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Chapter 301: The war will start

Disputes in the Korean and China gradually arose, stabilizing the situation in Liaodong that has lasted for nearly two years, and also undergoing drastic changes.

Wei Zhongxian restarted the Tao Huang case in the second year of the Tianqi period. Somehow, the Donglin moderate faction began to join forces with the eunuch party to jointly deal with You Shiren, the censor of the Censorate.

When the latter learned about this, he even colluded with a group of radical civil servants, like a group of mad dogs, biting them everywhere.

The Zuodu Censor Liu Zongzhou promoted his disciples to the Ministry of Rites, and Zuo Guangdou, the Zuo Temple Chief of Dali Temple, committed fraud during the provincial examination, allowing a large number of Donglin scholars to be awarded academic qualifications.

There were also officials from all over the country who were all carrying out personal pockets and embezzled public funds in the 37th year of Wanli.

Overnight, the government and the country were shocked.

Officials were either in panic all day long, Xu Tu protected themselves, or gave up like You Shiren and others, relying on exposing others to get themselves out of the public's sight.

Wei Zhongxian and Dongchang also turned all their attention to Tao Huang's predecessor case in the second year of Tianqi, and prepared for the Third Department to be held for the trial with Han Lu and others.

With the acquisition of the presiding judge Zuo Guangdou and others, the initial trial result of the Tao Huangxian case was completely overturned in the third year of Tianqi. Tao Huangxian, You Shiren and others all became the culprits of swallowing Dongjiang Army's military supplies.

Wei Zhongxian immediately sent foreign soldiers to the door and captured You Shiren and was imprisoned.

When the battle was in full swing, You Shiren sat in the main hall with his straight face, as if he had already expected that when he saw the Dongchang team entering the door, he was said to have no fear or fear at all, but instead laughed.

Of course, the news came to Wei Zhongxian's ears, which made him furious again. He ordered the gathering of evidence of the crime and decided to kill his nine clans.

Although You Shiren was imprisoned, the impact he had in the court was still indelible.

There was a great chaos in the court, and Liaodong was not much better.

Nurhaci gathered the Eight Banners forces, which was known as 140,000, and personally cut off the Ming Banner in Shenyang to make an oath, telling the story of his uprising with his thirteenth deputy ancestors' armor and winning every battle since then, using this to inspire the morale of the army.

The Later Jin army once again invaded the important town of Shenyang, and surrounded but did not attack. The purpose was to surround the points and attack the aid, which consumed the vitality of the Ming border army.

Man Gui, the general in charge of guarding Shenyang, insisted on the battle strategy that Xiong Tingbi could not stick to, and patrolled the city wall day and night to stabilize morale.

On the other hand, the Korqin tribe and the four major divisions of Neikharkha also received letters from Hetuala, and the lords of the five tribes gathered in the Korqin Grassland Alliance, assembled a large army, and marched southward.

The five coalition forces were known as 200,000 cavalry, and their troops were directly targeted by the most powerful of the five major divisions of the Inner Khalkha, and they were attached to the Fuyu tribe of the Ming Dynasty.

The lord of the Fuyu tribe, Borjijin Zaisai, the sixth son of Dayan Khan, also ordered that all men of the Fuyu tribe, who were above the horse's head, would participate in the battle.

He summoned many small tribes that had been attached to the Fuyu tribe, declared their determination to fight to the end, and sent the Qing cavalry to Guangning for help.

After being asked for help, Guangning quickly sent a fast horse to report to the capital.

The Minister of War Cui Chengxiu attached great importance to this matter and was promoted to the Ministry of Justice after being reported to Tangbao.

During the ministry's discussion, Cui Chengxiu took out the edict sent back to Beijing by Emperor Tianqi not long ago, and used this as a basis to end the dispute between the officials of the Ministry of War and ordered soldiers and horses from the nine border towns and all over the capital to enter the camps of the suburbs of the capital.

At the same time as the manifesto was issued, the letter of state was sent by the envoy to Chahanhot, the "capital city" of Chahar tribe, with only one meaning. The Ming Dynasty court asked Lindan Batuer of Chahar tribe to immediately lead the Chahar tribe and Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert to participate in the war.

Lindanbatull treated the envoy well, but his intention was not clear. After several days of continuous use, there was no news. Zaisai was very angry and accused Lindanbatull of being a direct descendant of the Golden Family.

But what made him feel relieved was that the Ming Dynasty joined the war.

