Due to the urgent military situation in Liaodong, Li Yuntian did not stay in Qingshan City for long, and set off for Kaiyuan City the next day, preparing to deal with the military affairs of Liaodong as much as possible.

Meng's brother Timur asked his younger brother Fancha and Sishaha to lead hundreds of soldiers from the Duo Mercy Department to escort him, and personally sent Li Yuntian out of the territory of the Duo Mercy Division, respecting Li Yuntian.

It is worth mentioning that Fancha is the second person in the Duo Mercy Department after the Mengge Timur, and the Mengge Timur divides the strength of the Duo Mercy Department into three, the Chinese army is commanded by him, the left army is commanded by Fancha, and the right army is commanded by the eldest son of the Mengge Timur Agu.

Fancha not only followed Meng's brother Timur to participate in Emperor Yongle's third northern expedition to Mobei and made great contributions, but also accompanied Meng's brother Timur to the capital many times to meet the great tomorrow, and also participated in the whole process of appeasing Yangmu Tawu, and was as loyal to the Ming Dynasty as Meng's brother Timur.

After a few days of travel, in early November, Li Yuntian and his entourage arrived at Kaiyuan City, an important town in the north of Liaodong.

Outside the south gate of Kaiyuan City, the crowd gathered to greet them, and the commanders of the Xiaowu Army, Gu Liyu, the commander of the Liaodong Prefecture, Pei Jun, and the guerrilla general Yang Jie of Kaiyuan City, were all present.

After Gu Liyu returned to the capital from Jiaozhi, he was sent by Li Yuntian to the Liaodong Suzaku Camp of the Xiaowu Army, responsible for the affairs promised by Liaodong Suzaku.

When Gu Liyu left Beijing, Li Yuntian told him to be born and run in Liaodong, don't look at the cold and freezing outside the Guan, it seems to be a desolate and wild place, but it has important military significance and economic value for the Ming Dynasty.

Due to the national policy of Emperor Yongle of "the Son of Heaven guards the country", the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty moved from Nanjing City to Beijing City, which made the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty and the Guanwai only separated by a mountain pass.

Therefore, the strategic position of the Daning Division, the Liaodong Division, and the Nuer Gandu Division outside the Ming Dynasty is particularly important, and it is necessary to operate carefully, and once there is a loss outside the Guan, the consequences are unimaginable.

Historically, although there are various factors for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to enter the Central Plains, the proximity of the Ming Jingshi to Shanhaiguan is undoubtedly one of the most important factors, which makes Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, have no strategic space for maneuver after the defeat of the Dashun army at Shanhaiguan, and has to lead the army to withdraw from the capital in a hurry, so that the Manchu soldiers entered the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty without bloodshed.

The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to establish the Suzaku Camp in Liaodong was of extremely important strategic significance, not only to turn Liaodong into a stable and prosperous region like Shandong and Zhejiang, but also to use Liaodong as a springboard to consolidate the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty, especially the control of the Daning Dusi and the Nuer Gandu Division.

In Li Yuntian's view, only after the three major capitals outside the Ming Pass are properly managed, then the Ming Dynasty's Beijing division can be impregnable, and then avoid the Tatars besieging the capital during the orthodox period and the Manchu Qing entering the capital during the Chongzhen period.

"Lord-sama!" When Li Yuntian, who was wearing a gray military coat, turned over and dismounted, Gu Liyu, Pei Jun and others who were waiting hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian's current identity is the military attache of the Xiaowu Army sent by Emperor Xuande to Liaodong to supervise the logistics affairs of the Ming Army in Liaodong, and his true identity is only known to Gu Liyu and Pei Jun, including Yang Jie, the guard general of Kaesong, who does not know that the young military attache in front of him is the famous Zhenwu Marquis.

Surrounded by everyone, Li Yuntian and Gu Liyu and others entered the city chatting and laughing, and Gu Liyu had already prepared a reception banquet for Li Yuntian.

