Chapter 371: The Discord
When Xiong Tingbi heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. It seems that his reputation has spread quite far, and even this unpretentious businessman knew about it.
However, Mao Fugui's next words made Xiong Tingbi very unhappy. He even wanted to slap the table and argue with him. However, he still relied on his identity and did not do so.
Then Mao Fugui continued, "Just from my judgment, if there is still someone in this world who can defeat the Jurchens, it must be Yu Ren."
Yu Ren deliberately pretended to be a little surprised at this time, "Which Yu Ren?"
"It's Yu Ren who just helped the court to quell the Shandong rebellion in Shandong! I've been fortunate to meet this person. His plan to pacify Liao is also the most reliable of all the plans to pacify Liao that I have heard of. And judging by his repeated performance of weak defeating the strong in quelling Shandong rebellion, he does have this strength to ensure that he can do it."
Yu Ren deliberately curled his lips. "No! I heard that Yu Ren is only twenty-three or four years old, about the same age as me. How capable can he be? Could he be more beneficial than Lord Xiong Tingbi, Lord Xiong? Lord Xiong was the only person who had repelled Nurhaci's attack back then."
Yu Ren's question was exactly what Xiong Tingbi was saying on the side.
After hearing this, Mao Fugui showed a smile on his face. "Mr. Yu, don't underestimate your same surname. He is not an ordinary person. If you don't say anything else, just talk about a war in Shandong, and you will know his abilities.
When Yu Ren first arrived in Yanzhou, Yanzhou was surrounded by 200,000 troops of the incense sect overnight. At that time, all the officers and soldiers in the city were scared and thought about how to open the city to surrender. It was at such an unstable moment that Yu Ren led fifty cavalry alone and fought back from the 200,000 troops of the incense sect, which greatly increased the confidence of the defenders in the city. Only then did he finally defend Yanzhou and dragged the main force of the incense sect. He also made the most important contribution to the final quelling of the Shandong rebellion."
After hearing Mao Fugui's words, Yu Ren could only remain silent. His face was not as thick as a boast, although this was just an act.
Xiong Tingbi, who was standing by, couldn't help but take a deep breath after hearing this. He knew very well that if what the middle-aged man said was true, then this thing alone would be enough to prove that this young man named Yu Ren was stronger than him. Back then, he had done such a thing that required great courage.
It was after the Battle of Sarhu, when Xiong Tingbi was the governor of Liaodong. Due to the great defeat in this battle, people were panicked everywhere. Countless people took their families to escape from the pass, whether they were officers, soldiers or the people. In this case, Xiong Tingbi only led dozens of cavalry to Shenyang, the front line at that time, to investigate military information, and to look across the city from Nurhaci.
This matter has always been something that Xiong Tingbi is proud of. However, at that time, he did not confront the enemy head-on, but compared with Yu Ren's dozens of cavalry and storm alone in the army of 200,000. Then he was far behind! Yu Ren was able to lead dozens of cavalry into the army of 200,000 and calmly fight out. What this requires is not only courage that is far beyond ordinary people, but also almost terrifying martial arts.
Xiong Tingbi knew that if he exchanged it with him, he would not be able to do it.
Thinking of this, Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but admire Yu Ren a little. He was about to ask this middle-aged man about Yu Ren more, but he heard the middle-aged man say again.
"As for the strategy of pacifying Liao, Yu Ren mentioned it at a rally of the Donglin Party more than a year ago."
When Xiong Tingbi heard this, he had proposed a plan to pacify Liao, and he couldn't help but prick up his ears again.
Yu Ren also pretended not to know and responded, "Tell me!"
Mao Fugui said, "At that time, Yu Ren proposed in front of Zhao Nanxing and other Donglin Party members that to pacify Liaodong, the first thing to do is to continue to adhere to Xiong Tingbi's method of defending instead of attacking in Liaoxi. Only by relying on these alone can you defend for a while. Therefore, we must be consistent with each other.
We also need to establish two bases in Zhenjiang and Lushun, the mouth of the Yalu River, and Jinzhou area, with the Shandong Peninsula as the rear, and restrain the Jurchens from the east. When the Jurchens advanced westward, we attacked his old nest from the east; when the Jurchens marched eastward, I fled to the sea, leaving them unable to attack. The Jurchens had no ships and had no way to fight the naval battle.
