On June 1, Xiong Tingbi was recalled from his hometown, and the emperor added him the rank of right attendant of the military department. After he returned to the court, he first asked to stop degrading and attacking his officials, but Zhu Youxiao ignored him. Then he presented the famous tripartite arrangement: arrange heavy troops at Shanhaiguan, increase troops in Denglai and Tianjin, send troops in Guangning to contain them, and send troops at sea to attack the rear of Jiannu.

After Zhu Youxiao saw it, he summoned Xiong Tingbi separately and asked him directly: "I have some questions about Xiong Qing's strategy after reading it, the most important question is, do we focus on defense or offense?" ”

Xiong Tingbi Khan immediately came out, his strategy, although it was vague, but the emperor directly saw his plan, he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is ready to defend first, and then wait for the appropriate opportunity to attack." "His thoughts are not tolerated by the ministers, because the ministers want to recover their homeland, but he wants to defend first, and does not think of attacking, just as the former officials attacked him. In his arrangement strategy, he said that he would arrange heavy troops at Shanhaiguan and increase troops in Denglai in Tianjin, in fact, he wanted to first stick to the turtle shell tactic and then try to develop, although in the twists and turns he first said that "Guangning used cavalry to confront the river, and embellished its full strength with the situation", that was just to cover it up.

"I don't understand warfare, but Xiong Qing wants to have heavy troops in Shanhaiguan and the Guan, then there will be few soldiers outside the Guan, and Jiannu will attack, how to deal with it?"

Seeing that the emperor didn't mean to reprimand him, Xiong Tingbi's heart calmed down: "The minister is guilty, the minister thinks about it, if the enemy comes to attack, then you can move, if the enemy is many and fierce, you can withdraw its troops first, and then wait for the enemy to retreat, and then according to it, if the enemy is few, you can attack it, and when its reinforcements come, then withdraw it." After saying that, he knelt on the ground and kept prostrating.

Zhu Youxiao thought that if it was another emperor, of course he would not agree to do this, and the minister would not agree, because this was a naked fear of the enemy. But he knew that in the field, it was difficult for the Ming army to win the Jiannu war. Since this is the case, of course, he should avoid its edge, he knows guerrilla warfare, and it should be a good way to use guerrilla warfare methods to deal with Jiannu.

"I have heard a saying, if the land is lost, the land is lost; If people lose land, people and land will survive. Xiong Qing seems to understand this truth very well, so I can rest assured. However, the imperial court has purchased a large number of Hongyi cannons from Macao, which is really the supreme weapon for defending the city. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, thank you Your Majesty Longen." Xiong Tingbi understood that the emperor wanted to use this method to gag the mouths of his ministers.

"I am promoted to the secretary of the military department, passing through Liaodong, Qing should hold the line of Guangning for me, Guangning must not be lost, and the rest of Tianjin, Denglai I have my own arrangements. Whoever Qing wants to use, you can report it, I give you Shang Fang Sword, you have the right to specialize, I hope Qing will not let me down. ”

Xiong Tingbi asked Gao Gao and Hu Jiadong, the Taoist ministers of the supervising army, and Fu Guozhaoxue, the superintendent of Langzhong, to restore their official positions and let them serve as directors. It is recommended to use Liu Guojin, the former director of the Liao people's praise painting, as the deputy envoy of Denglai's recruitment, Tong Bunian, the same knowledge of Kuizhou, as the supervisor of Denglai's army, and the former Lintao Tui official Hong Fujiao as the head of the staff, and praise the painting in front of the army, in order to win the hearts of the Liao people, Zhu Youxiao agreed, and ordered Xiong Tingbi to be promoted to the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, stationed in Shanhaiguan and Liaodong and other military affairs.

He also ordered the right to inspect Tianjin, and to ascend to the state road according to the inspection of Tao Lang first for the right of the Imperial Palace, and to governor Denglai and other places. Shen Yourong was promoted to the chief soldier and the governor of the capital, presiding over the coastal defense of Denglai.

