In the first battle of Guangning City, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji's troops suffered heavy losses, more than 2,000 soldiers were killed, and even more were wounded, nearly 7,000 people, and there were only more than 21,000 people under the two men, and nearly half of the casualties were lost. (Note: The lethality of the bird gun is insufficient, and it is difficult to kill people unless it hits the vital point.) ）

Dai Shan and Huang Taiji have fought for so many years, and they have never suffered such a big loss, so they are naturally unwilling to let the enemy go like this, so after capturing Guangning City, they quickly sent chasing troops.

However, as soon as the pursuers stepped on a landmine at the west gate of the city, more than 100 people were killed on the spot, and the rest did not dare to continue the pursuit, and hurriedly reported to Dai Shan and Huang Taiji.

Dai Shan and Huang Taiji were hesitating to continue the pursuit, and received the news that soldiers had been killed in the south and north of the city, and the two also heard that their soldiers did not dare to move when they saw that the soil on the ground was loose.

Hearing such news, the two became even more hesitant.

So far, more than 1,000 people have been killed by the direct explosion of the Jin army, and if the Ming army planted gunpowder and mines along the way, how many more people would have died in the Jin army?

By this time, the two really didn't dare to pursue anymore, and they were really afraid of being bombed by the Ming army.

However, the two quickly thought of a way: arrest the common people and let these people explore the way ahead. The west gate of Quang Ninh did not dare to go out, so he went to the occupied area to arrest it.

But it takes time to catch the people, and when the Jin army catches the people, and then let the people open the way for them, Yang He and the others have already arrived at Ning Yuanwei.

At this time, Zhang Mingxian and the others had not caught up, so Yang He and the others waited in Ning Yuanwei as agreed.

While waiting, Yang He checked the terrain in Ningyuan City.

From Quang Ninh to Ningyuan, Yang He has been paying attention to the terrain and sketching a map in his heart.

Yang He knew that no matter when, as long as there was a war, it was crucial to master the terrain, especially now that the Ming army was facing a cavalry-based captivity, and it was necessary to rely on the terrain to restrain the cavalry.

After observing around Ningyuan City, Yang He found that Ningyuan's terrain was surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side, and there was only one road to pass through it.

(Note: Ningyuan is now Xingcheng, in the center of the Liaoning West Corridor, 200 miles away from Shanhaiguan and 120 miles away from Jinzhou.) At that time, Ningyuanwei was just a small city, and later Yuan Chonghuan spent a year and a half building a fortified city in Ningyuan. ）

If Dalinghe Fort is the barrier of Jinzhou Wei, and Jinzhou Wei is the barrier of Shanhaiguan, then Ning Yuanwei is the throat of Shanhaiguan. As long as he holds here, Na Jianyu will not want to attack Shanhaiguan, because there is only one way to attack Shanhaiguan.

And Ning Yuan was not afraid of being besieged, because Ning Yuan had a face to the sea.

From Wang Huazhen's map, Yang He knew that there was a small island called Juehua Island in the south of Ningyuan, this island was not far from Ningyuan, and Yang He could even see this island when he stood in Ningyuan City, which was estimated to be about twenty miles.

There was a guard post of the Ming army stationed on Juehua Island, which meant that Ning Yuan could get supplies by sea.

When surveying the terrain, Yang He suddenly remembered that when Luo Yi sent people to find Xiong Tingbi to help Guangning City, he had heard that Wang Huazhen suggested that Xiong Tingbi retreat to Ningyuan to garrison, at this moment, Yang He suddenly felt that Wang Huazhen still had some vision.

It's a pity that Wang Huazhen's suggestion was rejected by Xiong Tingbi.

Yang He believed that Xiong Tingbi could see the importance of Ning Yuan's location, but he still rejected Wang Huazhen's proposal, not because he had no vision, but because he looked down on Wang Huazhen, and he instinctively rejected Wang Huazhen's suggestion.

"Big brother, Xiong Tingbi is a bad person, it's bad in his temper." Yang He shook his head and sighed softly.

"Why do you think of Xiong Tingbi again?" Black Cloud Crane laughed.

The Black Cloud Crane was pulled by Yang He to inspect the terrain together, and the Black Cloud Crane was pulled up because Yang He had a lot of things to ask the Black Cloud Crane.

Heiyunhe is different from Zhang Shun, Zhang Shun is just a small soldier, he has only recently been promoted to a sentry, and what he knows is actually very limited. And Hei Yunhe is a general, belonging to a senior general, many things, including the movements and layout of the imperial court, are to be told to him, and the amount of information that Hei Yunhe has is far from comparable to that of a soldier like Zhang Shun.

In addition, Heiyunhe's connections are far from being comparable to Zhang Shun, for example, the guards who passed by this way, many guards Heiyunhe knew before, what the ability of these generals is, Heiyunhe knows very well, and Zhang Shun is impossible to know these people, let alone understand their abilities.

And this information is all that Yang He must master.

In addition, there is another point that is the most critical, Yang He's current position is much lower than that of Heiyunhe, and he must maintain enough respect for Heiyunhe. As soon as he has a little power, he will be arrogant, such a person will not be followed by him, Yang He knows this very well.

And to show respect for the black cloud crane, one is the attitude, and the other is the title.

Yang He sometimes calls Heiyunhe his eldest brother, and sometimes he calls him Shenrong.

Calling the eldest brother is to get close, and at this time, there is usually no one around, or there are close subordinates of the two around.

