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With Li Hongyu's previous impassioned words, the atmosphere in Dongnuan Pavilion suddenly became a little heavy, and Emperor Wanli stared at Li Hongyu for a long time, and then asked expressionlessly.

When Guan Yingzhen heard this, he suddenly became anxious in his heart, and looked at Li Hongyu with concern, hoping that Li Hongyu could say something that Emperor Wanli liked to hear this time to ease the atmosphere, and it was obvious that Emperor Wanli's tone had revealed considerable dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, if the officials and troops of the three routes are humerus to each other, my Ming officials and troops will be able to exterminate the rebellion in Jianzhou." Li Hongyu naturally knew that Emperor Wanli must have sulked in his heart at this time, so he pondered for a while and said solemnly, "But if the Western Route Army advances alone, then the Third Route Army is also in danger!" ”

"As far as the minister knows, Liaodong is a bitter cold land, and the rebellious departments of Jianzhou often break out because of the struggle for territory, and its adult men can be said to have experienced the tempering of war, so the Eight Banners Army under the chief Nurhachi is really fierce, if the Eight Banners are full, there will be 60,000 soldiers who can fight, and the strength should not be underestimated."

After a pause, Li Hongyu opened his mouth to explain, "Although the officers and troops are elite of the Ming Dynasty, most of them are from the south and the north, and they are not suitable for the climate, water, soil and terrain of Liaodong, and their combat effectiveness and morale are bound to be affected. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have the courage to say, can you set the time for encircling and suppressing the rebellion in Jianzhou in July, when the officers and troops transferred from Guannai will be more suitable for the local weather and environment, and at the same time, they can also reorganize the various departments to avoid fighting separately and having poor military orders during the war!"

As he spoke, Li Hongyu touched his head to the ground and said to Emperor Wanli in a loud voice, "The minister thinks that in this way, the rebellion of Jianzhou will be exterminated by the official army." ”

Emperor Wanli couldn't help frowning when he heard this, Li Hongyu's analysis can be described as reasonable, well-founded and responsible, he couldn't find anything wrong for a while, in the end, Li Hongyu also had the previous astonishing prediction for the official army to successfully quell the rebellion in Liaodong.

Importantly, when Li Hongyu met with Emperor Wanli a few years ago, he repeatedly said that the Ming army in Liaodong could not divide its troops when it invaded Houjin, and now he has an inference about the unfavorable battle situation that the official army may encounter after the division of troops.

Although Emperor Wanli was unhappy, he had to admit that Li Hongyu had put a lot of thought into the war in Liaodong, otherwise he would have been involved in this kind of turmoil, which can be described as a manifestation of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, which is much stronger than the kind of officials who are wise enough to protect themselves.

"Why would you speculate that the official army in Liaodong would attack in four directions?"

Under the nervous gaze of Guan Yingzhen, Emperor Wanli groaned for a while, and looked at Li Hongyu who was kneeling there with his head touching the ground with a cold expression, this is the issue he is most concerned about now, if Li Hongyu can't give him a satisfactory answer, then he doesn't mind punishing Li Hongyu, you must know that such confidential information is by no means accessible to Li Hongyu.

"Back to the emperor, the reason why the minister speculated that the official army would be divided into four routes is related to the imperial court's military town in Liaodong."

Hearing this, Li Hongyu raised his head, looked at Emperor Wanli with a serious expression, and replied in a deep voice, "The minister has inquired about the situation in Liaodong, and knows that the rebellious capital of Jianzhou, Hetuala, has my Ming military town on three sides, namely Kaiyuan City in the north of Hetuala, Shenyang City in the northwest, Liaoyang City in the west, and Kuandian City in the south. ”

"If the minister wants to divide his troops, he will definitely choose to attack from these four important towns, divide and attack, cut off the rebellious escape route of Jianzhou, and kill the enemy in one battle."

As he spoke, a worried look appeared on Li Hongyu's face, "But the main point of this method is in the word 'he', if the four-way official army can't attack together in time, then it will give Jianzhou rebellion an opportunity to concentrate troops to deal with the advance of the official army!" ”

Hearing this, Guan Yingzhen, who had been nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief, Li Hongyu finally said the key to the matter this time, the reason why Yang Hao chose to attack in four ways was because he was worried that the Houjin army would escape, so he divided the troops to cut off the retreat of the Houjin army, and the finishing touch of this method was naturally "joint attack", and the purpose of dividing the troops was to be able to attack the Houjin army together in the future.

Therefore, Yang Hao's tactics of attacking in a combination of four ways were not wrong, otherwise the imperial court would not approve his battle.

"Are you saying that the Ming Army of the Fourth Route cannot 'unite' to attack the rebellion in Jianzhou?" Emperor Wanli's eyes showed a look of surprise, he didn't expect Li Hongyu to guess Yang Hao's intentions, it seemed that his previous insistence on joining forces was not untargeted, and then asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the white mountains and black waters in Liaodong, the roads are rugged, if the four-way officers and troops are divided into their itinerary, there will be deviations, and the purpose of the joint attack cannot be achieved, so the minister thinks that it is better to join forces in one place, capture the nest of the rebel in Jianzhou, and move the people of his tribe to other places, and then make the rebellion in Jianzhou become a rootless duckweed, as long as our army sticks to the city and does not come out, then the rebellion in Jianzhou will collapse without a fight."

