"Please be seated."

Yang Chengying stood in front of the map with his hands folded, his brows furrowed.

Seeing Mao Yuanyi coming in, he immediately showed a smile and greeted Mao Yuanyi.

"The general invited me to come, what do you command?" Mao Yuanyi asked.

Yang Chengying sat down on the matza, and used tongs to stir the charcoal in the charcoal basin in front of him, restoring some of the fire.

"I ask you to come here because you have something to ask for." Yang Chengying hugged his fists and said: "Please stop your life and don't refuse." ”

"Although the general speaks, as long as I can do it, I will not refuse."

"The matter is very simple, do you remember that I sent someone to send the head of the slave chief to ask the court for credit?"

"Yes."

In the battle of Hulu Valley, the Houjin heavy cavalry killed more than 300 people, and because the Dege class came to the rescue in time, Yang Chengying had to order a retreat without a complete victory.

When retreating, the soldiers cut off more than 100 heads.

Yang Chengying collected these heads and sent his guards to Port Arthur, so that Luo Sanjie could be sent to Denglai in the name of Li Pinghu. One is to report to the imperial court for rewards, and the other is to ask for a batch of support food.

"Is something wrong?"

Mao Yuanyi felt that such a simple matter of repaying merit and asking for rewards should not make a fuss, and the first level was also qualified.

But seeing that Yang Chengying's face was a little wrong, Mao Yuanyi's brows also wrinkled.

Yang Chengying sighed and said, "The reward was indeed obtained, and the food was also given." However, the court also thought that we were very capable of fighting, and paid too much attention to us. ”

Mao Yuanyi heard this and figured out what it tasted like.

The Ming Dynasty implemented the use of civil power to control the military, and did not give the Jinzhou Wei civil supervision before, because the Jinzhou Wei belonged to the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and the strength was very weak, and it could not enter the eyes of the imperial court at all.

Now it's different, in the case of the rout of the Ming Dynasty on all fronts, Jin Zhouwei killed three hundred Jin Chongqi in the first battle of Hulu Valley, and obtained more than 100 qualified heads, which immediately caused a sensation in the government and the opposition.

It's hard not to be noticed!

What's more, Haizhou and Gaizhou were also lost, which means that the Liaodong Jinglu Yamen lost control of Jinzhouwei.

"Who will the court send?" Mao Yuanyi asked.

Yang Chengying got up and picked up a warrant from the table and handed it to Mao Yuanyi.

"The imperial court appointed the imperial historian Fang Zhenru to serve as the Liaodong Patrol, and brought the royal banner to Jinzhou to supervise the war."

Yang Chengying continued: "Fang Xunji arrived at Port Arthur with the reward silver from the imperial court and the grain transported from Denglai, and he has already rushed to me with Luo Sanjie. ”

"In such a hurry? Is something happening at the front? ”

In Mao Yuanyi's impression, the affairs of the imperial court have always been procrastinating, and only when things are already very urgent will they be so fast.

"After the Nu chief led a large army to sweep away Haizhou Wei, he went straight to the Sancha River, and it was very likely that he would attack Quang Ninh. The governor of Liaodong, Lord Wang, had a firm foothold in Guangning, and the troops under the command of Lord Jingluo Xiong were very small. ”

Yang Chengying said, using a branch to draw the approximate march route of Houjin on the map.

After crossing the Sancha River, it is Xining Fort, Shaling Station, Xiping Fort, Panshan Station, etc., and Guangningwei is already close at hand.

Lose Quang Ninh, and then go south to Da Ling River Fort, and then Jinzhou!

Once Jinzhou is lost, the entire northeast will not return to the imperial court.

No wonder the imperial court is in such a hurry!

Thinking of this, Mao Yuanyi began to wonder what Yang Chengying wanted him to do, so he asked: "The general can only give orders if he has something, and now the situation is so urgent, avoid those politeness." ”

"Okay."

