readx; Just when Zhu Youzhen was riding a grain ship and taking advantage of the strong northwest wind to puff up the sails to the east, Yuan Chonghuan, who did not know that he had been dismissed from the post of governor of Liaodong, had already set foot on the land of Phi Dao. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Looking at the more than ten warships and countless merchant ships of all sizes neatly moored in the harbor, Yuan Chonghuan looked majestic and did not say a word, but his mood was very complicated.

In the past two years, under his auspices, the Guanningjin defense line has begun to take shape. After smashing in tens of millions of taels of silver and millions of stone grains, Ningyuan's city defenses were further consolidated, the cities and ports on Juehua Island that were destroyed by Houjin were also rebuilt, and even Jinzhou City, which had been destroyed several times, re-established itself at the northern end of the entire defense line.

During this period, the Later Jin Army was really intimidated by the power of the Ming army's heavy artillery and did not conduct large-scale military operations. Only Ma Shilong, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, despised Houjin's field combat ability too much, and rashly led his troops to attack, resulting in the defeat of Liuhe.

This failure also directly led to Ma Shilong's impeachment and dismissal, and Yuan Chonghuan has since become a well-known figure in Liaodong. Two years ago, he was just a small head of the six-rank military department, but now he has become the governor of Liaodong, and he has the title of secretary of the second-grade military department, and is in charge of the most elite Liaodong border army in the Ming Empire. All this, how can he not be complacent and arrogant!

However, Yuan Chonghuan also had something to worry about, that is, when Wei Zhongxian was still in power, in order not to interfere with the construction of the Guanningjin defense line and even fail, he had to go against his will and ask Ningyuan to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian. Of course, Wei Zhongxian also wanted to encircle him, a border minister with a heavy army, not only readily agreed, but also allocated an additional hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and hundreds of good horses to Yuan Chonghuan.

Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed, the apocalypse died, Chongzhen ascended the throne, and he completely eradicated the Wei Zhongxian Group by thunderous means. Yuan Chonghuan was usually arrogant and empty-eyed, and he also offended many courtiers, and at this time they all rose up to attack him, participating in the impeachment of his party for attaching Wei Zhongxian, acting arbitrarily and even greedy for military salaries.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't have anything to do with the military salary, but he did keep eating empty salaries. Although he knew that the extra money was used to build cities and train border troops, this was not something that could be explained clearly in a sentence or two, and those officials might not be willing to listen to his explanation. What's even worse is that Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall is in Ningyuan, which is a fact that cannot be changed. Although Yuan Chonghuan also hurriedly went to the court to plead guilty and destroy the ancestral hall, he was still uneasy in his heart, for fear that the young and vigorous Emperor Chongzhen would not let him pass easily.

In Yuan Chonghuan's mind, Zhu Youzhen, who once fought side by side with him, is an elusive existence. He is very young, powerless, and usually cynical and oily; But when he encountered those Jurchens who were more vicious than wild beasts, he was not afraid of the blade, charged ahead, and was full of wisdom and success. Yuan Chonghuan has only been admitted to the Jinshi for more than 20 years, and he has both local governing experience and the ability to lead troops, and he thinks that he has read countless people and has lofty strategies, but he can't figure out what Zhu Youzhen is thinking in his head, and what kind of strange ideas will come up in the next second!

Now that the former King of Xin has become the emperor, how will he think of himself, and will he remember the feelings of guarding Ningyuan together that day, and he will not blame himself for building the shrine for Wei Zhongxian? Yuan Chonghuan was completely bottomless in his heart, so he desperately wanted to make a great contribution immediately, make up for his mistakes with merit, and increase his weight in the emperor's heart.

This meeting with Mao Wenlong on Phi Island was the result of Yuan Chonghuan's hard work. In his opinion, Pingliao is to rely on the Guanningjin defense line, fight steadily, step by step, and gradually advance to the hinterland of Houjin. The construction of a city in the Daling River was the first step for him to sound the clarion call for counterattack; After the completion of the construction, he will build a city every few dozen miles, all the way to Liaoyang, Shenyang, Fushun, Tieling, and finally press Houjin back to Hetuala, until the final annihilation.

Therefore, all military forces and food supplies in Liaodong must serve his great plan of leveling Liao. However, Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town was sitting on a heavy army and hanging overseas, not only wasting a lot of food and salary, but also disobeying his dispatch, which played a negligible role in restraining Houjin, and really should not continue to exist. This time he came to Phi Island, Yuan Chonghuan wanted to persuade Mao Wenlong to return to Ningyuan with him, and tens of thousands of people in his department were also transferred to the frontal battlefield, so that his strength could be further strengthened, and he would be more sure to build the Daling River.

As soon as Yuan Chonghuan's feet stood firm on Phi Island, Mao Wenlong, the governor of Zuo Du and the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, hurriedly led Mao Chenglu, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and other generals to kneel forward and kneel to receive them. It stands to reason that Zuo Dudu is a military attache of the first grade, the secretary of the military department is only the second grade, and Mao Wenlong's grade is still above Yuan Chonghuan; However, the Ming Dynasty has always used literature to control the military, and Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town has just been transferred from the governor of Denglai to Liaodong Economic Moderation, and Gao Di is submissive to Yuan Chonghuan, so Yuan Chonghuan became Mao Wenlong's de facto boss. Although Mao Wenlong was usually domineering, he didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Yuan Chonghuan, so he had to salute according to the routine.

Yuan Chonghuan greeted him with an uncharacteristically smiling face, and personally helped Mao Wenlong up, and the two walked into Mao Wenlong's general military mansion hand in hand, looking extremely harmonious. In fact, because of Yuan Chonghuan's interception of Phi Island's food and salary, the two had a filthy life; At this time, I had to do some superficial articles, and people who didn't know the inside story thought at first glance that the two were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

However, as soon as he sat down, Yuan Chonghuan was no longer polite, but went straight to the ground: "General Mao, Liaodong's overseas anti-captivity plan is all on you and me." The building is fierce and stubborn, and we can only work together in the same boat and make a fist with five fingers to extinguish this fang and relieve the worries of the monarch's father. This time, the headquarters rushed to Phi Dao despite the high winds and waves at sea, and was about to discuss the plan of progress with the commander-in-chief. ”

In fact, Yuan Chonghuan is only the governor of Liaodong, and it stands to reason that he should call himself "Fuyuan". But because he hung up the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, he liked to call himself "Ministry". Seeing him so arrogant, Mao Wenlong couldn't help but sneer in his heart, blinked his eyes and said slyly: "The last general has been operating overseas for several years, and he has made many small achievements. Unfortunately, he was repeatedly slandered, lacked food, horses, ordnance, etc., and could not be obtained even if he wanted to forge ahead. If the governor is able to override the public opinion, he asks the imperial court to continue to supply money and grain to Phi Dao, as long as the money, food, and ordnance are sufficient, the last general will help the governor with all his might, and it will not be difficult to level Liao. ”

These words actually gave Yuan Chonghuan a disadvantage, because it was Yuan Chonghuan who withheld the military salary of Phi Dao. The meaning of Mao Wenlong's words is very clear: You Yuan Chonghuan want to summon me and bring money and food, otherwise you don't have to talk about it!

A trace of gloom immediately flashed on Yuan Chonghuan's face, but he smiled again: "The headquarters is here for the labor army, and I also ask the chief soldier to lead the way!" ”