Shenyang City.

After returning from Sancha'er Fort, Li Hongyu hosted a banquet for Li Rubai in the General Soldier's Mansion, and the two talked and laughed at the wine table, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and harmonious.

"Old General Li, Ben Fu is about to return to Beijing to take up his post to the emperor, and I want to borrow some people from you to bring back to Guannai."

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Hongyu picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Li Rubai, Yu Feng turned around and asked with a smile, "I don't know if General Li cuts love?" ”

"It is their blessing that they can be regarded by the governor, and they are naturally undesirable."

Li Rubai's eyes flashed with surprise, he didn't expect Li Hongyu to go back to Beijing, let alone Li Hongyu to borrow someone from him, but he quickly reacted and replied with a smile.

"Old General Li, Ben Fu wants General Li and General Wang to go to Beijing with Ben Fu, I'm afraid that the two of them will leave Liaodong in the future, is Old General Li willing?" Seeing that Li Rubai agreed very happily, Li Hongyu asked after smiling slightly.

"Leaving Liaodong?" Li Rubai was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little surprised, now that the war in Liaodong is in full swing, where does Li Hongyu want to transfer the two young generals who can fight the most in Liaodong Iron Cavalry?

The generals Li and Wang in Li Hongyu's mouth naturally refer to Li Zhizhong and Wang Guangshun, originally Li Rubai thought that Li Hongyu wanted to take the two of them to the capital to have a look, but he never thought of letting them leave Liaodong.

"General Li, to tell you the truth, Ben Fu wants to take this opportunity to eliminate the threat of the Mongol Warat Department to the northwest frontier of our Ming Dynasty, so he is ready to persuade Lin Dan Khan to march westward and fight with our army against the Warat people to stabilize the situation in our northwest frontier."

Li Hongyu knew that Li Rubai knew the seriousness of what he said, and he would definitely not spread it, so he said in a deep voice, "The road to the south of Jiannu has been blocked by our army, and then he can only develop to the north, and the Inner Khalkha Department of Mongolia in the north will definitely be transferred to the west by Lin Dan Khan, which will inevitably lead to a conflict between Lin Dan Khan and Jiannu, which will be of great benefit to our army!" ”

"Will Lin Dan Khan agree to the Western Expedition?" After listening to Li Hongyu's words, Li Rubai was shocked in his heart, he never thought that Li Hongyu was planning such a big plan, and he looked at Li Hongyu in amazement and asked, it is obvious that Lin Danhan's attitude is the key.

"Benfu has seen Lin Dan Khan, and he desperately wants to revive the Mongol Khanate, so he must want to cooperate with our Ming Dynasty to fight against the Warats, and only by conquering Warat can he become the real Great Khan of the Mongols."

Li Hongyu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and raised the wine glass in his hand to Li Rubai and said, "For our Ming Dynasty, if Lin Dan Khan can send troops to the west, it will be harmful to us." ”

"The Mongols are no longer what they used to be, they are divided, the tribes are fighting their own battles, it is difficult to have the glory of the Genghis Khan period, and they cannot become the opponents of the Ming Dynasty, if they can use their internal contradictions to divide and weaken, the trouble of the Ming frontier can be solved!"

As he spoke, Li Hongyu's face turned pale, and he said, "It's just that the northwest is thousands of miles away from Liaodong, once General Li and General Wang go to fight, I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to Liaodong, and the war is dangerous, and if you are not careful, you may sacrifice your life for the country." ”

"Don't worry about this matter, the governors, since they have joined the army, they have naturally put life and death aside, it is an honor to be able to sacrifice their lives for the country, and the importance of their humble duties is clear."

Li Rubai knew what Li Hongyu meant, so he touched the wine glass with Li Hongyu and replied with a serious expression.

"General Li is dedicated to the country, Benfu is very admired, he is unremarkable, and he is respectful of doing it first!" Li Hongyu was moved in his heart when he heard this, and he raised his head and drank all the wine in the wine glass.

