"Mr. Wen Ge, I have to thank you for approving this money!" Cao Huachun smiled and handed over to Wen Tiren.

"This is all a matter of personal responsibility, and the internal supervisor does not need to be polite."

"From now on, whenever the elder has errands to do, I, the Xiaoling Guard, will do my best." Thinking of the one hundred thousand taels of silver approved by Zhou Yanru, Cao Huachun's old face was as happy as a blooming chrysanthemum.

"That Wu Sangui the internal prison officer was talking about a few days ago...! Where is he now?"

"Wu Sangui is temporarily taking refuge in Peach Blossom Island. I have told him your instructions. He is also willing to do the hard work for Mr. Ge! As long as Mr. Ge gives orders, he will lead his people to Jinling to help my army.

Preparing new gunpowder.”

"Well! That's very good. Although I have the intention to kill the thief, Zhou Fu is too presumptuous in his actions! If the internal supervision can tell the general situation, I will do my job well and the Japanese official will definitely thank me generously."

"Thank you, Mr. Ge, for your support!"

Cao Huachun saluted Wen Tiren, and the two were now on the same boat. The only person who blocked them from controlling the highest power was a man named Zhou Yanru. For Cao Huachun, Zhou Yanru was a difficult person to deal with, because Zhou Yanru only saw one eunuch.

Status - slave.

Even successful eunuchs like Cao Huachun were often reprimanded or even scolded.

The best way to deal with someone who doesn't listen is to kill him.

"Then let Kui Yi go to Peach Blossom Island and let them test each other's qualities."

"No! I'll do it now, old slave!" Cao Huachun bowed to Wen Tiren and left.

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"Shi Kefa has pacified Guanzhong, but it will take half a month at the fastest for his army to withdraw to the Henan defense line. I want to take advantage of Shi Kefa's tiredness to conduct a battle. Try to attract all the effective forces of the Nanjing Forbidden Army.

Xu Bang area." Li Xiao held a long wooden stick in his hand and pointed at the huge sand table.

Everyone's eyes are fixed on the sand table. Xuzhou was called Pengcheng in ancient times. During the reign of Emperor Yao, Peng Zu founded the Peng Kingdom, which was the earliest city in Jiangsu. Xuzhou was historically one of the nine states in China. It has been the key to the North and the gateway to the South since ancient times.

A battleground for military strategists and a gathering center for merchants, it has always been the political, economic and cultural center of the Huaihai region.

Back then, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang had a great battle in Pengcheng, which could be described as shocking. According to reliable evidence, the battles involving more than 100,000 people around Xuzhou were fought hundreds of times. Not to mention, there were even hundreds of thousands or more of them.

A large-scale battle involving millions of people!

Since ancient times, it has been said that Xuzhou will lead to the Central Plains. If Li Xiao takes the initiative to attack Xuzhou, he will definitely attract Shi Kefa's troops from Guanzhong to the Central Plains!

"If Xuzhou is lost, the Nanjing Forbidden Army will have no danger of defending in the north of the Yangtze River. The long river, let alone the Nanjing Forbidden Army, currently only has twelve divisions. Even if there are twenty divisions, it is useless." Yuan Chonghuan looked at the sand table and pointed out at once.

The importance of Xuzhou City.

"Although Shi Kefa didn't fight any serious battles in Guanzhong, he was exhausted from chasing Dorgon. In the end, Dorgon took thousands of cavalry and fled to the Western Regions. At this time, Shi Kefa's soldiers were exhausted.

Attracting him from Guanzhong to Xuzhou will kill him if we do nothing else but hurry."

"Well! Our First Division will take the lead in this battle." Master Ao immediately beamed when he heard that there was a battle. After resting and reorganizing in Liaodong, the First Division has now replenished its troops. And they are still soldiers from Liaodong!

These people have already undergone the most basic military training in the village, and they only need a little training when they join the team. Now, these soldiers only have one bloody battle left. Only by practicing on the battlefield can they be considered qualified.

soldiers. The premise is that you have not been killed.

"Liaodong is our best-run place, and the local garrison has been able to assume the task of maintaining law and order. Now there is no problem in transferring Master Ao's first division out." Yuan Chonghuan helped the old brother speak.

