I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Zhu Youxiao came to Guancheng, watched Xiong Tingbi get on his horse and gallop away, and said silently: "Wang Chengen, tell me, can Xiong Tingbi successfully destroy Jiannu this time?"

Wang Chenen said with a smile: "Your Majesty is too worried. I have 40 soldiers tomorrow. Even if I go all the way with [-] soldiers, it will be more than the soldiers of the entire country."

"It's not Saarhu now. The armies on the Nine Sides are all strong and experienced troops."

"Master, the end of the old slave is coming!"

Hearing the words, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Chengen, laughed and said, "You're right, it's me who is sentimental, come on, pass the decree back to Beijing."

"Tell them to arrange a celebration banquet for me, and prepare for the ceremony in advance!"

"I want to sacrifice the head of this old slave to heaven!"

9 chapters and ten chapters

In March of the eighth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao decreed that Xiong Tingbi, who was in the fifth year of the Jin Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, was the Zuozhu Kingdom, and promoted the right of the original Shangfang sword in his hand.

Now Xiong Tingbi holds the 40 army gathered in the world in his hands, and the generals under the general army can all be killed first and then played.

On the fifth day after leaving Shanhaiguan, Xiong Tingbi returned to Liaoyang.

As soon as I came back, I heard the news that Song Li led [-] Xi'an water transport soldiers to defect.

He didn't react much, because he knew that this was a trick of the current emperor, but now Song Li had defected after all.

Regardless of whether he surrendered for real or not, Xiong Tingbi would treat him as if he had surrendered for real.

Song Li knew the "agreement" between himself and Emperor Tianqi, but his subordinates didn't know it, especially when they heard that Xiong Tingbi's power had been raised to a higher level by the emperor, they were in constant panic and lived like years.

Of course, there are still many 27 generals of the Ming army who met in Liaoyang who thought this way.

These people's hands are more or less dirty, and they have already been reprimanded by the emperor once in Tongzhou on the outskirts of Beijing with the help of Song Li.

As soon as I arrived in Liaodong, after I heard that Xiong Tingbi was called "Xiong Manzi", I was even more afraid that he would use chicken feathers as arrows and really kill one or two generals to stand up.

Xiong Tingbi was not the only one who came to Liaodong to command the battle this time. Besides him, there were Zhu Xieyuan, the supervisor of the Southwest War and the Liaodong War, and Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting is well-known to the world for forming the Qin Army, and he led the Qin Army to wipe out the banditry in Shandong and Henan provinces, which shocked the Central Plains.

Before coming to Liaodong, Sun Chuanting had been serving as the military guard of the three prefectures in Henan.

However, his reputation is not as good as that of Zhu Xieyuan, who has already shocked China twice. Xiong Tingbi looks down on this junior.

For Sun Chuanting, Xiong Tingbi, who has always been straightforward, didn't say anything, but as soon as Zhu Xieyuan arrived in Liaoyang, he took the initiative to go there that night.

This time, the imperial court had Xiong Tingbi as the commander and Zhu Xieyuan as the assistant. Obviously, these two people had more things to talk about.

While speaking, Zhu Xieyuan picked up the meatball on the dish with chopsticks, but with a shake of his hand, he intentionally dropped it on the ground.

Afterwards, Zhu Xieyuan hurriedly got up, squatted down, picked up the meat ball with his hands, and put it into his mouth without hesitation, muttering:

"Who knows dishes on the menu, A Journey!"

"Don't throw a grain at random, you say yes, Xiong Jinglue."

"Cough! What are you afraid of if you lose a ball?" Xiong Tingbi didn't hear the implication of the words, and said disapprovingly: "Your Majesty just gave 500 million taels of gold and 5000 million stones as food, isn't it not enough for the army?"

"Xiong Jinglue is a celebrity in front of His Majesty. In front of you, how can I, the little governor of Shanshan and Shaanxi, do things carelessly?" Zhu Xieyuan said with a smile:

"If a grain of food is wasted, it might not sound good if it gets out."

Xiong Tingbi, who has excellent military literacy but failed to pass the political literacy, just listened so-so no matter what.

Although he knew that Zhu Xieyuan was reminding himself, he didn't know what he was talking about.

So he said: "What are you talking about! I'm here this time, not to catch up with you, Governor Zhu, among these people, you have the most experience in dealing with the Tartars, so I can only ask you in advance to get the Western Scriptures gone."

Partition walls have ears, so Zhu Xieyuan naturally didn't want to say something straight.

What's more, in the officialdom, who doesn't pay more attention.

He didn't intend to talk about these sensitive topics anymore, but instead talked about war strategies, saying: "Xiong Jinglue is a major pillar of this dynasty. If we want to revive the dynasty, we must punish evil and promote good."

