However, even though it was challenged by the severe cold, the Sixth Army still firmly controlled the situation of the Liaodong War. They were waiting for the weather to get warmer. When the weather got warmer, even if the roads were still muddy after the snow melted, they would not be able to stop it.
The progress of the Sixth Army!
Regarding the Liaodong War, many generals of the Army remain optimistic.
Liaodong can definitely be won. There is no doubt about this. King Hui of Liaodong in the Puppet Ming Dynasty wanted to rely on the help of tens of thousands of remnant soldiers and foreigners to block it. He had complete guns and artillery, sufficient logistical support, and all the officers in the army.
Is it the Tang Army that has undergone systematic training?
Just kidding!
At the beginning, Emperor Zhengde had an army of more than 100,000 people, and there were also 50,000 Tatar cavalry led by the Tatars. In the end, one of them was defeated and committed suicide.
So the only question now is when can we win Liaodong!
In this regard, Lieutenant General Lei Wan made a plan: "According to the latest plan of our Privy Council, we will continue to increase our sea transportation capacity in the near future to transport enough ammunition and other supplies until the weather gets slightly warmer, probably in April or May.
In March, we will launch a new round of large-scale offensive, striving to capture Ningyuan and annihilate about 50,000 bandit troops in the direction of Guangning!"
"Later, we will continue to launch attacks until we capture Liaodong Town!"
"It is expected that in this autumn, we will end the large-scale war in Liaodong and it will be time to readjust our deployment!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly as he listened. According to the Privy Council's battle schedule, the Liaodong War should end in the autumn. Although it was relatively long, it was even longer than the Southwest Campaign, which started in the fall and winter of the previous year and ended in the spring.
Some, but the Tang Empire’s investment in these two directions is not equal, and at the same time, affected by the geographical location, it is reasonable to take a few more months.
After all, the current Tang Empire actually doesn't have much urgency towards Liaodong. There is not much difference between taking it a few months earlier and taking it a few months later.
In order to avoid making mistakes and in order to avoid heavy casualties among soldiers, it is also acceptable to slow down the pace of combat appropriately.
After Lieutenant General Lei Wan of the Army finished speaking, Lieutenant General Bao Yifen of the Navy also gave an answer to the Liaodong War. Of course, Lieutenant General Lei Wan of the Army considered it from the perspective of the Navy, and Bao Yifen of the Navy
When the lieutenant general spoke, he naturally considered it from the perspective of the navy.
Bao Yifen said: "Since the autumn of last year, our navy has begun to organize a special escort force to provide full escort for the transport fleet. During the entire process, there has not been a single instance of a transport ship being sunk by the enemy navy.
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"At the same time, our navy is always on alert in the direction of North Korea. It has repeatedly repelled the offending North Korean navy and completely controlled the mouth of the Yalu River and the western coast of North Korea."
"Following up, our navy will further blockade the Korean Peninsula and even the entire northern coastal waters, and will be ready to provide landing cover at any time!"
"In addition, our navy suggests that we can conduct appropriate landing operations in North Korea, capture Jeju Island in the early stage, and directly land on the Korean Peninsula in the mid-term, attack Seoul, force the North Korean Lee family to withdraw from the coalition with King Hui of Liaodong, or directly annihilate the Lee family!"
"Following up, we can support local dignitaries to establish a new Korean kingdom, or simply use it as a directly administered colony!"
The Kingdom of Korea doesn’t know what kind of medicine it took, and it has always stood with King Hui of Liaodong. The Military Intelligence Department analyzed that the Lee family of North Korea was probably threatened by King Hui of Liaodong and had no choice but to do so.
Speaking of which, the Korean Kingdom is quite unjust. It is sandwiched between King Hui of Liaodong and the Tang Empire. Needless to say, the Tang Dynasty is awesome, but King Hui of Liaodong is right next to them. People from the Military Intelligence Department
It is said that in the past two years, King Hui of Liaodong sent troops into the Korean Peninsula twice. The troops on the Korean Peninsula were vulnerable to the Liaodong Ming Army with full guns and artillery.
But these are not important to Li Xuan. What is important is that the current Korean Kingdom is their enemy.
If he is an enemy, he must be killed!
The Tang Empire was very busy before and had no time to deal with the Li Dynasty. In addition, there was also King Hui of Liaodong between them at that time!
If we simply send troops to land on the Korean Peninsula, logistics will be more difficult, and we cannot get a lot of troops at once. Our continuous combat capabilities are limited. If we encounter King Hui of Liaodong's troops returning to support, we will be in a huge passive position.
Moreover, Datang had also landed in Lushun on the Liaodong Peninsula before, so it was too lazy to deal with North Korea.
But now, the army has entered Liaodong, and King Hui cannot protect himself. At this time, it is reasonable to take care of the Korean Kingdom.
Of course, the military generals also deliberately promoted this matter.
Is it a credit to recover Liaodong? It must be a big credit.
But if North Korea is occupied, will the credit be greater? Nonsense, for sure!
In China's thousands of years of history, it is normal to regain lost territory, reunify, and so on. No one will say how awesome your dynasty is, because this is what you should do.
But it is different to expand the territory.
Throughout the dynasties, regardless of whether it was for the emperor or his ministers, the greatest achievement was the expansion of territory.
The emperor likes to expand his territory, because it will make him famous in his previous life, and he will become a wise king. The ministers also like it, because the achievements are huge.
It seems that the Liaodong side is about to take it back. This large-scale war is about to end. Even if there will be a large-scale foreign war in the future, it is estimated that there will not be one in a short time. In this case
, the generals also wanted to take advantage of the last wave of credit.
Capturing Liaodong and, by the way, North Korea, would highlight their status as the founding generals and give them the confidence to compete with many people for higher titles.
Now everyone knows that the Holy Emperor is planning to reward the officials after the Liaodong Campaign. At that time, the generals and dukes will be given out as rewards.
Therefore, many people are thinking of taking advantage of the last opportunity to gain some credit, and then make their qualifications look more attractive when receiving rewards.
As for the ideas of the ministers, Li Xuan did not stop him. In his plan, even if he did not annex the Korean Peninsula directly, he still had to actually control it.
For China, the Korean Peninsula is a bed where others can sleep soundly!
But he still hasn't figured out how to deal with it specifically!
Directly annex the mainland and establish a province? Or establish a colony and use the territory directly under the cabinet jurisdiction? Or find a few cats and dogs at random to re-establish the Joseon Dynasty and make it a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty?