(Recommended reading: After greeting Wang Keshou and Zhou Yongchun and other Liaodong officials outside Shenyang for a while, Li Hongyu rode into the city on a high-headed horse surrounded by everyone.

Li Hongyu's governor's guard of honor naturally opened the way ahead, and the momentum of the style naturally attracted the attention of the people gathered on both sides of the street to watch the lively scene, and they all pointed to the honor guard queue and discussed.

Because Li Hongyu won a big victory in Yaque Pass, coupled with his status as a new champion, his arrival made Shenyang City empty, and the people wanted to see what this new champion who could fight looked like.

Of course, in addition to Li Hongyu, the people are naturally most interested in the two resume cards of "Champion and First" and "Qin Ci Hanlin", which can represent the highest merit of the Ming Imperial Examination.

Because Shenyang is located in the northern part of Liaodong region, it is a multi-ethnic settlement, so in addition to the Han people, there are also Mongolians and other ethnic minorities in Liaodong living in the city, and the number of Mongolians is second only to the Han people, with more than 10,000 people.

Wang Keshou has already set up a banquet for Li Hongyu to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and Zhou Yongchun, the deputy governor of Liaodong, and Chen Wangting, the governor of Liaodong, accompanied by Chen Wangting and others.

After the banquet, Wang Keshou coughed and returned to his residence to rest, he was old and in poor health, he couldn't help coughing after drinking a few glasses of wine at the banquet, but he had to drink these glasses of wine, after all, it was a reception wine for Li Hongyu, and if he didn't drink it, he couldn't get over his face.

"Lord Governor, Lord Deputy Governor is here." Not long after arriving at the residence, a maid entered the door and reported to Wang Ke, who was sitting leisurely on a chair and sipping tea.

"Oh?" Wang Keshou was slightly stunned when he heard this, he was quite surprised by this, you must know that he had just met Zhou Yongchun at the banquet, if there was anything to do, Zhou Yongchun could tell him when he left, there was no need to chase him to his residence.

"Please Lord Zhou." However, Wang Keshou soon realized that Zhou Yongchun had something important to discuss with him, otherwise he would not have rushed over at this time, so he put down the teacup in his hand and said in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you have come to visit late at night and disturbed your rest.

After a while, Zhou Yongchun entered the door with a smile and said to Wang Keshou.

To Wang Ke's surprise, Zhou Yongchun was followed by a young man dressed as a servant, and he walked in together.

"Lord Zhou, why did you come here this time?" A look of surprise appeared on Wang Keshou's face, and after glancing at the young servant, he smiled and got up and bowed back.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this is the new section champion and Liaodong Governor Li Hongyu Li Compilation." Zhou Yongchun smiled slightly when he heard this, turned around and stretched out his hand, and introduced the young servant who followed behind him to Wang Keshou in a deep voice.

"Governor Li?"

Wang Keshou couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he looked at the young servant with a stunned expression, and didn't react for a while, although Li Hongyu at the reception banquet just now and the person in front of him were similar in figure and face, they were obviously not the same person.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this official has a last resort to do this, and the rudeness is expected to be Lord Governor Haihan." Li Hongyu stepped forward, bowed his hand to Wang Keshou, and said with a smile.

"Governor Li is serious." Wang Keshou came back to his senses and determined that the young man in front of him was Li Hongyu, the new governor of Liaodong, so he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, "Governor Li, please take a seat." ”

Li Hongyu, Zhou Yongchun and Wang Keshou immediately sat down according to the guest host, in fact, not only Wang Keshou, Zhou Yongchun also wanted to know why Li Hongyu wanted to find a stand-in to replace him in front of the public.

There were only two officials in Shenyang who had seen Li Hongyu, one was Zhou Yongchun, the deputy governor of Liaodong, and the other was Chen Wangting, the imperial governor of Liaodong, and the two met Li Hongyu in Liaoyang City in early April.

Before Li Hongyu led the army to Shenyang City, he wrote letters to Zhou Yongchun and Chen Wangting respectively, telling them about his use of a stand-in, so the two did not break the fact that the person who was surrounded into the city was Li Hongyu's stand-in today.

After the reception banquet, Li Hongyu found an opportunity for Zhou Yongchun to bring him to see Wang Keshou, after all, such an important thing must be known to Wang Keshou.

"Governor Li, why did you hide your identity?" After the maid served the fragrant tea, Wang Ke looked at Li Hongyu quietly and asked, before that, he never thought that Li Hongyu would use a stand-in, but since Li Hongyu did this, he must have his intentions.

"Don't hide it from the Governor and Lord Zhou, the reason why this official did this is purely helpless, Jiannu has many spies in Liaodong, and this official doesn't want his whereabouts to be leaked." Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile helplessly when he heard this, and said seriously, "In order to prevent Jiannu from knowing the whereabouts of this official, this official can only use this strategy, which is really ashamed." ”

"Governor Li is right, Jiannu's spies are everywhere, and we really have to watch out for them, and there is nothing wrong with Governor Li doing this." Wang Keshou smiled when he heard this, and asked, "The war in Liaodong is urgent, what does Governor Li plan to do next?" ”

Wang Keshou has been up and down in officialdom for nearly 40 years, and naturally knows that Li Hongyu will not do this for no reason, so he is full of interest in Li Hongyu's next plan.

"Lord Governor, where do you think Jiannu will attack next?" Li Hongyu groaned for a moment when he heard this, and asked Wang Keshou.

"It should be Kaiyuan." Wang Keshou's brows furrowed, and he replied quietly, the geographical location of Kaiyuan is very important, connecting Mongolia, Yehe and Jianzhou, it is an important frontier town in northeastern Liao, and it must be the object of Houjin's coveting.

