"I understand what you mean." Liu Heng said, "The supplies in Shanhaiguan and Liaodong cannot be touched. We spent so much effort to secretly hide the supplies. If we use them now, it is likely to arouse the suspicion of Huang Taiji."
The large amount of supplies stored in Shanhaiguan and Denglai were secretly transferred with the help of the Tiger Flag's war in Gaizhou. Once used on the battlefield against the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult to hide it from the people of the Qing Dynasty.
With Huang Taiji's intelligence, as soon as he discovered that Tiger Character Banner had transferred a large amount of supplies from these places, he would immediately guess that the supplies that Tiger Character Banner had stored in these places were intended to attack his Qing Dynasty.
This forced the Qing Dynasty to jump over the wall.
The Tiger Character Banner was not fully prepared and did not want to launch a war of national annihilation against the Manchu Qing Dynasty so early.
Li Shuheng said: "After the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty form an alliance, they will definitely take action against us, otherwise we will take action against the Manchu Qing Dynasty in advance. As for the Ming Dynasty, the second theater can be used to defend, block the Ming Dynasty's offensive, and buy time to annihilate the Manchu Qing Dynasty. .”
"Dual-front operations are too stressful unless we are given a few more years to prepare." Liu Heng shook his head and was not optimistic about dual-front operations.
Of course, if war is to support war, the military level of the Tiger Flag can naturally conduct a two-front battle in a short period of time, but doing so will cause great harm to the local people.
Tiger Character Banner will not do this kind of thing of killing the goose to retrieve the eggs. Even if it is more troublesome, we must ensure the purity of the army, instead of causing harm wherever it goes like the Ming and Qing armies did.
Li Shuheng said: "Since the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have formed an alliance, they will give us too much time. They will take action in a few months at most. We don't have enough time to prepare. We have to make choices."
The northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty suffered too much damage, and the Tiger Character Banner has been making repairs over the years. It was not until they occupied Henan and Shandong that the situation became better.
However, the period of occupying Shandong and Henan was too short to accumulate strategic materials for the Tiger Banner to destroy the country, and it still had to go to war against two different countries at the same time.
"How about my subordinates send someone to deal with Fan Wencheng and try to delay it for a while?" Yang Yuan said.
Hearing this, Liu Heng shook his head and said: "Fan Wencheng cannot be killed, and killing him will not have much effect. Keeping this person will be more useful than killing him."
Yang Yuan closed his mouth after hearing this.
There are some things that Li Shuheng may not know, but as the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, he knows some secrets that cannot be told to others.
"If the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty start a war against us at the same time, we don't want to fight on two fronts. I'm afraid we have to try our best to prepare for the next war in the past few months." Li Shuheng said.
At this time, Huang Zhong on the side said: "Each workshop has already reserved some military supplies and can be sent to the front line at any time. However, if we fight on two fronts, the gap may be quite large."
"I understand what you mean." Liu Heng said, "But I tell you no. The Ming Dynasty suffered so much for its people, and the result was that it lost the world. And the reason why we were able to win the northern provinces so smoothly was because we had obtained Without the support of the people, if we also think that we can suffer the people, the tiger character flag will end up worse than the Ming Dynasty in the future. At least the Ming Dynasty has a southern city as a retreat. "
Li Shuheng opened his mouth, and finally let out a sigh.
He really planned to suffer the hardships of the people. If he wanted the Tiger Flag to be able to prepare enough supplies for two-front operations in a short period of time, he could only find a way from the people.
This is also the best and fastest way.
Liu Heng looked thoughtful and tapped his fingers on the table.
The alliance between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty did make him somewhat embarrassed.
As long as he is given another year and a half, he is sure to fight a war of annihilation with the Manchu Qing Dynasty while guarding against the Ming Dynasty.
But now the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty obviously did not give the Tiger Character Flag this time.
It can be said that the alliance between Ming Dynasty and Ming Dynasty happened to be on the waist of the Tiger Flag.
Li Shuheng said hesitantly: "Otherwise, we should rely on the existing supplies and use them first. If we can achieve the goal in a short time and kill one of them, we can free up our hands."
"It's not that easy!" Liu Heng shook his head and said, "Although the Qing Dynasty has a small territory and not many small towns, once they abandon the city and retreat into the mountains and forests, it will definitely delay our time to solve the Manchu Qing Dynasty. We We can only continue to spend supplies to keep the army in Liaodong."
Li Shuheng said: "Otherwise we will target the Ming Dynasty and focus on defense against the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong."
"You think too simply." Liu Heng said, "The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, a large number of people, and sufficient supplies. Even if we capture every city of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can rely on the territory being large enough and the depth being deep enough to hold us back." Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty is a man who knows everything about the Han Dynasty. He must know the truth about the death of lips and teeth, and he will definitely fight with us when we destroy the Ming Dynasty, because he knows that the Qing Dynasty alone cannot stop the troops of our Tiger Flag."
Li Shuheng said: "What should we do? The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty will definitely form an alliance against us. Is it possible that we should also form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty?"
"It's not impossible." Yang Yuan interrupted.
Li Shuheng turned to look at Yang Yuan and said, "You don't really think that the Ming Dynasty will form an alliance with us! I heard that officials from the Ming Dynasty hate our Tiger Flag more than the Manchu Qing."
"How can you know if it doesn't work if you don't try it? Moreover, this method can destroy the alliance between Ming and Qing." Yang Yuan said.
Li Shuheng said: "Several of our provinces were taken from the Ming Dynasty, especially the capital city, which is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Even if we want to send people there to show goodwill to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will not accept it, and in the end we will probably still Will help the Qing Dynasty deal with our Tiger Flag."
"There is indeed talk of uniting the captives to fight against the thieves in the Ming Dynasty, but it does not mean that all Ming Dynasty officials have this attitude. At worst, we will return their emperor to them, as a sign of our sincerity in wanting to make peace with the Ming Dynasty." Yang Yuan said.
After hearing this, Li Shuheng said: "The Ming Dynasty is now governed by the auxiliary ministers. There are more than 10,000 auxiliary ministers in the Ming Dynasty. Returning their supreme emperor now may not be a sign of goodwill, but a demonstration. Those few I am afraid that none of the auxiliary ministers want the so-called Supreme Emperor to return."
At this time, Liu Heng suddenly said: "It's not like the Tiger Character Banner can't use the strategy of Lian Heng, and learn from the Qin Dynasty that didn't unify the six countries."
"The officials of the Ming Dynasty hate our Tiger Flag more than the Tatars in Liaodong. Can they agree to form an alliance with us?" Li Shuheng looked suspicious.
Liu Heng laughed and said: "As long as we are as strong as Da Qin, Da Ming may hold his nose and agree, but we need time now, even if Da Ming does not agree in the end, as long as time is delayed, for us That’s a beneficial thing.”
"Then let's also send envoys to Nanjing?" Li Shuheng asked.
Liu Heng shook his head and said: "It's not possible now. We need to prepare. And if you want to form an alliance with Ming Dynasty, you need a two-pronged approach."
