The course of war is often difficult to control. After all, this is a battle between the enemy and us, and it is not easy to achieve unity of opinion.

At this point, the emperor thought simply, who made him not a war wizard, but just a master of paper talk!

But how can veterans of the battlefield like Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong not know how difficult it is to control once the war starts?

Therefore, these two people had reservations about the time set by the emperor for a major counteroffensive. They did not explain in the secret recital that the emperor's plans were somewhat conservative and somewhat overly cautious.

Of course, they insisted on launching an offensive because they had to look at the specific situation and results before making plans for the next step.

If the offensive goes smoothly and the supply of supplies and grain can be guaranteed, then continue to expand the scale; If the battle is not smooth, or the food and ammunition are insufficient, Liaonan can retreat to the Haicheng River, and Liaodong can use the Taizi River as a barrier.

It's just that Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong didn't expect the development of the situation later. Hudun Rabbit's crusade plan made the emperor have to launch it in advance, and did his best to kick off the prelude to the great counteroffensive.

The emperor's secret decree and the military department came very quickly, and now the communication was transmitted from Beijing to Tianjin by signal towers, and then the fast ship went to sea, directly to Liaoxi, Liaonan, and Liaodong, much faster than the land route.

Xiong Tingbi first obtained the secret decree and the text of the military department, and at this time, the Ming army had completed a breakthrough in the Haicheng River. Three pontoon bridges were erected, and the surrounding camps were built, firmly guarding the landing site.

For the Haizhou Acropolis, which was close at hand, Xiong Tingbi was not in a hurry to attack. This kind of posture of not attacking did attract the two red flags of Jiannu, perhaps it was so restrained that they did not dare to move lightly.

The purpose of this was very simple, the first part of the Ming army had already moved north along the Sancha River, successively captured Niuzhuangyi and Dongchang Fort, and posed a threat from the west of the Haizhou Acropolis.

Xiong Tingbi is also in the layout, Niuzhuangyi and Dongchangbao are sandwiched between the Sancha River and the Haicheng River, and Jiannu has no ships, which is difficult to capture. Moreover, these two forts have little strategic value for Jiannu.

But for the Ming army is different, not far from the Sancha River is the Xining Fort in Liaoxi, with the help of the sailors, Liaoxi and Liaonan are equivalent to meeting and contacting here.

That is to say, the Ming army in western Liaoning could completely cross the river and enter Haizhou from Niuzhuangyi and Dongchangbao, and form a two-wing attack with the Ming army in southern Liaoning.

Of course, now the Ming army in western Liaoning will not join the battlefield in southern Liaoning, and the defense of the Guangning area also needs considerable troops, beware of Jiannu dog jumping over the wall.

It's just that the imperial court has long issued an order to expand a mixed association in western Liaoning, southern Liaoning, and eastern Liaodong. In addition, the Beijing Battalion Flying Cavalry, which was entering Liao, was able to flexibly change the direction of attack when the troops were sufficient, so that Jiannu could not be defended.

"Lord Yuan has to be awarded the superintendent, and he will soon enter Liao." Xiong Tingbi showed the military department to the generals, and said: "Lord Yuan will command the decisive battle of Pingliao in a unified manner, and we must obey the order, destroy the slaves in Pingliao, and make great contributions to serve the imperial court." ”

"Yes, follow the teachings of your lords." The generals bowed down in response.

Xiong Tingbi pressed his hand downward, motioned for the generals to sit down, looked around, and said slowly: "The Rock Mixed Association has completed its reorganization and training, and it will arrive at the front line in the near future. With the help of this strong force, the combat strength of our army has increased by a few points. ”

The generals made a slight argument, and this rock mixed association was composed of the best of the people who named the banner himself, and drew elites from various departments. I heard that the artillery under it is also the strongest in each department, and it is indeed a strong force.

And the commander of the mixed association was a general personally designated by the emperor, and no one expected that it would be Huanglong, who was not well-known.

