I'm really not the carpenter emperor

"Your Majesty, I think it is feasible."

Up to now, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty have basically set a thorough tone.

Although the conflicts between the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households and Sun Chuanting were not satisfactory, they were finally resolved. Everyone, including Wang Qia and Li Banghua, believed that the battle could not be lost no matter what.

If you lose, the price will be too high.

Therefore, the discussion on civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty has now become a meaning, and the difficult things are handled by himself. On the western front, Sun Chuanting must continue to fight, but how to win depends on himself.

As for Liaodong, it still has to rely on Xiong Tingbi, and the court is currently unable to deal with Nurhachi.

The current Sun Chuanting is gathering the strength of the entire Ming court to help him finish this battle, and the merits and demerits will be left to the teacher when he returns.

In contrast, Xiong Tingbi became a freed child.

Liaodong, which has been recovered by Zhu You for more than half a year, can't really give anything other than a few new troubles thrown by a piece of imperial decree.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao really felt that it was too difficult for Xiong Tingbi.

For so long, he has been alone in Liaodong, dealing with Houjin's open and dark arrows, and he has to suffer criticism and impeachment from the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty.

Although Hong Chengchou was sent later, but this guy is old and cunning, sitting in the position of governor of Liaodong, he can actually please both sides.

In fact, in the past three years, Hong Chengchou's greatest help to Xiong Tingbi in Liao affairs is that there is no restriction on each other, one governs the government and the other governs the army.

The relationship between the two is not good, but it is not bad.

Zhu Youxiao leaned against the Nine Dragon Throne on the Hall of Supreme Harmony, stroked the golden dragon head, and his eyes became so greedy for the first time, it was already difficult for him to let go of the emperor's seat now.

The taste of power is really too tempting.

"When you send Tiqi out of the customs, you must bring my original words to Sun Chuanting, and say that the last batch of elites in the country, I will hand them over to him!"

"Let him make his own decision on all matters of war strategy!"

Hearing this, all the ministers saluted again, shouting:

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Back at Xinuang Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao's eyes were blank, and he slumped on the throne, leaning on it like this, gasping for breath, speechless for a long time.

……

Shuofang Beiguo in the ninth month of the lunar calendar has long been a frigid solar term.

Xiong Tingbi was standing in the school grounds, looking at the supervising team composed of [-] Liao army elites selected by himself, full of confidence.

The appearance of the supervising team is also the product of Xiong Tingbi's reference to Sun Chuanting's efforts to restrain the military discipline of the towns outside Datong Town.

Xiong Tingbi thinks this thing is very good, and it can be permanently installed in the Liao army.

The supervising team must select elites, which is different from his standard supervising battalion.

The supervising battalion served as the coach's guard during the war, and the supervising team followed the army. First, it was the last card, and second, it was to deter the sergeants, kill the fugitives, curb the decline in time, and take the opportunity to counterattack.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

All members of the Liao army supervisor team are equipped with sharp officer-style goose-wing knives, which are extremely bright with several cold lights flashing in the snow.

In addition, the supervising team is selected from various departments of the Liao Army to fill in, and the momentum is even more extraordinary.

"Stop—" Suddenly, Xiong Tingbi stretched out his hand, gave the order to stop the training, and raised his head to stare into the distance.

Although he is not a military general, his years of military service have made him more vigilant than ordinary generals.

Even in the noisy school grounds, subtle tremors on the ground can be felt.

Not long after, a group of Tiqi came galloping from afar.

The leader was a grand nephew, and a group of people came to Liaoyang, the political and military center of today's Liaodong, with "cold hands and feet", just to proclaim an imperial decree.

Chapter 536 Liaoyang's promotion

"Your Majesty has a decree, Xiong Tingbi will receive the decree!" The father-in-law was riding on the horse, ignoring his cold hands, holding up a scroll of imperial decree in the cold wind, and singing loudly.

At such a moment, Yu Tiqi couldn't care less about regretting that he didn't prepare more clothes when he left the customs. He just stood up and stared at the Liao army general in the field.

They are the face of the capital, no matter how cold it is, they must stand up.

Without any hesitation, Xiong Tingbi immediately put down the saber in his hand and half-kneeled on the ground. All the Liao Army generals present also half-kneeled in unison.

"My minister Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, welcomes the imperial decree."

The father-in-law was shaking, and even the soldiers of the supervising team could tell that he was very cold, and even his hands were red from the cold, but the words he shouted were still firm.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said:

The battle on the west wing has been going on for a long time, the frontier troops have been conscripted and transferred, and the armaments are empty. However, the nine sides are all important towns in the country, and the throats are important. I am very concerned.

