After Li Qin agreed to Li Hongji's two requests in his petition.
They turned their attention back to the Huai River region.
After all, whether it was the Tatars on the grasslands or the chaotic situation in Henan, those were matters for his future.
His primary objective now is to stockpile grain and supplies, build warships, and mobilize troops.
After that, they marched south and captured Lianghuai.
If Li Hongji really integrates the rebel army in Henan, then when he attacks Lianghuai, he can ask Li Hongji to send troops to assist him.
Li Qin then looked at his troop distribution on the map.
There's also the draft plan for troop deployment formulated by the military intelligence department for this campaign against the Huai River region.
Looking at the draft, it was clear where he would be mobilizing troops and how many troops to attack the Huai River region.
First of all, he couldn't take all his troops in the capital with him; he had to leave a portion behind to guard against the Tatars in the north.
I can mobilize about 60,000 people from the capital to go south.
Qin Chenyao of Shandong and his 70,000-strong Shandong army, along with his own 20,000 troops in Shandong, must be mobilized.
Ten thousand people could be squeezed out from various places in Zhili.
As for Li Xuanshang in Shanxi, 20,000 troops can also be mobilized.
Jiang Xiangyang of Datong, under his orders and coercion, was also willing to lead 30,000 men to fight alongside him.
As for the two towns of Ningxia and Yulin in the Northwest that have submitted to me, I will not touch them regardless of whether they obey my orders or not.
After all, they were his two best pawns for suppressing and winning over Hong Chengchou from Shaanxi.
As for Gansu Town in the Northwest, I don't know why, it hasn't given me any information.
There was no response to the olive branch he had extended.
According to intelligence from the Northwest Embroidered Uniform Guard, there were quite a few former members of the Yang family in Gansu Town. Moreover, the governor of Gansu Town was different from the other two towns; he did not take advantage of the Yang family's downfall to suppress them.
They seem to be showing signs of unusual activity.
When Li Qin received intelligence from the Embroidered Uniform Guard that there was unusual activity in Gansu, he did not inform Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi.
After all, although Hong Chengchou outwardly submitted a memorial to submit to him, everyone knew that he actually controlled the army in the Northwest.
He commands an army of over 100,000, making him the independent warlord with the largest army under his command.
If something really happens in Gansu town in the Northwest, it won't affect me.
This would also weaken Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi and relieve some of the pressure on Li Xuanshang in Shanxi.
Of course, this time when he was going to use troops against Lianghuai, he also ordered Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi to send troops to join him in attacking Lianghuai, but Hong Chengchou never responded to him.
Even without Hong Chengchou from Shaanxi, the number of troops he would need to mobilize for this campaign against the Huai River region would still be over 200,000.
This doesn't even include the troops that came to the aid of peasant armies like Li Hongji's in Henan.
Although Li Qin did not have much hope for the fighting strength of the peasant army under Li Hongji and others.
But surely it shouldn't be a problem for them to hold Wu Jun back.
Let them hold off Yang Zhiyong's troops in Runing, and wait for me to lead more than 200,000 troops to defeat the Jinling court's military forces in Lianghuai, and then attack Yang Zhiyong's troops from the rear.
According to intelligence from the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
The current military forces in Jiangnan are divided into three parts.
In Jiangbei, Hu Zongxian formed the Lianghuai Army by drawing strong men from among the disaster victims, along with tens of thousands of troops under Yang Zhiyong in Runing.
South of the Yangtze River lies the so-called 100,000-strong Beijing Garrison, which the Nanjing court has just recruited and is currently training.
On the Yangtze River, there was Zheng Chenggong's naval forces from Fujian.
Apart from Yang Zhiyong's tens of thousands of troops and Zheng Chenggong's navy, the rest of the troops consisted of new recruits.
As for Zheng Chenggong's navy, it was only difficult to deal with them on the water.
If their sailors dared to go ashore and fight their veterans...
If that kind of thing really happened, he would be laughing in his dreams.
Then we can wipe them out on land.
Without the threat of their navy, we can cross the Yangtze River and march to the south of the Yangtze.
However, he could only think about it.
According to the news sent back by the Imperial Guards in Jiangnan, Emperor Zhu Jianshen is quite different from his father.
Although his reign was short, he remained stable and did not make any disastrous decisions.
It should still be a relatively clear situation.
Surely such a foolish move as sending the navy to fight on land wouldn't happen, right?
What I need to do now is continue preparing, and once I'm ready, I'll march south with the main force.
Taking control of Lianghuai will compress the living space of the Nanjing court.
They completely compressed their base of rule to the area south of the Yangtze River.
Luoyang, Henan.
Li Hongji smiled broadly after receiving Li Qin's imperial edict.
"This Li Qin is really a good friend. He actually agreed to our request for weapons and reinforcements."
He then presented the edict to his many brothers and said:
"Brothers, Li Qin said that he will not only allocate a batch of weapons to us, but also send 30,000 troops south to assist us in the battle and support us."
Qi Anyao, who was below, smiled upon hearing the news.
In Li Qin's edict, besides mentioning the allocation of reinforcements and weapons, there was also the matter of Li Qin allocating them.
There were also orders for Li Hongji to quickly quell and unite the rebel armies in various parts of Henan, and to find a way to restore order to Henan as soon as possible.
Qi Anyao knew that Li Qin's intention in this edict was actually to get him to end the chaos in Henan as soon as possible.
Because a chaotic Henan is something Li Qin doesn't want.
He wanted to use Li Hongji, who came from a peasant army background, to do this.
Instead of personally getting involved.
Because Henan is full of disaster victims and refugees, if he takes over Henan, he will be responsible for all of them.
They all needed him to allocate troops and consume provisions to maintain stability.
However, with the pacification of Shanxi and the submission of Shaanxi.
He only had one option left: to head south. Compared to the chaotic Henan and the Nanjing court that was constantly accumulating power in the Huai River region, Henan was clearly inferior.
Therefore, his primary goal now must be to attack Lianghuai and strike at another dynasty.
This means he doesn't want to expend troops and supplies in Henan.
At this time, Li Hongji's appearance and submission of a memorial to the emperor, along with his promise to help him subdue other forces in Henan and pacify the region, was undoubtedly good news for him.
They didn't take up his troops or ask for his supplies; they only wanted some defective weapons and a second-rank empty title.
This gave him an opportunity to take control of Henan. After all, if Li Hongji succeeded, Henan might really end its chaotic situation, and he would also gain another army under his command.
It wouldn't matter if he failed; he would just lose some defective weapons that were still gathering dust in his armory.
It can be described as a business where success brings substantial gains, while failure is of little consequence.
How could he not be tempted?
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