On the seventeenth day of the first month of the Restoration, the six emperors braved the severe cold to arrive in Songshan in the fierce cold wind, and ordered Songshan and Xingshan to be used as the grain and grass storage places for the army.

However, this arrangement was unanimously opposed by the imperial camp and the civil and military.

In particular, the former secretary of the Ministry of War and the current member of the Manchurian Senator of the House of Parliament Tuo Yong were firmly opposed.

The objection was based on the ominousness of the land of Matsuyama.

What nonsense is that Hong Chengchou, the former Ming Governor, was exterminated in Songshan for our Qing soldiers, and now His Majesty the Emperor has set Songshan as the commander-in-chief, and it is very likely that Hong Chengchou will repeat the lessons of Hong Chengchou. And this place is really not safe, in case the Jinzhou thief army sends a small group of elite soldiers to attack this place at night, it is easy to make the army fall into chaos.

After all, after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the guards and forts set up by the former Ming Dynasty in the western corridor of Liaoning were demolished, resulting in no danger from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou.

It was Jinzhou that was also demolished in the Shunzhi years, the city wall was destroyed, the city wall was rebuilt during the Kangxi period, and the Eight Banners outside the Guanxi wanted to fight against the imperial court when they sent people to rush to build many fortifications in Jinzhou, which made Jinzhou a major town outside the Guanzhou again.

According to the information of the displaced people outside the Guan, the Jinzhou guard was An Demanfu, who was born in the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, with more than 7,000 soldiers from the Eight Banners, and three or four thousand clothed servants and Mongolian soldiers.

Most of the Eight Banners under the command of Anderman Fu are cavalry, and if they really find out where the imperial camp is located, they will attack with cavalry, which will cause great trouble.

Therefore, Toyon's opposition is justified.

Even if the imperial court has the advantage of troops in this crusade, it must be cautious.

If the war is won by only having more people, there will not be so many classic examples and so many generals in thousands of years.

Once the court was defeated in the Battle of Jinzhou, the consequences were really unimaginable.

Don't say that the Eight Banners outside the Guanxi have been firmly opposed to the imperial court since then, and the provinces inside the Guanai may also swarm up, everywhere wolf smoke, reproducing the scene of the death of the former Ming Chongzhen Dynasty.

In this regard, the Sixth Emperor himself was disdainful, and even sneered: "Feudal superstition is unacceptable!" ”

Jia Liu really didn't expect that in the late 18th century, feudal superstition was still so serious among the courtiers, and in anger, he wanted to deprive Tuoyong of his status as a member of the parliament and remove him from the post of military counselor of the imperial camp, but he was dissuaded by Ji and Kui, who accompanied the Eastern Expedition.

It is said that Tuoyong is a high-ranking official in Toucheng, and he served in the Yongzheng period, both in terms of seniority and age, he belongs to the category of Manchurian officials with high morality.

Anyway, it means that there are absolutely advantages and disadvantages to keeping Toyong and giving him the treatment of the Minister of Parliament.

In this way, Jia Liucai did not send Tuo Yong, but moved the imperial camp from Songshan to Anttun by the sea overnight, and ordered the ten main warships of the Beiyang Naval Division stationed in Huludao to immediately sail east to Anttun.

In the event of an ominous event, the navy will become the last bastion of His Majesty the Emperor, and at the same time activate the second communication system for the overall command of the sea at sea.

No matter what, Jia Liu will definitely not return to Guannai in disarray.

At the same time, he ordered the soldiers of the imperial battalion to dig trenches around the Ant Tun, deployed various obstacles against the cavalry, and deployed more than 400 Jartling hand-cranked guns to strengthen the firepower.

If it weren't for the lack of tools and raw materials, Jia Liu would have been eager to build another hundred and ten bunkers in Ant Tun.

Maybe it really can't be done to let him attack, but let him defend, looking at the world, no one's turtle shell is harder than his six emperors.

At this time, more than 40,000 soldiers of the First Army and the Second Town of the Eastern Advance Corps were approaching Jinzhou and were clearing the strongholds of the bandit army on the periphery of Jinzhou.

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How to fight, Jia Liu didn't ask, but it didn't mean that the Eastern Advance Corps didn't even show him the plan of how to fight.

Corps Commander Wang Fu submitted two specific strategic plans to the Imperial Battalion.

