Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Huaichang's face, and Zhang Huaichang was required to give a reasonable explanation.
How could Shenyang be lost?
Doesn’t Zhao Shujiao know the consequences of losing Shenyang?
Are the 100,000 Liaodong Army, the reinforced Jizhen Army, and the Dongjiang Town being formed all just a bunch of clay puppets?
If they cannot give a reasonable explanation, the cabinet may really ask Xiong Tingbi and Zhao Shujiao to use human heads to explain.
"Sun Degong, the general of Crow Falcon Pass, rebelled and opened the city to attract the enemy. In addition, Jin Yu, the garrison of Sanyangyu Fort, and the Shi family brothers, who garrisoned Qinghe Fort, mutinied. This directly led to the opening of the entire eastern front. Nurhaci personally led the Jianzhou soldiers to advance at night, and successively captured Baitapu and Fengji Fort in the east of Shenyang formed a trend of outflanking Shenyang..."
Zhang Huaichang took a deep breath, "In addition, Li Yongfang bribed the Fan family, a wealthy businessman in Tieling Acropolis who had been providing military supplies to Liaodong Town, and set fire to create chaos in the city when Daishan and Mang Gurtai led their troops to attack Tieling Acropolis. , and at the same time colluded with Dai Jixian, the commander-in-chief of the Tieling Guards, to open the city gates, which led to the fall of Tieling City and caused chaos in the entire northern defense system. Fanhe Station and Yilu Station were captured by Dai Shan and his army, and Mang Gurtai raided from the flank. Puhesuo, approaching Shenyang,..."
"So Zhao led Jiao felt that Shenyang could no longer be defended, so he abandoned the city and fled?" Li Sancai said coldly.
"That's not the case. If I were in Liaoyang, I would also ask Zhao to temporarily withdraw from Shenyang, because you don't know how many internal traitors there are in your subordinates, such as Dai Jixian, Jin Yuhe, Shi Tingzhu, Shi Tianzhu, and Shi Guozhu, and I We can also be sure that there are definitely such insiders in Shenyang City. This plan was so carefully planned and every step was just right. It was definitely designed by Nurhachi who spent a lot of effort. Once Shenyang City is surrounded by the Jianzhou Army, there are insiders who will open the door to instigate rebellion. Tens of thousands of Liaodong troops were killed as a result, and the consequences would be disastrous!"
This is also the conclusion that Zhang Huaichang came to after much thought.
Zhao Lijiao was also so worried that he had to withdraw from Shenyang City. In this way, all armies would withdraw to Liaoyang one after another, trading space for time, and reorganizing an effective defense system in Liaoyang.
But in this way, the situation becomes quite passive. After losing Shenyang, it may not be that simple to get it back.
And if the Jianzhou Jurchens conquer Shenyang, their power will definitely increase greatly. Once they are firmly under control, one or two hundred thousand Han people in this area will be absorbed by them, and their advantage over Liaodong will become more and more obvious.
The more he thought about this, the more worried Zhang Huaichang became. Being caught off guard by such a surprising move by the Jianzhou Jurchen, the situation suddenly turned and became so dangerous.
In fact, this is not even a strange move. We know that there are Jianzhou Jurchens in the Liaodong Army, but from the generals, guerrillas, guards to Qian Zong, can you tell which one?
Acting rashly will only shake one's own military morale, and may even force those who have not yet made up their minds to rebel. It is precisely because of this factor that no progress has been made.
Long Jinwei had never opened up a situation in Liaodong during the Li Chengliang era. The entire Liaodong was run by Li Chengliang like an iron barrel. Otherwise, how did Li Chengliang's King of Liaodong get his name?
Zhang Huaichang's explanation makes sense, but it's hard to let go. Fang Congzhe couldn't help but ask: "What about Xiong Tingbi? He just sits back and does nothing about such a big thing?"
Zhang Huaichang then introduced the situation of Xiong Tingbi who was suffering from the epidemic and had never recovered. He was bedridden this time and heard the battle report asking people to help him up. Everyone present was speechless.
People are almost sick and can’t afford to get out of bed. What else can you ask for?
No one can avoid being infected by the current epidemic due to the incompatibility of the climate and climate. Otherwise, why would many officials rather resign than go to Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi or Gansu?
I'm just worried that my life will be gone within a few days of serving as an official.
The level of medical care these days is so low. For many diseases, you can only rely on your own physical fitness or good luck.
Zhang Huaichang gave an overview of the situation. Only then did the cabinet ministers understand how dangerous the situation was. The Tieling Guards were lost. Although Shenyang took the initiative to retreat, Nurhaci personally led an army to pursue them, and they pursued them all the way to Liutiao Village and Hupiyi.
Zhao Lijiao and the Zu brothers led the army in a bloody battle. With the full support of Youshilu's tribe in Ji Town, they finally repelled the Nurhaci army that was pursuing them all the way.
In addition, after learning that Shenyang was lost, Mao Wenlong's troops in Dongjiang Town also took the risk to launch an offensive on the front line of Kuandian Liubao. They even defeated Changdian Fort and Yongdian Fort. This also put a certain amount of pressure on the southern Jurchen front in Jianzhou and helped relieve the pressure on the Liaoyang front line.
, the two sides faced off at the front lines of Yongdian Fort and Damian Fort.
"If Shenyang is lost, Liaoyang will be in danger. Can it still be defended?" Fang Congzhe was a little pessimistic. "My impression is that going south from Shenyang is a smooth journey. The Jianzhou Army can better use its advantages, and Dongjiang Town is more likely to be attacked from behind.
