When Sun Chuanting rushed to Liaoyang City, he still saw two large camps of the Ming Army besieging Liaoyang City. The two tall earth platforms that were far higher than the city wall were very conspicuous. However, the cannons of Dongjiang Town that Wu Sangui said were on the high platforms.
However, he did not see the scene of bombarding Liaoyang City.
Under the leadership of Wu Sangui and informed by the soldiers, he and his men entered the east camp where Jiang Wan was located.
As he expected, all his personal guards and entourage were left far away from the central army. Even as the governor of Liaodong, he could only enter with a few personal guards.
In addition to the sword on his body, his personal guards were all exposed to weapons. When he saw Wu Sangui handing over the weapons to Jiang Wan's personal guards, Sun Chuanting's mouth moved slightly.
This is not called domineering, what is domineering.
Is there anyone who treats Shangguan like this? Who are you guarding against?
With this feeling, Sun Chuanting naturally didn't have a good face all the way. When he reached the Central Army, he still didn't see Jiang Wan greeting him at the door of the Central Army's tent. The anger in his chest felt like he couldn't suppress it.
Lived.
Arrogant, domineering, self-reliant on military exploits, unworthy of superior officials, showing no respect for official etiquette, no respect for others, how could such a person gain the respect of the emperor?
"Master Sun, I have admired your name for a long time!"
Jiang Wan didn't know what he was looking at in front of the case. When he heard the movement at the door, he raised his head and finally came out with a smile to greet him. However, Sun Chuanting had already entered the tent at this moment. This greeting was more like a perfunctory greeting.
"I have also admired Mr. Jiang's name for a long time!"
Sun Chuanting cupped his hands, smiled slightly, and walked straight towards the chair in the room where Jiang Wan had just stood up.
"Come here, show Master Sun a seat!" Jiang Wan shouted to the outside, then turned around: "Master Sun, that chair belongs to me!"
"Oh, isn't that the commander's chair in the army?" Sun Chuanting looked at Jiang Wan with a smile on his face: "Is it possible that the Liaodong Dusi is not the military affairs officer of the governor?"
"Lord Sun is joking!" Jiang Wan chuckled: "Of course the Liaodong Dusi is. However, we are under Liaoyang City at this moment, in the Chinese army's tent of my Liaodong Dusi. Could it be that Lord Sun thinks that I, Jiang, are not fighting well and want to take him on the spot?
Have you taken over Jiang’s military power?”
Both of them had a slight smile on their faces, but their words were full of swords and swords, and they did not give in to each other at all.
Sun Chuanting stared at Jiang Wan closely, and Jiang Wan looked at him without showing any weakness. After a long time, Jiang Wan finally sighed and ordered to the soldier who came up with a chair: "Bring me another chair.
Master Sun and I have something to say, so we don’t need to distinguish it so clearly!"
Seeing Jiang Wan shrinking back, Sun Chuanting pursed his lips and smiled, but he did not continue to walk towards the handsome chair in the middle. Instead, he glanced at the chair that was being brought up and sat down with a golden sword.
This was only the first round, and he had tested Jiang Wan's attitude. He felt that enough was enough, and he didn't want to force the opponent to fall out.
"Lord Jiang, how many troops did you send to recapture Liaoyang this time, and how many losses have you suffered so far?"
"Is this Master Sun, as a superior officer, inquiring about military affairs?"
Jiang Wan also sat down, looked at each other, and asked with a smile.
Sun Chuanting looked at the empty handsome chair next to him and shook his head slightly: "No, this is a chat between two Ming generals. If Lord Jiang wants me to speak as a Shangguan, it is not impossible.
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"No, no, no, that's good!"
Jiang Wan smiled and waved her hands: "That's good, really!"
He looked at Sun Chuanting: "Master Sun, what I said just now is not a polite word. When Gao Yingxiang escaped from the Nanhaiwei in Shaanxi, he fled into Shanxi. It was also thanks to Master Sun that he raised an army and finally captured and killed this beast for the Ming Dynasty.
I solved a disaster, but I left a mess, and in the end it was Master Sun who had to clean it up. Every time he thinks about this, Jiang feels uneasy!"
"It doesn't count as cleaning up the mess for you. Although Gao Yingxiang was executed, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to Sichuan. If Liaodong had not been in danger, I would not have left the affairs of the pass and come to this bitter cold place!"
"By the way, Mr. Jiang, you haven't answered my question just now?"
"In this battle, our Liaodong Capital Division dispatched more than 50,000 soldiers and civilians. We have suffered losses. There are already hundreds of wounded soldiers under Liaoyang City!" Jiang Wan said slowly: "However, the battle report from Gushan Fort has not yet been transmitted.
Come here, so I don’t know what the damage is over there!”
"etc!"
Sun Chuanting closed his eyes slightly and thought for a while, and the current situation in Liaodong suddenly appeared in his mind: "Gushan Fort, has your Liaodong Commandery sent troops to attack Gushan Fort?"
"Yes, starting from Phoenix City, almost at the same time as I sent troops to Liaoyang, I attacked the Tartar Gushan Fort!" Jiang Wan nodded: "Originally, these were two troops advancing in parallel!"
"Which of your more than 50,000 troops does this include?" Sun Chuanting asked.
"That's right!" Jiang Wan nodded: "It also includes various young men, auxiliary soldiers, and some mercenaries, but that is not important!"
Jiang Wan smiled and said: "The important thing is that the money and food for our Liaodong Dusi, with His Majesty's permission, are collected locally and raised by ourselves. It is spring now, and we still eat last year's food. Therefore, Mr. Sun wants to
If Jiang continues to bear the rations for the tens of thousands of troops in Xiguan Fort, there is really nothing Jiang can do!"
He counted on his fingers: "Even now, in half a month at most, if all the troops in our Liaodong Dusi don't withdraw, they will be out of food..."
"I think the situation is not as bad as you said, but it shouldn't be much better!" Sun Chuanting's face became serious. He still knew what the so-called "requisitioning food on the spot" meant.
Once the army "requisitions food on the spot", it means that the army is actually no different from bandits, and the local people are the targets of their torture. This kind of behavior is very despised by Sun Chuanting.
After collecting food on the spot, only God knows how many people in this land still care about the Ming Dynasty.
"You try your best to think of a way. I will try to keep the grain roads in Jinzhou open. I will inform you just to be on the safe side!"
"If the Governor says that, then I will feel more at ease!" Jiang Wan laughed, and even the title he used changed.
"You have these two armies marching together. What's your explanation? Also, you fought under Liaoyang City for so long, and how could it be possible that you only injured hundreds of people? Can I take a look at the cannon on your high platform?
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"Oh, and also, didn't you say that you have sent people to persuade the remaining enemies in Liaoyang City to surrender? How about the other party's reply?"
Sun Chuanting was silent for a moment, and then he seemed to have opened up something in his heart. Like a chatterbox, he began to ask questions one by one, and one question after another came one after another, almost making Jiang Wan unable to resist.