Chen Xunping and Zhang Hong on the side nodded.
The distance from Xuanfu to the capital is not too far. As long as the army passes through Yanqing and Changping, the army can appear outside the capital smoothly, but the distance to Shanhaiguan is far.
We have to pass through the fortresses guarded by the Ming army and fight all the way. I don't know how long it will take.
Liu Heng tapped his fingers on the battle plan in front of him and said: "The third theater will send a cavalry mixed division to go around the grassland, go straight to Ji Town, and rush to Shanhaiguan first, while the first theater will only You need to fight along the road, the cavalry mixed division will fight for your time."
As he spoke, he looked at Jia Liu.
"If we only send one military division to fight all the way to Shanhaiguan, won't we have too few troops?" Jia Liu said worriedly, "Not to mention there are so many Ming army garrisoned fortresses along the way, even Shanhaiguan is not that easy to capture."
Liu Heng said: "Don't worry about this. Someone will naturally cooperate with you when you arrive at Shanhaiguan."
"Then I have no objection." Jia Liu seemed to have thought of something and shook his head to express that he had no objection.
Liu Heng looked sideways at Chen Xunping and said: "The hardest part of this battle is your second theater. Not only do you have to go north from Beizhili to the capital, but you also have to guard against the movements of slaves and bandits in the Liaodong Peninsula. There may even be It becomes a two-front battle."
"So far, the situation in the Liaodong Peninsula is still very stable. Although the slave bandits sent an army of tens of thousands to Gaizhou, they only tested the Wuzhaiyi Station. After the attack failed, there was no movement again." Chen Xunping said.
Liu Heng nodded and said, "The battle at Fifty Village Post was a good one. I heard that Mang Gurtai, one of the four great Belles who used to be slave thieves, was surrounded and annihilated."
Although he was not on the front line in person, what happened in various parts of the Tiger Flag could not be hidden from his eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew how to get a royal guard. Liu Heng also had an inner guard inside the Tiger Character Banner. In addition, Yang Yuan's Foreign Intelligence Bureau also had access to intelligence from various places.
"My lord, you also know the commander of the battle at Fuzhaiyi." Chen Xunping said.
Hearing this, Liu Heng smiled and said: "Haha, I know who you are talking about, but Zhao Wu did a good job in your second battle zone. First, he defended Jinzhou City and defeated Manggu. Ertai, this time we ambushed tens of thousands of slaves and thieves at Fifty Village Post."
"Zhao Wu has gained experience in the past two years." Chen Xunping said with the same smile.
However, both of them stopped talking about Zhao Wu.
Liu Heng raised his finger and pointed at the map opposite, and said with a serious expression: "This battle is related to the future of the Tiger Flag. I hope that the three war zones of you can cooperate sincerely and win all the places in the north of the Ming Dynasty except Shanhaiguan through this battle. , completely opening up the situation for our Tiger Flag."
"yes."
Chen Xunping and others stood up from their seats, straightened their bodies and answered.
Liu Heng closed the battle plan on the table with his hand and said, "I won't let you eat here anymore. When you get back, you should take the time to prepare and start the attack according to the time specified in the plan."
In the absence of communication tools such as radio, we can only rely on making an appointment in advance.
Chen Xunping and others left Liu Heng's general's mansion with a combat plan.
The war launched by the Tiger Character Banner against the Ming Dynasty will not start immediately, especially Chen Xunping not only has to make various preparations, but it will also take time to rush back to Shandong.
There will be no war to restore the Ming Dynasty within this month.
However, Tiger Flag's actions such as moving a large number of soldiers and allocating grain and livestock could not be hidden from anyone, especially the Yanqing defenders who were close to the Xuanfu and Wang Chengyin, Cao Bianjiao and others in North Zhili.
They sensed the imminent war through Tiger Flag's recent behavior, so they immediately sent the collected information and suspicions to the capital.
However, after this news was sent to the capital, it was quickly eliminated by various parties in the capital.
Striving for power and excluding dissidents was the main theme of the Ming Dynasty. As for the suspicions and speculations of border generals, no one took them seriously unless the war really started.
On this point, Ming Dynasty and Huang Taiji of Liaodong were sensitive.
In the capital's court, Zhou Yanru sat on the position of chief minister as he wished, and Wen Tiren, who had collaborated with him, also successfully entered the cabinet.
In just a few months, the members of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet changed directly.
Moreover, since Zhou Yanru became the first assistant, Chongzhen's life was pretty good. As long as the Tiger Character Banner did not launch another attack, he felt that everything was peaceful.
As for putting down the Tiger Flag, he didn't think about it for the time being.
The original plan to bribe the leaders of the Tiger Banner ended in failure due to the manipulation of officials from various places.
After all, what Daming can give is not much, more of it is some verbal promises.
If the Tiger-Character Banner was still limited to Datong, this promise might work, but the Tiger-Character Banner has already occupied the northwest of the Ming Dynasty and Henan and Shandong. Anyone here who is not Hutu in the Tiger-Character Banner is not optimistic about the future of the Ming Dynasty. .
This also has a lot to do with the Tiger Flag's own system.
Although Huzi Banner also attaches great importance to scholars, these scholars are scholars cultivated by Huzi Banner itself, not scholars cultivated by Confucianism.
Both are scholars, but they are very different.
The most important reason why Confucianism has been the first choice of emperors of all dynasties is because of its loyalty to the emperor after being transformed by some Confucian people.
This kind of thing seems useless at ordinary times, but it can play a big role in critical times.
However, as a rebel force, the Tiger Character Banner will naturally not promote these things, and the Tiger Character Banner pays more attention to practical learning. Wanting to become famous and become a high official with a few poems is completely impossible here in the Tiger Character Banner.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou Ge is outside asking for an audience."
In the Qianqing Palace, a young eunuch came in to report.
Chongzhen, who had just eaten two pieces of snacks, asked someone to clear away the remains of the snacks on the table, took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth, and then asked someone to bring Zhou Yanru in.
"I see you, Your Majesty."
Zhou Yanru bowed respectfully to Chongzhen.
"My dear, you don't have to be polite." Chongzhen raised his right hand and asked immediately, "My dear, you are anxious to see me, but what's the matter?"
Zhou Yanru bowed slightly and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the cabinet has just received news that Mang Gurtai, the great puppet king, died in the battle at Fifuzhaiyi in Fuzhou."
"What? Mang Gurtai is dead!" Chongzhen was shocked at first and then laughed loudly, "He died well, he died well, these thieves all deserve to die."
He really hates the slave thieves in Liaodong.
If it hadn't been for the rebellion of these slaves and thieves in Liaodong for so many years, which caused Ming Dynasty to put all its energy in Liaodong, the Tiger Character Banner would not have caused such a situation in Ming Dynasty.
