Yuan Chonghuan used his brain elsewhere, specializing in the study of political weather vanes.

Perhaps this is a common problem of Confucian officialdom for thousands of years, and it is not Yuan Chonghuan's problem alone.

But based on this, Wei Bao can't regard Yuan Chonghuan as a person with much military talent, at most he is a good hand in politics.

As a civilian official, if you don't have much ability, hugging your thighs is a compulsory course in officialdom.

Although hugging the wrong thigh may cause you to harm the pond fish, when you are a lonely minister, unless you have great ability, you will be excluded.

Yuan Chonghuan, who had a vicious eye, found that Wang Zaijin had an Achilles' heel, that is, his foundation was shallow.

Although Wang Zaijin has experienced at the grassroots level, after all, he has not experienced the catastrophe of blood and fire, and he is not much stronger than other cattle people.

After discovering that some people in the court were dissatisfied with Wang Zaijin, Yuan Chonghuan felt that the opportunity had come, and he only needed to find Wang Zaijin's mistakes.

I have to say that Yuan Chonghuan is very good at disguise, Yuan Chonghuan made Wang Zaijin a confidant while suing Wang Zaijin for being black.

In Wei Bao's opinion, Yuan Chonghuan is the most powerful thing to catch Sun Chengzong's line by the way.

When Wang Zaijin fell, Yuan Chonghuan soon became Sun Chengzong's follower.

Yuan Chonghuan was not forced to set up a shrine, Yuan Chonghuan was not forced to join the eunuch party, these Wei Bao are very clear, because Wei Bao has eyeliner in all corners of the Beijing Division.

Yuan Chonghuan caught Wei Zhongxian's line much earlier than most people imagined.

Yuan Chonghuan even stammered when Wei Zhongxian was just starting to gain power.

Soon after Sun Chengzong came to Shanhaiguan, Wei Zhongxian purged the Donglin Party, and Yuan Chonghuan at this time had already observed the political wind and began to think of how to break away from Sun Chengzong.

It is obviously not the best policy to directly find Wei Zhongxian to tell Sun Chengzong about the black state, Yuan Chonghuan is already Sun Chengzong's follower at this time, and it is too unauthentic to kick Sun Chengzong again.

No one in this world likes wall grass, including Wei Zhongxian.

What's more, Yuan Chonghuan can become Sun Chengzong's follower, and it is difficult to explain that it has nothing to do with him kicking Wang Zaijin.

But Yuan Chonghuan is Yuan Chonghuan, he quickly thought of a way, that is, to find Wei Zhongxian's son and grandson, and he quickly caught Wei Zhongxian's line through Yan Mingtai.

"Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, and Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, praised the merits of Wei Zhongxian, and asked Yu Ning to build a shrine and give the name Maode."

Yuan Chonghuan's speculation soon paid off, and Wei Zhongxian regarded him as one of his own.

In August of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong and Ma Shilong failed in their attempt to attack Yaozhou, which led to the large-scale removal of the military and political governors in Liaodong at that time.

Yuan Chonghuan was the Ningqian Dao at that time, and he could be regarded as the political commissar of the military subdivision in the Ningqian area, which was the military and political chief at the forefront of the Ming army, and the defeat of Liuhe was originally a small defeat, that is, more than 1,000 people from the forward battalion who crossed the river to attack Yaozhou were annihilated, Lu Zhijia and Li Chengxian were killed, but the collapse of the rear team that did not cross the river caused huge losses, this bizarre failure had an impact on the entire Liaodong Town, as the military and political chief at the forefront of Liaodong Town, Yuan Chonghuan's face should naturally be gloomy.

