After Zuo Zongtang and Fan Ruzeng left, Feng Yunshan asked his staff member Wang Minyun what he thought of the strategy of attacking the Qing Dynasty that Zuo Zongtang said. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Wang Minyun said: "Holy King, my subordinates think that what the Deputy Chief of General Staff Zuo said is basically feasible!" ”

Feng Yunshan knew that although Wang Minyun was young, he paid attention to the general trend of the world and had a deeper control over the overall situation than Zuo Zongtang. Hearing him say that it is basically feasible, I knew that he had his own ideas, so I smiled and asked, "Tell me your opinion." ”

"Holy King, according to what the Deputy Chief of the General Staff Left said, he should be able to succeed. However, in the case of the stability of the Holy Country, why not send more troops and attack from multiple sides. Saying that, Wang Minyun took the map, pointed to the Zhili Tianjin Mansion Zhigu estuary and said: "Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty here has a Dagukou fort, but only 5 large forts, the rest are small forts, the damage to the warship is very small, last year I captured the army and naval division to capture Dagukou, all the copper cannons on the fort sank into the river or dragged away, now the Manchu Qing Dynasty has re-transported the cannon to install on the fort, but it has been much worse than before. It may be that the Qing Demon is in financial difficulties, and even the money for casting cannons is extremely limited, but the same artillery is installed, and the power is actually much lower than that of the original artillery. ”

"Therefore, Holy King, I suggest that once the Northern Expedition occurs, a large army can be sent to advance along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, both by land and water, starting from the area of Yangzhou Mansion in Zhenjiang, through Huai'an Mansion in Qisu, Jining and Dongchang Mansion in Shandong, and attacking all the way to Tianjin Mansion in Zhili. This was the main force of the Northern Expedition. In addition, when he was in Huai'an, he divided a partial division, along the waterway of the Yellow River, attacked Xuzhou Mansion, entered Henan, and advanced all the way to Defu, Kaifengfu, Huaiqing and Luoyang, attracting Manchu troops and reducing the pressure of the main offensive of the Northern Expedition. ”

Feng Yunshan laughed and took over: "But none of these are the key, right?" The most critical surprise soldier is still from the sea? Send the Outer Sea Fleet from here ---- straight into the sea to directly attack the inland river, arrive at Tianjin Fucheng, and then go straight to the Manchu Qing Jing Division? ”

Wang Minyun said with a smile: "I know that I can't hide it from the Holy King!" According to his subordinates, the Holy King had planned this day as early as when he asked Division Commander Luo to destroy the artillery on the Dagukou Fort, right? ”

Feng Yunshan laughed and didn't deny it: "Well, it's very rare for Min Yun to have such a vision. It was so decided, and the king simply made a desperate bet, hoping to attract the attention of the Qing demon to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and the sea attack on Dagukou could succeed in one fell swoop and defeat the Manchu Qing in advance. ”

Wang Minyun frowned and said, "Holy King, my subordinates don't understand, why must the Holy King be in such a hurry to destroy the Manchus?" Although this can destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is too eager, and the foundation of the Holy Kingdom is not stable, and the rush to achieve it may bury many hidden dangers. ”

"I can't care about that much. First of all, the Northern Expedition occupied the land of the Central Plains. As for the hidden dangers of instability, as long as the people at the bottom support the king, and the captive army is in the hands of the king, they will not be bothered. Feng Yunshan naturally knew that there would be certain problems with expanding too quickly, but these problems were nothing to the attack of the British and French powers.

He could not let the land of China be humiliated by the Western powers again, as it was in history.

The whole country is in his own hands, and at least, he can make him suffer less of the suffering and dignity of the nation.

If you follow the most secure way, consolidate the rear, eat away at the land of the Manchus step by step, and finally besiege the Manchus on all sides, although you can completely destroy the Manchus in one fell swoop, it will take too long. In case something happens at this time, and the great powers unite to meddle in the internal affairs of China, it will be even more difficult for the Holy Kingdom to unify China. It is better to take advantage of the lack of troops of the great powers at this time, and first occupy the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Even if the Manchus fled outside the customs, it would be difficult to raise any big waves.

The next day, Feng Yunshan summoned Zeng Guanlan, Vice Minister of General Affairs, Li Wenmao, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department, Zhou Shengkun, Vice Minister of Finance and Taxation, Xie Xiangcai, Vice Minister of the Interior, Wu Chongyao, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hu Damei, Minister of Police, Zeng Yuheng, Vice Minister of Public Works, as well as Zuo Zongtang and Fan Ruzeng, to the Holy King's Mansion to officially announce that the Holy Kingdom had begun preparations for the Northern Expedition!

The first is propaganda. Feng Yunshan asked Li Wenmao, deputy director of the Propaganda Department, and Zeng Guanlan, editor-in-chief of Nanfang Daily, to plan the coverage of the Northern Expedition of the Holy Country. In the "Nanfang Daily", he intensified his propaganda of the various policies of the Holy State, announced that he welcomed the surrender of Manchu officials, and tried every means to reveal the strength of the Shengguo Prisoner Army, which was in sharp contrast to the vulnerability of the Qing army, so that all readers of the "Nanfang Daily" could realize that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to perish, and incited many officials and gentry in the Manchu Qing Dynasty to seek a way out and take refuge in the Holy State.

