"Oh?"

Almost all the ministers are interested, now the Taiping Sect is like a snowball, the power is growing bigger and bigger, there is already a tendency to burn the prairies, a little careless, it may even spread into a tsunami that affects the whole empire, Ye Xianggao actually dared to boast such a big statement, how could it not surprise everyone present with a sense of joy.

Although the Taiping Sect developed rapidly and its followers were numerous, the minister analyzed that most of its main followers came from the countryside, or those peasants who lived in poverty, or some lower-class gentry who were dissatisfied with the empire, and a large number of slaves filled it, which constituted the main component of the Taiping Sect. At present, although they have captured several provinces, it has a lot to do with the mutiny of the main officials or garrisons of these provinces. This is one of their great weaknesses. ”

"According to intelligence, although the Taiping Sect has been active and developed in the empire for more than ten years, it has never established a real military organization, and the establishment of their armed forces began at the end of last year at the earliest, mainly this year. His Majesty is also well versed in military affairs, and you must know that the establishment of a military force is not as simple as letting a group of people put on armor and issue weapons, but also requires a long period of training and cultivation to become a real army, and it also needs to be honed by blood and fire battles, especially officers need formal training and training. At this time, Ye Xianggao's mouth was like a river, and everyone was attracted by his words.

In less than a year since the Taiping Sect's armed forces were formed, they went from a group of farmers who didn't even know weapons to soldiers. Its combat effectiveness can be imagined. Even if there is intelligence that foreign powers have intervened to help them train their troops, they have not been tempered by any war in just a few months. It was nothing more than a rabble that looked like an army, and it simply could not stand the test of real war. ”

"If we can now concentrate our forces and quickly attack and find the main armed forces of the enemy to be wiped out in one fell swoop, and there are still many common gentry and local armies loyal to the empire in the Kansai region, as long as they are mobilized, we can even encourage the gentry to form their own private forces to protect themselves and fight against the Taiping forces if necessary. I think Kansai's form shì will soon become clear. As for Beiyuan, Yanyun and other places, the situation is also roughly the same, the conditions are better, and the same can be handled. Ye Xianggao did it in one go. Give your own opinion and discernment.

"Very good, Ye Aiqing, it's really hard for you, the empire has a minister like you. What a blessing for me! Then you can talk about your arrangements for me. Zhao Youzhen was greatly excited. swept away the previous haze on his face, and said excitedly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. At present, the 3rd and 4th divisions of the Fourth Army Corps are still stranded in Tianshui, and the military headquarters has reappointed the commanders of the divisions and regiments, and they are already on their way to take up their posts, and they are expected to arrive in two days. Prepare to go south and attack Jincheng with the 2nd Division stationed there, and first clear the internal rebellion in Jincheng Province. Cut off the road for the chaotic army to flee eastward. "Ye Xianggao's arrangement is from east to west, from north to south.

"In addition, the minister also wanted to order His Majesty Xià to order the City Guard Corps to dispatch four divisions, two of which were to attack Longnan, cut off the north-south communication channel of the rebel army, and cut the rebel army in half, and the other two divisions advanced from Tianshui to the south, squeezing the rebel army to Hanzhong Mansion, and after the three divisions of the Fourth Army completed the task of clearing Jincheng, they advanced westward and conquered Hanzhong Mansion together with the two divisions of the Chengwei Legion. Hanzhong Mansion is the most important base of the rebel army, if Hanzhong Mansion can be solved, the recovery of Kansai County is just around the corner. "The Minister of War's thinking is not careless, but there are still many problems.

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Xianggao's voice fell, someone immediately expressed his objection.

"Lord Ye, let's not mention that the three divisions of my City Guard Legion have only returned to the imperial capital from the south, and the officers and soldiers are very tired and urgently need to rest to restore their combat effectiveness, according to what you said, the second division has gone to the north, and four more divisions will be transferred, then the City Guard Legion will all go into battle, so who will be responsible for the defense of the imperial capital? If there was a Taiping rebellion around the imperial capital, how should we deal with it? ”

Listed is the Imperial City Guard Corps Commander Yusuf, although the City Guard Corps is nominally under the jurisdiction of the military department, but in fact, the emperor has personally controlled the past dynasties, if the military department needs to transfer one of its soldiers and a pawn, it must be approved by the emperor's majesty, and given a special talisman to be transferred, the successive city guard corps commanders are the absolute henchmen of the emperor's majesty, and their loyalty is undoubted.

In the face of Yusuf's aggressive questioning, Ye Xianggao was also a little annoyed, although the City Guard Legion was under the direct command of His Majesty the Emperor, but nominally it was still under the jurisdiction of the Military Department, and the other party was nominally his subordinate, in order to preserve the strength of the City Guard Legion, he actually turned against himself regardless of such a critical situation at the moment, it was really a little unbearable.

But Ye Xianggao has been an important minister for many years after all, he knew the unusual identity of Yusuf, he held back the anger in his heart, and said calmly: "There are still 100,000 Praetorian Guard Legions in the imperial capital, as well as the Imperial Yulin Army, Xia Guan thinks that it should be more than enough to deal with the defense of the imperial capital or the security in the city, right?" ”

"Lord Ye, the lower officials don't agree with you. The Praetorian Guard Legion is the last force of the empire, if the City Guard Legion all goes out, only the Praetorian Guard will be left in the imperial capital, as for the Yulin Army, it is the army guarding the palace, but there are only a few thousand people, and it can't help, but there are five million people in the imperial capital, and with the penetration of the Taiping Sect, Xia Guan is very suspicious of how many people in the imperial capital have been pulled into the water? Lakh? 200,000, or 500,000? If they rebelled in the imperial capital, it would be really unimaginable. The lower officials thought that it would be more appropriate to ask the city guard corps to stay in the imperial capital for the sake of safety. ”

The one who came out to support Yusuf was actually the Imperial Vice-Minister of Military Affairs, Pique, who on the surface respected the appearance of his chief officer, but he did not give in at all.

"Lord Pique, you can't help but underestimate the ability of the Imperial Capital's internal affairs department, right? Yes, the development of the Taiping Sect in various places is indeed beyond our expectations, but the imperial capital is different from other regions, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in front of the roots of the imperial city, how strict is the security, how can the Taiping Sect take root in the imperial capital? Even if there were, it was just a few clowns who jumped off the beam, and they didn't have much to worry about, and they couldn't make much of a storm, and the Praetorian Guards were completely enough to deal with it. His Majesty, on the other hand, in the Kansai region, has now become a rampant trend, and if tough measures are not taken immediately, the minister fears that once his military strength has time to temper and grow, it will become a disaster that is difficult for the empire to control! Ye Xianggao was anxious, and his tone was a little excited. (To be continued......)