I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 72 Yang Lian’s Anti-Corruption
"What Wen Ru said makes sense. In fact, I also understand it. It's just that the Liaodong Army is definitely not suitable for a decisive battle with Jianlu now. There may be a chance to hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements."

So Xiong Tingbi gave Yang Lian a detailed introduction to the current military strength in Liaodong.

It turned out that since he took office, the Liaodong army had lost its morale and could not bear to fight. He wrote many times asking the court to send guest troops to fight in Liao. After his continuous petitions, a total of 13 reinforcements were raised and stationed in various places.However, with the exception of a small number of troops, many of the troops were weak and merely adequate, with more than enough to defend the city but not enough to fight.

There are more than 4 troops stationed in Shenyang, and two generals, You Shigong and He Shixian, are stationed there. There are less than 7000 men who can pick out the enemy, and the rest are left to guard the city.Among the 7000 people, the ones who relied on being the leaders were the more than [-] inner soldiers under You Shigong and He Shixian.

There are [-] troops stationed in Fengji Fort, garrisoned by deputy commander-in-chief Zhu Wanliang. Both of these two cities have more than enough to defend the city, but not enough in the field.

He could only recruit 3000 Shizhu chieftains, and Ran Tianyin led 4000 Youyang chieftains. Together with the Sichuan troops, there were a total of 32 troops to aid the Liao Dynasty. Chen Ce, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Sichuan general, was the chief military officer to aid the Liao Dynasty. Tong Zhongkui As the deputy commander-in-chief, together with the 300 Zhejiang soldiers in the carriage camp led by Zhang Mingshi and Qi Jin, they were stationed in Hupiyi, with a total of 8000 people as mobile.

The three places are horns with each other. When one place is in trouble, the two places provide support.As long as he waits for five or six days, he can gather a large army in Liaoyang and lead his troops to relieve the siege, and he will not let the Jianlu succeed.

When Yang Lian heard this, he also thought that this was the better way at present.

It was just that he learned in the city that the Sichuan army and the Zhejiang army were at odds. Now Xiong Tingbi was using the two armies to join forces as a maneuver. What would happen if the two armies were at odds and did not support each other.

This is indeed the case in history. After Shenyang was besieged, the Ming army's Fengjibao and Hupiyi garrison received the news and set out to rescue Shenyang according to the established support plan.

Among them, the Sichuan and Zhejiang troops were stationed relatively close to Hupiyi. Chen Ce and Tong Zhongkui led more than [-] Sichuan troops and [-] Zhejiang troops to the south of the Hunhe River Bridge first. They learned that Shenyang had been captured, and the patrol commander Zhang Quan had passed the order to Fengji. The Ming troops in , Hupi, Weining and other places asked to retreat back to Liaoyang.

However, the generals had disagreements after receiving the news. Zhou Dunji and other Shizhu chieftain soldiers asked for a battle, saying that even Shenyang could not be saved in Liaodong for three years, so what was the use of them, so they ignored the objections of the Zhejiang soldiers.

Let Shizhu's soldiers cross the Hun River first, and other battalions follow up. Shizhu's [-] soldiers and Youyang's [-] soldiers crossed the river. The other Sichuan troops then fought against the water, leaving only Qi Jin and Zhang Mingshi's [-] Zhejiang soldiers in Henan.

As a result, as soon as they crossed the river, they encountered the Jianlu army coming from Shenyang. Although the Sichuan army refused to retreat and killed 4000 to 3000 enemies, they were eventually annihilated. The Sichuan army was defeated, and only [-] Zhejiang soldiers were left to resist in the Jianlu camp. All died in battle.

This is the famous bloody battle of Hunhe River.

Of course Xiong Tingbi also knew that the two were inconsistent.

"Although the two are incompatible, the Sichuan soldiers are good at using guns, supplemented by bows and crossbows, which also coincides with Zhejiang's good use of guns. Otherwise, the original quota of Zhejiang soldiers was only 6000 people, but now it is only half of it, and it is a weak force. It is difficult to form an army if you are alone.”

Yang Lian also understood Xiong Tingbi's difficulties. It was great that Xiong Tingbi could sort out the mess in Liaodong like this. No matter how good it was, there was nothing he could do.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel relieved and said:
"Nothing, I'll see you when I go out of the capital. His Majesty personally told me to let you work hard. He will support you from behind. He also asked Xu Guangqi to refine the Hongyi cannon, which is very powerful and suitable for defending the city. He also started to let Chen Liangbi, the Marquis of Taining The Beijing camp was organized and trained, and now another camp was formed, which was trained according to Qi Jiguang's method.

I will submit an inscription to the emperor tonight, report the situation on your side to the Holy One, and ask him to transport more of the Hongyi cannons refined by Xu Guangqi to Liaodong to help defend the city. "Xiong Tingbi is familiar with this cannon because last year, after Chen Liangbi and others cast the Luzon bronze cannon, they sent six of the cannons and the cannon-casting craftsmen to Liaodong to help Xiong Tingbi refine the cannon.

"I also have this cannon here. It's made of pure copper. It's big and heavy, but it's very powerful. It can be used to defend the city, but it consumes too much gunpowder. If you have this skill, it's better to build more prison-killing cannons (Flang cannons). .”

Seeing that Xiong Tingbi didn't comment on the matter, Yang Lian didn't say much, so he called his entourage to take out the arrows, crossbows, etc. that he had bought from the soldiers in the market, and gave the details of the reason.

"Fei Bai, the finances in Liaodong are really so tight. The imperial court pays 520 million yuan every year. Why can't many soldiers even afford food and have to hunt and sell weapons and equipment to make a living? What's more, Some warehouse clerks asked for bribes on the street, otherwise they would not allocate ordnance."

So he told Xiong Tingbi what he saw on the street. Xiong Tingbi had heard about these situations before, and now he heard that someone was asking for bribes. He was furious and immediately called someone to come. According to the information provided by Yang Lian, he directly chased the bribe-taking officials. Get interrogated.

Then he apologized to Yang Lian and thanked:

“In this bitter and cold land in Liaodong, there are many conflicts between guest armies and guest armies, between guest armies and local people, and between soldiers and officials.

Let’s just talk about corruption and bribery. You also know that I hate these things deeply. Once I encounter this kind of thing, I will definitely punish it severely. It’s just that there are too many things hidden below. I have to bother you to tell me this time. I’m really ashamed. Please accept my worship! "

After Xiong Tingbi finished speaking, he bowed to Yang Lian in shame. Upon seeing this, Yang Lian quickly asked him to help him up.

"Fei Bai, what are you talking about? It's not uncommon for petty officials to ask for bribes. Even when we were taking the scientific examination, we encountered little guys asking for bribes.

It's just that you usually have many things to do, so it's normal not to understand.If you trust me, you can leave this matter to me. I am also a passing imperial envoy, and I am protected by someone. I am not afraid of offending anyone. I can help you clean the house in Liaodong, and I will not make it difficult for you, the future governor of Liaodong. If you do, it would be good to deduct some money for military pay.

Otherwise, when the guest troops come here, they won’t have enough to eat, so how can we talk about fighting? This corruption cannot be ignored. "

When Xiong Tingbi heard this, he also felt that it made sense. Yang Lian was an upright man and was not afraid of difficulties. He was not even afraid of the emperor in the court, so he was naturally not afraid of a few corrupt officials, so he agreed, but for the sake of safety, he still sent He hired a team of his own soldiers to protect him to prevent anything from going wrong.

In the next few days, Yang Lian used the corruption in the warehouse as a breakthrough and interrogated him overnight. Under his thunderous methods, he picked up a large number of rats. Even the director of the Money and Food Department and the deputy director of the Military and Horse Department of the Liaodong Dusi were found guilty of embezzlement of food and wages. He was caught and imprisoned.

For a time, corruption in Liaoyang City dropped sharply, and he was afraid that someone would find out about it and be called over for questioning.

Naturally, this upset many people, and some people were dissatisfied with him, thinking that Yang Lian had ruined their own good things. Seeing that Xiong Tingbi was also partial to Yang Lian in this matter, they wrote letters one after another to accuse Yang Lian of overstepping his duties.

But when the question book was placed in front of Zhu Youxiao's desk, Zhu Youxiao had no intention of reading it. He was currently addicted to "training soldiers and preparing the army for war" in Li Caolan.

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