I am the carpenter king

In the first year of Tianqi, on the eighth day of the sixth month, it is advisable to marry and move, and avoid opening a market to make a stove.

Gently putting the letter in his hand on the table, Xiong Tingbi scanned the room before slowly opening his mouth and said: "This is a letter from Youtun. Guangning was attacked by surprise. It was made by Jiannu."

After hearing Xiong Tingbi's words, everyone in the room was slightly taken aback, what is Jiannu doing?The people in the room couldn't help looking at each other, and finally all eyes fell on Xiong Tingbi.

You Shigong, who was sitting on the side, pondered for a while before saying: "Marshal, no matter what Jiannu wants to do, we can't let them succeed. I am willing to take people to Guangning and bring Guangning back."

Looking at the excited You Shigong, Xiong Tingbi shook his head lightly, motioning him to sit down.Frowning and looking at the map behind him, Xiong Tingbi cast his eyes on Zuo Guangdou who was on the side for a long time, and said quite seriously: "Zuo Jinglue, do you have any comments? Let's hear it."

Zuo Guangdou frowned lightly, and turned his gaze to the map. He shook his head with a wry smile, and said helplessly, "Master Xiong, I used to think that I could be promoted in everything, even if I couldn't, I could learn. But After arriving in Liaodong, the subordinate officials realized that this was not the case. Military affairs are the most important thing in the country, so they must not be careless. The subordinate officials are not familiar with military affairs. If they occupy this position, not only can they not accomplish anything, but they will Something will happen. So the official has already handed over the letter of resignation to the emperor, but seeing the terrain of Ningyuan, the official still has something to say."

Hearing Zuo Guangdou's words, Xiong Tingbi was taken aback for a moment, saluted Zuo Guangdou for a long time, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency is righteous!" So simple.

Zuo Guangdou was appointed by Emperor Apocalypse as a strategy strategist for Eastern Liaodong, and he received a letter of resignation within ten months after arriving in Eastern Liaodong.It's easy to get suspicious.Even if the minister did not write a letter to participate in the impeachment, Emperor Tianqi would inevitably have some thoughts in his heart, and his future future would be hard to say.Xiong Tingbi respects Zuo Guangdou very much for being able to put aside his own future and future for the sake of national affairs and side merits. At least this character is first-class in the world.

Seeing what Zuo Guangdou said, Xiong Tingbi smiled and said, "Your Excellency, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Slowly nodded.Zuo Guangdou came to the map and said in a deep voice: Guangning is located on the west side of Yiwulu Mountain, 250 miles east of Shenyang City and [-] miles southwest of Jinzhou.The Liaodong Army is stationed in Guangning, so Guangning's status is very important.But during the Battle of Sarhu, Lin Dan Khan of Mongolia's Chahar tribe took advantage of the emptiness of my defense after the Ming Dynasty, and took the opportunity to attack Guangning.After the Battle of Sarhu, the imperial court urgently needed to stabilize Liaodong, so it did not have any disputes with the Chahar tribe. "

See Zuo Guangdou's euphemism.Xiong Tingbi also nodded. In fact, at that time, the Ming army was seriously injured and did not have the strength to break with the Chahar Department.If the Jiannu and Mongolian Tartars attack together, Liaodong will definitely not be able to keep it.In order to keep Liaodong, the court acquiesced that Lin Danhan occupied Guangning.

Up to now, the Ming Dynasty and Lin Danhan have always been allies, and they have never met each other in battle.This Guangning City has become a city of friendship between the two sides, where merchants trade with each other.Mongols buy iron pots here, while Han people buy fur horses.It's been this way for so many years.It's just that there are many things that can't be said, so Xiong Tingbi nodded slowly, indicating that he understood.

Seeing Xiong Tingbi nodding his head, Zuo Guangdou knew that he didn't need to talk anymore. After pondering for a while, Zuo Guangdou continued: "The south of Guangning City is the right village of my Ming Dynasty. Further south is the sea. To the west is my Ming Dynasty. Yizhou and Dalinghe Fort in the dynasty, to the west is Jinzhou. To the east is the Liaohe River, and after crossing the Liaohe River is Shenyang. There is only one way to attack Guangning, and that is the north of Guangning. Erbu Lindan Khan once walked the road."

Slowly nodded.Xiong Tingbi said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency is right, and the letter also said so." Frowning for a while, Xiong Tingbi said with a gloomy face: "Jianu has already brought down Guangning City, which means that they came from They came from the Mongolian Tartars."

Zuo Guangdou also nodded cautiously, looked at Xiong Tingbi and said: "Jiannu is on the Kaiyuan side of Tieling, while Guangning is in the hinterland of western Liaoning. Although it is only a few hundred miles away, it is also a premeditated attack here. It is impossible for Jiannu to go around so far to attack Guangning. There must be other things in it. Even if Jiannu takes down Guangning, it is impossible to defend it. In the past few years, my power in Liaodong has been strengthened. If it is not estimated that the covenant with Lindan Khan of the Chahar tribe, we would have taken Guangning back. If Jiannu took down Guangning, we would naturally have no such scruples. Jiannu would not Unexpected, but they came anyway.”

