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Only the senior generals in the army knew that Emperor Chongzhen had given up all the cities outside the pass, including Ning Yuan. Sun Chengzong, who was temporarily seated in Ningyuan, in accordance with Zhu Youzhen's will, sent thousands of soldiers to slowly advance along the western Liaoning corridor while the reinforcements secretly went north from Songling Mountain. However, as soon as they encountered the reconnaissance cavalry of the Houjin army, they immediately retreated back to Ningyuan, creating the illusion that the Houjin was afraid of the enemy like a tiger and did not dare to come to the north.

At the same time, Ningyuan City has begun to evacuate on a large scale. In addition to the border troops in the city, a large number of family members and farmers were also forcibly ordered to retreat into the Shanhaiguan. The so-called broken family is worth a thousand dollars, of course, the common people are reluctant to give up their belongings, but Sun Chengzong told the army and the people: In the future, the Jin army will enter the army in a big way, and Ning Yuan can no longer be defended. Those who returned to Shanhaiguan with the army would be compensated by the imperial court for silver taels and grain, and would also divide the cultivated land; If they refuse to leave, they will be beheaded regardless of men, women, and children.

Under this unreasonable order, the common people were reluctant to leave, and they did not dare to stay for a moment. However, in a few days, Ningyuan, Qiantun and more than ten nearby Ming army strongholds were already empty. But everything that is worth a little money is all transported away by the common people; If it really can't be transported, it will be destroyed.

The border army also transported all the food and ammunition, especially the cannons on the city wall, which were the key protection objects, and sent heavy troops to escort them to Shanhaiguan along the way. But the strange thing is that Zhu Youzhen specially told Sun Chengzong not to destroy the city walls and houses, as long as they are empty.

In addition to Ningyuan City, Juehua Island in the east was also ordered to evacuate, and the defenders and their dependents took hundreds of large and small ships to Shanhaiguan directly, which was much faster than the land route.

Sun Chengzong was the last to leave Ningyuan City. Looking at the majestic but gradually smaller city walls that disappeared on the northeastern horizon, the patriarch of the Three Dynasties couldn't help but feel sad. The Guan Ning Jin defense line is his life's proud, but with a word from the emperor, his hard work will be in vain! Over the past few years, the imperial court has spent tens of millions of taels of silver for these cities, and so far they have all been lost!

But even if he couldn't figure it out, the emperor had issued a strict decree and asked Sun Chengzong to supervise it, and this loyal old minister still carried it out to the letter. When he received the emperor and the tens of thousands of border troops he brought back in front of Shanhaiguan, Sun Chengzong finally couldn't hold back the tears of grievance, and knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen's horse and cried bitterly.

It didn't matter if he cried, the border army was already extremely tired, but at this time, he suddenly learned that Ning Yuan had given up, and even the houses and fields over there, everything was gone, and the morale that he had barely maintained along the way suddenly fell into a trough, and he also cried.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen was not happy in his heart. Although he was going to temporarily give up all the land outside Shanhaiguan, so he lost Dalinghe, Jinzhou and even Ningyuan, he was not distressed; However, in the defense and breakthrough battles of Daling River and Jinzhou, nearly 10,000 border troops were still killed, which was a major loss that made him feel painful.

However, seeing that Sun Chengzong was grief-stricken, Zhu Youzhen still reluctantly cheered up and smiled: "Lord Shangshu, although the losses in this battle are not small, I have managed to save most of the border troops, and the imperial court has not damaged its vitality. Now he is firmly guarding Shanhaiguan, and at the same time paying attention to the movements of Jianyu. The situation in Liaodong is like this, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and Lord Shangshu should not be too anxious, he still needs to think about it in the long run. Now let's let the army into the city first. ”

Only then did Sun Chengzong stop his grief, and together with Gao Di, the governor of Liaodong, and Zhao Shujiao, who had just returned from the halfway to Jizhou, they welcomed Zhu Youzhen and others into the city.

As soon as he entered the city gate, a person suddenly jumped by, pulling Zhu Youzhen's war horse and crying and laughing. Zhu Youzhen looked at it, it turned out to be Herzhe, who he hadn't seen for many days, and hurriedly jumped off the horse and said apologetically: "I thought that I would be able to come back in a few days after going to Phi Island, but I didn't know that so many things would happen later." You're used to living in Shanhaiguan, aren't you? ”

Herzhe sank his face, and said quickly and urgently: "Long live the heart of the master is too big, and if you leave people here for so many days, they are going crazy!" ”

When Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and others saw a woman reprimanding the emperor in public, they immediately sank their faces, and were about to reprimand sharply, but they saw Zhu Youzhen holding Herzhe's hand and said in a low voice: "I can't help myself." How's it going, what's going on in the Jingshi? ”

"Look at it yourself!" Herzhe angrily took out a large stack of deciphered tantras from the satchel he was carrying, threw his head into Zhu Youzhen's arms, turned his head and ran away. Zhu Youzhen was full of embarrassment, and said to him left and right: "What, the soldiers have worked hard all the way, and the food and accommodation must be arranged as soon as possible, even me, I haven't eaten a hot meal for many days!" ”

Only then did everyone see some clues, so they had to endure a smile and accompany Zhu Youzhen into the original Jingluo Mansion. Of course, since Zhu Youzhen has abolished the Liaodong Economic Strategy, it has now been renamed the Governor's Mansion.

Zhu Youzhen first drank a few bowls of hot porridge with everyone, sweating profusely, and then drove out the cold accumulated in his body. Then the generals immediately gathered to discuss the matter, and Sun Chengzong, Gao Di, Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Zhu Mei, Cao Wenzhao and other important generals all attended.

First of all, Zhu Youzhen officially announced the dismissal of the post of Liaodong Economic Strategy in front of the generals, Gao Di was reappointed as the governor of Liaodong, and Yuan Chonghuan returned to Beijing for another appointment. He also reported that Mao Wenlong was arrested in Beijing for his crimes, and that Phi Dao was succeeded by Huang Long, and that he was all under the control of Gaodi. This can be regarded as saving face for Yuan Chonghuan, in fact, all the generals know that Yuan Chonghuan was actually dismissed for overstepping his authority and killing Mao Wenlong.

Next is the arrangement of the Liaodong Border Army. Zhao Shujiao was still transferred to Jizhou, and Man Gui and Zu Dashou guarded the Shanhaiguan together. In this way, the number of border troops stationed at Shanhaiguan reached more than 60,000, which is indeed quite a lot in terms of troops, and it also changed the situation that the eastern Liaodong border army was stationed in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Dalinghe, and other places, and the forces were relatively scattered.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen really wanted to remove Zu Dashou. However, considering that he has a great prestige in the army, if he is suddenly dismissed, it may cause the morale of the army to fluctuate and even mutiny, so Zhu Youzhen has to endure it for the time being. However, as a constraint on him, Zhu Youzhen promoted Zhu Mei and He Kegang to the general army, and in such a Shanhaiguan, there were four general military officers: Man Gui, Zu Dashou, Zhu Mei, and He Kegang.

Next, everyone discussed the specific defense of Shanhaiguan, and when they were concentrating, they suddenly saw two Chinese soldiers standing in the council hall scratching their armpits and crotch from time to time, and they were trembling vigorously. Sun Chengzong was greatly displeased and said, "Your Majesty is here, why do you two not pay attention to your manners so much?" ”

The two Chinese soldiers were so frightened that they quickly knelt down, but they were fighting with their upper and lower teeth, they couldn't say a word, their breathing became more and more rapid, and they suddenly fell to the ground with a crooked body!