Chapter 40 Arrange the Southern Expedition to take Kaifeng first

The color of this Spring Festival of Yaogang people is stronger, and Yaogang hotels, stations, docks, cultural palaces and other places are decorated with neon lights. Especially after food and clothing, people heard that during the Spring Festival, the new movie "Tianxian Pei" will be released, which made them full of expectations. Then there is the official launch of FM radio, and many people have not heard what FM radio is like. People are talking about it, too. In short, the smell of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, and I don't see it at all, and there will be a big war next year.

Zhang Zhimu After they finished reviewing the movie "Tianxian Pei", they gave Xiao Hongyu the movie script they wrote. But this time, Zhang Zhimu asked them to use a widescreen camera to shoot this feature film.

Of course, Xiao Hongyu wanted to play the heroine in the movie by herself, Zhang Zhimu shook his head and said: "No matter how you put on makeup, you don't look like a textile worker." I think it's better to choose an actor among the female workers. This kind of performance will come naturally, and the audience will recognize it. Feature films should be natural, like in life, and never staged. Don't talk like a hero. ”

Although Xiao Hongyu was very reluctant to give up such an opportunity, Zhang Zhimu's words were reasonable. She couldn't help it, so she had to nod. Zhang Zhimu knows that current movies don't need too many skills, as long as they can understand the story. But there must be movie interludes and music, and Zhang Zhimu has to consider this matter. In the first feature film, Xiao Hongyu and they have no experience, and Zhang Zhimu has to put some effort into it.

This year's Spring Festival Gala was broadcast by three radio stations in Yaogang at the same time. Each college is equipped with a radio with frequency hopping, and the live broadcast of FM in the cafeteria is much better for students who have not returned home during the holidays.

What makes Zhang Zhimu happy is that the students are much more active now than the students of the previous classes. This is also related to the large number of young teachers who remain in school. When Zhang Zhimu was fine, he was willing to go to the students, chat with them, and encourage them to use their brains, never read dead books, dead books. In order to enliven the lives of the students, Zhang Zhimu has decided that basketball and football games will be held between schools next year. The students who are more competitive are now eager to try. Young teachers from various schools are also organizing teams for training. No school wants to lose.

There are also many famous people from all walks of life in Yaogang, as well as some family members. Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun also took advantage of the opportunity of the Spring Festival to walk from house to house and visit. Everyone was surprised and very happy that Zhang Zhimu could visit them in person. Wanhu in Ordos didn't expect Zhang Zhimu to come to visit him, and kept saying thank you. When Zhang Zhimu asked him what difficulties he still had, Wanhu was a little hesitant. Zhang Zhimu knew that he must be really in trouble, so he encouraged him to speak out.

Wan Hu hesitated and said: "I actually don't have any difficulties, and the children don't have to spend money to study." But our savings are all left on the grassland, and our living expenses are a little tight now. Can you let us go back to the grassland and get some silver? Because here in Yaogang, you need to spend silver everywhere. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that they drank in the restaurant almost every day, and it was impossible to maintain their living expenses by relying on the kiln to pay them living expenses. Zhang Zhimu knew that the silver they left on the grassland had been confiscated by the kiln, and he still wanted some silver flowers.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Lord Wang! Don't worry, I'll let them add a little bit of money to your living expenses. However, you can't drink in a restaurant all day. It's not good for the body. Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, as long as you don't make trouble with other things, I would rather provide you with a little money you spend.

Wan Hu said gratefully: "Thanks to the benevolent Zhang Dongjia, I will pay attention to my body." We're used to living in Yaogang. Now let's go back to the steppe, and we won't get used to it. ”

It seems that silver is still easy to use, Zhang Zhimu thought to himself.

After the lively Spring Festival, Li Yan first took the army art troupe to Datong for a condolence performance. Because they are the three newly formed armies, they need to be taken care of. Li Yan also wanted to personally learn about the situation of the army there.

