Liu Yu still has to express such trust.

After speaking, the emperor talked about the current matter.

"Sun Tzu said: Therefore, the victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory."

"In the conquest of Dzungaria, I never thought of a great defeat that shook the foundation of the country. I can be defeated three or five times, but Dzungar can't afford to lose once. Even if there are famous generals like Big and Small Celing Dundob, they can only defeat the defeated army and then win. ”

"It's just that it costs money to fight. The more smoothly we fight in the Northwest, the more money I will be able to free up for the navy. You are familiar with military books, and you know this truth, so you can never thank you. Although they must be despised in general terms, they must not be underestimated when the army is facing the enemy. Although as Qing said, the dynasty does not need famous generals, but it is necessary to have famous generals, because of logistics, a maximum of 23,000 troops are used in one direction. ”

"Reluctantly, reluctantly! If we can pacify Dzungaria, if the Qingzhou army makes great contributions, I will also try my best to dispel public opinion, and invest millions of taels in the navy and schools every year. ”

It takes different ways to motivate different people.

Some people love money, some people love sex, and some people have a good name, but Li Gan encouraged Liu Yu with the temptation of the school and the navy to invest money.

Although Liu Yu listened to it very usefully, he couldn't help muttering in his heart.

Isn't it the emperor who will benefit the most from throwing money into the navy and military academies? It's as if you're the biggest beneficiary.

The more I pondered, the more I wanted to laugh, but in the end I held back, thinking that there is another sentence behind my grandson: Those who make good use of soldiers, cultivate the Tao and protect the law, so they can be the government of victory and defeat. If you can cultivate the Tao and protect the Fa and collect the money, how can there be such trouble? Or do you have the ability to do the same as Heshen, hugging hundreds of millions of taels of silver, the navy and the school?

complained a lot in his heart, and he didn't have any gratitude on his lips, but said: "The minister will do his best." In order to level the first battle, please also ask Your Majesty to note the Rakshasa envoy and send people to follow the Qingzhou army to watch the battle. The deterrence of the First World War in Heilongjiang has been around for several years, and it may have expired. And Rakshasa has had a lot of contacts with this dynasty over the years, but I am afraid that he has figured out the level of the military system of this dynasty. ”

"If the Rakshasa sends people to follow, first, it can deter the Rakshasas, and second, if the Dzungar army is defeated, so that the Rakshasas do not dare to take them in, so as not to run to the Rakshasa and be controlled by the Rakshasa and take advantage of this in the future. The level of the Observation Mission should be high, and at least it could have a direct dialogue with the Rakshasa Frontier Governor, and if the quasi-head of the Expedition fled to the Rakshasa Frontier, he could directly inform the Rakshasa Governor of the Rakshasa Frontier by sending a note to the Observer Group and not taking him in. ”

The emperor had not yet thought about this question, and had never had the concept of diplomacy before.

But as soon as Liu Yu mentioned it, the emperor immediately figured out the key to this.

The quasi-department and the Turghut department all belong to the Warat Mongols. The Mobei Khalkha Ministry also said that the Turkut Ministry was still on the Volga River and was under Russian control.

If the leader of the quasi-tribe escapes to the Rakshasa and the Rakshasa takes him in, and in the future, he will use the influence of the Turgunt Department and the Quasi-Department to encroach on the Western Regions, and indeed beware of it.

Fortunately, after the battle between the two sides in Heilongjiang, the Rakshasa Kingdom also had envoys in the capital.

Naturally, this matter cannot be said now, but when there is really going to be a war, an envoy must be arrested to follow. The level should be sufficient, if the quasi-ministry really runs to the Rakshasa side, you can also directly ask the envoy to communicate with the Rakshasa garrison governor.

"Well, that's the way to go. This is something I didn't expect. What else is there to say? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, don't be reluctant to spend money on immigration. Once our army is stationed in the Western Regions, smallpox and other diseases will definitely be rampant, if it is like the Manchu Qing Dynasty when the country was founded, smallpox was rampant. The quasi-ministry believes in the Yellow Sect, and the south believes in green, and if the quasi-ministry dies, I am afraid that the green will be full of the Western Regions. Therefore, it is necessary to immigrate to the real side. At this time, it will cost one tael more, and in the future it will cost ten taels, and the minister must take twenty years, and the annual immigration cannot be cut off, and this money can never be saved. Your Majesty should also consider the candidates for the future festival envoys, and it is best to have those who have come out of the towns in Jilin, Liaodong, Mongolia, Hetao and other places as the best candidates, and have more experience in dealing with various ministries. ”