The first plan was to gather the main force of the corps to attack Jinzhou, and strive to take Jinzhou in the shortest possible time, after which the corps immediately marched east to take the city of Guangning, the gateway to Shengjing.

After the capture of Quang Ninh, Shengjing will have no barriers.

Wang Fu judged that at that time, General Hongxiang of Shengjing would either declare Shengjing an undefended city and lead the army and civilians to move to Liaoning, Jilin and other places; Either they led the soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners in the city to resist stubbornly, and the jade was burned.

In the latter, the war outside the Guanxi can be ended early, because the Hongxiang Department of General Sheng Jing is the main force of the Eight Banners Rebellion outside the Guanwai.

The fall of Hongxiang will inevitably shake the Jilin general Fu Zhen and the Heilongjiang general Fu Yu, and most of the two Manchurian generals who will jump with Hongxiang will surrender.

In the case of the former, the war will be prolonged, and it is possible that the complete pacification of the border will be delayed until the second half of next year.

After all, the outside of the pass is too big, even if the imperial court mobilized 100,000 troops in this crusade, it is far from enough to scatter the vast land outside the pass.

In addition, it was a cold winter, and transportation was inconvenient in many places, except for the area west of Shengjing, which could end the fighting in winter, the rest of the places had to wait for the beginning of spring before large-scale use of troops.

The second plan was to use the First Army, the First Mixed Town, and the Second Mixed Town of the Corps to set up camps around Jinzhou and dig three large trenches, each eight feet deep and more than a foot wide, to surround the Jinzhou thief army and cut off its connection with Shengjing and Quang Ninh.

In addition, the main force of the Second Army crossed Jinzhou, collapsed across the Daling River and attacked in the direction of Quang Ninh, which could cut off the enemy's grain route and cause panic among the Jinzhou thief army. It can also form a threat to the thief armies of Shengjing and Guangning, so that they do not dare to come to the aid of Jinzhou, so as to facilitate the main force to conquer Jinzhou.

Probably in order to let His Majesty the Emperor better understand the war and the strategic plan he adopted, Wang Fuyu said in too much detail in the telegram, a full seven or eight pages.

In this regard, Jia Liuxian called back: "The Corps telegram has been received, and there is no need to be so detailed in the future. ”

After that, the lantern was compared with the map and the troops of the Eight Banners outside the Guanwai with reference to the two plans, and finally adopted the second plan, but when he was about to notify the Eastern Advance Corps to adopt the second plan, Qianlong, the fourth devil who helped His Majesty the Emperor with the oil lamp on the side, suddenly said boldly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that some fine-tuning can be made on this plan... Of course, this is the minister's personal suggestion, and it is also a small drop of opinion. ”

Jia Liu nodded slightly, encouraging Lao Chen to boldly express his opinion.

Then Lao Chen said that it was possible to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and attract the Eight Banners Army from Guangning and even Shengjing to come to the rescue of Jinzhou like adding fuel, and then concentrate superior forces to eliminate them one by one.

"You,"

Jia Liu looked thoughtfully at Qianlong, who had a long-lived face.

Qianlong's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "The minister's loyalty to His Majesty is like the water of the surging Yellow River, and like the Great Wall... Always unwavering! ”

"Okay, don't say it, I'll believe you if I say it."

Jia Liu pondered for a moment, and sent a telegram to Wang Fu: "Focus on annihilating the enemy's living forces, and minimize the sacrifice of the troops in attacking the fortifications. In addition, can the Second Army encircle and send reinforcements to the Daling River in the east? If you can, look into it. ”

Less than a day after the telegram was sent, Wang Fu received a reply call, saying: "Your Majesty's suggestion is to put the finishing touch, and the corps will implement it unconditionally!" ”

Concise.

After that, Jia Liu didn't just ask about the war, even if he was very itchy, he would never bypass the corps and send command orders directly to each army or town.

After the end of the Eastern Crusade, the Ministry of War will introduce a title system, and His Majesty the Emperor still has to let the generals play more.

After all, only when there is a battle and meritorious service can you get a matching rank.

After receiving the order, the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division sailed to Anttun on the third day, looking at the naval warships at sea, Jia Liu's confidence was even stronger.

After dinner, I learned that Heshen, the head of the household department and the dean of the National Museum, who had escorted grain and grass from Beijing, arrived.