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Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong sat around the bonfire to make sure that the cold cakes were cold, and they ate with the cold water in the water bladder, and they had to continue to hurry after a short rest, wanting to arrive at Shanhaiguan in the fastest time to learn about the latest military situation.

"Alas, Wang Huazhen, a stupid man, holding tens of thousands of male soldiers, not to mention sitting on a fortified city like Guangning, was actually attacked by Jiannu who lacked siege equipment, which is really hateful."

The two chatted about the military situation in western Liaoning while eating, and Sun Chengzong couldn't help but get angry while talking, and couldn't help complaining to Li Hongyu:

"Brother Li, I can't hide it, although I am also a civil official, I oppose the use of civilian officials to command military ministers, civilian officials may be able to govern government affairs again, and it is absolutely impossible to fight!"

Sun Chengzong not only complained to Li Hongyu simply, because he wrote to Emperor Tianqi after the defeat in the Battle of Guangning, saying that he used military generals to kill the enemy but used civilian officials to command, which was extremely unfavorable to the battle.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong suggested that the Emperor of the Apocalypse increase the power of the military generals, and choose a military general with great talent and strategy to give him the right to leave the festival, so that he could appoint the partial generals under his account.

Emperor Tianqi felt that Sun Chengzong's suggestion was very good, so according to Sun Chengzong's words, he comforted the people of Liaodong and streamlined the army of the Beijing Division, added the commander of Yongping to lead the army, and built the Jizhen Pavilion Barrier, opened the Jingdong Tuntian and so on.

Not only that, Sun Chengzong also asked the defeated Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen to be handed over to the Yamen of Yousi to punish the crime, and punished a group of generals who obeyed and neglected their duties.

This made many Liaodong officials punished and felt awe of Sun Chengzong, but it also made many people resent Sun Chengzong, which shows that Sun Chengzong acted justly and honestly, and was a courageous official.

"Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, it can only be channeled slowly." Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile bitterly after listening to Sun Chengzong's complaints.

He also did not approve of the use of literature to control the military, which greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the army, and made those nobles of the Ming Dynasty become ornaments.

If in the Hongwu and Yongle years, the war was the business of the nobles and military generals, and as a result, the siege of the city and the land were indestructible, where was the turn of the civil officials to point fingers there.

But then again, the reason for the civilian government to unify the army is complicated, after the civilian clique is in charge of the government affairs of the court, how can the nobles and military generals come out, they can only be reduced to dependence, and the civilian clique does not want the xungui clique to rise again and compete with them for power.

"Brother Sun, Wang Huazhen didn't build three lines of defense in Guangning, why did he lose so quickly?" Subsequently, Li Hongyu asked Sun Chengzong without confusion, shocked that Wang Huazhen lost Guangning so quickly.

As far as Li Hongyu knew, the Ming army in western Liaoning set up three lines of defense in Guangning to block the Houjin army, one was to build the first line of defense with the help of the Liao River, the second was to use the Xiping Fort, Zhenwu Fort, Zhenning Fort and other forts on the periphery of Guangning City to build the second line of defense, and the third was to use the city defense of Guangning as the third line of defense.

In his opinion, it was not easy for the Houjin army to break through the three lines of defense, but Wang Huazhen quickly lost Guangning, which was really puzzling and shocking.

"Alas, Wang Huazhen is simply extremely stupid, not only is she so happy but also unladylike, so that Guangning failed miserably!" Sun Chengzong shook his head, a look of hatred on his face.

It turned out that in the first month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi took advantage of the freezing of the Liao River and led an army of 60,000 to cross the Liao River unexpectedly, easily breaking the first line of defense of the Ming army, and the front of the troops pointed directly at Xiping Fort on the periphery of Guangning City.

Xiping had 3,000 Ming troops, and they were in a worrying situation under the fierce offensive of the Houjin army, so the Xiping garrison sent three waves of men and horses to Guangning for help.