Before he was fifteen, Lu Bingyi couldn't stay idle, invited Zhang Zhimu to his office, and led Zhang Zhimu to a conference room. There is no meeting table in the conference room, and there is a large sand table in the middle. However, this sand table is a sand table centered on the western part of the Qinling Mountains.

Lu Bingyi picked up an indicator pole and pointed to the southern part of the Qinling Mountains to let Zhang Zhimu know the location of Hanzhong, the location of Huixian and Chengxian, and guided Zhang Zhimu to know the Hanshui and Jialing River basins. Then he said: "Mr. Zhang, our expedition team sent back the final confirmation report from Hanzhong. The tributary of the Hanshui River to the west of the county (Mianxian) west of Hanzhong is less than ten kilometers to the west and the Heishui River, a tributary of the Jialing River. They suggested digging the two rivers first, and they had about the same level. There are many natural ravines between the two, and the earth and stone used are not too large. When encountering mountain rocks, we can use ** to blow up. After these two places are opened, we can dredge the river. It is likely that large ships will not be able to navigate yet, but as long as small boats can be navigated, we can use boats to transport construction materials and tools from the Han River to the upper reaches of the Galeung River. Not far downstream of the confluence of the Heihe River and the Jialing River, there is a place where the Jialing River is divided into two places. I think the first reservoir dam on the Jialing River was built here. Because we build a dam at this divide, we don't have to build large diversion canals to block one tributary, and the river can flow through the other. We can build two dams in this diversion. As long as the water of the river upstream is raised, the water of the Black River will also be raised, and then the navigable ships will not be just small boats. We calculated that the drop from the water surface of the Chenghui Basin Reservoir that we will complete in the future is more than 300 meters, and the length of the river along the curved river is only less than 300 kilometers, so if we want to make the reservoir navigable here, we also need to build three cascade reservoirs, and the reservoir we built first can be regarded as one. ”

After listening to Lu Bingyi's introduction to the situation in one breath, Zhang Zhimu asked: "The brothers over there didn't rest during the Spring Festival?" ”

"Hey! With this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do such a big thing, who can rest? Lu Bingyi said.

"That's not going to work, we have a lot of things to do in the future." Zhang Zhimu said, "If you work so hard, Mr. Lu, you may really not see the completion of this great project." ”

"Don't worry, I can't be like them young people." Lu Bingyi said.

"It seems that Mr. Lu, you have thought it through very carefully. I agree with your proposal. However, building a dam on the Jialing River may not be possible to rely entirely on small boats to transport materials. Zhang Zhimu said.

"It's something that's used in the early stages of engineering." Lu Bingyi also pointed to a rift valley in the southwest of Xianxian (Mian County) and said: "We are going to build a road along this ditch to the Jialing River. You can't do it without roads. Large-scale equipment can't be transported, that's absolutely not possible. ”

"Okay, let's do it right away!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Liu Yun, they don't need so many people to build the railway. Let's do the projects on both sides of the Qinling Mountains together. ”

"Okay! Mr. Zhang, if you don't have an opinion, I will notify them, and work will start after 15. Don't look at the ice and snow on our side, the south of Qinling is fine. Construction can be done in all seasons. Lu Bingyi said, "By the way, there is news from Lanzhou that the boilers and generators used by the two megawatt generator units used in Jiuquan and Jiayuguan have been transported there with climbing plows. Particularly difficult places to walk, towed with our tractors. In other places, it is just pulled by horses. The generator sets we used for the chrome and nickel ore were also shipped to Lanzhou before they were frozen. I don't know if they can be transported by a climbing plow before they are civilized. ”

"Okay! General Ningde is estimated to be able to handle the matter over there. Zhang Zhimu said, "A few years ago, the railway to Fenglingdu began to lay tracks, and it should be opened to traffic this year." The Taiyuan Bridge has also been built and finishing touches are underway. One of our most important things this year is the Fenglingdu Yellow River Bridge. You and Lu Qi should pay attention to this matter. After the end of our southern expedition next year, we will also study the railway from Tongguan to Luoyang and then to Kaifeng. ”