"Yes, once Kaiyuan is lost, then our army will lose its containment of Jiannu." Li Hongyu bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and said to Wang Keshou, "Therefore, the intention of this governor is to draw troops from Shenyang to reinforce Kaiyuan and avoid the loss of Kaiyuan." ”

"Governor Li, there are not many troops in Shenyang, only more than 10,000 people, and you have to take care of Tieling and Fushun, there are really no soldiers to send!" Hearing this, Zhou Yongchun couldn't help but smile bitterly and replied.

Since the defeat in the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army in Liaodong has faced a shortage of troops, especially Kaiyuan and Tieling, which have been mobilized to participate in the four-way attack, are in short supply, and Fushun, which was conquered by the Houjin army last year, relies on reinforcements for defense.

As far as the eye can see, only Shenyang, Liaoyang, Guangning, and Yaqueguan still have troops that can be deployed in Liaodong, and there are really no troops to be sent in other places, and the main force was completely withdrawn last year.

Moreover, in addition to the Ming army in Yaque Pass is a first-line combat force, the troops in Shenyang, Liaoyang and Guangning are all second-line troops, before the battle of Sarhu, everyone thought that Houjin was vulnerable, but who would have thought that the Ming army would be defeated, so that Liaodong fell into a situation of emptiness for a while.

It stands to reason that since the Ming army is insufficient, it should shrink its forces, concentrate on dealing with the Houjin, and temporarily abandon some cities to avoid being broken by the Houjin.

But then again, who would dare to give up a city on the battlefield? That was an act of desertion, and Yang Hao used the Shang Fang sword given by the Wanli Emperor to kill several fleeing generals when he came to Liaodong last year.

Judging from the current situation, the only person who can do this without being cut off by Shang Fangjian is Li Hongyu, who is now the commander of the Ming army in Liaodong, so naturally he will not be cut by Shang Fangjian because he ordered to shrink his troops.

However, if Li Hongyu does this, he will definitely bear huge risks and psychological pressure, and once he can't recapture the cities that were occupied by Houjin and voluntarily abandoned, then he will wait to be impeached by the officials in the capital.

If Li Hongyu came to Liaodong this time only to defeat the Houjin, then he would definitely fight against the water, shrink his forces to ensure the safety of important towns, and implement the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, and withdraw the army and civilians to the rear, so that the Houjin army could not replenish its troops.

In Li Hongyu's view, the most important city in Liaodong at present is naturally Kaiyuan, he will find a way to transfer troops to reinforce Kaiyuan, as long as Kaiyuan is in the hands of the Ming army, then it will make the rear of Houjin unrestful, unable to concentrate on fighting with the Ming army.

It's a pity that Li Hongyu actually didn't want to stop the tide of historical development and prevent the Later Jin Army from dominating Liaodong, only then would the powerful local forces of the Ming Dynasty be disintegrated in the war, and then he could establish a new set of social order, which is the so-called unbroken and unbroken.

It is worth mentioning that it is not easy to increase troops to Kaiyuan, and since Nurhachi is also bound to Kaiyuan, he will definitely prevent the Ming army from increasing troops to Kaiyuan.

Therefore, the main force of the Eight Banners of the Houjin Army was arranged in Sancha'er Fort and Jilin Cliff, of which Jilin Cliff was the location of the main force of the Eight Banners, which could not only go to support the Houjin Army in Sancha'er Fort to block the reinforcements of the Ming army, but also protect the safety of Hetuala.

Therefore, the Liaodong Ming army in the lack of troops, and has just experienced a big defeat situation, no one dares to propose to Kaiyuan to increase troops, if the reinforcement of the Ming army in the middle of the way by the Houjin army to wipe out this responsibility no one can bear, a thought of the battle of Sarhu Houjin soldiers five days to destroy the main force of the three-way Ming army made the Liaodong generals a chill rise up their spines.

Moreover, increasing troops to Kaiyuan would mean putting the rest of Liaodong in danger, and the troops in other areas would inevitably be reduced, and once the Houjin army took advantage of the situation to attack, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This also means that before the imperial reinforcements rushed to Liaodong, Kaiyuan and Tieling could only be guarded by the soldiers and civilians in the city themselves, and they could not get reinforcements from the Ming army.

Historically, why the two important military towns of Kaiyuan and Tieling were quickly conquered by the Houjin army, which was not good at attacking the city at that time, was inseparable from the shortage of troops in the city.

Therefore, the impact of the Battle of Sarhu on the situation in Liaodong was extremely huge, it was not just a victory or defeat, but changed the balance of military strength between the Ming army and the Later Jin army in Liaodong in a short period of time.

The reason why it is said that it is short is because after all, the Ming army has a large population and strong military strength, and can continue to transfer troops from the country.

It's a pity that Nurhachi, of course, will not let the Liaodong Ming army breathe, and will definitely take advantage of the low morale of the Liaodong Ming army to attack the city, capture Kaiyuan and Tieling, and then eliminate Ye He to relieve Houjin's worries.

Some people say that the Battle of Salhu was the starting point of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, which is understandable from a historical point of view, after all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty later entered the customs to unify the Central Plains.

However, judging from the situation at that time, the battle of Salhu only made the Later Jin gain a firm foothold in the Liaodong region, and if the Wanli Emperor did not die, then the military and economic strength of the Ming Dynasty would definitely wipe it out, leaving no room for the Later Jin to expand.

During the Salhu War, the Houjin army only had the Jurchen Eight Banners at that time, and then gradually expanded to have the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners, and the Wanli Emperor could send troops to exterminate the Houjin, after all, the Houjin army was limited in number, and once it fell into the continuous war with the Ming Dynasty, its strength would be gradually weakened.

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