Seeing that Mao Wenlong was not satisfied with the first two, Hou Sui said: "Third, if General Mao is willing to accept the command, the imperial court will transfer Wu Zhiwang, the governor of Deng and Lai, who is at odds with General Mao, to send another person to come and make up the food and salary, but the Dongjiang Army has to accept the imperial history supervision army appointed by the imperial court, and the imperial history supervision army will help Mao General Soldier manage the troops. ”

Seeing that Mao Wenlong was still thinking about it, Hou Sui said: "Fourth, if Mao Wenlong continues to shirk in every way, he will exclude the Dongjiang Army under his command from the Ming army sequence, reduce it to a righteous army, and no longer pay him food and pay for his military merits." These are the emperor's original words. ”

When Mao Wenlong heard the great urgency, he said: "Wenlong is a person of the Ming Dynasty in life, and he is a ghost of the Ming Dynasty in death, and he is unwilling to break away from the Ming army and become a righteous army no matter what." Wenlong is willing to accept the command of the imperial court, and he is also willing to send the imperial court to supervise the army, as long as the emperor trusts Wenlong and is willing to be ruthless. ”

Hou Sui said: "Since General Mao has chosen the third article, then tomorrow Ben Qincha can send someone to transfer the food and salary." General Mao, please start, now first of all, please tell me how many soldiers you have in the Dongjiang Army? After speaking, he looked at Mao Wenlong coldly.

Mao Wenlong swallowed his saliva and said, "There are 20,000 soldiers in battle. ”

Hou Sui said: "Okay, then temporarily pay 20,000 yuan of food, and the others will not consider it, if they have difficulties in living here, they can go to the Liaodong Military Control Zone." ”

Mao Wenlong thought about it and nodded in agreement, and then asked Hou Sui: "The Jurchens sent troops in the past few days, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow there will be food, will we attack Liaoyang or take Yaozhou?" Only by capturing the larger cities can the Jurchens be beaten and made to retreat, otherwise they will not be able to play a role in containment. ”

Hou Sui first summoned a personal soldier and asked him to find someone to immediately bring his own letter to Dengzhou, and tomorrow let Zu Dashou send 2,000 people to escort enough grain, grass and silver for 20,000 horses to come over. After the order, he took out a small map and said to Mao Wenlong: "Rest for ten days and half a month first, and it is estimated that the Jurchens will send troops when they arrive at Ningyuan Pass." I have brought 5,000 men, plus your 20,000 men, to capture Lushun together. ”

Mao Wenlong frowned and said: "The city wall of Lushun is strong and difficult to attack, in case the enemy comes to reinforce it, it will be troublesome." ”

Hou Sui said: "The Jurchens dispatched 130,000 people to take Ningyuan, Liaoyang and Shenyang still have to be defended, it is uncertain whether there are 1,000 people in Lushun, and I can't attack 20,000 people?" Besides, I don't really want to take Lushun first, my real purpose is to take Nanguan first. ”

Mao Wenlong looked at the map and said: "Well, the area from Nanguan to Jinzhou is full of sea, the land is more than ten miles wide at most, and the middle is mostly mountainous, which is not conducive to cavalry charges. If Lord Hou wants to occupy this place permanently, he can first send 10,000 people to monitor the defenders of Lushun, and then use the remaining 15,000 people to occupy the choke point from Nanguan to Jinzhou, and then build the castle with a side wall, and then come back to catch turtles in the urn, and the enemy of Lushun will have no way to escape. ”

Hou Sui said: "How to use soldiers, you are an expert, after occupying Nanguan, build a city and fort as soon as possible, first build a simple point and wait for the weather to thaw and then strengthen and widen, in short, you must take the opportunity to turn the south of Nanguan into the Ming Dynasty's own land, Nurhachi wants to take Ningyuan and has to pay a price." ”

On the morning of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the Military Affairs Yuan received a 600-mile urgent report from Dengzhou, Mao Wenlong agreed that the imperial court would send the imperial court to the Imperial History Supervision Army, Dengzhou had sent food and salary to his subordinates, and the 20,000 soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were now on standby and ready to attack at any time. Along with the latest information from the Military Intelligence Department, Nurhachi led 130,000 troops to the Liao River, and after receiving the letter, Tianqi immediately came to the Military Affairs Yuan for a meeting to discuss.

When the Ming army confronted the Jurchens, the section of the Liao River and the Daling River into the sea was a buffer zone between the two sides, and now Nurha's red soldiers were on the Liao River, which meant that the war was about to begin. At first, everyone was a little nervous, but after some arrangement, they felt very relaxed. This thing is like this, since you can't avoid it, you have to face it bravely, and when you are well prepared, not only is you no longer nervous but you have a trace of anticipation.

