On the top of Shenyang City, Xiong Tingbi looked at Nurhaci's army slowly marching outside the city, and his expression did not change at all.
"The Marshal is indeed a genius." Li Guangrong, who was standing next to Xiong Tingbi, said hurriedly, with an expression of admiration on his face, although there was also suspicion of flattery.
However, Li Guangrong also truly admired Xiong Tingbi.
The Jurchens really let the Mongols lead the way, with the Mongols walking in the front and the Jurchens pressing in from behind. It was obvious that the Jurchens wanted to use these Mongols as cannon fodder to attack the city.
"Tell the men to be cautious and hold on." Xiong Tingbi looked at Li Guangrong and said, "The Jurchens won't be able to hold on for long."
"Yes, I'll go right away." Li Guangrong agreed and turned around to call for people to guard the city.
On the city wall of Shenyang, the Ming defenders looked at the Jurchen army outside, and some timid soldiers had already shown their fear.
Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army no longer had a psychological advantage over the Jurchens. Everyone knew that the Jurchens were difficult to defeat and would be easily killed in battle.
Under such circumstances, people in Liaodong were generally afraid of fighting, and coupled with the commander's blind command, the soldiers in Liaodong did not have a strong fighting spirit.
But this time it was much better. Because they were relying on the city, they didn't have to go down and fight the Jurchens face to face, which gave the soldiers some confidence.
The Jurchens set up camp outside the city, only five miles away from the city wall. It seemed that they were not planning to attack the city and were waiting for the Ming army to attack.
Xiong Tingbi looked at the Jurchen camp, turned to Li Guangrong and asked, "Can our artillery fire over there?"
"I can't get through." Li Guangrong shook his head. "It's too far."
"Then tell the people below not to pay any attention. If the Jurchens provoke, let them handle it." Xiong Tingbi ordered expressionlessly.
Anyway, Xiong Tingbi has made up his mind that he will never go out this time. He will defend Shenyang City to the death. If you dare, you can break in.
Beijing, Forbidden City.
Zhu Youxiao leaned on the couch, looking at the question book in front of him without even raising his eyelids.
Glancing at Chen Hong, Zhu Youxiao asked expressionlessly, "Are all of them impeaching Xiong Tingbi? How do you say that?"
"Your Majesty, everyone is saying that Xiong Tingbi is timid and cowardly and is afraid to fight." Chen Hong said hurriedly, his tone full of caution.
Zhu Youxiao laughed immediately.
Cowardly? Afraid of fighting? Who will fight?
The problem in Liaodong is now very serious. The Liao people are no longer useful, or it can be said that Liaodong is not as resistant to the Jurchens as imagined.
Run away after fighting, surrender if you can't run away, or even surrender without fighting. This is why the previous life eventually developed into dispatching troops from all over the country to Liaodong.
Even the white-pole soldiers of Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu, were transferred there, because Liaodong was no longer useful, it had become useless and could no longer be kept.
It was impossible for Zhu Youxiao to listen to the nonsense of the Donglin Party, some of whom wanted to take back Liaodong, such as Yuan Yingtai's faction.
There are also those who want to kill Xiong Tingbi, because they are investigating the case against Xiong Tingbi that the Three Courts are investigating. As long as Xiong Tingbi is deposed again, it will be easier for the Three Courts to deal with him. Because once Xiong Tingbi is deposed, it means that His Majesty is tired of Xiong Tingbi again.
In addition, there are those who simply talk big and want to gain fame and promotion.
No matter what these people wanted to do, Zhu Youxiao would not pay attention to them. He simply waved his hand and said, "Burn them all. If there are any more such papers in the future, they will all be burned."
Zhu Youxiao's only expectation for Liaodong and Xiong Tingbi was to hold on to them and buy time for himself. Everything else was not important at all.
Speaking of which, Zhu Youxiao never took the Jurchens in Liaodong seriously, and the problems of the Ming Dynasty were never the Jurchens' problems.
"Your Majesty, there is another petition here." Chen Hong took out a petition book with some hesitation and said cautiously.
"Who's taking the exam?" Zhu Youxiao asked lazily. He didn't want to look at the test paper right now.
Chen Hong took a few steps forward and said respectfully, "Qi Jiguang's nephew Qi Jin."
Chen Hong was very cautious when he mentioned this name.
Qi Jiguang, who is this person? He is a remarkable figure, and his Qi Family Army is truly famous.
It was just because Emperor Wanli hated Zhang Juzheng, so after Zhang Juzheng's death, Qi Jiguang was also implicated. If Qi Jiguang fell, how could Qi Jin be okay?
No one knew the emperor's attitude towards the Qi family army, so Chen Hong was cautious when mentioning this name.
Qi Jin?
When he heard this name, Zhu Youxiao was suddenly startled and jumped up from the couch.
At this moment, Zhu Youxiao wanted to slap himself a few times. How could he have forgotten about Qi Jin?
This nephew, who followed Qi Jiguang since childhood, can be said to have inherited the true military training skills of Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, and is very familiar with the Mandarin Duck Formation and the Chariot Camp.
A few days ago, I was thinking about finding someone to train the troops, and I was wondering whether to call Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, and even thought of Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou.
How could I have forgotten Qi Jiguang?
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said directly: "Quick, give me the memorial! What did Qi Jin say in the memorial?"
"Your Majesty, Qi Jin said in the memorial that Liaodong is in turmoil and the Jurchens are disloyal, so he asked to leave the country." Chen Hong hurriedly handed over the memorial and said in an urgent tone.
When Zhu Youxiao heard Chen Hong's words, it was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head. He thought of Qi Jin in his previous life and the Qi Family Army in his previous life.
This was what Qi Jin did in his previous life. He asked to leave the country at the age of 67, led 3,000 veteran soldiers of the Qi family army, left Jizhen, and headed straight for Liaodong.
It was at this time that the Eight Banners Army attacked Shenyang, an important city in Liaodong. At this time, a Ming army was already rushing to Shenyang to reinforce. This Ming army was the Qi Family Army led by Qi Jin.
But unfortunately, Shenyang was captured in just one day.
Yuan Yingtai not only lost Shenyang, but also betrayed Qi Jin.
On the south bank of the Hun River, Qi Jin commanded his soldiers to quickly deploy the Ming army's famous chariot formation in accordance with the military drill manuals left by Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou.
A bloody battle is about to begin.
Nurhaci ordered the Eight Banners to launch saturation attacks in turns.
This desperate attack paid off after countless corpses were left behind. The Ming army ran out of ammunition and the chariot formation was finally broken.
After the Later Jin army broke into the chariot formation, the Qi family army immediately formed a mandarin duck formation with sentries as units and engaged in a brutal hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
But ultimately, outnumbered and exhausted, Qi's army continued to fall. General Chen Ce, after beheading more than a dozen enemies, also collapsed in a pool of blood.
This battle was later called "the bloodiest battle in Liaodong", and the famous Qi family army disappeared in the long river of history.
"The Ming Dynasty is ashamed of Qi Jiguang! My Zhu family is ashamed of Qi's army!" Zhu Youxiao reached out and took the memorial presented by Chen Hong, his face showing an extremely serious expression.
Hearing this, Chen Hong knelt down on the ground.
He was scared!
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