"No soldiers?"

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse saw that Li Hongyu was "crying poor", he couldn't help but look at him in surprise and asked, "Isn't there still tens of thousands of troops to be deployed?" ”

"Your Majesty, the strength of the naval division is mainly southerners, which is suitable for water warfare, and once it is transferred to the north for 6 battles, its power will be greatly reduced."

Li Hongyu explained when he heard this, "This is also the reason why the minister only brought 2,000 sailors out of the customs, those 2,000 people are the sailors who are specially trained by the minister for 6 battles, and the most troops in the sailors who can be transferred to fight outside the customs are only 10,000 at most." ”

"Your Majesty, the main force of the battle of Shimenshan is the forbidden army, due to the strict drills, the forbidden army has not been more than 10,000 in recent years, and has lost its combat ability after the battle of Shimenshan, so Li Shaofu really has no soldiers in his hands, if he leads the official army of Liaoxi to attack Jiannu, I am afraid that he will be defeated."

At this time, Sun Chengzong also opened his mouth and said to the Emperor of the Apocalypse that not only him, but also Wang Zaijin and Wang Xiangqian and other high-ranking officials in Liaoxi were very clear about the situation of the Ming army in Liaoxi, so no one proposed to cross the Liao River to attack Houjin.

Moreover, in order to prevent the counterattack of Houjin, Li Hongyu even had to rely on the strength of the Mongols, but unfortunately the people in the officialdom in the capital did not know the hidden secret, and thought that the Ming army in western Liaoxi could fight with Houjin, if that was the case, why did Li Hongyu fight with Houjin on Shimen Mountain.

Because Li Hongyu is now an official to the "Young Master" and ranks among the "Three Youths" of the Ming Dynasty, he has begun to be called "Li Shaofu" on official occasions, which is a supreme honor.

"How do the two scholars think they should deal with the situation in western Liaoning?"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse now understood, how rare and valuable Li Hongyu's Jinzhou victory and Shimenshan victory were, especially the Shimenshan victory was completely risking his life, his eyes suddenly showed a look of concern, he didn't want Li Hongyu to throw his life in Shimen Mountain, and then asked in a deep groan.

Li Hongyu looked at Sun Chengzong when he heard this, he had not expressed his attitude towards the war situation in Western Liaoxi, so Sun Chengzong answered the question of the Emperor of the Apocalypse first.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that our army should shrink the defensive line in western Liaoning, give up the northern area of the western Liaoning corridor, and hold the important passage of the western Liaoning corridor to the south, which can be attacked and defended."

Sun Chengzong had already prepared, bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said, "Judging from the current situation, this is the best choice to contain Houjin. ”

Emperor Tianqi bowed slightly, as long as the Ming army held the Liaoxi Corridor, then the Houjin would not be able to threaten Shanhaiguan, and the area north of the Liaoxi Corridor would become a buffer zone between the Houjin and the Ming Dynasty.

"Young Master Li, what do you mean?" Subsequently, the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked Li Hongyu to know his plans for Liaoxi.

"Returning to the emperor and guarding the Liaoxi Corridor is an excellent choice to check and balance the Houjin, which not only reduces the burden on the imperial court, but also makes it impossible for the Houjin to easily invade the Ming Dynasty."

Li Hongyu pondered for a while, and solemnly bowed down and replied, this is indeed the best choice for Daming, after all, Daming is now unable to recover Liaodong, let alone Guangning, which has become a lonely city, so it is better to retreat and defend.

The reason why he has not expressed his attitude on the affairs of Liaoxi is because he does not want to give up Guangning City, if Guangning City is used as a fortress to deal with Houjin, it will make Houjin be compressed to the east of the Liao River.

It's a pity that apart from Li Hongyu, he didn't know any other general in the Ming Dynasty who could do this, and then agreed to Sun Chengzong's proposal to hold the Liaoxi Corridor in front of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, although it seemed a little negative, but at least it was much safer than guarding Guangning.

In addition, if the city of Quang Ninh was abandoned, Li Hongyu felt a little sorry for the soldiers who died in the battle at Shimen Mountain, which would then be on the edge of the Ming army's surveillance range and could be occupied by the Later Jin army at any time, which made it impossible for him to take a position on the proposal to hold the Liaoxi Corridor.

Now facing the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Li Hongyu must make a choice, only to agree to deploy defense in the Liaoxi Corridor, after all, he can't stay in Guangning all the time, so he has to give up the idea of running Guangning.

It seems that after holding the Liaoxi Corridor, the Houjin could be clamped down, so that the Ming army could advance and retreat, and in fact, the Houjin were given the space to move freely in Liaoxi, so that they could easily cross the Liaohe River and penetrate into the area north of the Liaoxi Corridor, thus losing important strategic space.

If it is left in the period of Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle, it will definitely not shrink its forces, but will continue to attack Houjin until it is defeated, but now it is different from the past, and the national strength and military strength of the Ming Dynasty cannot chase the poor and fight the Houjin, so they can only use strategic contraction to deal with Houjin.

"Liaoxi Corridor!"

Seeing that Li Hongyu agreed with Sun Chengzong's approach, the Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the two of them and asked, "Lord Wang is not a talent for commanding the army, and it is really difficult for him to take charge of the military outside the Guan, who do the two scholars think can take on this important task?" ”

Of course, the most suitable person to lead the army is Li Hongyu, who is understandable in terms of qualifications and strength, but Li Hongyu is the secretary of the Customs Department, and he can only save the urgent needs of Liaoxi for a while, and he can't stay there for a long time.