Li Hongyu nodded solemnly when he heard this, as the saying goes, if you can run, the monk can't run the temple, and the Houjin army can be taken away by Nurhachi, but the local people can't escape, as long as the Ming army controls those people, then the Houjin army will lose logistics and supplies, and it will not be able to hold on for a long time.

In the final analysis, the Later Jin Army now has a limited population and territory, and does not have enough strategic depth to evade the Ming army's attack.

Therefore, Nurhachi will definitely not lead the army to flee, he will definitely make a desperate bet and fight against the Ming army, unlike the nomadic Mongols who can take the people away in one go, if he brings the Jurchen people, it will only be a huge burden.

"Come on, bring Yang Jingluo's invitation to the battle chapter to Li Jieyuan." After listening to Li Hongyu's words, Emperor Wanli groaned for a while, and commanded the chamberlain on the side.

Guan Yingzhen was stunned at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Emperor Wanli is very satisfied with Li Hongyu's defense, otherwise he would not have brought Yang Hao's recital to Li Hongyu.

Like Guan Yingzhen, a stone hanging in Li Hongyu's heart also fell to the ground, if he couldn't convince Emperor Wanli, then the situation would be serious.

"Your Majesty, Yang Jingluo chose to send troops to attack on the third day of March? At this time, Liaodong is still freezing! ”

Waiting for the chamberlain to bring Yang Hao's invitation to fight, Li Hongyu couldn't help but be shocked after checking it, and looked at Emperor Wanli with a surprised face, as if he never thought that Yang Hao would choose this time to attack Houjin.

Of course, Li Hongyu's shock at this time was faked, and he was very clear about the process and result of the Battle of Salhu, and later generations called this battle the key battle of "Ming Dynasty and Qing Xing".

Historically, Yang Hao chose to send troops on February 21, and now the third day of the third month of March is approved with a red pen on the chapter, it is obvious that the Wanli Emperor delayed the start of the war for more than ten days, and it seems that history may have been slightly affected by Li Hongyu.

For the battle of Sarhu, Li Hongyu decided that it was an important battle between the Ming army and the Houjin army in Liaodong, but to say that it involved the "Ming Dynasty and Qing Xing" is really a bit of an afterthought, if it was not for the peasant army within the Ming Dynasty and had no time to deal with the war outside the pass, then it was not so easy for the Manchu Qing to enter the pass.

In fact, as long as one side of the force can rise like Emperor Hongwu in the chaos of the late Ming Dynasty and dominate the world, then the next goal will definitely be to deal with the Manchu Qing outside the Guan.

It's a pity that there is no "if" in things in this world, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had the last laugh in the chaos of the late Ming Dynasty.

"Yang Jingluo did this to prevent Jianzhou from rebelling and escaping, not giving it a chance to breathe, and taking Hetuala in one go." Faced with Li Hongyu's question, Emperor Wanli's expression was cold, and Guan Yingzhen hurriedly opened his mouth to defend Yang Hao when he saw this.

Although Yang Hao was the commander of the Ming army in Liaodong, it was not Yang Hao's decision to launch an attack on Houjin, but the result of the deliberation of the important ministers in the court, and the Wanli Emperor only made a choice according to the advice of the important ministers, so he could not answer Li Hongyu's choice about the time to send troops, and he, as the Supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, did not need to explain to Li Hongyu.

Speaking of which, the court was too optimistic about the Liaodong counterinsurgency, underestimating the strength of the Houjin army and overestimating the combat power of the Ming army, believing that the Houjin army was vulnerable.

In addition, the huge cost of the war in Liaodong is also an important reason why the important ministers of the imperial court hope to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, the military expenditure of more than 100,000 troops is a lot of money, and the Ming household department and the Wanli Emperor's internal funds are already very tight, and they have to increase the salary, it is obvious that if the war continues, it will be a huge test for the finances.

Therefore, Yang Ho could not wait until June or July to start the war, and perhaps Nurhachi and his people would have fled long ago, which would bring the war to a stalemate, so that the military budget would become a bottomless pit, and God knows when Nurhachi would be able to eliminate it once he avoided the war.

In view of various factors, Yang Ho finally chose early March, which was not an unfavorable time for the Ming army, to launch an attack on Houjin.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are vainly discussing the war in Liaodong, and the crime deserves death, and I hope the emperor will punish the crime."

After listening to Guan Yingzhen's explanation, Li Hongyu touched the ground with his head again, and opened his mouth to ask Emperor Wanli for his guilt, he has now achieved the purpose of entering the palace this time, and naturally has to correct his attitude in front of Emperor Wanli.

"You can actually guess Yang Jingluo's layout, and you can be said to be concerned about the war in Liaodong, as a son, this is a loyal and patriotic trip, what is the crime?"

Emperor Wanli glanced at Li Hongyu, pondered for a while, and then said slowly, "Now that the war in Liaodong is in full swing, it is not yet known what the outcome will be, so don't mention the matter of Liaodong again before that." ”

"The Lord's Order is grateful." Hearing this, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of Li Hongyu's mouth, and he replied in a deep voice, it seems that Emperor Wanli has been persuaded and is not ready to hold him accountable in this matter.

Guan Yingzhen also breathed a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help but be impressed by Li Hongyu, I have to say that Li Hongyu's courage and talent are very good, otherwise he would not have been recognized by Emperor Wanli.

The next thing to do is to wait and see what happens, wait for the report of the battle in Liaodong, and see if the Ming army succeeds in counterinsurgency or is defeated by the Later Jin as Li Hongyu said.

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