Chapter 674: The Great Determination of the Grand Strategy

"Yongzheng, these two stunned people are really ready to fish in troubled waters?"

"I'm afraid that the "Zhongliu" newspaper pretended to be shocking, and said that it was news from the Forbidden City, what are the Heaven and Earth Society and the Military Intelligence Department doing, and there are no newspapers that are well informed?"

"The official family is still buried in the gentle township in the back garden, and he doesn't care about this country?"

Huangpu Boundless Palace, the emperor did not go to the political hall for half a month, Tang Youzeng, Fan Jin and Su Wencai, the three civil and military ministers, could no longer sit still, and directly killed people in the grass hall to arrest people.

At this time, the rumors of the Great War between the North and the South were everywhere, but the Anglo-Chinese army was scattered thousands of miles away. An army of 200,000 with the Eagle Yang Army as the core is besieging Salian in Burma and Java and forcing Batavia. I heard that there was a problem in Aceh, and Jia Hao was assigned two new editors to deal with Aceh.

Zhang Hanwan and Peng Shihan had a total of 80,000 men and horses, with the three armies of Yulin, Longxiang and Tielin as the core, and were forcing Chengdu Prefecture to strive for peaceful recovery, and at the same time, in order to stabilize the situation in Tibet, they also sent troops to monitor the route into Tibet. In the direction of Hunan and Jiangxi, only the two armies of Huben and Shenwu were scattered in a vast front of thousands of miles from Changde, Hunan in the west to Jianchang, Jiangxi in the east, and the guards attached to the two provinces were also new conscripts. Once Yongzheng wants to use troops in Hunan and Jiangxi, the situation is extremely critical.

"The official family is busy in the government office, and the ministers will wait for ......"

Yang Shi, the secretary and supervisor of the Central Court, was newly married, and his wife was Liuche, and Zhu Yuyou changed Zhu Liuche's name to show that she came from her Zhu family. Yang Shi reported happily, which made the three phases even more dissatisfied.

And when a beautiful woman came out of the government hall, took a look at the three of them, and left with a smile, the three of them looked at each other, and their hearts jumped even more.

Black Yi Queen Long Zhilan! The official family ...... with her Tang Youzeng's face was dark.

Marrying Long Zhilan into the palace, how should the toast of Hunan and Guizhou cook, I am afraid that there will be some turmoil, Fan Jin is very worried.

Even if it is only given to concubines, it will be like the princess Baoyin of Dzungar back then, causing a storm in the court, and the romantic character of the official family is beginning to rise, Su Wencai is worried about another matter.

Then Li Xian called in, saw the three of them, and took the initiative to speak: "Long Zhilan's wish for many years has been fulfilled, and it can be regarded as a merit of mine, haha......"

The three of them followed with a smile and a smile, but they each muttered in their stomachs, it's over, and the official family is hot......

Li Xian decided to eat Upper Burma directly, so that the Anglo-Chinese territory from Mengyang to the Indian Ocean, which involved the change of the Tusi system in the Anglo-Chinese territory, which was an absolute change. Summoning Long Zhilan is to first determine the basic policy of restructuring.

Long Zhilan also came to bring personal matters, she has a deep affection for Jia Hao, and she doesn't want Li Xi to directly put pressure on Jia Hao, but wants to win the hero's heart by herself, so she begged Li Xi to give her a name, and she can be tied directly to Jia Hao. Li Xi was willing to help, Queen Long was overjoyed, and in the eyes of the three ministers, she thought that she had a leg with Li Shi.

But Queen Long has been alone for many years, Li Xi is the emperor again, she really wants to marry Queen Long into the palace, Lang has a concubine who is interested, what should be opposed is only the backyard of Wuya Palace, what can they say about these courtiers?

was struggling, Li Xi asked, "Are you here for the things in the north?" ”

When it came to business, the three of them changed their minds and explained to Li Xianli the seriousness of the situation.

"Newspapers can't be trusted, "Zhongliu" is still my industry, why don't I know that they are so powerful, more powerful than the Heaven and Earth Society and the Military Intelligence Department?"

Sure enough, Li Shi and the three of them have the same heart, and they don't think that the news on "Zhongliu" is true.