Faced with the urgent military situation in Xiping, Wang Huazhen followed the advice of Sun Degong, a Chinese guerrilla general she trusted, and asked Sun Degong and another Chinese guerrilla general, Zu Dashou, to lead an army to Luyang to meet with the defending general Qi Bingzhong, and then join forces to destroy the Houjin army besieging Xiping.

As a result, the army of Sun Degong and Zu Dashou was ambushed by the Houjin army on the way to Luyang, and as soon as the two sides clashed, Sun Degong and the general Bao Chengxian and others led the way to escape, and the troops of Zhenwu and Luyang who came to the rescue were also defeated, and the generals Liu Qu and Qi Bingzhong of the two places died in the battle in Shaling.

In the end, Zu Dashou saw that the general trend had gone, and led his subordinates to flee to Juehua Island.

And Xiping guard general Luo has always had no idea that the reinforcements have been defeated by the Houjin army, and after waiting for the help to arrive, he knelt down on the city wall in the direction of the capital, and said with a sad expression: "The minister did his best", and then killed himself, and the generals under his command died one after another, and Xiping fell.

In fact, until this time, Wang Huazhen still had the opportunity to defend Guangning City, after all, there were more than 20,000 defenders in the city, and the Han people in the city accounted for the vast majority, and they would definitely not want the city to be broken and slaughtered, so they would definitely swear to defend the city, plus there were many firearms in the city, once the city defense was held, the Houjin army, which lacked siege equipment, would have no choice.

It is a pity that Wang Huazhen's henchman Sun Degong ruined Wang Huazhen's last hope, Sun Degong did not escape from the encirclement of Houjin, in order to survive his surrender to Houjin, in order to flatter Nurhachi, he decided to be the inner gang of the Houjin army to help him conquer Guangning City and capture Wang Huazhen alive.

Nurhachi believed Sun Degong and let him go, and after Sun Degong fled back to Quang Ninh, he immediately sent troops to seize the city gate, blockade the treasury, and preach in the city that many people had surrendered to Houjin after the defeat of the battle ahead, and also claimed that Houjin had attacked the city.

This caused the city of Quang Ninh to suddenly jump and become chaotic, and the soldiers and civilians fled in all directions in panic.

At that time, Gao Bangzuo, who participated in the politics of Liaodong, saw that the situation was wrong and wanted to appease the people, but unfortunately the situation was too chaotic and the people did not listen to him at all, which made his desire to stabilize the situation frustrated.

It is reported that Wang Huazhen was handling the military book in the study at the time, and he knew nothing about what was happening in the outside world, and waited leisurely for Sun Degong to deliver the victory.

It wasn't until a general in the city hurriedly pushed the door and broke in to tell him that the Jin army had entered the city, Wang Huazhen realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly fled on horseback.

Later, Wang Huazhen met Xiong Tingbi who led 5,000 troops to patrol in the Daling River, Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but smile and mock when he saw his embarrassed appearance: "60,000 troops can wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop, what will happen in the end?" ”

The reason why Xiong Tingbi said this was naturally because Wang Huazhen boasted about Haikou after serving as the governor of Liaodong, saying that as long as 60,000 troops could destroy Houjin, but the result was a slap in the face of Wang Huazhen.

Wang Huazhen in the Guangning area had more than 100,000 troops, and he not only did not exterminate the Houjin, but was beaten by the Houjin and lost the city of Guangning, which is really ridiculous.

Wang Huazhen naturally felt ashamed when he heard this, but now that he is a general of the defeated army, where can he care about the speed of these words, so he cheekily suggested to Xiong Tingbi that he gather troops to garrison Ningyuan and Qiantun to block the advance of the Jin army.

However, Xiong Tingbi thought that it was too late, the main force of the Ming army in western Liaoxi had been annihilated, and if he wanted to transfer the defenders of Shanhaiguan to meet the enemy, then Shanhaiguan would be dangerous, so the top priority was to escort the people into the pass to hide, so as not to be swept away by Houjin to enhance his strength, and the strong wall Qingye did not give Houjin supplies.

