"My lord, according to the report from the spies, the Jiannu of Guangning poured out of the nest and went straight to Jinzhou, about forty or fifty thousand people." Naturally, the actions of the Houjin army could not be concealed from the spies that Li Hongyu had spent, and he soon got a report.

"Order, the whole army will attack, and go out of the city with this officer to meet the enemy!"

Li Hongyu, who was discussing the military situation with Yuan Chonghuan, first frowned slightly after learning this information, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he gave an order in a deep voice.

"Brother Li, you want to fight Jiannu?"

Yuan Chonghuan was shocked when he heard this, and after waiting for the guards to leave, he asked Li Hongyu in surprise, now there are only 30,000 Ming troops in Jinzhou City, of which 20,000 are still the Ming army of Liaoxi who were scared by the Houjin army, where can they fight against the Houjin army.

"Burhachi is running away."

Li Hongyu smiled slightly, got up and walked to the map hanging on the wall, stretched out his finger and pointed to a place on it and said to Yuan Chonghuan with a smile, "He is going to give me a dismount before leaving, and he wants to save a little face." ”

"Is Jiannu bluffing?"

Yuan Chonghuan was stunned, and looked at Li Hongyu with some surprise, he didn't expect this, and thought that Nurhachi wanted to attack Jinzhou City before the Mongol army arrived.

"If Nurhachi wanted to attack Jinzhou, he would have done it a long time ago, and he would not wait until you led the army to come before making a big move, he already believed that I might transfer water divisions to join the war."

Li Hongyu turned around and looked at Yuan Chonghuan with a smile, "Even if he has doubts, he won't take risks at this time, since he wants to play, then the official will play with him, otherwise he will think that the official is afraid of him!" ”

"Brother Li, this is too dangerous, if Nurhachi orders an attack, it will be dangerous!"

Yuan Chonghuan finally realized that something was wrong, Nurhachi would not attack sooner or later, but he waited until he brought people to Jinzhou before making this decision, in this way, there is a chance that he will escape with a false shot, but he is still very worried about Li Hongyu's bold move, and if there is any accident, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"In terms of time, after the start of the war, as long as we hold out for two days at most, Lin Dan Khan will lead the army to come, and then Jiannu will be attacked from front to back."

Li Hongyu knew that Yuan Chonghuan was worried about his safety, so he smiled disapprerovingly and said, "Shimen Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I don't believe that Nurhachi will attack, even if he really wants to fight this battle, it will not be a problem for us to hold it for two days." ”

"Shimen Mountain!" Yuan Chonghuan remembered at this time that Li Hongyu pointed to the map just now, but he didn't expect it to be Shimen Mountain, thirty miles outside Jinzhou City, where the mountain is steep and very suitable for defense, it seems that Li Hongyu is not rash to send troops.

"Brother Yuan, I hope that Nurhachi will order an attack on us, in that case, the situation outside the gate will be decided."

Li Hongyu smiled, and his eyes fell on the "Shimen Mountain" on the map again, it was not difficult for him to hold on to Shimen Mountain for two days, as long as Nurhachi dared to fight, then Houjin would definitely be greatly injured, and he would not be able to recover his vitality for twenty years.

Like Nurhachi, Li Hongyu also knew that once the Houjin returned to Liaodong, Lin Dan Khan would definitely not chase after him, and for Lin Dan Khan, what he wanted to do most now was to maintain the balance of power between the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia and the Later Jin outside the Guan, how could he help the Ming Dynasty destroy the Later Jin?

But if Houjin and Daming start a war, then the situation will be different, Lin Dan Khan will have no choice but to attack Houjin with all his strength, otherwise Li Hongyu will be defeated, and Daming will give up Guangning and other regions to run the Liaoning West Corridor with all his might, which Lin Dan Khan does not want to see, which makes him face the threat of Houjin alone.

In Li Hongyu's letter to Lin Dan Khan, it was clearly stated that once the Ming army was defeated in Liaoxi, it would abandon the area except for the Liaoxi Corridor.

Li Hongyu is now an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he has always spoken his word, so Lin Danhan naturally believed his words and knew that what Li Hongyu said was the truth, which gave him a lot of psychological pressure.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Dan Khan gathered a heavy army and personally led the army to come, for him, if he can give Houjin a heavy blow together with Li Hongyu, then it will be of great benefit to him to expand eastward in the future.

In fact, Lin Dan Khan was even more eager than Li Hongyu to fight Nurhachi, and after the Battle of Guangning, Nurhachi would create a huge vacuum between the Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty in western Liaoning, so that Nurhachi would be free to deal with Lin Dan Khan.

In order to expand their respective forces, Lin Dan Khan and Nurhachi both wanted to swallow each other, and both felt the threat brought by the other party.

Compared with Nurhachi, Lin Dan Khan and Daming have a more harmonious relationship, at least the two sides did not tear their faces, so Lin Dan Khan wanted to use the power of Daming to deal with Nurhachi and minimize his own casualties.

Seeing that Li Hongyu had made up his mind, Yuan Chonghuan could not persuade him to obey Li Hongyu's orders, and he was nervous in his heart, and all he could do now was to assist Li Hongyu in rearming for war.

