"In the original history. "Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info," Xu Lang continued, "next January, Hong Chengchou will encircle and suppress the peasant army, and the Manchu Qing will break through again. But this time they did not go deeper, and only captured 16 cities of Changping and went back. ”

"Xu Lang." Wang Hua said thoughtfully, "What do you mean is that if Tao Min has no money, then in order to go to North Korea, he will take advantage of this Manchu Qing Dynasty to break through the customs and plunder." In other words, the scale of this Manchu clearance will be much larger than in history? ”

"Yes, it probably will." Xu Lang said, "Ever since Tao Min and Tao Gong defected, I have been pondering the personalities of these two people. Tao Min belongs to the kind of person who can absolutely endure humiliation and bear the burden, and will never give up until he achieves his goal. Moreover, according to the analysis of our General Staff Headquarters, Tao Min now has at least three or four thousand flintlock pistols and dozens of artillery pieces. With this alone, the Ming Dynasty army could not stop them. ”

"If so." Zhang Guodong lowered his head and thought for a while, "Xu Lang, can you judge the location of Tao Min's breakthrough?" ”

"It's hard to tell at the moment." After Xu Lang answered, he asked, "Is there no news from Cobra?" ”

"Nope." Wang Hua explained, "Although Cobra has awakened now, the transmission of information is now unilateral. We can only receive information from him, we can't find him, maybe he is also for safety. ”

"Let's not care where Tao Min will choose to break through." Jiang Beiming said suddenly, "It seems that our Second Independent Regiment and Third Independent Regiment are going to join forces." ”

"It's not just these two regiments." Xu Lang added, "I'm afraid I have to transfer the independent group of the family over." The six thousand people of the three regiments, plus the Shenji battalion you trained in Beijing, can stop Tao Min. ”

"I think so." Zhang Guodong instructed, "Xu Lang, your General Staff will immediately go back and prepare an analysis report on the possible breakthrough of the Manchu Qing Dynasty next year, and it is best to be able to judge the location they have chosen." Beiming, you go back to Beijing as soon as possible, and leak this news to the Ming Dynasty government, so that they can be a little prepared. Wang Hua, you immediately send someone to send a letter to Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang, asking them to speed up the expansion and training of the army. Then he informed Lin Zhaolong that the independent regiment had canceled its vacation, was ready for combat at the first level, and was ready to be drawn at any time. ”

"Yes." The three of them replied at the same time.

"Chairman Zhang." Jiang Beiming asked again, "If this is the case, we will not be able to intervene in Hong Chengchou's encirclement and suppression of the peasant army next year." ”

"I'm afraid I can't take care of this." Zhang Guodong suddenly laughed, "Let them fight first, no one can kill anyone anyway." Our main task now is to deal with the Manchus, and we can't let Tao Min get the money to go to North Korea. ”

Zhang Guodong and the others left the General Staff Headquarters after discussing it, and Xu Lang called Leng Tianbing and several staff officers of the Intelligence Department together.

"I have already reported to the Military Commission the analysis of the Intelligence Department of our General Staff on the breakthrough of the Tatars next year, and the Military Commission attaches great importance to it, and Chairman Zhang has personally praised us. I'll give you a verbal commendation first. "Xu Lang came up and gave these staff officers a sweet date first.

"Thank you, sir." All the staff officers, including Leng Tianbing, stood upright.

"Still." Xu Lang pressed his palm and motioned for the staff officers to sit down, "The Military Commission has also put forward new requirements for us, asking us to judge the location of the Tartar break as soon as possible. Speak up and listen to any thoughts and opinions you have on this issue. ”

"Chief of the General Staff." A staff officer said first, "In the second year of Chongzhen and the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Tartars broke through from Da'ankou; In the sixth year of Chongzhen, he broke through Datong Town and Xuanfu Town, so his subordinates thought that if the Tartars came back next year, they should still be in these places. ”

"I don't agree with that judgment." A young second lieutenant staff officer said, "The purpose of the Tartars coming next year is to grab silver and things. Datong and Xuanfu were already poor, and now there are also rogues everywhere, so there is nothing to grab there, and there are still two of our regiments there. If you enter the customs from Da'ankou, you can only go straight to the Beijing Division, and Chief Jiang has been training the Shenji Battalion in Beijing, and the Tartars may not gnaw this hard bone. Therefore, the subordinates judged that the Tartars should be able to break through in a place where the defense is relatively empty, but the population is relatively dense. ”

Xu Lang looked up at this second lieutenant staff officer, he was a little surprised, because this was a new face, and Xu Lang didn't seem to have seen him much before.

