After Li Qin learned that the Tatars who had besieged the city had fled.
Although surprised, they still sent out scouts again to confirm that it was safe before entering Jinzhou City.
He hadn't expected it to be so easy.
Although he had learned about the Tatars before, this was his first time facing them head-on.
After all, he had previously dealt with Wanyan Jian and his Jurchen army in Liaodong.
Their organizational capabilities far surpass those of the Tatars.
After entering Jinzhou City.
His younger brother, Li Wenqi, immediately ran out, bowed to him, and said:
"elder brother."
Li Qin looked at Li Wenqi, who was bowing to him, but said nothing.
He simply told him to keep an eye on Jinzhou and prepare supplies for the army.
He then turned around and ordered the army to rest as soon as possible before setting off for Liaodong to relieve the siege there.
He set off from Shanhaiguan and marched at full speed all the way to Jinzhou.
The soldiers were exhausted from marching all night.
If we continue to send them on a forced march to fight the Tatar army that is waiting in Liaodong, they will be at a disadvantage.
That's also very bad.
Now that Jinzhou has been saved, the Liaoxi Corridor is open to traffic.
Let's take a break now, restore some of our military strength, and then go to Liaodong to fight the Tatars.
After allowing the army to enter the city to rest and recuperate.
Li Qin also arrived at the mansion in Jinzhou.
Li Qin sat directly in the main seat, looking down at his younger brother Li Wenqi.
He asked directly:
What is the task I've given you?
Li Wenqi, who was below, was also taken aback after hearing his brother's words, and then said:
"Brother, the task you gave me is to guard Liaodong."
"Alright, so you're here to guard Liaodong. Then why did you come to Jinzhou?"
Li Qin coldly looked at Li Wenqi in front of him and asked.
"It is because only by holding Jinzhou can we ensure that the reinforcements can pass through smoothly."
That's why.
"So that's why you came to Jinzhou?"
Abandoning Liaodong?
Li Qin interrupted him directly and continued:
Which is more important, Liaodong or Jinzhou?
Besides Wei Xiaokuan, I've assigned you several excellent generals.
You know perfectly well that the Tatars are invading Liaodong, and I will definitely lead a large army to quickly come to their rescue.
If Jinzhou can hold out for a while, reinforcements will arrive.
Why don't you select a few capable generals from among those generals to guard Jinzhou?
Liaodong is currently under attack by the Tatars, and you have actually left Liaodong.
"Right now, we don't have a single one of our own people watching over Liaodong."
Upon hearing Li Qin's words, Li Wenqi waved his hands repeatedly and said:
"No, Brother, it was General Wei Xiaokuan's suggestion that I come to guard Jinzhou."
Hearing his younger brother's words, he felt helpless.
"If he makes a suggestion, will you just listen to it?"
You are the Liaodong commander appointed by me.
You need to have your own judgment.
After he finished speaking, Li Wenqi lowered his head.
Li Qin looked at him with a sense of helplessness; his younger brother was truly useless.
No wonder the original owner thought he was mediocre.
You might not notice anything unusual about him normally, but he does use his brain a bit in everything he does.
But when a crisis occurs, they are at a loss.
They are easily led astray.
Although he also valued Wei Xiaokuan highly, and he was considered one of his confidants.
But at this point, you can never trust someone from outside the family as much as you trust your own.
Then Li Qin stood up and said to Li Wenqi:
"Go back and think about it carefully."
After saying that, Li Qin told Li Wenqi to go down and think about what he had said.
After Li Wenqi left, Li Qin summoned his personal guards and asked them to bring him maps of Liaodong and Jizhou.
Looking at the situation on the map.
I don't know what the intelligence situation is like in Liaodong now, even though Shenyang and Liaoyang are two fortified cities that have been managed by my father and son for many years.
It was already incredibly fortified, and the Tatars weren't good at sieges, so they probably couldn't take it.
But what about the other small towns?
It's important to know that Liaodong has more than just Shenyang and Liaoyang, these two fortified cities.
After this war, the economy of what he once considered his homeland, a stable place, will definitely be damaged.
He then looked at the map of Jizhou. He had now arrived in Jinzhou and opened up the Liaoxi Corridor. After resting, he would head to Liaodong.
Did Zhou Wentong's 20,000 cavalrymen safely leave the mountains and cross the grasslands?
Hope nothing goes wrong.
I led the army out first, while Zhou Wentong only set off after I had finished preparing everything.
So their departure time is a bit slower than mine.
After pondering the map for a moment, Li Qin put it away and began to rest.
He should rest quickly, because after he has rested, he still needs to lead the army to Liaodong as soon as possible.
After the army had rested and regrouped.
After instructing Li Wenqi to ensure the army's supplies in Jinzhou, Li Qin led his troops on their continued march.
In Liaodong.
After conquering several small towns, the Tatars were dividing up the looted money, grain, and slaves.
Although the amount was small, with these items, the Tatar Khan Lingdan Batur temporarily suppressed the resentment towards him within his army.
The Tatar Khan, Lingdan Batur, looked at Shenyang City in the distance with extreme anger. The garrison commander of Shenyang, Wei Xiaokuan, was truly ungrateful.
He actually killed the envoy he had sent to persuade the city to surrender, and told the garrison and local militia that they were too exhausted to fight anymore, which was why they had sent the envoy.
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