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Chapter 102
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In 28 A.D., on September [-]th, the fifth year of Mingqi, the seventh day after Master Zhang and his party arrived at Shanhaiguan, after quickly stabilizing the morale of the army with appeasement means, Gaodi, the new Liaodong Economic Strategy Envoy, held a meeting with Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan garrison chiefs. Civil and military officials discussed Liaodong's next military strategy.The meeting was presided over by Yu Anxing, the most useless governor of Liaodong in recent years. He first said a lot of clichés such as being loyal to the emperor, loving the people, working together to help the people, and vowing to destroy the slaves and restore Liaodong. Watching other people's performances in the corner——As the governor, Yu Anxing was also unlucky. First, he met the emperor's most trusted teacher, Sun Chengzong, and then met the emperor's more trusted Wei Zhongxian's running dog Gaodi. He didn't dare to be like Wang Huazhen. Jinglue confronted each other, and with the defeat of Liuhe, many speech officials and censors clamored at the court to make him take responsibility. Yu Anxing, whose position was already precarious, naturally did not dare to do right with Gaodi, but silently valued it. Take care of your own position, even silently take care of your last position.

As in history, the Liaodong Ming Army is always divided and has different opinions. Seeing that the new Liaodong Inspector Gao is so shameless to ask, the civil and military officials of the Liaodong Ming Army are naturally scrambling to put forward their own suggestions in order to show their strategies. In some main battles, it is suggested that Ma Shilong should take the blame and meritorious deeds, launch another offensive war, win the victory and restore the decline; Some titans headed by Yuan Chonghuan resolutely opposed this conservative strategy and demanded to stick to the Ningjin defense line so as not to lose an inch of the land recovered by Sun Chengzong.The result was still the same as in history, and several representatives of different opinions quarreled again.

"Stop arguing!" Mr. Gao seldom showed his official authority. He slapped the table to stop the war of words between civil and military officials of the Ming army, and then pointed to Mr. Zhang who was sitting next to him and asked, "Mr. I am also the right-hand man of this governor, what strategy do you think should be used in the battle of Liaodong, should we take the initiative to advance? Or retreat to Shanhaiguan and stick to it? Or stick to Ningjin and not give an inch?"

"Master Supervisor, I think you should take the initiative to make progress." Young Master Zhang clasped his hands and replied in a deep voice.As soon as the words fell, the civil and military generals of the main attacking faction immediately burst into smiles, feeling a sense of confidant to Young Master Zhang—but what Young Master Zhang said next made them, along with the civil and military officials of the other two factions, almost faint.Young Master Zhang said loudly: "However, I believe that it is far from enough for General Ma Shilong to launch a small-scale attack. Instead, we should concentrate [-] to [-] troops and launch an attack directly on Shenyang, the puppet capital of Jianshou! A decisive battle will determine Liaodong!"

"Fight to decide Liaodong?" Everyone, including Yu Anxing, was dumbfounded. They really didn't know whether Young Master Zhang was crazy or stupid. Set Liaodong! ——You know, even Wang Huazhen back then did not shout such an arrogant slogan.But Master Gaodi was very surprised, and asked Young Master Zhang very seriously: "Master Zhang, is it possible to defeat Liaodong in one battle?"

"How is it impossible?" Young Master Zhang said seriously: "Since the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, our Ming army has conquered the north and the south, and has been invincible and invincible. Jiannu is a mere clown, what is the point? My lord Gao, if you give the lower officials [-] troops, the lower officials will definitely conquer Shenyang in one fell swoop, burn down the Great Government Palace, capture Nuerhachi alive, and defeat Jiannu in one battle!"

"Zhang Haogu, what a loser! You are the number one idiot!" Yuan Chonghuan yelled angrily, stood up and pointed at Young Master Zhang's nose and cursed: "What a loser! Are you a lunatic or an idiot? The battle of the [-] army Ding Liaodong, it’s thanks to you that you can say such stupid words! If Jiannu were really so easy to deal with, how would we have lost so badly in the battles of Sarhu and Guangning?!”

"Yes, Master Yuan is right, this plan is too crazy." Other civil and military officials echoed one after another, criticizing Young Master Zhang for his nonsense.Gaodi lowered his face and shouted: "Yuan Chonghuan, this is the Jinglue Mansion, not your Ningyuan City, please keep your mouth clean. Zhang Haogu, everyone is against your plan, how do you explain it? "

"Lord Gao, the battle of Saerhu was due to the incompetence of that idiot Yang Hao, and the battle of Guangning was also due to Wang Huazhen's stupidity and incompetence." Young Master Zhang said loudly without any fear: "But the lower officials are different. The book of war, familiar with military affairs, if you let the subordinates command the battle between Sarhu and Guangning, you will definitely not lose!"

"Hahahaha...!!" Almost all Liaodong civil and military officials laughed mockingly.Mr. Gao bowed his head in thought. After thinking for a long time, Mr. Gao suddenly pointed to Young Master Zhang and said, "Zhang Haogu, I don't want you to conquer Shenyang. I will lend you [-] troops. You will take Haizhou first and cut off the construction. Can you do the slave's north-south connection?"

"Why can't it be done?" The generals in Liaodong were stunned, and Young Master Zhang said arrogantly: "Master Gao, as long as you lend me [-] troops and provide me with sufficient food, grass and supplies, before the beginning of spring next year, the next official will definitely win the sea. State!"

"Okay!" Master Gao Digao slapped the table and shouted: "Then you will go to Jinzhou to take office for me tomorrow, and gather more than 1 troops there first, and prepare to attack Haizhou! Within three months, I will definitely send One hundred thousand shi of grain will be sent to Jinzhou for you to attack Haizhou!"

"Master Gao, why do you even believe the foolish words of this lunatic?" Yuan Chonghuan trembled with anger, and couldn't help jumping up and shouting.Yu Anxing, governor of Liaodong, also cautiously suggested: "Master Gao, this matter is not a joke. Since the Wanli year, our army has always won less and lost more against Jiannu. Isn't it too difficult for a [-] army to conquer Haizhou? grown up?"

"Master Yu, I am not joking, but have evidence to rely on." Gaodi shook his head and explained: "You probably don't know yet, there is a news circulating in the capital recently, saying that Nuer Hachi, the chieftain of the slave-building bandits, was determined to be a fake." After the ceremony was held in Shenyang, Nuerhachi suddenly dreamed that a Ming official led an army into Shenyang, the puppet capital, and set fire to the Dazheng Hall of the Imperial Palace of Jiannu—and the man who conquered Shenyang The official of the Ming Dynasty is Zhang Haogu and Zhang Tanhua."

"There are such rumors? Why haven't we heard of them?" Liaodong generals looked at each other.Yuan Chonghuan laughed wildly, "Master Gao, you are really too generous. You are going to give the 10,000+ shi grains hoarded in Jinzhou to Jiannu, and you will also send [-] shi grains and countless luggage to Jiannu. With my [-] troops from Daming, generous, really generous!"

"Yuan Chonghuan, if you are incompetent, don't drag others down." Gaodi said with a sullen face, "If you think Zhang Haogu is not good enough, then you and Zhang Haogu will switch positions. You go to Jinzhou and Zhang Haogu returns to Ningyuan. The official will still give you [-] troops and [-] shi of grain, can you take Haizhou before the beginning of spring?"

"I don't have this ability, I don't have this ability." Yuan Chonghuan laughed mockingly, and then said: "The official should guard Ningyuan honestly, and prepare to receive the Jinzhou soldiers and civilians who are 'transferred' from the front."

"Well, since you have no objection, this matter is settled." Gao Di patted the table again, pointed to Young Master Zhang and said: "Zhang Haogu, then you set off for Jinzhou tomorrow, and do your best to attack the sea. State preparation, what do you need, talk now."

"The lower officials want to bring the military supplies that your lord brought from the capital to Jinzhou." Young Master Zhang made a condition.Gaodi waved his hand and shouted, "Take them all!" The generals in Liaodong showed dissatisfaction, and said in their hearts that their mother's child is loved by others, why is no one so generous to us? ——Of course, if the Liaodong generals knew what the military supplies that Young Master Zhang and Gaodi brought from the capital were, their eyes would roll out of jealousy.

