Imperial Prison in the capital

Looking at the energetic and heroic Xiong Tingbi, Zhu Youzhen was very satisfied.

Xiong Tingbi in such a state is the person he needs. If he had been locked up for so many years, Xiong Tingbi would have become old, and it would have been a waste of his preservation.

"Mr. Xiong, what do you add to the Pingliao Plan? Or what do you think we can do to make the plan less talkative? ”

calmed down, Zhu Youzhen asked solemnly.

can deduce the outcome of the previous life of the Battle of Ningjin from various intelligence, Xiong Tingbi's performance has been recognized by Zhu Youzhen. Now this question, Zhu Youzhen just wants to see if Xiong Tingbi can surprise him again and come up with a suitable way to break the game for him.

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's question, Xiong Tingbi's excited face turned solemn, his eyes instantly became much duller, and he was obviously in deep thought.

After a long time, Xiong Tingbi said in an unusually solemn tone: "Please return to Your Majesty, this battle ultimately depends on whether our generals and soldiers dare to fight and whether they can fight."

The battle of Ningjin is imminent, and the morale of the Guanning army is now like this, and it is by no means something that can be changed in a short period of time. In order to prevent accidents, please don't force the Guan Ning army to go out of the city to fight, just let them guard the city. ”

After a pause, Xiong Tingbi shouted unusually loudly: "It's just that I only ask Your Majesty to strictly order the Guanning army to evacuate all the people outside the city as much as possible, evacuate and destroy all the materials outside the city, and do a good job of clearing the fortified walls in the Ningjin area." ”

Looking at Zhu Youzhen, Xiong Tingbi's face was unusually solemn: "Angel, please remind Your Majesty that the Houjin Tartars are actually some mountain bandits." If we can't inflict heavy damage on the main force of the Tartars, then we will try to prevent the Tartars from having enough supplies.

Thinking that once he can't grab something from a gang of robbers, and without the strong suppression of the old slaves, then the Tartar infighting will be a matter of time. ”

"Okay, great!"

As soon as the words entered his ears, Zhu Youzhen could no longer be patient with joy, and couldn't help but applaud Xiong Tingbi loudly.

Xiong Tingbi really deserves to be a generation of military talents. The method he came up with coincided with Zhu Youzhen's long-planned idea.

Because of his unease about the combat strength of the Guanning army, Zhu Youzhen referred to the lessons learned from the battle of Ningjin in his previous life, and what he thought of was also to hold the city of Ningjin steadily, resolutely implement the strategy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, so that Houjin could not grab the slightest thing.

It's just that what is more definite than Xiong Tingbi is that Zhu Youzhen deliberately wants to use this battle to exhaust Houjin's food and salary.

Zhu Youzhen, who is well aware of the severity of the complete collapse of the economy, absolutely believes that if Houjin, which is now in a grain shortage, is not replenished if it is empty of food and salaries in this war, then the internal strife of Houjin is probably just around the corner.

This can clearly see the existing problems of the Ming army in Liaodong, and can come up with specific solutions, Xiong Tingbi's performance has completely moved Zhu Youzhen.

With such a great talent, how can he slowly age in this prison, this is too tyrannical.

Zhu Youzhen, who was full of smiles, wanted to say something, and the corner of his eyes swept away, and he caught a glimpse of the self-identification book that hit a lot, and the smile on Zhu Youzhen's face was stagnant. Thinking of Xiong Tingbi's bluntness in saying that the Pingliao plan was just empty talk, Zhu Youzhen could only sigh in his heart, this Xiong Tingbi really deserved his title of 'Xiong Barbarian'.

"Okay, great. Mr. Xiong said it really well. Mr. Xiong, please rest assured, I will tell Your Majesty everything that Mr. said word for word. ”

After turning the corner smoothly, Zhu Youzhen raised his hand and arched slightly towards Xiong Tingbi, turned around and walked out of the door.

Several years of prison life still haven't been able to polish Xiong Tingbi's temperament, so let him stay in prison for a few more days if he is so frank. Under the current situation, letting Xiong Tingbi continue to stay in the edict prison can be regarded as the best protection for him.

