The angry slave chief found out after checking that, for unknown reasons, the Ming Emperor ordered that all the military storage areas in Guangning area could only keep food and grass for two months, and the rest of the food and grass were stored in Youtun.
Before the army went on an expedition, a large amount of food and grass was transferred from Guangning. After the war, food and grass would be transported from Youtun, but now we can only haha.
In fact, according to the official data, Guangning should have a surplus of 20,000 dan in the warehouse alone, but it cannot resist the greed of people.
The rest of the food and grass had long been exchanged for money by a group of dog officials and hidden in their cellar.
As the second largest grain group in Guangning, the grain merchants are as smart as monkeys. They didn't leave much grain in Guangning. When the city was in chaos, they all ran away with the grain and jewelry.
As for the largest number of people, how much food do they have in total?
Although a lot of gold and silver treasures were harvested, there was no shortage of slaves to build slaves. In Shenyang and Liaoyang, there were many slave chieftains among the Han slaves.
But what the slave chief lacks now is food. What’s the use of gold, silver and jewels if they can’t be exchanged for food?
After occupying Liaoyang, the slave chief directly ordered the people of Guangning to be driven out of the surrounding Ming army strongholds to serve as cannon fodder for the siege.
Subsequently, with the help of traitors, the slave-building army captured Yizhou, Pingyang Bridge, Xixing Fort, Jinzhou, Tiechang, Dalinghe, and Jin'an. It wasn't until Youtun that we encountered a tough problem.
It turned out that after learning that Guangning's army had failed, Xiong Tingbi began to actively prepare for defense, relocated the surrounding people, collected broken troops, cleared surrounding trees and made defensive equipment. At the same time, pits and trenches were dug extensively around Youtun.
When the slave chief arrived with his army, dozens of miles around Youtun had already been plundered by the Ming army.
There are countless horse pits in the surrounding area, and even three layers of trenches were dug around Youtun City.
Houjin's forward, whose head was burning, stumbled directly on the right side of the court. More than a thousand people were lost. Among them, there are no less than a hundred real slaves.
When the slave chief led the army and saw it arriving, he couldn't help but feel frightened when he looked at the big bear flag on the city wall and the heads of Houjin warriors hanging on the city wall.
"Xiong Tingbi really has a serious problem with me, Queen Jin's confidant."
"Give me the order to quickly drive away the Ming slaves and let them consume the materials needed to defend the city."
After thinking about it for a while, the slave chief said.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, only Xiong Tingbi and Nurhachi would take a high look. Xiong Tingbi was stationed in Youtun with tens of thousands of troops, which was definitely a serious problem for Hou Jin.
If Youtun is not captured, the slave chiefs will not dare to march into western Liaoning. If the troops cannot march into western Liaoning, they will not be able to expand the results of the war. If they cannot expand the results of the war, there will not be enough plundering materials. Without enough plundering materials, the Houjin will not be stable.
As for the grain and grass in Youtun, the slave chief didn't dare to think about it at all. The slave chief knew Xiong Manzi's virtue well. Even if Youtun changed hands, Xiong Manzi would not leave a grain for himself.
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News of the defeat of Guangning soon reached the court.
The entire court turned into a vegetable market.
The Chu party believed that Wang Huazhen did not listen to Xiong Tingbi's instructions and sent troops brazenly without knowing the people well, which resulted in a losing streak and the loss of all elite troops. Xiong Tingbi was unable to save his life, so he could only defend Youtun. Containing Hou Jin, he did not dare to go west. He should not be guilty, but he was meritorious.
The Donglin Party excused Wang Huazhen, believing that he launched the campaign according to the plan reported to the Ministry of War. It was Xiong Tingbi who refused to cooperate, and his officers and soldiers did not fight to the best of their ability. What's more, Lao Nu of Hou Jin Dynasty was too cunning and planted a large number of spies in the Ming army, which caused the battle to fail.
Moreover, Xiong Tingbi held 30,000 troops, and Youtun was only a short distance away from Guangning. Indeed, he watched Guangning fall before his eyes. The main responsibility should be Xiong Tingbi.