Xiong Tingbi also had some guesses, and naturally there was a candidate in his mind, but the emperor designated it, and he could only act according to orders.

"According to the order of the Ministry of War, Liaoxi and Liaonan will each expand a mixed association as a reserve corps." Xiong Tingbi continued: "Now these two mixed associations are full and have been trained, but most of them are new recruits. ”

After a pause, Xiong Tingbi smiled and said, "This Jingluo has asked the imperial court for instructions to break up these two mixed associations and supplement them to various departments to form combat effectiveness as quickly as possible." ”

Bringing the old with the new has always been a method of expanding the army that the emperor admires, and it has always been adopted by various ministries. Xiong Tingbi had this basis before he made a proposal to the imperial court.

"Your Excellency is wise." Zhu Mei arched his hand and said: "If the new recruits are mixed into an association to fight independently, the combat power is probably worrying." Supplementation into the ministries should be the best approach. ”

The generals also spoke out in agreement, and there were many people under them, so naturally everyone was happy about it, and there was no reason to oppose it.

Of course, Xiong Tingbi's suggestion was to reduce the establishment of the two mixed associations, which invisibly reduced the number of officers who might be promoted, and it was inevitable that some people would be dissatisfied with it.

Anyway, Lao Xiong doesn't care, he has done less to scold, and more to hate. But the emperor obviously didn't care much about this, and cleaned the court, and Lao Xiong was also relaxed, and no one impeached him.

According to the current speed of transportation of materials, Lao Xiong estimates that there will be more than a month, which is almost enough for the consumption of Armageddon.

That is, from now on, more than a month will be spent preparing. Although the battle still has to be fought, large-scale ones should be avoided as much as possible.

The adjustment of the deployment was redone, Xiong Tingbi ended the military discussion, and waited for the emperor Yuan Keli to enter Liao, so that he could go to meet and accept the leadership and command.

Regarding the emperor's arrangement, Lao Xiong thought that he had also guessed the reason.

Previously, he did not agree to Yuan Keli's entry into Liao to command, because he entered Beijing in the autumn to report on his work.

The emperor not only had to give face-to-face instruction, but also to solve the problem of Pingliao's command, and possibly to bridge the gap between the two, and let Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong cooperate well.

Now that it has been launched in advance, the debriefing in Beijing will be cancelled, and it will be too late to come up!

Therefore, the emperor moved Teacher Yuan, whose qualifications and official positions were enough to suppress Lao Xiong and Mao Wenlong. He also added the title of secretary of the military department to Mr. Yuan, awarded the post of governor of Liaodong, and gave Shang Fang the sword.

Moreover, Yuan Keli's tripartite arrangement is basically the same as Xiong Tingbi's point of view, and Mr. Yuan is still Mao Wenlong's top boss. Counting and counting, there is no more suitable for him.

At the time when Mao Wenlong received the secret order and the military department's writing, it was not much later than Xiong Tingbi. But unlike Xiong Tingbi's treatment, the emperor sent an envoy over.

"Long live the dictatorship, let Mao Shuai see these first, and then it's not too late to take the order." The envoy is the Jinyi guard of the Zhenfu Division, but he is a hundred households in charge of the palace ban, surnamed Chen Mingzhong.

Mao Wenlong didn't understand what he meant, but he still got up with Chen Zhong's gesture, took a stack of documents, and started to watch.

"The iron cavalry battalion added the title of Mao Wenlong, abandoned Confucianism and followed Rong, exterminated in the Zhi period, fortified widely, and slammed, where the shape of the mountains and rivers is insightful, and the soldiers are proficient in the method of attacking and defending Qizheng, and there are scheming, insight, courage, and deeds in the real martial arts, how can there be more? It should be taught to the division in order to show its talents. ”

After Mao Wenlong finished reading a note, he was very suspicious in his heart, and then looked carefully at the name signed on it, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

This piece of music was actually written and performed by Xiong Tingbi a few years ago, called "The Labor of the Aid General is Extremely Sparse", but he didn't know that he had such a high evaluation.