Li Hongyu then summoned the generals at all levels in Jinzhou City to come to the meeting, which made the meeting hall full of people, because it was the first time for everyone to hold such a large-scale meeting, so the scene was very lively, and the atmosphere was extremely relaxed.

However, when they learned that Li Hongyu was going out of the city to meet the 40,000 or 50,000 Houjin troops led by Nurhachi, all the generals present showed surprised expressions on their faces, and no one expected that Li Hongyu would take the initiative to attack the Houjin army with superior forces, which made the atmosphere in the council room suddenly become a little depressing.

After the initial stunned, the reactions of the generals on the scene appeared to be very different:

The generals of the forbidden army and the sailors looked excited, gearing up, and looking eager to try; The generals of the 5,000 Ming army that Li Hongyu brought from Ningyuan City had complicated expressions and were uneasy; As for the generals of the 20,000 reinforcements brought by Yuan Chonghuan, they looked frightened, as if they were quite afraid.

After all, the Ming army in western Liaoning was frightened by the Houjin army, while the soldiers of the forbidden army and the sailor division can be said to be newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, and after the battle of Jinzhou, their morale is even more vigorous, their fighting spirit is high, and they are not afraid of the Houjun army at all, but want to kill the enemy and serve the country and make meritorious contributions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the army of the Mongolian Lin Dan Khan is already on the way, Jiannu not only offended my Ming Dynasty but also repeatedly invaded Mongolia, since the chief Nurhachi wants to fight with this official, then this official will fight with him in Shimen Mountain, defeat it in one fell swoop, recapture Liaodong, and ensure the stability of Liaodong for 20 years."

Li Hongyu had long known that the Ming army in Liaodong was afraid of the Houjin army in his heart, so he glanced around at the scene and said in a deep voice, "This official will stick to Shimen Mountain to the end, and live and die with Shimen Mountain, the safety of Liaodong is in this battle, I hope you can perform your duties, report to Jun En, and appease the people of Li, and the spirit of Haoran will forever go down in history!" ”

"Live and die with Shimen Mountain!" Hearing this, Zhao Feng took the lead in standing up, raising his right fist and shouting excitedly.

"Live and die with Shimen Mountain!" Immediately after, the generals of the forbidden army and the sailor division in the council hall stood up and raised their fists and shouted.

"Brothers, if we fight with Jiannu, the scholars are not afraid of death, what else do we have to be afraid of?"

This made the generals of the Liaoxi Ming Army present couldn't help but look at each other, perhaps because they felt that they were overwhelmed by the forbidden army and the sailors, and a Liaoxi general stood up suddenly, blushing and shouting at the surrounding Liaoxi generals, "The university scholars have always been benevolent and righteous, even if we die in battle, we will never lose our family!" ”

"Live and die with Shimen Mountain!" As he spoke, the general raised his right fist and shouted loudly.

"Live and die with Shimen Mountain!" At this moment, the generals of Liaoxi who were sitting there stood up one after another, raised their right fists and roared, making the momentum of the scene victorious.

Hearing this, a smile flashed at the corner of Li Hongyu's mouth, and he quietly glanced at the Liaoxi general who got up first, and was very satisfied with his performance.

The Liaoxi general was right, Li Hongyu formulated a perfect pension policy when he was the governor of Liaodong, but unfortunately with Li Hongyu's transfer, those pension policies came to an end.

After all, the imperial court has no funds for pensions, and it is not good to die in ancient wars, and even if there is a pension, it is pitiful, which is why there is a saying that "good iron does not hit nails, and good men are not soldiers", especially in troubled times, being a soldier often means death.

Li Hongyu's previous pensions for the soldiers of the Ming army who died and were wounded in Liaodong were all found by himself, and after he left, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Yingtai and even Wang Huazhen had the ability to find money, and the imperial court did not allocate it, which could only make the pension policy go to waste.

Now that Li Hongyu has returned to Liaodong and has become the highest official of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, it is natural to implement the pension policy he formulated.

In fact, what soldiers are most worried about in the war is that their families have nothing to rely on after they die in the war, and Li Hongyu's pension policy undoubtedly exempts them from their worries, which is also an important reason why the soldiers in Liaodong are willing to follow Li Hongyu.

"The order was sent down, and the whole army only brought five days' rations and necessary ordnance, and rushed to Shimen Mountain to build fortifications with light equipment."

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Hongyu slowly stood up, glanced around at the generals in the conference hall, and shouted, "In five days, we will eat the beef and mutton brought by the Mongols and drink the mare's milk wine they brewed!" ”

Hearing this, the generals couldn't help but glance at each other in surprise, could it be that Li Hongyu wanted to defeat the Houjin army within five days.

"Obey your lordship's orders!" Then, the generals bowed to Li Hongyu and responded in unison with excited expressions, although they felt a little incredible, they were obviously more willing to believe Li Hongyu.

Seeing that the momentum of the generals at the scene was in full swing, Li Hongyu's heart secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the effect of this pre-war mobilization is not bad, I hope Nurhachi can cooperate a little and not make trouble for everyone, otherwise Shimen Mountain will definitely become a Shura hell!

(End of chapter)

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