At the beginning of September of the sixth year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong had already arrived at the Yunlongshan Palace outside Xuzhou with a streamlined "small court" and a "staff department". The owner here is Gao Jie, a very good garden, and the terrain is also very high, so he is not afraid of flooding at all...... If the Yellow River really gets out of control in the next few meetings!

Now he is meeting with Shi Kefa, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Li Chengdong and other four people. These four are now all in good hands! The rise of Zhu Cihong gave them more opportunities for training, and the arrival of Prince Kong also gave them the opportunity to thoroughly grasp the campaign organization methods of the "musket phalanx" era by studying many examples of the Thirty Years' War.

If they want to fight now, the four of them won't be afraid of any tartars anymore!

Even if the Brave King came, as long as the strength was not too different, they would have the confidence to defeat their opponents - in fact, they didn't need to be defeated, and a few draws would consume the old Manchuria in Duoduo's hands.

In addition, Shi Kefa has long been no longer a feudal town, and the "Qufu Army" at hand has been reorganized into the Ming New Army. He himself served as the governor of Shandong and Liaodong for several years, and opened the capital of Dengzhou.

Although Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Li Chengdong and other three still maintain a certain degree of independence, their armies are also "standardized".

Among them, Gao Jie's Xu Navy was reorganized into 8 infantry regiments, 2 cavalry battalions and 2 field artillery companies, the infantry regiments were all "Morrisian" teams, and the cavalry battalions were "black lancers". The artillery company was armed with 3-pounder guns, and the 2 companies were armed with a total of 12 3-pounder guns.

The Huaibei Army under Huang Degong's department is exactly the same as that of Xu Haijun, and it is also a composite unit of infantry, cavalry, and artillery of the 2nd Battalion and 2nd Company of the 8th Regiment.

Li Chengdong's army was transferred to the Liaodong Peninsula to guard Lushun, and he himself received the official position of Liaodong Jiedu envoy. However, he is not the lord of the separatist side, but only the military and political chief of Lushun in Liaodong. The number of troops in his hands is also limited, and there are not many soldiers and horses of Gao Jie and Huang Degong, a total of 4 regiments and 2 companies - 4 infantry regiments and 2 artillery companies, a strength of more than 10,000 troops, and no cavalry, because there is no "place to use horses" at all. The task of more than 10,000 Liaodong soldiers is to guard the Jinzhou Long Wall, so the infantry regiment of the Liaodong Army is an all-musket unit and is not equipped with spears.

They had a bulwark for firing artillery, a trench a few zhang wide, and a castle (along the rampart) that could be held independently, and the defensive line they were stationed on was not very wide, so naturally they did not need to think about field warfare......

"The Qing army has changed a lot in recent years, because of the battle of Jieshi Mountain and the internal split, the old Manchuria has withered badly, and the power of the Zhenglu Banner is also declining. On the contrary, the new Manchuria outside the Guanxi is thriving, but the new Manchuria still cannot be compared with the old Manchuria. The main force of New Manchuria was infantry, but it was a musket plus a spear and a sword...... It hasn't reached the level of the early Spanish phalanx, and it can't beat us at all. During the Thirty Years' War on the European side, infantry battles were usually fought by fire, and the greater the number of muskets, the greater the chance of victory. Therefore, what Duoduo could rely on were cavalry and fortresses.

Hehe, in the past, we relied on building cities and forts to defend Liaodong, but now Duoduo has to rely on castles to protect his home and country...... However, as long as we are determined to fight, the method of integrating soldiers and peasants in New Manchuria outside the border will eventually be dragged down! ”

The one who was analyzing the situation was Li Yan, a military advisor.

Zhu Cihong's Northern Expedition was divided into three routes!

The main force will of course be the Xuzhou army under his own command, and will advance westward along the Yellow River, with the goal of recovering Guide and Kaifeng.

The Western Route Army was commanded by Wu Sanfu, the governor of Hubei and Henan, and his task was to cut off the communication between Henan and Kaifeng, and at the same time seize the periphery of Henan Province, isolate Luoyang, and finally force the Qing army in Luoyang to retreat north.

The Eastern Route Army was presided over by Shi Kefa, the governor of Liaodong and Shandong. There are two tasks, one is to contain the new Manchurian army outside the Guan; The second is to seize the lost territories of Dongchang Mansion, Jibei Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion and recover the entire territory of Shandong.

