After some emotion, Zou Ruoyu said: "I heard that you plan to lead 6,000 soldiers and horses to relieve the siege of Jinzhou?" ”

Sun Yueling nodded and said, "Yes, I will set off with General Man and General Sun early tomorrow morning." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zou Ruo said with hatred: "Guan Ning's army has tens of thousands of horses, and Yuan Chonghuan will send a mere 6,000 people to accompany you?" This is a joke on your life and the lives of 6,000 soldiers! ”

Sun Yueling sighed: "Yuan Chonghuan has been operating in Liaozuo for many years, and the generals of various towns have long been restrained by him, and I have nothing to do about it. ”

"My lord is the Liaodong economic strategy appointed by the imperial court," Zou Ruoyu said angrily for him, "According to the rules, the military horses in all towns in Liaodong are controlled by the lord alone, and even Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, must obey the dispatch of the adult. ”

Sun Yueling smiled bitterly: "Yuan Chonghuan has military power in his hands, what can I do?" Now I can only take my time. ”

"Your Excellency!" Zou Ruoyu put on a serious expression, looked at him and said, "Do you know why Yuan Chonghuan was able to take charge of the military alone, so that the generals of all the military towns bowed down to him, and did not dare to disobey him in the slightest?" ”

Sun Yueling looked at him in surprise, frowned, and said, "Could it be the so-called 'Liaoyu'?" ”

"Not bad!" Zou Ruoyu nodded vigorously, and said, "Since the Sun Pavilion Department supervised Liaodong, the method of gradual fortification was adopted to restore Liao, but the special feature of this method is that it costs a huge amount of money, food and materials to build this so-called 'Ningjin Defense Line'. In the past, the imperial court spent not too much on the military salary in the Liaodong military town, but since the adoption of the gradual method of the fortress, it not only sent the salary to the interior, but also increased the annual salary spent in the Liaodong military town to four million, which can reach half of the Ming tax revenue......"

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Sun Yueling and said, "My lord, you say, who benefits the most from so much silver thrown down every year?" ”

Sun Yueling said lightly: "Are you talking about the major military towns in Liaozuo?" ”

"Not bad!" Zou Ruoyu took a deep breath and said: "In the past, Liaozuo Jiangmen couldn't get so much money at all, but now they have made a fortune with the disaster of Houjin, and they have all become rich men. ”

Sun Yueling's face became solemn, and he said, "Do you mean to say that the Liao salary distributed by the imperial court has fallen into the pockets of the military town and has not been used for actual purposes?" ”

"Not really." Zou Ruoyu said, "Of course, Liaozuo Junzhen didn't dare to include all the silver issued by the imperial court into their pockets, but it was very easy for them to profit and gain benefits through some methods. As far as I know, many generals are through captivity of family members, false reporting of troops, replacement of armaments to obtain benefits, over the years the imperial court distribution of Liao salary has become their best way to make a fortune, and Yuan Chonghuan is a staunch supporter of this policy, so sir, you say, those Liao left generals will not serve Yuan Chonghuan as the god of wealth, do not obey his orders? ”

"Hmph, the national disaster is at the head, but these people have used various methods to enrich their pockets and make a fortune in the national disaster, which is simply unforgivable!" Sun Yueling said hatefully.

He had heard about these things when he was in the imperial court, and now he felt even more shocked when he heard Zou Ruoyu talk about them.

If this is the case, then not only Yuan Chonghuan was "kidnapped" by the Liaozuo generals, but even the entire Ming Dynasty was also "kidnapped" in the carriage of the Liaozuo generals who rushed to the cliff, and the ridiculous thing is that the Liaozuo generals did not realize the seriousness of this problem at all, because at the same time they made a windfall, they also let the "Ningjin Defense Line" this "ATM" enrich the enemies of the Ming Dynasty.

Zou Ruoyu saw that he was angry, and hurriedly said: "My lord, so if you want to grasp the military power, you must first obtain the right to transfer Liaoyu, otherwise those Liaozuo generals will not stand on the side of the adults." ”

After saying these many things, it turned out that Zou Ruoyu was persuading himself to seize Yuan Chonghuan's financial power, and he inevitably underestimated his ambition a little, he snorted coldly and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but seizing the financial power of Liaodong is only the first step, what I want to do is not only to seize the financial power of Liaodong, but also to change the military strategic deployment of the entire Liaodong, and withdraw this half-dead 'Ningjin' defense line that tossed the entire Ming Dynasty, and change it to other strategic deployments that can be elite and strong." ”

"Huh?" Zou Ruoyu was taken aback, he never expected that he would actually withdraw the Ningjin defense line, this was not a joke.