"Only in this way can those arrogant soldiers be convinced."

Xiong Tingbi is really tired of this kind of Mandarin-speaking way of chatting, but he also likes Zhu Xieyuan very much. Now he is really contradictory in his heart!

He said: "I have been outside the pass for many years, and now 20 soldiers and horses are assembled in the pass. I don't know anyone, and I don't know what signs the generals are good or evil. I hope the governor will give a brief introduction to help me clean up the army."

Zhu Xieyuan never expected that this bear man, really a barbarian, could speak so bluntly without any twists and turns, and could be so happy.

So he stopped hiding it and took the opportunity to speak out what was in his heart in one breath:

"As the old saying goes, see the small and know the big."

"The reason for the defeat in the first battle of Saerhu was not only due to Yang Gao's ignorance of military affairs, but also because the generals were in harmony with each other and were influenced by some people who were greedy for life and afraid of death..."

Having said that, Zhu Xieyuan stopped.

Xiong Tingbi leaned close to his side and whispered, "Say it, there is no one inside and outside, now that the night is quiet, it's a good time to tell a secret."

Zhu Xieyuan sighed and said:

"For example, one of the Nine Sides, Chen Dao Dao, who is currently the general of Jizhou, was once a general of Wang Wei, the general of Jizhou who died in the battle. When Wang Wei was ambushed by Jiannu, his general Chen Dao escaped and survived. How can someone lead a main frontier army."

"Also, Du Wenhuan, who used to be the general of Sichuan and is now the general of Yansui, has also made military exploits in the Southwest War and is considered a famous general in the Southwest. Now he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and connives at his subordinates as minions."

"His general, Gao Xuan, took advantage of the government's payment of rations, falsely reported the number of soldiers, and received more rations. In less than a month after arriving in Liaoyang, he had already received 3000 taels of rations and more than [-] shi of military rations."

Only then did Xiong Tingbi suddenly realize.

"So you were reminding me about the meatballs just now?"

Seeing the latter nodding, he quickly pulled out the Shang Fang sword that he was carrying with him, and said with a livid face: "It is true, I will summon all the generals tomorrow, and I will behead them for public display!"

"Purging the military prestige without delay!"

Now, he finally understands why Emperor Tianqi wants to elevate his authority.

Some things should not get the emperor's hands dirty, he has to do them.

……

What goes up must be followed by what goes down, especially in the Guards Army, officers deducted military pay and falsely reported the number of troops, which has become a "secret" that almost everyone knows.

For example, a team of Qianzong with less than 500 people, Qianzong dared to report the full amount of [-], and used [-] old, weak, sick and disabled to pretend to receive the food and salary of the thousand people.

Naturally, Mr. Qian was not so kind, and the food and salaries he asked for from the court naturally all went into their pockets.

The officers are like this, and the soldiers below are even more lawless. No matter how much the court sends, it will never be enough in their hands.

There is only one source of supplementation, and that is grabbing.

For the large army of guards who have not repaired their armaments for a long time, the strict regulations set by Xiong Tingbi in Liaodong are nothing at all.

40 Ming troops gathered in Liaoyang, and before the day when they swore to set off in January, some of the Ming troops had completely disintegrated into heinous soldiers and bandits.

Du Wenhuan, the chief soldier of Yansui, has [-] guards in his department. Due to the proximity to the Nine Sides, the combat effectiveness of his subordinates is considered top among the guards.

But even the Yansui Army is not bound by any military regulations.

Du Wenhuan can occasionally restrain the soldiers from doing evil things, but he can falsely report the number of soldiers and falsely receive food and salary. This is related to his own interests, so naturally he will not say anything more.

His general Gao Xuan had only [-] troops in his department, but he reported [-] soldiers, a three times as high exaggerated number, it is shocking.

In less than a month, Gao Xuan collected more than 3000 taels of salary!

This is only Yansui one, the remaining 26 guards, each of which has the same thing happening, Xiong Tingbi went back to Liaoyang Jinglue Mansion to find his cronies and questioned him carefully, he couldn't help being furious.

Chapter 911 Slaying the General Soldier with Strength

Liaoyang was called Xiangping in ancient times.

This is an ancient city with a history and culture of more than [-] years. Now, it is the military, political and cultural center of the entire Liaodong, located in a dangerous place.

In fact, as far back as 7000 years ago, there were Huaxia people in the Liaoyang area who worked hard here, living and multiplying.

After the expansion of the dynasties, and Xiong Tingbi's Jinglue Mansion is located here, Liaoyang is now a fortified city with towering enemy towers.

In the urban area with a radius of more than ten miles, there are row upon row of shops and residential houses. The people of Liaodong moved here with confidence, and even settled here.

