The sound of a quarrel was heard clearly from the adjacent room, which was not only soundproofed. But this is not a quarrel between the two people that Zhu Youzhen was familiar with in his previous life, but two men arguing fiercely.

One of them said in a slightly crying voice: "Lord Xiong, you have been out of Liaodong twice, and you have not had a major defeat before, I admit it. But Huazhen wants to ask, can you defeat Jianyu if you blindly retreat into the city? You know, the emperor wants us to recover Liaodong, no matter how well you defend it, can you defend half an inch of Liaodong? ”

Another tall and anxious voice immediately retorted: "Lord Wang, you took the initiative to attack, but what was the result?" 60,000 troops, 60,000! The imperial court didn't know how much effort it had expended, how much silver taels and grain and grass it had consumed, and it took a few years to save this bit of belongings. It's good that you've been in office for less than three months, and you've been completely defeated! The matter has come to this point, and it is really laughable to talk about 'recovering Liaodong' here! ”

Zhu Youzhen listened to it, and already knew that these must be two Qin criminals, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen. Now the two of them have been reduced to prisoners, but they are still arguing about the military deployment of Liaodong.

Lin Youkun hurriedly said: "These two people are arguing too fiercely, how can the people in Dongchang not care?" Still don't let people sleep? Your Highness, why don't you go over and reprimand them a few words and let them be quiet? ”

Zhu Youzhen stopped: "No need, this king wants to hear what the situation in Liaodong is." ”

At this time, Bao Yulian was about to go through the acupoint for Zhu You's golden needle again. The others hurriedly retreated, and Zhu Youzhen was stripped naked by Bao Yulian, while lying on the bed, listening carefully to Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen continue to quarrel.

I only heard Wang Huazhen say again: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, how can you abandon thousands of miles of land because of the disadvantage of a war!" Now that I have been defeated, Lord Xiong can say that I am only talking on paper and do not understand military affairs; However, Lord Xiong guarded Liaoxi for several years, and in vain called Liaodong Jingluo, not only failed to recover half an inch of land in Liaodong, but also spent money and grain in vain, and even did not cut a few heads of Jianyu. Can I also say that Lord Xiong is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, only knows how to protect himself, and ignores his ancestors! ”

"You talk nonsense!" Xiong Tingbi said angrily, "Tingbi is a scholar, if he is really greedy for life and afraid of death, he can live in the six departments, as long as it takes time, it is not very difficult to mix with a minister, so why bother to come to this troubled water!" In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, when Tingbi patrolled Liaodong, he had already put forward the idea of building forts on the border and defending as a battle. If the imperial court can use the strategy of the court, strictly organize the border preparations, and rebuild the city, how can Fushun, Kaiyuan, and Tieling be attacked by Jianyu? ! If the iron is lost, how can Shenyang and Liaoyang be left alone? ”

"Since Lord Xiong also knew that Jianyu could not form a climate at that time, why not take advantage of his weakness and annihilate it in one fell swoop?" Wang Huazhen was also excited, "It's to raise tigers for trouble, and sit back and watch Jianyu merge the Jurchen tribes one by one, and finally it will be a big tail!" ”

"You're right!" Xiong Tingbi said sadly and indignantly, "Li Chengliang has guarded Liaodong for more than 30 years, and many people say that he is brave and good at fighting, but they don't know that he is actually just sowing discord between the Mongols and the Jurchen tribes and letting them kill each other. When the fight is over, he will be rewarded with his first level of merit. Judging by his various behaviors of appointing private individuals, falsely reporting troop quotas, and deducting military salaries, what combat effectiveness can an army led by such a person have? If he could really fight with Jianyu, he would not take the initiative to give up Liaozuo Liubao in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli! If you want to say that raising tigers is a problem, it is also him Li Chengliang, not Ting Bi! In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, Li Chengliang was impeached and removed from office, and when Tingbi patrolled Liaodong, this tiger was no longer a young tiger! ”

Wang Huazhen said unrelentingly: "Lord Xiong, don't talk about him left and right!" Although Li Chengliang is gone, his subordinates are still there. Forgive how much strength Jianyu could have at that time, if it had been cut off earlier, it would not have been today! ”

Xiong Tingbi said angrily: "Lord Wang, the generals of Liaodong are arrogant and often do not listen to the dispatch, I am afraid that you have a deeper understanding than me!" This is also a major disaster left by Li Chengliang, he is a native of Liaodong, and his generals are either of the same clan or the same township, and he has turned the Liaodong border army into his private soldiers! Although Li Chengliang died, Li Yongfang, Sun Degong, Li Rubai, Zu Dashou, and Wu Xiang all had the same style. On weekdays, he is self-respecting and arrogant; When the saint was strictly responsible and had to go into battle, in addition to blindly asking for money and food, he didn't even have the courage and determination to kill the enemy!

"This kind of soldier general, in vain called Liaodong Iron Cavalry, if it is to defend the city, it can still be used. If you really want to fight with Jianyu, it is beyond the reach of the dust, and it will collapse at the first touch. Tingbi advocates defending as a battle, and it is also a last resort! Xiong Tingbi said this and sighed deeply.

"That is, the Liaodong soldiers are unbearable, and the imperial court has successively transferred more than 200,000 troops from all over the country, and there is no money and food, and I don't see Lord Xiong having an inch of merit!" Wang Huazhen was still unconvinced.

"You mean the battle of Nasarhu!" Xiong Tingbi was angry, and protested, "Lord Wang, don't count Yang Hao's bad debts on Xiong's head!" If you talk about it in detail, although the Liaodong soldiers are arrogant, they have fought in the end. The transferred soldiers have been sparse for a long time, and their combat readiness is lax, which is worse than that of the Liaodong soldiers. Yang Hao is also a scholar, he can only talk rhetorically, but when he really fights, he doesn't know anything. The imperial court let him pass through Liaodong, which is really a big mistake!

