"Brother Li, do you know that when Jiannu attacked Guangning, the court was debating whether to withdraw the Liaodong Jinglu or the Liaodong governor."

After giving Li Hongyu the grievances and entanglements between Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, Yuan Chonghuan sighed and said, "The governor is so disagreeable, can the battle situation in Liaoxi be better?" ”

"Who was removed as a result of the deliberations?" Li Hongyu couldn't help but shake his head helplessly when he heard this, wondering if Xiong Tingbi was going to be unlucky, after all, Wang Huazhen was standing behind the Donglin Party.

"The two were evenly divided, and then the news came that Quang Ninh was lost." Yuan Chonghuan shook his head, although Wang Huazhen had the help of the Donglin Party, the Donglin Party also realized that Wang Huazhen was difficult to control the situation in western Liaoning, so Xiong Tingbi was needed.

The reason why the imperial court discussed the removal of one of Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen was related to the music on Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi.

Wang Huazhen previously said that giving him 60,000 troops would be enough to pacify Houjin, Xiong Tingbi followed the angry letter, saying that he would act according to Wang Huazhen's words and remove his officials as soon as possible so that Wang Huazhen could destroy Houjin.

In this way, the disagreement between Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi was made public, and everyone knew that if Jinglu and the governor were not in harmony, it would definitely ruin the major affairs of Liaoxi, so the ministers discussed this matter every day.

Just after the Spring Festival in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Xu Dahua, a member of the military department, took the lead in firing at Xiong Tingbi in accordance with the meaning of Zhang Heming, a member of the military department, and impeached Xiong Tingbi for his bold words and deception of the world, jealousy and jealousy, and if he was not dismissed, it would be harmful to the war in Liaodi.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse then asked the cabinet to preside over the court meeting with Gao to discuss the matter.

It stands to reason that Wang Huazhen has an advantage in the court discussion, but except for a few people who said that they want to withdraw Xiong Tingbi, the rest of the people mostly advocate letting the two of them do their jobs and conspire to succeed, after all, most people are not optimistic that Wang Huazhen can hold Liaoxi.

Just when the ministers who supported Wang Huazhen were arguing about the removal of Xiong Tingbi, the Ming court received a battle report that the Houjin army was approaching Xiping, so the ministers stopped the court discussion and decided to still use Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen together, and ordered the two to work together to achieve one merit and crime.

"It's a good idea, neither of them can take advantage, and neither of them will suffer." When he heard the words "merit and crime are one", Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile helplessly, it seems that the imperial court was forced to make this decision out of desperation.

"Actually, Lord Xiong's 'tripartite arrangement' is indeed a good strategy for governing the enemy, but it's a pity that Lord Wang is too light on the enemy, otherwise the situation in western Liaoning would not be like this."

Yuan Chonghuan hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and said regretfully, his words were full of sympathy for Xiong Tingbi, if he governed according to Xiong Tingbi's method, then why would he lose Liaoxi in an instant.

Li Hongyu nodded approvingly, the Later Jin is now also facing many problems, after the capture of Liaoyang and Shenyang, a large number of local Han people who have not had time to flee have become the subjects of the Later Jin, and the Later Jin has never had the experience of governing government affairs, so he has adopted a high-pressure policy.

This exacerbated the contradictions between the local ethnic groups and the Jurchens, and some Han people formed villages to fight against the Houjin, making the Houjin territory unstable.

Moreover, due to the exhaustion of Houjin after years of conquest, he urgently needed to rest and settle down, coupled with the rapid expansion of the territory, it was necessary to further recruit troops and train military horses, which formed a military vacuum.

Xiong Tingbi seized this opportunity to actively prepare for the war, and after careful consideration and learned the lessons of previous failures, he proposed the strategy of "three-way arrangement".

The core of the so-called "tripartite arrangement" is that it is necessary to stabilize the defense of Quang Ninh, and if Quang Ninh resists the attack of the Houjin and holds the position without losing it, then the boat divisions of Tianjin and Denglai can be dispatched to ascend from the rear of the Houjin or cut off their grain routes, or attack their rear wings, or cooperate with the Korean soldiers and Dongshan miners to directly smash the Houjin old nest.

The basic requirement for the implementation of this strategy is that all sides must make active preparations, and they must ensure that the soldiers and horses, armor battles, artillery wagons, and slashers are all ready, and those who are facing each other will become one and the right one, and those who respond will become one and the same will be planned, and then the appointment will be carried out at the same time, so that the advance is enough to fight, and the retreat is enough to defend.

