Wang Zaijin vaguely felt that something was wrong, Sun Chengzong had always been elegant and gentle, and rarely spoke to people in this tone, he calmed down and replied: "No, we will set up another 40,000 new battalions." ”

Sun Chengzong sneered, and then said sharply: "Isn't that 80,000 soldiers in Balipu, and that piece of stone is not guarded?" In Balipu to build a heavy pass, after the new city is the old city, and the old city is buried with mines before it, so is the old city defense used to guard the enemy or to guard against their own soldiers? If the new city can be defended, what do you want the old city to do? If the new city cannot be defended, and 40,000 soldiers defect, do you plan to let the soldiers in, or do you want to turn them away? If all the soldiers surrendered, would you intend to retreat or surrender? ”

This is already an extremely serious accusation, with the habit of retaining decency among civil officials, Sun Chengzong's behavior is tantamount to a slap in the face of Wang Zaijin, a Liaodong economic strategy!

All the people present, including Governor Wang Xiangqian, Governor Yan Mingtai, Ning Qiandao Yuan Chonghuan and others, either showed a look of panic on their faces, or they could not bear it, or their faces were indifferent and expressionless.

The civil officials were still trembling, and the generals present almost wanted to escape!

These generals are all in iron armor and have swords in their hands, but in front of these civil officials who are powerless to restrain chickens, they are a group of chickens waiting to be slaughtered!

Due to the strength of Wang Zaijin, almost all the generals present supported the construction of the heavy pass, and did not agree with the idea of Yuan Chonghuan and others to repair the city in Ningyuan, to put it bluntly, the western part of Liaoning was also afraid of the Jianyu, if it can be shrunk within the heavy pass, there is no need to fight with the captive, the generals of Liaoxi are also willing, although this will lose a large amount of land and population outside the pass, and lose most of the foundation, but it is much better than the loss of the war with the Jianyu.

And Sun Chengzong came to inspect with the respect of the scholars of the East Pavilion, there are already many people playing a small drum in their hearts, this tour is because Yuan Chonghuan and others are the first to assist Ye Xianggao, questioning Wang Zaijin's strategic plan, Ye Xianggao is in the center, and he is not clear about the affairs of Liaozhen, when the court is in trouble, Sun Chengzong invited the emperor to go to Shanhaiguan to inspect, and the emperor of the Apocalypse was overjoyed, and gave the teacher silver coins and python clothes, compared to the king when he came out of the capital division only one Shang Fang sword...... However, everyone knows that when it comes to the status and future power in the emperor's heart, Wang Zaijin, who holds the sword of Shang Fang, can't catch up with Sun Chengzong.

Sure enough, as expected, after Sun Chengzong's inspection, he summoned the civil and military generals who had seen Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, and learned about the specific situation.

In the face of Sun Chengzong's strength and aggressiveness, Wang Zaijin said with great difficulty: "There are three passes outside the pass, and once the battle situation is unfavorable, the new army can be allowed to enter." ”

Sun Chengzong looked up to the sky and smiled, his face was very contemptuous, Wang Zaijin almost wanted to stand up, and splashed the remnants of tea and tea leaves in the tea bowl in his hand on Sun Chengzong's face!

However, he could not and did not dare!

Sun Chengzong said: "According to what the scriptures say, isn't it a repeat of the past? When the captive cavalry approached the city, the soldiers abandoned the city and fled, how was this different from the previous battles? If so, what is the point of building a new city? ”

Logically speaking, Sun Chengzong is actually messing around, Wang Zaijin is thinking about the echo of the old and the new, the garrisons of the new city and the old city cooperate with each other, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, but here Sun Chengzong, it is undefeated and cowardly.

Zu Dashou glanced at Huanglong and found that the other party was pale and looked like he was not giving up.

Huang Long was on the wrong side just now, and it seems that the future will not be easy.

Zu Dashou himself is also a little worried, he fled first in the battle of Guangning, and the reason why there is nothing to do so far is because the ancestral family still has considerable strength, and the second is that Wang Zaijin needs the support of the generals of Liaozhen, so it is inconvenient to attack the generals who fled in defeat.

Wang Zaijin was speechless for a while, and said after half a sound: "If the soldiers escape, there are three camps in the mountains to contain the defeated soldiers." ”

Sun Chengzong immediately said: "Isn't it encouraging them to flee by letting the soldiers know that there is a way to retreat before they take the battle?" ”

Wang Zaijin finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "The cabinet lord has prejudices, and the lower officials have nothing to say. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Jinglu's plan to build a new city, students really can't agree with it. To protect the safety of the Beijing division with a lonely pass, if the world of my Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years is placed in a pass, how thin it is. Moreover, the power is blazing, and the stronger one I am than the Ming is the manpower and material resources of more than a dozen provinces, if I don't use it, where is my Ming strong? ”

Although most of the people present disagreed with Wang Zaijin's proposition, they also felt that Sun Chengzong did not convince people with reason, but what he said at this time, most of the civil officials present nodded.

No matter how many cities Wang cultivates, how many soldiers he trains, and how much silver he claims to save, this is not the crux of the problem, the key is that if he really gives up all the land outside the Guan, not to mention explaining to the ancestors and the people of the world, there is no way to reassure people in terms of safety alone!