Sun Yueling smiled coldly and said, "What, do you think it's difficult to succeed?" ”

Zou Ruoyu was silent for a long time, and said: "Changing the military deployment of Liaodong and withdrawing the Ningjin defense line, I am afraid that it will anger those Liaozuo generals, my lord, you have to think about it carefully, this matter is not trivial, take one and launch the whole body, let alone those Liaodong generals, I am afraid Yuan Chonghuan will not agree." ”

Sun Yueling smiled incomprehensibly and said, "Don't worry, if there is no accident, Yuan Chonghuan should not stay long in Liaodong." When the time comes, you will need to carry the change of this important matter, and you must help me. ”

Zou Ruoyu looked at him in disbelief, and only after a while did he grit his teeth and say, "Since the adult is full of confidence, then the lower officials are willing to obey the arrangement of the adult and do their best to serve the force!" ”

Sun Yueling nodded and said, "Okay, Lao Zou, you are really my good brother." ”

After sending Zou Ruoyu away, Sun Yueling's thoughts fluctuated in his heart, and it was difficult to calm down.

Although he came to Ningyuan for less than a day, the controversy with Yuan Chonghuan had already made him clear about many situations in Liaodong's military defense. Now that the defense of Liaodong is getting deeper and deeper under the implementation of the gradual law of the fortress, this plan to level Liao has become the consensus of some courtiers in the imperial court and the entire Liaozuo generals, and it is not easy to change it, which is why the previous Liaodong officials such as Wang Zaijin and Gao Di were dismissed, because their plan to abandon the gradual law of the fortress has completely touched some interest groups, and it is difficult to work under their overt or covert counterattack.

Others may not know, but he understands, there are many people in the DPRK who agree with this plan, among which the eunuchs Zhang Ruitu and Huo Weihua are the most active, one of these two is a cabinet minister, the other is a squire of the military department, they are both people with a lot of energy, and the reason why Yuan Chonghuan went all out to implement this plan is very likely to have their support.

Fortunately, Sun Yueling knows some of the history of this period, according to the current actions of Yuan Chonghuan, he should be dismissed by the imperial court after the battle of Ningjin, as long as the trajectory of history is still developing like this, then he can smoothly take over the overall situation of Liaodong, at that time, with the support of Huang Liji, the first assistant and many colleagues in the DPRK, he does not believe that he can't fight these Liaozuo generals.

Sun Yueling took a deep breath and made up his mind that as long as he could take charge of the military affairs of Liaodong, he must abandon the gradual development of the fortress and instead use the three-way strategy to run the whole Liao.

……

Outside the west gate of Ningyuan, the Mangui military camp was blazing.

The deputy general You Shilu was dressed in purple flower armor, with a Yanling knife in his hand, standing in front of ten military scouts, pointing to Fang Yichen, who was wearing a soft armor and black cloak beside him, and said: "This is the famous 'swordsman' in the Beijing Division, Lord Fang Yichen, tonight, he will lead you to Jinyou to investigate, you and the other six must obey Lord Fang's orders in all affairs, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

The ten scouts said in unison, "Yes." ”

After speaking, Qi Shushu looked at Fang Yichen, for them, Fang Yichen is simply a legend, he assisted Wang Huazhen in running Liaodong in his early years, and he also single-handedly broke into Liaoyang City to assassinate the slave chief Nurhachi, although this feat was not successful, but it was enough to boost the morale of the entire Liaodong.

There were originally dozens of people in their scout team, but now there are only ten people left, and most of them died in the hands of the masters of the Chongding League, and now Fang Yichen, a kendo master, has returned to Liaodong to help, which suddenly makes their feelings of loss lifted.

You Shilu turned to Fang Yichen and said, "Lord Fang, tell them a few words?" ”

Fang Yichen faced the ten scouts and said in a deep voice: "I know, you are all elites in the army, and all of you are good at martial arts. I also know that many of your brothers have fallen into the hands of Houjin and Chongdingmeng, at this moment, I just want to ask you, do you still have the courage to go to Jinyou? ”

After the ten scouts looked at each other a few times, they said in unison: "Go to the soup and fight the fire, don't give up!" ”

"Good!" Fang Yichen saw that the military heart was available, and said again, "But I still have to tell you that at this moment, Houjin and Chongding Alliance must have laid many traps on our road ahead, and it will be extremely dangerous for me to wait here, maybe, some of you will never come back alive, are you afraid?" ”

"Afraid, of course we are afraid!" Scout Captain He met Fang Yichen's gaze and said, "But no matter how afraid and difficult it is, we will not take half a step back, because we want to avenge our dead brothers and drive the Houjin Tartars out of our territory!" ”

Fang Yichen praised him a few words, and then said: "I know that you are eager for revenge and have a commendable fighting spirit, but you are scouts in the army and the eyes of the army. Our purpose is to find out who the generals sent by the Houjin to intercept us are, and how many there are. I will divide everyone into groups of three, groups of four, and the rest will go with me, remembering to retreat as soon as they are spotted by the enemy, and not to entangle with them. ”

Ten people answered in unison.

Fang Yichen nodded, and said to You Shilu: "General You, Lord Sun is still waiting for our news, without further ado, we will set off." ”

You Shilu said: "There is Lord Laofang." ”

Fang Yichen hugged his fist at You Shilu and shouted, "Let's go!" He strode toward the horse that was tied to him, turned on his horse, and rode out first.

Ten scouts turned on their horses at his command and chased after him.

In a short time, the eleven horsemen galloped out of the barracks of the army and sped towards the north, and soon disappeared in the endless darkness.