After eating Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone began to discuss in the military aircraft department, and there was no result of the discussion, and now seeing that the apocalypse directly ordered Ni Yuanlu and them to seize Jinzhou or Yizhou, they couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Originally, it was natural for the emperor to directly issue an order, and the emperor just wanted to have a refreshing feeling, not to mention that even if the emperor was an ordinary leader, he needed a comfortable strength to say what he was, otherwise what happiness would there be when he was an official? But Apocalypse has always been lazy, and he usually doesn't make his own decisions when people come to discuss.

A few years ago, when Tianqi was sick, Wu Zhiwang told Tianqi that he should worry as little as possible, and he could resolutely throw it to others without taking care of it, even if it was something he should take care of, as long as someone could do it for him, he had to let people do it, which was the long-term way. Tianqi asked Ni Yuanlu and them to go with Yuan Chonghuan to take Jinzhou or Yizhou, in fact, it was not a whim, he saw that everyone was a little strange, and said with a slight smile: "You have said so many things on two things, one is to occupy an area and the other is to destroy the enemy, these words need to be done, but I found that no matter what you do, you need to pass from Jinzhou, let Ni Yuanlu and them try it first, and see how the Jurchens react." ”

Sun Chengzong nodded and said: "It's right to test it first and then improvise, and also give Yuan Chonghuan a chance as the emperor said." ”

Sun Chengzong emphasized again what Tianqi said to give Yuan Chonghuan a chance, and there was a reason for this≡ since Yuan Chonghuan became the governor of Liaodong and obtained the right to defend, he had sent several documents to the Military Affairs Yuan, he said that since he was the governor of Liaodong, he should go to patrol the entire territory of Liaodong, and he asked the Military Affairs Yuan to allow him to lead troops to Jinzhou for defense. Yuan Chonghuan is not as simple as saying it, he embezzled the income of the Apocalypse Huangzhuang to form a cavalry led by Wu Xiang, and himself called it "Guanning Iron Cavalry", with soldiers he also formulated a plan, that is, to build a city and fort in Jinzhou and Youtun and connect it with a side wall, to continuously advance the defense line.

After reading Yuan Chonghuan's documents at that time, Tianqi felt that this person was too radical, and if he wanted to defend Jinzhou and Youtun, he had to attack it first, and he couldn't let Li Yongfang retreat by himself, and you would naturally not sit idly by when you attacked Huang Taiji, and it would be a war of attrition at that time. The advantage of the Ming army is to defend the city, and the field battle can only do things such as ambushing and digging a trap. After reading Yuan Chonghuan's documents, Tianqi said at that time, 'Shenyang also belongs to Liaodong, does he still want to go to Shenyang to patrol?' 'That's the case.

Who knew that this word actually reached Yuan Chonghuan's ears, and he immediately wrote that as long as the imperial court put Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army, as well as Zu Dashou and Man Gui's soldiers under his command, he would be able to defend Shenyang and he would be able to do it, and he also boasted that as long as so many soldiers and horses were given to him, he would definitely be able to pacify all of Liaodong within five years. Of course, the apocalypse is not good at dampening his enthusiasm, so he sent someone to reassure him with kind words and let him prepare slowly, saying that as long as he is well prepared, there will be this day sooner or later.

Now seeing that Sun Chengzong emphasized this matter, Tianqi asked, "Does Mr. think Yuan Chonghuan can take Jinzhou?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "It is impossible in terms of actual troops, now Zu Dashou's 30,000 men and 20,000 Guizhou soldiers are defending by the Daling River, and the 40,000 cavalry of Man Gui and Lu Xiangsheng are tightly defending the Lianghekou and Huining City, so as to prevent the Duoyan and Karaqin tribes that have just been annexed from being coerced away again. On the Ningyuan side, there are only 20,000 troops defending the city and 7,000 cavalry, and 27,000 people will have to defend Ningyuan and attack Jinzhou, which is not very likely, unless Li Yongfang gives up Jinzhou like he gave up Yizhou last time. ”

Wang Zaijin, the overseer of the Bohai Naval Region, insisted on sending troops to rescue Mao Wenlong at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, and everyone naturally has the selfishness to take care of their own family, and there are not no selfless people, but they are either stunned or have a gap with their subordinates, and they want to announce their revenge while winning a reputation for selflessness. Seeing that Sun Chengzong said that Li Yongfang might give up Jinzhou, Wang Zaijin said: "Everything in this world is possible, if Li Yongfang gives up Jinzhou, then he should cross the Liao River to rescue Mao Wenlong, Amin's people and the people who came to rescue in Shenyang add up to more than 40,000, and Mao Wanlong's 20,000 people are afraid that they will not last long." ”

Sun Chengzong looked at Wang Zaijin and said, "Lord Wang is reasonable, but all this is based on the premise that Li Yongfang will take the initiative to give up Jinzhou. ”

Tianqi asked at this time: "You all tell me, will Li Yongfang give up Jinzhou?" ”

Everyone didn't say anything to each other, who would dare to guarantee this? I can't even convince myself if I am not sure of something, and I make jokes when I say it. If the evidence is conclusive, if someone with ill intentions asks how do you know, do you have a private relationship with the Jurchens, etc., even if the emperor does not blame him, he will inevitably have a pimple in his heart.

