After the ship arrived in Laizhou and settled the two concubines, Chongzhen focused on preparing to quell the Liao war.

The military conference was held in Laizhou Prefecture. The staff team of Ping Liao were attended by Zhang Huangyan, Du Jun, Bai Hengdu, Wei Deng, Qin Zhiyong, and five staff members. Of course, Liu Jiyun was also among the staff members. The combat plan for this Lushun Battle was formulated by this staff team. [..com]

Wei Deng participated in the Luzon offensive and defensive operations and fought against the Japanese. The intensity of the war was naturally extraordinary. Even Wang Fuzhi was not as strong as the intensity of the battle with the Qing army in Lushun. Therefore, Chongzhen specially transferred Wei Deng back to take charge of the Liaodong war. Zhang Xianzhong now has the upper hand, and it is only a matter of time before he captures Manila. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong no longer needs the assistance of the Ming army. Wei Deng left fifty veterans as Zhang Xianzhong's staff and training instructors, which was a good start and end, and all the troops retreated to the Ming Dynasty. This time, during the expedition to Liaodong, all the veterans under Wei Deng came to Laizhou and waited for the military order to go to Liaodong to fight.

Qin Zhiyong was no longer popular with the Spanish, so he returned to the Ming Dynasty. He came back earlier than Wei Deng. This time he followed the emperor to personally fight for intelligence.

As always, Liu Jiyun started the meeting and Liu Jiyun was straight to the point and introduced the situation in front of the two armies:

"In Lushun, the Qing army has increased its troops to 25,000 troops. Our army is currently stationed 22,000 troops in Lushun. Within five days, another 15,000 troops will be transported to Lushun. The Qing army confronted the King of Zhenliao in Kuandian Wubao across the Yalu River. The King of Zhenliao had recently commanded his troops to occupy Hunchun and Vladivostok. The Qing army confronted the King of Zhenliao and the King of Zhenliao, about 20,000 troops, and the King of Zhenliao, including the Korean army, has reached 30,000. The Qing army stationed 15,000 troops in Shanhaiguan. These three places have occupied 60,000 troops in the Qing army. Therefore, the Qing army can still mobilize no more than 50,000 troops. Therefore, our army plans to use 37,000 troops to attack the King of Qing army in Lushun, and use Lushun as the main attack direction, and the King of Zhenliao's troops cooperate in the east. This is the basic plan of this battle."

After hearing Liu Jiyun's words, Chongzhen asked Qin Zhiyong:

"Li Zicheng's Dashun, what's the war with Mongolia now?"

Qin Zhiyong immediately stood up and replied:

"Your Majesty, Li Zicheng competed for the coalfield north of Shenmu and the coalfield north of Shenmu. He came out of the Great Wall from Shaanxi Shenmu and attacked Mongolia in the north, occupying a large area of ​​Mongolia. The Mongols have now reacted and are launching a counterattack. However, the Mongols suffered a loss because the firearms were not sharp enough and were defeated by Li Zicheng's Dashun Army. The Mongols were mobilizing large troops and preparing to fight Li Zicheng's Dashun Army. At present, both sides are mobilizing their troops, and a war will break out soon."

Chongzhen knew this well. Since the Jinyiwei released news through different channels that Shenmu had a giant coalfield, Niu Jinxing immediately sent someone to find the legendary giant coalfield. Dashun followed the trend quickly. After learning that the Ming Dynasty adopted a pigeon system to transmit information, Li Zicheng used to be a post station management. Now, he saw that the Ming Dynasty's new pigeon station transmission technology should be completely learned from it. Therefore, under the instructions of a professional like Li Zicheng, Dashun also used pigeons to transmit information. In this way, what arrangements did Beijing have? The exploration operation started on the third day. It is said that Shenmu is a super coal-producing area in later generations. The annual output of a Daliuta open-pit coal mine reaches 20 million tons, which is the coal-producing pillar of Shenhua Group. Of course, The most attractive thing is the quality of coal here. Shenmu coal is low in sulfur, low ash, and high calorific value. It can be used to smelify directly, which is comparable to the iron smelting produced by charcoal. Because most coals have high sulfur content, it was used to smelize coal before the Ming Dynasty. Pig iron contains too high sulfur content, and pig iron not only has many pores, but also very brittle. Shenmu's coal is naturally low in sulfur content. After learning that Shenmu's coal is good, Li Zicheng felt like he was a treasure and immediately paid attention to it. The best coal field he discovered was outside the Great Wall, where coal is produced within a radius of hundreds of miles. How could Li Zicheng let such a treasure go? He asked Li Guo to smack 20,000 troops, cross the Great Wall, and attack Mongolia in the north, driving the Mongolians far away, occupying hundreds of miles of Mongolia's ground at once.

