Chen Xin silently calculated the layout that Fu Yan said in his heart, and did not find any big shortcomings, so he immediately switched to other problems.

"How is the fire prevention work in key areas such as granaries, material warehouses, gunpowder magazines, and ammunition depots, as well as anti-infiltration work? These are the most important things, and they have a bearing on the success or failure of our army's current campaign, and we must not afford to lose them. ”

"Food, clothing, gunpowder, warhead fuses and other arms and medical supplies are all stored in separate warehouses.

These warehouses are built with a fortress-like structure and reinforced concrete, which is extremely strong, durable, and fireproof.

The subordinate has already dispatched the gendarmes of the 1st Brigade Military Law Corps to guard those places, plus the baggage troops drawn from various departments, whether it is to prevent fire, moisture, or enemy infiltration, they have relevant plans. ”

After hearing this, Chen Xin smiled and nodded, then took two steps closer, patted Fu Yan's shoulder and said, "Good job, also, your previous blockade near Jinzhou was good." It's basically according to the plan, but it's more flexible and changeable, which is really good.

Oh, by the way, what about our cavalry losses in this battle? Is the statistics out? ”

Fu Yan said as he walked: "The main reason for the Jinzhou blocking battle is that the brigade commander commanded properly, and his subordinates did not dare to take credit, our cavalry suffered a total of 83 casualties in this battle, and the cavalry infantry suffered more than 20 casualties.

The casualties of the infantry were less than those of the cavalry because the Tartars suffered too much at the hands of our infantry and did not dare to directly attack the infantry position, so there was a situation where the casualties of the infantry were much less than those of the cavalry.

In fact, the third fortress should be able to hold on for a few more days, but the chief of staff sent by the General Staff sent an order in the name of the General Staff to let me wait to evacuate to Lushun, which is really a pity! ”

Chen Xin smiled and said with relief, "There is no need to mind whether it is more or less for a few days, although we have set a 5-day defense period at the third fortress, but, in general, the purpose is just to frustrate the enemy's spirit."

In fact, there was no problem with the decision at that time, the cavalry was to pay attention to preserving the living force, and when the day came when Dolgon led the army to retreat, we would pounce on him again and tear off a piece of his flesh.

Let's tell the Tartars that this place in Lushun is not so easy to come by. Let them have a good memory, so that they will never forget the prestige of Lushun Fortress. ”

After Chen Xin finished speaking, he turned to the person in charge of the intelligence department in southern Liaoning who was following him and asked, "What new information does your intelligence department need to report?" ”

"This time, the whole country mobilized in Houjin, including the Jurchen Eight Banners, the Mongolian Left and Right Wings, the Wuzhen Chaoha, and the Han Army Banner, with a total of about 85,000 soldiers.

In addition, about 40,000 people followed. In addition, Houjin also made every effort to gather more than 100,000 auxiliary soldiers and slaves in the country.

Among the Tartars, the ones who can fight are naturally the 85,000 regular soldiers plus Yu Ding, and the other men and horses, who have a total of 140,000 people, are at most used as cannon fodder, and they have no combat effectiveness at all, let alone the will to fight.

According to the investigation by the Coast Guard, along the route of Gaizhou, Fuzhou, and Jinzhou, carts of cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, and other livestock are constantly coming and going, transporting large quantities of grain, grass, and materials.

In addition, according to the report of the intelligence officers planted by our army in the Guanning army, the line of Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, and the outer feudal Mongolia attached to the Later Jin, gathered a total of 10,000 people and immediately went down and went around outside Jinzhou.

Our people have also blended into the caravan between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, and the intelligence officers can freely enter and leave the Mongolian steppe.

Judging from the reported news, the Mongols of all the ministries, both the top and the herdsmen, are reluctant to participate in such a storm, and our intelligence officers have been spreading rumors in various tribes, hoping to shake their morale and reduce the number of enemy troops encountered by our army. ”

Chen Xin was very satisfied with this and praised, "Good job, I have been able to enter and exit the Mongolian steppe, so the purchase of war horses can almost be put on the agenda, right?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, we are opening up a safe war horse trading route, and once we are ready, we will start importing horses for the king. When the time comes, we will certainly be able to solve the problem of the shortage of horses due to our military service. ”

Under normal circumstances, if you want to maintain an army's long-distance combat capability, then there must be a large number of substitutes in the army that can replace the soldiers in transporting equipment, food, grass, and materials.

In later generations, this work was replaced by armored vehicles, off-road vehicles, trucks, trains, airplanes, and other equipment.

In the previous era, it could only be animal power, and if the animal power was insufficient, it would be necessary to catch Ding to carry out the task of replacing the animals.

The kingdom is now very short of population, and the colonies in the Americas and Australia are still empty and need to be occupied, where is the surplus population used for this kind of work, so it can only use animal power.

However, livestock also need time to reproduce, and the kingdom has only been established for a few years, even with the help of black technology, it cannot meet the needs of livestock.

Now, at last, the trade route with the Mongolian steppe is about to be opened, which is really great news for the kingdom, because once there are enough livestock, the army will be able to fight long distances in the inland areas.

That can lay a solid foundation for the Houjin hinterland.

Thinking of this, Chen Xin couldn't help but be overjoyed, but he didn't forget that he still had something to do now, so he just smiled for a while and then restrained his expression, and asked again: "What about the situation here in Lushun, is there any new news?" ”

"Five days ago, the hidden sentry in the mountains captured a bull with a white flag, but after interrogation, it was learned that this person turned out to be a Baya Lazhen with a white flag during the last Fuzhou Campaign, called Monkta.

At the time of the Battle of Fuzhou, it was he who first led the army to attack the ferry of our army, causing confusion in the formation.

However, because of the huge loss of Dordor's strength, after returning home, in order to help Dordor get rid of his crimes, Dolgon used him as a scapegoat, reduced him to a cow, and cut off a full thirty households.

This time, he was arranged by Yue to come to Lushun to spy on the military situation, but unfortunately his men were unlucky, and his men stepped on a mine in the mountain.

His own thigh was also broken by the flying stones, and it happened to be discovered by our reconnaissance team lurking in the mountains, and under the pursuit of our army, only two of his men and horses ran away, and all the others were captured. ”