On the third day of the seventh month of the first year of the Apocalypse, it was the day when Xiong Tingbi set off, Zhu Youxiao gave him a unicorn suit, four color coins, set up a banquet in the suburbs, sent the minister of civil and military affairs to accompany him with wine and candies, and sent Yang Guanggao Zhou Yuji to take two infantry battalions, a cavalry battalion, and an artillery battalion to escort him to his post.

After explaining to Xiong Tingbi, Zhu Youxiao called Yang Guanggao again and said: "Remember the good things I told you the day before yesterday, you give me a closer look, how are the soldiers from all over Liaodong, and whether they can fight with Jiannu." The main purpose of this camping exercise is to let the soldiers adapt to the climate and terrain of Liaodong, test the problems of command, marching, and coordination of various arms, and get as close to the front line as possible, but do not cross the river and fight with Jiannu. Yang Guanggao was elated and nodded again and again.

On the fifth day of the eighth month, Qin Liangyu only took two female guards and her injured son Ma Xianglin from Shanhaiguan to return to Beijing, and Zhu Youxiao summoned her again, and once again rewarded her with a lot of gold and silver cloths, and rewarded Ma Xianglin with a number of color coins. Both the empress and Concubine Chun Liang gave her some gifts, and Zhu ordered Lu Qin to lead two infantry battalions and a cavalry battalion to escort her back to the southwest.

In addition to Lu Qin's regular soldiers with three battalions, he also had a baggage battalion, Zhu Youxiao ordered him to receive grain and grass at the local yamen according to the number of soldiers wherever he went, I was afraid that the officials from all over the country would not cooperate, Zhu Youxiao gave Lu Qin Shang Fang Jian, and asked him to issue a receipt after receiving grain and grass, which could be used as proof of tax payment in the future. This method was formulated after he discussed with Xu Guangqi, and he tried it first to see how effective it was, and then decided whether to implement it nationwide.

As soon as Xiong Tingbi set off, Wang Huazhen came, he deployed generals, set up six military camps along the Liao River, each battalion set up a general, a garrison, each drawing a place to guard. Xiping, Zhenwu, Liuhe, Panshan and other key places set up outposts. Xiong Tingbi disagreed with the newspaper and said: "The river is narrow and unreliable, and the castle is too small to accommodate the garrison, so now we should only firmly hold Quang Ninh." If the division of troops is stationed on the river, the troops will be scattered and weak. The enemy secretly crossed the river with light cavalry and specialized in one barracks, and our army was bound to be overwhelmed. If one battalion is defeated, all the other battalions will be defeated, and the outposts in Xiping cannot be defended. The riverside is only suitable for setting up guerrilla units, taking turns to enter and exit, so that the enemy does not know the depths of the shallow and shallow, and should not gather in one place, so as to give the enemy the opportunity to attack through the gap. ”

Zhu Youxiao affirmed Xiong Tingbi's opinion, but also issued an order to Wang Huazhen, promoted Wang Huazhen to the governor of Liaodong, and ordered the original home and guest armies in Liaodong to focus on defending Guangning.

On July 12, Xiong Tingbi arrived at Shanhaiguan, and Yang Guanggao and others bid farewell to Lord Jinglu and began to march to Guangning. According to the emperor's request, he forcibly marched thirty miles a day, but on the first day, he only walked fifteen miles before it was dark.

In the evening, the Beijing camp convened a meeting of officers above the division level, dozens of people crowded the big tent, everyone greeted and saluted and made it very lively, Yang Guanggao slapped the table, and suddenly fell silent.

"Brothers, the emperor values the Beijing camp, everyone knows, today is the first camping exercise, the emperor said that it is thirty miles a day, so that we can reach Guangning in ten days, and now we only walk fifteen miles a day, that is a discount, why does this happen, do you have any ideas to speed up, all of them will be said one by one."