The staff officer continued: "In order to ensure that the plan is foolproof, we suggest that the Intelligence Department maintain close contact with the brothers lurking in Li Zicheng's army, and our army must 'exactly' follow Li Zicheng's rear, not too closely and not overtake them. Although Liu Heizi and Staff Officer Liu can also deliver news, after all, in the bright place, many pairs of eyes are staring at him, which is always inconvenient. ”

Xia Nan asked: "Where is Li Zicheng currently located, and can his route be determined?" ”

The staff officer hung up a rudimentary map and introduced: "This is the map of Beizhili made under the guidance of Dean Lin, according to the news from the brothers over there, Li Zicheng's army should be in the Puyang area, in the territory of the Daimyo Mansion - but this is already the news of a month ago, and now I don't know where it has advanced, it must be determined in combination with the imperial court's palace newspaper - as for his march route, combined with intelligence, according to our deduction, it should be through Zhending Mansion, take Julu, Jizhou, and then enter Hejian Mansion, pass Nanpi, Cangzhou, and avoid Baoding Mansion, Tianjin Wei area, directly into Shuntianfu. After all, there are many garrisons west of Zhending Mansion and Baoding Mansion and Tianjin Guard, such as Shenwu Right Guard, Datong Zhongtun Guard and battalion soldiers, although the strength of the officers and soldiers is not strong, and the guard is even more erosive, but after all, there are three catties of nails in the rotten ship, under Liu Heizi's 'suggestion', Li Zicheng will choose to avoid consumption with officers and soldiers along the way, and go straight to Huanglong. ”

"So how should we choose our route in order to maintain a 'tacit understanding' with Li Zicheng without contact?" Xia Nan asked, staring at the map.

"It's very simple, we just need to follow the route we used to block Abatai last time and walk along the coastline, but we have to slow down when we are in Cangzhou and let them go first."

Xia Nan nodded, satisfied with the deployment of the staff office, and said, "You are very attentive and hard. Mr. Sima, this plan is good, the big aspects have been taken into account, and when the time comes, it is enough to adapt to the situation and make slight adjustments in the subtleties. ”

Sima De replied respectfully: "This is what subordinates should do. ”

Xia Nan turned his head and asked Huang Hansheng and others: "How is the situation of the reorganization of the army?" ”

Huang Hansheng was the first to reply: "The expansion of the First Regiment into the First Army is progressing very smoothly, according to your orders, there are a total of three infantry regiments, only the battalion artillery company is retained, the regimental artillery battalion has been abolished, and the marching and command of the troops have become more flexible. It's just that there are more recruits and need actual combat training. ”

Wei Lianheng then said: "The Second Army, with the Second Regiment as the core and Tainan Tunding as the main force, has already completed the training of two infantry regiments, and the soldiers of the remaining one infantry regiment are ready, but it will not be able to officially form an army until the end of this phase of officer training, the deployment of battalion and company-level officers is in place, and the arsenal provides sufficient firearms." ”

Su Thick Leg said: "My situation is similar to that of General Wei, and I will wait until the officers are in place to complete the expansion of all infantry regiments. ”

Xia Nan nodded, this situation was also expected. Huang Hansheng has been in Lingao and occupies a favorable geographical position, whether it is to train Tunding or train officers on the spot, he has an advantage in time, and it is natural to take the lead in completing the expansion. Wei Lianheng and Su Thick Legs are in Tainan and Shandong, whether it is the weapons or the configuration of officers, they are one step behind, and it will take some time.

He said: "We have the advantage of shipping, and we still have time to do it, as long as Li Zicheng is not a god descending from heaven, it is impossible for him to hit Shuntianfu in a short time." However, you still have to hurry up, the affairs of the arsenal have been handed over to Sun Yuanhua to handle, the craftsmen from Liangguang and Shandong have been in place one after another, coal and iron and other materials are ready-made, and the supply of weapons is not difficult, you must do things in advance, and after the weapons are sent down and the officers are in place, the expansion will be completed immediately. As for the problem of recruits, that's not a problem, good soldiers are all fought by fighting, and after a few fights with Li Zicheng, they will naturally be trained. Besides, after such rigorous training, coupled with professional officers and weapons far superior to those opponents, will we still be compared to those improvised rabble? ”

Everyone laughed and said, "That's what the general said." ”

"By the way, what about the Separate Artillery Regiment?" Summer Minami asked.

Sima De replied: "The merger of the artillery regiments has been completed, and they are all ready-made artillery battalions, but the establishment and number have been changed. The chief officer is Zuo Wuwei, the former commander of the artillery battalion of the First Regiment, and the adjutant is Li Mo, the former commander of the artillery battalion of the Second Regiment, both of whom are experienced old men. ”

"Zuo Wuwei?" Xia Nan immediately remembered, "I have an impression of him, it was the Guangdong officers and soldiers who surrendered, right?" This person turned out to be the firearms battalion garrison under He Rubin, the general soldier of Guangdong, and he was also a professional. This Li Mo ......"

"It was the general manager of the firearms battalion back then, Zuo Wuwei's deputy."

Xia Nan smiled, "It turned out to be an old partner, going around and around, and becoming a partner in our Qionghai Bureau." This is very good, and the two also have a tacit understanding when they cooperate. ”

After everything was arranged, Xia Nan Zhengse said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Qiong Navy started from scratch, developed from the escort team of the salt field to today's level, all the way to the bloody and bloody blood, passed five levels and killed six generals to today, and it is already the strongest army in the world." Now we must go further, go out from Qiongzhou Mansion, and wrestle with all forces in the world to compete in the Central Plains. Whether we can win the world, use and defeat Li Zicheng, and control the capital in the shortest possible time is our first step towards success. Do you have faith? ”

Everyone straightened their waists, saluted, and replied loudly: "Confidence!" ”

"Good. I will give you half a month, and the expansion of all troops must be completed. Half a month later, let's go! ”

"Subordinates obey!"

After everyone dispersed, Xia Nan slowly paced out of the council hall, only to find a maid wandering in the corridor outside, fidgeting.

In the summer, the south is a little puzzled, the south garden covers a wide area, divided into the outer garden and the inner garden, the chamber is in the outer garden, the female dependents are in the inner garden, there is a wall in the middle and the garden separated, usually the female dependents and maids, mother-in-law never cross the thunder pond half a step, why is there a maid running to the outer garden today?

He walked over and was about to ask, but when he walked in, he found that this maid was Jade, the personal maid who served Maria—the two maids assigned to Maria back then, one was named Baozhu and the other was Jade, the former was married to William, and the latter had been serving Maria until today before she was married—and he chuckled in his heart, and Jade suddenly came here regardless of the rules, it could be Maria......

Sure enough, Cuiyu saw him and ran over happily to report: "Master, Aunt Ma is about to give birth!" ”

Xia Nan's head "buzzed", and he was a little unsteady on his feet, holding on to the pillar of the cloister, thinking: I'm going to be a father?