Li Gan nodded, and then said with a smile: "Aiqing wants to talk about plans again." You have a plan for training the troops, you have a plan for the training of the navy, and you have to plan for this immigration. ”

Liu Yu took a deep breath and said, "If you don't have a plan, it's like a donkey, you can only move after a beat." There is no plan in the previous dynasty, it is all the impact of others, and it is adjusted by its own feedback, and what the end will be must be observed. Since His Majesty said that he should take the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties as a mirror, he must not fail to make changes. The boundary of the Western Regions has come to an end, so it can't help but think for the long term. Fortresses, muskets, garrisons do not have to be many; River valleys, oases, immigrants are indispensable. ”

"Hahaha......" Li Gan's laughter echoed in the warm pavilion for a long time, and only after a while did he say: "Hearing Qing's words, those who don't know think that they have pacified the quasi-department." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister can't think of how to lose. The number of mobile troops that can be mobilized by the quasi-ministry is only 30,000. The Qingzhou army walked at will, and his 30,000 people couldn't eat the Qingzhou army. If the minister takes the Qingzhou army to fight Salhu, it is not a matter of letting you come and fight all the way, but the center blooms and gathers and annihilates. ”

"The army on the west road is gathered, and there is a city to rely on, so the quasi-department does not dare to fight. The north road is built on the city, and the quasi-ministry must be afraid to build the city all the way. There are few soldiers on the north road, and the quasi-department will definitely choose to fight the north road first. If they can win, they will go straight to the Khalkha Department, make a move to threaten the capital from the north to the south, force the army on the western route to retreat, maintain peace talks, and only seek to continue their lives, which is their only strategy that may be short-lived. ”

"Your Majesty uses troops like this, and he has a rough idea in mind. This battle will be won, so why bother?

Li Gan frowned slightly when he heard this, he didn't think about how the Dzungar Ministry would deal with it, he just felt that he was slowing down the war with his national strength.

Slow forward because of logistics.

The rapid war is because Dashun's military strength is acceptable, and he is not afraid of field battles, and he knows the roots of the war and Dzungaria for many years.

This time, he had to go on a personal expedition, of course, he couldn't sit in front of the castle and command the siege like he did last time.

However, in order to maintain the pattern of the nobles in charge of the army and the prestige of the imperial power in the army, this time it is still necessary to recruit in person, but that is, to sit in Guazhou and do strategic command.

He overrode public opinion and activated the Qingzhou Army, which I don't know how effective it was, so it can be said that he put the treasure on Liu Yu, counting on Liu Yu to help him brush up a wave of prestige in the army like last time.

Hearing it now, Liu Yu seemed to be a little underestimated, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Tell me, what do you think of the general situation of the court?" ”

Liu Yu estimated that the DPRK and China didn't think about it so much, but for the sake of the navy, they still had to shoot the sycophants, so he said the strategy he thought.

This is a strategy of anticipating the enemy and being lenient, and Liu Yu brought himself into the perspective of Dace Ling Dun Dobu to think of a way to break the situation.

After thinking about it, only the kind of strategy he said could be maintained.

This can be regarded as a classic anti-encirclement tactic.

The Khalkha Department in the north is weak in combat effectiveness, and the quasi-department has a Mongolian "mass base", and it can directly go to Inner Mongolia to threaten the capital.

This is the strategy of surviving in death, as long as Dashun moves his mind, collects Khalkha, and garrisons the snow-capped mountains, the quasi-department must die.

If you want to survive in death, you have to do it. Attacking Hami out of the Hexi Corridor, all the way to Xi'an, that's not a problem with the brain, it's too much drinking.

In particular, the emperor personally sat in the west, and the elite soldiers of the northwest battalion plus the Beijing camp were all there, and the Dzungar Ministry definitely did not dare to fight the idea of the western route army.

Hedging the war of attrition, Dzungaria might as well commit suicide.

Once Dashun's Northern Route Army crossed the Altai Mountains, built forts in the hinterland of Dzungaria to advance, and burned the flames of war to the inner line, without Dashun's contribution, the Kazakhs, Yarkand and other temporarily subdued tribes would first rebel.

Moreover, the logistical pressure on the northern road is extremely high, and the Khalkha new service, the front-line troops are insufficient, and it looks even weaker.

Liu Yu thought that there were many troops on the West Road, and it was Dashun's famous generals in the northwest all the year round.

His name is unknown, and the only news that the Dzungar Department can get is that when Liu Yu and Rakshasa fought, they had a hand in attacking the fort.

Liu Yu was transferred to the northern front again, and the Dzungars pondered, this must be a good at attacking and building cities, a nobody, and a sparse field battle, who will he fight if he doesn't fight?

If you will attack the city, you will definitely defend the city.