"Also, I want twenty Hongyi cannons." Young Master Zhang didn't blush, and said with a big mouth: "In addition, in order to protect the safety of military supplies and Hongyi cannons, I hope that Mr. Gao will let Vice President Ningyuan Master Gui Man led an army of [-] troops to escort the military supplies and Hongyi cannons to Jinzhou, and when General Man Gui’s army arrived in Jinzhou, they also stayed in Jinzhou City for use..."

"Dream!" Yuan Chonghuan was furious, stood up and shouted: "What a big tone, I have a total of [-] troops in Ningyuan, and you will take half of it at once. Once Jiannu invades, how will Ningyuan City be defended? And Man Gui is still the official's right-hand man, why should he be transferred to Jinzhou to listen to you?"

"Yuan Chonghuan, it's true that General Mangui is your assistant, but he is an official appointed by the court!" Gaodi said with a straight face, "I am ordered to supervise Liaodong, and I have been bestowed by the Holy One with a sword to control the three parties." , I ordered Mangui to escort the supplies and Hongyi cannons to Jinzhou for use. If anyone dares to disobey, don’t blame me for being ruthless in military law!" Gao Di held up the Shangfang sword in front of him, Gao Qingtian with a stern face fierce look.

Seeing Gaodi's fierce appearance and Young Master Zhang's triumphant expression, Yuan Chonghuan was so angry that he wanted to resign on the spot to protest, but after thinking about it carefully, Yuan Chonghuan still gritted his teeth and said: "Mangui can be transferred to Jinzhou, but none of the soldiers can be transferred. Otherwise, Mr. Gao, you should find another person to guard Ning Yuan, the lower officials really can't guard it."

"It's just as useless to transfer only General Man Gui. The general doesn't know the soldiers, and the soldiers don't know the general. It's also useless." Young Master Zhang bargained and said, "How about this? I heard that General Man Gui has a cavalry force of more than 4000 men. , Let General Mangui bring the four thousand cavalry to Jinzhou, Mr. Gao, you can add another eight thousand troops to Ningyuan City, two for one, is this okay?" Of course Gao Di had no opinion, and he consulted Yuan Chonghuan: "Master Yuan, aren't you worried that Ningyuan's garrison is not strong enough? I will transfer 8000 of you and give you [-] more. Is there any objection?"

"Damn it! The little dog is really eyeing the most elite Guan Ning iron cavalry in my hands!" Yuan Chonghuan gritted his teeth, but after thinking about it, Yuan Chonghuan pondered again: "Damn it! Man Gui and his direct descendants transferred to What's the matter with the little dog? With Man Gui's personality, can the little dog be able to command him? Moreover, that Mongolian man in Mangui has been contradicting me all the time, asking him to suffer under the little dog. That's not bad, when the little eunuch soldier is defeated and dies, and Man Gui flees back to Ningyuan, I will see if he dares to contradict me?" Yuan Chonghuan finally nodded at this point, and hummed: "Okay, let Man Gui take him with him. [-] troops of foreign races went to Jinzhou."

After passing the level of Mangui, the matter of the Hongyi cannons is much easier to talk about. Although Yuan Chonghuan is only willing to support five Hongyi cannons in Jinzhou, with a swipe of a pen by Mr. Gao, the fifteen Hongyi cannons on the wall of Shanhaiguan Pass It became Young Master Zhang's pocket, and it was also finalized that Young Master Zhang went to Jinzhou to take office with his direct lineage, twenty Hongyi cannons, and all the food, grass and military supplies brought in from the capital.In addition, the brazen young master Zhang had to take Mao Yuanyi and Wu Liuqi into his hands again, and brought them to Jinzhou to take office together. Gao Digao, who shamelessly dragged young master Zhang to Liaodong to take the post, was wronged, so he naturally agreed.