Xiong Tingbi believes that if this strategy is finally implemented, even if Liaodong cannot be restored, it will be enough to control Houjin, so that he will not dare to act rashly, and then wait for it to change his camera and forge ahead.

However, it is a pity that Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen did not get along, and they were suppressed by Zhang Heming, which made his plan a utopian.

In fact, Li Hongyu did not agree with Xiong Tingbi's "tripartite arrangement", although once this plan is implemented, it will trap Houjin, but it will cost huge financial, manpower and material resources, and the cost is too great, which is a heavy burden on Daming.

To put it mildly, if Daming had the ability to carry out the "tripartite arrangement", then the Houjin would have been extinguished long ago, where would it be so troublesome.

Therefore, in Li Hongyu's view, Xiong Tingbi's plan is actually to draw cakes to satisfy hunger, which is not realistic at all, and does not take into account the actual situation of Daming, which is on paper, and there is no way to implement it with Daming's current financial resources.

"Brother Li, I asked the soldiers who escaped from Guangning City, and the situation in Guangning City is not as good as Lord Wang described."

Although Wang Huazhen is not a thousand things, he is the Donglin Party after all, so Yuan Chonghuan must also defend it, and then sighed for a while, and said to Li Hongyu with a wry smile.

In fact, because Wang Huazhen did not understand military affairs and no one dared to speak to him, this made the defense of Guangning City a mess: the soldiers did not know the generals; There are less than 30,000 horses, and countless people have died due to lack of materials; In the bitter cold, the soldiers wore single cloth clothes and carried headless guns and sticks in their hands; No defensive equipment, no wood and stone to camp on.

The people of Hedong are eager to be saved, while the people of Hexi are panicked; The morale of the remnants was low, and the reinforcements had no fighting spirit; The generals talked every day about the promotion of officials to knighthood, and shouted that they were sick and asked to retire; The admiral, the town, and the Taoist are all frowning, and they are not assertive.

Faced with such a situation, Wang Huazhen could only pin her hopes on the Mongols and the rebel general Li Yongfang, hoping to defeat Houjin with their strength.

Li Hongyu frowned slightly after hearing this, he knew that Yuan Chonghuan was excusing Wang Huazhen, but there was nothing to be done about it, so he would be excused.

In his opinion, Wang Huazhen not only did not understand military affairs, but also seemed quite naïve in strategy and insight, thinking that as long as the Ming army crossed the Liao River, the people of Hedong would gather, and boasted to the court that Haikou would end the war in the mid-autumn month, so that the officials of the court would sit on the bedside and wait for good news.

In fact, in Li Hongyu's view, the reason for the defeat of Liaoxi is directly related to the intervention of the Donglin Party.

As the governor of Guangning, Wang Huazhen should have been subjected to moderate moderation, but unfortunately the Donglin Party, which was in power in the court, supported Wang Huazhen, and Zhang Heming, the secretary of the military department, had many disagreements with Xiong Tingbi, and the relationship was very tense.

This made Zhang Heming secretly ask Wang Huazhen not to be restrained by Xiong Tingbi, and directly went to the court to play something wrong, and then set up Xiong Tingbi.

This made Wang Huazhen have a heavy army in Guangning, with 140,000 troops, but Xiong Tingbi had no soldiers to deploy.

Because of the support of the Donglin Party, Wang Huazhen insisted on going his own way when he marched and set up the army, arbitrarily dispatched troops, took military actions at will, and did not discuss with Xiong Tingbi at all, so that Xiong Tingbi had nothing to do.

Of course, in Li Hongyu's view, Xiong Tingbi is also at fault, and the most criticized thing is that when Wang Huazhen escaped from Guangning, he did not follow Senator Xing Shenyan's advice to rescue Guangning, and then did not follow Wang Huazhen's advice to retreat to Ningyuan Qiantun, but abandoned a large area of land in western Liaoning, burned villages along the way, and moved all the refugees from western Liaoning.

I have to say that Xiong Tingbi was faced with four choices at that time:

1. Take the risk and gallop to Guangning, take advantage of the opportunity when Houjin hesitated and did not dare to enter the city, use his prestige to re-recruit the team, kill the generals, and organize the army and civilians to close the city and hold on.