"In the first battle of Salhu, there were no less than 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, and the combat strength was brave. That Yang Hao did not know either the other or himself, and more than 100,000 horses and horses falsely claimed 470,000, divided into four ways and marched together. Dividing troops to advance is a taboo for soldiers! Even if the troops are not divided, the victory or defeat is unknown, let alone the division of troops. The thief chief Nuerhachi only adopted a strategy of the traitor Li Yongfang: 'I will only go all the way if you come here', and broke Yang Hao's hundreds of thousands of horses and horses. This battle also proved once again that our army's field battle was not a capturing opponent at all, and it was only advisable to defend the city. ”

Speaking of Li Yongfang, Wang Huazhen rarely agreed with Xiong Tingbi once, and gritted her teeth and said: "Li Yongfang and Sun Degong, the two traitors, I can't wait to eat their flesh raw!" I thought that Li Yongfang had to surrender to the thief at the beginning, and he still had the intention of getting lost and knowing his way back, so I asked him to be an internal response. Unexpectedly, he took advantage of my unpreparedness and led Jian's elite soldiers to raid Xiping Fort. As soon as Xiping Fort was lost, although the preparation of our army was not yet completed, we had to rush to help, which led to the annihilation of 30,000 reinforcements! ”

"If this is the case, although our army is defeated, at least it can still keep Guangning alive. hated Sun Degong, a dog thief, who went to aid Xiping Fort and encountered the enemy, that is, when he was not yet defeated, he took the lead in shouting 'defeated', abandoned the army and fled, resulting in the defeat of the reinforcements. After escaping back to Quang Ninh, he actually instigated the Quang Ninh garrison to mutiny, and then opened the city to welcome the thieves and invite merit! Woo woo woo..."Speaking of the sad part, Wang Huazhen couldn't help but cry bitterly.

Xiong Tingbi taunted a little gloatingly: "Lord Wang, you have the ability of Meng Jiangnu, you cry so much that you fall down the Great Wall, and you can't cry to death!" When Lord Wang first served as the governor of Liaodong, he was so high-spirited. What did you tell me at the time? '60,000 troops, March Swing and Peace'! Where is your army of 60,000 now? ”

Wang Huazhen sobbed and said hatefully: "Lord Xiong, don't talk cool here. This defeat in Liaodong, don't you have any responsibility at all? On that day, although Sun Degong led a defender to mutiny and Guangning was lost, the thief chief Nurhachi did not trust Sun Degong and did not enter the city for several days. Lord Xiong is in Youtun, dozens of miles away from Quang Ninh, why not lead the army to quell the rebellion? ”

Without waiting for Xiong Tingbi to refute, Wang Huazhen asked again and again: "Even if Guangning cannot be recovered, there are still more than 40 towns in Liaodong, right?" There are 150,000 soldiers and horses in Liao, even if 60,000 are removed, most of them can still be left, right? If you can collect stragglers, take the camp step by step, and bravely resist the enemy, even if the Jianyu soldiers are prosperous, it is impossible to take the whole Liao land within ten days without spending a single soldier, right?

"Why didn't Lord Xiong listen to Huazhen's bitter persuasion in Youtun, and insisted on going his own way and withdrawing all the soldiers and civilians of Liao into Shanhaiguan? As a result, more than 40 towns, such as Pingyang Bridge, Xixingbao, Jinzhou, Daweihe, Youtunwei, Zhenning, Zhenyuan, Zhenbian, Daqingbao, Dakangbao, Zhenwubao, Luyangyi, Xiaoweihe, Songshan, Qijiabao, Panshanyi, Tashanbao, Zhong'anbao, Shuangtaibao, etc., have been operating for decades, and once they are lost! More than 100,000 people in western Liaoxi who had no time to escape into the pass were all driven to the east bank of the Liao River by Jianjiao, and they were all slaughtered, which was simply miserable! …”

Xiong Tingbi finally waited for Wang Huazhen to gasp, and hurriedly said angrily: "Lord Wang, don't beat a rake!" Although I am the governor of Liaodong, this military and political power is all in the hands of your Governor Wang. Yes, there are 150,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong, but I am in Youtun, how many military horses do I have? Only four thousand! Do you expect me, 4,000 people, to resist Jianlu's 50,000 army, plus Sun Degong's 30,000 rebels?! When the overall situation collapsed and was out of control, you, Lord Wang, remembered that I was a Liaodong guide, and only then did you want to be restrained by me, so that I could carry the black pot for you. What did you do earlier? Although I, Xiong Tingbi, am upright by nature, I am not a fool! ”

Zhu Youzhen lay on the bed and listened to Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen constantly arguing, and couldn't help but feel deep sadness. Although he already knew the general course of history, he learned many details after listening to the "details" of these two men tonight.

Loose combat readiness, arrogant soldiers, light enemy waves, discord among generals... Which one is the root cause of the repeated defeats of the Ming army and the final loss of the entire country? Zhu Youzhen couldn't figure it out, and let the two of them quarrel, and they couldn't figure it out.

But there is one thing that this product still understands, that is, every time Bao Yulian crosses the acupoint for him with a golden needle, his little brother is always extremely excited.

On the other side of the wall, two people are in prison, but they are still arguing about military affairs; On this side of the wall, the two people met each other frankly, but they couldn't have the slightest ambiguity.

I don't know how everyone's fate will be different when they return to Beijing tomorrow!