Ningyuan City.

"Report, the staff will bring Wu Xiang to!" Ren Shouzhong, a Chinese officer, came to the hall and said.

Sun Chuanting's face sank like water: "Let him come in!" ”

Sumeru, a burly middle-aged man was brought into the hall, it was Wu Xiang who abandoned the army and fled.

"Wu Xiang, are you guilty?" Sun Chuanting asked, his words exuding a strong killing intent.

"The last general, the last general should not abandon the city, but Lord Futai, the last general is also thinking about the lives of the soldiers and civilians in Xingshan! The Xingshan garrison is less than 3,000, and it is difficult to resist the Jiannu army, if the last general defends to the death, he can only end up with Songshan, and nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians in the city will probably die in the hands of Jiannu! Wu Xiang knew that he was guilty of a serious crime, but he was unwilling to defend himself, and looked at the other generals while arguing, hoping that someone would speak for him.

However, whether it was Zu Dale, a guerrilla general who was related to him, or Dai Guangen, a staff general who had a close relationship with him, they all hung their heads and did not want to look at him.

"Then Ben Fu asked you, what about the 3,000 troops and nearly 10,000 people in Xingshan? Have you ever brought them back? Sun Chuanting asked lightly.

Wu Xiang opened his mouth and had nothing to say.

"As the general of Xingshan, he abandoned the city and fled in vain in disregard of the imperial decrees, did not think to resist when the enemy pursued him, abandoned the army and fled, and abandoned the lives of nearly 10,000 people, but he still cleverly said words, what kind of face does a disloyal, unkind and unrighteous person like you have to live in the world?" Sun Chuanting reprimanded angrily.

"Someone came, dragged him out of the door, executed him immediately, and passed on the first three armies, thinking that the latecomer would be warned! Benfu will also write the imperial court, take away the land and house given by his family in Beijing, deprive his son and nephew of all official positions, and his children and grandchildren are all lowly for three generations! ”

Wu Xiang's face was suddenly shocked, and he shouted sadly: "Lord Futai, in the end, one person will do things and one person will be responsible, can you treat my family like this!" ”

Sun Chuanting sneered: "Why can't you? Your family members enjoy glory and wealth because of you, your son was included in the national eunuch exceptionally, and the court gave you a mansion in Beijing, and they enjoy everything because of you, so they naturally have to share your sins! ”

"Lord Futai, spare my wife and children, colleagues, help me beg Futai, hmm..." Wu Xiang shouted as he struggled, but was stuffed with rags into his mouth by the soldiers who dragged him.

"Generals, what do you think?" Sun Chuanting turned around and said murderously to the generals standing in the hall.

The generals in the hall all turned pale, and their lips were pursed and they didn't dare to speak.

They finally understood once and for all what it meant for their families to be sent to Jingshi. While their families enjoy the wealth of Beijing, it is also equivalent to putting shackles on them. It means that from now on, if they fight unfavorably, it is not only themselves who are unlucky, but also the entire family. Now they don't even have the option to surrender to Jiannu, unless they don't care about the lives of their family members.

"Lord Futai is wise, those who lose the city and lose their teachers should be severely punished, and we have nothing to say." Deputy Chief Soldier Liu Yingguo said angrily.

"Futai is wise, we have nothing to say." The generals responded one after another.

Sun Chuanting nodded with satisfaction: "That's fine." Losing the city should be punished, and being loyal to the country should be rewarded. This Fu will be sparse to the imperial court, given the Songshan general soldier You Shilu loyal martyr plaque, his sons and nephews are all shaded thousands of households, or into the country's sub-prison, this Fu will also go to the court, the establishment of the martyr's shrine, all the soldiers who resist the martyrdom of the slave are into the martyr's shrine, generous to their families, exempt from taxes, money and food! ”

Sun Chuanting's words shook the spirits of the generals, not to mention the money and food for the time being, entering the martyrs' shrine, but the supreme glory, which means that the history will be famous, and the descendants will benefit!

Civil officials love fame, in fact, many military generals also love fame, if the court can give enough fame and status, if it can benefit children and grandchildren, why should they fight to the death?

Suddenly, the sadness of the rabbit and the fox caused by Wu Xiang's execution was swept away, and all the generals were excited.

"Your Excellency, give the order, the last general is willing to lead troops to rescue Lianshan Fort!" Liu Yingguo shouted.

"I'm willing to go to the rescue of Lianshan Fort!" Zu Dale, Dai Guangen and other generals also followed.

Sun Chuanting shook his head: "The matter of rescuing Lianshan Fort still has to be considered in the long run......

"Futai, there are only 1,500 defenders in Lianshan Fort, plus more than 5,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, if they don't rescue in time, I'm afraid they won't be able to support it for long!" Liu Yingguo said urgently.

Sun Chuanting said: "You are all generals, you are all familiar with military strategy, Ben Fu asked you, what is Jiannu's plan?" ”

Zu Dale said: "Of course, we want to capture Jinzhou Ningyuan and capture Liaoxi." ”

Liaoxi is the main road to the Guannei in Liaodong, as long as Ningjin is laid, Shanhaiguan is exposed to the Jiannu soldiers, and Shanhaiguan can go straight to Beijing! Ning Jinzhi is important, who here doesn't know?

Sun Chuanting said: "In this case, why didn't Jiannu directly attack Jinzhou? Or attack Ningyuan? ”

"The cities of Jinzhou and Ningyuan are high and deep, and there are many troops, so it is not easy for Jiannu to capture them." Zu Dale said.

Liu Yingguo hesitated: "Futai, do you mean that the purpose of building a slave is not to Ningyuan Jinzhou, but to induce our army to rescue Lianshan and other forts, so as to besiege the city and send reinforcements?" ”

Sun Chuanting nodded: "That's right." Jiannu couldn't help Jinzhou and Ningyuan when they attacked the city, so they wanted to lure our army out of the city to rescue, so as to defeat our army in the field battle, how could Benfu be as they wanted? ”

Liu Yingguo said: "But if you don't rescue, you can only watch Lianshan Fort and other fortresses be captured by Jiannu one by one." Those castles are not as strong as Ningjin, and the city is small and outnumbered, so it can't resist the attack of the slaves. ”

Sun Chuanting said lightly: "What is the purpose of the imperial court spending four or five million taels of military spending every year to build so many castles? Isn't it just to use them to resist Jiannu and consume Jiannu's strength? If any castle is attacked and has to be rescued, what is the point of those castles? Every time Jiannu captures a castle, does it cost one or two thousand troops? There are more than ten fortresses in Ningjin, and if Jiannu wants to lay them all, he will have to lose at least twenty or thirty thousand troops, can they lose anything? How many Jurchens are there in the entire Jianzhou? ”

Liu Yingguo and the others were relatively speechless, and they had to admit that Sun Chuanting's decision was very correct, and he used various castles to consume the strength of Jiannu, which just hit the weakness of the few Jiannu people.

But for the soldiers and civilians in the castle who were attacked, it was so cruel! Sun Chuanting's decision meant that he gave up those castles, and it meant that the soldiers and civilians in those castles could not escape the massacre of Jiannu.

For a while, the generals' gaze at Sun Chuanting was extremely complicated. Of course, there were also some generals who secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Sun Chuanting's reluctance to send troops to the rescue, which meant that they could continue to hide in the safety of the city and no longer have to fight Jiannu in the wild.

"I will send someone to pass on Wu Xiang's head to the castles, and tell the defenders of each fort that they will fight and die in the martyr's shrine to benefit their descendants, and the families who lose the city and flee will be implicated, and they will decide what to do!" Sun Chuanting said lightly.