readx; Through the introductions of Gao Di, Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao and others, Zhu Youzhen gradually saw the current situation of the defenders in Liaodong. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It turned out that since the Battle of Ningyuan, Sun Chengzong was attacked by the eunuchs and resigned angrily, and the heavy responsibility of guarding Liaodong basically fell on Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong. Yuan Chonghuan was not a eunuch, in order to effectively control him, Wei Zhongxian on the one hand still let the eunuch Yan Mingtai serve as the governor of Jiliao to contain Yuan Chonghuan from the side, and on the other hand, he recommended Gao Di to replace the beheaded Xiong Tingbi as the governor of Liaodong.

In fact, this Gao Di was not a eunuch, he started from Qipin Zhixian County, and successively served as the prefect, deputy envoy of the procuratorate, right participation in politics, envoy of the procuratorate, political envoy, governor, it can be said that he is an experienced local official, and he is quite honest as an official, and he does not dare to be greedy for ink.

In the year of the Apocalypse, because the party struggle between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party reached a white-hot level, local officials in various places could not stay out of the matter, and they all participated in the "side selection" to varying degrees. In particular, the Donglin Party is even more similar to the party, and all officials who do not belong to their own camp are looking for opportunities to squeeze out them.

And this Gao Di is a typical good old man, and no one wants to offend. Unexpectedly, even this attitude was still not tolerated by the Donglin Party, and he was forced to do it on the grounds of "twilight" in the third year of the Apocalypse.

Later, when the eunuch party gained power, he turned against the Donglin Party everywhere and revived Gaodi, hoping to win over this veteran official. And because most of the eunuchs are flattering and boastful, and they have no real talent and learning, Gao Di is quite important because of his rich experience. Wei Zhongxian looked at the court all over the court, but he really couldn't find a suitable person who could preside over the overall situation in Liaodong, so he let Gao Di serve as the economic strategy of Liaodong.

After Gao Di took office, he paid great attention to learning the lessons of his predecessor Xiong Tingbi. At that time, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen restrained each other because of "discord between the economy", which led to the fiasco of Guangning and the almost loss of Liaodong's territory. Gao Di himself has no military talent, and Yuan Chonghuan is the hero of the "Ningyuan Great Victory", so Gao Di is very accommodating to Yuan Chonghuan. Theoretically, the governor of Liaodong was under the control of Liaodong Jingluo, but in fact, Gao Di was obedient to Yuan Chonghuan, as long as Yuan Chonghuan wanted to do something, Gao Di agreed.

Yuan Chonghuan is an extremely stubborn and extremely strong person, and what he recognizes is absolutely bent on doing it. At that time, he proposed the "Guanningjin Defense Line", which was recognized by the governor Sun Chengzong and the imperial court, and Yuan Chonghuan devoted all his energy to building this defense line.

And to hold these "bunkers", it is natural to rely on the Liaodong border army. Yuan Chonghuan's theory was to "defend the Liao land with the Liao people and raise the Liao people with the Liao land", and he believed that Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao were not from Liaodong, so they were both "guest troops". It doesn't matter if the guest army loses the battle, this is not their hometown anyway, so they will not contribute to the battle.

And Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and other Liaodong generals were unusually promoted and reused by Yuan Chonghuan. In order to allow the Liaodong border army under their command to build the city with all their might, Yuan Chonghuan not only did not investigate and deal with the behavior of "eating empty salaries", but repeatedly begged the imperial court to increase food and salaries.

Speaking of Zu Dashou, since Li Chongyao's absence, he has become the new head of the Li family in Liaodong. Originally, Zu Dashou had a lot of cronies in the army, and now he has received Li Chongyao's Guanning Iron Cavalry, and his power has increased greatly. He himself served as the "Pingliao Forward Chief Officer", above the generals such as Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao; His younger brothers, Zu Dabi and Zu Dale, were all entrusted with important tasks; Even Zu Kuan, who used to be his servant, was promoted to the fourth rank guerrilla, and he simply took away a thousand Guanning iron cavalry from Li Chongyao's old general Cao Wenzhao.