But when there are outsiders, Yang He calls Heiyunhe Sanrong.

Hei Yunhe was very satisfied with Yang He's approach, and after seeing Yang He's ability, he had already made up his mind to follow Yang He in the future, but after all, he was a general, and he still wanted face.

"Big brother, it is undeniable that Wang Huazhen is indeed incapable of military affairs, but he is not without merit, at least he can lead a group of remnants to defend Guangning City when the situation in eastern Liaodong is the worst, and finally stabilize the situation in western Liaoning, just this point, Wang Huazhen is also meritorious and has a certain ability." Yang He is colorful.

Hearing this, Hei Yunhe nodded lightly: "Wang Huazhen is indeed meritorious, and it is not that he has no ability at all. ”

Yang He continued: "Xiong Tingbi disagrees with Wang Huazhen in terms of strategy, but Xiong Tingbi is a strategy, why can't he communicate patiently with Wang Huazhen?" Even if there is no agreement, at least it will not cause such a stir that in the end it will not even be possible to adopt the correct proposal.

In fact, the situation in Liaodong is as it is now, Xiong Tingbi has to bear a considerable responsibility, and Xiong Tingbi will not have such a situation if he can be tolerant of people. In the final analysis, Xiong Tingbi's personality is too bad and his temper is too bad. We should learn from the lessons of the past! ”

Heiyunhe nodded again and again: "Brother, it's hard for you to be so young that you can understand these things." ”

Yang He smiled: "The eldest brother has won the award, and the example of Xiong Tingbi is in front of me, if I still don't understand this, wouldn't it live up to the expectations of the big handsome?" ”

After a pause, Yang He continued: "Big brother, after we return to Shanhaiguan, the imperial court may send someone to ask you what you think of Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, what do you think should be said?" ”

Heiyunhe smiled: "Brother, you look down on my brother too much, I'm just a general, and I'm not a fart in the eyes of those people in the court, how can they ask me for my opinion?" ”

Yang He shook his head: "Big brother, you are the main general of the town guarding side, your opinion is very crucial, this is a matter of life and death for Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi." ”

"Is it about the life and death of Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen? My words work so well? Brother, don't make fun of your brother. Black Cloud Crane laughed.

Yang He smiled: "It's not that your words are useful, it's that some people in the court want your words to be useful." ”

"Brother, you speak more clearly, what do you mean that some people in the court want my words to be useful?" Black Cloud Crane asked

Yang He smiled, and asked without answering: "Big Brother Hei, do you have a backstage in the imperial court?" ”

Heiyunhe was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "If I had a backstage, how could I be sent to a place like Xiping Fort?" Let me tell you clearly, anyone who is on the front line has no backstage, including the big handsome. ”

"Yes, there is no backstage, Xiong Tingbi has no backstage, so he has no power to be the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and Wang Huazhen has a backstage, so although he is only a governor, he can control the power of Liaodong." Yang He sighed.

"Brother, what the hell do you want to say?" Black Cloud Crane wondered.

Yang He said: "Because Wang Huazhen has a backstage, and his backstage must protect him." But he lost Guangning City, the sin is too great, if you want to protect him, you must have a reason, or dilute his responsibility, and you, as a front general, if you say good things for Wang Huazhen, then those people in the court will take advantage of this to dilute Wang Huazhen's responsibility. ”

Heiyunhe hated and said, "I'll say good things for him? I want to say good things for him, how can I be worthy of the handsome! How can you be worthy of your brothers who died in battle! ”

Yang He shook his head: "Even if you kill Wang Huazhen, what can you do?" Can you avenge the handsome and the dead brothers? Big brother, our enemy is Jianyu, not Wang Huazhen, nor Xiong Tingbi. ”

"Then you mean to say good things for Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi?" Black Cloud Crane asked.

"Yes, say good things and try to leave the lives of these two people, especially Xiong Tingbi's." Yang He said.

Seeing that Hei Yunhe was puzzled, Yang He continued: "Big brother, even though Xiong Tingbi is not a person in every way, but he is a good hand at leading troops to fight, which can be seen from Jianlu's jealousy of him, Xiong Tingbi is alive, Jianlu should be cautious in using soldiers, he is going to die, and Jianlu has no scruples."

Big brother, who is happiest to kill Xiong Tingbi? It's not those who have a bad relationship with him in the court, it's Jianyu! And our enemy is Jianyu, I don't know if killing Xiong Tingbi is a pain for relatives, but it must be the enemy fast! ”

Hearing this, Black Cloud Crane nodded silently.

After a while, Hei Yunhe continued: "Then why do you want to say good things for Wang Huazhen?" ”

"Because Wang Huazhen has a backstage, and we don't have a backstage." Sighing lightly, Yang He continued: "If we want not to be used as cannon fodder, we have to find a backstage, even if we can't find a backstage, at least we can't offend people." We have to protect ourselves first, so that we can accumulate strength and avenge the marshal and his brothers in the future. ”

Black Cloud Crane nodded: "Brother, I understand." If someone in the court asks me, I will definitely say good things for Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi. But what should I say? ”

Yang He said: "Downplay the responsibility of Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi, try to put the responsibility on Sun Degong, if you feel that the weight is not enough, just say that we are following Xiong Tingbi's order to defend Guangning City." ”

"!" Hei Yunhe suddenly scolded: "Xiong Tingbi is a dog day, he has a good position, in my opinion, his position brother is almost the same as you, whether it is knowledge or measurement, he is far from your brother!" ”