"This year, everyone has been waiting for this day, right?" At the backbone meeting of the Red Flower Society in another year, after the various departments reported their work, Chen Jialuo said to the representatives of the military with a smile.

"Chief helmsman, this is going to war!" , Lin Hu immediately stood up excitedly, Geng Chen didn't speak, but the fire in his eyes had already exposed everything, but Yang Wenli still looked like he hadn't woken up.

"That's right! After waiting for so long, whether it is food and ammunition, or officers and soldiers, and even new government personnel, it is now a matter of choosing the direction of expansion! Chen Jialuo opened the curtain covering the map.

Picked up a thin stick and pointed to the provinces around the current territory of the Red Flower Society and said, "Right now, we are Jiangsu to the north, Anhui, Hubei, and Hunan to the west, and Guangdong to the south, a total of five provinces!" Let's talk about which province to hit first? How to fight? ”

"Looking at the land of the five provinces, the most difficult to fight is Nanjing!" Seeing Chen Jialuo's gaze on himself, Yang Wenli replied slowly, "It has always been down the river to attack Nanjing, so if you want to attack Jiangsu, you must first attack Anhui, so my suggestion is to first concentrate the main force to take Anhui in one fell swoop, cut off the connection between Jiangsu and the two lakes, and then break through each one." ”

Then he looked to the south, "After these provinces fall into the hands of my Red Flower Society, Guangdong will be the turtle in the urn, and it will be easy to take!" ”

"When attacking Anhui, if Jiangsu and Lianghu send troops together, it will be a little troublesome after all!" , Lin Hu looked at the map and frowned, Anhui is located between Jiangsu and Hubei, and once the Red Flower Society enters the battlefield, it may encounter the form of the enemy's multi-faceted attack.

"According to the current Manchu officials' temperament of sweeping the snow in front of their doors and taking care of the frost on the tiles of others, we only need to put on a posture of preparing to attack in the north of Zhejiang, and ensure that the governor of Jiangsu will shrink all his troops to the provincial border to guard against us!" , Yang Wenli nodded on Poyang Lake again. "The sailor made a big show in the lake, and he also made the appearance of planning to go up the river, and the Qing army in Hubei definitely didn't dare to move lightly! In this way, all we need to face is tens of thousands of green camps in Anhui. ”

"Nowadays, the gentry in Anhui have more group exercises, and these are also a lot of troubles!" , Anhui is the birthplace of the Huai Army. Hunan is the birthplace of the Hunan army, and the Confucian and clan forces in these territories are very strong.

"There are only a few thousand of these people, and only a few hundred, so they won't cause us much trouble on the frontal battlefield, but it will be more difficult to do when the place is cleared!" , frontal army confrontation. These troops with insufficient training and weapons, and no way to unify the command of the army are definitely not the opponents of the Red Flower Society, but when the small army of the Red Flower Society enters the various county towns, these people who are familiar with the local geography and have a wide network of connections are a headache opponent.

"Even if we first surround Anqing and put pressure on the governor of Anhui and let him transfer the group to train to help in the war, I'm afraid these people won't come up with all their net worth!" , Lin Hu added.

"But these people will only be a minor nuisance after all. Let's concentrate our superior forces and slowly push them over county by county, and they won't last long! ”。 Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can teach the regimental training a lesson, then they will not be the opponents of the Red Flower Society, "When we occupy the territory and divide the land, who will support them?" ”

"In this way, first hit Anhui, and then hit the two lakes. Then go down to Jiangsu, and finally eat Guangdong! Chen Jialuo has pointed to these provinces on the map, "If everyone has no opinion, the general direction will be so decided!" ”

"I still have a question!" , Lin Hu jumped out again and asked with a smiling face. "Helmsman, who is the commander-in-chief of this battle? You see I've been idle for the past year, so let me go! Guaranteed to lay Anqing in one month! ”

"You want to fight? That's fine! Chen Jialuo looked at him with a smile, "The plan given by the General Staff Department is to divide the troops into two routes, all the way from Hangzhou to the north through Guangde, from Xuancheng to the west, and directly to Anqing!" On the other hand, with the water division as the main force, it entered the Yangtze River from Poyang Lake, and went down the Jiujiang River to Anqing, which army do you think you want to lead? ”

This Lin Hu scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks for a while, and the speed from Jiujiang to Anqing was obviously faster, but if the water division was the main force, the troops would definitely not be as good as the way from Hangzhou; But if you choose Hangzhou, maybe you haven't arrived at Anqing City, and Jiujiang may beat Anqing all the way!

"Then I'll choose Hangzhou!" , under the urging of Chen Jialuo, Lin Hu made a choice.

"Okay, then the people and horses along the Jiujiang Road will be handed over to Geng Chen!" , In fact, hearing this reply, Chen Jialuo felt a little sorry for him, in the future, the Red Flower Society will definitely encounter a lot of opportunities for this kind of land and water cooperation, that general has experience in this area, then there will be more opportunities to appear in the future war, Lin Hu inadvertently missed this opportunity.

"Hangzhou brought 120,000 horses all the way, 100,000 invaded Anhui, and 20,000 stayed in northern Zhejiang to deter Jiangsu!" , Yang Wenli opened the plan and read it, "There are 20,000 sailors along the Jiujiang Road, 70,000 armies, 10,000 sailors and 10,000 armies to deter Hubei, and the rest of the troops will go straight down to Anqing from the waterway!" ”

"Yes!" , Lin Hu and Geng Chen stood up and saluted in unison, "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

"Other departments have also done a good job of cooperating, and they will start attacking as soon as food, ammunition, horses, medicines, and other materials are in place!" , Chen Jialuo made a final decision, "Strive to win Anhui in the spring!" ”

The Red Flower Society, which had been quiet for more than half a year, moved here, and various departments began to work overtime to allocate the materials needed for the war, and groups of soldiers in the barracks drove out of the barracks and gathered in northern Zhejiang and Jiujiang.

For a time, Mingde, the governor of Jiangsu, Gao Jin, the governor of Anhui, and Aibida, the governor of Huguang, were shocked, and the pleas for help flew towards the capital like snowflakes, and at the same time immediately ordered the green battalion and regimental training under the command to quickly assemble in the direction of the advance of the Red Flower Society, and be sure to keep the enemy outside the provincial border.

The Manchu and Han officials in the court also stopped quarrelling, and all set their eyes on the three provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Hubei, and Anhui and Hubei were gone. Once it reaches this point, the Qing Dynasty is afraid that it will be in danger.

Before the Qing army could react, the two armies of the Red Flower Society invaded the territory of Anhui Province and attacked until the city of Anqing, and until this time, Anhui's green battalion and regimental training had not been assembled. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the commuter pass in my hometown.