Moreover, Sun Chengzong also pointed out his grand strategy, that is, in the current situation, the field battle of the Ming border army is not the opponent of Jianyu at all, even the garrison of Xiongcheng has been lost many times, and a close door is not safe, and the Ming Dynasty is many times stronger than the Houjin is a strong national strength, and the Ming Dynasty still has a considerable advantage at this level. How can this national strength be reflected? Naturally, it is to overhaul the military fort outside the Guantai, and even build a side wall!

Sun Chengzong's biggest plan was to build a new side wall on the narrow Liaoxi corridor with Ning Yuan as the core, and within the side wall were Ning Yuan and many military forts, and then Shanhaiguan.

In this way, from a military point of view, there is absolutely no possibility of being conquered from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan!

Wang Zaijin faintly felt extremely regretful at this time, and he realized at this time that what the imperial court wanted was not to save money, but to be safe, absolutely safe!

Most of the generals present also had bright eyes...... They are all generals of the family in Liaoxi, and the imperial court has the determination expressed by Sun Chengzong, that is, it will increase investment in Liaozhen, and a large amount of gold, silver and materials will continue to be inclined to Liaozhen, this financial resource is incomparably huge, enough to make everyone make a lot of money!

The meeting is over, Wang Zaijin was defeated, of course, the center of the court does not know, and there is no conclusion, but everyone looks at Wang Zaijin with pity, after this person disputes with Sun Chengzong, his status must not be guaranteed, and it is impossible to hold a prominent position in the short term, and it is estimated that he will be sent to Nanjing to sit on the cold bench for many years.

Sun Chengzong and the others stood up, but Sun Chengzong was much more polite at this time, and he said to Wang Zaijin: "Brother Yun, the dispute between you and me should be a big plan to guard the border, please don't mind." ”

Wang Zaijin said lightly: "The students naturally know, please rest assured." ”

Sun Chengzong smiled slightly, and did not care about Wang Zaijin's attitude.

Everyone walked out, and at this time, a short, dark-skinned official flashed in front of everyone's eyes, this person was Yuan Chonghuan, he stood in front of the door and bowed deeply, and said to Sun Chengzong: "The cabinet is big, and the officials have something to report." ”

Sun Chengzong resolved the disagreement with Wang Zaijin, and was in a good mood, he originally admired Yuan Chonghuan very much, and smiled at the moment: "Element, please speak." ”

Yuan Chonghuan said: A few days ago, Xia Guan had suggested to recover Guangning, now there are more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians trapped in the Thirteen Mountains, the Thirteen Mountains are only more than 200 miles away from Ning, how can our generation sit back and watch the people being captured and killed or plundered, the lower officials please send additional troops and horses to garrison Ningyuan, threaten Guangning, strengthen the momentum of the Thirteen Mountains, and send generals to the Thirteen Mountains to rescue the trapped soldiers and civilians. ”

There are more than 100,000 people trapped in the Thirteen Mountains, and Sun Chengzong was very concerned about this matter when he was in Beijing, and said at the moment: "The emperor also knows about this matter, and it should be so." ”

Sun Chengzong turned to Wang Xiangqian and asked, "Does the governor have a plan to recover Quang Ninh or rescue the Thirteen Mountains?" ”

Wang Xiangqian looked embarrassed, but still replied: "Jianyu has abandoned Guangning, demolished the city, along the way the military fort has also been demolished, the captives and cavalry are not left, if the army out of the customs can recover Guangning, but after the recovery there is no land to defend, it will take at least half a year to rebuild the city military fort, and once the main force of the captives and cavalry arrives again, I am afraid that the army is in danger of overturning, at that time it is not possible to defend the mountain pass." ”

Sun Chengzong's face was calm, although he was also dissatisfied with Wang Xiangqian in his heart, thinking that he was too deep, but at this time he had already humiliated Wang Zaijin in public, and devalued Wang Zaijin's strategy worthless.

And Sun Chengzong also felt that what Wang Xiangqian said was not unreasonable, Jianyu only left a few soldiers and horses to besiege the Thirteen Mountains, but Guangning to Jinzhou, Dalinghe Fort, Xiping Fort, Zhenwu Fort, the military fort on this road was also demolished cleanly, once the Ming army out of the pass, with many fiascos and not recovered from the division to go to the field, maybe it will collapse soon after the pass, even if it can win and recover Guangning, it will take a long time to rebuild the castle...... The military fort on the first line of Guangning to the Daling River is the family foundation accumulated by the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, and it is much easier to destroy than to build, after the battle of Guangning, the construction of the city and the military fort post station were completely destroyed, if you want to repair them all, this is a huge and huge project that Sun Chengzong does not dare to imagine, at least at the moment, the Shanhaiguan garrison with only forty or fifty thousand troops is completely unable to do something.

Sun Chengzong pondered for a moment and said to Wang Xiangqian: "Even so, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the Thirteen Mountains are also the attention of the world, and the emperor is also very concerned. ”

Wang Xiangqian was helpless, and arched his hand: "The student knows, please rest assured." ”