"I am preparing that this time all four of our divisions will be deployed. The defense of various places will be handed over to the garrison. Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Yang Sichang Yang. In terms of official position, he is older than us. But this time, Mr. Yang

I am willing to condescend to take charge of the defense of Jinan. As for the defense of the capital, Sun Lao will be under the command.

In addition, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's troops will also be transferred from Shandong to participate in the Xuzhou Battle. In the entire Shandong, only Man Ye's Cavalry Division is left to defend." After Li Xiao finished speaking, he looked at the generals present.

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Everyone's eyes began to heat up, and four divisions came out together. They also brought with them Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde. This was a big fight, and it might be a decisive battle between the Liao army and Nan Ming.

Man Gui was the only one with a look of helplessness on his face. He liked war. He was not involved in such a large-scale Xuzhou battle...!

Military merit is the most important thing in the Liao army. Whether it is promotion or salary, it all relies on military merit. Now that there is such a large-scale battle to be fought, everyone is naturally excited and no one wants to miss this battle.

"Give me three months, I can take care of Shandong's defense, and then the First Cavalry Division can rush to the Xuzhou battlefield." Yang Sichang, who had just joined in, suddenly spoke.

"Shandong has just distributed land to farmers, and now we need the army to suppress it...!" Sun Chuanting looked at the newly arrived Yang Sichang with some surprise.

"In three months, I will be able to pull out a team. I guarantee that it can take on the defense of the entire Shandong!" Yang Sichang looked arrogant, as if he was still the Minister of War of the Chongzhen Dynasty, not a new face who had joined!

"Yang Bingbei! As the saying goes, there is no joke in the army, do you know what the consequences of your proposal will be?" Sun Chengzong asked with a stern face.

He grabbed Bai Sun Chuanting just after he arrived. A big dog has to look at its owner. Naturally, Sun Chengzong would not have a good face. When talking to Yang Sichang, he specifically mentioned the three words "Yang Bingbei". Remind Yang Sichang that he was just Shandong Bingbei. To put it bluntly,

, that is, they are just a miscellaneous force that maintains social order.

"Yang is willing to issue a military order!" Facing a fierce man like Sun Chengzong, Yang Sichang still showed no fear.

"Okay!" Sun Chengzong sneered and asked Yang Sichang to issue a military order.

"The First Cavalry Division will stay in Shandong for the time being until Yang Bingbei can maintain public security in Shandong. Three thousand horses were newly obtained from the Mongolian Qiyan tribe, and they were all assigned to your Shandong army. Shandong is a big place and there is no cavalry.

You can't handle it." Li Xiao took over Sun Chengzong's words.

Everyone was shocked; they did not expect that Yang Sichang would be reused in this way.

Sun Chengzong also looked at Li Xiao suspiciously. This was the first time that Li Xiao acted so arbitrarily.

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became silent, and everyone was smoking continuously.

"Ahem! Leaving Xuzhou from Shandong, if we succeed, we can go south and continue to attack Bengbu and Suqian. If we can really defeat the Nanjing Forbidden Army in Xuzhou, our Liao army can drink in the Yangtze River. If there is no cavalry to pursue, it is really possible that Shi Kefa will run away.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Mao Wenlong put out his cigarette butt and brought the topic back to the Battle of Xuzhou.

"This time, we strive to annihilate the main force of the Nanjing Forbidden Army in Xuzhou. This will lay the foundation for future cross-river operations." Li Xiao looked at everyone present.

Battle across the river! Another piece of thunderous news. This means that Li Xiao is preparing to use the existing Liao army to attack the imperial court in Jinling. Could it be said that this is to seize the world?

"If the main force of the Nanjing Forbidden Army is annihilated in Xuzhou, Nanming's existing troops and weapons will definitely not be able to stop our army from crossing the river to attack Jinling. At that time, the Nanming regime will have no other good option but to relocate.

As long as we keep chasing them, we can unify the country." Yang Sichang said again as if he didn't notice the embarrassment just now.

"Haha! Are the Nanjing Forbidden Army all stupid? Don't forget, they are also an all-firearms force. And in the Guanzhong Battle, they seized a lot of weapons and equipment from Houjin. They want to achieve total annihilation at a very small cost of casualties like before.