For others, Li Wenmao's proposal to mobilize rural singing, spread the good of the holy country everywhere, and preach the poor livelihood of the people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Feng Yunshan expressed his approval.

Secondly, there is the logistical preparation. Feng Yunshan asked Zhou Shengkun, vice minister of finance and taxation, to prepare 300 taels of silver for the war at the beginning, of which 2 million taels were intended to be used to pay soldiers' salaries, rewards, and pensions for soldiers killed in battle, 600,000 taels were used to purchase grain, etc., and the rest were used to supplement combat equipment, such as gunpowder, herbs, clothing, ships, cannons, guns, and siege equipment.

He also asked Zeng Yuheng and Zuo Zongtang, vice ministers of the Ministry of Public Works, to cooperate in mobilizing naval warships, transport ships, and civilian husbands to mobilize materials and send them to Suzhou, Changzhou and other places.

The most important thing is to mobilize troops, and Zuo Zongtang will lead the General Staff to formulate an operational plan and implement Feng Yunshan's strategy of attacking on several fronts and attacking the main forces on two fronts:

On the West Road Branch, Luo Qiongshu led a total of 20,000 people from the 6th and 21th Divisions, mainly with cold weapons, to attack Xuzhou, Luzhou and other places in Siqi. The rest of the 13th Division guarded the areas of Kunming and Dali, as well as the newly established 602nd Brigade to 605th Brigade of the Capture Army, all of which stabilized the rear in Yunnan, and also captured Lijiang Prefecture and other remote state capitals, all occupying Yunan.

The middle branch line, one is led by Chen Yucheng, the first is the 3rd Division, after capturing Anlu and De'anfu, directly capture Hanyang Mansion from the northwest and enter Wuchang; Second, Liang Litai led the 4th Division A to the north along the Yangtze River, and after passing through Kuizhou Mansion, the 6th Division and the 11th Division of the Tongxi Road Branch, one west and one east, besieged Chongqing Fucheng; The third is that Peng Yulin led the 7th Division and the 10th Division from Jiujiang, and together with the Taiping soldiers of Wei Junbu of Huangzhou Prefecture, they attacked Wuchang City together.

The eastern main line was the main force of the Northern Expedition. This move was intended to attract the main forces and eyeballs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, therefore, Feng Yunshan attached great importance to it and directly ordered Chen Tianshi, Lin Qirong, Shi Zhenji, Shi Zhengao and others to jointly lead the Eighth Division, the First Division, the Third Division, and the newly formed Naval Division "Ningbo Tenant Volunteer Division" and other tens of thousands of horses, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to the north, attacking northern Jiangsu, Shandong, and Zhili.

The final sea attack, Feng Yunshan did not directly announce. It was only ordered that all the sailors should assemble in Xiamen and Shanghai and wait for the arrival of the captive army.

For the rest, Feng Yunshan instructed Vice Minister of the Interior Xie Xiangcai to train local officials at the level of prefects and county magistrates as soon as possible, and mobilize local officials to rush to the newly occupied areas as soon as possible to control the situation. At the same time, the organization began to open the third branch of the imperial examination, and prepared a reserve of officials for the new troops and newly occupied areas.

The Minister of Police, Hu Damei, was asked to recruit more local police officers and divisions to consolidate the governance of the newly occupied areas.

And the most important task fell on Fan Ruzeng.

Once again, he was left behind.

However, this had already been arranged by Feng Yunshan yesterday, so he didn't say anything more, just asked Fan Ruzeng if he had any difficulties.

However, Fan Ruzeng understood that the final effect of the dispatch of troops that shook the Manchu court this time still depends on whether the rebellion work of the Secret Service Department is in place.

It seems that the task of the Secret Service Department is very heavy.

However, according to the letter sent by the Secret Service Department after the reconnaissance in the Mengcheng area of Huaibei Haozhou, there are several rebels in the area of Yingzhou Mansion, and if it is a Northern Expedition, it can be used to appease them, take them as help, and raise troops to respond.

Thinking of this, Fan Ruzeng reported the matter to Feng Yunshan, and begged the Holy King to issue an edict to canonize the leader of the other party as a false position such as recruiting envoys for the Holy Kingdom, and let him be the pioneer of the Holy Kingdom.

Feng Yunshan was overjoyed, if it wasn't for Fan Ruzeng's reminder, he almost forgot that there was such an important force.

With this force, the Northern Expedition will be smoother. Feng Yunshan asked Fan Ruzeng's secret service department to quickly contact the Twist Army and recruit them.

Although many of them were bandits and were prone to treachery, Feng Yunshan believed that with their own means and strong captive forces as the foundation, they had to obediently obey their own commands.

What worries Feng Yunshan the most is the uprising of the people in Shaanxi and Gansu.

A few years later, the indescribable catastrophe of the indescribable riots in Shaanxi and Gansu alone killed 15 million people in Gansu alone. What a terrible human tragedy.

Even if these turmoil dealt a heavy blow to the Manchu rule, Feng Yunshan did not want them to happen. On the contrary, from this aspect, Feng Yunshan felt that it was his responsibility to shoulder the heavy burden, pacify the place as soon as possible, strengthen the rule in the Shaanxi and Gansu regions, alleviate the contradictions among the people, and avoid the occurrence of catastrophes.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan felt a little sacred about what he had done. Even if the capture of the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty would cause some people to suffer the trauma of war, it was to save more people from doing so.

Feng Yunshan clenched his fists!