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Chapter 20: Liao Affairs


The next morning, Zhu Youxiao, who had slept extremely poorly at night, was woken up by Hakka.

After a hasty meal, he came to the main hall.

The main topic to be discussed today is the Liaodong War.

After the imperial court dismissed Xiong Tingbi, it asked Yuan Yingtai to take over as the Liaodong manager.

Yuan Yingtai originally did not want to be a manager, but he could not refuse the imperial appointment, so he had to take over.

After taking office, he first vigorously reorganized the Liaodong army.

When he took office, he killed general He Guangxian and dismissed Li Guangrong and dozens of others.

Moreover, He Shixian, the commander-in-chief of the General Staff, thought that he acted carelessly and should be punished in a downgraded manner.

Since he had meritorious service in the past, he was temporarily exempted from punishment.

He should be dismissed from his post for meritorious service.

Troops should be transferred from other places to guard Liaodong, and the court should pay him. , the court also approved him.

Yuan Yingtai certainly wanted to reciprocate the favor given by the court.

He proposed to regain Fushun in a memorial, which made the ministers who supported him in the court very happy.

Zhu Youxiao remembered that the Ming Dynasty had never won any battles against Hou Jin, so he didn't quite believe what he said.

I thought it was better to be defensive, but the ministers all felt that this was a good thing, much stronger than Xiong Tingbi's shrinking tactics, and should be encouraged, so there was no objection.

The Ministry of War reported: Since ancient times, when a general succeeds, he must use the power of not being able to control, so that he can develop his plans.

The emperor asked the emperor to give Yuan Yingtai Shang Fangjian.

Zhu Youxiao thought it made sense and agreed.

Later, the Mongols suffered a disaster and had no food to eat.

They came to Shenyang to ask for food, which made Yuan Yingtai very happy.

He gave out military rations to the Mongols and wanted the Mongols to help him build slaves.

The ideal was plump, but the reality was skinny.

When there were more people, of course there was not enough food to eat, so they occupied the Ming people's food, and the Mongols stole it. , Yuan Jinglue also dealt with it lightly.

I don’t know if he won the hearts of the Mongols, but it must have lost the hearts of the Ming people.

There were also some Hou Jin spies lurking among the Mongols, causing trouble.

Luo Yangxing warned him twice, but he did not listen and was immersed in the dream of creating slaves with Mongolians.

Yuan Yingtai was preparing to recapture Fushun, but Nurhachi was preparing to attack Shenyang.

He adopted the suggestion of Li Yongfang, the surrendered general of the Ming Dynasty, and attacked Fengjibao and Hupiyi first to confuse the Ming army's judgment, and finally sent out the main force to attack Shenyang.

He first divided his troops into eight groups and attacked Fengji Fort.

After receiving the report, guard Li Bingcheng couldn't believe it.

He led 3,000 people out to investigate.

Seeing that the enemy troops had not yet set up their formation, they stepped forward to harass them, and then ran back.

It was a small victory for a while.

Nurhaci sent people to attack Hupiyi and Wangrentun, but they did not get any benefits.

This made the officers of the Ming Dynasty feel that building slaves was not good, so they relaxed their vigilance.

However, on the tenth day of March, Jiannu began to attack Shenyang.

Because of the previous reasons, the Ming army elsewhere felt that Shenyang could be defended, so the reinforcements sent by Yuan Yingtai slowly set out on the road.

On March 12, Jiannu broke through the organizational barriers outside Shenyang, approached Shenyang City, and used the provocation method to provoke He Shixian, the city's commander-in-chief, out of the city to fight with him.

As a result, He was hit by fourteen arrows.

When he was about to escape back to the city, The Mongols and slave-building spies encouraged the Han people in the city who wanted to surrender to open the city gates.

He Shixian was killed in battle, the commander-in-chief You Shigong was killed, and Shenyang was captured.

At this time, reinforcements from Liaoyang arrived at Hunhe.

Learned that Shenyang had fallen.

At this time, the commander-in-chief Chen Ce suggested that the squadron should go back, but the generals Zhou Dunji and Qin Bangping did not agree.

They thought that since they had come to support, there was no point in going back now.

