Although Man Gui doesn't know how to write and write, he just can't write poetry and songs. He can still read and understand basic military books.

Otherwise, just by virtue of martial arts, he would not be valued by Yang Hao, Wang Zhichen and other civilian officials, and was promoted to the position of Liaodong General Army.

For people of this era, there is no complete concept of the whole picture of China's map, and military generals rarely have the opportunity to control the overall situation, so their horizons are smaller.

However, Man Gui, who has rich combat experience, woke up under Chongzhen's point, and immediately lifted the fog about his strategic layout of Houjin.

Chongzhen's mention suddenly made him stand on a new height to see the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin.

There may be some civil officials in the Ming Dynasty whose strategic vision is no worse than Chongzhen's, but they just regard the warriors as tools of war, and they will not bother to explain what the strategic arrangements between them are.

For example, Yang Hao's four-way attack plan is actually not an incompetent plan. The reason why this plan seems idiotic is simply because it failed.

Yang Hao only assigned the task of four troops to attack, and did not let the commanders of the four groups sit down to discuss how to complete the plan.

That's why Nurhachi was able to break through each of them, because the commanders of the four Ming armies misunderstood the purpose of this plan.

The purpose of the four-way attack was to prevent Houjin from having the opportunity to jump out of the encirclement and attack Shenyang and Liaoyang in the rear of the Ming army. And their enemy is not the city of Hetuala, but the Houjin army led by Nurhachi.

Chongzhen's short words made Man Gui suddenly fall into thought, but he quickly reacted and said: "We can't let Jiannu attack the Chahar Department without scruples, Jiannu needs an enemy to the west. Maybe we could..."

Man Gui wanted to say something, but he quickly stopped, because he didn't know how to stop Houjin from attacking the Chahar Ministry.

When the Later Jin attacked the Chahar Army, the Liaodong Army sent troops to attack Shenyang, an idea that was quickly vetoed by Mangui. When Houjin attacked Korea at the beginning of the year, the Liaodong Army failed to attack Shenyang in order to contain the actions of the Houjin army.

So when Houjin attacked the Chahar Department, how could he let that group of arrogant soldiers go out to attack Shenyang. From the battle of Sarhu to Quang Ninh, the Liaodong Army has been beaten by the Houjin and lost the courage to fight in the field.

If he relied on the little bit of family under him, it would probably not be enough to fill in the gaps between Houjin's teeth. I want to persuade His Majesty to remind Lin Dan Khan to pay attention, but if Da Ming does not send troops, the Guangchahar Department itself will not be able to stop Houjin.

And with Lin Dan Khan's bad character, I am afraid that he will think that this is what Da Ming has asked him for, and he will definitely take this opportunity to ask Da Ming for a reward.

Man Gui said with some discouragement: "The communication between the Chahar Department and Liaodong is inconvenient, and when we receive the news that Houjin is attacking Chahar, I am afraid that the general trend has gone." ”

Zhu Youzhen clasped his hands together, leaned forward and said, "So, we need a tribe that is hostile to Houjin to guard the area between the Great and Small Ling Rivers." Block it for us, no, it should be said as an early warning, so that we can know Houjin's movements.

By the way, you can also clean up the Mongolian tribes close to the Houjin in this area, and prevent them from acting as guides when the Houjin detour invades the Ming Dynasty. ”

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Man Gui couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"Find the remnants of the five Inner Khalkha tribes, support them to station between the big and small Ling rivers, and defect to the Mongols of the Liaodong Army, those who are willing to return to the tribe will be given gifts, and those who are willing to stay will be appeased and used, but the laws of the Ming Dynasty must be obeyed." Zhu Youzhen said.

Before Man Gui could speak, Yang Hao had already agreed and said: "Your Majesty, this is a feat of survival and death, Debu in the world." And taking advantage of this opportunity, it happened to clear out those Mongolians with different intentions from the Liaoxi Corridor, and it also happened to eliminate the hidden danger of chaos. ”

Man Gui opened his mouth, and finally spoke: "The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's orders. However, this matter of peace with Jiannu, the minister still hopes that His Majesty will consider it carefully. ”

Seeing that Man Gui had finally lost his willingness to strongly oppose the peace negotiation, Zhu Youzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. If he could not get the support of the generals in the Liaodong Army, after the news of the peace talks, he was really unsure of the reaction of the Liaodong army and people.

But now at least he has some confidence in his heart, Zhu Youzhen said seriously: "No matter what the consequences of the peace with Jiannu, I will accept it calmly." However, what I want to say is that the peace between the imperial court and Jiannu does not mean that the Liaodong Army will not fight.

On the contrary, the purpose of reorganizing the Liaodong Army was to prepare for war. All officials and systems that hinder the improvement of the army's combat capability must be eliminated, and this will inevitably touch the interests of some people, so I hope that General Mangui will be able to control the situation of the Liaodong Army by then. ”

Chongzhen's heartfelt conversation, coupled with the old boss Yang Ho sitting on the side, Man Gui finally accepted Liaodong's rectification of military affairs and the matter of peace with Houjin.

At the same time that Chongzhen was talking with Man Gui and others, in the county government of Shunyi County, a group of military and political officials were also holding a nervous meeting.

The day before, the governor of Shuntian and the right capital of the imperial history Wang Yingzhi, who had rushed from Zunhua, were sitting on the main seat of Shunyi Zhixian and looking at the civil and military officials below.

