On the twentieth day of the twentieth month of the third year of innovation, the snowflakes flew, dyeing the heavens and the earth white, but in this cold weather, there were still bursts of artillery around Zhili, and the guns continued, and the Han army and the Qing army were still in Zhili everywhere into a crazy strangulation.

Compared with the Qing army at this time, the Fu Han army undoubtedly occupied a more active posture, especially after the capture of Tianjin, more than 100,000 Fu Han troops began to approach in the direction of Tongzhou, and formed a confrontation situation with the Qing army stationed in Tongzhou, and at this time it was also the time when the two emperors of the north and south gathered recently - only thirty miles.

Yongzheng sent more than 20,000 horses and infantry to command more than 20,000 horses and infantry from Zhangjiawan to Bali Bridge, and guarded the road from Tongzhou to Guangqumen of Jingshi, and sent Duojier, the Mongolian capital of the Yellow Banner, to lead more than 8,000 Mongolian horse teams to guard the Mali Bridge, and also sent the Zhenglan Banner Manchurian Commander Driji to lead 5,000 horse teams to guard the southeast of Maju Bridge, so as to prevent the Han army from advancing westward from Matou and making a detour to attack Beijing. As for Yongzheng himself, he personally led the new army of 60,000 people to defend Tongzhou, thinking that Bali Bridge was the backup.

In addition, there are 10,000 horses stationed in the east of Qihuamen to Dingfuzhuang area, the role of this army is Yongzheng used in case of emergency, if the front really can't be beaten, they will assist Prince Zhuang Yunlu, and 30,000 new troops to cover the capital's eight banners retreat to Xifengkou, when the time can also be used as a condition for the resurgence of the Qing Dynasty.

It has been several months since the Northern Expedition, and the speed of the advance of the Fu Han army is breathtaking, of course, the main reason is that there has been no real large-scale decisive battle between the Fu Han army and the Qing army, but mainly small-scale encounters.

Now that they have arrived at Bali Bridge, the Qing army has finally chosen to fight, which is also a good opportunity for the Fu Han army. After all, before this, the Qing army had always been in a state of war avoidance, and even if the Fu Han army wanted to fight, it did not have a particularly good chance.

Dong'an, now the command post of the former enemy, where the senior generals of the First and Second Armies gathered together to await the upcoming battle orders.

Ning Yu was wearing a black coat, he was used to the hot and humid climate of Huguang and Nanjing after all, and he was a little uncomfortable with the dry weather in the north, and his face became a little sallow, but he was still very good mentally, after all, the decisive battle was coming.

"The progress of this Northern Expedition is much faster than previously imagined, but the situation is developing like this, you know one thing, that is, the Northern Expedition will never be the result of the Beijing Division, nor will it be limited to Shengjing."

Ning Yu's voice was a little stiff, which was also in response to the comments of some people in the court before.

In the matter of the Northern Expedition, no one dared to oppose it, after all, this is the most important thing in the world, but there are also many people who think that the Northern Expedition only needs to take back the Guannai, and the restoration of the Great Wall defense line will be done.

Some sour Confucians think from the bottom of their hearts that fighting a war is not a good thing, and an emperor like Ning Yu who is crazy about expanding his army is purely a reckless force, and they dare not say this in front of Ning Yu, but it does not prevent it from being publicized on some other occasions.

Therefore, Ning Yu's first sentence this time was to counterattack this Northern Expedition and stop the theory of Guannei, which was also to appease the morale of the army, after all, before the war, there were still people who would worry about disarmament, but it would affect the combat effectiveness very much.

"Originally, there were some things that should not be said now, but it is not possible to say them, it is not a problem for us to lay down the customs inside and outside the customs in the future, but it has not completely alleviated the external environment problems of my Dachu, because a new enemy has appeared in the north, that is, the Russians who are determined to intervene in this war......"

Ning Yu pursed his lips slightly, "Our country has a vast land, and it is destined to face many enemies, from south to north, from east to west, so the future Great Chu will never be able to truly avoid war...... The Eight Banners, the Russians, the Japanese, Burma and even other places will have too many enemies in the future. ”

"Our great ambition has not yet succeeded, and you still need to work hard!"

The stars were shining in the audience, and the expressions of everyone looking at Ning Yu revealed a fanatical reverence, and almost every word the emperor said reached their hearts.

