After reading Sun Chengzong's secret report, Zhu Cijiong immediately took out the map of Liaodong and looked at it carefully.

There is a huge watershed in the middle of Liaodong, Haizhou Wei and Gaizhou Wei are both located on the west side of the watershed, while Dingliao Youwei is on the east side of the watershed. That is to say, even if the Ming Dynasty has taken the Gaizhou Wei now, Huang Taiji can still go through the Dingliao Right Guard to reinforce the Fuzhou Wei and Jinzhou Wei in the south.

Zhu Cijiong roughly estimated the distance, if the ice and snow melted, then at most five days, at least three days, the Mongolian army drawn by Huang Taiji could pass through the right guard of Dingliao and rush to Fuzhou Wei and Jinzhou Wei. Of course, it only takes one day to rush from Gaizhou to Fuzhou Wei, but that is to attack the city, and it is necessary to build siege equipment, and it is difficult to take Fuzhou within two days.

So Zhu Cijiong decisively issued an order, ordering Mao Wenlong to prepare immediately, and once the ice and snow in eastern Liaodong melted, he would immediately attack the right guard of Dingliao. Zhu Cijiong also promised that if the Dongjiang Army could take the right guard of Dingliao within three days, he would be immediately promoted to the second-class army of the Ming Dynasty, and he Mao Wenlong would also be immediately promoted to the commander of the first rank!

Mao Wenlong is a very controversial figure, some people say that he went deep behind enemy lines, so that Houjin has worries, unable to attack the Ningjin defense line with all his strength, is the overseas Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty; Some people also said that he made false reports about his military exploits, received food and salaries fraudulently, and colluded with slave builders with bad intentions.

It is impossible to check the false report of war exploits and the fraudulent receipt of food and salary, so I will not talk about it for the time being. As for this collusion to build a slave, it is said in the history of the country, but it is conclusive, if there is a thing. Mao Wenlong's collusion with Jiannu is from "The Three Dynasties and the Wild", which says this:

On the throne, the redundant soldiers were strictly eliminated, and the troops of Shandong Fu were prepared for the royal court to try. The court tried to accept bribes, so he said that Wenlong's soldiers and horses were available, and he was never broken, and Wenlong was also afraid of being wise and thinking of making a name for himself. Then he conspired with Dongnu, and was willing to donate 2 million Yi Jin, restore the second defense land, play the restoration work, and invite rewards.

Well, if someone believes this, it's really IQ worrying.

If this is the case, if Huang Taiji is really so greedy for money, Emperor Chongzhen will definitely not be stingy with that bit of silver, Jinzhou, Fuzhou Erwei can be bought, then Haizhou, Gaizhou Erwei can also be bought, Dingliao Zhongwei, Dingliao Youwei, Shenyang Zhongwei, Guangning Wei, Tielingwei, Liaohaiwei can also be bought, Liaodong Dadian City is all that, calculate how much, a total of only 10 million taels of silver, give, take, Huang Taiji, you go to be your rich man, I will also recover Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty!

You must know that Liaodong's military expenditure is nine million taels at its peak in a year, will Emperor Chongzhen care about this ten million taels?

Is Huang Taiji so greedy for money? Mao Wenlong: Is this a traitor or a buyer? This rumor is really ridiculous!

Let's not talk about these confused wild histories, there is no independent biography of Mao Wenlong in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", and the only clear record is Mao Wenlong's promotion experience:

Mao Wenlong's word Zhennan, in the 33rd year of Wanli, he was the sixth Ansan 100 households in Liaodong Wuju, and then promoted to a thousand generals, and in the 36th year of Wanli, he was promoted to Yunyang to garrison, and then led the troops to aid North Korea as the secretary of the capital. After the fall of Liaodong, he fled back by sea, took advantage of the emptiness of the Houjin garrison, attacked Zhenjiang Fort (now Dandong), killed the defender of Houjin Zhenjiang, Tong Yangzhen and his son Tong Songnian, and awarded the general army for merit, Zhenpi Island, and pinned down Jiannu.

It can be seen from Mao Wenlong's promotion experience that he is an authentic military general, quite brave, and a little enterprising. As for why Yuan Chonghuan killed such a fierce general, it is estimated that Mao Wenlong was a little arrogant in front of him, and he always disagreed with him.

There is no way, Mao Wenlong has a reason for his arrogance, he was already a general soldier in the first year of the Apocalypse, and Yuan Chonghuan was just a commander in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and he was a lot worse than him in terms of qualifications; He was born as a military general and was very familiar with the situation in the entire Liaodong, but Yuan Chonghuan was born as a civilian official, and he stayed in the Ningjin Defense Line for a few years, and he was not familiar with other places in Liaodong.

For Yuan Chonghuan, perhaps killing Mao Wenlong is also his way to death.

Of course, these are the things of the Chongzhen Dynasty, now it is not Yuan Chonghuan but Sun Chengzong who is in power in Liaodong, Mao Wenlong is not dead, and he is still relatively obedient in front of the older generation of Liaodong bigwigs, and he never dared to disobey the emperor's holy decree.

It is said that although Mao Wenlong was lucky not to die, but he is not living well now, since North Korea returned to Houjin, his life has become more and more difficult day by day, Houjin wants to get rid of him and then quickly, North Korea has also begun to add up to his sword, he is sandwiched between these two enemies can be said to be like a year.

Just as he was nesting in Phi Dao and sighing, surprise fell from the sky.

Zhu Cijiong ordered Cao Huachun to send his most powerful men, hurried to Shandong, took the silver at the Rixinglong branch, and then rushed to Phi Island by speedboat from Denglai, and finally arrived at Phi Island before the ice and snow in Liaodong completely melted.

