August 18.

Yang Cheng*** set the Privy Council Prime Minister Hong Chengchou, the left minister Ning Wan I, the right minister Dolgon, the Privy Council envoy Zu Dashou, the secretary of the Dali Yuan Bao Chengxian, the left capital of the Imperial Court Zhang Cunren, the university scholar Sun Degong, the university scholar and the naval yamen governor Geng Zhongming, the military secretary Liu Tianlu, the Li Fan Yuan Shangshu Manzhu Xili and other more than 20 civil and military ministers gathered in the Wenhua Hall to discuss the next action plan. ap.

The goal was to eliminate the Dashun regime that occupied the northwest.

Among the participants, in addition to Yang Chengying's old department, there were two newcomers, Xue Guoguan and Chen Mingxia.

The two of them are representatives of the old and the new, and they have access to military secrets, so they can test their reactions.

"Although Li Zicheng's army was defeated at Shanhaiguan and suffered successive defeats in Zhending and Baoding, we must be soberly aware that Li Zicheng is our primary enemy! We must not allow this fierce enemy the slightest respite, and we must resolutely destroy it."

Yang Chengying first set the tone of the meeting, and then looked at Zu Dashou.

As a privy envoy, although it was not formulated by Zu Dashou, he was also asked to introduce the battle plan as a representative.

Zu Dashou got up, came to the map, held the baton in his hand, pointed to the map and said:

"Our army gathered heavy troops in Datong, which made Li Zicheng mistakenly believe that our army would attack Taiyuan. In line with the strategy of attacking the enemy unprepared, this time did not take the initiative to attack Taiyuan.

Instead, they attacked from Datong to the west, first taking Yulin, then south to Yan'an, and finally to Xi'an, Li Zicheng's hometown."

The baton arcs across the map, like a full moon scimitar.

Everyone can understand from the map that Datong is about 500 miles away from Taiyuan and more than 700 miles away from Yulin.

Most people will think that it was Hong Chengchou who attacked Taiyuan, and he would send heavy troops to deploy defenses.

Hong Chengchou led the army to make a detour behind him and took him by surprise.

In addition, Hong Chengchou had 10,000 Mongolian cavalry under his command and 30,000 from the veteran powerhouse Meng Qiaofang.

It can fully achieve strategic effects.

"This is the Northern Route Army. In addition, the Middle Route Army, led by Yue Zhi, led the Seventh Army to directly attack Jingcheng from Zhending Mansion. But not an actual attack, but a suspicious soldier.

In addition, Shuosai's Sixth Army, and the 56th Regiment of Wanyan Yechen's Seventh Army, set out from Beijing and entered Shanxi from Bauhinia Pass, taking Guangchang, Lingqiu, Fanzhi, Daizhou, Laoxian, and Xinzhou, and finally attacking Taiyuan Province."

When Zu Dashou said this, he said slightly apologetically: "It's just that in this way, you have to wronged General Yue and King Chengze, and the commander of the middle lane is nominally Wanyan Yechen."

Shuo Zhi, who attended the meeting on behalf of Yue Zhen, said with a smile: "As long as you can achieve a big victory, such a trivial matter is not worth talking about."

There are eight famous roads from Shanxi to Hebei, called Taihang Bashan.

There are countless trails, but marches generally take these eight routes.

The road that the 56th Regiment of the Sixth Army and the Seventh Army will take is Puyin and Flying Fox.

First, Yue Zhen, who was known for his prestige, feinted to attack Jingcheng to attract the attention of the Dashun army. If Ye Chen's army takes a detour to attack, the military rank of Ye Chen is not high, which will make people mistakenly think that there are few troops, so as to catch the enemy off guard.

"After the incident was successful, the Sixth Army returned to Beijing to rest and recuperate. Wanyan Yechen was stationed in Taiyuan to cooperate with the governor of Shanxi, Shen Chaoji, to stabilize Shanxi's political affairs."

Yang Chengying suddenly interjected.

"Subordinates obey." After Yan Yechen got up to receive the order, he then said with a smile: "Your Highness has given your Highness a chance to make a name for yourself, and Your Highness will not let Your Highness down."

