Chapter 902: The Great Fire in the Western Liaoning Corridor
As soon as the news of the was sent out of the Beijing Division, the urgent report from the Liaodong side had already arrived, and the Jianzhou Jurchen Jin Army had crossed the frozen Liao River and was preparing to attack Guangning.
Guangningwei is the hub of Liaozhen, the throat of the passage connecting the western Liaoxi corridor and the eastern Liaoning, and the main road from the eastern Liaodong to the Mongolian steppe.
Ma Liu and the others hurriedly collected the news, and then quickly sent a letter to Xuzhou, about the news of the war between Liaozhen and Jianzhou Jurchen, Xuzhou was the most urgent.
After the fall of Shenyang Liaoyang, the offensive of the Jianzhou Jurchen army seemed to have stopped, and the Ming court thought that the other party could not digest such a large territory for a while, and they would have to recuperate for a few years before they would have any more plans.
In the first month, the land is hard, suitable for the movement of large armies, chariots and horses, and the Ming army in the first month is celebrating the New Year, and the peace of about half a year makes the Ming army in Liaozhen somewhat slack
Everyone knows the importance of Guangning Wei, the Jianzhou Jurchen Jin army moved greatly, and the Ming army is also the official army of Guangning, with Zu Dashou and Sun Degong as the forward, Qi Bingzhong and Liu Qu as the rear team, facing the Jurchens.
This arrangement was also sent to the Beijing division by the fast horse, up and down are waiting for the results of the battle, Zu Dashou and Sun Degong are all from Liaodong Jiangmen, and the others are also experienced generals, and the number of officers and soldiers in Guangning is far better than that of the Jianzhou Jurchens, no matter how to deal with the discord, Xiong Tingbi has been accumulated in the western Liaoning area for a long time, the Ming army has a good chance of winning this battle, if it can win a big victory, the court situation may change.
Soon the follow-up news arrived, on the twenty-ninth day of the first month of the second year of the Apocalypse, the fast horse from Liaozhen entered the Beijing Division, the Ming army was defeated, Qi Bingzhong and Liu Qu were killed in battle, Zu Dashou was nowhere to be found, and Sun Degong and Bao Chengxian surrendered to the enemy
The battle situation was also very simple, at the beginning, the Ming army did not fall behind, but Sun Degong, as the vanguard, retreated, and then fled first, the whole army collapsed, and Guangningwei fell.
From the left of Guangning to the Shanhaiguan corridor of Liaoning, fires are burning everywhere, the first month of the first month of Liaoxi is the bitter cold and dry season, once the fire is not extinguished, it is burned out.
Looking east at the Shanhaiguan Department, you can see the red light of the sky when it gets dark, the fires in these places don't know how long they will burn, everyone only knows that the fuel is the hard-earned grain and forage, and they don't know how much people and animal power were used to transport the grain in the customs to the tunbao in the western Liaoning corridor, but in the past few days, all of them have been burned.
The person who ordered the fire was Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong Jingluo who had accumulated these grains and grasses, and now most of the soldiers and horses in the Liaoxi Corridor have been withdrawn to Shanhaiguan, and all the Ming army reserves outside Shanhaiguan have been burned to the ground.
The soldiers inside and outside Shanhaiguan are secretly scolding their mothers, and they haven't eaten a few full meals in the first month, this official is ruthless, so much grain and forage are burned directly, and such a ruined thing actually has the heart to see, isn't it embarrassing to be ashamed?
Liaodong Jingluo Xiong Tingbi led the troops and horses to withdraw into Shanhaiguan, and Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, came three days late.
Both of them stood at the head of the city and looked northeast, in the past, Wang Huazhen had to be side by side with Xiong Tingbi, and even the left and right had to fight, but at this time, Wang Huazhen was just standing behind Xiong Tingbi.
Sun Degong first retreated to Guangning, and then began to spread rumors and chaos, and even arrested Wang Huazhen to go to Jianzhou Jurchen to ask for merit, when the whole city was in turmoil, Wang Huazhen didn't know anything in the official office, but a general rushed in, put Wang Huazhen on horseback and took it away, only two cronies and servants ran to follow, so they came all the way to the vicinity of the Daling River.
Who doesn't know in the whole Liaozhen that this guerrilla Sun Degong is the confidant of the governor Wang Huazhen, but this confidant and cronie, first escaped from the battle, led the whole army to collapse, and then wanted to arrest the benefactor to offer treasure and ask for merit, seriously speaking, the defeat of the Ming army and the fall of Guangning have a lot to do with this Sun Degong, and Wang Huazhen can't get rid of responsibility.
After Governor Wang Huazhen went to the city, he only felt that the cold wind was biting, he was not a bad person, and he was also distressed by this kind of collapsed situation, but the matter has come to this point, look at what Shen, if it was half a month ago, Xiong Tingbi was like this, Wang Huashao had to snort coldly and brushed his sleeves away, but now he can only endure it.
Even so, Wang Huazhen was still a little resentful in his heart, Xiong Tingbi in front of him had been silent since he went to the city, Wang Huazhen couldn't help but say in a muffled voice: "These grains and grasses cost millions, almost half of the taxes in the world, and it would be a pity to burn them down like this." ”
"What's the pity, do you let the Tartars eat these grains and grass and fight all the way to the bottom of the Shanhai Pass?" Xiong Tingbi said coldly.
Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, was stunned, there was no waterway from Guangningwei to Shanhaiguan, and the army went all the way to the west, to prepare a huge amount of grain and grass, and the grain and grass on the Jurchen side was always insufficient, if the grain and grass accumulated by the Ming Dynasty in the first line of the Liaoxi Corridor were not burned, the Jianzhou Jurchens could break through the city all the way to get supplies, and easily reach the Shanhaiguan.
Wang Huazhen was stunned and then was silent, he didn't want to admit that what Xiong Tingbi said was reasonable, but he couldn't find any words to refute it.
After Xiong Tingbi finished speaking, he turned his head and walked towards the city, Wang Huazhen was stunned, and asked, "Brother Feibai, what should I do next?" ”
Since Wang Huazhen was the governor of Liaodong and Xiong Tingbi resumed the Liaodong Economic Strategy, Wang Huazhen asked for the first time, Xiong Tingbi did not look back, and he didn't even stop his footsteps, but just sneered and said as he walked: "What's next is not something Xiong can worry about, and then Xiong will be responsible for this big defeat. ”
Speaking of this, Xiong Tingbi finally turned around, and said with an inexplicable smile on his face: "It's your turn, it's easy to do, it's easy to do"
Since the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Jianzhou Jurchens, every time it is so unexpected, before the war, everyone calculated from all aspects, grain and grass reserves, the number of soldiers and horses, and even the right time and place, how the Ming army has the advantage, even if it is rotten, it can also be fought by other advantages, but the result of each major war is the defeat of Yu Crisp and Lisuo, often within a day or two to determine the victory or defeat, the army was annihilated, there were generals who surrendered, and the city fell
Before the messenger who finally reported the results went to Xuzhou, Ma Liu specially told that he must be equipped with a few more messengers, otherwise it would not be enough, but the next state of affairs did not need to be reported quickly, the Jianzhou Jurchen offensive stopped, and seemed to be satisfied with taking Guangning, but the huge Liao Town, east to Fushun, west to Shanhaiguan, except for a few lonely brick forts, the rest of the place was left to Jianzhou soldiers and horses.
"Xiong Tingbi's approach is right, no matter how strong the Jurchen Tartars are, they can't carry Yu Liang to fight over, can they take the city and starve to death inside, or starve to death on the way back?" After seeing Jingshi's newspaper, Zhao Jin agreed with Xiong Tingbi's approach.
"The first month is the New Year's Pass, the grain is stored and eaten in the winter, but there is no harvest in the spring, the days are the most difficult, the Liaozhen outside the pass is bitterly cold, a harvest a year, more than the Guannei, the Jurchen sent troops at this time, one is suitable for war at this time, and the other is also because of the lack of grain reserves, the need to seize the inventory of the official army, Wang Huazhen's huge amount of grain and grass accumulated in Guangningwei, I am afraid that it will be the enemy, but Xiong Tingbi is decisive, knowing that these things are burned."
Hearing Zhao Jin say this, Wang Zhaojing shook his head with a smile, and said with emotion: "According to the eldest brother's **, this Xiong Tingbi takes care of the overall situation, but as a strategy, he naturally has to take responsibility for this big defeat, which burned a huge amount of grain and grass, which is a fraction of the production of the Ming Dynasty, and the Liao Salary of the Heaven and Earth is gathered, he killed it with fire, and I am afraid that the charges will fall on him." ”
"Do more wrong, don't do good, don't do well, can't Xiong Tingbi understand?" Zhao Jin also sighed, but then shook his head and said: "After reading so many newspapers in the Beijing Division, this Xiong Tingbi should have great righteousness in his heart, he may not know that he is doing this is the point of no return, but he has to do it." ”
Wang Zhaojing coughed twice and said: "Big brother, this righteous statement is still said in private, and now we in Xuzhou can't talk about this." ”
As soon as the room was quiet, everyone couldn't help laughing, even Chen Han couldn't help laughing twice, when reading the Di Bao Wenbao, Zhao Jin would ask his partners to be present, and then the content of everyone's discussion should also be recorded by Wang Zhaojing and Ruhui, and copied to Shi Manqiang, Dong Bingfeng and Lei Cai.
Everyone was laughing, but Zhao Jin grabbed another piece of paper, shook it twice and said: "There are too few fools like Xiong Tingbi in the world, and there are many people who are familiar with officials. ”
Because Zhao Ziying began to associate with Wang Ziyang, and arranged manpower in Wang Ziyang's caravan, the news in the land of Shaanxi and Jin and the grassland also began to be well-informed.
At the end of last year, thousands of Taokou broke through the defense line of Yansui and Yulin border towns, and went straight into Shaanxi, burning and looting in the local area, and the officers and troops retreated, and now it is rumored that Taokou is about to approach Xi'an, and it is also said that Shaanxi has been killed and plundered nearly one million, but the real news is more than 100,000 people.
The merchants of Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi who traveled between Xuzhou and the north had also learned about Zhao Ziying's habits, and knew that they liked to collect news from all over the country, and as long as the news was true, they would take care of and facilitate it in all aspects, and the news of the Shaanxi chaos was brought by them.
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