Just when everyone was silent, Zhang Xiangan said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Yongfang will definitely not give up Jinzhou, but Huang Taiji may not order Li Yongfang to give up Jinzhou and withdraw." ”

Tianqi said, "Oh, where did Lord Zhang start with this? ”

Zhang Xiang'an said: "The last time we took advantage of the Emperor Taiji to go north to meet Lin Dan Khan besieged Jinzhou and Yizhou, Li Yongfang gave up Yizhou to stick to Jinzhou, one is that he knows that the high walls of Jinzhou City are thick and easy to hold, and the other is that he knows that Huang Taiji will come to support him, the path of support is from Shenyang and Xipingbao, Jinzhou is relatively closer ♀, and Huang Taiji from Yizhou to the north to fight Lin Dan Khan, it is impossible to go south to support him for a while, at this time he is not waiting for help in Jinzhou but waiting for death, as long as we surround the city and no one rescues, There are many ways to break through Jinzhou, Li Yongfang may have a fluke mentality in his heart, but Huang Taiji will definitely not have it. ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "Then where do you think Huang Taiji will let Li Yongfang retreat?" ”

Zhang Xiangan said: "The minister thinks that the best choice for Li Yongfang's people is to retreat to Yizhou first, to the north can rescue each other with the main force of Huang Taiji, and to the east can cross Yiwu Lu Mountain and retreat to Guangning. ”

Tianqi nodded and said to Sun Chengzong: "Sir, look at how to arrange it, Jinzhou will be taken first if there is someone to defend Jinzhou, and if there is no one to defend Jinzhou, Jinzhou will go to Jinzhou and attack Amin with Mao Wenlong, of course, the soldiers will still be determined according to the actual situation." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The original idea was to wait for Huang Taiji to cut off the back road after crossing the Daling River and going north, so that Zu Dashou's 30,000 people would cut off the back road of Huang Taiji and hold on, and then join forces to attack Yizhou and Jinzhou, but Wang Zaijin wanted to concentrate his troops to rescue Jinzhou, which was a bit difficult to do." Since Li Yongfang may evacuate Jinzhou and concentrate his forces in Yizhou, Zu Dashou may be flanked by Li Yongfang and Huang Taiji's return army, but it is dangerous, it is better to let Zu Dashou temporarily stay on the mountain, divide the troops and gather in Ningyuan, if Jinzhou Lutong advances to Yizhou from the back, at this time it will not be flanked but let Jinzhou become the rear. ”

Tianqi said: "Huang Taiji's abandonment of Jinzhou is just a hypothesis, what if Li Yongfang wants to stick to Jinzhou?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "As long as Zu Dashou's people are divided into 20,000 people, and then Xu Chengming's 20,000 Guizhou soldiers and Zuo Liangyu's 10,000 car battalion are pulled to Ningyuan, there should be no problem in capturing Jinzhou." Mangui's 20,000 cavalry guarded the mouth of the two rivers, and Lu Xiangsheng's 20,000 cavalry guarded Huining, they were all cavalry that could be attacked and defended, plus the tens of thousands of city repairers who were originally there should be no problem, and those tens of thousands of people who had also served as soldiers would not be able to hold a knife at a critical moment. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "Even if Ningyuan's defenders don't move, these 50,000 people plus Wu Xiang's 7,000 cavalry are close to 60,000, whether it is attacking Jinzhou or Jinzhou, there should be no question, but who should command the people involved in so many places?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "There are people from the Northeast Military Region and the Beijing Military Region, and there are also people who are responsible for defense and attack, and they are all adjutant generals, and no one obeys anyone. One is that he is a civil official, and the Ming Dynasty has a tradition of using civil power to control the military, and no one will have objections, and the other is that he is the governor of Liaodong after he captured the city, and it is convenient for him to defend and arrange people, I don't know what the emperor wants? ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "Since Mr. said this, it must be reasonable, but I want to make it clear to him, no matter whether Jinzhou is taken down or it is an empty city, after standing up, 10,000 troops will be transferred from Ningyuan to defend ♀ 10,000 people, commanded by Chen Qiyu, Zhang Xiangan, and Ni Yuanlu, Chen Qiyu is responsible for the overall situation, Zhang Xiangan is responsible for ordering people to defend the city, Ni Yuanlu asked Jinyiwei to move all your new equipment over ♀ and tell Huang Taiji clearly, Jinzhou we will occupy it and not leave, and when spring comes, we will pull the tens of thousands of people from Ningcheng to Jinzhou, First, the Dalinghe Fort was built into a strong city, and then all the side walls were connected to fulfill Mr. Wang's wish back then. ”

When the apocalypse said this, Sun Chengzong was a little embarrassed, he and Yuan Chonghuan wanted to repair Jinzhou and Dalinghe Fort and hold on, but at that time, the imperial court was so poor that they had to sell it as a thing, and they had no money to build infrastructure for them.

Sun Chengzong nodded and said: "The emperor said this, which shows that the emperor still remembers the events of the year, and the minister is still the same as back then, as long as the emperor is willing to take back all the places occupied by the Jurchens step by step, and all of them will become the emperor's imperial village." ”

Tianqi shook his head and said: "Of course, it can be said that the imperial court did not have money back then, and I took out my private money to buy the taxes of Liaodong for decades, and everyone will not have anything to say." Now that there is a lot of silver in the imperial court, it is said that there are still many people who want to exchange the silver for silver dollars, and if I want to use the money to buy land and turn it into an imperial village, my own brother King Xin will not agree, and I can only live up to the kindness of my husband. ”

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ni Yuanlu and the others didn't dare to go home and went directly to Ningyuan, and on the way Ni Yuanlu joked with Chen Qiyu, saying that after taking Jinzhou, he would take his concubine to Jinzhou first, so as not to keep Chen Qiyu worried. The three of them talked and laughed and arrived in Ningyuan in the evening, and after seeing Yuan Chonghuan, they told him the order of the Military Affairs Academy, and Yuan Chonghuan was so happy that he almost fainted. Hearing that there will be 50,000 people for him to command soon, and if he wants to rescue Jinzhou after capturing Jinzhou, of course, he also needs to improvise, Yuan Chonghuan began to have his own considerations in his heart.