In the first year of the Apocalypse, on the eighth day of June, it is advisable to marry and move, and avoid opening the market to make stoves.

Gently put the letter in his hand on the table, Xiong Tingbi glanced around the room before slowly speaking: "This is a letter from Youtun, Guangning was secretly attacked, and it was made by Jiannu." ”

After listening to Xiong Tingbi's words, the people in the room were slightly stunned, what is Jiannu doing? The people in the room couldn't help but look at each other, and finally everyone's eyes fell on Xiong Tingbi.

You Shigong, who was sitting on the side, pondered for a moment before saying, "Dashuai, no matter what Jiannu wants to do, we can't let them succeed. The lowly is willing to take people to Quang Ninh and take Quang Ninh back. ”

Looking at You Shigong, who was excited, Xiong Tingbi shook his head lightly and motioned for him to sit down. Frowning and looking at the map behind him, Xiong Tingbi looked at Zuo Guangdou on the side for a long time, and said quite seriously: "Zuo Jingluo, do you have any opinions?" Let's hear it. ”

Zuo Guangdou frowned slightly, and also fell his gaze on the map, shook his head with a wry smile, and said helplessly: "Lord Xiong, I used to think that I could be promoted to anything, even if I couldn't, I could learn." But after coming to Liaodong, the lower officials found that it was not like that, and that military affairs were the most important thing in the country, and they should not be careless. The subordinate officer is not familiar with military affairs, and if he occupies this position, not only will he not be able to do anything, but something will happen. So Xia Guan had already handed over his resignation to the emperor, but seeing the terrain of Ning Yuan, Xia Guan still had something to say. ”

Listening to Zuo Guangdou's words, Xiong Tingbi was stunned, and after a long time, he saluted Zuo Guangdou and said in a deep voice: "My lord, Gao Yi!" Although Zuo Guangdou made a light sentence on the resignation, things are far from being so simple.

Zuo Guangdou was appointed by the Emperor of the Apocalypse to be the governor of Liaodong, and he resigned in less than ten months after arriving in Liaodong, which is easy to make people suspicious. Even if the minister does not write a book to participate in the impeachment, the Emperor of the Apocalypse will inevitably have no ideas in his heart, and it is difficult to say what his future will be. can throw away his future for the sake of national affairs, Xiong Tingbi has great respect for Zuo Guangdou, at least this character is first-class in the world.

Seeing Zuo Guangdou say this, Xiong Tingbi said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, don't hesitate to say it." ”

Nodding slowly, Zuo Guangdou came to the map, and said in a deep voice: Guangning is located on the west side of Yiwulu Mountain, four hundred miles away from Shenyang City in the east, and two hundred and fifty miles away from Jinzhou in the southwest. The headquarters of the Liaodong General Army is located in Quang Ninh, so the position of Guangning is very important. However, during the Battle of Sarhu, Lin Dan Khan of the Mongolian Chahar Department took advantage of the lack of air defense in the rear of the Ming Dynasty and took the opportunity to attack Guangning. After the Battle of Sarhu, the imperial court urgently needed to stabilize Liaodong, so it did not have a dispute with the Chahar tribe. ”

Seeing Zuo Guangdou's euphemism, Xiong Tingbi also nodded, in fact, at that time, the vitality of the Ming army was greatly damaged, and it no longer had the strength to break with the Chahar Department. If the Jiannu and the Mongol Tatars attack together, Liaodong will definitely not be able to keep it. In order to keep Liaodong, the imperial court acquiesced to Lin Dan Khan's occupation of Guangning.

Up to now, the Ming Dynasty and Lin Dan Khan have always been allies, and there is no war against each other. The city of Quang Ninh became a city of friendship between the two sides, where merchants traded with each other, where the Mongols bought iron pots, and the Han bought fur horses. It's been like this for so many years, but a lot of things can't be said, so Xiong Tingbi nodded slowly, signaling that he understood.

Seeing Xiong Tingbi nodding, Zuo Guangdou knew that he didn't need to say anything, and after a deep groan, Zuo Guangdou continued: "The south of Guangning City is the right tun of my Ming Dynasty, and further south is the sea. To the west is Yizhou and Dalinghe Fort of the Ming Dynasty, and to the west is Jinzhou. To the east is the Liao River, and after crossing the Liao River is Shenyang. If you want to attack Quang Ninh, there is only one way, that is, the north of Quang Ninh, the road that Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department once walked. ”

Nodding slowly, Xiong Tingbi said in a deep voice: "What the adults said makes sense, and the letter also said so." Frowning and thinking about it, Xiong Tingbi said with a gloomy face: "Jiannu has already defeated Guangning City, which means that they came from the Mongolian Tartars." ”

Zuo Guangdou also nodded cautiously, looked at Xiong Tingbi and said: "Jiannu is on the side of Tieling Kaiyuan, but Guangning is in the hinterland of western Liaoning, although it is only a few hundred miles away, but this is also a premeditated attack. Jiannu went around so far, it couldn't be just to attack Quang Ninh, there must be something else in it. Even if Jiannu defeated Guangning, it would be impossible to hold it, in recent years, my Ming Dynasty's strength in Liaodong has been restored, if it weren't for the estimation of the alliance with Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department, we would have taken Guangning back a long time ago. If Jiannu had conquered Quang Ninh, we would naturally have no such scruples, which Jiannu would not have thought of, but they still came. ”