The two sides argued endlessly, and they were still at loggerheads in the vestibule for several days.
Although Emperor Tianqi heard about it, he believed that this was not only Wang Huazhen's fault, but more importantly, the Donglin Party's fault.
Shenyang and Liaoyang were lost in the hands of Yuan Yingtai, recommended by this group of insidious and cunning Donglin Party.
Wang Huazhen was also selected by them. He didn't think about his responsibility for the defeat, but instead attacked and attacked the city here. He really deserved to be killed.
But there is a special characteristic of the Ming Dynasty. The imperial edict issued by the emperor can only be called an imperial edict after it has been approved by the cabinet. Otherwise it can only be called the central purpose.
If the imperial edict issued by the emperor is not approved by the cabinet, the cabinet may not implement it and "return" the imperial edict.
This is extremely embarrassing. Even if the emperor wants to do something, he can't do it with a bunch of pig teammates.
Although we know that only Xiong Tingzhou can stabilize the situation in Liaodong, how can the cabinet pass the imperial edict under such circumstances?
"I wonder if fifth brother has any ideas?"
Since the last time the fifth brother said, "Wang Huazhen is just Zhao Kuo of the Ming Dynasty." Emperor Tianqi felt more and more that his fifth brother was a little unusual.
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"Xiao Wu, what do you think of the current situation in Liaodong?" Emperor Tianqi cordially took Zhu Youjian's little hand and asked after the screen retreated.
"I don't know what the situation is in Liaodong. I dare not make any judgments."
Although later in history, the Ming army was defeated miserably in the Battle of Guangning, but the specific process by Zhu Youjian is not clear.
"Look, now the entire north of the Daling River, except Youtun, has fallen into the hands of Jiannu." Emperor Tianqi pointed at a map and said.
"Youtun is now guarded by Xiong Tingbi. It has more than 30,000 troops and a granary of 2 million stones."
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"After listening to it for a long time, Zhu Youjian finally understood. Now in the entire Guangning area, only Youtun has enough troops, and the rest of the fortresses guarded by the Ming army are only left with the old, weak, sick and disabled."
"Guangning is nearly a thousand miles away from the capital. By the time the news arrives, it will have lagged far behind. Wang Huazhen is just a loser. Once Youtun is lost, Liaoxi will definitely not be able to stop Hou Jin's troops."
"My younger brother suggests that the imperial court should send a man who knows how to fight and lead 5,000 troops to western Liaoning, and at the same time recruit democratic strongmen on the spot to stabilize the Daling River defense line."
"Directly let Jin Yiwei lead Zhongzhi to the Mao Wenlong tribe and let them harass Hou Jin's rear."
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"There is also the matter of Sun Degong defecting to Jiannu. I, the Ming Dynasty, didn't know about it. The Jin Yiwei should be responsible for it. My younger brother thought that we should rectify the Jin Yiwei and strengthen the responsibility of supervising the officials. Otherwise, we will open the capital next time and we won't know it. Woolen cloth."
From the contacts in the past few days and the previous memories of the original owner, Zhu Youjian learned that Emperor Tianqi was not an economical lamp. ,
In addition, later generations said that Emperor Tianqi was a famous carpenter emperor. This shows that in addition to loving carpentry, Emperor Tianqi was also extremely good at disguise.
Emperor Apocalypse had probably seen through his three-legged cat disguise, otherwise he wouldn't have stood aside and asked his opinion on this matter.
"Xiao Wu, I will do as you say. Do you have any candidates for the generals and the commanders of the Imperial Guards?"
"Brother, there must be people who are good at fighting in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. The eldest brother can just choose someone who is really good at fighting. As for the position of Commander of the Imperial Guards, I believe that a talented person who is loyal to His Majesty must be elected, but he must not be related to Wei Zhongxian. Implicated.”
"Why?"
"As the emperor's eyes and ears, the Jin Yiwei must be directly responsible to His Majesty. Once someone else takes control of them, how do they know who is loyal and who is traitorous?"
"Okay, I understand, go down."
