One morning in early April, Li Hongyu arrived in the capital under the escort of more than 100 cavalry, and the soldiers guarding the city gate learned that Li Hongyu had returned to Beijing and hurriedly made way of a road, and his originally nervous expression was much relieved with Li Hongyu's arrival.

Since the news of the defeat of the Ming army in Liaodong and had to retreat to Shanhaiguan reached the capital, the capital immediately exploded, and was haunted by the atmosphere of panic.

After all, Shanhaiguan is the only barrier for the capital to block Houjin, and once Shanhaiguan is lost, then the Houjin army will be able to reach the capital in an instant.

Although Shanhaiguan has the reputation of "the first pass in the world", but the Houjin army successively conquered Liaoyang, Shenyang and Guangning three fortified cities, so it is unknown whether Shanhaiguan can resist the iron cavalry of Houjin.

Therefore, the capital is now panicked, it can be said that the wind is loud, the grass and trees are all soldiers, the fear of the Houjin army has reached an unprecedented height, and it is even rumored that the Houjin army is fierce and abnormal, and can defeat a hundred with one enemy.

Obviously, if it weren't for the urgency of the situation, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would not easily let Li Hongyu come back, which made Li Hongyu rush day and night to buy as much time as possible.

Under the opening of the cavalry in front, Li Hongyu, who looked cold, rode a horse and galloped all the way into the imperial city, and did not dismount until the palace gate of the Forbidden City, threw the reins and walked into the palace gate quickly.

The pro-army sergeant guarding the door naturally knew Li Hongyu, and they all showed excited looks when they saw this, if there was any official in the Ming Dynasty who could eliminate the panic atmosphere in the capital at this time, it would be Li Hongyu, who had been defeated in Liaodong.

Qianqing Palace.

There was a chamberlain standing in front of the palace gate, looking anxiously into the distance, he was a eunuch sent by the Emperor of the Apocalypse to wait for Li Hongyu here, as long as Li Hongyu came, he would go straight to see him.

"Scholar Li, you are here, the emperor and a few adults are discussing in the south study."

Suddenly, the waiter looked happy, and quickly greeted Li Hongyu who came from a distance and said, ready to take Li Hongyu to see the south study.

"Father-in-law De, give the official a basin of water, and the official tidy up his appearance!" Li Hongyu said to the chamberlain as he walked, he knew that this chamberlain was the close attendant of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, because the name ended up with the word "De", so Li Hongyu called him Father-in-law De.

"Look at the miscellaneous family, you didn't even think of this little thing." Hearing this, Gonggong De looked at Li Hongyu, and when he saw his gray face, he hurriedly said to the attendant who followed him, "Go quickly, bring a basin of water for the scholars." ”

Soon, an attendant brought Li Hongyu a basin of water, and after a brief cleaning, Li Hongyu walked into the south study with Gonggong De.

"Your Majesty, Shanhaiguan is the northeast gateway of the capital to resist Jiannu, you must not let Jiannu come close, you should choose a dangerous and strong place in front of Shanhaiguan to be heavily defended, and Shanhaiguan is mutually dependent?"

As soon as Li Hongyu entered the door, he heard a voice say loudly, and the voice was the British public Zhang Weixian.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Guangning should be recaptured and Jiannu driven back to Liaodong, so that the danger of Shanhaiguan will be naturally resolved." Then, another voice came, it was He Zongyan, a scholar of Dongge University.

"Master Li is here!" Seeing that someone was going to make a statement to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Li Hongyu had already appeared behind everyone's side, Sun Chengzong was the first to see Li Hongyu, and couldn't help but say in surprise.

Hearing this, including the Emperor of the Apocalypse, everyone in the room looked at Li Hongyu in unison, and when they saw Li Hongyu, their faces showed a relaxed look, Li Hongyu, who had defeated Houjin, now played the role of fixing the sea god needle.

"The ministers meet the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Li Hongyu walked quickly to the Emperor of the Apocalypse under the gaze of everyone, knelt down and saluted.

"Aiqing, hurry up."

Seeing this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse got up and stepped forward to help Li Hongyu, looked at the dust on Li Hongyu's body that could not be beaten off, and said with emotion, "Master Li has worked hard all the way, go down to bathe and change clothes first, and come back after a full meal." ”

"Emperor Xie is concerned, now that the military situation is urgent, the minister wants to discuss the matter first and then rest." Hearing this, Li Hongyu bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said in a deep voice.

"Master Li, after the loss of Guangning, our army withdrew to Shanhaiguan, and now Wang Zaijin, the governor of Liaodong, and Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Jiliao, have a disagreement on the next plan, and the commanders on the front line also have many objections, so let the imperial court decide the next step."

Seeing Li Hongyu's resolute expression, Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but feel a burst of relief in his heart, so he glanced at Ye Xianggao, the assistant of the cabinet, and Ye Xianggao told Li Hongyu the ins and outs of the matter.

After the defeat of Guangning, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, were dismissed and arrested and imprisoned.

The imperial court took the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Wang in Jin as the strategy of Liaodong, and Wang Zaijin planned to attack Guangning after taking office, but Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Jiliao, thought that even if he could capture Guangning, it would not be easy to defend, so it was better to defend Shanhaiguan to defend Kyoto.

Therefore, Wang Zaijin prepared to build a heavy pass at the "Balipu" outside the Shanhai Pass, and garrisoned 40,000 horses to guard it to prevent the Houjin army from moving south.

Yuan Chonghuan, the military commander of Ningqian, thought that Wang Zaijin's move of garrisoning Balipu was inappropriate, and after arguing with Wang Zaijin to no avail, he wrote to Ye Xianggao, and Ye Xianggao couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Emperor Tianqi to decide, so there was a previous dispute.

