Yang Sichang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, felt irritable. In his opinion, the attack on Liaodong was necessary. This at least showed that Liaodong had been completely stabilized and the court had taken the initiative in Liaodong. Through such an attack, it warned the Later Jin Tartars that the years of allowing the Later Jin Tartars to be arrogant will never come back.

But Yang Sichang was indeed dissatisfied with Chen Xinjia as the head coach and leading this offense. He had the same understanding as Liu Zongzhou. For such a large-scale attack, the head coach should be Su Tiancheng.

Yang Sichang is not an amateur, and has rich military knowledge. Under the influence of his father, he has read military books since he was a child. After his father was removed from his post because of his mistake in the decision-making of conquering bandits, he also conducted many analysis, believing that the policy of reprimanding the bandits adopted by his father was not completely wrong, but that different methods should be taken when dealing with bandit leaders. If Su Tiancheng did what he did, he would never forgive the bandit leaders. If he adopted a policy of appeasement for the soldiers below, the outcome would be completely different.

On this basis, Yang Sichang was not unfamiliar with military deployment.

Unfortunately, he, the chief minister of the cabinet, could not be compared with the former chief minister of the cabinet, Sun Chengzong. Sun Chengzong had rich experience and unmatched prestige. He once fought in Liaodong and created the Guanning Jin defense line, becoming the backbone of the defense of the Later Jin Tartars. He could not completely break it for so many years. Sun Chengzong spared no effort to support Su Tiancheng, allowing Su Tiancheng to lead the Jiangning Camp, completely wiped out the bandits that had plagued the emperor and the court for many years, and stabilized the interior of the Ming Dynasty. In terms of these contributions, Sun Chengzong was considered the first person in the cabinet.

Unfortunately, it was a meritorious minister like Sun Chengzong who eventually resigned from his position as chief minister of the cabinet.

After Yang Sichang took office, he had to be extra careful.

The second assistant to the cabinet, Tang Shiji, was valued by the emperor. He was the only person in the cabinet who could compete with Yang Sichang. It doesn't matter to Yang Sichang. If he had too much power in his hands, no one could compete with him. I'm afraid it would be time to resign from the position of chief minister of the cabinet.

Yang Sichang carefully studied all the deployment and arrangements of Liaodong. Some of his suggestions also arrived in Liaodong through the emperor's will. For example, in terms of cautious attack opinions, Yang Sichang's opinions played a decisive role.

Yang Sichang knew Chen Xinjia very well. If he wanted to say that he recommended Chen Xinjia, his original intention was not to let Chen Xinjia take charge of Liaodong completely. In terms of dispersing Su Tiancheng's power, Yang Sichang's views were consistent with the emperor. For both public and private, Yang Sichang felt that his recommendation was fine. Unfortunately, the development of things was not something he could control.

Yang Sichang will never forget his father's dying instructions in his life. His father believed that leading the army to fight is not a joke. Civil officials have too many flaws as the commander. Therefore, civil officials must have generals who have experienced battles around him, so that they can ensure victory in the battle. Otherwise, the scholar's enthusiasm will kill people.

Unfortunately, the current situation in Liaodong is vaguely in such danger.

Yang Sichang recognized Chen Xinjia's ability, but unfortunately Chen Xinjia was also a standard civil servant. He had never experienced large-scale conquests, nor had he led so many troops to conquer. Originally, there were Hong Chengchou in Liaodong and Lu Xiangsheng in Yulin. These people could all become Chen Xinjia's right-hand man. Unfortunately, Chen Xinjia was useless. Instead, he brought Qian Qianyi and the two civil servants led the army together. Who can know what kind of situation would happen?

The chief minister of the cabinet is by no means omnipotent. Over the years, the emperor has strengthened the imperial power and has become much more prestige. The power of the cabinet has been weakened to a certain extent. Although Yang Sichang has a great say in his voice, he cannot go against the emperor. In addition, Yang Sichang has a gentle personality and is not used to this approach.

Chen Xinjia was directly recommended by Yang Sichang. If there is any problem in Liaodong, Yang Sichang will be blamed.

When the emergency memorial from Liaodong was delivered, Yang Sichang couldn't wait to open it.

After reading the memorial, Yang Sichang smiled and breathed a long sigh of relief. He immediately summoned many cabinet ministers to inform the memorial.

Hall of Care for Heart.

Zhu Youjian looked at the memorial and smiled on his face.

"Okay, I'm waiting for news from Liaodong. Chen Aiqing won the first battle, which is worth celebrating. It took only more than an hour to capture the Heishan City and wipe out two thousand Tartars. In this way, the major events in Liaodong can be settled."

In the Palace of Yangxin, everyone showed smiles on their faces. Tang Shiji, who insisted that Chen Xinjia was on the battlefield as the head coach, was even more happy, which proved that his recommendation was extremely correct.

"I see that I can give an order to encourage the army. I hope Chen Aiqing will continue to encourage and take over Yizhou and Guangning in one fell swoop. In this way, our strategic deployment of the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Tartars in the battle against the Liaohe River will be realized."