After pondering for a while, Xiong Tingbi nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "That means Jiannu's actions this time must have a purpose. As for the purpose, it's hard to say, and we don't know yet. But No matter what the purpose is, it is not a good thing for us."

Looking at Xiong Tingbi, Zuo Guangdou pondered for a while before saying: "Although the officer doesn't understand military affairs, and doesn't know how to command and fight, he still has some insights into the situation. Now we don't know the purpose of establishing slaves, so we might as well change to another one." Thinking about it from a different perspective, how did they come to Guangning? The north of Guangning is the territory of the Mongolian Tartars, how could Lin Dan Khan allow Jiannu to come here? And also conquered Guangning?"

"It's impossible to happen. Without the mutual market in Guangning, there is no way to guarantee the daily necessities of Mongolian Lin Danhan and others. However, the Mongolian Tartars are not monolithic. Although the entire Monan Mongolia is in name Lin Danhan's deployment, However, there are also many tribes that are not on good terms with Lin Dan Khan, and the relationship with each other is not very good. The opposite of Guangning is the five tribes of Nekarka in Mongolia, all of which are controlled by Lin Dan Khan. Since Jiannu came here, it means that the inner The Five Departments of Calka have reached an agreement with Jiannu." Xiong Tingbi frowned at this time, his eyes were fixed on the map, and his expression was cautious.

Zuo Guangdou looked at Xiong Tingbi's appearance, and stopped talking, allowing him to think quietly.

After a long time, Xiong Tingbi turned around with a solemn face, and said with a calm face: "I have thought of it, this time it is a big conspiracy to build slaves, and their goal is not my Daming. From sending people into the Great Wall to attacking Guangzhou Ningcheng, it’s all a conspiracy. Their target is not us but Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Tribe. Jiannu used some method to unite with the Mongol Tartars of the Five Tribes of Inner Khalkha. They are going to attack Lin Dan Khan .”

Zuo Guangdou was also shocked, the alliance between Ming Dynasty and Mongolian Lin Dan Khan was very good.If Lin Dan Khan is wiped out, the whole of Mongolia will fall into the hands of Jiannu. In this way, it is not only Liaodong that is facing Jiannu's attack, but the entire border of Daming.

Seeing Zuo Guangdou looking at him, Xiong Tingbi also frowned tightly, pondered for a long time, and sighed deeply.Sitting weakly on the chair, Xiong Tingbi patted his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "I have always been cautious, for fear that something might go wrong, but I didn't expect to be fooled by Jiannu. The 3 yuan they sent in People, certainly not all cavalry who built slaves, many of them were Mongolian Tartars. When they were sent in, they didn’t intend to let them go back whole, and their purpose was only one, and that was to attract our attention.”

Patting himself on the forehead vigorously, Xiong Tingbi went on to say: "We were fooled by Jiannu in this way and sent 5 horses to Zunhua, just in line with Jiannu's wishes, even if we wiped out all the 3 people Doesn't help."

Seemingly feeling that Xiong Tingbi was too depressed, Zuo Guangdou said in a deep voice, "I can't blame the Marshal for this matter. Jiannu broke into the Great Wall, and Zunhua City is in emergency. We should send someone to King Qin to rescue him."

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Xiong Tingbi said with a slumped face: "This is my fault. After the matter is over, I will apologize to the emperor. You can send troops to rescue the king everywhere, but we can't in Liaodong, because Jiannu We just want us to send people in. We don’t have to send people at all. There are three major battalions in the capital, and there are troops in Baoding and other places in Jizhou. Even 3 people can't make a big wave."

Sighing deeply, Xiong Tingbi said with regret: "At the beginning, I thought that the emperor would not blame me for the credit of King Qin's rescue, but now I think about how stupid this idea is. How can a subject do it for his own sake? To do such a thing in private is to be a courtier!"

"My lord, even if Liaodong has nothing to do, we can help from other places!" Looking at Xiong Tingbi, Zuo Guangdou said hesitantly.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Xiong Wencan said in a deep voice: "Our Daming cavalry is scarce and has no ability to go out. We can only go out from Guangning, because the distance from the Mongolian Tartars is relatively close, and their battlefield is also here, so we have the ability to go out." Stop them here. This is why Jiannu attacked Guangning in advance. They just don’t want us to send troops from there, and they also want to attract our attention.”

"But my lord, we can take Guangning back! Then we will lead our troops out to stop them!" Zuo Guangdou stood up abruptly and said excitedly.

Xiong Tingbi sighed softly, suppressed the thoughts in his heart, pulled himself together and said to You Shigong who was looking at him dumbfounded: "In any case, we must take Guangning down first, and order Xiping Fort guard Luo Yiguan, Zuo Liangyu, the left guard, and Chen Guangxu, the right guard, let them lead the troops of the headquarters to dispatch Guangning, and let Guangning be taken back first." (To be continued...)