"Of course, the necessary precautions are also indispensable, the siege of Shalian has been completed, and I am asking Wu Ya to calculate the troops, free up three or five new divisions, and return to the line from Hunan to Fujian at the beginning of next year. The affairs of Malacca and Java should be able to be seen by the end of the year, and by March next year, Jia Hao will be able to loosen three or five new divisions in his hands, and by then the northern defense line should be stabilized. ”…,

Hearing Li Shi's arrangement, Tang You was relieved, as long as the official family did not ignore Yongzheng's threat. But Su Wencai, who is in charge of the Privy Council, communicates the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall, but Fan Jin, who is mainly responsible for military and state affairs, is not satisfied.

To put it simply, Li Shi's response still did not regard the threat of Yongzheng as a major event, and the strategic focus of a country is still in the south and northwest. If Yongzheng is just a small fight, his mind is not strong, his movements are slow, and he does not use many troops, this kind of disposal is enough to deal with it. But what if Yongzheng is determined to flip the table?

Li Shi shook his head and said resolutely: "Let's put it this way, even if Yongzheng Xing is a soldier of the whole country, we can't turn back!" ”

I see, no wonder the emperor put on a sloppy appearance, it turned out that he was really determined to lift the table between the Dutch and the British.

The situation in Burma, combined with Xiao Xie's analysis of the British government's strategy in Asia, and the news from the British East India Company's retail faction, is now in a very delicate phase of stalemate.

If the British East India Company had not been pulled out of the Sarian and the British East India Company had been thoroughly wounded, and the East India Company had realized that the Anglo-Chinese could throw irresistible and overwhelming power into Burma, as well as in Bengal and India, the East India Company would not let go of Burma and seek a solution to obtain colonial benefits under the situation in which the Anglo-Chinese had the dominant power. They will intensify their lobbying efforts to lobby the British Parliament, exaggerate and exaggerate the damage caused by Britain and China to British interests in Asia, and thus push Britain to send out a large army of sea and land to further escalate the war.

At this time, Yinghua was not able to start a full-scale war with the British, and the war capability was another calculation, if it really wanted to go to war, the political ecology that Yinghua had operated in Europa for many years could not withstand the pressure of the British. The Portuguese, Spanish, and French would certainly not go to war with Britain in Europa for the distant Anglo-Chinese.

Therefore, the correct response of the British and Chinese was to clean up the Sharem, wipe out the power of the British East India Company in Burma, and even threaten the East India Company's stronghold in Bengal, so it was necessary to maintain sufficient troops. Transferring back three or five new editors from Wu Ya's side is already the limit, and any more will affect the entire layout. The British East India Company would have argued that the Anglo-Chinese political situation was unstable and that the war would not have enough staying power, and that they would be defeated.

The situation in Malacca and Java must also be subordinated to the overall situation involving Myanmar. It is difficult for the Britons to admit defeat, and the Anglo-Chinese have cleaned up the Portuguese and the Spaniards, and the touch on the Britons is not great. After all, these two countries have long since declined, and they can't show their ability to fight water dogs.

But if the British and Chinese put the Dutch in order and hold Malacca and even Java, the British's will will will be greatly tilted. Asia is more important to the Dutch than the British, who have a huge investment in Asia and are more determined to "defend Asia". In this situation, Yinghua still beat the Netherlands, and the Britons had to obey if they were not satisfied.

Not to trigger a full-scale war with Britain, France and other countries, but to bring the whole of Southeast Asia into the Anglo-Chinese sphere of influence, this is Li Shi's overall plan. If this layout can be completed, it will have a far-reaching impact on the future development of Anglo-Chinese, dominating Southeast Asia, and Nanyang will become the inner lake of Anglo-Chinese, just like the Monroe Doctrine of the United States in Li Xian's previous life, with a stable surrounding environment and a wide enough buffer backyard, it can be talked about going out of Asia and colonizing the world.

If Yinghua defeats the Spaniards and gets Luzon to the Anglo-Chinese early enlightenment, then the current situation is the threshold for Yinghua to become an adult and compete for global dominance. If this step fails to go out, but instead stimulates the Europa powers to focus on Asia, then the time lost by Anglo-Chinese may be measured in decades.

Compared with this overall situation, the threat of the Manchu Qing in the north is not significant, Li Xi is not unaware of Yongzheng, when he initially decided to attack from all sides, Li Xi and Xiao Sheng have already determined that even if they lose Jiangxi and Hunan, this price is acceptable. One year, as long as you hold Yongzheng for one year, Nanyang is determined, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the fish and meat on the knife. ..., then again, losing Jiangxi and Hunan is just expecting the enemy to be lenient, Li Xi doesn't think that Yongzheng has such great ability, he has great determination, but his courtiers, his army, can't have great determination.

