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As the first of the three major halls of the imperial city, today's Fengtian Hall gathers major ceremonies, congratulates the hundred officials and rises to the throne, the emperor ascends the throne, the emperor's wedding, the canonization of the queen, and the order of the general to go on an expedition.

Chen Hanfeng 'one' from the dynasty, September 11 of the great court, Fengtian Hall is very lively. Because in addition to political affairs and military progress, today's Han King also personally threw out a big proposition - should you take the opportunity to take Anhui!?

Anhui, take Anhui! This is a temptation that even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could not refuse.

Looking at the large map hung with a wooden frame on the side, if the Fu Han army took down Anhui, then most of the entire Central Plains would have fallen into the hands of the Fu Han army. When the army attacks Beijing next year, will the Qing army in Henan continue to stay in Henan?

As soon as Ah Gui retreated, the soldiers and horses of southern Henan and Anhui could take advantage of the situation to sweep northward to ......, the Central Plains, Zhili, and Shanxi......

A feeling of blood swelling exploded in the hearts of everyone in the Fengtian Temple, and it was simply wonderful to join the dream come true.

Chen Cong's face was also a little red, and even his breathing was with two eagerness, but he had already sat in the position of secretary of the Ministry of Finance, and he had to remind everyone present that there was a problem with money! This cannot be ignored.

"The Ministry of Finance has no money?"

Chen Erbao, who had just returned from Guangdong, was like a mouse that had been stepped on his tail, and his voice was much sharper. The Lingnan Left-behind Mansion has been abolished because it is no longer needed. Yan Xishen was transferred to Guizhou to serve as Chen Han's first governor there, and the position of governor of Guangdong was taken over by Xie Hu, the original deputy left-behind governor, of course, Xie Hu also had the title of Nanyang Governor on his head, such as Hongji City, Singapore City, Sulu City, etc.

Chen Erbao returned to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to serve as his left deputy governor. Chen Erbao, who has only been back for ten days, doesn't know a lot of things, but the Ministry of Finance in his mind is the former household department, and the Ministry of Finance has no money? That's a big deal.

Chen Quan, who started with Chen Erbao, rolled his eyes helplessly, on the first day of Chen Erbao's work, he personally sent a thick stack of military spending plans, not only this year, but also next year, but looking at Chen Erbao's performance today, this guy must not have seen it.

"It's not that there is no money. There is no extra money. Chen Cong replied. In recent years, Anhui, Shandong, and Henan have been the three places that have been most severely oppressed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty; taking southeastern Henan last year as an example, there have been few imbalances in revenue and expenditure since our army started its troops, and to be precise, it is a loss of money. "Fields are not counted as assets, and what can be counted as 'income' is something that can be exchanged for real money in the short term. The gold and silver that the Fu Han army looted from Chenzhou was not as much as the gold and silver they had sprinkled in Chenzhou.

"The situation in Anhui will not be better than in Henan." Because the wealthy southern Anhui has long been pocketed by the Fu Han army, Anhui north of the Yangtze River is not as good as the Henan Plain represented by Chenzhou in this era. Therefore, it is easy to fight Anhui, but if you want to completely settle northern Anhui, it will take millions and millions of dollars to smash down.

"Grain, silver. There are no plans to seize Anhui at all in our budget. "In the original battle plan, the northwest was to open up the connection with the Yuandun Sect, and a large number of horses could be introduced, regardless of whether those horses were war horses or not. The eastern part is to seize northern Jiangsu and Shandong, and northern Jiangsu and Shandong have not yet been fully captured, but only the area east of the canal.

But now because of the problem of Xuzhou, the Eastern Fu Han Army colluded with the Central Plains Fu Han Army, and it became inevitable to divide Anhui.

Unless Chen Han takes Anhui and only provides small-scale relief to the local people's livelihood, otherwise you will divide the official fields to the locals, and tell them that there will be no taxes in the coming year, and the field taxes will be reduced to the point that people will starve to death, and there is a use?

Otherwise, there would be so many people in Anhui, Henan, and Shandong provinces?

Chen Hui also took this into account, so he proposed it at today's court meeting and let the important ministers discuss. Rather than being arbitrary.

Those people in Anhui starved to death under the hands of the Manchus, which lost the hearts of the Manchus and ruined the reputation of the Manchus; But if there is chaos under the Chen Han government, it will be too unpleasant.

Chen Erbao's face changed, and finally froze on a gluttonous face, "It's just a few million silver, it's just a few million dollars, it's just a few hundred dollars, it's almost the same." In terms of food, our army is ...... Halfway! ”

An Anhui Province, as well as an excellent geographical advantage during the war in the coming year, Chen Erbao couldn't resist this temptation.

"It's millions of taels of silver, not millions of silver dollars...... Chen Cong's psychological face also jumped, but he couldn't help but take into account the financial problems.

"Second brother, can't you really make up that amount of money?" In the Qianqing Palace, Chen Hui, who had gone down to the court meeting, summoned Chen Cong.

