In the big tent, Zhao Ming greeted him, "You come and see!"

Zhao Ming pressed his hands on the edge of the sand table, and in front of him was a huge sand table, showing all the mountains, rivers, cities and fortresses in Liaodong, Liaozhong, western Liaoning and even Shandong.

In the past two years, the Tiandihui has strengthened the collection of northern intelligence, and its members are spread throughout northern provinces, even Mongolia, North Korea, and Japan.

While they are engaged in commercial activities, they are exploring local information and collecting customs and customs, and have become a relatively large organization.

The two capitals fell, and the Ming Dynasty lost many files and materials, such as the mountains, rivers, terrain, population, minerals and other information in various places. Now they are re-collected by the Tiandihui and sorted into volumes.

With this information, the Ming army fought like eyes, and knew which prefecture and county was rich and had a large population, and could get supplies when they were captured, and where minerals were occupied and could be used to smelter weapons.

All the information on the sand table is also extracted from these files and then produced.

Xie Qian, Yu Guowang, Guo Zhong, Ding Weiyue, Huo Jianyan, Li Benshen, Lin Qingzhi and other coalition generals came around and stared at the sand table after hearing Zhao Ming's words.

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "You see the situation outside the pass!"

Xie Qian clasped his fists and said, "Please give me some advice!"

Zhao Ming turned his head and looked at Li Benshen and said, "General Li, you came from inside the pass to outside the pass. What are the population and fields you see along the way?"

Li Benshen was stunned for a moment and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Reporting to the commander, the Manchus were worried that the Han people would occupy their nests, so he adopted the strategy of sealing the pass, prohibiting the Han people from entering the pass. Since the Manchus brought hundreds of thousands of family members and Baoyi slaves into the pass, the lands in western Liaoning, middle Liaoning and eastern Liaoning are all deserted. Bei Zhi left the pass from Shanhaiguan, walked along the corridor of western Liaoning, and near Shenyang, and saw some fields and farmed Baoyi."

Zhao Ming nodded slightly: "Is there anything I can hear?"

Xie Qian immediately clasped his fists and said excitedly: "I heard that the outside of the pass is extremely empty. Our army can take advantage of the opportunity to enter, sweep outside the pass, and even capture Shenyang City and burn the palaces and tombs of the Tartars."

"Commander Xie said it well!" Zhao Ming shook his head again, "But this can only be a temporary pleasure and cannot cause real harm to the Qing Dynasty."

Xie Qian frowned, "What does the commander mean?"

Zhao Ming smiled and pointed at the sand table, "Now the Qing Dynasty has not many troops outside the pass, and the coalition forces have threatened Shenyang. Shenyang was renamed Shengjing by the Qing Dynasty, and the old slave's corpse was buried here. Therefore, for the Qing Dynasty, Shenyang was a very meaningful city and a place to defend. The Qing army did not want our general to take Shenyang, and would definitely send troops to reinforce Liaodong and block our general by the Yalu River!"

The Qing court would definitely not allow the Ming army to capture Shenyang, so it would definitely increase troops to Liaodong.

Zhao Ming paused and then continued: "From General Li's words just now, it can be seen that the Qing army was inconvenient to obtain supplies from outside the pass, and both military supplies and food needed to be transported from within the pass. If the Qing army dispatched reinforcements, it would increase the pressure on the Qing Dynasty to replenish supplies."

If the Qing army sent tens of thousands of people to Liaodong, the Ming army would not have to attack, and the logistics pressure alone would have to drag down the Qing Dynasty.

All the generals nodded, and Zhao Ming continued: "The Qing army had two routes for supplying Liaodong. One walked through the Liaoxi Corridor and traveled thousands of miles. The other was on a boat from Denglai, Shandong, and sailed directly northward, crossed the Bohai Strait, and arrived at Lushun and Liaodong Peninsula."

Listening to Zhao Ming's words, the generals seemed to understand his intentions.