The eunuch not only brought a reward of 500,000 taels of silver, but also brought him a big surprise, as long as the ice and snow melted and captured Liaodong within three days, he could be promoted to a first-class military general!

People who are not enterprising may not have a little feeling about this one-quality, second-class, real job or something, but Mao Wenlong is not the kind of person who is not enterprising, if he is not enterprising, he can be a military commander, he eats and sleeps for a day, how comfortable, why risk his life and hang alone.

How difficult it is to have a good official residence, you must know that he was born and died in his twenties, that is, he is a general soldier of the second grade, and he is still a false position, now there is such an opportunity in front of him, as long as he can grasp it, he will be able to live in a single official residence and it is still a real position, how can he not be ecstatic.

But after all, he is a battle-hardened old Jiang, after a while of ecstasy, he calmed down, thinking of Dingliao Youwei, he couldn't help frowning, it was not a piece of fat, but a difficult bone.

Sun Chengzong could think of sending Mao Wenlong to attack the right guard of Dingliao, and Huang Taiji could naturally think of it, so when the heavy snow had not closed the road a year ago, he sent Erbeile Amin to lead 10,000 horses to the right guard of Dingliao, plus the 10,000 defenders of the original right guard of Dingliao, there were a total of 20,000 people. It stands to reason that it should not be difficult for 100,000 people to attack a city guarded by 20,000 people, but if this defender is too powerful, it is difficult to say.

Erbel Amin can be said to be the most talented and tragic figure among the four Baylors, he is literary and martial, few enemies, and his military achievements are unparalleled, but he is not the son of Nurhachi, but the son of Nurhachi's brother Shulhaqi, which is doomed to his tragedy, he is destined not to be the master of Houjin, even if the military achievements are useless!

What's even more tragic is that his father Shulhaqi once broke away from Nurhachi to seek self-reliance, and was finally imprisoned to death by Nurhachi, which doomed him to the fate of being jealous of Huang Taiji forever.

Therefore, as soon as Huang Taiji took power, he was immediately placed under house arrest, as for what he wanted to dominate North Korea and stand on its own feet or something, how much of the history written by the victor is true, North Korea has beaten you down, and then he also honestly returned to the DPRK, did he do anything?

Huang Taiji insisted that he did it, and he had no choice, after all, Huang Taiji was the master of Houjin, and he was just a criminal minister.

Just when he thought that he was going to be under house arrest to death like this, Huang Taiji suddenly came to him, and even he was a little moved by that set of rhetoric.

Huang Taiji said this: "Second brother, it's not that I want to do anything to you, but the officials in the court say that you have antipathy, let me get rid of you." I had to put you under house arrest in order to gag them. You see I'm still good to you, none of the servants and slaves are missing you, and I haven't deducted any of the treatment you deserve, so you should be tired from the war and rest for a while. Now that the voice of getting rid of you in the court has been suppressed by me, you can also go out, so let's help me guard the right guard of Dingliao first, and when I put the court in order, I will transfer you back to take charge of the army again, and then our brothers will fight the world together. ”

In this way, he was fooled into leading 10,000 foot soldiers to Dingliao to defend the city, he knew that Mao Wenlong might come to attack at any time, but he was not worried at all, Mao Wenlong was beaten by him in North Korea, and one of his subordinates was defeated, what is there to be afraid of.

Huang Taiji said that it was a good word, but he kept a hand, in order to prevent him from rebelling, he only gave him 10,000 foot soldiers, plus the original defenders of the right guard of Dingliao only had a total of 20,000 horses. This man-made rebellion is not enough, it is not enough to defeat Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang army, and it is even a little difficult to hold the right guard of Dingliao, is this his decision-making mistake?

Of course not, Amin is just a bait, he believes that as long as Mao Wenlong does not go crazy and does not want to attack the city, with Amin's ability, with 20,000 horses, it is no problem to defend for three or five days, and when the time comes, he will lead 100,000 Jin Tie Cavalry to attack from behind, and Mao Wenlong will be taken all the way.

As soon as he received the holy decree, he immediately gathered 50,000 horses, each of whom only brought three days' rations, and then used the war horse to camel the tent and other necessities, so he boarded the ship and rushed to Dingliao Right Guard! As for the rest of the grain and grass baggage, he handed it over to the deputy general Chen Jisheng to be in charge, and asked him to lead the remaining 50,000 horses and horses when the ice and snow on the land were almost melting, and take the grain and grass baggage to Dingliao Right Guard to join him.

Is he going to sneak attack? Of course not, this is icy and snowy, unless he has wings, it is impossible to climb the wall of Dingliao's right guard, and if he goes to attack the city at this time, he is looking for death.

In fact, he is building siege equipment, you must know that the siege equipment of 100,000 people, no matter how fast you are, you have to build it for three or four days, if he waits for the ice and snow to melt and then build, it is estimated that he has just built and started to siege the city, and Huang Taiji will be killed from behind his buttocks.

He set off lightly with 50,000 horses, and there was no need to think about attacking the city, but there was no problem in building siege equipment. As for whether it will be discovered by the defenders of Dingliao's right guard, he is not worried at all, this ice and snow, who has nothing to run out to investigate, as long as he is not close to the city, he will not be discovered at all.

If you are discovered, don't be afraid, I have 50,000 horses, you have 20,000 horses, and you will come out of the city to bite me. It's just that Amin will definitely report to Huang Taiji at that time, and if he doesn't take it, he won't know if he decides to do it, and he naturally won't think too much about this kind of thing with a very low probability.