In the Strategy Hall of the Privy Council, Ning Yu sat firmly on the stage in the center, and below was a row of generals of the Fu Han Army with generals on their shoulders, from one star to three stars, they looked extremely bright, and almost made people feel dazzled.

These generals present here have gathered almost the vast majority of division-level officers of the Fu Han Army, as well as the heads of various departments of the Privy Council, and they are looking at the huge map in front of them with solemn eyes, and the current location of each division and the relevant military situation are marked on it.

Ning Yu looked at everyone's resolute expressions and said softly: "Everyone, after several years of fighting, the soldiers have used their lives, and today is finally coming to an end. ”

Hearing the emperor's heartfelt sigh, almost everyone lowered their heads slightly, and the people who felt the most about this sentence were naturally these generals here, who also fought from the blood and rain, and understood the hardships and dedication.

Especially like the deputy head of the General Staff Ujijing, since he experienced the Battle of Jiujiang that year, the whole person has only half a life left, even today, his body will still be faintly uncomfortable, that is the traces left on the battlefield, and other generals have more or less been wounded.

However, as the battle of the Northern Expedition approached, everyone knew that they were no longer far away from this dream of fighting for several years.

"The Northern Expedition was not supposed to be so fast, and according to my estimates, it may be necessary to wait another year to be more secure, but you all know that some battles cannot be delayed, and if they drag on for a long time, the spirit will be gone...... The soldiers simply used their lives on the battlefield, and the battles we fought a few years ago were very outstanding, so the Northern Expedition was not delayed. ”

Ning Yu sighed softly: "Today's Great Chu has sufficient strength to completely sweep the Central Plains and restore the Han family, in this Northern Expedition, my Great Chu will dispatch an army of 220,000 people, and 400,000 people as logistics support, so as to lay the final victory in this battle." ”

Privy Envoy Ning Zhongyi stood up, and a serious and deep voice sounded, "For this battle, the Privy Council has carried out a year-long preparation plan, and the army involved in the plan has a total of twenty-one divisions, including the first, second, fourth, seventh, and eighth divisions of the Fuhan Army...... The new 11th Division and the new 13th Division...... The new 27th Division, as well as the reinforced Praetorian Division. ”

"The Northern Expedition will be through the Northern Expedition budget plan prepared by the Privy Council, with a military expenditure of 17.5 million silver dollars, and it is expected that within three months, the occupation of Beijing will be completed, and within six months, the occupation of Shengjing will be completed, so as to achieve a thorough strategic goal."

The many generals in the audience couldn't help but be a little throbbing when they heard Ning Zhongyi's numbers, when had they ever been so rich in war in the past few years? It can be said that the reason why Ning Chu has repeatedly won more with less is not only because of his own combat strength to crush the Qing army, but also because the number of troops has always been at a low level.

Even in the southwest battlefield, Ning Chu's troops are less than those of the Qing army, which makes many strategies have a bit of a risky flavor, and now the 200,000 army may completely complete the great cause of unification with a sweeping attitude.

Ning Yu glanced at everyone's expressions, and probably knew their thoughts in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh a little, in this era, 200,000 people is an extremely large army, but in the period of World War I and World War II, it was only a strengthening of the strength of the group army, and even a group army group could not reach.

Of course, due to the times, this is also a very normal thing, at least for the time being, it is a great thing to be able to integrate 300,000 new troops in the country and organize 220,000 people to carry out the Northern Expedition, after all, the Qing court can't train 100,000 people with the strength of milk.

Ning Zhongyi didn't pay attention to everyone's exclamation, but continued to introduce: "This battle will be divided into three attacks, of which the first is the First Army, which will govern the First Division, the Seventh Division, and the Eleventh Division..... Eight divisions, including the 18th Division, with a total strength of 80,000 troops, crossed the Yellow River from Huaibei to Shandong, removed its shield, and after taking Shandong, launched an attack on Zhili. ”

"The second route is the Second Army, which is ...... by the Second Division and the Ninth Division Eight divisions, including the 22nd Division, with a total strength of 80,000 troops, crossed the Yellow River from the south of Henan and attacked the northern part of Henan. ”

When he said this, everyone was more or less excited, and there were some guesses about the direction of the march of the Third Route Army.

Only Admiral Qiu Ze felt in his heart, and he could probably guess that if the first two routes were to the north of Shandong and Henan, I am afraid that the third route would not continue to go by land, otherwise the money and food required would be too great, and the sea route would become a better choice.