The governor is also the official who pacifies the army and the people, and this is the highest local military and political chief who holds great military and political power.

The governor of Shuntian is in charge of the civil affairs of Shuntian and Yongping, and commands the five military garrisons of Jizhou, Changping, Miyun, Yongping and Bazhou, as well as various guards in Shuntian and Yongping, which can be said to be the last line of defense between Shanhaiguan and the capital.

However, with the rising importance of Liaodong affairs, the governor of Jiliao can no longer take into account the military and political affairs of Liaodong, Shuntian, and Baoding, and has to set up a special post of economic strategy in Liaodong, and supervise Jiliao to share the power of the governor of Jiliao.

The Governor of Jiliao, who was stationed in Jizhou Town, and the Governor of Jiliao, who was stationed in Ningyuan, divided the military power of the former Governor of Jiliao inside and outside the Guan.

In this way, the Governor of Jiliao became an institution with many overlapping powers with the Governor of Shuntian, and theoretically the Governor of Jiliao should have jurisdiction over the Governor of Shuntian, but local affairs should be under the management of the Governor of Shuntian. In practice, however, the governor's palace often bypassed the governor and gave orders directly to local officials.

As a result, the Governor of Suncheon could no longer exercise his power normally, except for Zunhua City and a limited number of places.

The current governor of Jiliao and the military department of Yan Mingtai is a native of Qingyuan. He was important because of Wei Zhongxian, so he was very obsequious to Wei Zhongxian. Every Chen side matter, will praise merit, in thistle, Liao Jiansheng Temple, as many as seven. Its praise of loyalty and sage, there is a saying that "the people's heart is returned, that is, the heart of heaven is obedient".

After Chongzhen ascended the throne and Wei Zhongxian stepped down, Yan Mingtai suddenly became very low-key. He probably also knew that he was too loyal in front of Wei Zhongxian, and it was difficult to turn around now.

The emperor disposed of Wei Zhongxian, and although he could let go of the rest of the court, he would definitely not be relieved of them, the guards who held military power in these places.

In order to take the initiative to relieve the emperor's suspicions, Yan Mingtai not only took the initiative to plead to return to his hometown to recuperate, but also began to deliberately avoid military matters, so the Shuntian Governor Wang Yingzhi was able to get the credit for quelling the rebellion of the Wenxiang Sect.

Unlike Yan Mingtai's knowledge of current affairs, Wang Yingzhi is a confused bureaucrat who can't see current affairs clearly.

He also relied on the praise of Wei Zhongxian to come to power, he is a native of Ye County, Shandong, with a stingy personality and greed for money, and narrow-minded, and treats soldiers harshly.

After Wei Zhongxian stepped down, he felt that his praising of Wei Zhongxian was not a big deal, so he didn't feel like he would be settled by the queen of the autumn.

When the Wenxiangjiao near Gyeonggi became chaotic, after receiving the news, he immediately wanted to take Zunhua's army west to quell the chaos, but the emperor's order stubbornly suppressed his eagerness to make meritorious contributions.

When Chongzhen finally issued an order to quell the rebellion, the credit had already been taken by the governor of Changping and the guards of Yingzhou.

However, Yan Mingtai's reluctance to get involved in the mentality of the people of Gyeonggi finally gave Wang Yingzhi the credit for a strategy.

This popular uprising that began in Shunyi almost wiped out the gentry and wealthy families in Shunyi, Pinggu, and Sanhe.

The gentry and wealthy families in these places either became the main perpetrators of the people's uprising, or became the targets of the people's army.

The quelling of the people's rebellion was as sudden as the occurrence of the people's uprising, and the originally powerful people's army, under the persuasion of the spies sent by Jinyiwei, several leaders of the people's army, Hu Qi and Zhao Cheng, turned against the water and fought in the people's army, and then attracted the official army to destroy the main force of the people's army.

Wang Yingzhi, the governor of Shuntian, who rushed to Shunyi to receive the fruits of victory, immediately found that he seemed to have fallen into a mud pit.

Those rebels of the Wenxiang Sect who were tied up and sent to the official army after the defeat of the army did not admit that they were rebels of the Wenxiang Sect, nor were they the masterminds of the popular uprising.

Wang Yingyun checked the background of these people a little and found that they were all local gentry and wealthy families, and two of them were still third-generation eunuchs.

Wang Yingyun always felt that this matter was a little strange, but looking at the military attachés led by Jinyi Wei sitting under the hall on his left hand, he wisely covered up these suspicions.

But there were some things that he couldn't bow to these brocade guards. Glancing at the officials who were silent in the hall of Zhixian County, Wang Yingzhi finally frowned and said to Xu Xianchun.

"Xu Baihu, since this Shunyi people's rebellion has been quelled, it is natural that we should appease the people.

Those rebellious family lands of the Smelling Fragrance Sect can be temporarily seized first. What reason do you have to withhold and not return the property and land of the good family because they have been invaded and looted by the converts? ”

In the capital, Xu Xianchun may still be careful, and after leaving the capital, he has nothing to fear.

As the emperor's pro-army, although they were not allowed to leave the capital without the emperor's order, this also meant that once they were ordered to leave the capital, they became the emperor's representatives.

With such a layer of protection hanging over his body, Xu Xianchun is basically not afraid of local officials, even if they are governors and governors.