In the royal palace in Yiju, the United Kingdom of China, Chen Xin muttered to himself as he looked at the information delivered by the National Security Committee in his hand.

After reading it, he casually handed the information to several old brothers sitting next to him and the heads of various ministries. Then he questioned the intelligence adjutant who had come to deliver the letter.

"The Houjin Army sent a large amount of grain to Fuzhou at the beginning of the year, and it was speculated that they were going to fight Jinzhou, and now, with the same intelligence on the delivery of food, they are also likely to send military rations for autumn and winter, why do you think that the Houjin soldiers are coming?"

At the beginning of this year, due to the miscalculation of the intelligence department, the Huaxia Army mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources and urgently transferred them to the southern Liaoning region to strengthen the defense measures, but in the end, in the current autumn tiger season, the Houjin Army has not yet arrived.

That time was a bit of a humiliation for the entire membership of the National Security Council. Chen Xin wanted to know why the intelligence department once again decided that the Houjin army was going to attack under such circumstances.

They must have studied the information more carefully this time. Chen Xin didn't believe that the intelligence department, which had suffered a loss once, would easily come up with the same result a second time, and there must be something he didn't know about it.

Sure enough, the intelligence adjutant was already well aware of this, and as soon as he heard Chen Xin's question, he immediately reported, "Back to the king, the intelligence has been said in detail, and I came to deliver food this time." It's a two-yellow flag.

There was nothing unusual when the two banners of men and horses first began to transport grain and grass, but after careful verification of the number of people by the investigators, it was found that after they escorted the grain to the place, only a small number of men and horses left with the empty convoy and returned all the way to the rear. Most of the others are hidden in the Fuzhou frontline area.

We believe that the Houjin Army is trying to use the method of more to go less, hiding the signs of their troops and horses on the front line, and this approach is completely like preparing for a fight.

In addition, according to the confession of the Tatar tongue caught by the 1st Mixed Brigade of the Front and the Action Team of the Intelligence Department, during this time, most of the armor soldiers of the two yellow flags have been transferred to the Gaizhou area.

In addition to the two Yellow Banners, there were three other men and horses who were closer to Dolgon.

To sum up, we believe that this is a sign that the Later Jin Army will send a large force to seize Jinzhou and Lushun. ”

Chen Xin lowered his head and thought silently for a while, then raised his head and said confirmatively, "Your analysis is very reasonable, I know about this matter, you rushed back from southern Liaoning to report work, it is really hard, go down first and take a good rest, I will give you a holiday, relax for a few days and then come back to work." ”

"Thank you for your compassion." The intelligence adjutant stood upright, then thumped his chest and bowed, then turned and walked out of the office.

Chen Xin slowly walked back to his seat, and Zhong Fulin and the others had already finished reading the information handed over by Chen Xin at this time.

Chen Xinxu leaned back in his chair, tapped the table with his left hand and said, "There is an important basis for the research and judgment made by the intelligence department this time, that is, the captured Tartar prisoners.

This fully shows that the battle between our scouts at the forefront and the enemy scouts is not at all lost.

Although this year's Scouts suffered a lot of losses compared to other ordinary troops, judging from the various battle reports, it was completely worth it.

There are no elites on the training ground, and the soldiers have always been stronger and stronger, and they don't die in peacetime, but when it comes to the big war, they will have to die several times more. ”

Although Han Da still looked wooden, he was the first to raise objections, and he asked with some suspicion, "Your Majesty, has there been any definite news about the secret line we buried inside Jiannu?" ”

Zhong Fulin, as the person in charge of the National Security Committee, explained Han Da's confusion and said, "We have temporarily fallen into a bottleneck in Houjin's intelligence collection.

Dolgon and the others may have doubts about the fact that we were able to suddenly attack Dalinghe, Jinzhou, Fuzhou and other places when Houjin was unprepared before, and they have recently tightened their surveillance of Hanchen.

The spies we infiltrated into Houjin were all Han Chinese, and all of them belonged to the ranks of those who had to be closely monitored, and they would no longer be able to transmit information to the country in the short term.

Among the people, the armor protection system of the Tatars is also extremely strict, and even ordinary Jurchens cannot move around at will. If it is necessary to pass by other Niulu Zhuangzi, they must be led by an officer above the rank of Niulu in order to be approved for approval, and it is difficult for any outsider to move an inch in its hinterland.

Now, if we want to get the internal information of Houjin, we can only learn some information through those smuggling ships between the Ming Kingdom and Liaodong, and in addition, there is no way to directly send spies deep into its inland areas. ”

Chen Xin also knew the dilemma of the kingdom's domestic intelligence in Houjin for a long time, he knew that it was not the fault of the intelligence department, and he was not willing to push Lao Zhong too much, so he changed the topic and asked a few other people, "Now our intelligence can only be like this for the time being." How many of you, will Jiannu come to fight Lushun this time? ”

This time, it was the slipper who spoke first, and he only thought about the wording for a moment before saying, "My subordinates think that the Houjin Tartars may not come to attack my Lushun defense line."

Our Lushun defense line is not the same position as the Jinzhou defense line of the Ming Kingdom.

Although there are also various throats and forts around Jinzhou as support, but with the low combat effectiveness of the Ming army, once the Houjin Tartars decide to attack the city, the fortifications on the periphery of Jinzhou must flee from the wind.

As for our Lushun defense line, the defense planning around it is complex and huge, and ordinary people will be dizzy and unable to find a way out when they walk in. If you want to attack Arthur City, you can only fill in the trenches all the way and advance south.

However, if you choose to fill the trenches, you must have a shield car as a cover, because the target of the shield car is large and slow, and it will definitely be heavily damaged by our army's various artillery.

The subordinates calculated that just trying to break through the fortifications on the periphery of Arthur, the enemy's losses would be very heavy. As a leader, you should generally avoid attacking such a well-fortified line of defense.

Even if you have to attack. It should also be chosen to attack after the sea surface is completely frozen in winter, when the sea surface has been frozen by ice, not only can the naval warships not be able to support in the coastal waters, but the enemy can also avoid the layers of defensive positions and choose to attack Arthur City directly from the ice. ”