"What's your name?" Xu Lang asked.

"Report sir." The second lieutenant stood up and replied loudly, "The subordinate's name is Gao Chen, and the subordinate just graduated from the military academy last month. ”

"Staff Officer Gao, the analysis is good." Xu Lang said appreciatively, "Then where do you think the Tartars will enter the customs?" ”

"Sir, please look." Gao Chen walked to the side of the map hanging in the conference room, "To the north of our Ming Dynasty, the three places of Datong Town, Xuanfu Town, and Beizhili directly face the Tartars. When my subordinates were in the military academy, the instructors once taught us that the joints of the two areas are often the most lax defenses. Huairou and Miyun in Beizhili are also very densely populated, so their subordinates believe that it is very likely that the Tartars will choose the location to break through from the junction of Xuanfu Town and Beizhili. Specifically, it should be in the place of Yanqing Zuowei. ”

"Yanqing Left Guard?" Xu Lang's gaze stayed on Gao Chen's finger.

Gao Chen saw that Xu Lang didn't react, and was a little nervous: "Sir, this judgment of the subordinates is just the subordinates' own thoughts, and whether it is right or not still needs to be decided by the superiors." ”

"Senior staff officers don't need to be nervous." Leng Tianbing smiled, "The Chief of General Staff is just thinking about what you said. ”

The meeting ended quickly, and Xu Lang left Leng Tianbing alone.

"TechnoAlpin, do you think Gao Chen's analysis makes sense?"

"Judging from his analysis alone, it makes a lot of sense." Leng Tianbing replied, "But he doesn't know that Tao Min is also from 400 years later, and he doesn't know Tao Min's methods and ideas for thinking about problems." ”

"Then you mean that Tao Min won't go to fight Yanqing Left Guard?"

"Yes, it won't." Leng Tianbing said his thoughts, "I think Tao Min is likely to directly attack Xuanfu Town, specifically to directly attack Zhou Lei's Yulin Fort." ”

"Oh? Why? Xu Lang was a little surprised by Leng Tianbing's thoughts.

"I've been thinking about the things Tao Min has done these days, and since we landed in Yulin Bay, I've recalled them one by one." Leng Tianbing explained to Xu Lang, "Tao Min is a person with a very complex mind, and everything he does will not have a simple purpose. If he really wants to break through next year, grabbing things is only one of his purposes, and he definitely wants to take this opportunity to hit the Yulin Army hard. Zhou Lei's Yulin Fort only had 2,000 troops, and it was not far from Beizhili. If Tao Min did his best to defeat Yulin Fort, then he could be ashamed and take revenge for the incident that we had deceived him; Second, if the Yulin army is defeated, then what will Emperor Chongzhen and the Beijing court think of us. I think Tao Min may want to hit the status of our Yulin Bay in Chongzhen's heart. ”

"TechnoAlpin, you can do it." Xu Lang smiled, "It seems that you have learned a lot from Wang Hua." ”

"Huh." Leng Tianbing also smiled, "That's not for you to force." ”

"Hey, TechnoAlpin." Xu Lang suddenly pretended to be mysterious and asked, "You don't want another son?" Li Lintong disagrees with your concubine? ”

"My Chief of the General Staff." Leng Tianbing tilted his head and looked at Xu Lang, "Let's discuss business now, and we'll talk about things outside of work after work." ”

"Hehehehehe, I'm kidding." Xu Lang smiled, "That Gao Chen is very good, you can cultivate it well." It's just that he's still too young, and he speaks a little regardless of the occasion. ”

