"Xiong Manzi, you bastard! You ruined my strategy!"
Yuan Yingtai gritted his teeth and pointed at Xiong Tingbi and shouted.
Then, he glared at Xiong Tingbi like a resentful woman, turned around and left helplessly.
But he will never know that Xiong Tingbi actually saved his life.
Otherwise, according to the original history, he would have to commit suicide because he lost Liaoyang and Shenyang in succession and many elites of the Ming Dynasty.
Xiong Tingbi looked at his back and said nothing, but continued to devote himself to the cause he was responsible for.
Because of Zhu Youxiao's support, Xiong Tingbi was able to act more cheaply in Liaodong and no longer had to worry about being stuck in money and food.
this day.
Xiong Tingbi specially summoned all the soldiers in Liaoyang, and distributed the 500,000 internal funds brought by Qin Liangyu and other guest troops to make up for the arrears of Liaodong and the silver reward for repelling the Donglu in October last year.
Xiong Tingbi said to these soldiers: "You need to remember that all this money is given to you by His Majesty! You are fighting for His Majesty! Do meritorious service for yourself! Bring honor to your family!"
"Long live your Majesty!"
Xiong Tingbi took the initiative to shout loudly as he spoke.
"Long live your Majesty!"
"Long live your Majesty!"
"Long live your Majesty!"
…
All the soldiers present shouted loudly.
All of them had smiles on their faces.
The concept of His Majesty the Emperor is usually too far away for them.
Even because many civil servants intended to reduce the imperial power's control over the lower-level soldiers, they basically did not mention the emperor.
But now because Xiong Tingbi took the initiative to mention it, and took the initiative to say that it was given to them by His Majesty when paying out the salary and reward, and also took the initiative to say that they were fighting for His Majesty, and he had made meritorious service and brought honor to his family.
In addition, after this white money is distributed to the hands of the soldiers, it can indeed make the soldiers more directly feel the benefits of being loyal to His Majesty and fighting for His Majesty.
Therefore, the soldiers present gradually began to feel that they were eating royal food.
The reason why Xiong Tingbi took the initiative to mention His Majesty the Emperor and intended to strengthen the Emperor's status in the minds of the soldiers was because now he knew that His Majesty the Emperor was the only one in the world who supported him. He had to strengthen His Majesty the Emperor's status among the soldiers in order to consolidate it. His prestige in Liaodong.
In addition, Emperor Zhu Youxiao also sent Jin Yiwei around him, and he did not dare to gather military morale and control the civil and military affairs of Liaodong in his own name.
Yuan Keli decided to take office immediately after learning that he had become the governor of Liaodong.
All the way, non-stop.
After Yuan Keli arrived in Liaodong, he immediately said to Xiong Tingbi: "Bu Tang, this is my first time serving as a border minister. I don't know much about border affairs. I hope you can give me more advice in the future."
"Yuan Fuchen does not need to be modest. Yuan Fuchen must have his own unique opinions on Liao affairs. Otherwise, His Majesty will not be so simple. Please give me some advice."
Xiong Tingbi smiled and replied with a hint of politeness.
Yuan Keli cupped his hands and said: "Then Yuan is presumptuous. In Yuan's opinion, it is a good idea to defend the headquarters first and then fight. After all, our army is divided into native and guest armies, and the guest armies are also divided into regions, so we can fight separately." , it is difficult to cooperate and support each other. Defense is indeed the best policy, but Yuan thinks that it is possible to supplement the defense with attack. However, this attack is not to recover lost territory, not to fight for a city or a fortress, but to contribute to the soldiers' killing of prisoners. If we have the opportunity to be rewarded with silver, otherwise if we stay in this city wall all the time and if the Donglu don't come, our officers and soldiers will really become lazy and neglect their combat skills."
When Xiong Tingbi heard what Yuan Keli said, he gradually stopped showing contempt, and began to nod frequently. Then he smiled less forcefully, and laughed directly: "Yuan Fuchen deserves to be the emperor's special person! He is better than Yuan Dalai." Many! This statement is very appropriate and coincides with His Majesty's intention, and Xiong also agrees with it."
