Li Dingguo heard Xiao Kerang report the matter, but he didn't take it seriously at that time. But at this moment, he heard that Gao Shilin, a small Qiang general, blatantly despised Lin Qingye, and he realized the seriousness of the matter.

Among the army, the unity of the army is the most important. If the army is uneven, the generals will be suspicious of each other. Even if they are lucky enough to win, it will never last long.

Since the fall of Liaoyang in the second year of Tianqi, Liaodong has no longer had its own existence. Although there have been repeated recurrences afterwards, it is difficult to shake the dominance of the Manchus in Liaodong.

In the endless massacre and conquest, the Han people in Liaodong hated and feared the Manchus.

Under this complex emotion, unless they were allowed to see that the Liao army had the possibility of regaining Liaodong, they would not easily come out to take sides.

That is to say, for a long time, the Manhu still had an absolute advantage. Now, after finally opening up a little, Li Dingguo would definitely not allow the army to split from each other due to such a thing.

He frowned and secretly decided in his heart that he must use more severe measures to stop the matter. He turned his head to look at Yoshimu and Li Xiong who were waiting, "The banquet has not ended yet, why did you come out early?"

Jimu said, "Something to discuss with the general?"

Li Dingguo nodded and said, "Go to the conference hall! I happen to have something to ask you."

Phoenix City was originally named Phoenix Fort. In his later years of Jiajing, it ordered the capital of Dingliao's Right Guard from Liaoyang to Phoenix Fortress. Since then, its scale has been expanding.

Now in addition to the main city, there are several high mountain city passes such as Wugu City, Liujiabao, and Kuixing Tower that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Before Li Dingguo sent troops to attack Phoenix City, there were 15,000 soldiers and more than 30,000 people in the city. In the Central Plains, this population was nothing, but in Liaodong it was like a big city.

At that time, in order to capture it, Li Dingguo called all the artillery he could call, and used a total of 60,000 civilians to transport these artillery and various siege equipment in order to minimize the damage to the war.

Even so, more than 4,000 elite soldiers died in battle, nearly 10,000 injured, and almost half of the soldiers lost their combat power.

The situation in the city was even worse, with more than 60% of the houses being destroyed by artillery. Although several months have passed, the gravel and rotten tiles can still be seen everywhere.

Some of the people in the city died in war, some were forcibly abducted by the Manchu captives, and some fled directly into Changbai Mountain and became refugees.

Although many people returned to the city later, so far, there were only seven or eight thousand people in the city. The only benefit was that there were fewer people and the remaining intact houses were enough for these people to live in.

Therefore, Li Dingguo was able to leave the north of the city, which was formerly the seat of Luke Dehun's General's Mansion and the Qing Officer's Office, as the residence of the soldiers in the city.

In order to facilitate the handling of political affairs and military affairs, General Li Dingguo was placed very close to the main points. Less than a hundred steps from the banquet hall, he arrived at the conference hall mentioned by Li Dingguo.

The two soldiers lit the oil lamp, then clasped their fists and left, and automatically waited outside the door. There were only three people in the huge conference hall, which seemed a little deserted than the usual lively scene.

Li Dingguo walked straight to the middle of the hall, where there was a huge sand table. In the places occupied and near by the Ke Liao army, the roads, mountains, rivers and rivers were very clear. The northward, the more blurred they were. In some places, there were only a few main roads, and the main city passes were marked at an approximate location.

He stared at the sand table, lowered his head and thought, and frowned for asking, but most of the time it was a long silence.

Ji Mu stepped forward and kneaded his hands at the northern end of the sand table, reflecting his exploration of the way on the sand table. At the same time, he also whispered to Li Dingguoyan in order to make it clear as much as possible.

In fact, he had a message about the details of the trip north, but he didn't expect that Li Ding's Congress asked him about this at this time. He could only try his best to recall and pray in his heart that there would be no big mistakes.

After a while, Gao Shilin walked into the hall and said to Li Dingguo Highway: "General, the banquet is over. Gao Guerrilla invites you to come."

Li Dingguo came to his senses, nodded, and said to the two of them: "You stay here first, I will go back."

Lin Qingye was slightly drunk and was supported by Han Yong. When he saw Li Dingguo coming, he pushed Han Yong away and laughed jokingly: "I wanted to drink a few drinks with the general, but I haven't seen you during the meal, but I don't know where to hide. I clearly said I would welcome me, but your master has disappeared."

Lin Qingye's words were faintly angry. Although he didn't say it directly, his words were full of dissatisfaction with Li Dingguo's carelessness.

Han Yong's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "General, General Lin is drunk, don't..."

Li Dingguo waved his hand and stopped him from speaking downwards, stood up straight, clasped his fists and said to Lin Qingye: "It's Li's rude thing tonight. I'd like to forgive General Lin. I heard you before, and I kept thinking about this in my heart. During the banquet, I suddenly thought of a new strategy to defeat the enemy, so I left and went to the conference hall. You = go and rest first, and we will talk about this matter in detail tomorrow."

After saying that, he turned to Han Yong and said, "You send General Lin back to your residence and ask the chef to cook some sobering soup. We must take good care of General Lin tonight."

Seeing Han Yong helping Lin Qingye leave, Li Dingguo waved his hand and let the others disperse.

Gao Jinsong stepped forward with a little embarrassed expression, "General, this matter has nothing to do with me. General Lin has been doing well during the meal, and he is like this only when he sees you."

Li Dingguo glanced at Gao Jinsong, without any joy or anger, "Go down!"

After saying that, he left the local area without turning his head, leaving Gao Jinsong with a confused look on his face.

At about dawn, Li Dingguo walked out of the convention hall and said to Li Xiong: "Send more scouts to Jianzhou Guards and use the shortest time to explore the paths that the Qing Dynasty can enter, the number of young and strong Jurchen old tribes in various places, and the nearest Manchu troops stationed."

Li Xiong clasped his fists and said, "I will receive the order."

Li Dingguo nodded, "You two go down and rest! I still have to go to patrol the camp. I will summon the generals tonight and discuss this plan in detail."

Jimu and Li Xiong said goodbye with fists. But halfway through, Jimu asked Li Xiong to go back first, and turned around and went to find Li Dingguo again.

Seeing Jimu return, Li Dingguo looked surprised, "What, what else is there?"

Jimu replied: "General, my subordinates thought about it, and I feel it would be better for me to return to Sichuan and Shu."

After one month, the Liao army divided into two groups, east and west, and marched northward.

The western route was personally led by Li Dingguo, and there were soldiers from the Ninth Battalion and nearly 30,000 troops. Through Tongyuan Fort, they attacked Lianshan Pass.

The East Road was led by Lin Qingye, with 6,000 cavalrymen and two battalions of infantrymen, totaling more than 12,000. Departing from Kuandian Fort, infantry occupied Fucha, and the cavalrymen rushed into the hinterland of Jianzhouwei.
Chapter completed!