In May of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Ningyuan City, Liaodong. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Chonghuan, the right attendant of the military department and the governor of Liaodong, stood on top of the Guan Tower, looking into the north and looking into the distance, and his heart was full of anxiety.

A few days ago, he received a report from Tanmalai, and the Jinnu chieftain Taiji crossed the Liao River with the elite of the Eight Banners, and invaded the Ming Dynasty again, pushing all the way forward, and had approached Jinzhou City, which was 200 miles away.

After receiving the military report, Yuan Chonghuan was shocked and hateful in his heart, but he didn't expect Houjin to send troops at this time, which was completely unexpected by him. At present, only one city of Jinzhou, Tashan, and Dalinghe has been repaired, and the remaining two cities are still under construction. What I hated was that the slave chieftain Emperor Taiji did not follow the usual law, and even sent troops at the time of the "negotiation" between the two countries, ignoring all the "agreements" that the two sides had discussed back and forth, and completely fooled him from the beginning.

Now that his fortifications have not been solidified, and the enemy has been driven straight in, he was in turmoil at that time, and he did not know how to deal with it for a while. But after calming down, Yuan Chonghuan immediately reported this extremely urgent military situation to the Beijing division as soon as possible, and quickly made response arrangements: Shanhaiguan General Soldier Man Gui moved to Qiantun, and Santun Battalion General Sun Zushou moved to Shanhaiguan; Jinzhou defense entrusted to the inspection and construction of the three cities of Pingliao general Zhao Shujiao, with deputy generals Zuo Fu and Zhu Mei Zuozhi; As for the headquarters of the Guanning Army, they were stationed in Ningyuan and acted on cameras.

After some deployment, all the troops and horses have already entered the letter land, just waiting for him to give the order to move again. Just last night, Man Gui, the general soldier of Shanguanhai, couldn't hold back his desire to fight, and went straight to Ningyuan City with 10,000 soldiers and horses, and actually asked him to take the lead in the battle.

Yuan Chonghuan's frowning brows gradually relaxed, and his eyes looked at the vast mountains and fields in the distance again, at this time it was early summer, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the river water in the river was rising, in the past, Houjin never sent troops in this season, most of them chose the winter when the river was frozen or the autumn when the chestnut wheat was ripe, and now Huang Taiji actually chose to send troops at this time, he didn't believe that the Houjin army could hold out for long.

Moreover, a big reason why Huang Taiji sent troops in a hurry this time may be because of the famine in Liaodong and the urgent shortage of food in Houjin, so he planned to go to Liaozuo again to loot to relieve the urgent need at present. If this is the case, then it is even more impossible for the Houjin army to fight for a long time, but with the intention of retreating after plundering as before, sooner or later it will retreat to the east of the Sancha River.

Thinking of this, Yuan Chonghuan was a little sure in his heart, and his face slowly returned to his usual immovable, calm and resolute appearance.

"Lord Yuan!" A shout pulled him back from his thoughts, and he turned his head to see that it was Liu Yingkun, the minister of the prison army, who was talking to him.

Yuan Chonghuan frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter?" No one dared to disturb him while he was pondering, and Liu Yingkun came to see him at this time, and there must be something important to tell.

Liu Yingkun said cautiously: "The newly appointed Lord Sun of Liaodong Economic Strategy recently appointed by the imperial court has arrived outside Ningyuan City, do you see if you have gone out of the city to greet you?" ”

"Sun Yueling?" Yuan Chonghuan snorted lightly from his nostrils and said, "Just let Bi Zisu, the deputy envoy of the military garrison, go on my behalf, just say that the military affairs of the headquarters are busy, and they will be flawless to welcome them." ”

Liu Yingkun answered the order and turned around.

Yuan Chonghuan lifted his left palm and slapped it heavily on the battlement, and then slowly turned around and walked down the stone steps of the city wall.

He has long heard of this Sun Yueling, and the deeds of his people patrolling the southwest and inspecting the southeast have been spread in the Ming Dynasty Hall, and some people have compared it to Sun Chengzong, the master of the Son of Heaven. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, I heard that this person called on Jiangnan Shilin to launch a popular rebellion against Wei Gonggong, and then entered the Beijing Division to secretly provoke the two factions of the Wei Party to fight each other and obtain the benefits of the fisherman, and returned to the imperial court again as an important minister, but I didn't expect that this time he was appointed as the Liaodong Economic Strategy and ran to his land.

Yuan Chonghuan took a group of cronies back to the government, constantly thinking about the causes and consequences of all these events.

Originally, there were three important ministers and governors sent by the imperial court in the Liaodong area, one of them was the minister of the king of Liaodong, the second was Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, and the third was him, the newly appointed governor of Liaodong. Yan Mingtai is stationed in Miyun, Guannei, only Wang Zhichen and him are stationed outside the Guan, although Yan Mingtai and Wang Zhichen both belong to the eunuch party, but between the two he is still closer to Yan Mingtai.

Just because Yan Mingtai and him spoke in unison, unanimously squeezed out the ministers of the king, and finally drove the king's ministers back to the court, the entire Guanwai can now be said to be his Yuan Chonghuan is dominant, no one dares to rebel, and the court has often had the intention of rejecting the scriptures, but he didn't expect a Sun Yueling to appear out of thin air, which is simply a big mistake in the world, so that he can't bear it.

