Qi Jiguang also saw these problems when he was stationed in Jimen, so he wrote a letter to Zhang Juzheng, proposing solutions to unified training of the national army and suggesting that the national army take turns to Jizhen for training. Unfortunately, this extremely beneficial plan for the Ming court was not implemented for various reasons. The Ming court's control over the generals became increasingly weak, and now it has created monsters like Guanning Army.

They took the highest salary in the Ming Dynasty and the most advanced weapon in the entire East Asia. They confronted the Jurchens behind the Ningyuan City of Shanhaiguan, built with astronomical silver, to maintain the war situation. They never dared to attack for a single step, and the enemy did not have much confidence in decisive defense when they came. They often left behind dozens of millions of taels of silver to escape, but just quietly made their national disaster and enjoyed their own glory and wealth.

Once someone wants to end their extremely comfortable life, they and the civil and military officials behind them who also gained a lot of benefits from the Liao salary will use various means to completely knock them down. Their desire to fight these wars is much more determined than fighting against the Jurchens.

The Sichuan Army, Qi Family Army, Bai Gan Army, Xuan Da Army countless troops that could be fought in the Ming Dynasty were buried in the land of Liaodong by them in various ways. However, their Guanning Army survived again and again, resulting in the reduction of available troops from the imperial court, and could no longer check and balance the Guanning Army. They could only allow this monster to continue to absorb the Ming Empire to absorb nutrients until the end of the empire, and they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty without hesitation.

Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming Dynasty has continuously buried the elites in the Ming army in the Liaodong area. Therefore, although we know that the Guanning Army is not on the same path as the court, we can only continue to feed the monster, because once the Liao salary is cut off, these Guanning Army will lead Jiannu into the pass without hesitation and completely destroy the Ming Dynasty, so we have to continue to drink poison to quench our thirst.

But Li You didn't have this idea. The 50,000 New Song Army he collected in the tiger talisman was enough to completely solve the two parasites that Guanning Army and Jiannu, which were constantly damaging the Ming Dynasty to strengthen his own. Therefore, after Mao Wenlong was killed, he ordered the recall of Yuan Chonghuan without hesitation and let him go to Beijing to distinguish.

No matter how much controversy existed in later generations about Yuan Chonghuan, at least in Li You's opinion, with his personal ability, there was no way to solve the problem of Guanning's military stance. Moreover, as the governor of Ji Liao, the court handed over all the financial, human and military command power outside Shanhaiguan to him, but he could not stop the fact that Jiannu had invaded, which proved his unqualification.

Fortunately, the refugees in the northwest are just beginning to appear. Sanshui County was besieged by refugees at the beginning of the year. The guerrilla Gao Conglong was defeated and killed. More than 2,000 officers and soldiers were injured. However, the situation here has not yet reached an irreversible level. Famous refugee leaders such as Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong have not appeared yet. As long as the two cancers of Jiannu and Guanning Army can be solved before this, the Ming Dynasty may still be saved.

The envoy of the Jinyiwei used 800-li Fei to pass the imperial edict of Li You to Ningyuan Yuan Chonghuan. This decree was indeed beyond the expectations of Yuan Chonghuan and the generals of the Guanning Army. In their opinion, after Mao Wenlong's death, the matter in Liaodong could only be relied on them. According to Zhu Youjian and the royal court's dukes, they would definitely turn big things into small things, but they did not expect that Yuan Chonghuan would return to Beijing to distinguish them.

"Supervisor, Jiannu is now rectifying his troops and may go south at any time. You really can't leave Ningyuan." Zu Dashou, the leader of the Guanning Army, said quickly. If Yuan Chonghuan just went back like this, he might never come to Liaodong again. He finally got along well with this supervisor. If a new person is changed, wouldn't everything have to be started again? This is too unprofitable.

Zu Dashou was the general officer. His brothers Zu Dale, Zu Dacheng, Zu Dabi, his sons and nephews Zu Zeyuan, Zu Zepei, Zu Zesheng, Zu Zefa, Zu Zerun, Zu Kefa, etc. They were all military officers at all levels from generals to deputy generals, generals, and guerrillas. They were all located in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, Jinzhou Zhucheng, and Guanning Army. This shows the warlordization of the Guanning Army.

"Yes, Master Supervisor, Mao Wenlong is domineering and is entangled with Jiannu. You are decisive in killing him to eliminate harm to the court. The previous memorial has been clearly written, so why should I explain it? Besides, the journey of the capital is long and it takes several months to go back and forth. What if Jiannu comes to conquer during this period?" Wu Xiang, another powerful figure in the Guanning Army, also tried hard to persuade him, with the same high-sounding excuse; although he did not have a surname, he was Zu Dashou's in-laws.

Then the other generals advised Yuan Chonghuan not to leave Ningyuan. After repeated consideration, Yuan Chonghuan accepted their suggestions, "I told Your Majesty that I had been pacifying Liao for five years, but now that five years have not passed, I shouldn't have returned to Beijing, so that all previous operations would be invalidated."

"The supervisor is wise!" Zu Dashou and others praised each other, but they sneered in their hearts. After five years of pacifying Liao, do you really think that Guanning Army has the ability to do this? And even if it can really deal with Jiannu in five years, they are unwilling to do so. When Jiannu is pacified, is there still a need for Guanning Army to exist? What should we eat without Liao pay?

Afterwards, Yuan Chonghuan wrote another memorial explaining why he killed Mao Wenlong, and made numerous analysis of the current situation in Ji Liao area, indicating that he was very happy to return to Beijing to explain this matter to His Majesty. However, the military situation was really urgent, and Jiannu might go south to invade the border at any time, so at such a critical moment, he could not leave Ningyuan no matter what. He also sent someone to deliver the letter to the capital city at a slow pace.

In the eyes of the generals of the Guanning Army, Huang Taiji would definitely go south soon. At that time, the emperor would not have the intention to pay attention to these trivial matters anymore.

"It's true that I didn't expect." Li You was not angry after receiving the memorial. He also gave Yuan Chonghuan and the generals of Guanning Army a chance. As long as he could return to Beijing to explain the matter, he might save his life, but obviously they were fearless about their situation and did not take it seriously.

"Since Jiannu may go south at any time, let Yuan Chonghuan continue to guard Ningyuan, and then we will explain the matter after understanding this time." Li You would not agree with Yuan Chonghuan's statement like Zhu Youjian, confirming Mao Wenlong's charge. After repelling Jiannu, he still wanted to use the rehabilitation of Mao Wenlong to win over the morale of Dongjiang Town.
Chapter completed!