"Enter the city first, and then discuss the credit after clearing out the enemies in the city!" Seeing that there was more and more smoke in the city, Wang Yongji gave a decisive order.
"I will follow the Governor's orders." Li Dingguo agreed immediately.
Although Wu Sangui was unwilling, he could only agree temporarily.
After all, we are facing a powerful enemy.
Wang Yongji first sent troops to surround Guangning City, and then sent a large force into the city to search.
The city was in ruins.
There were traces of burning everywhere, as well as various body parts and broken corpses.
"Are the Jiannu still human? They don't even spare children!" Huang Degong cursed as he walked, "When we attack Shenyang, I will kill all the Jiannu in the city without leaving a single one alive."
Wang Yongji sighed: "It's easier said than done!"
"What do you mean, Governor?" Huang Degong turned his head. "Shouldn't the Jiannu be killed?"
"Of course he should be killed, but you are oversimplifying the issue. The order to kill was indeed issued by the Jiannu, but the executioners were not just the Jiannu." Wang Yongji said meaningfully.
"Then we'll do the same as them, massacre the city after entering Shenyang!" Huang Degong gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
"Again, you're oversimplifying the problem! If we want to massacre Shenyang City, should we also massacre other cities?" Wang Yongji asked, staring into Huang Degong's eyes. "If we massacre them, there will be no one left in Liaodong. Soldiers alone cannot stabilize the situation in Liaodong."
"If there is no one, then there is no one. We can relocate people from other places."
Wang Yongji shook his head slowly: "Now Henan and Shandong are full of wasteland. The land inside the Great Wall can't be cultivated. How many people are willing to come outside the Great Wall to cultivate the land?"
"Then... no more slaughter?" Huang Degong said unconfidently.
"No massacre?" Wang Yongji sneered: "How to avenge these dead people?"
"This..." Huang Degong was suddenly speechless, "What should I do?"
"Let's talk about the future later. Let's solve the problem at hand first." Wang Yongji shook his head and continued to urge his horse forward.
The group soon arrived near the former Liaodong General's Mansion.
The Liaodong General's Mansion is also known as the Garrison General's Mansion.
It was first established in the seventh year of Hongwu and was the office location of the Liaodong General.
The full name of Liaodong General is the imperial commander-in-chief guarding Liaodong.
The fourth year of Hongwu.
The Ming army boarded ships and went into the sea, landing in Lushun and marching to Liaodong.
In the fifth year of Hongwu, the Ming army captured Liaoyang City and began to build a defense system in Liaodong.
However, the Mongols did not compromise, but continued to harass the military and civilians of Liaodong.
The twentieth year of Hongwu.
As the threat from Liaodong border became increasingly serious, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang decided to launch the Sixth Northern Expedition.
The lineup for this Northern Expedition is extremely luxurious.
Feng Sheng was appointed as the general who conquered the enemy.
Fu Youde and Lan Yu were the left and right deputy generals respectively.
Zhao Yong, Wang Bi, Hu Hai, and Guo Ying were appointed as assistant generals.
He led an army of 200,000 men to the battle.
After this battle, the Ming army not only quelled the border threat in Liaodong, but also incorporated more than 200,000 Mongolians and set up the Doyan Three Guards.
And began to implement the policy of using Han people in Liao to guard Liao territory.
This policy continued until the end of the Ming Dynasty in history, and even when Xiong Tingbi said that the Liao people could not be trusted, the policy was not terminated.
At this time, the Liaodong General's Mansion was already engulfed in flames.
Some Ming soldiers tried to put out the fire with water and brooms, but the fire was too big and they failed.
Wang Yongji picked up a burning piece of wood, lit the cigarette in his hand and said slowly: "The Liaodong General's Office was established in the seventh year of Hongwu, but it was not until the twentieth year of Hongwu that the government troops basically pacified the Liaodong border threat."
"After recovering Liaodong this time, I don't know when we can restore stability in Liaodong."
Huang Degong also picked up a piece of burning wood, lit the cigarette in his hand and took a deep puff: "We just need to fight, there is no point in thinking too much."
"That's right," Wang Yongji quickly finished his cigarette, patrolled the city, and then returned to the outside of the East City Gate.
The soldiers of the central army have already set up tents here, and the generals of various units have also arrived.
After some greetings, Wang Yongji clasped his hands together and said, "The Ping Liao army has recovered Guangning without bloodshed. This is truly the greatest achievement of our dynasty! This achievement is entirely due to all of you present here."
"Your Excellency the Governor, you are too kind! The successful recovery of Guangning was due to both your strategic planning and the hard work of the officers and men under you who fought bravely. Our contribution is really not worth mentioning." Liu Zhaoji began to flatter him.
"Yes, the victory over the Jiannu was entirely thanks to the Governor's good command." Gao Yigong followed with flattery.
"The Governor has made an invaluable contribution!"
Other generals also began to flatter him.
"Everyone," Wang Yongji stretched out his hands and pressed them down, signaling everyone to be quiet, "Let's not talk about those useless words today. Let's talk about the approximate number of enemies killed and the losses."
Wu Sangui was the first to state it.
They were followed by Huang Degong, Gao Yigong, Li Xingzhong, Liu Zhaoji and others.
Although they won the battle, they did not kill many enemies.
There may be several hundred people at most, or as few as a hundred or even dozens of people.
Li Dingguo was the last to say: "In this battle, I killed more than 800 enemies, captured more than 300 people, 1,000 war horses, 1,000 sets of armor, 1,000 combined bows, and more than 10,000 arrows..."
"In addition, according to the prisoners' identification, Nikan, a general of the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Jiannu Gushan Beizi, was beheaded by me in the chaos of the army."
"Nikan is dead?" Wang Yongji suddenly became interested. "Where is his body?"
"Just outside the tent." Li Dingguo replied.
Wang Yongji immediately went outside the military tent and saw Nikan’s body on a straw mat.
Others followed out.
Although it was not very hot in Liaodong in April of the lunar calendar, the corpse had already shown signs of decay.
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