"Brother Wang, Anhui's affairs are not simply a matter of disaster relief and economic recovery, but also the matter of the Huanghuai River embankment. When Li Shiyao left northern Jiangsu, in addition to frequently sinking ships in the canal, he also opened the embankment of Gaoyou Lake, but fortunately did not cause a major disaster, and he also made trouble on the embankment of the Yellow River, digging a lot of stones, and he was also gouged in the embankment of some important areas. At the beginning of the next spring, it must be rebuilt. That's a lot of money. If the Qing army in Anhui is cornered and destroys the embankment of the Yellow River, the cost of spending on the Yellow River alone in the coming year will not be four or five million that can be stopped. ”

In autumn and winter, the Yellow River enters a dry period, and even if the embankment is pulled out and destroyed, it will not cause a disaster. Scary next summer......

The large-scale repair of the embankment of the Yellow River in Anhui will definitely involve Chen Han's energy, manpower, financial and material resources.

"Unless it's a use of reserves." It was the silver that the Fu Han Army had saved since the implementation of the 'Tian instead of Pay', and it was intended to be used in the coming year. "And except for the problem of money and food, what the younger brother is more afraid of is that this Yellow River is stumbling on our hands and feet." The Manchu Qing's performance this summer has already revealed what it means to 'do everything'. Why isn't Chen Cong worried!

Chen Hui also showed a tangled expression on his face, Qianlong, this dog thing is now doing some off-the-plate tricks, in addition to assassination and sabotage, he is working the river embankment, and he is like a thin and slender iron drill on Chen Han's chest, so you can't help but pay attention. Otherwise, if you accidentally let the iron drill into your chest, you will not die, but you will also have endless trouble.

Previously, Chen Hui was personally inclined to take Anhui, and he took into account money and grain, but he ignored the problem of the Yellow River embankment.

Li Shiyao showed ruthlessness in northern Jiangsu, who dares to guarantee that Guilin does not?

Chen Hui originally wanted to seize Anhui's heart, but once again broke back to the middle. "Let's talk about it."

The military information received from Nanjing in the Eastern Theater was that Chen Ming had not yet fought with the Qing army in Anhui, and by the time the news of Nanjing's 'indecisiveness' reached his ears, he had already led his troops to seize Suzhou. But it stopped at Suzhou City. Of course, he also sent the news to Nanjing, which is a time difference on the way.

Chen Ming also had doubts about whether to seize Anhui, and like his father, Chen Ming mainly considered the issue of money and food, ignoring the ruthlessness of the Manchu Dynasty. This kind of court that plays tricks on the embankment that is related to thousands of living beings, that is, the court that does not regard the people under its rule as a matter of course, with the virtue of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, when life and death are at stake, who dares to say that they really did such a thing as ripping up the Yellow River and destroying the embankment? Chen Ming led his troops to only one Suzhou, but he was right.

Tong Jin, who fled from Xuxikou, is said to have run all the way to Qiuhe, and then regrouped his people, and so far there are only two or three thousand people.

Li Yuelong, who surrendered, was entrusted with an important task by Chen Ming, gave him the name of the Suzhou Garrison Regiment of the Anhui Army, and led his troops to guard Suzhou. Then Chen Ming is going back to Xuzhou, and it is time to deal with the Qing army in Xuzhou.

Because the second batch of Qing reinforcements led by Ah Gui himself had arrived in Dangshan, his target was not Jining, but Xuzhou.

Shaanxi's attack on Hanzhong turned into defense, and part of the extra troops returned to Gansu, and the other part entered Henan.

The bilateral situation is all about the whole body!

Although the current bilateral border between the Manchus and Han cannot be called intertwined, the long line of confrontation between hundreds of thousands of troops on the two sides that stretches for thousands of miles will cause the whole army to shake.

Of course, as long as the Fu Han army maintained a certain degree of restraint, the situation in front of Chen Ming was also easy to solve.

Yang Mingzhao led his troops from Yizhou to support Jining, and after Chen Ming solved Xuzhou, he then engaged in Agui. Then the Fu Han army took the city of Xuzhou as a node, entered Shandong through Pei County, and the western part of the Shandong Canal was discarded and divided by the canal, and the war could be declared over after the Battle of Jinan. If the Manchus are willing to accept the current situation!

Jining city. The three city walls of the north, south and east collapsed five gaps, and the entire Jining City was rich in cream, and the birthday cake was cut several times.

From day to night, the gunfire is heard all the time, and even on the darkest of nights, you can hear the sound of scattered sounds.

The south of Jining is the most dilapidated place in the whole of Jining, and two days ago, the Qing army had first rushed through the breach in the city wall, but they did not succeed. Li Zuoen, the martial artist of Qufu, led people to fight with white blades, and finally blocked this wave.

The Qing army succeeded in blasting several times, but none of them were as thrilling as the first time. They were only a little bit away from cheering in Jining City.

As for the entire Jining City, which has been ruined in the smoke of gunpowder, almost turned into ruins, who cares?