The victory of the enemy is simply impossible. It is said that killing one thousand enemies will result in eight hundred losses. You don't even understand this truth, but you are still the Minister of the Ministry of War!" As soon as Yang Sichang finished speaking, Sun Chuanting roared back.

"What if I say that I can definitely annihilate the Nanjing Forbidden Army under Xuzhou City?" Yang Sichang looked at Sun Chuanting provocatively.

"I……!"

"Okay!" Li Xiao stopped Sun Chuanting who was about to rush.

"I think Mr. Yang is right. Our navy also has an advantage in battle. As long as we drink from the Yangtze River, there will not be much difficulty in crossing the river." Li Xiao openly supported Yang Sichang, and Sun Chuanting looked at Li Xiao awkwardly.

If you want to talk back, look at your teacher Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong shook his head, and Sun Chuanting could only sit down angrily.

"Then it's settled. Mr. Ao, your team must enter Shandong as soon as possible. Yuan Chonghuan's second division and Zu Dashou's fourth division have also entered Shandong. Lu Xiangsheng has built the roads in Shandong well. You can quickly reach Zaozhuang.

.Find an opportunity to attack Xuzhou!"

"Promise!" Li Xiao ordered, and all the generals agreed in unison. A large-scale battle in Xuzhou was about to begin.

After the meeting ended, Sun Chuanting stared hard at Yang Sichang who was talking to Li Xiao and turned away.

Sun Chengzong also looked at the two people and walked out with his hands behind his back.

"Teacher! This master is treating people unfairly. I agreed that I would be a soldier in Jinan. Why is there another Yang Sichang now? He is nothing like a green onion. When he was the Minister of the Ministry of War, he never gave any benefit to the commander-in-chief.

I have never seen him do anything for the commander-in-chief. Why did the commander-in-chief trust him so much? He just gave him the Shandong troops!

He even boasted that it would take three months to run Shandong, a place as big as Shandong with a population of more than 20 million people, how could it be done in such a short time? If anything goes wrong in Shandong, Yang Sichang can afford it

Responsibility? What happened to the commander?" Sun Chuanting ran to Sun Chengzong's study and said angrily.

"Don't spin around like a donkey. It makes me dizzy!" Sun Chengzong shouted to stop Sun Chuanting from spinning around.

"Teacher...!" Although Sun Chuanting was unwilling, he still sat down impatiently.

"Cultivation! When you reach your position, you must be disciplined. Yang Sichang once served as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he has many disciples and former officials. With many people under his command, it is not difficult to build a team in Shandong in a short period of time. The commander-in-chief has the considerations of the commander-in-chief.

, what do you mean by this?" Sun Chengzong's voice was a little warm and angry.

Hearing the noise coming from the study, the servants consciously moved away from the study. Only the deaf uncle sweeping the floor in the yard was still cleaning the fallen leaves in the autumn with a broom.

The steward saw that the deaf uncle was a little close to the window of the study, so he quickly pulled the deaf uncle out of the yard.

"The gentlemen are discussing something, please don't get so close." Pulling him out of the yard, the steward spoke to the deaf uncle angrily.

"Ah?" The deaf uncle said "Ah" in confusion, and put one hand to his ear, trying hard to hear clearly what the steward said.

"Hey...! With your ears, you can't hear thunder. Forget it, even if I worry about it in vain, clean that place up!" The steward helplessly pointed to a place, and then guarded the door of the yard, not letting anyone in.

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The deaf uncle looked at the steward suspiciously, then took the broom and started sweeping again.

About half an hour later, Sun Chuanting came out of the courtyard angrily. He didn't need to lead the way, and walked straight to the gate of the mansion, got on the carriage and drove away.

The next day, news came out from the Yamen of the Ministry of Works that Sun Chuanting, who was in charge of the Yamen of the Ministry of Works, was ill at home. All affairs of the Ministry of Works were left to the disposal of two ministers. Sun Chuanting was a big shot in the capital, and his assistant Sun Chengzong was his teacher. This

When a big shot is sick, naturally some people want to curry favor with him.

As a result, there was an endless stream of people passing through the mansion to visit, but the strange thing was that no one saw Sun Shangshu. After the conversation, everyone was told that Sun Chuanting was suffering from an emergency. He did not want to blame his colleagues for his illness, and hoped to forgive him. After recovering from the illness,
To be continued...