During the Chongzhen period, the king of the military department revisited the events of the year in Jin and asked Sun Chengzong about the content: Ren Wu, the king of the military department said in Jin: "...... The defeat of Liuhe stopped the remaining 58,000 soldiers, that is, if the central auxiliary was sparse with 120,000, where would the 62,000 soldiers be? If you don't miss the opportunity, you will be in vain to hang food, how can the dragon beak look at himself. ”

It can be seen from Wang Zaijin's questioning of Sun Chengzong and Ma Shilong that the defeat of Liuhe did cause heavy losses to the Ming army, and only 58,000 remained after the 120,000 people were dispersed, so it was reasonable that the military and political leaders of Liaodong were replaced in large numbers at that time, but Yuan Chonghuan was promoted: "In December of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Ren Yin was promoted to the political envoy of Shandong, and Yuan Chonghuan was the provincial envoy to the province, and he was still in charge of the Ningqian Dao."

Yuan Chonghuan's promotion was unique in the governor, Fu, Dao, and town at that time, so Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Funing, mentioned that "the defeat of Liuhe was able to drill and move to a housewarm, and the envy of the godfather recognized it as a spirit" is actually an accusation, Yuan Chonghuan took refuge in the eunuch party at that time and recognized Wei Zhongxian as his "godfather", so he was promoted.

Obviously, Yuan Chonghuan had already defected to the eunuch party when he was working under Sun Chengzong.

Yuan Chonghuan jumped up and down, either wind or rain.

On the battlefield, the enemy and the enemy can be roughly divided into three stages: strategic defense, strategic stalemate, and strategic counteroffensive.

Strategic defense is to withdraw from the buffer zone, shrink the forces, give up part of the territory that cannot be secured, and organize a new line of defense, so as to hold on so that the enemy cannot break through.

If the Ming army can use the Great Wall as the line, Jiannu will not be able to invade the pass, or will lose a large number of troops after the invasion, and the gains outweigh the losses, which can be regarded as a strategic defense.

Strategic stalemate means that our side can secure a buffer zone, fix the boundary in the buffer zone, or attack part of the enemy's controlled area, after which our side is unable to attack again, and the enemy army cannot repel our army, which is called strategic stalemate.

Specific to the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was the Ming army to recover Guangning, Liaoyang, and Jiannu in the eastern Liaodong region and Jiannu stalemate, Jiannu was hit hard, unable to attack Hebei, Beijing, the Great Wall line does not have to strengthen the defense, this is called strategic stalemate.

A strategic counteroffensive means that most of the enemy has been wiped out, turning from prosperity to decline, and will be completely wiped out within a few years.

The five-year recovery of Liao, the strategic counteroffensive, is actually the meaning of this.

The problem is that Yuan can't even do strategic defense! He also deceived the country and the emperor, and had reached a strategic counteroffensive, restored Liao in five years, and completely destroyed Houjin.

Yuan Chonghuan will only fool people and regard the entry into the buffer zone as a reconquest of lost territory.

Guangning is hundreds of miles away from Shenyang, north of Shenyang, Tieling is still hundreds of miles deep, and to the east of Fushun, Liaoyang is also hundreds of miles deep, not including Jilin, which is farther away.

Therefore, Quang Ninh is just a formal, larger front-line stronghold of Jiannu, and to be honest, it will not affect the overall situation.

What's more, Yuan Chonghuan only repaired to the edge of Guangning, and did not even attack the city.

Yuan Chonghuan's so-called victory, how much material, manpower, financial resources, and troops were spent.

Jiannu didn't feel it at all, and directly attacked Beijing, igniting the flames of war to Guannai.

If this Youtun view, it is called victory, and after that, around the right tun such a prominence, isolated fortresses, Jiannu took the lead, the Ming army, which was unfamiliar with the field, how many sieges and reinforcements were created, how many soldiers and civilians were eliminated in the Ming Dynasty, and how much silver and living force were lost in the Ming Dynasty.

Xiuyoutun actually became what Yuan Chonghuan's success was.

The Houjin troops were not enough, and the territory was too large to be defended one by one, so they did not defend the marginal areas and the areas that had been captured, and those that were too far away, and took the initiative to withdraw.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army had invaded southern Lunan as far as possible, and even near northern Jiangsu, which could also be called the Ming army's recovery of lost territory?

It's just a propaganda trick of shameless politicians.

Yuan Chonghuan can be said to be a standard politician.

The five-year restoration of Liao is purely political deception.