Yuan Chonghuan knew in his heart that this must be Wang Zhichen's ghost behind his back, deliberately doing this to chill him and embarrass him, otherwise the imperial court would not suddenly appoint Sun Yueling as the Liaodong Economic Strategy and replace the original position of Wang Zhichen. But so what, now all the towns and provinces in Liaodong are his people, and he firmly believes that not to mention Sun Yueling, even if the ministers come today, they will bow down to him and do what he planned.

The governor yamen is in sight, Yuan Chonghuan raised the whip to urge the hoof, as early as the second year of the Apocalypse, he had several encounters with this Sun Yueling, and now I want to see what this person is capable of, and he dares to come to Liaodong in this extraordinary period to compete with him.

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Outside the Yongning Gate at the west gate of Ningyuan, the honor guard of the Imperial History of the Right Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sun Yueling of Liaodong Jinglu stopped outside the city gate, waiting for the people in the city to go out of the city to greet each other.

Not long after, the city gate was opened, a group of people and horses rode out, until they came to the honor guard before the horse was decided, when the first person turned over and fell off the horse, straight to the front of the honor guard, and said loudly: "Governor Yuan is busy with military affairs, and specially ordered the deputy envoy of the Liaodong military garrison, Bi Zisu, to meet the Lord of Jingluosun, the Lord has come to work hard, please follow the officials into the city to rest." ”

The crowd rode forward, and the person on the horse said to Bi Zisu: "The military situation is urgent, and I also ask Deputy Envoy Bi to quickly take this official to meet with Governor Yuan and discuss the method of dealing with it." ”

Bi Zisu answered the order, turned around and got on the horse, and led the group into the city.

"Enter the city!" Sun Yueling waved his hand and led the team to follow Bi Zisu.

Although it was a guard of honor, in fact, they were all riding horses, but they just planted some flags on the back of the horses to show their identity, and they did not pretend to be high-profile, Sun Yueling didn't even wear a red official uniform, but just put a soft armor on his body.

From Jingshi to Ningyuan, eight hundred miles of riding and galloping, so that the faces of their group were stained with wind and dust.

In the remaining months of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, in addition to further clarifying the rule of officials and eliminating party disputes, he also ordered someone to take Chu Xinying from Jiangnan to the Beijing Shisun Mansion, and the two got married in a low-key manner and tied the knot.

But he was not in a hurry to accept Muwan as a concubine, he planned to wait a little longer, at least until next year to promote this matter, firstly, it would be too ostentatious to take a concubine as soon as he married a wife, and secondly, he also needed to give Chu Xinying a little time to let her slowly accept the matter. Fortunately, Chu Xinying did not object to this, and kept persuading him to welcome Mu Wan into the house as soon as possible, Sun Yueling was moved in his heart, and sighed that if he has a wife, what more could a husband ask for!

Originally, he planned to officially take over Mu Wan some time ago, but there were suddenly important things in the court, which disrupted his plan, so that he couldn't help but postpone the matter for the time being. One of the very important reasons is that there is a lack of people who are familiar with military affairs in the DPRK and China, and with a stroke of the pen, Tianqi has made him act as the staff of the Ministry of War and the Second Division of the Arsenal at the same time, so the burden on his shoulders is even heavier, and he has to squeeze out more time to be busy with official business.

It wasn't until the imperial court recalled the ministers of the king of Liaodong Jinglu and ordered him to take charge of the military affairs that he took a breath of relief from the complicated government affairs.

In fact, according to the real thoughts in his heart, he didn't plan to come to Liaodong, but wanted Shoufu Huang Liji to send him out to the northwest, after all, that was the root cause of the Ming Dynasty's troubles, as long as it was managed well, he was not afraid that the court would be at a loss when the displaced people were in turmoil in the future. However, the plan could not catch up with the changes, and the minister of the Ministry of War, Shangshu Wang, with a letter of recommendation, actually praised him in front of the apocalypse for his military experience and military affairs, and recommended him to go to Liaodong to take over his own recall strategy.

After some deliberation by the cabinet, he actually agreed with Wang Zhichen's opinion, and after presenting the apocalypse, he was promoted to the right capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court and the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and came to the land of Liaodong thousands of miles away.

Sun Yueling has been in office in the DPRK for a long time, how can he not know the twists and turns in this.

Wang Zhichen originally belonged to the eunuch party, but he fell behind in the struggle with Yan Mingtai and Yuan Chonghuan, but he was overshadowed by Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, and had no real power at all, and was also driven back to the court by Yuan Chonghuan. Now that he is willing to recommend himself, it is clearly a personal revenge, sending himself, the so-called leader of Donglin, to Liaodong to further muddy the waters, so disgusting Yuan Chonghuan, after all, Yuan Chonghuan started by relying on Donglin, and in front of the so-called Donglin leader, he should always be restrained, and he dare not act at will.

As for the "strange" idea that Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruituken, the eunuchs in the cabinet, agreed to Wang Zhichen, I am afraid that it was also Wei Zhongxian's intention to "assign" him to serve in the land of Liaodong, because now the entire Jiliao area is controlled by the eunuch party, under the noses of Yan Mingtai and Yuan Chonghuan, he is not afraid that he can toss what moths he can toss, and sooner or later he will be overshadowed by Yuan Chonghuan and Liaozuojun, and follow in the footsteps of the king's ministers.

When Sun Yueling was thinking about it, he soon came to the governor's yamen, and after everyone dismounted, Bi Zisu said: "Lord Sun, Lord Yuan has ordered all the generals to wait in the hall, please follow me in." After that, he instructed his subordinates to lead the rest of the people brought by Sun Yueling to rest, and personally took Sun Yueling and others to the yamen hall.