About a day after Zhang Fan posted the notice, news of the great victory came one after another from Haizhou and Xuzhou.

Under the offensive of tanks and artillery, the most important city wall in this era had no defensive power at all. With just one confrontation, their defense line completely collapsed. At this point, Jiangsu has been captured by Zhang Fan.

However, facing such a good news, Zhang Fan didn't have much happy expression on his face. For him, victory was inevitable, and he had never even thought about failure.

Even so, Zhang Fan still informed Zhou Zhonghong of the news of this great victory. After all, he still had to worry about the governance of so many places.

News of the fall of Jiangsu soon spread to the capital, and all the civil and military officials in the imperial court were shocked when they learned that the Taiping Army had conquered three cities in one day.

Although Shen Zishan's defeat had given them some guesses about the strength of the Taiping Army, in just a few days this group of people actually captured the entire Jiangsu, so fast that they were unable to react at all.

And the most important thing is that now that Jiangsu has fallen, Shandong is in danger. If Shandong is lost again, then it may be Hebei and the capital's turn!

What will happen at that time is naturally self-evident.

At this time, in the Yangxin Hall, Yongzheng sat at the desk without saying a word for a long time, and the people standing in front of him were all the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department.

"Your Majesty, in this current situation, I'm afraid we need to make early plans!"

At this time, a minister stood up first and said.

As these words came out, the loyal ministers also echoed.

Of course Yong Zheng knew that he had to make plans in advance, but the problem was that he didn't know what to do now.

At present, his understanding of the Taiping Army is basically zero, and the only information he has is just some scattered clues obtained through insinuations.

How should he make plans in advance in this situation?

Thinking of this, Yong Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly and then turned his attention to Yun Li who was standing aside.

After the other party arrived at Yangxin Hall, apart from the initial greeting, he didn't say a word after that.

"Yunli, what do you think?"

Thinking of this, Yongzheng immediately asked Yunli what he thought. As someone who has stayed in Songjiang Mansion for so long, he should know the most about the Taiping Army.

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Facing Yongzheng's inquiry, Yunli struggled for a moment before speaking quietly.

As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy atmosphere in the room suddenly turned into dead silence, and many ministers looked at Yunli in astonishment.

The chance of winning is less than 10%? Are you kidding? If that were the case, then they might as well just surrender.

But among the crowd, only Zhang Tingyu had a strange look in his eyes when he heard this sentence.

Regarding what he saw and heard in Yangzhou, he went back and thought hard for a long time, but he still couldn't understand how the car Zhang Fan was sitting in moved, the firearm, and the two strange-looking people who suddenly appeared!

"King Guo's words are too exaggerated. The winning rate is less than 10%. Could it be that they are really magic soldiers from heaven descending to earth?"

After a period of silence, a minister finally stood up and retorted.

"To us, they are indeed no different from gods..."

In response to the minister's rebuttal, Prince Guo's expression did not waver in the slightest. He knew that there was no point in arguing about these matters now. It was only a matter of time before the Taiping Army could defeat them.

But as soon as he said these words, everyone present smiled a little more, that is, they were still in front of Yongzheng, otherwise someone would definitely laugh out loud.

This Yunli is a member of the royal family after all, so how could he be so frightened after being arrested once?

After listening to Yunli's words, Yongzheng also frowned. He believed that the Taiping Army was very powerful, but it would be too outrageous to say that the odds of winning were less than 1%.

You must know that the troops in Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan have not yet been mobilized, and the capital is surrounded by elite Eight Banners guards. Even if the opponent can block ten elite soldiers, it will not be possible to take it down so easily.

It seems that that time he really frightened his imperial brother.

Thinking of this, Yongzheng immediately stopped paying attention to King Guo, and instead focused on how to defend against the enemy.

Now that all the land in Jiangsu has been lost, Shandong and Anhui are all in danger. Since the last 100,000-strong army in Shandong was destroyed, Yongzheng mobilized 50,000 troops from the capital and Sichuan and Shaanxi as supplements.

Now they have just arrived in Shandong. If they really fight, given the current situation, there is almost no return.

"Your Majesty, for today's plan, we still have to shrink the front line. The enemy suddenly attacked, but we were not prepared at all. The current military defense strength in Anhui and Shandong is simply not enough to resist the rebel attack.

In this case, it is better to take back the troops and horses first, and then recover after regrouping."

At this time, Longkodo suddenly walked out from among the many courtiers and suggested.

After hearing this, the officials present discussed it a lot, but in the end they had to admit that in the current situation, this approach was the safest.

Although the Qing Dynasty had a lot of manpower, it took time to mobilize the army. Military supplies, supplies and strategic arrangements were all top-notch matters. The slightest mistake would cause the morale of the entire army to collapse. Therefore, the more troops mobilized, the more preparations needed.

The more things happen.

At present, no matter how reluctant Yongzheng is, he has no choice but to agree to this approach.

Yunli, on the other hand, was silently watching everyone discuss the follow-up counterattack plan, but he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

Sometimes people can only understand what pain is when they experience it for themselves, and only when they truly experience despair can they know what fear is!

Before leaving, he would never forget those torrents made of steel, let alone the huge dark clouds that filled the sky!

Yongzheng's order was quickly implemented. Just two days after Zhang Fan captured Xuzhou and Haizhou, the entire Shandong and Anhui defense forces set off for Hebei.

After hearing the news, Zhang Fan couldn't help but let out a long sigh. After being stubborn for so long, he finally learned to be smart.

Since others had already given up the territory, he certainly had no reason not to take it back, so Zhang Fan led the 1st Infantry Division and 2nd Infantry Division to Shandong, while the 3rd Infantry Division went to Anhui with the Air Force.
Chapter completed!