In addition, fighting a war is to fight money, and not only swallowing huge funds, but also swallowing troops and materials like a meat grinder.

The loss of a large amount of material and living force can cause irreparable serious losses and consequences.

Even if it is a victory, unless it is a big victory, the loss is less and the gain is more, so that the strength must be preserved, so as not to lose vitality, hurt the fundamentals, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Then Jin, by Yuan Chonghuan, the East Victory, the West Victory, two heavy blows, actually more and more powerful, the strategy of the day is not empty, attacking Mongolia, attacking the Dynasty, attacking the Dongjiang River, and then attacking the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Yuan Chonghuan covered up defeat and made a success, a typical politician.

Which commander is not exhausted, strategizing, looking for my strengths, and attacking the enemy's shortcomings.

Mao Wenlong, walking day and night all the way, climbing ice and lying in the snow, sleeping in the open air, touching Zhenjiang City. Through continuous strategic deception and tactical deception, the tiger was diverted from the mountain, and finally attacked its unpreparedness by surprise, 200 people captured 800 people in an instant, and then killed Tong Yangzhen's family!

In the battle of Ding Mao, under the unfavorable situation, the defense of Yuncong Island was quickly arranged, and the Houjin Thunder Blow was forcefully carried out.

Famous generals of all generations have attached great importance to the field ability and offensive ability of soldiers.

Mao Wenlong, and his hard-standing, holding a liter of frying, can support more than ten days, day and night, lying on the grass and cream, killing and grabbing unexpectedly!

Compared with famous generals, the most intuitive thing is that Wei Bao likes to compare the generals of the Ming Dynasty with Mao Wenlong.

Compared with Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan is a general, and he is not a civilian official who knows a little about military affairs.

Therefore, Wei Bao at least looks down on people like Yuan Chonghuan.

But today Wei Bao can't show it, and it is not easy for this group of people to honestly go to Gaotai Fort and Qiantun Fort with the army to spend the winter.

First of all, the treasure army can't kill people casually, especially these border troops, it's very sensitive.

Wei Bao killed a group of landlords and squires, killed a group of corrupt officials, and Wei Zhongxian, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse for half a penny, which would not cause too much suspicion.

At least Wei Zhongxian and the emperor would not be too suspicious of Wei Bao.

But once Wei Bao stretched out the butcher's knife to the army and casually slashed the Ming army, this nature changed.

Unless we get the actual evidence of the rebellion of these people, there is still a distance between the mutiny and the rebellion.

Secondly, even if these people really rebelled and got the evidence, they had to ask the emperor first, how to deal with it, the emperor had to speak, Wei Bao couldn't do it casually, you Wei Bao was not the emperor.

You can't just move these Liaodong border troops, but these Liaodong border troops may cause sabotage.

If Jiannu really took the bait and ran to Ningyuan City, when the treasure army and Jiannu were fighting, these people suddenly made some trouble, which was also very fatal.

Regardless of whether these people will defect to Jiannu to fight the treasure army, this can basically be ruled out, let's just say that this group of people suddenly went crazy and ran out to fight Jiannu, it would also mess up the battlefield.

If these people really ate the leopard's guts and dared to fight Jiannu, or saw the victory of the Bao army defending the city, and wanted to take the opportunity to collect corn and share the credit, at that time, the credit might be divided, and the Bao army would also be distracted to protect these fools.

After all, if these people were eaten by Jiannu for one or two hundred thousand, Wei Bao would also be responsible.

"You don't need to say more than any compliments. I am here to make a statement, I am a native of Liaoxi, which is equivalent to a native of Liaodong, a native of Jiliao, everyone is together, and the water cannot wash away the Dragon King Temple. We want one heart. This time, you should already know very well, the imperial court also wants to lay off 20,000 Liaodong border troops, 10,000 Jizhou border troops, a total of 30,000 people, I can't say that I stopped it, but I played a role in it. Wei Bao said.

A group of Jiliao officials and generals nodded frequently, and they believed this.