After the meeting of the court, I agreed to transfer 24 soldiers from the four provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Gansu to the northern garrison, add 250 new troops, and pay [-] million taels.

The Liao army has [-] new soldiers, and Qing can recruit and train on the spot and form a battalion.As for weapons, armor, battles, food, wages, cotton clothes, etc., everything must be excluded by the households and soldiers.

This is it. "

"Minister Xiong Tingbi, accept the order!"

Xiong Tingbi received the imperial edict with both hands, stood up with his head bowed, and then raised his head to look at the eunuch who was shaking more and more, and said:

"Eunuch came from a long way, it's freezing here, I have nothing to entertain, please go to the mansion to rest first."

"No, there's no need..." The father-in-law was already shivering from the cold, so he was willing to walk such a long way back to the governor's mansion from the school grounds, and said hastily:

"It's good to be in the military camp, and there are a lot of affairs in the palace. Our family will rest for a while and then return."

Xiong Tingbi didn't say anything, he hated these eunuchs in his heart.

It's just that the eunuch's insistence when he read out the imperial edict today eased his disgust towards these eunuchs to some extent.

Over the years, although Xiong Tingbi still had that fiery temperament, he had also withstood the baptism of the battlefield and the officialdom, and became somewhat taciturn.

Many generals have gradually discovered that since the 47th year of Wanli's reign in Liao Dynasty, the smile on the face of this manager has become less and less, and his daily orders have gradually formed a capable and brief style.

It's not that he doesn't dare to say more, Xiong Tingbi is still the same Xiong Tingbi back then, but now he is not very willing to say such useless nonsense anymore.

If this had been the first time he came to Liaodong, he would have sneered at such eunuchs in a few or two words, and it would not have been finished.

After seeing off Ouchi's father-in-law and Tiqi and his party, Xiong Tingbi turned around and looked at the generals of the Liao army who got up one after another, and the strength of holding the imperial decree increased a bit.

The meaning in this decree can basically be divided into two points.

Obviously, the imperial court discovered the emptiness of the current military equipment in the Nine Frontiers and Liaodong in time, and held a meeting with the Ministry of Finance to discuss this, and quickly made a deployment of south-to-north military deployment to enrich the military equipment.

In addition, the Liao army under his command will also add an additional battalion.

With a new army of [-], there is no mention of where to find a reliable source of troops. Whether the slave chieftain and the Horqin tribe will allow them to train their troops safely is another matter.

But the good news is that the rations and salaries for the 24 new troops have been prepared, and there is a company responsible for the winter cotton clothes. Counting the cost of weapons and battles, it is enough.

But the good news is only this one, and there is nothing more in the imperial decree.

In other words, the imperial court was responsible for ordering and paying the salary, and many problems caused by the new army were all thrown to themselves.

Thinking of this, Xiong Tingbi's face changed slightly.

In fact, it's nothing. He didn't come here on that day all these years. The situation in Liaodong is not very good now. After all, it has initially regained the whole territory.

It's just that the [-] Liao troops will be added, where will they be recruited?

Thinking of this, Xiong Tingbi ordered succinctly: "Call Xue Laiyin, Cao Bianjiao, Man Gui... come and see me at the Governor's Mansion."

……

"See Taiwan!"

The generals came quickly from all over the country, and early the next morning, Xiong Tingbi raised his account in Liaoyang, the capital, to discuss the matter of military expansion.

Xiong Tingbi glanced at the crowd slowly, and said slowly:

"I don't think the war on the west wing can be resolved within three or two days. The expansion of the Nine Frontiers is not our business. It's just that at this time, the slave chief will not sit still."

"The slave chieftain is about to move around in the old village recently, you must have heard of it?"

In March of this year, Cao Bianjiao, who was promoted to General of the East Road after recovering Liaodong, shook his armor and said majesticly:

"Taitai, the slave chief is already our defeated general!"

"Besides, the general feels that even if they go to attack Neikalkha, what does it have to do with us? Anyway, everyone should make advance arrangements at the town guard and prepare for defense, that's all."

Man Gui also sneered: "What kind of thing is the slave chieftain? Last time he surrounded me for half a year and couldn't defeat me, how dare he send troops to attack?"

"Hahaha."

All the generals and officials roared with laughter, but Xiong Tingbi's face remained normal.