After that, Mongolia started a war with Dashun, and the war was escalating. Although Li Zicheng's Dashun army had the upper hand in firearms, the Mongols made grenades decent after obtaining some military technology spread by the Japanese. Moreover, the Mongolians lacked the least of the animals' tendons, so they made a large number of crossbow-type thunderbolt throwing weapons. Each of the Mongolian cavalry was equipped with three war horses. If they could win, they would fight, and if they couldn't win, they would run away. Therefore, Dashun's most results were to defeat the Mongolian army. In turn, the number of crossbow-type thunderbolt throwing weapons of the Mongolian army caused great trouble to the Dashun army.

Chongzhen immediately asked:

"Li Zicheng's Dashun Army defeated the Mongolian army for a long time. What is the reaction of Beijing's Pingliao government bonds?"

Chongzhen was shaking on the ship and sailed for eleven days, but he could only receive some key information. Of course, it was impossible to cover everything. Therefore, he didn't know what the situation of Beijing's Pingliao government bonds is now. In theory, it is a good thing to win the Mongolians for a while. Will the government bonds rise?

Qin Zhiyong was familiar with all kinds of information, and the princess said she should pay more attention to Beijing Pingliao public bonds. In addition, Jinyiwei also intends to release some news in Beijing to cooperate with the operation of Mingshi Fund in the public bond market. Qin Zhiyong immediately replied:

"Report to the emperor, as long as the war is favorable, Beijing's public debt market will rise as usual. After the Ta Kung Pao reported that it had broken the Mongolian army, the public debt rose by 10%, just to make up for the decline in public debt caused by Wu Sangui's retreat to North Korea last time. At present, as long as our army defeats the Qing army, it will rise, and otherwise it will fall. The victory or defeat of the war and the reaction on public debt can be said to be immediate."

This is what Chongzhen wants. It seems that the princess has made Beijing investors very good. Damn, I didn’t expect that the fundamental analysis school would become popular in the 17th century so soon. OK! But I have to sound the alarm for the following generals:

"In my opinion, Li Zicheng has become very happy with merits now, and he likes to brag from top to bottom. In a battle of defeat, the news published in the "Ta Kung Pao" is: Defeat the Mongolian army. I remind everyone here that anyone who falsely reports his military achievements will definitely punish him severely. I will never allow the popular killing of good people before the Ming Dynasty to happen in our Ming army. Once discovered, killing will be unpardoned! In addition, since entering Beijing, the general Dashun has gradually become

The fighting power of the arrogant and extravagant and licentious Dashun has been greatly reduced. If it weren't for my Ming Dynasty selling them firearms, they would not even be the Mongols. Therefore, I would like to remind everyone here and I would like to remind other generals and officials that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. If generals and officials rely on their merits, they will definitely embark on the road of **. I have something to say first. No matter who makes any outstanding achievements, I will definitely punish them severely if they become corrupt."

Chongzhen's eyes swept through everyone, and everyone could feel the chill in Chongzhen's eyes, and only felt a solemn in his heart. Chongzhen said this, no longer played, just said:

"This time our army launched the Lushun Battle, and we are committed to success. Let's discuss the combat plan. Don't have any taboos, just give suggestions."

Next, led by Du Jun, Zhang Huangyan proposed that the combat plan proposed was straight-line attack, because the Ming army was much stronger than the Qing army in terms of military strength and equipment level. Du Jun often played Go in a straight-line attack, completely winning by strength, and his combat plan was in line with his Go style.

Wei Deng proposed different combat plans. Wei Deng proposed to land at the waist of the Liaodong Peninsula, cut off the Qing army's return path in half, and then encircle and annihilate the Qing army. Wei Deng saw the power of the Japanese landing operations in Luzon, so he naturally thought of this point.

Bai Hengdu proposed a combat plan to surround the points and attack aid based on Wei Deng. He also landed at the waist of the Liaodong Peninsula to encircle the Qing army in Lushun, and then did not rush to eliminate the Qing army in the encirclement and attract the Qing army to aid, in order to annihilate the large number of Qing troops on the Liaodong Peninsula. Bai Hengdu was considering how to fight next every day on the Lushun front, so this was obtained after careful consideration.

In Chongzhen's view, of course, Bai Hengdu's plan is more in line. The Qing army was basically cavalry. A straight-line attack could certainly defeat the Qing army, but it was nothing more than a defeat war. The Qing army could escape by slapping the horse. Master Mao said: It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers. One or two defeat wars are nothing to the Tatars who have lived on horseback for a long time. Therefore, although Bai Hengdu's plan is a bit risky, since Huang Taiji can be surrounded and fought aid, why not to treat the other person with his own way! It seems that Bai Hengdu has the potential of a staff officer, and Wei Deng is more suitable to lead troops to fight.
Chapter completed!