"The slave and maid will arrange for someone to do it immediately." Chen Hong hurriedly agreed and said respectfully.

Zhu Youxiao has thought of many ways, such as how to improve the treatment and status of craftsmen, but most of the methods are slow to produce results, and there is great resistance, even if they are realized, it is time-consuming and laborious.

When Zhu Houzhao did not limit his thinking to the serious road, his thinking was like a wild horse that had escaped the leash, and he thought of a way in an instant.

For example, this time the Baigong Academy, just like Emperor Jiajing's belief in Taoism, what was the status of the Taoist priest at that time? As long as you show this hobby, then the craftsman will naturally be treated as a guest. Especially those craftsmen who are highly skilled.

Those who are in power will be rewarded for offering these skilled craftsmen, which is a shortcut to promotion and wealth. Taking shortcuts is what everyone wants.

Things in the capital are disturbed, but Liaodong does not have so many disturbances, because Liaodong is about to fight.

"Dashuai, the Jurchen team is fifteen miles away from the city."

The scout knelt in front of Xiong Tingbi and said loudly.

Xiong Tingbi nodded, and then said, "Okay! Re-explore and report again. ”

When the scouts left, Xiong Tingbi turned his head and said to Li Rongguang, the chief soldier beside him, "Let the soldiers guarding those Mongols enter the city." From now on, we will not go out of the city, waiting for the Jurchens to come and attack. ”

At this time, in the Jurchen brigade, Nurhachi was also listening to the report of his subordinate scouts.

It's just that his face is getting more and more ugly.

Since the Battle of Sarhu, Nurhachi's ambitions have also been aroused. As long as he takes Shenyang and Liaoyang, he will be able to take the entire Liaodong and drive the Ming army into Shanhaiguan.

In this way, the territory under his control is large enough and the population is large enough to attack Mongolia in the west and Korea in the east. At that time, he will be able to build a huge Jurchen, and he can even build the Aixin Jueluo family into a golden family.

Originally, the plan went very smoothly, and he even sent out spies to lure the Ming army out of the city to fight. At that time, the spies hiding among the Mongolian refugees will make a noise, and then Shenyang will definitely be in chaos, and he will definitely be able to go down with a blow.

But with the deposition of Yuan Yingtai and Xiong Tingbi's return to Liaodong, things changed.

First of all, Xiong Tingbi excavated a trench and strengthened the city wall, looking like he wanted to defend it.

As for the clear field of strong walls, there is no need for clear fields at this time! His spies and the Mongolian refugees were all driven out of the city, and it was impossible to make a noise.

Now Xiong Tingbi has put on a stubborn posture again, Nurhachi's plans have all failed, and it is no wonder that he can be happy.

There was no one around who dared to speak, and the atmosphere was a little depressing, because everyone knew that things were embarrassing.

If the Ming army does not go out of the city, then it can only attack, but how much loss is the strong attack? But if you don't fight, will you just retreat?

"Daishan." Nurhachi turned his head to look at his second son and said loudly, "You go and get those Mongols back, I want to question." ”

"Yes, Father Khan." Dai Shan agreed, and then pulled the reins of the horse, and directly left the team and led people to Shenyang.

Nurhachi really doesn't understand, why did Xiong Tingbi dare to do this?

Nurhachi actually knows Daming very well, they will not be afraid, they will come out to fight with themselves. Because once you are timid, it means that Da Ming is afraid of himself, is this worth it?

Some people in Daming can't stand it first, and they will attack their own people.

But this time, Xiong Tingbi actually did it. Sure enough, this Xiong Tingbi is a difficult character.

In fact, the original history was just as Xiong Tingbi had predicted.

Nurhachi led people to attack, and Yuan Yingtai ordered the commander-in-chief He Shixian and You Shigong to go out of the city to fight. He probably still thinks that he is the reincarnation of Zhuge and will definitely be able to win this battle.

As a result, he was defeated.

The next day, the Mongols surrendered and responded inwardly, killing the two generals.

Chief military officers Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghua went to the aid and were also killed.

Yuan Yingtai ordered the armies of Fengji and Xianning to retreat, defend Liaoyang with all their might, and divert water into the Chenghe River, arrange cannons along the river, and soldiers guard the city.

On the 19th, when the Qing troops approached the city, Yuan Yingtai personally supervised the commander-in-chief Hou Shilu, Li Bingcheng, Liang Zhongshan, Jiang Bi, and Zhu Wanliang to go out of the city for five miles to meet the battle, and were defeated with many casualties.

Yuan Yingtai did not enter the city that night and stayed in the military camp.

The next day, the Houjin army dug open the gate in the west of the city to eliminate the water in the moat, and sent troops to defend the water mouth in the east of the city, crossed the city river and shouted to the city, and the two sides fought for a long time.

Many Qing cavalry rushed to the edge of the city. The defeated Ming army rushed out of the city, some were drowned, some were killed by the Qing army, and suffered heavy casualties.

Early in the morning, Yuan Yingtai entered the city and guarded the small concave and convex walls (small concave and convex walls on the city wall) with the imperial historian Zhang Quan.

Gao Gui, Hu Yingdong and others escaped over the city wall, and the hearts of the people were scattered.

On the 11th, the Houjin army attacked the city again, and Yuan Yingtai led the soldiers to fight with shields, and lost again.

In the evening, the tower caught fire, and the Houjin army entered the city from the small west gate, and the city was in chaos.

Yuan Yingtai saw this situation on the city tower, felt that the general trend had gone and could not be recovered, and sighed to Zhang Quan and said: "You have no responsibility to defend the city, hurry up!" I'm dying here! ”

After that, Yuan Yingtai wore a sword and a seal, and hanged himself.

His brother-in-law Yao Juxiu also committed suicide.

The servant Tang Shiming caressed Yuan Yingtai's body and cried, set fire to the building and died.

After this matter reached the imperial court, Emperor Tianqi posthumously presented Yuan Yingtai as the secretary of the military department, and gave a grand funeral, and named his son as an official.

But now it's different, Xiong Tingbi doesn't have as many things as Yuan Yingtai. From beginning to end, Xiong Tingbi felt that the Liao people were not credible, and the Mongols were not credible.

Lao Xiong felt that he had to defend a wave first. Consuming a wave of Jurchens, waiting until they can't attack for a long time and their morale is low, and then going out of the city to counterattack is the king.

Now the army in Liaodong is no longer able to fight a tough battle, but it is still no problem to fight a good battle. Xiong Tingbi has a very clear understanding of this.

Soon the spies were brought back by Daishan, and Nurhachi questioned the Mongol spies in detail and found that things were worse than he thought.

Xiong Tingbi asked these people to dig ditches, build cities, and move stones to the top of the city all day long, anyway, they were making all kinds of preparations to defend the city. I just won't go out, and I have the ability for you to come in.

"Give the Mongols weapons, let them be the vanguard, ready to attack the city." A touch of fierceness flashed on Nurha's red face, and he gave an order directly.

Anyway, at this time, it will definitely be fought, but let his children fight, Nurhachi is reluctant, so he simply lets these Mongols fight.

Didn't they have a lot of resentment against Xiong Tingbi? Just when morale is available, let them fight.

If there is an opportunity, then he will take the opportunity to capture Shenyang City; If it doesn't work, then you can retreat, and it's not a big deal if you can't fight and retreat anyway.