The two of them came to the conference room, where a dozen candles were lit, and all the staff officers were still buried in their work.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xu Lang clapped his hands, "Let's take a rest first, I've been busy for two days in a row." Let's take a break, and we'll have a meeting in a quarter of an hour. ”

"Yes, sir." Everyone stood up and answered.

Seeing that the staff officers were looking for a place to rest, Xu Lang came to Henglu Jingji and Gao Chen's side again: "Henglu-kun, how is it, have you come up with a resolution?" ”

"Resolution, preliminary work." Keiji Yokoji handed over a plan, "Gao Chenjun and Lieutenant Xiao Junzhe have done a lot of work. ”

"It's hard work, let's go and rest for a while." Xu Lang took the plan and looked down.

Xu Lang quietly looked at this plan that all the staff officers of the General Staff came up with, and was secretly surprised in his heart, this plan was too comprehensive and too detailed. Taking almost all aspects of things into account, Xu Lang couldn't help but have some new views on the people of this era, and their wisdom was no worse than that of later generations.

The plan of the General Staff is divided into five aspects. First, the two divisions of Yulin Bay immediately left for Xi'an to join Yang Sichang to block the Liukou; second, the imperial court issued an order to transfer Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers from Sichuan to Xi'an, and encircled Xi'an from the south; Third, Jiang Beiming's 10,000 Yulin Army returned to Beijing and stationed in Tianjin. At the same time, all the warships that could be collected were sent to Tianjin, and once Huang Taiji had the intention of invading south, 10,000 Yulin troops would open Lushun and force Shengjing from Lushun; Fourth, let Zheng Zhilong gather warships and troops in Japan and make a posture of attacking Busan, hoping to contain part of Tao Min's new Korean army; Fifth, it was still the imperial court that the troops of the important towns of the nine sides were all assembled in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and no matter where Huang Taiji detained the pass, he must be blocked outside the Great Wall.

Xu Lang handed the finished plan to Leng Tianbing, and Leng Tianbing smiled after reading it: "It's hard for these children, it's very thoughtful." ”

Xu Lang didn't answer, picked up a pencil from the table, found a piece of paper and wrote a few lines.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and all the staff officers sat down at the long table and waited for the Chief of the General Staff to announce the beginning of the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Xu Lang knocked on the plan on the table, "Deputy Chief of Staff Leng and I thank you on behalf of the Military Commission, it is not easy for everyone to come up with this plan in such a short period of time, I will ask the Military Commission for credit." ”

"Thank you, Chief of the General Staff." Everyone in the room replied in unison.

"But there are two more things I want to ask you for." Xu Lang said, "According to this plan, General Jiang Beiming will withdraw all 10,000 Yulin troops to Tianjin, which means that our two divisions in Yulin Bay will go to join Yang Sichang alone, but we have no cavalry." You have thought about how to solve the problem of not having cavalry, and it is difficult to deal with the rogues without cavalry. ”

The staff officers began to deliberate on each other, and the proposal did ignore the issue. Gao Chen stood up and said, "Sir, it's really not possible to do without cavalry, or let's discuss with Lord Yang Sichang after we arrive in Xi'an, and collect horses on the spot to form a cavalry unit." ”

Leng Tianbing smiled and said, "Gao Chen, do you think Yang Sichang still has horses in his hands to give them to us?" ”

Gao Chen tilted his head and sat down without saying a word, Xiao Junzhe stood up and walked to the map and looked at it for a while: "Sir, is this okay." Let's set off from Yulin Bay to Xi'an through Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Hubei, so that the imperial court can make a will, let's bring more silver, and collect horses along the way. As long as you can form a cavalry regiment before you reach Xi'an, you can do it. ”

"Lieutenant Xiao, I'm afraid this will delay the trip." It was Li Wenqing who spoke, "Sir, I suggest that Chief Jiang send a cavalry division to Xi'an, and we will fill the vacancy on his side." We can divide five or six thousand infantry from Yulin Bay to Tianjin by sea, which can be faster. ”

"Sir Li, I'm afraid it's too late." Xiao Junzhe argued, "It's hard to say when the Manchu side will make a move, and Chief Chiang must go to Tianjin immediately." ”

Xu Lang wrote down the suggestions of the two people: "Each of you has a certain amount of truth in what you say, and I will report this issue to the Military Commission." I would like to talk about the next question, have you ever thought about how the Westerners would react to such a large-scale operation this time? ”

"Sir, Westerners work." Keiji Yokoji touched his head, "My subordinates don't think they will react." ”

"Sir, this is not necessarily." Zheng Lei said, "Chief Zeng hasn't come back yet, and we don't know the movements of the Westerners in Luzon, so we can't be unguarded if the Tartars go to contact the Westerners again." ”

"Major Zheng, how do you want to defend yourself?" Leng Tianbing asked with a smile.

"Sir." Zheng Lei replied, "My subordinates feel that instead of letting the Tartars contact the Westerners first, it is better for us to take the first step." Even if they can't help us, we can't let them stand on the side of the Tartars, but the subordinates haven't figured out exactly what to do. ”

Xu Lang wrote a few more words on the paper, looked up and said, "Director Zheng, your suggestion is very good. How to do it, think about it again, there will definitely be a way. ”

This meeting lasted until midnight, and everyone made a bunch of suggestions, and Xu Lang made detailed records.

Seeing that there were no new opinions, Leng Tianbing looked up at the window and said, "Everyone is tired, our meeting will be held here, everyone can go home and rest." However, I would like to remind you that it will be kept strictly confidential, and that you will continue to work early tomorrow morning and wait for the orders of the Military Commission at any time. ”

When Xu Lang returned home, it was already the fourth watch. Xu Lang tiptoed into the bedroom, Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo sat up from the bed when they heard the movement: "Xu Lang, why are you back at this time." What the hell happened, why didn't all of you people go home for two days? ”

"It's nothing, it's been a two-day meeting." Xu Lang said as he undressed, "You'll know when the time comes, go to bed first, I have to go to the Military Commission early tomorrow morning for another meeting." ”

"Are you hungry or not, I'll ask Qingwen and Musk Moon to get you something to eat." Zhao Zhiruo was about to get out of bed as she spoke, Xu Lang hurriedly held Zhao Zhiruo down, "Zhiruo, don't be busy, you can't sleep for long, hurry up and rest, and eat tomorrow morning." ”

Xu Lang had just gotten into the bed, and Qingwen shouted outside the door: "Mr. Xu, Old Lu is here." ”

"Why did he come here?" Xu Lang shouted while getting dressed, "Qingwen, please wait a while for Lu Lao, I'll go right away and make a pot of hot tea for Lu Lao." ”

"You haven't come back for two days, Lu Lao has asked several times." Cheng Yiyi said, "The old man is also very anxious. ”