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Cross the Hun River and set up camp on the north bank.

Nurhaci immediately sent four banners on the right wing to attack Zhou Dunji's troops.

Before the infantry phalanx arrived, the Eight Banners Guards had already taken the lead in charging.

They thought that the Sichuan troops would disperse as soon as they charged, but they did not expect that the Ming army was brave and good at fighting.

After the charge, the Guards suffered many casualties, including one general and two guerrillas.

The army killed him.

Nurhaci changed his strategy and ordered the Eight Banners Guards to retreat.

He also mobilized the left-wing Four Banners infantry to encircle the Sichuan Army.

Qin Bangping led his troops to resist desperately, causing more than 3,000 casualties to the Eight Banners soldiers.

However, the numerically disadvantaged Sichuan army gradually became exhausted.

After Zhou Dunji and Qin Bangping died in battle, the army finally collapsed.

Those who were hacked to death and those who fell into the Hun River and drowned were not counted.

Among them, Qin Bangping's younger brother Qin Minping fought to the death and escaped.

Then the Eight Banners quickly crossed the river to the south bank and surrounded the Zhejiang Battalion led by Chen Ce and Tong Zhongkui.

At this time, the 30,000-strong army led by Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi, who came from Jifeng Fort, camped in Baitapu not far away.

They only sent 300 cavalry as a token gesture.

When they saw the Eight Banners soldiers approaching, they immediately fled. .

The Zhejiang battalion used firearms to kill a large number of enemy troops.

After running out of ammunition, they set up formations for hand-to-hand combat.

However, they were finally defeated after Chen Ce and Tong Zhongkui died in battle.

Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi immediately retreated to Liaoyang after hearing the news.

On March 18, Nurhaci continued to attack Liaoyang after simple repairs.

Yuan Yingtai sent troops out of the city to form an array on all sides to fight.

There were not many troops in the first place, so he divided his troops to fight.

The army resisted desperately for a whole day and night.

The west gate was broken the next day, and the Eight Banners Army poured into the city.

The two sides fought hand-to-hand until the entire army was annihilated, and Liaoyang fell.

Yuan Yingtai cried bitterly and drew his sword to kill himself.

Countless other generals and soldiers died in the battle.

Luo Yangxing finally escaped, and after the city of Liaoyang was destroyed, he found an opportunity to escape to Guangning.

He witnessed the entire process and wrote a detailed report and presented it to the emperor.

And because of his escape, he asked for punishment.

Zhu Youxiao replied: "You are a royal guard, and your duties have nothing to do with participating in the war.

It is only right to escape and deliver the materials.

Remember this."

This is the basic situation in the recent period of Liaodong.

Because of Yuan Yingtai's failure, the court was in chaos again today.

First, Zhu Tongmeng from the military department investigated Xiong Tingbi's crime and said: Tingbi took office within August of the 47th year of Wanli.

He was dismissed in ten months of the first year of Taichang.

During this period, slave thieves invaded mountain cities such as Hualing, Wang Daren Village, Puhe and other places.

A total of 23 people were killed and kidnapped by the thieves.

They were not innocent.

As far as the cities of Liaoyang, Shenyang, Fengji and Hupiyi, they repaired the doves and repaired the barriers, opened the rivers and built the sluices.

There was a time when the golden soup and the great cauldron were standing, but it was not in vain.

However, because Tingbi was too strict in his supervision, rumors spread, and the officials got wind of it and sued him.

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It is the combination of Tingbi's victory and aura, but it is not the body of a minister.

The emperor issued an edict: The meeting of the Liao Dynasty has been made clear.

Xiong Tingbi worked hard to protect the dangerous city, and his contribution is indispensable.

He asked to go because of his extenuating circumstances.

There are many things happening at home and abroad today, and the court is in urgent need of personnel.

It is still proposed to use them in time, so that the minister can do his job.

Those who advise.

At this time, Feng Sanyuan, Zhang Xiude, Wei Yingjia, and Yao Zongwen, who were the most powerful in impeaching Xiong Tingbi, and Yao Zongwen who inspected Liaodong, were attacked to pieces.

