Looking at Xiong Tingbi's dejected expression, Emperor Tianqi also sighed. This minister who dedicated himself to serving the country must have suffered a lot. This is why his character is so extreme.

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but slowly recall Xiong Tingbi in real history. Xiong Tingbi served in Liaodong three times. It can be said that these three journeys were to realize his dream. Maybe in the end, Xiong Tingbi didn't know why he died or why he worked so hard for it.

The emperor of that country would kill him without any hesitation.

The first time Xiong Tingbi went to Liaodong was in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli. Xiong Tingbi patrolled Liaodong. The manager of Liaodong at this time was Yang Hao. At that time, Yang Hao could be said to have military power, and he was in the limelight for a while. A small patrol patrol

I am not in his eyes.

Under such circumstances, Xiong Tingbi faced the vast territory of Liaodong with its sparse population and troubled border defense, especially the rise of the forces of the Later Jin Dynasty. He proposed the strategy of defending Liaodong by "consolidating the internal forces and strengthening the external forces" and "attacking the barbarians with barbarians".

The plan to preserve the Liao Dynasty was to build borders and build forts. We implemented military camps and built seventeen granaries. Within three years, we accumulated 300,000 stones of grain. We built more than 700 miles of border walls and seven cities.

There are more than a hundred piers and platforms, and generals are impeached, and military discipline is greatly improved.

Xiong Tingbi stayed in Liaodong for eleven years. During these eleven years, Xiong Tingbi knew Liaodong very well. Whether it was the current situation of the Later Jin Dynasty or the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. During these eleven years, Xiong Tingbi had always been favored by Yang

Suppression with a pickaxe means that although one has ambitions, one cannot put them into practice.

Historically, Xiong Tingbi took office in Liaodong for the second time after the Battle of Sarhu. The historical record of this incident is as follows: The 120,000 troops commanded by Yang Hao were defeated miserably. From then on, the power of the Ming Dynasty declined greatly.

Liaodong lost its advantage and had to switch from offense to defense. After the war, after the court discussion, Xiong Tingbi was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War and the censor of Youqiandu, and replaced Yang Hao as the Liaodong manager. At that time, Kaiyuan and Tieling fell one after another, and Shenyang's army and people

They all ran away.

After Xiong Tingbi took office, he arrested the prefect Li Shanghao who was about to escape; he killed the fugitive general Liu Yujie and others in order to stabilize the morale of the army. The former Liaodong manager Yang Hao was arrested by Xiong Tingbi and jailed in Beijing. The former Liaodong general Li Rubai committed suicide after being recalled to Beijing. Xiong Tingbi was in office

During this period, he supervised the construction of weapons, repaired castles, deployed troops and generals to guard key locations, supported each other, and strengthened the garrison. He also personally visited Shenyang and Fushun, assessed the situation, summoned displaced persons, and stabilized the people. Xiong Tingbi's strategy

It focused on defense, opposed provocative wars, and united with North Korea to contain the Later Jin Dynasty. It was very effective and prevented the Later Jin army from daring to advance lightly for more than a year.

Xiong Tingbi's second visit to Liaodong was very effective. Although it was not as good as General Jin Ru, it stabilized Liaodong after the Battle of Saarhu. The originally shaky frontier land once again became the official territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The good times did not last long, and Yang Yuan escorted Xiong Tingbi to Beijing. In real history, Xiong Tingbi did not have such good luck. Xiong Tingbi was dismissed by Emperor Tianqi's order, and the person who replaced Xiong Tingbi was Yuan Yingtai (will be introduced later). In

In less than a year, Shenyang, the important town in Liaodong, and Liaoyang, the capital of Liaodong, fell one after another. Yuan Yingtai committed suicide in fear of crime, and everything east of the Liaohe River fell to the Hou Jin Dynasty.

