Qu Qingze came to Ningyuan, which surprised Hong Chengchou, this time Qu Qingze came to Ningyuan secretly, did not directly enter Ningyuan City, but waited for Hong Chengchou outside the city, after receiving the report of his own soldiers, Hong Chengchou quickly came to the outside of the city and met with Qu Qingze, because Qu Qingze came to Ningyuan in person, which also made Hong Chengchou's restless heart a little calmer.

Today's Liaodong is completely different from before, in addition to the heavily defended places such as Dalinghe City, Jinzhou City, Ningyuan City and Shanhaiguan City, the surrounding areas have also begun to become calm, and the Houjin Tartars are easy not to invade these places, after Su Tiancheng served as the Jiliao Governor, he greatly strengthened the construction of places outside the city, requiring the army to patrol at all times, and led by the strong Jiangning battalion, the two sides had a small-scale conflict more than ten miles outside Dalinghe City, Houjin Tatar saw the bravery of the Jiangning battalion, and since then, he has never thought of continuing to harass.

Qu Qingze came to Liaodong and found that the situation here had indeed changed, and the common people did not know that the border army of Ludao was about to launch an attack on Houjin Tartar, and they couldn't see anything, but the army's movements were completely different, and they were heavily guarded, this kind of atmosphere was not visible to ordinary people, but Qu Qingze, a master who has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, could find abnormalities at a glance.

After seeing Hong Chengchou, Qu Qingze could feel that Hong Chengchou's mood was not very good, and he was a little haggard.

Because Qu Qingze came to Ningyuan, Hong Chengchou cheered up.

"Lord Qu came to Ningyuan in person, I didn't expect it."

"Lord Hong, the lower officials were ordered to come to Ningyuan, they can't stay for a long time, there are some things, after exchanging opinions with the adults, they will return to Dengzhou."

Hong Chengchou nodded. Tell the soldiers around him to stand guard outside the house and not allow anyone to approach.

"I'm very anxious, I don't know what Lord Lu Dao wants, Jiang Ningying is so brave, but this time the arrangement. Completely excluded, I'm not convinced, if it is really arranged like this, the name of Jiangning Ying will be lost, what face do I have to meet my lord. ”

Hong Chengchou's idea is still to be able to participate in this attack on Houjin Tartar, this kind of thought, Qu Qingze can understand, and it is his. There is also such a requirement. However, knowing Su Tiancheng's arrangement, Qu Qingze knew that he had to persuade Hong Chengchou to do things according to Su Tiancheng's requirements to ensure the safety of the Guanningjin defense line.

"Lord Hong, the lower official was ordered to come this time to inform the Lord of two things, the first is to act according to Lord Chen's deployment. Don't show any emotion, and don't think about what you don't like. Since the Jiangning battalion could not participate in the attack on the Houjin Tartars, it should firmly hold the Guanningjin defense line, and the second thing was that it was necessary to firmly guard the Guanningjin defense line, no matter what kind of difficulties it encountered, Dalinghe City, Tashan, Songshan, Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Gaotai, Qiantun and Shanhaiguan and other places could not make the slightest mistake. ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Qu Qingze. There was a look of disbelief on his face, if it weren't for Qu Qingze coming in person, he wouldn't have believed it at all, this was Su Tiancheng's request.

Qu Qingze ignored Hong Chengchou's reaction and continued.

"On the issue of the garrisons of Dalinghe City, Jinzhou, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. The lord put forward a suggestion, Dalinghe City arranged 15,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, 10,000 Yulin battalion soldiers, 5,000 border troops, a total strength of 30,000 people, including 5,000 sergeants who were sticking to the outer strongholds, arranged 5,000 people, and the remaining 25,000 people, all guarding Dalinghe City, Jinzhou City arranged 10,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, 5,000 Yulin battalion soldiers, a total strength of 15,000 people, all guarding the city, Ningyuan City arranged 5,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, 5,000 Yulin battalion soldiers, 5,000 border troops, a total strength of 15,000 people, all to defend the city, Shanhaiguan arranged 20,000 border troops, of course, the adults also said that they had been away from Liaodong for a year, and they were not as familiar with the situation in Liaodong as Lord Hong. ”

Hong Chengchou's attention quickly focused on this topic, since Su Tiancheng said that he would not participate in the attack, Hong Chengchou knew very well that the possibility of changing this decision was not very large, which showed that Su Tiancheng would not give the court a twist, and what could not be changed, Hong Chengchou would not do it in vain, but this time Qu Qingze came to Ningyuan in person and said this decision on behalf of Su Tiancheng, which has shown that Su Tiancheng attaches great importance to this matter, and will never just ask for such a thing as his own peace of mind. Let Qu Qingze come to Ningyuan.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou paid great attention to the words that Qu Qingze said later.

After a minute of silence, Hong Chengchou spoke.

"Master Qu, there are a few things I don't understand very well about this deployment."

"Even if Lord Hong says it, the place where the lower officials can answer must know everything."