The estrangement between Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong, or the grudge, is recorded in history because Xiong Tingbi was critical of Mao Wenlong's surprise attack on Zhenjiang, and launched it too early, causing the thieves to hate the Liao people, burn them all, and chaos the tripartite plan, which is a strange and a disaster.

But the negative evaluation that has been circulating outside is actually not Xiong Tingbi's original words, but a summary taken out of context.

Xiong Tingbi's true expression was not aimed at Mao Wenlong, but criticized Wang Huazhen's indecisiveness, which led to the inability to make full use of the results of the surprise attack on Zhenjiang.

Moreover, after the Battle of Zhenjiang, Xiong Tingbi not only did not stop the rescue, but instead suggested that if he wanted to save it, he would do it really and do it if he wanted to, but Wang Huazhen timidly refused.

"The matter of Zhenjiang is like plotting to beat people, who is the first, who rescues, and the number of before and after must be arranged and predetermined, and then acted. Today, but seek to make a fortune and not seek to rescue, that is, to get it, and not to seek to save it, and the audience knows it. ”

"The servant has to report the victory, and he will go out of the customs to Guangning on the sixth day of the first month, and he will want to attack the sea and Chang, and don't send 5,000 to seize Gaizhou, cut off his way back, and the audience does not dare to take office, so he knows it, and the soldiers are to blame for not entering Guangning."

Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong had grievances and discord because of the surprise attack on Zhenjiang, and the emperor naturally started from here. The recitals and letters were all collected and listed, and they were clearly placed in front of Mao Wenlong.

After reading these documents, Mao Wenlong's face was complicated, red and white, and he was speechless for a long time.

"Mao Shuai." Chen Zhong opened his mouth on the side and said: "Long live you, do you know the deep meaning of this?" ”

Mao Wenlong hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed deeply, "Wechen understands, let Banzai worry about the disagreement of the generals and personal fights, and Wechen is ashamed." ”

Chen Zhong was silent, looking at Mao Wenlong condescendingly.

Mao Wenlong knew that he would not be satisfied with such an answer, and hurriedly added: "Weichen realized today, Fang knows that Lord Xiong is a true soldier, Wang Huazhen is pretending to be enterprising, but in fact he is cowardly. In the past, all kinds of misunderstandings were due to Weichen's lack of broad-mindedness, listening to rumors, misunderstanding Lord Xiong, and he must bear the guilt of asking for guilt in front of him. ”

Chen Zhong exhaled a long breath lightly, took out the holy decree, and read it aloud.

When Mao Wenlong heard the holy decree, he knew that he had passed a level. If the attitude is a little insincere, presumably this Dongjiang Town will have to change its commander, and the great achievement of Pingliao's extermination of slaves will not have its own share.

"Weichen will thank you, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Mao Wenlong kowtowed heavily, raised his hands, and took the holy decree.

Giving rewards is what it means, and so is encouragement and warning. The destruction of slaves in Pingliao is the most important event, and if anyone misses the emperor's plan because of selfishness, the consequences will be weighed by themselves.

"Mao Shuai, please get up." Chen Zhong changed his smiling face, stretched out his hand to help Mao Wenlong, and said with a kind face: "Long live Mao Shuai so much, the reward of the marquis is also ordinary, Mao Shuai has a bright future!" ”

"Xie Chin envoy auspicious words." Mao Wenlong thanked him and said: "Please bring a certain thank you when the envoy returns, please rest assured, a certain dare to be loyal to the death to repay the emperor's kindness." ”

"But the king of the world, win the name before and after." Chen Zhong shook his head and said, "This is given to Mao Shuai by Long Live Banzai, remember to keep it in mind." ”

Mao Wenlong bowed down again in the direction of the capital, "Weichen respectfully obeys the Hadith, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

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