Liu Jiahao and Pu Jinzhong's documents basically arrived at the same time, and Lin Jianyue felt that the time to cross the river was approaching.

But it is not so simple for Lin Jianyue to move, the battlefield is too big, the distance between the major battlefields is too far, and communication is inconvenient, so he can only convene the generals of all parties before the decisive battle to determine the overall strategy, go their own way, and the ultimate goal is to point to the capital city to join the divisions.

Guanzhong was recruited by Cao Zheng, Liaodong was about to fight, the general of the army could not withdraw, Li Ziyang was the representative, and the rest of the armies, including Cao Shaozhen and others, came.

This was the last battle of the Northern Expedition to recover the Han land, which was of great significance, and everyone present was very excited.

Liu Bingyun first talked about the overall distribution of offensive forces.

"At present, four armies have gathered along the Yellow River. Longjie's army of 80,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry were on the left; The Guards included the troops that had crossed the river, with 100,000 infantry and 80,000 cavalry in the center; The Xinyang Army has 160,000 infantry, and 120,000 cavalry are on the right; The 150,000 Rao cavalry troops were evenly distributed on the front line of Kaifeng Licheng in Zhengzhou, with a total of 340,000 infantry and 390,000 cavalry. ”

"The Jinning Army in Hedong, with 120,000 infantry and 80,000 cavalry, is currently concentrated in the area of Taiyuan and Jinzhong."

"The Liaodong Army has 100,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry, and the Huaiyang Army has 120,000 infantry and 40,000 cavalry, and is currently fighting with Mohan's more than 200,000 troops around Liaoyang."

"Longyou's army has 80,000 horse infantry troops, 60,000 cavalry, plus other supporting troops, a total of 140,000 horse infantry troops and 200,000 cavalry, which are currently gathered in the Nanhetao area, and can cross the river to the north to cross the Great Wall at any time, and copy Li Chongshan from the north."

Although it was not explicitly stated, many of the leading generals vaguely knew what was going on in Guanzhong.

"In the end, there is the Wuwei Army, 100,000 infantry troops, 50,000 cavalry, one of which is already on the Liaonan Peninsula, and the rest are training in Dengzhou waiting to board the ship."

It turned out that his combined strength was already so huge, and it had surpassed the strength of the Menghu people in the capital of Hebei, and everyone looked at Lin Jianyue, who was sitting on the top.

Lin Jianyue stood up, and after opening a huge map, he said slowly: "We seem to be strong, but we are very scattered, and we are not Li Chongshan's opponent all the way, if we are not careful, we may cause serious losses and the Northern Expedition fails." Most of Hebei covers such a vast area that all armies must cooperate closely, attack in a reasonable order, and take the same steps in order to succeed. However, the distance between the various armies is so far away that it is estimated that it will take at least 10 days and half a month to get accurate information, and it is difficult to unify command and dispatch, and the troops in different directions are actually fighting their own battles. Therefore, we must gather all of you, set a goal, set a direction, and set a sequence, so that everyone knows what other troops are going to do and what they are going to do. ”

"Li Chongshan is not a fool, just sit there and wait for us to fight, their main force is cavalry, it is the core and strongest heavy army group among all the troops in Menghu, and it can quickly concentrate, transfer, and detour. Before the Northern Expedition, the first thing to do is to arrange the defense of the Yellow River, and the main force cannot all cross the river, leaving at least 50,000 heavy infantry and cavalry each, and cooperate with the local garrison to prevent sneak attacks and cut off our grain routes. ”

The generals nodded silently, and their hearts couldn't help but get nervous.

If you want to say who is the best at defending in the whole army, it must be Tie Qinglin, who has been defending Menghu for decades, and has been doing this since Tie Qingfeng started his army.

But in this Northern Expedition, no one wants to fall behind, no one wants to make great contributions, naturally no one wants to stay and sit in the rear, so Lin Jianyue talked to Tie Qinglin before the meeting.

