The generals seek war, the morale of the army is high, the equipment is currently the most powerful in the Qing Dynasty, the elite soldiers are the best in the world, and they have just achieved a great victory in Niuxinzhai, and successfully held a meeting of the hundred officials and clans, and determined Jia Liu's status as the legal leader of Aixin Jueluo, no matter from which point of view, it is the best time for the Northern Expedition.

And the current situation is not possible without the Northern Expedition.

Because, the grain and grass can't hold it.

More than 100,000 horses from both sides have gathered in a province of Hubei, how much grain, how much meat, how many fruits and vegetables do people get a day when they eat horses?

Didn't you see that the main regiment of the First Army couldn't even eat meat?

The supply from other provinces cannot be increased, and the army cannot buy food and drink even if they have money.

To put it mildly, a battle can save Jia Liu a lot of trouble, because a war will kill people, and there will be many deaths, so there is no need to worry about eating and drinking.

Therefore, when the Northern Expedition was launched at this time, the main force of the First and Second Armies marched north from Henan to join the rebel army on the periphery of the Beijing Division, which could not only crush the Qianlong reactionary clique, but also reduce the burden on Hubei.

Even if the Shengjing Eight Banners entered the customs, they also had enough military strength to resolutely fight back.

Combining various factors, Jia Liu is also determined to start the Northern Expedition, calculating the time, Lao Ji's side is almost done, and then the aura of Dai Xiao's expedition will definitely be invincible.

So he straightened up slightly, took off the white gloves on his hands, and patted them gently with the palms of his hands facing down.

As soon as this action came out, there was a "horn", and the generals who stood up to fight invariably sat back on the stools.

"Thank you for not giving up, and wholeheartedly supporting Dai Ji Dengdabao, the era name is renewed. At this time when the country is in trouble, I don't want to be a woman, I can only do my best, do my best, and die, so that I can live with the Qing Dynasty, the ancestors and ancestors, and the hundreds of millions of Li people in this world! ”

Jia Liu's words were full of emotion, and his memories were bittersweet and sweet.

The current international situation is favorable to our dynasty, and you should know this better than me, but we are far from the time to make a big celebration of our achievements, because the reactionary clique headed by Qianlong, the great thief of the country, is still entrenched in Beijing, and the reactionary elements who are hostile to our dynasty are still ready to move.

As soon as these words came out, the generals in the audience were suddenly in high spirits, and everyone was excited.

However, the emperor on the stage changed his words and said: "Yesterday, when I inspected the first regiment, some officers and soldiers asked me when the Northern Expedition would be, and I told them that the Northern Expedition would be made soon, but whether this Evening Day will be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, or next month or next month, depends entirely on all of you here, not on me. ”

What does that mean?

All the officials in the audience were stunned, and there were all whisperers.

Jia Liu was not in a hurry to continue speaking, and he did not let people maintain order in the venue, because he, the emperor, allowed the venue to have controlled discussions.

It's a good system, and it's a good start.

I want people to talk.

If you don't let people speak, they won't let your children and grandchildren speak in the future.

While discussing below, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, hey, this tea is not bad, the five eldest sons have not made friends in vain.

After the discussion in the audience subsided, Jia Liufang said: "Today, I called you and others, first, to show you my determination to go on the Northern Expedition; The second is that I am determined to unify the soldiers and horses of the provinces and form a determination to live and die together with life and death, so that we can unite as one, make two fists with ten fingers, and go all out. ”

As soon as the words fell, Asiha, who was also the secretary of the military department, hurriedly got up and accurately conveyed the emperor's meaning.

He said: "Your Majesty's meaning is that the armies of all provinces, whether they are the Eight Banners or the Green Battalion, must be unified and reorganized, and they must all accept the tasks given by the imperial court, which means to unify their will and concentrate their forces. ”

Regrouping of troops?

The members of Shaanxi, Gansu, Liangjiang, Shandong, Henan and other non-direct observation groups were in an uproar and buzzed again.

Because no one had ever greeted them before, saying that they were going to reorganize the troops.

"Silence, please be quiet!"

Asiha motioned for silence in the audience and continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Qing Dynasty is facing unprecedented dangers at the time of these three thousand years of changes, and it can even be said that it is facing a split, because someone wants to make two Great Qing Dynasty out.

Can the Qing Dynasty be divided? No! Then we are going to become sinners of history!

So what to do?