Everyone didn't speculate for too long, Ning Zhongyi had already announced the answer, and saw that the command rod in his hand was drawn from Shanghai to Tianjin, showing an arc.

"The third route will be completed by the Central Army, and it will govern the Praetorian Guard Division and the Eighth Division..... Five divisions, including the 23rd Division and the 27th Division, with a total strength of 60,000 troops, landed from Shanghai and arrived in Tianjin with the cooperation of the navy, completing a fatal blow to their heart, and directly attacking the Beijing Division after taking Tianjin. ”

When the mystery was completely revealed, almost everyone exhaled lightly, there is no doubt that the success rate of this plan is very high, with the current strength of the Qing army, it may be able to delay the advance of the first army and the second army, but under the deadly attack of the central army, it is almost impossible to have any ability to resist.

When Tianjin is conquered, the Beijing division will naturally not be able to keep it, without the in-game dispatch of the Beijing division, whether it is in Shandong, Henan, or Zhili, the heavy troops gathered will only become headless flies, and they will be completely surrounded by the Ningyu army and shot to death.

As for the land of Guanlong, troops could have been sent from Sichuan to attack Hanzhong, but the southwest is a new place after all, and housekeeping is more important, so it will not bear too heavy responsibility.

In this way, all the mysteries have almost been revealed, and only the last suspense remains, that is, the commander of the whole army in this battle, after all, it is not easy to coordinate the three-way army.

It's just that when Ning Zhongyi announced that he was the commander of the First Group Army, everyone already had some speculation in their hearts that in the current system of the Fu Han Army, if there are other people with more seniority, it is only one person - the emperor himself.

To put it simply, almost half of today's Great Chu world was fought by Ning Yu himself, it can be said that every battle of the Great Chu was also won under the command of Ning Yu.

As for the so-called No. 1 general in the world in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Fu Erdan, is still eating sand in the pit of the Fu Han Army, and his life is almost gone.

Therefore, to command the current 200,000 troops of the Northern Expedition, Ningyu can be called the best choice.

Sure enough, in the excited eyes of everyone, Ning Yu, who was wearing the generalissimo's military uniform, stood up, glanced around at everyone, and pointed his finger at the map.

"This battle will be personally commanded by me, and on the day of the northern expedition, my handsome banner will be the first to appear on the south bank of the Yellow River!"

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In the history of China, the Northern Expedition was very rare, and only Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one who really succeeded in the Northern Expedition before that, and the rest of the Northern Expedition did not really achieve a complete victory.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy back then, it was not the first step to take Yuan Dadu directly, but it was divided into three steps, that is, to take Shandong first and remove its shield; Rotate Henan, break its wings; Batong Pass and guard it, according to its hub, wait until these three steps are completed, before it really enters the Yuan capital and completely sweeps the world.

The situation facing Ning Chu now is actually much better than the situation faced by Zhu Yuanzhang, for example, in the Guanlong area, Ning Yu has inserted a nail called the 'Great Righteous Army', which can somewhat contain the attention of some Qing troops.

In addition to the strategic advantages themselves, the most important thing is the comparison of the strength of the two sides. In the face of the absolute strength of the current Fu Han army, the Qing army does not have too many anti-phone opportunities, after all, Ning Chu has 200,000 new troops, while the so-called new army of the Qing army is only 100,000 people, plus two or three hundred thousand old-fashioned troops, it is impossible to become Ning Chu's opponent.

However, Ning Yu understood that he still needed to be cautious, and there were still two problems that needed to be resolved, the first was that this battle was located in the north, mostly in the plains, which would be very suitable for the assault of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, and this point was bound to become the focus of their breakthrough.

Although the Fu Han army has established a cavalry team at present, because the horse breeding program has just begun, most of the horses are purchased from other countries, and because the time is too short, only a cavalry force of less than 10,000 people was established in a hurry, organized into five regiments, all of which belong to the Praetorian Guard Division.

Among the cavalry units of 10,000 people, there are two cavalry regiments belonging to the cuirassier regiment, each regiment is rated to have 1,500 people, and the whole regiment is equipped with a part of the Arab war horses, as well as a part of the war horses bought from Britain and France and other countries, and the tall riders are selected for training, and they are also equipped with cuirasses and helmets weighing about 15 catties, and use light muskets and sabers as weapons.

Therefore, just such a cavalry regiment will cost almost as much as an ordinary infantry division, which can be called extremely expensive, and even in the future, Ning Yu does not plan to form too many cavalry, and it is enough to maintain about ten cuirassier regiments.