From that day on, Li Zuoen was guarding the southern city, and Kong Zhaohuan was also relieved to hand over the command there to Li Zuoen. The front-line Shandong Minyong, including some young and strong laborers pulled from the city, worked like crazy under the leadership of Li Zuoen. Everyone slept only three or four hours a day, and the rest of the time was spent building breastworks, building fortifications, and rushing all kinds of supplies.

Now the entire southern city of Jining has become unrecognizable. The dilapidated houses were either demolished or fortified into fortifications where the soldiers could rest. Li Zoen can stand on the beams, thigh-thick beams and large wooden fortifications, which cannot be called the slightest architectural beauty, but as long as it is strong. Every such building is a point of fire.

All the ammunition and supplies under Li Zuoen were also hidden by him several meters below the surface, and the top continued to be covered with large logs. Ammo and supplies are scattered around just in case, and they're all gone.

He now has not a single artillery gun in his hand, only a batch of grenades and musket rounds. In the anxiety, the bullets sent to Li Zuoen's hands were even unqualified, so they could only be melted and reforged. The melting point of lead is very low.

The Qing army attacked day and night, the strength was strong and weak, and after being busy these days, Li Zuoen's eyes were already red. is sitting on a pile of wooden boxes and talking to his brother Li Zuochang, who also looks tired.

The Li family has a deep entanglement with the Kong family, and Kong Zhaohuan is supposed to call them cousin-in-law. The Li family did not pull the team by themselves, but directly joined the Kong family, and now they can only fight hard.

"The Qing army has come to help again. There are many soldiers outside the city like a tide, and if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not return to the division, the people in the city are afraid that they will be completely finished. ”

"Didn't you prepare for it? Grandpa took this task, and he came to work hard. If people die and don't die, all of us will continue to enjoy wealth. ”

Li Zuochang took a sip of strong tea and said in a gloomy tone. Li Zuoen also sighed on his face, even if they integrated into Chen Han, it would be impossible for them to take on a heavy responsibility, and this life would go on like this. Of course, this idea is a delusion in the current situation, and maybe Jining will be broken in the next moment.

Three walls, five openings. The Li brothers are just one of them!

For a moment, neither of them spoke. Until there were a few dull explosions outside, it was the artillery of the Qing army firing!

Li Zuochang stood up suddenly, "Big brother, you rest here, I'll go to the front line first." As he spoke, he picked up the binoculars and waist knife on the table, and strode out of the headquarters with a few retinues and heralds. The shelling just now must have been a test firing of the Qing artillery, and a more violent bombardment and a subsequent infantry attack were imminent!

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"Are Guo Shiyou, Li Huapeng, and Zhou De's teams ready?"

Shi Chunze's face was as cold as a stone, as Shi Lang's great-grandson, Shi Chunze went from an empty Han Eight Banner to the Blue Banner in a few years of war, step by step to the present, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty can continue to exist, Shi Chunze is really a glorious ancestor.

Since Shi Shilun's death, the prominent status of the Shi family has disappeared. Among Shi Lang's grandchildren, there is no one who can really provoke the beam, because a year before Shi Shilun's death, Shi Shibiu, who served as the governor of Fujian Waterway, had died of illness at the age of 54.

The sluggish Shi family belonged to the small transparent with empty titles in the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, and even if Shi Chunze followed the army to conquer Xinjiang, he only got an empty title of deputy capital of the Han Eight Banners. If it weren't for the rise of Chen Han, the frequent fall of famous generals and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and the replacement of a large number of generals and commanders in the army, Shi Chunze might still be doing nothing in Beijing by now.

"Back to the general, the three adults are ready."

"Okay." Shi Chunze shouted hello, and then said, "Then only the artillery is left?" Tell them to move faster! Don't grind. At the beginning of the hour, I must see all the artillery fire. ”

Shi Chunze is not a descendant of Shi Shilun or Shi Shibiu, he is the grandson of Shi Lang's fifth son, Shi Shifu. But the descendants of Shi Shifu, who was not very outstanding at the beginning, have now become the most prominent pillars of the entire Shi family. Although the Shi family was also not optimistic about the future of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were very helpless, and the Fu Han army insisted on some 'guidelines' abnormally. With the black history of the Shi family, even if the whole service is over, there will be no good end.

"Have you got in touch with Jinan? Where is the situation tense? If it can, Jining continues to need reinforcements. Shi Chunze sat in his headquarters, his face sinking like water. Since the attack on the front line was about to be ready, there was no need for him to keep an eye on it. He worked hard in his mind to construct the distribution map of the entire Jining, and the importance of this battle may not be as important as Jinan, nor as important as Xuzhou, but it is an opportunity.

It is the most likely and earliest place for the Qing army to take the three focal points of this battle!

Although the soldiers of the Fu Han army had not yet entered Beijing and Tianjin, this was a battle that decided the fate of the Qing Dynasty. If it failed, the Manchus could only go on the defensive in an all-round way, in an all-round defensive position.

The Central Plains Theater, where they have the most abundant troops, is also disadvantaged in an all-round way. "God bless, bless me ......" (to be continued.) )