"To be precise, it is the Navy that wants to ask for instructions." Xiao Shilian said while handing over the report, "The Navy has followed His Majesty's instructions to the northeast along the coastline, and now has found a sea route directly across the sea from Shandong to Liaodong, and has discovered
Goguryeo's scouts, but there was no conflict between the two sides, but it was enough to show that Goguryeo was aware of the turbulent changes in the Central Plains, so it was vigilant."
"This is reasonable."
"Now the navy also doesn't know whether it should go to Yan County to support the Army Division and Marine Corps, or whether it should establish a fort in Liaodong as a foothold as soon as possible to prepare for the subsequent advance into Liaodong." Xiao Shilian looked at Li Xingchen.
Li Xingchen frowned immediately.
Indeed, this is a difficult choice for the Navy.
If they come directly to support Yan County, the addition of naval troops may give Luo Yi and the others an opportunity to attack Fan Yang to cooperate with the battle in Yecheng, but it may not be of much help. After all, even if the navy comes, it will not be able to do anything.
Ten thousand people, and most of them are light infantry, the kind of light infantry that are not even equipped with armor. If Dugu Yongye persists in defending, a Fan Yang may stop the Han army.
But if the navy does not come to Youzhou, Luo Yi and others are now unable to attack Fan Yang. Once the Zhou people break through from Yecheng to the north, they may not be able to stop them.
On the other hand, the Han Dynasty is now plotting in Liaodong, so it naturally needs to have a foothold in Liaodong first. After leaving Jieshi in the east, it cannot still rely on grain and grass supplies from the rear. Historically, the Sui Dynasty made this mistake in its expedition to Gaoguli.
All long-distance transportation brought great pressure to logistics, and this pressure was naturally distributed on the people, which in turn led to the collapse of the entire dynasty.
Although it is impossible for the Sui Dynasty to exist again in this era, the Taiwei Mansion had considered this possibility when planning the Liaodong strategy. Therefore, the Taiwei Mansion proposed to establish enough strongholds in Liaodong in advance to transport food and materials.
Wait. But now that it’s time to implement it, a troubling problem arises.
It is not so easy for the navy to establish a foothold in Liaodong. It requires a lot of manpower and materials. These need to be transferred from Qingzhou or even the south. After all, the Battle of Yecheng is not over yet. The East Route Army, Youzhou and other places need material support from Qingzhou.
There may not be much left for the navy. In addition, the sea will freeze after winter, and transportation will completely rely on land, which will be even more difficult.
Logically speaking, the Navy should not be responsible for this kind of thing.
The navy can take care of it in spring and autumn, but in winter the sea freezes, so does it still have to transport supplies?
"The navy is applying to establish a stronghold in Liaodong at this time. I'm afraid it's not just because it's urgent to explore Liaodong, right?" Li Xingchen said lightly.
How come he doesn’t understand Wang Chang’s little bit about Jiujiu?
Now almost all the land divisions are blocked south of Yecheng. Even the Fenwu Army in Youzhou can only be in a defensive posture due to its inferior strength. Therefore, Liaodong, which is the key direction of the Han Dynasty in the future, is actually no one who can set foot in it at this time.
No matter how greedy the Army Division is, it is not beyond its reach. Therefore, if the Navy can take advantage of the current advantage to take the lead, it will definitely get more opportunities in the Liaodong strategy in the future, and it can also obtain more concessions and concessions from the Army Division.
benefit.
If the Army Division wants to go to Liaodong, it will need the support of these strongholds established by the Navy, and even the intelligence collected by the Navy. Even if everyone is a member of the military, these should be shared with each other, but at least you, the Army Division
You have to sell me a favor from the Navy, right? In this case, next time you allocate funds, do you still have the nerve to quarrel with me red-necked?
This guy Wang Chang, with his navy, has taken advantage of some places that only the navy can reach, not the army. He has made a lot of gains over the years, and now he wants to take advantage again.
"It is important to base ourselves in Liaodong, but this matter is not just a task of the navy. Both the army division and the white robe should cooperate more and participate in it." Li Xingchen said slowly.
If all the benefits were taken away by the Navy, wouldn't the Army Division have any objections?
Over the years, the Army Division has been fighting life and death on the front line, and the Navy has always taken advantage of Nanyang and other places. Isn't the Army Division jealous? Now that it has finally solved its biggest enemy, the Army Division is not looking forward to the grassland after the fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
, Liaodong, and the Western Regions, let them march forward with great enthusiasm? The navy will jump out to grab the credit at this time. Is it going to be over?
Li Xinchen could tolerate the conflict between the navy and the army due to competing for credit and appropriation of funds. However, if the conflicts and grudges between the two sides deepened day by day, and eventually they criticized each other and even restricted each other on the battlefield, then Li Xinchen could not tolerate it.
The conflict between the navy and the army in later generations was known to the whole world and became a joke. Li Xingchen did not want this contradiction to eventually affect the smooth progress of the Han Dynasty.
"As for the navy, the sea off Liaodong is frozen in winter, and Goguryeo does not have a strong navy, so the navy does not need to send too many ships to Liaodong." Li Xingchen considered and said, "The navy's focus should still be on the eastward and eastward directions.
Go south."
Whenever the navy and land division meet, there will definitely be a conflict of interest, and the capture is directly related to rewards. Therefore, in terms of the entire strategic deployment, Li Xingchen also prefers the land division to go north and west, while the navy heads east and south.
, both parties try to avoid direct cooperation as much as possible, and it is possible to avoid direct conflicts.
Of course, which side the imperial court's finances will ultimately lean to depends on who can achieve more results in their own direction.
This time the navy was used in the Battle of Youzhou, mainly because it was impossible to achieve a cross-sea expedition without the navy, and the attack on Liaodong also required the navy's help. However, Li Xingchen did not intend to let the navy focus here all the time.
, so that the development path of the navy will be limited to the sea area surrounded by Liaodong, Gaoguli and Qingzhou, and the road will naturally become narrow.
The world that belongs to the navy should be the Southern Ocean with dense archipelagos, the vast East and West oceans, and the distant continent.
Of course, Li Xingchen couldn't tell all of his expectations for the navy, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to explain why he knew so much.
Of course the emperor needed to create his own mystery so that all the people would be in awe of him, but Li Xingchen was more inclined to focus this mystery on known people and objects. The unknown world would still let generations of Han family
It would be better for the children to work hard and explore.
If he tells everything, then the future of a nation will be limited to this framework, which is naturally completely opposite to Li Xingchen's intention to train the nation's ability to develop and enterprising.
Based in Liaodong, it was the first step taken by the Han Dynasty after unifying the world, and there must be no mistake.