In the large map hall in Jiangling City, Zhou Huaian was also looking at the latest deployment deduced by the staff and soldiers on duty on the sand table representing Jiangdong and Huainan.

This time, the military use against Huaiyang was mainly based on the Ezhou, Jiangzhou and Runzhou defense garrison areas along the river, and the garrison forces and reserve systems of the four routes in the east of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (Jiangxi, Xuanshe, eastern Zhejiang, and western Zhejiang) were used; this way, the adverse effects of the adjustment and recovery process of the subsequent restoration and large-scale infrastructure construction projects were avoided after the Civil War of the Pass.

As for the core of the two ridges, the northern sea patrol fleet was the main support force. Even the old land of the Annan Protectorate was still a granary and resource production place in the rear. In addition to pursuing the processing and mineral production quota, it was basically unmoved. The situation in the Xiajiang Road located at the key to the Western Shu was quite special, and the same is true.

The main military preparations from the Grand Commander's Office are based on overall coordination and allocation and the establishment of a grain station (army station); the strike army, cavalry, naval army/ship division, combat engineering regiment and other sequences were added to serve as the strengthening of the newly formed Huainan attack army in the corresponding special/technical arms.

Therefore, after the final indicators were allocated to the local area, the Sixth Army and the Eighth Army guarding Jiangxi had a total of fifteen battalions (war front/garrison); the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Army guarding Jiangdong Third Route had completed the basic thirty-seven battalions (war front/garrison), and a regiment was drawn from each of them; it would not affect the overall structure and daily military service.

Then, according to the principle of proximity, take cars, boats and other vehicles, and gather in the prefectures and cities along the river, such as E, Jiang, Chi, Zao, Xuan, Run, Chang, and the coastal Su, Hang, Yue, Tai, Wen, etc., and then carry out corresponding supplements and preparations, the front-end command department along the river took over and re-arranged them as the main part of the attacking army.

In addition to the affiliated troops/technical weapons brought by the Former Command, it is finally expected that the Huainan Exploration Army will reach fifteen battalions after the full rank, about 16,000 combat soldiers/garrison troops. Among them, it is divided into two clusters, with the west cluster as the main cluster, with Caishiji in Dangtu in Xuanzhou (near Ma'anshan) as the assembly point; Hezhou, which is relatively weak on the other side, is selected as the breakthrough point for crossing the river attack.

The eastern cluster is a partial division, mainly mobilizing forces in eastern Zhejiang and gathering in the coastal Yuezhou, so it is also called a coastal cluster. Then, using the river network system in Jiangdong to go north and pass through the Fudu Bridge in Yanziji, Runzhou, to support the forward strongholds in Hailing County on the other side, thinking of feint attacks and restraining forces.

In addition, in Jiangdong (East Zhejiang), which is adjacent to Huaiyang, there is also the aftermath ambassador's office from the Jiangdong Third Road. The station organized and provided about 20,000 civil servants and mistresses responsible for the transportation of water and land, as well as the newly formed eighth camp auxiliary soldiers; as the logistics support for nearby support and maintenance after the collection of upstream water transportation materials.

Later, the Grand Governor's Office will also draw elite members of the "Three Detachments" from Liangling, Hunan, Jingnan, Shannan and other places, plus trainees from the Grand Training Institute, some scholars who have received transformation and screening will be reorganized into more corresponding "Three Detachments" to serve as grassroots executives in the occupied areas in the future, clean up and administrative areas.

Therefore, after such a series of deployments, the leader of this first-mover attack army was actually not so important. Because the initial purpose of the Taiping Army's voluntary intervention in the Huainan situation was to attack the river and weaken the Shouhao military group, headed by Yang Xingmin, and restrain and break the trend of integrating with Huainan.

Therefore, the investment to maintain this war is just a local war with spare strength for the Taiping Army as a whole. When the relative shortcomings of investment in all aspects are not so obvious, as long as the leader is not too stupid or is greedy for merit and makes major mistakes, he can move forward step by step.

Therefore, as the leader of the East Road Cluster, Zhou Huaian directly selected Qian Jumei, a native of Jiangdong; the reason is very simple. He has been in the Eight Capitals of Hangzhou for many years, familiar with the combat modes in the corresponding Jiangnan water town river network environment, and has many places to use in similar Huainan territory; not to mention that there is a potential bonus of the son of luck in the dark, which is against another enemy of Yang Xingmin on the time and space line. Even if he is at a disadvantage, he may not be able to do anything.

However, the candidates for the main generals of the West Road Cluster were somewhat controversial. Or there were a few candidates who took the initiative to ask for the battle. In addition to Chai Ping, who had previously hosted the Chang'an attack, the senior generals of the army, including Zhu Cun, Cao Shixiong, and Zhang Juyan, even the elderly Wang Chongyin, Wang Chongba, who was born in the navy, Liu Liumao, and Su Wuming and Wu Xingchen, who were deputy officers of the first army, all showed an attitude of wanting to win one or two.

