After Ihonovsky left, Lin Feng immediately convened the ministers who did not participate in the meeting to discuss the military strategy, this time the news from Ihonovsky was not very good, originally the Han military government thought that although the Russian army was at a disadvantage in the war, it still had a fight, but judging from the tone of this envoy, maybe Lao Maozi was really a little unreliable.

When Shicai met with the Russian envoy, Lin Feng was very determined, but in fact he was very surprised in his heart, originally in his impression, now the military strength of the Eight Banners in Mukden and North Manchurian should be very weak, except for the second-line troops defending the city, the elite army that can be put into the field is only three or four thousand cavalry at best, and before that, the smooth march of the Han army in Ningjin seems to have proved this, but now I suddenly heard Ihonovsky say that the other party gathered more than 20,000 elite troops to put into the Heilongjiang front, It is indeed a bit unbelievable, and Lin Feng will not doubt the accuracy of this information in the slightest, because Ihonovsky will definitely not exaggerate the strength of the Qing army for no reason, because it means that Russia will have to pay a greater price for the rescue operation of the Han junta.

While waiting for the ministers, Lin Feng walked back and forth in the council hall alone, thinking about the best way to solve the problem. Judging from the preliminary analysis of this information, his intelligence system should have some problems, but here he did not blame Wang Shirong or Chen Menglei, because the current three eastern provinces are very different from the industrial areas of later generations, and most of the Han people's sphere of influence is concentrated in the Liaohe Plain and other preliminarily reclaimed plain areas, while most of the other places are undeveloped primeval forests. Then it is necessary to completely infiltrate the ethnic minority tribes and those wild and uninhabited areas, and even if some information is obtained, it will not be possible to pass it back without a two-month long journey, and due to the limitations of primitive means of transportation and information transmission methods, it is absolutely impossible to make a very accurate judgment on the enemy thousands of miles away if he is in Beijing.

If my analysis is correct, the current Qing army's war recovery on the Fengtian side is much faster than I imagined, and last autumn or earlier, they should have begun to recruit soldiers and hoard war materials from the Oroqen or Eastern Mongolian tribes living in the mountains and forests, so that they now have more than 20,000 mobile regiments.

Half an hour later, the senior ministers directly under the Han Wangfu have arrived in the meeting hall, because now the official opening of the palace to govern affairs, all kinds of court etiquette gradually institutionalized, the civil official department headed by Li Guangdi, the military headed by Zhou Peigong, respectively sat on the left and right, everyone trembled, the atmosphere was depressed and solemn, the prestige of the Han King was fully respected, but the free and lively air before was also much less.

"This time I summoned everyone to come here to completely solve the remnants of the Qing army in Liaozhong and Liaoxi," the supreme leader who had been working for so long, Lin Feng had already adapted to the feeling of being high, he glanced left and right at the subordinates who were sitting in danger, and said quietly, "Just now Lone has already agreed to the Rakshasa...... Russian envoys, prepare for war against the Qing army in the near future! ”

There was silence in the conference hall for a while, Li Guangdi and Zhou Peigong glanced at each other, and they didn't say a word.

Lin Feng was a little annoyed, in fact, when I was in a meeting now, this kind of thing always happened, I said the beginning, but no one answered below, and sometimes I always sang a one-man show by myself.

"Pei Gong, what do you think?!" was a little helpless, Lin Feng had to name them one by one.

"Ahem...... cough, King Qiyu, the last general thinks that it may not be appropriate to start a war at this moment," Zhou Peigong groaned slightly, and said solemnly, "Although our army has been repeatedly expanded now, there are not many available soldiers, if the lord is determined to attack Liaozhong and Liaoxi, our army only Ma Jianwei and Wang Pingliao's generals can go to fight, in addition, Wang Pingliao sits in Ningjin, and the army is scattered and stationed everywhere, and it is not enough to hold on and enterprising, and Ma Jianwei's New Sixth Army is currently being reorganized from Luanhe, and most of its lieutenant generals and colonels are also trained in Mazhuang Martial Arts, and the new army is undecided and rushedI'm afraid there's something wrong with me! ”