Attack, what should I do?"
"It's not that dangerous." Qi Yongtai knew that he had to cheer up the people present, otherwise everyone would think that they would give up on Liaoyang and simply retreat to western Liaoning, then Liaodong would really have no hope.
Everyone's eyes fell on Qi Yongtai, the backbone. It seemed that Qi Yongtai's words were more convincing and more confident at this time.
"Brother Chengfeng said that, so there must be someone to rely on, right?" Tang Binyin asked impatiently.
"The core of Liaodong's defense is still in Liaoyang. Although Shenyang is lost, Jianzhou has not been able to utilize Shenyang's resources in a short period of time. And this time Nurhaci should also use Li Yongfang's internal resources in our Liaodong Town.
It's almost there. Even if there is, we can't give him another chance. After this time, we will make major adjustments to the Liaodong generals no matter what, no matter what the price is!"
Qi Yongtai's words convinced everyone.
It was Li Sancai who was hesitant at the beginning, feeling that too drastic adjustments might affect the combat effectiveness of Liaodong Town. Zhao Shujiao and others also firmly opposed it, so they failed to implement it.
Fortunately, Sun Degong's rebellion opened up the Crow Falcon Pass, allowing Nurhachi's army to attack them in the middle, and almost had Zhao Shu teach them how to make dumplings.
"We can no longer allow Jurchens in Jianzhou to absorb the population resources brought by the loss of Shenyang. Once these two to three million population resources are absorbed by Jianzhou, we may face an enemy several times more ferocious than now, Xingren Si Na
Didn’t Bian also say that Jianzhou was actively contacting the Xiyi people through North Korea and Japan, hoping to obtain artillery casting and self-generated gun manufacturing technology from the Xiyi people? This is a very dangerous signal. Once even North Korea and Japan
If we feel that it is no longer possible for us to protect their safety, their political tradition may turn towards statehood, and we must not allow this to happen."
Qi Yongtai's tone was heavy and firm, which also showed his attitude.
"We must comprehensively strengthen our support for Liaodong from now on. The current Zhou Dynasty court should also understand that if we do not take the Jianzhou Jurchens seriously, they will be like a vicious wolf that never gets enough, constantly biting us.
Let us lose blood. If we don’t deal with this enemy, if there is any slight change, this evil wolf will jump out and cause trouble..."
Qi Yongtai's views won the support of Li Sancai and Gu Bingqian, but Tang Binyin still asked: "Brother Chengfeng, having said that, the war in Hebei is raging and I am afraid it cannot be resolved in a short time. We also need to
Pay attention to,……"
"Hebei is plagued by scabies. It can be seen from the battle in Baoding. This is a group of rabble. They seem to be powerful, but in fact they lack a rigorous organization. They may be able to exert some momentum against the Guards.
Come on, as long as you face the frontier army, you will only be defeated."
Qi Yongtai patiently explained that he also knew that Tang and Miu were gradually moving closer to him, and he would not treat each other too coldly. Their efforts would also be needed for future cooperation.
"Ziying is in Zhending now, and with the cooperation of the Xuanfu Army and the Beijing Camp, I believe that the White Lotus Sect in Hebei cannot cause much trouble. What we need to pay more attention to now is Liaodong."
Zhang Huaichang couldn't help but suggested: "My lords, Fei Bai is in poor health now, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Liaodong war. I suggest that Fei Bai come back to recuperate as soon as possible, but Liaodong needs an important minister who can suppress the Jianzhou Jurchen."
, this person must be Feng Keng, so I suggest that Feng Keng go to Liaodong as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation of Liaodong, and we must not allow the Jianzhou Jurchens to digest the population results they have taken from us this time..."
"But the war in Hebei is raging, and the White Lotus Sect in Shunde, Guangping and Daming prefectures is also quite rampant. Plus the three prefectures in Henan..." Li Sancai hesitated.
"By the way, there is another battle report that I haven't had time to report. Jiangbei town reported that they had won consecutive battles in Guide and Kaifeng. They had wiped out the White Lotus rebel army in Henan south of the Yellow River and were preparing to march into Weihui, Zhangde and Huaiqing.
Sanfu,..."
Finally, I heard some good news, and the atmosphere in the hall became a little more relaxed.
After Jiangbei Town has dealt with the White Lotus rebels in Guide and Kaifeng, it will be free to deal with the rebels in the three prefectures in the north. However, the three prefectures in the south of Beizhi and the three prefectures north of the Yellow River in Henan are intertwined. The troops in Jiangbei Town are definitely not enough.
"Let Zhisheng go to Zhending, Ziying go to Liaodong, brother Jinqing, what do you think?" Qi Yongtai looked at the chief assistant Ye Xianggao who had not spoken much and seemed a little distracted.
Hearing his opinion asked, Ye Xianggao woke up from his dream and nodded: "I think it's okay, but I think since the battle in Liaodong has reached this level, Liaoyang can't be lost for the time being, so I'm not in a hurry right now.
If Ziying can eliminate the White Lotus rebel army in the central part, then it might be more appropriate to let Zhisheng take over."
Qi Yongtai thought for a moment and nodded.
This opinion is pertinent. Now that Liaodong's defeat has been determined, Ziying cannot immediately reverse the situation, but needs to prepare for the conquest of Liaodong in the next few years.
This chapter has been completed!