Looking at the map spread out on the table, Sun Chengzong first said: "With the speed of the enemy's march, if you cross the river in these two days, and there is no resistance in Youtun, Jinzhou, Songshan, and Tashan along the way, then the enemy will reach Ningyuan Pass within ten days." Ningyuan Pass is narrow, no matter how many people there are, the enemy will not be able to spread out, and it is unlikely that the pass will be broken head-on, and it is very likely that the two wings will be spread out and attack at the same time. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "The advance attack and defense have been practiced many times, in order to prevent any eventuality, Zhang Xiang'an, Sun Chuanting and Ni Yuanlu of the Military Staff Office will set off tomorrow with four hundred people, and I will send three thousand escorts to escort them all the way, and when they arrive in Ningyuan, let the three thousand escorts escort Sun Yuanhua and Mao Yuanyi back by the way when they return to Beijing." In Ningyuan, the first thing to do is to protect yourself, as soon as you arrive in Ningyuan, you immediately declare that Zhao led the sect to take 20,000 people to move to the sea, and join Hou Sui to attack Lushun and capture Nanguan and Jianguan at the same time. ”

Yuan Keli, the newly appointed Minister of Military Aircraft, said with a smile: "It seems that the emperor has confidence in the victory of the battle of Ningyuan, and the emperor has confidence that the ministers and others are also more confident." ”

Wang Zaijin said: "Zhao led the tens of thousands of reserves under his command to fight and not build cities and forts is a veteran, if the emperor really wants to build a permanent fortress between Nanguan and Jinzhou, then divide troops to defend, then our army will have to defend in Ningyuan, Nanguan, Dongjiang and other three places, and when the weather is warm, we will go to the ancient road of the Daling River Valley to build a city, so will the troops be too scattered?" ”

Seeing that Sun Chengzong, Wang Yongguang and the others were all looking at him, knowing that they all had the same opinion as Wang Zaijin, Tianqi said: "The division of strength is weak, and it is indeed a taboo to divide troops whether it is offensive or defensive, but I have certain considerations for doing so." Before I explain to you, I would like to ask you a question, that is, what kind of relationship do you think should be between the Ming and the Jurchens? ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The slave chief Nurhachi originally accepted my official position as a Ming Dynasty, but later rebelled and now he is still arrogantly establishing his own country, and such betrayers must be eliminated and killed!" ”

Wang Yongguang also said: "What Lord Sun said is extremely true, this kind of person should be exterminated!" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded yes, Tianqi said: "I see that you are all scholars, and I think you want to say something, 'If you can control the invasion of the tomb, how can you kill more?'" I didn't expect you to be very resolute and have no woman's kindness, which is very good! ”

Then he asked: "Now that you have the determination, how many years do you think Da Ming will be able to achieve the goal of driving it out and killing it?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Well, I don't dare to set a date for a while, but as long as I am united, it will be a matter of time before I kill all the slaves." ”

Others led thousands of troops to attack with great momentum, and they were busy defending on their side, just begging not to be attacked. Suddenly, if you want to say how long it will take to kill all the others, this thinking span seems to be a bit big, so big that everyone is not easy to understand. Seeing that everyone didn't say anything, he smiled slightly, and asked, "Since everyone can't set a date for the Jurchens to be wiped out, what do you think of my idea?" ”

Because everyone started to say big things and couldn't set a date for realizing them, they were suddenly embarrassed to hear that the apocalypse had an idea, and immediately asked in unison, "What idea?" ”

Tianqi said: "My idea is to promote my strengths and avoid weaknesses, my strength is that there are many people and things, and my disadvantage is that my personal combat power is low, so I should avoid fighting with the enemy and should fight with the enemy." ”

Wang Zaijin said at this time: "The emperor's idea is good, but why can he not fight a decisive battle and fight for consumption?" ”

Apocalypse said: "First find an absolutely solid place to defend, the enemy will attack and kill a large number of enemies, and the enemy will continue to harass the enemy if he does not attack." I am not afraid of consumption, the more places like this, the better, and the enemy can fight and consume faster. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "For example, Ningyuan Pass, Dongjiang Town, and Nanguan City to be built? ”

Tianqi said: "There is also the Daling River Ancient Road, which is why I want to divide my troops in all directions. ”

After listening to the words of the apocalypse, everyone was thinking slowly, and at this time, Yang Gongchun came in and said that the internal guard had an urgent matter to report, and the apocalypse asked Yang Gongchun to bring people in. After a while, a very ordinary-looking person came in and knelt down on one leg and reported: "Li Mingliang, a hundred households of the Patrol Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Guard, reported that a male corpse was found outside the Ciyun Nunnery fifteen miles outside the city this morning, and the deceased was the father-in-law of Lord Ni Yuanlu, and the servants and others suspected that the real target of the murderer was Lord Ni Yuanlu, please ask the emperor to decide." ”

When Ni Yuanlu heard that his father-in-law died outside Ciyun Nunnery, and the murderer was likely to target him, he couldn't help but look up at Wang Zaijin suddenly, revealing a horrified look.