Therefore, the Emperor of the Apocalypse needs to find a suitable person to guard the Liaoxi Corridor, which is related to the safety of Shanhaiguan and cannot be missed.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to guard the Liaoxi Corridor."

Li Hongyu looked at Sun Chengzong when he heard this, he knew outside the pass that Sun Chengzong had the intention of commanding the troops in Liaoxi, and sure enough, Sun Chengzong bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said that it has always been his wish to lead troops to fight, and now he finally has the opportunity to come true.

"Sun Aiqing is going to guard the Liaoxi Corridor?"

Emperor Tianqi suddenly felt quite surprised, Sun Chengzong was staying well in the capital, if he wanted to have an identity, he wanted to have a status, why bother to suffer outside the customs?

You must know that those civil and military officials in the capital are afraid of going out of the customs to deal with Houjin, and Wang Zaijin, the Liaodong Economic Strategy, is the result of being driven out of the ducks, so the Emperor of the Apocalypse naturally wants to replace Wang Zaijin, who is not in the war at all, for the sake of the war situation outside the pass.

"Your Majesty, behind the Liaoxi Corridor is Shanhaiguan, Shanhaiguan is the northeast gateway of Gyeonggi, once the war with Jiannu is close to Shanhaiguan, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said solemnly, "Therefore, the Liaoxi Corridor cannot afford to be lost, the minister has fought with Jiannu this time, and has benefited a lot from it, and he is confident to hold the Liaoxi Corridor and ensure the safety of the Jingshi!" ”

"This ......"

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, Li Hongyu must be going to the south to run the Customs Department, and now that overseas trade has just improved, Li Hongyu is inseparable, so that Sun Chengzong is left with him to say some intimate words, and when Sun Chengzong leaves, he usually doesn't even have a person to say considerately.

"Your Majesty, after the defense line of the Liaoxi Corridor is formed, the minister will come back, and it will not take a few years during the period to build the defense line of the Liaoxi Corridor to be solid and protect Gyeonggi."

Sun Chengzong knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not want to let him out of Beijing, so he said in a deep voice, Li Hongyu defeated Houjin in Shimen Mountain, which gave him great confidence, as long as he trained his soldiers well, then Houjin was not afraid?

"According to the scholar's words, I will return to Beijing as soon as the defense line of the Liaoning West Corridor is completed."

After all, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and he knows that some things cannot be done by temperament, so he nodded and agreed, anyway, Sun Chengzong will either be stationed in Shanhaiguan or Ningyuan City at that time, and it is not far from the capital, if there is something, he will recall him back to discuss.

"Thank you, Emperor Longen." Sun Chengzong's face suddenly turned happy when he heard this, and he quickly knelt down to thank him, ready to show his strength outside the gate.

Li Hongyu silently looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart, if he followed the trend of history, Sun Chengzong would never have thought that the defense line of the Liaoxi Corridor would become a quagmire in the future, which would make Daming fall into it.

At this moment, Sun Chengzong's operation of the Liaoxi Corridor is only a temporary defensive move, after all, the Shanhaiguan Pass behind the Liaoxi Corridor is the northeast gateway of Gyeonggi, and there is no room for the slightest mistake, otherwise it will endanger the safety of the capital.

For Sun Chengzong and the Ming court, the ultimate goal was to exterminate the Houjin and recover Liaodong, and having the Liaoxi Corridor could not only ensure the safety of the Jingshi, but also attack Liaoshen to give the Houjin military pressure.

Although the army has successively lost battles in Liaodong and Liaoxi, as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the current comprehensive national strength of the Ming Dynasty is not comparable to that of Houjin, so it is natural that Liaodong and Liaoxi will not be easily abandoned.

In fact, if he was replaced by a military veteran who would lead the Ming army outside the Guanwai, the choice at this time would be the same as Sun Chengzong's, operating the Liaoxi Corridor, secretly accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack Houjin.

A civil minister like Wang Zaijin is strong in handling government affairs, but he is embarrassed in the face of military affairs.

Not to mention that Wang Zaijin, who wanted to build a city defense in Bali outside Shanhaiguan, including Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, did not think of stationing in Jinzhou City, and then strangled the western corridor of Liaoxi to resist the troops of the Houjin army to protect the safety of the Beijing Division, but retreated thousands of miles to Shanhaiguan and exposed the Beijing Division to the troops of the Houjin.

If it weren't for the fear that Houjin would not dare to make the battle line too long, then the troops would have already come to Shanhaiguan, wouldn't the capital be fried at that time, and where would Daming's face be?

As for abandoning the land outside the customs and retreating to Shanhaiguan to minimize the cost of the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin, it seems that this may be the case now.

But at that time, Houjin was just a small country that had just risen to the top, could it be that the Ming Dynasty had to give up the land outside the customs because of a few defeats? Isn't that a joke!

It's a pity that the times are unpredictable, Sun Chengzong not only failed to retreat from the position of Liaodong Jingluo, but also the defense line of the Liaoxi Corridor was completely reduced to a fortification, and he failed to attack Houjin at all, so that Houjin came and went freely.

"Two scholars, since they want to run the West Liaoning Corridor, how should the fleeing people in Shanhaiguan be resettled?" When Li Hongyu was a little out of the world, the voice of the Emperor of the Apocalypse sounded, and the refugees from Liaoxi who fled into the pass became an urgent problem to be solved.

(End of chapter)

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