Everyone laughed.

Pacifying and stabilizing Shanxi's internal affairs is indeed a great opportunity to leave a name in history.

At least the local chronicles will be written in a big way.

"The Southern Route Army, the troops were divided into two routes, one was led by Kong Youde, south from Zhending Mansion, attacked the northern Henan region, captured Huaiqing, crossed the river from Mengjin and marched westward, approaching Tongguan.

This route was the actual main force, while the second route was led by Azig and threatened to attack the imperial court in Nanjing. First go to Jinan, then enter Huaiqing, and after joining up with Kong Youde, they will attack Tongguan together."

Hearing about this offensive line, the generals attending the meeting were very excited.

That's a big deal!

The Fifth Route Army, however, was false and real, and it always gathered superior forces and did not give the enemy a chance to divide and encircle.

As soon as he heard that he had nothing to do, Shuo Zhi was a little anxious: "Your Highness, is our Sixth Army just a feint?"

"You and Wu Sanguijun want to seize the time to rest and recuperate, and it is up to you to pacify Jiangnan."

Yang Chengying said bluntly.

"Oh, by the way, Jiangnan also has the Four Towns General Soldier and You Shilu, this dish is just enough for us to eat." Shuo Zhen laughed.

The crowd laughed.

Chong Zu Dashou nodded, and Yang Chengying said, "The route of the march has been determined, and the next thing is the logistics. Fighting a war is fighting logistics, and logistics cannot keep up, and no matter how strong an army is, it will not be able to withstand attrition. I'd rather finish my ......."

Ning Wanhui got up and said, "There is a division of labor in the Political Yuan, the prime minister is in charge of the Beijing division to coordinate all parties, the right minister is responsible for land distribution and reform, and I am in charge of the logistics of the army.

Therefore, I will leave Beijing and go to Tianjin to live temporarily, supervise the transportation of grain, grass and equipment, and ensure the smooth flow of grain routes. In addition, in order to ensure the safety of the grain route, three battalions were arranged to guard the place."

As he spoke, he pointed out the location of the deployment on the map.

the Folding Battalion, stationed in Texas; Tiger Wing Battalion, garrisoned by the Daimyo; Eagle Yang battalion, stationed in Luoyang.

Looking at the arrangement of the three major battalions, they were basically deployed along the route of the march.

Coupled with the major main forces, the north is in the bag.

"In addition to that, the full cooperation of the Navy is required." When I finished saying this, I looked at Geng Zhongming.

Geng Zhongming got up and said, "The navy departments will transport grain and grass non-stop, and will also enter the interior from the Yellow River according to the situation to feed the needs of the army."

In addition to the sail battleships for war, the navy also has a mature transportation system, using bird ships and other small frigates to protect grain ships and transport materials by river.

As early as a few years ago, Yang Chengying measured the hydrological conditions of the Yellow River in the name of transporting salt and other materials, and he was proficient in the situation.

The weather is beautiful, just in time for the autumn harvest season of the new year, and the food problem is not big.

Next is local governance.

"It's very difficult to resettle displaced people, distribute land, fight rebellions." Yang Chengying was very resolute, "But a manly man is to face difficulties, if it is an ordinary thing, what else do we need to do."

The reason why he said this was because Yang Chengying wanted to divide the land before the beginning of the year, and then distribute the seeds and farm tools for cultivation at the beginning of the year, so as to quickly stabilize the situation in the north.

"Your Highness, please rest assured, we are mentally prepared for encirclement and suppression in various places. Shandong is a major cotton-producing province, and we are worried that we don't have enough manpower."

Ning Wan said humorously.

Yang Chengying also smiled: "That's right. We have to think like this, with their rebellion, we have the hands to farm and mine. Make better machines, weave good cotton cloth, and dump products everywhere."

"They want to enter the factory, and we won't give them this opportunity." Dorgon laughed too.

The ocean-going traders have a stake in everyone, and the better the sales, the more money they make, and naturally they hope that the more cotton plantations there are, the better.

Xue Guoguan and Chen Mingxia heard these words, and their hearts broke out in a cold sweat.