On the occasion of employing people, there was a reason why Man Gui did not let the people sent by Zhao Shu's sect enter the city.

It turned out that Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui were both promoted by Sun Chengzong, and their official positions were equal.

After Gao Di arrived, out of the need to win over, he crowned Zhao Shujiao as the governor of the capital.

Man Gui was not promoted because he opposed the withdrawal of troops together with Yuan Chonghuan.

Zhao Shujiao's behavior, in Man Gui's opinion, belongs to the hot ass of Gao Di to get to the top.

Now, at the moment of the great enemy of Ningyuan City, Zhao Shujiao only sent one capital secretary and four garrisons to assist in the defense.

This bit of soldiers and horses made Man Gui think that Zhao Shujiao clearly wanted to be a wallhead.

If you lose, you only lose a little people, but if you win, you have to get a piece of the pie, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

Yuan Chonghuan doesn't think so.

He took the initiative to find Man Gui: "Master Man, you still need to think twice about not letting General Zhao's soldiers and horses enter the city." ”

"My lord doesn't know, that Zhao Shujiao is equivalent to my official position, and the relationship between Gao Jingliu and Gao Jingliu is a step higher, and now it must be Gao Jingliu's idea to send so few people to help defend the city." Mangui Road.

"Even if it is as Master Man expected, we need General Zhao's soldiers and horses to enter the city."

Yuan Chonghuan persuaded: "At the moment of the great enemy, the big guys must be united. As for the matter of the merits, it's not too late to mention it when we are still alive. ”

Only then did Man Gui agree to Zhao leading the people to enter the city.

In order to resist the captives, Ning Yuancheng has been nervous and busy preparing.

On the other side, Yang Chengying was also preparing to support Ning Yuan.

He looked at the map with an oil lamp, thinking about how to contain the Houjin army with a sailor and effectively support Yuan Chonghuan.

It was not that he was unwilling to lead his army north, but that Houjin arranged heavy troops in order to guard against him.

The blue flags under Amin's command are all Shulhaqi's old subordinates.

At that time, Shulhaqi and Nurhachi started a business together, and they belonged to the left and right governors, and the soldiers they brought out were equally powerful.

The last time I was able to win Amin, it was completely because of the geographical advantage and the people.

In addition, Amin is leading the younger generation, not the main force.

It was the middle of winter, and the river was frozen for a short time, making it difficult to attack with fire and water.

It's impossible to replicate the success of last time.

What's more, there is also Daishan stationed in Guangning, and Dudu is guarding Shenyang to support at any time.

"It seems that it is the best policy to have a sailor to assist the Ming army on Juehua Island in defending." Yang Cheng should think.

Just as he was thinking about it, Wu Sangui came in to report that Geng Zhongming and Zu Tianshou arrived together.

Yang Chengying was taken aback, why did they come together, this was the first time, so he hurriedly invited them in.

"The last general will see the marshal."

"Sit down."

After they sat down, Yang Chengying asked, "What kind of wind blew you here?" ”

"Dashuai, if your subordinates don't say something, I'm afraid Dashuai will suffer, so I specially invited Mr. Zu to come together and make a statement to Dashuai."

Geng Zhongming said with his fists clenched.

"What?" Yang Chengying hurriedly asked.

can let Zu Tianshou go north, either Geng Zhongming's face is big, or the situation is urgent.

Yang Chengying believes that it should be the latter.

Zu Tianshou said: "The arrival of the Dashuai Water Diverter to Port Arthur is probably related to Ningyuan City. Directly rescuing Ning Yuan is not a wise choice, and it is impossible to rely on the sailor alone.

The subordinates had the courage to judge that the marshal was rescuing Juehua Island and transporting some of the food on the island. ”

Rough! Their little intentions were seen through by them, and Yang Chengying smiled awkwardly.

"The subordinates thought that rescuing Juehua Island was a bad move."

Geng Zhongming took over Zu Tianshou's words and said bluntly: "It's not that Dashuai's ideas are bad, but there is a reason that Dashuai's ideas are destined to fail." ”

"You say, I've always heard it, and I'm glad to hear it."

Yang Chengying unconsciously quoted Cao Cao's words, but silently recited in his heart, I must not blow up my hair, otherwise no one will speak in the future.