After listening to Li Shi's brief analysis, the three of them suddenly realized that Fan Jin and Su Wencai were also reviewing, and the Privy Council's top-secret plan had already had these conclusions, but they all thought that it was the young people of the Privy Council who didn't know the sky and talked about it, but they didn't think that this was the grand strategy that Li Shi and Xiao Sheng had determined.

"Knowing that there is such a situation for a long time, we should prepare in advance, even if the strength is insufficient, it is good to have more points."

Tang You once didn't understand military affairs and was still complaining, in his opinion, even if he had to pay the price, it had to be an irreparable price after trying his best, instead of just waiting to cut the meat.

Su Wencai's thinking was also clear at this time, and explained: "We have made a lot of preparations, Tang Xiang has worked hard before, and he is pushing a country to prepare for war." ”

The Armament Act was the largest preparation, not only for the purpose of recruiting troops from eight sides, but also to deal with threats from the north. On the surface, this law seems to be only aimed at expanding the number of troops, but in essence, it reorganizes the war readiness system of the British and Chinese countries.

There are also some provisions of the "Military Armament Law" that are implemented that are not visible to ordinary people. For example, one country has set a surplus of ordnance in French, and the greater effect is that the scope of civilian arms trading has been expanded. In the past, only a few "state-owned" or "state-owned" enterprises such as the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau and the Dongguan Machinery Bureau produced guns, but now through the "Military Armament Law", as long as there are companies with sufficient qualifications, they can engage in ordnance manufacturing. The government also distributes a certain amount of ordnance orders to these companies to support their growth.

Different from the traditional Chinese country's strong armament war line of training, manufacturing weapons, and depositing silver, the capital and industrial and commercial forces of the Anglo-Chinese country are already strong enough, and the government can completely regulate and control all parties to mobilize and prepare for war through laws and regulations.

Fan Jin smiled bitterly: "The preparations that should have been made have been made, and some preparations are because of exhaustion, and it is difficult to do more." ”

After all, some things are limited by material conditions, such as logistics. Now the headache of the British and Chinese countries is not the lack of materials, but the inability to transport materials. In order to meet the needs of the war in the South Seas, the capacity of sea ships has been overwhelmed, and the domestic shipbuilding industry is being pushed to make up for it through relevant laws and regulations. The river boats, chariots and horses, which are at the end of the transportation line, have also been fully mobilized, and the government hall has even issued a restriction prohibiting private cars from using horse-drawn horses, and horses must be used for military transportation.

The lack of horses is a bottleneck of Yinghua's current national strength, and Zhang Hanwan's attack on the northwest is also a strategic goal for Zhang Hanwan to attack the northwest. The importance of cattle, horses, and livestock cannot be ignored not only at this time, but also in Li Xi's previous life, World War I and even World War II. During World War I, there were 10 million horses on the battlefields of Europe. Before the army enters mechanization, it must first realize the transformation of mules and horses, and a simple indicator of mules and horses is that the ratio of people to horses must reach at least three to one.

Yinghua has 300,000 regular troops, and less than 50,000 horses can undertake transportation and combat missions. It was also on the battlefield in Sichuan, and there was still a little abundance of horses.

The northwest and the South Seas have already occupied a country's livestock, and it will be difficult to maintain the transportation capacity if we want to expand our military reserves in Hunan and Jiangxi. This is also the reason why the two armies of Shenwu and Huben, who carried out feint attacks, could not penetrate too deep into the enemy's territory, and did not have enough transportation capacity to support them to carry out large-scale maneuvers.

Tang You once said helplessly: "This means that even if the Manchus invade the south, we will only have to suffer?" ”

According to the grand strategic plan, as long as we survive until next three years, the situation will be much safer. Until then, you can only endure it.

But Li Xi continued to shake his head: "We can only do so much in charge of the country, and it is difficult to say whether the citizens of this country are willing to bear it." ”

Thinking of the incident in Wuchang many years ago, the Jiangnan Rebellion earlier, Fan Jin's heart suddenly rose with pride, and he smiled: "That's right, our country, the people have woken up, even if our court is willing to bear it, they may not be willing!" ”

Just as he was saying this, Yang Shi hurriedly entered and handed over a red-edged document, which at a glance knew that it was an urgent report from the Privy Council military post system.

Su Wencai took it and looked at it, and his face changed suddenly: "Jiangxi has changed!" Tian Wenjing's Jiangxi soldiers broke into Jianchang Mansion and were rushing to attack Guangchang and Nanfeng counties! ”

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