As soon as Emperor Chengde asked such a question, the old thirteen immediately fell silent, no side, Emperor Chengde was indeed right, but this evil result was caused by Emperor Chengde himself, if he didn't deliberately play yin, how could the training of the new army give birth to so many problems - this is not that the old thirteen did not do his best, in fact, when Hongqing was not in the camp, the old thirteen worked day and night, the problem is that his original henchmen and beloved generals have basically been transferred out of the new army by the old thirteen except for a few dozen people such as Tashan, Most of the remaining generals are Hongqing's people, and the training techniques of the old thirteen are not the same as those of Hongqing, and there will naturally be a lot of problems in the connection between the front and back, which makes it difficult to guarantee the progress of the new army's training, that is, after Hongqing returned to the Fengtai camp, the progress began to speed up, but the time was wasted for more than three months, this is the trouble at the moment, and the initiator is Emperor Chengde himself, the old thirteen is unwilling to lie, and he dare not say it clearly, and silence has become the last choice in his helplessness.

"If you return to Huang Ama, before March next year, it may be difficult for the army to go out, and all the training arrangements should be completed in early April."

Hongqing can understand the scruples of the old thirteen, and he will not let him be embarrassed, so he interjected from the side.

"Early April? Well......, but I'm afraid it's too late, Luo Buzang Danjin is now powerful, and he has stolen the entire territory of Qinghai, and I don't know where this fang will attack next, if Gan and Shaanxi are all lost, the consequences are unimaginable, and you can do anything about this? ”

Emperor Chengde was obviously not satisfied with Hongqing's reply, but it was not good to refute it directly, so in desperation, he had to shake his head in distress, and threw the current predicament to the old thirteenth uncle and nephew, hoping that the two could come up with a clever plan to stabilize the northwest.

According to Erchen's analysis, the next step must be to attack the Hetao area, in order to stabilize the rear of the side, if it succeeds, it will go east to Guanzhong, even so, only the key defense can ensure that the situation in the northwest will not be completely eroded, and when our new army arrives, we will be able to completely annihilate this fang!"

Such a big event happened in the northwest, Hongqing could not be indifferent, these days, although the training is still the same, but when he has leisure, Hongqing has not been thinking about the chaos in the northwest, and has also discussed with the old thirteen several times, and he has already made a judgment in his heart, and he has answered Emperor Chengde's question at this time, and he is full of confidence.

"Oh? Here, look at the map and tell me more about it. ”

The national strength of the Qing Dynasty is at the peak of history, the treasury is full, and the country's soldiers are more than one million, although the number of troops that can be called is not much, but the four provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Jin can immediately mobilize more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not enough to attack Qinghai, and it is difficult to do it in a comprehensive defense, but it is not too difficult to focus on defense, and it is not too difficult to determine the direction of Luobuzang Danjin's next attack. There are too many directions that Luobuzang Danjin can attack, to the south can attack Sichuan and Shaanxi, to the east can be combined with Alabutan to take Gansu, Emperor Chengde has so many troops in his hands, if you want to defend comprehensively, it is really a bit of an embarrassment, but once you can determine the main direction of attack of Luobuzang Danjin, the pressure of defense will be virtually reduced.

"Huang Ama Mingjian, Luo Bu Zang Danjin is arrogant, the same is true of the conspiracy Alabutan, although the two are temporarily allied, in fact, they have different hearts, the so-called appearance of God is nothing more than this, the reason why the conspiracy Alabutan is willing to provide arms and help, is just to let Lop Zang Danjin as its barrier, but also to prevent our army from going west again, however, this person has always had great ambitions, but he will definitely not sit back and watch the Lop Zang Danjin force continue to grow, from this point of view, the follow-up assistance to Arabutan will be very little, Or even will not advocate the expansion of Lop Zang Danjin to the south, and with the involvement of our army in the Longshan barrier and the Hetao, Lop Zang Danjin will not dare to go south easily, so that Lop Zang Danjin can only attack the Hetao area to the east, in this regard, although the strategy of Alabutan is happy to see it, but it is not necessarily to send troops to help, it is more likely that when Lop Zang Danjin is about to become a big trend, send elites to seize the territory of the Hetao, in order to curb the development momentum of Lop Zang Danjin, the two have their own ghosts, it is difficult to have the possibility of joining forces, in terms of our army's defense, It's a big deal. ”

Hongqing did not rush to explain how to deploy the defensive battle, but first analyzed the situation in the northwest from the macro level to clarify the focus of the defensive operation.

"Well, what does the thirteenth brother think?"

Listening to Hongqing's analysis, Emperor Chengde's heart was already a little calm, but he did not comment, but threw the question to the old thirteen who was standing aside.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the younger brother thinks that what Prince Ren said is very true, and the younger brother has no other objections."

