Zhang Fengyi was appointed as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, on the surface, it seems that he has been belittled, but he was enshrined as the crown prince and the Taibao, which shocked the civil and military officials of the imperial court.

When Chongzhen was three years old, Zhang Fengyi was awarded the title of Prince Shaobao, and served as the secretary of the Ministry of War.

In a certain sense, Zhang Fengyi's appointment as the Liaodong Economic Strategy is actually fully responsible for the fight against the Houjin, with the flavor of the minister of the Qincha, even if it is the Ministry of War, it is impossible to interfere too much.

With these honors, it is said that Zhang Fengyi should be happy to take office, but the result is not like this.

Although it is said that in the battle to exterminate the Liukou, the imperial army has repeatedly won victories, and the Liukou has been suppressed to the maximum, but in the battle of the Jinman Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of Meng, the Ming army is still unable to rise, especially in the field, more than ninety percent of them are defeated, which also leads to the Ming army can only hold the Ningjin defense line, and retreat in Jinzhou City, Ningyuan City and Shanhaiguan, and a large area outside the city is the place where the Houjin is active.

The biggest difference here is in the cavalry.

The cavalry of the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Mengbaqi are indeed brave, and their sergeants are not the same as the Ming Dynasty sergeants, because of the harsh conditions, the Manchu and Mongolian sergeants, when they are small, live on horseback, hunt to make a living, equestrianism and archery are very good, after joining the army, with a little training, they are brave sergeants.

The Ming Dynasty was an agrarian society. Most of the sergeants came from peasant households, and the brave soldiers at the time of the founding of the country had their bones turned to ashes, and the Ming Dynasty implemented the tun army system, and the sergeants and agriculture were still not separated, and many sergeants. He is also a soldier and a farmer, and even in order to live and support his family, most of his energy is invested in agricultural production.

This is like a comparison between professional sergeants and amateur sergeants, which is better and which is inferior, and it comes out without comparison.

The Manchu and Mongolian armies were not good at attacking cities, and there were no sailors, so many years have passed. The Ningjin defense line is impregnable, and Houjin is always unable to break through, even if Kong Youde and others took refuge in Houjin, to a certain extent, helped Houjin enhance their ability to attack the city, but Kong Youde and others could not be completely trusted by Houjin, and the opinions and suggestions they put forward. Nor is it possible to be fully adopted.

Huang Taiji is really good, and he has an unusual vision. trusts the Han people, but many of the county kings under him don't have such a good temper, and when they treat the Han people, they are not so polite, so they say. Uniting the Han people in the Houjin jurisdiction has always been the goal of Huang Taiji's hard work.

Zhang Fengyi is very clear about these situations, and he has been a secretary of the military department for so many years, and he originally thought that he could directly enter the cabinet. and then fully governed the military of the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that he was sent to Liaodong and served as the economic strategy of Liaodong.

Since Yuan Chonghuan was killed, the imperial court has not continued to set up the Liaodong Economic Strategy, also because the Liaodong Economic Strategy has great power, and it can completely decide all the things that fight against the Houjin.

The advantages and disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty army and the Manchu and Mongolian army, Zhang Fengyi fully knew that when he went to Liaodong, it was impossible to make any big moves, and he could maintain the status quo in Liaodong, even if it was very good, as for defeating the Manchu and Mongolian army, it was a fantasy, unless the Jiangning battalion was transferred to Liaodong to see how the situation was.

There are not many sergeants in the Jiangning battalion, only 30,000 people, but the Manchurian and Mongolian army, among the hundreds of thousands, only 30,000 people, even if it is against the sky, it is impossible to annihilate all the Manchu and Mongolian troops.

In view of these considerations, Zhang Fengyi did not immediately go to Liaodong to take office.

When Yang Sichang came to visit, Zhang Fengyi was already ready to set off immediately and go to Liaodong, and the preliminary plan was to be stationed in Shanhaiguan.

After all, Zhang Fengyi is the crown prince, and Yang Sichang made a special trip to visit, which seemed very respectful.

After the two were polite, Yang Sichang spoke directly and explained his intention.

"Lord Zhang, I came to visit here, mainly to talk about Houjin's affairs."

"If Lord Yang has any words, just say it, listen to it."

"Lord Zhang is polite, Lord Zhang shoulders a heavy responsibility, and is about to go to Liaodong, mainly considering the situation in Liaodong, I have some feelings, and I discuss with Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang has been in charge of the military department for many years, and is familiar with all the situations.

"Lord Yang is polite, polite."

Zhang Fengyi said so. With a smile on his face, he was obviously very useful.

"Houjin has just founded the country, and he must be thinking of showing his own power, and the biggest possibility is to launch an attack on my Daming border town, so I think that there may be a war in the north."

"I want to hear about it."

This time, Zhang Fengyi was very simple, not wordy at all, Su Tiancheng said in front of the emperor, he also thought about it, but for this statement, he will be suspicious, Huang Taiji has just ascended the throne as the emperor, and he doesn't want to calm down internally, and he still has the energy to attack the border towns of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Sichang took out the map from his arms and spread it out.