"Good! We're doing more and more. But our team has also been trained. Now the first people to build the railway with us are basically the leaders on the construction site. This year, the railway from Baotou to the Baiyun mining area will be completed soon, and the power plant and cement plant in Baotou will also be put into operation by the end of the year. Lu Bingyi said: "It's just that a suitable limestone mine has not been found in the south of the Qinling Mountains, and the site of the cement plant cannot be determined." This year, I want to take some time to go to Qinling. See if you can choose a suitable cement plant address. Here in Chencang (Baoji), we found a good limestone mine and immediately built a cement factory. ”

"Our military operations are about to start in the spring, if we go south of the Qinling Mountains. You'd better go with a large group of people, and the road will be safer. Zhang Zhimu said.

"It's for the best." Lu Bingyi said.

After the New Year, Yan Xing issued a document to inform the cadres who needed to be transferred back to gather at the kiln after the fifteenth year. The police officers and police officers who were transferred were ordered by Yan Boju to be transferred back to Yaogang. Military commanders above the army level gathered at the kiln post for a meeting.

Needless to say, everyone knows that Yaogang's southern expedition is about to begin. So no one dared to be careless about this matter, and everyone rushed to the kiln on time. The cadres and policemen who arrived at the kiln gang immediately gathered in the barracks and assigned the places to be taken over according to the detailed plan that had been prepared. The combined cadre team and the police are also fully in place. This time, the leading groups were also distributed together according to the relationship between the superiors and subordinates in the distribution areas of each locality. Let them run in before they take office.

The cadre team and the police team are all combined and matched according to the method of combining the old and the new. The administrative level of those veteran cadres who have been transferred has basically been raised. A number of police officers have also been promoted in rank. Both cadres and police officers are looking forward to the new jobs that are coming, and they are more confident. In particular, those cadres and policemen who worked in Shanxi and then went to Shaanxi to work are full of confidence. They have been through a lot and have a lot of work experience.

The military cadres who came to Yaogang to gather soon gathered in the command center for a meeting.

In addition to the main leaders of the kiln gang, it was these high-ranking officers who were the main leaders of this meeting.

Zhang Zhimu made a simple mobilization report and didn't say anything more.

The specific tasks were assigned by Ouyang He.

Ouyang He didn't have any more nonsense, he said: "We will start the military operation immediately and call it 'Southern Expedition'." The goal was to recover the vast area between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River occupied by Li Zicheng's Dashun army.

We have just completed the reorganization of the military forces in the Datong area. A Datong mixed border army, a fifth infantry army, and a fourth cavalry army were reorganized. Our current military strength consists of five infantry corps, four cavalry corps, and Li Wei's heavy artillery corps.

The following assignments are as follows: General Ningde sat in Lanzhou, led the First Infantry Army and the Second Cavalry Army to assist the Northwest Frontier Army and defend the Hehuang, Hexi and Ningxia regions; Zhou Yuji sat in Baotou and led the Third Cavalry Army to assist the Northern Frontier Army and the Datong Frontier Army to defend the Hetao area and along the Datong line; The Fourth Army's mission to guard Shanxi Yaogang remained unchanged;

Two divisions of the Shixiu Division of the Second Army stationed in Shaanxi were returned to the team, and a heavy artillery regiment was assigned to the west, which was responsible for pressing and attacking from the east, the canal from Huai'an to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River from Kaifeng to Huai'an; The task of defending the banks of the Yellow River by the Third Infantry Army was entrusted to the Fourth Army, and the Fourth Army sent two regiments to take over the defense of Wuzhi, and the Third Infantry Army now has a division that has entered Hanzhong, and now after concentrating its forces, all of them are on standby in Hanzhong, and this road is responsible for attacking from Hanzhong to the east and southeast; The newly formed Fifth Army was divided into a division to guard Kaifeng, and the other armies marched south along the Luo River with naval warships.