As long as everyone is sincerely united, responds to the call of the imperial court, actively cooperates with the imperial court to rectify the soldiers and horses, has the strength to make one move, does not go their own way, and does not ask the court to ask you to go east and you go west, things will be easy to do! ”

Jia Liu took advantage of the situation and added: "If the command of the army cannot be unified, the will of liberation cannot be unified, the united forces cannot be gathered, and my orders cannot be carried out, then the Northern Expedition will definitely fail." ”

After hearing this, Bao Ning, the commander of the First Army, immediately got up, raised his arms and shouted: "Everyone must sacrifice their personal opinions, strengthen unity, and do not affect the overall situation with small profits. ”

"Yes, the army must be unified and the forces must be concentrated!"

The civil and military forces of the direct family stood up one after another.

This caught the deputies of the other provinces by surprise, and they did not know whether they should agree to the reorganization of the troops on behalf of their own provinces or whether it was better to disagree.

At this time, a staff member stepped forward and distributed the plans for the reorganization of soldiers and horses in various provinces formulated by the Ministry of Military Affairs from table to table.

Asha introduced: "How to rectify the soldiers and horses in each province, what is the number, the plan is detailed, please read it carefully first, if there are different opinions, we will discuss it later." ”

Jia Liu announced that the discussion was free, and he, the emperor, temporarily withdrew from the venue and came to listen to the report after the provincial delegations agreed on their opinions.

Zhou Xiong, the leader of the Henan Military Observation Group, was the first to open the plan, and he himself had no opinion on the reorganization of the army, because Henan's strength was limited, and if he did not agree to the reorganization, he was likely to be attacked militarily by the Restoration Court.

Therefore, I only want to know what the imperial court's army reorganization plan is and how to place the Henan troops.

After opening the plan, I saw that the Henan Qihan Army would be reorganized into the Fifth Army.

The establishment of towns and associations below the army level is also in detail, including equipment, military salaries, and fixed expenditures.

According to the plan, an army has more than 20,000 men, while Henan itself has only more than 14,000 Qihan troops.

How can he, the deputy general, be the commander of the town, and his heart immediately accepted it, and when he turned to the second page, he suddenly had a "gurgle", and then his heart jumped like a deer.

The reason is that on the second page is a silver ticket with a face value of 10,000 taels.

Shanxi Deputy General Qian Anzhi was also looking at the plan, and when he found out that the three provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Gansu had only given the numbers to the two armies on the plan, he suddenly became angry and said to the deputy on the side: "Damn, what do you mean by devil six?" My three provinces only give two military numbers, does he want to kill three soldiers with two peaches? We praise him as a ready-made emperor, but he wants to rectify us, which is really unreasonable! ”

In anger, he slapped the plan on the table, and then a silver ticket fell from it, and it was worth 10,000 taels.

It's almost the legal salary of his lieutenant for fifty years.

The Wuchang military observation group is also discussing.

After reading the plan, team leader Chen Huizu asked Lu Yuanguang, who was in charge of the army: "Old Lu, what do you think?" ”

Lu Yuanguang frowned, thinking that the reorganization of the army had not yet been discussed, and he suddenly asked them to agree to the reorganization of the army on behalf of Wuchang, and only add a mixed town number to the two armies, which would definitely not work, because their Xinghan army had more than 100,000 people, how to divide the number of the two and a half armies.

Then the two saw that the two silver tickets in the plan were both worth 10,000 taels.

Chen Huizu instinctively wanted to put the silver ticket in his pocket, and then sign it on behalf of Wuchang, but in view of the fact that the affairs of the army were not under his control, he could only pretend to be angry and scolded: "What is Devil Six doing, does he think that this money can buy us?" ”

"Is it true that everyone in the world regards money as life as he does!"

Lu Yuanguang was also very angry, but he wanted to leave the venue after collecting the silver ticket with Lao Chen, because he couldn't do such a big thing, and he had to go back to ask Gu Shuai.

"Yes, yes, I have to ask for advice."

Chen Huizu had no choice but to get up and leave, and the group had just arrived at the door but were stopped by the yellow coat outside.

"We are not your personnel, we are only invited to participate in the meeting, and the matters discussed at this meeting are not relevant to us."

Chen Huizu spoke a diplomatic rhetoric fluently, hoping that the guards would let him go.

I didn't want to, but the second-class guard in front of the emperor said: "Your Majesty has a decree, if the representatives of the provinces do not sign and agree, no one is allowed to go out." ”

(End of chapter)