(Recommended reading: "Lord Fu Yin, the Lord of the Three Law Divisions is here." When Sun Xiang frowned and flipped through Li Hongyu's case file, a subordinate came in and said.

Hearing this, Sun Xiang closed the case file, rubbed his forehead, and walked out of the room quickly, going to see the officials of the Three Law Divisions.

The so-called three law divisions, in the Ming Dynasty, referred to the three major judicial yamen of the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple.

Since this case was a royal case, Emperor Wanli naturally wanted to send someone to the trial, so the three officials of the Criminal Department, Zuo Shilang, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple became jurors, commonly known as the "Three Halls Trial".

The "three-hall trial" refers to the trial of cases in which the officials of the yamen of the three legal divisions participate together, and the trial of cases in which the officials belonging to the yamen of the three legal divisions participate together is also known as the "small three halls".

The so-called hall officials refer to the chief officials of the yamen of the major ministries and courtyards in the capital, such as the six Shangshu and Shilang, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the deputy imperial history of the capital, the temple Qing and Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and they are named because they work in the halls of the various government offices.

Sun Xiang and the three law officials who came to the jury this time were acquaintances, so they received the three of them in the hall of the back hall of Shuntianfu, chatting about the case while drinking tea, and waiting for the arrival of the time for ascension.

Generally speaking, the yamen will choose to open the court at the beginning of the day, that is, at 9:15 in the morning, which is not too early or too late.

The three court officials of the Third Law Division had already checked the case file of Li Hongyu's case yesterday and learned about the general situation of Li Hongyu's case, and in their opinion, it was impossible to clear the case within a day, after all, there were still many clues that needed to be verified.

Judging from the evidence currently held by the government, it is very unfavorable to Li Hongyu, so the three officials couldn't understand why Zhao Xin confidently agreed with Emperor Wanli on a one-day deadline.

If it were someone else, the three court officials would definitely think that Zhao Xin was just playing tricks, but in view of the two cases in Wuchang Mingyue Pavilion and Qingyuan County, Taiyuan Prefecture, the three of them felt a lot of expectations for Zhao Xin.

After receiving the edict of the Wanli Emperor's jury, the three court officials of the Three Law Divisions naturally checked the details of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, and had a closer understanding of the two bloody cases in Mingyue Pavilion and Qingyuan County.

Therefore, the three officials believed that Zhao Xin would never believe it, since she had a one-day appointment with Emperor Wanli, then she must have some killer weapon in her hands, but they didn't know it for the time being.

Because of the beating of the drum, which had been silent for a long time, Zhao Xin and Li Hongyu have now become well-known celebrities in the capital, and these two people who were supposed to take the examination in the Gongyuan had to spend the first day of the examination in the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion because of the case.

As the time of ascension approached, the atmosphere in the Shuncheon Mansion became more and more dull and depressing, and both officials and errand servants were in a hurry, and the trial of the imperial case appointed by the emperor was undoubtedly the most troublesome, and if it was wrong, it could be severely punished.

Of course, the most nervous people in the Shuntian Mansion were the Yang couple and the Zheng family, the three who pointed out that Li Hongyu was the victim, and the three of them could not have imagined that the Wanli Emperor would pay attention to Li Hongyu's case so quickly and hold a court trial so quickly, which really made the three of them feel uneasy and realize that they had caused a big trouble.

When the Shuntian Mansion was in full swing preparing for the court trial, Emperor Wanli received the Liaodong military newspaper sent to the capital early this morning, and was checking the military newspaper in the Qianqing Palace at this time.

The military report was sent by Yang Hao, the capital of the Later Jin Kingdom, Hetuala, as the goal, divided into joint attacks, and attacked in four ways, annihilating the Later Jin army in one fell swoop.

According to Yang Hao's arrangement, all the generals and troops of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong were mobilized, among them, Yang Hao sat in Shenyang City to command the battle.

In the Ming army that attacked on the four routes, the commander of the Southern Route Army was Li Rubai, the general soldier of Liaodong, and his father Li Chengliang was the two famous generals alongside Qi Jiguang, and he was almost undefeated in the Mongolian war.

