In the end, the official concluded that Dalinghe had died of illness and death, and the surrounding epidemic was rampant, so it was not appropriate to send troops there.

The surviving remnants of the Jiannu army will also bring the epidemic back to their lair, and it is not appropriate to send troops to chase and kill.

Although the surviving soldiers of Dalinghe were not sick, they were also contaminated with the epidemic, and probably because of the transmission of the epidemic to Jinzhou, it was suggested that the imperial court should abandon Jinzhou and Da Liang, and let the soldiers fend for themselves.

The Liaodong soldiers south of the two places all withdrew to Shanhaiguan, and did not allow a single person or horse to enter and leave Liaodong, and introduced immune gas into the Central Plains to poison the people of the Ming Dynasty.

At least one year later, send people out of the customs to visit, if no epidemic continues to rage, you can receive Jin, the generals, and at the same time, according to the situation of Jiannu, then determine whether to fight or defend.

As soon as these words came out, the defending and fighting factions were not convinced, and they quickly drowned it with spittle stars.

However, soon, the officials of the household department came out to support it, especially Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the household department, praised it, and even persuaded several cabinet elders to support this proposal.

Of course, Guo Yunhou's proposal was not as radical as this official, ignoring Jin and the generals, but moderated a little, saying that this year, 300,000 taels of silver would be provided to the soldiers of Jin and Dada, and at the same time, the grain obtained by the soldiers of the two places from cultivating the wasteland would be at their disposal.

The rest of the conditions remain unchanged, except for the Liaodong soldiers in these two places, all of them will be withdrawn to Shanhaiguan, and a year later, according to the epidemic situation, the decision will be made.

The call for such a compromise plan is getting louder and louder, and some people in the war and defense factions see the wind and turn to support, and finally Emperor Chongzhen has made a final decision and made a decision.

Although Chongzhen is a little stubborn and unwilling to give up the country easily, this time the situation is different, although the army is withdrawn, Jiannu also did not take advantage.

Moreover, the threat of the epidemic is like a sharp sword hanging over his head, so he has to be cautious, and the reputation of his people is enough to block the accusation of abandoning the land.

The more important reason is that the Ming Dynasty's bad finances, millions of salaries every year, overwhelmed the Ming court, and Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department, moved left and right, and it was really not easy to support it for so many years.

Even if this situation only lasts for a year, it is still worth it to have millions of liao salaries left, and at least half of the soldiers who withdrew to Shanhaiguan are people, and they can be disbanded on the spot, and their money and food will not be saved?

Although the rest of the soldiers could not be saved, the maintenance of the cities outside Shanhaiguan and the replenishment and maintenance of ordnance were also very expensive, and these could be exempted.

For this reason, Guo Yunhou did not hesitate to jump up and down, encouraging the courtiers to support his proposal.

Chongzhen was also shy because of his inner bank, and finally agreed to this proposal, but the food and salary for Jinda and Da were slightly relaxed, and it was finally set at one million.

In early October of the fourth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the holy decree that had been delayed for almost a month was finally transmitted from Beijing to Liaodong.

The edict ordered Zu Dashou to be the chief general of Dalinghe and Jinzhou, and stationed on the spot for one year, and the rest of the men and horses were all withdrawn to Shanhaiguan.

There are less than 20,000 soldiers in Jin and Da, and the annual salary of one million grains, as well as the right to control their own food, is enough to squander, Zu Dashou accepted the order in a proper manner, and stayed in Daling River with peace of mind.

As for the rest of the cities, they began to evacuate one after another, including Ningyuan City, where Sun Chengzong was located.

Sun Chengzong was a staunch supporter of the implementation of the fortress tactics, and Yuan Chonghuan was also a student of him, and their strategy of recovering the Liao land was to build cities one after another, as long as these fortresses could be defended in the early stage, they could limit the mobility of the Houjin cavalry, and at the same time practice the combat effectiveness of the Guanning army, and then wait for the opportunity to attack when the combat effectiveness is sufficient.

With the loss of the Ming army's field capability, although this move is helpless, it has to be said that it is still a passable stupid method.

It is said that it is passable, as long as it does not lose the city, it can keep the existing territory of Liaodong, and it does not have to bear the responsibility of losing the land, and at the same time, it can also hone the Ming army.

Saying that it is stupid is because this law does not take into account the financial capacity of the Ming Dynasty at all, and now the city is only repaired to the Daling River, the imperial court has been overwhelmed, and even triggered a civil uprising, if it goes all the way down to Shengjing, no, it can't be repaired near Shengjing, and the Ming Dynasty will be completely bankrupt.

The plague released by Zhiwen also interrupted Sun Chengzong's strategic concept, and the fortress tactics were interrupted, because it was a matter of the lives of the people, and it was the will of the cabinet and the emperor together.

This will unexpectedly gave Daming a rare respite, and the bottomless pit of Liaodong did not need to be filled for the time being, and the problem of lack of money was greatly improved.

On the other hand, after receiving Sun Chengzong's report, before the matter of Liaodong was decided, the military headquarters had already issued an order in time to let the reinforcements from all walks of life who rushed to fight in Liaodong turn back to their original places.

The reinforcements from the three sides and Dengzhou, knowing that they didn't need to go to Liaodong to die, happily returned the same way, and the speed of returning was much faster than when they came.

Among them, a catastrophe was also indirectly eliminated.

In the original history, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming led the army to the Wuqiao area at the junction of Ludong and northern Hebei, and due to insufficient supplies, their subordinates had to loot the people's food to satisfy their hunger.

Afterwards, they were chased by the gentry to the barracks to ask for guilt, and their words were full of contempt for them, the Liaodong people, and the big-headed soldiers.

Later, they conquered Deng, Lai and other places, and even captured their top boss Sun Yuanhua, which lasted for several months, bringing deep disasters to the land of Ludong.

The Ming court only freed up its hands after the defeat of the Daling River, and finally used the Guanning Iron Cavalry to send Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui and his son into battle to quell the rebellion.

However, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are the two of them are Xiao Qiang, although the army was defeated, but did not hurt the foundation, still led the main force to escape from the Ludong Peninsula, drifted across the sea to Liaodong, and finally took a large number of artillery, artillerymen, and artillery craftsmen under his command, and cast Huang Taiji, so that the level of Houjin's firearms has risen to a higher level, and since then there has a real ability to attack fortifications.

However, this time, the two had not yet arrived in Wuqiao, so they returned to Dengzhou because they did not need to go to Liaodong, even if there was still a lack of food, but there was no mutiny, and the land of Ludong was spared.

The Jianzhou Jurchens also lost the opportunity to further transform from iron to semi-firearms because they did not have the refuge of the two of them.

Of course, with the urine nature of the two of them, knowing the current situation of Houjin, especially after the epidemic, even if there is a real rebellion, it is also debatable whether they will return to seek refuge in the end.