In particular, Zhun Bu and Tsarist Russia suffered losses in the fortress attack and defense battle at Lake Yamish, and Liu Yu easily captured the fortress of Rakshasa again, no matter how you think about it, you will feel that Dashun's strategy is to "build the city on the northern line and advance to Altay", so the young man who is the most capable of attacking and defending the city in Dashun was transferred over.

This kind of strategic deception was something Dashun did not expect, but the reality existed.

Liu Yu felt that if he was in the position of Da Ce Ling Dun Dob, he would definitely think so.

Once the Northern Route Army penetrated deep into the hinterland of Junggaria, built the city, and went out to loot from time to time, the soldiers and horses of the Zhun Department entered the city to defend the city, and the Zhun Department would definitely not be able to bear it.

Therefore, Liu Yu thinks that if he is the great strategy of Ling Dun Dobu, all the strategies should revolve around the northern front: deceive the guy who is good at defending and attacking the city out of the field.

Changing back to his own perspective and attacking the city of Dzungaria, Liu Yu felt ashamed.

In the field, the Qingzhou soldiers he trained were tailor-made for the Division, emphasizing rapid formation changes and tactical mobility, and he wished that the Dzungar Division would use tactics to deceive himself into attacking.

said such a thought, and patted the sycophants again: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and this is what you think about it." The Qingzhou army was good at field warfare, but the quasi-ministry thought that the ministers were good at building cities, attacking and defending cities. The so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, Your Majesty pondered, how could the quasi-ministry think of it? ”

"If the quasi-ministry tempts me to attack, then I will calculate. If the main force of the quasi-army can be defeated in one fell swoop north of the Altai Mountains, the Western Regions will be flat. ”

"Your Majesty sits in Dunhuang and advances slowly. The soldiers are well fed, and the quasi-troops will not dare to attack the front line of the Hexi Corridor. ”

Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, treacherous ways. Therefore, it can be shown but cannot be used, and it is not used to show it. The Qingzhou army is the best at field warfare, but it shows that it can only defend the city and attack the city; In order to save financial resources, His Majesty on the northern front must destroy the enemy in the field, but he showed that he would advance by building a city. ”

"Your Majesty is wise and has the magic of the art of war, so the minister thinks that the quasi-ministry will be able to calm it down in one go, so he talks about the matters after the pacification in the future."

It's an epic reading comprehension.

The emperor used Liu Yu's Qingzhou army and didn't think about anything at all, "the name is not known, so that the quasi-department thinks that this person will only defend the city and attack the city" and the like.

But after listening to this more restrained sycophant, Li Gan's frowning brows gradually relaxed, and his heart was right, if I was a great policy, I would think like this.

Only the soldiers who break the northern line can have the possibility of peace talks; Only the troops that break through the northern line can threaten the Khalkha Department, which also belongs to Mongolia, can replenish the population, horses, and soldiers, and can directly threaten the capital.

And Liu Yu did not become famous for field battles before, and the Dzungar people must know this person, but the first impression must be "defending the city and building the city".

The construction of the city is indeed costing money and food.

If you can lure the quasi-department, let the quasi-department use the strategy of "luring the enemy to go deep", and the plan will be calculated, and the main force will be defeated in the field, then the quasi-division can save at least seven or eight million taels of silver, at least.

If you fight for one less day, you can save one or two thousand taels of silver.

And...... The key is that after the end of the leveling in the future, the strategic guidance made by the emperor can brush up another wave of prestige in the army.

If this strategy were said by other veterans, the emperor would definitely not agree to it.

Liu Yu said that it was not because of the emperor's trust, but because of the Qingzhou soldiers in Liu Yu's hands, like ...... Picked up.

Even if Liu Yu said big things and lost this Qingzhou army, it was only equivalent to losing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

It is not the elite of the old fifth battalion, nor is it the border army of Hetao and Xijing.

According to the original strategy, this Qingzhou army should not have existed. Even if it is destroyed, it will not cause the whole world to shake and the world to be shocked.

But if this Qingzhou army is 10,000 elite battalions of the old five battalions, or 10,000 Xijing Hetao border army, the emperor naturally does not dare to gamble.

If you lose the bet, it will hurt your muscles and bones.

Thinking about Liu Yu's performance in the battle with Rakshasa in the north before, Li Gan was also a little impulsive in his heart.

Recalling the sentence "Therefore, I can show what I can't, and I don't use it", my heart gradually became brighter.

What he wanted to be able to use was to build the city on the northern line and advance slowly.

However, Liu Yu said that this can be used or not, and he wants to take the Qingzhou army, plan the plan, and deceive the Dzungar Department to fight with it.