The first battle was won, and it was natural for the imperial court to issue an order. Liaodong was not far from the capital, and the order could be reached soon, but Yang Sichang had different opinions.

"Your Majesty, I think this will not be continued for the time being. The border army has just begun. It is certainly worthy of joy to win the first battle, but there are only two thousand Later Jin Tartars stationed in Heishan City. Perhaps the Later Jin Tartars caught off guard, which led to the smooth attack of our army. In this case, Lord Chen should be more cautious and must not be too rushed. If the order is issued at this time, I am afraid that it will be counterproductive."

As soon as Yang Sichang finished speaking, Tang Shiji spoke.

"Emperor, I think this imperial edict can be issued. Chen Xinjia led the army and won the first battle. This is the blessing of our Ming Dynasty and the manifestation of the emperor's wisdom and wisdom. The emperor's imperial edict can boost morale and encourage Lord Chen to achieve greater victory. As for the cautious work, I think that the emperor can specifically mention it in the imperial edict."

Yang Sichang looked at Tang Shiji and did not refute. The reason he proposed that the imperial edict could not be issued was a bit far-fetched. This was also a vague worry in his heart. In fact, whether the imperial edict was issued was not the most important. The key was that the next battle deployment was the most important. Yang Sichang had a feeling that Chen Xinjia would not be satisfied with taking over Yizhou and Guangning. If such an action really happened, it would not be a trivial matter.

Zhu Youjian nodded.

"I still want to celebrate the victory in the first battle, but what Yang Aiqing said makes sense. The battle in Liaodong must be cautious and not careless..."

Liaodong, Dalinghe City.

Hong Chengchou received a letter from Chen Xinjia and Zu Dale.

In fact, he had known about the victory of the border army's attack on Heishan, and the scout in Jiangning Camp had already been reconnaissance.

In Chen Xinjia's letter, he did not mention the battle to capture Heishan, but only mentioned that he stationed 10,000 border troops in Heishan to stabilize the defense of Heishan. The garrisons of Dalinghe City and the garrisons of Heishan took care of each other.

Hong Chengchou just hurriedly read Chen Xinjia's letter and focused on Zu Dale's letter.

This was Qu Qingze's arrangement. When Qu Qingze met Zu Dale specifically and made a request, he asked Zu Dale to report to Hong Chengchou in detail to every battle, whether it was victory or failure, seek truth from facts.

Looking at the letter written by Zu Dale, Hong Chengchou's face turned a little dark and his smile had long disappeared.

The border troops captured Heishan City in an hour and a half. There were only two thousand Later Jin Tartars stationed in Heishan City. This was so strange. In theory, the Later Jin Huang Taiji would not be so stupid. Even if he did not arrange heavy troops to take over Heishan City, at least more than ten thousand people would defend the Later Jin Tartars, but now there are only two thousand people, which is unlikely.

Hong Chengchou walked around the house and began to think about why this happened.

The attack of the army has a great relationship with the defense of Dalinghe City, Jinzhou City and even the Guanning Jin defense line. Su Tiancheng said in his letter that the more fierce and cruel the initial battle was, the more stable the Guanning Jin defense line was, the easier the initial battle was, the more pressure the Guanning Jin defense line was. The reason was simple. The initial battle was easy, that is, the Later Jin Tatars were preserving their strength and did not give up, and they might have greater plans. The initial battle was cruel, that was, the Later Jin Tatars were determined to fight with the border army, but judging from the current situation, the battle to attack Heishan City was too relaxed.

Hong Chengchou has his own analysis. No one dares to underestimate the strength of the Later Jin Tartars. After so many years of competition, everyone knows that the strength of the Later Jin Tartars is much stronger than that of the bandits. If the Later Jin Tartars were weak, Su Tiancheng would not have been so cautious when he came to Liaodong. After conquering Dalinghe City, he could have taken over Heishan, Yizhou, Guangning and other places, but Su Tiancheng did not do so. Facts prove that Su Tiancheng's decision was correct. Dorgon led more than 10,000 Later Jin Tartars and ran rampant in Dengzhou and Laizhou, and there was no army to stop him.

It is a good thing to win the first battle, but it shouldn't be too much of a worry. If you can take every step and attack and do a good job of defense, no matter what the Later Jin Tartars have planned, it doesn't matter. Responding to changes with the same change, this is the king of war. As for the Later Jin Tartars' field ability, the border troops that have been trained for many years are not weak.

But after working with Chen Xinjia for more than a year, Hong Chengchou felt that Chen Xinjia would not take a step-by-step strategy. Not only Chen Xinjia, the court would not agree to this slow conquest. Therefore, Chen Xinjia would definitely attack Yizhou and Guangning immediately. This is reflected in the letter written by Chen Xinjia. The Heishan city is one hundred miles away from Dalinghe City. The two places think that they can take care of each other. This possibility is not great. Moreover, Heishan has been occupied by the Later Jin Tartars for a long time. It is impossible for the local people to know who is a spy, and it is impossible to identify. There are not many soldiers stationed in Dalinghe City, so it is impossible to pay attention to the situation of Heishan City.
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