"Uncle Tie, you have been following me for many years, although you have participated in every big battle, but you have not had the opportunity to make dazzling achievements, you must be very unhappy, right?"

"How could a subordinate think that? To be able to follow His Highness to this day is worthy of both the Tie family and the brothers who came together. Your Highness's victory is my greatest wish, and I would like to be His Highness's most powerful barrier. ”

Tie Qinglin already understood what Lin Jianyue was going to say, and he answered without hesitation, and only he never raised objections, no matter whether Lin Jianyue's decision was right or wrong, he would obey unconditionally, unless Lin Jianyue was in personal danger.

"Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, this is a wise saying, it is not about killing how many enemies and capturing how many cities are famous generals. Uncle Tie, after I go north, I can only rest assured that my family will be handed over to you! ”

Everyone at the venue looked at Lin Jianyue worriedly, and they were afraid that they would arrange for themselves to stay and guard the back road.

"Tie Qinglin, the general of the auxiliary country, listens to the order, and now orders you to be the commander of the Northern Expedition, to take charge of all military and political affairs in the rear during the war, and to escort grain and grass, all the states and governments in the Central Plains need to listen to the order, and give you a sword with you alone, you can cut it first and then play!"

"Tie Qinglin respectfully obeys His Royal Highness's military orders!"

"The Longjie army is a force that follows the lonely family, the strength of the combat power is known to the world, although the rear is important, but the Northern Expedition must not participate, the 30,000 heavy infantry corps that transferred the Longjie army to cross the river was merged into the forward battalion, and the lonely relatives conquered the capital! Tie Shuai moved the Marshal's Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion, and led the Longjie Army to focus on controlling Kaifeng, Zhengzhou and Huaizhou and Weizhou on the other side of the river. ”

Although Huaizhou and Weizhou belong to Hebei, Menghu has given up for a long time, and the Central Plains has been operating for a long time, the people's hearts are attached, and it is close to Kaifeng across the river, which is convenient for accepting the materials continuously transported by Jiangnan through the canal, and the risk of Huqi's sneak attack is much smaller, and the control of a few nodes can ensure the grain road, which is also the reason why Lin Jianyue chose this place as the base camp.

"Jingdong Road appeased Chen Qu to obey the order, ordered you to be the deputy marshal of the back road, and the navy was also unified by you, integrated the garrison troops from all over Jingdong Road, guarded the first-line defense along the river from Licheng to Kaifeng, and moved the administrative office from Xuzhou to Licheng."

Chen Qu can be civil and martial, especially good at gathering troops to train troops, and has rich experience, he has been doing this since Kaifeng, and Lin Jianyue can also be regarded as a good person.

Jingdong Road Lin Jianyue did not leave the main army, otherwise the Northern Expedition military strength would not be enough, the direction of Jingdong Road is not so important strategically, even if there are small troops crossing the river to harass, Chen Qu definitely has a way to let them come and go, not to mention that there is still a Ding Navy left behind in the Shandong Peninsula, which can enter the Yellow River at any time to support the first line.

After talking for most of the day, it was all about defending the back road, and the generals from all walks of life were itching.

The reason why Lin Jianyue said these things first is because the Northern Expedition must not be achieved overnight, and it needs to be done step by step, putting an end to the battle of standing on the waves, which takes a long time, and even has a plan to come again if it is not possible once, so it is naturally the top priority to arrange the back road first.

This is the battle to destroy the country, unlike the previous wars, there was no way to take risks when he was in a weak position before, but now it is the other way around, Lin Jianyue must choose the most secure way to play, and use the national power to consume Li Chongshan, which is also the most correct way to play.

Now what Lin Jianyue is most afraid of is that Li Chongshan will not fight with him, but run, especially when the Hetao moves, it will be easier to run, so how to keep Li Chongshan has to find a way, he must give him hope, the hope of adventure, and what he said next Lin Jianyue estimated that it would take a lot of words to convince everyone.