But after weighing the pros and cons, Zhou Huaian still ordered Zhu Cun, the general of the "big brother" in the army. It was not only because he was the oldest and had a good reputation, but also because he was a balance plan between the potential hills of the old rebel army; it was also because he was one of the few Henan people among the top leaders of the Taiping Army, and his hometown was not far from the Shenguang land of Liu Hanhong's old nest. When needed in the future, he might be used unexpectedly.

In any case, under the current military system of the Taiping Army, as long as the general direction of the commander is responsible for, there are naturally no mistakes in the overall direction of the leadership, and there are naturally assistants with sufficient education and affairs experience to fill in the gaps and reduce various unexpected factors and deviations. There is no need for the general to deliberately use the so-called "intelligent plan and strange strategy" military means. This is one of the biggest differences between the modern and modern military system supported by the industrial foundation and the war model in the Middle Ages.

Therefore, Qian Jumei, the partial division of the East Road, is responsible for supporting the defense battle in Jiangbei and Hailing, and trying to attract attention from the enemy as much as possible; and Zhu Cun, who led the main force of the West Road, should rely on the poor strength of the equipment and soldiers, and steadily push a straight forward.

At least according to the information collected in advance during the Taiping Army's active assassination and smuggling exchanges, although the armed forces in Huainan were strong and weak, they were still one or two different types of troops, compared with the Hedong Army and Daibeixing Camp that fought near Chang'an City.

Among them, Lu Yongzhi had the smallest territory, only Guangling, Yangzhou Prefecture City and some towns nearby; but he inherited the most important part of the Huainan camp, not only with 50,000 or 60,000 yuan and abundant money and food, but also with hundreds of thousands of people in the city for support; however, because his process of taking office and taking power was not correct, the internal conflicts were revived; now, once it exploded, it is basically impossible to recover.

Relatively speaking, what is worthy of attention is Bi Shiduo and others who rose up and rebelled under him. This former rebel general who surrendered after Huang Chao's defeat, and his early experience was quite colorful. He was tolerant and fierce in his nature and was also a veteran in the army and military use who had been in the army for a long time, so he could block the Caizhou army in the north for so long under the weak.

However, the corresponding disadvantages are also obvious. He does not have enough foundation and territory in Huainan outside Yangzhou City. Once he is defeated by Yang Xingmin or driven out of Guangling City, whether he can still maintain his subordinates and not die out is really a worrying prospect. Therefore, he can resist Guangling City for one more day, which is a little more potential benefit to the Taiping Army.

Secondly, as an outsider, the Caizhou army was the commander of Sun Ru. His Caizhou soldiers followed Qin Zongquan and went back and forth between the official army and the bandits, and developed a fierce and killing style, which was also a powerful force and a strong man in Huainan. However, the core combat power he brought to Huainan was not large, and belonged to the smallest of all parties.

Therefore, after this defeat in Yangzhou multi-party duel, he could only hide in Shanyang City to protect himself and survive. But after all, he represented the Caizhou Army's side division, and it is not ruled out that he would get more support in the future and his momentum would rise again. In the intelligence operation and military strike sequence of the Taiping Army, it is a long-term existence that needs attention, but is not a problem at the moment.

Then there was Liu Hanhong, who was entrenched in various prefectures in Huaixi. In a sense, this five-submit slave who had repeatedly turned against each other during the years of Huang Chao sweeping the world was a good player and a fence-bearer who survived in the cracks of the troubled times. Although he was still standing in the camp of the same rebel army, it was not surprising that he could not think about it or was tempted by his heart's interests. It was a complete surprise that he would jump again and turn against each other again.

Therefore, although his role of likes to repeat at critical moments and repeatedly in this troubled time, it is impossible to accept and give true trust. Therefore, although he has been wandering between Jianghan and Han, and between the two Huai Rivers for many years, he has been unable to take root and stabilize except for the Shenguang land in his hometown.

Because he was too susceptible to interference and attacks by external factors, and even collapsed due to internal conflicts and disputes caused by setbacks. Therefore, his territory and military strength were once the highest among all parties in Huainan, but he also had the largest moisture and impurities. After suffering a major blow, he quickly retreated back to his original form.

Despite this, the core troops and territory that Liu Hanhong had were unexpectedly stable; even if the army he led was defeated several times and returned, he could recover from this and repeatedly defeated. The reason was very simple, because he could rely on plundering the population and wealth of foreigners and treat the elders of his hometown with light taxes and low taxes; he also spared no expenses to support the core troops of his own village party and relatives, and used grace and kinship to win over them.

This is the so-called worldly model of the great masters of the village party and thieves. Therefore, although we are currently at peace with the Taiping Army and have endless private contact, we have no room for compromise in basic concepts of life. Sooner or later, we will inevitably have a battle in the future. However, while we are being guarded at the moment, we can also be at peace for the moment.

On the one hand, the Taiping Army is that it is not a common goal to recruit internal forces under the Huaixi camp. There are many kinds of escorts with the Taiping Army. Although it is not as one-way as a sieve, driven by enough interests, it is also rewarded by anyone every day.
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