"We Jiliao, the highest official positions are Master Sun and Lord Wei, Master Sun has returned to his hometown to recuperate, and now it is all up to Lord Wei." Man Gui said sincerely.

Zuo Fu also said: "Having a pillar of the country like Lord Wei is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty and the blessing of my Jiliao people." ”

Zu Dashou laughed and said: "Our son-in-law, Xiaobao is the pillar of the country, this is right, I agree!" In my opinion, Xiaobao is the leading talent of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. ”

"General Zu said well, the number one talent in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years can only come out of our Liaodong talents." Zhu Mei hurriedly said.

"Not only the Ming Dynasty, but also the previous dynasties, which Wenchen military general can be comparable to Lord Wei?" Cheng Weiao said.

"Yes, the dynasties are good, but it's not just the Ming Dynasty." Jin Qiliang looked emotional, "The person I admire most in my life, Jin Qiliang, is Lord Wei!" Self-made, starting from the end of the micro, to achieve a great cause! ”

"Lord Kim's writing is so good, huh?"

"That's right. The person I admire the most in my life is also Lord Wei. ”

Anyway, among the people present, the highest and most prominent official position was the only one with Lord Wei, and everyone was slapping their ass, eager to shoot Wei Bao's.

"Thank you, lords and generals, if you help me blow it down, I'm going to cross the line, where do I have any ability? It's just a little luckier, it's nothing more than that I, Wei Bao, am willing to have a heart-to-heart relationship with people, and I am angry, and I Wei Bao has to do it desperately. What else? If you want to talk about intelligence, no one here is worse than me, everyone is their own person, so there is no need to praise each other haha, otherwise, I will start blowing you. Wei Bao laughed.

Everyone was amused by Wei Bao and laughed, and they all secretly thought, if they want to talk about fighting, I'm afraid no one can fight Wei Bao.

Everyone is not very interested in Wei Bao's words, and they have a lot of contact with Wei Bao, but Wei Bao has been a high-ranking official since he entered the official career, and he has not shared the joys and sorrows with the people present, so he can't talk about the feelings of colleagues.

Whether Wei Bao is righteous or not, this is very important, but no one knows.

Yuan Chonghuan really wanted to join the army touting Wei Bao, but Yuan Chonghuan had a feeling of being rejected at this moment, he was from Guangdong, not from the north, compared to Wei Bao, Wei Bao had a natural affinity for these Jiliao generals and officials, Yuan Chonghuan had been working here for ten years, and he couldn't catch up with Wei Bao.

The local people's feelings, this can't be changed.

"Sir, I salute you with a bowl of wine, as a senior brother, I still say the same thing, as long as the junior brother has anything to use to my Yuan Chonghuan's place, I Yuan Chonghuan will fight with my life!" Yuan Chonghuan said emotionally: "Sir, I am Ning Qiandao, I should stay in Ningyuan City and live and die with Ningyuan City." You must not take it lightly, Jiannu often launched attacks on Liaodong in the first month. ”

Wei Bao said with a smile: "You can't stay in Ningyuan City, you have to go to Qiantunbao and Gaotai Fort with the Liaodong Border Army!" I know that Jiannu often attacks Liaodong in the first month, and I have accurate information this time! That's why I asked you to retreat to Qiantun Fort and Gaotai Fort quickly! Also, Senior Brother Yuan, you, the four generals Man Gui, Zuo Fu, Zu Dashou, and Zhu Mei, the five of you, must not only ensure that all the local soldiers and horses will be withdrawn to Qiantunpu and Gaotai Fort within three days, but also transport all the soldiers and civilians and food on Juehua Island to Qiantunpu and Gaotai Fort! This is my official order on behalf of the Ming court and His Majesty. You don't have to do anything, no matter what happens, you just need to stick to the Qiantun Fort and Gaotai Fort, and you are not allowed to come out. If you violate my commander's order, I will hold you primarily responsible, and the other four generals will be held accountable for their secondary responsibility, ranging from beheading to the Nine Clans!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui, Zuo Fu, Zu Dashou, and Zhu Mei were shocked when they heard this, and they didn't know what Wei Bao was going to do, although Wei Bao's order was not difficult to do, but they were very angry and felt insulted, why do you let us do whatever we want, did the court really say that if it is light, it will be beheaded, and if it is heavy, it will be the nine clans?

