In the third year of Jiaqing, on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, south of the Yellow River, Jinan, Shandong, and most of the entire Shandong, Yang Lin's regular infantry cavalry alone had 250,000 people, and new recruits were still being recruited to supplement various troops, or to be responsible for the defense of Jiangsu and Shandong cities. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the Guangdong Governor Yi Jiang'a was shot and killed, the Governor's Yamen has become Yang Lin's resting place and the military staff headquarters.

Mobilizing 100,000 troops along the south of the Yellow River to cooperate, in just one month and two days, Yang Lin personally led an army of 150,000 troops, and under the attack of the two sides, he took Jiangsu and Shandong provinces in one fell swoop.

At this time, in the city of Jinan, Jinan Prefecture, the ruins of the governor's yamen, the headquarters of the garrison commander, and the hall of the staff headquarters, Yang Lin gathered all the generals and gathered in front of the hanging map of the whole country, and stood there.

The atmosphere is so relaxed and unrestrained, revealing a sense of exhilaration.

Looking at the generals who were hesitant to fight, their faces were full of excitement and high morale, and before Yang Lin could speak, an officer asked excitedly: "Marshal, do we have any action?" Cross the Yellow River, occupy Zhili, and attack the land of Gyeonggi of the Tartars. ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, this sentence instantly ignited everyone's passion and fighting spirit, and they believed it, and they echoed it: "Marshal, cross the Yellow River, while the Tartars have not yet reacted, they took Zhili in one fell swoop, broke the dog emperor's kennel, and made the Manchu Qing Dynasty into a pot of porridge." ”

In an instant, Yang Lin also had some intentions, his heart fluctuated, yy again and again, if the 250,000 infantry cavalry was used properly, crossed the Yellow River, supplemented by the assistance of the Thunder Navy, and directly took Tianjin Mansion from the Bohai Sea, attacking from both sides, echoing each other from afar, it is not impossible to dig out the Yellow Dragon and capture Emperor Jiaqing and Emperor Qianlong alive.

However, as if he had insight into Yang Lin's thoughts, Zhuge Mou, who was originally the chief of staff of Thunder, appeared in the hall, interrupted Yang Lin's yy, and said in a deep voice: "Generals, although in the past few months, the army has progressed very smoothly, capturing most of the areas south of the Yangtze River and the southeast. ”

"But, everyone, please don't forget, although the Qing court is declining day by day, far less than before, but they can't be despised either, especially the place of Zhili, Zhili Province is the land of consolidating the Manchu Qing Dynasty's capital, and the garrison is far more than ours, if you want to take down Zhili, it is not as easy as you imagined to take down the nest of the Tartars, although our weapons occupy an absolute advantage, and we have the cooperation of the navy."

Zhuge Mou's words were like a basin of cold water, which extinguished everyone's enthusiasm and hit morale, but Yang Lin had not yet spoken, and it was even more difficult for others to say something, but Zhuge Mou's words did not stop and continued.

"Different from other places, with the Manchu Qing Dynasty Gyeonggi as the center, the defense of the Tatars is very strict, with the periphery of Zhili and the periphery as two central ring lines, along the border are the five generals, along the line is the old Great Wall, along the river, along the river, along the coast for the five outer ring lines, with the provincial capitals as the network nodes of the network combination of the network line and surface of the network system."

"With such a system, so far, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has repelled the Russian invasion in the northeast, and has settled in Dzungaria and Mongolia in the northwest of Mobei, and has settled in Jinchuan in the southwest."

"Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been completely corrupted, corrupt officials are rampant, and the Green Camp and the Eight Banners are rotten, as the saying goes, a hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, and once our actions are slowed down and we cannot conquer the land of Gyeonggi and end the battle in the shortest possible time, our army is very likely to fall into a heavy encirclement. What's more, winter is coming soon, our winter clothes have not yet arrived, if there is anything missing, it will fall short, and lose the good prospects that have been laid at present. ”

Although Zhuge Mou's words were plain and indifferent, and the expression was not so indignant, it made people deafening, resonated, and conclusive, reasonable, and made everyone speechless, and the annoyance just now disappeared, and at the same time, I also understood why the marshal valued this scholar-like person so much?