I have to say that there are a lot of loyal and patriotic generals in the Ming army, although the combat effectiveness of the Ming army has been weakened a lot due to various factors, but those generals fought bravely on the battlefield, and many people sacrificed their lives for it.

Li Hongyu really felt worthless for those generals in his heart, not to mention Emperor Hongwu, if the current Ming army can have half of the combat effectiveness of the Yongle Emperor, then why should Houjin be afraid? The million-strong army of the Ming Dynasty is more than the total population of the Jurchens, and the war consumption of the car ** alone can exhaust the strength of the Houjin.

"The governor worked hard for the Ming Dynasty, strategized, and won a thousand miles, and he is the person who is truly worthy of admiration."

Li Rubai shook his head, and then drank all the wine in the wine glass, he didn't shoot Li Hongyu's sycophants but felt it, judging from Li Hongyu's actions after arriving in Liaodong, he was undoubtedly a handsome talent, and they, the generals of Liaodong, were at most a general who acted obediently and galloped across the field.

Li Hongyu smiled when he heard this, he could be so praised by Li Rubai, the chief soldier of Liaodong, his hard work and busyness in Liaodong during these years was worth it.

Due to the large number of prisoners of war, the Ming prisoners of war were temporarily placed in the barracks of Shenyang and Liaoyang, and Li Hongyu ordered that no one should go to disturb them.

Under Li Hongyu's orders, the Ming prisoners were well cared for, not only eating the best military rations but also distributing brand new military uniforms, and Li Hongyu wanted to let those prisoners know that they had not been abandoned by the imperial court.

Of course, if you want to inspire the confidence and fighting spirit of the captives, Li Hongyu, the governor of Liaodong, must visit them in person, and if the imperial court wants to abandon them, Li Hongyu will obviously not make another move to visit them.

Li Hongyu knew very well that due to the uncertainty of the future fate, this was the most fragile and hesitant period for those prisoners, so his departure played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

Not only that, Li Hongyu also ate a big pot of rice with the prisoners in the barracks, comforting them to recuperate with peace of mind, and serve the country when their bodies recovered.

Under Li Hongyu's appeasement, the prisoners' uneasy mood was calmed, and it was naturally impossible for Li Hongyu to lie to them as the dignified governor of Liaodong, so everyone was full of energy to go to the battlefield to fight Houjin again.

To tell the truth, the prisoners of war of the Ming army were not convinced by the defeat of the Battle of Salhu, first of all, they were difficult to adapt to the wind and snow weather in Liaodong at that time, and secondly, because they did not understand the combat methods of the Houjin army in the first battle with the Houjin army, coupled with the fact that they did not fight, the command was not smooth, so the battle was stunned by the Houjin army who was waiting for the battle, so that a major rout occurred.

Therefore, after learning that Li Hongyu had won the victory in Tieling, these captured Ming soldiers were full of emotion in their hearts, no matter how they were the elite of the guards in various places, they naturally had a spirit of not admitting defeat.

This is also the reason why Li Hongyu spared no effort to promote the exchange of prisoners, the Ming army in the battle of Salhu can be said to be the best unit of the Ming army, as long as it is reorganized, then it will be an elite division with strong combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

Xiong Tingbi and other officials in Liaodong saw that Li Hongyu was so concerned about those captured Ming troops, and had to follow him to visit those prisoners, no matter how Li Hongyu was also the governor of Liaodong, even if they looked down on those prisoners, they could not show their reluctance, could not show it, could they not go against Li Hongyu?

Moreover, Emperor Wanli has pardoned the guilt of those captured Ming soldiers, and it stands to reason that these officials should also visit those prisoners, and now that Li Hongyu has taken the lead, they naturally have to follow closely, and only those who lack heart and eyes will come against Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu was busy dealing with the affairs of the captured Ming army, and Nurhachi was not idle, because the Zhengbai Banner and the Zhenghong Banner suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Tieling, so he transferred people from other banners to the Zhengbai Banner and the Zhenghong Banner to enrich the strength of the two banners.