When he was about to walk to the door, Zhu Youzhen, who was a little unwilling, suddenly turned around: "Mr. Xiong, when you came, Your Majesty once said that if the Mongolian people can attack the Houjin Tartar with all their hearts; If the Guangludao naval army can transport the main force of the cavalry army in Dongjiang Town, it will directly attack the Liaoshen region across the sea; Will the Pingliao plan still be empty talk? ”

Putting down this sentence, ignoring Xiong Tingbi, who was deep in thought again, Zhu Youzhen turned around and walked away.

Hehe, dare you say that the Pingliao plan I bothered to plan is just empty talk? Let's see what you can deduce this time.

The sound of footsteps hurried away in the calm corridor of the Imperial Prison, and only Gao Qiqian's voice came faintly: "Change Xiong Tingbi to a room with better lighting, be careful, don't be lazy." ”

In August of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, when the autumn wind blew away the last remaining bit of summer heat in the capital, the distant Liaodong had already fallen the first hoarfrost of the year.

Zhao Shujiao stood at the head of Jinzhou City and looked at the billowing wolf smoke rising in the distance, and slowly exhaled a long-standing sullen breath in his chest.

The wolf smoke has risen, and the Houjin Tartar has finally come. Man Gui Xiaoer, this time the old man wants you to take a good look and see if the old man is really afraid of death.

Thinking of Man Gui's disdainful and disdainful appearance at the beginning, the 57-year-old veteran Zhao Shujiao was depressed in his heart.

Zhao Shujiao, a native of Jingyuwei in Shaanxi, a son of a family of Jiangmen, his father and ancestors were all hereditary commanders of Jingluwei.

In the nineteenth year of Wanli, the 22-year-old Zhao led the Zhongwu Jinshi and stepped into the Ming Army as the capital of Ganzhou. In the following years, Zhao led his career to be promoted all the way to Yansui General. However, when Yansui was in office, Zhao Shujiao was dismissed from his post by the imperial court and returned home because of his greed for ink.

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the Ming army was defeated in Sarhu, and the generals in the army suffered great losses. Zhao Shujiao, who was idle at home, was called by the imperial court to lead his family to rush to Liaodong.

When he first arrived in Liaodong, under Xiong Tingbi's subordinates, Zhao Shujiao, who had served as a general of Yansui, quickly restored his position as a general with his military exploits because of his good command and brave combat.

In the first year of Taichang, Xiong Tingbi was forced to leave his post, and Zhao Shujiao was promoted to deputy general by the successor Yuan Yingtai, and as the Chinese army guarding Yuan Yingtai, he was stationed in Liaoyang, an important town in eastern Liaodong.

In the Liaoshen War, due to Yuan Yingtai's blind command, Shenyang fell, and then the main force of the Liaoyang Ming Army was buried outside the city. The Ming army suffered another crushing defeat.

In that battle, several chief officers of the Ming army were killed, and the essence of the Ming army in Liaodong was empty. When Liaoyang City fell, Yuan Yingtai, the Liaodong Economic Strategy, also committed suicide at the head of Liaoyang City, but Zhao Shujiao, who was guarding Yuan Yingtai's army, did not die in Liaoyang, but escaped alive.

If it weren't for the Chinese ministers of the dynasty at that time, who quarreled because of the improper employment of the Donglin Party, and someone said a few fair words for Zhao Qingjiao, then Zhao Qingjiao, who fled back, might have been corrected by the imperial court at that time.

However, although he was lucky to save his life, since then, Zhao Shujiao has an extra hat on his head that is greedy for life and afraid of death.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the Ming army suffered another defeat in Guangning, and Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen simply led the Liaodong army and civilians to withdraw directly to Shanhaiguan. Subsequently, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were imprisoned and convicted, and Wang Zaijin, the secretary of the military department, took over as the Liaodong Economic Strategy.

In that chaotic situation, Zhao Shujiao, who had been dismissed and idle at home, seized the opportunity of Houjin's withdrawal of troops, and led dozens of family members out of Shanhaiguan to easily restore the small city of Zhongqiansuo, and stationed there. When Sun Chengzong replaced Wang Zaijin to supervise Liaodong, Zhao Shujiao was reinstated because of his meritorious service in recovering the land and was arranged to garrison the Qiantun Acropolis.

During the period of garrisoning Qiantun, Zhao led the teaching, whether it was training soldiers or herdsmen, he was the first soldier and did it himself, and he won a lot of praise from Sun Chengzong, who appreciated him very much. But because of a hat on his head that was greedy for life and afraid of death, the relationship between Zhao Shujiao and the surrounding Ming army generals has never been harmonious.