All this is because they firmly believe that the current Daming is capable of ensuring the safety of Liaodong, and their Xiong Jinglue can keep Jiannu out of the country!

With the issuance of the Eastern Expedition Edict in October of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the voices of revenge and hatred are rising all over the country, and the national sentiment is fully mobilized.

Until March of this year, the army in the pass finally gathered inside and outside Liaoyang, and the prelude to a great battle seemed to be kicked off.

Xiong Tingbi, who is the Liaodong Economic Strategy and even the commander in chief of this battle, knows very well that Ming must win a complete victory in this battle, and what he wants is a complete victory.

What is total victory?

It is to destroy the dead, to be as powerful as a broken bamboo, so that the people of Daming, and even the countries and powers all over the world can see that the current military prestige of Daming is unprecedented and unprecedented!

Therefore, Xiong Tingbi does not allow any instability.

Any weak failure is his real job as the commander!

The news that he kept getting from his subordinates in recent days made him very worried. He locked himself in the inner hall of the Jinglue Mansion for a long time.

It was not until today that he came out refreshed and summoned the generals to raise their accounts.

Hearing that the account was raised, all ministries in Liaodong, Nine Frontiers and Guannei Guards hurriedly put down all the affairs at hand and gathered in the Jinglue Mansion in Liaoyang City.

They all know that this is a fateful day.

The Jinglue Mansion in Liaoyang has never heard such a thrilling sound of war drums. Colorful flags are planted everywhere in Liaoyang City, and gauze lanterns are hung all along the streets.

Xiong Tingbi stood in front of the gate of Jinglue Mansion and looked at the colorful streets. He knew that these were the people in Liaoyang City, welcoming this day with a festive atmosphere.

Liao people, have been slaves for a long time!

On the day of Ming's counterattack, they waited and waited, and a generation died tragically. Among the remaining Liao people, which family has never mourned?Who doesn't have a blood feud with that Jianzhou!

After all, they waited until this day, listening to the sound of war drums from Jinglue Mansion, the streets were silent except for the sound of horseshoes of generals passing by.

But Xiong Tingbi knew that there were countless people hugging and crying at this moment.

Xiong Tingbi clenched his fists silently. He had waited for a full 20 years for this battle, from the passionate young man when he just left the customs to the old tree with withered vines now.

He waited hard.

……

Liaoyang Jinglue Mansion is located in the south of the Simen intersection, facing the Buddhist Temple in the center of the city.

On that day, all the generals came in droves from the security gate in the south of the city, without stopping or leaving their saddles, until they arrived in front of the heavy gate of Jinglue Mansion.

After a while, all the generals inside and outside the pass arrived one after another.

Among them, there are not only well-known generals, but also juniors with both civil and military skills who have just emerged, general soldiers, generals, guerrillas...

The same thing is, at least at this moment, they all have a burning heart to serve the country and exterminate captives.

Seeing that Xiong Tingbi was already standing in the hall, all the generals looked at each other, and Jiang Rang, the general soldier of Yulin, took the lead and said:

"The last general pays his respects to the supervisor!"

Everyone clasped their fists together and shouted at the same time: "The last general pays homage to the supervisor!"

After paying his respects, Xiong Tingbi looked majestic and raised his hand slightly. There was a moment of silence in the arena before he heard him categorically say:

"Cha, Chen Dao, the chief soldier of Jizhou, escaped during the battle of Liaodong and Saibei in the third year of Tianqi, so that the Jizhou army was defeated and Wang Wei died in battle."

"For strict military discipline, Chen Dao will be executed in public!"

After the words fell to the ground, the venue was silent for a while, before murmurs of discussion gradually arose.

"Chen Dao is the coach of Jizhou!"

"Shang Fang's sword can't kill a general at the first level of the general army. Isn't the supervisor overstepping his authority by doing so?"

"Jizhou is one of the Nine Frontiers, and beheading the general before the battle, isn't this disturbing the morale of the army?"

After talking with Zhu Xieyuan that day, Xiong Tingbi suddenly felt that the army going out of the customs was riddled with holes, and he was afraid of being used by slaves. After returning, he closed the door and pondered for a long time before he made up his mind.

Seeing that the generals were quite critical, Xiong Tingbi didn't show any sign of cowardice, and shouted decisively: "Please Shang Fang's sword!"

Shang Fang's sword was invited into the hall, seeing this sword was like the emperor's presence.

For a while, the generals gradually became quiet.

Xiong Tingbi took advantage of the situation and said: "Put Chen Dao Dao in front of the Buddhist temple in the center of the city and behead him to show the public, and prepare Lu Xiangsheng as a temporary leader! Anyone who disobeys military discipline in the future will be executed without mercy!"

As he spoke, he took a deep breath and looked around at the generals.