After pondering for a long time, Xiong Tingbi nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "In other words, Jiannu's action this time must have a purpose, as for what the purpose is, it's hard to say, and we don't know yet." But no matter what the purpose, it's not a good thing for us. ”

Looking at Xiong Tingbi, Zuo Guangdou pondered for a while before saying: "Although the subordinate officer does not understand military affairs and does not know how to command a war, he still has some insights into the situation. Now that we don't know the purpose of Jiannu, we might as well think about it from another angle, how did they come to Quang Ninh? To the north of Quang Ninh was the territory of the Mongol Tatars, how could Lin Dan Khan allow Jiannu to come here? Also laid Quang Ninh? ”

"It can't happen, without the mutual market in Quang Ninh, there is no way to guarantee the living goods of Mongolian Lin Dan Khan. However, the Mongolian Tatars are not monolithic, although the entire Monan Mongolia is nominally all deployed by Lin Dan Khan, but there are also many tribes that are not at odds with Lin Dan Khan, and the relationship with each other is not very good. Opposite Quang Ninh is the Mongolian Nekalkha five tribes are all tribes controlled by Lin Dan Khan, since Jiannu has come here, it means that the Nekarkha five tribes have reached an agreement with Jiannu. Xiong Tingbi frowned tightly at this time, his eyes were firmly fixed on the map, and his face was cautious.

Zuo Guangdou looked at Xiong Tingbi's appearance, so he didn't speak, so that he could think quietly.

After a long time, Xiong Tingbi turned around with a solemn face, and said with a clear face: "This official has thought of it, this time it is a big conspiracy of Jiannu, and their purpose is not my Daming." From sending men to break through the Great Wall to attacking Quang Ninh City, it was all a conspiracy, and their target was not us but Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department. Jiannu did not know what method was used to unite the Mongol Tatars of the five Inner Khalkha tribes, and they were ready to make a move against Lin Dan Khan. ”

Zuo Guangdou was also shocked, the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Lin Dan Khan was very good. If Lin Dan Khan is destroyed, the whole of Mongolia will fall into the hands of Jiannu, so that it will not only be Liaodong that will be attacked by Jiannu, but the entire border of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Zuo Guangdou looking at him, Xiong Tingbi's brows were also furrowed tightly, and he groaned for a long time and sighed deeply. Sitting on the chair weakly, Xiong Tingbi patted his forehead and said with a wry smile: "I have always been cautious, for fear that something would go wrong, but I didn't expect to fall for Jiannu." The 30,000 people they sent in were certainly not all Jiannu cavalry, and many of them were Mongol Tatars. When they were sent in, they didn't intend to let them go back, and they had only one purpose, and that was to attract our attention. ”

Patting his forehead vigorously, Xiong Tingbi continued: "We fell into the trap of Jiannu in this way, and sent 50,000 horses to Zunhua, which was in harmony with Jiannu's intentions, even if we annihilated all 30,000 people, it would be useless." ”

It seemed that Xiong Tingbi was too depressed, Zuo Guangdou said in a deep voice: "It's no wonder that this matter is handsome, Jiannu broke into the Great Wall, Zunhua City was in an emergency, and we should send someone to rescue King Qin." ”

With a wry smile, he shook his head, and Xiong Tingbi said with a dejected face: "This is the official's fault, and when the matter is over, the official will ask the emperor for guilt." You can send troops to the king to rescue you anywhere, but we can't in Liaodong, because Jiannu wants us to send people in. We can completely not send people, there are three battalions in the capital, Jizhou has the military strength of Baoding and other places, and the governor of the three sides also has troops. Even if we don't send troops, the 30,000 people who built slaves won't be able to make any big waves. ”

Sighing deeply, Xiong Tingbi said with a regretful face: "Originally, I thought that with the credit of King Qin's rescue, the emperor would not blame me, but now I think about how stupid this idea is." As a courtier, how can he do such a thing for his own selfishness, he is really a courtier! ”

"My lord, even if there is no way to do it here in Liaodong, we can also stand out from other places to help!" Looking at Xiong Tingbi, Zuo Guangdou said hesitantly.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Xiong Wencan said in a deep voice: "Our Ming cavalry is sparse and has no ability to get out of the fortress at all, only from Guangning, because the distance with the Mongolian Tatars is relatively close, and their battlefield is also here, so we have the ability to stop them here." This is also the reason why Jian Nu attacked Quang Ninh in advance, they just didn't want us to send troops from there, but also to attract our attention. “

"But my lord, we can take Quang Ninh back! Then go out with the troops and stop them! Zuo Guangdou stood up abruptly and said excitedly.

Xiong Tingbi sighed softly, suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and said to You Shigong, who was looking stupid on the side: "In any case, you must take down Guangning first, and order Luo Yiyi, the guard general of Xiping Fort, Zuo Liangyu, and Chen Guangxu, the guard general of Youtun, and let them lead the people and horses of the headquarters to send Guangning to Guangning, and take Guangning back first." ”