Let’s not talk about Young Master Zhang’s full preparations to go to Jinzhou to take up the post. After the Liaodong strategy meeting dissipated, somehow, the content of the meeting was quietly spread among the people in Shanhaiguan, and the news spread farther and farther. It took a few days to spread to Shenyang City, the base camp of the slaves, through various channels, open or hidden, and quickly spread to Nuerhachi's Dazheng Hall.Hearing this news, Jiannu Chief Nuerhachi, Jiannu Four Great Baylors, and Jiannu civil and military officials were first incredulous, stunned, and then laughed wildly. The laughter was so intense that almost half of the Dazheng Hall It collapsed!
"Hahahaha...!" Nuerhachi, who was over [-] years old, laughed so hard that he almost fell off his throne. He slapped the golden armrest and laughed loudly, "Determine Liaodong in the First World War? Take Haizhou before the beginning of spring? What is the name of Zhang?" Little barbarian, you really know how to brag better than Wang Huazhen barbarian! I really want to see what this little barbarian looks like, did he have his forehead pinched when he was a child?"

"Big Khan, that little savage Zhang Haogu is ugly like a pig, with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes, nothing to look at." Fan Wencheng stood up, kowtowed and said, "Big Khan, this is the best gift God bestowed on us. Years of famine in Liaodong, the food reserves are almost exhausted, and Sun Chengzong's barbarians have hoarded a large amount of food, grass and military supplies in Jinzhou to attack Yaozhou - such a large piece of fat is put in front of the mouth, and the sweat does not take it now, when will it be? "

"Big Khan, this slave also thinks that Jinzhou should be attacked to get food to cross the famine." Bao Chengxian also knelt out and kowtowed, and said: "The barbarian army changed commanders just before the battle, just when people's hearts were fluctuating. The relationship with Yuan Manzi, the garrison guard in Ningyuan is bad, and Yuan Chonghuan will not reinforce him during the fierce battle, so the slave thinks that the Great Khan should immediately send troops to attack Jinzhou, and he will definitely win in one battle!"

"Ama, my son is willing to lead the army to attack Jinzhou!" Nurhachi's fifth son, Mang Gurtai, was the most anxious and the first to jump out to ask for a fight.Then Daishan, Duoduo, Amin, Tanggu, Azige, and Dorgon and other famous slave-building generals also rushed to stand up and ask for a fight. They all asked to lead troops to fight Jinzhou and capture the arrogant and ignorant little barbarian Master Zhang. Ling Chi executed.Only the scheming Huang Taiji smiled and said nothing until Nuerhachi took the initiative to explain his reasons, then Huang Taiji said with a smile: "Ama, how much mutton can a lamb have? When the lamb grows into a big lamb." , and then capture and slaughter, wouldn’t it be better?”

"Hahahaha, it really is you who understand Ama's mind best!" Nuerhachi laughed, blinked treacherously, and said to several sons who took the initiative to fight: "Didn't you hear that Gao Di barbarian intends to fight?" Send another [-] shi of grain to Jinzhou within three months, as well as [-] barbarian troops and countless military supplies? Tell me, if these things fall into the hands of that barbarian named Zhang, doesn’t that mean they fall into our hands? inside?"

"Ama Yingming, why didn't we think of that?" Nuerhachi's sons suddenly realized, nodded and laughed, "Yes, let the little barbarian run wild for a while, and wait until his food and army are delivered, and the sheep will be raised." Fat, let's slaughter it again!"

"That's right, let that little barbarian named Zhang be proud for three months first!" Nuerhachi slapped the armrest of the dragon chair and shouted wildly: "After three months, I will take you to slaughter the sheep myself, and eat the sheep first." Get rid of the fat sheep of Jinzhou, and then go south to take down Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan where the barbarians are empty!"

"Ama (Great Khan) is wise, invincible in all battles, and invincible in every attack!" All the civil and military officials in the hall knelt down together, kowtowed and shouted.Nuerhachi laughed triumphantly at first, and then asked with a treacherous smile: "By the way, the rumor that that little savage like Zhang broke into Shenyang City was conceived by one of your slaves, right? Who is it? I want it hard!" Reward him!"

(End of this chapter)