Li Rubai led the elite of the Liaodong army left by Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, with the main force of the Beijing battalion, a total of about 25,000 people, attacking Hetuala from the southwest.

The commander of the Southern Route Army was served by Liu Wei, the "first fierce general of the late Ming Dynasty" and the governor of the Left Army's Governor's Office.

The troops led by Liu Wei included more than 10,000 troops from the south of Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, and Fujian, as well as more than 13,000 Korean troops, totaling more than 23,000 troops.

The commander of the Western Route Army was the Shanhaiguan General Soldier Du Song, who had fought with Mongolia for more than 100 battles without defeat, and was promoted from an ordinary soldier to the Ningxia garrison, which was very rare in the Ming army.

In the twentieth year of Wanli, Juniper fell into a heavy siege and was seriously wounded when fighting with the Mongols, and more than half of the soldiers were killed and wounded, and he held out until the reinforcements arrived in a dangerous situation, and then led the army to fight hard regardless of the injuries on his body, and the Mongols who had the advantage were defeated, and he was promoted from guerrilla to general.

Soon, Juniper was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and then as deputy commander-in-chief, he guarded Jizhou, and his promotion speed was very rare in the Ming army.

It is worth mentioning that Juniper is not only brave but also honest and upright, quite like an ancient famous general. Because of his bravery in battle, the Mongols called Du Taishi Du, while the Jurchens called him Du Maniac.

Juniper led 30,000 men from the main forces of the Ming army of Xuanfu, Datong, Shandong and Shaanxi as the main attack, from Shenyang to Fushun Pass into the Suzi River Valley, and from the west to attack Hetuala.

The commander of the North Route Army was served by Ma Lin, the chief soldier of Kaiyuan, and the main force of its troops was composed of the elite "jumping iron cavalry" of Liaodong Town of the Ming army, that is, the musketeer cavalry, plus the Ming army in Zhending, Baoding, Hebei and Shandong, with a total strength of more than 20,000 people.

According to the plan, Marin led his army out of Kaiyuan, entered the upper reaches of the Hunhe River after passing through Sancha'er Fort, and attacked the city of Hetuara from the north.

In addition, the general Qi Bingzhong, the Liaodong generals Zhang Chengji, Chai Guozhu and other troops were stationed in Liaoyang as mobile reinforcements; General Soldier Li Guangrong led a unit to Quang Ninh to ensure rear transportation; Dou Chengwu, deputy commander-in-chief, was stationed in Qiantun to monitor the Mongolian ministries; Wang Shaoxun, who is in charge of the Tundu Division, is in charge of transporting grain and grass.

Therefore, no matter in terms of numbers, the quality of the generals, or the degree of elite, the Ming army that participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Jurchen rebels in Liaodong this time far exceeded the Ming army during the three major expeditions, and the Ming army after the Yongle Emperor had the strongest lineup.

Therefore, the Wanli Emperor was full of confidence in quelling the rebellion of the Jurchens in Liaodong this time, you must know that he gathered the main force of the Ming army this time, how could the Jurchens resist the overwhelming offensive of Mount Tai?

At the end of the military report, in order to boost morale, Yang Hao implored Emperor Wanli to "capture slaves and reward them", and sent a detailed list of rewards:

That is, those who capture and behead Nurhachi will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and they will be promoted to command the envoys;

Those who capture and behead their eight great Baylors will be rewarded with two thousand taels of silver, and promoted to commander;

Li Yongfang, Tong Yangxing and other rebel generals can avoid death if they can capture Nurhachi;

Yehebu Beile Jintaishi and Buyangu Ruo can capture and behead Nurhachi, and give the edict of Jianzhou and seal the dragon and tiger generals, and the second rank of the scattered ranks;

If the remaining 12 relatives, uncles, uncles and nephews of Nurhachi are captured, as well as the big leaders of the Chinese army, the forwards, the leading troops, and the small leaders of the cronies who lead the troops at home and abroad, they will all be rewarded and conferred the title of hereditary.

