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Li Guoliang knew that if he wanted to rely on the strength of North Korea alone, it was estimated that he would never want to get rid of the oppression of the Tartars in his life, and the only hope was to rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty.

However, over the years, the Tartars have been in full swing, and the wars with the Ming Dynasty have often ended in a great victory for the Tartars, and the Ming have been too busy to take care of themselves and can't take care of them at all, which makes them more and more disappointed.

However, this time Li Guoliang saw hope from the White Dragon Army, he didn't expect that Daming would still have such an elite army.

If it were to be changed to North Korea, it is estimated that if you want to feed such an elite army, you will have to mobilize the strength of the whole country to do it!

After Li Zixiao occupied Tamna Island, he quickly expanded the original wharf on Tamna Island, and at the same time found a suitable location in the south and built another wharf.

Then, he divided the fleet of ships organized by his subordinates into three groups, and took turns to travel back and forth between Yangzhou, Haizhou Port and Shanyang, and quickly supplied supplies and soldiers from these three cities.

Don't think that Li Zixiao only transported 13,000 White Dragon troops is enough, this amount of troops is far from enough.

Li Zixiao knew that in another three or four months, Daming and Tatar would break out in the Songjin area outside the Guan, and the last large-scale battle between the two countries would break out.

The two sides have invested nearly 300,000 troops, and it can be said that both sides have done their best to make the whole country.

And at that time, it was also the time when the Tartar backyard was the emptiest, and it was also the only opportunity for Li Zixiao to smash Huanglong at this time.

Li Zixiao's plan this time is very big, very bold, and very risky, in addition to careful planning and step-by-step, he must also have a strong confidence.

And where did his confidence come from, it was the military power in his hands at that time, and those Tartars clashed, as long as the blade that could see the blood, it was the most reliable at this time.

And when the time comes, Li Zixiao only has 13,000 White Dragon Army in his hands, which is absolutely not enough.

Even if the White Dragon Army under Li Zixiao can fight well, once it reaches the territory of the Tartars, it will face the danger of being surrounded.

If at that time, Li Zixiao led the army and was really surrounded in the hinterland of the Tartars, no matter how good his soldiers were, they would not be able to withstand the attack of more than 100,000 Tartar soldiers!

Not to mention, whether the physical strength of the soldiers of the White Dragon Army can be sustained, even the ammunition in their hands is estimated to be directly consumed.

You must know that at this time, the White Dragon Army is an army that has always gathered semi-hot weapons and semi-cold weapons, and it relies too much on firearms.

It can be said without hesitation that if the firearms are lost, with the same number of people, the White Dragon Army is really no match for the Tartar soldiers.

Li Zixiao did not swell or be proud, he analyzed realistically and consulted with his generals.

At the beginning, Li Zixiao's henchmen and generals, such as Zhou Dazhu, Luo Chao, Liu Chong and others, were also taken aback when they first learned of Li Zixiao's plan.

But then came excitement, if they could really kill the hinterland of the Tartars, even if they couldn't beat Shengjing, just walking around Shengjing City, it would be a great blow to the arrogance of the Tartars.

That can also effectively alleviate the pressure of the Ming army commanded by Hong Chengchou in the Songjin area.

This plan is very dangerous, but if it succeeds, the benefits will be the greatest, and at that time, their White Dragon Army will really be famous all over the world.

In the end, Li Zixiao and his henchmen and generals planned and came to the conclusion that they needed at least 30,000 troops in this battle to be sure of success.

When the time comes, it will be necessary for people to lead troops to storm into the hinterland of the Tartars, and it is also necessary for people to lead troops to stay behind to block the Tartars' reinforcements, and it is even more necessary for someone to hold their retreat.

In this way, Li Zixiao needs to transfer another 20,000 city defense troops from Jiangbei, but fortunately, these city defense troops, after this year's screening and training, have already been reborn and can be used.

In addition to the soldiers, Li Zixiao also needs to transport a large amount of materials to Tamluo Island, including grain, grass, ammunition, ordnance, war horses, etc., and the preparations must be sufficient.

In this way, it is destined that Li Zixiao will stay on Tamna Island in the next few months, waiting for the opportunity.

In early December of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Lu Yuan and Hong Sheng took turns to lead two naval fleets to escort transport ships to and from Jiangbei and Tamna Island.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong's third batch of ships was also delivered a few days ago, and this time Zheng Zhilong was directly sent to hand over the ships in the Yellow Sea.

Zheng Zhilong also received maritime intelligence and knew that during this time, Li Zixiao had been transporting troops and supplies to Tamna Island.

In this way, Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief, which indirectly proved Li Zixiao's statement that he bought sea ships and formed a fleet to deal with the Tartars in the north, not to compete with the Zheng family for maritime supremacy.

In this way, Zheng Zhilong is no longer stingy, and Zheng Zhilong is also very supportive of fighting Tartars, and directly delivered the last batch of ships more than half a month in advance.

Even, Zheng Zhilong was very generous, and gave Li Zixiao five more bird boats as his support for the White Dragon Army to fight the Tartars.

In this way, Lu Yuan and Hong Sheng's navy army had enough ships to accompany them to protect the safety of the transport fleet at sea.

At this time, the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea were not calm, and there were many pirates flowing on the sea, and Zheng Zhilong was originally the biggest pirate on the sea.

It's just that now people have been whitewashed, turned into Ming officers and soldiers.

Originally, in addition to Zheng Zhilong, there was another powerful pirate in the East China Sea, and the pirate leader was named Liu Xiang, who was also Zheng Zhilong's sworn brother.

As a result, after Zheng Zhilong defected to the imperial court, he turned around and destroyed Liu Xiang, and since then he has dominated the southeast coast, as for the Yellow River, they do not come very often.

There are also pirates on this side of the Yellow River, but most of them are mainly Japanese pirates, and these Japanese pirates often go to the coast of Daming to loot in addition to plundering at sea, which is the Japanese pirates.

Li Zixiao went back and forth on the sea, transporting troops and supplies, and made such a big move, he had already been discovered by several Japanese robbers.

At the beginning, these few groups of sea pirates saw the White Dragon Army naval fleet accompanying the escort, and looked at the tall three-masted gunboat, which had a black hole and a hole in the muzzle of the ship.

directly made them give up their desire and hope to do it, and even Lu Yuan and they found those widows several times.

Although Lu Yuan was more vigilant, he still didn't believe that if these would-be robbers dared to do something to them, they were completely looking for death.

The guns on their gunboats, one salvo, was enough to blow up all their little sampans.

However, Lu Yuan still underestimated the greed of these would-be robbers and underestimated the thirst for wealth of these guys.

These widows, looking at one big ship after another, sailed to the north, and the draft of these boats was very deep, and they knew at a glance that they were full of goods.