At this time, Ma Ying had just finished his martial arts training, and he hadn't had time to return to the army, and he was sitting under Zhou Peigong, and when he heard the chief officer questioning his troops, he was really angry in his heart, and he didn't care about the official rank, so he jumped up and bowed to Lin Feng and said, "Lord, the brothers of our New Sixth Army all grew up eating the water of the Liao River, and for more than ten years, they have followed the last general to live and die in Liaodong, and it is not that they have never seen blood," he arched his hand towards Zhou Peigong, and said arrogantly, "General Zhou forgives his sins, and our Liaodong heroes pay attention to a refreshing, We won't go around with you - don't look down on our background, as long as the commander gives an order, our brothers will not be ambiguous, and let's talk about those Tartars, they are heavenly soldiers and generals, and Lao Tzu also chopped him up for a dog day! ”

Zhou Peigong didn't expect Ma Ying to openly contradict his boss in front of a group of ministers, the anger in his eyes flashed, seeing Ma Ying's arrogance, he stared at Ma Ying directly, silently for a long time, took a deep breath, and smiled reluctantly, "Ahem, ahem, Ma Jianwei misunderstood...... You and I are ministers, and the ministry is just talking about things, and there is absolutely no contempt. ”

"Knock knock......" Lin Feng knocked lightly on the table, "Pei Gong, don't be surprised, Ma Ying has a straightforward personality, even if it is against this king, it is straight to the ......" Turning his head to look at Ma Ying, he suddenly raised his voice, and said calmly, "Xiaoma, according to my Han military law, the crime of contradicting the commander can be punished, if you don't change your stinky temper, if you miss a major event in the future, be careful that your head is not guaranteed!" ”

Zhou Peigong hurriedly stood up, and the two of them hurriedly bowed down and said, "Lord forgive ...... sin"

"Okay, okay, sit down, do your best to get off topic," Lin Feng couldn't help but curse, and waved his hand impatiently, "Seriously, Pei Gong, I just heard from the Rakshasa people that now the Manchu Eight Banners have gathered tens of thousands of horses in Liaodong, I don't think they can be allowed to develop like this, if they don't take the opportunity of their two-front battle to cut off this tumor as soon as possible, I'm afraid that sooner or later it will cause a big disaster, if the second Nurhachi really comes, then it will be too late to regret it!" ”

"Lord Mingjian, this matter of smashing Huanglong is imperative, but at the moment, our army is indeed a little stretched......" Zhou Peigong silently calculated, and said in a deep voice, "General Ma's Sixth Cavalry Army originally had 12,000 or 3,000 elite cavalry, and after reorganization and diversion, it was enriched to various troops, and there are only more than 9,000 people at present, and the only cavalry brigades under the command of Pingliao General Wang Dahai may be able to go out - but these 4,000 people are still borrowed from Suiyuan Zhao Mongolia, and it is not appropriate to return the system if it is delayed!" Seeing Lin Feng's brows furrowed, he explained, "Don't you know that the Mongolian steppe is in turmoil right now, and the Tuxetu Department is fine, then the Mongolian Horqin Department and the Aixin Jueluo family are in-laws, and they are hardcore loyal ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. ”

Lin Feng was silent, before the reorganization, the Liaodong Righteous Army that was recruited had 10,000 cavalry, but according to the recommendation of the General Staff, these cavalry beyond the formation were divided into various infantry units, and each army was equipped with more than 500 cavalry, which was used as an independent search battalion or rapid reaction force, but at present, this move has affected the strength of the expedition. Now listening to Zhou Peigong's complaints, Lin Feng was indeed a little embarrassed for a while.

After a dull moment, Wang Shirong suddenly smiled and said, "Lord, are you planning to eat the entire Eight Banners of Liaoxi in one go?!" ”

"Ji Yun doesn't have to be polite, please say something if you have something!"