Our southern expedition was roughly divided into three simultaneous attacks, east, west, and north, and we wanted to drive the Dashun army across the Yangtze River and seize such a vast area as the Central Plains. But the scope of this attack was large, the offensive lines were scattered, and it was possible to subdivide the offensive into regiments separately. In this way, our coordination has a certain degree of difficulty. When we divide our troops, we must not rush in one way. We will not have opponents in a steady fight, and we must not lose our heads because of carelessness.

This time, the commander-in-chief of the East Road was served by Li Mao, and the commander of the Second Army, Shi Xiuren, was the deputy commander-in-chief; The commander-in-chief of the North Road was served by Li Yan, and the deputy commander-in-chief was served by Jiang Zhuo and the commander of the Fifth Army; The commander-in-chief of the West Road is Qin Peng, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Fan Chengkun. All officers and men participating in the operation must assemble at their departure positions within one month.

In addition, Liu Yun was transferred back to the command center to replace Qin Peng as chief of staff of the General Staff. ”

At this time, of course, the officers who had the task were overjoyed, and those who were not assigned the task were talking about it. For a while, there was a commotion in the venue.

Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He had expected this result for a long time.

Chen Yufeng coughed, and after everyone was quiet for a while, Chen Yufeng said, "What are you yelling about?" It's such a big fart, what are you fighting about? It's just such a small thing, these people in our kiln gang have gone up to fight, is it a shame? ”

Chen Yufeng's words made everyone quiet, and Chen Yufeng said: "That's it, I feel a little bullying." You have automatic rifles, machine guns, and cannons against other people's big knives and spears, and you are embarrassed to fight? ”

There is nothing more to say below. Ouyang He said again: "According to our analysis, the Mongols and the Manchus have not taken major actions in the past two years. We feel that they are also recuperating and will probably do something to us during our southern expedition. Leaving behind many troops and generals also has this aspect in mind. We studied and decided that it would be best to use this operation to attract the Mongols and the Manchus to launch an operation. Let's take the opportunity to hit them hard. Let them not dare to think about us for a short time. We need time to unify the Ming Dynasty. And then go back and completely solve the hidden dangers in the north for thousands of years. Generals, don't be afraid that there will be no fighting. Everyone looks at it, and the place that our kiln can affect is still too small. There's still a lot to do. To tell the truth, we are sending so many troops out now, some sledgehammers to smash walnuts. We just want to solve the military problem quickly and buy us time to govern these places. After we complete the task of the southern expedition this time, we will set up a Central Plains Bureau in terms of management, and Li Mao will be fully responsible for the work in the Central Plains. The Central Plains Bureau is located in Hankou. In the future, Hankow will be the political and military center of our Central Plains. This is a big step for the steady development of our kiln. We may be able to take even bigger steps in the future. Everyone should be prepared. Don't argue over trivial matters. ”

Regarding the transfer of Liu Yun back, Chen Yufeng had already talked with him, and Liu Yun had no opinion. He knew that Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were cultivating him, allowing him to fully understand the situation and participate in the major decision-making process. In particular, participation in the major decision-making process is the most tempering. Because the opportunity to repeatedly argue before making a decision is only accessible at the highest level.

What Zhang Zhimu didn't expect was that just after the fifteenth, Guan Furen of the Dashun Army Intelligence Station at Lingshui Wharf made an appointment with Li Zhi and informed the people of Yaogang to take over Xiangfan after the beginning of spring. Li Zicheng wanted to give up Xiangfan to the kiln people.

Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He didn't expect that Li Zicheng would come to this hand. They originally planned to inform Li Zicheng before the operation. I didn't expect Li Zicheng to strike first. The three of them judged that Li Zicheng had already received the news that the Yaogang people were going to send troops, so he first sent a favor to a person, so that the Yaogang people were embarrassed to take an inch.

"No matter what they say, our plan remains the same," Chen said. I think I informed them in advance that the emperor had ordered us to send troops several times, but we were not allowed to send troops. We're about to march in the spring. Ask them to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and we will make an all-out attack in the north of the river. ”

"However, inform the troops who have contacted us, pay attention, we will take over immediately how much the Dashun army has withdrawn. Don't give the Ming army a chance. Ouyang He said.

