Li Yanqing also installed a mini-paper of the Qianli River and Mountain pottery map in his study, which was only one or five feet long and wide, and was placed in a separate room. He has been working hard to fight the Northern Expedition during this period.

For Li Yanqing, the important thing about the Northern Expedition is not how much territory it occupies, but how many Jin soldiers were annihilated. The key is the army.

Not planning the overall situation is not enough to plan a territory. Since taking the position of Regent, Li Yanqing no longer considers regaining the Central Plains and Hebei.

He considered how to destroy the Jin Kingdom. The destruction of the Jin Kingdom could refer to the Western Xia Kingdom. The destruction of the Western Xia Kingdom was eventually collapsed because the national strength could not support it.

In fact, the same is true for the Jin Dynasty. The core population of the Jurchens is only one million, but it enslaved the Khitan, Xi, Bohai, Goryeo and other ethnic groups to work hard for him. This is just like Dangxiang enslaved other ethnic groups. Once the national strength is overdrawn, it will cause internal disputes and opposition.

It is precisely because of a clear goal that Li Yanqing began to advance gradually, and his first step was Daming Mansion.

Li Yanqing took a box from the table, which contained various information about the Daming Mansion plan. Li Yanqing found one of the hand-drawn maps, which were detailed information about the investigation of the Jin army.

Of course, the Jin soldiers did not have any naval forces, but they had a large number of ships on the Yellow River. The information Li Yanqing held was a map of the distribution of warships in the Yellow River.

This was purchased by Wang Yan, the intelligence chief of Daming Mansion, for three hundred taels of silver from a Han official. It marked that the Jin soldiers built seven piers on the Yellow River, including all sizes, including 653 ships, as small as fishing boats of a hundred stones, as large as 3,000 stone ferries, and the number of ships distributed on the seven piers was clearly marked.

Li Yanqing took the hand-drawn map and looked at the ceramic map for a while. He used a small blue flag to find seven Yellow River wharfs, all of which were located on the north bank of the Yellow River. This also shows from one side that the Jin soldiers did not believe in Liu Yu.

At this time, a report from a female guard came from outside the door, "Report to Your Highness, they are here!"

"I understand, go find a few companions to help!"

Soon after, four female guards came in. Li Yanqing pointed to the ceramic map and said to them: "Here I move these two maps to the outer study room, be careful!"

The ceramic map is made of two parts, two guards carry a table and walk carefully to the study outside.

There was a conference room outside the study room. At this time, six generals had already sat in the room, including Wang Gui, Cao Meng, Niu Gao, Yang Zaixing, Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer. Several female guards carried the table of the ceramic map in. The four of them hurriedly stepped forward to help. At this time, Li Yanqing also walked in.

He nodded to the four female guards, and the female guard turned around and retreated. Two more maids came in to serve tea. Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Call you guys before dawn, let's have some tea first!"

Everyone picked up the teacup and started drinking it. Wang Gui walked to the map and looked for a moment and said, "Du Shuai, have the Jin soldiers crossed the river?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I just received emergency information. Yesterday, the Jin soldiers from Daming Mansion began to move south."

"I started going south yesterday, when did I cross the Yellow River?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "It won't be that fast. They are cavalry and must transport forage. I guess they will start crossing the Yellow River in three days."

The few people didn't care about drinking tea anymore and hurriedly walked up to surround the map. They all realized that the war was finally about to begin.

Li Yanqing walked to the map, picked up a wooden stick and knocked on Daming City. "Now there are only 20,000 Hebei troops in Daming City. This is our opportunity. Yan Qing's army should have begun to take action. Yan Qing's 10,000 troops should have no problem capturing Daming City, but defending Daming City is insufficient, so reinforcements are needed."

Li Yanqing's eyes turned to Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing, "General Niu and General Yang, defending the city is your strength. You two can lead 20,000 troops to head north on a boat to support Daming City!"

Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing immediately clasped their fists and said, "Abide by the orders with humble duties!"

Wang Gui was a little anxious, "What about us?"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "I knew you were impatient!"

Everyone laughed, and Wang Gui scratched his head and said, "I know I am impatient and it makes me feel enticed. Can I talk about my task first?"

"Okay! Let's talk about your mission first, it's your turn anyway."

Li Yanqing smiled and pointed at Yunzhou with a wooden pole. "Thirty thousand Jin soldiers headed south from the Yellow River, and they must have attacked Yunzhou. After the Daming Prefecture is lost, the navy will cut off their retreat. At this time, the Jin soldiers can only go south and go to Xuzhou to join the other 20,000 Jin soldiers. Our mission is to wipe out the 30,000 Jin soldiers."