After the banquet, Li Yuntian led Gu Liyu and Pei Jun to the station of the Suzaku Camp of the Xiaowu Army, and Gu Liyu cleaned up a clean and elegant courtyard for him.

"See Master Hou!" After entering the living room, Gu Liyu and Pei Jun saluted Li Yuntian together.

"What is the current situation in Liaodong?" Li Yuntian smiled, beckoned the two to sit down, and asked about the latest battle situation in Liaodong.

"Lord Yu, in order to avoid the edge of the Mongolian soldiers, our army has gathered in several important military towns under the command of the Duke of Yiguo, and now it is in a confrontation with the Mongolian soldiers." Pei Jun is the commander of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, so he naturally knows the current battle situation in Liaodong best, and after sitting down, he prays in an orderly manner.

Pei Jun was originally in Liaoyang City, but he rushed to Kaiyuan City a few days ago to assist Gu Liyu in the battle, and by the way, he informed Brother Meng Timur to continue to appease Yang Mu Dawu.

Now on the territory of Liaodong, the most effective army of the Ming army is the 20,000 soldiers of the Suzaku Battalion of the Xiaowu Army, and no one thought that the Xiaowu Army of the Suzaku Camp would become a strange soldier of the Ming Army in Liaodong, attracting 30,000 or 40,000 Mongolian soldiers, which relieved a lot of pressure on the Ming army in other places.

In fact, if it weren't for the righteous prince Zhang Hao sitting in Liaoyang City, the situation of the Ming army in Liaodong would be even more embarrassing now, Zhang Hao with many years of experience keenly realized that the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were not good at coming, and there were a large number of people, so he immediately ordered the troops under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division to shrink to several important military towns, and then preserved the strength of the Ming army in Liaodong.

Otherwise, the armies scattered in the various guards in Liaodong would definitely be swallowed up one by one by the menacing Mongol soldiers, and Zhang Hao did not think that the untrained army of the Liaodong Dusi could compete with the prepared Mongol army.

Among those military attaches in Liaodong, only Zhang Hao was able to decisively shrink the defense, and fortunately Zhang Hao was able to escape from the ambush of the Mongol soldiers and enter Liaoyang City at that time, otherwise none of the military attachés in Liaodong would dare to rashly order the Ming troops of the guards to retreat, and then hand over the defense area to the Mongols, so that there would be a suspicion of fear of war, and they would inevitably be impeached by the officials afterwards.

Although the Mongol soldiers have now occupied most of the area of Liaodong, but the important towns in Liaodong are firmly in the hands of the Ming army, although the Ming army is not the opponent of the Mongol soldiers in the field, but the defense of the city is more experienced than the Mongol soldiers, which makes the Mongols have to stop the siege and take advantage of the winter to make siege equipment.

"The remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are menacing this time, and the emperor's northern expedition is afraid that it will have a series of fierce battles, and the only way for the class to return to the dynasty is next year, and we must hold Liaodong before the arrival of this reinforcement."

Li Yuntian admired Zhang Hao's strategic move to shrink the defense, which allowed the Liaodong Ming Army to keep the main force, it is conceivable that during this period, the Liaodong Ming Army will definitely step up drills, and the combat effectiveness will definitely increase a lot next year, and after a deep groan, he said to Gu Liyu and Pei Jun in a deep voice, "Since the people of the Mongolian Wuliang Ha Department are blocked in front of the Shanhai Pass, the grain and grass of our army will be transported to Liaodong through the Korean State, so the top priority is to ensure the smooth passage of the grain transportation road to prevent the Mongolian soldiers from sneaking attack." ”

"Hou Ye rest assured, the lowly post has already sent scouts to investigate the movements of the Mongolian soldiers, as long as they dare to fight those grain and grass ideas, the lowly post will definitely make them come and go!" Gu Liyu bowed to Li Yuntian when he heard this, and said in high spirits.

