"Mrs. Sister-in-law laughed." Ye Zhan was two months older than Gao Chen, "How can a lowly position catch up with Chief Ye." If you can't catch up with military achievements, you can't catch up with the amount of alcohol. ”

"Okay, let's listen to me first." Xu Lang picked up his wine glass and shouted, "Since Lu Lao's first glass of wine has finished speaking, everyone can drink it as they please, and there is no need to stick to anything." Ye Yan, I'll toast you first. ”

"Don't dare to toast Mr. Laoxu." Ye Yan hurriedly took the cup and said, "I respect Mr. Xu, do it first." ”

It was midnight after this meal, and Lu Tianxiang and his wife and children had already gone to rest. After the Ye family said goodbye and left, Xu Lang returned to the bedroom with Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo in a daze.

Musk Yue brought in a basin of hot water: "Sister Yiyi, Sister Zhiruo, let Mr. Xu wash his face, he drank a lot tonight." ”

"Bothered." Cheng Yiyi said with a smile, "You Mr. Xu didn't drink much at any time." ”

"Hey, Yiyi." Xu Lang sat on the chair and protested vaguely, "I don't get drunk every time, I talk like a drunkard." ”

"Musk Yue, let's go rest first." Zhao Zhiruo walked to Xu Lang's side, "You dare to say that you are not drunk?" Did you see anything tonight? ”

"What do I see?" Xu Lang was confused, "Is there something going on tonight, why don't I know." ”

"By the time you know, the kids will be running all over the ground." Cheng Yiyi also saw Ye Jie's performance, "Think about it, the three brothers of the Ye family came to our house before, when did you see Ye Jie also come." ”

"So what's the matter, there's a first time for everything." Xu Lang still didn't understand, "Ye Jie is also older, and it's nothing to follow the three brothers out to see the world." ”

Cheng Yiyi knew that he couldn't explain clearly to Xu Lang now: "Anyway, you, who are the chief of the general staff, will worry you about Gao Chen's affairs in the future." ”

The next day, Xu Lang's wine still didn't wake up, and he walked slowly and leisurely towards the General Staff in a daze.

"Hello Mr. Xu." A young woman on the opposite side hugged her child and said hello to Xu Lang.

"It's my brother and sister, why did I come out alone." Xu Lang recognized that the opposite was Sun Tianhao's daughter-in-law, Yao Chun, who gave birth to a son at the end of last year.

Yao Chun looked at Xu Lang and smiled: "Did Mr. Xu drink again last night?" My father-in-law has already gone to Guangzhou to hold the Canton Fair, and Mr. Xu has forgotten it. ”

Xu Lang patted his head and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, look at my brain, I forgot everything after drinking some wine." ”

Yao Chun smiled: "Mr. Xu, go slowly, don't fall again." I'm going to go shopping with my kids. ”

"Brother and sister, let's go, I'm okay to talk to you Sister Yiyi." Xu Lang greeted and went to the General Staff.

Xu Lang sat down in the office of the General Staff Officer, first made himself a pot of hot tea, calmed down for a while, and then took out a pen and paper to straighten out the recent situation in Yulin Bay.

Zeng Guangxian had already gone to the Philippines with four warships; Sun Tianhao also went to Guangzhou; At present, the ring road is almost complete, and the transformation of slums is still in progress. The current task of the General Staff is to formulate a plan to eliminate Li Zicheng as soon as possible, and Xu Lang handed over this plan to Gao Chen to be specifically responsible.

"Someone." Xu Lang opened the door and called out to a second lieutenant in the corridor, "Go see if Gao Chen is here, let him come to me." ”

The second lieutenant came back after a while: "Sir, the senior commander has not come yet. However, my subordinates left a message for the War Department, asking the senior commander to come to you as soon as he came. ”

"I see." Xu Lang waved his hand and pondered this plan first.

Jiang Beiming should have set off for Datong by now, he and Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang drove to Xi'an together after meeting in Datong, and they will arrive in Xi'an in May at the earliest. At best, the Yulin Army in the north can be organized into a division of 10,000 people, and the remaining two divisions of 15,000 people have to find a way in Yulin Bay. Li Fuqiang also means to help Ruan Youyi deal with Nguyen Qi in North Vietnam, it would be good if the Vietnamese side could bring back six or seven thousand people, Xu Tianbin would bring back four thousand people, and there were still four or five thousand vacancies that needed to be conscripted. Even if the conscription is full, the recruits will have to have two months of training, and it will probably be August for all three divisions to arrive in Xi'an at the earliest.

According to Yang Sichang's report to Chongzhen, the current total strength of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong is already more than 100,000. Moreover, not only did Li Zicheng have four or five thousand flintlock pistols and more than 20 artillery pieces in his hands, but the rest of the peasant army, such as Luo Rucai, was currently moving closer to Xi'an. Will Yang Sichang be able to survive until August?

Xu Lang was thinking about his thoughts, when Gao Chen knocked on the door and walked in: "Chief of General Staff, are you looking for me?" ”

Xu Lang raised his head and smiled: "Gao Chen, you rarely come later than me, why are you late."

Gao Chen pinched his head embarrassedly: "I drank too much last night, and now I still have a headache." ”

"You were able to drink too much last night with a group of women's troops?" Xu Lang was a little fragmented, and he couldn't remember what happened last night.