There is no need for a hearty victory, as long as there is a fierce battle with similar casualties, the quasi-department will be greatly injured. The western line can be directly pushed all the way flat, from Dunhuang out of Hami, attack Luntai, and go straight into the Ili River Valley.

If it is such a victory, whether it is to save military expenses or the emperor's personal prestige, it will be a big profit.

Liu Yu said that the emperor was wise and martial, and the emperor did not say that he had not thought about it, and after hesitating for a moment, Zhengse asked: "The Qingzhou army is not more than 10,000 people, and the Qing may guarantee that the field battle with the quasi-department will not be defeated?" ”

Undefeated is not necessarily a win tactically, but a win strategically.

"The minister thought that the Qingzhou army was marching very fast, and the rest of the arquebusiers and spearmen could not follow. If there are 3,000 soldiers and light cavalry with them, they can fight. And...... The minister did not know how to direct the cooperation of arquebusiers and spearmen at all, and the formation was too complicated to learn. ”

"The Duke of Eguo can lead the army to build the city in the rear, and the minister leads the Qingzhou soldiers and 3,000 soldiers to ride in front, and the sappers cooperate with some auxiliary soldiers to build the city in front. The quasi-subordinate scouted carefully, and had seen the Rakshasa of the Lake Yamesh Fort, and when he saw the fort built by the minister, he would be anxious, and he would definitely find a way to lure the minister to attack. ”

Hearing this, Li Gan stood up, paced for a few weeks, weighed the pros and cons, and asked again: "Don't underestimate the enemy!" The big and small Ce Ling Dun Dob, are all famous generals. Your Qingzhou army is to recruit another 2,000 soldiers, but it is only 12,000. With 3,000 light horses, but not 10,000 or five. ”

"If the quasi-troops want to fight, they can always draw about 30,000 troops. One against two, not a joke. ”

Seeing that the emperor didn't ask about strategy anymore, but asked whether it was feasible tactically, Liu Yu knew that there was a play, and asked tentatively: "The Duke of Eguo has also seen the Qingzhou army trained by the ministers." But I don't know what the evaluation of E Guogong is? The minister didn't say wildly, didn't he fight against the Rakshasa in the past, isn't it done? If the soldiers trained by the ministers can't be one enemy and two, what face do they have to talk about military reform? ”

E Guogong has a high evaluation of the Qingzhou Army, and what is even more exaggerated is that Liu Yu has only recruited victims for a year. Although Liu Yu trained officers first, recruited 1,000 people, and finally expanded to 10,000 people, it can't be counted as just this year, but the speed of such training is also terrifying.

Thinking about it again, the Duke of E said that the Beijing camp could not win, and such a militaristic event was not a joke.

Anyway, Liu Yu's 10,000 soldiers, even if they are gone, Dashun will not hurt his muscles and bones. Dashun did not only have 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers who could be thrown to the northern front, but was forced by logistical pressure and had to choose only 20,000 or 30,000 elite soldiers.

Thinking that even if he loses, it will be no big deal; If you win, you will save millions of taels of silver, and you can indeed try it.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Gan said, "Let me think about this matter again." Stand down. ”

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In the blink of an eye.

Taixing 14th year, May.

Emperor Li Gan personally conscripted and ordered the eldest prince Li Wei to supervise the country, assisted by the British Duke Zhang Muzhi. Yuan Lan, the Duke of Yasukuni, was in charge of the Liao and Mongolian armies, defending the northern frontier of the capital, and was ready to support the northern front at any time; Zichuan Hou Xie Wuji led the government soldiers and controlled the Khalkha Department.

Liu Sheng, the Duke of Yiguo, went out of the town of Wendeng and supervised the official school of Jinghai Palace.

General Zhi, Jia Xijing stayed behind, Anxi General Jiang Chen, supervised 60,000 soldiers and horses on the West Road, and numbered 150,000.

The emperor drove and camped in Guazhou.

Li Jiusi, the Duke of Hubei State, is the general of Beiting, and he is the main soldier and horse of the North Road.

The soldiers under the tent included 12,000 Qingzhou troops who had newly recruited a group of new soldiers, 4,000 soldiers from Songzhu Zhuchong Prefecture, 1,000 border troops of Heilongjiang tribes, 3,050 muskets and spearmen from the Hetao battalion, 3,000 Mongolian cavalry, and 4,000 elite soldiers from the Beijing battalion.

The rest of the reinforcements arrived later and were stationed at various post stations and grain cities.

The North Route Army numbered 60,000 and was stationed on the bank of the Buyantu River at the northern foot of the Altai Mountains. After the army, Liu Yu led the troops to go first and build the city for the winter.