It is not enough to just produce them. Now the ships from Deng and Jin towns, the navy of Juehua Island, and the requisitioned merchant ships are working hard to transport them to various places in Liaodong.

These changing factors gave Mao Wenlong the confidence to attack Jianzhou Wei and also gave Xiong Tingbi the capital to launch the attack in advance.

Jin and Fu states in southern Liaoning have been stabilized. Gaizhou is the starting point of the attack. By following the main road, we can go down to Haizhou and conquer Anshan, and then reach Liaoyang directly.

What is even more convenient is transportation. With the help of water routes, you can not only reach Shenyang directly, but also Liaoyang, Liaozhong, Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places.

There are few waterways in the Northeast region, and rivers leading directly to the sea are even more limited, so the deep and wide Liaohe River has become the main transportation route.

After the efforts of successive dynasties, by the early Ming Dynasty, the river estuary to Kaiyuan Laomiwan was fully open to navigation, with more than thousands of ships transporting grain to supply the Liaodong garrison.

At that time, there were three waterways in the Liaohe River: from Yingkou through Tianzhuangtai, and then to Sancha River, which was the fork in the three routes.

Entering the Liaohe River from Sancha River, it can reach Liaozhong, Xinmin, Tieling, Kaiyuan, and even Zhengjiatun. Along the coast, there are more than 70 docks of various sizes, including Mapenggou, Tongjiangkou, Jichengzi, Sanmianchuan, Machang, Shuolijie, Kamakou, and Huangdi.

After entering the Hunhe River, you can reach the eastern part of Liaozhong and even Shenyang. Along the coast, there are docks such as Miss Temple, Xiaohekou, Huangtufen, Tangmazhai, Daluotuobei, and Xiaobeihe.

Taking the Taizi River, you can reach Niuzhuang, Xiaohekou, Liaoyang, and even Benxi. There are docks such as Nan'ejinbao, Mama Street, and Changtan along the coast.

There is no doubt that the Ming army's navy was powerful. Xiong Tingbi wanted to move his garrison to southern Liaoning in order to take advantage of this advantage, transport troops and supplies, and attack Liaoning directly.

Such a plan naturally contradicted the emperor's plan for a winter-spring counterattack. The reason was simple: if they wanted to use water transport, they couldn't wait for the rivers to freeze over.

The Liao River is frozen for about four months each year, and even longer in the middle reaches and north. Either it should be launched in autumn or earlier, or tomorrow when the spring weather is warm and the flowers are blooming, in any case, it must be navigable.

Of course, even if the emperor had done his utmost in the production, manufacturing and transportation of military equipment, Xiong Tingbi estimated that it would take at least two or three months, that is, mid-autumn or late autumn, to obtain sufficient ammunition and supplies for a major counterattack.

The ammunition and supplies needed for the major counter-offensive were determined based on combat operations lasting three to four months. There would not be fighting every day, but there would be at least seven or eight battles involving tens of thousands of people.

Xiong Tingbi had an idea and wanted to win the emperor's approval. He pondered in front of the sand table, carefully considering the words in his secret report in order to impress the emperor.

There was a knock on the door, and Councillor Xing Shenyan stepped inside, bowing and saying, "Sir, I am honored to receive your greetings."

Xiong Tingbi waved his hand, smiled slightly, and said, "You're back so quickly. You must have worked hard on the journey."

Xing Shenyan declined modestly, "I am fortunate to have fulfilled my mission, and I dare not complain about the hard work."

"Please sit down, Mr. Xing." Xiong Tingbi was quite polite to the old man who had followed him for so long. He asked Xing Shenyan to sit down and asked his personal soldiers to serve tea.

Xing Shenyan had been in Liaodong for many years and was quite familiar with the various Mongolian tribes. This time, he went to Inner Khalkha to lobby and invite the five tribes to join the Ming army in attacking the Jiannu.

When Xiong Tingbi heard Xing Shenyan say "Fortunately I have fulfilled my mission", he knew that the lobbying was going well and he felt relieved.

As expected, Xing Shenyan slowly explained, the Inner Khalkha Alliance had already agreed to send troops to aid the Ming army in its attack on the Jiannu. Of course, this wasn't a futile effort; their share of the horse market trade would be increased, as would the reward silver.

The horse market share was no problem, and the reward of a few thousand silver was increased. The emperor also agreed in Xiong Tingbi's secret report. Hiring people for work, how could you not pay them? A few thousand silver in reward for 20,000 Mongolian cavalrymen, worth it!

The Inner Khalkha Alliance agreed to send troops so readily because, firstly, the Zarut tribe had gained a lot from joining the coalition forces last time; secondly, the alliance leader Zhuoliketu was feeling guilty and was looking for a way out.

You know, the last time the Chahar tribe sent troops to attack the Khorchin tribe, Zhuoliktu secretly informed the leader of the Khorchin tribe.

Truth cannot be hidden. The Khorchin tribe was destroyed, its leader Oba was escorted to Ligdan Khan, and the other captives were sent to the Ming Dynasty. It was unknown who would bring Zhuoliktu out.

It is conceivable that if Lin Danhan learned of this news, he would have wanted to "pacify the interior" but was struggling to find an excuse, so how could he have let the Inner Khalkha go? Especially the Ujiyet of Zhuoliktu, who was expected to become the second Khorchin.

Therefore, Zhuolikitu also wanted to take the opportunity to establish good relations with the Ming army so that he could get help from the Ming army once Ligdan Khan used troops against Inner Khalkha.

"Each unit will send out 4,000 cavalry, a total of 20,000 troops." Xing Shenyan said with a little pride, "Add to that Man Gui's flying cavalry and Fan Hualong's dragon cavalry, and we can attack Tieling and Kaiyuan in one fell swoop."

The naturalized cavalry led by Man Gui had not yet been fully replenished, and the training of cavalry wall-style charges also required some time, so the launch time agreed with the Inner Khalkha Alliance was set in autumn.

According to the battle plan formulated by Xiong Tingbi, this Mongolian-Han coalition army would either set out from Guangning, directly cross the Liaohe River, and attack Kaiyuan and Tieling; or go from the old territory of the Khorchin tribe through Nong'anta and invade the area ruled by the Later Jin Dynasty.

"Good, very good." Xiong Tingbi breathed a sigh of relief and raised his teacup to Xing Shenyan. "Thanks to your hard work, sir, we have gained another force to attack the Jiannu, and our chances of pacifying Liao will increase."

Xing Shenyan quickly raised his glass to signal, saying, "Without the horse market transaction, how could the Mongolian tribes help in the war? I dare not take credit for it."

Xiong Tingbi laughed heartily and sipped his tea, saying with emotion, "With the support of the Mongolian tribes, my plan to move to southern Liaoning and conquer Liaochen in the north will surely be approved by the imperial court."

Xing Shenyan pondered and said, "I wonder what the court will think about the unification of Liaodong affairs?"

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