"Who drinks too much with them?" Gao Chen said with a smile, "Chief of General Staff, you forgot again, last night was the last night when you dragged me and the Ye family brothers to drink until the middle of the night, and you said that you wouldn't let you go." ”

"Yes, I did it again?" Xu Lang smiled embarrassedly and got down to business, "What's going on with that Xi'an plan." ”

"My subordinate wants to report to the chief." Gao Chen also became serious, and took out a document from under his armpit, "This is the specific arrangement of the entire Xi'an plan that my subordinates have thought, please take a look at it." ”

Gao Chen's Xi'an plan is very detailed and divided into several aspects.

After Jiang Beiming arrived in Datong with the 7,000 Yulin Army of the First Division, he was not in a hurry to go to Shaanxi, but rested and reorganized. Because the 7,000 Yulin Army only had a cavalry regiment of 1,000 people, and all the artillery of the heavy artillery regiment remained in the Jinzhou defense line. Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang's current two regiments add up to more than 2,000 people, and there are no cavalry. There were not many horses in Yulin Bay and Vietnam, and the two divisions that went north from Yulin Bay could not form too many cavalry. Therefore, Gao Chen suggested that Jiang Beiming collect at least 5,000 horses in Datong and first form a cavalry division of 6,000 people in the north. This time it was to take the initiative to attack the Liukou in Xi'an, and it would not work without a large-scale cavalry.

On the Vietnamese side, Lin Zhaolong tried his best to bring back the veterans of the Third Division originally stationed in Vietnam, and Andreas also came back to prepare to serve as the commander or deputy commander of the newly formed cavalry division. Li Fuqiang and Ho Chao Dung remained in Vietnam to continue their recruitment training and assist Nguyen Youyi in controlling South Vietnam.

Han Wantao, Ye Zhan, and Xu Tianbin formed the second division in Yulin Bay, and the newly recruited soldiers did not need to train for another two months, but could be shortened to one month. After Lin Zhaolong's third division returned, the establishment of the two divisions was disrupted, and veterans were mixed with new recruits.

These two divisions in Yulin Bay did not have to take cavalry with them, and there were not many cavalry, but they had to carry a large amount of artillery. To deal with rogues, rifled guns are one thing, and artillery is even more indispensable. The two artillery regiments were to be expanded, in addition to the original 54 6-pounder guns per regiment, 18 12-pounder guns were added in order to deal with Li Zicheng's 6-pounder guns and capture Yan'an Province.

Three infantry divisions plus a separate independent cavalry division made up a total of four divisions to form a corps, and the name of the new army was still used.

Yulinwan will complete the training of the new Second and Third Divisions at the end of May, and strive to set off for Xi'an led by Han Wantao in early June and arrive in Xi'an at the end of July. Jiang Beiming could set out from Datong at the end of May, a month earlier than Han Wantao, to help Yang Sichang stabilize first, and then start the general offensive after the new army arrived.

Xu Lang didn't express an opinion after reading this plan, and Gao Chen asked, "Sir, is there anything else wrong?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with the size and timing of the army." Xu Lang replied, "It's just that Chief Jiang is collecting horses in Datong to train cavalry divisions, what about the equipment." Datong doesn't have that many half-body armor and infantry guns. ”

"Sir, that's what my subordinates think." Gao Chen said, "You can transfer Andreas to Datong first, and he will assist Chief Jiang in organizing and training the cavalry division, without waiting for Chief Lin to come back." As for the equipment, it can be prepared in Yulin Bay and brought to Xi'an when Governor Han goes north. ”

"Sir." Gao Chen turned the plan to the last page and pointed to Xu Lang and said, "Our main target this time is Li Zicheng, and there are Ming troops such as Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou in Xi'an. Therefore, his subordinates thought that the new army only needed to defeat Li Zicheng, and other rogues could let Yang Sichang and them deal with it. The meaning of the Military Commission is that it is best to co-opt these rogues, and the most combat-effective among them are Li Zicheng's people. As long as we defeat Li Zicheng, there is no problem in absorbing 20,000 rogues. ”

Xu Lang thought about Gao Chen's suggestion and didn't speak, Xu Lang didn't have much opinion on this plan, but there was one thing that Gao Chen didn't expect, that is, how to incorporate the peasant army after defeating Li Zicheng.

It is impossible for Yulin Bay to only absorb the elite and ignore others, Jiang Beiming has also blown down the cowhide in front of Chongzhen, and Yulin Bay can solve the problem of displaced people. If Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou and others all let go, then there may be hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of displaced people who will press on Yulin Bay. It is impractical to resettle them in Datong and Xuanfu, there is a great drought in the north, there is not so much place and food to resettle, and the Yulin army has too few troops in these two places to look down on them at all. It is impossible to send it back to Yulin Bay, the digestion of the displaced people in Yulin Bay last time has not been completely digested until now, and more than 100,000 people will make trouble this time, these people are not the real refugees last time, but the rogues who dare to make trouble in the imperial court.

Otherwise, they will be sent to Vietnam, but the distance is far away, thousands of miles, who dares to guarantee that there will be no accidents on the road, and rebellion is also their forte.

"Chief of the General Staff." Gao Chen screamed softly.

Xu Lang closed the folder: "Gao Chen, it's hard work." I will show this plan to Chairman Zheng and Chairman Zhang first, and we will study any problems when I come back. ”