The analysis of this strategy, combined with the ancient and modern, is not admirable!

Yang Lin had come to his senses, smiled at Zhuge Mou, looked at everyone again, and said slowly: "What Zhuge Staff said, you have all heard, as long as you are not stupid, I believe there is no one who does not understand that now is not the time to cross the Yellow River north and attack the Manchu Dynasty's lair." According to the current rhythm, we will continue to fight steadily and overthrow the Qing court, which is just around the corner, and there is no need for us to take this risk. ”

As soon as the final word was reached, no one thought about crossing the Yellow River north, but once again focused their eyes on Yang Lin, and one of the commanders asked: "Marshal, I don't know what is the matter with you gathering everyone this time?" ”

Yang Lin did not answer, but first took out a piece of paper, waved it in the air in front of everyone's eyes, and said slowly: "Everyone, this is the military intelligence sent by Commander Chao, the flying pigeon sent a message, and it has been translated by our code book, let's not say what it is, you first circulate it, and then express your opinions." ”

Immediately, the piece of paper was first handed to Zhuge Mou, and then circulated one by one, at this time, as if thinking of something, Yang Lin suddenly said: "By the way, Zhao Hu, Zhuge Mou, you two urge, let the secret textile factories in Guangdong and Jiangxi speed up production, as soon as possible to transport the winter cotton clothes to the waters of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, once winter comes, immediately distribute cotton clothes to the soldiers." ”

"Yes, General, as soon as the meeting is over, I will pass the book through the intelligence agency of the Deaf and Dumb Hall, and give your order to let us work overtime in the textile factories and garment factories in Guangdong and Jiangxi to make cotton clothes as quickly as possible."

As soon as Zhao Hu finished speaking, Zhuge Mou was not idle, glanced at the piece of paper that everyone was circulating, and immediately expressed his attitude: "Okay, general, after the meeting, I will also convey your instructions to the warship formation in Guangdong, and ask them to cooperate with the garment factory, as soon as the cotton clothes come out, they will be transported here immediately." At the same time, his subordinates will also dispatch warships from the waters of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River to Guangzhou Prefecture to increase the intensity of transporting cotton clothes, as long as the cotton clothes are sufficient, to ensure that they are transported to all coasts and delivered to the soldiers. ”

"Well, that's fine, that's what you want." Yang Lin nodded with satisfaction, with a little smile on his face.

Soon, everyone read the piece of paper, the military information that Chao Sheng had passed back, about the operation in Anhui Province, and the military deployment that would be put into action.

The paper returned to Yang Lin's hand again, and as soon as he turned around, the baton gestured on the map, and said loudly: "You see, after the commander Chao changed his plan, he was going to start with Henan Province first, and then attack Hubei. ”

"In this way, even if they successfully take Henan, if they turn around and attack Hubei, despite our Thunder Navy on the Yangtze River, they will also expose their backs, and they will inevitably be threatened by the Qing court's garrisons in Shanxi and Shanxi, and they are likely to fall into a three-sided siege, after all, the Thunder Navy is only 100,000 people, and it is too scattered, there must be something beyond the reach of the whip, and the help provided to Commander Chao is limited."

"Hmm... In this case, Marshal, Commander Chao was attacked on three sides, the number of soldiers was less than 100,000, although there was a torrent of steel like 50,000 cavalry, it was still impossible to effectively eliminate this threat, for now, the best way is to immediately transfer troops from our side, rush to help, increase the strength of Commander Chao, and cooperate with them in the westward expedition. Zhuge Mou said with some eagerness.