"Hahahaha." Leng Tianbing pointed at Xu Lang and laughed, "You Xu Lang would also say such things?" You talk no matter the occasion, and you don't save face more than he does. ”

"Hehe, I'm old." Xu Lang laughed self-deprecatingly, "The sharpness of the year is gone." ”

"Forget it, let's get down to business." Leng Tianbing asked, "Do you think my judgment just now is reasonable?" ”

"I think it makes sense, so be it." Xu Lang instructed, "Your intelligence department will discuss with the war department again, if no one has any new opinions, we will first use Yulin Fort as the location for Tao Min to break through, and you will come up with a combat plan." If Tao Min is coming this time, the strength may be sixty or seventy thousand, plus Lin Zhaolong's independent regiment, our mobile force is only 3 regiments, and how to arrange the Ming army in Beijing must also be taken into account. ”

"Does our plan also include the Ming army?" Leng Tianbing asked, "Can we mobilize the Ming Dynasty army?" ”

"We don't have to worry about that just yet." Xu Lang replied, "We only came up with a plan and reported it to the Military Commission, as for how to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, let Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao do it." ”

"Okay, then I got it."

Three days later, a copy of Chongzhen's eight-year battle plan marked with the words top secret was placed in front of all the members of the Military Commission and Xu Lang who were at home.

"You've seen the plan." Xu Lang took the plan in front of him in his hand, "According to the current judgment of our General Staff, the location chosen by Tao Min to break through the customs is very likely to be Zhou Lei's Yulin Fort, so this plan is made around Yulin Fort." ”

"I've seen your plan in detail." Lin Zhaolong was the first to ask, "There is no problem in transferring Wang Qianxiang's Second Independent Regiment to Yulin Fort, but if you want our Independent First Regiment to go to Yulin Fort, you also have to outflank Tao Min." First, will the Ming Dynasty government agree to transfer another 2,000 people to Xuanfu Town; Second, you also said that Tao Min's troops entering the customs this time will be 60,000 or 70,000, how can our 2,000-strong regiment outflank tens of thousands of people? ”

"This problem needs to be solved by Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao." Xu Lang replied, "Transfer the Second Independent Regiment and the First Independent Regiment to Xuanfu Town to ask Beiming to negotiate with Wang Chengen and Wen Tiren. ”

When Xu Lang said this, he glanced at Jiang Beiming: "Beiming, you and Han Wantao have a great responsibility. Not only do you have to persuade Beijing to agree to our troop transfer, but you also have to convince them that they will definitely enter the customs next year. To deal with the tens of thousands of horses of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is not enough to rely on our three independent regiments, we must rely on the Ming Dynasty army, and the main task of our Yulin Army is to deal with Tao Min's muskets and artillery. ”

"I know this, and we'll do our best." Jiang Beiming replied, "Historically, Hong Chengchou wants to exterminate the peasant army in January next year, and the main force of the Ming army will go to Shaanxi, and I am afraid this will not change." ”

"Then isn't this still 2,000 of us going to outflank tens of thousands of people?" Lin Zhaolong was a little anxious.

"Zhaolong, don't worry." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "I see if I can move Wang Chengen and Wen Tiren, it is best to transfer some of the Guanning Iron Cavalry out to Yulin Fort." ”

"You want to use the Guanning Iron Horse?" Xu Lang shook his head, "I think it's enough." In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou deceived the emperor Taiji and fled back to Jinzhou. Although Zu Dashou has not yet finally descended to the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict three times and ordered Zu Dashou to enter Beijing to meet him, and Zu Dashou excused himself and always stayed in Jinzhou City. Moreover, Zu Dashou's son Zu Kefa has been a hostage in the hands of Huang Taiji, I think that Zu Dashou alone will not go to Yulinbao and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to fight hard, and the Ming Dynasty government will not be able to transfer him. ”

"I think so." Wang Hua continued, "The Guanning defense line is the most important place in the Ming Dynasty, if the Guanning Iron Cavalry is transferred to Xuanfu Town, I am afraid that Chongzhen's heart will be afraid. ”