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Chapter 26 Xiong Tingbi received the secret decree
But Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, was indeed caught. To be precise, there was a problem with his defense strategy.Set up six camps with the Liaohe River as the line of defense, and divide the land, which means that they may be defeated one by one.

Therefore, the bitter wine brewed by oneself has to be drunk even if one holds one's nose.

It's just that Wang Da Chinese Medicine has not had this kind of awareness yet. He thinks that the Eastern Captives are nothing more than that. With the Ming army in Guangning, they can break the siege of Xiping and repel the Eastern Captives.

Therefore, Wang Huazhen sent reinforcements to Xiping Fort in three directions for rescue.

One team was led by Governor Wang's confidant Sun Degong from Guangning to aid Xiping Fort; one was sent by Xiong Tingbi's general Liu Qu to help from Zhenwu Fort;

When the three-way Ming army rushed to help Xiping Fort, the two imperial envoys rushed to Xiong Tingbi's army and Guangning City.

Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong Economic Strategy Officer, ordered Liu Qu, the commander-in-chief, to go to the camp to help, and he also personally led 5000 troops out of Shanhaiguan to join the battle.

Xiong Tingbi was very surprised by the imperial decree calling for his subordinates to praise the paintings before the army and Hong Fujiao, the head of the staff, but he still knelt down to accept the imperial decree and accepted the decree to thank him.

The imperial envoy is an internal official, accompanied by ten Jin Yiwei.Eight hundred miles in a hurry, everyone's face is full of dust and exhaustion.

With such a big battle, Xiong Tingbi had a premonition that something big might happen.

Sure enough, after the decree was announced, the internal officials did not accept Xiong Tingbi's kindness to ask him to go to rest, but said to Xiong Tingbi forcefully: "Master Xiong, please take a step to speak."

Xiong Tingbi didn't know why, but he still invited the internal officials to his camp.Several brocade guards tacitly guarded outside, pressing the embroidered spring knives around their waists, and no one was allowed to enter.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, the inner officer looked serious, took out a sealed roll of yellow silk, and said to Xiong Tingbi: "The Holy Majesty's secret decree, Xiong Tingbi kneels to accept it."

Xiong Tingbi was stunned for a moment, suppressed the churning in his heart, knelt down and kowtowed, "The minister Xiong Tingbi accepts the order."

The internal officer handed over the secret decree to Xiong Tingbi, and said: "The Holy Majesty's secret decree is only to be watched with Mr. Xiong, and the miscellaneous people dare not look at it with a single eye, and dare not listen to half a word. The Holy Majesty also ordered: This secret decree can be burned whenever you look at it. Make a word remain between heaven and earth."

Xiong Tingbi was even more suspicious. After checking the secret seal, it was indeed intact.As for the internal officials, in order to avoid suspicion, they had already walked to the door of the tent, with their hands behind their backs and their faces facing outside.

Unpacking the secret paper with complicated mood and apprehension, what Xiong Tingbi saw was the not-so-elegant and neat calligraphy. The text message that caught his eyes first made Xiong Tingbi frown.

"...According to a secret report, Sun Degong, a guerrilla of the Guangning Central Army, has defected to the enemy...Xiong Qing should urgently assist Guangning, heal the wounded and save the defeated, and clean up the disabled. , this is selfish and short-sighted, killing oneself without saying anything..."

It is said to be a secret decree, but it is more like a secret letter. Parallel five parallel six without a formal decree are just telling, explaining, and instructing.

The words are not good-looking, and the words are a little common, but Xiong Tingbi's face is getting more and more serious and serious.

"...If Xiong Qing sticks to Guangning at this time and sacrifices his life to seal the border, isn't he a wonderful man?"

After reading this sentence, Xiong Tingbi pursed his lips slightly, his eyes shone brightly, and a look of determination appeared on his face.

In the past, there was "If you rush into the customs in a hurry, you will be selfish and short-sighted, and you will kill yourself without saying anything." Later, there was "Sacrificing your life to die in frontiers, isn't it a brave man?" The national law comes first, and the encouragement comes later. How does Xiong Tingbi decide? , is obvious.

That's right, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were at odds, and after the defeat of Guangning in history, they really wanted to see Wang Huazhen's jokes.

But he abandoned western Liaoning and retreated into Shanhaiguan, which was the biggest failure in his life.

Perhaps Xiong Tingbi believes that the situation is irreversible, the morale of the people has collapsed, and the momentum of the Eastern Captives' victory is irresistible.

Some people may also defend Xiong Tingbi, thinking that after the fall of Guangning, the Eastern captives did not go deep into western Liaoning.

However, the cold facts recorded in the history books are: after the Eastern Captives occupied Guangning, they successively captured more than [-] castles including Yizhou, Pingyang Bridge, Xixing Fort, Jinzhou, Dalinghe, Youtunwei, and Tuanshan, and obtained food and grass. There are countless supplies.

In addition, Nurhachi also ordered the people west of the Liaohe River to be driven to the east of the Liaohe River to be massacred.

Zhu Youxiao knew about this period of history, although he didn't go into details, but just being "horribly miserable" made him gnash his teeth and feel resentful, which was unacceptable.

Zhu Youxiao tried his best to obey the destiny, at least he could feel less guilty.

Moreover, he believed that Xiong Tingbi would act in accordance with the secret decree, rather than those rotten scholars who boasted of a strong character and refused to accept his secret decree.

Because from a historical point of view, although Xiong Tingbi is not perfect, he is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

How could a general who was praised by history books as "courageous and knowledgeable in soldiers" be a coward when he first arrived in Liaodong, and dared to "show off his troops to gather his troops" in order to stabilize the morale of the army and the people?

As for whether Guangning can hold on, in Zhu Youxiao's opinion, if it is handled properly, there should be [-] to [-]% certainty.

You must know that Guangning is an important military town guarding western Liaoning, the gateway to Shanhaiguan, and the highest military institution of the Ming Dynasty in the Northeast.

After decades of operation, the city is solid, with sufficient food and fodder, and there are still more than 1 defenders in the city. It is still possible to get more than 3 troops by abandoning the surrounding forts and gathering defeated troops.

With Xiong Tingbi's prestige and enough food in the fortified city, Donglu's ability to attack the fortifications at this time is also insufficient. If he sticks to it for a month or so, it's freezing cold, how can the Jin army afford it?
Therefore, although Zhu Youxiao has a plan to abandon Guangning and shrink the defense line, but now is not the time to implement it.At least we must work hard to turn a panic retreat into an orderly retreat.

Xiong Tingbi read the secret letter carefully again, and without much hesitation, he knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the capital, "The minister leads the order to thank you."

Hearing the sound, the internal officer at the door of the tent turned around, glanced at it, and stopped at the secret order that Xiong Tingbi held over his head.

Xiong Tingbi immediately understood, got up and walked to the candlelight, stretched out the secret decree, the flame wrapped around the secret decree, illuminating Xiong Tingbi's resolute face.

The last ashes fell to the ground, and the embers flickered twice before being completely extinguished.

The internal officer heaved a sigh of relief, turned his gaze to Xiong Tingbi, and took out a copy of the imperial edict from his arms, "Master Xiong, please accept the edict!"

Xiong Tingbi knelt down and kowtowed, only to hear the high-pitched voice of the internal official read: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Liaodong Economic Strategy Xiong Tingbi, talented and capable, expresses his sincerity..."

"The minister took the decree to thank you." Xiong Tingbi kowtowed to accept the decree. Although it was the decree, he added the title of minister of the Ministry of War to control the various ministries in Liaodong, and gave Shang Fang a sword that could kill officers below the general.

(End of this chapter)