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Liu Ji's letter soon arrived in Sun Yuankun's hands. After seeing the matters mentioned in the letter, Sun Yuankun sensed that this was not something he could decide, and he had to report to Su Tiancheng as quickly as possible. The battalion officers are used to it. No matter what happens, the first thing they think of is not to report to the court, but to report to Su Tiancheng directly.

Sun Yuankun handed over the sorted information to the dark thread, and it was not a single piece of information, including two letters from Liu Ji, and some analysis made by himself. In this sense, Sun Yuankun believed that Su Tiancheng sent Yan Yingyuan, and let the It may not be possible for me to enter the Hetao Grassland with Yan Yingyuan to command and coordinate the conquest of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe. Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that I am not qualified for this duty.

There is a color of luck in the dark.

The army of the Jiangning Battalion planned to set off at the end of November, but Su Tiancheng also considered the impact of the climate. This year's temperature is very low. If he is really preparing for the winter conquest, he needs to make more preparations.

The battles between Taiwan and the grassland are equally important in Su Tiancheng's heart, but the officers below don't have this kind of understanding. Most of them think that the conquest of the grassland tribes is important. Speaking of Taiwan, the land is not big, and it is said that the place is very poor, and it is even plagued by miasma, which is difficult for ordinary people to get used to.

It was precisely because the officers held such a view that Su Tiancheng planned to personally participate in the conquest of Taiwan. With such actions, he told the officers of the Jiangning camp that the conquest of Taiwan was probably more important than the conquest of grassland tribes to a certain extent.

But from the current situation, the conquest of Taiwan is indeed not as important as the battle on the grassland, and Su Tiancheng's true inner thoughts will not be revealed.It's not that Taiwan is unimportant, but the greater threat comes from the post-Gold Tartars.

Before Su Tiancheng set off with the battleship formation, he received letters from Liu Ji and Sun Yuankun.

The letter aroused Su Tiancheng's great attention, and made Su Tiancheng feel lucky.

Su Tiancheng carefully analyzed the letter and found a major problem. He quickly found Qu Qingze, Hong Chengchou, Yan Yingyuan and others.

After everyone has read the letter from Liu Ji and Sun Yuankun.Su Tiancheng spoke according to the old rules.

"Tell me your opinion."

As soon as Su Tiancheng finished speaking, Hong Chengchou spoke first.

"My lord, I believe that the battle between the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe must never happen. This will affect our Daming border, and even endanger the tranquility of Shaanxi and Shanxi. I am afraid that my lord will personally participate in the command." , As for the matter of the conquest of Taiwan, I feel that I can send Mr. Sun Chuanting to be directly responsible."

Su Tiancheng nodded. In fact, he had already made a decision on this matter. He must personally participate in the conquest of the grassland. The letter written by Liu Ji and Sun Yuankun contained too much information.

Seeing Su Tiancheng nodding, Hong Chengchou continued to speak.

"Send 5 soldiers into the Mongolian grasslands for conquest. It seems that the strength is a bit weak, the official suggested. You can send 10 people directly to fight in Mongolia. This way the force is much stronger and the conquest is also fully guaranteed. In addition, the offensive route The plan is to arrive at Dalinghe City by boat, rush to Yizhou, and directly attack the Khalkha tribe and the Chahan tribe, but the situation has changed. The army should not launch an attack from Yizhou. In the direction of Anningbao, it directly enters the Hetao Grassland, which is convenient for controlling the armies of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe. The three major armies have joined forces, and the number exceeds [-]. This kind of conquest force cannot be dealt with by ordinary Mongolian tribes. .”

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou looked at Qu Qingze, he had already said what should be said.

What Qu Qingze mentioned was different from that of Hong Chengchou. What Hong Chengchou considered was the smooth progress of the battle, while what Qu Qingze considered was the sensitivity of the post-Gold Tartars and the arrangements they made.

"My lord, I'm a little confused. Judging from the contents of the letter from Lord Sun and Lord Liu, the Houjin Tatars seem to know that our army is going to attack the Mongolian grassland. I don't know how the Houjin Tatars knew about this arrangement."

After Qu Qingze said these words, a smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face. This was a detail that he needed to care about. Judging from the information he got, the arrangement of the Jiangning Camp was known to the Houjin Tartars. What is it? Why, this kind of thing has never happened before. It is necessary to find out the reason for the information leak before it is possible to make arrangements for the next step. Moreover, from the perspective of time, it is not wise to continue to delay.

"Master Hong said that there is nothing wrong with the next step. The original plan for an army of 5 to conquer the Mongolian grasslands seems to be insufficient. The army that entered the grasslands has changed to [-]. As for the route of attack, we will It is agreed to enter the Hetao area from the direction of Anning Fort, and after the three armies meet, they will launch a unified attack."