Soon, the generals and officers who noticed that the person above him didn't even have a smile on his face, didn't dare to continue laughing anymore.

"You are all veteran generals, how could you make the mistake of underestimating the enemy?" Xiong Tingbi was a little sullen.

"I don't want you to make mistakes like this when you go out from the Liao army and guard all over the country in the future. Therefore, if you lose a battle, it's because the governor has nothing to do!"

Hearing this, Cao Bianjiao, who spoke first, had a froze smile on his face. He didn't feel that there was any face problem, so he stepped forward to admit his mistake and said:

"The last general knows, and he will never dare to underestimate the enemy again in the future."

"If you make a mistake in Liaodong, you will have no future!"

Xiong Tingbi glanced at this extremely brave general in battle with love and hatred, motioned him to go back, raised his head and said:

"The imperial decree said that this time, troops from the four provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Gansu will be transferred to strengthen the defense of the nine frontiers, and naturally they will also go to Liaodong."

"All battalions must make preparations early, and avoid veterans oppressing recruits at that time. Discord among the ranks is a taboo for military strategists."

"No matter where the officers and soldiers are, they are officers and soldiers just like us!"

"The last general understands—!" After what happened just now, all the generals and officers knew the importance of the defense of Liaodong this time, and reported in unison.

They are all seasoned and skilled generals in command of the army, and most of them can know the changes in the situation on the frontier with a little analysis in their hearts.

The recent focus of the imperial court will be on Sun Chuanting's west wing without accident. For Liaodong, they can only rely on themselves.

Xue Laiyin frowned and said: "Taitai, generals. Let's not talk about how many vacancies there are in the [-] troops in the four provinces. The distance between these four provinces and Liaodong is thousands of miles away. How can we adjust them at once?" Qi arrived?"

The generals discussed for a while, Cao Bianjiao nodded and said: "I think it's the same. The road is far away, and the distant water can't save the nearby fire. Jiannu will know the news of the increase of troops on the nine sides sooner or later."

"The general thinks that the slave chieftain will definitely stir up troops to cause chaos before the additional troops are transferred!"

Chapter 537 Soul Breaking Hot Spring Town

Xiong Tingbi nodded and said:

"That's right. Besides, these inland soldiers, except for the Gansu soldiers, are all from the hot and humid south. Even if they arrive, whether they can withstand the cold outside the pass is another matter."

"Everyone, don't have any expectations for these additional troops. You should train the [-] recruits as soon as possible. Is there any good place to recruit troops?"

After hearing this, all the generals looked at each other, and Man Gui came out and said:

"Reporting to Taiwan, after the recapture of Liaodong, the Liao people in Fushun and Tieling moved back day by day. Most of the Liao people in these places used to avoid disasters due to the war, and the number is not small. All armaments are also waiting to be restored.”

"The general thinks that these two places are also the frontiers of establishing slaves and raising troops to invade Liaozuo, and it is most suitable to recruit troops."

After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi said to himself: "Fushun and Tieling are excellent places. Calling on the Liao people to fight for the restoration of the soil can also boost morale..."

After thinking for a while, he said decisively: "Well, let's recruit new troops from Fushun and Tieling!"

"The Wujing Battalion died fighting to protect the entire Shenyang Battalion last time. The [-] new recruits recruited this time will be reorganized according to the organizational system of the Wujing Battalion."

"Follow orders!" All the generals said in unison.

After everyone's voices settled down, Xiong Tingbi suddenly raised his head and said:

"Phi Dao was ordered to tell Mao Wenlong to always pay attention to the movement of the slaves. His Dongjiang army's commander will not move. He has a good idea of ​​how to fight at that time!"

In Liaodong, apart from Xiong Tingbi, the most prestigious generals were not Cao Bianjiao, Man Gui, Xue Laiyin and other generals present, but Mao Wenlong, the general of Zhenjiang.

Speaking of Mao Wenlong, his experience is legendary.

The Dongjiang Army was established in the 47th year of Wanli until now. From the very beginning, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were unknown, and now it has become a nail deeply inserted into the enemy's rear. This once again confirms the foresight of Emperor Tianqi.

Xiong Tingbi has always shown restraint towards Mao Wenlong, but basically does not interfere with the development of the island's affairs.

Even though there were often rumors that Mao Wenlong had murdered good men for meritorious service, hijacked businessmen, led troops to rob supplies in North Korea, and many other acts, Xiong Tingbi turned a blind eye to them.

Because he knows how important the strategic location of Phi Island is.