Premier Jia Jia's PPT report is very detailed and pragmatic.

From the strength of the enemy, the deployment of soldiers and horses, the supply of money and food, the favorable time and place, the unity of the people, etc., and with the font that imitates everyone, it is more pleasing to the eye than the champion exam paper.

The ministers of the Military Aircraft Department all said that the plan of the Shandong premier's military affairs to suppress bandits was something they had never seen in so many years as officials.

Lang Kuini, who happened to be in the military aircraft department, couldn't help but praise after reading the PPT of the bandits: "Wen has Heshen, Wu has Shikai, and the country is prosperous, and it is just around the corner." ”

Basically, the Military Aircraft Department agreed with Premier Jia Jia's policy of "focusing on siege and supplementing with attack" to suppress bandits, because this policy is indeed the most prudent.

If the assault fails again, if the bandits are asked to escape from Linqing, it will not be able to be blocked by more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the two provinces now.

At that time, it is not known how many manpower and material resources will have to be mobilized to suppress the bandits.

The Qing Dynasty is now an eventful season, and since the Jinchuan thieves broke out of Sichuan and entered Huguang, there has not been a single good news.

The latest news from Hubei is that the Fan army that rushed out of Sichuan was renamed the "Xinghan Army", and launched two consecutive attacks on Yichang Fucheng, but they did not succeed because of the preparation in the city, so they turned into the area of Jingmen Dangyang.

Shang Jianbao, the general of Jingzhou, was ordered by Chen Huizu, the governor of Huguang, to lead 2,000 soldiers stationed in the Eight Banners, together with more than 3,000 green battalion soldiers who were urgently transferred back to the province from Sichuan, to prepare to surround the army in the Dangyang area.

Under the command of Shang Jianbao, the main force of more than 5,000 Qing troops, together with nearly 10,000 villagers, set up 11 camps, and set up 11 platoons.

When Shang Jianbao waved the order to storm the Xinghan army in Dangyang City from the front, the rear ambushed the soldiers and set fire to the Qing army camp.

The Qing army was shocked, and the enemy was attacked before and after, and they fled one after another, and the deputy general Guo De, the guerrilla Ma Qi, and the prefect Cai Wenliang were killed.

The general Zheng Tai struggled to defeat the thief, and he did not retreat after several arrows in his body, so as to stop the rout of the whole army, and he could protect Shang Jianbao and return to Jingzhou.

According to the aftermath of the incident, more than 4,000 officers and soldiers were lost in this battle, including more than 600 soldiers of the Eight Banners.

Shang Jianbao did not dare to fight with the Xinghan army again, so he could only gather the remnants of the army and retreat to Jingzhou City.

After the great victory in the Battle of Dangyang, the momentum of the Xinghan army was unmatched for a while, and many Diao people were affected by its "expulsion of the Tartars and restoration of China" and "everywhere is uneven, and no one is not fed." The slogan "The people of the world are in the field, and the people of the world are cultivating together" was bewitched, and the villagers joined in one after another, so that the number of thieves in the Xinghan Dynasty increased to more than 30,000.

Chen Huizu, the governor of Huguang, also had a large number of demagogic slogans of the Xinghan army in Wuchang City, and there were even community organizations such as the Tiandihui that caused trouble in various places, attacking officials and military officials and robbing military rations and equipment.

All of a sudden, the whole province of Hubei was in a big panic.

The situation in Hubei was so serious that Qianlong issued three decrees in succession, urgently ordering the Dingxi general Fengsheng to quickly dispatch 20,000 elite troops into Hubei to encircle and suppress.

Bo Qing, the deputy general of Dingxi Zuo, who was recuperating in Chengdu, wrote to the imperial court, asking him to imitate the old system of the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, and open a regimental training in Huguang, so that the squires could recruit the villagers to defend the land and the people, or cooperate with the green flag soldiers to guard the important places and levy with the battalion, so as to solve the urgent need for the shortage of soldiers and horses in Huguang.

He also said that the reason why the thieves entered Huguang was to besiege Wei to save Zhao and relieve the siege of Jinchuan, so if the imperial court drew troops from Jinchuan, it would be a trick of the thieves.