Hongqing's prediction is actually a consensus reached after many discussions with the old thirteen, in fact, it is difficult to distinguish whose contribution is greater, but the old thirteen has no merit, and he does not mention his contribution to this prediction at all, and this is where the wisdom of the old thirteen lies, no side, his old thirteen is now the prince of the iron hat, and he can no longer be sealed, and the credit on his body is more, not only will there be no glory, but will bring disaster to himself, in this regard, Lao Thirteen obviously has an extremely clear understanding.

"Well, I also think so, if that's the case, Yi'er and so on, where will Lobuzang Danjin attack first?"

With the confirmation of the old thirteen, the worry in Emperor Chengde's eyes suddenly subsided, but he was not completely relieved, and he didn't dare to be careless, nodded approvingly, and then continued to ask.

"River State!"

As soon as Emperor Chengde's voice fell, Hongqing had already reached out to the large map and gave the answer unmistakably.

"River State? ......Well, why not Lanzhou? ”

Hearing Hongqing say so sure, Emperor Chengde couldn't help but be stunned, no side, Qinghai and Gansu have the towering Qilian Mountain separated, there are as many as three roads connected with each other, Hezhou belongs to the old tooth pass is only one of them, Lanzhou belongs to Haofen County (ancient Jinchengguan) is also one of them, and another is to go Zhangye belongs to Lanchi County (now Minle County), but this road is extremely difficult to walk, few people walk, the army is difficult to pass smoothly, if you talk about the effectiveness of the capture of Gansu, take Lanzhou is obviously the fastest, The effect is also the best.

"Back to the words of Emperor Ama, Erchen said before that although Luo Bu Zang Danjin and Arabutan have joined forces, but it is just a good look, this one, both of them are aware of this, because of this, Luo Bu Zang Danjin can't help but worry that Arabutan will take advantage of the fire to rob the heart, therefore, when he sent troops to attack Gansu, he will inevitably take step by step, so as not to leave an opportunity for Arabutan to take advantage of, in this sense, first take Hezhou, and then plot the entire territory of Gansu has become the only choice that Lop Zang Danjin will make."

For Emperor Chengde's scruples, Hongqing knew it, but he didn't think so, but seeing that he smiled confidently, he casually broke the strange place where Luo Buzang Danjin must first take Hezhou.

"Well, as soon as Qing'er said this, I will be relieved, if Luo Buzang Danjin is determined to take Hezhou first, this battle will be easy to fight, according to Qing'er's opinion, how should Hezhou defend the palace?"

Although Emperor Chengde has a lot of jealousy of Hongqing, he is quite convinced of Hongqing's talent, and when he heard Hongqing say so surely, he believed it, and did not ask the opinion of the old thirteen again, but asked about the arrangement of defensive operations.

"Emperor Ama Mingjian, Erchen thinks that the battle of defending the palace should be decided by the local guards, and others will interfere indiscriminately, and they will only mess up their positions, and today's Shaanxi Governor General Yanxin is a veteran of a hundred battles, and the imperial court only needs to give him enough reinforcements, and he will be able to keep Gansu from losing."

Emperor Chengde's question is really stupid, it is simply no military common sense - Hongqing is not a god, how can he go to remote control defense and combat thousands of miles away, this listening to Emperor Chengde's question, Hongqing is really a little crying and laughing, but it is not good to point to Emperor Chengde's ignorance, so he can only patiently explain.

"Well, that's good, I think I'll transfer 20,000 troops from Sichuan and Shaanxi first, and Yanxin will arrange it by himself, what do you think?"

By Hongqing said this, Emperor Chengde came to his senses, and his old face couldn't help but turn red, of course, Emperor Chengde would never admit his stupidity in public, so he just muttered in disguise, and then made a decision.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have no objections."

Emperor Chengde has already made a decision, how dare others have any objections, besides, except for Hongqing and Lao Thirteen, Zhang Tingyu and others have no talent in military strategy, how can they have any side thoughts, and they can only praise the last thing.

"Then it's decided, I will issue a clear edict on the transfer of troops when I go back, as for the training of the new army, we must step up, and we must complete all the preparations before the expedition before April next year!"

Seeing that none of the ministers of military aircraft had anything to add, Emperor Chengde didn't want to worry about it any more, and made a final decision.

"Wow!"

As soon as he heard Emperor Chengde's instructions, Hongqing and Lao Thirteen couldn't help but have a headache, no side, Hongqing said earlier that the training work could be completed in early April, but it was really an expedition, and the relevant preparations would take a while, but Emperor Chengde had already given a death order, and even though the two of them were quite difficult, they could only bow down and answer the promise together.