"That's right! It's really frustrating to just wait for Donglu to come and attack us. Those who don't know better think that the generals are greedy for life and afraid of death!"
He Shixian started talking at this time.
All the generals present were smiling.
Although they did not dare to expressly say that they would immediately send troops to destroy the Eastern captives like Yuan Yingtai did, they did not like the strategy of blindly defending the city by the emperor and Xiong Tingbi. After all, the current Ming army generals were not as afraid of the Eastern captives as they were in the later stages of history. The captives, like tigers, only like to hide in the city, but they all like to go out of the city to confront Donglu head-on.
Therefore, when they heard Yuan Keli say that they could attack while defending, they quite agreed.
"Your Majesty really meant to use the Donglu to train troops, because the Donglu have accumulated a lot of combat methods in the several battles with our Ming army after destroying other Jurchen tribes, and even improved a lot of combat methods. Therefore, before we We suffered a big loss at their hands, and now we need to improve our own tactics through Donglu. What Yuan Fuchen said is indeed in line with the holy will."
Qin Liangyu also smiled and started talking at this time.
Yuan Keli stood up, raised his hands to Xiong Tingbi with high spirits and said: "In that case, Yuan asked for orders, let me take some soldiers and horses out of the city from Puhesuo to the Donglu settlement area in the Suzi River area, and harass the Donglu along the way. If you capture a large group of soldiers and horses, you will retreat; if you encounter a small group of soldiers and horses, you will attack; you will not build a city or attack a fortress; even if unfortunately the entire army is wiped out, it will not affect the overall situation."
"I have just eradicated a large number of spies in Liaoyang. It is estimated that the Donglu are not aware of this yet, and they will definitely raise troops to attack Liaoyang next! It is the best time for you to go from Puhesuo to the rear of the Donglu, right now. !”
With that said, Xiong Tingbi looked at He Shixian, Qin Liangyu and other generals: "Which of you is willing to send troops to Su Zihe with Yuan Fuchen?"
He Shixian and others all stood up and asked for a fight.
After all, the generals of the Ming Dynasty at this time still dared to fight.
In the end, Xiong Tingbi ordered the two battalions of He Shixian and Qin Liangyu to leave the city with Yuan Keli, while Chen Ce, Hou Shilu and others stayed in Liaoyang, and Tong Zhongkui and others stayed in Shenyang, and agreed that other people would be used to fight the Donglu next time.
Therefore, Yuan Ke immediately took He Shixian's cavalry and Qin Liangyu's white-poled infantry out of Puhe and headed for the hinterland of Jianzhou.
Nurhaci didn't know about this at this time. At this time, he was raising troops to Liaoyang and bypassed Shenyang.
As soon as he saw Donglu appearing outside Liaoyang City, Xiong Tingbi, who had been prepared for a long time, did not lead his troops out of the city to fight like Yuan Yingtai did in history, and also moved his headquarters outside the city. Instead, he sternly ordered again: "The entire army must not attack. Get out of the city! Once the Donglu are approaching, attack them with artillery and thousands of enemies! Put Yuan Yingtai's governor's guard of honor on the city wall to paralyze the slave chief Nurhaci and make them mistakenly think that they have internal agents in the city."
After seeing Yuan Yingtai's guard of honor, Nurhaci did not realize that something had happened in Liaoyang, so he ordered Li Yongfang with high spirits: "Lead your troops to attack the city and immediately notify the city's internal personnel to respond!"
"twitter!"
Li Yongfang replied and led his troops to attack Liaoyang City first.
Li Yongfang's troops set up a ladder and were about to attack the city, but they were bombarded by the Ming army's artillery, which immediately blew away many Donglu soldiers.
And Li Yongfang also asked people to send out command arrows to notify the internal response in the city.
But soon, Li Yongfang found that the city seemed very quiet, and felt something bad for a moment, and hurriedly ran back towards Nurhachi.
Nurhachi's face gradually darkened, and he realized that his trip might have been in vain.
