"I didn't expect it to be Zhangjiakou! These Jin merchants are really dead and unchangeable! After receiving the news, Chen Jialuo sighed, "Right now, Prince Zhuang's army has threatened the capital, and I'm afraid there is not much time left for us!" ”

"According to the plan, our dynasty needs to start a decisive battle with the Qing court after expanding its army by one million, but at the moment, I am afraid that we will not be able to wait for that time!" , Lu Feiqing touched his beard and said, "If Prince Zhuang breaks the capital, it will certainly weaken the strength of the Tartar court, but the vicinity of the capital should also be messed up by them, the area in the north of Jin has been harmed by them, and the area of Zhili can no longer let them spoil it!" ”

Compared with Qianlong, the Red Flower Society hates Prince Zhuang even more, because the Qing court is still a government and will not burn and loot on its own territory, and Prince Zhuang has now completely restored the appearance of his ancestors when they first entered the customs.

"How is the training of the army now?" , Chen Jialuo asked, if the strategic goal is only set as one place in the capital, then there is no need to wait for the training of millions of male divisions to be completed.

"Your Majesty, in addition to the previous 300,000 troops, there are currently 400,000 soldiers who have completed training, and 400,000 are still being trained, and the training is expected to be completed in three months!" Yang Wenli reported, "At present, in addition to the troops that already have tasks, 200,000 people can still be drawn out to fight!" ”

"Does the General Staff have a plan for this operation?" , Chen Jialuo nodded and continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, according to the analysis of the General Staff, if the purpose of this operation is to repel Prince Zhuang and take the capital, the best choice is to attack by sea!" As he spoke, he walked over to the map, "Your Majesty, please take a look." If our army attacks by land, on the one hand, it is necessary to continuously break through the Qing army in Shandong and Zhili, and the speed of the attack will inevitably become slow due to the obstacles along the way, and secondly, the Qing army will inevitably draw out its already stretched strength to guard against us, so that Prince Zhuang will take advantage of it. ”

"That's true!" , Lu Feiqing, Yan Xin and others nodded in agreement. Starting from Xuzhou, he successively attacked Shandong and Zhili, and I am afraid that the capital will be taken by Prince Zhuang before the road is halfway through.

"If you go by sea and land, you don't have this scruples!" , The thin stick in Yang Wenli's hand crossed an arc on the map, and the two ends of the arc were Nanjing and Beijing, "Our current navy is invincible in Asia, even the English don't dare to provoke us, let alone those small boats of the Qing army!" Two fleets were dispatched to escort the troop transport ships from Nanjing, and went straight to Dagukou, where they went to the capital but Tianjin, Wuqing, and Tongzhou. It's a no-brainer! ”

"Yes, our navy guarantees to complete the mission!" , Su Changquan, who had been idle for a long time, said with his hands in full swing, this is a great achievement in capturing the capital! In any case, it can't slip out of your hands.

"How many men are expected to be needed for this operation?" , Chen Jialuo was slightly stunned, isn't this similar to the original plan of the coalition army.

"50,000 men from the army is enough!" , and then Yang Wenli made a detailed analysis of the strength and weapons and equipment of the Qing army along the way, as well as the strength of Prince Zhuang and Qianlong. In the end, it was concluded that 50,000 people could completely recover the capital!

"Do we have so many ships?" Chen Jialuo turned his gaze to Su Changquan's side, a landing battle with a scale of 50,000 people didn't sound so easy.

"No problem at all!" , Su Changquan replied confidently, "In addition to our own fleet, we can also call in privateers and merchant ships to help transport soldiers." Guaranteed to get these soldiers safely! ”

"Has the army done landing warfare training?" Since ascending the throne, Chen Jialuo will not personally manage these trivial matters, he is mainly responsible for the control of the general direction.

"Since several battles in Taiwan, Nanyang, and Satsuma Domain, the army has written training in landing warfare into the training program. Now that these 700,000 soldiers have passed the assessment of the landing battle, they can now be selected to participate in this operation with outstanding performance in this training; The Qing court did not attach importance to coastal defense, and the Dagukou Fort was in disrepair, so it would not cause many obstacles to us! Yang Wenli is still that listless.

"Can weapons, ammunition, food, grass, clothing, etc. be prepared? Is the route of the voyage surveyable and correct? Is there a sufficient stock of anti-wind and wave medicines? After getting a definite answer one by one, Chen Jialuo nodded and ordered, "Since everything is ready, then the staff department should hurry up and come up with a plan, and other departments should also make relevant preparations as soon as possible!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" , everyone bowed down and bowed in unison, and went down to make all kinds of preparations.

At the same time, in Beijing, Qianlong entangled his die-hard forces and wiped out several overly active small nobles, which was a small warning to those restless nobles, and Jingzhong was temporarily restored to peace. And the elite led by Ah Gui thwarted Prince Zhuang's three attacks in a row, barely holding the gate of the capital.

"Humph! I didn't expect that Hongli child still has some ability! Prince Zhuang angrily beat the messenger who came back to report the news, and today's attack failed again.

"Uncle Wang, don't worry, that Ah Gui's ability to lead the troops is indeed good, and he was praised by General Zhaohui and others in the northwest a few years ago!" , Hongli soothed, "But he Hongli can suppress it for a while, but he can't suppress it for a lifetime!" Now the more he suppresses it, the stronger the power of the rebound in the future, although the princes in the capital are quiet on the surface, but secretly there are more letters to us, as long as we can defeat Ah Gui, the gate of the capital will be opened! ”

"Let those Rakshasas take the lead tomorrow!" , Prince Zhuang snorted, and took Hongday's words to heart, "The cannons of the Rakshasa people have also been transported, and their firearms are fierce, I don't believe that Ah Gui will be able to withstand it tomorrow!" ”

The battle on the second day was as he expected, under the ferocious attack of the Rakshasas, Ah Gui's men suffered heavy losses; But what he didn't expect was that Ah Gui still controlled the army under this unfavorable situation, and the Qing army slowly retreated, but the formation was not in chaos, and he took advantage of the opportunity of the Rakshasa forward light army to kill many Rakshasa cavalry.

After this battle, the two sides fell into a short stalemate, Ah Gui was unable to attack under the injury, Prince Zhuang was also waiting for follow-up reinforcements, and Hongday continued to send people to infiltrate the capital to contact the various families full of relatives and nobles.

At the same time, the Chinese fleet is heading north from the sea, and the three forces of this land will meet in the capital. (To be continued......)

PS: Thanks to glwzero10 for the monthly pass.