When the war is over, the knives and guns are put into storage, and the horses are put in Nanshan, which may be a good thing for others, but for these soldiers who are paid as soldiers, if one day they don't take knives and guns and change hoes, how can they adapt?

"Long live Your Majesty, long live the Fu Han Army!"

"This battle will be won, I, Li Shihu, am willing to be the first line!"

"I want to be beautiful, I, Qian Ying, will not admit defeat, if I really want to go to the battlefield, my department should be the first to capture the Yongzheng Shuai camp!"

After hearing Ning Yu's assurance, everyone immediately relieved their hearts, but they began to compete for the position of the main attack again, after all, this is also the last battle in recent years, even if they fight with the Russians in the northern Xinjiang in the future, it will be a very small battle.

Ning Yu smiled slightly, and said in a condensed voice: "I won't say much about the things in the war, after all, the plan drawn up by the General Staff is good enough, but in terms of war support, I still have to mention a few words, the military needs of each department must be separately summarized by the divisions and regiments, and the lack should be raised as much as possible, and the cabinet and the Privy Council will deal with it together, and everything that can be sent down will be sent down first, and then it will be summarized and reconciled in the future, but if problems are found, they must be solved." ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and in matters related to logistics, the Privy Council has attached great importance to it, and has arranged a number of working groups to be stationed in the front line of the company, and some problems have been found more or less, which is really ashamed......

The privy envoy Ning Zhongyi's face was a little ugly, and he whispered softly to a person beside him, and then several soldiers brought a thick stack of files and piled them up in front of everyone.

"All of you present are division commanders, deputy division commanders and chiefs of staff, and all you think about every day is the matter of marching and fighting, and naturally you don't know much about these logistical matters, but there are some things that don't work......

Everyone's expressions were a little more solemn, and from Ning Zhongyi's mouth, they found that things didn't seem to be as simple as they imagined.

Ning Zhongyi snorted softly: "According to the investigation during these days, more than half of the thirty-two military affairs chiefs of the whole army have embezzled and accepted bribes, and the corrupt military resources in various departments are by no means a small number...... Although all the relevant personnel involved in the case have been arrested, this also reflects the fact that our army's current logistics support system needs to be improved. ”

In the current logistics support system of the Fu Han Army, the materials that can be standardized are usually supplied by the General Logistics Department and the General Armament Department, such as muskets, grenades, artillery, bayonets and other military materials, all of which have corresponding numbers and belong to them, which is relatively easy to check, so they are usually not lost or artificially swallowed up.

However, in addition to these military products, there are also a large number of non-standard military products, such as each soldier's clothing and diet, etc., these things are essentially allocated by the Privy Council, and then purchased and supplemented by their respective armies, which also provides opportunities for some people to take advantage of, such as goose plucking and shoddy problems have also occurred.

Strictly speaking, in the past army, these were really nothing, and even defaulted to the interests of the generals, but in the Fu Han army, Ning Yu has always emphasized the problems to be solved, including these daily food, housing and transportation that are closely related to the lives of soldiers.

On this issue, the generals had no room to speak, so they could only look at Ning Zhongyi and wait for the final decision.

Ning Zhongyi's face was calm, and he said softly: "In order to strengthen the combat strength of the army, the General Logistics Department will coordinate the supply of military supplies to all divisions and regiments in the future, and the General Logistics Department will directly send personnel to each division and regiment to centrally manage the supply of food, clothing, military boots and other issues for the grassroots troops. ”

When everyone heard this, they understood that the Privy Council wanted to take this opportunity to directly separate all the logistics parts of the military divisions, which means that from now on, the division masters will lose the reason for interfering in the logistics parts, which will be more conducive to the Privy Council to strengthen its control over the army.

One pull and one dozen is enough to show the Privy Council's efforts to the army, so even if other division commanders, deputy division commanders, etc. know the Privy Council's thoughts, they can't afford to oppose it.

Ning Yu watched coldly, through this logistical reform, he didn't dare to say anything else, at least he could solve the problems that might get bigger in the past, and with these, it must be enough.......

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Bali Bridge, the junction of Tongzhou in the east, Guojiadian in the west, Dongjunzhuang in the north, and Tonghui River in the south, is the necessary place on the road from Tongzhou to Beijing, so it has also become the focus of this battle today.

