After the banquet, the ministers dispersed, Li You came to the harem to reunite with Zhou Nan, Zheng Yan'er and others, and with the sound of the husband's time, the first year of Hongwu in the Jia Dynasty passed like this; This year, the Jia Dynasty did not expand outward, but devoted itself to solving various internal problems, using its high prestige and strong troops, coupled with the full assistance of Yao Guangxiao, Fan Li, Sima Cuo, Li Lingyue, Wang Ji and others, to smoothly implement their own governance ideas. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, it will take a long time for these policies to show results, but after the New Year, it may be possible to deploy troops to solve the problems of Arub and Hedongdao, and the reason why he chose to solve them first instead of attacking Shuzhong is because Li You wants to use the power of sweeping the north to deter the army in Shuzhong, so as to weaken their desire to resist and reduce the losses of both sides, after all, when the time comes, both sides of the battle are the people of the Central Plains, and it is always good to lose less.

This year, the Jiazhou army did not launch a large-scale offensive, but it was not that nothing was done, the black ice platform has increased its penetration into the Guannei Road, the northern part of Hedong Road and Shuzhong, and countless monks and Taoist priests also packed their bags and went deep into the north, using religion to soften these barbarians at the same time, the geographical situation, customs and customs of the northern land, and the grievances between the tribes have been clearly inquired, providing a lot of help for the future march.

During the Spring Festival, according to the custom, these court officials were still given a holiday, so it was not until after the Lantern Festival that Li You gathered the generals together to discuss this year's march plan, "Last year, Arub swept away the rebellious tribes in Mobei and has recovered a little bit of vitality; And the war in Hedong Province is also coming to an end, presumably they also realize that our Jia Dynasty will not allow them to continue like this, so they have begun to contact each other to form an alliance, if the time drags on for a long time, when they really unite together, it will not be good for my Jia Dynasty, so I plan to reorganize the army this year to conquer Dragon City, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty is now the Ninth Five-Year Honor, it is really not appropriate to go out of Beijing easily, and please leave this matter to your Majesty, and we will definitely cut off the head of Arub and dedicate it to Your Majesty." Luo Shiji took the lead in the performance, but he was not worried that Li You would suffer the same defeat as Li Gui, but was worried that Li You would change internally after he left.

"Yes, Your Majesty, General Luo is right, you use a cattle slaughtering knife to kill chickens, and leave this matter to the last general!" Zhou Bofu also came out to echo, there was no chance to fight in the past year, and he had already suffocated him, so he had to practice the army in the camp outside the country all day long, but he was no longer training the Mo Dao team, after seeing the power of the fire gun and cannon, he also realized that the glory of the Mo Dao team was inevitably going to decline; He didn't have much talent in shooting, so he put the focus of his training on the queue, and now the soldiers under his command can be said to be the best one that the Jiazhou Army lieutenant general has shot in line.

The rest of Xu Guang, Sima Cuo, Qin Shixin, Qian Hua and others also advised more, but Pan Feng did not agree, because he knew that Li You was much stronger than these people imagined.

"Okay, I understand what you mean, but this time to lead the army north, at least 150,000 troops, do you have the experience and confidence to command an army of this size?" Li You has been dealing with cumbersome government affairs last year, and he has long been a little impatient, how can he let go of this good opportunity to go out and relax, "As for the affairs of the court, with Yao Xiangguo guarding the court and Mr. Xu guarding the Jingshi, there will definitely be no problems." ”

Xu Guang was depressed again, he didn't want to lead the army to fight, but this time I am afraid that he can only stay in the rear, but if this matter is handed over to others, he may not be at ease, Li You also saw his thoughts, so he persuaded him, "Mr. Xu, don't be sorry, after sweeping Arubu, when attacking Hedong Road, there is no need for me to personally lead the army, and at that time, Mr. Xu can lead the army alone." ”

After appeasing Xu Guang, Li You turned to Sima Cuo again, "Mr. Sima, if you want to transfer 150,000 elites now, how long will it take to gather them in Jingshi?" ”

"Last year, my Jiachao recruited more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, of which more than 100,000 completed training and were officially incorporated into the army; Coupled with the previous veterans, even if part of the troops had to be divided to defend Hedong Province and Shuzhong, it would be more than enough to draw out 200,000 troops. Sima Cuo is in charge of the military department and is familiar with these data, "Now there are more than 100,000 surplus troops around the capital, so only another 50,000 soldiers and horses need to be transferred, and if you take the sea route or canal, it can be completed in a month at most." ”

"Well, what about the grain, grass, ordnance, tents, and uniforms?" Fighting a war is not something that can be done with a wide range of soldiers, and logistics is equally important.

"Last year, the granaries in various places have gradually been restored to fullness, and as long as there is a month, the minister can draw materials that can supply the 150,000 army for half a year." Fan Li had long expected that Li You would use troops against Arubu sooner or later, so these materials were prepared very early.

"What about gunpowder, projectiles, guns, cannons?" The Jiazhou army has now gradually begun to transition to hot weapons, and this time when he goes out to Guannaidao, Li You plans to bring all the hot weapons army.

"Previously, workshops around the country built firecrackers and cannons that could be used by more than 20,000 people, and last year added 30,000 firecrackers and thousands of cannons of various types, and since then, it can also produce 3,000 firecrackers and hundreds of cannons every month." Gu Jiangzi thought about it a little, "If they are all mobilized together, they can be used by an army of 80,000; As for gunpowder and projectiles, they can also support the needs of the army for half a year. ”

"It's enough to sweep Arub away." Li You nodded and replied, at least 50,000 of the 150,000 troops going north this time were cavalry, and they still used cold weapons, and the remaining 100,000 troops still had sappers, charioteers, baggage soldiers and other arms, not all of them used guns and cannons.

"From now on, the General Staff began to reformulate the plan for the Northern Expedition to Arub based on this data, Mr. Sima began to mobilize soldiers and horses, Mr. Fan began to prepare supplies, and Mr. Gu handed over the ordnance to the soldiers as soon as possible, so that they could complete the adaptation as soon as possible; When everything was ready, I personally led the army north. "Although the number of troops sent this time is only half of that when Li Guiyu drove the expedition, the combat effectiveness is not known how many times higher than that time, Li You is confident that he will pacify Mobei in one battle.

"Your Majesty wins!" Hearing this, all the generals bowed down and saluted, and their mood gradually became excited, I wonder how many generals His Majesty will choose to go north with him this time?