2. Garrison on the spot in Youtun, gather and disperse, organize forces, build fortifications, and face off with Houjin in Youtun.

3. Retreat to Ningyuan Qiantun, operate the garrison, and resist the occupation of the entire western Liaoning region by the Later Jin.

Fourth, abandon a large area of land in western Liaoning, destroy castles, burn grain and food, and escort the people to retreat into the customs.

It is a pity that Xiong Tingbi chose the last option and did not try to hold Liaoxi.

Perhaps it may have something to do with the fact that he was frustrated by being ostracized and took a negative approach.

However, there is also a view that Xiong Tingbi has always been cautious in the use of troops, and if he adopts any of the first three plans, although he can risk death to fight Houjin to deal a certain blow to the enemy, it is really impossible to stop Houjin's attack if he wants to win.

At this time, the Ming army was defeated like a mountain, the generals fled for their lives, the soldiers were scattered, and no one had the heart to fight.

In addition, the situation in Guangning City was extremely complicated, and many generals were unwilling to fight again, and they were preparing for Jin after surrendering, which made Sun Degong successfully control most of the army in the city, and the people fled to save their lives, and those who did not leave were also ready to surrender.

Then Jin was the victorious army, the military power was greatly boosted, the morale was high, and the soldiers were unstoppable.

If you fight to the death, it is not a pity to be defeated and die, and you can also win the reputation of a hero and martyr, but the Ming army in Liaodong will be completely lost, the people will be slaughtered, and the ordnance and materials will fall into the hands of the enemy.

Obviously, Houjin does not lack land, but people and materials, so in such a situation, the top priority is to transfer the people and materials as soon as possible, destroy the castle, save the army, and leave nothing to the enemy.

Later, as Xiong Tingbi expected, the enemy had to abandon the front after occupying western Liaoxi, with no one to defend and no food to fund, and led the army back to the east of the Daling River.

This allowed Yuan Chonghuan to establish a strong defense in Jinzhou, Ningyuan.

Therefore, Li Hongyu also recognized Xiong Tingbi's decision at that time, although it was a big defeat and retreat, but its significance was not to care about the competition for one city and one pool, but to save himself and not give the enemy a chance to turn disadvantages into advantages, which was really a wise decision.

It is worth mentioning that those surviving troops later became the backbone of Yuan Chonghuan's fight against the Later Jin.

Moreover, under the severe situation of the Houjin army, Xiong Tingbi was able to calmly and smoothly transfer the remnants of the army and millions of people, without leaving a grain of food or a weapon to the enemy, which shows his outstanding organizational skills and high command art.

Of course, in the social environment of the Ming Dynasty at that time, Xiong Tingbi's move was definitely a greed for life and fear of death, and it also became the main reason why he was beheaded and passed on to the public in history.

Indeed, Xiong Tingbi has character flaws, a rigid temperament, a small temperament, a good scolding, a fierce fight, and many ministers in the DPRK and the central government, resulting in frequent attacks, everything is restricted, and his character defects are a cause of his tragic fate.

However, the fundamental reason lies in the system and system of the Ming Dynasty, and its system of speech and official discussion of politics has become a tool for the party to fight against differences, and various factions use speech and officials to attack each other and expose each other, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling officials, so the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty is the most intense.

Xiong Tingbi's first two passes through Liao, both of which were impeached because of the revenge of the officials, resulting in his depose, which caused a heavy setback to the situation in eastern Liaodong, which had been restored.

The last time, the collapse of Quang Ninh was also related to the imperial court's excessive intervention in the front-line military.

In fact, the situation on the battlefield is changing in an instant, and the imperial court should give full power to the front-line commanders.

Moreover, the imperial court has hindered everywhere, resulting in the loss of peace in order to be appeased, and good strategies and tactics cannot be implemented, how can it be undefeated?

According to Li Hongyu's knowledge, the "History of the Ming Dynasty" revised by the Manchu Qing Dynasty said that Xiong Tingbi had the talent of the world, although he did not die on the battlefield and became a hero mourned through the ages, but his death at the hands of the crumbs made his death more wrongful, and also added to his heroic spirit.

The more Li Hongyu and Yuan Chonghuan chatted, the more depressed they became, the situation in Liaodong reversed the situation in just three years, and it was really a pity that the territory of the Ming Dynasty fell into the hands of Houjin.

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