"In winter, there will be a month-long ice period on Juehua Island, not only between Juehua Island and the mainland, but also around Juehua Island."

Zu Tianshou himself is a native of Liaoxi, and he was once attacked by the Mongolian Python Gold Department because he left his troops to hunt alone, resulting in the loss of many men and horses.

At that time, Zu Tianshou was worried that he would not be able to outrun, so he landed on Juehua Island and hid for a while.

"How bad is the ice?"

The Port Arthur owned by Jinzhou Town is an ice-free port, which makes Yang Chengying underestimate the power of ice.

Zu Tianshou said with a serious face: "It's very serious. Especially last year, when the ice lasted for more than a month. The subordinates believe that this year's ice period will be at least a month.

The ice is not as flat as people think, on the contrary, it is uneven, and it is dangerous for people to walk on it. The key is not to break the ice, the more the ice is chiseled, the more ruthless it will be sealed, and manpower will be wasted. ”

"It's so serious."

Yang Chengying couldn't help but get up, he didn't expect the ice on Juehua Island to be so serious.

Zu Tianshou also stood up: "The entire Liaodong Bay is covered with ice, which is not conducive to the ship driving close to the coastline, so we can only find another way." ”

Is his rescue plan going to fail?

Yang Chengying frowned, and began to have to face one thing, limited by the shipping conditions of this era, it was impossible to exert his power in the Northeast.

The Later Jin Army made big moves in the first month of each year, and made small moves against Mongolia in other months.

As soon as the first month arrives, it will face the problem of shipping restrictions.

In the 21st century, the Northeast could not overcome the problem of winter, let alone the end of the Ming Dynasty during the Ice Age.

"Sit down."

Seeing that Zu Tianshou and Geng Zhongming both got up, Yang Chengying hurriedly took his seat and raised his hand to signal them to sit down.

Yang Chengying continued: "At present, there is no way on the road, and there is no way through the sea, if the imperial court sees that I am nesting in Jinzhou Town and does not send troops to support, I am afraid that it will reprimand me." ”

"Use the tactic of luring the enemy to fish Amin out?" Geng Zhongming suggested.

"That trick didn't work for them anymore."

Yang Chengying smiled bitterly and waved his hand.

Zu Tianshou said: "But a small group of people can be disturbed, and make a show of support to the imperial court." ”

"It's freezing cold, there's no point in doing these things."

Yang Chengying sighed and said, "Forget it, we still have to follow the old way of expanding the army." ”

"Expand!" Geng Zhongming's eyes lit up.

"The Eagle Yang Battalion, the Tiger Wing Battalion, the Yongjian Battalion, and the Zhichong Battalion, these four battalions have expanded from the previous 800 men to 1,200 men each.

There are also female medical corps that have been expanded from 100 to 300 people, and the women's barracks from 120 to 300 people. ”

After Yang Chengying finished speaking, Geng Zhongming's eyes dimmed.

Only 400 men were added to each battalion, and the total number of men in the four battalions was 1,600.

Female soldiers are negligible.

"Marshal, you're really cautious in recruiting troops." Geng Zhongming smiled bitterly.

Others are hundreds of thousands at every turn, but there are less than 30,000 here in Dashuai.

Not to mention, Sun Chengzong had 120,000 soldiers under his command before he left office.

When Gao Di ordered the withdrawal, he ran a lot. So he reported to the imperial court, saying that Sun Chengzong was paid empty salaries, but there were actually only 58,000 soldiers.

Angry, Sun Chengzong wrote directly to the household department, and Gao Di said that I only raise more than 50,000 soldiers, okay, you can send him 50,000 soldiers' salaries.

The meaning is very simple, do you dare to pay money like this? The remaining tens of thousands of soldiers will make trouble with you.

Frightened, Gao Di hurriedly sent a letter to the household department, saying that he had calculated that the amount was actually 110,000.

From the time he went to the post to the time he left office, Sun Chengzong trained 110,000 soldiers.

Yang Chengying went from the first year of the Apocalypse to the fourth year of the Apocalypse, and in four years, he only trained less than 30,000 soldiers, as well as thousands of sailors and female soldiers.