With the help of the Military Division's Office, Zhu Cihong made a plan to destroy the Qing Dynasty in 10 years. The plan was split into several phases of implementation.

The goal of the first phase is to recover and digest the entire territory of Shandong and most of Henan - according to the plan, Zhu Cihong's army will complete the first phase of the task in a year and a half, that is, by the end of next year! It is necessary not only to recover, but also to complete the preliminary digestion.

The goal of the second stage is to recover the territory south of the Great Wall in Guannai, excluding Datong and Xuanfu - that is, to recover the two major fortresses of Beijing and Taiyuan!

This stage will take at least two years!

You can't regard yourself as a British and French alliance and the Qing Dynasty in the Shunzhi year as the Qing Dynasty in the Xianfeng year......

The goal of the third stage is the vast territory of Guanwai and Mongolia!

Without a five-year-old one, how can it be recovered? With such a large territory, it may not be enough to walk around for a year!

"Shi Junmen," Zhu Cihong took over the topic and said to Shi Kefa, "You are also a general now, and the affairs of Shandong and Liaodong will be entrusted to you with carte blanche blanche to do so!" The three armies of Xuhai, Huaibei, and Liaodong, as well as the four divisions of the New Army stationed in Shandong and Liaodong, as well as the Beiyang Naval Division, were all handed over to the Yamen, the governor of Liaodong and Shandong! ”

The army that Emperor Zhu handed over to Shi Kefa was not much, the total number was less than 120,000, but the combat effectiveness was strong!

Zhu Cihong's eyes were scorching, looking at Shi Kefa, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Li Chengdong, "If you have any questions, you can ask them now!" ”

Shi Kefa had already made a calculation, and said: "Don't worry, now only Liaocheng and Dezhou are Jiancheng in Shandong, and Dezhou is the gateway to Beizhili, and if you want to take it, it may lead to a decisive battle."

The minister's idea was to first feint to attack Texas, lead the main force of the eastern captives to the east, and then retreat to the south of the Daqing River to seek the opportunity for a decisive battle. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded lightly, Shi Kefa's plan seemed simple, but it could greatly confuse the Qing army, and effectively responded to Zhu Cihong's middle route army to march into the Henan camp - digging the Yellow River can only be dug on the south bank, and digging the north bank is to drown itself, so as long as the Henan camp is taken or surrounded, the crisis of the Yellow River will be lifted.

He looked at Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Li Chengdong again.

Gao Jie smiled: "The minister has no opinion...... The siege is slightly more difficult, and the ministers do not have huge artillery, but the field battle is assured! Not counting the Liaodong Army, we have 16 infantry regiments, 6 cavalry battalions and 8 artillery companies in Shandong, which is foolproof! ”

Huang Degong also said: "Yes, foolproof!" ”

Li Chengdong said: "The Golden Governor Wall is also foolproof...... If Dongyu wants to break it, he has to kill and wound 35,000 people! ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "Since this is the case, let Shandong do it first!" Let's send an envoy to Liaocheng first...... Tell Fan Wencheng, who eats tender grass to the old cow, that I have prepared a mansion for him in Nanjing. If he is willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty, he should not lose the position of county magistrate. If you don't work, it's too late to regret it! ”

Zhu Cihong is not the kind of person who can't rub sand in his eyes, he is still willing to give some benefits, buy the upper echelons of the Tartars, and change them to a bloodless soldier.

However, the green flag he can give is the line of the king of the south, that is, a county duke, several marquises, and earls...... Others are sorry then!

If everyone can keep their original interests, then what is Emperor Zhu still doing on the Northern Expedition?

The messenger of persuasion was Fan Wencheng's old acquaintance Zu Kefa, who entered Liaocheng with the list of dowries of Princess Jianning - theoretically, he came to receive Liaocheng!

Because he was nominally hard and an old acquaintance, Zu Kefa easily entered Liaocheng, but when he saw Fan Wencheng, he was taken aback.

Fan Wencheng seems to be sick, and it's quite serious!

"Ouch, King Dingnan, what's wrong with you? I lost a lot of weight, and my face was not good...... Although you are an old husband and a young wife, you can't work like this! You're all this old, but not younger. When you get to Nanjing in the future, you have to take care, don't make wedding clothes for others! ”