Since Wang Qi arrived in Liao, the situation that the entire Ningyuan front line was almost falling apart has stabilized slightly, at least the rout no longer fled south, most of them were appeased by Wang Qi in the name of the chief military officer of Liaodong, and all the soldiers and generals as long as they can return to Ningyuan City, those with numbers will directly return to the original deployment, if there is no old army, directly divide the new battalion, and train it from the new with the method of recruitment.

As for the people in the southeast of Liaodong, Wang Qi has sent a letter to the General Military Office of Shanhaiguan and the governor of Jizhou, saying that all the displaced people from eastern Liaodong who enter Shanhaiguan and Jizhou must be properly appeased, divided into soup porridge, and built with thatched huts, and must not be allowed to live in the land of Gyeonggi, so as not to cause panic in Gyeonggi and rumors in the capital.

At this time, Wang Qi was not worried that Houjin would go south to besiege Ningyuan City, after all, Nurhachi is not yet old and faint, and he knows how many hole cards he has, and he will not press them all at once.

At present, Wang Qi is most worried about the problems of the imperial court.

Wang Qi knows the background of the Ming Dynasty's civil and military officials, if he receives the news of the defeat of Liaodong, the first time is definitely "Punish Xiong Tingbi, pass on the first nine sides, and set an example!" ”

The next thing is to send other governors, go to Liao, send envoys, eunuchs to supervise the army, and at the same time recruit soldiers everywhere, forcibly conquer Shanxi, Jiubian, and Jiaodong Peninsula are the troops of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to support Liaodong.

Old-fashioned, habitual tactics, empty sleeves, helpless.

The end is that the country is in shock, and the soldiers are exhausted, and nothing else.

Ningyuan City, the three-entry courtyard of a wealthy merchant in the city, was temporarily requisitioned as the general military office.

"Houjin uses troops like fire, and its power is like mountains, but it is limited by national strength, and the population is under control, and it cannot last, so now Houjin can only guard these three important towns with heavy troops, as well as the key places of transportation, and the rest of the towns and guards have no time to care, we can start from here, continue to intrude and sneak attack, cut the connection between its three major military towns, make it difficult to care for each other, and make me divide and fight!"

Lu Xiangsheng stood in front of the sand table and was demonstrating his strategic purpose and intentions to the generals in the hall.

Wang Qi'an sat on the top seat, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his face was expressionless.

And Zu Dashou and Man Gui, Luo Yi and others all frowned, looking a little puzzled.

It was Yuan Chonghuan who clasped his hands to his chest and was thoughtful.

"Lord Lu, I have a question," Zu Dashou smacked his lips and said in a deep voice: "You said that you will divide and fight, but the three major towns of Houjin are each other's horns, so if I use one army, won't I be attacked by the other two places, and immediately be in the unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy on three sides?" ”

"General Zu, what I am talking about is not a desperate gamble and a hard fight with Houjin, but the use of mobile tactics, sometimes intruding, sometimes retreating, sometimes blocking its grain routes, and sometimes cutting off its transportation!" Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Wang Qi, his face was straight, and added: "This is, guerrilla tactics. ”

Hey!

A smile appeared at the corner of Wang Qi's mouth, this Lu Xiangsheng is a very fast learner, these days when discussing the strategy of using troops with himself, he just mentioned the idea of cavalry mobility and Houjin is not good at defending the city, Lu Xiangsheng explored and studied a set of practical methods of using troops, which is really a general.

"But," Yuan Chonghuan, who was standing on the side, pursed his lips and said with a worried face: "If it comes to mobility, the Houjin cavalry is a good player, and we are taking the liberty of attacking, are we right in its arms?" You must know that at present, the entire east and west banks of the Liao River, and the places where the guards of Guangning City are located, are all roaming Houjin spies and scouts, and once our army is dispatched, it will definitely be detected by them. Isn't this an open fire to tell Nurhachi that I'm going to attack you? ”

Lu Xiangsheng turned his head to look at Yuan Chonghuan with a straight face, and grinned: "The army is open, Lord Yuan can just take care of the defense in the city, attack the city and town, and harass the enemy army, don't worry." ”

Lu Xiangsheng's words carried a hint of contempt, which made Yuan Chonghuan, who was already older than Lu Xiangsheng for many years, his face stiffen, and the green tendons between his eyebrows jumped and jumped.

Yuan Chonghuan is considered an old civil official, after Jinshi, he first entered politics as a local magistrate, and after a long time, he relied on Jingcha to climb and attach, and was transferred from the local area to the head of the military department.

In the first half of his life, he spent decades working hard and being lonely, so it is obvious that his method of using military forces and everything he said was from the perspective of defense and passivity, and he did not want to contact with Houjin head-on.

And Lu Xiangsheng is obviously different, born in the Lu family of Jiangsu Province in the south of the country, born in the world, a high-ranking eunuch, and a high school scholar in his twenties.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng obviously didn't want to argue too much with Yuan Chonghuan here, he just wanted to hear Wang Qi's final decision.

"My lord," Lu Xiangsheng's gaze moved to Wang Qi's hand and bowed.

"There is no distinction between a good and a good defender, just a matter of facts, different views," Wang Qi slowly got up from the circle chair and walked to the sand table.

All the generals in the hall bowed.

"What the two of you said is reasonable, Yuan Chonghuan is good at defending, and Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao are good at stabilizing the defense in Ningyuan City, and Lu Xiangsheng is good at attacking, and he can lead thousands of cavalry to roam outside and contain and harass Jiannu." Wang Qi stretched out his hand to pick up the small red flag on the sand table, and then gently inserted it in a mountain: "At present, our first goal, according to Songshan Fort and Xingshan Fort, with favorable terrain, overlooking the Great and Small Ling River, retreating to Ningyuan City as a reinforcement, entering the city can be conquered, holding one place, and controlling the overall situation!" ”

Songshan Fort and Xingshan Fort are both forts built on the high slopes of the mountains, with Ningyuan City in the south and Liaoxi Plain in the north.

"Taking advantage of the current Houjin to focus on the management of Ningyuan Zhuwei, I don't have the energy to guard this place with heavy troops," Wang Qi turned his head and looked at Lu Xiangsheng: "You lead my three thousand cavalry, can you firmly tie my handsome banner on these two towns and forts?" ”

"The last general will live up to the trust of adults!" Lu Xiangsheng's face was overjoyed and he bowed with a bang!

At this time, the guards outside the door came to report: "My lord, the minister has arrived!" ”

In the past few days, Xiong Tingbi has cheered up and began to sort out the civil affairs of Ningyuan City, no longer meddle in military affairs, and at the same time often come to visit Wang Qi in this way, dignified and strategic, it seems that he is giving Wang Qi a hand, if it is transmitted back to the court, it will be laughed at by his colleagues.

But everyone in the hall seemed to be used to seeing it at this time.

Liaodong affairs, it is better to be in charge of Dingyuan Hou

After a while, everyone dispersed, and Wang Qi saw Xiong Tingbi in the study.

"Old man Bai Xie Dingyuan!" As soon as he entered the door, Xiong Tingbi bowed his head.

"Lord Jingluo doesn't have to be like this, please hurry up," although Wang Qi was proud, there was no need to take Xiong Tingbi's bow bluntly.

Although the war was defeated, but in general, Xiong Tingbi still has some talents, at least above the civil affairs, he is indeed a great talent, as long as he does not interfere in the military, Wang Qi is still willing to work with this person.

At least above the court, there is no one who knows current affairs and knows himself better than Xiong Tingbi.

(End of chapter)