At this time, it seemed that everyone thought of Xiong Tingbi, and the Donglin Party members no longer criticized this gentleman. It seemed that everyone thought of this capable man. Throughout the history of the late Ming Dynasty, anyone who was capable would be criticized.

And it is these people who often fight and sacrifice in times of crisis. Whether it is Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi, or later Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, Cao Wenzhao, etc., this seems to have become a unique thing of this era.

Maybe these capable people blocked the way of those people and always wanted to bring down these people. In the end, the entire Ming Dynasty was brought to ruin. I wonder if those people regretted it.

Back to the text, just like that, Xiong Tingbi once again took office in Liaodong. This was his third time in Liaodong. But this time Xiong Tingbi met a person, this person was Wang Huazhen. Although Wang Huazhen was brave, he had no control over the military power of Hou Jin Dynasty.

They had underestimated the situation and advocated taking the initiative to defeat Hou Jin within three months. One of them was in charge of fighting and the other was in charge of defense, resulting in a situation of "disagreement between economics and appeasement". However, the result of the debate in the court was to support Wang Huazhen and abandon Xiong Tingbi's strategy.

Here we have to talk about Wang Huazhen’s identity. Why the imperial court supported Wang Huazhen and abandoned Xiong Tingbi actually had little to do with the strategy itself. The main reason was because of Wang Huazhen’s identity. At this time, Wang Huazhen’s teacher was the head of the cabinet.

Assistant Minister Ye Xianggao. Ye Xianggao also has another identity, that is, the leader of the Donglin Party in the government. Compared with Yang Lian, who has a shallow foundation, this person is the leading figure in the Donglin Party.

Wang Huazhen defended Guangning with a heavy army, while Xiong Tingbi only had a few thousand soldiers with a false reputation as an administrator. Wang Huazhen refused to obey the rules and planned to launch an attack using Li Yongfang, the general of the Ming Dynasty who had surrendered to the enemy, as an internal support. Before it could be implemented, in the second year of Tianqi (1622)

In the first month of the year), **Ha Chi personally led 50,000 troops and attacked Hexi in three directions. He crossed the Liao River and captured Xiping Fort. Wang Huazhen mobilized the garrison of Guangning and Luyang to attack the Hou Jin army. The entire 30,000-strong army

At the same time, Sun Degong, a spy sent by the Later Jin Dynasty to Guangning, provoked a mutiny and opened the city gate to welcome the Later Jin army.

Wang Huazhen escaped from Guangning in embarrassment and met Xiong Tingbi in Youtun. Wang Huazhen cried bitterly in front of Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi laughed at him: "How is your plan of 60,000 troops to wipe out Hou Jin in three months going?" Wang Huazhen suggested.

After trying to block the Hou Jin army, Xiong Tingbi thought that the matter was impossible, so he withdrew to Shanhaiguan. When Guangning fell, Xiong Tingbi did not lead his troops into the city to fight to the death, fulfilling his duty to defend the land, but passively retreated to Shanhaiguan, and then Wang Huazhen also retreated into the pass.

.The entire Liaodong area outside Shanhaiguan was completely occupied by Hachi.

Here I want to talk about Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen. Both of them are quite talented, but compared to Wang Huazhen, Xiong Tingbi understands the situation in Liaodong better. He can also understand the relationship between the Ming Dynasty’s army and the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty.

The gap and Wang Huazhen's stubbornness led to the defeat of this battle.

At the end of the war, Xiong Tingbi handed over the entire Liaodong to Hou Jin because he was angry with Wang Huazhen. Although he managed to secure the walls and clear the country, he handed over the vast and fertile Liaohe Plain to Hou Jin.

After acquiring a piece of land, Houjin had the capital to compete with the Ming Dynasty.

The first and second time Xiong Tingbi took office in Liaodong was a meritorious service, but the third time he took office in Liaodong was half merit and demerit. It should be said that he did not achieve any merit. It may be due to so many years of depression and so many years of depression.

The development caused this wise commander to make a very unwise decision.

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