Liu Heng's guard Zeng Yuanxun walked in from outside carrying a teapot.
Pour a cup of hot tea for Liu Heng and Li Shuheng respectively.
"Brother Shuheng, don't leave when you come back this time, stay!" Liu Heng said.
Li Shuheng said: "I can do it. To be honest, I have never been to the south and traveled to many places in the past few years. If anyone told me when I was a child that I would one day visit so many places, I would definitely think he was a liar."
"Haha." Liu Heng laughed and said immediately, "We are all forced to live a good life. Who is willing to live far away from his homeland and make a living elsewhere?"
Li Shuheng rubbed his fingers on the outer wall of the teacup on the table twice, and said in his mouth: "Liaodong is still in the hands of the slave thieves, and I don't know when I can go home and take a look."
"go home!"
Liu Heng was stunned for a moment when he heard these two words.
He has two homes, one is in Liaodong like Li Shuheng, and the other is in later generations.
Li Shuheng put aside his sentimental emotions and asked instead: "The First Military Division has captured Denglai and opened up the sea channel with Lushun. When will the Lord plan to use troops against Liaodong?"
"I do not plan to use large-scale troops in Liaodong for the time being." Liu Heng said.
Li Shuheng's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and he said: "We in Lushun all held our breath, waiting for the opportunity to fight back against the slave thieves in Liaodong."
"I know." Liu Heng said, "Many of our soldiers in Liaodong have inextricable grudges against the slave thieves, but now is not the time to use large-scale troops against Liaodong. In this regard, Brother Shuheng, you should To be able to see.”
Hearing this, Li Shuheng nodded and said: "The current situation seems to be good and very beneficial to the Tiger Flag, but the Tiger Flag also has to face a multi-faceted battle situation. It not only has to take into account the slaves in Liaodong, but also the Northern Territory. Directly to the Ming Dynasty Imperial City there.”
"We are short of major generals!" Liu Heng sighed with emotion.
Li Shuheng, who was sitting aside, said: "Didn't the Military Secretary have a proposal to expand the army a long time ago? I originally thought that the Military Secretary would order an expansion of the army a long time ago. I didn't expect that after so long, there has been no expansion of the army."
As he said that, he looked at Liu Heng.
Only this person has the final say on whether the Tiger Character Banner can expand its army.
Liu Heng smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "To be honest, I have wanted to expand the army for a long time, but expanding the army requires a lot of logistics to keep up. Otherwise, the combat effectiveness after the expansion cannot be guaranteed. The tiger-character flag will go away." It is an elite soldier route. Once the combat effectiveness is reduced, it is likely to directly lead to the destruction of the current excellent situation of the Tiger Flag."
Li Shuheng agreed with these words.
The Tiger Banner Army is equipped with a large number of firearms. The use of these weapons requires more logistical support than cold weapons.
"We still need to expand the army. The current situation requires the expansion of the army with the tiger character flag." Li Shuheng said solemnly.
It seems that the Tiger Character Banner surrounded Beizhili, but it can also be said that the Ming Dynasty surrounded the Tiger Character Banner.
Liu Heng nodded and said: "Brother Shu Heng, when you come back this time, let's study the army expansion together and how to ensure that the number of the army is expanded without any problems in logistics."
"Lord, do you have any ideas?" Li Shuheng asked.
"Go get the map." Liu Heng ordered Zeng Yuanxun on the side, and then said to Li Shuheng, "I am going to reorganize and allocate several combat divisions and expand them to varying degrees according to the places where troops are stationed. .”
After hearing this, Li Shuheng listened seriously.
The matter of military expansion is related to the stability of the Tiger Flag.
The Tiger Character Banner is not a rogue bandit. It is impossible to plunder wherever it goes, then coerce people to follow it, and then go to the next destination to repeat the same plunder.
If Tiger Banner wants to expand its army, logistics is the most direct. Secondly, it needs to consider people's livelihood and whether the people can withstand the number of troops. Then, whether the backbone of the army can ensure that the combat effectiveness of the newly expanded army will not be weakened.
Zeng Yuanxun spread a map on the table in front of the two people.
"This place, this place, and this place, I am going to form three war zones to deal with the next battle." Liu Heng pointed to the three places marked on the map.
Li Shuheng looked at the map on the table seriously.
Since it is called a war zone, it means that these three locations are likely to be the places where the battle will directly take place next.
"Isn't it a bit wasteful to establish a separate war zone on the grassland?" The first thing Li Shuheng saw was the marked position on the grassland.
Although the Tiger Character Banner occupies a lot of places in Southern Mongolia, most of the grasslands do not belong to the area occupied by the Tiger Character Banner. At most, they are only related to the Tiger Character Banner and carry out some commercial activities.
"The situation on the grassland is complex, and there are many threatening forces, large and small." Liu Heng said, "The main purpose of establishing a war zone on the grassland is to guard against various grassland ministries, and also to prevent slave thieves from bypassing the grassland and attacking Beizhili again. "
Li Shuheng thought for a while and said: "The situation on the grassland is quite special. There are too many infantry of limited use. The key is cavalry. If you want to gain a foothold on the grassland, you must ensure a large number of cavalry warriors."
"I have considered this. In addition to Zhang Hong's combat division, the war zone on the grassland is forming a new mixed cavalry division." Liu Heng said.
Li Shuheng hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid just one cavalry division is not enough! The grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and even a single cavalry division can't take care of it if it spreads out."
"We can't all rely on the regular army for the situation on the grassland." Liu Heng shook his head slightly, and then said, "Each tribe is a natural horseman. These people can be formed like our peasants and soldiers, and they can be organized according to the tribe's rules." According to the division, we will allocate them some soldiers and armor to form animal husbandry to protect their homes, and we will send teachers to train them at ordinary times to ensure their combat effectiveness."
After hearing this, Li Shuheng looked back and forth at Liu Heng's face several times, and finally said: "My lord, this is a cavalryman who plans to gain countless dollars for nothing."
"No way, I'm short of money! If the silver dollar hadn't entered the area ruled by the Ming Dynasty, I would have to hesitate again and again to expand the army." Liu Heng explored his hands.
The large-scale issuance of silver coins greatly relieved the financial pressure of Tiger Character Banner.
There is no way, printing money is really profitable, even if it is silver dollars printed in silver, it is also very profitable.
"So the grassland is the first war zone?" Li Shuheng asked.
Liu Heng shook his head and said: "The grassland is the third war zone, and the second war zone is here."
As he spoke, he moved his finger downwards and landed on the boundary of Xuan Mansion on the map.
Li Shuheng looked over.
Liu Heng said: "Jia Liu's personal infantry division and Wang Yuncheng's third infantry division are combined into the first theater. At the same time, Zhang Sancha's baggage division also joins. In this way, the three infantry divisions, plus There are fifty or sixty thousand cavalry troops.”
(End of chapter)