Emperor Wanli did not hesitate at all, and immediately approved Yang Hao's reward details, and announced it to the world.

"Huang Shangshu, do you think Yang Jingluo should attack Hetuala in the way of splitting and attacking in four ways?"

After waiting for the seal on the edict of the detailed rules of the imperial reward, the ambitious Wanli Emperor suddenly remembered Li Hongyu's "Ping Liao Ce", frowned, and asked Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the military department, who was standing aside.

In Li Hongyu's "Pingliao Ce", it is emphasized that when attacking the Jurchens, it is emphasized that the troops must not be divided, but Yang Hao's tactics are to attack in four ways, trying to defeat the Jurchen troops in one fell swoop, which makes Emperor Wanli's heart can't help but feel a little worried.

"Your Majesty, Yang Jingluo has been crisscrossing the battlefield for many years and has rich combat experience, presumably this is the best way to defeat the Jurchens, so that the Jurchens have no way to escape." Huang Jiashan bowed down when he heard the words and replied in a deep voice.

"What if the chieftain Nurhachi concentrates his forces to attack the officers and troops all the way?" Emperor Wanli first nodded when he heard this, and then asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Yang Jingluo's four forces are horns of each other, once Nurhachi attacks one of the official troops, then the other three roads will cut off his retreat and firmly surround him."

Huang Jiashan smiled slightly when he heard this, and explained to Emperor Wanli that now the Ming army is desperate for a decisive battle with the main force of the Jurchens in Liaodong, and if Nurhachi dares to come, he will definitely seek death.

The rest of the officials present showed expressions of approval when they heard this, at this moment they could not have imagined that Nurhachi would seize the psychology of the Ming army to underestimate the enemy, and concentrate his forces to break Yang Hao's four-way attack in one fell swoop, and they far underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Jurchen soldiers, especially the Jurchen Eight Banner soldiers.

Hearing this, Emperor Wanli couldn't help but bow slightly, thinking that Huang Jiashan's words were reasonable, and then a self-deprecating smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, feeling that he was a little worried, Li Hongyu, a hairy boy, could not know about Yang Hao and other experienced officials?

According to the plan drawn up by Yang Hao, the Ming army of Liaodong would attack on February 21, and the four routes would attack Hetuala, annihilating the rebellious Jurchens in one fell swoop.

Emperor Wanli was looking forward to the battle of Liaodong at this time, because he was already over half a hundred years old, and the situation around the Ming Dynasty was relatively stable, so he knew that the battle of Liaodong would become the last battle in his life, so he hoped to draw a successful end to his life.

At this moment, Emperor Wanli would never have imagined that the battle of Liaodong would become a great shame in his life, and the elite of the Ming army, which had the advantage in numbers and equipment, would be defeated by the little Jurchens.

According to historical records, the Ming army and the Jurchens lost more than 50,000 troops in the battle between Liaodong and Houjin, killed more than 300 generals, lost nearly 30,000 mules and horses, and lost nearly 20,000 guns and guns.

After the Jurchens won the victory, they not only made their regime more stable, but also seized the initiative in the Liaodong battlefield and rapidly expanded the space for development.

The Ming army began to take the initiative on the battlefield and fell into passivity, Liaoyang, Shenyang, Guangning and other important towns in eastern Liaodong were lost one after another, and then had to retreat to western Liaoning, completely falling into the situation of being beaten, and the situation was extremely critical.

After the Later Jin defeated the Ming army's Battle of Sarhu, the Ming court had to change from strategic offensive to strategic defense in Liaodong, and the Later Jin side tasted the sweetness and began to change from strategic defense to strategic offensive.

After the continuous encroachment of the Houjin army, the Ming army was defeated and retreated, and lost most of the territory of Liaodong before its eyes, and in the end it only owned a few important towns other than the Chushan Pass, such as Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Xingshan, Tashan, etc., which is really a sigh.

I have to say that Houjin has encountered a good opportunity for development, if it weren't for the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty, and the fierce party struggle in the court, how could they suppress the Ming army in Liaodong?

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