Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 96 The ministers clamoring for attack
  After receiving the report from Xiong Tingbi about recovering Haizhou Guard, the entire capital was in jubilation the next day. The praise for this Liaodong manager is even more generous.

Now, in the entire capital, except for Wang Qi's die-hard fans, everyone else, whether they are common people, scholars, or officials, all say: Even he, Wang Qi, can guard Guangning, enter the grassland, and even kill with a sword. Baylor, however, was not able to regain an inch of lost ground.

Today, Liaodong Manager Xiong Tingbi took just three days to capture Haizhou Guard, which was only three hundred miles away from Liaoyang City. This was a turning point for the entire Ming Dynasty from strategic defense to strategic offense.

Now the whole city of Beijing is full of rumors. Of course when the memorial arrived at the palace, the sky was filled with thunder like daylight, and the entire emperor's palace was reflected in a brilliant golden light.

This is a good sign.

Some even said: Xiong Tingbi is more qualified to be a marquis than Wang Qi!
  Regardless of the rumors in the capital, discussions on Xiong Tingbi's follow-up actions have already begun in the court.

"The old slave will not let people sleep soundly beside his bed so easily. After taking North Korea, he will definitely have his hands free and want to take back the Haizhou Guard." In the court, Han Xu walked out of the train and said what he said Insights:

"I believe that we should immediately order the Guangning Guards and the Ningyuan Five Guards north of Shanhaiguan to send troops to support Haizhou. At the same time, I order the Denglai Prefecture of Jiaodong Peninsula to send troops across the sea to attack the Fuzhou Guards and Gaizhou Guards in southern Liaoning. The pressure prevents them from going north. At the same time, the front line of Shanhaiguan and Jizhou Prefecture in the south should immediately release all the grain, grass, wages, etc. from the warehouse and start transporting them out of the customs to prepare for a protracted war!"

As soon as Han Xu finished speaking, Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian, Liu Zongzhou and others also came out.

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

It seems that these Donglin bosses stayed up all night last night. In order to suppress Wang Qi's power in Liaodong, they have decided to start supporting Xiong Tingbi.

No matter how fierce the fight between civil servants is, it is still a fight among the scholar-bureaucrats.
  You Wang Qi, a military minister who is a relative of a foreigner, what the hell are you!
  On the other hand, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, was hesitant about sending troops after a night of tossing and turning.

Perhaps because he was too afraid of Jianzhou, Zhu Youxiao, who had been thinking about it all night, hesitated: Is this another Nurhachi conspiracy?
  Even with the detailed memorials of Jin Yiwei and Liaodong Economic Strategy, Zhu Youxiao grinned and hesitated in his heart. The old slave was sinister. In his heart, the young emperor still wanted to wait for Wang Qi to arrive in Liaodong before making a decision.

"Ye Aiqing," after a while, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyes and looked at his cabinet minister, as if he finally woke up from his deep thoughts: "What's your opinion?"

Ye Xianggao, who was at the head of the train, stood upright and kept his eyes slightly closed while hearing the words of these colleagues and did not speak.

At this moment, I heard the emperor call his name.

Ye Xianggao finally opened his eyes.

Since cooperating with Wang Qi, although the position of chief minister has been temporarily stabilized, Ye Xianggao's reputation among the government and the public has plummeted.

Especially now that Xiong Tingbi has made new achievements in Liaodong, Ye Xianggao's bet seems to have failed.

But despite this, the old minister will not admit defeat like this! It’s not until the last moment, who will win? For some reason, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty always felt that Wang Qi had an inexplicable blessing of luck.
  After calming down, Ye Xiang raised his voice solemnly and bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the general troops from Liaodong have not yet arrived, but the Minister of Economic Affairs has led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses from Youtun to go into battle. In addition to the 3,000 troops from Guangning City, Apart from the remaining cavalry, there are no friendly troops and no guarantee support. We have taken a great risk. Looking at it now, although we have temporarily recovered some of the lost ground, in the long run, the Haizhou Guard is extremely far away from my base camp. We have no strength, manpower, and food. All the efforts are insufficient. The imperial court needs to pay a huge price to consolidate the Haizhou Guard, and it is a long-term and lasting investment in the Haizhou Guard. Before Hou Jin can react, he should retreat to the Liaohe River line."

As soon as Ye Xianggao finished speaking, the whole court burst into discussion.

retreat?
  Showing weakness to Jiannu?
  The officers and soldiers were fighting in front, and the commander-in-chief took the lead, but the dignified chief minister of the Ming Dynasty was so timid!
  Those who seek peace are not worthy of standing in the court!

"I object to Ye Xianggao's words. This is to show weakness to others. This is to destroy the prestige of China and increase the ambition of others! Xiong Tingbi has already established an advantage west of the Liao River, and there are clear reports showing that the Jin army has gone to Korea to fight. "

"Why are you waiting for Wang Qi to go to Liao? What are you waiting for? Wait for him to go to Shenyang alone and kill the old slave with a sword, right?" Liu Zongzhou's words were extremely sharp, and he spoke directly in the face of the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes, by the time Wang Qi enters the Liao Dynasty, I'm afraid Jianzhou will have already returned to the court with his troops. Now is the time and we can't delay it!" Wang Xinyuan, the censor, also stood up at this moment and clearly opposed Ye Xianggao's words.

"Also, I have a question. Why didn't the more than 3,000 cavalrymen in Guangning City set off with Xiong Tingbi's army?" Wang Xinyuan snorted coldly: "I heard that those 3,000 cavalrymen were from Wang Qi's 27th Family. The general will be directly in charge of the leadership, and without Wang Qi's personal orders, even if the strategic minister arrives in person, he will not be able to mobilize any of his soldiers!"

Wang Xinyuan turned around and glanced at the officials and asked: "What is this? Isn't this using officers and soldiers as private soldiers? Using soldiers as domestic slaves? Wang Qi's heart is clearly exposed!"

As soon as Wang Yushi's words came out, the atmosphere in the court changed again.

And so on?
  The hearts of all the ministers in the palace were tense. Wang Qi was far away in the capital and could still have such power. He must not be allowed to stay!

Seeing the atmosphere slipping to the brink of indescribability, Sun Chengzong shook his head helplessly and stood up: "Wang Yushi, what is being discussed now is whether Xiong Tingbi should continue to guard Haizhou Guard, not the issue of Wang Qi's private soldiers."

"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong turned around and bowed to Zhu Youxiao, who was frowning: "I think that for the sake of safety, we should respect what Wang Qi said in the letter and destroy the pass city defenses. The army should withdraw to the west of the Liao River for long-term Plan!”

"I also agree with what Sun Gebu said!" Xu Guangqi, the head of the Ministry of War, also stood up at this time.

Ye Xianggao, Sun Chengzong, and Xu Guangqi, three ministers, stood up and calmed Zhu Youxiao, who was originally quite uneasy on the throne.

As long as the imperial court does not support the attack one-sidedly, it can still be stable.
  Zhu Youxiao looked at the ministers in the palace who were opening their mouths to send troops to support the Haizhou Guard, and was quite speechless: Three months ago, who in the court dared to say that they would send troops to counterattack Hou Jin? Who dares to say that one can cross the Liao River in a battle? Who dares to say that Guangning City can be protected?
  It was not because of Wang Qi's power in Liaodong in just three months that the situation changed.

The faces of these people now are truly speechless.

(End of this chapter)