The local economic construction with Liangxian as the core has now made great improvements, which was originally a logistical preparation for the Northern Expedition and to a certain extent made up for the war losses in Tianyun and Jinye.

But if the Northern Expedition is carried out, the resources of this economic area will be completely consumed, and Liang Guo will naturally not agree to see that the benefits brought by the Xian State have been consumed.

Bailiyan naturally couldn't cheapen Liang in vain, and agreed to stay in Liang with Yuke, taking care of Qiguo and Sun was only one of them, and letting Yuke occupy the east of Gyeonggi and north of Guanling was also secondary, and the fundamental purpose was that the economic network would be highly implicated in all forces.

Once the royal guest has taken root in the local area, it is easy to invite the gods and send the gods, let alone the armed forces with guns in their hands.

Yuke occupied the local area, Xianguo was able to provide basic economic construction to the greatest extent, and at the same time, the basic education and light industry development that began in Sun Guo finally formed two reform demonstration sites and economic zones in the west of the Central Plains, and the initial results will be received in ten or fifteen years.

At the same time, the east-west strategy proposed by Gong Shukuo was restricted by technical conditions and material foundation, and it was simply impossible to realize more than 40 years ago, and it was just a beautiful utopia.

However, now that the scientific and industrial infrastructure is in place, the process of unification from the West Sea and the East Sea will be realized from the West Sea and the East Sea. Uncle Gong probably never dreamed that this strategy would be realized in the hands of Bailiyan decades later.

In the evening of the same day, the Son of Heaven met with the princes and returned to the Liang Legation's Palace, and asked Mo Chungzi about King Xian's promise to be the commander of the western line of Liang

"Master in charge, why do you always feel that there is fraud in it when you think about it, can the master explain the reason."

The old man thought that Baili Yan must have seen through the old man's intentions, but for the sake of the Northern Expedition, he must have to make some compromises and have other plans. However, it is not clear at the moment, but it should be careful that it puts forward unfavorable conditions for the princes in future negotiations. ”

At this time, Antai Hou Jikang said

"The master in charge is reasonable, if Baili Yan compromises in the open, he will definitely get it back in secret, although he agrees to the conditions, but he will definitely ask for it back from other places in the future, Your Majesty must not be on guard."

"Well, Antaihou said this, and the widow thought so. Xiangguo. "The Son of Heaven called Jia Zhou.

"Your Majesty is here, what does Your Majesty command?"

"If you will discuss with the princes tomorrow, you must not make the princes back down, so as not to fall for Bailiyan's tricks."

"No."

Mo Jianzi and Ji Kang only see immediate benefits, and traditional thinking restricts the depth of cognition. Bailiyan will not risk the world's condemnation at all to make a big deal about military resources, and today's concession is to lay the foundation for reaping greater benefits thirty years later.

At the same time, after the princes' meeting, Xihuan held a banquet in the harem to entertain Wang Li, Gao Ji and others, and finally asked him about the bottom line of the two of them about sending troops.

Due to the unclear attitude of the Jin Kingdom, Xihuan was more passive in the Xian Kingdom, and then implicated her son's status, which she could not tolerate.

"Now my brother Wang is seriously ill, and both of them are brother Wang's henchmen and humerus, and the prince will ascend the throne in the future, and the two adults will be indispensable. It's just that today's Jin Kingdom is not as good as in the past, and I, the princess, can't say anything, but the son of this palace is my brother's nephew after all, the cousin of the prince, and the eldest son of King Xian.

If you still think of the relationship between the two countries and the face of this palace, please persuade my brother Wang and Fan Xiangguo more, don't insist on making mistakes and making mistakes again and again. What if there is really anything, the eyes of the whole Xianguo are staring at this palace, this palace can't help Brother Wang much now, and the two adults are clear. ”

"I understand, the princess's heart, my Wang Li and Lord Gao must understand it with their hearts."

"That's good, it's not early today, please go back. Ji Ning, send two adults. ”

"No!"

When Wang Li and Gao Ji left the palace, Xihuan and Ji Jinsheng spoke

"General Ji, you see how sincere Wang Li and Gao Ji are."

After returning to the queen, the old minister thought that in the current situation, the Son of Heaven had already made his position clear, and the king could not escape the choice of sending troops, but it still depended on who the king assigned to lead the troops to fight. At present, no one in the country is proficient in new tactics, and according to the previous deployment of Bailiyan, the princes will not be allowed to decide on strategic deployment without authorization, but will be arranged by the Xian army.

With Baili Yan's temperament, he can actively treat the wounded soldiers of the princes, and even send them back to Xianguo for treatment, but he will not harm the princes and let them die in vain. ”

"On this point, the palace and General Ji have the same opinion, although Bailiyan is treacherous, but in the face of major rights and wrongs, he does know the severity and will not let the princes die in vain."

"That's true, no matter who loses soldiers and horses now, it is the loss of the Central Plains. At the same time, the more troops, the greater the hope of victory. Taking a step back, Xianguo is now a big country and is unrivaled, so why should it harm the princes. ”

"This is reasonable, it is more cost-effective to keep and kill the enemy than to let the princes die in vain."

Xihuan's words, of course, are not considered in the interests of the Jin Kingdom, she is now thinking more about how the Jin army will give her a long face, so that she can get more political capital in the inheritance of the Xian throne in the future, only Jiang Tuo inherits the throne, and she Xihuan can leave a name in history.