Speaking of which, there is also a small episode in this, Wang Zaijin was able to serve as the head of the Liaodong Economic Strategy as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, because there was no one in the imperial court, and he was also forced to go to Liangshan and had to go to the Guanwai with his head.

It turned out that after the Battle of Guangning, the Ming Dynasty lost control of Liaoxi, and there was no longer a strong city to defend outside Shanhaiguan, so Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were dismissed and investigated by the imperial court.

As a result, only Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Jiliao, was left alone in Liaodong, and Wang Xiangqian basically did not care about foreign affairs, but only acted for military affairs in Guan, which also made him avoid being implicated in the defeat of Guangning.

Therefore, with the dismissal of Xiong Tingbi, it is necessary to send another Liaodong Jingluo to take office, otherwise the Liaodong army will have countless dragons, as for the governor of Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty has lost Liaoxi and Liaodong, where is the need for the governor of Liaodong!

Zhang Heming, the secretary of the military department, supported Wang Huazhen in the dispute between Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, and Wang Huazhen lost Guangning City, so he was afraid of being condemned by the imperial court, so he took the initiative to ask Yingjing to go through Liaodong, and was crowned the title of prince by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and gave the python a jade belt monk Fang Jian.

But what is somewhat ridiculous is that Zhang Heming did not really patrol Liaodong, it was completely a last resort, because he was afraid of the Houjin army, he deliberately delayed the time to leave for his post, from his appointment as Liaodong Jingluo to his arrival at Shanhaiguan It took 17 days, and then he stayed in Shanhaiguan and was killed.

A few days later, Zhang Heming wrote to the court that he was sick and could no longer serve as a director, and asked to return to his hometown.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was helpless, but he only approved Zhang Heming's request, and after the discussion of the ministers, he appointed Xie Jingbang, the governor of Xuanfu, as the right attendant of the military department and the right servant of the Imperial Inspectorate of Liaodong.

If he didn't want to interpret the scriptures, he was unwilling to take office, and three times he resigned from his important position on the grounds of lack of ability, and finally made the Emperor of the Apocalypse furious, and dismissed him from his post and never used it.

After another court discussion, the king of the Nanjing Military Department, who was on an errand in the capital, "stood out" in Jin, so he was nominated as the Liaodong Economic Strategy.

Wang Zaijin didn't want to cause this trouble, so he resigned and didn't want to take office, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't allow it, if Wang Zaijin didn't do it again, then this matter would become a joke, and the military situation was urgent, and Liaodong couldn't afford to delay it.

Therefore, the Emperor of the Apocalypse issued an edict ordering him to "follow the road immediately", and Wang Zaijin reluctantly went to Shanhaiguan.

It can be seen from this episode that the fall of Liaoxi made the Ming Dynasty begin to have a fear of Houjin, otherwise it would not have changed three Liaodong strategies in a row, which was simply unimaginable before.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in order to make the right choice, you must have accurate information, and only in this way can you make the right decision."

Li Hongyu pondered for a moment after learning the reason for the incident, and then bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said, "Please go to Liaodong to investigate and make a decision." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to go to Liaodong with Master Li and take care of each other." At this time, Sun Chengzong also bowed to Emperor Tianqi and said, he had long wanted to lead the army to kill the enemy, but he had never had a chance, and he would not give up easily this time.

"It's so good, it's very reassuring to have two of the Qing's family go to me."

Emperor Tianqi's face immediately turned happy when he heard this, and then he issued an edict in a deep voice, "Pass the decree, Zuochunfang University scholar Li Hongyu will add the title of prince and teacher, and Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Dongge University, will add the title of prince and princess, reward the python robe and jade belt, inspect Liaodong, and act cheaply!" ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Hearing this, Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong hurriedly knelt down to thank him, it is not uncommon for Li Hongyu to be robed and jade, but "acting cheaply" has helped him a lot, which means that he can make decisions independently in Liaodong, and he no longer needs to consult the capital for everything.

According to the convention, those who pass through Liaodong add the title of prince and Taibao, which is an official title from the first product, although there is no real position but infinite glory, which also means that not everyone can be Liaodong Jingluo.

Originally, Li Hongyu should have been given the title of prince and prince like Sun Chengzong, but he was already a "prince and young master", and he had not yet been rewarded for his success in opening the first overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty, so this time the Emperor of the Apocalypse was counted and added his title of "prince and prince".

Due to the urgency of the war, Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong immediately retired to prepare for the trip, and the uneasy atmosphere in the court was dissipated with Li Hongyu's invitation to fight, after all, Li Hongyu defeated the Houjin in an extremely difficult situation a few years ago to protect Liaodong, and this time he will definitely be able to stop the footsteps of the Houjin army to the south.

It wasn't until Li Hongyu came back that Li Mansion appeared in front of Qin Yue, Rou'er and others that Qin Yue and the others knew that Li Hongyu was back, but Li Hongyu couldn't stay at home for a long time, and he had to leave after bathing and having a meal.

Knowing that Li Hongyu and Sun Chengzong were going to go outside the customs to investigate the military situation, Qin Yue, Rou'er and others showed concerned expressions on their faces, and they were secretly worried in their hearts.

Although they were reluctant in their hearts, they knew that Li Hongyu, as an important minister of the imperial court, had to go out of the customs to defend against the enemy, otherwise the Houjin army would have to fight to Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, while Li Hongyu was bathing, Qin Yue, Rou'er and others prepared a hearty meal for Li Hongyu for him.

After eating, Li Hongyu got up and left, joined Sun Chengzong outside the city, and then hurried to Shanhaiguan under the escort of hundreds of cavalry.

The two had to hurry, otherwise the Houjin army would occupy more places, which was in stark contrast to Zhang Heming's fear of battle.

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