On the twenty-first day of the lunar month, Ning Yu was wearing a heavy black coat, and took the generals to the front line of the battlefield in person.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

In front of the position of the Fu Han army, there were cheers like a tsunami of mountains and mountains, moving almost with the movement of Ning Yu, and almost everyone was looking at Ning Yu and their emperor with the most respectful eyes.

Ning Yu walked slowly along the position under the guard of the generals, with a little excitement on his face, those faces and cheers, used to be so familiar, but unfortunately since he became the emperor, he rarely saw such a scene now, so today really made Ning Yu feel a little happy.

"Soldiers, you have worked hard, after winning this battle, I will celebrate your achievements in the capital division!"

Ning Yu looked at the officers and soldiers who were saluting, and also returned a solemn military salute, he pointed to the Qing army camp across the river, and said with a smile: "Our old opponent, you all know how to fight, it's very simple, just run over!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, my master will be the first to run over!"

The one-eyed general Hao Zhao shouted loudly, and the soldiers of the Fu Han Army behind him also shouted: "My division is the first to run over!" ”

All of a sudden, the others were not convinced, and at that moment, the soldiers of the first division shouted loudly: "When it comes to fighting, our first division will be king!" ”

The other second and third divisions and the original veteran troops also began to shout at each other, and the newly formed divisions were not convinced, especially their division commanders were still old qualifications, and they began to shout with everyone.

"The fifteenth division is really heroic, you can kill the dog and howl!"

"Let's say that our Lu Division is twenty-one, and white-blade fighting is the first!"

"Praise us twenty-eight, who is not afraid of the horn charge!"

Ning Yu looked at the soldiers with a rainbow of morale, and there was a little smile on his face, the world only knows that the Fu Han army is strong, but they don't know where the Fu Han army is strong.

Weapons? Training? Discipline?

They are all one of the reasons, but the most important thing is that the Fu Han army will never obey the strong.

........

Hearing the loud cheers from the side of the Fu Han Army, Yongzheng, who was standing on the other side and looking at the battlefield, suddenly darkened his face, and then looked at the state of the Eight Banners on his side, and immediately felt a little dissatisfied.

It's one thing to be able to beat or not, but from the beginning I didn't even have the courage to fight, what is it?

Cowards, real cowards!

"Tell Xibao to erect my dragon flag in front of the battle, since the thieves in Ningyu dare to shout in front of the battle, how can I be a turtle with a shrunken head?"

But he is still an Aixin Jueluo, and logically speaking, he is at least much more stable and reliable than a yellow-haired boy like Ning Yu......

But I didn't expect that Ning Yu would be able to get the sincere support of so many people in the Fu Han army, but he, the emperor, has not even gathered his heart inside the Eight Banners until now, and he feels extremely sad when he thinks about it.

After hearing Yongzheng's order, Xibao, the king of Shuncheng County, hurriedly walked over, knelt on the ground and said: "If you go back to the emperor, I am afraid that the dragon flag will be in danger to the emperor when it is hung out....... The cannon of Chu Rebellion was far and accurate, if they saw it, they were afraid that it would threaten the emperor's safety......"

Yongzheng glanced at Xibao, pointed to the big Chu dragon flag on the opposite side and said, "But Chu Shun has been hanging this dragon flag for a long time!" Are we afraid, and they are not afraid? ”

In a word, he blocked Xibao with a bitter smile, and his own artillery was completely incomparable with the opponent's artillery........ He can guarantee that the cannons of the Qing court can't hit it, but he can't guarantee that the cannons on the opposite side can't hit it, but these words can't be said to the emperor.

"Your Majesty........" Xibao originally wanted to continue to dissuade a few words, but when he saw Yongzheng's cold look, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth again.

"Hang the dragon flag, and those who say more will be killed!"

Yongzheng's expression was a little cold, he looked at the other side of the canal, but he was silently thinking in his heart, I can't be worse than him........

What's more, for Yongzheng, this battle must be fought, if he can't establish his prestige on the battlefield, even if he survives, how will he dominate the hearts of the people in the future? How to put away the Eight Flags?

Problems are never solved by escaping, and this is true for Ning Yu, and even more so for Yongzheng.

Under his order, more than 200 artillery pieces launched an artillery bombardment on the Qing army's position, and in the artillery burst, it was officially the last decisive battle between Ning Chu and the Qing court.