Li Zicheng didn't expect that the people of Yaogang would have such a big appetite. I want to swallow all this size at once. It turned out that I wanted to give the love to the kiln people, but the kiln people didn't receive it at all. However, Song Xiance said: "Your Majesty, fortunately, we are making good progress in the south of the Yangtze River. General Quan and the prime minister have already conquered the vast areas of Lin'an (Hangzhou) and Suzhou. It's a place where the rich flow of oil. ”

"The kiln gang people deceive people too much, I can't swallow this breath." Li Zicheng said.

"If they don't tell us and fight hard, we won't be able to stop them." Song Xiance said, "I think we should not turn against them, but make a deal with them." ”

"Deal?" Li Zicheng said, "Can they never attack Jiangnan?" ”

"This, I'm afraid it's useless to say this." Song Xiance said.

"Hey! Then transport everything that can be carried away as soon as possible. Don't give out the news. Otherwise, it's going to be messed up. Li Zicheng said helplessly.

The people of Yaogang don't care whether Li Zicheng is happy or not, but they have to consider whether Emperor Chongzhen is happy or not. The large-scale preparation of the kiln gang people was still known to the emperor. He wrote to ask the people of Yaogang when they would send troops. The answer of the kiln man was ambiguous. said that he was drawing troops to see if he could fight.

Before the kiln gang people acted, there was still a problem of Kaifeng to be solved.

After an emergency transfer. A division of the Fifth Army of Yaogang also moved to Wuzhi, where it left to seal off the Yellow River. After the Yellow River was completely civilized, this night, the division suddenly crossed the Yellow River. According to the telegraph, at dawn, the king of Zhou took the guards out of the city, and after meeting with the army of Yaogang, he led the army of Yaogang to the gate of Kaifeng. The officers and soldiers guarding the gate wanted to stop them, but the king of Zhou was there and did not dare to stop them, and after the soldiers of the kiln gang approached, they forced them with guns and disarmed them. Several city gates were occupied by the soldiers of the kiln gang in this way. Then they split up and took over all the gates of Kaifeng. Those officials and generals were all very loyal to the emperor. But in the face of Zhou Wangye, they didn't dare to be presumptuous in person. As a result, the soldiers of Yaogang were also put under house arrest. But the soldiers of Yaogang did these things in the name of the royal guards. Later, they did not kill all the officials of the imperial court. And those who were willing to go out of the city gave them some money and let them out.

Emperor Chongzhen knew the news, so there was no need to say that he was angry. He immediately sent Gonggong Li to ask Zhang Zhimu what he was going to do, but of course Zhang Zhimu still didn't know. Gonggong Li understood that the people of Yaogang wanted to make a move on Henan, but he was afraid that the officials and troops of the imperial court would hinder him there. So I did it first, but in the name of King Zhou. But Gonggong Li could only tell the emperor what Zhang Zhimu said. He thought to himself: "That King Zhou is your own person of the Zhu family. He came forward to make trouble, and he really can't blame others. The last time you wanted to do something to someone, you should be thorough. Otherwise, people will slow down and still think of their own way. Your knife is always on someone's neck, and they can't always hold it! ”

Emperor Chongzhen knew very well that King Zhou was afraid that he would kill him one day, so King Zhou took Kaifeng by the hands of the Yaogang people. Kaifeng is a very important place, and the people of Yaogang are afraid that when they attack Henan, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court will be behind them, and they will not be safe. It seems that Zhang Zhimu of Yaogang is already guarding himself everywhere. However, since the Yaogang people want to attack the Henan region, it is always better than the thieves to occupy it. If they can hit the Yangtze River, they will be able to take back the central capital. The ancestral grave of the Zhu family doesn't know what happened to the thieves this time?

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about Kaifeng anymore. He knows better. There is a kiln gang person to give the king of Zhou the last shield, and he can't take it back to Kaifeng now. It's just that I have to endure the fake tears of those ministers again.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".