When everyone's expressions were grim, Wei Bao smiled and said to Yuan Chonghuan: "Senior brother, come, I'll toast your wine, it's too big to drink in a bowl, right?" Or use a cup, right? ”

"A general must have the pride and ambition of a general, and it is just right to use a bowl." Yuan Chonghuan said: "Lord Wei is a general, and the army under his direct control is 50,000 in Shanhaiguan, 50,000 in Shandong, more than 100,000 in the army alone, and the sailors controlled by the Governor of Haiphong, Yamen, at least more than 50,000, right?" In other words, Lord Wei controls more than 100,000 land forces, more than 50,000 naval divisions, and more than 150,000 water and land coalition troops, which is the commander with the most soldiers and horses controlled by the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, you should drink wine in a bowl. ”

Everyone saw that Yuan Chonghuan was touting Wei Bao on the surface, but in fact he was a little angry, pouring wine with a big bowl? What are you trying to figure out this? At most, Wei Bao was vomited, right?

Lin Wenbiao and several chief guards present were secretly angry, and they all wanted to say that they would help President Wei drink on their behalf.

But President Wei didn't speak, and they didn't dare to come forward rashly.

"Good. Since the senior brother said so, I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman. On business, I represent the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty, you may be a little disgusted with me, I can't help it. But in private matters, I am the junior of most of the generals and officials present, and the junior, drinking is a private matter. Wei Bao laughed.

A group of Liaodong generals and officials did not even dare to say so.

Wei Bao sniffed the wine, "Well, good wine, this is the four special wines produced by our Weijiazhuang Winery." ”

"Of course, the best wine in Daming is the four special wines, and it is the winery under the name of the lord, our Jiliao military quartermasters, all use the four special wines, there is no second wine." Yuan Chonghuan took the opportunity to show his merits.

In fact, there is also bulk wine, the four special wine is good wine, of course, the official drinks good wine, and the soldiers rarely encounter the opportunity to drink once a year, so they can only drink bulk wine.

Wei Bao nodded: "This bowl of wine goes down, you have to have half a catty!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled slightly, "I did it, Lord Feel free." As he spoke, he pouted and drank.

Wei Bao can actually be at will, but Wei Bao knows that in that case, the generals and officials will definitely underestimate themselves, or think that their personality is not good, and they are not happy.

If you can't drink anything, how can you have a good character?

Wei Bao raised his neck and drank a bowl of wine.

Everyone present applauded like thunder.

Yuan Chonghuan drank, and no one made a sound, and Lord Wei won full applause when he drank, and the influence of the two people was not an exaggeration to describe the difference between heaven and earth.

On the ground of Jiliao, even if Wei Bao's influence can't catch up with the emperor, he will never lose to someone like Wei Zhongxian or Shoufu.

Wei Bao raised his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "I can drink a little wine, but it is only one and a half catties at most, if I drink like this, I will have to vomit after three bowls at most." ”

Wei Bao's words ushered in the laughter of the Liaodong generals and officials present.

The distance between everyone and Wei Bao was instantly shortened.

"According to me, Lord Wei is the real first commander of the Ming Dynasty!" Man Gui patted his ass.

This kind of thing is really only Man Gui qualified to say, because Man Gui is a real fierce general, and he is the highest level among the generals present, and others say that it is not convincing enough.

The generals nodded again and again, and Zu Dashou said happily: "The first commander of the Ming Dynasty, this is good, Xiaobao is only sixteen years old, he has commanded so many soldiers and horses, and he has defeated Jiannu several times, I really need a young handsome like Xiaobao, and from then on, Jiannu will not dare to underestimate my Jiliao border army!" ”

Zu Dashou said, and said to Wei Bao flatteringly: "Xiaobao, since you can only drink three bowls, it is better to drink another bowl of wine with us, it is not good to be really drunk." ”