A few days ago, Gu Liyu personally led the army to raid the Mongolian soldier camp, and after a fierce battle, he defeated the superior Mongolian soldiers, which gave him great confidence, because the combat effectiveness and execution of the soldiers of the Liaodong Suzaku Battalion of the Xiaowu Army were better than those of the Mongolian soldiers.

"On the battlefield, the most taboo is to underestimate the enemy, never be careless, only by paying attention to the enemy can we achieve the greatest victory at the minimum cost!" Seeing this, Li Yuntian's brows suddenly frowned slightly, and he told Gu Liyu in a deep voice, feeling that Gu Liyu already had an arrogant heart after fighting with the Mongolian soldiers.

"Master Hou's lesson is very much, he must follow the teachings carefully, and try his best to bring more brothers back from the battlefield." When Gu Liyu heard this, he suddenly realized the warning in Li Yuntian's words, and his eyes suddenly showed a trace of shame, and he hurriedly responded in a deep voice.

What the Xiaowu Army pursues is not only to defeat the enemy, but also to pay the price as small as possible, unless it has to be, otherwise the Xiaowu Army will never do anything to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, Li Yuntian does not want to see the military attaché of the Xiaowu Army stepping on the corpses of the soldiers to get promoted.

"The cold winter has come, Liaodong is short of materials, presumably many people have to endure hunger in the winter night, pass on the military order of Benhou, open the granary of Kaiyuan City to help the people in Xianping Prefecture, especially the Jurchen and other tribes in Anle Prefecture, you personally send people to send food and clothing for the winter." Seeing that Gu Liyu was ashamed, Li Yuntian was not ready to dwell on this matter, and Yu Feng turned around and said to Pei Jun.

"Master Hou, are you going to relieve those Jurchen tribes?" Pei Jun was taken aback when he heard this, and he seemed a little incomprehensible.

Due to the invasion of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the materials of the Ming army in Liaodong were not rich, in Pei Jun's opinion, Li Yuntian's relief of the Han people in Xianping Mansion was understandable, but it was a little incomprehensible to give it to those Jurchen tribes.

"Since they are my people of the Ming Dynasty, they deserve to be treated the same as the Han people." Li Yuntian knew that Pei Jun couldn't understand this matter for a while, so he smiled slightly and said, "Now that the enemy is present, we must gather a force to fight the enemy together!" ”

"The humble position understands, so he sent someone to send military supplies to the Jurchen tribe in Anle Prefecture." Pei Jun somewhat understood Li Yuntian's words, and thought that Li Yuntian's move was to win over the Jurchen tribe in Anle Prefecture, so he agreed to it.

There are 25 Wei and two prefectures in Liaodong, of which 25 Wei are the Han people's inhabited areas, and the two prefectures are ethnic minority inhabited areas, namely Anle Prefecture and Zizai Prefecture.

When the Ming Dynasty counted the population, it tended to count only the Han population and not the population of ethnic minorities, because only the Han people paid the taxes, while the ethnic minorities did not.

Liaodong is the Han nationality inhabited area since ancient times, in ancient times it was one of the Kyushu Youzhou, the residents were mainly Han people, supplemented by ethnic minorities, Liaodong 25 Wei had about 5 million Han people in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and about 2 million ethnic minorities.

It is a pity that due to the increasing slackening of the Ming Dynasty's military armament, the Liaodong Capital Division and the Nuer Gandu Division were not well managed, so that the Manchu Qing Dynasty not only unified the Jurchen tribes of the Nuer Gandu Division, but also captured the Liaodong Capital Division from the Ming army, and then entered the Central Plains, creating a foundation for two or three hundred years.

In Li Yuntian's view, in order to truly make the land outside the customs long-term peace and stability, it is necessary to integrate those ethnic minorities outside the border, and the simple appeasement is not long-lasting, only by integrating the Han nationality and the ethnic minority people can the situation of mutual attack by the various departments outside the customs be solved once and for all.

In order to make those ethnic minority people integrate into the Ming Dynasty, then it is necessary to change the previous suppression strategy of the Ming Dynasty and treat them equally with the Han people, so as to assimilate them.