From the perspective of his own interests, Zu Dashou naturally agrees to stick to the front line of Ningyuan and Jinzhou. Because the people of Liaodong have been dying, running, and descending under the continuous war, and a large area of ownerless farmland has appeared. Zu Dashou took possession of these lands in the name of "Juntun", and became the largest warlord and landlord in eastern Liaodong. Therefore, he and Yuan Chonghuan can be said to hit it off, and the construction of the city is also the most active, and he is not satisfied after the completion of Jinzhou, and continues to extend north to the Daling River to build the city.

Compared with Zu Dashou, other generals were somewhat excluded. Man Gui doesn't need to say anything, his sex is like a fire, and he almost didn't get up with Zu Dashouhuo back then. In order to avoid a conflict between the two, Yuan Chonghuan sent Man Gui to Shanhaiguan, which was far away from the front line. For Man Gui, who is uncomfortable without fighting for a day, this is already the biggest punishment. Even Zhao Shujiao, a veteran of the battlefield, was also sent to Shanhaiguan because he was not from Zu Dashou's faction.

But these two are still good, at least they are willing to accept the moderation of Liaodong Jing slightly Gaodi. The real trouble is Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town.

Mao Wenlong was originally under the control of Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, and after Yuan Keli was slandered and dismissed, Sun Yuanhua took over as the governor of Denglai. But Sun Yuanhua is actually just a technical talent, and he doesn't know much about being an official, so he can't control an old fritter like Mao Wenlong.

It just so happened that Yuan Chonghuan was also a person with a strong desire to control, and he thought that Phi Dao was such a powerful military force, and he couldn't control it, which was really harmful to the Guanningjin defense line. Under his repeated advice, the imperial court transferred Dongjiang Town to Liaodong Jingluo Gaodi moderation. And Gao Di was obedient to Yuan Chonghuan, so soon Yuan Chonghuan became Mao Wenlong's de facto boss.

As soon as Yuan Chonghuan was in power, he immediately made a cruel move against Mao Wenlong: he ordered all ships to supply to Phi Dao to go to Juehua Island east of Ningyuan before they could go to Phi Dao. As soon as the ship arrived at Phi Island, almost all the supplies were allocated to Zu Dashou to build the city, and when it came to Mao Wenlong, there was often no scum left.

In this way, it is equivalent to jamming half of Mao Wenlong's neck, and Mao Wenlong is of course very angry. However, Mao Wenlong relied on the smuggling trade and could barely maintain the operation of Phi Dao, so he also ignored Yuan Chonghuan's repeated orders.

After listening to the introduction, Zhu Youzhen already knew in his heart, and secretly said that he had come to the right place this time, and that determination was inevitable. He immediately asked Wu Sangui: "General Wu, why did you come to Shanhaiguan?" Yuan Chonghuan should be in Ningyuan now, let him and Zu Dashou come to Shanhaiguan to see me, I have something important to discuss with them! ”

Wu Sangui didn't speak just now, he is Zu Dashou's nephew, just now Man Gui and Zhao Shu taught you a word and I say a word, and there is a reproach for Zu Dashou in and out of the words, how can he not hear it? I was about to argue, but suddenly the emperor asked, so I had to answer honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, the last general was ordered by the governor Yuan to replace General Mangui to guard Ningyuan. Master Zu Zongbing is now in Dalinghe, and His Majesty wants to summon him, and the last general will immediately send someone to inform him. It's just that when the last general set off, Lord Yuan had just gotten on a sea ship and rushed to Phi Island, and he wanted to discuss military affairs with General Mao, so I am afraid it would not be easy to contact. ”

"What!" Zhu Youzhen, Sun Chengzong and Gao Di were all taken aback, and Zhu Youzhen was even more angry and shook his head again and again, "This Yuan Heizi is too bold!" ”