After this period of discussion, a basic battle plan has been finalized.
Zhang Heng led his troops to attack Jingxing, thus containing the enemy.
Li Xuanshang led his army, while simultaneously summoning Qin Chenyao from Shandong to assist him, to jointly attack several roads in southwestern Shanxi.
He himself led a large army through Xuanfu, and together with Jiang Xiangyang of Datong, they attacked Taiyuan from north to south.
This time, Li Qin had already instructed the craftsmen to cast more than two hundred cannons before his departure for the campaign.
With the cannons that had caused him so much suffering in the past, he was absolutely confident that he could blast open all the passes along the way.
Of course, this plan is currently only in draft form, and many details have not yet been finalized.
For example, there are issues such as the allocation of troops among various armies, and the transportation of supplies for the army.
With the recent southward migration of officials from Zhili and Henan, many local bureaucrats have fled.
The imperial court's local bureaucratic system had basically collapsed, and he needed to reappoint the missing officials in this region.
The local tax collection and grain requisition mobilization system was re-established.
Otherwise, although he had taken over these lands, he hadn't consumed them and didn't have much control over the prefectures and counties in these lands.
If one is powerful, those prefectures and counties will behave themselves. But if one suffers a defeat, those prefectures and counties will immediately pledge allegiance to a new master.
Simply put, I have too much to deal with right now.
In just a few months, his army expanded from over 100,000 to several hundred thousand.
Their controlled territory expanded from the Liao River to the Yellow River.
You could say I'm a bit stuffed.
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