It was not just about participating in the war, but this was the largest military operation in the Ming Dynasty since the Battle of Sarhu. All the troops and horses from the Nine Border Army Town and the capital and the rest of the capital need to be rescued.

The troops mobilized even exceeded the Southwest's personal expedition.

This news not only made Zaisai quite excited, but also made the Fuyu tribe's subordinates disunited to the Chahar tribe and loyal to the Tianqi court.

The news of the "Battle of Sarhu" with the rear army was soon spread to Nurhaci through the mouth of the meticulous work.

The Later Jin Dynasty urgently convened a Beile meeting, and many people were very confused about the Ming Dynasty's attitude this time.

In theory, this is not the first time that Dajin has entered Shenyang. Could it be that they discovered the other purpose this time?

Indeed, after Nurhaci found that the fierce attack on Chenyang was useless, he changed his tactical intention. This time they were actually just pretending to behave in Shenyang.

Nurhaci's real purpose was to conquer and destroy the Fuyu tribe and make the Korqin tribe and the Neikalkha connected together. In this way, the land of Guangning and Liaochen and Guangrou will be exposed to their iron hooves!

But he did not expect that when the whistleman who was going to Korqin to report the news was still on the way, Xiong Tingbi quickly realized his tactical intentions, and used the power of Liaodong's ruler to report directly to the Emperor Tianqi in Nanjing.

This time, the Ming Dynasty responded quickly to the actions of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao issued an edict to Beijing in advance, and determined that if the Jin Dynasty attacked, Fuyu's troops would seek help and must summon a large army to join the war.

When Cui Chengxiu later convened the ministry for discussion, it was with this edict that he skipped the complicated verbal disputes in the past and issued a manifesto the day after receiving the Guangningtang newspaper.

This speed is extremely fast compared to the past.

Starting from the third day, the Ming army in the Jifu and the important towns on the nine sides had begun to gather in the capital. It is estimated that within half a month, a northern expedition army of nearly 200,000 will be formed.

Therefore, there are many contradictions within the Later Jin Dynasty, and several factions have been formed.

Some people say that since the Ming Dynasty mobilized its troops so quickly, it was because it already knew what they thought and needed to discuss it calmly.

Some people also say that their Dajin did not have to be afraid of the Ming Dynasty's troops. The five coalition forces of the Korqin tribes had several times more troops than the Fuyuan tribes. The Korqin cavalry had good combat effectiveness and would definitely be able to defeat the Fuyuan tribes in one fell swoop.

By then, the initiative in the war would be completely in the hands of Dajin. If the Ming army came to help, then fight the Battle of Sarhu again and destroy their main force.

Fan Wencheng also pointed out that after years of war, the Ming Dynasty was actually a paper tiger, and the troops mobilized this time were undoubtedly their main force on Jiubian and Jifu.

The Ming army that eliminated this pass, the Jin general completely took the initiative in strategy, and Liaodong became a useless piece of money for the Ming Dynasty.

Refusing to defend, without soldiers or wealth, Xiong Tingbi alone can't support him.

If they give up, they will fight each other within and are unwilling to give up their ancestors and the country. In any case, as long as this Ming army is eliminated, the Ming Dynasty will no longer be able to confront the Dajin.

I have to say that Fan Wencheng is very familiar with the Ming Dynasty. His words were so sharp that he almost persuaded all the Eight Banners Beile who was resigning.

Ajige, Turge and others were all excited and wanted to completely defeat the Ming Dynasty and tear their seemingly powerful disguise with this second "Battle of Sarhu".

Nurhaci knew that he was old and had a decline, and that the days when he could go on a horse and fight would be reduced by one day. He missed the opportunity of Emperor Tianqi taking the Yongwei Camp to the southern tour. I don’t know if he could wait for the next time.

In the end, the Later Jin Dynasty still decided to fight this battle.

They were planning to act according to the original plan, and the success or failure of the entire war was determined by whether the five major coalition forces could successfully conquer and destroy Fuyu's troops within the specified time.

At the same time, when Liaodong governor Xiong Tingbi, Liaodong governor Hong Chengchou, and Guangning Senator Sun Chengzong learned about the news of his participation in the war, he also promoted the tent in Liaoyang, Haizhou and Guangning respectively, and summoned the generals to lead the military.

Generals and governors from all over Liaodong were doing their best to streamline government affairs, and issued a proclamation for the imperial court's northern expedition to pacify the four directions and comfort people's hearts.

The storm is coming, and the second Sarhu Battle between Ming and Jin is about to begin!
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