Yang Chengying hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Please stop the life of me to greet Lord Fang, by the way, tell Lord Fang of our situation here in advance, I don't know if Brother Zhi Sheng is willing?" ”

Mao Yuanyi was stunned, he finally heard it, he was not going to greet Fang Zhenru, but to remind Fang Zhenru that who actually had the final say here, let him not make trouble.

As for why he was chosen?

Naturally, it is because he is the author of "Wubei Zhi" and is famous in the capital.

If it was on weekdays, he would definitely not go, and he would turn his head and scold Yang Chengying, but now the situation is different.

The front-line war is tight, and it cannot withstand internal friction.

Thinking of this, Mao Yuanyi said, "No problem, I'll go meet them." ”

"Thank you." Yang Chengying said happily, "Luo Sanjie has already passed the city of profit and winning, and it is not far from us, and there is a brother who has to do it." ”

"Okay." Mao Yuanyi got up, said goodbye to Yang Chengying, and turned to leave.

Yang Chengying let out a long breath and finally persuaded Mao Yuanyi.

To be honest, I'm really not sure how to move him. But the only person under his command who can talk to Jingguan is him.

Looking at the burning charcoal, Yang Chengying was a little distressed, and gently covered the fiery charcoal with some fine ash.

After doing this, he got up and continued to look at the map behind him, pondering how to deal with Mang Gurtai in Gaizhou City.

On the one hand, he personally led the army straight to Quang Ninh, and on the other hand, he sent people to strictly order Mang Gurtai, only allowing him to guard Gaizhou and not go out of the city to fight.

As long as Gaizhou is held, Yang Chengying's passage to the north will be choked.

It is not possible to storm strongly, lure the enemy out of the city, and you can't catch the gourd valley like last time.

can only use Mang Gurtai's arrogance to stimulate him to go out of the city and fight him from the front.

Capture Gaizhou, threaten the Houjin army from the flank, and force Nurhachi to withdraw.

Therefore, Yang Chengying felt that his troops were overstretched, so he sent people back to pull over the 2,000 sailors and more than 2,000 Gaizhou guards.

These soldiers are unbearable to fight, so it's good to be an atmosphere group.

Unexpectedly, such an "uninvited guest" came by the way.

Fang Zhenru, whose name is child, is a jinshi in the forty-first year of Wanli, and he is very different from Wei Zhongxian, the great eunuch of the current dynasty. Hearing about the great changes in Liaodong, he took the initiative to invite Ying to go to the front line in Liaodong.

Wei Zhongxian couldn't ask for it, so he hurriedly sent him.

Before leaving the capital, Xiong Tingbi's warrant was delivered to him, asking him to quickly board the ship from Dagukou to Port Arthur. As the governor of Liaodong, he supervised Jinzhou Wei, and tried his best to contain the slave chieftains, creating conditions for Wang Huazhen to defend Guangning.

Fang Zhenru, who had the courage to do things, immediately changed his route, boarded the ship from Dagukou, and rushed to Port Arthur, and then met the "Li Pinghu" who transferred troops, that is, Luo Sanjie.

After meeting with him, the two rushed to Xiong Yueyi, where Yang Chengying was temporarily stationed.

Before he arrived at Xiongyue Station, Yang Chengying sent someone to greet him.

To Fang Zhenru's surprise and surprise, the person who greeted him turned out to be Mao Yuanyi.

"Senior brother, I was ordered to come and greet you." Mao Yuanyi arched his hand.

Fang Zhenru turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward excitedly to salute: "I didn't expect my brother to be in Liaodong, I said why there was such a big incident in Liaodong, and there is no news of my brother." ”

Immediately afterwards, he asked Mao Yuanyi when he would come to Liaodong.

Mao Yuanyi replied truthfully.

Fang Zhenru listened, frowned slightly and asked, "Brother, why did you come to greet you?" ”

"This ...... Please take a step to speak. Mao Yuanyi pointed to a position away from the line, "Please." ”

"Please." Fang Zhenru was puzzled.