Zhang Fengyi was a little surprised, he didn't expect Yang Sichang to be so well prepared, this is really to help him, although the Ministry of War is in charge of the country's military, but he continues to hang the title of the Ministry of War, serving as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, in fact, he is responsible for the entire fight against the Hou Jin, when Yang Sichang took office, the situation was a little delicate, Sun Chengzong was fully responsible for the elimination of the Liukou, and he was responsible for the fight against the Hou Jin, his identity was not ordinary, Yang Sichang thought about coordinating from it, and it took a lot of effort.

On the map, Xifengkou is highlighted.

Zhang Fengyi's eyes quickly focused on the location of Xifengkou, and from the location of Xifengkou, he drew two routes, one was through Zunhua and went straight to Beijing, and the other was through Juyongguan and Changping, and went straight to Beijing.

Seeing such a mark, Zhang Fengyi already understood a little, and his face turned a little pale.

"Lord Zhang, these are the two routes that Houjin may attack, and the marks on the map are very clear."

"Lord Yang, how can you be so sure, what you mean seems to be biased, Houjin will attack my Daming territory from Xifengkou, and then attack Juyongguan and Changping."

Yang Sichang nodded and did not speak for the time being.

"Lord Yang, this is not a trivial matter, making such a judgment involves the deployment of the army, if there is a slight difference, there will be a major problem, the imperial army, the focus is concentrated in Jinzhou, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, Xifengkou, Juyongguan and Changping are not key defense areas, the strength of the Ningjin defense line, it is impossible to transfer to the area of Changping and Xifengkou, only the mobilization of the Datong border army, in this way, the Datong border town is weak, if Houjin chooses Datong as a breakthrough, the problem is not even greater."

"No, Houjin has just founded the country, they conquered my Daming, just to prove their ability, Lord Zhang is right, Houjin Emperor Taiji still has a lot of things to deal with, from Xifengkou to attack my Daming, through Juyong Pass, invade Changping, can directly threaten the Jingshi, the shock formed in this way is extraordinary."

Zhang Fengyi looked at the map carefully again.

"Lord Yang, have you asked Su Tiancheng?"

Zhang Fengyi suddenly said such a thing, which surprised Yang Sichang very much, and he didn't expect Zhang Fengyi to guess that there was Su Tiancheng's analysis in this, and it seemed that Su Tiancheng's influence in the imperial court was indeed unusual.

"It's not a secret, this is Su Tiancheng's analysis, after visiting Su Tiancheng, he began to pay attention to Xifengkou, Lord Zhang should remember that in the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led the army to break into the territory of my Ming Dynasty from Xifengkou, contributed to Zunhua, and approached the Beijing Division, and the impact formed at that time was extraordinary."

"Su Tiancheng ruled out many possibilities of attack, and definitely believed that Houjin would launch an attack, and the location of the attack was Xifengkou, and then invaded Juyong Pass and threatened Changping.

Zhang Fengyi's expression became solemn.

"Lord Yang, to be honest, I was still a little skeptical in the next place, but now I believe it, Su Tiancheng's ability to analyze and predict is indeed not ordinary, the battle of Zhongdu, the battle of Qiyue Mountain, including the victory of Yingshan, are all major victories that can be achieved after accurate judgment, especially in the battle of Qiyue Mountain, Su Tiancheng can accurately predict Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts, judge the route of Zhang Xianzhong's activities, and achieve an incredible victory at the minimum cost."

Zhang Fengyi stood up and took two steps.

"Lord Yang, since that's the case, I'm ready to take an adventure."

"Oh, what are the arrangements for Lord Zhang?"

"Didn't Houjin want to come in from Xifengkou, then okay, I will set up a pocket in Juyongguan, I don't believe it, the Manchurian army is really invincible."

"What does Master Zhang mean, is he going to set up an ambush at Juyong Pass, then he needs to dispatch a lot of sergeants."

"Well, just dispatch from Datong, you can also dispatch some sergeants from Shanhaiguan, I was going to go directly to Shanhaiguan, but now it seems that I won't go for the time being, go directly to Changping, this involves the dispatch of sergeants, and I ask Lord Yang for more support, such things must be kept secret."

"There is no problem with this, and the military department will definitely support it."

Zhang Fengyi's face was bright, he had just taken office as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, he was able to see the actions of Houjin in advance, and he was able to set up an ambush to fight a battle that planned and planned to be good, this is the most comfortable thing, if this campaign can achieve a major victory, it will definitely be a major blow to Houjin, Huang Taiji has just established the country, and he must want to show off his strength, if he encounters a failure, won't he be like thunder.

"Lord Yang, Xie Lu thanks for your reminder, I will set off today and go directly to Changping, time can not be delayed, Xie Lu Xie Su Tiancheng for me, if he really predicts accurately, it will be a great achievement." (To be continued......)