"This deployment, the focus is on the encirclement of Dalinghe City and the safety of Jinzhou, relatively speaking, the guard strength of Shanhaiguan is the weakest, and there is no arrangement of Jiangning battalion soldiers, the purpose of this is not to prevent the Houjin Tartars from bypassing our attacking army and raiding the Guanning Jin defense line."

"That's true, that's how the adults think about it, they have deployed heavy troops in Dalinghe City and Jinzhou City, and they have defended these two places, even if the Houjin Tartars dare to brave the heavens, directly attack Shanhaiguan and threaten the Jingshi, but they must ignore the heavy troops in the rear, and must risk being surrounded by heavy troops and annihilating the whole army, my lord thinks that Huang Taiji will never dare to make such a choice, Dalinghe City is more than four hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, and within this distance, it is controlled by my Ming sergeant, Even if all of them dispatched elites, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion stationed in the Guanning Jin defense line would not allow the Houjin Tartars to be arrogant. ”

Hong Chengchou's face became solemn.

"Master Qu, there are a few words, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Qu Qingze looked at Hong Chengchou, he didn't know if it was possible, he guessed what Hong Chengchou wanted to say, to say that Hong Chengchou is also a fierce general, brave and strategic, some things, naturally can be thought of.

Hong Chengchou looked at Qu Qingze and finally spoke.

"Your Excellency is not very optimistic about the battle of the Golden Tartars after this attack."

Qu Qingze smiled and did not answer directly.

"Lord Hong often writes letters to adults to report the situation in Liaodong, but after such a long time, the adults have not known the situation of the Houjin Tartars, including the deployment of the Houjin Tartars, whether there are any changes, etc., it is said that such a large-scale conquest, it is necessary to grasp the situation of the Houjin Tartars, and mastering these situations is of great benefit to the conquest, and the adults have mentioned this matter in the letter, but they have not received any information."

"This, after Lord Chen arrived in Liaodong, he didn't pay much attention to this aspect of the situation, and Liaodong as a whole is very stable, Huang Taiji once wrote a letter of peace, so he didn't pay too much attention to the situation of Houjin Tartar, many Han people entered Liaodong, Lord Chen has always been very careful, to prevent the news of Liaodong from leaking out, but he didn't notice the situation of Houjin Tartar."

"Lord Hong, the temper of the adult, you know the way, no matter what the battle, no matter whether the scale of the battle is large or small, the adult is very cautious, at least to grasp the intelligence in many aspects, so that you can do it in your heart, secondly, every time you fight, the adult is thinking carefully, and many officers discuss together, and the plan is perfect, this time after the conquest of the Golden Tartars, the adults did not see too much preparation, may now be stepping up to understand the situation of the Houjin Tartars, but Liaodong as a border pass, It is necessary to grasp this information at all times, not to learn about it on the impro趣 basis when it is necessary to fight. ”

Hong Chengchou sighed softly.

"Master Qu, you are also knowledgeable, the situation in Liaodong has undergone some changes, and those who have important guard duties are already border troops, and there are many things that the Jiangning Battalion cannot participate in, so it is naturally difficult to speak."

"This situation, the adults know that they don't have to worry too much, don't say too much, don't say more words, the requirements of the adults, Lord Hong must remember, no matter what kind of price you pay, you must firmly grasp the Guanningjin defense line, so that it is possible to maintain stability in Liaodong, if there is a problem with the Guanningjin defense line, the Beijing division is in danger, and the Ming is in danger."

"Please tell your lordship, I will definitely defend the Guanningjin defense line desperately."

"My lord also said that it involves the guards of the Guanningjin defense line, although Lord Qian Qianyi is in charge, but Lord Qian is not familiar with military affairs, and it is Lord Hong who really needs to call the shots, in this matter, there is no need to have any concerns, even if Lord Qian has a dispute, you must also adhere to your own opinions, in case Lord Qian is impeached, or if Lord Chen has any opinions, Lord Qian will fight for Lord Hong in the imperial court, and in terms of the deployment of defense forces, there is no need to do it according to Lord Qian's requirements."

"The adults think so carefully, I have nothing to say, there is a great possibility of conflict with Lord Qian, Lord Qian thinks that the most important place is still Shanhaiguan, thinking that Shanhaiguan is safe, but unfortunately this kind of understanding is too naïve, if there is a problem in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, how long can Shanhaiguan hold on,"

Qu Qingze was a little surprised, he didn't expect that Su Tiancheng had been worried about these things for a long time, no wonder he asked himself to come to Ningyuan and ask Hong Chengchou in person, if the understanding between the commander and the deputy marshal could not be consistent, the officers below would not know what to do, since Su Tiancheng said so, it was actually a disguised authorization, and at the critical moment, Hong Chengchou could not act according to Qian Qianyi's requirements.

Everything that should be said has been said, and the tasks that should be assigned have also been arranged, Qu Qingze will not stay in Ningyuan, he knows very well that after returning to Dengzhou, there are still many things that need to be done. (To be continued......)