Three maps were hung in the side hall where Liu Heng worked.
One is a map of the south where the Ming Dynasty is located and part of the islands, the other is the entire territory of Liaodong and part of the grasslands, and the last map is the entire territory, including the provinces occupied by the Tiger Flag.
A special wall was set aside in the side hall to hang these maps.
"If we don't start a full-scale war, we can only choose one direction to send troops from Shanhaiguan or Liaodong Peninsula." Li Shuheng came to the front of the map.
Liu Heng looked back at Zhao Yutu and asked, "How long will it take to prepare supplies for a month of 20,000 troops?"
"It will take half a month at the fastest to prepare everything, and it will still take a while to send it to where it is needed," Zhao Yutu said.
Liu Heng put his chin on the back of his right index finger and thought for a while, then said: "Half a month is too long. This battle will catch the Puppet Qing by surprise. If it takes too long, the Puppet Qing will definitely take precautions in advance."
The Tiger Character Banner has its own spies lurking in Liaodong, and there is no guarantee that the places under the rule of the Tiger Character Banner will also have spies from the Qing Dynasty lurking.
It may be possible to mobilize troops and generals to mobilize a large amount of food and supplies without being discovered for a short period of time, but it will definitely be impossible to hide it over time.
"Half a month is already a good time to compress the time as much as possible. Under normal circumstances, it takes at least twenty days, plus the consumption on the road, it is already very fast to deliver it to the garrison in one month." Zhao Yutu explained.
Liu Heng frowned.
One month is enough time for the Puppet Qing Dynasty to discover the movements of the Tiger Character Banner, and naturally it is impossible to make a sudden attack on the Puppet Qing Dynasty.
"Where does the Lord want to use troops against the Qing Dynasty?" Li Shuheng interjected and asked.
Liu Heng looked at the map on the wall and asked, "Where do you think it is appropriate to send troops?"
"My subordinates feel that the Liaodong Peninsula is more suitable for sending troops than Shanhaiguan." Li Shuheng pointed at a certain area on the map from afar.
Liu Heng looked in the direction of his finger.
"Tell me the reason?"
Li Shuheng picked up a slender wooden stick next to the map, pointed to the location of Lushun on the map, and said: "Lushun is close to the sea, and logistics supplies can be transported by ship from Denglai, and it takes up to two days to take a boat from Denglai. We can reach Lushun in a matter of days."
"Well, if we start the war from the Liaodong Peninsula, the supply problem will indeed be easier to solve." Liu Heng nodded in agreement.
The Liaodong Peninsula can travel by sea, but Shanhaiguan can only send troops by land.
Faced with the Puppet Qing Dynasty, which had little maritime power, the Tiger Flag's sea route not only saved time, but also took into account the safety of the supply line.
"It is closer to take the sea route from Denglai to Lushun, but things from the Ministry of Revenue need to be transported to Denglai, which is not much closer than going directly to Shanhaiguan." Zhao Yutu said.
Li Shuheng turned to look at Zhao Yutu and said: "To start the war in Liaodong Peninsula, we can first transfer supplies from Shandong to Lushun. The supplies prepared by the Ministry of Revenue can be sent directly to make up for the supplies that were transferred from Shandong. In this way, the supplies can be transported The time can be greatly shortened, and we can even start the war as soon as the order to fight is sent, without having to worry about supplies from Lushun."
After hearing what Li Shuheng said, Liu Heng began to think deeply and think about the feasibility of this matter.
"In this way, combat orders are sent to the garrison in Lushun, and the logistics supplies are transported to them by sea. The missing materials are temporarily recruited from Shandong, and will be supplemented by the Ministry of Revenue later."
If you want a blitzkrieg, you need to be surprised.
As long as Li Shuheng's method succeeds, even if the pseudo-Qing spies in Tiger Character Banner get the news of the war on the Liaodong Peninsula as soon as possible, they will not be able to spread the news in time.
"This subordinate will send the combat orders to Lushun in the name of the Military and Political Department." Li Shuheng straightened his chest and said.
"Okay." Liu Heng nodded, and then said to Zhao Yutu, "Shandong is our frontline facing the Ming Dynasty. The Ministry of Revenue must replenish the supplies transferred from Shandong as soon as possible. It cannot be temporarily unnecessary because of the war in the Liaodong Peninsula. I don’t care anymore.”
Zhao Yutu responded: "My lord, if you put it down, the Ministry of Revenue will never hold you back. All the necessary supplies will be sent to Shandong."
Only a few people knew that the Tiger Character Banner was about to use troops against the Liaodong Peninsula.
The combat order sent to Lushun did not attract the attention of others at all, and even the actions of the Ministry of Finance did not attract more attention.
The combat orders were sent directly to Denglai and sent to Lushun by boat from Dengzhou.
Sitting in Lushun is Marine Corps Division Zheng Xing Chaoxi.
The Marine Division has less than 15,000 troops, but because it is equipped with a navy, the main troops are concentrated on the Wuzhaiyi and Fuzhou lines. There are only more than 1,000 troops left in Lushun, and only 3,000 troops in Jinzhou. .
The combat orders issued by the Military and Political Department were sent to Dengzhou as quickly as possible as soon as they left the capital. On the second day after arriving in Dengzhou, they were delivered to Xing Chaoxi who was based in Lushun.
The combat order did not require frontline commanders to fight the battle. The order only stated that they should capture the Gaizhou Guards and annihilate the Qing army's effective forces as much as possible.
Moreover, the order also stated that the Second Fleet of the Navy would assist the Marine Division in this attack from the sea.
After receiving the order, Xing Chaoxi immediately began to summon the generals of the Marine Division to study the combat plan.
At the same time, the war preparation materials accumulated in Lushun began to be transported to and from Zhouzhou.
Wuzhaiyi was the front line between the Tiger Banner in the Liaodong Peninsula and the Qing army. It was also the place where Mang Gurtai fell.
The first order of the Marine Division was sent to Zhao Wu who was stationed at Wuzhaiyi.
As a battalion commander under the Marine Division, he was ordered to immediately send troops to attack Xiong Yueyi.
Xiong Yueyi is located to the north and east of Wuzhaiyi. More than 2,000 Qing troops are stationed here.
When Lushun was still in the hands of the Ming army, only a few dozen Qing troops were stationed at Xiong Yueyi. Later, because the tiger-character flag retreated the front to the area of Fuzhaiyi, the Qing army stationed thousands of troops at Xiong Yueyi.
Xiong Yueyi knew from the name that it was a post station during the Ming Dynasty, specially used to deliver news and receive passing officials. It was not a place for stationing troops.
Later, because of the Tiger Flag, the Qing army had to station a troop of troops here.
Although there are more soldiers and horses stationed here in Xiong Yue Yi, and the entire Xiong Yue Yi has also undergone some expansion, it is still not comparable to cities like Ningyuan Jinzhou.
It's not even as good as some of the larger camps built by the Ming Dynasty.
If it hadn't been for the fact that the Tiger-Character Banner line had been pushed to Fifty Village Post, the Qing army would not have built a place like Xiong Yueyi, which was not very important in the first place.
There are not many marine divisions and cavalry stationed in the Liaodong Peninsula, and they mainly rely on infantry. This is similar to the situation of other combat divisions in the Tiger Banner.
(End of chapter)
