Three months after Hongmen sent an expeditionary army, Li Tianyang once again held a meeting with the various departments under Hongmen's command that were still on Dayuan Island.

In addition to the summoning order in his sphere of influence, Li Tianyang also sent invitations to Hongmen allies such as the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.

The world is in turmoil, and Hongmen's sudden mobilization of an army is no longer a secret in the eyes of those who have a heart, but now everyone is closely related, as long as Hongmen himself does not pierce this layer of window paper, everyone is also happy to watch the play quietly on the side, and at the same time examine the strength of Hongmen now.

The convening of the meeting of the Hongmen headquarters was relatively more compact and rapid, and in the case of the war in the north, in fact, the responsible persons of the relevant departments were already ready.

"This is the battle report sent back earlier."

Li Tianyang stood in the conference hall and solemnly began his speech.

"As of the intelligence half a month ago, Wu Jie led the Hongtang and He Sanjiang Division, stuck to the Zunhua defense line, and launched a fierce battle with the Qing people's Dolgon department, so far Zunhua, Shanhaiguan and other important cities are still under the control of my Honghong, and the main force of the Qing Dynasty cannot return to the north."

"Judging from the available information, it seems that the Dolgon Department of the Great Qing Dynasty has lost its intention to continue to attack the Zunhua defense line, and is preparing to bypass the Zunhua defense line and return to the border of the Great Qing Dynasty by detouring from the Mongolian steppe."

"In the territory of the Qing Dynasty, Dongjiang Town Shang Kexi eradicated more than 100 Qing tribes, captured more than 270,000 Qing people, and strangled more than 70,000 tribal soldiers."

"Wu Chao's first department, before fighting with the prince of Zhili, who stayed in the royal capital of the Qing Dynasty, captured more than 150,000 people of the Qing Dynasty and killed more than 40,000 Qing soldiers."

"It's just that when the Hongtang soldiers led by Wu Chao fought a decisive battle with Daishan, the prince of the Great Qing Dynasty, outside Qingxi City, the 20,000 soldiers of the Department were almost wiped out, but it also made the only main army of the Qing Dynasty to defend the land lose more than half, and finally was strangled by my Hongtang Cavalry Division, and now its 80,000 army together with the defenders of Qingxi City, the total strength is less than 30,000."

"The headquarters of the Great Qing Rui Prince Dolgon, whether it is a detour to the Mongolian steppe to return to the territory of the Great Qing Dynasty, or continue to attack the broken Zunhua defense line, or even the undamaged Ningjin defense line in the rear, it will take more than a month."

"The reply given to me by Wu Jie of the military department is that they can still insist on guarding the front line of Zunhua and Shanhaiguan for at least half a month, and even if they finally break through the first line of the Great Wall for the Qing people, their troops can also go east to the Ningjin line, join up with Xiao Xiurong, and stick to the Ningjin defense line."

"And now that March has passed, the first heavy snow in the north has fallen early, even if the Qing people detour to the Mongolian steppe, their travel speed will be slowed down several times due to the weather and climate, which is enough to provide Shang Kexi, An Xianguo and other departments with more opportunities to load the time and sabotage and disturb the Qing Dynasty."

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All kinds of information came out of Li Tianyang's mouth, some of which had already been known to members of various departments of Hongmen, and some of which had been told for the first time, which made everyone look at each other with a little excitement and excitement at the same time.

No one thought that the seemingly powerful and inexplicable Qing Dynasty would now be hit hard by this in the hands of Xiahongmen. This made everyone's confidence in Hongmen more sufficient, and the awe of the Qing people gradually decreased, and they began to have more confidence in Hongmen.

"So far, the preliminary trial plan I have made before has been successfully completed."

"Now that we are convening everyone to discuss the matter, it is for the second step of the whole army mobilization order, I don't know what everyone thinks?"

Li Tianyang looked around and looked expectantly at the group of familiar faces who followed him left and right.

"In fact, in this war, our losses are also heavy, and the tens of thousands of troops stationed in Zunhua and Shanhaiguan by Commander Wu Jie have lost more than three-fifths; And the commander of Wu Chao, together with the officers and men of his department, was wiped out, and the number of surviving members of the whale department who evacuated back did not exceed 2,000. ”

"Not to mention our Hongmen's expenditures, in terms of ammunition, grain and grass supplies, my Ministry of Finance has consumed a total of one-third of the inventory, if we carry out the next step, will it make my Hongmen finances all overdrawn?"

As the minister of finance, Gan Dabiao is now in charge of the financial lifeline of Hongmen, and he is a conservative faction, even in the face of all kinds of good news, he still puts all kinds of difficulties they face on the table.

"If it is according to your plan, the master of the sect, the second batch of troops of my Hongmen will be dispatched, and almost all the troops on Dayuan Island will be transferred, is this also making the same mistake as the Qing people, and my Hongmen base camp will fall into emptiness."

"Now that our Hongmen is fighting in the north, it has been discovered by the Ming Dynasty officials, for the exposure of my Hongmen's strength, it is obvious that the Ming Dynasty government will make various reactions, who can guarantee that they will not be the first to act because they are worried about the threat of my Hongmen?"

"The execution of the second mobilization, the march of 40,000 troops will be another huge financial expenditure, and the duration of the war is uncertain, and the remaining financial and material resources of our Ministry of Finance cannot determine the time of expenditure; There are also the people captured from the Qing Dynasty, not only do they need to be resettled in Hongmen, but they are also a potential landmine, and no one dares to guarantee that they will not take the opportunity to cause chaos. ”

Gan Dabiao's speech, although it may not be in the ears, but it also made the scene of the crowd's anger like being poured with a scoop of ice water, making everyone's expression gradually calm down.

"Of course, these problems are what we have to face today, but I believe that we will be able to solve them one by one under the condition of unity."

"But the Qing Dynasty is a powerful enemy, it is difficult for them to show such a flaw as now, if we can't fight to the death with its weakened strength this time, we may not have such a good opportunity to fight against it in the future."

"Everyone may think that my Honghong people are already developing well now, and if they give us a few more years of development, they will definitely be stronger than the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty."

"However, everyone has not seen the biggest flaw of my Honghong, that is, my Hongmen has a narrow area, and the development potential is too different from that of the Ming and Heqing dynasties in the mainland of the mainland."

"For example, this time our Hongmen Expeditionary Force directly and indirectly caused the loss of the Qing Dynasty's domestic population, which has been nearly one million, but after the Qing Dynasty has now opened the door to the northern part of the Central Plains, with the territory and population under its control, it will be able to recover in less than two years."

"However, the soldiers who have died in our Hongmen now, if they want to completely recover the population under the command of our Hongmen, unless they are reckless and reckless, it will be impossible to completely recover in a few years."

Li Tianyang was kind and persuasive, and expressed his concerns without reservation.

(End of chapter)