As a result, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen escorted the people south into the customs, which made the Houjin army quickly move south, and then gave the outside world the impression that the Ming army in western Liaoning was crushed.

After entering the customs, Gao Bangzuo, who participated in the politics of Liaodong, felt shameless, so he committed suicide, and the rest of the officials waited anxiously for the court to punish him.

It is worth mentioning that after Sun Degong captured Guangning City, he went out of the city to invite Nurhachi into the city, but Nurhachi did not believe that the city of Guangning, which was high and thick, could be obtained so easily.

So, the Houjin sent spies into the city to investigate, and reported that the Ming army in Guangning City had surrendered, and invited Nurhachi to enter the city.

Two days later, Sun Deli led the rebel generals in the city to invite Nurhachi into the city again, but Nurhachi still couldn't believe it.

Even if some Jurchens who came out of the city told Nurhachi that Sun Degong had betrayed the Ming Dynasty and led the army to surrender to Houjin, Nurhachi still didn't believe it.

After all, Quang Ninh City is one of the nine important towns, and Nurhachi does not believe that he can get Quang Ninh City without spending a single soldier, let alone that the Ming army in the city surrendered before the war began.

It wasn't until Dai Shan and others personally entered the city to check and determined that the Ming army in Guangning City had indeed surrendered, and Nurhachi entered Guangning City, and since then he has owned the fortified city of Liaoxi.

"This damn traitor, if it weren't for his instigation, how would Wang Huazhen send troops? He also gave Quang Ninh City to Jiannu, which is really an unforgivable crime. ”

After learning what happened, Li Hongyu couldn't help but exert his hands, snapped the branch he was holding, and said hatefully, "This Sun Degong must be cut with a thousand knives!" ”

"Alas, I think that the foundation of my Liaoxi Ming Army in Liaoxi was sacrificed to Jiannu by him like this, it really deserves a thousand cuts!" Sun Chengzong sighed helplessly when he heard this, who would have thought that such a traitor as Sun Degong would directly bury the western Liaoning region of the Ming Dynasty.

"Who?" At this moment, a cavalryman on duty in the distance suddenly shouted, as if someone was approaching.

Hearing this, the cavalrymen who had been resting around the campfire stood up one after another, and vigilantly pressed their hands on the hilt of their waist swords.

"This brother, we are from the Li University Scholar's Mansion." Soon, a man's voice came from the road in the distance.

Soon after, under the vigilant escort of more than a dozen cavalrymen, several men were brought in front of Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong.

When he saw the delicate-looking young man in the lead, Li Hongyu was slightly stunned at first, and then a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Caixia ......"

Sun Chengzong was also stunned, and was about to open his mouth to point out the identity of the leading young man, but suddenly found that it seemed inappropriate to do so, so he swallowed back the words behind, the handsome young man was none other than Li Hongyu's first concubine, Princess Caixia of Mongolia, Naren Tuoya.

Seeing Naren Toya looking at him with a pair of big watery eyes, Li Hongyu smiled bitterly in his heart, and then waved his hand to the escort, and the dozen or so cavalrymen retreated.

The knights who were vigilantly staring at Naren Toya and the others around also sat down, and it was obvious that Li Hongyu knew those people.

"Yu'er, why are you here?" Li Hongyu pulled Naren Toya to a secluded place on the side, and asked unintentionally.

"I'm here to take care of your diet and daily life, you are busy with official business in Liaodong, so leave the rest to me." Naren Tuoya Jiao laughed, patted her towering chest and said, she is no longer the little girl when Li Hongyu went to Liaodong for the first time.

"Then you're going to listen to me." Li Hongyu knew that since Naren Toya came, he would definitely not leave again, so he said helplessly.

"Hmmm! I listen to you. Naren Toya smiled when she heard this, and happily agreed, she knew that Li Hongyu would not drive her away. (To be continued.) )