The land of Liaodong occupied by the Jurchens is narrow and the people are poor, while the land of Ming Dynasty is vast and the land of Ming Dynasty is vast and diverse. If the stalemate continues, the Jurchens will undoubtedly break through. Within twenty years, the Jurchens will be defeated without conquering themselves."
After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. He couldn't help but admire this easy plan named Yu Ren. He only thought of blocking the Jurchens' guard moves, but he did not expect that he could completely defeat the enemy with the attack of the strange moves.
At this time, Xiong Tingbi realized for the first time that there was another person in this world who was more suitable to take on the heavy burden of Liaodong than him.
Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He thought that those guys would not be able to do without him, so he deliberately took off his airs. It seems that this was not the case. If they knew that there was another guy named Yu Ren who had such talent, they would have asked him to stand aside long ago.
At that time, he has nothing to rely on. Those who have offended in the officialdom for many years will take the opportunity to take revenge on him. It’s okay for him to be alone. If these people are more vicious and involve their family members, he will regret it.
At this time, Mao Fugui said again, "I heard that this Yu Ren has entered Beijing. He was Zhao Nanxing's son-in-law. It seems that the Donglin Party members must use his killer move this time to deal with the arrogant Jurchens."
Before Mao Fugui finished speaking, he saw Xiong Tingbi on the side throwing his fishing rod and running towards his home.
When Yu Ren saw Xiong Tingbi's clumsy running back, he couldn't help but chuckled at the corner of his mouth.
Xiong Tingbi trotted all the way home. He wanted to go home and change his clothes to meet Yang Lian, but he didn't expect that before he got home, he ran into Yang Lian in person on the street.
When Xiong Tingbi saw Yang Lian, he hurriedly grabbed his hands.
"Wenru, take me to see Mr. Zhao."
In this way, Yu Ren used his small play to pull out Xiong Tingbi's stubborn donkey. However, the struggle between Zhao Rui and his father was far from over. Although Zhao Nanxing believed in Zhao Rui's fake play, he did not let someone take her home.
Seeing that the days of going home were far away, Yu Ren finally asked Zhao Rui to move out of the small inn. After all, the place was too small. They could change the guest room, but they could not change the size of the house. Yu Ren was worried that Zhao Rui would live in such a place for a long time, which would be detrimental to the children in her womb. So she forced her to move to a large inn.
Then, they rented a yard from a family in Beijing and took Zhao Rui over.
Xiong Tingbi went to Shanhaiguan very smoothly to take up his post, and he was doing his Liaodong strategy. But soon, Yu Ren heard bad news. The Ministry of War did not give Xiong Tingbi much real power. Because he had disagreements with Wang Huazhen. Wang Huazhen was in charge of the war, and Xiong Tingbi insisted on the peace. In the end, the cabinet and the Ministry of War discussed, and the court decided to support Wang Huazhen.
Therefore, Wang Huazhen controlled 100,000 troops in Liaodong, but only 5,000 people were able to control.
When Yu Ren heard the news, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
It was already in the middle of winter. Yu Ren knew that the Jurchens usually launched a major offensive in the middle of winter. Although Xiong Tingbi is still the manager of Liaodong, the real power is in the hands of Wang Huazhen. The two of them are the main attack and the main defense, which has caused a disagreement in the sect. If Nurhaci finds out this news, they will definitely take the opportunity to attack.
Yu Ren quickly found Wang Wenyan and told him the prediction that the Jurchens would likely send troops to western Liaoning this winter or the first month of the next year. He also told them that the current situation in Liaodong is very dangerous. I hope he can convince Zhao Nanxing, Ye Xianggao and others to let Wang Huazhen change his main offensive strategy and adjust it to defending.
Wang Wenyan attached great importance to Yu Ren's suggestions, but Ye Xianggao disdained Yu Ren's suggestions. He firmly believed that Wang Huazhen could quickly end the battle in Liaodong and was not willing to blindly adopt the defensive.
After hearing Wang Wenyan's reply, Yu Ren knew that he could not convince Ye Xianggao.
Chapter completed!