"What army are we?"

Li Yanqing said slowly: "A hundred thousand army!"

"Wang Dutong, this is a tough battle! But we have advanced firearms, sharp heavy armored infantry, and powerful divine arm crossbows. In addition, we have 30,000 cavalry, and I believe we can defeat the Jin soldiers."

"Wait a minute!"

Wang Gui suddenly understood a little, "Does Du Shuai also want to participate in this battle?"

Li Yanqing nodded slowly, "How can I not participate in such a wonderful show?"

Wang Gui said for a long time: "But Du Shuai wants to command the overall battle!"

"The overall battle is not necessarily necessary to be in Lin'an. I think Jinan Prefecture is more suitable."

Wang Gui smiled bitterly. He thought he was the main general, but finally found out that he was still the deputy general.

Li Yanqing smiled slightly and continued to say to Wang Gui: "We will divide into two routes to the north. Cao Meng and I will lead 30,000 cavalry north. You will lead 70,000 troops to take the water route and go north with Niu Gao and the others. How to log in and meet in detail? I will give you a detailed plan later."

Wang Gui nodded silently. At this time, Li Yanqing said to Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer again: "Your mission is very simple. Lead the navy to block the Yellow River and prevent the Jin soldiers from Yanshan Prefecture from stepping into the Central Plains again."

"Abide by the order!" Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaoer bowed and bowed.

Li Yanqing said to everyone: "This time is just our first step in combat plan. My requirements for this plan are only three words, "Quick, ruthless, accurate, that is, fast, ruthless, and punctual, do you understand?"

The six of them bowed and agreed, "I understand!"

Yan Qing received the news earlier than Li Yanqing. He received a pigeon letter from Daming Mansion at noon that day. He immediately said goodbye to Zhang Rong. Zhang Rong's 20,000 troops would be transferred to Liangshanpo, while Yan Qing and the Ruan brothers led 10,000 troops to march north along the Ji River, and carried various military strategic items filled with fifty ships.

Two days later, they arrived in Licheng County. There was an extremely important tributary to the north of Licheng County, called Beiqing River. This tributary connects the Ji River with the Yellow River. Only this tributary connects the Yellow River in the entire Ji River, which has a great strategic significance.

They turned into Beiqing River, walked for another day, and arrived in Yucheng County, which was less than twenty miles away from the Yellow River.

The county magistrate of Yucheng appointed by the Jin Kingdom had already escaped. Now he is the county magistrate appointed by Yan Qing before. After receiving news of the army's transit, the county magistrate hurriedly led a few people to Beiqing River.

The soldier led the county lieutenant to Yan Qing. The county lieutenant bowed and said, "I may have some news to tell General Yan!"

"Please tell me!"

"I got the news that a large number of Jin soldiers gathered in Liaocheng, Bozhou, and there may be signs of crossing the river."

This is the same as Yan Qing and others judged that the Jin soldiers crossed the river in Liaocheng, and after they crossed the river, they were Gaotang County. Gaotang County was about 150 miles away from Liaocheng, which was still relatively far away.

"Have the Jin soldiers started crossing the river?" Yan Qing asked again.

"I got the news yesterday, and I don't know if I have crossed the river today."

Yan Qing clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Thank you, Wang County Magistrate, for reporting the message in time, and ask Wang County Magistrate to protect himself. In the future, the Song Dynasty will recapture the two routes of Jingdong. Wang County Magistrate will definitely be reused."

Wang County Magistrate smiled bitterly. If the Jin soldiers crossed the river, he would have no choice but to escape.

"General Yan takes care of himself all the way!"

Wang County Magistrate said goodbye and left. The army continued northward and soon arrived at the Yellow River. This place was originally called Luwang Town. A Jin soldier once stepped on ice from here and completely destroyed the town. It is still a ruin.

In front of me was the surging Yellow River. It was late May and the Yellow River flowed relatively smoothly. At this time, fifty thousand-stone warships sailed into the Yellow River one after another, loading with supplies and the first batch of 3,000 troops heading towards the opposite shore.

There was not much time left for Yan Qing, and the Jin soldiers' ships transporting food and grass were very likely to enter the Beiqing River from here and then enter the Ji River, so they had to avoid the Jin soldiers' ships.
Chapter completed!