"The minister thinks that Liaodong is a vast place, and judging from the current strength of our army, it may be impossible to eat them in one go, and according to a certain speculation, the Tartars of Fengtian may not be willing to fight our army in a decisive battle at the moment!" Wang Shirong stepped forward slowly, bowed his hand slightly to Zhou Peigong and Wang Shirong to show humility, and said to Lin Feng, "So I think that at present, our army does not need to go straight forward on a large-scale expedition, if the target is set smaller, the strength is still enough!" ”

Lin Feng thought for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Ji Yun's words are extremely good," Zhou Peigong thought deeply, "Lord, the way to use soldiers, don't be impatient, and follow the rakshasa...... The meaning of the Russians, we don't need to attack in a big way, the minister thinks that this attack strategy, should be done at the opportunity - if the Eight Banners desperately counterattack, stubbornly defend Fengtian, our army will avoid its sharpness, if the main force of the Qing army in Heilongjiang does not come back, we will increase our troops and rush forward, in one fell swoop to capture Feng...... Capture Shenyang!! ”

"That's great!" Lin Feng sighed, the strength of the enemy on all sides is limited at the moment, and the troops stationed everywhere cannot be drawn, it is indeed very unrealistic to want to strangle the Manchu Qing's nest in one fell swoop, and in desperation, he can only take advantage of it little by little, "A few gentlemen are very reasonable, this war can only be fought like this-" Turning his head to look at Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei, who had not said a word from beginning to end, Lin Feng coughed lightly, "Jin Qing, Zezhen, what do you think?!" ”

Li Guangdi and Chen Menglei glanced at each other, both smiled bitterly, Li Guangdi stood up and saluted, "Lord Mingjian, if you really follow the will of the minister, this battle is really not good!" ”

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, speechless.

"However, it is also very reasonable to listen to what Pei Gong and Ji Yun said, and it seems that war is also imperative," Li Guangdi sighed, "King Qiqi, my Han's storage is really a little tight - it is the beginning of summer at present, and in another ten years it will be busy farming, and when the summer grain is put into storage, then you have to wait for ten years, if the army goes out immediately, then you will have to levy a large number of people, so that the harvest will be greatly affected...... Wechen is really hard to come by! ”

Lin Feng pinched his nose, shook his head with a wry smile, he really didn't expect this for a while, and turned his head to Zhou Pei fairly, "Pei Gong, how many people do we need to levy this time, do you have a number?!" ”

"Lord Mingjian, this expedition to General Ma's cavalry Sixth Army as the main force, in addition, because of the need to capture the city, also have to draw some infantry and artillery as a supplement, even if the minimum estimate, the strength is at least more than 15,000 people, Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, local supply is unreliable, according to common sense calculation, its food, horse material, gunpowder artillery and other military baggage operation, at least 60,000 ~ 80,000 people, plus the staff reserve of mules and horses, or can barely be used ......"

"Six to eighty thousand?! …… Or just barely?! ......" Lin Feng gasped, now he finally understood why he couldn't "send hundreds of thousands of troops" at every turn in classical novels, it was really terrible, it seemed that fighting a civil war in the nest and crusading against ethnic minorities were really two different things, and if this kind of war was fought a few more, it would have to be bankrupt.

pinched his chin for a long time, "Ugh...... Forget it, let's wait for the summer grain to be put into storage, anyway, the Russians have God, don't they? - Blessings for yourselves, may God bless them! Lin Feng smiled helplessly.

"That'...... Since the lord does not send troops......" Li Guangdi said tentatively, "is that suspected of distrusting Russia?!" ”

"Who said I don't send troops?" Lin Feng said in surprise, "One soldier is also a soldier, and ten thousand soldiers are also a soldier, does Jin Qing think that I will not keep my word?!" ”

“……”

"General Ma!"

Ma Ying hurriedly stood up, bowed down and said, "Here!" ”

"You hurry up now, rush back to your troops immediately, and when you reach the ground, immediately send some troops who are familiar with the terrain to infiltrate Liaozhong and harass the roads, post stations and transport ships of the Qing army!" Lin Feng said with a smile, "Take advantage of it, if you hit a hard bone, don't gnaw it, save your strength - hehe, you don't need this king to teach you, right?!" ”

"Hey...... The last will obey! ”

"Okay, that's all for today - the four gentlemen Jin Qing, Ze Zhen, Pei Gong, and Ji Yun will stay for a while, and you should do whatever you want!"

The ministers didn't say much, they saluted and withdrew, and when they were far away, Lin Feng waved, and several guards soldiers on duty in the hall also bowed down and withdrew, and clasped the door with their backhands.