Qianlong agreed with Bo Qing's opinion, but did not agree with Huguang to open a group training, as long as Huguang Governor Chen Huizu and Hubei Governor Zheng Dajin did their best to organize and block all the key points, "so that Changmao is trapped in Hubei."

He also ordered Feng Feng to raise the quota and start peace talks with Dajinchuan again, so that troops could be drawn into Hubei to aid and suppress.

There was chaos in the west, and there was a big incident in the east, and the princes of the Military Aircraft Department were also anxious.

Jia Jiashikai's encirclement and suppression strategy is no problem, but two problems are placed in front of the bigwigs of the Military Aircraft Department.

If these two problems are not resolved, the eight-character principle of "giving priority to siege and supplementing offense" will not be implemented.

The first question is where the money comes from.

The preparations for the construction of the Hebei battalion proposed in Premier Jia Jia's plan to encircle and suppress the officers and soldiers are estimated to be at least 1 million taels for silver, artillery materials, bows and crossbows, anti-weapons, food, drink, vegetables and rice.

This does not include pensions for officers and soldiers, rewards for the battle, and requisition of civilian husbands.

The second problem is that Linqing is an important canal town, and the Beijing division can still hold on to Caoyun for a month or two, which will take a year and a half, and hundreds of thousands of children of the Eight Banners in Beijing and hundreds of officials will have to be cut off.

The reason why the emperor was shocked at the beginning was not because the Qingshui Sect broke the canal and cut off the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty with one sword.

Sichuan silver, Huguang silver, northwest silver, Beijing silver, Shandong silver...

The financial lifeline of the Qing Dynasty depends on the canal, and if the canal dredging problem is not solved, it will be useless for Hebei to build a strong camp.

On these two issues, Qianlong did not make an arbitrary decision, and issued an order to ask Prime Minister Jia Jiashikai, Shandong Governor Guotai, and Zhili Political Envoy Yang Jingsu and others.

Soon, the prime minister and governor on the front line rushed the supplementary plan into the temple of heart cultivation.

Shandong Governor Guotai, Zhili Political Envoy Yang Jingsu, and Tianjin Governor Xu Ji all expressed their support for Premier Jia Jia's eight-character policy, and as for the preparatory costs, Shandong is willing to bear 400,000 taels, Zhili is willing to bear 300,000 taels, Tianjin is willing to bear 100,000 taels, and the remaining 200,000 taels will be settled by the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War.

This solves the problem of money and food.

On the issue of the canal, Jia Jiashikai pointed out that although the bandits occupied the two old cities of Linxin and threatened the canal passing through the West Gate, the north and south sections of the canal were still controlled by the officials and troops, and it was only the Linqing section that had problems.

Therefore, it can be made to "abandon the ship and change the car" in Liulinji, south of Linqing, and detour to the east for hundreds of miles to the northern section of Jiama to operate a river crossing and then ship it.

In this way, although it takes a lot of effort and increases the loss, it can ensure that the grain arrives in Beijing in time.

Hubu Shangshu Yonggui is a serious, pragmatic and meticulous leader, and immediately asked the Hubu to organize professionals to evaluate this 100-mile reform plan.

In the end, it was concluded that although the transshipment loss is between 10% and 20%, it is unacceptable in the long term and can be borne in the short term.

There is no better solution.

The plan was approved by the imperial court.

In order to prevent the front-line generals from intercepting the Cao Yun without authorization, Yonggui carefully wrote to the emperor and asked the officials of the household department to go to Linqing to check the grain transfer matters.

Qianlong agreed.

In Linqing, the Hebei camp under construction has initially taken shape.

On the banks of the Grand Canal, in a tent made of a cloth curtain.

Jia Liu ordered someone to bring up a large cake specially made according to his request.

He first drew a piece and brought it to Guotai, the governor of Shandong: "This is Brother Guo's." ”

Another piece was assigned to Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin: "This is Lord Xu's." ”

Another piece was assigned to Yang Jingsu, the political envoy of Zhili: "This is Lord Yang's." ”

Looking at the remaining cakes on the plate, the three provincial senior officials smiled in unison: "This is the Prime Minister's." ”

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