While thinking in his heart, when Xihuan's gaze swept over Ji Jinsheng's face, he always felt that something was wrong

"General Ji, why did this palace see that you were red and full of spirit, could it be that you used some good medicine?"

"It's not true, it's just that two months ago, I felt unwell, went to the medical officer's office to hang up some water, took some medicine, but I didn't notice any change."

"yes......"

Ji Jinsheng is seventy this year, and he has to make suggestions and busy for Xihuan every day, and living to this point can be regarded as a long life, but he still has the value of continuing to live, which is related to the political arrangements for the Jin Kingdom in the future.

In the days that followed, the princes began intensive negotiations on the details, discussing the division of camps and wartime supplies one by one.

Bailiyan has never made drastic arrangements in the allocation of military resources, and has adjusted the current inventory resources to the greatest extent, giving priority to the princes who have been trained and sent troops first, and then distributing and releasing the princes who will send troops for training this year and next year.

Due to the large number of guns held by Liang, Yan, Zhi, Wei, and Yuke, Sun and Changsun had obtained a lot before, of course, there were also losses and a large number of seizures, and the military resources allocated to the princes of Jin, Xu, Song, Qi, Zhao, and Chen needed to be adjusted, especially Jin and Xu, with Qi and Chen second, and Zhao last.

Negotiations continued until the end of the first month, and the Northern Expedition had a final statement.

At the same time, Bailiyan sent air boats to carry out aerial reconnaissance on the east coast and inland of Changsun, mobilized the navy to transfer from Wangqin to the Sishui River through the inland river, and prepared to go to sea through Gaochu County on the east coast of Changsun, so as to deal a heavy blow to the armpit navy on the east coast.

In February, the various armies of the Xian Army were successively replenished in place, with the Eighth Town of Zhoukong and the Sixth Town of Tianpeng Fangliang continuing to maintain 20,000 troops, while the remaining eight towns were restored to 60,000 personnel, with a column of 15,000 men, and 10 columns of the 100-109 Column were newly organized, which were organized into foreign armies and incorporated into the battle sequence of the Xian Army.

In mid-March, the first, second, and third towns, the fourth and fifth columns, the 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105 columns, 80,000 reserves, and a field hospital, totaling about 390,000 people, were led by Zhao Huan to the north, and at the same time withdrew the Yulin Army to return to China for rest and replenishment.

The Zhi army of 500,000 people, the reserve force of 200,000, and the total strength of 700,000 people, were sent into Changsun by Dekang County of Weiguo in two batches to join the army of Gaochu and Xian.

In late March, the warships of the Xian Army gathered in the Changsun section of the lower reaches of the Sishui River, and after clearing mines on the river in early April, they went to sea through the mouth of Gaochu County.

Reconnaissance from January to March showed that less than half of the fleet was entrenched on the east coast, most of them were carrying out sea transportation tasks, and the whereabouts of the rest of the ships were unknown.

At the same time, it was found that during the period when the armpit was entrenched in the Changsun Peninsula, roads were built in the rear to facilitate land transportation and supplies.

Forty years ago, Changsun was a vassal state with advanced productive forces in terms of agricultural form, but now, it is an agricultural prince with backward productive forces.

In addition, it is located in the tropical rainforest, and the perennial rain invades, and the local road facilities can not withstand the modern industrial logistics support, which seriously restricts the speed of the armpit on the land.

Therefore, it can only rely more on sea supplies, which occupies the transportation capacity of transporting troops and supplies from the mainland, and building one or two main roads and infrastructure connecting the north and south to ensure land transportation and transportation and supply, and provide a guarantee for the expansion of aggression and long-term occupation in the future, is an inevitable choice, but it also requires more manpower to build in the rear

In order to solve the problem of transportation and supply in the rear and the long-term occupation, Marshal Oka had no choice but to adjust his operational deployment in the past five years, and transferred 300,000 troops, more than 1.4 million Changsun people, to build roads and facilities, and seriously delayed the use of troops for southward expansion.

In addition, after suffering several defeats in a row, the troops that can be used in combat are already stretched, and it is very difficult to defend millions of square kilometers of tropical rainforest and nearly 10 million humans besieged in several counties.

It took nearly half a month for the navy to go to sea to assemble, during which torpedo boats were dispatched to clean up the armpit patrol ships outside the assembled sea area. In early May, the troops marched north on three routes and launched the largest naval battle in history.

At the same time, the Xian and Zhi armies entered Tongxiang through Gaochu and rushed to Jinye County to attack the enemy entrenched in the north of Jinye County.

The fierce battle began on the ninth day of May, and the Xian army launched a powerful offensive against the frontal enemy with more than 1,500 howitzers and heavy artillery, more than 400 rocket artillery, more than 3,600 artillery pieces of various calibers, more than 50 tanks, and more than 400,000 troops.

On 16 May, the frontal line was broken through, cutting off the enemy's defensive line from east to west, and the Zhi army continued to encircle and annihilate the remnants to the east, while the Xian army swept north and west to widen the gap, opening a passage for the follow-up attacking troops.

The naval battle began on 11 May off the coast east of Boyang County, and the Xian army dispatched more than 80 torpedo boats and more than 200 warships, and sank seven ironclad ships, 56 sailboats, damaged more than 30 ships, captured five ships, and captured more than 28,000 prisoners, six brigadier generals, and three major generals. Since the loss of thirteen battleships, six wounded, three torpedo boats sunk, one wounded, casualties are negligible.

Then it invaded westward, plundered its supply channels along the coast, sank and damaged more than 50 enemy ships, and captured 12 ships.

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