Many senior commanders nodded frequently, approving Zhuge Mou's plan, and those who were more thoughtful and belligerent reacted quickly, and immediately asked: "Report to the marshal, my subordinates are willing to lead the troops to Anhui to assist Commander Chao in the westward expedition!" ”

The people present were all people who were not easy to give, and there were a few soldiers who were not belligerents, and when they heard this, they all asked for help: "Report to the marshal, and your subordinates are also willing to go and lead the troops to help the commander of the army!" ”

Smiling slightly, Yang Lin waved his hand and said softly: "Let's not talk about these things first, they are sure to come to the aid of Commander Chao, but before that, it is necessary to discuss a plan, how to reinforce?" You can't just send troops there just like that. ”

"What the marshal said is exactly that if the plan is not thorough and cannot form a good and effective execution, it will only greatly reduce the effect of reinforcements and fail to achieve the expected ideals." Zhuge Mou said in agreement.

As if he had known that Zhuge Mou would say this, Yang Lin was not surprised, but looked at Zhuge Mou with a smile, and said slowly: "Staff Officer Zhuge , what do you think about the military action of Chi Chao Army Commander and them?" ”

"Well... Marshal, judging from the military report you gave us, in the next few days, Commander Chao and they will take action to attack Anhui. Therefore, my subordinates thought that our reinforcements should be mainly cavalry, supplemented by infantry. Moreover, the reinforcements are not going to Anhui, they should go directly from Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong to Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion in Henan, so as to maximize the effect of our aid and most conducive to Commander Chao's actions. ”

A word woke up everyone, cleared the clouds, and made everyone suddenly brightened, and these army generals admired Zhuge Mou's strategic outlook and military action planning more and more.

"Yes, I think so too, send all our 50,000 cavalry, and 100,000 infantry behind, go directly from Yanzhou Mansion to Henan, attack the nearest state capital, reduce the pressure on Commander Chao, and speed up the progress of capturing Henan." Yang Lin said.

At this time, a commander said as if to himself: "In this case, with the people on the side of Commander Chao, the whole of Henan will bring together more than 200,000 people of our army, and taking Henan is simply a piece of cake, and it is fully capable of dealing with the threat of Shanxi and Shaanxi." ”

The next thing is very simple, with supporting Chao Sheng as the middle point, and directly attacking Henan as the outline, everyone discussed the specific details of the operation, how did the 50,000 cavalry act? How do the infantry cooperate?

Just as everyone was discussing, Zhao Hu and Zhuge Mou withdrew from the hall, walked out of the garrison headquarters together, and went to different directions to complete their respective tasks and coordinate.

Since the capture of Shandong, whether it is 50,000 cavalry or 200,000 infantry, these armies are in a state of wartime readiness and can be pulled out at any time and go to various battlefields. Therefore, after discussing the details of the operation that day, there was a perfect plan, and the next morning, the army had a move.

One by one, the white doves flew out and went to various state capitals, Qingzhou Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, and Yizhou Prefecture, and successively sent some garrisons to the direction of the junction of Shandong and Henan to assemble. More than 50,000 cavalry set off from Jinan Mansion, the soldiers were divided into two routes, and went straight to Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion in Henan, and the infantry followed closely behind, galloping.

All of a sudden, the Central Plains was once again turbulent and tense, the war was on the verge of breaking out, advancing westward, and the eastern region gradually returned to calm, carrying out post-war governance, and all kinds of ruins were waiting to be rebuilt.

Under the promotion of well-intentioned people, factories have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, appearing in the eastern region, so that the displaced people have jobs, and various towns have gradually returned to their former prosperity and liveliness, and the changes brought by Yang Lin's army are becoming more and more obvious, not only in people's hairstyles, but also in the economy and life.

Compared with before, the rule of law is becoming more and more perfect, people's lives are becoming more and more orderly, and there is no longer a division of three, six, nine, etc., and everyone is treated equally.

Of course, all this is on the basis of supporting Yang Lin, and it is also anti-Qing. Within Yang Lin's sphere of influence, except for some remote areas in the mountains and wilderness, inaccessible places, the pig's tail of the Manchu Tartar can no longer be seen. (To be continued.) )