"Judging from what Mr. Qu said, the news of the Jiangning camp's conquest of the Mongolian grasslands has leaked out. This is for sure. It is precisely because of the leaked news that the Houjin Tatars wanted to provoke the Xibe tribe. The fight with the Daur tribes hurt both of them, and it also made our expedition go to waste. This kind of strategy is not bad. Now we have to think about how the news leaked out. Which direction leaked it, if we can't make a breakthrough from this aspect, all our arrangements in the future will be known to the post-gold tartars."

Both Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze's expressions changed.

Yan Yingyuan's expression remained the same.

Su Tiancheng looked at Yan Yingyuan.

"Master Yan, what do you think, you might as well say it."

"My lord, I have some opinions. Whether it is accurate or not, please decide. According to my judgment, the news cannot be leaked from Dengzhou. Such a thing has never happened before, and it cannot happen now. , Your Excellency led the army to set off from Dengzhou to regain Fuzhou and Xuanzhou. No news of such an important decision has been leaked. Now that there is a sudden change, it is basically impossible. The lower officials believe that Dengzhou can be ruled out."

"This expedition to the Mongolian grassland needs to start from the direction of Liaodong, so my lord notified Lu Xiangsheng of Liaodong, so my subordinates believe that Liaodong is the place where the information is leaked. If it can be fixed in the direction of Liaodong, it will be easy to investigate and get in touch with. There must not be many intelligence personnel, except Lord Lu, the rest are the main military officers of Liaodong, and the officials of the governor's office, if we investigate these people, I believe that the truth will be revealed soon."

A happy smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

The fact that Hong Chengchou, Qu Qingze, and Yan Yingyuan were able to make these analyzes shows that they have considered the problem very comprehensively. To put it more directly, they can be on their own. These people can also make accurate analysis of what will happen in the future. Make up your own plans, or make decisive decisions when encountering an emergency.

"Very well. After your analysis, the situation is basically clear. I think Mr. Yan's analysis is very reasonable. In fact, to find the person who leaked the news, you don't need to spend much energy. You just need to continue to give Liaodong some False information can be detected quickly, and this matter will be handed over to Mr. Lu Xiangsheng, and I believe Mr. Lu can do it."

"The Houjin Tatars spied on our information, okay, then we will do what we can and simply give them back some information. According to our analysis, the Houjin Tartars know that we will launch an attack from the direction of Uiju, for example, we will send a large army to strengthen the countermeasures. Putting the Han and Khalkha tribes on alert, let the Houjin Tatars take good precautions. We will launch an attack from the direction of Anningbao, directly attacking the Horqin and Chahar tribes, and giving the Houjin Tartars a devastating blow. The attack completely destroys the most powerful support of the Houjin Tatars in Mongolia, and when the Houjin Tatars understand it, I am afraid they will be powerless."

Hong Chengchou, Qu Qingze and Yan Yingyuan looked at Su Tiancheng, but didn't speak.

"Okay, just follow this plan and make preparations. The army will set off tomorrow, take a warship to Dagu, Tianjin, march quickly from Datong, Shanxi to the Hetao grassland, and order the armies of the Xibe and Daur tribes to follow the schedule Time will reconcile with us, and the first target to attack is the Chahar Tribe."

"As for the matter of attacking Taiwan, Sun Chuanting is directly responsible, Xiong Zijian and Wang Dazhi assist and lead an army of [-]. Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Chenggong can also participate in this conquest. The army must use the fastest speed to take Taiwan. They set off The time is also tomorrow."

After Su Tiancheng made this arrangement, a smile appeared on Hong Chengchou's face. Su Tiancheng personally participated in the conquest of the Mongolian grassland, which was very beneficial to the entire battle.

The operation began soon. The previous [-] troops had already been waiting in Dengzhou, and the additional [-] troops were directly drawn from the garrisons in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou. As for those stationed in Fuzhou and Xuanzhou The soldiers will not move for the time being. To a certain extent, Fuzhou and Xuanzhou still belong to the front line and need to directly confront the Houjin Tartars.

According to the swiftness of the Jiangning battalion soldiers, it would not be a big problem to finish the assembly in one day. Su Tiancheng didn't need to worry about these specific matters. Of course, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting would take care of them.

Su Tiancheng still has something to consider, that is how to manage Taiwan. Although he is not busy with that aspect right now, he must make preparations in advance. The officers of the Jiangning Battalion stationed in Taiwan must be people whom Su Tiancheng absolutely trusts. , responsible for managing Taiwan and laying a solid foundation. (to be continued..)