n ons . ▁R ough ly ▁ 3 7 , 0 0 0 ▁c arts ▁worth ▁of ▁supplies ▁pulled ▁by ▁ 7 4 , 0 0 0 ▁ox en ▁arrived ▁in ▁L ia od ong ▁during ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 6 1 9 . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 . 2 ▁million ▁ta els ▁X ion g ▁had ▁requested , ▁he ▁also ▁advoc ated ▁for ▁the ▁re location ▁of ▁ 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁troops ▁from ▁other ▁regions ▁to ▁L ia od ong ▁to ▁man ▁a ▁def ensive ▁line ▁stretch ing ▁from ▁F ush un ▁to ▁Fort ▁Z hen ji ang . ▁This ▁was ▁approved ▁by ▁the ▁court , ▁which ▁sent ▁orders ▁for ▁tro op ▁trans fers ▁to ▁be ▁carried ▁out . ▁The ▁order ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁considerable ▁difficulties . ▁In ▁one ▁instance ▁the ▁troops ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁assigned ▁to ▁Fort ▁Z hen ji ang , ▁number ing ▁ 1 7 , 4 0 0 ▁men , ▁mut in ied . ▁ ▁X ion g ▁believed ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁un wise ▁to ▁defend ▁Sh eny ang , ▁which ▁although ▁a ▁major ▁city , ▁was ▁located ▁on ▁empty ▁land ▁and ▁therefore ▁more ▁vulner able ▁to ▁attack . ▁O thers ▁argued ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁light ly ▁abandoned . ▁ ▁X ion g ▁T ing bi ' s ▁plans ▁were ▁attacked ▁by ▁an ▁official ▁ha iling ▁from ▁the ▁south ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Yang ▁S ich ang . ▁Yang ▁argued ▁that ▁X ion g ' s ▁plans ▁were ▁un