Fang Congzhe and others voted to demote Feng Sanyuan, Zhang Xiude, and Wei Yingjia three levels in a row, Yao Zongwen dismissed, and Zhu Youxiao agreed.

In fact, apart from these few people, others had also attacked Xiong Tingbi, but none of them were as powerful as the three.

However, everyone seemed to have forgotten it, clamoring to rehabilitate Xiong Tingbi and ask Xiong Tingbi to return to Liaodong.

At this time, Xue Guoyong, the censor of Youqiandu, was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War, and also the censor of Youqiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

He conducted a strategy in Liaodong.

Wang Huazhen, the right counselor of Ningqian Road, became the censor of the right Qiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the governor of Guangdong.

Ning affairs.

Cui Jingrong, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, said: The losses of Liao and Shen were all due to internal responses.

Guangning city is small and spies cannot be tolerated.

If the soldiers and the people work together, they can hold on.

If Jiannu gains Haizhou and Gaizhou, then Tianjin and Denglai will serve as embankments.

Zhu Youxiao thought it was reasonable.

After consulting the cabinet, he was promoted to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple.

Bi Ziyan was appointed as the censor of Youqiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

He was stationed in Tianjin to prepare troops for sea defense.

At this time, the censor Fang Kezhuang connected with the emperor and asked the court to enable Li Sancai to manage Liaodong.

Zhu Youxiao heard the name again, but he did not categorically reject it and let the courtiers gather for discussion on Fang Kezhuang's memorial.

General Affairs Councilor Wu Dianbang said that it was not possible: "He is good at using power and winning over court officials.

He is as traitorous as loyal and deceitful as upright.

He has friends all over the world, but his nature is incorrigible.

He is greedy, hypocritical, dangerous and unruly."

With all the crimes, he can be regarded as a thief."

It turns out that this old guy's reputation is not very good.

It seems that the rumors Wei Zhongxian heard are not quite right.

At this time, the imperial censor Liu Ting declared: "Since the country cherishes his talent, there is no point in using his ears.

However, there is already Wang Huazhen in Guangning, so it is better to use Shanhai."

Wang Dewan, the censor of the capital, submitted a memorial that Li Sancai should be appointed.

However, Shao Fuzhong, Xu Zhaokui and other officials opposed his appointment.

The two were at loggerheads, so the emperor ordered another discussion.

Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the worse the next day.

Wang Dewan came out to oppose Li Sancai's appointment, leaving Zhu Youxiao baffled.

The opposition was rejoicing.

The Donglin Party members themselves did not agree to use Li Sancai, so Zhu Youxiao ordered not to discuss Li Sancai's matter.

After returning to the palace, he called Wei Zhongxian.

Because of the incident at Biyun Temple, he really didn't like Li Sancai, but he felt a little strange about what happened today.

When he asked Wang Dewan why he opposed the use of Li Sancai, Wang Dewan's answer was that he was afraid of causing material disputes.

Not only Zhu Youxiao, but also any young eunuch would not believe this answer.

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No civil servant in the Ming Dynasty was afraid of material criticism.

So when Wei Zhongxian arrived, he asked Wei Zhongxian to carefully investigate what was going on.

Wei Zhongxian often brags about how great Dongchang is in doing things.

Last time he was asked to investigate the issue of official faction.

Originally, street vendors knew a little about this matter, but Wei Zhongxian found out the details of the factions in three days and used it as evidence of Dongchang's prowess in Wang Chengen's eyes.

After being embarrassed in front of others for a few days, Zhu Youxiao gave him a one-day deadline this time, preparing to embarrass him and make him look embarrassed, to see how he would be embarrassed to be embarrassed in the future.

But this time it was beyond his expectation.

Wei Zhongxian found out the reason in less than a day.

It turned out that it was Yang Lian who went to Wang Dewan's house once at night, and then Wang Dewan changed his mind.

As for what the two said, under Dongchang's threats and inducements, the servants of the palace confessed that at that time Yang Lian drove all the servants of the palace away from the study, and only faintly heard "a few million taels" and "just a troublemaker" ", "He will ruin a big thing", "Let him spend his old age peacefully" are these fragmentary words

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