire is a dilapidated house with leaks everywhere, and the Ming army sent troops from all over to attack. Even if Cheng Lin can save one side of the defeat, what about the other side?

Fei Yanggu thought about it, and after a long time, the eunuch came back again.

"Your Majesty, great joy! Lin Shuai said that he will fly to the front line tomorrow morning!"

Fei Yanggu's spirit lifted, and he asked, "What do Lin Shuai want?"

The eunuch hurriedly said: "Shuai Lin Tuo Nu brought back a letter, please read it Your Majesty."

"Bring it up quickly!"

The eunuch carelessly handed over a notebook to Fei Yanggu. In Daming, this way of submitting a letter has long since disappeared.At present, most civil servants in the Ming Dynasty do not have the right to directly submit letters to the Taiping Palace, because in essence the Taiping Palace is not an administrative agency, the real administrator is the Lizhengyuan, and the reports submitted to the Taiping Palace are generally Lizhengyuan. Or letters from the prime minister and cabinet ministers. These letters are not handwritten, but typed out with a typewriter and sent directly to the Taiping Palace.

Fei Yanggu looked at Cheng Lin's letter with one glance and ten lines, and his heart was also shocked.

"Cheng Lin is really my unparalleled general of the Qing Dynasty!"

The content of Cheng Lin's short letter can be summed up in a few sentences.

The Ming Dynasty gathered armies from various countries, including its own soldiers and horses, totaling more than three million, and this is not the limit of the Ming army. If necessary, the Ming army can continue to expand its military strength, because they have such war potential. On the other hand, the Western Qing Empire basically squeezed its manpower to the limit. The war began to seriously affect economic life, so the Qing army could not compete with the Ming army.

Based on this point of judgment, seeking a big victory in this battle is a fool's dream. If the weak desire requires Xiqing to survive, it must win quickly, which is what Cheng Lin said to Fei Yanggu before the war-to seek peace through war.If the Ming army was severely injured in World War I, or if the Ming army had to readjust its strategy and come to the negotiating table to negotiate an armistice with the Western Qing Empire, then their goal would be achieved.

In order to achieve this goal, Cheng Lin decided to turn the defense into an offense and mobilize the most elite forces of the Qing army, not to defend France, Germany or the Balkans, but to go east in one fell swoop, invade the Volga Xuanwei Division, and cross the Caucasus Mountains , seized the Baku oil field, and at the same time threatened Daming's most important Persian Gulf oil field area.Once Da Ming found out that his huge war machine might be interrupted by oil, and he would suffer heavy losses in the war, unlike what they thought before, he would not be able to win easily, so Da Ming would definitely start to adjust his thinking.

This is the only way for the Western Qing Empire to protect the existence of the Qing Dynasty in this dangerous environment of narrow escapes!

Fei Yanggu read this letter over and over again, dozens of times, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.Sure enough, Cheng Lin is still spicy, and has a keenness that ordinary people don't have.In the entire Western Qing court, everyone was helpless, without any idea of ​​how to deal with Nanming.

Only Chenglin gave his own idea after many days of deployment.Although this move is also extremely difficult, it finally clearly lists the opportunities for survival.

Fei Yanggu's eyes became sharper: "Yes, Nanming is now heavily dependent on the oil in the Middle East. Although they have some other oil regions, they are nothing compared to the oil in the Middle East. The oil in the Middle East has been wiped out. , then Nanming will be exhausted and unable to fight any more, so he chooses to negotiate peace with us."

Thinking of this, Fei Yanggu was also a little eager.After all, for so many years, Ming has never faced up to the existence of the Western Qing Empire, never established diplomatic relations, let alone any official or semi-official exchanges.At the end of this war, if Nanming can be forced to accept Xiqing at the negotiating table, it will be a huge victory. At least it will wash away Fei Yanggu's shame of being called a beast when he was trampled under by Bai Mingxiu.

It is also a kind of humiliation to Nanming that animals can sit on an equal footing with you.

In Chenglin's strategy, there is also a plan to exchange time for space, that is, France, Germany, and even the Balkans, which the Western Qing Empire has owned for many years, can be released under extraordinary circumstances to preserve the main force of the Qing army. And dispatch special forces, use scorched-earth policy and sabotage, to contain the actions of Daming's western and southern fronts, and also cause difficulties for them to govern and take over.

Even though he threw out the fat he got in this way, Fei Yanggu was still very reluctant.But he felt that what Cheng Lin said made sense. In order to win on the Eastern Front, he had to be able to trade space for time, so that the Ming army could not cope with the newly acquired European land and could not support their Eastern Front.

"God will bless Daqing to overcome this difficulty."

Fei Yanggu thought, "Chenglin is indeed loyal to the country, and he has been treated poorly in the past. If he can win this time, he should make Chenglin's prince go one step further and become a real iron hat!"

(End of this chapter)