Guo Zhong stroked his beard and said, "Since the Liao incident, the Ming Dynasty has supplied Liaodong and western towns, mainly by sea transportation. At that time, the Ming Dynasty had countless fortresses in the western Liaoning corridor, which could provide rest and supplies for transportation teams, and they all chose sea routes. Now, the Qing Dynasty is going to travel to the deserted and crowded Liaoning West, which is probably more difficult than the Ming Dynasty's supply. In this way, the Qing army would most likely choose to take sea routes from Dengzhou to replenish and reinforce the Qing army in Liaodong."

Speaking of this, Guo Zhong looked at Zhao Ming and smiled and said, "What is the meaning of the general? Is it still to lead a snake out of the cave. When the Qing Navy transports supplies to Liaodong, do you look for an opportunity to annihilate the Qing Navy?"

Before, the Ming Navy was in Shandong and intended to fight the Qing Navy, but the Qing Navy was shrunk within the military port and did not fight with the Ming Navy.

This made Zhao Ming's combat goal of going north fail. Now, if the Qing army increased troops from the sea and supplied to Liaodong, it would definitely dispatch a navy to escort, and the opportunity for the Ming army's navy came.

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, "Yes! Annihilation of the Qing Navy has always been my target. However, in addition to annihilation of the Qing Navy, I will also annihilate this time, and the Qing army has a vital force in the north!"

"There is a living force to annihilate the Qing army?" Everyone was a little confused.

Zhao Ming pointed to the sand table and said, "I just said that the Qing army was inconvenient to supply outside the pass, and it needed to transport by sea to meet the consumption of the Qing army in Liaodong. This commander was not in a hurry to defeat Hong Chengchou, but waited for the Qing Qing army to increase troops to Liaodong. When the Qing army's troops reached a certain number, the commander ordered the navy to attack the Qing army's supply ships. In this way, the Qing army in Liaodong would fall into a situation of lack of military rations. In order to complete the supply, the Qing army would definitely be ordered to leave the port to break through the blockade of our commander. Our soldiers of the East China Sea Navy would be able to take the opportunity to annihilate the Qing army's navy in one battle. Once the Qing army's navy was destroyed, the supply of the Qing army in Liaodong would be cut off, and tens of thousands of troops would become the caps of our commander."

Xie Qian and others took a breath of cold air, "This is a plan to go up the house to pull the ladder. In this way, the Qing Dynasty will not only end up with the navy, but also have to pay tens of thousands of land. The commander is really wise!"

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "If I attacked now, although I could defeat Hong Chengchou and occupy Liaodong and Shenyang, the Qing army's navy and northern elite soldiers were still there, and I would definitely launch a counterattack. I would definitely find it difficult to gain a foothold in Liaodong and Liaozhong, and would be restrained by the Qing army a large amount of troops and energy. I would first wait for the Qing army to increase troops from Liaodong, then destroy the navy, and then destroy the northern elite soldiers of the Qing army, occupying the territory outside the pass. If the Qing army loses the navy and tens of thousands of elite soldiers, they will definitely have a great vitality and are unable to launch a counterattack. In this way, I can gain a foothold outside the pass."

Xie Qian and others looked at each other and couldn't help but praise the general's wisdom.

Zhao Ming then waved his hand and smiled, "Xie Qian, Lin Qingzhi, you two, lead 10,000 coalition forces, acted as a crossing river, put pressure on the old thief Hong, and let the old thief Hong mobilize troops from the pass!"

The two generals immediately clasped their fists, "I am humble and accept the order!"

Zhao Ming nodded and looked at Guo Zhong and said, "The navy sent a ship to the vicinity of Lushun and Dengzhou to investigate, find out the situation of the Qing army's increase in troops from Liaodong, and is ready to block the strait at any time and cut off the supply of the Qing Dynasty!"

Guo Zhong held his fists solemnly, "As for the orders!"
Chapter completed!