Dai Shan said that in addition to the red flag, he also had a red flag in his hand, so the loss was relatively small, and Huang Taiji's strength was greatly damaged, and many strong flag soldiers died in battle.

This also made Huang Taiji realize that Houjin had the disadvantage of having a population base that was too small, and once one or two defeats were fought, there was a danger that he would not be able to replenish his troops.

Therefore, Huang Taiji set his sights on the Mongols and Han people controlled by the Later Jin, and he knew very well that the Jurchens alone could not continue to fight with the Ming army in Liaodong, so he must absorb the plundered and captured Mongols and Han Chinese to replenish the army.

Of course, at this time, Huang Taiji just wanted to avoid being exterminated by the Ming army in Liaodong, and in any case, he would not have the idea of entering the customs and going south to chase the Central Plains.

However, the defeat in the Battle of Tieling made Huang Taiji deeply aware of the weakness of the lack of Houjin soldiers, otherwise Nurhachi would not be in a hurry to exchange prisoners with Li Hongyu.

This made Huang Taiji set his sights on the Mongols and Han people in advance, and had the idea of absorbing the Mongols and Han people to join the Houjin War, which played a great role in promoting the emergence of the Later Jinmeng Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners.

In early October, the Wanli Emperor's divine decree to reward the troops for participating in the Battle of Tieling and the capture of the Hetu Alaming Army finally arrived in Liaodong, and all the participating troops, including the Yehe and Nekhalkha departments, were rewarded accordingly.

Among them, the Inner Khalkha Ministry was awarded 20,000 taels of silver, 500 taels of gold, 5,000 catties of tea, and 10,000 catties of pig iron.

Emperor Wanli's reward is according to the level of military merits reported by Li Hongyu, because Li Hongyu has already clarified the tasks of the participating troops before the war, so it is very convenient to evaluate the military merits, and it can also convince the public to achieve fairness and reasonableness, so that the soldiers participating in the war are very satisfied, and they can be said to be very happy.

With the arrival of Emperor Wanli's decree, Ran Xingrang began to urge Li Hongyu to return to Beijing, and if it was too late, it would be a heavy snowstorm in Liaodong, and it would not be easy to return to the capital at that time.

Li Hongyu knew Ran Xingrang's thoughts, so he embarked on the return journey on the fifth day of the arrival of the holy decree, Xiong Tingbi and Li Rubai and other Liaodong officials went out of the city to see each other off, everyone knew in their hearts that Li Hongyu would be difficult to come back if he left, how could the dignified Ming Xinke champion stay in Liaodong This bitter cold place, Emperor Wanli must still have important tasks to delegate.

Returning to Beijing with Li Hongyu and Ran Xingrang was also the governor of Jiliao, Wang Keshou, who was allowed by the Wanli Emperor to return to his hometown in view of his old age and frailty.

In this way, only Xiong Tingbi, the triumvirate of Liaodong, will be left with only Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, who will have no constraints before the arrival of the new governor of Liaodong and be in charge of the military and political affairs of Liaodong.

Not long after Li Hongyu left Liaoyang, Nurhachi got the news that Li Hongyu had left for Beijing, and Houjin's spies in Liaoyang sent this important information to Kaiyuan as soon as possible.

"Why did he leave at this time?" Nurhachi was taken aback when he got the news, and his brows couldn't help frowning, and he couldn't figure out Li Hongyu's intentions for a while.

It stands to reason that Li Hongyu's departure should make Nurhachi breathe a sigh of relief, but after experiencing the Battle of Tieling, Nurhachi suspects that this is Li Hongyu's secret plan.

Therefore, Nurhachi ordered the spies in Liaodong to make every effort to investigate Li Hongyu's whereabouts, and he wanted to avoid the tragedy of the Battle of Tieling from happening again.

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